Chapter 61: Before the War (1)

Xiao Jingxuan came to the outside of the view, only to see a person dressed as a guard immediately come to Xiao Jingxuan. Kneeling on one knee, he clasped his fists and saluted: "The last general will say hello to the second son, this is the master's letter." ”

Xiao Jingxuan glanced at the other party, took the letter and said, "Get up, what does Guogong have to say to me?" ”

"Back to the second son, no."

Xiao Jingxuan opened the letter, only to see that there were only fragments of this map in the envelope. There is no more.

Xiao Jingxuan was thoughtful. "How did you know I was here?" ”

"Back to Gongzi, Guogong ordered more than a dozen families to go to various places with letters to find Gongzi."

Xiao Jingxuan nodded, thinking, this is about the same.

"Well, you go back, just say I know."

"Yes, the last will obey." The guard bowed and ran down the mountain.

Xiao Jingxuan looked at the fragments in his hand and sighed, it seems that his father's life in Beijing is becoming more and more difficult. He must hurry up and return to Fanyang in case of accidents.

Thinking of this, Xiao Jingxuan also began to speed up, running quickly towards the foot of the mountain.

After arriving at the Sword Pavilion, Xiao Jingxuan took the sword, mounted his horse, and drove quickly towards Yuezhou City.

When he arrived in Yuezhou City, Xiao Jingxuan prepared a little dry food, bought two good horses, and officially set off towards Fan Yang.

It's a day and night. In order to ensure speed, Xiao Jingxuan even replaced two horses halfway.

In this way, Xiao Jingxuan finally spent eight days rushing to Pingzhou City. Enter Fan Yang's sphere of influence.

After arriving in Pingzhou City, Xiao Jingxuan immediately summoned the two generals stationed in Pingzhou, Tang Wanyi and Qu Qingshan.

If chaos is about to break out today, as the gateway of Fan Yang, he has to act cautiously.

After admonishing the two of them, Xiao Jingxuan set off and returned to Yingzhou.

After arriving in Yingzhou, Xiao Jingxuan did not summon the generals as soon as possible, but called Zhao Gang to the mansion.

As the leader of the secret guards, now, Zhao Gang's secret guard network has begun to take shape, although there are still some deficiencies in other places, but in the Fanyang realm, it can still play a very big role.

In the study, Zhao Gang told Xiao Jingxuan in detail about some of the big and small things that happened when he was not in Fan Yang.

Today, Yulin Academy has officially opened, and the number of students has reached more than 4,000. Everything is running fairly well.

As for the tuntian, the effect is also very good. Although spring ploughing is a little late in some places, it does not have much impact on the yield.

The grain and grass obtained by the military cantonments in various localities is enough to last until next autumn's harvest.

However, as the imperial court moved many displaced people to Fanyang, as these displaced people settled down, food and materials were still relatively tight.

In addition to the displaced people, many prisoners were also sent from all parts of the Great Wei. They were all placed to work on farms.

The guards of each battalion were still relatively peaceful, did not meet with people they should not see, and did not do anything out of the ordinary, which was relatively stable.

In terms of government affairs, there are more things. Ding Weiran's ability is still very good.

The adjutant of each room also handled the government affairs in an orderly manner. However, the previously admitted students have not yet been arranged, and they have been assisting in handling government affairs in various rooms.

Although the wealthy families in various places have been cleaned up and settled somewhat, with the end of the autumn harvest, these people are somewhat resistant to paying taxes.

Because these people didn't need to pay taxes before, although Xiao Jingxuan set the tax very little, these people were still a little dissatisfied.

And the collection of commercial taxes has also run into trouble. Many vendors are prevaricating.

In addition, there have been a lot of strangers in the city recently, and their behavior is rather strange. No problems have been identified so far.

After listening to Zhao Gang's report, Xiao Jingxuan finally understood the affairs in the territory.

So he began to meet with the people under his command.

In the first echelon are naturally the generals in the army. However, there are not many generals in Yingzhou now. So after exchanging a few words with several generals stationed in Yingzhou, Xiao Jingxuan let these people return to their respective posts.

Nowadays, the rights of these generals in the army are not very large, first of all, these generals do not have the right to recruit troops on their own.

Xiao Jingxuan set up farms in all the counties in Fanyang for recruiting soldiers and military camps. and the placement of wounded soldiers.

Secondly, these generals have no personnel rights, and all the commanders and teams must enter the guard camp for training. Only those who excel will serve in the battalions.

Moreover, all the captains of the team will not return to their original units in principle.

Although Xiao Jingxuan's methods will cause the troops to be not so handy in command, they have achieved fairness to the greatest extent and have clear rewards and punishments. There are gains and losses.

Of course, in addition, including ordnance and baggage, it is managed by the barracks and the battalion commanders in both directions. Corruption and enrichment can be avoided to a large extent.

Nowadays, it is the government affairs that give me a headache. Politics should be balanced, and although Ding Weiran has excellent ability, he must support some people to come out and restrict his rights.

Only in this way can the monarch and the minister be suitable. Of course, the most important thing is that Ding Weiran is too soft-hearted, otherwise how could this happen in taxes.

Although Zhao Gang is staring at it, he must not let the dark guard become bigger, otherwise, the consequences will be unimaginable.

In the study, I chatted with Ding Weiran, who came to report, about government affairs. In the face of the current situation, Ding Weiran also recommended some people.

However, Xiao Jingxuan vetoed them one by one. A different approach had to be found.

Now, the left long history of the Jiedu Embassy is Ding Weiran, but the right long history is vacant, in addition, there are only a few small officials who are busy working in the Record Mansion that assists him, and there is no one who is the main one.

These are the top priorities. After Yu Ding Weiran finished greetings, Xiao Jingxuan took more than a dozen guards out of the city and went to Yulin Academy.

In Xiao Jingxuan's planning, in the future, Yulin Academy will be its own talent base. is also his future confidant.

The area of the academy is not small, which was built by Xiao Jingxuan by requisitioning a large number of prisoners of war.

The whole academy looks like a city. It's nothing but an acropolis.

Looking at the soldiers on duty on the city tower and the military camp not far away, Zhao Xiao Jingxuan was still quite satisfied, and looked at Lei Ben beside him.

"Lei Ben, you have to study this well, Qi Biao is still very good in this regard, he has arranged the defense without disturbing the academy."

"Yes, the last general must study hard with Qi Biao."

Looking at the perfunctory Lei Ben, Xiao Jingxuan shook his head.

"You have to remember that a moment of courage can become a general at best, and you can never be alone."

Lei Ben muttered a few words in a low voice.

"Actually, it's pretty good right now."

Xiao Jingxuan was speechless, it was really mud that couldn't support the wall.

Shaking his head, he led the people into the city.

After the Yulin Academy was built, Xiao Jingxuan never came. Under Zhao Gang's introduction, Xiao Jingxuan also has some understanding of the academy.

In order to take care of the college in a centralized manner, the college management divided the college into five parts, the middle is the cafeteria, the book club, and the place where the teachers rest and work. The East and South Towns are places to learn. Dongcheng is a boy, and Nancheng is a girl.

As for the West Side and the North City, both are places to stay. The East and South Towns only open in the morning and close in the evening. The dormitory is also open all day.

At the same time, there are medical centers in all four cities to take care of the health of these children. However, due to limited conditions, only one nursery hall is located at the junction of the two dormitories. Specialized care for orphans under the age of six.

After patrolling around the city, the overall situation is still good, but because there are many girls who are about to become adults in the women's courtyard, it is inconvenient for Xiao Jingxuan to enter. Therefore, there was no entry into the inspection.

Looking at the well-organized academy, Xiao Jingxuan was quite satisfied. I came to my study in the academy. Xiao Jingxuan met with Lu Dingxin, who is in charge of daily affairs.

This person used to be a secretary of the Yingzhou Mansion, Xiao Jingxuan talked about it, he was very talented, and he was from a poor family. Hins Hsiao appreciates it very much. So he let him serve as a prison officer, and he himself became a mountain chief.

After chatting with Lu Dingxin for a while, Xiao Jingxuan also had a little headache about this prison that kept complaining about his suffering.

Today, Fan Yang is in ruins. Supplies are tight on all fronts. It is not easy to squeeze out so many materials to build the academy. The others are really beyond their control.

However, Xiao Jingxuan still promised that at the beginning of next year, a batch of materials would be transferred from farms in various counties. It is used to relieve the pressure on the College.

In fact, Siu Jingxuan didn't know the difficulties of the college. There is no income in the college. The money spent every day is like flowing water.

You know, the daily food consumption alone is a big number. Being able to ensure that these people are well fed is really the limit of what Xiao Jingxuan can do at present.

After meeting Lu Dingxin, Xiao Jingxuan, under the leadership of Lu Dingxin, met with the lecturers of various departments, the doctors of the medical center, the director of the canteen and so on.

After some encouragement, Xiao Jingxuan went to the school again and inspected it before leaving the academy and returning to Yingzhou.

Now, the world is about to change greatly, and Xiao Jingxuan also needs to prepare more. In order to prevent the blockade of Great Wei, now he has only two paths. The first is the barbarians, and the second is the Yan country.

However, it is not too meaningful to attack Yan Kingdom, even if it is captured, Yan Country is vast and sparsely populated, there is too little oil and water, and the weather is not very suitable.

Only the barbarians are the most suitable for themselves, and all the departments in Fengzhou are their own old generals, as long as they can get through the connection between the two, Xiao Jingxuan believes that it will bring great benefits to himself.

However, although he had 50,000 cavalry in his hands, only 20,000 cavalry were equipped with war horses, and the rest were mostly trained on horses. Combat power is limited, and it is not suitable for long-distance attacks.

In addition, bordering Shenzhou is the Woluji royal department, which is relatively strong among the six major royal tribes of the barbarians.

The cavalry of the Woluji king reached almost 60,000 men, plus the subordinate tribes under his command. You have to find a different way.