"Follow my orders and set up the Armed Police Department!" Liu Mang said to Xu Shu and the others.
"Armed Police Department?" Xu Shu and the other officials were stunned. What was the Armed Police Department?
"The Armed Police Department is responsible for coordinating all of Yangzhou City's defense forces!" Liu Mang explained to his subordinates. "Usually, the Armed Police Department is used to oversee the city's defense. As the second line of Yangzhou City's defense forces, they can also be used by the government to capture fugitives and help the Eastern and Western Imperial Guards catch spies."
"Isn't that the Bailiffs?" Someone expressed his opinion.
"That's right. I want the city's defense forces and the Bailiffs to be under the same jurisdiction. This way, it will be easier to control and allow the city's defense forces to be fully mobilized!" Liu Mang saw a lot of city defense troops in Xinye. Basically, they had nothing to do. All they did was stand on top of the city walls and doze off. Some of them were even taken by Guo Yi's group. Xinye originally had eight thousand city defense troops. How many of them were left? All of them were taken by Guo Yi's group.
The reason why Guo Yi and the others could take advantage of the city's defense forces was because the city's defense forces had nothing to do. As long as no one came to investigate, nothing would happen.
Therefore, Liu Mang wanted them to be busy. That was why he gave the job of the Bailiffs to the city's defense forces.
"Then what about the Bailiffs?" The Bailiffs in the government were usually in three shifts. If the city's defense forces replaced the Bailiffs, what would the Bailiffs do?
"If the Bailiffs can be merged into the Armed Police Department, they can. If they can't, give them money and food and leave the army!" Liu Mang said to his subordinates.
"Then how many people should the Armed Police Department protect in a city? How should the county, prefecture, and capital cities be allocated?" A young man stood up and asked. Liu Mang saw that he was an old acquaintance, Lu Su, Lu Zijing.
"Zijing, how have you been?" Liu Mang said to Lu Su with a smile.
"Lu Su greets Your Highness, King Of Shu." It really was Lu Su. Yesterday, Lu Su was too embarrassed to meet Liu Mang. That was because when Liu Mang tried to persuade him to surrender, Lu Su wanted to go back wholeheartedly. Now, even if you asked Lu Su to leave, he would not be willing. He could avoid it yesterday, but he couldn't avoid it today.
"Five hundred in the county cities, two thousand in the prefectural cities, and five thousand in the capital cities! All of them are under the jurisdiction of the County Lieutenant, County Lieutenant, and Garrison General. "Liu Mang said to the people below.
"Five hundred from a county? Two thousand for the prefectural city and five thousand for the capital city? "Lu Su frowned." My lord, wouldn't that be too little? " If it was the bailiffs, then there would be a lot of them. Even a county city would have less than 500 bailiffs. But if it was the city defense force, then there would be too few of them. This wasn't a time of peace, it was a time of chaos. It would be hard to guarantee the safety of a small county without a thousand people guarding it.
"That's quite a lot! Liu Mang explained to Yangzhou's civil and military officials.
"The armed police force is mainly used to help the county magistrate and prefect. Five hundred people are enough for a county!" Currently, there were at most ten thousand households in a county. How could five hundred people not be enough? Liu Mang felt that it was too much.
"But they still have to defend the city! What should we do if the enemy attacks us? "
"The enemy attacks? Five hundred guards in a county can only defend for two days! " Liu Mang asked his subordinates. "If the enemy passes by a few thousand, then as long as you close the city gates, it won't be a problem. If the enemy passes by a hundred thousand, then you should surrender! If a hundred thousand army can enter our Yangzhou, then it means that our main force is finished. What can you, the second line of defense, do? " Liu Mang was not Liu Bei. In order to stall for time, Liu Bei did not hesitate to persuade the civilians to come out and fight with Liu Mang's army.
However, Liu Mang would not do that. If the main force was gone, then everyone would do what they were supposed to do. They would open the city gates and surrender. Anyway, everyone was Han. If they continued to fight, it would only increase the casualties.
If the main force was still there, the enemy's army of a hundred thousand would definitely not let him enter. Otherwise, even if he drove the enemy away and won, he would be the unlucky one. Last time, when Liu Bei and Zhang Xiu's army entered Yangzhou, if it wasn't for the fact that there was nothing to rob, Yangzhou would have been destroyed.
At most, the enemy's army would be less than ten thousand people. With such a scale, as long as they defended for two days, there would definitely be reinforcements. Therefore, the number of guards and armed police force was enough.
With the extra provisions, Liu Mang could use them in other places.
"What are we going to do with the extra guards?" Someone questioned. However, they did not expect Liu Mang to sneer. "Will there be extra?" Xinye City had already received half of the provisions, not to mention other places.
"Even if there are more, we will recruit the best. The rest will be given farmland to retire. Those who do not want to retire will join the army!" Liu Mang's Yangzhou had a large amount of land. Yangzhou's wealth was not ordinary. If all the land in Yangzhou was planted, it could be said that half of the world could be fed.
Even if Liu Mang gave the land to the civilians, there was still a large piece of land that no one wanted to open up. Therefore, Liu Mang needed the army to open up the land. Liu Mang would give the army provisions, and they would be in charge of opening up the land.
"Who will be in charge of the armed police force?" Xu Shu asked the key question. If the armed police force was established, there must be someone in charge of it.
"The local armed police force will be the county magistrate, a subordinate existence to the prefectural magistrate. The prefectural magistrate will listen to the prefectural magistrate, and the prefectural magistrate will listen to the garrison general. There will also be a minister of the armed police force in Yangzhou!" Liu Mang said to his subordinates. Liu Mang wanted to separate the garrison force from the main force, which was the army.
"Therefore, the armed police force will be given the position of an official!" Liu Mang gave the armed police force another organization.
"Does Yuanzhi have a recommendation for the minister?" Liu Mang asked Xu Shu.
Xu Shu thought for a while and really did not know who to recommend. The position of the Armament Division, which was the armed police force, was not small. It was in charge of the entire Yangzhou's yamen and garrison forces.
"Milord, I don't know if I can do it!" A young scholar walked out.
"You are?" Liu Mang realized that there were a lot of people in Shouchun that he did not recognize. They were all recruited by Xu Shu when he was not around.
"I am Li Yan! My courtesy name is Zhengfang! "The one who walked out with a smile and recommended himself was Li Yan, Li Zhengfang.
"Yuanzhi?" Liu Mang turned his head to Xu Shu. Xu Shu then explained to Liu Mang.
"Milord, this is Zhengfang. He was originally a deputy general under Kongming. Now, he is a prefectural magistrate under me." Xu Shu explained to Liu Mang. A prefectural magistrate was the same as a secretary under Xu Shu.
"Li Yan, Li Zhengfang? You are from Nanyang? You used to be a full-time official in Nanyang? "Liu Mang looked at the person and asked.
"En? Your Highness knows me? " Li Yan was stunned. He did not expect Liu Mang to know that he used to be an official in Nanyang County. At that time, Nanyang County was still in the hands of Liu Biao. Li Yan used to be the county magistrate of Nanyang County. However, he was unlucky. After a few days, Zhang Ren attacked. Therefore, Li Yan was immediately dismissed. When he returned to Jingzhou, those nobles would not give him a good position. How could he be a county magistrate? Therefore, Li Yan was sent to an idle position. In the end, he could only be depressed. Fortunately, Zhuge Liang found him.
"Haha, Li Zhengfang of Nanyang, Li Lang. Naturally, you know that I have been to Nanyang!" Liu Mang really knows how to boast. He has never been to Nanyang. Xu Shu had to remind Liu Mang that Li Yan was one of Zhuge Liang's subordinates. Liu Mang then remembered that Li Yan was one of Zhuge Liang's subordinates.
When Liu Bei was sick, he and Zhuge Liang were appointed as assistants. Li Yan was appointed as the Protector General. He was in charge of internal and external military affairs and was left to guard Yong 'an. He was given the title of Marquis of Duxiang and was given the title of Guanglu. Li Yan was transferred to the position of General. Considering that Zhuge Liang planned to send troops to Hanzhong, Li Yan should be in charge of rear affairs. He was transferred to Jiangzhou and left behind the Protector General Chen Dao to guard Yong 'an. Li Yan and Meng Da's letters said: "Kongming and I were entrusted by our late lord. We have a lot of worries and a lot of responsibilities. We always want good colleagues." Zhuge Liang also wrote to Meng Da: "Smooth handling of official affairs. Never hesitating when solving problems. This is the character of a righteous person." It could be seen that he was respected and placed in an important position.
Later on, Li Yan delayed Zhuge Liang's expedition. He was afraid of being blamed and pushed the blame to Zhuge Liang. In the end, Zhuge Liang died. Li Yan was depressed because he knew that other than Zhuge Liang, no one else could use him.
"Milord, when have you been to Nanyang?" Zhou Cang, who was at the side, wanted to blabber again. However, he immediately shut up when Liu Mang glared at him.
When Li Yan heard Liu Mang's praise, his eyes lit up. Li Yan always thought that he was a fine steed. It was as if he had found a Bole. Zhuge Liang was one of them. Now, there was also the King Of Shu, Liu Mang. How could he not be happy?
"Then what about Milord's position in the Armed Police Department?"
"Let Zhengfang take over!" Liu Mang was not stingy with high-ranking officials. Even if he did not trust his own vision, he could not help but believe in Zhuge Liang and Xu Shu. If Li Yan could do well under these two people, then he would definitely be able to do well under Liu Mang.
Li Yan did not expect that Liu Mang would let him, who had just joined the Yangzhou Army, take on such an important position. He, Li Yan, was only a secretary beside Xu Shu. However, if he took over the Armed Police Department, although it was just a newly established department, Li Yan could see the future. Although the Armed Police Department did not have as many people as the Garrison Army, he was in charge of the criminal law. It was equivalent to the entire criminal law in Yangzhou being in his hands. Li Yan would not be happy! In other words, it was equivalent to the Ministry of Justice. He was originally an assistant, but now he was suddenly the Minister of Justice. How could he not be happy?
"Zhengfang, why are you still not writing Milord?" Xu Shu pushed Li Yan.
"Thank you, thank you Milord!" Li Yan immediately knelt down and thanked Liu Mang.
"Don't thank me first! Zhengfang, you have to know that the burden on your shoulders is very heavy. You should also know what happened to me in Xinye! Guo Yi almost caused a mass uprising. If my Yangzhou is like this, then my Yangzhou will fall apart. So, let me tell you, if you do well, there will be no reward. This is what you deserve. If you don't do well, then don't blame me for not giving you face. " Liu Mang narrowed his eyes and looked at Li Yan. Although Li Yan could solve problems, he was also a person who knew how to shirk responsibility. If Li Yan shirked responsibility to Liu Mang, then Liu Mang would not mind killing him.
"Yes! Zhengfang can make a military order. If I disappoint Milord, Milord can execute me! "Li Yan said to Liu Mang firmly.
"There is no need for a military order!" Liu Mang waved his hand. "I also believe that you can do it! Leave! " Liu Mang said to Li Yan.
Li Yan left happily. This time, Li Yan left after everyone else. However, if he came again the next day, based on his position, he would be at least in the top three among the generals.
"How much rations do we have left in the treasury for the Central Army?" Liu Mang was concerned about the rations. One must know that he went to Jingzhou for rations. Without rations, not to mention the army, he would not even be able to feed the people. In the end, there would only be riots.
"Milord, there are 500,000 shi of rations in the treasury of Shouchun Prefecture! Strategist Chen at the front line of Lujiang has 200,000! A total of 700,000! "Xu Shu smiled and said to Liu Mang.
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