The cult is unscrupulous. If it is allowed to develop, the harm can be imagined. Zhao Yan paused and continued: "Another reporting reward was opened. Anyone who reported illegal missionaries would be rewarded with 50 taels of silver. If there is a major breakthrough, it will increase step by step and be capped by 300 taels. At the same time, a complete system for whistleblower protection can be established. The whistleblower protection can be requested for police protection at any time and can freely choose to immigrate to overseas colonies."

"In addition, police in various places have increased their crackdown on illegal religious organizations. No illegal religious forces are allowed to exist in Shandong. At the same time, any underworld organizations and local tyrants are not allowed to exist." Zhao Yan continued, and it is now necessary to sort out Shandong in a closer manner.

At present, the most harmful bandits in Shandong have been eliminated. Zhao Yan's targets have shifted from bandits to illegal religions, namely underworld forces and local tyrants who oppress local tyrants.

People often say that the underworld is the official supplementary force, but this is a phenomenon that arises in a dark environment. If a country full of light does not require any underworld to supplement anything, the official will be enough to solve everything.

Zhao Yan had enough of the dark system. His ideal country was a country where everyone had no money to go to school, medical care, had a house to live in, and no cramming education, and everyone had fair opportunities.

Although there is no absolute fairness in this world, it does not prevent people from creating a system that is as fair as possible within, so that every citizen does not need to receive equal education because of money, will not make citizens unable to receive higher education because of their cramming education, and will not make citizens unable to realize their talents and potential, will not make citizens die in pain because they have no money, will not make citizens have no right to speak, and will not make them unable to express themselves in difficulties.

As long as you can do these things, a country will inevitably be strong. If it is strong itself, it can avoid being bullied and exploited by foreign enemies, but instead exploit other countries.

There is no fairness between countries, only naked interests.

If you want to win in the struggle between the country and the nation, you must strengthen yourself. Material strength and the people's hearts are the basic structure of a strong country.

Zhao Yan found that his strength is still very weak now.

Although he was confident of defeating any enemy on the battlefield, it was impossible for him to swallow the Ming Dynasty in one breath. He did not have so many troops, nor so many officials to manage it.

Now, we must first manage Shandong well and operate it to an ideal state, and then promote this model to various provinces through the personnel we have cultivated.

Suppress the bandits first, then the underworld.

As for the Western Three Prefectures, it is obvious that the methods of the Eastern Three Prefectures cannot be managed, because there are many landlords in the Western Three Prefectures, and most of the land is controlled by the landlords.

Under such circumstances, Zhao Yan could not take full control.

First of all, tenants are not easy to manage, and training is not easy to train. Moreover, many landlords are still privileged, and these need to be solved slowly.

Of course, landlords can exist. After all, the personal output value of small farmers and small households is not high, but the landlords must have a limit on the amount of landlords, let alone tax exemption.

At present, Zhao Yan has established territory in Liaodong and swallowed North Korea, and his desire for land demand in Shandong has been greatly reduced, but the problem still needs to be solved.

It's really a long way to go!

After listening to Zhao Quan's report, Zhao Yan took a shower and immediately went to preside over the funeral ceremony. The ashes of more than 100 dead soldiers were sent into the cemetery of the heroes in the solemn expressions of everyone.

On the battle monument of this group of fallen soldiers, the four big words "Constitutional Heroes" are engraved, and the names of each fallen soldier are engraved. Among Zhao Yan's soldiers, those who do not know their names are dead.

The martyrs' family took the silver from Zhao Yan with tears in their eyes. Although they were sad, they were also proud.

No one will die in a war? Even the victorious side will have to pay a certain price. However, Zhao Yan has suffered few soldiers who have suffered losses in the past.

The most heavy loss was the Third Infantry Battalion of the Shandong Army, which was ambushed by Zhang Xianzhong, and more than 300 people fell into the valley that time.

The battle that suffered the most losses throughout the whole process was in Liaodong and North Korea, where nearly 500 soldiers have been killed.

The reason why few people died is that they took the elite military route, and the other is that they have advanced firearms and good combat cooperation. Each aspect is the key.

Nearly 30,000 yuan of pensions were paid. Thirty thousand taels were placed elsewhere, but it was just a small amount of money when put in the war. The pension of 300 taels could make all soldiers lose their worries.

The names of these dead soldiers were also mentioned one by one in the tall monument of heroes.

After the flowers were laid, Zhao Yan began to award medals.

The medal awarded this time is the "Charge Medal". Every soldier participating in the battle can receive a commemorative medal. This is customary.

After each war, each soldier can receive a commemorative medal corresponding to the war to represent that the person has participated in a certain war. The soldiers who have made meritorious services will be given a special medal.

The back of this constitutional medal is a book with a fair scale, representing fairness and the "Law of the Ming Dynasty". The emperor violated the law and the common people, and the front is the commemorative medal and the pattern corresponding to the medal of merit.

As for rewards in terms of merit, Zhao Yan did not reward anything because this time the civil war was fought. Those who made meritorious contributions only gave medals, and those who did not make meritorious contributions also gave medals.

Zhao Yan knew very well when he should give money and when he should not give money.

This time, we are fighting for constitutionalism and fighting with the court. If we continue to reward money, will we also need money to fight next time?

It is reasonable not to reward money. As long as the education committees of each battalion are promoted, they can eliminate the soldiers' complaints with some great words.

Foreign wars are fighting the benefits of war, just like fighting monsters and exploding gold coins in the game. It is appropriate for soldiers who work hard to get a small part of them. In this way, the soldiers also have active surnames.

This war is different. This time it is not a fight for Zhao Yan, but a fight for the nation, and a fight for himself. If this is a reward, next time when this is such a moment, he will naturally have to pay money. In the end, he will only raise a group of troops fighting for money.

After finishing all this, Zhao Yan announced that he would take three days off after the battalions joined the war.

At the same time, the commander of the new recruit battalion, Song Shijin, ordered Song Shijin: "After the holiday, the 30,000 township heroes drawn by Yingzhou were directly transferred to the new recruit battalion for training."

"Yes, general." Song Shijin responded saluted and asked, "Please instruct the general, what kind of troops are these 30,000 people trained to?"

"Mustrators and cavalry are determined according to their respective conditions." Zhao Yan said.

"yes."

Now that the troops are insufficient, the time for expansion is coming again. The township tyrants drawn from Yingzhou are still good in combat. They can be transferred to the recruit battalion for training for a period of time.

When the army was expanded, the current organization was obviously no longer applicable, and the subsequent problems were all to be solved.

After being busy for most of the day, Zhao Yan returned home until night fell. Zhang sent Yuan'er and Shalena away and said to Zhao Yan: "Yaner, this year, it's time to marry a daughter and let her mother hold her grandson."

"Yeah! Yeah!" Zhao Yan didn't say anything, just nodded while listening.

Zhang showed a happy smile on his face and continued, "I think Governor Yan's family has a good daughter. Not only is she a lady of a family, she is also well-educated and knowledgeable, and knows filial piety. I guess I will give Governor Yan a betrothal gift in a few days. What do you think?"

Zhang naturally felt that it was almost certain to win. She could tell what Yan Yuyao meant to Zhao Yan at a glance. Her son was full of energy, so it was impossible for him not to be moved by Yan Yuyao's beauty.

However, what Zhang did not expect was that Zhao Yan suddenly changed his voice and saw him pondering: "This... from the perspective of my child, let's wait! It's not too late to talk about this in a few years."

"Your child is not in a hurry now! Your father got married when he was seventeen years old. Look at yourself. It's twenty-one this year. Besides, you can wait, but his daughter can't wait! In a few years, this daughter will not know which boy has been married to him." Zhang's sense of crisis was very strong and he said sourly. Suddenly, Zhang sighed and said, "Your mother is in poor health. If you wait any longer, you won't be able to hold her grandson."

Zhao Yan opened his mouth, this is too exaggerated! Zhang obviously belongs to a typical early marriage and early childbirth. He is only less than forty years now, so what is the health in his health?

"Mom, since you want to hold your grandson, I will marry Yuan'er tomorrow." Zhao Yan suddenly said with a change of power when he saw the wind. Zhang's expression became strange for a moment, and he looked at Zhao Yan for a while and stopped talking for a while.

After a long time, Zhang said, "Although Yuan'er is not well-born, she is still a family member. Since you want to give Yuan'er a title, this is OK. Then you just marry both of them. Yuyao's daughter is the main wife, Yuan'er is the flat wife, and Shalena is the concubine."

Zhang opened his mouth and arranged the order. Now Zhao Yan has three wives and four concubines, and can marry three wives and four concubines.

Among the three wives, one is the right wife and two are the same wife.

Anyway, there are three places. As a family member, Yuan'er is no big deal to give a title of a fair wife. As for her concubine, she will marry a few if her son wants to marry, and she doesn't want to care about this matter.

When marrying a concubine today, it is not necessary to follow the rules set by the court. Many rich men have more than a dozen concubines, but they have to be rich anyway.

This is just like in later generations, you can have a mistress if you have money.

In this era, mistresses were legal, and to go further, they were n-breasts, so the court naturally would not care about these other people's business.

"Mother, Yuan'er is her own family, so she naturally wants to be a wife. With her current strength, she naturally doesn't need to marry a woman without feelings to be a wife to win over anything." Zhao Yan disagreed with Zhang's arrangement.

It is not wrong to have three wives and four concubines, but Zhao Yan does not need to use the position of his wife to win over any forces. Who will sit in this position? Naturally, it depends on the depth of his relationship. Yuan'er is the one who has the deepest relationship with Zhao Yan. Since time traveling through time, he has been by his side and taking care of his daily life.

"Yuyao has been in Zhaojiabao for more than half a year and is still helping you with official duties. Isn't this affection?" Zhang asked.

"Of course, it's not as deep as Yuan'er's feelings." Zhao Yan answered truthfully.

(To be continued)
Chapter completed!