Elegy of Tang Dynasty

Chapter 87
"Wow!"

In the tall and majestic Liangzhou City, in front of Qingjiao Gate in the east of the city, Fang Chongyong climbed out of the carriage, pressed his hands on his knees, lowered his head and vomited wildly!
After a day of racing, they finally arrived at Liangzhou City at dusk and sunset.It's a pity that all of them were exhausted and had no time to appreciate the magnificent beauty in front of them.

The majestic city, sunset, yellow sand and oasis form a desolate and majestic beautiful picture.

There are [-] households in the seven cities of Liangzhou, and the barbarians can barely play the pipa!
The core of the Hexi Corridor is the city in front of you!But the tired and dizzy people just want to solve this matter as soon as possible, and then find a post house to sleep well.

Fang Chongyong doesn't know how the rider feels, because he doesn't know how to ride a horse yet.But the feeling of speeding in a carriage is really terrible.

Every bump makes Fang Chongyong want to vomit in the car.

In order not to be caught by Bai Ting's army today, Fang Chongyong and his party put all their energy into feeding while they were on their way.Fang Chongyong vomited for a long time, and only retching was left. After all, he had vomited several times on the road, and the last section of the road from Chang'an to Liangzhou was the most painful.

Dugu Jun also got down from the carriage. Although he looked much calmer than Fang Chongyong, his footsteps were also weak, and he stepped on the ground like a sponge.

It is true that he is an old man, but it is really the first time he has suffered like this.

Among the group, only A Duan was used to these things because he was often active in the mountains and forests, so he didn't think much of it.

The other people were basically exhausted, and even the horses were panting in place.

It took a long time before he came back to his senses.Fang Chongyong said to Dugu Jun: "Brother Dugu, help me, we have to hurry to the city to meet the Hexi Jiedu envoy."

"Yes, it's not too late!"

Dugu Jun is a person who understands the truth. He supported Fang Chongyong, and then the two limped and walked to the city gate officer on duty at the gate of the city in a little embarrassment, and took out the confession document from his arms and handed it to him .

Seeing Dugujun's confession document, the city gate official just looked indifferent and nodded slightly, indicating that he could enter the city, very reservedly.When Fang Chongyong looked at it, he felt that this person was like a staff member who randomly checked ID cards on the train in his previous life: after checking the ID cards for a month, not a single one with any problems was found. It was simply not too normal.

It was a work expression mixed with boredom and numbness.

Dugujun's final destination is the Anxi Protectorate.

And to arrive at the Anxi Protectorate's Mansion, Liangzhou is the first stop, and it is also the stop with the most sufficient supplies, the best conditions, and the most comfortable place to live.

No official who went to Liangzhou did not stop and rest for two days after arriving in Liangzhou.

For officials like Dugujun, even if the city gate officials have never seen one thousand, there are always eight hundred, so they are no longer surprised.

However, when Fang Chongyong handed over the confession document issued by Guanglufang to the city gate official, the person first glanced at him in disapproval, then widened his eyes, and finally repeated confirmation repeatedly!
"Found it! Found it! Finally found it!"

The city gate official was very unrestrained, he threw his helmet to the ground, and ran into the city with Fang Chongyong's confession papers, just like Fan Jin in "Fan Jinzhongju" when he went mad.

In fact, I don't blame him for being excited, because the Hexi Jiedu envoy has already offered a reward, whoever finds Fang Chongyong, as long as he is alive, he will be rewarded ten guan, and it will be settled now!

Under the setting sun, this absurd scene left Fang Chongyong and Dugu Jun speechless.

The scenery of Liangzhou is really extraordinary.

After a while, Cui Xiyi, who was wearing a scarlet official robe, followed the city gate official with an excited face, followed by a large number of people, and the momentum was quite strong.Fang Chongyong was so frightened by this scene that he hid behind Dugujun.

"I, Cui Xiyi, the governor of Hexi Province, may I ask who is Mr. Fang Xiaolang?"

Cui Xiyi asked Dugu Jun kindly.

"Yes, may I ask Commander-in-Chief if you have any advice?"

Fang Chongyong ran out from behind Dugujun and looked at him with confusion and asked.

Cui Xiyi looked back at someone and waved to him.

The man was in his early forties and looked kind-hearted.The cloth robe has no accessories, but the golden fish charm hanging on the belt can be seen at a glance.Fang Chongyong's heart tightened, and he instantly understood that this person's identity was not as simple as it seemed. He was an officer in the Liangzhou border army!

Now thinking of the words "Liangzhou frontier army" makes Fang Chongyong's scalp tingle. The dozens of monks lying naked on the ground remind him all the time that the uncontrolled frontier army has nothing to do with bandits essential difference.

Even better than bandits!The scourge is even greater!
"Xiao Langjun, the envoy Wang Jun sent me to help you. If you have any orders, you can speak freely."

The middle-aged uncle came over, bent down and spoke kindly to Fang Chongyong.

"oh oh."

Fang Chongyong was taken aback for a moment, but he hadn't heard the key words yet.

"General Wang is afraid that you will have inconvenience in your life in Liangzhou, so he specially sent fifty elite Chishui troops to accompany you everywhere to protect your safety. The fish charm is here."

The man took off the fish amulet from his waist and handed it to Fang Chongyong for inspection.I saw "Chishui Army Zuojun, Chishui Army, Chiwu Town" written on the back of the fish charm, and there is also a raised word "Tong".

It turned out to be the Chishui Army, so you should have said it earlier.

As soon as he saw the words "Chishui Army" written on the fish charm, Fang Chongyong was completely relieved.After all, his future father-in-law is now the boss of the Chishui Army. Who among the soldiers in this army would dare to cause trouble in other Fang Yamen?

"Uh, then you are..."

Fang Chongyong looked confused. This man had said so much, why didn't he introduce himself?

"I am the judge of the Chishui Army Jiedu, who was seconded from other feudal towns. Hehe, what a coincidence, my ancestral home and the hometown of Wang Junshi are the same place, but a certain leader Wang Junshi is a few years old. age.

This time Mr. Lang is coming to Hexi, the envoy Wang Jun specially transferred someone here and promoted him.Mr. Lang is a noble person.

The husband might as well match a certain official position and avoid having the surname Guo.If there is any mission, I and the fifty Chishui men under my command will do their best. "

Ambassador Guo was very talkative and spoke clearly in a few words.

To put it simply, Wang Zhongsi was worried that Fang Chongyong was unfamiliar with the place where he was born, and that he would be bullied or even die due to an accident.After all, Wang Zhongsi was busy with military affairs and had to guard against Tubo, so he definitely couldn't keep an eye on Fang Chongyong all the time.

There are a lot of desperadoes on the Hexi side, and it is not uncommon for them to kill people and flee to the Western Regions.Therefore, here, identity is not an absolutely effective umbrella, and it will not work if there is no one around to protect it.Moreover, the level of this kind of guard should be raised to that of the frontier cavalry squad.

The monks from India who had dozens of cassocks taken away and their clothes stripped off were a living example of this.

Therefore, Wang Zhongsi specially seconded officials from other places who did not belong to the Hexi Jiedu Mansion, and who were also his fellow villagers and acquaintances with the same ancestral home.

And he was promoted to an official position and sold a favor.

This Jiedu judge was not organized under the Jiedushi envoy, but belonged to the Chishui Army's internal organization. Only an army with a large establishment like the Chishui Army had similar official positions.

Strictly speaking, this is a relatively high-status idle job, sometimes with power and sometimes without power, which fully reflects the flexibility and willfulness of the Tang Dynasty official system.

When the Chishui military envoy is concurrently held by the Hexi Jiedu envoy, the Jiedu judge is the specific executor. At that time, this position can show its gold content. It often acts as an "acting military envoy" and is responsible for some daily management affairs of the Chishui army. .

The judge is not the officer responsible for making judgments. The word "judge" often means "execution" in the official system. It is more in line with the actual situation to understand the judge as "executive officer".

However, now Wang Zhongsi himself serves as the envoy of the Chishui Army, and he does not concurrently serve as the military envoy of the Chishui Army. Therefore, the power of this military envoy of the Chishui Army partially overlaps with Wang Zhongsi's official position.

Obviously, it is impossible for the Jiedu judge in front of him to grab power from the nobleman Wang Zhongsi who promoted him, so this official position will naturally become a nominal one.

To put it bluntly, this is the foreman of the "bodyguard group" tailor-made by his future father-in-law Wang Zhongsi for his future son-in-law Fang Chongyong.High position and power cannot be used, but scaring the Qiu Ba people is quite useful.

Of course, it can also be seen from this that Wang Zhongsi is focusing on cultivating Fang Chongyong, and even "borrowed" fifty of his elite soldiers from the Chishui Army to test the waters.This judge Guo should have some skills, otherwise Wang Zhongsi wouldn't be guilty of stuffing wine bags and rice bags into his team.

Thinking of this, Fang Chongyong stepped forward and shook hands with the Guo Jun envoy enthusiastically to show his cordiality.

"Guo Ziyi! Have you said enough!"

Cui Xiyi flicked his sleeves and scolded impatiently!

He didn't have any liking for this Chishui Army judge who was parachuted from outside.

Guo Ziyi!
Fang Chongyong held the hand of "Judge Guo" and stopped in place. He looked at the middle-aged uncle with a kind and unassuming expression in front of him, who seemed to be harmless to humans and animals. The "Guo Linggong" contacted.

Sure enough, people can't be judged by their appearance.

Fang Chongyong secretly sighed in his heart, slowly withdrew his hand, crossed his hands to Guo Ziyi and bowed to Cui Xiyi and said: "Jieshuai, there is a big matter, I have to go to Jiedu Mansion to talk about it, it is very urgent!"

Seeing his solemn expression, Cui Xiyi murmured in his heart and nodded slowly without any expression on his face.

In his impression, this "Fang Yanei" who disappeared while out of quarantine could never be a good bird!
The reason for coming to the Western Regions should be the same as those noble disciples from Chang'an. Maybe they had read the works of a certain frontier poet and found it very enjoyable, so they wanted to come to Hexi to see more.Then go back to Chang'an to brag.

What these people want is the romance of the Western Regions, not the bitter cold of the Western Regions!It is even more impossible to make achievements here!

After a while, this young man with an uncertain temperament will definitely clamor to go back, and it will be another troublesome thing at that time.

It's just that judging from the current situation, it doesn't seem... quite like it.

"That's fine, you come with me."

Cui Xiyi greeted his entourage and walked ahead to lead the way.Guo Ziyi walked half a body behind Fang Chongyong, and looked at Dugu Jun who was dumbfounded, only then did he feel the terrifying power of Fang Ya's powerful social relations.

……

"Go to Chiwu Town and inform the Wang Jun envoy that there is something big going on."

Guo Ziyi handed the fish charm around his waist to a Chishui soldier, and ordered in a low voice.

At this moment, a group of people are watching the Baiting Army Fish Talisman lying quietly on the table in Jiedu Mansion's study.

"This talisman has exactly the same specifications as the Chishui Army Fish Talisman I hold. It can only mobilize no more than fifty soldiers. The Baiting Army should have [-] soldiers, but the actual number is [-], and there is a shortage of [-]. "

Guo Ziyi pointed at the fish charm on the table and said.

There are two copies of the fish charm. One copy is kept with the commander of the army. The word "合" is written on it. There can only be one copy of this one, and it cannot be plural.But the other one is that there are several officers with corresponding ranks in the army.

When using it, take the fish talisman with the character "Tong" to find the general Kanhe, and you can mobilize troops and horses.If not used, it is used as an officer's identity credential.

The material and style of the fish charms determine the upper limit of the number of troops to be dispatched.The one in Guo Ziyi's hands and on the table is the lowest level one, and can only mobilize 50 people at most.

"The frontier soldiers pretended to be bandits, intercepted and killed monks, and robbed silk..."

Cui Xiyi fell silent.

He had heard of this kind of crap more than once!Every time, strict investigations were ordered, but nothing happened in the end.

In fact, it can only let it go.

Borderlands suffer!
The elders of the Chang'an Center cannot understand the weight of these three words.

And the soldiers in the border towns are required to fight bravely against the enemy, and every time after the battle, they are only rewarded with some official titles. If this continues, how can there be no trouble in the border towns?

Every time they plundered, in fact, these Qiu Bamen were divided proportionally, and there was not much money.Maybe go to Liangzhou city to drink a little wine and play with orchids and it will be gone.

In fact, these people only want to be happy, their requirements are not high, and they have no ambitions.It is really unnecessary to make Hexi Jiedu Mansion so upset over this matter.

Because the Chishui Army has the highest food and salary, and is often managed by the Jiedushi himself, and the station is still next to Liangzhou City, there are relatively few similar things.This is the trump card army directly under the central control of the Tang Dynasty, and it is really impossible to do similar things.

But for the other armies in the Hexi Corridor, that may not be the case. The Baiting Army was just unlucky and happened to be caught by Fang Chongyong and others.No one from other armies dares to say that they are clean.

"How about this, this section will command two thousand Chishui troops to attack the Baiting army station tonight, surround it, then find the owner of the fish charm, and let him find out some accomplices, tomorrow outside the Liangzhou city gate Beheading for public display, is Mr. Xiao Lang satisfied?"

Cui Xiyi asked tentatively.

If it was the Chishui Army that did this, then Wang Zhongsi would probably have to step in to sort it out.But Cui Xiyi is still confident about a small Bai Tingjun.

The cold wind blew on the hillside all night, and Fang Yanei was still angry in his heart. He should let this Yanei vent his anger and rectify the atmosphere of the Hexi army.

Cui Xiyi felt that he was already very sincere.

After all, he is also a military governor!
"Eh? This is inappropriate! Cui Jieshuai, there is a saying that catches thieves and gets the stolen goods, and catches traitors and catch both. If Cui Jieshuai just takes a fish charm to the Baiting Army to look for someone, without alerting the snake, those Qiu Ba people will I'm afraid they have already thought of an excuse, such as saying that it was lost somewhere or picked up by a gangster, etc. In short, it is easy to separate the relationship, and they must have hidden the stolen goods so that it will be difficult for outsiders to find them.

On the contrary, the Chishui Army mobilized troops to besiege their station. What was reasonable at first turned out to be unreasonable.What if the stolen goods cannot be found and Cui Jieshuai is bitten by the Baiting military envoy?
It is a grave sin to stir up discord among the armies! "

Fang Chongyong waved his hand and spoke eloquently.

Cui Xiyi was taken aback for a moment, carefully pondering what the other party said, and couldn't help but put away his contempt for those rich and powerful children from Chang'an.

This kid doesn't look like an ignorant and unskilled son of a powerful person from Chang'an!What I said just now is so sensible and well connected. Is this really what a nine-year-old child can say?

"Then what does Mr. Xiao Lang think?"

Cui Xiyi asked in a deep voice, and couldn't help but look forward to what answer sheet the other party would hand over.

Only then did he come to his senses, the "child" in front of him was an official!The other party is now a colleague in the officialdom in Liangzhou City, and he can no longer be treated as a child!

The child prodigies Liu Yan and Li Mi both had official status before they were ten years old. Although this kind of thing is rare, it is not an exception.

"Cui Jieshuai, this matter happened because of me, so I won't bother Jieshuai, I will handle it myself.

No matter what, I am now a member of the Liangzhou Prefecture and joining the army.Clamping down on lawlessness is one of the responsibilities of the state government to join the army, isn't it? "

Fang Chongyong said with a smile.

This sounds like what's going on, but it's a bit strange if you think about it carefully.

Because it is one thing to have relevant powers and responsibilities for a position, but another matter to specifically exercise the power.

For example, the major Jiedu envoys in Bianzhen, except Jiannan Jiedu envoys, have already concentrated human rights, financial rights and property rights in one body.

But in fact, this only means that the Jiedushi can interfere with the operation of relevant powers, but it does not mean that everything is under the jurisdiction of the Jiedushi. It does not mean that the Jiedushi only covers the sky with his hands and has the final say in everything in the Jiedushi. .

In fact, this is the reason why Jieduzhi is strong and weak.

Weak Jiedu envoys, most of whom were civil servants, were unable to interfere with the sub-items of the original "Yingtian envoys" and "Duzhi envoys".

Just like Fang Chongyong's official position of "joining the army in the state capital", although he can take charge of anything in Liangzhou City, he needs corresponding channels and manpower to exercise his power, which he does not have.

50 members of the Baiting Army dispatched to rob and kill people, so are these 50 people the only ones who know?
Baiting army envoy, don't you know about this?

This is a small question that is easy to guess, and you will have the answer if you run it around in your mind.

"This matter should not be reckless, it should be discussed in the long run..."

Cui Xiyi said with an embarrassed look on his face. The thing he feared most has come to pass. He hoped that it wasn't a naughty kid trying to be smart and he would have to wipe his butt in the end.

"Please don't worry, Marshal Jie. Things went wrong. I just want to return to Chang'an to collect my guilt. You can write a letter of guarantee now as proof."

Fang Chongyong seemed to see Cui Xiyi's hesitation, and said in a big way.

　Chapter 3, there are still today, votes are up.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)