Chapter five hundred and sixty-fifth day policy outer guard
Guo Song and Yan Zhenqing took their seats respectively. Yan Zhenqing took out a thick letter, handed it to Guo Song and said with a smile: "This is the dowry of the Dugu family. Take a look for yourself!"
The envelope was unsealed. Guo Song took out a folded booklet from it and slowly unfolded it. It was densely filled with dowry items, with hundreds of lines written on it. The first line was about 30,000 sets of Mingguang Armor.
Guo Song was stunned for a moment, and then he received 30,000 horizontal swords, 50,000 standard spears, 30,000 round shields, and 30,000 crossbows. This was actually the entire equipment of an army of 30,000 people.
The dowry turned out to be armor or 30,000 sets of armor. Guo Song looked at Yan Zhenqing in confusion. Yan Zhenqing smiled and said, "Are you surprised that the Dugu family can come up with so many armors?"
Guo Song nodded, he was indeed a little confused.
Yan Zhenqing smiled faintly, "Actually, this is an open secret of the Tang Dynasty. The nobles of Guanlong all started out as soldiers. Almost every household had a large number of soldiers and armor and raised villagers. When the Yuan family occupied Taiyuan, 20,000 troops suddenly appeared.
Isn’t it the soldiers and armors that the Yuan family has privately collected and raised by Zhuang Ding? I don’t know that the 30,000 sets of soldiers and armors are not all of the Dugu family’s private collection of soldiers and armors, but it can be seen that they value you very much and are betting on you.
On the body."
Guo Song continued to look down. He saw thousands of hectares of fertile land in the east of the river and eight hundred thousand taels of silver. Guo Song couldn't help but take a breath. This was not a dowry. It was clearly an excuse to fully support him and give him fertile land. In fact,
Above is food.
Looking down, there are normal dowry items, such as dresses, jewelry, jade, precious porcelain, various palace daily necessities, etc. Guo Song was a little strange and asked: "Can these things be sent to Hexi?"
Yan Zhenqing smiled and said: "I guess the first part will not be easy. I still don't know where they are hidden. But the normal dowry in the back should not be a big problem. Officials from various places along the way will give face to the Dugu family."
"Thank you Mr. Yan for taking the trouble!"
Yan Zhenqing waved her hand, "This is your private matter. As an elder, you should do something. I suggest you hold a small wedding and invite some relatives and friends to attend. It can also be regarded as respect for the Dugu family."
Guo Song nodded, "This junior also has this intention!"
Yan Zhenqing said with a smile: "After talking about personal matters, let's talk about business matters! Otherwise, I would be embarrassed to live in an official residence and get a salary."
Guo Song perked up and said, "Mr. Yan, please speak!"
"It's about the official system in Hexi. I personally feel that although it is currently more suitable for the integration of military and political affairs, it is still a bit confusing. For example, the functions of recording affairs and joining the army and bieji actually overlap, and the division of labor between Zhang Qiu'an and Cao Wannian is not clear.
, there is a conflict of functions. I understand that they are actually the ministers and ministers, and the eight ministers should be assigned to each of them to manage half, so that the responsibilities and powers of the two people will be clear.
Second, the long history was a little overwhelmed. Pan Liao had to take care of both military affairs and civil affairs. Because the functions of recording affairs, joining the army, and other duties were not clear, Pan Liao had to take care of specific government affairs. At the same time, he also had to take care of local affairs.
Even a county with three heads and six arms can't keep up with its workload. Being conscientious and conscientious is worthy of praise, but people's energy is limited and if they are not busy enough, something will go wrong.
Thirdly, I found that there is no prefecture government office in the Hexi Corridor. It is said that there is a governor's office, but in fact it has existed in name only, and there are no officials and government offices. In other words, the Hexi Jiedu Prefecture directly manages the counties, perhaps because the counties in Hexi states are relatively small.
For example, there is only one county in Suzhou, Jiuquan, and there are only two counties in Ganzhou, Zhangye and Xiedan. There is no need to set up state offices, but this will create a big jurisdictional loophole."
Guo Song pondered for a moment and said, "Mr. Yan, can you give me an example of what loopholes there are in your jurisdiction?"
Yan Zhenqing said: "For example, who is under the jurisdiction of Juyanhai? Zhangye County said that it has nothing to do with it and belongs to Suzhou, but Jiuquan said that Juyanhai is not under his control. It's funny that such a fertile lake land has become
No one wants this land, so I will take my family to Juyanhai and become the king.
Of course, it’s not just Juyanhai, there are also Xiutuze and Baitinghai, Daze, and the foothills of the Qilian Mountains. None of these places have government jurisdiction. You can’t pass the responsibility to the county. Many states in the Tang Dynasty have direct jurisdiction.
This is the symptom of not having a state capital. You can make the magistrate of Jiuquan County also serve as the governor of Suzhou! The county magistrate is also the chief historian, and the county captain is also the commander-in-chief, so that their powers will be greater."
Guo Song nodded, "Xue Gong's criticism is right!"
Yan Zhenqing waved his hand, "I haven't finished speaking yet, don't interrupt me!"
Guo Song smiled bitterly in his heart. In the eyes of the old prime minister, the official system in Hexi was really riddled with holes, so he had no choice but to continue to show a humble attitude.
Yan Zhenqing continued: "You are now integrating military and political affairs. If Hexi has no government affairs, there is nothing wrong with it. But as Hexi now has many government affairs, a population of nearly one million, an army of 60,000, and a territory of thousands of miles, if you implement the integration of military and political affairs,
You will focus on one thing and lose the other. You should separate the military affairs and let a special person take charge. All the original eight divisions should be converted into civil affairs. The army is the army and the people are the people. All kinds of functions and powers should be sorted out clearly. Only when the functions and powers are clear can the government be governed well.
Very organized.”
"Isn't this bureaucracy too huge?"
Yan Zhenqing's eyes widened, "Boy, if you only focus on the one-third of an acre in Hexi, just think I didn't say anything. If you have the world in mind and want to do something for the world, then just listen to me honestly.
Yes, don’t think I can’t see that you have recruited an army of 60,000 people. Can a small Hexi army afford it?”
After a moment of silence, Guo Song said: "Mr. Yan also agrees that I am determined to be in the world?"
Yan Zhenqing walked by the wall with his hands behind his back, staring at the banner of "Have mercy on the world" and said slowly: "I would have disapproved of it before, but now I see clearly that the monarchs of the Tang Dynasty were too weak, so that the wars continued, and the people
Tu Tan, the world needs a strong king so much. Zhu Si is very strong, but he is a traitor. Shouldn't I support Zhu Si instead of supporting you?
I have only a few years left, and those ethics of monarch and minister have bound me all my life. In the last few years of my life, I finally realized that the rulers of the Tang Dynasty did not deserve mercy. Those who really need our mercy are the people of the world and the people of the Tang Dynasty.
People!"
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Yan Zhenqing left behind a thick book with thousands of words and left. At this time, he spent several months taking the pulse of Hexi and compiled the suggestions that were also a summary of his decades of experience as an official.
Of course, what Yan Zhenqing just said was only part of it. He also had many other suggestions, which he wrote down one by one in the Book of Ten Thousand Words.
Guo Song felt like he had found a treasure, and he started to look carefully.
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In the afternoon, Guo Song came to the east of Zhangye City. There was a secret house covering an area of ten acres. It was originally a temporary refuge for Guo Song's family, but now it was used for other purposes. Guo Song established Tiance after returning from Anxi.
building.
Although Guo Song established the Internal Guard before, the main responsibility of the Internal Guard was to discover and capture the enemy's latent spies, but it was somewhat powerless against the enemy's assassins. This was also because the members of the Internal Guard were mainly soldiers and had little battlefield combat effectiveness.
Powerful, but lacking in close combat skills.
The last Li Man incident was a profound lesson, which almost caused serious losses to senior officials of the Hexi Army. Therefore, it is necessary to form a professional warrior group, not only to guard against enemy assassins, but also to send people to various places to establish intelligence points and collect intelligence.
, and even carry out assassination missions when necessary.
Currently, each feudal town has its own secret warriors who collect intelligence and carry out assassination missions. This is a secret fight on another front besides the battlefield.
The leader of Tiance Tower is Xiaoyu Niang. She accepted the correct name given to her by Guo Song and called her Guo Yuniang. She was originally from the Hidden Sword Pavilion. She is very familiar with the operation of the Hidden Sword Pavilion and has rich experience. In addition to her own high martial arts skills, she is even more capable.
The most important thing is Guo Song's trust in her. This is the most important thing.
Tiance Building has just been in operation for a few months now and has more than 60 members. Two months ago, Guo Yuniang went to Chang'an and Luoyang and recruited a group of about 60 people from the old Cangjian Pavilion who were loyal to Gongsun Auntie.
Most of them are orphans and orphans adopted by Aunt Gongsun, and all of them are highly skilled in martial arts.
After Gongsun's sword-making disciple Gu Fengming was killed by Li Man, those loyal to Gongsun were completely marginalized by Li Man. After the Hidden Sword Pavilion was forcibly disbanded by Zhu Si, these old troops loyal to Gongsun relied on Tianlai in Chang'an and Luoyang.
Lefang and Tianqing Martial Arts School make a living.
Knowing that Guo Song was recruiting them, they all followed Guo Yuniang to Zhangye very enthusiastically.
Guo Yuniang established a complete organization, divided it into inner halls and outer halls according to Gongsun Auntie's method, and started training. The most important thing was brainwashing to make them loyal to Tiance Tower. Guo Song's identity was very important here. He was both
Aunt Gongsun's nephew is also the nominal leader of Tiance and the building owner of Tiance, which makes everyone identify with Guo Song.
Guo Song also went to Tiance Tower frequently during this period, mainly to teach Guo Yuniang and dozens of key people the nine sword styles.
As early as several years ago, Guo Yuniang wanted to learn the Nine Styles of Swordsmanship, but once a woman learned the Nine Styles of Swordsmanship, it would affect her marriage, so Guo Song never agreed. In the spring of last year, Guo Song couldn't stand Guo Yuniang's repeated pleas.
Only then did he finally agree to her and start teaching her the nine sword styles.