Guo Song led his soldiers into Jiuyuan County from the East City Gate. Four months had passed since the war, and the people were gradually recovering from the shadow of the war.
Winter is the calmest season in Jiuyuan County. The vast wilderness outside the city is covered with heavy snow and it is freezing cold everywhere. More than 10,000 people can only live in the city. Every day, every tavern is full of guests, grabbing a dime of wine.
Order a couple of side dishes, brag and chat, and you can spend the day.
The simple life is repeated day by day, monotonous and peaceful. Occasionally, someone will hold a wedding event and walk through the streets with music and music, which adds a lot of color to the peaceful small county.
As soon as Guo Song entered the county town, he met Xue Changshou, who was riding over to record affairs and join the army. When Guo Song saw that he was bringing a little medicine boy and a medicine box on his back, he couldn't help laughing and said: "Is someone looking for you again?"
A war also made Xue Changshou's reputation as a miracle doctor. None of the wounded soldiers he rescued died in the battle, which caused a sensation in the entire Jiuyuan County. In the past few months, people would ask him to come to see a doctor almost every day. If it weren't for him,
If they are not responsible for dispensing medicines, several small medical clinics in the city will close down.
Xue Changshou smiled bitterly, "Today the old man of the Leng family fell ill, and his family was sitting at the door of my official room and refused to leave. If it doesn't work, I'll just keep doing my job!"
Guo Song smiled slightly and said: "Those who are able work hard. As long as it does not affect official duties, you can go and treat people."
"It doesn't affect it now. I don't know if it will affect it in the future. Let's talk about it later!"
Xue Changshou sighed, bowed his hand to Guo Songgong, and left with the medicine boy.
Guo Song turned around and ordered: "Send the silver fox to my house and divide the other prey between yourselves."
After explaining, he urged his horse to go to the government office.
The official office of Guo Song was the original Fengzhou governor's office, located opposite the county office. The previous governor of Fengzhou was concurrently served by Shuofang Army Commander Shi Li Hui. There were only two counties in Fengzhou. There was almost nothing to do in the governor's office. Li Hui never came here.
There are no officials in the yamen, and it is a deserted yamen.
After Guo Song concurrently served as the governor of Fengzhou, he made Fengzhou Prefectural Government his own official office and renovated it, including the official office of the military envoy of the three towns, the official office of the deputy envoy of Shuofang Jiedu, and the official office of the governor of Fengzhou, with one government office and three brands.
, there are more than a dozen officials inside, who are not only in charge of Fengzhou affairs, but also in charge of all military and political affairs of the three surrendered cities.
Guo Song walked into his official room. Their official room was a small courtyard with two big trees. There were three or four rooms in the small courtyard. In addition to him, there were also the official rooms of Cao Wannian and Xue Changshou.
Joining the army in the Record Office is equivalent to the position of a confidential secretary. He organizes documents and writes various reports for Guo Song, not only to Shuofang Jiedu Mansion, but also to the imperial court. He is very busy every morning, but by the afternoon he is almost free.
Cao Wannian concentrated on reviewing his homework. In the evening, he and a dozen scholars who were aspiring to take the imperial examination went to the home of an old examiner in Jiuyuan County for classes.
When Guo Song walked into the courtyard, he saw Cao Wannian immersed in copying his homework. He smiled and went into his official room without disturbing Cao Wannian.
The official room was large and simple, with only a couch, a table, a cupboard and a row of bookshelves. He didn't come back for two days, and there was no brazier in the room, so it was very cold.
At this time, two young men carried a large fire pot, and the charcoal inside was burning brightly. Guo Song dragged a small stool and sat beside the fire pot, warming himself while reading an annual report on the table. Every year
Before the end of March, the governors of each state must report in writing to the court on various situations in the previous year, and then the court will summon some governors to Beijing to report on their work according to the situation.
The report was written by Cao Wannian. It was written according to the format of previous annual reports, including people's livelihood, government affairs, official affairs, agriculture, taxation, etc.......
Cao Wannian's handwriting is very good, his writing skills are very strong, he can explain things clearly in the shortest few sentences, the content is detailed, the data is rich, and the writing is very good. When Guo Song turned to the end, he couldn't help but be slightly startled, there is still the last part
Didn't write it.
He put down the report and shouted: "Cao joins the army!"
After a while, Cao Wannian walked over quickly and said apologetically: "When did the envoy come back? I don't even know because of my humble position."
"I just came back, and I'm reading the work report you wrote. You take a stool and sit down, and we'll talk while warming ourselves by the fire."
Cao Wannian took a stool opposite Guo Song, rubbed his hands to warm himself, "Do you feel that you have not finished your humble duties?"
Guo Song nodded, "The first part is very good, but you didn't write the last part, which is this year's plan. Why?"
Cao Wannian scratched his head and said: "The previous things are actually various reports sent by the Sixth Cao. The humble post is just an excerpt, which is relatively simple. But the final plan for the next year should be decided by the envoy, not the humble post."
Guo Song smiled and said: "You can put forward your own opinions! Whether you adopt them or not is another matter."
"Please wait a moment while I go get a proposal."
Cao Wannian ran back to the official room. After a while, he took out a proposal and handed it to Guo Song.
Guo Song opened the proposal and found ten items in it, each containing several hundred words. He only looked at the table of contents, pointed at the third and fourth items and asked with a smile: "Increase the number of government officials and improve their functions.
And the fourth article, establishing a state school and cultivating talents requires a large number of scholars. Do you think Fengzhou is realistic?"
"Bizhi has conducted a special investigation on this. There are about more than 300 scholars in Fengzhou. The youngest is twelve or thirteen years old and the oldest is more than forty years old. Now that our three governments are integrated into one, we don't need to mention the deputy envoys and governors.
There are not many things in the government. The key is to manage the envoys' mansion. The court's intention is very clear, let the envoys be in charge of the military and government. But now Liu Cao joins the army and only manages the army, and the government affairs are basically not involved. I basically have the government affairs information of the three surrendered cities.
None.
Xishoujiang City is a commercial city. There are almost no clues about how many Han merchants, how many Hu merchants there are, and how their children are studying. Now that the six Cao soldiers have joined the army, even the military affairs of the six thousand army are too busy, and they have no energy to take care of government affairs.
It is necessary to recruit new officials."
Guo Song nodded, "What you said makes sense. Last year, the number of officials was determined based on the functions of military envoys. Even though the military was not involved in politics, now the military envoys have been changed to economic and strategic envoys. Their functions have been expanded, and the number of officials must indeed be increased."
Increase, so be it! You make a plan, and after I approve it, let Xue Canjun implement it as soon as possible."
"I humbly obey orders!"
Guo Song laughed again and said: "As for running schools, it is indeed necessary, but to increase the number of elementary schools and county schools, we cannot just consider state schools. In addition, you can add a few more, one is to restore Fengzhou villages, the other is to army establish farmland, and the third is to encourage immigrants
Fengzhou, the fourth is to develop animal husbandry, add these four items, plus your ten items, it will basically be complete."
Cao Wannian thought for a moment and said, "Immigration to Fengzhou will start this year. Isn't it too hasty?"
"It's not what you think. I want to move military families to Fengzhou this year. Six thousand soldiers will come first to three thousand households, which is a population of more than 10,000! If it is too late to move this year, at least all the preliminary preparations must be made
Do it well.”
"I understand, I will write it down in detail in the report."
Cao Wannian bowed and was about to leave, but Guo Song added: "You also need to recruit three people to do it yourself. Although the Fengzhou sparrow is small, it will have all its internal organs. Things will be very busy in the future. Recruit three more people to reduce your burden."
"Thank you very much for your concern. I humbly resign."
Cao Wannian hurried back to his room. Guo Song read the report carefully again and made more than a dozen revision points before returning the report to Cao Wannian. He went back home first...
Guo Song currently lives in the Governor's Mansion. The Governor's Mansion was originally an empty house, but it has been renovated. It covers an area of about ten acres. It has a three-in courtyard and two east and west side courtyards. Currently, there are more than a dozen domestic servants in the mansion.
In addition to Xiaoyu Niang, who was brought by Guo Song from the capital, the other dozen or so people were all official slaves bought from the Lingzhou slave market.
In the Tang Dynasty, there was still a lot of personal dependence. Selling as slaves, not being official slaves, keeping slaves in manors, etc. were very common. It was not until the Song Dynasty implemented the civilian system and strictly restricted the existence of slaves that the situation improved slightly.
The purchased official slaves included three young men, seven young women and four children. In fact, there were three families, three couples and four children, all of whom were implicated as official slaves because of their family members' crimes.
Guo Song was very kind to them. He gave them a house, food and accommodation, and a monthly salary, allowing them to perform their duties in the house, including horsemen, coachmen, cooks, handymen, and an old housekeeper.
His surname was Liang, who was introduced to Guo Song by Liang Huihe. He was fifty years old and a native of Fengzhou. He had worked as a steward in the Liang family for twenty years and wanted to return to his hometown of Fengzhou, so Liang Huihe introduced him to Guo Song.
Although there are not many people, the house does not look so deserted.
When Guo Song returned to his mansion, he went directly to his study in the backyard. There were four courtyards in the back house. Guo Song lived in one courtyard alone, while Xiaoyu Niang and two other maids lived in the next courtyard, but there was a small door connecting them.
Xiaoyu Niang was responsible for taking care of Guo Song's daily life, but she was not a slave. She was free and could leave Fengzhou and return to the capital at any time. Guo Song gave her a high salary of twenty guan per month. Although Xiaoyu Niang had just started
She was somewhat reluctant to turn her relationship with Guo Song into an employment relationship, but in the end she figured it out and gladly accepted the high salary of twenty pounds.
"The master is back!"
The little girl fish came up to him with a smile, took off his robe, and said with a smile: "The fur of that silver fox is very beautiful, what should I do with it?"
"You give it to Butler Liang and ask him to find a good shop to tan it."
Guo Song sat down and took a sip of hot tea, then asked: "Is there anything going on while I'm away these two days?"
"Nothing happened. I just received a letter. Maybe Sister Ling'er will come to Fengzhou in a few days. Brother Liang means to let her live with us."
Guo Song nodded, Liang Wu lives in the military camp, we can't let Liang Linger live in the military camp too!
"Okay, you can clean up a house for her and let her live with you."