Recreating the prosperous Tang begins with summoning players

Chapter 61 Jackal
Shazhou, the most important city in the Tang Dynasty in Longyou Road.

The Governor's Mansion was brightly lit, Shazhou Governor Jia Sishun was sitting in the study, reviewing the official documents of the Governor's Mansion.

Rubbing his eyes, Jia Sishun's body is not as good as before.

Ten years ago, he was able to lead the Doulu army and the Tubo army in armor, but last year he fell ill, and it was troublesome even to handle the official duties of the government office.

Sighing at the candle, Jia Sishun heard the beeping outside the door again.

"Master Jia, it's time to give out the reward!"

Laozhang is Datang's title for old people, but there is no trace of respect in this voice.

Jia Sishun sighed, this is the Doulu army coming to ask for reward again.

Since last year's autumn defense, after the Doulu Army's reward was deducted, now Doulu Army soldiers often come to the Governor's Mansion to ask for rewards.

But now Shazhou not only has to deal with spring defense, but also has to be allocated money and food by the imperial court to support Guanzhong.

There is not much autumn grain left for the whole year, and Jia Sishun also knows that the people in Shazhou are on the verge of collapse.

Recruitment, renting, and corvee, these three big mountains are pressing on the people of Shazhou. The state capital of the largest state in Longyou, the governor's office, has been so embarrassed that it has used printing money to fill holes.

The law of the Tang Dynasty stipulated that the miscellaneous taxes received by the governor's office and county government in various places can be uniformly controlled by the government.

Most of the yamen will take out the money for lending, which is the so-called "printing money".

Jia Sishun's "printing money" accumulated during Kaiyuan and Tianbao years has been distributed to the Doulu army as rewards, but this group of soldiers still feel that it is not enough.

Even if he lost the battle, he still had to come to the governor's mansion to ask for compensation.

What's even worse is that many of the heads chopped off by Qiu Fang last time were Han people, but few of them had the real appearance of Tubo.

And Doulu Jun even dared to ask the Governor's Mansion for a reward of hundreds of thousands of dollars.

This time, Jia Sishun rejected Dou Lujun's request, and this group of guys actually made a fuss to this day.

Jia Sishun had a headache when a middle-aged man in brocade clothes walked in.

"Father." Jia Qi, Jia Sishun's son, cupped his hands and saluted Jia Sishun.

"The noisy thief was not caught, and seemed to have fled to the military camp outside the city."

"Understood." Jia Sishun rubbed his temples, it's okay to just shout a few words, anyway, Jia Sishun has been used to it since Qiu Fang.

"Is there anything else?" Jia Sishun governed the family strictly, and his son Jia Qi didn't have any official position, so he served Jia Sishun at home.

However, in the atmosphere of the Tang Dynasty, family members of officials usually help with official affairs, so Jia Qi will also help Jia Sishun with official affairs.

Jia Sishun is already in his 70s, and Jia Qi is also a middle-aged man in his 40s.

With Jia Sishun's status as a second-rank official, it was very easy for his son Feng Yin to be given a part-time job.

But Jia Sishun refused to ask his son for an official, which also made Jia Qi very dissatisfied.

Jazz raised his head, summoned up his courage and said to his father:
"Father, there have been vacant judges for Shazhou Jiedushi for many years, do you think?"

Shazhou is a military state with a garrison. All Jia Sishun's official positions are the governor of Shazhou, the Jiedu envoy of Shazhou, and the economic envoy of Jiadoulu Army.

Shazhou Inspector is Jia Sishun's own official, this is a civil position of the second rank, which determines Jia Sishun's status in the official robe of nobleman.

The Jiedu Envoy of Shazhou and the Economic and Strategic Envoy of the Doulu Army are Jia Sishun's "envoys", which represent Jia Sishun's power to command the soldiers and civilians of Shazhou.

The Shazhou Jiedu magistrate is the second in command of Shazhou's military and political affairs, and is also the deputy of the Shazhou Jiedu envoy.

The Shazhou Jiedu Envoy commanded the Doulu Army, but now in the Doulu Army, there are only five school lieutenants, Sha, Wang, Wu, Kang, and Shi, but the Shazhou Jiedu Judge has always been vacant.

Judge Jiedu is equivalent to the deputy commander of the first army. Now that his father's health is not as good as before, is it necessary to wait for the Jia family to degenerate from an official family to a commoner?
Jia Qi had no talent. He wandered in Xijing for many years in his early years and failed to pass the imperial examination.

At the age of 30, he went to Shazhou with his father to take office, and now he has been in Shazhou for ten years.

During this time, several lieutenants of the Doulu Army spoke to him.

"Grandpa Jia is old, if the Lord Shaofu can serve as the judge of Jiedu, if something happens, our Doulu army will definitely support the Lord Shaofu to inherit the festival."

"Can the court admit it?"

"Nowadays the world is in turmoil, extraordinary times are extraordinary, and there are many sons inheriting father's day now!"

"Then I have to become a Jiedu judge first?"

"The judge of Jiedu is the personal minister of the envoy of Jiedu, as long as he is appointed by Duke Jia."

Only then did the scene tonight, Jia Qi courteously want to ask for an officer.

But Jia Sishun said: "No way! Do you know why I don't have a judge?"

Jia Qi quickly lowered his head and said, "My son doesn't know."

Seeing his son's appearance, Jia Sishun said bitterly, "Just like you, you still want to be a judge of Jiedu. After I die, you should honestly help the coffin and return to your hometown, and you can also protect our Jia family. Ten lives!"

Unconvinced, Jia Qi still bowed his head to be scolded.

Jia Sishun said: "The reason why I didn't set up a judge for my father was because I was worried that the fifth lieutenant of the Doulu Army would become powerful."

"Using the position of Judge Jiedu to catch them, and let their five school lieutenants check each other. Last year, Qiu Fang withheld a reward for his father, so there was no mutiny."

"If one of them is promoted to Jiedu judge, then the whole Doulu army will become the leader, and the Doulu army will be hard to control!"

Jia Qi said unconvinced: "Then if you don't let the fifth school lieutenant be, will your son not be able to be the judge of this festival?"

Jia Sishun said angrily: "Someone urged you to come, right? Does it mean that once your father dies, you will be appointed as the Jiedu judge to inherit the honor?"

Seeing that his father actually revealed his conspiracy, Jia Qi was shocked.

Jia Sishun shook his head and said, "Your tricks are written all over your face, how can you suppress these unruly warriors?"

"You don't understand military affairs, and you have no foundation in the army. Even if you become a Jiedu judge, you will be excluded."

"Tubo's foreign aggression is outside, and the jackal army is inside, then my Jia family will really die without a place to bury me!"

Jia Qi broke out in a cold sweat, and what his father said seemed to make sense.

When the spring begins, Tubo will definitely invade the border, and at that time, driving the Doulu army will definitely need money, silk and rations.

But the governor's mansion is already destitute, if he can't get the reward, those rebellious army like jackals will be able to tear his bones apart.

That is to say, Jia Sishun's prestige in the city is high, so he can hold down the Doulu army.

Temporarily extinguishing the idea of ​​being an official, Jia Qi asked his father to leave.

At this time, Cui Tao took the urgent military information of the players in the Yanchi caravan and begged to see Jianning Wang Li Yan.

Li Yan was wearing a nightgown when he heard the news from Cui Tao.

"What! The caravan just killed the garrison of the Doulu Army guarding the salt field, and killed a brigade commander of the Doulu Army?"

(End of this chapter)