Kingdom of Heaven and Han

Chapter 265

At the end of May, the weather turned hot.A large number of generals entered the system, talking and laughing.Looking at the civilian team on the side, there are many unfamiliar faces, criticizing in a low voice.

Zhang Chi had just been promoted, so he had no acquaintances here, and was sitting alone in the corner.

While everyone was chatting, Wang Xiaolie, Chen Yuyi, and Uncle Li Hui came in.Wang Xiaolie glanced at everyone, the noisy voice stopped immediately, and all the generals crossed their hands together to salute.

Wang Xiaolie said: "I don't pay attention to harsh punishments and strict laws here. In the army, all officers and soldiers are equal. When speaking to everyone like this, if the people below stand, the person who speaks must stand. The people below sit, and those who speak One can sit or stand.—Sit down!"

"No!" All the generals saluted together and sat down on the chairs arranged.

All the civil servants watched and couldn't help being startled.In front of generals, Wang Xiaolie was not as kind as he was in front of civilian officials.

sat down.Wang Xiaolie said: "It's summer. In the days to come, the Jin army will not commit crimes in the south, and there will be a few months of peace. We can't be idle during peacetime. Civil officials have their affairs, and military commanders have their tasks. A few days ago In Hutou Mountain, a group of officials discussed the printing of the meeting and the establishment of the bank. In the next few months, the states and counties will do this well. In addition, the bank is set up, and the army's money is the same I have to get it from the bank, how to arrange it will be discussed later.”

"From now until October, the task of the army is to rectify. At the beginning of this year, Shanzhou was saved. A few months ago, Jingmen was saved. It is a rare experience for us to fight two battles in a few months. After sorting out, These experiences have basically been printed into booklets. In the next few months, we will study, transform, and train according to the booklets we compiled. By the end of the year, the army will have a completely new look!"

All will promise together.

Today, all the military generals of the first level have arrived, and there are a lot of people.Wang Xiaolie didn't say much, but simply talked about the next task.The civil servants were all present above the county magistrate, and they also only gave a general introduction to the next task.

After more than an hour, he finished speaking, Wang Xiaolie ordered the civil servants and military officers not to leave, but to stay in the envoy for a day or two.Many things have to be arranged separately with officials and generals, which cannot be finished in a few words.

As soon as he returned to the official hall to take his seat, Cui Qing hurried in.Chashou said: "Observe, the imperial court has sent an imperial envoy, and they have already passed Zaoyang. According to the route, we should arrive outside Xiangyang this afternoon!"

Wang Xiaolie was taken aback: "Why did the imperial court send an imperial envoy? Do you have any orders?"

Cui Qingdao: "I heard from the people sent by Chen Zhizhou in Suizhou that the imperial court wants to build a feudal town. When the imperial envoy comes, he wants to be appointed as an official. The imperial envoy goes from Ezhou to De'an Mansion, then enters Suizhou, and then transfers to Xiangyang."

Wang Xiaolie nodded.He said to Chen Yuyi: "Since the imperial envoy is here, don't be sloppy. The generals above the command in the assembled army, as well as officials above the county magistrate, are ready to welcome. The news from Suizhou, the imperial envoy will arrive in Xiangyang City in the afternoon, and the road is very urgent."

Chen Yuyi agreed and hurried to prepare.

Wang Xiaolie sat on the top chair, lost in thought for a while.At this time, the imperial court sent an imperial envoy, what kind of official was appointed?What does Jianfan Town mean?I remember that the Song Dynasty had made such a move at this time, but I can't remember the specific content.

In the afternoon, the entourage of the imperial envoy entered the city, and the officials of Xiangyang were sent out of the city to greet them.

Wang Xiaolie brought Chen Yuyi, Chen Qiudao and a group of officials out of the city.It didn't take long for the guard of honor of the imperial envoy to arrive.The guard of honor is very simple, there are only more than 20 people, all riding horses.

Stepping forward to salute, Wang Xiao said: "The imperial envoy came here, but he was not far away to greet him, please forgive me!"

Immediately Qin Zi looked a little tired.Said: "There is no need to be too polite! I am ordered by the court to deliver the decree, and everything is in order."

After entering the city and the official hall, Qin Zi took the imperial decree, and Wang Xiaolie received it with a salute.Looking at it, it turned out that the imperial court decided to implement the law of the feudal town for some reason.Gyeonggi, Hubei, Huainan, Jingdong, and Jingxi prefectures were divided into towns.The roads in Shaanxi, Sichuan, Jiangnan, Liangzhe, Hunan, Fujian, and Erguang remain the same.Except for the promotion of officials for the benefit of tea and salt, the towns dismissed the rest of the supervisors.Except for the offering of money and silk, the rest of the wealth is at the discretion of the commander-in-chief.Now the feudal town was first established, and it was exempted from offering for three years.Shuaichen's authority has been expanded, and officials can be created by themselves, and they can be promoted and dismissed according to the inspection.When the army thrives, Xu can act cheaply.If you can defend against foreign invaders and make great contributions, your position can be hereditary.

Wang Xiaolie was transferred from the governor of Jingxian Road to the governor of Xiangyang Fu, Ru, Tang and Dengzhou, and also knew Xiangyang Fu. The rest of the official positions remained the same.

Looking at the imperial decree, Wang Xiaolie was stunned for a long time.Although I had been mentally prepared for a long time, it was still surprising that things really came.He was originally a warlord, but now he is a warlord recognized by the court, and his territory is small.

After a long silence, Wang Xiaolie said, "There are only four prefectures under my name, what about the other prefectures on Jingxi South Road?"

Qin Zi said: "The imperial court decided that the territory of each town governor should not be too large, so as not to cause confusion in government orders. According to the area under the jurisdiction of a town governor, there are as few as one or two prefectures, and as many as five prefectures. Around the observation area, there is De'an Mansion Fuzhou, Fuzhou, and Hanyang Junzheng Chen Gui, Jingnan Prefecture, Gui, Xiazhou, Jingmen, Jingmen, Public Security Army Township Envoy Xie Qian, Jin, Jun, Fangzhou Township Envoy Fan Zhicai, Huaining, Shunchang Prefecture Fushi Feng Feng Changning, Zhai Xing, governor of Henan Prefecture, Meng, and Zhengzhou. Also, Wang Ruohai as governor of Caizhou and Xinyang Army, and Chen Qiudao as governor of Sui and Yingzhou."

Wang Xiaolie looked at Chen Qiudao at the side, smiled and did not speak.

Chen Qiudao said: "In my view, the intention of the imperial court is to let the troops on the border have their own territory, resist the Jin captives, and stabilize the place. Neither Wang Tixing nor I have an army, so how can we be an envoy? Why bother!"

Qin Zi said in a deep voice: "The imperial court must have a deep meaning for such an arrangement! Observations and envoys can only follow the orders!"

Wang Xiaolie said: "In this way, I can only gather all the troops to the four states under the central government, and leave the rest alone. By the way, my subordinates still have [-] troops in Shanzhou. Do I have to transfer them back? ?”

Qin Zi said: "That's natural! If it's not necessary, the soldiers and horses of all parties should not leave the country easily! The imperial court has issued an edict to use Li Yanxian as the economic envoy of Shaanxi, Guo, and Shangzhou to defend the places. If the army of observation is in Shanzhou, it will not be possible. convenient."

Shaanxi is not within the scope of setting up a township envoy, so Li Yanxian's official title is Jinglue envoy, which is actually similar to that of a township envoy.

Wang Xiaolie nodded and said nothing.

Obviously, the appeasement envoy was just a gimmick released by the court to appease the powerful factions with soldiers everywhere.The planned land is small, so that the town governor cannot sit too big.These appeasement envoys are either on the border or in areas where bandits are rampant, with obvious intentions.

Wang Xiaolie couldn't help thinking of a famous sentence from before.Killing the Japanese aggressors to eliminate troubles, killing miscellaneous cards to eliminate internal worries, I am now a miscellaneous brand launched by the imperial court to block the Jin army.This was expected, but I didn't expect it to be so aboveboard.

After thinking for a while, Chen Qiudao sighed: "When the Jinlu came, there must be tens of thousands of troops unable to stop it. How can one or two prefectures stop the advance of the Jinlu army? The king has been observing and intending to expand the army for the past two years. Tens of thousands of people have been deployed, and the place is safe. It is really inappropriate to rule the territory now and divide it into four states for me and Wang Tixing to guard. I have no soldiers and horses, and Wang Jian has less money and food, so both sides will suffer!"

Qin Zi said: "Wang observes that there are many soldiers and horses under his command, and he can distribute them to two thousand people. With thousands of people guarding, the place will be as solid as gold!"

After hearing this, Chen Qiudao couldn't help laughing.That's easy to say.Wang Xiaolie exhausted all his efforts and finally trained an army, how could he distribute it to others?Moreover, Wang Xiaolie's army is different from ordinary ones, it is a whole and cannot be divided casually.

Seeing that both Wang Xiaolie and Chen Qiudao had opinions on the imperial decree, Qin Zi didn't want to say more.He said: "It's really not easy for me to come all the way to the north. Please observe and write a letter to let Wang Ruohai and Feng Changning go to Xiangyang to accept official positions, so I won't walk these hundreds of miles anymore. It is said that Caizhou is going west, it is really not peaceful .I don't have any soldiers and horses around me, so don't put yourself in danger."

Hearing this, Wang Xiaolie understood that the matter of appointing a town governor was not serious.

Qin Zi was the editor-in-chief of the Privy Council. He came all the way north from Ezhou and appointed many eunuchs along the way.Since Wang Xiaolie's Dengzhou is still relatively peaceful, this time he will go all the way to Yiyang to confer Zhai Xing's official position face to face.There were too many eunuchs entrusted along the way, and Qin Zi was a little numb.If it is on the way, then it will be canonized in person.If you don't go along the way, you have to ask the governor to come over.

Of course, Qin Zi has another identity, he is Qin Hui's elder brother.However, although they are brothers, Qin Zi's political stance is different from that of his younger brother.

(End of this chapter)