Chapter 420 Teaching Department
Cecil is still very efficient in matters that Paul wants to personally deal with.
"Oh my god! Look, look, this kind of thing happened on my territory, right under my nose. Damn those hooligans, thieves, and villains!"
Paul slammed the report Cecil gave him on the table.
Except for Cecil, all the officials participating in the meeting looked at each other in shock. They saw the expressions of sadness, anger, and panic on their lord's face, and they almost tore the paper to pieces when they read the report.
The document was quickly circulated among officials.
It turned out that a manor owner named Fu Binn in Totor Village used usury to usurp the pension fields of several families of sacrificed soldiers.
Cecil sent his capable men to find out the whole story. Fu Binn was the tax collector of Totor Village. He relied on this identity to manipulate the taxes and then deceived the people. Several families borrowed loans at high interest rates and used compound interest to inflate their debts to the point where they could not repay them, eventually forcing them to use their fields to pay off the debts.
What, it turned out to be this kind of thing, that’s all? That's it?
As for what? This is the thought in the minds of most people who are accustomed to the daily scenes of this world.
But...
"This is really too much, Lord Earl."
"This man named Fu Binn is really not a human being, let alone a gentleman."
"The gods will punish him."
Everyone here looked filled with indignation.
Paul felt a little better when he saw that his officials were on the same ground as him.
“Why don’t these victimized families appeal to our government officials there?”
Paul looked at Old Ford, the director of the government affairs office.
"This...cough!" Old Ford was shocked.
"Master Graiman, our manpower is still too few. In recent years, government affairs construction has been concentrated in cities. As for villages everywhere, one official is in charge of several villages. It must be for this kind of Small things... such things have not been heard of, and... the key thing is... those farmers in the countryside have no habit of appealing to the lord officials."
Paul pounded the table hard, "We must penetrate our power into every village and every residential area. This is the focus of future government construction."
"Yes, Lord Earl."
In fact, Controller Ford has always known the lord’s thoughts. In recent years, the earl has invested heavily in education and recruited government officials every year. Isn’t this just to strengthen his administrative power? The lord has been recruiting people for certain non-core positions. The requirements are even as low as just being able to read.
Paul said with an angry look on his face: "As for that Rich Binn, I will arrest him, try him! Execute him!"
Everyone's mouths opened in an O shape. "Lord Graiman, is this... is this too harsh? Just follow the previous practice and confiscate half of his family property."
"The previous practice? Do you mean the time in Baden?"
Paul became even more angry, and he said loudly with almost roaring force:
"I am now What I regret the most is that they were too merciful at that time. The last time they manipulated tax collection, it resulted in a riot. I still had loyal soldiers to quell the chaos, but now they don't. I put my hand into the soldier's rice bowl. If I put it down gently, there will be a third or fourth time. Will the soldier still be loyal to me? I guess he will wake up in the middle of the night and be used by someone. The gun is pointed at the head."
"This...you...you are too harsh."
Everyone was stunned by the horrific scene Paul described. The lord was killed by his own soldiers? Simply unheard of.
Because it involved the army, Chief of Staff Schroeder also attended the meeting. He first stood up and thanked Paul on behalf of the soldiers, and then reminded everyone: "Everyone, our soldiers in Alda are not ordinary people. Soldiers, Mr. Grayman taught them how to read and understand some culture, so they can communicate with their families and retired comrades, and they can communicate with each other. The key is that they can kill heavily armed soldiers with just a few clicks. The knight's weapons and years of training in combat skills have given them courage that their counterparts elsewhere do not have. Therefore, Lord Grayman's worries are not exaggerated. Once our army becomes chaotic, it will be a big trouble. "
Russ Hayden, director of the Department of Public Security, stood up with a cry, "Mr. Graiman, the police team is willing to serve you! Please let me personally lead the team to Totor to kill this Fubin Caught and brought to justice.”
Since the Ministry of Public Security expanded the police force, it has not handled any major cases, so he made up his mind to perform well this time.
"Okay, then you will be responsible for bringing that bastard to Lake Town. I will try him in front of the soldiers."
Paul had just thought of sending the army to Tortor so that the soldiers could vent their anger, but Hayden's offer made him change his mind. The police should really arrest people in this matter, and the army should be used to defend against foreign enemies. Yes, it's best not to do too much internal affairs.
After the matter was settled, Paul brought up another thing that concerned him very much.
"What Cecil just said reminded me that our soldiers are indeed not ordinary soldiers, so they cannot be treated lightly like other territories. We should firmly grasp the ideological dynamics of the soldiers. So I have An idea.”
The officials listened with humility and waited for the count’s speech.
“I want to establish a fourth department of the army in addition to the Staff Department, Equipment Department, and Logistics Department—the Teaching Department.”
Teaching department? Everyone doesn’t know why, what is that for? It sounds like they are responsible for education, but this kind of thing is already done by military officers at all levels.
Paul explained his idea to them, "In the future, the cultural and educational activities of the army will be responsible for the teaching department. This department will station its own officers at each level of the army - let's call them instructors for the time being. In addition to educating soldiers, they also shoulder an important task. They must always understand the ideological dynamics of soldiers, always prevent the military units they are responsible from rebelling, and must be absolutely loyal to their commander (that is, me). "< br>
Oh, of course, everyone is convinced.
Then Paul changed the topic, "The Teaching Department will implement a vertical management method. Instructors at all levels are on the same level as the military commander of his unit. They are only responsible for the instructors at the level above them, while the Teaching Department The minister will be directly responsible to me."
Huh? Doesn't that mean surveillance?
Everyone looked awkwardly at Chief of Staff Schroeder, who also looked embarrassed.
Is the count worried about his loyalty to the army?
(End of this chapter)