Water Margin: I, Wang Lun, will have many children and many blessings in Liangshan.

At first, Liang Shicheng and Li Yan looked at Tong Guan with some gloating.

After all, Tong Guan is the privy envoy.

But at this moment, thinking of how dangerous the situation was, the expressions of these two people became ugly.

Tong Guan is much calmer.

After all, he is also an eunuch who can display his strength and perseverance in battle.

"Have you heard that Lin Chong's troops are continuing to move south?"

"This has never been reported"

"Did Su Dingbu ever go north from Qizhou?"

"There was no report"

"Can Liangshan Shuiying enter Bian River along Jishui River?"

"The remaining officers and soldiers of the water camp guarded the water pass, but no Liangshan water camp was seen."

Tong Guan nodded, turned to Zhao Ji and said:"In the official family, the Liangshan thieves are special. Wang Lun seems to be a conservative person who likes to manage his own territory and does not like expansion. Or maybe, in his heart, he wanted to manage the various states well so that he could use it as a bargaining chip in the future so that he could ask for help from the imperial court!"

The blood returned to Zhao Ji's pale face.

Thinking about it carefully, he did feel this way.

Liangshan's army was so strong.

Wang Lun had no intention of proclaiming himself king and duke.

Instead, he spent a lot of money to run the place.

He only claimed to do justice for heaven..

This time the officers and soldiers were defeated.

It was replaced by Tian Hu, Wang Qingfangla and his like, who had already marched into the Gyeonggi area.

But Wang Lun seemed to have no such plan, and he would stop again after taking over several surrounding states.

"Does this person mean something like this?"

"That’s what I think. I still have to see how it goes."

"I...I want to send someone to the battlefield to try to recruit Wang Lun, Tong Guan, what do you think?"

Tong Guan was a little hesitant.

There is a high probability that this will not happen.

Wang Lun never said that he wanted to recruit people.

But if the officials have such a plan, it is difficult to reject it.

"You can try it, but now that the Liangshan bandits have been victorious, they are in high spirits. The court does not need to make a big fanfare of"180", but secretly send someone with an official position over there to test it first."

"Yes, Not Bad!"

Zhao Ji is quite complimentary.

The Liangshan thieves will not come to attack Tokyo now, which makes Zhao Ji feel a lot calmer.

Once his confidence comes back, he looks like a high-ranking emperor again.

"Just send Su Yuanjing to make a trip, there is no harm in giving it a try. Zhao

Ji thought about it and said:"Tong Guan, please gather your troops quickly and square La first, and then look at Liangshan.""

"Yes, I obey your order!"

"Liang Shicheng, Li Yan, you must also give your full support. You must not hinder Tong Guan at this time. I will also say hello to the Grand Master!"

"I obey the decree!"

Liang Shicheng and Li Yan also bowed deeply and agreed.

……

The past ten days have passed by in a hurry.

Wang Lun went back to Liangshan once to see his family.

He teased the eldest child and hugged his newly born second child.

After reuniting with several concubines, they hurried back to the front line.

The war is not over yet, and it is impossible for him, the coach, to stay behind for a long time to reunite with his family.

Fortunately, it's soon.

The war in Qizhou also ended.

Zhang Kai is worthy of being a veteran, playing very steadily.

After Su Ding let go of the attack, Zhang Kai was no match for him. Fortunately, this person was very stable and never rushed in lightly. The camp was solid and well-defended.

Su Ding is also cautious and just needs to repel the opponent.

He also had no intention or intention of continuing to pursue the officers and soldiers.

After Qizhou stabilizes, the north will not advance troops for the time being. It will just use Qizhou as the core of the north and build defenses.

In this way, the war in both directions, south and north, ended.

Yang Wen in the south was completely wiped out and his people were captured.

Kaikai in the north suffered heavy losses, nearly a centaur was lost, and only the remaining soldiers retreated in defeat.

On the main battlefield, nearly 40,000 remaining officers and soldiers have been surrounded in the camp for more than ten days.

The food has been consumed.

The sound of horse killing can be heard every day these days.

There are still hundreds of horses left. In fact, even if everyone only drinks broth, they won't be able to survive for a few days.

The officers and soldiers themselves shuddered at the thought of the horrors of the future.

Being trapped in a lonely camp, breaking out of the siege is to die.

Sitting in the camp is also death, and you will starve to death.

Fortunately, there was a water fortress when the camp was set up, so you could draw water from the river. You just had to risk the crossbow arrows from the Liangshan Water Camp.

Otherwise... with the little groundwater in the camp, once tens of thousands of people are cut off from water, they really won't be able to last that long.

Even so.

When Wang Lun returned from Liangshan and observed the enemy camp with the Chinese army, he found that armed fighting had occurred in many places in the enemy camp.

They should be fighting for food.

Even if they have just been without food for a few days and cannot starve to death for a while, the feeling of starvation is extremely uncomfortable.

These people should be stocking up on grain and horse meat to prepare for longer persistence.

"Boss, last night nearly two thousand officers and soldiers secretly came out of various camps to surrender to us."

Zongze rushed up with a big stride, first bowed his fists and saluted, and then reported to Wang Lun the daily military and political affairs of the camp.

Zongze and other surrendered civilian officials were still a little uncomfortable with being called"big boss".

They very much hoped that Wang Lun could have A formal title.

For example, after Jingdong left, Liangshan Army Jiedushi, or simply re-established Pinglu Ziqing Jiedushi, recreating Ziqing Town in the Tang Dynasty.

It is also a coincidence that Wang Lun now occupies the territory , is the town of Ziqing in the Tang Dynasty!

Pinglu and Ziqing Jiedushi initially unified the six prefectures of Qing, Zi, Qi, Yi, Mi, and Hai, and later successively occupied Deng, Lai, Cao, Pu, Xu, Yan, and Yun Waiting Prefecture, after the Li Shidao Rebellion was settled, was divided into three towns. One of the towns was still named Ziqing Jiedushi, and it unified the five prefectures of Qing, Zi, Qi, Deng, and Lai, and later added Di Prefecture.

The Liangshan Army now occupies The territory is similar to Ziqing Town during Li Shidao's period, and it was also the town's heyday. Ziqing Town has more than a dozen states, millions of soldiers and civilians, and hundreds of thousands of strong soldiers. It reached its peak during the Li Shidao period, but also planted the seeds of its downfall. The governor of this town was the governor of the big town, at least plus Tong Zhongshu Menxia Ping Zhangshi, that is, plus the prime minister to lead the governor, which is regarded as"Envoy to the Prime Minister", plus the chancellor, the title of Duke or County Prince, this was the standard configuration of the Jiedu envoy in the big towns at that time.

With Wang Lun's strength, in the Song Dynasty in this time and space, as long as he recruited people, he would at least be Jiedu. It is not impossible for the envoy to join the Duke to check the affairs of the school.

When the time comes, calling him"marshal" or"envoy" will definitely be more exciting than the head of the family.

But Zongze also understands that Wang Lun is absolutely impossible Recruitment.

Wang Lun will not talk too deeply about these demotions, such as future development.

But at the last banquet party, many leaders talked about the future, whether they were official or waiting, and the boss did not stop it.

Maybe in In the eyes of the court, Wang Lun has never been crowned king and has little ambition.

But Zongze has understood that this is just a stopgap measure.

The head of the family...has his own problems, and a king's title is nothing to him..

Wang Lun did not take the officers and soldiers coming to surrender. This was inevitable and the general trend.

He nodded and said with a smile:"I understand, Ru Lin, just continue to screen.""

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Zongze answered, and then said:"The military and political personnel sent to Shanzhou and Yizhou have already set off."

"Yeah, got it, carry on as usual."

Zongze had no intention of taking the opportunity to talk to Wang Lun, and he would not get close to this. He just continued according to his train of thought:"Master, there are only 30,000 households and 110,000 people in Yutai County, Shanzhou. Only 1,300 people will be approved at first, and thousands more will follow. Will this increase the burden on the people?

Wang Lun smiled and said:"Rulin, our previous security fees have now been changed to commercial taxes and security fees. The common people are not required to pay. Only businessmen and large households pay for this." After the people divided their fields, they only collected land taxes twice in summer and autumn according to the rules, as well as corvées. In addition, they did not collect a penny of miscellaneous taxes. No matter how many officials there are, what does it matter to the people? And the administration of officials is divided into categories, such as farming, animal husbandry, transportation, construction, education, health and welfare, and public security... It only benefits the people and has no harm. The premise is that in the future there must be a perfect law on the appointment of officials to control the power of officials and prevent official administration from being corrupted and harming the people.

Zongze frowned and said,"Where does the money come from?"……"

Zongze worked as a deputy in the Military Command for a period of time and performed well.

But after Wang Lun thought about it again and again, he asked Zongze to promote the newly established Military and Political Department. He divided some powers and responsibilities of the Military Command Department, and added some new responsibilities. This was also to prevent one department from having too much power and losing it in the future.

"Agricultural taxes, commercial taxes, land taxes, deed taxes, and trade income can be used in the right way, and it is very easy to support these people."

Wang Lun said it easily, because it is also true.

The bulk of government spending in later generations is national defense, education, health, and infrastructure.

For example, high-speed rail, highways, etc., one mile of road costs hundreds of millions or billions.

Ranked top Dozens of countries have national defense expenditures ranging from tens to hundreds of billions.

The highest number is trillions.

This is the bulk of the expenditure.

It is the same now.[]

Military spending is the bulk of it.

But the kind of infrastructure expenses that will be seen in later generations will not be available in this era.

If the industrial and technological standards are not up to par, there will be no such sky-high expenses.

The cost of raising a childAs long as everyone is useful, it is not a waste.

Zongze was worried that Liangshan would follow the old path of the Song Dynasty and have too many redundant officials.

Wang Lun looked at the other party and admired this subordinate's attitude.

Everyone is like Zongze. While doing their job well, they can also comprehensively weigh and consider whether Wang Lun's orders and policies are reasonable. This is called subjective initiative, and Zongze is very good.

Looking at the other party, Wang Lun said sternly:"The departments have clear powers and powers, as long as the names and actual names match. It is very reasonable to stipulate the number of officials, including security personnel, according to the area they govern. This was done in the Qin and Han Dynasties. Ru Lin , we need to have refined management, and appropriate personnel are a must. We cannot stop eating because of the failure of the Song Dynasty.........."

Zongze nodded silently, but he still had doubts. After all, the staffing of officials in Liangshan seemed to have surpassed that of the Qin and Han Dynasties, and was catching up with the Song Dynasty.

If Wang Lun can really establish a new dynasty in the future, Zongze is worried that the problem of redundant officials will continue.

But Zongze would not argue with Wang Lun.

The boss is open-minded and will not be unhappy just because you question him.

But Zongze takes a pragmatic approach to things he doesn't understand. He just participates and observes first, and then draws his own conclusions.

At this time, Li Ying hurriedly climbed up from the bottom of the hill.

After all, as a member of Tiangang, Li Ying's skills are also top-notch. He climbed to the top of a small hill nearly 100 meters high as if walking on flat ground in a dozen breaths.

"Big boss"

"No need to be polite. Wang Lun smiled and said,"It seems like something important has happened?""

"yes……"Li Ying said with a somewhat complicated expression:"Master, the imperial court sent a lieutenant here, saying that he wanted to recruit us. I want to ask if he will see you, Master?""

"This lieutenant didn't come with much fanfare, did he?"

"Yes, he arrived quietly and sent an attaché to contact us, but he was caught by the surrounding cavalry. Because the matter involved the overall situation, the cavalry did not dare to delay and sent the people over directly."

Li Ying said very cautiously and didn't say anything extra.

At this time, Zhu Gui, Du Qian, and Song Wan rushed over first. Others had to consider their positions after hearing the news.

They are old brothers, so there is no need. After thinking too much, I came right away when I heard the news.

Next came Wu Er, Lu Da, and Shi Jin. These few people were careless and couldn't hide things. As soon as they heard about it, they rushed over as soon as possible.

The rest of the military attachés or promotions at the leader level were not in a hurry to come before Wang Lun expressed his stance.

"Boss, brother, please don’t recruit me!"

"Yes, our purpose is to do justice for heaven. If my brother recruits An and becomes a high official, how can he do justice for heaven?"

"You can't let down your brothers and the millions of people under Liangshan just because you are rich!"

Lu Da, Shi Jin, and Wu Er strode up the mountain.

As they walked, they shouted loudly that they could not be dismissed.

These three tough guys...

Wang Lun was not only not annoyed, but also laughed.

The next people who came over More.

Dozens of leaders, except for the rotating generals who had to stay in the camp or lead troops outside, almost all came up.

Lieutenant Su's confidant was guarded by a group of cavalry and brought to the Chinese army At the foot of the hill in the camp.

Although the guy was surrounded by heavy soldiers, he still looked very confident, even a little arrogant.

Maybe he felt that his master came to recruit him with generous terms. , it is impossible not to succeed. Once the recruitment is successful, these ferocious men in front of them will become the military attachés of the imperial court, and instead become the subordinates of their master... Then what is there to be afraid of?

"Big boss!"

"I’ve seen the big boss!"

The leaders also had different expressions.

A few of them were vaguely looking forward to it.

In their view, this 3.9 victory over Shijiedu fully demonstrated the strength of Liangshan.

Sitting on the territory of more than a dozen states and nearly a hundred counties, the court must Only with a high enough bargaining chip can you convince the big boss to recruit people.

Even if you recruit people, you should maintain a certain degree of power and influence over the states with Liangshan as the core.

Everyone can also rise with the tide and achieve a great career.

Of course, it also depends on the big boss.

And because of their special status, several surrendered generals who were forced to surrender stood on the outside of the crowd and did not even participate in the discussion.

Surprisingly, Chao Gai was the first to express his opposition to the recruitment:"I agree with Wu Er and Lu Tixia! We are so comfortable now, we are doing all the big things and good deeds on the road, and we are always doing justice for God! Once they are recruited, those bad officials are back, and the bad guys from Zhao Guan's family are here again. What should they do if they want to return to Guantian? What should we do if we exploit the people again? If I can't stand it, I'll either go back to Dongxi Village and hide, out of sight! Or, I want to kill officials and rebel again! So it's better not to recruit people now and save the trouble, don't you think so?

Sun Li said with a smile:"What King Chao Tian said is also what I said.""

Yang Zhi said calmly:"It's not that easy in the army. Those of us who are recruited, no matter how many levels we are promoted, we will still be ignored and ostracized wherever we go. We don't share in the good things, and we can't escape the bad things."

"What Yang Tiha said is reasonable, and I also oppose the recruitment."

"Then Zhao Guanjia is not a good emperor, let alone a good person. I am unwilling to serve him to death!"

Wang Lun stood with his hands behind his back and looked at it with a smile.

Yes, under his persistent influence, there are fewer surrender factions in Liangshan than before. Even Qin Ming, Hu Yanzhuo, Huang Xin, Hua Rong and others are still there now. He seems to have little interest in recruitment.

The very few leaders who want to make great achievements, clean up their past, and honor their ancestors, in such an atmosphere, do not dare to speak out at all.

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