Interestingly, in order to avoid suspicion, the magistrate must avoid his ancestral home and go to another place to take office. Therefore, the most serious problem faced by the county magistrate after taking office is that he is not familiar with the language and is not familiar with the place.

At this time, officials must rely on the power of local elites, officials and gentry who have been in regional society for many years.

The term of office of an official is very short, and it is changed every three years on paper, but in fact, it will be transferred to the office in about two years on average.

During the period of office, as long as the tax revenue was ensured and there was no turmoil, the others would turn a blind eye. Since officials knew nothing about local affairs and were not very interested, their common practice was to "take charge" and transfer part of their public power to officials.

Most officials are locals. Unlike officials, they stay in the same yamen all year round to assist different officials. Most officials speak official language and communicate with officials. They basically have no salary and can only support themselves through the part of the power transferred by the officials.

For example: Suppose the official needs to pay 500 taels of taxes, because he does not understand the local situation, does not know who has money and who has no money, and does not understand the language. He can only transfer public power to officials familiar with the regional society and let him take charge of it.

As for how to pay the tax and silver in the future, how much money the officials will pay, and how much they can hold their own pockets, these officials will turn a blind eye, as long as the officials can pay 500 taels on time and avoid turmoil.

The most important thing is that in this era, the rights of the grassroots are either controlled by the clan or by the landlords and gentry. These two are huge creatures. In addition, the magistrates have only a few people under their command, and they are not familiar with the land and cannot control them even if they want to, so there is no possibility of competing for this right with them.

Crimes occurred within the clan. What people think of is not to go to the county government to file a lawsuit against the wrongdoer, but to ask the elders of the clan to come forward to make a judgment, because they have an unparalleled prestige. If the magistrate wants to interfere, he will be obstructed by hundreds or even thousands of people in a clan. Although the landlords and gentry are not as powerful as clan elders, they are not much smaller.

In order to be able to firmly rule the Denglai Palace in the future, Kong Youde must take the grassroots power in his hands, and this political affairs hall is his way to achieve his goal. These 155 young people are the backbone of his future goals.

Kong Youde liked to study World War II in his previous life. When he thought of the terrifying war mobilization ability of various countries during that period, he envied him.

The Russians had a population of more than 200 million, and they were able to mobilize an army of more than 25 million. The US imperialists had a population of more than 100 million, and they also created almost 12 million troops. Deleting women, elderly people, and children, it was equivalent to every three strong men who could pull out a soldier.

The demographic level of the Ming Dynasty was even worse than that of the third brother in later generations. Despite this, during the Tianqi period, the Dingkou was counted on the surface of 60 million. Note that this is only Dingkou, that is, adult men, not including the elderly, children, and women.

Kong Youde estimated that if these people add to the population, the population that is not on the government account book would be about 180 million to 200 million. Otherwise, they would not have experienced the continuous droughts, large-scale earthquakes, large-scale plague, continuous wars, and the crazy massacre of the Tartar Qing Dynasty, and there would be more than 100 million people left.

However, it is quite difficult for the court to draw out an army of 100,000 people in such a large population. It also needs to be mobilized from several provinces, which shows the disadvantages of the imperial power not going to the countryside.

Kong Youde did not expect to get the mobilization ability of World War II, but it must be stronger than the Ming Dynasty. The two palaces of Denglai were estimated to have more than three million people. His idea was that if a standing army of 40,000 to 50,000 people could be created, it would be enough to compete with the court.

Of course, it’s okay to get it out now. In history, he, Li Jiucheng, Geng Zhongming and others used the large amount of money, grain and weapons he seized to pull out an army of 60,000 to 70,000 people. Without much training, he dragged him to the battlefield to fight Laizhou City.

In the early stage, relying on the advantages of advanced firearms, he repeatedly defeated the imperial court to suppress the rebellion army, but he was defeated when facing a Laizhou City, which also had advanced firearms and was well prepared.

In the end, the besieged for more than half a year but failed to conquer. After the court made up its mind, it mobilized the same number of troops, and they were defeated back to Dengzhou by the imperial court's rebellion.

Such an army has no combat effectiveness and is a complete burden. What Kong Youde needs is not such an army, but an army with sufficient combat effectiveness and not a cheerleading team.

Of course, if he wants to achieve his goals, he must do it step by step.

And these young people who were recruited were highly expected by Kong Youde. They are Kong Youde's right-hand man to achieve his goals.

I still remember that on the first day they came, Kong Youde asked Bai Mulin to conduct some preliminary assessments on them and see how they are qualified.

Each person had a piece of paper and a charcoal pen. "You don't ask you to write articles or letters. On this piece of paper, write down where your hometown is, your own names and parents' names, and their respective ages. After half an hour, collect the scroll!"

Half an hour later, the test papers were put away. What surprised Kong Youde was that nearly half of the 155 test papers were blank.

However, what surprised Kong Youde was not that they had a bad foundation, but that they were not all blank books. After all, the literacy rate in the past few days is so low, it is rare to have a few people who can write.

Later, each of them had a spear, a set of literacy textbooks, and a set of pens, ink, paper and inkstone. They were woven into four classes, which had a hint of the meaning of a later school.

Textbooks are actually the Three Character Classic and the Hundred Family Names. What they need now is just to learn to read and read.

Bai Mulin is responsible for the overall matter, and if he doesn't care, he will teach in detail. As for the candidates, he is selected from the young people who are plundered and able to study like him.

Kong Youde did not intend to use those people in large quantities for the time being. Except for some who followed Qin Zhiyuan to do odd jobs, most of the rest were still held in a yard. Although they were under house arrest, their lives were not very good.

After all, they have not yet stabilized. After defeating the court, they will be able to withstand the troubles and use them before they can.

When Bai Mulin appeared in the yard in gorgeous clothes, "See Lord Bai!" "See Lord Bai!" "See Lord Bai!" "See Lord Bai!"

The chaotic greetings made Bai Mulin enjoy it very much.

What power is and what identity is is fully reflected in these voices. Because of rights, he is superior to others. Because of rights, he can get more than others.
Chapter completed!