"There are three counties in Long, a distance of 600 miles, and the official work that can be completed in four or five days, you go for 20 days. There is no lieutenant in this county at the moment, and the ruler is only me and you, if you don't come back, the 'collection of Hu Tun herds' will not be able to be opened. I'm waiting for you. Old Song, do you still want to be rewarded? Xin Er arched his hand in the direction of Gu Yin and said to Song Pian, "I really want to go up together, aren't you afraid of causing the Lord to be angry?" ”

Song Pian's eyes widened and he said, "Ming Mansion, how can you say that?" ”

"What do you say then?"

Song Pianyi said rhetorically: "'The servant who was dreamed of staying in the public at night'. I've been there for a long time, but I'm not idle, and I'm not going to play in the mountains and rivers. Caring for loyalty, filial piety, widowhood and loneliness, this is the king's first virtue, we as courtiers, we must sink our hearts and do it carefully; Turning around hastily and coming back, it takes less time, is it effective? ”

Xin Er said in his heart: "I believe you are weird!" ”

Song Pian is the son of the Song family surnamed Longdi, and before Xin Er came to serve as the county guard, he was the county leader of Jiankang.

When Xin Er first arrived in the county, he was very enthusiastic, there was no high Qing Gao of the Gaomen clan, and after he was busy, he introduced the government officials to Xin Er, and helped Xin Er place the salutes and slaves, Xin Er was very happy at that time, thinking that he had met a colleague who was easy to work with.

However, within a few days, Song Pian's essence was exposed.

At present, there is a bad custom, where the chief official takes office or leaves office, the local government must give "welcome money" and "old money". Depending on the wealth and poverty of the place, this amount is more or less. Taking counties as an example, the money sent to the deceased can be as many as millions and as little as hundreds of thousands. The welcome money is mainly used by the new governor on the way to office, so it is also called "dressing" and "travel capital", which is less than the money for the deceased, but it is also an income for officials.

Among the counties of Longzhou, Jiankang belongs to the middle county, and the welcome money is usually 50,000 yuan for the county guard, and 30,000 yuan for the county and Wei; But there are 80,000 dollars for Xiner. Xin Er doesn't understand this, in fact, he doesn't even want the 80,000 money, in his opinion, being an official should be for the people, diligent, serving as an official, benefiting one party, this is what he wants, and for no reason, the county has not yet arrived, collect a sum of money first, what's the matter? The people are fat and the people are deserved. But this is the custom, he can't be unsociable, so he has to accept it.

A few days after Song Pian greeted him, he took the initiative to come to the door, talked about everything, and finally said that he had 80,000 "welcome money".

His original words were: "I should have given 50,000 yuan, but I fought for it, because it was given to the king of the Ming Mansion." Mingfu, I've worked hard! Xin Erchu didn't understand what he meant, and just thanked him. Song Pian didn't leave that day, Xin Er left him for dinner, and he didn't leave after eating, and the ugly waiter accompanied him, guessed Song Pian's thoughts, and quietly reminded Xin Er, Xin Er was suddenly surprised.

This person actually wants to share the extra 30,000 welcome money with Xin Er!

Sure enough, after giving him the money, he immediately said goodbye happily.

Xin Er really couldn't figure it out.

Fifteen thousand dollars, a lot indeed. The Chinese family is only 100,000 yuan. But the Song family is the first-class valve clan in Dingxi, full of gold and jade, it is the families of the small sect, and they are all rich, but Song Pian is from the big sect? But how can you even look at "this money" in your eyes?

Not only is he greedy for money, but he is also lazy, and he will delay official affairs whenever he can, and he will never do it immediately, just like this time he inspected the county, and the matter of four or five days had to be delayed for twenty days. Xin Er didn't hold back once, scolded him a few words, and quickly regretted it, worried that it would affect the relationship between colleagues and not be conducive to the implementation of future military and political measures such as "collecting Hu Tun Mu", but unexpectedly, Song Pian was still cheeky, and he didn't care about being scolded at all!

Seeing that Xin Er ignored him, Song Pian went to the main seat and sat down, hurriedly followed behind, and complained: "Mingfu, I have been in the county for more than half a month, and it has been raining a few days ago. That is, there is no merit, there is always hard work. Shouldn't you ask for a reward for me? ”

Xin Er was helpless and said: "Okay, okay, when the 'Harvest Hu Tun Mu' is completed, I will give you credit for it." ”

"Don't forget."

"Please take a seat, Gong Song!"

The title of Song Pian, Xin Er was the first "Jun", followed by "Old Song", and occasionally called "Gong", all when he was extremely angry and unable to do so.

Song Pian repeated the admonition and sat down on the side.

"Song Jun, what are the inspection results and spring ploughing affairs in each county?"

Song Pian took out the feather fan, waved it in his hand, and said: "The ability of the three county orders and the chief, why does the Ming Mansion think it is?" ”

The commanders and chiefs of the three counties under their jurisdiction are all children of famous clans, and Xin Er said politely: "Very good." ”

"There is a very good ability, but it can't handle the king's order and take care of the spring ploughing affairs?"

"Huh?"

Song Pian waved the fan leisurely and said, "So I didn't ask anything." ”

You fucking went out for twenty days, and you didn't ask anything when you replied to Lao Tzu?

Gong Cao Shi Liang, the chief bookkeeper Zhang Daojiang, and the recorder Shi Huang Rong sat alongside.

Zhang Daojiang said with admiration: "Song Gong's demeanor, far more and more than my peers, and the real celebrities!" ”

Song Pian replied modestly: "A clumsy person, lacklustre, how dare to be a 'celebrity'? The main book is falsely praised, ashamed and ashamed. ”

Xin Er closed his eyes and sat silently, and after a while, the guards outside the hall came in.

Two guards came to the court, dressed in armor and weapons, and asked, "What does the general command?" ”

Xin Er said excitedly: "Prepare an arrow target for me, and I will shoot it." ”

"Yes." The guards agreed to withdraw.

Song Pian praised: "The Ming Mansion has both civil and military resources, and the country's talents are also." ”

"Old Song, let's talk about business."

"Mingfu, please speak."

"There have been nearly a month under the king's order to 'collect Hu Tun herd'. A few days ago, I had already met with the Dufu Jun of Xihai and the Jun of Jiuquan Panfu, and the two counties of him will start to promote it in about a month; Our county should also take action. Do you have a workable solution? ”

Song Pian shook his head and said, "The king's order is difficult to do!" Lu Shuihu is nomadic herding, and he migrates every few months, and he can't be detained by land, but the king wants to collect it with his household registration, take rent, and serve as an envoy, how can it be good? ”

The grazing Huyi life is in a state of "swimming", four or five grazing points a year, not like the farming Tang people, a few acres of land can restrain a family, so even if it is an attached Huyi, the Tang government does not dare to force management, can not pay the livestock tax, let it do its own convenience, pay if you are willing to pay, and force if you are not willing, otherwise, they will move away, and there will be chaos at worst.

Xin Er said at the moment: "In the past few days when you have been out of the county, I have been thinking and meditating hard, and I have a plan, which seems to be usable. ”

"What's the strategy?"

"I plan to take out the government-owned pasture to lure Lu Shuihu's farmers to live."

"Take out the government-owned ranch?"

"February is the most difficult time of the year for Hu Mu. I took the good and fat pastures owned by the government, and added lambs and pasture as bait, and promised that I would not collect rent for two years. Old Song, what do you think is like this? Is it feasible or not? ”

The nomadic Huyi winter field is generally in late February, when the livestock are weak, the grass resources are not abundant, and as Huang Rong said, the competition between the various departments is fierce, and there is the threat of spring snow, so it is the most difficult and dangerous time of the year for Hu Mu.

Huang Rong suggested using the provocative strategy to replace it with Linghu Feng, maybe he accepted it at the time, but Xin Er wanted to use the method of lure first.

Song Pian said: "The Ming Mansion's policy sounds good at first glance. But there is a comparison. ”

"Hobi?"

"Flowers in the mirror, moon in the water. Wishful thinking. ”

Xin Er said in his heart: "Do you think I am a monkey?" But he also knew that Huang Rong's words had nothing to do with the book he read in later generations, and asked, "How do you say this?" ”

"Good pasture, lambs, alfalfa, rent-free for two years. Sounds good. But there is one thing, have you thought about it in Mingfu? ”

"What?"

"Will Hu Yi believe you?"

This is the biggest difficulty in "collecting Hutun herds".

Previously, when he was thinking hard about this matter and had no solution, Xin Er had asked Huang Rong to collect the deeds of the previous generation and the border officials of this dynasty, in order to find inspiration from them, but in the content collected by Huang Rong, not only did he find nothing, but on the paper, Xin Er saw the words "fraud" and "abuse" everywhere.

Fraudsters such as: in the previous generation, Hu Yi had a rebellion, killed the captain of Huqiang, and later Hu Yi was defeated and surrendered, and the successor of Huqiang school captain accepted their surrender, gathered it in one place, set up a wine conference, and poisoned the wine, Houyi people drunk, ambushed the army, and killed more than 800 Huyi chieftains. This move was certainly to avenge the death of the former Captain Huqiang, but it also led to a larger rebellion by Hu Yi.

For example, many border officials of the previous generation and the current dynasty coveted the military exploits and huge profits brought by the war, and took the initiative to provoke disputes and conquer the army; Some people believe that Hu Yi should be "only long hair, white blades and neck ears", and adopt harsh and high-pressure measures to kill prisoners endlessly.

There are also border officials who are greedy for money and profit, and oppress the attached Huyi, and plunder their livestock and women; There is also a strong right flame, driving the attached Hu Yi to work and plough, which is no different from a slave.

and so on, over time, Hu Yizhong formed a concept of "Tang people cunning" like Ruolan Baozhang.

Suffice it to say that no matter how good a policy is, it will be difficult to use it without solving this problem.

"Old Song, this sincerity is difficult. Do you have a way to win the trust of Hu Yi? ”

Song Pian shook the fan twice and said slowly, "No." ”

Xin Er knew that he couldn't be counted on.

For some reason, he thought of Ling Hufeng and Fu Qiao. Song Pian and Fu Qiao can't be the same, but in terms of ability, the two are similar, and they are both unreasonable and pragmatic. In the past, when I saw Linghu Feng intimidating Fu Qiao, Xin Er felt that Fu Qiao was pitiful; Now the chief official is gradually able to understand Ling Hufeng. Imagine, if there are all such officials under your hands, can't you annoy the chief official to death?

Fortunately, there are still Shi Liang, Huang Rong, and Yang Fu.

It's just that this problem of winning trust is really tricky, and after asking around, Shi Liang, Zhang Daojiang, and Huang Rong have no countermeasures.

Song Pian asked, "How many official-owned ranches does the Ming Mansion plan to come up with?" ”

"500,000 acres."

"That's a lot! Will the king agree? ”

"I'll go to the book."

500,000 acres seems like a lot, but it's not much.

The different regional conditions have caused the difference in the main breeds of livestock raised by the local herdsmen, and the Hu herdsmen in the Longzhou area mainly raise sheep, accounting for seventy or eighty percent of the total, followed by cattle and horses. A Hu people are a family, usually four or five people, at least 100 sheep, 20 or 30 cattle and horses to maintain their minimum living standards, and on average, a sheep needs more than ten acres of grassland, and a cow or horse needs more pasture. Coupled with the supplement of alfalfa, it is distributed according to a drop of 500 mu, and 500,000 mu can only accommodate a thousand mu of Hu Mu.

Xin Er said: "The Lord attaches great importance to this matter. Lao Song, if you have no opinion, without further ado, you can implement it. ”

"Okay, okay."

"Tomorrow I will send someone to summon the chiefs and a thousand people of the Lushui and Hu tribes to the county, and you will be with me then."

The chieftain and a thousand people of Lu Shuihu were summoned to the county government not to announce this policy to them.

I also knew with my toes that this strategy was tantamount to digging into the corners of the chiefs, fighting for their people, and they would not be happy to implement it. Xin Er is 100% sure that among these chiefs, there will definitely be stumbling blocks for him to implement this policy, so although he already knows a lot of Lu Shuihu's internal situation, it is necessary to meet them again and understand them further before starting to implement them.

Sending Song Pian away, Xin Er came out of the hall, drew a bow and shot arrows, and shot a pot of arrows in a row before he stopped.

Dusk has arrived, and the officials are on duty.

Huang Rong returned to the office, pushed open the window, and sat alone.

Three or four county officials pushed the door in.

One person asked, "Jing Huan, did you mention that big thing to the prince?" ”