Lu Qi led his army to leave Xizhou and entered the boundary of Pingyi County in Shizhou. There are five counties under Shizhou, which are the prefectures, as well as Dinghu County, Pingyi County, Fangshan County and Linquan County. Dinghu County is a military important place in Shizhou, facing the Yellow River to the west, and there is a very important Mengmen Pass ferry, which is the pass to defend the Xia Kingdom.

It was almost dusk, and Lu Qi arrived at Lishi County. He did not enter the city. He asked Yun Jindong to go into the city on his behalf to inform the current governor. He was stationed outside the south gate of the city and spent the night outside the city safely.

The next morning, Lu Qi brought two hundred soldiers into Lishi County. Zhizhouya met a group of officials and handed over official seals and documents with the governor in his early fifties, as well as warehouses, etc. In Kaifeng Prefecture, Lu Qi had hired two aides, equivalent to his clerks, after being introduced by a merchant.

It took a long time to hand over the handover and the old governor who had been handed over the post, and he left the man that day. He had already received the transfer document from the Ministry of Personnel of the court. He waited for many days before seeing the successor. Before leaving, he kindly reminded Lu Qi that it was very troublesome inside and outside Shizhou, so Lu Qi responded carefully. Lu Qi thanked him and personally sent the old governor out of the city.

Since he was the governor, Lu Qi could not live in the military camp. However, the situation in Shizhou was complicated and it needed a shock. Lu Qi dispatched two teams of soldiers to Lishi County. In other words, except for the cavalry camp, the other four battalions each drew hundreds of soldiers, a total of four hundred soldiers were stationed in the prefecture and five hundred Shezhou soldiers, becoming the crossbow camp.

The difference between the local official system of Zhou State and the Tang State is that the governor and the prime minister are military affairs, while the chief minister and the chief minister are in charge of military affairs, and there are also officials as supervisors. Simply put, it is like a small court with the governor and the governor has the greatest power, but he is subject to checks and balances by his subordinates.

After returning to the prefecture yamen, Lu Qi left behind the official case in the lobby of the prefecture yamen. More than a dozen officials from all sizes, as well as officials from Lishi County, respectfully visited the governor, and Lu Qi ordered the seat to be set.

After the officials sat down on both sides, Lu Qi looked at it and suddenly smiled and said, "Do you think our army is a little younger?"

The officials were surprised when they heard this. The chief of the Shishi, who was nearly forty, said: "Adults are young and promising, and their subordinates will not be rude."

Lu Qi smiled and said peacefully: "This army and you are all officials appointed by the court. Everyone knows the official positions of this army. This army believes that you should be able to understand something."

The officials looked at each other, and the commander raised his politicians and said, "Sir, my subordinates are soldiers. I don't understand. Please tell me bluntly."

Lu Qi nodded and said, "Okay, my army said frankly."

After saying that, he glanced and said, "Your Majesty asked my army to come to Shizhou, the main reason was that he was very unhappy with the situation in Shizhou. Shizhou is a major defense against the Xia Kingdom, but for many years, he allowed the Xia army to cross the Yellow River and rage, causing the people of Shizhou to wither and the population to drop sharply. Therefore, Your Majesty asked my army to come to Shizhou."

The officials looked at each other, and the chief clerk said: "Sir, defending the Yellow River is mainly the responsibility of the town army."

"This army knows that the town army should defend the Yellow River, but it is an unshirkable responsibility for our Shizhou officials to ensure that Shizhou can be secured." Lu Qipinghe responded.

"The Lord is the governor of the Lishi Army and has brought more than 2,000 soldiers. It should be able to strengthen the defense of the Yellow River." said the chief.

"When it comes to the official position of this army, our army should explain it. First of all, the position of the Minister of War of this army was specially granted by Your Majesty, not a false official without authority. Our army has the right to adjust the military of Shizhou." Lu Qipinghe said.

The commander frowned and raised his politely, "Sir, my subordinates have not received the official documents of the Ministry of War."

"The Minister of War of this army is a living document granted by the emperor. Your Majesty ordered our army to be fully in charge of the military and political affairs of Shizhou. If you can't disobey, our army will take him and take him to Kaifeng Prefecture and hand it over to the court." Lu Qi said coldly.

"It is contrary to the laws of the court, and my subordinates dare not agree." The commander immediately opposed fiercely.

"Oh, I heard that many of the deputy commanders of the officers and soldiers in Shizhou were transferred by the town army. Why did you, as the Shizhou commander, have to accommodate the orders of Duke Jin?" Lu Qi asked coldly.

The commander's face changed and he raised his eyebrows and said, "That has nothing to do with me. It was recommended by the governor. The recommended by the Duke of Jin are all meritorious soldiers, and local officials should not refuse."

"It's better not to refuse. If someone comes, take down the captain and send it to the prison." Lu Qi issued a majestic order.

Twelve soldiers rushed in from the outside of the yamen immediately, and six people held military crossbows and pointed them at the Shizhou Commander's Commander's face. The Commander's face changed, and the other officials also stood up with a change of color. This was really a disagreement, so they used military and military means.

"Sir, Lieutenant Liu is just following the laws of the court, please understand." The Chief Secretary hurriedly tried to defend himself.

"Take it down and take it to the prison." Lu Qi ordered coldly.

The four soldiers responded and pulled the captain. The captain did not resist, but glared at Lu Qi and said, "You are going to rebel with authority."

"This army is the prince-in-law. Whether the rebellion will be decided by the court, and it will be taken away." Lu Qi responded coldly, and the soldiers escorted the prince and left the lobby.

Lu Qi glanced at Li Shi County Magistrate, and finally looked at Li Shi County Magistrate, and said with a clear heart: "Zhang County Magistrate, you will take over the city gate defense of Li Shi County for the time being."

"Yes, my subordinates will receive the order." Li Shi County Captain, who was in his early thirties, respectfully accepted the order. Once the Chief Captain was taken down, the county lieutenant was much smaller than the governor's official.

Lu Qi glanced at it again and said calmly: "Everyone, our army does not want another second Liu Duwei. Our army's orders cannot be violated. If you are dissatisfied, you can only tell the court that the court has not responded for a day, and you must recognize our army's orders, otherwise don't blame our army's evil opponents."

"Yes." The officials had to surrender and respond. First, they were frightened by Lu Qi's violent means, second, Lu Qi's official position did have the meaning of monopolizing power, and third, those who understand it, guessed that Lu Qi's leading the army to take over Shizhou might be related to the Duke of Jin.

Lu Qi nodded, and then left the state yamen with all the officials and ordered all the officers and soldiers of Lishi County to gather outside the south gate. The city gate was temporarily taken over by Lishi Army, but the state yamen with an organization of one thousand was only seven hundred, and its military equipment was very average, and there were many weak soldiers in the quality of the troops.

Lu Qi reorganized the original fire chief team and sent all the deputy to the Lishi military camp. Later, the Lishi army soldiers took over the leadership, eliminated the weak, and reorganized them into the Lishi military camp. In other words, the Lu Qi army controlled Lishi County and no longer had any officers and soldiers.

Spending a night in Lishi County, Lu Qi began to rectify the periphery the next day, and took the chief and prosecutor to Pingyi County first, and also took all the leaders below the county lieutenant. He replaced them with the soldiers of Lishi Army, and eliminated the weak.

Five days later, Lu Qi began to recruit troops again, calling on the brave men from all counties and townships to join the army in order to protect their hometown and restore the peace of Shizhou. The recruitment order was issued, but there were very few recruits, with more than 300 people applying. After a test, only 97 were left.

Lu Qi's call for recruiting troops was just a reason. He knew that many of the brave men in Shizhou were recruited by the Duke of Jin. The Duke of Jin used the reason to train the village army as a reason to organize the brave men into regular army. For example, in Shizhou, there were many of the local township soldiers in Shizhou.

After basically taking over, Lu Qi began a large-scale military training. He dispatched half of the city troops from each county to gather outside Lishi County to conduct military training lively. Because there was no shortage of military pay and food, the rectified officers and soldiers soon disappeared. Although the administration of Zhou State was clear and clear, it could not avoid the greed of officials, especially in the border areas, where it is common for officials to withhold and eat empty salary.

After Lu Qi took over Shizhou by domineeringly, he wrote a letter to the Zhou Emperor, saying that the officers and soldiers of Shizhou were infiltrated by the Duke of Jin, and the empty salary of the officers and soldiers also accounted for 40%. Many of the brave men in Shizhou were collected by the Duke of Jin, and the two thousand town troops in Shizhou had been instigated by the State of Xia for many years and robbed by the State of Shizhou, and many more books were written.

As for the captured Liu Duwei, Lu Qi's explanation was that Liu Duwei insisted on the laws of the court and should be a good official, but it was also a fact that he deducted military pay and was vacant pay. He was detained on the premise of clear investigation in advance.
Chapter completed!