The World of Yellow Sky

The purpose of training the Beifu Army was actually that Xu An was influenced by the Tang Dynasty. The Tang Dynasty had recruited a large number of foreign soldiers in foreign wars, and achieved great results. At the same time, it also effectively curbed the local foreign resistance forces.

In the area of ​​the Protectorate of the Western Regions, there is actually land that can be cultivated. Xu An's original plan was to place part of the Beifu army there, and set up a guard post to implement the guard post system.

Integrate the military system with the garrison administration, institutionalize the way of garrisoning the fields, use the guards as the unit to garrison the fields, combine farming and warfare, and use the garrison to raise soldiers.

Although the guard system is prone to collapse in the later stage, it was originally a temporary method, and Xu An was originally only used for transition.

Although most of the Western Regions are Gobi and barren deserts.

But there are also many places suitable for farming, such as Yanze, Luntai, Cheshi, Yinwu and other places with abundant water plants and fertile land, which can be used for farming.

Once upon a time, the Governor's Mansion of the Western Regions was located in Cheshi's Liuzhong.

After the establishment of the Protectorate of the Western Regions, the Ming Dynasty wanted to relocate the Chinese people westward with favorable conditions, but with little success. After the commercial roads in the Western Regions were smooth, the caravans to the Western Regions brought a lot of property and got With the guarantee of safety, the number of talents who are willing to move to the Western Regions has gradually increased.

However, there are only more than 3 people who have moved to the Western Regions until now. This number is much less, but it is not much.

There are many small countries in the Western Regions, but there are also many big countries. If you want to completely stabilize the Western Regions, then the Chinese people in the Protectorate of the Western Regions must have at least 20 people to ensure that the Protectorate of the Western Regions can have sufficient food and grass, and have enough military power to stabilize the Western Regions .

It is too difficult to transport grain from Liangzhou to the Western Regions.

And the most important thing is that if there is a problem in Liangzhou, the Protectorate of the Western Regions will become an enclave, cut off from the central government, and difficult to assist and control.

Originally, Liangzhou’s food reserves were enough to support the Beifu Army’s harvest in the coming year, but Guo Tai’s use of troops against Dawan led to a large amount of food being consumed. Liangzhou’s grain was no longer enough to support the Beifu Army’s land reclamation and next year’s harvest. season.

Xu An's eyes fell on Liangzhou. Since the [-] Beifu army has more troops in the Western Regions, it is better to send some to Liangzhou.

Because of the problems in the Western Regions and the Silk Road, Liangzhou has built a lot of workshops. One is to produce goods, and the other is to produce military equipment. In addition to workshops, there are also some mines that need workers.

Today, the workers working in the mines in Liangzhou, Bingzhou and other places are basically laborers sentenced to reform through labor. Most of them are prisoners on the battlefield, as well as captured bandits and bandits, and aristocratic families after public trials. Haoqiang, the local army is responsible for monitoring its work to prevent riots.

The workshops are managed in a centralized manner. Not only are the workshops protected by the local army, there are also garrisons in the workshop, and there are also guards for the wolf guards.

It is completely feasible to allocate 2 to [-] people to the workshops and mines, and it will not cause commotion. After all, there are local military supervision, and the real surprise is what commotion can be caused.

Just as Xu An was thinking about it, a rather hasty footsteps outside the hall interrupted his thoughts.

Xu An turned around and looked outside the hall. The person who appeared outside the hall was none other than Xu You who he asked Xu Hong to call before.

Xu You stood at the door, with fine sweat dripping from his forehead.

Xu You, who walked outside the hall, was about to enter the hall, but met Xu An's eyes who had turned around.

Xu You's heart trembled slightly, and Xu An's eyes made him feel a little fear. Thinking of Xu Hong's reminder, he stood outside the hall, only feeling in a dilemma, neither advancing nor retreating. (to be continued)

Chapter 823 God Lord

Even though the forehead was covered with fine sweat, Xu You didn't dare to wipe it off with his sleeve.

Before Xu Hong reminded him of Xu An's abnormality, he immediately put down the work in hand and ran all the way over, not daring to delay in the slightest.

After waiting outside the hall, I saw Xu An's eyes.

It was only then that Xu You realized the seriousness of the matter. For so long, he had rarely seen Xu An's eyes like this.

"Yu, meet Taoist Lord."

Xu You gritted his teeth, walked into the hall, bowed and saluted first.

Xu An looked down at Xu You who walked into the hall, his anger had calmed down a little.

Seeing Xu You coming in a hurry, his anger subsided a lot. He pointed to the chair on one side and said to sit down, but his tone was still a little cold.

Xu You didn't dare to speak, and respectfully obeyed Xu An's order and sat on a chair on one side.

Sitting in the chair, Xu You still didn't dare to relax. He could feel that Xu An was angry, but he didn't know where he had angered Xu An.

Xu You sat on the chair and kept thinking about what he had done before, and even searched what happened in the family.

But he recalled everything, and he still didn't think about how he angered Xu An.

When he was a staff member under Wang Fen, he did use his power for personal gain, and even collected some money.

But after joining the Taipingdao, he didn't dare to do anything that would bend the law for personal gain.

After all, the Eagle Wolf Guard was not joking, maybe that ordinary-looking person was actually a scout or Ti Qi from the Eagle Wolf Guard.

Some powerful families in Shangdang County colluded with local officials to seek benefits.

Then Wei Lu, who was then the governor of Langwei Town, went to Shangdang in person and set off a big case. More than [-] people were arrested in one case, involving the seven major families in Shangdang County.

The seven major families were finally sentenced to ransack their homes, the masterminds and accomplices were all hanged, most of them were sentenced to labor reform, and only a small number of them were moved north to the frontier.

The lessons learned from the past are vivid.

How to choose between a bright future and a little profit is actually not difficult to choose.

What's more, he doesn't need to embezzle. As the government order of Zhongshu, his salary is already a rare high salary, and he still has a certain amount of flat tax land.

Those with more land pay more, those with little land pay less, and those without land don't pay. Now in Taiping Road, the more land there is, the heavier the tax will be.

As an official, according to the grade, you can have a certain flat tax land.

The flat tax field does not mean that there is no need to pay taxes, but that the land tax that needs to be paid due to too much land is cancelled, but the basic land tax must still be paid.

Xu You sat on a chair and thought hard about these things. Xu An naturally didn't know about it, but he really asked Xu You to come over to ask for accountability.

"The Taoist government manages Taoist government, the Central Army government manages the army, and the Zhongshu government manages civil affairs..."

Xu An sat down. He is now in the lobby of the Yecheng government office. Although it has been improved, the position of the first seat is much higher than the other seats. After sitting down, Xu An can also look down With Xu You.

"If I remember correctly, you have been in charge of Zhongshufu for almost three years, right?"

Xu You trembled all over, and quickly replied.

"Yes."

The Zhongshu Mansion was originally in charge of Yan Zhong, but because of his health, Yan Zhong gradually retreated behind the scenes. He resigned from his post as the Chief Envoy of Zhongzhou shortly before the founding of the country, and gradually took over the work of the Zhongshu Mansion.

After the founding of the People's Republic of China, he was appointed as the Minister of Zhongshu and incorporated into the cabinet.

"Three years should be enough to understand domestic affairs."

"After such a long time, haven't you found any clues?"

Xu An's tone was harsh, and he threw the household booklet in his hand directly at Xu You's feet.

"The household department is under the jurisdiction of the Zhongshu government. Although the military supplies and logistics are under the jurisdiction of the Chinese military government, they all have to go through the household department's process. After the household department's overall planning, I did give the governors and military chiefs the right to make decisions on the fly. But all grain, grass, money and silver that are mobilized must be reported to the household department.”

"The military battles in the four directions cost a huge amount of money and cost tens of thousands of dollars. The treasury has been unable to make ends meet for a long time. The five states of Liangzhou, Yizhou, Zhongzhou, Bingzhou, and Youzhou are the Changping Warehouse and the Disaster Preparedness Warehouse. Part of it has been used."

"These things are recorded by the household department, and your approval is on my desk. Can't you see that something has gone wrong here?"

There are a lot of ice cubes in the ice mirror in the hall, making the temperature in the hall much lower than outside, but the sweat on Xu You's forehead is still secreting.

Xu You raised his sleeve and wiped the sweat from his forehead, then picked up the document that Xu An threw on the ground at his feet.

Just as Xu An said, all the records have his approval documents, and he has checked the military expenditures of various places in the North and the Western Regions one by one.

These military expenditures are normal and there is no problem, so he approved...

wrong……

Xu You was shocked all over, and a lot of cold sweat slowly seeped out from his back in an instant.

"Daojun..."

How clever Xu You is, the authorities are confused, but the bystanders are clear. Xu An just mentioned a few points, and he figured out most of the joints.

These military expenditures are indeed normal and there is no problem.

Lu Bu, Guo Tai, Jia Xu, and Zhang Yan all acted in accordance with the procedures and did not exceed the rules. They all followed the rules when they paid money and food, and used their power.

But his Zhongshu government order has forgotten one thing, that is to coordinate the expenses of all parties and pay attention to expenditure and income.

Now in the Ming Dynasty, as long as the big and small affairs related to the people's livelihood and political affairs are related to him.

Since he is the order of the Zhongshu government, he has the responsibility to inform the domestic generals of the domestic grain reserves and military reserves, so that they can consider the logistics of grain and grass when making judgments, instead of agreeing to all requests.

There are priorities, the most important ones should be chosen first, and the less important ones should be done later.

Now that the Han court is still alive, it will cost a lot of money during the southern expedition.

But now the Quartet is fighting endlessly, spending a lot of money and food to expand the territory.

As the government order of Zhongshu, he did not report this information to Xu An in time. This should be something he needed to remind Xu An, but now Xu An was reminding him instead.

Xu You stood where he was, holding the document. He only felt that the document in his hand weighed more than a thousand catties.

Fu Qi, Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, actually mentioned this matter to him, but he was dealing with other affairs at the time and didn't pay much attention to it.

When he saw the map of the world for the first time, he lost his mind when he heard the sentence "there are all nations in the world, but only China!"

The post of Zhongshu Fuling is actually the same status as the Sangong of the Han court, and even the actual power is higher than it, and the status is more stable. At least in the Ming Dynasty, the Sangong will not be required to resign because of natural disasters and man-made disasters. responsibility.

Set Monan in the north, set up a guard in the west, take Haidong in the east, and preside over the barbarians in the south.

Seeing the continuous expansion of Ming's territory, Xu You only felt proud.

As the official of Zhongshu, the country under his rule has accomplished great achievements that the sages of the past dynasties have not even accomplished.

Xu You's inner desire also expanded more and more.

He still remembers a poem that Xu An once read.

The Jiangxi Rooster reported Xiaochi, and Shangyi Fang entered Cuiyunqiu.

Jiutianchang opens the palace, and all nations pay homage to Mianqi.

The sun was just before the palm of the fairy moved, and the cigarettes wanted to be near the dragon.

After the court strikes, the five-color edict must be cut, and the Peisheng will return to Fengchitou.

That was the first time Xu You heard Xu An's poems, which was completely different from all the poems and songs he heard.

He wanted to see with his own eyes the grand scene of "opening the palace in the nine heavens and opening the palace, and all nations dressed in clothes and worshiping the crown".

Therefore, whether it is a war in the Western Regions, the North, or the Southern Border, he chooses to fully support it.

"The Changping Warehouse is used to adjust the price of grain, and the Disaster Prepared Warehouse is used to store grain and prepare food for the government and the people. Now the food in these two warehouses has begun to be consumed. Once a famine occurs and the interior is in chaos, what should the frontier fortress do? ?”

Xu An stood up again.

It's not that Xu You didn't have arrangements, he had seen all of Xu You's arrangements.

But the basis of all this is to establish a disaster-free and harmless situation. Once there is a large-scale disaster like before, there will not be enough food for relief.

Jizhou has enough food, and Bingzhou can adjust grain from Jizhou if something happens, but what about Zhongzhou, Yizhou, and Liangzhou.

To mobilize food in the past, not to mention the long distance, the long-distance water is difficult to quench the thirst, and the loss along the way is an astronomical figure.

If the war cannot end in a short period of time, then the food in the regular warehouse and the disaster preparedness warehouse must be used.

"Back when you were the chief minister of Zhongzhou, you were able to properly handle all the affairs in the state, but now you are the minister of Zhongzhou, but you can't even manage a household department, and you don't know the news that should be reported."

"If you want to be the chief envoy of Zhongzhou, you can return to Chang'an now."

In fact, Xu An also felt that what he said was too serious.

Xu You has always been conscientious and conscientious.

Since the annexation, it has taken two counties, sneaked into Qingzhou, led four prefectures to cross the Yellow River in the north, rushed to Bingzhou in the west, persuaded Yan Liang and Wen Chou to surrender, collected the elite of Jizhou, took Zhongshan and Changshan, two counties and eight cities, and took charge of the Department of Internal Affairs. He served as the chief envoy of Zhongzhou.

During the famine in Zhongzhou, Xu You was also running around, dispatching supplies, coordinating all parties, and the post-disaster reconstruction was also in order.

Xu You's ability is beyond doubt, and the only shortcoming is forming cliques.

But this shortcoming is not considered a shortcoming in this era. This era pays the most attention to local customs. If you don't help the local people in your own hometown, you are truly strange and alien, and you will be rejected by others.

This is why the factions in Taiping Dao are basically divided by region, and so is the Han court.

The reason why Jia Xu felt a little inconceivable about Xu An's warm welcome at the beginning was entirely due to his identity, because he was a school lieutenant under Dong Zhuo's command, many scholars regarded him as a borderlander, and they didn't look down on him at all.

Even though Dong Zhuo had worshiped as the third prince at that time and had great power, everyone still looked down on Dong Zhuo's background.

Following the normal path, Dong Zhuo would never be able to become Sangong in his lifetime.

This is the struggle between aristocratic families and local township parties.

However, the difference between the current Ming court and the Han court is that in addition to the factions divided according to regions, there is another faction, and this faction is the Taipingdao faction.

Originally, Xu An thought that the Yellow Turban Army of the Four States headed by Ji Ang, Bian Xi, Guan Hai, etc. would naturally be much closer, and would most likely become a new faction.

In the end, the leaders of the Yellow Turban Army in the four states basically abandoned the region and merged into the Taipingdao faction headed by Liu Pi and Gong Du.

People of the Taipingdao faction are not united because of geography, but because of Taipingdao.