Guo Song continued: "Like this time, we are preparing to fight against Ge Luolu, and there is a Huihe in the middle. The situation is very complicated. I am afraid no one can handle it well except me, so I have to go!"
"Yes! Fighting is easy, but it is difficult to see far and deeply like Shijun."
Pan Liao also wanted to persuade Guo Song not to go to Beiting to fight in person, but after hearing these words, he also agreed with Guo Song's decision. Guo Song had to go. No one else could handle the complex situation of Geluolu and the Uighurs.
relation.
"After the separation of military and political affairs, how is the operation going?" Guo Song asked with a smile.
According to Yan Zhenqing's suggestion, Guo Song reformed the official system of Hexi a few months ago and established the Hexi Daoshang Shuxingtai. He served as the Xuanfu envoy and also served as the Hexi Jiedushi envoy.
All government affairs were transferred to Shangshu Xingtai, and Cao was renamed as "Ministry", followed by "Si", "Li Bu", "Hubu", "Military", "Xing", "Works", "Shi", "Cang", "Agriculture", and "S"
There are departments or supervisors under it, and the chief officer of each department is changed to Langzhong, also called Silang. The chief officer of each department has not changed, it is still an order.
Above the doctor are the left and right Xingdai, then above are the Changshi and Sima, and at the top are the Xuanfu envoys of Hexi Province. In addition, there is also a Suzheng station to perform supervisory duties and report directly to the Xuanfu envoys.
Then the Hexi Jiedu Mansion was only in charge of the army and abolished the post of chief historian. It directly assigned the positions of recorder to join the army, six cao to join the army, marching commander, judge, chief clerk and other positions. These were all civilian officers.
Although many officials have been added, the military and political affairs are separated, with clear powers and smooth administration. Everyone no longer has to deal with military affairs with the left hand and government affairs with the right hand, and the pressure has been reduced a lot.
Pan Liao said with emotion: "As expected of an old prime minister, he has rich experience, sharp vision, and accurate pulse. After the reform, government affairs and military affairs have been very smooth. There is no more wrangling in the past, and the states and counties can be connected. Everyone respects him."
With that said, the two of them arrived at the military camp. Although Pan Liao was no longer in charge of military affairs, he wanted to coordinate supplies with Zhang Qiu'an, the military official of Jiedu Mansion.
Although it snowed, the military camp was still outside the east city. The main reason was that there were too many soldiers and they could no longer be stationed in the city. Fortunately, they captured a large number of Shatuo leather tents. The leather tents were used for warmth in winter and cloth tents for coolness in summer. The leather tents could
Withstand the severe cold, even if the outside is covered with heavy snow, the leather tent will still be warm inside.
However, soldiers must also strengthen physical training in winter to prepare for the war after spring.
In the camp, 30,000 soldiers are training under the flying snowflakes. They are all bare-chested. Some are practicing marksmanship, some are running, and some are practicing fighting. The shouts on the martial arts field are like thunder, and the soldiers are strong and strong.
Everyone was sweating profusely and steaming.
Pan Liao went to find Zhang Qiu'an, and Guo Song came to the Chinese army's tent, only to see the scout Zhonglang General Zhang Yun and the inner guard commander Wang Yue standing in front of the tent.
"Why are you two here?"
Wang Yue scratched his head and said with a smile: "We saw the envoy entering the military camp, so we came over quickly."
"You should be aware of it, go into the tent and talk about it!"
Guo Song walked into the big tent, and the two of them quickly followed.
Guo Song sat down and said to Zhang Yun: "I came to the military camp to consider the deployment of the army. The first thing I did was to find the scout camp. It's snowing now. Can you rush to Beiting? Or should you wait until the snow melts a little next year before going?"
Zhang Yundao said: "It usually takes until mid-December, when there are several heavy snowfalls, that the road is completely closed. I can take my men to ride camels to Beiting. The main thing is that some deployments need to be arranged in advance. If we set out today, we should be able to arrive in early December
Rush to Beiting."
Guo Song nodded, "You decide this matter yourself, I won't interfere, but I want to tell you that if you go to Beiting, you must do a good job of intelligence on two lines, one is the Jinshan line, and the other is the Yili River line.
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"Remember your humble position!"
"Go! Bring more messenger eagles and pay attention to protect the safety of the soldiers."
Zhang Yun bowed, stood up and left. Guo Song said to Wang Yue again: "Has the result of what I told you last time been achieved?"
Wang Yue nodded, "The subordinates from the humble position have been following the horse dealers. The news from them said that the horse dealers were indeed disguised as Ziqing Army. They came to Hexi to buy war horses and bought more than 600 war horses and a horse.
Ten thousand sheepskins.”
"Did they pass through Guanzhong?"
"Exactly! But for some reason, they got a pass issued by Prince Zhu Si and Qin's Mansion, and they had an unobstructed trip."
Guo Song nodded. There must be a loophole in Zhu Si's men. He didn't want to ask more about this kind of thing. War horses and sheepskins in Hexi are the supplies most needed by armies everywhere. After investigation by the government, it was found that merchants from the Central Plains basically bought them.
These two items.
"Your Majesty, do you want to prohibit outside feudal towns from buying war horses and sheepskins?" Wang Yue asked again.
Guo Song thought for a while and said: "If the other party is just here for trade, it doesn't matter. If they are suspected of exploring intelligence, the first step can be to warn them. If they don't listen, they will be arrested resolutely. This requires the team to closely monitor everyone.
Support foreign businessmen."
"I understand the humble position!"
Guo Song explained a few more words, and Wang Yue withdrew.
Guo Song paced back and forth in the room with his hands behind his hands, thinking about the issue of the horses leaving.
In fact, Guo Song did not object to other vassal towns coming to Hexi to buy war horses or sheepskins. Hexi had 250,000 war horses and 1.5 million sheepskins, most of which were trophies from the destruction of Shatuo.
It exceeded the Hexi Army's own needs and also brought a great burden to Hexi.
If the vassal towns in various places are willing to buy, Guo Song can also sell it. The key is that the other party must come up with hard currency, which must be gold or silver. Hexi also needs real gold and silver to buy tea, cloth, oil, medicinal materials, saltpeter, bow and arrow materials, paper, pen and ink, etc.
Materials.
Since Hexi began to mint money, Guo Song banned the circulation of small coins and new money in Hexi, and did not encourage foreigners to bring copper coins to Hexi to buy supplies. It was best to bring goods into Hexi from outside, and then take the goods away from Hexi.
It is a trade method encouraged by the government.
At this time, the generals walked into the tent one after another. Guo Song recovered his thoughts and smiled at everyone: "It is very likely that another war will break out in the spring next year. I have invited everyone here to discuss how to arrange the troops?"
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It was already dusk when we came back from the military camp. The discussion on dispatching troops went very smoothly. Everyone unanimously agreed that Commander Guo Song would lead the 20,000 elite troops of the Hexi Army to march westward.
Guo Song rode into the city gate, but unexpectedly found a large group of people standing inside the city gate. There were thousands of people, all supporting the old and the young, carrying burdens and luggage. They were guarded by soldiers, and everyone was anxious.
Uneasy, many children and women squatted on the ground crying.
"What's going on?" Guo Song rushed forward and asked sharply.
The captain on duty at the city gate saw the commander coming and quickly stepped forward to report, "Envoy Qi, they came from Guanzhong and said they were going to Beiting to make a living. I told them it was snowing and they couldn't go to Beiting.
They don’t know what to do anymore?”
“Have you notified the county government?”
"I've already gone to notify you, and we've also informed you at the reception desk."
At this time, everyone's eyes turned to Guo Song. Everyone found that he seemed to be a high official. Several old men came forward and knelt down in front of Guo Song. Thousands of people immediately knelt down.
An old man trembled and said: "Master, we are not bad people, we are all common people who cannot survive. I heard that there is food in Hexi, so we came all the way from Guanzhong. Please don't drive us away, Master."
When Guo Song saw that most of the people were wearing thin clothes and shivering from the cold, and the children and women had dirty faces, he couldn't bear it and said loudly: "Please don't worry, everyone, since you have come to Hexi, you will definitely have food to eat. Very soon."
The government will come and settle everyone down soon, so you can live safely in Hexi, and I can guarantee that everyone will be fed and clothed."
Thousands of people couldn't believe it. At this time, some soldiers quietly told them that this high-ranking official was the governor of Hexi Province, and the people cheered completely. Many women were so excited that they burst into tears and cried bitterly while holding their children.
At this time, the county magistrate Yu Xude and the county magistrate Li Chan came with a large group of government servants. When Yu Xude saw Guo Song, he quickly stepped forward to salute, "I just heard that there are many refugees coming, so I came here in a hurry!"
Guo Song nodded and said: "It's a bit late now. Let's send them to live in the old warehouse first, and then go to the warehouse to get tents. We need to use leather tents. Set them up first and let them have enough to eat.
Give me a sheepskin and register it tomorrow."
Yu Xude bowed and said: "I humbly obey the order. In addition, there are hundreds of leather tents in the county government warehouse. You can use them first."