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Chapter 138
Officials in the Sui Dynasty paid four kinds of salaries, namely Lumi, land for post, monthly salary, and strength class.

As a fifth-rank official, Li Chongjiu earned quite a lot. Yang Guangti thought about the lack of food and clothing in Huaihuang Town, so he specially sent someone to convert his salary into rice grain to reward the army.

This is also a small income.
Of course, the happiest thing is that Yang Guang appointed Li Chongjiu as the general guard of Shanggu County, and was responsible for calming down the more than [-] thieves gathered in Lishan Feiwei Daoer in Shanggu County, who were increasingly rampant.

Zhou Xu and the others were overjoyed when they heard that Li Chongjiu had joined Gujun Tongshou.

Although Tongshou is no better than the county guard, when the county guard is not around, Li Chongjiu is equivalent to a local official on the side of the shepherd.Among Shanggu County, Li Chongjiu is the top leader.

The three of them, Zhou Xu, Ji Chuan, and Liu Yi, thought that when they came to Huaihuang Town to guard the border, they would die here forever.But in the blink of an eye, Li Chongjiu became the general guard. As the first staff members who joined the camp, they also rose with the tide. Not only did they have a bright future, but even the second official of a county in the future is also expected.

This is not their delusion. After the founding of the Great Sui Dynasty, although the expropriation system that had lasted for thousands of years was abolished, the selection of local talents was assigned to the Ministry of Officials.

But after all, the system over the years is still deeply ingrained. As a local county guard, he can still recruit the secondary officials of each county on his own, and the imperial court is just a form of appointment.

However, if Zhou Xu and the others want to take the position, all this needs Li Chongjiu to recover Shanggu County and put down the rebellion before it is possible.

Li Chongjiu was equally happy. Yang Guang's move was to send you a pillow when he wanted to sleep.He is determined to make progress in Shanggu County, and this is indeed an aboveboard excuse.

It would be very different if he captured his own position in Shanggu County, not to mention that every man has the ambition to compete in the world.

Even if he took a step back, no matter how much Li Yuan cared about his poor background, he would not marry Li Zhiwan to him for the sake of the governor of a county.

At that time, Li Chongjiu and Li Yuan will form an alliance.

If it is irreversible that Li Yuan and Li Shimin will seize the world in the future, then there is no need for Li Chongjiu. Go against the general trend, first belong to the Li family, and be the son-in-law of the Li family. Find yourself a chance.

The folk customs on the grassland are tough, and the Central Plains is better. At present, Li Chongjiu can't wait to go to Shanggu County to take up the post.

Li Chongjiu immediately arranged for the personnel appointment of Yingyang Mansion to be handed over to the officials of the Menxia Province, who would submit it to the Ministry of Officials for approval.

Except for the vacancy of the deputy Ying Jilang, who cannot be appointed by himself, Wang Mahan, Tan Zong, Ying Hefu, Er Tuo reported as the school lieutenants, and the school lieutenants are all six ranks.

The long history is vacant.

Ji Chuan joined the army as a recorder, Zhou Xu joined the army as Sima, and Liu Yi joined the army as Cangcao.

Of course, this is a cutscene situation, and the official department will generally agree with Li Chongjiu's recommendations.
After a few days in Huaihuang Town, the officials of Menxia Province saw the establishment of Li Chongjiumeng Hall, and saw the officers and children studying together. They couldn't help being amazed.

Hearing that Li Chongjiu used foreign people as the army, I couldn't help worrying about him again, and warned Li Chongjiu that the non-Chinese people should not be close to each other. After that, the provincial government under the door was satisfied with the inspection of the emperor, and returned to the Eastern Capital after a short stay. Return to Yang Guang.

Of course, Li Chongjiu sent him a very expensive Cheng Yi.

With the appointment, in Huaihuang Town, the officials can be considered to be in charge of their positions.Although there are many major and minor issues, it can be considered that the officials can solve them by themselves.

In addition, winter is approaching on the grassland, and the traffic is cut off. If the white hair wind blows, it is impossible for any tribe to travel at this time.So throughout the winter, there is no need to worry about Turks and Khitan people coming to attack.

Li Chongjiu asked Ji Chuan and the three of them to discuss and manage the internal affairs of Huaihuang Town together, while Wang Mahan, Tan Zong, and Ying Hefu were responsible for the military drills.

As for the garrison troops, each has a brigade rate to guard it, and there are also party leaders in the civilian households, and the lizheng supervises each other level by level.

Li Chongjiu can completely let go and let his subordinates handle the matter of Huaihuang Town on his behalf.

He decided to take up the post in Shanggu County while the heavy snow was not completely covered.

Although Shanggu County is currently very powerful, even Yi County, where the county government is located, has been breached. Among the six Shanggu counties, only Feihu County is still defending.

After several days of preparation, Li Chongjiu ordered people to make a banner, and wrote seven big characters of Da Sui Shanggu Tongshou Li.

After the flag was made, Li Chongjiu took the forehead rest, and together with the sudden cavalry regiment composed of armored cavalry, set off from Huaihuang Town to Shanggu County.

From Huaihuang Town to Shanggu County, from the direct distance on the map, you should go from Huailai County, the nearest Zhuo County, but there is Xiaowutai Mountain blocking here, and the army generally cannot cross the mountains.

Therefore, Li Chongjiu and the others had to detour for more than a hundred miles, enter the Outer Great Wall from Huaihuang Town, and then take the Feihu Road from Lingqiu County in Yanmen County to Shanggu County.

When the Turks invaded, Lingqiu County was the most severely attacked, and the whole county was almost empty. When Li Chongjiu returned to Lingqiu County this time, it was still deserted.

As for the county seat of Lingqiu County, the city wall was dilapidated. After the Turks broke through, all three thousand soldiers and civilians died in battle, and the city was set on fire by the Turks and turned into ruins.

Although Lingqiu County is very dilapidated, it has an important geographical location. It was later renamed Weizhou, which is one of the sixteen prefectures of Yanyun known to everyone.

This place is also the border line of confrontation between the later Liao and Song Dynasties.

After passing Lingqiu County, take the Feihu Road directly to Feihu County, Shanggu County.

Feihukou, which guards the Feihu Road, is one of the eight Xings of Taihang, and it has been the main road from Shanxi to Hebei since ancient times.

There are many dangerous passes and steep mountains here, which is the easternmost end of Taihang Mountain.

After the cession of the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun, all the dangers of the Great Wall in the Northern Song Dynasty were lost, so the court of the Northern Song Dynasty could only build a line of defense against the Khitan along the Juma River with the natural danger of Yanmen and the Feihukou area.

This line of defense has lost half of the Taihang Mountains, and Yanshan Mountain is naturally dangerous, so Song and Liao have always been at a disadvantage in the battle.

After passing Feihukou, that is to say, one foot has entered Hebei from Shanxi, and now it is not Yanmen County, but Shanggu County.

Feihu County is located in the easternmost part of Yanmen County. The Juma River flows around the county and flows directly into the Juli Lake, which is today's Baiyang Lake.

When Li Chongjiu's two hundred armored riders arrived at Shifeihu City, the city he saw seemed to have experienced a tragic siege battle not long ago.

On the residual snow all over the ground, the abandoned nest carts were dumped under the city wall, and the corpses in gray clothes were scattered under the city wall in twos and threes. The blood had already dried up, and the corpses should have been frozen as hard as stones.

And the most tragic thing was that at the city gate, the city wall was burned almost like charcoal, and half of the city tower was simply burned away.

Right now, the red flag of Sui Dynasty on the top of the city is still hanging crookedly, and the whole Feihu County seems to be lifeless.

(End of this chapter)