Guo Song returned to the camp, their camp is located in the northeast of the city, covering an area of 500 acres, close to the cangcheng, can accommodate up to 50,000 soldiers, after the Jinyang Palace was closed, Guo Song's military office was directly placed in the barracks.

As soon as he arrived at the tent, a personal soldier greeted him and said, "The head of the Xue family has been waiting for a long time in the tent to see the envoy. ”

Guo Song nodded, "I know!" ”

He originally planned to go to Xue Mansion tomorrow to have a look, but he didn't expect the other party to be more anxious than himself.

Guo Song turned around and came to the side tent, and a tall and fat middle-aged man hurriedly stood up, hugged his fists and said, "In Xia Xue Fan, see Guo Yuanjun!" ”

Guo Song knew this Xue Fan, he had heard his wife say that this Xue Fan's father and wife's grandfather were half-brothers, who served as the assassin of Huazhou, and were currently the head of the Xue family.

Guo Song invited him to sit down and asked with a smile: "I thought Xue Tingshi was in Huazhou?" ”

Xue Fan shook his head with a wry smile and said: "Serving Zhu Jun will only disgrace my ancestors, after the Jingyuan Mutiny, I gave up my official position, and later went to Chengdu to serve as the governor of Zizhou, but because I was suppressed by Lu Qi, I resigned and returned to my hometown." ”

At this time, the soldiers came in and served tea, and Guo Song took a sip of tea and said, "It seems that Lu Qi is especially targeting the Hedong family?" ”

"The grievances between the families are like that, and it's not worth mentioning, but Lu Qi is extremely narrow-minded, not only suppressing the Hedong family, but also the Guanzhong family, when he was the prime minister, none of the Yang family, the Du family, and the Wei family in Guanzhong were promoted."

Guo Song smiled and said: "This morning, I specially went to visit the head of the Wang family, and chatted with him about the follow-up governance of Taiyuan Mansion, and he put forward a proposal to me that the Jin people govern the Jin, of course, this suggestion has a premise, that is, in the time of war, what does Xue Tingshi think?" ”

Xue Fan heard that Guo Song went to visit Wang Hong, he was suddenly a little lost in his heart, it turned out that in Guo Song's heart, the Wang family was the first, but after a thought, he was relieved, after all, the Taiyuan Wang family is one of the seven hopes in the world, and the Xue family is just a Hedong family, which really can't be compared.

"The head of the Wang family deserves to be a wise elder, no wonder Yuan Xuanhu values him so much, and he also appointed him as the left minister, with profound insights, I fully agree."

Xue Fan stabbed Wang Hong in the back lightly, Guo Song looked as usual, but secretly despised in his heart, no wonder his wife mentioned this Xue Fan, and her tone was disdainful, but this is exactly what Guo Song needs, he needs a Hedong family who plots against each other and stabs each other, if the Hedong family is all monolithic, it will be a headache.

"Is the head of the Xue family busy now?"

Xue Fan heard a glimmer of hope, and hurriedly said: "I'm ashamed to say it, although I am the head of the family, I have always been an official outside, and the clan affairs are all taken care of by my brother, so I basically don't care much." ”

"Since this is the case, I would like to ask the head of the Xue family to go out of the mountain and serve as the governor of Taiyuan Prefecture, and give full play to the head of the Xue family in charge of government affairs."

Xue Fan hurriedly got up, bowed down and said, "I am willing to serve the envoy!" ”

........

Xue Fan said goodbye and left, Guo Song paced back and forth in the big tent, whether it was the Wang family agreeing to work for him, or the Xue family taking the initiative to come to the door, it was a bit unexpected to him.

He knows these families very well, rational, high-minded, judging the situation, paying attention to reputation, they will never serve Zhu Zhu, Wang Hong served as the left minister of the Northern Tang Dynasty is also because of the crown prince Li Yu, when the truth emerged, Wang Hong also regarded this appearance as a shame, but they were willing to work for themselves.

If it was really Zhu Tao who seized Taiyuan Mansion, I believe that these families would be far away.

One of the most important reasons for this is that he is still nominally loyal to the Tang Dynasty, just like Wang Hong's use of the word 'recovering Taiyuan' for the Hexi Army's capture of Taiyuan Mansion, his correct position in politics is extremely important to win the family's support for him.

It can be said that it is with the support of these Hedong families that they have basically stabilized in Hedong.

At this time, there was a burst of shouting and killing outside, which was the start of training on the martial arts field.

Guo Song walked out of the big tent and came to the edge of the martial arts field, the martial arts field was very small, it could only accommodate four or five thousand people for training, and it was impossible to talk about horseback training, and the day after tomorrow, the Hexi army would move to the large military camp outside the city, where it was suitable for the army to be stationed for a long time. There are 5,000 recruits in the training field, these soldiers are not actually recruits, they are the elite of the previous Hedong Army, they fled back to Taiyuan City, and were reorganized by Guo Song to form the new Taiyuan Army.

Their training is not a training of combat skills, but more of a training of obedience and military discipline, which is the key to transforming the Hedong Army into the Hexi Army.

Therefore, the best training method is competition, with the battalion as a unit, the competition between the battalion, the physical competition, the tug-of-war competition, the simulated actual combat competition, etc., which can stimulate the soldiers' sense of community, so that they have a sense of belonging, no matter how strong this group consciousness, they will gradually identify themselves as a member of the Hexi Army.

This is an effective method that the Hexi Army has slowly explored in its many years of training, and basically it will enable them to be reborn and officially become a member of the Hexi Army in two or three months.

At this time, Meng Jianchun, a civilian officer of the army, stepped forward and saluted: "Envoy looking for a humble position? ”

Meng Jianchun is a native of Shazhou, more than 30 years old, Shazhou soldiers and horses Yao Jin recommended to Guo Song, currently serving as a judge of Fa Cao, responsible for reviewing various military discipline cases, Guo Song admires his upright and meticulous style.

Guo Song nodded and said, "Let's go to the big tent to talk!" ”

Guo Song returned to the big tent of the Chinese army and asked, "Have you found out the incident in Baiyulou?" ”

There was a burglary the night before yesterday, someone broke into the jewelry shop Baiyulou in Nanshi, killed three men, and looted a large number of Baiyulou, the shopkeeper of Baiyulou complained that it was done by five soldiers, Guo Song was highly concerned about this matter, and he ordered Meng Jianchun to strictly investigate the matter.

Meng Jianchun bowed and said: "There are already eyebrows, if it is really done by the soldiers of the Hexi Army, I believe that they will not wear military uniforms to commit crimes, this is called wanting to cover up, and judging from the autopsy wounds of the guys, they were all stabbed to death by swords, and they are very skilled with swords, while the soldiers of the Hexi Army never train swordsmanship, they all use horizontal knives, which proves that someone pretends to be the Hexi Army to commit crimes." ”

Guo Song nodded approvingly, and asked again, "So does the murderer have eyebrows?" ”

Meng Jianchun nodded, "The Panlong jade bottle has appeared on the black market, this is the most valuable thing in the stolen goods, the humble duty followed this clue, and found that the jade bottle seller was related to a martial arts hall called Zhenwei Hall, the list of the head and disciples of the martial arts hall has been mastered, and the owner of the hall has also found it, according to the owner of the museum, there are currently thirteen people in Taiyuan City, and the humble position is verifying their residence one by one, once found, they will be arrested at the same time." ”

Guo Song smiled happily: "The case will continue to be investigated, but I came to you today not to ask about the case." ”

Meng Jianchun solemnly listened to the order, Guo Song took a few steps and said: "Today I have appointed the Taiyuan Wang family and the Taiyuan Xue family to serve as the Taiyuan Mansion Assassin History and the Long History respectively, it stands to reason that the Taiyuan Mansion is the governor of the Mansion Yin, not the Assassin History, but I have a tacit understanding with the imperial court, I do not appoint high-ranking officials from the third grade or above, so it is better to keep a low profile after thinking about it again and again, so as not to cause a big wave on the side of the imperial court." ”

Meng Jianchun was silent, this kind of thing is not the height that his authority can reach, he can only listen, but he can't ask more.

Guo Song continued: "The biggest advantage of appointing the family to govern is that it can get the general support of the middle and upper classes in Hedong, which is conducive to us gaining a firm foothold in Hedong, but it is also a disadvantage, which will make these families group together in the officialdom of Hedong and form an interest group. ”

Speaking of this, Guo Song smiled apologetically: "I can't help it, say a few more words, let's get back to the topic, I plan to let you serve as Sima of Taiyuan Mansion, and concurrently serve as the patrol envoy of Suzheng Tai Hedong, Sima is in charge of criminal law, this is what you are good at, and it will also be your main job, but its importance is not as important as that of the Suzheng Tai Hedong Observation Envoy, do you understand what I mean?" ”

Su Zheng Tai is the supervision agency set up by Guo Song, the main office is in Zhangye, Cao Wannian served as the commander of Su Zheng Tai, and then every time he captures a place, he will set up a branch, called the Inspection Bureau, and now there are Anxi Inspection Bureau, Beiting Inspection Office, Longyou Inspection Office, Shuofang Inspection Office, and now he wants to set up the Hedong Inspection Department.

The Suzheng Observatory is not completely as single as the Imperial Historical Observatory, it is actually a combination of the Supervision Office of the Ministry of Officials, the Supervision Office of the Ministry of War, and the Supervision Office of the Criminal Department.

Its main responsibilities are to supervise officials, supervise the military, and review important criminal law cases, and it has great power over both the military, the government and the people.

However, the inspection envoy has no right to deal with major cases involving officials above the county order, generals above the rank of lieutenant, and major cases, so he can only report to the chief of the Suzheng Observatory, and then the chief of the Suzheng Observatory will send people to investigate and verify, and the final punishment will be decided by Guo Song, and the system is very strict.

Meng Jianchun nodded, "The lowly position understands that it is necessary to use the family, but also to set rules for the family, which is one of the main responsibilities of the lowly position. ”

Guo Song was very pleased to see that he had a strong comprehension, and said: "I will give you three hundred soldiers to facilitate your execution of your duties, and in a few days, Taiyuan Mansion will rebuild the government office, and you will start to set up the Suzheng Taihedong Administration today, see what else you need, and write a report to me." ”

"Ignorance, understood!"