Chapter 222 Xijiang Diwei Management Office (Here it comes! A chapter of nearly 6,000 words!)

Since the last New Year's Eve dinner at Zhang Heng's house and getting drunk again, Xi Wenyan has regarded himself as Zhang Heng's personal person. He would wander over from time to time to ask for advice, drink the Qingxi tea at Zhang Heng's place, and say

Caoshuai's tea is the most refreshing and refreshing.

The time has entered the end of March. After the Qingming Festival, the weather has gradually become hotter. Zhang Heng was wearing a thin summer clothes, and his muscles were looming under the summer clothes. Xi Wenyan was quite envious when he came in.

Zhang Heng was accustomed to Xi Wenyan's arrival. He pointed at the tea table with a smile and said, "You can make your own tea. I still have some documents to deal with."

Xi Wenyan smiled and said, "You are busy."

Xi Wenyan sat down unceremoniously, then boiled water to make tea. Just as he was about to have a nice drink, Zhang Heng also came over, and Xi Wenyan quickly made a cup for Zhang Heng.

Zhang Heng took a few sips while it was hot, nodded with satisfaction and said: "Lao Xi's tea-making skills are getting better and better."

Xi Wenyan chuckled: "Nothing else but my familiarity with it."

Zhang Heng smiled and said: "Is it because there is no one here today?"

Xi Wenyan shook his head and said: "Spring plowing is basically at the end, and the people are gradually getting free. Does the berm team you mentioned before need to be organized?

Yesterday I went up to the embankment for inspection and saw Han Zaozhuo. Han Zaozhuo said that the construction of the embankment was almost completed and the roads on the embankment could be built.

But the rainy season is coming next, and someone must keep an eye on the embankment at all times, and they must be ready to do some emergency rescue work at any time.

He asked me if the berm team we were going to form had been prepared, and while he was still here, he could teach them some basic knowledge about berm construction."

Zhang Heng nodded and said: "It's almost done. Please notify the county captains to come to the state for a meeting."

Xi Wenyan nodded. He is the prefectural judge. Public security and theft prevention are within the scope of his responsibilities. The county lieutenants in each county are also responsible to him.

"Cao Shuai, what is the charter of this berm team?"

Zhang Heng stood up and took out a pamphlet from his desk and handed it to Xi Wenyan: "You have a look first."

After looking at it for a while, Xi Wenyan raised his head with a confused look on his face: "Commander Cao, what you are planning is a berm team? Why does it look like...the training method of the Forbidden Army?"

Zhang Heng said in surprise: "Do you know how the Forbidden Army trains?"

Xi Wenyan quickly shook his head and said: "I am a civil servant, how could I know how the Forbidden Army trains? It's just that there are so many people here and the training methods are very... professional, so I thought it was the Forbidden Army's training method. However, we are just planning to build a

It’s just a berm team, does it need to consume so much manpower, material and financial resources?”

Zhang Heng smiled and said: "Old Xi, look at the current development of Guangnan East Road, especially the Xijiang Delta, and what will be its future development?"

Xi Wenyan thought for a while and said: "Since Cao Shuai came to Guangzhou, Guangnan East Road has undergone earth-shaking changes. Agriculture is booming, industry is in full swing, and business prospects are promising. In the future, Guangnan East Road may

Become a wealthy state in the Song Dynasty!"

Zhang Heng nodded and said: "Nowadays, refugees from the north are entering Guangnan East Road one after another. As of today, how many refugees from the north have been taken over by Guangnan East Road?"

As a judge, Xi Wenyan is also the main person in charge of the introduction of manpower, and he knows the data very well: "The total number of households is already 83,000, with a total population of 468,000 naturalized people.

The 110,000 households that have been sentenced have almost reached the goal!"

Zhang Heng gave a thumbs up: "Zhan Tongpan deserves the most credit, and Xi Qianpan also deserves a lot of credit for his hard work!"

Xi Wenyan said with some embarrassment: "Xiaguan is just a coordinator. It is mainly the credit of Zhan Tongpan and the counties below. With so many people coming here, they actually took over. Xiaguan is just a coordinator."

It’s just a function.”

Zhang Heng smiled and said: "Although the entire time scale has been stretched, but with such a large number of people, you can arrange it in an orderly manner without any riots, which is enough to demonstrate your ability.

For ordinary people, they have to rush around. If they are not careful, it is not impossible for a civil commotion to occur."

Xi Wenyan suddenly came to his senses: "What you are saying is that with the influx of refugees from the north, the pressure on public security will increase, so counties must increase their strength to prevent various riots, banditry and the like that may occur.

matter?"

Zhang Heng nodded and said: "In the past few months, although you have made good arrangements, public security has always deteriorated, right?"

Xi Wenyan smiled bitterly and said: "This is inevitable after all. When there are more people, it is inevitable that dragons and snakes will get mixed up. All counties have tried their best to serve these refugees.

No matter whether it is allotment of fields, household registration, or homesteads, there are always sneaky people who are unwilling to work hard to get rich. Instead, they form gangs among the refugees, extort money from other refugees, and even

The original villagers dared to come to the house to bully him.

The county lieutenants in various counties also complained a lot about this, but the county officials have long been trapped by various affairs and have no time to deal with these matters.

Commander Cao, you should take this matter seriously and tell your subordinates to nip this kind of thing in the bud, but in the face of such a huge number of people, what can only a few people do?"

Zhang Heng smiled and said: "So."

Xi Wenyan made trouble: "I understand, this matter really needs no delay. According to Caoshuai's prediction, it is estimated that the next wave of refugees will go south very soon, and you said that this wave may happen soon."

It will surge down in a short period of time, and if you are not prepared, there may really be a big problem!"

Zhang Heng warned: "You will handle this matter when the time comes. I have a few requirements that you must remember."

Xi Wenyan quickly said: "Shuai Cao, please tell me."

Zhang Heng said: "First, we must strictly control and select honest and loyal people. The so-called honest people in the countryside are black and strong, able to endure hard work, their hands and faces are firm and fleshy, and have the color of earth. Those who use the city to slip around are cunning and cunning.

People should be careful when taking it.

The specific criteria for selecting soldiers are "fengwei", "martial arts", "strength" and "smartness". The four criteria can neither be abolished nor relied on exclusively. If you have the courage to make them more powerful, fengwei and smart,

And reviewing martial arts is the icing on the cake.

Secondly, after recruitment, training must be difficult and strict according to the requirements of actual combat. It cannot be just for the sake of good-looking display. The command and command skills learned in daily life are all the same as before the battle.

If you practice it, you will get results every day. Once you are familiar with it, you will get benefits from it.

Training methods that do not meet the requirements of actual combat are "fake". If you train for a thousand years, it will be of no use. It is still temporary and must be able to be used in actual combat.

Thirdly, after being recruited, the embankment team must return to the state government office for command. This must be done. What I want is that it must be summoned when there is a war. Once there is a war, it must be mobilized.

Must win!"

Xi Wenyan's head was buzzing when he heard it. He even thought that his Cao Commander was going to rebel. Otherwise, why would he recruit so many people? And the strict requirements were even stricter than those of the Forbidden Army, right?

Zhang Heng looked at his expression and immediately understood what he was thinking. He suddenly laughed and said: "What are you thinking? The county lieutenant is practicing, and you are commanding. I only mobilize them when needed. If it is true,

Rebel, can you listen to me?"

Xi Wenyan quickly denied it: "Commander Cao, I didn't understand even half of what you said."

Zhang Heng said with a smile: "Although these more than 400,000 northern refugees now have fields, household registrations, and homesteads, they are greedy and have to be controlled.

And more people will go south in the future, perhaps as many as 200,000 households, and as many as one million people will flood into Guangnan East Road in a short period of time. If we don't have a certain amount of force, once they are incited by someone with ulterior motives, we will

At that time, the entire Guangnan East Road will fall into chaos, can you understand the danger?"

Xi Wenyan was horrified and shocked.

The next day, all the county lieutenants gathered in the prefecture government office. Zhang Heng personally presided over the meeting. The county lieutenants who came had already learned the purpose of today from Xi Wenyan.

Zhang Heng didn't talk too much nonsense, but went straight to the point.

"I called you all here today to prepare for the establishment of the embankment team. I will assign tasks and everyone should remember them first. If you have any questions, you can ask them later."

Everyone listened attentively.

"This preparation for the formation of the embankment team was discussed by the state government and the final number was determined, which is eight thousand people. The state government is responsible for recruiting one thousand people, and the other counties are each responsible for recruiting one thousand people. The total number is

Eight thousand people.

This officer first characterizes the embankment team. This is a non-governmental organization similar to a regiment. Its main function is to inspect the embankment and protect it from damage, including man-made and rainy season embankment work.

Secondly, it is not cost-effective to establish such a berm team just to protect the embankment. Therefore, the berm team also has another function, which is to maintain public order in each county.

As everyone knows about the current situation, there are many new people from the north who have flooded into Guangnan East Road in a short period of time. They are a mixed bag, and most of them are hard-working farmers, but there are also some who do not follow the right path.

The past six months have caused you a lot of trouble. There are not many county government officials, and you are also very busy. If you have important matters, you can also ask the embankment team to assist you..."

Hearing this, the faces of the county captains were filled with joy. Over the past few days, they had indeed encountered many difficulties and the manpower was indeed insufficient.

Especially Zhang Heng asked them to maintain the security team while also having many other tasks. They were indeed extremely busy. Some government officials were already complaining. Zhang Heng gave them a wave of rewards, but people were still tired as they should be.

Now that Zhang Heng has given each county an establishment of 1,000 people, there will be a lot of room for maneuver in the future. For example, if there are some large gangs in the county, if these 1,000 people pile up, no matter how powerful the gang is, they will be reduced to ashes.

Zhang Heng continued: "... Regarding the treatment of these people, these people are not considered regular yamen servants, nor do they occupy the yamen establishment. They can only be regarded as non-governmental organizations, but their treatment is indispensable.

The state government has specially set up an account for the berm team to issue subsidies. Members of the berm team will receive subsidies during training, patrolling the berm, fighting floods, and assisting you on missions. The specific allowances will be announced later.

It must be very attractive.”

Zhang Heng looked at everyone, and then said solemnly: "Because Guangnan East Road may receive a large number of disaster victims from the north, this may be 200,000 households, about one million people, the situation will be

Unprecedentedly severe.

Therefore, the berm team must be responsible for suppressing the nearly two million refugees on Guangnan East Road. Therefore, these eight thousand people must be well-trained. If anything happens, they must be used to win the battle.

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Therefore, this berm team must be trained strictly and systematically. I have also invited a group of instructors from the Forbidden Army from the capital to train these berm teams. You must assist them in pulling up the berm team.

, Guarantee training conditions!”

The county captains looked at each other in confusion.

A county lieutenant said cautiously: "Then who is in charge of this berm team, us or these instructors?"

Zhang Heng glanced at him and said: "Of course it is the Guizhou Yamen. If you need assistance from the berm team in your county, you can apply to the Zhou Yamen. The Zhou Yamen will naturally assign tasks according to the situation, and they will definitely be able to assist you."
To be continued...