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Although Zhang Mai said that in front of Wei Renpu and others, he arranged Wei Renpu as his accompanying secretary afterwards, recording a qiē matter and drafting oral orders, this position seems trivial but is actually not trivial, Guo Luo said: "This group of talents turned out from the original, how could they appoint such a cronie to the position." ”

Zhang Mai smiled and said, "Let's take a look." ”

Guo Luo didn't ask anymore.

Before Zhang Mai entered Shule, Zheng Wei was helping to do most of the clerical work around him, and later Li Bin participated in some after gaining trust, and later Zheng Wei came out independently to engage in government affairs, Zhang Mai was mainly in charge of the army, Li Bin followed and took over, and later the Tang Army became more and more powerful, Li Bin as a staff officer could also build an independent agency, Lu Jialing sometimes served as a secretary, and Ma Xiaochun also learned some words to help the head and tail. After the annexation of the Guiyi Army, Zhang Yi and his son successively worked in front of Zhang Mai, first Zhang Zhongmou, then Zhang Zhongluo, and Ma Xiaochun has always been by his side to help.

Ma Xiaochun is very smart, in recent years there has been a lot of literacy, in Zhang Mai's side of the clerks are well organized, but when it comes to learning after all, after all, not enough, at this time Wei Renpu took over, he has the ability to see ten lines, it only took half a day to read more than 60 kinds of writing, Zhang Mai suddenly needs to draft what documents, he has the ability to rely on the horse, and to be elegant and elegant, to be popular - this kind of writing ability, even Zheng Wei and Li Bin do not have, Zhang Zhongmou brothers can not learn as much as him, Zhang Yi is not as fast as him when he is older, Ma Xiaochun was stunned by his ability, and Zhang Mai only used him for three days to be a little inseparable from him, and sometimes he would ask him for his opinion on something. Wei Renpu not only read poetry and books, but also had been tempered at this time, and had traveled tens of thousands of miles, and was no longer a pure scholar, and his knowledge was quite outstanding.

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During this time, Zhang Mai and his army have been busy with the affairs of Tuntian and horse grazing - the Tang army has arrived here, and there are more than 100,000 soldiers and civilians in Broken Leaves, although the grain can still get by, but if you want to go on the expedition, you have to transfer grain from Ningyuan and Beiting. In the past six months, Zhang Mai knew exactly what the economic environment of Anlong was, so he decided not to increase the burden on the rear for the time being, but ordered the whole army to graze horses in the fields in order to accumulate military funds for the coming year -- this is also one of the reasons why Zhang Mai did not continue to march into Talas for the time being.

At this moment, it reflects the difference between the Tiance Tang Army and the Later Tang Army - Li Congke's army is decisive, and it is impossible not only to receive food and pay but also to engage in production, but most of the soldiers of the Tiance Tang Army are farmers and herdsmen, and they are good at doing these jobs. When Zhang Mai heard this, he laughed and told them to turn to fight the wolf who stole the sheep - the dignified king of spears and arrows ran to do such things, and the two of them must have been very dissatisfied before, but now they only need to let them farm other fields, and go happily.

In terms of unit yield, picking is not as good as grazing, grazing is not as good as farming, there is a lot of fertile land along the Broken Leaf River, but there is a lot of land that cannot be used as farmland for a long time, otherwise it will be wasted, but if you only cultivate it once, you can also achieve a large harvest.

In addition to the existing irrigated farmland in the Broken Leaf River, the Tang army also opened up countless one-time farmland, half of which was planted with wheat and grains, half with alfalfa to raise horses, and with scraps to raise pigs. In addition to the Tang army and the sappers, farmers and herdsmen who accompanied the army, all tribes and tribes in the two river basins were also arranged to work.

It was easy to manage the Tang army and the engineers, farmers and herdsmen who accompanied the army, but it was difficult to manage the various tribes and tribes that belonged to it, and Zhang Mai sent people to count the amount of wheat and meat that the various tribes could harvest before this winter, but the cultural level of the various tribes in the two river valleys was so low that not everyone could even add, subtract, multiply and divide -- there were more who could add and subtract, and there would be no one out of ten who could multiply and divide, and they were asked to predict the amount they could get this year, which involved not only arithmetic, but also the prediction of crop growth. Isn't it difficult for them to judge the speed at which the sheep grow meat?

But Zhang Mai couldn't help but have no bottom in his heart about this year's harvest - it would affect his next strategy for using troops, so he still asked Ma Xiaochun to send dozens of soldiers with Tongwenmo to go down to count, but the result was that from mid-March to the end of May, he couldn't get it for more than two months.

When he was about to send someone for the third time, Wei Renpu recommended two people, one named Bai Shouzhen and the other named Huo Jianliang, and recommended the two of them to do this. Zhang Mai called the two of them and asked how many helpers they needed, and Bai Shouzhen, Huo Jianliang, and Wei Renpu discussed and said that they only needed to go by themselves, but each of them needed a team of Longxiang guards to escort them.

Zhang Mai said: "My Longxiang Guards can fight and shock the world, but arithmetic can't. ”

Bai Shouzhen said: "What the ministers want is their Megatron, not to ask them to help with arithmetic, but to ask them to give the two of us strong and powerful, and the two of us are enough for statistics." ”

Ma Xiaochun was stunned when he heard this, Zhang Mai already had initial confidence in Wei Renpu at this time, and he also had the heart to see the ability of the two of them, so he agreed.

Huo Jianliang went to the Ili River, and Bai Shouzhen was in charge of the Broken Leaf River Valley and the Atami Coast, he came back more than ten days later to report, brought a book full of numbers, and presented it: "All the departments of the Broken Leaf River Basin, all the grain and meat that can be offered this year are already here, please take a look at the marshal." ”

Zhang Mai was surprised and unbelieving, and when he opened it, the entries on it were clear, which tribe cultivated and pastored, how much grain and grass and how much meat could be harvested, whether the grain and grass was wheat and miscellaneous grains, or alfalfa forage, and whether the meat was sheep or pork, all of which were clear and clear, and in addition, there were some tribes who did not trade grain and grass and sheep, but some special products, or fish, or wood, or oil, or ore -- but they were all useful military resources. At the end of the book is the classification of all the numbers.。

Zhang Mai didn't look closely, and turned to the end, but when he saw the final total, he had a bottom in his heart, and asked Bai Shouzhen: "You are only alone, and you have been going for more than ten days, how can you count the numbers?" ”

Bai Shouzhen said: "Before, the people we sent down to count the sheep and horses followed them to count the sheep and horses, and look at the seedlings - where is the calculation?" But in fact, these patriarchs and chiefs may not understand the words, but they are more familiar with how many cattle and sheep there are in the clan and how much grain they can produce, and they are more familiar with their own palm prints, but they are just the numbers in their hearts, and they are unwilling to confide in them. So when I arrived, I took a rough look at their situation, and then asked them to report a figure that they could pay at the end of the year. Because it doesn't matter how much they can produce, what matters is how much they can give. ”

Zhang Mai was also very familiar with these practical affairs, but he had to control politics, military, diplomacy, and ethnic conditions at the same time in Shaye, and also pay attention to the situation in Beiting and Anlong in the east, so he really couldn't put too much thought into it, but at this time, Bai Shouzhen nodded when he heard him, and asked: "Then these are the numbers they reported?" ”

"Of course not." Bai Shouzhen said: "After they reported the number, I will increase it by a multiple according to the loyalty or treachery in the words and conversations of the patriarch and chief, and the more loyal ones will increase by a few percent, and the treacherous ones will be multiplied." ”

Zhang Mai laughed and said, "How many times? You can really blackmail. Then he shook his head and said: "We have just pacified the two rivers, even if it is for the purpose of using troops, we can't squeeze too much."

"Minister's savings." Bai Shouzhen said: "Therefore, the minister is not a one-size-fits-all cut, but observing, if the other party's eyebrows are red, crying and kneeling to plead, then it is indeed a heavy harvest, the minister will reduce it as appropriate, if the other party agrees happily, or the surface is embarrassed, in fact, it is to advance and retreat, the minister will say that there is still a lack of other things to increase them, if they do not have it, they will increase their flock, grain and grass to fill, if they are very difficult, need to discuss with the elders of the clan, and finally agree, then this number is about the same. ”

Bai Shouzhen's words are light, and it is true that the tax collection skills of Chinese tax collectors below the Han Dynasty are very deep. It is important to know that the tax collectors collect taxes, even in modern times, they are never collected according to the proportion of the property prescribed by the imperial court on paper, but to estimate the bottom line of the tax collector's patience, and set a real number to collect - if the tax collector is willing to embezzle, the tax collector will know what to do, and the tax collector will reduce the amount after taking the money, so the problem will be more complicated - however, in the case of limited monitoring ability and the taxpayer is unwilling to cooperate, if you want to really find out the output value and then collect it according to the prescribed proportion, the matter will certainly not be completed. It is better to set a real number.

"So," Zhang Mai patted his notebook and said, "This is the number they were very embarrassed to finally agree to after discussion?" ”

"No," Bai Shouzhen said, "This is eighty percent of that number." However, if the marshal can listen to the advice of the ministers, then please give a message to the tribes according to this number, and the tribes will see that the marshal has reduced their burden by 20%, and they will definitely be grateful to the marshal, and even if they have any grievances, they will only come to the ministers. In this way, the grain and grass can be collected smoothly, and the stability of the Broken Leaf River Basin can be guaranteed. ”

Zhang Mai sighed secretly in his heart when he heard this, Bai Shouzhen did these things, even taking into account the social consequences that would be brought about after the expropriation of materials, this carefulness and foresight had gone beyond the statistics themselves, and he said at the moment: "Okay, this matter will be done according to what you say." ”

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At this time, it was the end of June, the weather was getting hotter, and in these six places, it could be extremely cold in winter, cold at night in summer, but extremely hot during the day. ”

Wei Renpu said: "Migration from north to south, winter to the south and summer to the north, that is the meaning of living in Tu'an for a long time." The marshal is the son of the Han family who reigns in the Western Regions, not the Khan of the Lingxi Hui, and the broken leaves are still a temporary place to live, not to mention the razing of the sea? ”

Zhang Mai laughed, ignoring Ge Danmo, Ge Danmo and his son glanced at each other, secretly paying attention, and Shi Huaicheng of the gang also said to his son Shi Kezhuang afterwards: "This new secretary can't be underestimated, it seems that his words have some weight in the marshal's heart." ”

A few days later, a messenger came from the upper reaches of the Broken Leaf River, but it was sent by Ge Lan - it turned out that after the defeat of the North Court of Satuk that day, his power fell apart, and Ge Lan also had a different heart, and after fleeing to Barasagon to support the crowd in rebellion, he was suppressed and expelled by Satuk, and fled all the way to the upper reaches of the Broken Leaf River, and settled down in the ruins of the new Broken Leaf City that year, and Satuk was unable to recruit him for a while. Now Lingxi changed hands, Zhang Mai implemented a new policy in the Lianghe River Basin, teaching the local people to use agriculture and animal husbandry and miscellaneous use, although the days were hard, the old people of the two rivers saw hope, especially those serfs who were engaged in agriculture were all released, awarded the surname of the Han family, and the farmland was cultivated for them.

Seeing that the general situation was like this, Ge Lan also sent someone to ask Zhang Mai to surrender, and when he met, he called Long live, called His Majesty, and respected the Heavenly Khan, hoping that Zhang Mai could make him an official and a half-post. The messenger of Ge Lan also said that if Zhang Maiken magnanimously accommodated him, he would give an important message.

Zhang Mai asked what the news was, and the messenger said, "It is the whereabouts of General Yang Dingbang." "Zhang Mai's status in the Western Regions at this time is already very high, and the elders of the idle clan can't see him, and things like Ge Lan may not be solved by him personally, just because Guo Luo happened to go out to inspect that the envoy was allowed to come in, and he didn't wear any shoes when he met, only wearing a thin vest and leaning on the rattan chair to eat grapes and enjoy the coolness, which seemed to be very indifferent.

But when he heard the words "Yang Dingbang", Zhang Mai couldn't help but be moved, and asked: "Do you know the news of General Yang Dingbang?" ”

The messenger said, "The villain doesn't know, but my general knows." The general of my family said that as long as His Majesty can accommodate our subordinates, the general will tell His Majesty all about it. ”

Zhang Mai snorted and said, "If I don't agree, won't he say it?" ”

The messenger fell on his knees and said, "I don't dare." "But no longer interface, apparently that's exactly what happened.

Zhang Mai waved his hand to let him go down, thinking that there was news of Yang Dingbang and he had no time to eat grapes, so he urgently summoned the generals to discuss.

Regarding Ge Lan's request to surrender, the account is divided into two factions, one faction thinks that it is better to accept it, and the other faction thinks that Ge Lan is a family slave with several surnames and cannot be trusted, and now his subordinates are detached, there is no need to win him over at all, and he will naturally fall apart soon. As for Yang Dingbang's news, I have heard a lot of various information over the years, and I don't know if it's true or not.

Ge Danmo, who opposed the containment of Ge Lan, said: "Even if it is true, I am not afraid, Ge Lan is not a Lingxi person, if he can know the news of General Yang, he must have heard about it, it can be seen that he is not the only one who knows about this matter, as long as we release the news and offer a large reward, someone will naturally come to receive the reward." ”

Zhang Mai groaned, and waited for all the generals to finish expressing their opinions, and then asked Wei Renpu: "What do you think?" ”

Wei Renpu said: "The Holy King has the world, and the water in his chest does not have to be clear. The five suits of the Son of Heaven, the Kingidian suit is the confidant, must be absolutely loyal, the waiting service is the torso, the order must be heard, the guest suit is the armor, the gun and the shield, must be close to the hand, outside the guest suit, the barbarian must be served, the Rong Di desert suit, this Yi Di is loyal to the rebellion since ancient times, and the fetters make the obedience to the line. Even if Ge Lan is accommodated, he is only in the middle of serving the desert, so why ask him how loyal he is? However, Ge Lan and his ilk are not qualified to negotiate terms with the marshal, no matter whether General Yang Dingbang's news is true or not, he must first come to Broken Leaf to show his loyalty, and then listen to our lord's disposal. ”

Gerdanmo laughed: "If he does not get the promise of the marshal, where will he come?" ”

Wei Renpu said: "It depends on the ability of the envoy. With the current prestige of our army and Ge Lan's embarrassment, as long as the envoy understands it with emotion and moves with reason, it may not be impossible. ”

Zhang Mai said: "Wei Renpu's words make sense, which of you can send an envoy for me and recruit Ge Lan to come down?" ”

All the generals and ministers felt that this matter was not easy to succeed, and it was not a miracle to succeed, and they did not dare to accept it for a while, Wei Renpu said: "Among the scholars who came to the west with the ministers, there is a famous Sun Jingming, who is a little bold, and quite fluent in Hui language, and the minister recommends him to go west, and he will definitely succeed." ”

Ge Danmo said: "Quite passable, how common is that?" ”

Wei Renpu said: "I can roughly understand, and I won't be deceived because of the language barrier, but I can't speak it yet." ”

Ge Danmo sneered and said, "This is not a war, it is an envoy, you have to rely on a mouth, and people who can't speak can do it?" ”

Zhang Mai saw Wei Renpu's confident look, so he said, "Let Sun ......"

"Sun Shen, the word is respectful."

Zhang Mai said: "Let Sun Jingming try it." ”

Ge Danmo's father and son didn't dare to object when they saw that Zhang Mai had already decided, but they all secretly sneered.

Unexpectedly, more than ten days later, Ge Lan came to Broken Leaf alone, Zhang Mai was quite surprised, and said: "How can it be so fast" He knows how far the old site of the new Broken Leaf City is from Broken Leaf, it stands to reason that even if there is no delay on the road, it should not be so fast to come and go. After asking, I learned that Ge Lan had already rushed to the middle reaches of the Broken Leaf River to wait for Zhang Mai's news.

He looked at Sun Jingming, who came to return to his life, but saw that he was less than thirty years old, with a short figure of five and scorched yellow hair - but not because of mixed race, but because of malnutrition in childhood, Zhang Mai saw that he was so unattractive but had such ability, and asked: "You can't speak clearly, how did you let Ge Lan come?" ”

Sun Jingming said: "The minister told the truth and asked him to come, so he didn't need to be clever words. Besides, some of Ge Lan's subordinates can speak Tang Yan, so it doesn't matter if I can speak Hui or not. ”

Zhang Mai asked again: "What did you tell the truth?" ”

Sun Jingming said: "The minister gave him an analysis of the shape and told him that with the marshal's current prestige and previous style of acting, it is unlikely that he will kill a minister who has come to surrender, but if he does not come, it will be a dead end." Even if the marshal doesn't send troops to conscript, as long as the news is released to buy his head, his subordinates will be sent to Broken Leaf City in less than a hundred days. ”

Zhang Mai laughed and said: "If this is the case, he can also tolerate you."

Sun Jingming said: "Since the minister has already said in public that the marshal may want to buy his head, his subordinates listened, even if they were not moved, Ge Lan had to think about the temptation of his subordinates, he naturally used a knife and a gun to intimidate the minister at the beginning, but the minister knew that he didn't dare to touch me, the more I was not afraid, the more panicked he was, and then treated me as a guest, and under my advice, he came with the minister alone." ”

These few sentences are really an understatement, but Zhang Mai can imagine that the scene at that time must actually be very tense and even dangerous, but at this time, seeing Sun Jingming's answer calmly, methodical, and happy in his heart, the development of the Tiance Army to this day, can crisscross the battlefield of the arrogant generals are only too much, not too little, but the functional subordinates are often not enough, such things as foreign envoys, not only have courage, but also have the overall situation, but also be able to adapt to changes, and have internal talents, such people are not absent in the army, but they are already Guo Luo, Yang Yi, Luo Fu, Zheng Wei and Li Bin have such a status, unless they are equal powers, how can they send such important ministers as envoys? Therefore, a talent like Sun Jingming is as happy as picking up gold in his heart.

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