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Chapter 45 The Outer Dynasty

"This person, this person, and this person." The wizard wearing a red witch robe saw the lying down from a distance, and instructed the witches behind him. The witch doctors of the same origin, Xiong Jing could only train medical staff in the witches. Only they dared to dissect corpses, transfusions, amputations, suture wounds, cultivate green fly maggots, etc. Only they had the kind of poisonous mushrooms. The doctors were all witches, and the military's medical system was also all witches. Unfortunately, there was only sanitation for the time being, and Gong Jia had witches.

The ordered witch came over and tied Chen Qi's thighs tightly with a skin rope, then wrapped a ball of hemorrhagic silk on the wound, and then checked Chen Qi's other injuries. At the same time, he asked for the question. After that, he took out an orange piece of paper and wrote a paste and pasted it on Chen Qi's forehead. Then he instructed the stretcher behind him to carry Chen Qi away.

The witch represents ghosts and gods. Chen Qi's whole body was stiff from the beginning of the examination, and he didn't dare to let out a breath. He was relieved when he saw that she was painting an orange piece of paper. Shangguan Gao said that the red talisman was the most dangerous. Chen Ao was red last time, followed by orange, followed by yellow, followed by blue, and green, and he really couldn't die this time.

It was only after dealing with the Yushi soldiers. It was the turn of ordinary armored soldiers to charge the formation. The cavalry was extremely terrifying. Most of the injuries were not injured by weapons and arrows, but were trampled by war horses. The only thing that was fortunate that the cavalry had no time to charge the formation again, they were summoned back.

The wounded soldiers are a resource that can be excavated. If the wounded soldiers can be cured, most of them will become veterans. This is also the reason why Xiong Jing strives to cultivate witchcraft and establish an army and medical system. Moreover, the casualties in the Cold Weapon Age are different from the Hot Weapon Age. The casualties ratio during World War II or before can be simply summarized as three injuries and one death. The cold weapons war is different. Last year's statistics show that in the case of victory, the casualties ratio in the cold weapons war is about five injuries and one death, and the defeat cannot be counted for the time being.

In addition to the damage to war, diet and climate, the losses were also extremely serious. Last winter, more than 50,000 people in the Chu army were frostbite, more than one-tenth of them were frozen to death, and more than 5,000 people died of overwork, insufficient diet, dysentery and other diseases. To be precise, the soldiers who died of illness in the Battle of Qingshui last year were twice as many soldiers who died in the battle of war.

This is completely in line with the history of military and medical treatment. Until the Russo-Japanese War in 1900, more people died in battle than those who died of illness for the first time. This may have a lot to do with the war lasting only one year. If the war lasts for several years, the logistics conditions deteriorate and the soldiers' physical condition weakens, more soldiers will die of illness. In the Civil War that lasted for four years, the Northern Army killed 110,000 people and 220,000 people.

Drink boiled water, dig deep into the toilet, provide high-calorie food, strengthen warmth, isolate and prevent epidemics, burn infected corpses... These are the lessons summarized last winter. Unfortunately, many measures are only in sanitation and Wang Shuzhong tests, but they have not been promoted to the entire Chu army due to time.

Wu Jie rescued the injured under the city, carried the injured into the city with a special bed, and stood on the north west gate. Chen Bi just glanced at it and didn't care. Li Qi and the county's Duke Chen Jian stood beside him, talking about the villagers' entry into the city.

"If the villagers are not allowed to enter the city, the county soldiers will have no fighting spirit." Li Qie said at the end, "There is a great king, and the great king must not do this."

Both sentences were decisive. Chen Jian looked at Chen Qin, and Chen Qin refused to speak. He finally nodded in agreement and bowed to Li Qi again: "I would like to ask Mr. Li to report to the king and send the villagers to Yingdu as soon as possible. There is also corn. Everyone knows that there is not much corn, and some grain merchants no longer sell rice..."

There was chaos outside the city, and the city was in chaos. While the waterway was not cut off, some merchants had already left the city by boat. The price of millet was also rising, and it was said that it had been sold for 100 coins per stone. In the vast Chen County, the most prosperous city in Chu State, I really didn't expect it to look like this when the war broke out. Li Jie was just an official from the Grand Sima Mansion and had no right to interfere in Chen Ying's city defense, but he still couldn't help but shake his head, hoping that the king would reply as soon as possible after receiving the news.

On one hand, the outside of Yingdu was opened a few days later, and on the other hand, the Qin cavalry raided Chen Ying. When Xiong Jing was in Xia Pi, he faced such a choice, namely, to go south or north. Of course, this choice was not difficult. The cities that were already wary could not be broken in a short time. Xiong Jing planned to go to Yingdu first and then to Chenying.

However, there is no big deal in the opening of the foreign dynasty this time. It is nothing more than the people sent by the various counties and towns to express their opinions. Judging from the current situation, the government of the people of the dynasty has become a struggle for the rights of Yingdu and the counties and towns. The people of the dynasty of the county towns restricted the power of the county courts and towns, while the people of Yingdu restricted the royal power.

The royal power is restricted by Xiong Jing, but it cannot be restricted by military command. Since it is the decentralization of power among the people, everyone must come up with substantive things. Yingdu cannot give up power, but the county town does not give up power. If the county town does not give up part of the power, the common people will not get the benefits and taste the taste of power. Then what does it have to do with who is the county magistrate and who is the king?

This was Xiong Jing’s previous thought, but after going to Chen County last month, he changed some ideas.

The situation of redundant officials in the State of Chu is very serious. In an ordinary county, there are 200 officials in the county government alone. Outside the county government, there are local officials left behind by the original township system. From the counties, there are as many as 6 or 700 people. Many people, such as the smallest official in the county government, who would like to pay a bucket of millet every day, will be paid for every day. The officials of the State of Chu will rest every five days, and they will only have two or three stones of salary per month.

Such a low salary cannot support the whole family, but the little officials in Chen County actually took a car. This is equivalent to the cleaning lady in the county government driving a BMW in later generations. Is the family already very rich? No. There is no car to ride before entering the county government, and only after entering the county government can you have a car.

A county with more than 10,000 households had to support nearly a thousand officials, who also had wives, children, and children. One-tenth of the land rent was simply not enough to make ends meet, and the military tax was suspected to have been stolen by counties and towns. Last year, some people in the Grand Sima Mansion suspected that the military granaries in some counties were empty, and there was no military ration inside. In addition, the Grand Mansion also had to subsidize each county and town every year.

Once the county and town dynasty is opened, the situation of redundant officials will be reversed, and it is inevitable to lay off officials. In order to stabilize the political situation, the only compromise is to buy out and lay off. That is, whether it was a fight between food or a hundred stones before, a salary can be paid to a family, or a sum of money will be paid at one time according to the actual situation. Otherwise, if the county and town raising these 40,000 to 50,000 local officials will not be able to support honorary scholars, priests and witches. And with their obstruction, it will be difficult to implement the new policy smoothly.

Such changes will inevitably touch the foundation of the county and town. Officials and county officials will not sit idly by and watch the power transfer to others. Once chaos occurs, the Chu State will paralyze the whole country. But it will not work if it is not solved. The Chu State has many landless lords, the common people who have no land, and the common people who have a sect in the county and town, and more than a dozen households in the county and town will maintain one household. If officials continue to breed, they will expand to the point of dragging the country to death...

From Xia Pi to the south and into the Huai River, then from the Huai River to the west several hundred miles west is Yingdu. The day after arriving at Yingdu, the outer court opened.

There were no cheers, only solemnity. The court between the royal palace, the ancestral temple and the country was full of people according to the tradition of hundreds of years ago. On the left are the ministers and officials, the officials on the right are the witches, and in the middle are the people who rushed to Yingdu to enter the foreign dynasty. After the three no discussions were made, the first thing the people of the country wanted to discuss was the outside dynasty outside the county and towns. The reason was very simple. It was illegal to pay for money to buy silos and could not be curbed. The outside dynasty outside the county and towns could not be opened. If merchants were in power, the country would be in chaos.

More than a hundred Chinese people almost supported the dynasty outside the county and town. Xiong Jing kept saying anything and asked his left and right, "What do you think?"

"How can there be a reason for the world to abandon food because of choking?" Zhen Yin Zimo was the first to stand up to oppose it. "If we don't open the county and towns, why do we open the Yingdu? If we don't open the outside court, how can we go to the royal court? Will the people let the people die?" After he said that, he turned around and bowed to Xiong Jing: "I would like to remind the king that if it is against the king's law, I will not let all counties and towns buy the bamboo slips. We all think that we should reject the request of the people. The county and towns will start next month, but considering military affairs, it may be delayed until after the autumn or the end of the year."

"Accurate." Xiong Jing also stood up. He nodded and asked again: "What else do you have to do?"

"I have objections." A Chinese man stepped forward, "The government of the Chinese man involved the people's affairs, how can it be easily rejected?"

"The people in the country have the right to reject the report." Naojiu did not petition to open the outer court. It is wartime, and war reports are coming every moment. Although Luyang Jun is already responsible for these things, he will be worried if he doesn't watch them.

"I would like to tell the king, and I think the complaints from the people of the country are extremely absurd." The witch on the right is the leader of the Taipu Guanji. "Why do you need to abolish all the money to buy the silhouettes? Since someone uses money to buy the silhouettes, it is also a mistake for the county yin Yinyin to fail to observe. Since the county yin Yinyin has failed to observe, it is necessary to open the foreign court. The people of the court to discuss the county government, why do you abolish it?"

"I would like to advise the king, and I think that the people of the country are not appropriate to discuss this." The Right Historian also stood up. Officials were divided into heaven and earth officials. When the heaven and heaven officials started the court outside, they returned to the right and were listed with the Wushu. "Instead of discussing abolishing, it is better to discuss how to eliminate the matter of using money to buy a silhouette."

"But it is not a matter of using money to buy a slate." Some Chinese people came forward to bow, "A merchant gave a gift to the clan's teacher, so that the whole clan would choose a slate to him; some people built roads and bridges to help the orphans and widows, and clearly stated that this was to facilitate the party members, but in fact it was to please the party members. There were even shameless people who set up a wine shop next to the selection of the country. Anyone who voted for the slate could enter the house and had a great time to have a drunken joy..."

"Haha..." Someone laughed, which made the Chinese people laugh. The Chinese people, who said in a heartbreaking manner, were immediately confused and looked back, while the gurus shouted rudely.

Xiong Jing laughed too, but he couldn't laugh, so he could only hold it back. After the Chinese man finished talking about how bad the bad guy was, he turned around and asked Zuo Yin Meng Zhengqin, "What do you think Zuo Qing?"

"Report to the king, I think I should first discuss the law of selecting people in the country." Meng Zhengqin did not like to praise the people, but supported the government of the country in the country without money.
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