Chapter 822: Chen Lin at the Duke of Wei's Mansion
There is a time limit for officials to take up their posts. The appointment document given to Ye An by Zhongshu Sheng clearly stipulates that he must arrive in Liangzhou before October 23rd, one month later.
This was the only way to coordinate between the central and local governments in ancient times. Only when the time is clearly specified can accurate personnel transfer be achieved and avoid the problem of local vacancies caused by the departure of officials.
Only when new officials take office can the former officials leave. However, although the position of Ye An is equivalent to the magistrate of Ganzhou and Liang, it can be regarded as having no predecessor because it governs the two states. The magistrate of Ganzhou has long existed in name only, and Liangzhou Prefecture has
The prefect also died for two consecutive terms, leaving no one to hold this position.
Therefore, after Ye An arrived in Ganliang, he did not need to hand over the handover. Instead, he had to figure out how to carry out the normal government affairs of Ganliang. Under the influence of Ganzhou, and the fact that the court did not pay much attention to it, the government affairs of Liangzhou were almost abandoned, and even more
Don't talk about military affairs.
Ye An continued to receive bad news all the way to the west. Qin Mumu's face became increasingly ugly. She did not expect that Liangzhou Mansion, which was still under the nominal jurisdiction of the Song Dynasty, had begun to gradually decay.
Liangzhou Prefecture is an administrative system within the Song Prefecture, but now it seems that this system has begun to collapse. Worried, she urged Ye An to hurry up, but Ye An didn't take it seriously.
"Ganzhou has completely become a puppet of the Uighurs. It's just that they haven't officially announced it yet. Liangzhou Prefecture has begun to fail. Why is this? Because I am about to take office, and some things can no longer be hidden. It must be done before I take office.
The previous provocation made me feel afraid and shrink back. It seems that my reputation in Huanzhou has not spread far! The people in Liangzhou Prefecture thought that I was the same as those civil servants!"
Qin Mumu smiled bitterly and said, "You're not going to use your name to scare people, are you?"
"Those people can't just scare them. They have to be killed to make them know their fear. They know that I am different from the previous civil servants. Look at the news from Liangzhou Prefecture. "The Yamen of the Prefecture Prefecture is vacant.
It is tilted, the ceremonial guard is destroyed, and the majesty is gone." What does this mean? It means that the local administrative system has collapsed! In addition to the governor and government affairs, the state government yamen also has the communication hall, the signing hall, the recording hall, the state court, and the department.
The Household Hall, the Justice Hall, the Professors Hall, the various military attache offices, etc., even the prefectural government offices have become like this, not to mention the counties and towns below."
Qin Mumu swallowed hard. She had never seen such an administrative system, or an administrative system that had been absent to such an extent was almost equivalent to nothing.
"Then do we still need to go?"
Seeing Qin Mumu frowning and thinking about whether to run away, Ye An smiled: "No, it's a good thing. I don't know what the old troops are like yet, and I don't dare to use them! It's better to tear down everything and rebuild it, and give it to the soldiers when the time comes.
When Ma Qian opened the government office and set up a government office, he also reopened the Liangzhou Prefecture Magistrate’s Office and also set up the Ganzhou Prefecture Magistrate’s Office in Liangzhou Prefecture. It is also reasonable for me to send two yamen to oversee Ganzhou and Liang affairs.
China, not to mention that Ganzhou has long existed in name only!"
Qin Mumu was slightly worried, but after seeing Ye An's confident look, she reluctantly agreed. The original plan of traveling around the mountains and rivers on the road was meaningless. She just wanted to rush to the northwest as soon as possible.
But Ye An was not nervous at all, and he took his time on the road. The road was still far away, and it would take at least two months to arrive. After arriving in Luoyang, Xijing, he had to continue west to Jingzhao Mansion, which was the capital of Tang Dynasty.
Chang'an.
Luoyang is the companion capital of the Song Dynasty, and it is also the companion capital closest to the city of Tokyo. Compared with Tokyo, it is more comfortable. Although it is not as prosperous, it has many gardens and excellent scenery.
Many official families in Tokyo have residences in Luoyang, so that they can enjoy their old age here after becoming officials.
In the history of the Han family, Chang'an, Luoyang, and Kaifeng have always been the choices for the capital. This is the hinterland of the Central Plains and has a stable political and economic environment.
Chang'an City has always been the most suitable place to establish a capital. Chang'an is located in the hinterland of Guanzhong, and the grain output of the Guanzhong Plain is enough to guarantee basic expenses.
On the outskirts of the Guanzhong Plain, the geological structure is very complex. After the capital was established in Chang'an, it was in a favorable position to advance, attack, retreat and defend.
However, this only applied to the Tang Dynasty. In the Song Dynasty, with the growth of population and economic development, there were usually hundreds of thousands to millions of people gathered in the capital. At this time, Guanzhong's grain production could no longer meet the needs of the people in the capital.
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Kaifeng is different. Bianliang, which is located in the Central Plains region, also has an extremely developed water transportation system. Even if the grain production in the Central Plains is not enough to meet the needs of Tokyo City, it can still be filled through developed water transportation.
The supply from the south and the reinforcement of troops from the north will provide a considerable sense of security for the important areas of the capital.
But the cost is also huge. The north of Kaifeng is almost a vast plain. The failure of several Northern Expeditions and the Battle of Chanyuan made the Song people extremely worried about their defense problems, so they suffered from "fear of insufficient soldiers" and began to suffer from a large number of
stationed troops in the capital.
In the history of the Han Dynasty, there were very few dynasties that stationed nearly a million troops to protect their capital. Most of them dispersed their troops to defend against foreign enemies. The Han Dynasty also almost never considered that the enemy would attack the capital directly.
, but thinking about how to conquer foreign enemies.
Therefore, in the eyes of later generations, the Song Dynasty was an aggrieved dynasty, and was often evaluated as "poor and weak". However, this evaluation is not pertinent. Compared with the dynasty, the Song Dynasty was weak but not poor.
Do you think a dynasty that is prospering in the commodity economy and is still trying to squeeze the people out of poverty can be poor? And his wisdom is only reflected in military affairs.
But in Ye An's view, later generations were too extreme, either extremely belittling this dynasty, or exaggerating their praise. They rarely had pertinent evaluations, and only made conjectures based on their own feelings and preferences.
Even if they come to this dynasty in person, Ye An and Qin Mumu dare not say that they understand this place.
They have seen the garden architecture in Luoyang. Many wealthy families are even willing to open their gardens here to ordinary people. Many literati, handsome men and beauties will gather here in the name of poetry society. Can you imagine that this is feudalism?
The Northern Song Dynasty?!
When Ye An arrived in Luoyang, he was warmly received by Feng Zheng. This Duke of Wei, who had just entered the official position as a Sikong and Shizhong, purchased a quite nice garden house in Luoyang.
The corridors and paths decorated with exotic flowers and plants give people a strange feeling, as if they are not in the bustling Luoyang, but in a leisurely paradise.
Qin Mumu looked at the maid who was leading the way, and whispered to Ye An: "You also said that you didn't make many friends in the court. Lu Zongdao saw you off when you left, and when you arrived in Luoyang, Feng Zheng entertained you. Are you there?"
Is it still necessary to keep a low profile in front of me?"
Ye An smiled helplessly: "How did I know that Feng Zheng would send someone to wait for me? How did he know that I would come to Luoyang?"
"Luoyang is the only way to Jingzhao Mansion, so why is it strange?" Qin Mumu rolled her eyes and lifted up her skirt. There were many flowers and plants on the ground, and the skirt would inevitably break under the dragging.
Ye An didn't think so, especially after seeing people from the Imperial City Division appear, he felt that it was not Feng Zheng who invited him, but Chen Lin.
But the only question is why Chen Lin borrowed Feng Zheng’s name?