Coming out of the post house, Zhang Yue returned to the signing room in the compound behind the festival hall, and looked through the number of soldiers in each state under his rule, as well as the household registration and acres of land and acres. The above data can only be used as a reference to see www.biquge.info general situation of the military and political situation in each state.

When he turned to the bottom of the book, revealing a bunch of drafts, Zhang Yue opened it and saw that it was a thick handwriting, he sorted out these atlases, and excerpted the suspicious points of the household registration in each state separately.

Zhang Yue was overjoyed, looked down one by one, and immediately frowned. Eighteen wealthy families accounted for nearly sixty percent of the land in Jing and the original two states, and Yizhou was a military state formed by Huating and Chongxin counties separated from Longzhou and Yuanzhou in the Later Jin Dynasty, and the situation was slightly better. And Weizhou is not the Weizhou of Xiangwu in Longxi, but it is separated from the original state, with jurisdiction over Pingliang, Baiquan and Pinggao counties, with a small population and mountainous areas, and it is also a military state.

At present, Jingzhou Jieshuai Xingyuan has a tooth army, a town army, a total of 5,000 soldiers, plus one army in Yuanzhou, one army in Yizhou, and two armies in Weizhou, a total of 15,000 soldiers. That's not much for a border town, but if you cut the old and weak, you don't know how much will be left.

Thinking of this, Zhang Yue was going to the barracks to see what the quality of the soldiers of the Ya Army was, and the town army went home on vacation at this time, and he could only understand the literal. At that moment, he asked his own soldiers to prepare horses, and just walked out of the gate of the palace, but saw Feng Qianhou and Li Duoshou coming back.

"You're back just in time, come with me to the barracks!" Zhang Yue greeted with a smile.

"There is no need to go, the soldiers of the Tooth Army have also gone home, and there are only more than 100 people on duty." Feng Qianhou said with a smile, and stepped forward again and whispered: "We went to the state office, and Du Changxing agreed to handle the case, but the problem is ...... There are many doubts about the cause of Hu Wenyong's death, and the suspect may not be Liang Zaiyu, the head of the Liang family, but the state government has taken Liang Zaiyu into prison, and now the Liang family asks the state government to release the suspect. But the Hu family was the bitter master, and they also disagreed, and provided human and material evidence, asking the state government to execute the suspect as soon as possible. ”

"In this way, it is the matter of the Hu family and the Liang family, and the case is very simple! Since it is not the Liang family, there must be another suspect who has not been discovered, and if you want to find out the real culprit, you have to open a breakthrough from the Hu family. Zhang Yue understood a general idea as soon as he heard it, and analyzed.

"Exactly! The Hu family and the Liang family are both wealthy families in Yancang Town, and there are seven or eight sons serving in the state government and the army, but the Liang family is not weak, and the children are all over the state government. Originally, I wanted to take over this case and solve it, but if the state affairs are rectified next year, it is better to start from this aspect, it is better to want to catch the old people, let them continue to make trouble, and wait for the New Year's Festival to be solved by the government government. Feng Qianhou suggested.

"Salt Warehouse Town? When I came back yesterday afternoon, I met two groups of people fighting on the road of Yancang Town, could it be related to this incident? Zhang Yue suddenly remembered and muttered.

"Quite possibly! Why don't you take someone to Yancang Town tomorrow to visit and investigate? "Li Duoshou was originally born as a criminal official in Yanzhou, and he is particularly sensitive to this kind of thing.

"Good! Didn't Hu want the state government to execute Liang Zaiyu? Then add fire and let the state government put Liang Zaiyu first. Zhang Yue nodded and said with a wicked smile

Feng Qianhou also laughed when he heard this, and asked Li Duoshou to arrange for his own soldiers to pass the order, and follow Zhang Yue back to the government to look through the dossier files, so that Zhang Yue could understand the people's situation as soon as possible and take over the military administration of the four states of Jingyuan. Especially in the military, this is a matter of great urgency.

The thirtieth day of the lunar month, the Chinese New Year's Eve festival, the last day of the second year of Xiande. According to the custom, during the day, it is necessary to worship the shrine and the ancestral tomb, and at dusk to hold the "Dawu Dance" to drive away demons and plagues, and to write the gods and Yu Lei on the peach wood board and place them in the front and back doors and windows of the house, or under the peach tree, which is called sticking the peach charm. The family reunion banquet at night is actually to eat Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, and also to drink a kind of peppercorn wine that can drive away cold and detoxify, and sit around the brazier until dawn to keep the New Year.

Zhang Yue, as the marshal of a town, naturally has sacrificial activities, that is, the stone tablet behind the main gate of the atrium of the Jiedu Mansion, as well as the land shrine in the vestibule, which must be worshipped. There are also Buddhist temples and land temples in the city, which can be visited or not.

Early in the morning, Zhang Yue called Yang Xuanli and Fu Zhaoji to bring the soldiers to the honor guard to ascend to the hall, Feng Qianhou, Li Duoshou, Shi Chenghong and other attendants were on the side, and the officials of the government who had gone home on leave also came back to participate in the later sacrificial activities.

"Excuse me! Sit down! While you're all here today, a few things to announce. This is Shi Chenghong, who was transferred from Huizhou, and will serve as the commander of the Yajun Capital and the marching Sima! In addition, the judge of the festival degree sealed the Qianhou and led the envoy of the Zhangyi Army. Zhang Yue ordered indifferently.

The judge of the festival is to assist the commander in handling government affairs, and the branch envoy is not the degree support envoy, this is the staff of the festival town, responsible for accounting and financial revenue and expenditure, and the scope of power is both military and political finance. It is different from the degree support envoy of the state government, but it has overlapping powers and powers, and the status depends on whether the marshal is strong. There is no shortage of low-level officials such as Zuoshi and Recorder under these high-level staff, but there is no shortage of manpower at present.

"I've seen Mr. Feng later! I've seen Shi Yanei! "The deputy capital of the Yajun envoy Liu Wenbai, Yatui Liu Wenchang and others saluted Feng Qianhou.

Li Duoshou served as the secretary of the festival, Yang Xuanli was the commander of the festival, and Fu Zhaoji was the deputy envoy of the festival. Can there be any incumbents among the remaining magistrates and inspectors? After Zhang Yue announced the appointment, he asked again.

"Back to the envoy! The current promoter of the lowly Niu Congxu! The head of the government pushes the prison lawsuit. "Niu Tuiguan is in his thirties, his face is white and slightly fat, and his green robe is round. He pointed to a middle-aged man in a green robe next to him and introduced: "This is Xi Qingping, Inspector Xi!" He is also in charge of the post house inspector service. ”

"Excellent! Everyone knows each other, too! Because there will be war in the spring of next year, you will have to go back to the government office on the third day of the first month. Zhang Yue held the handsome case with both hands and asked loudly.

"Back to the envoy! I'll be able to do it! "A group of small officials gave up their hands in unison, and all the things they served were subordinate to the marshal, and if they made the marshal unhappy, they could be removed at any time. However, in these years, talents are scarce, so it is relatively easy for literati to seek official positions, and the replaced marshals are generally not replaced.

"Niu Tuiguan! Have you ever made all the offerings for today's sacrifice? Feng Qianhou asked, he usually doesn't ask about such a trivial matter personally.

"It's all set! Do you want to go to the Chenghuang Temple in the east of the city? Niu Congxu asked, the City God Temple is also the Land Temple, and according to custom, this is also where to go.

"No need! Etiquette should be simple! Let's get started! Zhang Yue got up and walked around the table and strode out of the festival hall, followed by a group of staff.

Outside the festival hall is a large courtyard, in front of the door you can see the high stone tablet behind the door of the instrument, there have been miscellaneous servants set up a ritual case, ready offerings incense candles, but paper money does not need to be burned, but not to commemorate the dead. This stele is carved with some official standards, what is diligent and loves the people, the meaning of discipline, mainly to remind officials to work diligently. When the officials bowed three times under the leadership of Zhang Yue, it was over. This worship is actually a worship of the faith in the hearts of the officials, and they are in awe of political affairs.

Then there is the land shrine in the east corner of the vestibule compound, when Zhang Yue came out with the officials, Wang Pu heard the movement and also ran out to participate. He was older, and he was a Beijing official trusted by the emperor, so Zhang Yue was humble and asked Wang Pu to officiate at the ceremony, first the main hall, and then the side halls on both sides, and it took half an hour to turn around.

"Finish! Let's all go back! Walking out of the side courtyard of the Land Ancestral Hall, Zhang Yue smiled and waved his hand.

"Good, good! We will congratulate you in advance on the New Year and celebrate your birthday! Niu Congxu, Xi Qingping, Liu Wenchang and other subordinate officials bowed their hands to Zhang Yue together, congratulated the New Year in advance, and then said goodbye and went home.

"That's it! Taking advantage of the free time in the past few days, we will go to the west of the city to enjoy the snow in the mountains today! Zhang Yue laughed and said, and everyone happily agreed. (To be continued.) )