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Chapter 85 Patrol Inspectorate, Recruitment
As Cui Wenxiu waited anxiously, a series of hurried footsteps approached from afar.

"Hoo~!"

Although he forced himself to calm down, his expression remained completely unchanged.

However, Cui Wenxiu's breathing became slightly heavier.

A short while later, a person quickly entered the main hall.

"Master, we've found out everything."

"What happened? Is someone attacking the city? Have they been driven back?"

Although she tried her best to remain calm on the surface, the turbulent emotions in Cui Wenxiu's heart could be seen from her series of questions.

"Master, it's the People's Rescue Army! The People's Rescue Army has stormed the city!"

"So what was the final outcome? Were they kicked out?"

"No, patriarch."

The militia has already posted notices to reassure the people and taken over the city defenses of Lintao Prefecture.

Upon hearing this, Cui Wenxiu's expression changed drastically, and she murmured in disbelief.

"How could this be? They're just a bunch of bandits and lowly peasants, nothing more than a bunch of peasants. How could they have occupied the prefectural city so easily?"

This was something he found hard to believe.

In the eyes of the crowd, the People's Salvation Army, which was originally just a group of slightly more powerful bandits, actually captured the prefectural city in such a short time.

This is probably the most serious rebellion that has occurred in recent years.

Compared to them, Wang Er was nothing but a small fry compared to a big fish.

Even if there are three or five county towns, how can they compare to the prefectural city?
In recent years, apart from the Later Jin Tartars outside the Great Wall who would constantly raid the border and occupy cities, this is probably the largest city lost by the Ming Dynasty. Moreover, it was a city in the heartland.

If this were to reach the central court, it would surely cause a stir throughout the entire court.

The only question is how many troops the imperial court will send to suppress them.

He just wanted it to be quick.

Otherwise, being under the control of the rebel army would ultimately be somewhat dangerous for them.

As for joining the People's Salvation Army, that was something he had never considered.

Before the People's Salvation Army has fully consolidated its foundation, large families like theirs are unlikely to place their bets on it.

Regardless of how much the wealthy families, merchants, and gentry in the city, or the landlords and gentry who moved to the city later, did not believe it, the fact that the dynasty had occupied Lintao Prefecture was already undeniable.

As for the court's counterattack and encirclement, the dynasty had already anticipated it.

However, with his extraordinary army, he was still quite confident that he could withstand the imperial army's encirclement and suppression.

The next day, in addition to arranging for 500 men to be stationed there, the dynasty sent the remaining men to patrol various parts of the city. Anyone found committing crimes was to be thrown into prison.

After a brief trial, as long as no one was killed, the dynasty sent them all to labor camps.

Together with the captured Ming soldiers, they repaired the city walls and streets, and so on.

The dynasty even planned to build official roads connecting the counties under its jurisdiction.

There's a saying from later generations, isn't there?
To be rich, build roads first.

This is enough to illustrate the importance of roads.

For the current National Salvation Army, good roads would allow them to be more closely connected, reach various places more quickly, and improve the efficiency of the war effort.

In short, road construction is extremely important.

Therefore, there is a severe shortage of road repair workers.

However, if anyone committed any crimes after the People's Salvation Army occupied Lintao Prefecture, the dynasty immediately and without hesitation sent them all to labor camps.

In a short time, countless hooligans, thugs, and gangsters were all arrested by the People's Salvation Army and sent to labor camps.

Even those who hadn't been arrested yet were now behaving themselves, with some even staying home and refusing to go out, fearing that they might be captured by the militia and forced to repair roads if they weren't careful.

With the removal of these hooligans, thugs, and gangsters, the security situation in Lintao Prefecture improved dramatically.

Perhaps it won't reach the point where people leave their doors unlocked and don't pick up lost items on the road.

However, in terms of public security alone, it was comparable to cities in later generations.

There's no other way; the cost of committing crimes is simply too high.

You might be arrested and sent to a labor camp for ten days or half a month just because you didn't pay for your meal, and you'd have to pay back the money for the meal.

The cost of dining and dashing is too high, so naturally no one does it.

Following this, the dynasty posted recruitment notices, attempting to recruit clerical staff, but focusing more on recruiting constables, yamen runners, new soldiers, and laborers.

The most important thing now is to free up the militia responsible for maintaining order in the city so they can do what they're supposed to do.

Naturally, new constables and yamen runners were needed to maintain public order.

As for the previous government officials and yamen runners, the dynasty looked down on them.

Of course, they can also participate if they are interested. As long as they pass the assessment, they can join the Patrol Division after simple training and become a glorious constable again.

Their mission is to patrol the various districts and arrest criminals.

Subsequently, the dynasty divided Lintao Prefecture into five districts: east, west, south, and north, plus the central district where the prefectural government was located.

The patrol and inspection division was also divided into five: the East City Patrol and Inspection Division, the West City Patrol and Inspection Division, the South City Patrol and Inspection Division, the North City Patrol and Inspection Division, and the Central Urban Area General Patrol and Inspection Division.

Each of these patrol offices had two officers from the Salvation Army as their chief officers, leading a dozen or so constables to patrol their respective districts.

In the beginning, apart from a few thugs who wanted to take advantage of the situation, there were really not many people who signed up.

Even now, the majesty of the Ming Dynasty is still deeply ingrained in people's hearts.

Unless they are driven to the brink of despair or the militia has firmly established itself, few residents in the city would likely want to associate with them. As for the local thugs and ruffians, Wang Chao did not discriminate; as long as they could work for him, he was willing to give them a chance.

It is quite obvious that very few people can actually pass the assessment and complete the training.

Moreover, even if they become constables, they often have some hard-to-change bad habits. It's common for them to casually take food and drinks from street vendors or harass young women and wives.

The dynasty, of course, showed no mercy in response, directly using military law to punish them with ten strokes of the cane in the street before sending them all to labor camps.

Those involved in such matters are both delighted and somewhat apprehensive.

This militia truly cares about the people.

However, they were also afraid that this was just a facade, and what if they were secretly causing trouble for them?
Furthermore, what if these militia are driven away by government troops? Will those who were punished retaliate?
However, regardless of what others thought, the dynasty always went its own way, rewarding those who deserved it and punishing those who deserved it.

Furthermore, as time went on, order was gradually restored inside and outside the city, and the population began to circulate again.

After entering the city, some farmers from outside the city saw the recruitment notices and immediately signed up to join the patrol office or enlist as new soldiers.

There were also some homeless people and beggars who signed up to participate.

The dynasty accepted all offers of these.

Anyone who passes the assessment can join.

As for the remaining refugees and beggars, the dynasty simply waved its hand and sent them all to repair roads.

They received three meals a day, including porridge and vegetables, and also received twenty cash wages that the labor camp prisoners did not receive.

Not a lot, but definitely not a small amount either.

Most importantly, there's food.

Initially, some displaced people and beggars were reluctant, but after learning about this treatment, they immediately became enthusiastic and followed along to repair the road.

Even many ordinary people put aside their fear and sought out the militia soldiers, asking if they could also help repair the road.

They don't even need wages, as long as they can be provided with three meals a day.

Although the militia and peasant communes arrived and attacked the landlords and rich men, they all received distributed grain.

They could even rent land from landlords and wealthy landowners whose land had been taken by the militia. Apart from paying 30% rent, they didn't have to pay any other taxes.

However, this year is a year of famine, and even though they have obtained some food, they are still very anxious and do not know if they can survive the winter.

Now, the People's Salvation Army is actually recruiting road repair workers, and they are even provided with three meals a day and wages. Naturally, they are very excited.

If even beggars can do it, what are these people lacking?
Even many of the city's residents were getting restless.

As for whether this is related to the People's Salvation Army.

Haha, they weren't holding official positions or doing official duties in the People's Liberation Army; they were just doing manual labor for others.

The dynasty accepted all these people without exception, recruiting them all to build roads and paying them wages in the same way.

As for food supplies, with 100,000 shi of food supplies, plus more than one million cartloads of gold and silver, it's still possible to recruit some laborers.

What's more, there are still plenty of leeks in the city waiting for him to harvest.

Thus, in just two or three days, the dynasty recruited nearly 20,000 laborers to embark on a massive road construction project.

The target was not Weiyuan County, but Lintao Garrison, located west of Lintao Prefecture.

The soldiers of Lintao Garrison were mostly taken away by Commander Zheng Wanchun to suppress bandits.

What else is there to say? We must take him down.

At that time, the dynasty could rely on the Lintao Garrison to build a large new military camp and relocate the newly recruited troops there for training.

Well, this time, in addition to recruiting 20,000 laborers and more than 200 constables from the patrol office, the dynasty also recruited 10,000 new soldiers and assigned 100 militiamen to train them in a temporary military camp outside the city.

As for the regular army.
For a long time, they had to travel to various cities to defend and expand their territories, so there was no need for such a fixed military camp.

Their bases were in various cities.

Unless the dynasty completely occupies the two prefectures, the cities within these areas will gradually implement a system of separate military and civilian administration.

Before this, most cities were under military control, with varying degrees of leniency.

but
Wang Chao sat in the government office, gazing at the sky and lost in thought.

As the territory expands, so do the problems.

With him in charge of Lintao Prefecture, he was able to use his spiritual power to investigate what was happening in various places, and naturally he could suppress any bad signs.

However, if he leaves, things could get complicated.

What about other places?

What happened to Wang Dahu and his men? They occupied other prefectural and county towns.

With this thought in mind, Wang Chao's mind stirred slightly, and using spiritual power as a medium, he disregarded distance and space, instantly projecting his thoughts to the location of Wang Dahu and the others.

At this time, Wang Dahu had already arrived outside Gongchang Prefecture and was sending people to investigate the situation inside the city.

With the cooperation of the intelligence personnel within the city, we believe we will soon be able to ascertain the situation and launch an attack.

Immediately afterwards, the dynasty descended upon the other teams once again.

Zhang County has been captured and is currently under the jurisdiction of Wuping, which is also under military control.

This was a pre-arranged strategy: to impose military control on all occupied cities until sufficient government personnel were available.

However, this is clearly not a long-term solution.

The best solution is to recruit enough government officials or find other alternatives.

Ultimately, the reason why the dynasty rose to power was because its rise was too short, its foundation was too shallow, and it lacked sufficient talent.

Otherwise, these problems would not be problems at all.

(End of this chapter)