Jizhou, Xindu.
The scarred city wall surrounds the once prosperous city.
Today's letters are no longer what they were back then. After experiencing the two turmoils caused by Gao Guiyan and Liu Taozi, Jizhou has completely lost its past glory.
The city walls are in ruins, even the city gates are in ruins.
The people in the city have already lost all their houses, and the people of Jizhou are almost gone.
When Lou Rui pacified Gao Guiyan, many people fled from the local area. Those who had no time to escape were those who had withstood the military chaos. The military discipline of Qi soldiers was obvious to all. Once they were allowed to enter the city, there would be no civilians left in the city.
How many people are there.
Then Liu Taozi asked Kou Liu to come here again, and this time he killed many people.
Many people ran to the south of the river.
This made the entire Jizhou empty. At the gate of the city, two officials stood.
If this were put in the past, in such a busy city, it would be absolutely not enough for two officials to be responsible for entering and exiting. At least a dozen casual officials would be needed to help.
But nowadays, there are too few people entering and exiting the city, so two people are a bit redundant.
Because this is also the seat of state government, the two officials come from two different official offices, one is a county official and the other is a state official.
These two people are not too old, and they are both officials from the School of Law.
The state official's surname is Liu, which is the same as the general's. However, he is not the general's fellow villager. He is from Youzhou.
He had a good academic record in the past, passed the examination with high scores, and became one of the officials in Jizhou, guarding the city gate. This may seem humble, but in fact it is a place where he has a lot of room for display.
The county official's surname is Wang, who is also from Youzhou.
Liu Li sat on Xiao Hu's bed and looked at the empty city gate, feeling very disappointed.
"I was thinking that I could do more meritorious deeds here, but I didn't expect that not many people came in or out this day."
"If this continues, where will there be any opportunities to make achievements?"
"It seems we still have to find a way to change positions."
The royal official was sitting directly opposite, and at the moment he was just immersed in writing, concentrating on his work.
Liu Li looked at him and shook his head with a wry smile, "Why are you bothering? There are only a dozen people coming in and out in the past few days. Do you still need to compare?"
Wang Li raised his head. He was obviously older than Liu Li, but he looked dull and lacked energy. He whispered: "There are not many people, but there are two people who go out to chop firewood. Until now,
He never came back, so I marked it.”
"Then he just ran away."
Liu Li looked around and whispered: "You don't know yet, do you? Something big happened in the city."
"ah?"
"As soon as the governor came, he began to focus on the law school and prepared to conduct assessments to select casual officials for appointment."
"Let me tell you, there are still a large number of official vacancies in various government offices. After these local people pass the assessment, we can fill these vacant official positions."
"The officials in the state government office are also from Youzhou."
"If you are willing, you can move around more."
The official said blankly: "Bribery is illegal."
"Who asked you to pay bribes? We are all fellow villagers. Isn't it normal to support each other?"
"You just need to meet him and let him know that you are a fellow from Youzhou. Are you afraid that things will not go well in the future?"
"Besides, we are all from the law school. No one is weak. Whoever gets the upper hand is just a word of his, isn't it?"
The official hesitated a little, but still shook his head, "Forget it, when I was in the Law School, Jijiu told me not to go astray and to do everything right."
Liu Li's face was a little complicated and he didn't try to persuade him any more.
Initially, Liu Li was quite happy to know that the other person was a fellow countryman, and felt that they could support each other. However, he did not expect that this fellow countryman was actually such a dull-headed person.
He doesn't care about the friendship with his fellow countrymen at all. If he wants to win over someone, he pretends not to notice. If he wants to give some advice, he doesn't care at all.
You know how to do things every day. Of course there is nothing wrong with doing things, but you also need to know how to make some adjustments.
Liu Li looked somewhat disdainful.
At this moment, a group of people suddenly appeared slowly from a distance and approached here.
The soldiers in the distance were the first to take action, and Liu Li also jumped up and began to look into the distance. He squinted his eyes for a moment, and suddenly he was overjoyed.
He walked quickly forward, cleared his throat, and got ready.
In the distance, I saw two people riding horses at the front, and behind them were hundreds of horsemen.
One of the two leaders was a bandit who had just raided this place not long ago.
Kou Liu, who had entered the general's army, was now wearing exquisite armor and riding a tall war horse. He looked very proud and majestic.
The person accompanying him was Cui Jie, the governor of Jizhou.
This person is also from a wealthy family, the Cui family of Qinghe. However, he is a small branch of a wealthy family and has been separated from his family for a long time. Of course, his own family is still good, with several ministers and several brothers who are also particularly powerful.
He started to join the army when he was young, and then served as a minister, secretary-general, minister of Zhongshu, and then joined the Sanqi, served as a governor, served as a minister of the Imperial Academy, and acted as a high-ranking official.
After that, he served as Minister of Honglu, Minister of the provincial branch, Minister of the Five Arms, and edited the history of the country.
It can be said that this person has absolutely rich experience. He is the kind of person who has worked in all positions, from Santai to local governments, to education and diplomacy, economy, military, culture, almost all departments, and has worked in all departments.
The department received unanimous praise.
Lao Cui is over sixty years old this year.
At this age, he can be Kou Liu's grandfather.
Therefore, Kou Liu also respected the old governor very much, "It really makes me ashamed that Duke Cui personally came out of the city to greet you."
Kou Liu came here after receiving an order to set up a military headquarters here. Cui Jie came much earlier, and this time he went out of the city to greet him.
Cui Jie shook his head and said with a chuckle: "I just happened to be outside the city. When I learned that General Kou was coming, I happened to come back with the general to discuss some things. The general does not have to do this."
Kou Liu looked at the dilapidated city wall in the distance.
"The situation in Jizhou has reached this point. How many years will it take for it to return to its previous appearance?"
Cui Jie also looked at the scarred city wall, and he said slowly: "It depends on man-made things."
Kou Liu had a lot to say, but considering that the old man had been running around all these days and was so old, he decided to wait for the old man to rest for a few days before making any plans.
As soon as the group of people arrived at the city gate, Liu Li hurriedly bowed to see them. Wang Li was a step slower and followed suit.
Cui Jie suddenly stopped and looked at the two petty officials.
"How many people came in and out yesterday?"
Liu Li hurriedly replied: "There are six people without officials and soldiers!"
Cui Jie nodded and asked, "Is there anything strange?"
The official Wang picked up the document, but before he could speak, Liu Li hurriedly said: "There are two woodcutters who went out in the name of cutting firewood and have never come back yet."
The royal official held the document and showed it directly to Cui Jie to read.
Cui Jie looked at the document and then nodded.
"good."
“Well done.”
The group of people passed through the city gate like this, and Liu Li was filled with joy. Of course he knew the governor. This time he answered fluently and showed his face!
Kou Liu looked back at the two officials and said, "There are really many good officials in various places today."
"yes."
Cui Jie narrowed his eyes and said with a chuckle: "The county official standing on the left is very good and can be promoted."
Kou Liu was stunned, "The person who just answered your question was obviously the official on the right, so why do you say the one on the left is better?"
"He is not bad, he is articulate, and he knows how to find opportunities for himself. If used in the right place, he will definitely be able to perform well. But the other person is serious and meticulous in his work. I saw that his handwriting is the same in several articles.
, are all done by one person, and he is not in a hurry to express himself. This calm person, if such a person has more experience, he can be a real official."
Kou Liu nodded slowly, "What you said makes sense."
Cui Jie said seriously: "Whether you are governing the world, governing the army, or governing a small village, you are actually governing people."
"Everything is man-made. Heal people and things will work out."
"I have been to many places and experienced many official positions. Apart from anything else, I still know how to use people and what kind of people to use."
"Tang Yong of Youzhou also governed people, but he was too forceful. He adopted harsh laws and intimidated officials so that they did not dare to violate the laws."
"But my approach is different from his. I am more inclined to promote qualified talents. I am more tolerant towards everyone and will not interfere too much. I just find the right people to occupy the right positions and then let nature take its course.
"
Cui Jie grinned and Kou Liu recognized the other party's point of view this time.
Kou Liu said: "This time I was ordered to recruit an army. According to the system, I can recruit 10,000 new soldiers. The temple only gave me 3,000 of the food, grass and luggage I need. The remaining 7,000 are still needed from places to help."
"Xingtai has already informed you about this. General Kou has received quite a lot. Many places are not as good as General Kou's place. However, it is not easy for the place to directly provide you with so much food and grass. I
I think you can gather these three thousand people first and train the rest, and you can do it year by year."
"This is not okay."
"You have to give me enough soldiers. Don't forget that I captured Jizhou. I know how much grain and grass supplies were seized after I captured it."
"I took my people to inspect the wealthy families in the city and the temples in person. You won't tell me that there is not enough food and grass here, right?"
Cui Jie chuckled, "General Kou, your gains are indeed not small, but most of these things still have to be used locally. The local area is the foundation. If the local area is not managed, how will the military government be maintained?"
"I have already made arrangements for the distribution of this food and grass, and I cannot move it for the time being."
"I know what General Kou is thinking, but you don't have to be so anxious. I will find a way to help you solve it."
Kou Liu wanted to say something else, but remembering his brother's letter, he had no choice but to endure it for the time being, "Let's discuss it later."
The original dispute between Zu Jue and Cui Jishu was over whether to engage in local or peripheral affairs. The reason why they did not come together was because of resource issues.
The implementation of these policies requires a large amount of resources. Although Xingtai is not poor, it is definitely not that wealthy.
Just for the training of the new army, the ten military offices, recruitment, formation and training will consume an unknown amount of materials.
The most important thing is of course food and grass.
Nothing can be done without food.
The temple cannot provide full supplies of food and grass to all the military offices at once, so it can only provide some people first.
The military government system originally needed the local land equalization system to help maintain it. If it relied entirely on temples, the huge military expenses would drain the temples dry.
However, the place at this time was still so dilapidated and had just experienced a war.
Kou Liu first came to accept the local school grounds, and then made various arrangements. He set up his general's mansion directly outside the school grounds.
He couldn't wait to recruit.
Liu Taozi followed the example of the Zhou people and mostly recruited Han people to form the army. The two armies trained by Liu Taozi also proved that the Han people were not incapable of fighting. If they trained hard and gave them food and drink, they could also fight.
There is no difference between the superior and inferior Zhou people.
Kou Liu had a lot to do, but fortunately there were many military officials to help him.
Compared with the busy Kou Liu, Cui Jie was much more comfortable.
He doesn't interfere much with the affairs of the county. Most of the time, he just wanders around, checking on the people under his command. If he encounters someone who is capable, he will promote him. If he encounters someone with problems, he will make it clear to them. If he encounters someone with evil intentions,
Yes, then dismiss him.
His way of governing seems to outsiders that he wanders around almost every day, and rarely convenes meetings with officials, leaving everyone busy with their own affairs.
In terms of relevant government orders, he did not make too many demands.
The overall atmosphere is completely different from that in Youzhou, but it cannot be said that it is ineffective.
Many talented officials were promoted, and many people who had gone to other places began to return one after another.
Inside the General's Mansion.
Kou Liu sat in front of the case, looking at the many documents in front of him and having a headache.
This military general is really different from the generals in the past.
The general of the army had more things to do and had to deal with the locals. This was the first time that Kou Liu had experienced this. The recruitment alone gave him a huge headache.
After arriving here for more than ten days, he has not been able to recruit a thousand people, and the training has not even officially started.
Kou Liu couldn't help but blush when he remembered that when he first came here, he made such nonsense and asked the governor to prepare food and fodder for ten thousand people.
Just when Kou Liu was thinking hard, the soldier suddenly walked in.
"General, Governor Cui has come to pay his respects."
"Ah, let him come in, come in."
Kou Liu stood up in a hurry, but felt it was inappropriate, "I'll go out to meet him."
Kou Liu hurried out and met Cui Jie at the courtyard gate.
Kou Liu immediately bowed and saw that Cui Jie was still smiling. He hurriedly helped Kou Liu up and the two of them walked to the main room together. As they walked on the road, Cui Jie looked at Kou Liu's face and said, "General Kou's things are not going well.
?”
Kou Liu was stunned and hesitantly said: "It's not that it didn't go well, it's just that the local population is too small, and my food is not enough. This is my first time doing this."
Cui Jie asked again: "Do we still need to send food and grass to the general for 10,000 people?"
"this"
Looking at Kou Liu who couldn't answer, Cui Jie laughed and said seriously: "I didn't agree to you at the beginning because of this situation."
"Just having food and grass is not enough. The military government is a rule within the country. The situation of the Zhou people cannot be fully learned. The more anxious General Kou is to complete it, the more he will be unable to complete it."
"I knew that General Kou was anxious to get this done, so he didn't come to disturb you. I wouldn't dare to come until you experienced it."
Kou Liu lowered his head, "That's it."
The two walked into the inner room. Kou Liu asked Cui Jie to sit on the upper seat and sat aside. He said seriously: "Mr. Cui, I don't quite understand why I can't recruit sergeants here?"
"No matter how small the household registration here is, we can still make up the more than 10,000 young people, right?"
"This is not a frontier fortress. The reason why you failed to recruit soldiers is because the people are afraid."
"Afraid?"
"In the past, county soldiers were recruited by force and relied on deception. Year after year, they would arrest people and send them to the frontier to serve as civilian laborers. Things like this, in which people were arrested and killed in the name of recruiting soldiers, happened countless times. Before General Kou,
Not long ago, they just started killing people here again.”
Kou Liu slapped his forehead suddenly, "I actually forgot about this. The local area has always had these traditions, including my hometown. I haven't returned to my hometown for a long time, so I forgot about it."
Cui Jie laughed, "With General Kou's background, as long as he understands these things, he will naturally know how to solve these things."
"I won't say much."
"General Kou, the sooner the opening of the mansion is completed, the better. When doing anything, you have to look at the foundation. As long as the foundation is solid, everything will be convenient in the future. Now General Kou is just building the foundation.
Don’t be in a hurry to complete it, but put more thought into it. The situation in each place is different, and the problems are different. You have to find the most suitable method for the local area.”
Cui Jie told many stories, and Kou Liu listened very carefully.
After the other party finished speaking, Kou Liu saluted again.
"When I came for the appointment, my brother told me in a letter that I should not get carried away and listen to your suggestions after coming here."
"Now I know why he said that."
Cui Jie was stunned and asked, "Did the general really say that?"
"Of course."
Cui Jie was a little excited. He said with emotion: "When Emperor Xiaozhao was in power, he told me many times about the general and wanted to arrange for the two of us to meet. However, before the great cause was completed, Emperor Xiaozhao already
After his death, and after the Emperor ascended the throne, he wanted to liquidate us old ministers. I was dismissed from my official position and almost lost my life just because I opposed He Shikai."
"Now it seems that the person who can inherit Emperor Xiaozhao's ambition is the general, isn't it?"
ps: At the beginning of Tianbao, he used the Zen Dynasty. In addition to serving as Huangmen's minister, he also added wine to the emperor, direct introspection, and kept secrets. He was thrifty and diligent, which was well known to his ancestors. He paid homage to the governor of Nanqingzhou and had political achievements in office.
.Huang Jianzhong,
He was appointed Secretary Supervisor, Dazhongzheng of Qizhou, transferred to Hongluqing, moved to the provincial branch, and was granted the title of Jingzhou. He was transferred to the five military ministers and supervised the history of the country. He was known as Jianzheng in the Taige.——"
Chapter completed!