Li Siye immediately set up residences for the two staff members, on the left and right sides of the Jieduzheng's residence respectively. Among them, the residence assigned to Pang Yue was larger, which fully demonstrated the importance Li Zhongcheng attached to the judge. Cen Shen's residence was smaller.
But it was so elegant and unique that he couldn't help but believe that the people who lived in this courtyard must also be literati with extremely high aesthetic standards.
Pang Yue carried too many family members and belongings. His wife and concubine stood beside the courtyard wall with their arms akimbo, directing the soldiers to move things down from the car. It was no wonder that Judge Pang had to carry dowry, bronze mirrors, and quilts along the way for nearly five thousand miles.
The quilts and couches were all transported to Tingzhou, and the cost of buying oxcarts and fodder was already ten times more than the furniture.
The women did not know the situation of their husbands. They thought that those who came to Beiting were high-ranking officials. They spoke and acted with thick and hoarse voices. They regarded the soldiers sent from the army as slaves. They carried furniture back and forth without even giving them a sip of water.
If there's a bit of a bump in the road, I'll try to talk him out of it.
"Please handle that dowry carefully, don't let it get bumped!"
"Hey, be careful when you walk! This is made of sandalwood!"
Although the soldiers were not complaining, their impression was extremely bad. When Li Zhongcheng moved his family here, his wife was still menstruating, so she personally ordered the housekeeper to boil tea for the soldiers who were helping, and also distributed wine to the brothers.
Hard-earned money. Comparing this, isn't the profile of this Jiedu judge even greater than that of Zhongcheng?
Li Siye came back from inspecting the camp outside the city. He announced the orders of the officials and issued personal notices to the generals. He passed by Pang Yue's residence and saw Judge Pang's family members. He couldn't help but suspect that Pang Yue was not
How could Li Linfu, who was sent to monitor him, dare to bring his family members to take office? Don't you know that these generals are all ruthless?
Since you are bringing your family with you, it will be easier to deal with. Sooner or later you will become a double agent.
He held the last official transfer order and petition in his hand, and walked more and more slowly to the Governor's Mansion. The transfer order given to Guo Ziyi was very hot and almost embarrassing. He originally wanted to be promoted to Guo as Deputy Envoy of Jiedu.
Unexpectedly, when the memorial was sent to the court, the right minister changed his intention and directly transferred him from the deputy governor of Beiting to the city envoy of Shuofangdong surrender city and the military envoy of Hengsai Army.
This kind of transfer seems to be a smooth move, but in fact it is a covert derogation. Why is it said to be a covert derogation? It starts with the Sanshou surrender city system, which is an offensive city built by the Central Plains regime in the north of the Hetao Plain.
The facility was originally built by the Han Dynasty to receive the surrender of the Xiongnu Commander Zuo. From then on, the cities built by the Central Plains Dynasty here were called surrender cities. Later, when Zhang Renyuan was appointed as the commander-in-chief of the Shuofang Army, three surrender cities were built.
, became the three sharp knives of Hetao that penetrated deeply into the Turkic Mobei.
At first, the surrender of Sanshou City was mainly aimed at the Turks. Crisis and opportunity coexisted. Although it was more remote and harder, it was easy to achieve meritorious service. But now the Turks are in chaos. The three forces of Bashimi, Huihe and Geluolu have risen and defeated the Turks who dominate the grassland. The Turks
The remnants surrendered to the Tang Dynasty one after another. The Uighurs occupied most of the Turkic territory, continued to submit to the Tang Dynasty, and presented the head of Baimei Khan, the last Turkic Khan. Today, the surrendered city of Sanshou has become a politically sensitive place, and the emperor requested that
The Turkic remnants were recruited and accepted, but the Uighurs wanted to exterminate them. The emperor also asked not to interfere in the battles on the Mobei grasslands. This contradictory imperial order made the generals cautious but never got the point of the saint. Anyway, they were contributing their efforts.
Not flattering.
Li Linfu certainly didn't have any good intentions when he transferred Guo Ziyi to Dongshoujiang City at this time.
Li Siye felt a lot more clear-headed. It turned out that the old fox was not just targeting himself, he was targeting all the Han generals who came into his sight. Whoever posed the greatest threat to him would use more insidious methods. Therefore, Wang Zhongsi was in danger.
He walked into Guo Ziyi's inner courtyard and happened to see him sitting under the pillars of the main hall, twisting hemp ropes. The other party also saw him, and quickly stood up, bowed and crossed his hands: "Zhongcheng, I don't know what orders Zhongcheng has come here.
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"Oh," Li Siye coughed twice, hiding the uneasiness on his face and said, "General Guo, the imperial court has sent a transfer order to transfer you to Shuofang to serve as the envoy of Dongshou surrender city. This is really unexpected for me.
, I thought I could use you as a good assistant, but the court cannot understand."
There was no trace of disappointment on Guo Ziyi's face, perhaps because his emotional intelligence was high enough. He in turn comforted Li Siye: "Guo Ziyi is a general of the Tang Dynasty. No matter where the imperial court sends me, I will gladly accept my orders. Zhongcheng, don't worry about me.
We will get together one day in the future."
Li Siye sighed subconsciously: "Forget it, on the day the general sets off, I will set up a banquet for you at the gate of the city."
"Okay, thank you Zhongcheng." Guo Ziyi smiled heartily.
Li Siye did feel regretful. If he could have kept Guo Ziyi for a longer period of time, they would have deepened their relationship, and they would have more tacit understanding in their cooperation when facing the Anshi Rebellion together in the future.
Four days later, Guo Ziyi left Tingzhou City with a servant and four close associates. Li Siye stood at the city gate wearing a cloak, took the wine bowl from the tray in Yan Xiaosi's hand and handed it to Guo Ziyi, and then picked it up.
Holding another bowl in his hand, he said: "Please drink this bowl of wine, General, and cherish your future."
Guo Ziyi also held a wine bowl and said, "Zhong Cheng, too."
The two of them raised their heads and poured the wine down their throats at the same time. Guo Ziyi put down the wine bowl, wiped his beard with his hand and said: "We must say goodbye after a long journey, and we will meet you another day."
He turned around, got on his horse, whipped his riding whip, ran a few steps, turned his horse's head and saluted back, and disappeared into the windy and sandy Gobi desert alongside his subordinates.
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It's time for Li Siye to settle down and run Beiting. Now that the Eastern Turks have been destroyed, Bashmi and Geluolu have surrendered to the Tang Dynasty, and the area around the Beiting Protectorate has lost its original enemies. The only thing he can do is to develop the economy.
Strengthen the construction of the army. It happens that this year is the time when household registration is established every three years. People in most prefectures in the Central Plains have escaped from their place of origin, which has brought great difficulties to the registration and also made the collection of rent transfer extremely chaotic.
The situation in Tingzhou and Xizhou is also the same, but it is different. The two states are vast and sparsely populated. Except for the army's farming, there are very few people planting crops. The people active here are mobile businessmen and craftsmen.
In fact, the land fertility in the two prefectures is slightly better than that in Anxi. It can easily be turned into a grain planting base. For the long-term plan, he hopes that Beiting can supply the military grain reserves of Anxi and Beiting.
Another factor is population. As long as there is a demographic dividend, Qixi will be able to hold on for a long time. If the army can be self-sufficient, even if Anbeiting is cut off from the imperial court and turned into an enclave, the city will not be filled with soldiers.
All have white heads.
We also need to think about a relatively fair business tax method to make our wallets full.
He called Cen Shen over, and the two discussed where to start.
Cen Shen twirled his beard and thought: "What Zhongcheng wants is nothing more than food, people, and money. But now Beiting is short of all three. It's hard to decide which aspect to start with first. So I suggest that Zhongcheng first
Start with the aspect that costs the least and produces the greatest benefit.”