Chapter Three Hundred and Nine The Garrison Secretary Visits
Most people in Yangzhou were very confused about the new appointment of Mr. Li. Mr. Li and the salt merchants each had their own reasons. The battle was going on until darkness fell. The government office, the Salt Transportation Department, and the governor came forward one after another but could not stop it. After the court found out,
It is really puzzling to give such an irrelevant order without distinguishing right from wrong.
In the Jiangbei officialdom, the person most affected by Li Gui's new position must be Luo Xingye, the prefect of Yangzhou. This is because the imperial court appointed Mr. Li as the "Government Department" with full powers.
Rather than the assisting "Zanli Mansion Defense Department".
In the past, the Yangzhou Prefecture's Garrison Department Yamen and the Yangzhou Prefecture's Government Yamen were two independent yamen in name. One governed the people and the other managed the army. They were both subordinates to the governor of Fengyang. However, in accordance with the principle of using literature to win military power, Yangzhou within the local area
The garrison department of the prefecture is controlled and dispatched by the prefect Luo. This is the relationship between the prefect and the garrison department of the prefecture not only in Yangzhou but also all over the world.
But now that the Yangzhou Prefecture's Garrison Department has Li Biejia, the official head of the imperial department, there is no need for the governor to intervene on behalf of the civil officials. For Luo Zhifu, it is natural that he has lost part of his power. In the future, he wants to use his own sergeants.
, it must also be reported to Li Gu for approval.
What makes Magistrate Luo even more depressed is that Li Biejia is in direct charge of Fuguo County as the magistrate of the prefecture. He was already domineering and difficult to control, but now he has been assigned the responsibility of the garrison department of the prefecture and has officially become the chief military officer of the prefecture.
Wouldn't it be better to be on an equal footing with him if he combines civil and military skills?
Whether there is a backstage, whether it is big or small, the more critical the moment, the more obvious it is. In the backyard of the government office, the severely stimulated Prefect Luo sighed to the moon.
From Li Gui's incident, it can be seen again that if he wants to move forward in the officialdom, he can do without anything but a backstage. For this reason, he must go to the end with the famous Li Biejia at all costs, even if it is a headache.
No matter how bloody you are, even if your bones are broken into pieces, even if you go through fire and water, all you want is to make the Prime Minister of the DPRK look back and smile.
The road is long and long, I will search high and low, and I will not regret it even if I die nine times...
However, Mr. Li, who had received a new official position, did not go out to show off proudly. After the initial surprise, he hid in the back office for half a day, carefully thinking about the reason why the imperial court had inexplicably given him the title of "concurrently in charge of the defense department".
mean.
Others can be confused, but the direction must be clearly understood. Once the direction is not correct, the more you do, the more mistakes you make. If the direction is right, even small mistakes can be corrected.
Over the years, various salt merchants must have cultivated many scholars, and there must be people in the court talking about their children, so some things are difficult to understand. He thought about it and figured out the three meanings.
The first level is that whether it is to change the Salt Law or to create a new official position to supervise salt affairs, it is very difficult, at least it is impossible to achieve results in a short time, so we first add an official position to him to appease him.
The second level is that the imperial court cannot blindly favor him, an unconventional sixth-grade general magistrate and county magistrate, regardless of his reputation from the governor to the government office.
The third level is a rare civil servant who governs both the military and civilians. This is another way to give him a more detached status and expand his authority in the Jiangbei area. After all, he is in charge of the Yangzhou Prefecture Defense Department and not the Jiangdu County Defense Department. Therefore, there is something hidden in it.
Contains the encouragement from his patrons.
Just when Li Guang was coming up with an idea, he saw Zhang San, the doorman, sneaking in with a name card in his hand. Li Yu scolded displeasedly: "I told you that I won't see any foreigners today! Why are you here to report?" "Yes."
The guarding master asked me to meet you, and Master Ya said it would be best for you to meet me." Zhang San said carefully.
Hearing this, Li Gu was surprised and suddenly slapped the table and said: "What a discerning person!"
The garrison master mentioned by Zhang San naturally refers to the garrison of Yangzhou Prefecture, a military attaché of the fifth rank, and Li Ai's new subordinate.
You read it right, this fifth-grade guard is indeed the subordinate of Mr. Li, the sixth-grade gentleman, so his arrival is called a meeting, not a visit.
According to the system established at the founding of the People's Republic of China, the rank of military attachés in the dynasty was generally high. However, with the rise of civilian power and the gradual evolution of the power of civil servants to gain military power, it is not surprising that military attachés were of higher rank than civilian officials but with a lower actual status. Therefore, the fifth rank was achieved.
It is natural for the garrison to take the initiative to meet Li Biejia, who is also in charge of the sixth rank of the government.
But having said that, Mr. Li was very grateful that a fifth-grade military attache could lower his body so happily. Countless romance novel plots flashed through his mind, and Mr. Li immediately ordered: "Open the middle door, and I will come out to greet you."
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This can be regarded as treating each other with great courtesy, giving each other face and free of charge. But Li probably couldn't have lowered his stature too much to greet him at the gate, and only greeted him at the Yimen with a courtesy, but that alone could be called condescension.
Li estimated that he knew his own weight. He could rely on his knowledge to do his best in civil and political matters, but he really knew nothing about military matters. He would never be able to rely on himself. From now on, he would have to rely on this guard to support the situation, so he planned to end it with courtesy.
Yangzhou Prefecture guard Xin Ming came in wearing a robe and official uniform. He was about forty years old, tall and strong, and powerful.
When he saw that his boss was actually greeting him at the ceremony gate, he seemed to be moved by Mr. Li's excuse on the spot. Although his rugged face did not change, he did not show any signs of confusion. He bowed his head neatly and knelt down to see him. He was completely
It didn't matter that Li Biejia was only half his age and one level lower than him.
This action was so thoughtful. Li Gui, who had the heart to win over the other party, quickly stepped forward, stretched out his hand to stop him, and said sincerely: "Xin Shoubei doesn't need to be so polite!"
Faced with his superior's overtures, Xin Shoubei struggled several times and said: "This is the first time we meet in a humble position, so the courtesy cannot be discarded!"
"You and I are colleagues from now on, and we are all working for the imperial court, so there is no respect for us!" Li Gui continued to use force to stop Xin Defei, and said very sincerely.
Xin Shoubei raised his head and was very excited, "If you continue to obstruct me like this, it will make me disrespectful in front of others. You must not do this!"
"Courtesy lies in the heart and not in the conduct. I already understand this by heart, how can I subdue the warrior again!"
"The heaven is so generous that I can't bear it, but I kill my subordinate!"
"If you continue to do this, you are looking down on me!" Xin Shoubei felt this in his heart, and with enthusiasm in his heart, he bowed instead of bowing his hands, and saluted loudly: "I have seen Li Junmen in this humble position!"
What? Junjunjunmen?! The sharp-tongued Master Li suddenly lost his voice. These days, the governor who oversees military affairs is generally called the military gate. Although Li Guo estimates that he is also caring for the people and the army, he is obviously not the same as the governor.
At the same level, if others hear it, he will be the butt of Yelang's arrogant jokes.
In this exchange of polite words, Li Gui finally retreated in embarrassment. The hat that Xin Shoubei casually slapped on his face was too big to wear. He came to his senses and quickly warned: "Xin Shoubei must not
It’s so proportional, otherwise it would be ridiculous!”
Then he stretched out his hand and said, "Come in quickly and have a chat!"
Xin Shoubei also gave way: "Li Shijun please come first!"
Li Gui's face twitched a few more times, "Shijun" refers to the prefect, governor, governor, okay, don't use the honorific randomly if you don't understand.
Hu Zhenru, the master of Xinzha, knew Xin Shoubei, so he accompanied Xin Shoubei to welcome him. Seeing that the host and Shoubei were thinking about each other, he couldn't help but sigh, the scene in front of him was like the scene in the book where the wise emperor and his ministers met, and the dragon and the tiger met.
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"Even a novice in officialdom can see that people must ask for something when being polite." Li Gu thought as he walked.
"You are young but you don't get flattered. You must be someone who has strong opinions and is difficult to persuade." Xin Shoubei thought as he walked.
Entering the living room, I sat down and had tea without mentioning it.
Xin Shoubei said: "Yesterday I learned that the imperial court appointed Li Biejia to take charge of my garrison department. I was really ecstatic in my humble heart. I couldn't wait to come to see you today. Don't blame me for being disrespectful."
Why are you so excited when I take office? Li Gui did not talk much about himself, but asked about military affairs: "I wonder what the organization of the garrison department is like?"
Xin Shoubei first introduced: "So that Shangguan will know that the military structure of our garrison department is as follows: five teams, five corps as teams, five teams of 125 as sentries, five posts of 625 as camps, divided into
Corps commander, captain, sentry officer, take the president."
Li Gui continued to ask with great interest: "How many soldiers are there in Yangzhou Mansion?"
"Our Yangzhou Prefecture is located on the strategic road north of the Yangtze River. There are quite a lot of battalions under the Garrison Department. There are three battalions stationed in the city, one firearms battalion and two infantry battalions, with a company of about 2,000 heavy chariots and horses. There are two battalions stationed in Gaona Prefecture.
, in order to protect the river channel and suppress the lake bandits, there are about a thousand people. Within the territory of this mansion, there is a sea defense road built by the imperial court of Tongzhou and Taizhou in the east, and a river defense camp is built on the river in the south. There is no need for me to guard the troops.
guard."
If Li Guo realized something, it turns out that the key defense areas of Yangzhou Prefecture's Defense Department only have two points and one line. The two points are Fucheng and Gaona Prefecture, and the first line is along the canal. As for coastal defense and river defense, there are separate towns, which are not within the scope of the town's responsibilities.
Inside, he asked again: "How much is the food and salary?"
Tao Bing must have three measures of monthly rations and the King's monthly silver coins..."
Li made some calculations and felt that this salary was not bad for military households who came to serve in the military. Ordinarily, serving in the army should be a free job, but he did not expect that in addition to food, food and housing, he would also be paid a monthly salary, although it was not much.
Finally, Xin Shoubei asked for instructions: "Please go to the garrison headquarters tomorrow to inspect the officers and soldiers of the city to enhance the power of the army, and also allow the humble officer to hand over the seal letter of the soldiers."
Li Gui nodded and said: "This is a proper discussion, yes! We will check it at Mao hour tomorrow."
Xin Ming stood up and said goodbye. Li Gui thought that he had some requests to make, but he didn't say anything in the end, probably because he was worried about making the conversation difficult.
After sending Xin Shoubei away, Mr. Li went down to the Garrison Department to think about other things. Although the court did not comment in the end, it seemed that the two did not want to help, but some things were still unfinished. He ordered the six salt merchants to limit the time limit.
The surrender notice was slightly changed and posted again.
They still ransacked the house and threatened to get involved. But this time the deadline was more stringent, only three days, which showed that Mr. Li was more confident, because with 2,000 men and horses at hand, many things could be done.
As soon as the new notice came out, it caused a lot of scolding from the salt merchants. I thought that the matter would end here, but I didn't expect that Li Biejia was still determined not to play by the rules, and still wanted to hold on to this matter!!
