Chapter 108: Recruiting Talents
Li Jiancheng hurried to Huangyu Village, and just arrived at the entrance of the village, before entering the village, he heard the voice of a boy. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
"Stop, who's it, quickly report the name. Take out the road guide and look at it. "---------- household registration system originated from the Qin Dynasty, "Historical Records?? Qin Shi Huang Ben Ji "cloud: "(Xiangong) ten years (375 B.C.) for the household registration. The so-called "Xiangwu" is about the method of compiling the household registration book according to the method of "unit" of five households, which shows that "Wu" is the most basic unit of household registration. It is not known whether there is "what" above the "Wu". During the Sui Dynasty, great importance was attached to the management of household registration, so as to grasp the situation of household registration in the whole country, 1) the Sui Dynasty government paid more attention to the investigation of household registration, and increased the intensity of investigation and rectification of fugitive household registration. In the early days of unifying the whole country, Emperor Wen of Sui began to investigate the household registration. At the same time, it also promulgated the "Kaihuang Law", which strengthened the management of the household registration from the legal point of view, and stipulated that the people were not allowed to move at will. Officials and the children of nobles had waist badges made of brass. Li Jiancheng looked at the child holding a spear that suddenly appeared, as if he had returned to the image of the children's group in the film filmed against the island country in the later generations, and touched his waist for a long time, but he didn't touch his waist card, which said his name and official position, he used to take it with him, and today he followed Zheng Wanzhen out, plus he has been an official for a long time, and he always follows his entourage, and no one will check his identity, so he slowly doesn't pay so much attention to the waist card.
"This little brother, I just came to visit an old friend, I was in a hurry, I didn't bring it with me, I hope the little brother will forgive me." After speaking, he was about to ride a horse and rush to the village, the boy stabbed directly with a spear, Li Jiancheng didn't expect a child to attack him for a while, fortunately, he also had some experience in the battlefield over the years, and he was not stabbed by him, but he was also startled off the horse, Li Jiancheng was about to scold, and suddenly there were a few more knives and guns on his neck, and he also found that there were several crossbowmen in ambush on the tree at the entrance of the village, facing him! Li Jiancheng was obediently tied up by them and walked into the village.
In the middle of the village, the villagers opened up a large arena, and a group of fifteen or sixteen-year-old children practiced under the orders of a Gundam child. On the front of Yanwuping, an elderly man in his sixties and a man in his fifties sit together in the presence of a child, drinking and watching their performance.
"Brother Huang, your nephew is really handsome, it's only been less than half a year, and he has trained a bunch of little hairy children to be good, you are blessed!"
"Whereever, whereever, this is a child's nonsense." Although the old man surnamed Huang said so, it can be seen from his face that he is still very useful. At this time, a child reported to the child who was commanding Wuping:
"Report to the general! We caught a spy at the entrance of the village, and asked the general to decide! ”
"Bring him up!" One of the old men saw Li Jiancheng and smiled:
"Sir, I didn't expect us to be so fated, we just met, and now we meet again. Brother Huang, this Li Gongzi is my old friend and old friend, and I hope that Brother Huang will let him go if he looks at my face. ”
"Brother Di commanded, don't dare to disobey! Dingfang, don't let your master's old friend go soon. After hearing this, the young man who was commanding Wuping replied respectfully:
"Yes! Uncle! After speaking, with a wave of his hand, the rope on Li Jiancheng's body was untied.
"Haha! Brother Huang, how's it going?! I said that Li Jiancheng will come to me immediately! This time I'm right again! The divine operator said to the old man opposite him:
"Haha! Brother Di is a god, and he admires it in the future. Li Jiancheng was a little surprised when he heard them call him by name. And when the young man named Dingfang heard Li Jiancheng's name, he danced even more. I don't know how passionate he is:
"Childe, you are Li Jiancheng, do you know? I often hear from my uncle about your deeds, and you are my idol. Huaiying and Xue Li went to get another chair and a cup. One of the old men said to Dingfang:
"Dingfang, I have something to talk about with your master and Li Gongzi, you and Huaiying and Xue Li together paste the pen that your master arranged yesterday on the copy twenty times, and I will punish you if you are not careful." The boy grimaced at the old man and smiled and pulled the boy who was carrying the chair and wine glasses away.
"Two old gentlemen, how do you know the name of the next one, and how do you know that the next one will come?"
"Hahaha! In Xia Di Zhixun, this person opposite is my best friend, Huang Wenqing, Lord Huang once made a county order under the rule of Longxi, and I have seen Gongzi once, I also used to be a county commander in Wenshui, and I saw Gongzi when I received an official certificate in Luoyang. So when I saw Childe in Hedong Market, I immediately recognized him. Childe, please be seated. Through talking with them, Li Jiancheng learned that they were all because they couldn't bear to work for the people for many years, but they were in the officialdom and had to live in seclusion together. Li Jiancheng smiled at them on the surface and said: "The two gentlemen are high-minded," in fact, he understood in his heart that these people saw the current situation in the imperial court and the people were in turmoil, and they were afraid that one day they would either fall to the ground because they could not complete the task of paying taxes and forced labor, or they would be slaughtered by the chaotic people. After Li Jiancheng got acquainted with them, he told the two old bureaucrats about the cold reception he encountered in recruiting troops in Hedong, Huang Wenqing and Di Zhixun heard it, the two glanced at each other and smiled slightly:
"Childe, this matter is not difficult! Now this recruitment is not going well, the main reason is that it does not come to profit. Since His Majesty ascended the throne, he has sent troops to conquer Siyi many times and expand the territory, to tell the truth, if you look at the emperor's learning, he has done great deeds, but the people have no benefit, plus many defeats, the people are even more bitter. Therefore, it is difficult for Childe to recruit troops. As long as you show sincerity, as the saying goes, gold and silver scatter people's hearts, and there is nothing in the world that cannot be done with money. ”
"But we don't have much money in the treasury of the Propaganda Embassy, and this money 。。。。。。." Di Zhixun waved his hand to stop Li Jiancheng's words.
"Childe laughed, isn't there a golden mountain in Jinyang? There are many treasures in Jinyang Palace, and it is just right to take out some. Hearing this, Li Jiancheng was taken aback. Although the internal supervisors in the palace of all dynasties often stole the treasures in the palace and sold them, Jinyang Palace and Hedong Taiyuan Xuanfu Embassy Wu have any affiliation, not to mention Wang Wei and Gao Junya, two vicious dogs of Yang Guang are staring at the side. Li Jiancheng didn't dare to do too much. Huang Wenqing seemed to see Li Jiancheng's concerns, and muttered softly in Li Jiancheng's ear.
"Is this true?" Huang Wenqing nodded.
Cao Kuan, the shopkeeper of the Wenwan Building, has been recently, and I don't know how comfortable he is. Recently, another group of people from the Western Regions ordered a batch of treasures from him, the price has been negotiated, and a large number of silver taels have been left, seeing that there are big fish in hand, how can he not be happy!? But this time, the other party asked for too much of the goods, and he couldn't figure it out, and the other party didn't look like a liar. After thinking about it for a while, it was still money that moved people's hearts. He walked to the backyard, which was the kitchen and the place where the poultry were fed, and a group of servants were cooking and feeding the poultry, and when they saw the master coming, they all said hello, put down what they were doing, and walked out. Cao Kuan came to a pigeon cage, grabbed one from the pigeon cage, stuffed a note into the bucket of the pigeon's leg, and released the pigeon. In the evening, when they flew back, Cao Kuan looked at the note on the pigeon's leg, put the note on the candle and burned it.
The next day, Cao Kuan changed into civilian clothes and came to the suburban camp temple on the outskirts of Hedong, he came to the temple gate, knocked on the door, and an old monk opened the door,
"Donor! You're here! ”
"Has the man arrived?"
"It's here, in the abbot's room!" This temple is donated by Cao Kuan to build, after the construction has many times to send gold and silver incense money, so Cao Kuan is very respectful, after Cao Kuan entered the door, the old monk looked at the door, saw that no one was following, then closed the door gently, Cao Kuan came to the abbot's room. When I entered the door, I saw Pei Lian, the supervisor of Jinyang Palace, sitting inside.
"How did you do it, didn't you say that there is nothing important not to contact me! What's the matter with me? "Cao Kuan is Pei Lone's illegitimate son, when Pei Lone has not yet made a career, he met a peasant girl when he went out to travel, and he lingered with this folk girl for a period of time on a whim, and then the folk girl became pregnant, Pei Lin has not had it for his own future and reputation, and the two mothers and sons welcomed into the house, even in the Pei family, not many people know this secret.
"Recently, someone asked me about a large number of goods, and the volume of goods is very large, so I have to discuss with you."
"Cao Kuan, do you know those people? You don't get dizzy about making money. ”
"Yes, yes, yes!" Cao Kuan didn't dare to disobey in front of Pei Lian, but he was very dissatisfied in his heart.
"Humph! If it weren't for my mother, I wouldn't have done this kind of headless thing for you! Cao Kuan has been dependent on his mother since he can remember, and he has always hoped to get rid of his identity as an illegitimate child, and he has some business acumen, so he was arranged by Pei Lin to deal with some business things.
"But this time it's a lot of profit, and these people have made a lot of money." Pei Lin lowered his head and thought for a moment.
"Don't do it for people who don't know you, but we will take the money and secretly 。。。。。。 them according to the old rules" Pei Lin made a gesture with his hand to wipe his neck. Cao Kuan nodded yes. After Pei Lin left, Cao Kuan calmed down and walked out of the suburban camp.
Three days later, Cao Kuan and his gang came to the valley south of Hedong City.
"Ahh Mr. Hasler, I've been waiting here for a long time. Cao Kuan saluted the group one by one.
"Shopkeeper Cao, have you prepared our valuable goods, we have to check them one by one." A man with a beard on his face said in an unskilled Chinese language.
"Sir, please, because I have everything, I will never fool Mr. Ha." With that, he stepped aside and let Hasler check it himself, and Hasler opened the box and found that it was full of sand.
"Hmmm! Shopkeeper Cao, what do you mean by this? Cao Kuanpi said to Hasler with a smile.
"Bold, the son is a spy of the Turks who came here to spy on the military, someone is coming! Kill me without mercy! After saying that, a large number of black-clothed men armed with knives and guns appeared on the hillsides on both sides and rushed towards them. Hasler unleashed a rattling arrow directly into the sky. With the screams of the arrows, a large number of officials and soldiers also appeared in the valley, and in the shouts and swords of the officials, Li Jiancheng rode a horse and came to Cao Kuan surrounded by the officials and soldiers.
"Ahh Li Gongzi, what's going on! Misunderstanding, misunderstanding, these are spies sent by the Turkic barbarians, I was ordered by Lord Pei Lian, the supervisor of Jinyang Palace, to arrest the thief, this doesn't seem to be your business to stay in the mansion, right!? Before Cao Kuan's words were finished, one of the people from the Western Regions shouted in half-baked Central Plains dialect:
"Master Li Gongzi, we are merchants in the Western Regions, we were tricked by him to come here, and he also said that there are a batch of palace treasures to trade with me, who knows that this hungry wolf is going to eat us, please ask Gongzi to save his life!"
"Bold! Still talking nonsense here, Li Gongzi, he is doing things for the official family, please don't do too much! Cao Kuan's words were soft and hard, and Li Jiancheng sneered:
"Humph! Shopkeeper Cao, you don't have to quibble, my son got a secret report, saying that there are a lot of palace utensils in Jinyang Palace treasured in the folk market circulation, today I came to check, as for you said that you are helping the government to do things, but you have no position and no power, but you act in the name of the government, it is simply unreasonable. Take! ”