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Chapter 190 Bei'an is unified and the county court is held
In Zhou Bai's view, it would be too incompetent for the government to compromise with a small group that has long lost the ability to manufacture weapons and has no superhumans.

Of course, this may also be that after the heyday of Daxu's national power, the bloated and corrupt local government agencies did not want to spend a lot of manpower and material resources to eliminate a group of survivors.

Judging from the current situation, if you want to completely eliminate the existence of the survivors, you will definitely need the support of the state, at least mobilize a regular army of more than [-] people, prepare sufficient logistics, and fight a protracted war.

However, as far as Zhou Bai is concerned, as far as the Anbei Governor's Mansion is full of mobilization and cohesion, it is not difficult to solve the problem of unrest among the survivors.

On the night of May 2000th, a nearly forgotten army, 3000 people from the mountain battalion in charge of guarding along the Cangshan Mountain, was urgently transferred to the Ningqiu Mountain area, and [-] young and strong mountain people were recruited to accompany them.

From May [-]th to May [-]th, the militiamen of the three counties in the north of the county entered the south of the county to assist in the establishment of the local militia system.

At the same time, a total of [-] garrison soldiers were dispatched from the three counties in the south of the county except Ningqiu to support Ningqiu.

On May [-], the National Restoration Army tried in vain to take advantage of its military strength to confront the garrison of the Dudu Mansion, and a battle broke out outside Ningqiu City.

However, less than half of them wear armor, and many people are still holding bamboo guns and stone spears. How can the Nationalist Army fight against the soldiers of the Dudu Mansion who have just gone through the war.

In the army, large number of people is sometimes not an advantage. Facing the [-] garrison formed into a complete formation, they are like pigs and sheep waiting to be slaughtered, harvested in batches.

And in order to ensure a thunderous blow and establish the absolute prestige of the Dudu Mansion in Bei'an County, Zhou Bai also sent Gao Hu and a thousand cavalry over there.

Flesh and blood flew across the oars, 3 soldiers of the Restoration Army were defeated head-on, and the battlefield was horrible.

No matter how brave you are, you will not be able to break through the indestructible army formation, and no matter how brave you are, you will also be afraid of the sharp and ruthless butcher's knife.

When the group of people who really had the will to restore the country died, the National Restoration Army collapsed, and the instinct of these survivors who fled desperately was to flee to the "safe" mountains and forests.

I still remember that my ancestors were also slaughtered by Daxu's army, but as long as they fled into the mountains, they could still survive.

They also want to learn from their ancestors and escape into the surrounding mountains and forests to avoid the catastrophe of genocide.

But things developed unexpectedly. It was not the left-behind people who greeted them, but the mountain camp who were more adapted to life in the mountains than them.

What are the mountains and forests in Ningqiu? Cangshan Mountain is as high as the mountains, and the mountain camp is like walking on flat ground.

Most of the lairs and camps of the survivors in the mountains have been destroyed, and there are wars everywhere.

Since the main targets of the mountain battalion were armed and armored soldiers of the national restoration army, more and more people put down their weapons and became harmless obedient citizens under the continuous pursuit.

Zhou Bai believed that unless there was a complete massacre to deal with the remnants, he would eventually find a way to bring them into rule.

The big stick has been released, the majesty of the Dudu Mansion has been established, and the next step is to show grace and give the survivors a way to survive.

Dozens of official documents stamped with the seal of the Governor's Mansion began to circulate in the Ningqiu mountain forest.

Those who surrendered within half a month will be registered with the Dudu Mansion and given the same treatment as the Xia people and enjoy legal rights and interests.

The descendants collected soldiers, allocated basic acres of land, and allowed them to reclaim wasteland...

Generally speaking, the current policy is still relatively rigid, and it will give you a way to survive, but you must register as a registered household, Qimin, and Baojialian.

After some hard work and adjustments according to the situation, the development of a place as large as Ningqiu County is too limited.

Afterwards, Zhou Bai communicated with the leaders of several mountain people in Cangshan Mountain, and decided to leave the mountain camp and the three thousand mountain people young and strong to temporarily stay in Ningqiu to farm.

As the base, Cangshan Mountain is heavily guarded, and the mountain battalion has little use for it. It is better to shine in Ningqiu, so that it will not lose its combat effectiveness.

So far, one county and seven counties have been completely unified.

After so many days, the post-war pension and reward work has also been clarified. While reorganizing the army, Zhou Bai held the first "county court".

The name of the county dynasty comes from the "parallel system of county and state" from ancient times to the middle ages. In the past, a county was equivalent to a country, and many royal family members would be divided into fiefs and own a county state.

Like the emperor, the county lords will hold small court meetings in their country, and county officials will also pay homage to the court according to the court etiquette, so it is called the county court.

Since it is a country, no matter how small it is, it has a basic national system, and its political system is basically the same as the central court.

Except for the "Three Dukes" who were appointed by the imperial court, other officials at all levels were appointed by the lord himself, and the lord of the county also had certain military power, financial power, and administrative power.

Later, as the defects of the "parallel system of prefectures and states" were exposed, coupled with the unspoken rule of "opening up to the outside world", there were few orthodox dynasties that followed this system.

But the influence of the county is far-reaching. At the end of many dynasties, the basic threshold for being recognized as a party's power is to separate a county.

This is also why, in today's Daxu world, many county guards are already listening to the tune and not to the announcement.

Ambition does not appear at the very beginning, and loyalty does not always exist. As the overall environment changes, the general trend will push you to change.

Yan Luo, the prefect of Ruinan County, was a Jinshi in the 23rd year of Xiangxing. At that time, Emperor Xiangxing was in his prime, and the world was still singing and dancing, and any contradictions could be forcibly suppressed by the court.

You said that Yan Luo at that time was not loyal to the court and unwilling to be a loyal minister?
Even until recent years, he may not have thought so.

But once the situation changed, the tide of the world was ups and downs.

Yan Luo sees the grassroots bandits, but he can support himself and win the imperial court's imperial seal, he is not reconciled.

Therefore, after Lei Haomiao poured out his troops in Dingzhou to annihilate the generals outside the territory, Yan Luo declared himself the Jiedu envoy of Ruinan County.

And in order to intimidate the court, he reached an agreement with the major forces in the county in a short period of time to complete the unification of Ruinan County.

The imperial court did not dare to really force against Yan Luo, so even though they did not recognize Yan Luo's confession, they did not spare any effort to suppress it.

It was just an order to be dealt with by Governor Lei Haomiao, urging Yan Luo to keep his ministers.

As the five-rank county guard of the imperial court, he is an upright independent separatist regime, and the imperial court has not yet adopted killing methods.

How could Zhou Bai show his mighty force, capture Bei'an County, and set up his own Anbei Governor's Mansion by the court as a traitor?

After all, it is only a capital governor's mansion, and it has not yet claimed the title of king or emperor, nor has it established a country.

Of course, within the Dudu Mansion, the system of prefectures and states is still in use.

The Anbei Governor's Mansion, the main hall of the former county mansion, held the first county court.

The civil and military officials are divided into two classes, and Shi Chen Zhongbang, the governor's mansion, stands at the front.

After three melodious bells rang, Zhou Bai, wearing a dress with fish, dragon and python patterns, strode out from the back hall.

"When the court opens, all the ministers bow down." Chen Zhongbang shouted loudly, and took the lead in kneeling down.

"Minister, please refer to the governor." The civil and military officials followed Chen Zhongbang and knelt down to pay respects.

Zhou Bai has always disliked complicated etiquette, but many regulations require etiquette to maintain, just like this county dynasty, he doesn't need to forcefully change it.

There are no more than 30 to [-] people who are eligible to enter the main hall, but the sound of worship shakes the beams of the roof. This is the group of people with the highest status and luck in the county.

As far as the eye can see, clouds and mist gather, and their respective fortunes converge and collide, forming a small sea of ​​clouds, rippling in this room.

Then Zhou Bai's eyes flashed with brilliance, and he activated the Qi Wang Technique with all his strength, and the fate of these thirty or so officials was revealed before his eyes.

If the Heavenly Court knew that Zhou Bai had such great power that he could watch people's natal lives, or watch them in groups, they would have to follow the laws of heaven and punish them severely.

Above the heads of the ministers, a root of life soared up, piercing through the clouds gathered by foreign transport.

Compared with Pingcang Kaifu, Huang Ming is still rare and proudly independent, but Hong Ming is very prosperous, crimson like a red cloud.

It's not the disappearance of the original Baihong and Pure White lives, but that they followed Zhou Bai to undergo the test and got the chance to transform their lives.

For example, Zhou Rui's original life was just red and white, but now he is a pure red life out of the county.

Zhou Bai was quite satisfied with the luck scene in the hall, it was these people who defended the foundation of his system.

Just sitting here, he can clearly feel that his luck as the master is constantly increasing, and his luck is also supporting the courtiers below.

With the support of the fate of the masters and ministers, this small system has been continuously expanded, and finally it has become a national system.

After only a few moments of observing the movement of energy, Zhou Bai nodded slightly, and stretched out his hands to help him: "All ministers, please get up."

"Thank you Dudu!"

When the civil and military officials stood up again, Chen Zhongbang was signaled to go up two steps, and lived under Zhou Bai, facing all the officials.

This is the authority that Zhou Bai bestowed on him. At this moment, many people already regard him as the Prime Minister of the country.

"Following the order of the governor, to preside over the court meeting of the governor's mansion, the first thing is to report the relevant situation in the campaign to unify the whole county."

"In this battle, 320 and six people were killed in the Fumo Army, 130 and 370 people were killed in the garrison and mountain battalion, [-] and [-] people were killed in the auxiliary militia, and they were seriously injured..."

The battle losses alone amounted to nearly 800 people. Hearing this number of casualties, the hearts of everyone present trembled.

Since Duke Zi raised his army, there had never been such casualties. You must know that in the battle against foreign monsters, the Fumo Army only killed 240 people.

Especially the civilian officials, they didn't join the army, they all heard that the front line was winning every day in Pingcang, but they didn't know the cruelty of the war.

The two battles before and after that night were bloody, and they were hand-to-hand combat that never retreated.

The death toll did not exceed [-], which actually made Zhou Bai feel a little better, because he knew that this was the cruelty of the Dragon War.

The only thing he can do is to ensure the interests of these loyal fighters after death.

"At present, all the pensions have been paid in time, and the families of heroes and heroes have been registered and registered, and sent to the counties for archives, and enjoy relevant rights and interests... Disabled soldiers who cannot continue to stay in the army are sorting out their whereabouts according to their personal wishes. The whole army has no worries."

"Participants in this battle will receive an additional month's military salary, and five acres of land will be awarded per capita, and additional awards will be awarded based on military achievements..."

Hearing such a decent and thoughtful arrangement and reward, the strong men in the ranks of military commanders showed a lot of relief with the naked eye.

If they didn't have these, they wouldn't have the face to go back to lead the soldiers after the court was over, and they wouldn't have the face to brag in front of the soldiers every day, how good it is to serve the governor.

"If there is no objection, proceed to the second agenda item."

"The second thing is to follow the command of the governor to clarify the system of the governor's mansion, and to clarify the official ranks and responsibilities of each of you."

As soon as these words came out, all the civil and military officials, no matter who they were, pricked up their ears and stared at the other list that Chen Zhongbang took out.

Zhou Bai spoke first at this time: "Chen Zhongbang obeys orders, and now he is appointed as the governor of the Anbei Governor's Mansion, and the cabinet participates in politics, and the general judges the affairs of the government. His rank is six ranks."

As the number one confidant under Zhou Bai's command, Chen Zhongbang naturally knew the official position he got, but he still thanked him with great gratitude and respect.

"My lord, I would like to thank the governor."

"Chang Shi, please continue reading."

There must be a process. After Zhou Bai appointed Chen Zhongbang as an official, he could justifiably read the next content.

"The original Sixth Office of the Fumo General's Mansion is now upgraded to the Sixth Division of the Anbei Metropolitan Government's Mansion. They are the six divisions of officials, households, rites, soldiers, criminals, and workers, all of which are from the sixth-rank yamen."

The officials of the Sixth Division were of course happy. They were promoted as a whole. The promoted status and the salary they received were one aspect, and the more important thing was that they were now the real central officials.

In the past, General Fumo's mansion was only in charge of the front line at the beginning, and there was no difference between a place and a center.

The head of the Department of Rites, Zhou Bai's second uncle, Zhou Lin, is a little stunned now.

He never even dreamed that he, a scholar, would one day become a senior official from the sixth rank.

But after Zhou Lin officially accepted the appointment, for some reason, he felt a little depressed.

It wasn't until Zhou Bai, the nephew, the governor, looked at him that Zhou Lin felt more at ease.

In Zhou Bai's eyes, Zhou Lin's natal life was a little unbearable under the pressure of the sixth-grade luck, and he felt a little struggling.

"Danhong's original life, it is obviously a bit out of line to assume the position of the sixth rank. Fortunately, he is a blood relative in the direct line, and he is a noble yamen like the Rites." Zhou Bai quickly came up with the answer in his heart.

A surge of luck from somewhere kept Zhou Lin's life upright, and he barely assumed the title.

And as long as he can take the position of the director of rites and sit for a longer time, his life will also be cultivated and upgraded.

This is the benefit of Qianlong's "cronyism".

"...After the list of chief officials and deputy chief officials of each department has been read out, the county magistrates of the seven counties are invited to come out one by one and accept the order from the governor."

Overall, compared to the list of six rooms in General Fumo's Mansion, there are not many changes.

Next came Qi Hua and other seven people, who were personally appointed by Zhou Bai in turn, and awarded the county magistrate's seal.

This is the respect that the seven county magistrates deserve. Bailihou, a magistrate of a county, cannot take it too seriously.

"You are in charge of clearing up the state, proclaiming morality, pacifying Qi people, persuading farmers and mulberry, and following the five religions... to know the sufferings of the people."

During this period of time, Qi Hua had fully agreed with Zhou Bai's governance philosophy, so not only did he lose his original title of inspector, but he was also transferred to be the magistrate of Pingcang County.

Zhou Bai has also met the county magistrates of the other six counties, except Yuan Pingcang county magistrate, the current Yangyuan county magistrate Dong Yi is a Juren, and the rest are fellow Jinshi.

None of them stayed in the county, and added the word "inspection school", but if you ask them if they are convinced, they must be convinced.

Bei'an County, it was brought down by hard power, can you refuse to accept it?

But more importantly, they have confidence in Zhou Bai, and they have confidence in the future of themselves and the Dudu Mansion.

(End of this chapter)