The drizzle that lasted for more than ten days finally stopped, which made people feel happy.
Especially when the sun shines on the earth, the fields and hills are smeared with the greenery of late spring. When a spring breeze blows by, the water droplets ripple and the colorful sunshine sways.
However, looking at the joy, it is not a happy thing to go out.
Melted snow from the mountains moistens the fields and muddy the roads.
As soon as you step on it, a thick layer of mud will always stick to the bottom of your shoes, which is very annoying. What's even worse is that you accidentally step on a mud puddle full of snow water, allowing water to seep into your clothes, which will make you uncomfortable.
I lost my good mood for the day.
In the cold spring weather of Longyou, no one has the leisure to go out for an outing.
Shanggui County, by the Weishui River.
Zheng Pu trudged through the streets, one foot at a time, one foot at a time, enduring the discomfort of his feet being soaked in snow and numbness, and listened carefully to the field commander's explanations about wheat seeds, cattle and manpower arrangements and other trivial matters.
.In winter and spring, the prime minister's leg disease was also serious, so he inspected the spring plowing matters in the military villages on both sides of the Longyou Wei River and asked him to do it for him.
Who makes the other ministers in the prime minister's office so busy that they have no time to eat, but he is the only one who has a lot of leisure?
He is indeed very leisurely recently.
After the period when Yang Yi left office and was unfamiliar with personnel, many affairs in the prime minister's office became orderly again, and many officials at the magistrate level were hired from various counties and counties, so that those who were originally busy and often stayed in the office house were replaced.
Zheng Pu had nothing to do for a while - Xiang Lang, who had a higher official position, was in charge of everything, so he didn't even have a chance to write labor documents.
As a result, Ma Su, who was preparing for the harvest of grain and fodder, used his familiarity to mock him, "We are all stubborn, but Zijin only has leisure. This is how the high-ranking ones feel at ease while the mediocre ones are mediocre!"
Zheng Pu could only smile bitterly in response to this well-intentioned criticism.
He really wasn't derelict in his duties.
I also tried to help others, but everyone was doing their own duties, and rashly interfering only caused more chaos.
Moreover, the responsibilities of the military advisor of the Hou were originally focused on military planning. Now that the military deployment has been decided, and in addition, the only troops directly under his command are heavy infantry and his own troops, so he does not even have to supervise the military exercises.
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The spring plowing that is now being carried out by the troops patrolling the villages can be regarded as a mere formality if we take it seriously.
The production of the military villages in Longyou and Hanzhong County is related to the Northern Expedition, and has always been the focus of the prime minister. Who dares to neglect the military affairs of the army? Who dares not to do their best?
Rather than saying that the Prime Minister sent Zheng Pu to inspect the spring plowing, it is better to say that the Prime Minister intended to let him establish his authority in the hearts of those in humble positions, so that he could gain unanimous support from the common people when he shouldered the banner of conquering the Central Plains in the future.
However, even though he knew that everyone in charge of farming was doing his best, Zheng Pu still abided by the rigorous behavior he should have.
Walk and hear along the way.
From Ji County to Wanghuan and then to Shanggui County, Zheng Pu did not find anything, but he was more interested in the surplus labor in the fields.
Needless to say, the civilian villages recruited the weak and less intelligent sons and poor people as tenants, and all the cattle and grain seeds were provided by the government. All the produce belonged to the government, but after a few years, the acres of land were granted to the people who worked in the fields, which was regarded as a work grant.
Let’s make land.
But military villages are divided into two types.
One is the place where "Gengzu" is stationed.
After the soldiers have completed their service, the government will exchange part of the farm produce for property and give it to them to take home, which is equivalent to treating the soldiers as farm guests. If the soldiers are not enough, they will be replenished by the local concubines and corvees.
On the other hand, it is the place where the conquering troops are stationed.
After regaining Longyou, the Prime Minister ordered all troops and horses who were not guarding the front line to practice martial arts in their spare time and farm in their spare time. He also sent prisoners of war and criminal prisoners to the military camp as slaves to make up for the lack of labor.
In this way, the military settlements were fine, but the labor of the civilian settlements was somewhat wasted.
The land in the northwest is barren, and even with the farming method passed down from the Han Dynasty, it can only guarantee one crop per year. Throughout the year, the residents of the villages who have no financial resources to raise livestock are only busy for a few months, and then they have nothing to do. There is the Wei River
This is true for Longyou, which runs through it, not to mention the Hexi Corridor, which has even poorer soil.
At a time when the imperial court is gathering troops to leave Guanzhong and return to the old capital, such a waste of people's power is really undesirable.
Perhaps, we can try to hide our troops among the people?
Zheng Pu, who seemed to be listening attentively while the Tun Tian Ling was chattering, was already pondering in his mind whether the idea just now would work.
I do not know how long it has been.
Zheng Pu suddenly woke up when he felt his sleeves being gently pulled a few times.
However, he found that the garrison commander had shut up at some point, and the rest of the people accompanying him were staring at him blankly.
This is it, are you done talking?
Zheng Pu couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed. He was hesitating to say something to resolve the embarrassment, but was interrupted by the servant Qi Yacuo. "Lang Jun, look to the right."
Yi Yan turned his head to the side, but there was a rider riding dozens of steps away on the road, waving at him non-stop.
He also shouted loudly: "Commander Zheng, the Prime Minister has something to say."
Well.
It turns out that the rambling is not over yet~~
"I was just calculating the exchange of cattle and people's power, so I was immersed in it for a while."
Zheng Pu explained with a slight smile, and nodded to the farming order, "Please continue patrolling the fields, I'll go and come back."
After saying this, without waiting for anyone to reply, he turned around and walked out of the street.
When they got to the cavalry, they realized that Dong Jue, who had joined the army, was here in person.
Could it be that the Prime Minister called me back to discuss something, so he ordered Dong Jue to come and inspect the fields for spring plowing?
With a vague realization in his heart, Zheng Pu took the lead and said with a smile, "I don't think Gong Xi will come to Gui to handle matters. I'm so happy! If Gong Xi has nothing else to do tonight, I'll wait for you to drink and talk with you."
"I dare not accept the courtesy of a military advisor."
Dong Jue, who quickly bowed and returned the salute, straightened up and also smiled, "Although I appreciate the military advisor's kindness, I'm sorry that I can't do what I want. The Prime Minister recruited the military advisor and immediately rushed back to Hebei County to discuss the matter. I will do the spring plowing tour here on my behalf."
really.
I thought to myself.
Zheng Pu nodded lightly and first signaled to his subordinate Qi Yacuo to prepare his horse and pack his luggage, then he frowned slightly and asked, "May I ask Gong Xi, is he planning to rebel against the Wei army?"
"No."
Dong Jue shook his head slightly and said with some hesitation, "It seems that the military affairs of Chengdu have been transferred, and it is related to the military advisor. This matter is not within my authority, so I don't know anything about it."
"okay."
Hearing this, Zheng Pu immediately breathed a sigh of relief.
After receiving the horse's reins from the retinue, he said goodbye, "The things here are going to be troublesome."
We were silent all the way to Ji County.
After tidying up his appearance a little, Zheng Pu went to the annex of the Prime Minister's Mansion to meet with the Prime Minister. Only then did he realize that it was Shen You who had returned to Chengdu.
Zheng Pu had previously advised the emperor to grant Shen You an official position, and sent Yin to Jiaozhou, where he belonged to Sun Wu, to recruit troops.
For a period of one year, see how Shen You can be used again.
Unexpectedly, before the one-year-old period came, Shen You wrote a letter asking Ma Zhong, the governor of the surrender, to take over and lead the recruited righteous men from Jiaozhou back to Chengdu.
Because of the dead soldiers he raised before, he already had two thousand subordinates. If he continued to stay in Jiaozhou, he might be noticed by Lu Dai, the governor of Jiaozhou under Wu Dynasty.