When Xiao Jingxuan came to the outside, he saw a man dressed as a guard immediately came to Xiao Jingxuan. He knelt down on one knee, cupped his fists and saluted: "I will give my regards to the second young master. This is a letter from the master."
Xiao Jingxuan glanced at the other party, took the letter and said: "Get up, does the Duke have anything to say to you to bring to me?"
"Back to the Second Young Master, no."
Xiao Jingxuan opened the letter and saw only fragments of this map in the envelope. There was nothing else.
Xiao Jingxuan was thoughtful and asked: "How did you know I'm here?"
"Returning to the young master, the Duke of the country has ordered a dozen famous figures to go to various places with letters to look for the young master."
Xiao Jingxuan nodded, thinking, this is pretty much it.
"Well, you can go back and say I understand."
"Yes, I will obey your orders." The guard bowed his hands and ran down the mountain.
Xiao Jingxuan looked at the fragments in his hand and sighed. It seemed that his father's life in Beijing was becoming more and more difficult. He had to hurry up and return to Fan Yang to prevent any unexpected events.
Thinking of this, Jamel Xiao also started to speed up and ran quickly towards the foot of the mountain.
After arriving at Jiejian Pavilion, Xiao Jingxuan took the sword, mounted his horse, and drove quickly towards Yuezhou City.
When he arrived at Yuezhou City, Xiao Jingxuan prepared some dry food and bought two good horses, and then officially set off towards Fan Yang.
This is really a day and night journey, non-stop. In order to ensure speed, Xiao Jingxuan even replaced two horses midway.
In this way, Xiao Jingxuan finally took eight days to arrive at Pingzhou City and entered Fan Yang's sphere of influence.
After arriving at Pingzhou City, Xiao Jingxuan immediately summoned the two generals stationed in Pingzhou, Tang Wanyi and Qu Qingshan.
Now that chaos is about to break out in the world, as Fan Yang's portal, we have to act with caution.
After exhorting the two of them, Xiao Jingxuan set off back to Yingzhou.
After arriving in Yingzhou, Xiao Jingxuan did not summon the generals immediately, but called Zhao Gang to the mansion.
As the leader of the secret guards, Zhao Gang's secret guard network has now begun to take shape. Although there are still some shortcomings in other places, it can still play a very important role in the Fanyang realm.
In the study, Zhao Gang told Xiao Jingxuan in detail about the big and small things that happened when he was away from Fan Yang.
Today, Habayashi Academy has officially started classes, and the number of students has reached more than 4,000. Everything is running relatively normally.
As for farming in various places, the results are also very good. Although spring plowing is a little late in some places, it does not have much impact on the yield.
The grain and grass received by military camps in various places is enough to last until next autumn harvest.
However, as the imperial court moved many refugees to Fanyang, as these refugees settled down, food supplies were still relatively tight.
In addition to refugees, many prisoners were sent from various places in the Wei Dynasty. They were all placed to work on farms.
The garrison generals in each battalion were relatively well-behaved. They didn't meet anyone they shouldn't have met, and they didn't do anything out of the ordinary. They were relatively stable.
In terms of government affairs, there are more things to do. Ding Weiran's ability is still very good.
The assistant officers of each room also handled the government affairs in an orderly manner. However, the previously admitted students had not yet been arranged and had to go out to each room to assist in handling the government affairs.
Although the wealthy families in various places have become more peaceful after a cleanup, however, with the end of the autumn harvest, these people are somewhat resistant to taxes.
Because these people did not need to pay taxes in the past. Although Xiao Jingxuan set the tax very little, these people are still a little dissatisfied.
Moreover, the collection of commercial tax has also encountered difficulties. Many vendors are shirk-passing.
In addition, a lot of strangers have appeared in the city recently, and their behavior is quite strange. No problem has been found yet.
After listening to Zhao Gang's report, Xiao Jingxuan finally understood the things in the country.
So he began to meet with his subordinates.
The first echelon of people are naturally the generals in the army. However, there are not many generals in Yingzhou now. So after chatting with a few generals stationed in Yingzhou, Xiao Jingxuan let these people return to their respective places.
position.
Today, the rights of these generals in the army are not very great. First of all, these generals do not have the right to recruit troops on their own.
Xiao Jingxuan set up farms in all counties in Fanyang for recruiting soldiers, garrisoning and housing wounded soldiers.
Secondly, these generals have no personnel rights. All captains and captains must enter the guard battalion for training. Only the best ones will serve in each battalion.
Moreover, in principle, all commanders and captains will not return to serve in the original army.
Although these methods of Xiao Jingxuan will make the troops not so handy in commanding, they are fair to the greatest extent and rewards and punishments are clear. It can be regarded as a gain and a loss.
Of course, in addition to this, including ordnance and baggage are managed bidirectionally by the barracks and the generals of each camp. Corruption and personal enrichment can be avoided to a large extent.
Nowadays, what gives me a headache is government affairs. Politics must be balanced. Although Ding Weiran has excellent abilities, he must support some people and restrict their rights.
Only in this way can the monarch and his ministers be harmonious. Of course, the most important thing is that Ding Weiran is too soft-hearted, otherwise how could the taxation be like this?
Although Zhao Gang is watching, the secret guard must not be allowed to grow in size, otherwise, the consequences will be disastrous.
In the study, I chatted about government affairs with Ding Weiran, who came to report. Faced with the current situation, Ding Weiran also recommended some people.
However, Xiao Jingxuan rejected them one by one. We must find another way.
Nowadays, the left chief official of the Jiedushi Mansion is Ding Weiran, but the right chief minister is vacant. Apart from that, there are only a few minor officials working in the Lushi Mansion to assist him, and as for the official master, there is no one.
These are top priorities. After Yu Ding Weiran finished greetings, Xiao Jingxuan took a dozen personal guards out of the city and went to Yulin Academy.
In Xiao Jingxuan's plan, in the future, Yulin Academy will be his talent base. It will also be his future confidant.
The area of the academy is not small. Xiao Jingxuan recruited a large number of prisoners of war to build it.
The entire academy looks like a city, but it's just an acropolis.
Looking at the soldiers on duty on the city tower and the military camp not far away, Zhao Xiaojing was quite satisfied and looked at Lei Ben next to him.
"Lei Ben, you need to study this carefully. Qi Biao is very good in this aspect. He has arranged defense without disturbing the academy."
"Yes, I will definitely study hard with Qi Biao."
Looking at the perfunctory Lei Ben, Xiao Jingxuan shook his head.
"You have to remember that a moment of bravery can only make you a general charging into battle, but you can never stand alone."
Lei Ben muttered a few words in a low voice.
"Actually, it's pretty good now."
Xiao Jingxuan was speechless, it was impossible to support the wall with mud.
He shook his head and led everyone into the city.
After the Yulin Academy was built, Xiao Jingxuan had not been there. With Zhao Gang's introduction, Xiao Jingxuan had some understanding of the academy.
In order to focus on taking care of the students, the senior management of the college divided the college into five parts. In the middle are the canteen, book club and the place where teachers rest and work. Dongcheng and Nancheng are the places for learning. Dongcheng is for boys, and Nancheng is for girls.
As for Xicheng and Beicheng, they are both places for accommodation. Every morning, Dongcheng and Nancheng are opened and closed in the evening. The dormitories are also open all day long.
At the same time, there are medical clinics in the four cities to take care of the health of these children. However, due to limited conditions, there is only one nursery at the junction of the two dormitories, which is dedicated to caring for orphans under the age of six.
After a tour of the city, the overall situation was good. However, because there were many girls who were almost adult in the women's academy, it was inconvenient for Xiao Jingxuan to enter, so he did not enter for inspection.
Looking at the well-organized academy, Xiao Jingxuan was relatively satisfied. He came to his study room in the academy. Xiao Jingxuan met with Lu Dingxin, who was in charge of daily affairs.
This person used to be a clerk in the Yingzhou government office. Xiao Jingxuan had talked with him about it. He was very talented and came from a poor family. Xiao Jingxuan admired him very much. So he made him serve as the supervisor, and he became the head of the mountain in name.
After chatting with Lu Dingxin for a while, Xiao Jingxuan also felt a little headache about this prison who kept recounting his sufferings.
Nowadays, Fan Yang has a lot of waste waiting to be done. Materials in all aspects are very tight. It is not easy for him to squeeze out so many materials to build the academy. Others are really helpless.
However, Xiao Jingxuan still promised that early next year, a batch of materials would be allocated from farms in various counties to alleviate the pressure on the academy.
In fact, Xiao Jingxuan does not know the difficulties of the academy. There is no income in the academy. The money spent every day is like running water.
You know, the daily food consumption alone is a large number. Being able to ensure that these people are well fed is really the limit that Xiao Jingxuan can do at present.
After meeting Lu Dingxin, Xiao Jingxuan, under the guidance of Lu Dingxin, met with the lecturers of various subjects, the doctors of the medical clinic, the director of the canteen and other persons in charge.
After some encouragement, Xiao Jingxuan went to the academy again and inspected it before leaving the academy and returning to Yingzhou.
Now, the world is about to change dramatically, and Xiao Jingxuan also needs to make more preparations. In order to prevent the blockade of the Wei Dynasty, he now has only two ways. The first is the barbarians, and the second is the Yan Kingdom.
However, there is actually no point in attacking the Yan State. Even if it is captured, what if the Yan State is vast and sparsely populated, with too little oil and water, and the weather is not very suitable.
Only the barbarians are the most suitable for him. All the tribes in Fengzhou are his old generals. As long as he can open up the connection between the two, Xiao Jingxuan believes that it will bring him huge benefits.
However, although he has 50,000 cavalry in his hands, only 20,000 cavalry are equipped with war horses, and the rest are mostly trained with raccoons. Their combat power is limited, and they are not suitable for long-distance attacks.
In addition, bordering Shenzhou is the King of Woruji, which is relatively powerful among the six barbarian kings.
The number of the commanding cavalry of King Woruji reached almost 60,000, plus the subordinate tribes under his command. He had to find another way.