In the autumn of last year, there was a bumper harvest in Guanzhong, and the imperial court implemented the law of peace in Guanzhong, purchasing grain from Guanzhong at a market price two or three percent higher than the market price for the use of the imperial palace and the border defense of the northwestern states.

A large number of silk silks from the south of the Yangtze River were distributed to the people of Guanzhong in the form of harmony.

A slight change in the form of wealth creates a temporary boom. In this year's New Year, there are many people who come to Chang'an City to buy New Year's goods, and business is also very prosperous.

One of the effects of the peace game is to increase the amount of money in circulation at the social level. The people with silk in their hands would go to the surrounding markets to buy daily necessities. It is good for revitalizing the economy.

Of course, if you only look on the bright side, this is indeed the case.

In view of the fact that he is about to go to Lingzhou Huimeng, he needs a good fortune, and it also makes the people of Chang'an happy. Therefore, Li Longji, the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, announced that he would open the big drink for three days, and he rarely sent a good heart: all the expenses of this big drink were paid by the inner treasury, and it was not apportioned to the local government of Gyeonggi.

The big wine that the whole world celebrates is not given in vain, and Li Longji has his own profound considerations.

The alliance with the grassland Tiele tribes is a great achievement comparable to that of Taizong back then.

Brother Ji thinks that his martial arts are already comparable to Taizong, and there are no shortcomings.

It is necessary to take advantage of this alliance to raise one's prestige to an unprecedented level. In the future, when others talk about the Tang Dynasty, Taizong is the first and he is the second, he is very beautiful, and he has no regrets in this life.

In Chang'an for three days, it was also to build momentum, and the money was well spent, and it was all spent on himself, so Brother Ji didn't feel distressed at all.

On the last day before the hundred officials rested, Brother Ji issued a holy decree, which was very long and the general meaning was very clear:

Wang Bo's "Preface to the Pavilion of King Teng" has a saying that "the treasure of the heavens, the dragon shoots the void of the bull fight", and I think that today's Tang Dynasty is worthy of this sentence. On the occasion of the abundant harvest of grains, the peace of the country and the people, and the coming of all nations. Change the year name "Kaiyuan" to "Tianbao", and wish my Tang Dynasty to be immortal for generations of Tianhua and Dibao.

After the Shangyuan Festival next year, it will be the first year of Tianbao, and the twenty-eighth year of Kaiyuan will be the last year of the Kaiyuan era.

As soon as this holy decree was made, the central officials in Chang'an City were as uncomfortable as eating flies, but it was not good to "harden" with the emperor in such a trivial matter.

With Li Linfu here, Brother Ji's edict will basically not be beaten back.

Li Longji issued an edict on the last day before the annual leave of the center, what to do, what do you want to do, do you still need to say?

That face is already painted on the edict!

The courtiers with a keen sense of smell all smelled meaningful information from this era name.

The so-called "Kaiyuan", that is, to open up a new era, symbolizes hard work.

At that time, Datang was breaking free from a series of high-level violent changes, like a patient recovering from a serious illness.

How to get back on track and how to correct all kinds of deviant things and social trends of thought since the Wu Zhou Dynasty is like a big mountain in front of Li Longji.

At that time, he was determined to usher in a new era with his own deep imprint.

To some extent, Brother Kei did it, and even did it well.

And now the name has been changed to "Tianbao", which is also very understandable.

To put it bluntly, isn't it that Brother Ji thinks that what he can do has been done, and now it's time to enjoy it?

After working hard for most of your life, can't you still listen to the singing and watch the dance?

The civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty all shut up and acquiesced in the "rudeness" of this edict.

At this time, whoever jumps out against it will be killed.

Silence is golden, and less is better.

……

"Hahahahahaha, it turned out to be General Wang's son-in-law, Fang Yuanjun is really young and promising!"

In the lobby of the Doulu Military Mansion in the center of Luocheng, Dunhuang County, Shazhou, a burly man with a beard and a burly figure in front of Fang Chongyong was casually looking at the letter of appointment he handed over, and laughed disapprovingly.

"Does General Wang know my father-in-law too?"

Fang Chongyong asked suspiciously.

Wang Zhonghe's connections are too wide!

"Of course, a certain is Wang Sili, who has been promoted by General Wang to serve as the military envoy of Doulu. This time, General Wang came to Hexi with a certain person, and then a certain person was placed in the Doulu army.

Wang Huailiang, the former assassin of Shazhou and the military envoy of Doulu, was imprisoned for his crimes, and a certain took over him as a military envoy. ”

Wang Sili touched his head and said, a little embarrassed.

This envoy came too easily, and he didn't even feel down-to-earth in his heart!

"Wang Huailiang is really a wonderful person."

Fang Chongyong smiled bitterly and sighed. This man was convicted, causing a series of.

Fang Chongyong is now the "Daishazhou Assassin History", but he did not "go to the Ministry of Rites".

In other words, Fang Chongyong's current assassination history is just a cameo, and it is not a big problem for him to do anything, because there are Sima and Changshi under the local assassin history. In the event of an emergency in which the assassin could not be served for various reasons, one of the two was actually acting as the agent.

There is no need for a court assignment, and the appointment takes effect automatically.

Moreover, in the border town, the military envoy of Doulu can also "make a cameo" appearance in the history of Shazhou's assassination in an emergency, and many times, the two are often concurrently held by one person.

Fang Chongyong suspected that Brother Ji might be afraid that he would be bullied in the border town, so he deliberately added a lot of chicken rib positions that could be plugged in if there was nothing to do.

But then again, "surrogate" can be fooled, but the position of a serious appointment cannot.

Fang Chongyong guessed that the Doulu military envoy was estimated to have just been "invented" by the imperial court, but once appointed by the imperial court, it has its seriousness and cannot be taken lightly.

This is also the reason why he didn't think about it, and took the lead in reporting to the Doulu Military Mansion the next day.

Of course, this is just his first stop.

Next, Fang Chongyong had to go to the Shazhou Mansion in the small city, as well as the Buddhist temple in Yaoquan, where there was already a director of the Ministry of Rites, and Fang Chongyong had to go over to hand over to the other party. From then on, for at least four years, until the imperial court sent someone to replace him, he had to take care of the stone Buddhas and murals in the Mogao Grottoes.

At least in the past four years, I can't make a "report" and return to Chang'an.

Suddenly, Wang Sili, who had not spoken, frowned slightly, as if he had thought of something inappropriate.

Seeing his expression, Fang Chongyong's heart tightened, and he asked cautiously, "Does the envoy Wang think there is anything wrong?" In the year of the weak crown, he served in the military, but he was really worried in his heart, and if there was anything, please make it clear that he must not delay the daily military affairs of the Wang military envoy. ”

Seeing Fang Chongyong's humble appearance, Wang Sili couldn't cry or laugh, waved his hand, and explained with a puzzled face:

"The problem is not that Fang Envoy Jun, but that he is wondering, two days ago, he wrote to the court for instructions to add a branch envoy to the Doulu army, why did Fang Envoy Jun take out the court documents today.

This...... It's a bit of a counterintuitive.

In the past, military affairs were all handled by Wang Huailiang, the envoy of Doulu, and I didn't know that the envoy came here for this. ”

Well, Fang Chongyong had a bad premonition in his heart.

"The Doulu army is only 4,300 people, so there shouldn't be a need for a branch envoy, right?"

Fang Chongyong asked with a little weakness.

Wang Sili looked around, pulled Fang Chongyong to a place where no one was around, and complained in a low voice:

"Fang Envoy Jun doesn't know something, the branch envoy of the Doulu Army is not the same as the branch envoy elsewhere, in fact, this is just a better way to say."

"What about the bad ones?"

Fang Chongyong's face was calm, and his heart was already as anxious as a boiling kettle.

"Well, there are a lot of bad things, any Beijing debt, folded money, etc., anyway, you just put the cloth out, collect the grain or the cloth back, borrow one and pay it back...... That's pretty much it. ”

Wang Sili turned his head and didn't dare to look at Fang Chongyong.

Let such an old child go to loan sharks...... It's an act of losing conscience! Wang Sili, a dignified seven-foot man, felt ashamed.

But this is an appointment by the imperial court and cannot be changed, but why did the imperial court appoint it like this?

"Isn't it a false position for the Doulu military support envoy?"

Fang Chongyong's whole person is not good.

"Then how can it be a false position, in the past, Si Cao was in charge of the Doulu Army, I saw that Si Cao's official position was too small, or a foreign official, and there were many large local households, but I was afraid that I would not sell face, so I asked the court for instructions to set up a special support envoy.

I didn't expect it to be like this. ”

Wang Sili's apologetic face said to the other party.

The good news is that the local military envoy is the direct descendant of his father-in-law.

Bad news, he was appointed head of the official loan shark and underground bank.

The harvest of today's trip is really subtle.

After organizing the language in his heart, Fang Chongyong whispered to Wang Sili and asked, "Doulu Jun plays like this, and the court doesn't care?" ”

Hearing this, Wang Sili was stunned for a moment, and then spread out his hand and asked: "There are heavy goods and treasures from the Western Regions, and the locals in Dunhuang want to buy them but have no cash, do they want to find someone to borrow?" And then resell these goods to Chang'an? ”

"That's really necessary."

Fang Chongyong nodded slightly and said.

"Since it's a loan, you must find a big family in a small town.

So the left and right are all borrowing, why not find Dou Lujun to borrow?

The local big families are also afraid that someone will not pay back the money, but Dou Lujun is not afraid of who owes money. The knives in our hands were fast. ”

Wang Sili said with a smile.

Since usury has its own market, and is even extremely active, why can't it be borrowed from the local garrison? You have to force the Doulu army to disguise the horse bandits and go to the desert to intercept the caravan, right?

Fang Chongyong somewhat understood why Wang Sili set up a separate branch envoy in the Doulu army.

It's all about survival!

This "branch envoy" with Dunhuang characteristics should correspond to the local "camp field envoy", and it is accurate to call it "camp money envoy".

"Plant" money into the natives of Dunhuang, and then cut off people's heads like leeks.

There is no such thing as being good or bad, and those who feel bad can not borrow.

It's just a survival strategy in Shazhou. Rare treasures from the Western Regions are everywhere sold to Chang'an with profits of more than ten times, and there are people here who see money.

Don't be afraid of losing if you get off the table, and don't be afraid of high interest rates if you borrow from loan sharks, these are all things that those who wish to take the bait!

When the imperial court installed this "branch envoy" for Fang Chongyong, he didn't think about these at all, but just "transplanted" the branch envoy of the Chishui Army, thinking that the scale of the Doulu Army was too small, and it was estimated that there was nothing to do.

Unexpectedly, once Wang Sili's letter was handed over, in case Brother Ji didn't open his eyes, he would be pitted to his grandmother's house!

"Fang Envoy Jun's regimental training envoy is a redundant move, although the local people in Shazhou are fierce, there is indeed no unity army."

Wang Sili finally told Fang Chongyong a good news that was not good news.

Now Fang Yanei is already in a state of being a soldier, for fear that Brother Ji will make some moths again.

"However, the Doulu army is too small and often not enough to use, so the local Doulu army standing army is now more than 7,500 people.

We need to find our own way of dealing with the insufficient grain.

Although the support envoy on Fang Envoy Jun is in response to demand, it is really a big mountain. If it is really difficult for the king, it is okay to let the court change someone to do it. It's just going to affect the king's reputation. ”

Wang Sili comforted Fang Chongyong and said.

More than 70% of the supernumerary?

Fang Chongyong, who had already breathed a sigh of relief, suddenly looked up at Wang Sili, shocked in his heart, and looked puzzled.

"How is the supernumerary?"

Fang Chongyong didn't know what to say, he could only listen to Wang Sili's explanation first.

The imperial court only gave 4,003 people, and the other 3,200 people who were overnumbered needed to find a way for the local government and garrison. This man eats the horse's chew, and the military rations alone are not a small amount.

"Doulu Army, we must maintain the trade routes of the Western Regions. Escorting large caravans is also one of the daily military duties. If you can't maintain the local order in Dunhuang, then who still takes the Tang Dynasty seriously?

The five prefectures of Hexi are heavy in the east and light in the west, and the soldiers and horses are mainly concentrated in Liangzhou. But when it comes to daily chores, it is still the Doulu Army that bears the most. The establishment of more than 4,000 people has to defend the city, patrol daily, and escort large caravans out of the customs, which is really not enough. ”

Wang Sili said helplessly.

Does the court know about similar things or not? It's hard to say.

But one thing is for sure, I don't know.

Even if they knew, the court must have turned a blind eye to this, and only wanted to ignore the details.

If you can keep Dunhuang, keep Shazhou firmly under the control of the Tang Dynasty, and ensure the smooth flow of the Silk Road, then you can handle the local needs yourself!

The account book of the household department of the central military department of the Tang Dynasty is one account, and the account book of the local government is another account. These are all unspoken rules, see through them and don't say them.

Since there are those who are overstaffed, there are naturally those who eat empty salaries, and these must be adjusted by the border towns themselves according to local needs.

The center of the court in the feudal era, never expect too much from them!

Fang Chongyong thought maliciously.

"By the way, the office of the branch envoy is also in the medicine spring, which saves you a lot of trouble."

Wang Sili mentioned it more.

Fang Chongyong thought carefully, and asked suspiciously, "Why not in Luocheng?" ”

"Luocheng is a mixed bag, with too many military rations and silk silks, and the treasury is easy to be patronized by thieves. There are only a thousand days to be a thief, where is there a thousand days to prevent thieves.

There is a big lake on the other side of the medicinal spring, and there are some fields and granaries around it, and the other three sides are surrounded by sandy soil, and only one side has a road. Even if someone steals without opening their eyes, they can't run, this is also to prevent the internal guards of the Doulu Army from stealing.

Anyway, it's less than ten miles away from Luocheng, so it's okay. ”

"That's fine."

Fang Chongyong nodded, let's wait to take over this loan shark job.

Brother Ji is really willful.

"By the way, I'll arrange for five hundred cavalry to camp near the medicine spring and give you a hand.

Among the borrowers, large households borrowed hundreds of grains abounded, and the people who escorted each time were more than 100 people. If the Doulu Army doesn't send people to keep an eye on it, it is inevitable that those outlaws will think of some crooked thoughts. ”

Fang Chongyong nodded blankly, still thinking about what the unit "Shuo" meant, it seemed to be commonly used in Dunhuang, and he guessed that it should be similar to "stone".

What Fang Chongyong and Wang Sili didn't know was that in order to combat the arrogance of the Tubo people, in this cold winter and the most unfavorable climatic conditions for the Tang army, Xiao Jiong, the envoy of Hexi Jiedu, and Du Hope, the envoy of Longyou Jiedu, joined forces and concentrated nearly 100,000 troops to launch a large-scale counterattack against the Tubo people in the Hehuang Valley from two directions!

Dunhuang, the westernmost part of the Hexi Corridor, has become the calmest place in the surrounding area.

The story comes from life, let's savor it.

(End of chapter)