Chapter Thirty-Eight: Installing Cronies
Quanzhou Prefecture has a hall
The so-called three fires for new officials to take office, Li Sanjian's first fire was to add money to the officials in Quanzhou, which made everyone feel extremely surprised and surprised. And Li Sanjian's second fire is to announce the immediate implementation of the "famine policy" to help the victims and appease the people, in order to deal with the floods in Quanzhou, which is expected, and did not surprise everyone, everyone just thinks that Li Sannan is worthy of the name, worthy of the great Song Dynasty champion and first.
So what is Li Sanjian's third fire? Everyone is waiting and seeing.
"When the official first arrived in Meiyu Village, Hui'an County, Quanzhou, he was attacked and killed by thieves, and the official was injured in his legs and feet, which has not healed so far." Li Sanjian, who was sitting in the lobby, looked at the officials of the state government and said.
When the officials of the state government heard this, they were immediately shocked, and they exchanged their heads and whispered one after another.
The governor of a state, when he just entered his jurisdiction, was actually attacked and killed by thieves? It's just shocking.
No wonder Li Fuzun walked with a limp, it turned out that he had a leg injury.
Previously, everyone thought that Li Sanjian was a lame man.
Yushu's wind-like character is actually a cripple, and everyone is even feeling sorry for Li Sanjian...
"Smack!" Li Sanjian suddenly slapped the book case with a shocking wood, startling the officials of the state government.
"Are Quanzhou thieves so arrogant? In broad daylight, dare to kill officials and rebel? Is it really that far in Quanzhou? Thieves and officials dare to kill, let alone the common people? Li Sanjian then sank his face and said loudly and angrily.
Li Sanjian's questioning made everyone look at each other and be silent.
"Li Fuzun is angry!" After half a ring, Zhou Fangwei, the state judge, said to Li Sanjian: "The matter of thieves and thieves is not unique to my Quanzhou and even Fujian Road. Big or small. However, Li Fuzun, these thieves in Hui'an County are indeed bold and hateful, and the lower officials will arrange for the arrest of such thieves, and they will be severely punished after they get it. ”
What Zhou Fangwei said was the truth.
Song Zhi's "thieves" are frequent and constant. Since the Song Dynasty, there have been more than 100 large-scale and recorded cases of thieves and thieves, almost every year, and there are countless small-scale and sporadic cases of thieves and thieves.
There is a rebellion in the land of Gyeonggi near the foot of the Son of Heaven, and there are thieves and thieves in Jingdong, Jingxi, Hebei, Huainan, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Fujian Road, Guangnan Road and other places far away, which have seriously threatened the Great Song Dynasty.
In the tenth year of Song Tiansheng, Zhang Hai on Jingxi Road raised righteousness, within one year of age, he was brutal, more than ten counties in western Beijing covered thousands of miles, officials fled, so that Jianghuaizhou County was shocked, and the imperial court dispatched troops to suppress it, all of which were defeated.
In the third year of Qingli, Zhang Hai's army was defeated and executed, but Zhang Hai's rebellion had lasted for eleven years, so that Ouyang Xiu, an important minister of the imperial court, sighed afterwards: "Ji Gang is bad, thieves are rampant, and the world is in chaos, and it has been since then." ”
Since Song Renzong to the present, the incidents of thieves and thieves have not decreased, but have become more and more intense, and the matter of thieves and thieves is more than a year, and a fire is as strong as a fire, so the attack on Li Sanjian's Hui'an County can be described as a small thing compared with it, and it is not surprising.
"No need." Li Sanjian's anger rested for a while, and said: "This official has ordered the county order of Hui'an County to take the thieves and send them to Quanzhou in a few days." However, my lords, at this time, the floods in Quanzhou are raging, and the people's lives are miserable, so there can be no more thieves and thieves, and there can be no more things that make things worse. ”
A glimpse of the whole leopard, thieves are so rampant, and at this time it is the flood in Quanzhou, Li Sanjian is worried that someone will take the opportunity to make trouble, if it really happens, then it will definitely make the Quanzhou government anxious, it will definitely make Li Sanjian take care of one or the other, helpless, and even the court blames it, Li Sanjian will not be able to eat and walk around.
Therefore, Li Sanjian must take precautions.
"We obey Li Fuzun's orders!" When the officials of the state government heard this, they responded together.
"What Li Zhizhou said is very true!" Cui Yongzi, the general judge of Quanzhou, said: "The government of the king, don't be in a hurry with thieves." In addition to land pirates, there are also pirates. My Quanzhou counties are all near the river and the sea, and Dongguan Puxiao gathers, and the cover is often there. Therefore, we have to guard against it, where is Lu Qiu from the strict detention and inspection of Quanzhou soldiers and horses? ”
"Xiaguan Lu Qiu obeys orders!" After Cui Yongzi called the two of them, only one person came out to answer.
This person is Lu Qiu, the inspection envoy of Quanzhou.
"Where is the soldiers and horses guarding Yan Hu?" Seeing this, Li Sanjian asked with an unusually ugly face.
At this critical moment, the deputy chief of Quanzhou's soldiers and horses disappeared, which made Li Sanjian feel extremely angry in his heart.
There are two main kinds of local garrisons in the Song Dynasty, one of which is the elite army of the imperial court, the forbidden army is stationed in a certain state capital, which is called the "more guarded" forbidden army, and the "more guarded" forbidden army is divided into three categories: "cantonment", "garrison" and "grain".
The forbidden army is called "the guard of the Son of Heaven", to guard the Beijing division, prepare for the conquest, is a standing army directly under the jurisdiction of the imperial court, except for the Great Song Dynasty forbidden army called "Banzhi" as the emperor's guard, the rest of the forbidden army is subordinate to the three ya, stationed in the Beijing division, and divided into various places.
Therefore, no matter what kind of forbidden army, the state government does not have the right to govern and command, the local state capital has nothing to do with the state capital except for the food and drink of the stationed forbidden army, not only the state government does not command, even the road-level yamen wants to use the forbidden army, but also must first ask the court for consent, and after the court approves it, you do not have to be the local commander, maybe an official will be sent down to command the forbidden army to fight. 228 Literature Network
However, the state capital is not without soldiers, and the state capital also has available soldiers, that is, the box army, the local army, the township soldiers, the Fan soldiers, and so on.
The box soldiers were another standing army of the Song Dynasty in addition to the forbidden soldiers. It evolved from the town soldiers of the five dynasties, and it was the soldiers of the selected feudal towns from all over the country, and the strong and strong were sent to the Beijing division, and the old and weak stayed in the city to engage in various services.
If the army of the forbidden court is a regular army, then the box army, the local army, the township soldiers, and the fan soldiers are local miscellaneous armies.
In addition to assisting in the arrest of thieves and thieves on weekdays, the rest is to build cities, build weapons, build roads and bridges, manage rivers and other miscellaneous matters, and even be used to wait and greet officials, mail, open up wasteland, etc., and the most in wartime the box army is the soldiers who transport grain.
For all of the above, Li Sanjian experienced it as early as when he was on Guangnan West Road, when Li Sanjian and others went to the wine shop to drink, it was actually a few Xiang soldiers who served them to drink.
How can you be so ridiculous in military affairs?
At this time, there were only more than 3,000 troops in Quanzhou, and there were a number of Turkish troops, township soldiers, and Fan soldiers.
The commander of more than 2,000 soldiers and horses in Quanzhou is Li Sanjian, Li Sanjian is the right to know the affairs of the military state in Quanzhou, in addition to being in charge of civil affairs, it is the affairs of military and political affairs, so the Quanzhou soldiers and horses are concurrently served by Li Sanjian, and the soldiers and horses are the deputy or assistant of the soldiers and horses, responsible for daily garrison, border defense, training and other things.
But at this time, Yan Hu, the prisoner of Quanzhou soldiers and horses, was not in Quanzhou, so where did he go? While Li Sanjian was angry, he was also puzzled.
"Back to Li Fuzun's words." Wu Congming, the secretary of the festival, hurriedly replied when he heard this: "Ding Wei has been strictly imprisoned, and he has not returned. ”
"Ding Wei? Why didn't you go to work during the Ding worry? Li Sanjian frowned and asked when he heard this.
In the Song Dynasty, after the death of their parents, the children were required to mourn for three years according to the ceremony, during which they were not allowed to get married, and they were not allowed to celebrate auspiciously.
Children mourn for their parents, for the right thing, this is filial piety, there is nothing to say, the key to the problem is to leave the job, no matter how high you are in a position, as long as one of the parents dies, then you must go back to work and keep filial piety for three years.
Some people even use this as a means to attack political opponents, which has precedents in all dynasties.
"If you go back to Li Fuzun, Ding Wei will be robbed of his love soon!" Wu Congming replied.
If the official is worried and does not report it, once it is found out, he will be punished. However, the imperial court will also not allow incumbent officials to abide by the system and come back to serve as officials, which is called grabbing affection.
"How can it be!" Before Li Sanjian could speak, Cui Yongji said angrily: "Since you are in love, why is someone not in his position?" Where did people go to win love? Such a ridiculous thing, the official will be the one who will play and go to his official position. ”
Without the will of Emperor Zhao Ji of the Song Dynasty and the documents of the Ministry of Officials, the state government would have appointed and removed officials from their positions.
When everyone in the state government heard this, they were all surprised and looked at Li Sanjian and Cui Yongji, who were singing and harmonizing.
Not long ago, the two of them were like enemies, why are they like wearing a pair of pants now? . . Everyone in the state government is secretly in their hearts.
"No need!" Li Sanjian glanced at Cui Yongji, and then looked at the people in the state government and said: "The country cannot be without a king for a day, and the army cannot be without generals for a day. ”
Li Sanjian then stared at the officials of the Silent Prefecture and said: "This official will order today to remove Yan Hu from the post of prisoner of soldiers and horses in Quanzhou, and let him go forever." ”
"Cui Tongju, what do you think?" Li Sanjian then turned his head and asked Cui Yongzi.
"Li Zhizhou's move is very appropriate." Cui Yongzi nodded.
You already have the "Shang Fang Sword", and you still come to ask me what to do? Cui Yongjun then rolled his eyes.
"The Ministry of Officials sent an official Yao Yu into the court." Li Sanjian glanced at Cui Yongzi and said with a slight smile.
After receiving the summons, Yao Yu, who had been waiting outside the hall, strode into the state government hall, and bowed to Li Sanjian and Cui Yongzi: "Young general Yao Yu visits Li Fuzun and meets Cui Tongju!" ”
"Yao Yu, the word Shuxing, Shaosheng four years of Wujinshi, was originally an official of the Kaifeng Mansion, and at this time he received an order from the Ministry of Officials and came to Quanzhou." Li Sanjian nodded and said: "This official ordered Yao Yu to temporarily detain the soldiers and horses of Quanzhou and take charge of the daily military affairs in Quanzhou. ”
It turns out that they have already arranged it? At this time, everyone in the state government secretly said in their hearts.
However, Yao Yu has broad shoulders, a bee waist, an extremely tall figure, and a very young person, so many people in the state government can't help but secretly praise him.
What a tiger general! Such a tiger general is extremely rare among the forbidden army.