The generals of the Beiting line and the Anxi line are familiar with each other, and most of the time the Beiting Jiedushi is concurrently held by the Anxi Jiedushi. In terms of political and strategic focus, the Anxi Jiedushi is also better than the Beiting Jiedushi.
The rank of Ting Jiedushi is higher, just like the rank of Hexi Jiedushi is higher than that of Anxi Jiedushi.
Although there is no clear and express provision, the established convention cannot be ignored. Although everyone is of the same rank, in the eyes of everyone, if the governor of Anxi is transferred to Hexi, it is a promotion, and vice versa is a demotion.
This is the reason why Li Siye can only be the governor of Beiting. His military achievements are not as good as Gao Xianzhi, who is responsible for commanding the battle. Even with the help of the Yang family and the blessing of the shuffle dance, he can only be as high as the chief officer of Beiting.
. Of course, the dance performance cannot be spread to outsiders, otherwise others will criticize you for relying on dancing to become a leader.
Zhou Yi and Zang Xiyan did not know how he obtained Beiting's military envoys. They only knew that an expedition against Xiaobolu produced two military envoys. They did not dare to doubt the difficulty and significance of this war.
But usually in a war, only the commander's merit is enough to be promoted to Jiedushi. Has anyone heard that deputy commanders and subordinates can be promoted to the same level as the commander-in-chief? Unless he played a role in determining victory or defeat in the battle, or
It is equivalent to the meritorious service of the general, otherwise it would be very unfair to the general and other generals.
Neither of them dared to look down upon the new Jiedu envoy. The people who rose up together with Gao Xianzhi had two tricks up their sleeves.
As soon as Li Siye took office, he inspected the army and city defenses instead of going into the Jiedushi mansion to experience what it was like to be an official. During the inspection, he discovered many problems with the Beiting Army. The first was the amount of military pay, and the pay of the lower-level soldiers of the Han Navy.
The money is obviously lower than the grassroots level of the Anxi Army, so the soldiers often desert or do private work.
This situation is especially serious in Shouchuo City. The Beiting Army has ten Shouzuo cities. The lack of military pay has given rise to a new profession. Shouzuo Lang is an elegant name for soldiers who run out to take on private work. They serve as agents for caravans.
The bodyguard swordsman crossed the Junggar Basin to steal the sheep and horses of the nomadic tribes and sell them back. People who dare to do such things are usually highly skilled and bold.
Shouzuo Lang goes out for business all year round, so the troops in Shouzuo City are usually only half of the full strength. Li Siye believed that this situation must be cured, but he did not make a big splash and proposed a strict investigation. If he wants to stop Shouzuo Lang from going out privately, he must deal with them
For the livelihood problem, the Beiting Protectorate had to find the reason from itself. Only by raising their pay could the soldiers settle down and garrison.
Besides, not everyone can be a guard. Those who can run out to escort, rob, and steal sheep are all the warriors of the Beiting Army who can fight and run.
In order to solve this problem, he must know the source of the military pay for the three armies in Beiting. He checked the income and expenditure account books in Cao's treasury. The problem is not too big. There must be a misappropriation deficit, but it is not there yet.
To the point of breaking out in a big fight.
The soldiers relied on military garrison farmland to provide food and grass, and half of the soldiers' pay was replaced by grain distribution. If the soldiers wanted to exchange money, they had to sell the millet and wheat at home. The scale of Hanjun's garrison was far greater than that of turtles.
The Qi army, but its economic level is half that of the Kucha army. Most of the soldiers at the base of the Anxi army have private horses, but the grassroots of the Beiting army cannot reach such a level, which also illustrates the poverty of Beiting's economy.
One of the trade routes of the Silk Road passes through Beiting, along the northern foot of the Tianshan Mountains to Dashi through Suiye. The trade routes are weaker than Anxi. However, Gaochang is rich in grapes, and Yizhou and Xizhou are also rich in melons. These are all
This is something that the four towns in Anxi do not have. Even in the future, the former Luntai hometown will gradually develop into Urumqi, the capital of Xinjiang, which fully illustrates the abundant resources and geographical advantages of this place.
Li Siye briefly analyzed that the reason why Beiting's economic conditions are not as good as Anxi's is because the tax collection method is unscientific. The income of the four towns in Anxi mainly relies on commercial taxes and farming. Farming only accounts for a small part, and most of the income comes from the four towns.
The commercial tax revenue of warehouses in towns and stations along the way. The situation in Beiting is completely different from that of Anxi, but the tax collection method of Anxi is copied. Of course, it is not suitable for the local environment. The commercial tax revenue of Beiting mainly comes from Tingzhou City, Gaochang, and Yiwu City.
Gate tax, but the distance between these three cities is not too far, at most three or two post distances. In order to reduce expenses, the caravans try to only pass through one city, or even avoid paying taxes by not passing through the city or using local people.
Of course, this cannot be blamed on the previous Beiting Protectorate. It’s just that there is no commercial tax in the tax provisions of the Tang Dynasty, and there is no salt and iron monopoly that was monopolized by the government in the Han Dynasty. Even in the vast Central Plains, there are only large cities.
The East and West markets opened by the government in China collected a certain amount of city tax, but all other commercial activities were not taxed. Therefore, in the early Tang Dynasty, there were many merchants who were extremely wealthy, such as Wang Yuanbao and Dou Yi, to name a few.
Yizhou, Xizhou, Gu Ting Prefecture, has a large area and sparsely populated areas. The rents are mediocre and insufficient to support the government and the army of the Beiting Protectorate. The city gate commercial taxes are low, which makes the seemingly prosperous Beiting Protectorate appear very poor.
Li Siye believed that this situation needed to be changed, but he was not in a hurry. He wanted to go to Anxi first and arrange for his team and family members to take him over.
Ten days after he came to Tingzhou and took office, Guo Ziyi, the deputy governor of Beiting who returned to his hometown to bury his father, also returned to Tingzhou. This filled Li Siye with a vanity-filled surprise. Guo Ziyi was now his subordinate, and he originally thought he would be promoted.
It's too slow and slower than Gao Xianzhi, and it's too embarrassing for the time traveler, but now I don't feel so aggrieved.
Guo Ziyi came to the main hall in the backyard of the Duhu Mansion and reported to the newly arrived Jiedu envoy. Yan Xiaosi, a personal soldier, led people to guard outside the hall. When he saw the visitor, he stepped forward to ask. Guo Ziyi hugged his fists gracefully.
: "My subordinate Guo Ziyi asks to see Zhongcheng."
Yan Xiaosi asked the other party to wait and immediately returned to the study to report to Li Siye.
After hearing this, Li Siye quickly wrapped his head and tidied his clothes, coughed heavily and said, "Invite him in."
Yan Xiaosi was very surprised. Isn't Guo Ziyi a small deputy guardian? What is so unique about him that Zhong Cheng can treat him with such caution?
Yan Xiaosi went out and invited Guo Ziyi in. Li Siye knelt down in front of the desk with a faint smile on his lips.
Guo Ziyi bowed and crossed her hands at him: "Gao Xianzhi, a humble official, pays homage to Li Zhongcheng."
He smiled and extended his hand to invite him to sit down: "Guo Duhu, please take a seat."
Guo Ziyi sat on the right side of the study, raised his hands and said: "I heard that Zhongcheng and Gao Xianzhi jointly planned the march and supplies for the expedition to Xiaobolu. Zhongcheng must have unique experience in long-distance attack tactics. This is exactly
What I want to learn from you in this humble position is also applicable to the long-distance operations of our Han navy."
After all, it was Guo Ziyi. When they met, it was not politeness to win over the relationship, but a learning attitude to improve the leader's favor.
This also allowed Li Siye to quickly find his own position. Even if the person in front of him was more prominent and arrogant in the future, he was just a deputy guard at the moment. If he didn't know about this person's achievements in the future, would he still regard him as differently as he does now? Of course.
No, so he still felt that he should correct his attitude and treat him as an ordinary general.
"Guo Duhu is too humble. If there are three of us, there must be my teacher. You and I each have our own strengths and can communicate and learn from each other. However, when I first took office, I learned that the combat power of the Beiting Army is not weak, but the military pay is not
Some are too low. Will this make the morale of the soldiers weaker than that of the Anxi Army? So I decided to solve the problem of the source of financial revenue of the Beiting Protectorate at the beginning of taking office, and asked Guo Protector to take charge of military affairs.
For a while.”
Guo Ziyi paused and asked: "Zhongcheng wants to increase the financial resources of the Beiting Protectorate? This is not easy. Tingzhou, Xizhou, and Yizhou are vast and sparsely populated, with a lot of business travel and a small settled population.
Since Yongye’s land cannot be granted to others, the income from renting is naturally not as good as that of the rich and prosperous states in the Central Plains.”
"Besides," he stopped smiling and said, "In my opinion, the military pay of our Hanhai, Yiwu, and Tianshan armies is not low. Although the soldiers' pay is not as good as that of the Anxi Army, it is basically the same as that of the Chishui and Da Dou armies in Hexi.
Moreover, they were slightly better than the soldiers under the command of Jiannan Jiedushi. Furthermore, as warriors, their responsibility was to guard the border and defend the country, and to make contributions to the Tang Dynasty as saints. The salary was enough to survive, how could they be money-loving people?
Gain profit and forget the roots.”
Li Siye was quite surprised. Didn't it mean that the more difficult the conditions, the higher the salary? Although Beiting retained part of the government soldiers, the recruitment of soldiers already accounted for a large part. The essence of recruitment is military salary. Besides, not everyone
They are all as noble and upright as you, Guo Ziyi, and are loyal to the family.