When Guo Shao returned to the study, Zuo You came over with a stack of classified and summarized contents, bowed down and put things on the imperial case, and said, "Your Majesty, please take a look." ”

His movements are relatively slow, but he is also very steady, and even the slightest gesture is very attentive...... Because this place is the center of the dynasty, everyone is extremely cautious in everything they do here. Perhaps it is precisely because of "importance" that the most ordinary little things are also given a special atmosphere.

There is only one person who is not so concerned, and that is Guo Shao. He is the master here, and whether the master is right or wrong, others will round the scene for him.

"Your Majesty, it's time to play the chapter." Zuo You mentioned it quietly.

"Oh?" Guo Shao immediately looked down at the pile of things on the table. Zhe Deyan is a feudal official, and one of the figures who always attracts attention in the imperial court. Several cabinet assistants usually put the most important pieces in a prominent position on them, and Guo Shao quickly found the one on top of a pile of pieces.

In his tone, he seemed to be answering the court's inquiry. Guo Shao couldn't remember if he had been asked to ask him, and he didn't know what the yamen decided to ask about it...... Search for the party leader Li Yiyin.

In short, Zhe Deyan replied in the chapter and got some clues that Li Yiyin was in the northern grasslands, but he has not yet found it.

Zuo You raised his head slightly, as if wondering whether he should retire. Guo Shao glanced at him, and immediately opened his mouth to bring up the topic: "The rules of Pingxia Province are not perfect, I have an idea. ”

Zuo You immediately stayed there with peace of mind, and said with his fists clenched: "Listen to the minister." ”

Guo Shao thought for a while and muttered: "This rule involves the gradual innovation of the guard system. Most of the current guards, after going on the expedition, go home to cultivate or work; But this usage really wasted the cost of the imperial court to pay for equipment and train the guards. They should be of better use to defend the provinces. In this way, not only was the income better than farming, but it also had a greater effect on the dynasty. ”

Zuo Yu hurriedly said: "What Your Majesty said is extremely true, and the minister thinks it is good!" ”

Guo Shao was a little happy when he heard this: "Zuo Shilang told the others about this, discussed it, and then formulated a specific implementation strategy according to my plan, and showed it to me." ”

Zuo Yu immediately said: "Weichen obeys the order." ”

Guo Shao said some of his own thoughts in the same fragment, "The provincial guard army cannot use a lifelong system, but should have a time limit, and the last three years and the far five years are a rotation. This has an advantage, the foundation of the provincial guards is still in the country, and it is not easy for the main force of the provincial military force to break away from the imperial court. ”

Zuo You asked: "The soldiers of the Great Xu Guards are in the same place with the locals, and the military law only strictly prohibits sexual exploitation and plunder, and there is no prohibition on prostitution, lodging, seducing women, if the soldiers marry local women, what rules should the court deal with?" ”

Guo Shao pondered that he and the Central Plains Dynasty did not have many ethnic concepts, and the mainstream of the world still believed in "entering China is China", identifying with people who are truly naturalized; And there was no obsession with the Germanic people to maintain their noble blood during World War II...... What's more, the party members are also yellow-skinned people.

He immediately said: "At the end of the rotation period, the soldiers can voluntarily bring back their local wives and concubines. If you have a home, you don't have to worry, because you have to meet the deadline, you should be reluctant to buy land and houses, and you can sell them temporarily. ”

Zuo You was ordered to retire.

Guo Shao sat on the chair behind the imperial case and pondered again. It is said that the term of such a distant garrison in the country can be five years; In Pingxia, it can be three years. There won't be a lot of resistance to this rule...... As long as the court has money! Because the pace of life in this era is slow, three or five years is not a long time for ordinary people, and most of them are very willing to use three or five years of garrison time in exchange for a solid family guarantee.

If the provincial governors, the governors, and the officers and men of the provincial guards, return to China after three to five years and receive their due rewards, they will never collude with the local forces and cause the risk of dividing the territory. However, the local exiled Han and indigenous forces had no force and were suppressed by the garrison, so they could not afford to make much of a storm without violent support. For now, it seems that this method will protect the unity of the empire.

Because of the need to spend on the military expenses of the provincial guards, the military expenses of the imperial court will increase again...... However, the use of provincial resources, trade, and "transportation" would increase the imperial court's revenue, which should be sustainable. Guo Shao predicts that in the future, the finances of the Great Xu Dynasty will enter a trajectory of both income and expenditure.

Guo Shao turned his head, stretched out his hand and stroked the location of "Jiaozhi County" at the bottom of the map, considering the allocation of resources, he was very interested in the grain production in the south for a while.

However, he looked at it for a while, and his gaze still moved upward, looking at the Western Regions of Hexi, as well as Liaoxi and Liaodong...... The in-depth layout of armament and national defense is the most urgent and important thing!

……

The spring breeze made some greenery appear on the wasteland east of Lingzhou, and from a distance, the place where the birds did not lay eggs seemed to have the illusion of becoming a grassland.

A team of sturdy horses rushed out of the bare valley, and a forest and meadow in front of them immediately caught people's eyes.

"Drive!" At present, a middle-aged man in armor kicked the horse's belly roughly, rode the horse and rushed over, and then jumped off the horse, squatted down by a stream and picked up a handful of water.

"Ha......" The middle-aged man sighed comfortably.

"Zhegong, let's follow this road and arrive in Lingzhou soon!" A scribe in a robe.

The middle-aged man nodded.

At this moment, the scribe frowned and scolded: "A few of you, haven't you seen Zhegong drinking water here?" Lead the horse downstream to drink! ”

"Yes!" The soldiers hurriedly responded.

He plucked the water bag from his belt and poured it into the stream to fill it, while the scribe next to him was busy doing some chores. After a while, the scribe spoke again: "I heard that Li Yiyin's daughter is still a virtuous concubine, and the official family is favored, this is to recruit Li Yiyin to join the imperial court; But let's send people around to arrest Li Yiyin. Now we can't get it up or down, we can't put a bounty on the wanted people, and we can't follow the attitude of the imperial court to appease ......."

Zhe Deyan suddenly asked, "Why can't you follow the attitude of the imperial court?" ”

The scribe lowered his voice and said in a deep voice: "The imperial court is mainly to pacify, and it is not only to stabilize the hearts of the people of the Pingxia Dangxiang, but also to consider those Dangxiang tribes west of Lingzhou. But Zhegong is different, after all, Zhegong has some connections with the party members, and the more Zhegong seems to hate the Li family, the more the court is reassured. ”

Zhe De was silent, pointed at the scribe and said, "You, you are too smart. I have seen officials, but they are not small-minded people. Spend the belly of a gentleman with the heart of a villain! ”

The scribe was a little embarrassed when he heard this, but he immediately looked like he was loyally planning for Zhederan: "Compared with the official family's mind, he is naturally a villain!" However, even if the official family is relieved to surrender to the public, it is inevitable that there will be villains in the court. ”

Fold De Yan "hummed" and made a sound.

The scribe looked at it, and it seemed that he was unwilling to continue talking about the topic just now, so he immediately looked left and said: "Why is the imperial court in a hurry urging the Lingzhou Mutual Market to increase the number of horses to be purchased, is it going to use troops again?" ”

Zhe De straightened up and said, "I'm afraid that's true." ”

The scribe said: "It must be to use troops in the north, otherwise it is of little use to increase the number of war horses." ”

Zhe Deyan turned his head and glanced at him: "It makes sense." ”

The scribe was encouraged, and immediately discussed with great interest: "From last year to this year, the imperial court has continued to transfer grain and hoard to Lingzhou, is this another expedition to the west? ”

"I heard that Daxu had a secret discussion with the Goryeo State during the Eastern Expedition (called the country), and maybe it was to the northeast, and the biggest opponent of Daxu was the Liao State. ”

The scribe nodded, "I'll have to wait to see the direction." ”

Zhe Deyan said: "We don't have to ask about this matter for the time being, what should I do about this matter (increasing the trading volume of war horses) under my nose, Ben Shuai wants to hear your idea." ”

The scribe pondered for a moment and said, "Those who hinder the exchange of war horses are, first, the Uighurs in Ganzhou collecting too much travel fees, and second, the hidden dangers of the caravans to the caravans by the parties and the Tibetan tribes in the west of Lingzhou. ”

Hearing this, he kept nodding, "Go on." ”

The scribe said: "As long as you put pressure on these two forces and make them afraid to retreat, you can reduce the cost of buying war horses and have more money to buy horses; The second is to reduce the loss of the war horse in the middle of the road. War horse trading naturally increased. ”

The more he listened, the more interested he became, as if the hero had seen the same thing: "How to put pressure?" ”

The scribe said: "Now the prestige of Daxu's martial arts is famous in all directions, and the first war is settled in Pingxia, and the island country far away in the East China Sea is surrendered for a few months, and the Hexi tribes are very afraid of shock. Zhe Gong can say to the people stationed in the Lingzhou Zhubu Pavilion that the imperial court is very dissatisfied with the lack of trade routes in the west, and the nobles of the various departments will definitely panic and rein. ”

Zhe Deyan nodded slightly, "That's a way." ”

The imperial court was dissatisfied with the lack of trade routes, and with the act of fighting invincible opponents all over the world today, it was very likely to solve the western ...... by force This statement is actually a threat of force to the ministries to obey!

However, Zhede is still not sure that the ministries will obey, and the forces in the northwest are complicated, who doesn't hold a job with a knife? The tribes of Ganzhou and Hexi have been collecting road money and looting for so long, and they want others to spit out the meat in their mouths in a few words?

"It's a lot of fun." Zhe Deyan said quietly, "The official family also loves this thing." ”

The scribe was immediately in awe, for he had mentioned more than once in front of his subordinates that he had sat with the emperor and played chess. The scribe said with a look of admiration: "The official game is very clever? ”

Zhe De smiled and said, "I don't know what kind of chessboard you are talking about?" Officials are sometimes clever, sometimes confused. ”

When the scribe heard this, he thought all about it.

At this moment, the soldiers were ready after resting, and he turned his head and beckoned his soldiers to bring his mount over. Zhe Deyan looked up to the west, the sun was already hanging over the trees, and he said aloud, "Hurry up, you can get to Lingzhou before dark!" ”