Kingdom of Heaven and Han

The sky was drizzling, like smoke and mist.The West Lake in the rain has a special flavor.The lotus leaves on the lake stand gracefully, and the shadow of the tower in the distance is looming.

The three of Li Yanxian sat on the boat, toured the lake, and ate some snacks from Lin'an Mansion, feeling very comfortable.

Lin Weidao: "Everyone says that Jiangnan is good. Only when you really come here will you know what is good about Jiangnan. This place is really weird, and people who come here will be much more lazy."

Tong Yuanqing said with a smile: "We soldiers and fighters really can't appreciate this West Lake. It's still in the Central Plains, with endless surroundings, and people's hearts are also open-minded. In this ghost place, it rains every now and then, and the sticky lake is annoying to death!"

While talking, he picked up the wine and drank it down.

Li Yanxian said: "We have been arguing for many days, and the reward from the imperial court has finally come down. We should go back. Zhi Niang, at the beginning we were friendly, but the princes in the court thought we were easy to bully, and wanted to withhold the reward! Only when we lower our faces, they will know how powerful they are!"

Lin Weidao: "Before I came here, I thought the imperial court was such an incredible place. I came here to see the world! I didn't expect it to be an embroidered pillow. If you want money or an official position, what else does the imperial court have?" mean?"

Li Yanxian sighed involuntarily: "When we were in Xiangyang, we didn't realize how well Jieshuai managed Xiangyang when we arrived in Xingyang. The salaries of officials under Jieshuai's rule don't sound high, but they are paid in full. , there was never a single penny missing. Looking at the court again, these dukes, alas, what a life they live. They have an official position, and they don’t even receive one-third of their daily salary. Whoever fled to the south of the Yangtze River? Is the family not short of money?"

Lin Wei and Tong Yuanqing nodded together after listening.

If there is no comparison, you will not know how good it is under Wang Xiaolie's rule.Even if Wang Xiaolie was hungry, he never defaulted on the salaries of his officials.If it is said to be a thousand punctures, it is really a thousand punctures, and it will never be deducted.On the other hand, the imperial court, not to mention the full salary, found that the money was not broken, which was a special grace of the emperor.

After taking a sip of wine, Tong Yuanqing asked Li Yanxian: "Dutong, do you think the imperial court's reward for Jieshuai is high?"

Li Yanxian said: "From the perspective of official position, Jieshuai is now second only to Liu Guangshi, Zhang Jun and Han Shizhong, and he can be regarded as one of the few generals in the court. However, Jieshuai has 10,000+ soldiers and horses, and the court really can't afford it. We can only let Jieshuai raise his own military rations. From this point of view, he is no match for others. The final victory in Shanzhou, the court only rewarded 200 taels of gold and 5000 taels of silver, which is really too little!"

Lin Wei and Tong Yuanqing nodded together.Said: "This imperial court is really poor!"

After many days of deliberation, the ministers of the court still dare not underestimate the power of Wang Xiaolie's 10,000+ army.Whether you like it or not, you can be regarded as a high-ranking official in the Song Dynasty at this time, comparable to Liu Guangshi, Zhang Jun, and Han Shizhong, and can be called the Four Generals.

Wang Xiaolie used the Jiedu envoy of Shannan Dongdao, served as the Xuanfu envoy of Beijing Southwest, North Road, and Hedong South Road, and also knew Henan Prefecture.Compared with Liu Guangshi, Zhang Jun and Han Shizhong's Jiedushi of the two towns, they are a little worse, and their official ranks are also lower.But Xuanfu Sanlu has much greater real power.

In the Song Dynasty, the prefectures had ranks, and the Jiedu prefecture had military quotas, and this military quota was the name of the entrusted Jiedu envoy.However, some state capitals did not grant military quotas due to various reasons, and continued to use the name of Jiedu in the Tang Dynasty.Such state capitals include Heyang Sancheng Jiedu in Mengzhou, Jiannan Dongchuan Jiedu in Zizhou, Jiannan Xichuan Jiedu in Chengdu Prefecture, Jingnan Jiedu in Jiangling Prefecture, Hedong Jiedu in Taiyuan Prefecture, Yangzhou Huainan Jiedu in Xingyuan Mansion, Shannan West Road Jiedu in Xingyuan Prefecture, and Shannan East Road Jiedu in Xiangyang Prefecture.

Generally speaking, awarding these special Jiedus is considered a great honor among Jiedushi.But this is just a habit, not an official rank.Wang Xiaolie had been stationed in Xiangyang before, and he was awarded the Shannan Dongdao Jiedu, which was regarded as the imperial court's recognition of him.

There were also a lot of various envoys in the Song Dynasty, such as Xuan Fu envoys, Zhizhi envoys, recruiting envoys, and Zhenfu envoys.The one with the highest status and the most powerful power is the envoy of Xuanfu, followed by the envoy of recruiting, and then the envoy of Zhizhi.In the last years of Jianyan, the power of Zhizhi envoys was restricted, and he was only in charge of military affairs.However, Wang Xiaolie has a special status and has always managed the place in the name of an envoy.Changed to Xuanfu envoy, which actually expanded his power.

After repeated consideration, the court still believed that Wang Xiaolie's military strength should not be underestimated, and gave him a higher official position.

Under Wang Xiaolie, Li Yanxian was appointed as the observation envoy, Shao Ling and Niu Gao were appointed as the defensive envoys, Zhang Yin, Xie Linong, Cao Zhiyan, Shao Xing, and Li Xing were appointed as regiment training envoys, and their governor Yuan Ji and others were appointed as governors.

When Wang Xiaolie reported to the imperial court, Qianju and Dutong were originally of the same rank.The court discussed that it was absurd that the commanding officer and Qian Jue were of the same rank, and to take care of Wang Xiaolie and save face, Qian Jue was only one rank lower than the commanding officer.

The rest of the officers, such as Lin Wei and Tong Yuanqing, were all Yaojun officials.The imperial court's reward in Wang Xiaohun's newspaper is only slightly adjusted.

However, during the first few days of his arrival, Li Yanxian and others met with the officials of the DPRK and China, and were very disappointed with them.Facing a big victory, Fengshou was haggling about everything, revealing a petty air.No matter how high the official title was later, the few of them didn't feel any excitement.

Li Yanxian said: "The current soldiers and horses of the imperial court, if not counted as commander-in-chief, are only a little more than [-]. But in Lin'an, the officials are not well-off, and everyone can't get enough salary. Not to mention, if you get it There are still a lot of expenses, and if the official position is lower, life will be difficult. Thinking about it now, it is not easy for Jieshuai to raise a hundred thousand troops with the territory of twenty states, and let everyone have enough food and clothing!"

Lin Weidao: "It's more than that! Under Jie Shuai's rule, there is a shortage of talents, and many counties can only be governed by officials. But no matter what officials, they have never been owed salary. Alas, it is really not easy to do this. "

Speaking of this matter, the three couldn't help but sigh.

If you don't come to Lin'an Mansion, you don't know what Wang Xiaolie has done is so remarkable.When there are more than [-] states, one hundred thousand troops can be raised.After raising a large army, the taxation of the people is still very low, and the people are extremely prosperous.Compared with other places, Xiangyang is like heaven.

Tong Yuanqing said: "Although the so-called Liang Yuan is good, it is not the home of long-term love. This misty rain in the south of the Yangtze River does seem to have a special charm. But for us, it is better to go back early. Baba ran for a trip, but got a few An official position doesn't mean much."

Li Yanxian couldn't help laughing when he heard this.Including myself, this trip is making contributions, and they all think about what rewards they will get.Who would have thought that this imperial court would be so shabby.It's nothing more than being shabby, I don't know it, and I still think about depriving my official position.

Lin Weidao: "This time I came to Lin'an Mansion, I also learned a few words. People in the industry often say that if you get an official, you will kill and set fire and be recruited; if you want to get rich, rush to sell wine and vinegar in the industry. They also have a saying In other words, there are no shortcuts to official career, and the generals are just tricks. Compared with those who are bandits, those of us who kill people on the front line have no higher official positions and less money than them. It is not frustrating! , we followed Jie Shuai, and everything we experienced was a good thing. I still thought, the whole world is like this. When I really see it, it will make people shake their heads!"

Li Yanxian nodded and said, "That's right. The world is like this, and people really don't know what to do."

I think that I am from a humble background, and I am devoted to the country, regardless of personal life and death.I didn't expect to actually see the court, which was so disappointing.