“Wow, wow, wow”

The chariot that drove the car stopped the donkey cart and wiped the sweat from his forehead.

"so much?"

In front of the editorial Regulations Office, Xu Ping took Liu Han, Wang Gongchen and others to look at the Three Regulations of the Past Dynasties brought from Gao Chengduan's house, and piled up on the donkey cart with his eyes straightened.

Although I know that there must be many passing down from generation to generation, I didn’t expect that there are so many books. How many people have to spend as long as they can read them. Just by judging from the current people in the Regulations, it is definitely not enough, so I have to consider adding people.

Gao Chengduan stepped forward and greeted Xu Ping: "Report to the deputy envoy, this car has been almost done, and at most it will be half a car next time."

"Also? When will I finish watching it?" Wang Gongchen's eyes were bulging when he heard Gao Chengduan's words.

Xu Ping patted Wang Gongchen on the shoulder: "Don't worry, the most difficult thing is the beginning. Once you have straightened it out, there is no difference between one car more and one less car. In two days, you will just draw a few people from the Pavilion."

In one or two months, there will be a new Jinshi. Although they all have to go to local governments to serve as officials, there will also be a group of new people from local governments to come to Guange. Although Guange has also recently compiled books, they can still draw a few people. Of course, the editorial institute cannot compare to the leisure of Guange, but it provides more subsidies, and food, accommodation and living benefits, and each has its own strengths.

The soldiers and officials were busy moving books to the library in the room, and Liu Han and Wang Gongchen followed suit to give instructions.

The editorial office has a library for reference, including Xu Ping himself, who rotate in the library to manage the storage and borrowing of books. To this end, the current directory search system has been improved, which is connected to the future archive management system of Sanshi.

With too much information, management and retrieval are very important. Only by sorting out these rules can later officials not feel afraid of difficulties and master these skills. If the new officials are allowed to enter the mountain of books and the ocean of information at once, many people will take refuge and perfunctory.

Gao Chengduan took the transport soldiers and officials to unload the book and then went to his house to transport the remaining ones. Xu Ping stood alone on the steps in front of the door in a daze. The richness of these materials was far beyond Xu Ping's expectations and would have a considerable effect in the future, so the reward for Gao Chengduan must be reconsidered.

Originally, Xu Ping agreed to give money and property, and to give Gao Chengduan a house to settle down in the capital. The house was a store and house under the Sansi. Xu Ping could make the decision, but the Gao family only had the right to use but no ownership. It was just the three departments paid the rent on their behalf. Gao Chengduan died or had other accidents, and the three departments would have to take back the house.

Now it seems that the reward is a bit low.

What is the biggest dream of a public official? Of course, it is to be an official. Before Emperor Taizong's reign, public officials could also participate in the imperial examination. Chen Shu, a famous financial minister, became a Jinshi as an official, and finally became the prime minister. When he was appointed as a salt and iron envoy, Taizong wrote the five words "True salt and iron Chen Shu" on the pillar, which was the most successful three envoys besides Ding Wei.

Now the public officials have lost the path of entering the officialdom through the imperial examination. If they want to become officials, they can only get a seniority. To reach the highest level of the official position of Kongmu, etc., they have to serve for five years and be over fifty years old before they can be awarded an official. Even if they are awarded an official position, they are still the lowest-level judges, and it is extremely difficult to be promoted.

After thinking about it, Xu Ping decided to look at it for a while. If Gao Chengduan had a good job, he would find a way to change his status as an official to an official. For public officials, this is a happy event that can be compared to the Jinshi.

Just when Xu Ping was busy, on the 27th day of the first lunar month, the news from the northwest shocked Xu Ping.

Since Zhao Yuanhao ascended the throne, he began to penetrate into the Song Dynasty, especially the establishment of a large number of forts on the border, which separated the connection between Yanzhou and Qingzhou on the border. Starting from the first month of this year, conflicts continued and intensified.

This news did not cause any turmoil in the court. After all, there was no large-scale war, it was just a small-scale conflict on the border. The court always believed that the Khitan in the north was the strong enemy, and there was no need to pay too much attention to the small troubles in the northwest. The so-called "the troubles in the world are in the north but not in the northwest" was the consensus of the court officials at this time.

Xu Ping had knowledge of his previous life. Although he had no idea what year or where the war occurred, he knew that the war must have broken out in recent years. He also clearly remembered that Dangxiang launched a sudden attack by surprise.

In the afternoon of the same day, Xu Ping went to Tongjinsi to submit a memorial and asked Shi Zhongli to arrange an immediate memorial.

Although Xu Ping did not have this power according to the regulations, Shi Zhongli still ordered people to pass it in immediately, considering his face.

Before Xu Ping left the Da Nei, a small yellow gate came out inside and ordered Xu Ping to go to Chongzheng Hall to discuss matters.

As the staff from the gate walked through the corridor, Xu Ping came outside Chongzheng Hall.

Still having a lot of red tape on the dance, Xu Ping entered Chongzheng Hall and performed the manners as rituals.

At this time, the prime minister who reported the matter in the palace had not yet retreated. The two prime ministers and the chief minister Cai Shou and Zhang Dexiang, the Privy Councilor Zhang Shixun and the deputy envoy Wang Deyong sat on both sides, and the Censor Han Yi was also sitting on one side.

Xu Ping was just greeting, and Zhao Zhen ordered to give him a seat.

As soon as he sat down, Zhang Shixun said unhappily: "Xu Ping, you just submitted a memorial saying that the situation in the northwest is urgent, just like the sky is about to fall! What is the basis? The northwest China has no small disease of tinea scabies, and there are some minor conflicts on the border, so why bother? If you hadn't made military achievements in Yongzhou and were an expert in military affairs, if you were another person, the memorial would be suppressed like this, so why would you go to the palace to report? If you were to make a reason, what was going on?"

When he was the prime minister, Xu Ping had to make trouble from time to time because of the tea method. Now that he was unlucky, he changed to the Privy Councilor. Xu Ping started to talk about the war in the northwest again. Could it be that he was exhausted by himself? Zhang Shixun was quite unhappy.

Xu Ping bowed: "Shumi Gong, a thousand-mile dike, is destroyed by an ant hole. Now it is a small conflict. If our dynasty fails to deal with it effectively and the people of Dangxiang see the flaws, it will become a huge disaster! Prevention is better than remedy afterwards. In the past two years, all the ministers who went to Dangxiang have said that Zhao Yuanhao is ambition and greedy and easy to kill, and will inevitably become a big disaster in the future. Northwest Shaanxi is not as good as other places. If something happens in Yanzhou, the people of Dangxiang will be rushed out of Hengshan and can go deep into the mainland."

"After all the time, it's still the same thing. Is it possible for the Dangxiang people to rebel? Xu Ping and Zhao Deming had been in charge for decades and have always been respectful. Now that he has passed away, Zhao Yuanhao came up, it is said that Zhao Yuanhao is unreliable, but in recent years he should come, he should come and give tribute, and there is no place to cross in etiquette. As for the small conflicts on the border, there will be some small conflicts between brothers and their houses, let alone between the two countries? They make a fuss when they happen, how can they show the demeanor of a great country? This time, they only need to write a verbal punishment for the party, and let him restrain his subordinates and not listen to them and stop making theory. What's wrong?"

After hearing Zhang Shixun's words, Xu Ping didn't know how to answer for a moment. He knew that there would be a war in the northwest soon, but these people didn't know, and now they are just guessing.

"The Lord Privy Councilor said it makes sense, but the tea method has been updated recently. The same thing is still the same. In a few years, no stone of grain has entered Shaanxi. There are extremely hidden dangers. If the war is over, even if the grain is transported to Guanzhong, the border prefectures will still be short of food. Moreover, now the grain transport depends on merchants. When the war begins, the Dangxiang people will plunder, and the merchants will cherish their lives. Will they still transport food? Everything must be guarded against the worst so that they will not be caught off guard when things are about to happen."

Wang Deyong, who has never spoken, said: "Xu Ping's words make sense. Without food and grass, there is no war. As the saying goes, before the troops move, food and grass will go first. Even if there is no increase in troops in the northwest, food and grass must be sufficiently prepared."

Zhang Shixun glanced at Wang De. A general was sitting in the seat of Privy Councilor. How could he say so much? Seeing that Xu Ping also brought the soldiers, he was born after finding recognition?

After thinking about it, Zhang Shixun said to Xu Ping: "Then according to your words, how can the court arrange it?"

"The officials dare not! If you are dispatching troops to the northwest now, there is no reason, but it will cause the Party Xiang people to be vigilant. For the sake of the present, it is better to clarify the system of transporting grain and manage the personnel first. If the war breaks out in the future, you will not panic."

Seeing that everyone present disagreed, Xu Ping gritted his teeth and said, "I asked to transfer Han Zong to the Shaanxi Transportation Commission. He has been in Yongzhou for many years and has managed the transfer of money and grain to the front line. The management was legal. At the battle of Liangzhou, more than 100,000 soldiers and civilians participated in the war, and there was no shortage of food and grass for several months."

At this time, Xu Ping deeply felt that there were too few people under his command. No matter what happened, he would just transfer one or two people to the point of transfer. However, in comparison, the Salt and Iron Department could find another judge, but there was a Korean general in Shaanxi, otherwise he would pay a greater price in the future.

The fact that there was never a shortage of food and grass in Yongzhou was naturally not entirely due to Han Zong, but more of it was Xu Ping's own work. However, Han Zong has always been involved in it, and as a deputy, he is more familiar with this system than anyone else.

It is not difficult to transport grain and grass from the Central Plains to Guanzhong, but the difficult thing is to transport grain from Guanzhong to border prefectures and counties. Shaanxi has a dry climate and sparsely populated borders. Many military strongholds do not have any access roads at all. The situation where grain is transported is worse than that in Yongzhou.

Although Yongzhou is surrounded by mountains and rivers, its military arrangements are all along the river valleys, which are relatively concentrated.

Shaanxi is scattered everywhere, and there is a desert along the way, with very few supply bases. For many forts, the most economical way to transport grain is to carry people on their shoulders, which is something that has never been encountered in Yongzhou.

Xu Ping completely disbelief that there are still bureaucrats who can solve the difficulties of transporting food and grass in Shaanxi. They may be able to ensure that the troops there will not starve to death, but the price they pay may not be able to bear. Moreover, the transportation of food and grass in the war is inflexible, so the army participating in the war will lose the ability to fight mobile. To be continued.

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