The heavens from Bailuyuan

Chapter 302 Lin Family Fort (Full Order)
From Chang'an to Yizhou, there are roughly two roads, one is the land road, which can be subdivided into Jinniu Road, Ziwu Road, Lianyun Road, Qishan Road, Lizhi Road, etc., but most of these Shu roads are difficult to walk. Li Taibai has poems It is said that the difficulty of the road to Shu is that it is difficult to go to the blue sky. It is not empty words. The other is the waterway.

If Bai Gui was alone, then it would be no problem to enter Shu by land.

But now he is the inspector of Jiannan Road, leading the mission. This job is to go to various provinces to inspect and assess the officials. It was a position created in the early Tang Dynasty after imitating the governor system of the Han Dynasty. It is impossible to have only one person. The entire mission has about a hundred people. There are more than a dozen subordinate officials, and the rest are soldiers from the escort mission.

When an imperial envoy travels, there must be an imperial envoy guard. In the early Tang Dynasty, the practice was to be escorted by Qianniuwei.

As for Jiannan Dao, it can be said that almost the entire southwestern states of the Tang Dynasty are basically in charge of Jiannan Dao...

Therefore, it is more convenient to take the waterway and assess the states other than Shu.

Similarly, taking the water route is easier and more suitable. If you take the mountain road, the journey may be shorter, but it is not very comfortable.

The Grand Canal of the Sui and Tang Dynasties was centered on Luoyi, extending to Zhuojun in the north and Yuhang in the south.

From Chang'an to Luoyi, there are many official posts and merchants along the way.

After arriving in Luoyi, I took an official boat and went all the way south along the Grand Canal.

"Fortunately, brother Meihe, you are in a hurry. Otherwise, if the canal freezes in November and December, we might be stranded in Luoyi and miss our departure date."

On the official ship, Zhang Jiuling saw that he had just boarded the ship for a few days, and when he woke up overnight, the color of the sky and the earth changed.

The Grand Canal generally does not freeze, but there are also records of freezing in severe cold seasons.

"The further south you go, the warmer it will be. I had already expected it, so I hurried along the way."

"Stop talking about this, let's go into the cabin, the hot wine that has just been warmed."

Bai Gui opened the thick curtain and spoke.

The person he is most acquainted with in the center is Zhang Jiuling. Zhang Jiuling is not as lucky as him. He has no one behind him. He has been the school secretary for several years. As for the official position, Zhang Jiuling was originally the school secretary of the ninth rank, so he was only promoted to one rank, which was far less rapid than his promotion speed.

This time he served as the inspector of Jiannan Road, it is impossible to have no deputy, so he recommended Zhang Jiuling to Li Longji as his deputy, and Li Longji readily agreed.

If the principal and deputy envoys are at odds with each other, what errands will they do?
At this point, Li Longji wouldn't be too much of a problem.

As for Zhang Jiuling's talent and learning, there is no doubt about it.

"It's snowing heavily with goose feathers, and drinking a glass of warm wine is a happy thing in the world."

Zhang Jiuling entered the cabin, sat down, and smiled.

……

ten days later.

Gusu.

Linjiabao.

Bai Gui came to visit him.

On the living room.

"Bai imperial envoy is here, I am sorry to welcome you, please forgive me."

Lin Tiannan, the lord of the Lin Family Fort, was sitting on the second seat, looking at the purple-robed official in front of him with a look of confusion.

Beijing officials come from the third rank of the Beijing University, and the inspector is an official position of the third rank, so they wear purple robes and goldfish bags.

Although he, Lin Tiannan, was the leader of the martial arts alliance in the south, he was not enough in front of the imperial envoys. The imperial envoys were all ministers valued by the emperor without exception.

"Lord Linbao, don't be surprised. When I was in Beijing, I taught Liu Xiang's son with the deputy envoy. It was Mr. Liu Xiang. The relationship between Liu Xiang and Guibao, I don't think I need to mention it."

Bai Gui smiled and said.

He has been in and out of Liu's mansion and dealt with Mrs. Liu quite a few times.Because Liu Jinyuan is weak, he taught some physical exercise skills.On the way, Mrs. Liu inevitably mentioned the relationship between Lin Jiabao and the Liu Mansion.

During the Han and Tang Dynasties, there was no ethos of advocating literature and derogating martial arts. Great poets like Li Bai wanted to be knight-errants and advocated the ethos of knight-errants.Including Zhang Zai and Su Xun in the Song Dynasty, they also liked Ren Xia.

"So that's why..."

Lin Tiannan cleared his doubts for a while, and breathed a sigh of relief. He also mistakenly thought that Lin Jiabao caused some trouble to the imperial envoy, or that Liu's family caused some trouble, implicating Lin Jiabao. He thought about his words for a while, and said: " Liu's family and Lin's family are related by marriage, Mrs. Liu Xiang died early, so she married her wife's younger sister, so the two families have some relationship."

"Since Imperial Envoy Bai is a guest from afar, I have just ordered the kitchen to prepare a feast, and I also ask Imperial Envoy Bai and Deputy Envoy Zhang not to refuse."

He said generously.

"Master Limburg has misunderstood."

"I told the old story with the Liu family to dispel the worries of Master Linbao. This time, I was ordered by the saint to serve as the inspector of Jiannan Road and the governor of Yizhou, but there is no one under my door... "

"I heard that Lord Limburg is the leader of the Southern Martial Arts Alliance, so I would like to ask Lord Limburg to recommend high-level disciples or talented people for conquest."

"I ask Lord Limburg to forgive me for the troublesome parts."

Bai Gui got straight to the point and expressed his inner thoughts.

He is in Chang'an, just an ordinary Zhongshu Sheren, even if he wants to recruit Chang'an Ranger, Chang'an Ranger will not look at him highly.But when he left Chang'an, he was an imperial envoy, and he had a high position in the local area. If he wanted to recruit some party members to fill his strength, it was still more than enough.

In addition, Lin Tiannan is the owner of the Lin Family Fort, a rich man, and the leader of the Southern Martial Arts Alliance, with a big tree and deep roots.Now that he is making friends with Lin Tiannan and appointing his disciples, it is equivalent to spreading contacts in the south. In the future, he will not only do things smoothly, but he will encounter a lot of difficulties and obstacles in comparison.

Simply put, it is the collusion of interests.

He is now equivalent to selling an official title, "selling" part of his official positions to Lin Tiannan and other southern forces, and similarly, he will also get a lot of help from these southern forces.

"Commissioner Bai is serious about what he said?"

After Lin Tiannan heard these words, his expression was faintly agitated, and he couldn't sit still.

Although there is no ethos of advocating literature and suppressing martial arts now, there is still a difference between a powerful family and a powerful family. His Linjiabao is only equivalent to a local powerful in Gusu, and his reputation is all tied to him. If he can be an official, it is equivalent to surpassing Class, changed family status.

And most of the disciples under his sect are from humble backgrounds, and most of them are common people's children. If there is such a way, there will definitely be a lot of people who will respond.

"If Lord Limburg wants to become an official, I will recommend Lord Limburg to a saint. The position of governor of the state should not be difficult."

Bai Gui replied after hearing the words.

In the conscription system, the emperor issued an imperial edict to recruit someone to be a subordinate official.Although the expropriation system and the inspection system of the Han Dynasty were no longer in circulation in the Tang Dynasty, it was still feasible for state and county officials to recruit staff and subordinate officials.

Of course, this is limited to low-level officials.

High-ranking officials, such as the state Sima from the fifth rank, he, the governor of Yizhou, does not have this power.

In the Tang Dynasty, in addition to the three channels of family yin, imperial examinations, and recommendation, there were also channels for recruiting officials, recruiting foreign officials, military meritorious officials, and feudal generals, etc., but the latter types were not easy to follow.

"Zhou Sima..."

Lord Limburg muttered to himself, feeling a little moved in his heart.

The name of the leader of the martial arts alliance is the flattery of the fellow martial arts people, and it is not very popular on the stage.

And the fifth rank official is really not low.

"If Lord Linbao agrees, I will recommend it to the imperial court!"

"To tell you the truth, Lord Linbao, I used to be the saint's Zhongshu Sheren, and I still have a little face with the saint."

Seeing that Lin Tiannan was tempted, Bai Gui said immediately.

You must know that Song Jiang created such a big rebellion. After being recruited, he was only a fifth-rank martial arts doctor. As a military officer, his status was much lower than that of the serious fifth-rank civil servants in the Song Dynasty.

Now Sima of Cong Wupin Prefecture in Tang Dynasty has a better official position than Doctor Wude in Song Dynasty.

In addition, in his Ten Proposals to Li Longji, he mentioned that in order to solve Tubo, Nanzhao and other countries, people who practice martial arts like Lord Linbao are an indispensable part, whether they are spies or Among other things, people who practice martial arts are more alert and flexible than ordinary people.

Compared with Tubo Kingdom and Nanzhao Kingdom's scourge to the Tang Dynasty, a state Sima from the fifth rank is still very cost-effective. After all, Lin Tiannan is also the leader of the South Wulin Alliance, and his official position is too low, which shows that the court has no sincerity.

(End of this chapter)