The observer Wu Qingnan looked at the two officials who ignored each other and looked serious, and felt uneasy.

As officials, they neither want the two superiors to wear pairs of pants nor to be incompatible with each other. It is best to leave enough space for them.

"The envoy of Wu, Xu Tong, a new arrival in Yongzhou, you can tell me the situation in Xidong first."

Observing the clerk in charge of documents and information is the only one among the officials who are involved in military and political affairs.

After hearing Cao Zhizhou's words, Wu Qingnan responded respectfully and said loudly: "There are four counties under this prefecture, namely Xuanhua, Ruhe, Lechang, and Wuyuan, among which Xuanhua is attached. The 44 counties, five counties, and eleven counties, are divided into Zuojiang Road and Youjiang Road, and are under the jurisdiction of Wuzhai. Guwanzhai is under the jurisdiction of Zuozhou and Wuli County..."

Hearing this, Cao Keming frowned and said, "There is no need to say these nonsense. Punishment Xu Tong himself will go to read the version book. You can only briefly talk about the situation in each barbarian cave."

Wu Qingnan responded awkwardly, and then said: "Although there are many counties in charge of the states and counties, they can roughly divide the major surnames. The barbarians all divide their relatives by their surnames and marriages.

Among the most powerful surnames, the Huang family in Shangsizhou is the closest to Zuojiang Road, and many of the surrounding streams and caves are surrendered to him. Shangsizhou is located in a remote place, with inconvenient roads, and has many collusions with Jiaozhi, and has not been rebellious for the frequent rebellion. It is entirely due to the shock of the Longzhai village, which is the most troublesome.

Another Bozhou Li family has a large population and often guides the surrounding prefectures and counties. Fortunately, they are quite respectful to the court and are not a big concern.

Another major surname is the Nong clan of Guangyuan. In recent years, the leader Nong Cunfu has successively merged with several nearby states, with the greatest influence and great goals. Guangyuan Prefecture is located between this dynasty, Dali and Jiaozhi. I heard that he had a relationship with both countries, but this dynasty is far from reach. I heard that Nong Cunfu and his wife Anon and Nong Zhicong have made a lot of strategies over the years. Relying on the financial resources he produced from his gold, he has flourished. However, Guangyuan Prefecture is separated from us by several states, and the court cannot control him, and he cannot threaten us."

Hearing this, Xu Ping's heart moved and asked, "Does Nong Cunfu have another son named Nong Zhigao?"

Wu Qingnan nodded: "Yes, it turns out that Punishment Xu Tong also knows about barbarian affairs. Nong Zhigao is only five or six years old this year, and is talented and said to be deeply loved by his parents."

Xu Ping smiled bitterly: "I just listen to people occasionally, and the envoy continued to say it."

The one who caused trouble was the Nong clan in Guangyuanzhou. The most unthreatening force seemed to have become the biggest disaster. Although he was only five or six years old now, it was not very big when Nong Zhigao rebelled against the Song Dynasty in history. Maybe there were only more than ten years of peace left in Yongzhou.

Wu Qingnan continued: "The other big surname is the Huang family in Tianzhou, which has been the dominant local area since the Tang Dynasty. However, in recent years, the Huang family has been greatly excluded and is no longer as good as before."

After talking about this, Cao Keming continued: "Prime Xu Tong, you know the general situation of the barbarians in Yongzhou. Generally speaking, the barbarians in Zuojiang are much stronger than those in Youjiang, so there are four villages on Zuojiang Road and only one village on Youjiang Road. Those who have been in chaos in recent years have been barbarians led by Menzhou and Jiadong, who are backed by Jiaozhi, colluding with the Huang family in Shangsizhou area in the territory and invading other prefectures and counties. Among them, Jiadong is the most hateful. The barbarian chief Jiachenggui is the son-in-law of Li Gongyun of Jiaozhi, who surrendered to Jiaozhi, and was called Liangzhou in Jiaozhi, and most of the chaos arose because of him!"

"Longzhou? Which one is Rong?" Xu Ping asked with a frown.

"Forgive me. What's wrong? What's the matter with the magistrate?"

Xu Ping shook his head: "It's nothing, I'm just asking."

Liangzhou may be the Lang Son of later generations, and China entered the southern gate of Jiaozhi. In the war between the two countries in Xu Ping's previous life, the Chinese army stopped entering Lang Son, which left an impression on him. It is said that once you pass Lang Son, the vast Red River Plain, and Hanoi has no danger to defend. In history, once the Chinese army entered Lang Son, the Vietnamese king should have surrendered himself. However, that can only be the story of later dynasties. Although there were several roads entering Jiaozhi from Yongzhou along the land route, they were all mountain paths, which were not enough to support the army's advance. Previously, the Central Plains dynasties conquered Vietnam all started from Qinzhou and Lianzhou on the sea, landed at Haikou, and went upstream along the Taiping River. Therefore, the wars that determined the fate of Vietnam were all related to the Baiteng River, which was the source of the Taiping River. Since Jiaozhi was unified and ended the situation of many powerful people, there was little hope of landing on the sea.

Cao Keming glared at Xu Ping and then said, "Last year, the Prince of Jiaozhi Kaitian King Li Foma led his troops to attack Qiyuanzhou, but returned without success. This year, he led his troops to join forces with Jia Chenggui in Shizhou and Dongzhou to cause chaos. Yongping Village has become a mess. Seeing that there is an opportunity to take advantage of it, Shang Sizhou is ready to attack Silingzhou. This year is destined to be a troublesome. In order to prevent accidents, I have transferred all the inspectors outside the city of this province to Yongping Village. If the chaos continues, the soldiers and horses of this province will not be enough to support me. I have reported to the Caosi and the court to transfer the soldiers and horses of Feng Zhizhou into Yongzhou to help quell the rebellion. Once the soldiers and horses of Yizhou enter the country, the money and grains must be allocated to our province. I am asking everyone to come here today to discuss the preparation of food and grass, and don't be in a hurry at that time!"

After saying that, Cao Keming looked at Xu Ping.

Having said so much, there are actually only two purposes for asking Xu Ping and the officials to come to the meeting. One is to assist in the arrangement of defense in the state, mainly to prevent the rebellion of Shang Sizhou and cause trouble to the county under the state. The other is to prepare money and grain to prepare for the mobilization of the army.

Cao Keming also referred to Xidong affairs as the governor, and the war was all under his charge, and had nothing to do with Xu Ping. Xu Ping's military military only refers to the soldiers under the state, and did not include barbarian affairs, so Cao Keming did not discuss the arrangement of war with him. However, the money and food were all in the military fund warehouse under Xu Ping's control, so the logistics could not avoid him.

Xu Ping pondered for a while and asked, "I wonder how many Yizhou soldiers have entered the country?"

"You just need to prepare for 1,500 people."

"It depends on how much time you have been in Yongzhou. With the savings of Curry in recent years, it is okay to support it for half a year. After a long time, it will not be able to hold on. You need to transfer food from other states."

This is almost the same as Cao Keming's estimate, and then said, "Then I'll talk about it in a few months."

After the matter was settled, Xu Ping asked Cao Keming again: "Magistrate, will you be in charge of the prefecture city in the future?"

"What, what's wrong with the magistrate?"

Xu Ping said: "The land of this province is barren and poor. When Wang Cao sent him to come, he talked to him about planting sugar cane and squeezing sugar in this province. If it is done, he will no longer have to worry about money and food. If the magistrate is in charge of the city, I will go out to see where to plant it, and the season will pass after a while."

Cao Keming looked at Xu Ping and said, "Do you still know how to squeeze sugar?"

"I used to run a sugar shop at home, how could I not understand?"

Cao Keming thought for a while and said, "I won't go out in the past six months. You can go out for inspection as much as possible. By the way, where are you going to open the land?"

"The magistrate was not here two months ago. Zhou Jieshou had already inspected Wuyuan and Lechang on my behalf, and the land there was not suitable. This time I happened to go to Ruhe County. I heard that sugarcane has always been grown there."

The magistrate had to inspect the county every season. Because Xu Ping was in charge of the city, the two counties in the north were on patrol by the judge Zhou Tianxing. When Cao Keming came back, he had to go to the rest of Ruhe County by himself.

Cao Keming lowered his head and said nothing after hearing Xu Ping's words. After a while, he said: "Ruhe land is flat and wide, which is a rare good land in Yongzhou. It is really good to open the land there. But there is one thing I have to mention to you. Duan Fang, the magistrate of Ruhe County, is extremely inappropriate. You must care about it!"

Thinking of Duan Fang’s appearance, he is obviously a honest and willing to work hard, why do everyone’s attitudes are so strange?

Xu Ping couldn't help but ask: "The magistrate would make it clear. I have seen Duan Fang, and he seems to be a honest and willing to do things. I don't know what's wrong?"

Cao Keming shook his head: "Let Judge Zhou tell you, you should also discuss money and food."

After saying that, he left the jury hall.

The judge is the most important subordinate of the state, and is responsible for urging taxes and other miscellaneous matters together with the officers and the officers of the army. Of course, the most important thing is to participate in the prison. The local judiciary of the Song Dynasty has been initially standardized and has the prototype of the later public security, procuratorial and judicial affairs. Whether in civil or criminal cases, the manager will participate in the military trial. The evidence is conclusive and the applicable legal clauses will be detected by the judicial officer. Then the judge will formulate a judgment based on the detected laws, and the judge will sign and approve the verdict, and then the magistrate will verify it.

If it is a major death penalty case, the prefect, the magistrate and the judge must be reviewed together, and the criminal pleaded guilty in court to be considered the final trial. Since there are different officials in each state, the specific link may be represented by other officials, but this interrogation procedure cannot be concise, and the same person cannot cross two links. As for the situation where the prefect was sitting in the lobby in the film and television dramas of Xu Ping's previous life, the conviction was convicted by a few questions. The Song Dynasty's prefecture level did not exist, which was similar to the procedure of the Procuratorate of the Public Security Bureau in later generations.

In other words, most of the responsibilities of Xu Ping's Tongzong can be represented by the Jiedu judge Zhou Tianxing. However, because the officials' powers and responsibilities are different, some matters must be handled by the magistrate. Therefore, Xu Ping had to go out to do business. When he was not in the prefecture city, he had to explain his work to the judge, and just send general affairs to him.

Seeing Cao Keming walking away, Xu Ping said to several officials: "Sit up, let's discuss the rest slowly. By the way, Judge Zhou, tell me what happened to Duan Fang."

Everyone complained and sat down, Zhou Tian said, "This Duan Fang is indeed capable, and has significant political achievements in other prefectures and counties, and is well-known. Only in our Yongzhou, he is a trouble for him."

“Why?”

"It's just because this person is not cautious about men and women, and there are quite a lot of hidden dangers. Duan Fang was originally from Rongzhou. When he was a teenager, he studied for the Jinshi. He passed the provincial examination twice and was demoted. The magistrate knew that our Lingnan was not as good as the Central Plains, nor even more so than Kaifeng Prefecture. He was already a rare talent in Guangxi. He only lacked a Jinshi. At that time, the grain envoys to pity other talents and reported to the court as the county chief clerk. After two terms, he went to Yongzhou to be the governor. Duan Fang had rehabilitated several unjust prisons in Yongzhou and became famous. He was about to be of great use, but he made a big mistake in the matter between men and women."

The Song Dynasty attached the most importance to judicial criminal prisons during the inspection of local officials. If the unjust prisons can be redressed, the performance of the test is the best. If the excellent ones are promoted, the most conspicuous political achievement is the most conspicuous political achievement. Of course, if the central government is punished, the verdict of the prison is unreasonable, the participating Cao and the officials of the court will be punished, and the magistrate of the prefecture will be jointly involved in the case of life.

It is understandable that Duan Fang is capable of Xu Ping, but Xu Ping can't really associate it with women's affairs with the wrinkles like old tree bark and the wind and frost on his face.

Judge Zhou continued: "At this time, Duan Fang and a barbarian girl got together. This was not a big deal. Guangnan West Road was not strict with his wives and concubines, but the barbarian girl's identity was a bit special. She had already promised to an important figure of the Huang family in Zhongzhou. The most unfair thing was that when the Huang family in Zhongzhou came to the door, the barbarian girl had given birth, but the barbarians didn't care about the chastity of the women. After all, it made the court ugly and lost the original intention of pacifying the place.

In anger, he was demoted to a county magistrate and started from the bottom again. Many years have passed, and everyone's impression of this matter has faded. He thought he had finally put down this matter and was determined to make progress. When he was in Zhaozhou for the last term, he went to Zhaozhou to serve. The officials knew that Zhaozhou had always been called a great law field. He could be promoted to the capital without having to hold a throne. He thought he was going to Lingnan to be a capital official, but who knew that he would go to Yongzhou to be a county magistrate, which was obviously unwilling to give up?"
Chapter completed!