At the beginning of the consolation of Lingnan, the 5,000 foot cavalry and 5,000 sailors brought out by Jingzhou have been returned, and Li Xiaogong hopes to continue to be led by Xi Junmai and keep him in Jingzhou.

The Haigu elite let Pharmacist Li stay in Guizhou, still under the command of Zhang Baoxiang.

Xue Guwu, He Bi and others also came to Lingnan.

Pharmacist Li knew very well that the reason why Liu Heimin and Xu Yuanlang were able to receive widespread support in Shandong was because after Dou Jiande's death, the emperor failed to properly appease the rest of Dou Xia and the local people.

In the past, although he also visited the people, investigated the people's opinions, eliminated the people's worries, and solved the people's difficulties, but at that time, the first priority was to receive the territory, and he did not conduct in-depth rectification.

This time I returned to the south, with the intention of stabilizing the people's livelihood and soothing people's hearts.

In these aspects, he consulted with Lu Zesheng.

Lu Zesheng said: "Knowing people and being good at their duties, prospering and eliminating disadvantages." It is necessary to know the good and the good in order to prosper and eliminate the disadvantages. For example, when Zheng Shanguo appeased Shandong, he didn't know anyone, and he was not good. ”

After the elimination of Dou Jiande, Li Yuan took Zheng Shanguo as the ambassador of Shandong.

Lu Zesheng only recognized Pharmacist Li as the master, and he criticized Li Yuan mercilessly.

However, as long as it was not too much, Pharmacist Li did not interfere much, and only smiled: "Mr. Pan can be equally blunt with Pharmacist. ”

Lu Zesheng only bowed slightly, and continued: "Zheng Shanguo went to Shandong, and the governor of the states and the assassin history did not have a single Dou Xia old department. These people who were originally dominating the territory will be ostracized, and they will live in Luli, and they will inevitably make trouble if they are not angry. The officials of the state government could not understand reason, and only cared about bringing them to justice or beating them, causing everyone to be terrified and uneasy. ”

He looked at Pharmacist Li: "There is no such thing in my Lingnan, because Shi Jun knows how to do it." ”

Pharmacist Li hoped that Lu Zesheng would be outspoken, and the original intention was to point to the axe, but at this time, he praised the beauty.

Pharmacist Li could only laugh at himself secretly, and said with a smile: "That's just to obey the holy decree and accept the system and worship." ”

Lu Zesheng still only bowed slightly, and continued: "Gaozhou Feng's family, Qinzhou Ning's family, and Xunzhou's Yang family are all Lingnan surnames, and they are the leaders of the tribe and are good at caring for the clansmen. Kangzhou Liu Xun, Tengzhou Li Guangliang, and Quanzhou Wang Yitong also have the ability to know people and manage things. ”

In this passage, Lu Zesheng has attached himself to Li Tang in the past few months, and all the Lingnan governors and assassins who have been given the title of worship have been revealed, and there is only one person missing.

Pharmacist Li understood what he meant, and said, "Only Hongzhou Zhang Shan'an, Mr. did not mention it. ”

This time, Lu Zesheng took a deep look: "Shi Jun Mingjian!" ”

Pharmacist Li nodded and said, "What Mr. said is extremely true. As for Hongzhou, we must be vigilant. ”

Lu Zesheng said yes and continued: "As for the pros and cons, the two are mutually exclusive. If you haven't decided yet, you're only afraid of Jiangdong, and you still have to worry about Shi Jun. ”

Pharmacist Li was stunned when he heard this, he never told Lu Zesheng about his conversation with Li Shimin, but he was insightful! However, after thinking about it, Lu Zesheng was born from the Lu clan of Wu County, and after the famous generals Lu Xun and Lu Kang, he had a particularly keen perception of the situation in Jiangdong, which was also reasonable.

So he smiled and said, "Sir, the pharmacist admires it!" ”

Lu Zesheng smiled and bowed: "Don't dare!" ”

Then he said: "So Shi Jun is here, and he must recruit soldiers to prepare for Jiangdong, and this is one of them." Audit the household registration and collect taxes, and the other is also. Lingnan City is ugly and needs to be built urgently. Baiyue folk customs are strong, and when the education is promoted to change customs, this is also the fourth. ”

For the first three items, Pharmacist Li agreed; For the fourth item, he muttered slightly: "You must be cautious when changing customs!" ”

Lu Zesheng bowed and said: "Yes, my subordinates are respectfully taught!" ”

So Pharmacist Li handed over the military and political affairs of the government soldiers to Zhang Baoxiang, supplemented by Xue Guwu; The fortifications for the construction of the city were handed over to Lu Zesheng, supplemented by the children of the Lu family.

The other two items were personally led by him, supplemented by harmony in finance and taxation, and supplemented by local scholars.

Zhang Baoxiang was ordered to preside over the military and politics, and asked, "I don't know how many soldiers Shi Jun intends to recruit?" ”

Pharmacist Li praised: "Good question! During the Three Kingdoms period, the number of soldiers was about the same as the number of households, which was about one soldier per household, which led to the decline of people's livelihood. The military system of the Western Wei Dynasty to the present day is about one soldier for every four households, and the shishu can survive. At present, although the Lingnan household registration is not yet complete, it is estimated that there are 600,000 households. If we recruit a total of 150,000 troops on the basis of the existing soldiers, it will be sufficient for the military and political affairs without harsh on the civil affairs, which is very good. ”

Zhang Bao promised to lead Xue Gu and Wu to conscript.

The selection of soldiers in the early Tang Dynasty was based on the "Tang Law Discussion. "Good Xing": "The method of picking points, those who are equal in wealth take the strong, those who are equal in strength take rich, and the financial resources are even, and the first to take more Ding." ”

At that time, the government soldiers were well paid, and they had to go through competition before they could be selected, and most of the selected people were the children of landlords and rich peasants, so they were widely respected in society.

This is actually the original intention of the system, in order to continue the traditional "martial arts" atmosphere of the Northern Dynasties.

After the government soldiers were recruited, the problem faced by Zhang Baoxiang and Xue Guwu was how to integrate the local soldiers into the system.

The way the indigenous people of Lingnan used troops was quite different from that of the Central Plains, and Li He, a poet of the Tang Dynasty known as the "poet ghost", described the local indigenous soldiers at that time in the poem "Huangjiadong":

The sound of finches and sand is urging. Four-foot angle bow bluestone arrowhead

Black flags with three o'clock brass drums. Gao Zuo ape cries and shakes the arrow

The colored scarf is wrapped in a semi-oblique width. The brook head clusters reflect the kudzu flowers

Nearly 200 years before the poem was born, at the beginning of Lingnan's subordination to the Tang Dynasty, the differences between the local folk customs and spiritual return to China and those of Middle Earth were even more disparity than those described in the poem.

Pharmacist Li is known for his book Sun Tzu. The marching chapter teaches the department: "If the pawn is not personally attached and punished, he will not accept it, and if he does not obey, it will be difficult to use." If the pawn has been attached to the family and the punishment is not good, it is not available. ”

He also said: "Love is set first, power is set last, and it cannot be reversed." If the power is added to the front, and love is saved later, it will not be of any benefit. ”

This exposition can be found in Li Weigong's Question Right. Volume. Thirteen.

Lu Zesheng's task is fortification.

The weather, climate, and products of Lingnan are all very different from those of Middle Earth, and the houses are also different.

Most of the residences in Guanzhong are rammed earth as walls and tiles as roofs; Lingnan houses are often mainly made of bamboo, supplemented by wood.

Bamboo and wood houses are most afraid of fire, which may affect the whole village.

However, Lingnan is humid, and fires are rare.

Their biggest disaster, which surprised Pharmacist Li and Lu Zesheng, turned out to be a tiger disaster.

At that time, there were many South China tigers, and there were very few indigenous cities in Lingnan.

In order to avoid Li Yuan's grandfather Li Hu, the Tang Dynasty called the tiger a "beast".

This beast attacked the village, and in severe cases, even caused casualties to the entire village.

So Lu Zesheng built city outlines in various places to help the indigenous people put an end to tiger problems.

After the completion of the construction, the aborigines rejoiced, singing and dancing.

Old Tang Book. The "city music" recorded in the Geographical Chronicles is this kind of song and dance.

In terms of finance and taxation, the rent adjustment system of the Tang Dynasty was only implemented in April of the seventh year of Wude.

At that time, there was only a two-tier system of rent and adjustment, and the basis of this system was to verify the household registration.