At the end of May, the weather got hotter. A large number of generals entered the envoy office, chatting and laughing. Looking at the ranks of civil servants on one side, there were many unfamiliar faces, making low-pitched comments.

Zhang Chi had just been promoted. He had no acquaintances here and was sitting alone in the corner.

While everyone was talking noisily, Wang Xiaolie, Chen Yuyi, and Uncle Li Hui came in. Wang Xiaolie glanced at everyone, and the noisy conversation immediately stopped, and all the generals crossed their hands and saluted together.

Wang Xiaolie said: "I don't pay attention to harsh punishments here. In the army, officers and soldiers are equal. When speaking to everyone like this, if the people below are standing, the person speaking must stand. The people below are sitting, and the person speaking is standing.

People can sit or stand.—Sit down!"

"No!" All the generals saluted together and sat down on the chairs that had been prepared.

All the civil servants were shocked as they watched. In front of military generals, Wang Xiaolie was not as kind as he was in front of civil servants.

Sitting down, Wang Xiaolie said: "It's summer. In the following days, the Jin army will not invade south, and there will be a few months of peace. We can't be idle during the peace time. Civil servants have their own affairs, and military generals have their duties.

.A few days ago in Hutoushan, a group of officials discussed the printing of huizi and the establishment of a bank. In the next few months, the states and counties will have to do a good job in this matter. In addition, the bank was established.

The army's money also needs to be collected from the bank. How to arrange it will be discussed later by the crowd."

"From the next until October, the army's task is to reorganize. At the beginning of this year, we saved Shaanzhou. A few months ago, we rescued Jingmen. Fighting two battles in a few months is a rare experience for us. After reorganization,

These experiences have basically been printed into a booklet. In the next few months, we will study, transform, and train according to the booklet we compiled. By the end of the year, the army will have a completely new look!"

All the generals made the promise together.

Today, all the first-level generals arrived, and there were a lot of people. Wang Xiaolie didn't say much, and just briefly talked about the upcoming tasks. All civil servants, including county magistrates and above, were present, and they also only introduced the upcoming tasks in general.

After more than an hour, Wang Xiaolie told the civil servants and generals not to leave, but to stay at the Zhizhi Envoy Office for a day or two. Many matters had to be arranged individually with the officials and generals, which could not be finished in a few sentences.

As soon as he returned to the official hall and sat down, Cui Qing hurriedly came in. He crossed his hands and said: "Observe, the imperial envoy has sent an imperial envoy and has passed Zaoyang. According to the distance, he should arrive outside Xiangyang City this afternoon!"

Wang Xiaolie was surprised: "Why did the imperial court send an imperial envoy here? Do you have any orders?"

Cui Qingdao: "I heard from people sent by Chen Zhizhou of Suizhou that the imperial court wanted to build a vassal town. The imperial envoy came to be appointed an official. The imperial envoy went from Ezhou to De'an Prefecture, then entered Suizhou and transferred to Xiangyang."

Wang Xiaolie nodded and said to Chen Yuyi: "Since the imperial envoy is here, don't be careless. Gather the generals above the commander's level in the army, as well as officials above the county magistrate, to prepare for the reception. When the news comes from Suizhou, the imperial envoy will go to Xiangyang City in the afternoon and walk on the road

It’s very urgent.”

Chen Yuyi agreed and hurried to prepare.

Wang Xiaolie sat on the top chair and was lost in thought for a while. At this time, the imperial court sent an imperial envoy. What kind of official title was it? What did the establishment of a vassal town mean? I remember that the Song Dynasty had done this before, but I couldn't remember the specific content.

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In the afternoon, the imperial envoy's entourage entered the city, and Xiangyang officials were asked to go out of the city to greet them.

Wang Xiaolie took Chen Yuyi, Chen Qiudao and a group of officials to welcome them out of the city. Not long after waiting, the imperial envoy's honor guard arrived. The honor guard was very simple, with only more than twenty people, all on horseback.

Stepping forward to salute, Wang Xiaoxing said: "Imperial envoys are here, but I didn't come far enough to greet you. Please forgive me!"

Qin Zi, who was standing on the horse, looked a little tired. He said: "There is no need to be polite when making arrangements! I came here to convey the order under the order of the imperial court, and everything went as expected."

Entering the city and arriving at the official hall, Qin Zi took the imperial edict, and Wang Xiaoyou received it with courtesy. Looking at it further, it turned out that the imperial court decided to implement the method of vassal town for some unknown reason. Jingji, Hubei, Huainan, Jingdong, Jingxizhou Army,

And divided into towns. In Shaanxi, Sichuan, Jiangnan, Zhejiang, Hunan, Fujian and Erguang, all roads remain as before. In each town, except for the promotion of tea and salt, the rest of the supervisors are dismissed. Except for the payment of money

Except for the silk, the rest of the wealth is left to the commander-in-chief's disposal. Now that the vassal town was first built, he was exempted from paying tribute for three years. The commander-in-chief's authority was expanded, and he could appoint his own officials and be promoted and deposed according to the inspection. When the army was in power, he could do things cheaply. If he could defend against foreign invaders

, show great merit, and the position can be hereditary.

Wang Xiaolie was appointed as the envoy of Xiangyang Prefecture, Ru Tang, and Dengzhou Towns from the south of Beijing Road, and was also appointed as the envoy of Xiangyang Prefecture. The other official positions remained as before.

Looking at the imperial edict, Wang Xiaolie was stunned for a long time. Although he had been mentally prepared for it, it was still a surprise when things actually happened. He was originally a warlord, but now he is regarded as a warlord recognized by the court, and his territory is smaller.

After a long silence, Wang Xiaolie said: "I only have four prefectures in my name, what about the other prefectures on Jingnan Road?"

Qin Zi said: "The imperial court has agreed that the territory of each town and envoy should not be too large to avoid confusion of government orders. Therefore, the area under the jurisdiction of a town and envoy can be one or two states if it is small, and up to five states if it is large. The area under observation is De'an Prefecture.

, Fuzhou, Hanyang Military Town Fu Shi Chen Gui, Jingnan Prefecture, Gui, Xiazhou, Jingmen, Public Security Military Town Fu Shi Xie Qian, Jin, Jun, Fangzhou Town Fu Shi Fan Zhicai, Huaining, Shunchang Fu Town Fu Shi Feng

Zhai Xing, the governor of Changning, Henan Prefecture, Meng, and Zhengzhou. Also, Wang Ruohai is the governor of Caizhou, the military governor of Xinyang is the governor, Chen Qiudao is the follower, and the governor of Yingzhou is governor."

Wang Xiaolie looked at Chen Qiudao on the side, smiled and said nothing.

Chen Qiudao said: "I think the imperial court's intention is to let the armies on the border have their own territory to resist the Jinlu and stabilize the place. Wang Tixing and I don't have an army, so how can we be governors? It's just a false name, but it's

Why bother!"

Qin Zi said in a deep voice: "The imperial court must have deep intentions in making such arrangements! Observers and transport envoys can just follow the orders!"

Wang Xiaolie said: "In this case, I can only gather all the troops in the four states under the central government, and ignore the rest. By the way, I still have 10,000 troops in Shaanzhou, should I also transfer them back?

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Qin Zidao: "That's natural! If it is not necessary, the troops and horses of all parties should not leave the country easily! The imperial court has issued an edict to appoint Li Yanxian as the military envoy of Shaanxi, Guo, and Shangzhou to defend the place. The observing army will not be in Shaanzhou anymore.

It’s convenient.”

Shaanxi is not within the scope of establishing a town and governor, so Li Yanxian's official title is that of an economic envoy, which is actually similar to that of a town and governor.

Wang Xiaolie nodded and said nothing more.

Obviously, the Zhenfu Envoys were just a gimmick released by the imperial court to appease the powerful factions with soldiers in various places. The territory designated was small, so that the Zhenfu Envoys could not be large. These Zhenfu Envoys were either on the border or in areas where bandits were rampant.

, the intention is obvious.

Wang Xiaolie couldn't help but think of a famous saying before. Kill the Japanese invaders to eliminate troubles, kill the miscellaneous people to eliminate internal troubles, and now he is the miscellaneous people promoted by the imperial court to stop the Jin army. This was expected, but he didn't expect it to be so upright.

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After thinking for a while, Chen Qiudao sighed: "When the Jinlu come, they will have to have tens of thousands of troops to stop them. How can one or two states block the Jinlu army? In the past two years, the king has been observing and intending to expand the army. So far, there are

We have killed tens of thousands of people and kept the place safe. It is really inappropriate to divide the current territory under our control into four states for me and Wang Tixing to guard. I have no soldiers and horses, and Wang Kuan is short of money and food, which is a lose-lose situation for both parties!"

Qin Zi said: "The king observes that there are many soldiers and horses under his command, and he can divide them between two thousand men. If there are thousands of men to guard the place, the place must be impregnable!"

After hearing this, Chen Qiudao couldn't help but laugh. It was so easy to say. Wang Xiaolie worked hard to build an army, how could he distribute it to others? Moreover, Wang Xiaolie's army was different from others.

The whole cannot be divided casually.

Seeing that both Wang Xiaolie and Chen Qiudao had objections to the imperial edict, Qin Zi didn't want to say more. He said: "It's not easy for me to come all the way north. Please observe and compile a letter so that Wang Ruohai and Feng Changning can go to Xiangyang to accept official positions.

, I will no longer walk these hundreds of miles. It is said that Caizhou is not very peaceful to the west. I don’t have many soldiers and horses around me, so I can’t go into danger."

After hearing this, Wang Xiaolie understood that the appointment of the governor was not serious.

Qin Zi was the editor of the Privy Council. He came all the way north from Ezhou and granted many governorships along the way. Since Wang Xiaolie's Dengzhou was relatively peaceful, he had to go all the way to Yiyang this time to grant Zhai Xing an official position in person. Along the way,

There were so many consecrated envoys that Qin Zi felt a little numb. If it was in his way, he would be canonized in person. If he was not in his way, he would have to trouble the envoy to come over.
Chapter completed!