As the night fell, the house of the Zhai family was still brightly lit, and the Zhai father and son and several representatives of the surrounding villagers were present.

"What Wang Jingluo said during the day, I don't believe it, what is the order of a county, the marquis of a hundred miles? Who is proud of the countryside, natural courage can be, if you can respect the order on paper, the countryside is salty, these years of rural disputes, why fight for your life? He said a lot, but it was nothing more than a deception and procrastination, and he was unwilling to help my family become a proud country! In my opinion, it is simply superfluous to summon them to the house. ”

Zhai Hu spoke out angrily, and rarely agreed with what Wang Meng said. He knew all kinds of things when he was young, that is, the brave and powerful are superior to the top, and the cowardly are humbled below, so he just sneered at what Wang Meng said, and neither understood nor believed it.

As soon as his voice fell, there was no lack of echo in the banquet, not only saying that Wang Meng's deceitful voice was delaying, and the people's slight words were not credible at all, and there were also saying that it was a wrong decision to take refuge in Tianzhong, and Wang Shi would not be perfunctory to them before the army arrived, and once the army invaded Guanzhong, its tyrannical and ferocious posture would be exposed, and even their villagers would be forcibly moved away from their hometown.

Most of the people who say these things are young people, and the really older ones don't speak much. In and out of the words, they all reveal their distrust of Xingtai and their lack of optimism about the future.

The old men in the banquet, including Zhai Ci, were still sitting and listening at first, but gradually, several of them had obvious disappointment on their faces.

"Regardless of what Wang Jingluo said for the time being, but his courage is considerable because he can walk into the unpredictable situation of friends and enemies with a lonely and weak crowd, and live here in peace. It's ridiculous that my fathers and elders in Guanzhong, often boast of their heroism, and raise their sons and daughters to be dogs under the gate, trapped in the square circle of this dock, but they don't see the world warming up, and the tide is rising. ”

Zhai Ciju sat in the seat, pointed to his son and sighed, he thought that his son was brave and strong, and he could praise the township, but after contacting Wang Meng, he knew what the real worldly young sages outside the countryside looked like.

The general Shen in the sky, the name of the big name spread far and wide in their hometown, and the two generals before and after the Hongwu Army on the near side were also young and strong, and even the county Cheng who was sent by the Xingtai casually showed a demeanor far superior to the children in their township!

Although Guanzhong has been turbulent for many years, it is necessary to be cautious in staying in business, and it is good that these sons and daughters are vigilant. However, in the eyes of Zhai Ci and other old people, the cautiousness shown by these young people at the moment is really too much, and it can even be called timid, afraid of contact with the outside world, afraid of changes in the countryside.

Their older generation, in order to be able to protect the family business, is also exhausted, or build a dock to guard the border, when the thief is strong, it is inevitable to be false, pretend to be peaceful, or it is difficult to call it heroic, but after stumbling over the years, it is finally where the preservation of Fang Yuan is located.

It's a pity that these young people, born in the turbulent world since childhood, are wrapped in the high walls of the dock wall, do not know the breadth of the world, do not know the vastness of the world, do not know the vastness of the world, empty strength but short-sighted, and have insufficient strategy.

Now it is a fact that the king of Jinzuo is powerful, the original Guanzhong pride was beaten and retreated, based on the three auxiliary those who are many and powerful, they are all making a turtle posture, they are all discussing whether the platform is credible, even if there is a conclusive result, what is the point?

After the Hongwu Army's General Xiao entered the country, he went straight to Jingzhaojiao County, and captured several dock walls one after another, even if they were definitely ill-intentioned towards them, even if they knew in advance, would they be able to resist it? A group of lambs to be slaughtered, calculating when the butcher will drop the knife, can the calculation be accurate, can it save its life?

Previously, when the Hongwu Army first entered the region, Zhai Ci planned to take refuge in the territory for a while, and it was these young people who opposed it the most. One by one, they fought for red faces and red ears, and patted their chests and arms, promising that if the Jin army really came to attack, they swore to the death to protect the country.

Zhai Ci also has this kind of awareness, and he understands more about life and death, it is very simple to ask for death, but it is not easy to survive. In previous years, when the countryside was in trouble, if he hadn't made a flexible response, these sons might not have grown up, let alone have the opportunity to make crazy noises.

Wang Meng's remarks during the day, to be honest, Zhai Ci himself is not convinced, what is the majesty of the king's order, in the final analysis, it still needs to be strong, if this Wang Meng does not represent Xingtai, and Xingtai has a brigade of Wang Division stationed near the side to support him, his own life can not be saved, what else to talk about.

Zhai Ci couldn't comprehend all the majesty of the king's order, but he could realize one thing, that is, this Wang Jingluo must have hoped to achieve some intention through him, so he repeatedly made high persuasions. Just as he hoped that by instigating, he would instigate the Hongwu Army to list the hometown enemy You clan as a target, so as to make his family dominate the countryside.

It doesn't matter whether the attitude of Xingtai is credible or not, it is a behemoth with hundreds of thousands of soldiers and a territory of thousands of miles, and there is no difference between them discussing the attitude of Xingtai here and discussing the will of heaven. Not to mention Xingtai, even the nearby Hongwu Army, they can't influence it.

What is really worth touching is this Wang Meng's attitude, as his people said, their thousands of township songs are not in the eyes of the general Shen in the sky at all, and it is this Wang Meng who really values them. No matter what their intentions are, as long as they still want to rely on their villagers to accomplish things, they will definitely do their best to protect them before they achieve their goals, and prevent them from being listed as the target of the Hongwu Army.

Therefore, since Wang Meng entered the country, whether it was the previous humiliation or the snub after docking, it was a personal temptation for Wang Meng. Including mentioning the attack on the You clan during the day, he also hoped to test how much influence his people had on the Hongwu Army, but he didn't expect Wang Meng to throw out a remark that made them hesitate.

"Regardless of whether Wang Jingluo and his person are credible or not, there is no doubt about the courage of Wang Shi of the Hongwu Army. Although there are many people in Dalicheng Liu Wang, he actually allowed that General Xiao to cross the border safely and did not dare to attack, once the blade pointed at the countryside, it was far from being the enemy of our fellow villagers. No matter who is the main one in the future of the Guanzhong, it is really not appropriate to fight evil at the moment. ”

Speaking of this, Zhai Ci sighed suddenly: "As for what Wang Jingluo said about repairing the county, he will have the right to do it before his evil thoughts are revealed." The countryside is in a bad situation, it is nothing more than the pressure of the army, killing is not counted, he is only a small person, even if the harm is limited, there is no money and food, and the manpower is barren, how much can he take me? If you are really greedy and cruel, just like a thief, it will not be too late to fight for your life! ”

"As for you and your son, I don't care what you think of him, don't show disgust, ask for advice, if you can grow, it will be beneficial for everyone. can really peek through the dangerous and disgusting traces of his people, and then praise the evil deeds of the township police! ”

In the end, Zhai Ci looked at Zhai Hu and the other young people again, and admonished him sharply.

Although the young people still have resentment in their hearts, they dare not disobey the wishes of their relatives and elders in person, so they can only bow down and receive training.

In short, regardless of the actual intentions for the time being, Zhai Ci, as the county magistrate of Xiatai, finally expressed his support for the actual creation of county governance, of course, this support is only reflected in words, and the implementation in practice is minimal.

Wang Meng didn't care about this, and still put forward his own ideas step by step.

After years of war, the county seat of Xiatai has long been gone, and the first thing to do is to choose a county office. There is no choice on this point, Zhai Ci rarely waved his hand generously to demarcate an area outside the dock wall as the county office.

Until now, he still only regarded this as a joke, and it was not easy to re-establish the order after years of rural desolation.

However, after Wang Meng was instructed, he attached great importance to it and simply moved directly into the so-called county office. The so-called county office is just a few scattered homes, and Zhai Ci has not even allocated manpower to repair them.

There was no force available, so Wang Meng took matters into his own hands, and more than a dozen soldiers around him spent a few days erecting a fence to enclose the county office, and the people on the Minggao dock wall were not allowed to enter and leave at will. However, on the first day of the promulgation of the decree, more than a dozen people violated the ban, and even many naughty children went directly through the cracks in the fence, ran around and even defecated inside, and laughed inside and outside.

Wang Meng did not drive people away from this, but just copied all the people who violated the ban and submitted them to Zhai Ci to report: "The government is grassed, the rules are in practice, the house slaves are prohibited, public punishment or private law, I respectfully ask the Ming government to do it by itself." ”

Zhai Cichu didn't care about it, but when he saw Wang Meng's serious face, he also felt a little embarrassed: "The villagers are vulgar and despicable, and they have been casual for a long time, which makes Jing slightly smile." Later I will send another admonition that these evil embryos will not be allowed to do this again. ”

"Wuzhong has been like this for a long time, and suddenly made this order, for a while, how can the villagers obey the order. Besides, the so-called administration is my own home......"

Zhai Hu was slightly dissatisfied next to him, and the villagers went to make trouble today, and there was also his agitation, which was also deliberately secretly provocative.

"Shang Jun established wood as a letter, and the punishment and reward were built at the end of the micro, and the hegemony of the Qin Emperor was completed. The Ming Mansion is used for hundreds of miles, and the house slaves are still not cured, so why punish the herdsmen? ”

Wang Meng replied.

Zhai Hu was still about to speak, but when he saw that Grandpa had already looked at him, he could only keep silent.

"Although I am respectfully appointed by the county, I have come from a humble country and know little about the etiquette system, so I have to rely on Jingluo a lot."

Zhai Ci said with a smile, seeing Wang Meng's actions, he felt that it was not all meaningless, although he had the authority to say everything in the dock, but many times it was not good to be too harsh on the villagers, if Wang Meng came forward to create some rules for people to follow, it would also be a benefit.

Wang Meng got up again and arched his hand and said: "I am in charge of the Ming Mansion, and I dare not resign." Although the administration is drafted, there is still a shortage of officials, and at present, only the incumbents in the county are the Ming Mansion and the lowly positions, and there is still a lack of county lieutenants, meritorious, household, recital, and other officials......"

Wang Meng compared the local official system of Xingtai and introduced how a county office should have officials and their respective ministries. And after hearing these introductions, Zhai Ci's father and son couldn't help but prick up their ears and motioned for Wang Meng to explain in detail. The names of these subordinate officials have a clear division of labor, and they also have great reference significance for their own governance of the dock wall.

However, Zhai Ci is still a little more sensitive: "Jingluo has many officials, do these also have to be appointed?" ”

"The appointees of the Taiwan are only the three of the order, the Cheng, and the Wei, and the rest of the people need to be appointed by the Ming government to choose the township sages, and there are also clear orders in the other Taiwan, in addition to the main salary, and there are fields to the county officials to cultivate and harvest food, and feed the officials......"

Zhai Ci didn't care much about the fields, and the barren fields in the countryside abounded, and more often than not, there was a lack of people to cultivate or there was no guarantee of safety and did not dare to cultivate. However, he was relieved to hear that these subordinate officials could be hired by himself, he didn't want to let too many outsiders enter his dock wall with a false name of a county order.

"Can anyone who is in the wilderness be a subordinate officer? Can I also use other docks? ”

Zhai Hu was also moved when he heard this, and first thought that if he could use this to summon other dock wall owners in the township into the department as officials, wouldn't it be indirectly enslaving other dock walls and township songs? This idea is really a bit ridiculous, but he has seen it, if it weren't for his grandfather serving as a county magistrate, he didn't even know that the countryside still needed such a name.

"At this point, the Ming government needs to negotiate on its own, if it is used by non-people, it is just a waste of affairs."

Wang Meng still patiently explained.

Zhai Ci was very moved at this time, he didn't care much about how the county was governed, but if he could use this to sort out the affairs in the dock wall a little and have a clear division of labor, it would be quite appropriate.

Therefore, taking advantage of this excitement, he inquired about the names of these officials in detail, and when he signed the appointment, and accepted the orders of a dozen Cao officials in one go, he still gave up, and summoned those who were appointed, and then asked Wang Meng to explain to them their respective duties.

Wang Meng did not despise this grass platform team, and after a detailed introduction, he said with a straight face: "Since you have obtained the official body, you can no longer be lazy and wasted, and you will enter the office day and night to listen to it, and it is fundamental for each to fulfill their responsibilities and work." If there is a lack of use and omission, there will be punishment! ”

Those people were originally the stewards in the dock wall and the like, and they didn't feel anything if they were divided into officials, but they were not lacking in complacency because of their official appointments, but when they heard that Wang Meng, an outsider, actually threatened them, they were a little dissatisfied, and they were angry.

"Shut up! Wang Cheng is a rare young sage in the sky, and General Shen in the sky takes care of the countryside so well to help the countryside, even I have to set up a banquet to treat me, how dare you and other country men be rude! Xingtai is right, let me govern the county, Wang Cheng is my good advocate, in the future, his instructions will be as I said, since you have already joined the officials, dare to violate the prohibition, there will be punishment! ”

Zhai Ci pulled his face in the banquet at this time, and said angrily. Seeing this, the others also hurriedly closed their voices, just like Wang Meng, and called the Ming Mansion with their hands.

After the appointment of the officials was completed, Wang Meng mentioned the affairs of the people again. It is ridiculous that the officials of the county office are considered to be rough now, but there is no one in the county who can be governed.

Although Zhai Ci was enthusiastic about appointing officials, when he talked about this, his attitude became subtle, and to record the people's household registration was tantamount to clearly exposing his family business to others, how could he be defenseless.

"After the establishment of the county office, it is a matter of course to appease the food and open up the wilderness, which is a long-term achievement, and there is no need to be in a hurry. In addition, the survey of the territory and the demarcation of the territory should be calmly arranged. ”

Zhai Ci was reluctant to naturalize his shadow household, which Wang Meng was not reluctant, but proposed another plan.

Hearing this, Zhai Ci's eyes lit up, in fact, there is no shortage of wandering refugees in the countryside, and although these dock owners cherish their own shade households, they are all villagers who have formed a party and coexisted for many years, and they are actually reluctant to accept those homeless people who are wandering in the wild, maybe there are some kind of villains hidden inside, if a large number of them are summoned in, it will lead to trouble in the house.

But now he can recruit these people through the county office to control them, which is tantamount to increasing his own strength, so Zhai Ci is really enthusiastic about this, and he asked in detail, especially if after the county boundary is surveyed and the people are reorganized, if there are foreign invaders to disturb them, will the Hongwu Army come forward to retreat from the enemy?

After receiving Wang Meng's affirmative answer, Zhai Ci was even more excited, and decided to let his son Zhai Hu lead the township to organize a search team to recruit refugees in the suburbs. Originally, he had a dispensable attitude towards this so-called county order, but now he really attaches importance to it, and he feels that what Wang Meng said before is indeed reasonable to have a public weapon in hand and need to be used for it.

Although Zhai Ci is still cautious about Wang Meng's intentions, at least so far, he really hasn't found that these measures have harmed him, on the contrary, if he executes them well, the power he can control can be steeped several times.

Not only did Zhai Ci begin to pay attention to the county office, but even Zhai Hu, who had always been dissatisfied with Wang Meng, was there to ask earnestly whether he could serve as the county lieutenant?

However, this question did not need to be answered by Wang Meng, Zhai Ci had already decided to appoint Zhang Tao, the owner of the nearby Zhang's dock wall and also his family's relatives, as the lieutenant of Xiatai County. Although the two companies were also friendly before, they lacked a master-slave relationship and still operated separately. If the two positions can be established through the county office, even if it is only in name, it will be of great significance.

With the full support of Zhai Ci, the construction of the entire Xiatai County Office is also in full swing. The first is the implementation of the ban, Zhai Ci even personally hung his own grandson who led the naughty boy to rush into the county office to drown and play, and beat dozens of times, and the bloody bamboo cane was also daunting.

And with the development of various affairs, Wang Meng's iron-fisted means have gradually erected a prestige in the dock wall, because Zhai Ci still has to take care of the hometown, many wicked people have to be Wang Meng, and Wang Meng is also a person who does not refuse, conscientious, in just a few days, the prestige even gradually surpasses Zhai Ci, the owner of the dock wall.

The implementation of such a tough order had an immediate effect, and soon the entire dock wall was greatly changed. In previous years, the affairs of the Zhai family and his son were all handled by the people, but now the division of labor is clear, and the rewards and punishments are severe, so that the entire dock wall is strictly ordered, and the efficiency of various affairs has been greatly increased.

"The beauty of the rules and regulations is so good! Wang Lang is talented, and in time, he can be a good assistant to the king. How fortunate is it to be able to control such virtuousness! ”

Feeling the benefits brought by order, Zhai Ci also doubled his courtesy to Wang Meng, praising him every time, and what made him even more satisfied was that no matter how much praise Wang Meng received, he always abided by etiquette and always put himself in the right position and did not trespass. In his opinion, this point is even more satisfying, and looking at his own family members who are still having bad habits that are difficult to change, he can't help but be even more dissatisfied.

The change in the atmosphere in the dock wall is still a trivial matter, and what makes Zhai Ci even more happy is that the materials that were escorted to the Hongwu Army camp by Xiao Yuandong have finally arrived at the county border. And with it, there was a whole battalion of 300 Hongwu soldiers and more than 700 soldiers.

At this moment, no matter how much Zhai Ci is cautious, he will no longer be dissatisfied with Wang Meng, this is simply the favor of God and the good help given to him! And choosing to take refuge in the industry has become the most correct choice in his life. If this trend continues, he doesn't even need to turn to the Hongwu Army for help, and with the power he has at his disposal, he can eradicate the hometown feud in one fell swoop and dominate the countryside.

Not to mention Zhai Ci's dream of dominating the countryside, all this is just a starting point for Wang Meng, and his requirements for himself are by no means more than just a dock wall!

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