Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

Chapter 917

Yingqiao Town, the easternmost part of Ruzhou, became the office again.

Shuofang shogunate judge Wei Zhuang, Dianzang judge Chen Yishen, Shengzhou governor Liang Zhixia and dozens of students from Hexi and Longyou official schools were ordered to come to Yingshui to accept new tasks.

"Is this the person you picked?" Shao Shude asked, looking at the students who were generally in their early twenties.

"Exactly." Chen Yishen, the oldest of them all, stepped forward and said.

"They are all talents." Shao Shude beckoned, and the soldiers brought silk.

"The Banan liaobu sent by Zhuge Zhongfang are all high-quality goods, two for each person. Have you brought a car to drive?" Shao Shude asked.

"Bring it." Chen Yishen said with a smile.

A horse is four feet long, and some silks are fine and not light, so it is best to put them in a carriage.

"Okay." Shao Shude handed it out to everyone, saying: "This is the settling allowance. After taking it, go to the local area to experience it. It will be of great use in the future."

"Thank you king."

"Thank you, Your Highness."

"Thank you saint."

Damn it, which lucky person is this, so anxious?
Shao Shude glanced at the man, said without saying anything, "There is no place in Ruzhou, you are going to Tangzhou."

Chen Yishen hadn't heard of this before he came here, so he was a little surprised.

Under the rule of King Xia, there were three types of towns: directly-led feudal towns, subordinate feudal towns, and vassal feudal towns.

The ones directly led are from Shuofang and Xuanwu towns.

The subordinate towns are Hexi, Longyou, Zhongshun (Yaozhou), Heyang, Dongdu, Jinshang, Fengguo (Caizhou), Tianping, Wusu (Qidi), a total of nine towns.

The eight towns of Tang Deng, Huaixi, Xiangyang, Eyue, Chenxu, Hezhong, Xingyuan, and Longjian were vassals.

It is very common to place officials in direct and subordinate towns, and it is nothing.But it is very unusual to place officials in vassal towns.

The vassal vassals and towns are not subject to household registration, military registers, and wealth. The finances are self-financed, officials are appointed by themselves, and the army is formed by itself. Outsiders cannot intervene.Once interfering in its internal affairs, it may tear its face and lead to rebellion-of course, it is actually a game between people, and the situation of each feudal town is different, so it cannot be generalized.

To be honest, this place in Tangzhou is very sensitive.For so many years, Zhejia, old and young, have controlled various positions, and it is difficult for outsiders to reach in, and they will not do so.

These more than 20 students were arranged to Tangzhou, which is really amazing, which may explain some changes in the direction of the wind.

Shao Shude didn't want to explain too much, so it's over.

In fact, this was proposed by Zhe Zongben.He said that Tangzhou has been governed for so many years, but he has not achieved anything famous, so he sent Tangzhou officials, large and small, to Anzhou and some parts of Huangzhou. Those people are good at fighting, so let them stay on the front line.Counties in Tangzhou, please Shao Shude to "select other talents".

Both An and Huang belong to the prefecture of Huaixi Town, and they are dilapidated.Although Tang Deng Sui is not very good, he is still better than An and Huang.Zhe Zongben's move was undoubtedly an expression of goodwill, and it may have something to do with the fact that the son went to Shouzhou to escort the food and grass, and sent him two thousand brave men as guards, and his position became more and more stable.

Shao Shude is very grateful for this.

Even if there is friendship between Weng and son-in-law, it does not necessarily mean giving up one's own interests, which are two different things.It's just the Zongzong, and in exchange for Zhe Silun, will it be handed over?not necessarily.

"After the summer harvest, Wang Bian, the governor of the Zhongshun Army, will send a few batches of households from Yaozhou to Tangzhou, and wait for them to be resettled. Don't make any mistakes." Shao Shude ordered.

"Of order." Everyone responded one after another.

After Wang Bian cleaned up Qianzhou, he went to Yaozhou to do dirty work.I heard that it caused "angry and grievances", and at the beginning of this month, hundreds of households were exiled to Taozhou, Longyou.

This time, he recruited landless or less-land farmers from the counties of Yaozhou to Tangzhou. The target Shao Shude gave him was [-] households.

In addition, Xiangzhou already had Gucheng and Dengcheng, and Shao Shude planned to immigrate [-] households to Nanzhang and Yiqing counties.

Zaoyang, Suizhou was the destination of immigration a few years ago. Now that he has settled down, he plans to immigrate another [-] households to Tangcheng County.

The source of immigrants all depends on Wang Bian.

There are many people in Guanzhong and little land, which is an old problem that existed in the pre-Sui Dynasty.Yang Jian was dumbfounded that Fubing's family had only a dozen acres of land, and had to order to emigrate to the Kanto region to ease the conflict between people and land.

Yang Jian simply wanted to give land to the government soldiers, while Shao Shude's motive for immigrating was not pure, in fact, there was a hidden factor of cutting the feudal clan.

For the eight vassals and towns, he formulated eight sets of plans to reduce the vassals.

Because the population economy, folk geography, land climate, external environment, leader's personality, and military atmosphere of each feudal town are different, experience cannot be applied, and specific situations need to be analyzed. Therefore, he formulated a plan for each feudal town.

For Chen Xuzhen, he did have an excuse to make use of it. He tried to use the Weisheng Army's big victory in the south to make Zhao Jue cut off the idea of ​​outreach to Yang Xingmi. Come down and weaken its strength.

For Xiangzhen, he adopted the tactic of cutting sausages.

Because the Zhao Kuangning brothers have always coveted Jiangling, and they are still sending troops to attack this year, the town's finances are exhausted, and some difficulties.Shao Shude started resettling immigrants in Gucheng and Dengcheng a few years ago. Strictly speaking, it was beyond the border, but Zhao Kuangning didn't say anything.

And since it was acquiesced, then this section of sausage was successfully cut, so he began to cut the next section, and placed officials in Gucheng and Dengcheng. Zhao Kuangning didn't say anything, because these two counties provided a lot of money and food, which he urgently needed .

After the first two steps of sausage cutting were successful, Shao Shude began to cut the third step: add two more counties as immigration destinations in addition to Gucheng and Dengcheng counties, and see how Zhao Kuangning responds.

In fact, it was because of this guy's character and his urgent need to find a Jiedushi position for his younger brother, he repeatedly tested the bottom line.Shao Shude believed that he could even exchange benefits with Zhao Kuangning - the position of Jingnan Jiedushi has not been given yet, and the court can make use of it as a last resort.

He continued to suppress and intimidate the loyal army, cut sausages for the loyal army, and for Tang and Deng Sui, he was granted the title of county king and granted food to five thousand households, and at the same time further stabilized the status of the son in exchange for benefits.

In order to cut down the vassal, Shao Shude, who has a kind face and a dark heart, is careful enough, trying not to use weapons to avoid being too ugly.

To put it bluntly, these three feudal towns are relatively easy to cut.Hezhong, Hanzhong, and Longjian are extremely difficult to operate, and Huaixi and Eyue are not very optimistic. As for the Hebei and Hedong towns that have not yet been obtained, let's go to sleep, it is impossible without force.

After sending the students away, Shao Shude gave Wei Zhuang and Chen Yishen two new appointments.

"Duanji is also an old man. He has been dealing with taxes, money and food for so long. In the future, he will be the Minister of the Taifu."

"Chen Dalang is conscientious and hardworking. I can see that, first prepare the Taipu Temple for me."

To put it bluntly, Taifu Temple is the big housekeeper, managing the small treasury.

For example, the livestock sent by the shepherds are under their care, and the meat sent is also received by them.

It is also necessary to train the drivers and manage the travel of chariots and horses.Officials of the third grade or above are married and buried, and they will borrow chariots and drivers for their use.

It is also up to them to distribute benefits on important festivals.

They also have a small ranch under their name, because the cattle and sheep sent by the shepherds can't be eaten up for a while, so they have to be raised.

In short, it is a miscellaneous department.

In order to make it easier for himself to understand, Shao Shude once gave the temples names similar to what later generations would call them.

In his view, Sinong Temple is similar to the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission.

Taichang Temple, which is in charge of court meetings, enthronement, and canonization etiquette, is similar to the general office.

Guanglu Temple is in charge of banquet etiquette and provides food. It is similar in nature to Taichang Temple, but the division of labor is different.

Weiwei Temple is similar to the security secret service department.

Honglu Temple is similar to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Dali Temple is similar to the Supreme Court.

Taipusi is a logistics organization, arranging vehicles, distributing benefits and condolences, somewhat similar to the functions of the Federation of Trade Unions.

Taifu Temple accepts gifts from various places and countries, and properly stores them. At the same time, it also manages the mutual market trade and the cities of the two capitals. In short, it is the "foreign economic and trade department".

Among the nine temples, there is also Zongzheng Temple, which manages members of the royal family, but no one has been selected yet.

Six ministries and nine monasteries, a total of fifteen ministries, have divisions of labor and overlap with each other. They can be regarded as the functional departments of this country, supporting the stalls of the world.

Naturally, Wei Zhuang and Chen Yishen did not dare to have any opinions, and accepted the appointment with a smile on their faces. At the same time, they checked whether there were suitable candidates in their pockets, and recruited all their staff as soon as possible.

The creation of a country is a golden opportunity for many people, and it only happens once in 300 years.

In the next few days, Shao Shude practiced soldiers and horses in Yingqiao Town and inspected talents.

More than [-] people demonstrated martial arts within a radius of more than ten li, the momentum was astonishing, and many people were frightened.

On the sixth day of June, when he got impatient with waiting, Li Hang finally sent back the news: The Zhao family's clothes had softened.

On the ninth day of June, Zhao Jue, the envoy of the Zhongwu Army, held Chenzhou household registration, military registration, and farm account books in his hands, and took his nephew Zhao Yan across Yingshui to the camp of General Tu to plead guilty.

Shao Shude looked at Zhao Yan with a disheveled face, and sneered twice.

Zhao Yan's upper body was bare and tied with hemp rope, kneeling on the ground without saying a word.

Shao Shude took the whip from Li Yixian, and beat Zhao Yan down.

He used a lot of force and beat twenty lashes in a row, blood dripped from Zhao Yan's body very quickly, causing him to scream out in pain.

"Shua!" Shao Shude drew out a sharp knife.

Zhao Jue's complexion changed drastically, and he hesitated to speak.In the end, I finally bowed my head and didn't care.As for what was in his mind, perhaps only he himself knew.

The sharp knife quickly approached Zhao Yan.Zhao Yan was so frightened that he closed his eyes and almost peed out.

The expected scene of blood splattering did not appear, and the hemp rope on Zhao Yan's body was cut off.

Shao Shude kicked him to the ground, and said, "Go to Heishui City to raise horses, and you will return after three years."

Zhao Jue glanced at Shao Shude in surprise, knelt down, choked up and said, "Thank you for not killing me, Your Majesty."

"There must be an apology that should be given. Gao Shuai is a kind person, and he will surely forgive you this time." Shao Shude said: "Let's go immediately and escort you to Shaqi."

"Follow orders." Li Yixian pondered, should this matter come from the Dali Temple that is under construction?
(End of this chapter)