The great hero of the Silk Road, starting from a farm farmer

"Send a letter to the Guining Army, saying that our army has suffered from successive battles, and now the army is seriously short of food. I hope that he can support our army with [-] shi of food to help our army resist the enemy on the front line and protect Xisu from war.

In addition, the lease of the [-] people who were previously leased to Wazhou from Hexi is about to expire. However, the people have been living in our Yungu for a long time. If they are sent back to Hexi, they may not be able to live well. I hope General Guining will take people's livelihood as his priority. Can these people stay in Yungu? "

In the Gulong and Yinzhou battles, the Guining Army, as an ally, did not provide due assistance to the Yungu Army. Especially during the Battle of Gulong, Song Yingkui sent someone to send a message to them, hoping that the Guining Army would come out from the mouth of Gulang Gorge and contain the Mimong Army on the flanks, but they were indifferent.

Faced with such allies who neither work nor contribute any force, we naturally cannot give them a good look after the war. Since they don't send troops, then they send food! Originally, Song Yingkui planned to continue signing the contract renewal after the lease contract expired. Now, the renewal is waived and he can just keep these people in Wazhou.

Will the Guining army fall out over this? They don't have that strength! Cheap uncle, if you dare to deny food, you will have a reason to unify the entire Xisu territory.

In the Hexi area, there are hundreds of thousands of people and millions of acres of fertile land. How can a place like this not make people tempted?
  At this moment and that moment, Song Yingkui, who had captured Yinzhou City, looked like he was fat. Let's see if the cheap uncle can bleed first.

In the Battle of Yinzhou, the Yungu Army still gained something. After searching the city several times, they found nearly [-] dan of grain, as well as some cattle, sheep, and livestock. These things may not be valuable in the eyes of Mi Meng people. However, for Yungu at this time, it can solve the urgent need. If we can get more food from the Guining Army, the food crisis can almost be overcome.

"Let the Military Command Department count the military merits as soon as possible according to merit standards! The Administration Department will send personnel to Yinzhou as soon as possible to discuss the restructuring of the military government!" Before the battle of Yinzhou, Song Yingkui promised the generals to open a government Setting up systems and rewarding merit, now that the war is over, it is time for promises to be fulfilled.

The military title that I have used for several years is indeed not suitable for the current situation and size, so I have to think of a name that is more suitable for my identity. Senior generals in the military and administrative systems must also be rewarded more than ever before, otherwise everyone will feel that they are working hard to get what they want!
  Discussing meritorious deeds and rewards is a big question. If done well, it will further enhance the strength. If done poorly, it will greatly reduce the combat effectiveness of the army.

For example, Xiang Yu in history ruined a good situation when he was awarding a reward! After this operation, no one among you, the old nobles of the six countries, and the various rebel generals were satisfied. Everyone felt that you had given away what you deserved to others.

So we can't think about this alone. We have to wait for the second uncle to arrive in Yinzhou to discuss it!
  Meritorious awards need to be finalized as soon as possible, the reorganization of the army, the functional restructuring of the administrative department, and the establishment of the administrative center all need to be implemented quickly.

With the current size, how many regular soldiers are appropriate? This is a very troublesome thing. There is a powerful enemy outside and there are too few standing troops to cope with the war. But if the population and economic size are left here, there are too many troops and they can’t support them! If too many young people are concentrated in the army, civilian construction and development will be short of labor.

The administrative department, the system will be improved this time. A population of one million will be a larger county in later generations, but in this era, the scale is no longer small. It is unknown how many people the Mimeng ruled, but there were at most two to three million people in Xifan. And Xifan is a superpower that has been in existence for hundreds of years. Therefore, if the administrative system is imperfect, such a large area and population cannot be effectively governed.

The current actual control area is not very well-equipped, especially the Yinzhou area. It feels like it is isolated outside the world, and it seems a bit inappropriate to locate the administrative center there. Taoyang and Wazhou are not in the center of the actual control area, which is not conducive to troop deployment and information transmission. Huizhou and Jingzhou are in good locations, but due to their natural environment, these two places do not have the conditions to become large central cities. Looking left and right, there is no good place to serve as an administrative center.

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"Uncle, it's been a hard journey all the way. Let's talk about business again after two days of rest!" The second uncle went north from Huizhou and walked more than [-] days before arriving in Yinzhou. Seeing that the old man was dusty and his feet were still stained with mud from crossing the Yellow River tidal flats, Song Yingkui quickly gave up the thought of talking about business and asked the old man to rest for a few days before talking.

"Commander, let's finish the business, and I'll take some rest. Age is not forgiving. When I was young, what was the point of traveling so far? Now, I've only walked a thousand miles, and my body seems to be falling apart. Same.

When I came here this time, what I thought the most about was that the administrative office should quickly find a few more people who can help you. Otherwise, the old and the young will delay our major events in Yungu. If I were younger, I could ride all the way to Yinzhou in less than ten days. "After the second uncle sat down, he started talking nonchalantly. The core idea was that there was a problem with the staffing of the administrative department and we had to find a way to solve it quickly.

"There is no one available! Uncle, do you think it is feasible to let Xiaohu share the main work in the Administration Office?" Who doesn't know that the current staffing of the Administration Office is unreasonable? But there is really no one with as much experience and strategic vision as the second uncle available.

There is no shortage of people to do specific things, but what is most lacking now is people to come up with ideas. To come up with ideas, you have to be knowledgeable. The people here in Yungu are either stupid or just out of school for a few years. Few of them have even been to Luoyang. It is up to them to make big ideas and make decisions. Decision-making, can you count on it?

"Actually, there are still people available! Among the refugees who came from Beixiang, there are several civil servants who have held important positions in Beixiang. I had some contact with them when I was in Huizhou. They are both capable and knowledgeable. The commander should be informal. Use it boldly!" From last year to this year, the second uncle's thoughts have changed greatly.

Before last year, he still had a sense of belonging to Zheng Chen. But now, he no longer takes Dazheng seriously. The Yungu Army is already qualified to establish a country. Since we have to build a country sooner or later, we must regard the talents of the world as our own talents and have a broader vision when looking at talents.

If you broaden your horizons, you will find that the officials in Beixiang are not necessarily worse than those in Zheng Dynasty. They are also a super imperial court that manages millions of people and a huge area. How can there be no talents in governing the country?
  "Do you have any specific candidates to recommend?" Seeing that his second uncle was very specific, Song Yingkui quickly asked how many of the people he had contacted were available?
  "Liu Jiudao, the censor of the former Beixiang Nanyuan, Chen Tianyu, the right minister of the household department of the Nanyuan, Qin Ke'an, the official doctor, Liu Zhongguo, Hanlin scholar Liu Zhongguo, Hubu Xingxing, Chen Rongxiang, these people are all living in Zanyun Valley, and they are very talented. Yes, and he is still young and powerful!"

(End of this chapter)