Prince of Song Dynasty

Chapter 683 Contract System
Yang Jiye led the generals to kneel down on one knee and said in unison: "No!"

Then, Yang Jiye led all the generals, including Tuoba Gelu and Li Guangshun, to get up and leave. Ye Chen just gave an overall order, and Yang Jiye had to hold a coordination meeting to arrange the specific implementation.

Ye Chen turned his head and said to the officials from the Southern Tang Dynasty led by Han Xizai and the local officials from Qizhou led by Ma Wentao: "The temple thieves will definitely send people to make trouble. You must do your job well under the leadership of Mr. Han and Master Ma. Be vigilant, strengthen the investigation of foreigners entering the city and the guidance and control of the people. In addition, you must also pay attention to your own safety, and the specific response plan. Mr. Ma and Mr. Han each lead a person to make a plan and bring it back to the king. report."

Han Xizai and Ma Wentao led the crowd and bowed and said, "I respect the order of the king!"

Ye Chen nodded and said: "Okay, you guys go down and get ready!"

Han Xizai and Ma Wentao took their people away to find a place for a small meeting.

At this time, only Ye Chen's direct descendants in the Huaxia Weifu were left in the hall.Ye Chen's relaxed and indifferent expression just now disappeared, and his eyes swept over Li Junhao, Hu Sanguang, Lian Jicheng, Bai Canghai, and Shangguan Bingyun, and said with a serious face: "The battle with the holy hall, the military and the civilian system can't get out. How much strength. We can only rely on the people of our Huaxia Weifu."

Ye Chen paused for a moment, then continued: "Select four Huaxia guards for each of the prefects of the eight states to act as guards. This matter will be arranged by Li Junhao."

Li Junhao stood up and said yes.

Ye Chen said to Hu Sanguang again: "Send capable spies to watch every move of Qingzhou Gao Huaide and the army under his command. If there is any change, report it in time. In addition, send all spies to spread in the eight states, as long as they find suspicious people, they will be arrested. Lian Jicheng led a group of Assassins to cooperate with Hu Sanguang, ready support at any time, and surrounded and killed him."

Lian Jicheng and Hu Sanguang stood up and promised.

Ye Chen frowned again and pondered for a while, then said to Bai Canghai: "With Yufeng and Wang Zhutong's mentality, it is not difficult to guess that this king controls Tuoba Gelu and Li Guangshun, so he will definitely send assassins to assassinate them. Bai Canghai Arrange powerful gold medal killers to protect the two."

Bai Canghai nodded.

Ye Chen said to Shangguan Bingyun again: "To be on the safe side, get a substitute for Tuoba Gelu and Li Guangshun as soon as possible."

Shangguan Bingyun said: "Nu Nu obeys."

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Tuoba Gelu and Li Guangshun led the leaders of the other six clans of Dangxiang, the leaders of the Qilian Mountains near Hengshan, and the leaders, chiefs and patriarchs of the Tubo, Huihe, Tu and Qiang tribes radiated by the front-line forces from Yinzhou to Lanzhou, There are also some Han Chinese castles and village owners in the family model, and they rushed to Xiazhou one after another.

These leaders who were going to Xiazhou for a meeting passed through the states under Ye Chen's rule, and found that Lingzhou and other five states did not seem to be affected by the war at all, and the chaos that was said to have occurred a few days ago did not appear. On the contrary, they seemed to be more prosperous than before. The city is well managed.In particular, the garrison in the city feels that the military discipline is stricter than the Song garrison they saw before, their weapons and armor have obviously risen to a higher level, and their morale has also been greatly improved than before.This is more or less a deterrent to these people.

Ye Chen summoned these people this time, naturally not to form an alliance, but to order the heroes to determine the ownership of the forces represented by these people. The ultimate goal is naturally to make himself truly the master of the eight states and all people in the territory .

Anyone who really understands Huaxia Weifu knows that Huaxia Weifu is richer than almost everyone imagined, but in this northwest land where the weak are still preying on the strong, if you don't build up your military power but only show off your wealth, you will become some hungry wolves In his eyes, a fat sheep waiting to be slaughtered was gone.Although Ye Chen is famous all over the world, this era is not as developed as the information of later generations. At most, some tribes, cottages and other forces have only heard that there was such a powerful young king of the opposite sex in the Song Dynasty who confronted Ye Chen with the emperors and ministers of the Song Dynasty. Compared with Chen's fright and fear, these local snakes native to the northwest may not be afraid of Ye Chen.

Before, these tribes, cottages and other forces were only attached to the Song Dynasty in name, and most of them even had official titles conferred by the Song Dynasty, but they did not pay taxes, and they also had their own armed forces, which was equivalent to that of the middle school. The land emperor of the country.But now the Great Song Dynasty granted Ye Chen the eight northwestern states as fiefdoms. In their view, there was no big difference. Even the vast majority of forces believed that Ye Chen was much less deterrent to them than the behemoth of the Great Song Dynasty.Coupled with the fact that the Holy Church secretly sent people to confuse and spread rumors, some self-righteous tribes and copycat forces are already ready to move and start plotting.

And Ye Chen invited the leaders of these forces here this time. On the one hand, he used his military power and financial resources to frighten them, and at the same time, it was also based on the plan of courtesy first and soldiers later.

The ultimate goal is naturally to make them completely surrender to Ye Chen.However, Ye Chen has only been in the Northwest for a short time, and the process of subjugation also has a gradual process. It should not be difficult for them to obey Ye Chen's orders, pay tribute and taxes on time, but it is necessary for them to submit to Ye Chen wholeheartedly. Dust, serving Ye Chen, is obviously useless in a short time.

Therefore, Ye Chen has been extremely busy during this time, meeting with the leaders of various ministries in public, leading them to inspect the military parade, Ye Chen also has to make use of the stitches, and personally meet with the other Liushi of the Party brought by Tuoba Gelu and Li Guangshun in private On the basis of Tuoba Gelu and Li Guangshun, the patriarch further carried out some coercion and temptation to consolidate the control of the Dangxiang Bashi.

At the same time, Ye Chen also asked Yang Jiye and others to strengthen military training, and recruited [-] Han recruits in the eight states.In addition, the relationship of affiliation, appointment of personnel, income and expenditure of money and food, various armed forces, and supply of food and fodder were also carried out in an orderly manner under the arrangements of Han Xizai and Ma Wentao and others. As time went by, the civil service administrative system gradually matured and stabilized. regular.

The various forces that rely on Ye Chen have complex components, some can be directly brought under Ye Chen's direct jurisdiction, some temporarily focus on detention, and some need to be further wooed. Ye Chen's strength, in order to get his protection, of course they have to pay a price accordingly, and then how much they pay and how much benefit they get is highly debatable.On the contrary, some forces, regardless of whether they were secretly bewitched by the Holy Church or their own reasons, tried to survive in Ye Chen's territory, but were unwilling to submit to Ye Chen, so they would naturally be punished to a certain extent.

These days, Han Xizai can be said to be showing his strengths. In addition to Ye Chen's polite interview, it is all thanks to Han Xizai and the leaders of all walks of life to use both hard and soft words to finalize the established policies and those who will be implemented.

Due to the interests of all parties involved, there is no decency at the negotiating table. The leaders of the various ministries in the Northwest are rough and uninhibited, rebellious, and they don't know much about the rules. They are used to talking in a loud voice, so they sound like It's like a quarrel, not to mention a quarrel in the first place.

Han Xizai is a real old fox. He has never seen such a scene before. In the Southern Tang Dynasty, because the country was weak and the king was weak, there was never room for him to display it. It is different now. Ye Chen has authorized him with full authority, and he is standing on a strong side. On the one hand, that was really elated.

For every negotiating project, Han Xizai went all out, counting pennies and pennies, and talked these men on horseback into a desperate situation. The two sides blew their beards and stared, and threw the teapot over the table. This is a common scene. In the end, Ma Wentao, who was familiar with the situation in the Northwest and knew most of these leaders, and who was red-faced, appeared on the stage.Ma Wentao has been an official for many years. Although he is a bit arrogant, he does not lack the exquisite side of long-sleeved and good at dancing. After some bargaining, the leaders of the various ministries feel that they have both face and integrity.Of course, Ye Chen tried his best to get the maximum benefits.

Although Han Xizai and Ma Wentao were exhausted from these things, the sense of accomplishment they had never experienced before, especially the elated feeling of negotiating with a weak person with a strong person, made them really feel Enjoyed it very much.After this incident, even though the two of them hadn't made up their minds to be loyal to Ye Chen from now on, they had been unconsciously and completely bound together with Ye Chen.

After Ye Chen arrived in the northwest, he vigorously advocated and asked Han Xizai and Ma Wentao to promote the contract system.

How effective is a paper contract?There are many conditions for a contract to be fulfilled. Even if there are no more forceful measures, the head of a power will not tear up the contract easily, just because of the word 'credibility'.

Credit is both intangible and tangible. If the leader of one faction is branded with a sign of inconsistency and disbelief, it will be difficult for this person to gain the recognition and support of other forces if it is spread out.Therefore, unless it is absolutely necessary, even the most treacherous and evil people are absolutely unwilling to tear up the promise easily.

Ye Chen came from later generations, so it can be said that he has been a man for two generations, and he has a deep understanding of this point. After studying and understanding the unruly and loose habits of the various ethnic minorities in the Northwest, he made a plan to promote the contract system. Decide.

Of course, the contract system is only a push or a form, and cannot fundamentally solve the problem.What really makes this form a reality and makes these leaders abide by and value the promise contract is naturally absolute force deterrence or even killing.

The influence and even control of the Holy Church in the various forces in the northwest is clearly beyond Ye Chen's expectation.A few days after the heads of various forces returned, two things happened under Ye Chen's rule.

Ye Chen closed the files sent by Hu Sanguang and Ma Wentao, sighed, and remained silent for a long time.

(End of this chapter)