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Returning to the original starting point, Zhao Haiping fell into deep thought.

As soon as the officers and soldiers entered the mountain, the tea bandits had already spread their wings and flew away?

Is this reasonable?

Zhao Haiping can be regarded as a modern person who knows a lot about ancient wars. It is obviously unreasonable for this to happen.

In ancient warfare, information and intelligence are crucial.

Many military books contain tactics about the importance of information and intelligence, knowing yourself and the enemy, and winning a hundred battles is the consensus of famous generals in ancient and modern times.

A qualified general, before confronting the enemy, releases a large number of spies and spies to investigate the enemy's situation and grasp as much information as possible about the opponent. This is already considered a basic operation.

However, the transmission of information in ancient times was very limited.

After all, there were no communication tools such as mobile phones or telegraphs in ancient times. Except for very few cases where flying pigeons can be used to send letters, in most cases, people still need to run errands.

Whether it is passing a message or sending a letter, someone must always keep an eye on the surrounding situation and pass information back and forth all the time.

So at the very beginning, Zhao Haiping didn't think too much, but the soldiers pressed the border and went straight into the mountain.

The reason is very simple. Under the backward communication method in ancient times, even if the tea bandits sent outside sentries found that the army had entered the mountain, they ran back to inform the tea bandits, and the tea bandits ran away together, there must always be a certain amount of attention. time.

The officers and soldiers can always grab them by the tail and beat them hard.

But now, the officers and soldiers didn't even see the shadow of the tea bandit.

What does this mean?

Zhao Haiping calmed down for some analysis, and came to a somewhat helpless conclusion: "This shows that the intelligence system of the tea bandits crushes the officers and soldiers?

"But why?

"The number of tea bandits is not very large, and it is impossible to send out a large number of sentries to monitor the movements of the officers and soldiers.

"Could it be that……

"Did someone else tip them off?

"And the so-called 'others' are mostly the people around here?

"Are you kidding? The common people don't help the officers and soldiers, but the tea bandits?"

After some analysis, Zhao Haiping came to a conclusion that made him feel outrageous.

Why do these tea bandits run so fast? There is no other explanation except that there are a large number of people nearby who tipped them off.

And once I figured this out, I somehow felt quite reasonable.

You must know that this group of tea bandits originally smuggled tea, but they hired some murderers as escorts. They were forced to become bandits because they had conflicts with officials and killed people.

They moved to many places, but they were able to defeat the officers and soldiers repeatedly. Of course, there was a reason why the leader, Lai Wenzheng, had certain military skills. Of course, there was a reason why the officers and soldiers were low in combat power, but the most important thing was probably the gap in intelligence work. .

No matter how low the combat power of the officers and soldiers is, it is still compared with the Jinren.

It's not a problem to beat ordinary bandits.

The reason why they have been defeated repeatedly is that they always fight at the home court of the tea bandits, and the tea bandits themselves have a huge intelligence advantage.

When a large number of officers and soldiers went up the mountain to suppress the bandits, the tea bandits ran away at the speed of light, leaving the officers and soldiers in vain; when the officers and soldiers returned without success, the tea bandits were able to rescue some officers and soldiers who had left alone and beat them hard.

In the face of this gap in intelligence capabilities, isn't it difficult to fight?

As for why many common people are on the side of the tea bandits instead?

In fact, if you think about why these tea bandits fell into the grass in the first place, you will know.

Why don't they do a serious tea business? Is it because you don't like it?

Of course, it was because the tea business in the Qi Dynasty was too difficult to do at that time, tea was too expensive, and it was exploited by various officials along the way.

That's why these tea bandits took the risk and started the smuggling business.

For the local people, these tea bandits are closer to them than the officials who are paid for by Naka.

After all, these tea bandits are different from other robber gangs in the Qi Dynasty.

Some strongmen who fall into bandits don’t do production. If they want to eat a lot of meat and drink in a big bowl, they can only make a living by robbery. Naturally, the people around them will be afraid to avoid it; but the tea bandits are different, they have their own. The source of income is the transportation and sale of tea.

In this case, it is not surprising that the common people are more inclined to tea bandits.

"So... if you want to successfully suppress the bandits, you have to find a way to cut off the connection between the tea bandits and the surrounding people.

"...It's not right either.

"It seemed impossible to do it, and I didn't have that much time."

Zhao Haiping's first reaction was to rectify the officialdom here, and then introduce a few good policies so that the people here can live and work in peace and contentment.

In this way, they should no longer support the tea bandits.

But after thinking about it again, this is certainly a good way to treat the symptoms and cure the root cause, but the time is too long and the effect is too slow.

Many common people have colluded with the tea bandits, which is already a kind of inertia. Even if their lives improve, within three to five years, this kind of loyalty relationship will still exist.

At that time, as long as the officers and soldiers enter the mountain in large numbers, the tea bandits will still run away as soon as possible.

It would be fine if it took longer, but at this time, Yu Jiaxuan, played by Zhao Haiping, is actually a firefighter. How could the court wait a few years to deal with a tea bandit?

Although everyone knows that it is the best policy to manage a place well and eliminate banditry, but this best policy is too slow to take effect, and few people can afford to wait.

"So, you have to change your mind.

"Officials and troops entering the mountains on a large scale will be discovered, and the people will report to them. Moreover, it takes time for a large number of officials and troops to gather, which gives the tea bandits a gap to escape.

"So... the solution to this problem is the same as the previous Fifty Riders robbed the camp.

"Soldiers are good, not many!

"Leave the main army in the city, and at the same time carefully select a group of elites to attack secretly. At the same time, send a few more teams to block the path down the mountain, and maybe this group of tea bandits can be defeated.

"Even if we can't wipe out all of them, as long as we can catch the culprit, this banditry should be considered calm."

Thinking of this, Zhao Haiping's thoughts instantly became clear.

He started the trial again.

...

[Battle from Niuzhu: 8 years]

This prompt appeared again in Chu Ge's field of vision.

This means that he can test the results of his New Deal again.

For Wang Wenchuan's new law this time, Chu Ge did not change the specific provisions, because he knew very well that it was meaningless to dwell on the details of these provisions.

In history, Wang Wenchuan was already a capable and wise official. His insights into social problems were very clear, and his solutions were superficially comprehensive.

But as soon as it was implemented, it was checked a hundred and eight thousand miles from the expected situation.

Therefore, after some analysis, Chu Ge concluded that to reform, the administration of officials must first be clarified.

Only if the officials under him are a group of honest, honest and capable officials, can the new law be implemented in accordance with Wang Wenchuan's expectations.

Otherwise, these officials below will only sing crooked scriptures, use the new law to benefit themselves, and finally let Wang Wenchuan be the biggest scapegoat.

The method Chu Ge proposed to rectify the administration of officials before is not complicated, and there are two methods in total.

The first is to strengthen the performance appraisal of officials, and the second is to reduce the favor of officials.

In Chu Ge's view, this is so basic that it cannot be more basic.

The problem of redundant officials in the Qi Dynasty was pervasive throughout. A large number of incompetent officials were in high positions. Many of them would be fine if they were corrupt while doing business, but the key is neither to be corrupt nor to do things, or to be both corrupt and not to do things .

The treatment of officials in the Qi Dynasty can be said to be the highest in history. If compared with the early years of the Dasheng Dynasty, the officials of the Qi Dynasty are living in heaven.

From Chu Ge's point of view, it is obviously impossible to cut all the salaries of these officials to the point that they were in the early years of the Dasheng Dynasty, but I am also the head of the dynasty. Those officials who don't do anything are always fine, right?

Nine out of ten officials at the state and county levels are incompetent. Under such circumstances, can the new law be passed? Then there is a ghost.

And Chu Ge didn't think about taking down all these unqualified officials at once. This kind of policy must be gradual.

For example, in the first year of the trial, a measure such as a Beijing inspection will be implemented, so that a small number of particularly poor officials will be dismissed, demoted to the next level, and given a warning again...

In this way, it will gradually take three to five years to slowly change the blood of officials from the capital to the localities. When the new law is implemented in the next five years, there will always be some progress, right?

Chu Ge took a deep breath and looked at the table in front of him.

In fact, he has already mentally prepared himself. If he wants to rectify the administration of officials, he will inevitably be counterattacked and impeached by a large number of officials, and there will even be many unwarranted attacks.

But seeing these more impeachments than last time, Chu Ge was still shocked.

"what's the situation?

"These people... actually said that I am a friend??"

Chu Ge casually flipped through the memorial to his own impeachment, almost suffering from high blood pressure.

But at this time the game has not completely failed, because he still has the opportunity to meet the emperor in the court.

If these opponents can be refuted in court and the emperor's trust can be regained, then there is still room for change in this matter. His reform will naturally be able to advance smoothly into the second year.

In the court hall, officials from all walks of life quickly started their performances.

"A lesson from the officials! I believe that the new law is too large and difficult to implement. The measures are too drastic and slow-moving. Not only will it not benefit the national economy and the people's livelihood, but it will also cause turmoil, causing everyone to feel insecure and cliques to emerge!"

"I think that our Qi Dynasty shared the world with the scholar-bureaucrats, and the use of the country is insufficient. How can there be any reason to plunder the scholar-bureaucrats? If the people's hearts are rebellious, who will govern the huge Kyushu and Wanfang for the officials?"

"I think that the new law is called Tuqiang, but it is actually secretly forming cronies! Officials must guard against it!"

"Wang Wenchuan is pedantic and unreliable. He has a false name! If the officials continue to use him, I am afraid that he will become an armpit in no time!"

Hearing these criticisms against him, Chu Ge came out out of anger.

These people are going to die!

The so-called "official family" is what the Qi Dynasty called the emperor. A minister explained, "Three emperors govern the world, five emperors belong to the world, and they have three or five virtues, so they are called official families."

As for the rhetoric of these officials' attacks, it is nothing more than the following.

Some people say that the scale of the new law is too large, involving a large number of officials from all over the Qi Dynasty, it is difficult to implement it at all, and it is tantamount to a waste of effort;

Some people say that the new law does not have any buffer at all for the management of officials, and a group of people will be dismissed or demoted as soon as it comes up, which is likely to cause turmoil;

Others say that the new law is actually secretly forming cronies and threatening the status of the emperor...

Chu Ge's feeling at this time was somewhat inexplicable.

What are these remarks!

Obviously it's not worth refuting!

However, since it is in front of the emperor, he can only show an attitude of 120 points, and seriously fight against the Confucian scholars.

This time Chu Ge's talent is still the previous generous statement.

And this time, the verbal battle against the Confucian scholars is obviously more righteous.

The young crops law was changed before, which caused losses to the country and made the emperor no longer trust him. Although his intentions were good, it is true that he must take the blame from the results.

But what about this time?

He wants to rectify the bureaucracy!

The problem of official administration is something everyone can see, and the emperor knows it well, otherwise he would not agree to his plan.

That being the case, then what these people say is completely self-defeating!

How do you call it too aggressive and slow to change? I obviously started from the very mild side first, right? Doesn't it mean that all unqualified officials will be dismissed as soon as they come up, or even some of them?

What does it mean that the scale is too large and difficult to implement? Reforms are not something that can be accomplished overnight. If everything is said to be too large-scale and can’t be done, then why not do it?

It is even more outrageous to say that the reform will offend the scholar-bureaucrats, make them no longer support the emperor, and lead to chaos in the world.

Did Taizu Sheng kill fewer officials? Is the world in chaos if you embezzle a few taels of silver and then peel off the real grass?

On the contrary, the officials became more and more powerful later, when "all the people are in full bloom", the people are in dire straits...

Among the literati and bureaucrats, there are indeed officials like Wang Wenchuan who can do practical things, but there are also many who are pure moths of the state. Why, is it not allowed to remove a moth?

Then this Da Qi deserves to be destroyed by Jin Guo.

As for forming cliques, this is even more nonsense. If Wang Wenchuan wants to use people to reform the law, he must promote a group of people and suppress a group of people. It cannot be called secretly forming cliques when it comes to the appointment and dismissal of personnel, right?

Anyway, crony is a basket, everything can be put in it.

The emperor can't even figure out such a simple thing, can he?

Chu Ge is full of confidence, because he knows that this emperor is not a top-notch fool, he still wants to do things, and his evaluation in history is not bad.

Therefore, this generous statement should have an effect.

Thinking of this, Chu Ge confidently refuted all the important officials headed by Wen Junshi.

Especially when it comes to cronies, Chu Ge repeatedly emphasized that the capable go up and the mediocre go down. This is inevitable in the reform process, and it is also a normal appointment and dismissal of personnel.

To do things, you must promote some officials who can do things. Otherwise, they will hinder each other and spend time in meaningless internal friction. How can the reform be successful?

In a word, please trust me!

As long as you give me five years, you will definitely return the official family to an efficient and clean officialdom; give me ten years, and you will definitely return the official family to a rich country and a strong army!

With the blessing of talent, these words were spoken impassionedly, and officials of the new party echoed them one after another.

Those members of the old party have no choice but to continue to use the term "crony party" to attack personally.

The emperor was very moved, and immediately decided to drive Wang Wenchuan out of the capital.

At this time, the northern frontier is in dire straits, and Jin soldiers may go south at any time. The imperial court needs an important minister to go out on patrol, and Wang Wenchuan is the best candidate.

Therefore, Wang Wenchuan was transferred to be the Xuanfu envoy of Hedong, and went out to patrol.

Although he still retains the title of being a political adviser, he has actually been transferred out of the center of the imperial court.

And this attempt, after just one year, failed again.