Luzhou, whose real name is Hexi, the four fields are empty, there is no danger to defend, the reason why it can become a military town, it has to be traced back to the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Cao Cao has a unique vision, with Heqi as the bridgehead to reject Wu, after more than ten battles, stable as Mount Tai, and the birth of the famous Xiaoyaojin War, Heqi only entered the eyes of the military strategist.

Due to the geographical limitations, the city of Luzhou is either not broken, a break will be destroyed, it is a few changes to the city, and after every war, another new city will be built, and now this city is still built by the famous general of the Tang Dynasty, Wei Chi Jingde.

The reason why the famous generals are famous generals, the site selection of the city is also different, it takes the Jindou River as the center, the two sides of the city, if a city has a double defense, after the city is broken half, it can also be defended according to the river, and the Luzhou city is built into a real military town, so this city is also known as the Jindou City, the cross-sectional layout of the city, in history, it has played an important role in the later anti-Jin war, this is the later story.

The water of the Jindou River is clear, when the sun is shining, the warm breeze is drunk, there is an elegant man who is fishing by the river, there is only a small child around him, but both men and women, are far away, there are also bold women, thinking that they have a little posture, deliberately upstream or downstream, the "horn" of the beating stick is crisp, hoping that the man can look back.

It is really that the man is too eye-catching and outstanding, his complexion is fair, his facial features are handsome, his beard is elegant, his shoulders are as wide as a tiger, and his waist is like an ape, which organically combines the Confucian beauty of the scribe with the masculinity of the samurai.

Pan Mei has been in charge of Luzhou for three years, since he came, the city of Luzhou can be said to be a hundred wastes, ten thousand surnames are happy, but the heavenly prince is also beautiful, three years has been smooth, and the neighboring Hezhou, Chuzhou, Shouzhou is either a big flood or insect plague, so that there is a sour voice: "The person is long and handsome, even God also helps, and he can make political achievements every day." ”

In this case, of course Pan Mei laughed at it, her own family affairs, her own family's own knowledge, it is a promising year, who wants to do nothing, if he had known that Donggui was such a situation, he would have been lazy in Shu to kill. It's a pity that there is no regret medicine to take, and it can only be settled when it comes.

The official family doesn't like Fang Zhen's soldiers to be strong and strong, so they are lax.

The official family doesn't like to be handsome and promising, so they will play and slack off the government.

Officials don't like local morality, so they are corrupt and take bribes.

If there is nowhere to vent your energy, it's simple, and it's just two concubines.

Therefore, although he is a marshal, he is more often like a free scholar, and most of the government affairs are entrusted to the staff.

"Gotta ......"

A fast horse broke the silence on the riverside, "report ...... The envoy of the court has arrived at the palace. ”

"Got it."

Pan Mei unhurriedly closed the line, got up, straightened out her clothes, and the guards not far away hurriedly led the mount over, Pan Mei took the reins, but she was not in a hurry to get on the horse, and walked slowly.

"Do you know the meaning of the envoy?"

"It was said that he came here by order to give clothes, but before he went out, Changshi had something to say, and it was probably an excuse to urge the autumn tax."

Pan Mei nodded, and then pulled the saddle and got on the horse.

When I returned to the palace and saw the envoy, it was really as the guards said, I sent a new official robe, and at the same time, I politely put forward the meaning of paying the autumn tax early.

"The autumn grain of the people's family is in storage, and there is at least one and a half months before the starting time stipulated by the imperial court, why is it so urgent?"

"It is good to teach Pan Shuai to know that this year's drought in Hebei is a plague of locusts in the five prefectures of Yan, Ji, De, Ci, and Wei, which is a ......."

"I know, the envoy is hard, please rest in the hall first, and then wash the dust for the envoy at night."

Pan Mei politely sent the eunuch away, stood under the corridor, and was in a daze for a long time, Fang asked abruptly: "What do you say?" ”

"The drought in Hebei is real, and the locust plague is also true, but it is not the root cause of tax urging, and it is true that the imperial court lacks money."

The answer was Changshi Xu Lingtu, who was Pan Mei's confidant, at this time except for the two of him, there was no one else, and he spoke casually, "When the handsome man did not return, a certain Zeng slightly talked to the envoy, and they said very clearly, if the grain ship is difficult to go, it can also be converted into copper coins." ”

Pan Mei frowned.

Xu Lingtu said with a smile: "If it can be changed and the people like it more, it is also a great thing for us, at least we can have an extra surplus." ”

"Speak."

"One tael of silver in my country can be exchanged for eight hundred and five, and in the Southern Tang Dynasty, it can be exchanged for one thousand whole dollars, and if you pour it back and forth, it will be one hundred and fifty more yuan, but it is a pity that the grain cannot go south, otherwise it will be more profitable."

"Zhongyuan Tongbao is banned, and you don't know it."

"The marshal doesn't know, the exchange is all old money such as Xiande Tongbao, Zhou Yuan Tongbao, Song and Yuan Tongbao, as for Zhongyuan Tongbao, although the imperial court strictly prohibits it, but there are not many people who have private treasures, trading and trading, and the people prefer it."

Pan Mei slowly walked back to the house, sat down on a chair, and thought for a while: "Where did Nantang get so much old money?" ”

"Basically, they are all transported from Shuzhong, and there is an endless stream, and I heard that the exchange in the northwest is even more crazy, and many people in Guanzhong have made a fortune from this."

"There are two gates in the northwest, Shi Shouxin and Li Jixun, how can they connive?"

"This, but I don't know, although it is dangerous to come to the pass, it can stop the army, but it can't stop the border people from crossing the border."

Pan Mei's eyebrows tightened, and asked: "What does Xiqin mean by this, although gold and silver are valuable, they are useless to the country, what is the purpose of exchanging them at a high price?" ”

Xu Lingtu hesitated for a moment, looked at Pan Mei's face, and said hesitantly: "That's ...... Fake money. ”

"Fake money?"

Xu Lingtu smiled bitterly: "Ordinary people can't tell the difference, the copper color is not a little worse, and the handwriting is even clearer than the molded money of the court officials." ”

Pan Mei slapped the armrest heavily and said angrily: "Isn't Wu Desi able to go to heaven and earth, such a big event, how can you not see their movements?" ”

"The imperial court thought that it had known about it a long time ago, but as the marshal said, gold and silver are useless to the country, and the quality of this fake money is not inferior to the real money, and it just happens to be able to deal with the current money shortage with one eye closed, but I don't understand what kind of calculation Xi Qin is making."

"That's a nine-tailed fox, dealing with Qin Yue, it is the right thing to respond to all changes without changing, although I don't know how he operates, but it can be predicted that he has made a lot of money, otherwise, there is no reason to exchange at a high price, no, a certain has to be sparse."

Xu Lingtu hurriedly admonished: "No, the interests involved in this are big, and I don't know how many people in the DPRK are involved, we just go with the flow, if nothing goes wrong, everything will be fine, besides, the family official's mind is not on this." ”

Pan Mei was speechless.

As Xu Lingtu said, the official's mind is not on this, but on all the energy of etiquette and recruitment.

It is easy to understand the collection of troops, since the war with the Western Qin two years ago, the imperial court will no longer raise troops, the people will rest for a while, Song Jiuzhong pro-system ruler, issued to all states and towns, all those who are taller than the ruler and the appropriate age are selected into the forbidden army.

Today, the forbidden army in Beijing is as high as 350,000 people, and Song Jiuzhong is either fortunate to build ships and watch water battles, or Xingyuetai personally teaches the armies to practice cavalry and archery, or goes to the Feishan camp to review the artillery carriages.

This is the righteousness of the right, the Western Qin is eyeing the tiger, the Southern Tang Dynasty is gradually not subservient, the Northern Han Dynasty has repeatedly come to catch life, the Khitan hit the grass valley, and the road to a strong army must be taken.

can put a lot of effort into the big etiquette, such as Pan Meiji, who doesn't understand it.

Last year, in the Zhengdan Dynasty, Song Jiuzhong personally ordered the generals in the Chongyuan Palace, and ordered Liu Wensuo, the Zhongshu Sheren, Li Fang, the member of the military department, Lu Duoxun, the Zhi Zhi Lu Duoxun, the Zuo Si member Wailang, the Zhi Zhi Hu Meng, the prince Zhan Shi Yang Zhaojian, the left Buque Jia Huangzhong, the Si Xun Wai Lang and Xian, and the prince Zhongshe Chen E to write 200 volumes of "Kaibao Tongli", and set 100 volumes of "Tongli Yishu". From the ritual to the crown dress, it is meticulous to the point of "tired of the ceremony, the most detailed discussion".

Pan Mei got up, took the brand-new Jinxian crown on the table, played with it in his hand, and smiled, I don't know where his spirit comes from, and even the hat and wings have made the charter.

Scold.