After returning to Jinyang, Li Qi's first imperial edict was to abolish the power to appoint officials in various military towns, and only to be responsible for military affairs in the jurisdiction, and no longer in charge of civil affairs. The food, salaries, and expenditures required by the standing armies in various localities shall be uniformly allocated by the household departments and the military departments.

In the Tang Dynasty, the Jiedu envoy combined the three powers of military, civilian, and financial powers, and had full control over the appointment of local officials, financial taxes, and the mobilization and combat of the troops under his jurisdiction, without the need for imperial court decrees. The power of appointing and transferring local officials, which originally belonged to the main power of the imperial court, was in his hands, so the local civil affairs and financial officials became the subordinate officials of the Jiedu military town.

Some people have guns, as well as money and food supplies, which is the main reason for the formation of warlords after the formation of the Tang Dynasty.

Originally, the purpose of setting up military towns was to lead the army to guard the border, and the key was that they also controlled the civil affairs and finances in their jurisdictions, and this was the main reason why the military towns in various places were able to support their own troops.

At the beginning of his succession to the throne, Li Qi adopted various flexible policies to weaken the financial power of the local envoys, first using the method of making the local Tuntian army independent of the localities and under the unified management of the imperial court, first dividing the civil affairs of the military towns in various localities, and then setting up defense envoys and transit envoys in various localities, with the defense envoys commanding the military power and operations of a prefecture, and the transit envoys being responsible for logistics and supply.

Subsequently, the right to appoint officials in various places was transferred to the imperial court.

This pacified the Central Plains, and he just reiterated it as usual.

At present, only the appointment of local officials and the financial power of the five military towns of Liangchuan, Dingnan, and Gansha are still in the hands of the local envoys, but in the four prefectures of Gan, Su, Gua, and Sha in the west of the river, the imperial court has begun to promote military reclamation of tuntian along the rivers at the foot of the Qilian Mountains, and the control of these tuntian areas is directly under the imperial court and is not under local management.

This is the same policy that Li Qi implemented in Shanbei at the beginning.

As for the Dingyan Army, Li Qi adopted a policy of division and restriction, and the Li clan of the Seventh Department of the Party was now able to control only the population and soldiers and horses of the four tribes in the area under its jurisdiction, and the rest of the Qiang tribes scattered in the Hetao, Shuofang, and Dalongshan (Liupan Mountain) area had gradually been controlled.

Li Qi's prestige is growing, and although the local festival envoys have a lot of complaints because of the loss of interests, they naturally dare not touch this mold on the surface. Moreover, the centralized methods adopted by the imperial court were relatively peaceful, and while recovering and weakening the power of the military towns in various places, it also increased their salaries and treatments.

The elimination of the feudal domain is the trend of the times, and what life in the world is nothing more than fame and wealth, if this kind of thing is figured out, there will be no imbalance.

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There are three roads from Hanzhong into Shu, the nearest road is to go to the Sword Pavilion, there are hundreds of miles of plank road in the meantime, the mountains on both sides of the road are steep, the so-called Shu road is difficult, refers to this road. The other refers to the waterway of the Jialing River, in fact, most of the transportation of goods between Shu and the north is counting on this waterway, and there are as many as 20,000 or 30,000 slender men on both sides of the Jialing River who rely on the fiber pulling for the upward boats.

The other road is the Yonekura Road on Mt. Yonekura. This road is relatively easy to walk, and the carriage and horses are feasible, but to go to Chengdu Mansion, the road is nearly twice as far as that of taking the Sword Pavilion.

Dong Guangyan walked along the suspension bridge into the half-collapsed gate of the cottage, looked at the dead bodies everywhere inside, tilted his head and entered the cottage's righteous hall.

Boss Liu, who was covered in blood and had an arm cut off, was escorted in, and was kneeled in front of him by the soldiers behind him.

Boss Liu lifted away his bleeding head and looked at Dong Guangyan's face that had just grown a velvet beard, and asked with difficulty: "The mountains are high and the rivers are long, what is there on the rivers and lakes that cannot be discussed, you have to kill them all like this?!" ”

Dong Guangyan first sat down in his seat, and then said slowly: "Didn't you inquire clearly before robbing the caravan, did you see the flag clearly?" You don't know what will happen to those who dare to rob the royal business?! It seems that the name of Jinyang Xiao's cavalry guard is still not loud enough, and it can't deter you giants in Shu! ”

With that, he waved his hand, and after a while, Boss Liu's head was placed on his table.

Boss Liu's bloodstained face had a hideous expression, Dong Guangyan got closer and took a closer look, and couldn't help but sigh: "You look like Lao Tzu is not easy to deal with, and it is not easy to recognize." After that, he picked up the bamboo chopsticks and sandwiched a ball of cotton balls, soaked some water, and carefully cleaned the blood stains on Boss Liu's face.

Wu Yuanyi and Zhang Ling, the generals of the Xingyuan Army who were standing on the side, looked at Dong Guangyan's calm demeanor when cleaning up people's heads, and couldn't help but feel a chill in their backs, and a sense of fear rose in their hearts for Dong Guangyan.

What the hell, are all the people from this secret spy department so perverted?!

Dong Guangyan continued to clean up the head, and said lightly: "There is also a causeway village in Causeway Mountain near the water, the leader is known as the Eighteen Arhats, and he is so arrogant, this time you will also go to exterminate it." The Cavalry will have a team of 100 men to act with you, and you will be under your command when the time comes. ”

Wu Yuanyi and Zhang Ling were also a little depressed after hearing this, they were also the commanders of an army, and they had 2,500 soldiers and horses under their command, but they had to obey the orders of a captain of 100 people.

But there is no way, this Xiao cavalry guard is one of the personal guards of the Son of Heaven, and inside it is an ordinary soldier who is at the level of battalion commander after being dispatched, and the level of their partial general is really not necessarily higher than that of the captain of the hundred.

It's just that Wu Yuanyi said with a sad face: "Commander Dong, this adjacent water belongs to Quzhou, and it is the territory of Dong Zhang, the envoy of Dongchuan Jiedu, have we crossed the line?" ”

"You don't have to worry about Dongchuan Military Town, there will be someone to coordinate, you just wait here for the action order first." Dong Guangyan said, he stretched out his hand and pinched Boss Liu's half-open mouth together, and took two steps back to admire it, "This appearance should be much easier to recognize." ”

He summoned two of his subordinates and ordered: "Marinate this head with saltpeter and lime, treat it with spices again, dry it in the shade, put it in a wooden box and send it to Xingyuan Mansion for delivery." Handle it carefully before boxing and dress up nicely. ”

Half a month ago, more than a dozen truckloads of goods of Jinyuan firm were robbed, and Dong Guangyan was ordered to deal with the matter, and now it has been extinguished, and it has been successfully completed.

It's just that Wu Yuanyi and Zhang Ling, who were ordered to participate in the operation, didn't know that this Dong Guangyan was the second son of Dong Zhang, the envoy of Dongchuan Jiedu, and they didn't know the name of this sinister and ruthless commander of the cavalry, but they only knew that the rank of the person was equivalent to that of the deputy envoy of Jiedu.

There is nothing to say about this battle to wipe out the bandit cottage, the Xiao cavalry guard has already figured out the situation inside the cottage in advance, and before launching an attack, he also blew up the door of the cottage. Wu Yuanyi and Zhang Ling only need to lead their men to rush into the cottage and cut people.

"There is a lot of wood in this cottage, the two of you can tear it down, find someone to put it in Yuzhou, and make a small fortune after selling it." Dong Guangyan said a word in passing when he was leaving.

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