In the side tent, Zhang Xiao asked Li Yanjun to sit down and said with a smile: "You may not understand what a staff officer is, let me explain it to you."
"I'm all ears!"
"There are two types of staff officers, one is full-time, such as those officials who handle documents in Prince Yong's Mansion, they are full-time staff officers, and the other is staff. Currently, His Highness has six staff, five of whom are in Jingzhao, and they are all Tai
There are professors from the Chinese Academy of Sciences or Fu Xue who are currently assisting the princess in handling government affairs for King Yong. There is also one person in Lin'an who is in charge of the "Beijing News".
You are a full-time staff officer. Of course, King Yong's staff is far more than just you. There are hundreds of people, including military officers, judges, chief clerks, officials, intelligence officers, Sima, etc., who are responsible for various affairs of King Yong.
The current staff officers are probably around the seventh rank, and there are only five staff officers like you who are in the sixth rank, and they are senior officials. I am now serving as a military advisor and am also a staff officer, but I am a seconded staff officer. After the secondment ends,
, I will return to my duties.”
Li Yanjun pondered for a moment and asked: "The humble official is Chaofeng Lang, but what is the humble official?"
Zhang Xiao smiled slightly and said: "Your official position is the chief clerk, which is different from the chief clerk of your county magistrate. You will know later. Join the army to record affairs, consult the army, judge, chief clerk and Sima are all
They belong to the first-class civil servants, and they are all of the sixth rank. Once they are converted into political affairs officers, they will be upgraded to the fifth rank, and at least they will be appointed as magistrates. But you are just holding the position of chief secretary. What you have to do is a little bit different from that of chief secretary.
It doesn’t matter.”
As an official of the Song Dynasty, Li Yanjun was not surprised at all. The official rules of the Song Dynasty were like this. If you hold a position, what you actually do has nothing to do with the position.
Zhang Xiao continued to say to him: "In addition to military affairs, King Yong's attack on the Central Plains also dealt with the aftermath. You also know that since Jingkang, the Central Plains region has been ravaged by the puppet Qi and the Jin Kingdom. It has been devastated and everything has been ruined.
The people were ruined and displaced, so King Yong and the Internal Affairs Hall decided to exempt the Central Plains from all taxes for ten years so that they could recuperate and slowly regain their strength.
But for ten years of tax exemption, where will the various expenditures of the Central Plains Prefecture come from, such as official salaries, education, relief, etc., all of which will be subsidized by Prince Yong's Palace. Prince Yong's Palace is prepared to spend 10 million yuan to subsidize the Central Plains' finances for ten years.
, so King Yong decided to establish the Henan Road Appeasement Envoy Division, which was a temporary government office responsible for subsidizing the financial affairs of the Central Plains. After ten years, the subsidy ended, and the mission of the Appeasement Envoy Division ended."
"A humble position is to join the Peace Envoy Division."
"That's right, I will serve as the first Henan Road pacifier. You will be my subordinate, and you will also be the first money and food department. The term will be three years. Countless money and food will be distributed to the Central Plains through your hands.
In all states and counties, integrity is the most important thing. King Yong has taken a fancy to you, so don't let him down."
Li Yanjun nodded silently, and Zhang Xiao smiled again: "But the Henan Road Pacifying Envoy Department will not be established until the end of the war. You now have a temporary position to promote the Henan warehouse. Now we have about one million dan of seized grain in our hands.
Placed in the Cangcheng of Xuchang County, the two Cangcheng cities of Luoyang and Xuchang were renamed Henancang. After the summer harvest, all grain from official fields and military fields would also be transferred to Henancang, which was specially used to relieve the hungry people all over Henan. King Yong
According to the order, you will now serve as the general manager of Henan Warehouse and take office immediately!"
"Humble duty. Follow orders!"
At the same moment when Chen Qing captured Yingchang Mansion, Wanyan Helisa led an army of 50,000 into Jingxing. Jingxing is the most important strategic passage among the eight passes in Taihang. The reason why it is important is that it is called a strategic passage because
It is the only passage through which large vehicles can travel. It starts from Zhending County, Zhending Prefecture in the east, and ends at Pingding County, Taiyuan Prefecture in the west, and is about three hundred miles long.
The narrowest passage in Jingxing is only a few feet wide, but the widest part is dozens of miles. There are many villages in it, and there is even a county seat, Jingxing County.
Of course, there are many dangerous passes, such as Tumen Pass, Niangzi Pass, Jingxing Pass, etc. The pass currently controlled by the Jin Army is Tumen Pass, and the passes controlled by the Song Army are Niangzi Pass and Jingxing Pass. Jingxing County is located in Zhending Prefecture.
Belongs to the Kingdom of Jin.
Almost all canyon passages are related to river water, and Jingxing Pass is no exception. A river runs through the Taihang Mountains, forming Jingxing. This river is called Yehe in the Hebei part, and is renamed Mianmanshui when it reaches Hedong. It actually originated from
Shouyang County, Hedong Province, crosses the Taihang Mountains and flows into the Hutuo River.
Wanyan and Lisa's army took the lead in stationing in Jingxing County. He would use Jingxing County as his logistics to attack Niangzi Pass and Jingxing Pass.
Wanyan and Liza personally led an army of 20,000 to Niangzi Pass, about thirty miles away from Jingxing County. Niangzi Pass was named after Li Yuan's daughter Princess Pingyang led an army to guard it in the early Tang Dynasty. It was called the ninth pass in the world.
Lived on a road up the mountain.
After Chen Qing's army captured Niangzi Pass, they re-expanded it and built two passes at the front and back, three hundred steps apart. They also leveled the land behind and expanded the army camp.
Currently, Niangzi Pass is garrisoned by two thousand troops led by the commander Wang Duo. Wang Duo is one of Niu Gao's lieutenants. He is responsible for the defense of the entire Jingxing. He has five thousand troops under his command, of which two thousand are deployed in Niangzi and the other three thousand are deployed in Niangzi Pass.
At Jingxing Pass, another two hundred scout soldiers with high martial arts skills were active behind the enemy.
Niangzi Pass is the first pass to defend against the Jin soldiers. Of course, Wang Duo must personally come to preside over the defense battle.
The mountain road was strewn with 100,000 tiny poisoned iron caltrops. There were two hundred defenders on the first pass, mainly using crossbows, rolling logs, rocks, gunpowder barrels and other defensive weapons. There were five small trebuchets.
At dawn, 20,000 golden soldiers arrived at the foot of Niangziguan Mountain. The soldiers of the signing army set up camp and the Jurchen soldiers moved into the camp. They were exhausted and sweating. The soldiers of the signing army who had not had time to drink water immediately gathered again, preparing to attack the lady.
Guan launches an attack.
This is also one of the reasons why Wan Yanchang, Wan Yanhe Liza and other high-ranking officials dare to launch an offensive against Taiyuan. It is an unspoken rule that everyone knows but no one will break. If the attack on Taiyuan fails and the troops are lost, everyone will die.
The Han soldiers and the Jurchen soldiers were unscathed.
There are only 50,000 Jurchen soldiers in Hebei, which are too precious, and the Han signed troops can be replenished continuously, so just let the Han signed troops charge into battle, and then replenish them after losing troops and generals.
The soldiers who signed the army also knew that they would bear all the dangers, but they had no choice. There were a thousand Jurchen cavalry behind them holding sharp axes to hold down the formation. Anyone who dared to resist would be killed with an axe. Not only would they not survive, but their family members would also be killed.
They were regarded as the family members of deserters, were subject to heavier taxes, and even served as official slaves.
"Dong! Dong! Dong! Dong!" The drums of the Jin soldiers were beating loudly, and the horns were blasting, "Woo——"
Ten thousand soldiers lined up and walked to the foot of the mountain. They were ready. Wanyan drank and Lisha waved his sword and shouted "Attack!"
"Attack!" Han Chang, the leader of the signing army, gave the order. Three thousand vanguard troops rushed towards the mountain in a mighty manner.
These three thousand soldiers are responsible for the defense of Shijia Niangzi Pass, even if all of them are killed.
