stubborn thief

Chapter 273
In a felt tent at night.

Yan Yan Taiji polished the scimitar and put it back into the sheath, and sighed at a loss: After all, I still can't hide!
No matter how good the grassland in Baicangdiba is, it is located on a snow-covered mountain. The grassland is cold in winter, and there will be frightening winds throughout the winter. Hail and wind disasters are everywhere. It is no better than the pasture land in Haibei.

Just as the pasture land in Haibei is not as good as Tumochuan.

He said that he wanted to be a shepherd in Baicang, but it was just a struggle to get his life on the right track.

To put it bluntly, he simply wanted to stay away from Liu Chengzong.

Mongols and Han people have fought each other for hundreds of years, and it is inevitable to be wary. Even if each has what it needs, they cannot be intimate.

As a leader with a certain status in Qinghai Mongolia, Bai Yan must consider what role he plays in the eyes of other Mongolian nobles.

Of course, he didn't have to show face, and he didn't even plan to show face when he started dating Liu Chengzong.

As long as Liu Shizi is willing to give him the franchise rights of the Juerwan market facing Qinghai and Mongolia, it doesn't matter if he becomes a general.

But Liu Chengzong wanted to do business, so he opened the door to sell goods, saying that he was only one of the buyers, so naturally he would not devote himself to Liu Chengzong's career.

The significance of the Juerwan market in Qinghai is enough to make Bai Yan the sweat of Qinghai and Mongolia.

If all the ministries in Qinghai can get good equipment, it is not impossible to compete with Oirat in the future.

In the face of such interests, it is worthwhile to command all the ministries to serve as Liu Chengzong's pawns in the Central Plains hegemony.

What's more, it's not certain who will be in charge at that time. You are my emperor if you can enter the Central Plains, and I am your Shunyi King; cloth.

Without such benefits, Yan Yan felt that he still had to save face.

This time he came to Malkang to test Liu Chengzong's views on the border. He didn't care whether the border was Nangqian or Qamdo, or even Leiwuqi.

In the final analysis, Bai Yan does not want to rely too much on Liu Shizi.

Just the few small battles on the way to Tibet this time made Bai Yan feel that he had to stay away from Liu Shizi.

Together with Liu Shizi's army, his troops became more powerful.

The Mongolian army can not only undertake the functions of light cavalry raids and plunder, but the Mongolian tribes in Qinghai where Baiyan is located are limited by the level of equipment and can only undertake such missions.

The last time I entered Tibet was not a very pleasant experience. In the frontal battle, facing the Tibetan cavalry with horses and horses in mail, whether they were fighting on horseback or dismounting and fighting on foot, they were beaten all over the floor.

Facing the strong fortress of the thirteen sects of Uzang, they were also helpless against those things.

Although they gained a lot due to sudden attacks and looting, they did not withdraw because they wanted to retreat, but stayed in U-Tsang, and the situation would take a turn for the worse.

But unlike Liu Chengzong's coordinated operations, they can use their numbers to launch surprise attacks and avoid the enemy's main force from attacking everywhere. When the enemy's main force is assembled, they only need to leave the difficult burden to Liu Chengzong.

Those enemies were not difficult for Liu Chengzong to deal with.

This is especially true in frontal combat. With the help of guns and artillery, the Mongolian cavalry in leather jackets are possessed like war gods.

The sense of crisis also comes from this. If we fight two more battles like this, the next time Liu Chengzong sends troops, he doesn't need to go through these nobles. He directly sends a lion soldier to the tribe to shout, and the tribe should lead their horses and follow them. .

Who knew that he hoped that the relationship between the two parties would be as good as it is now, and Liu Chengzong is further deepening this relationship.

Regardless of setting up a government together, or using Liu Chengzong's laws and official positions, it is impossible to refuse at present.

He could only agree that on the one hand, he needed the support of Liu Shizi to fight in Tibet, and on the other hand, he also needed goods from Juerwan.

But as an official of Liu Chengzong, he will definitely be kidnapped on a chariot in the future.

Thinking about it made it even more annoying. He knew that Liu Chengzong wanted to establish a court, and he could understand this mentality.

It is not surprising that the Han warlords had the idea of ​​establishing a court. After all, almost every Borjijin had the dream of revitalizing the Great Yuan.

Thinking is one thing, doing is another thing, everyone has this idea, but only one person has the ability for so many years, and that is the grandpa of Taijisan's family, I Dahan .

However, I Dahan didn't want to revive Dayuan.

After thinking about it again and again, he stepped out of the felt tent and looked at the camp of the Han soldiers who had just blown the bugle, and sighed heavily.

Independence is a luxury.

This night, he said that Taiji couldn't sleep well, but Liu Chengzong in the official village also couldn't sleep well.

Half an hour later, Tangqi came to deliver the information. Basang's Xifan camp arrived in the Dege territory in the evening. Now everything is ready, just need to select personnel and stipulate regulations, and then they can send a team of officials in Makang and Luhuo counties to cooperate with them. army too.

The destination of the officials' team was the center of King Bailey's rule in the past, Macon County; while the army was going to Luhuo, which is the current border.

On the one hand, there are chieftains in Jinchuan, big and small, who need to be intimidated, and on the other hand, walking southeast there is the Dajian Road.

Dajian Road is bordered by Diaomen Chamasi in Yazhou, Sichuan. The highest military officer in Yazhou is the garrison, and there are two thousand households stationed in the army.

No matter how much Bai Li's Dunyue Dorji tossed about, for the Ming court and the chieftain, it was all a toss between himself and himself, maybe the court didn't even know that there was such a person as Dunyue Dorji.

However, Liu Chengzong became the public enemy of the nobles in Kham, and many nobles who surrendered to King Baili were also chieftains of the imperial court in name.

Liu Chengzong hasn't figured out how to deal with Sichuan officials yet, but it's right to send troops to Luhuo Zhun first.

"Six officials of magistrate, county magistrate, master book, classic history, inspection, and deputy inspection, with 36 book offices in the [-]th Han Dynasty, [-]th Mongolia, and [-]th Fan, [-] people in the county, and [-] archers in each township. .”

Liu Chengzong calculated the manpower of a county. He had been fascinated by this since he was a child, and he could tell the composition of the county government with his eyes closed and nonsense.

He put his hand on the map and said, "Let's set up 24 townships in Makang County first, and send 11 people from each township, with a total of [-] people."

"There are so many villages?"

Cao Yao clicked his tongue secretly, and said, "Commander, Makang has a total of 120 nobles with manors, divided into 24 townships, and there are only five or six villages in one township."

Liu Chengzong nodded and said solemnly: "That's what we want. The key to this matter is training. The candidates for the secretary office of the county government can be equal among the three parties, but at the township level, except for the interpreters, they must all be our people."

He added: "In fact, I don't even want a translator."

Cao Yao laughed, shook his head and said, "There's no other way, then follow what the Commander-in-Chief wants, it's easier to handle things with more people."

"That's what it's about."

Liu Chengzong walked half a circle in the hall, took a bowl of water and said to the side: "Let's set up a shelf first, build a government office, set up a county government, I don't care if Makang can be managed well; if there is no trouble, I don't know either—a set of rules."

He drank two sips of water, put down the bowl and said, "Find out a set of practical rules and regulations. The most basic thing is to clear the cattle and sheep in the fields, check the population, taxation, corvee, conscription, build equipment, pass laws and regulations, and prepare for war. , they need to know how to do these jobs.”

Cao Yao was originally excited, but he suddenly opened his mouth when he heard this, but he didn't say a word, and finally yawned, looking uninterested as he sat aside.

Liu Chengzong had worked with him for a long time, and seeing his expression, he could tell what was going on in Cao's mind, so he couldn't help laughing: "Why, do you think it sounds like Daming?"

Cao Yao turned his head, stretched out his hand in the air and danced lightly a few times, but still didn't say anything, finally clenched his fists and said sullenly: "I really want to have a cottage!"

Out of the cottage, everyone is enemy, anyone who wants to be robbed can be robbed, back to the cottage, there are desperadoes all over the mountain, regardless of high or low, drinking and eating meat for pleasure, waiting for an accident to kill the entire cottage, happy for a lifetime.

The imperial court, the imperial court has no good things.

"We have a greater responsibility. The cottage can't be killed back to northern Shaanxi, and it can't stop the late gold from entering the customs."

Liu Chengzong laughed, and then said sternly: "Of course, we can't be like Daming. Its disadvantages have to be corrected, such as taxation, such as promotion of talents. These things have to be done better on the one hand, and also suitable for us."

Cao Yao calmed down a little bit, scratched the scar on his face, looked at Liu Chengzong with a smile and said, "When is the Generalissimo planning to pay the frontier army?"

This sentence alone made the surrounding generals burst into laughter.

Liu Chengzong also smiled, nodded and said, "Military salary will be paid sooner or later. I guess it will be next year. This matter still depends on Juerwan. As long as the market over there is in circulation, the problem of payment will be solved."

Now his problem is that he can't pay the salary.

The lion army has 7000 people, and they are paid one or two silvers per month, which is 20 taels of silver a year. This matter cannot be solved by looting alone, let alone in Qinghai, even in the interior, it must be solved by mobile looting.

"This battle, our biggest gain is these seven counties. The county and township officials in the seven counties will draw 500 people from the Lion Army. I also plan to garrison 500 people along the post road."

Liu Chengzong looked at Cao Yao and said, "The salary and rations of the [-] Lion Army are the work goals of the officials of the seven counties."

With 3000 people, it is about 6000 taels of silver and [-] shi of grain in one year's tax.

Cao Yao counted with his fingers, shook his head and cursed secretly: "Damn it, it's really hard to be a human being."

The expressions of all the generals were similar to Cao Yao's.

How should I put this matter, the generals in the Sunlight Hall of the Guanzhai are very aware that the land of the seven counties can easily support the three thousand lion soldiers.

But there is a premise: no reform of the land system and personal attachment.

The temples in Nangqian territory were burned down by the Baili army. There are not many temples in the Baili territory. If the nobles are kicked out of this ecological environment and the lion army fills the gap, let alone feed 3000 people, even the entire lion army will not be there. Next.

But they cannot fail to reform.

This is not just a matter of Liu Chengzong's personal will.

For a long time, this army was fighting for survival, whether it was for food at the beginning or later confronting the official army.

It is difficult to get honor by fighting for a living meal; but the respect and love of others will make people get honor.

That's how they've always been, sometimes they do little things for the people, more often they just don't do what most armies do, and get respect and love.

Non-vegetation.

The Lion Army, from soldiers to officers, are used to seeing death, not only death in battle, but also death from illness and starvation due to natural disasters and man-made disasters, and even suicide in despair.

When many people see a newborn child die, they will never feel pity or sadness from their hearts, and even feel puzzled by the sadness of others—they accept that they live in such an era, and they have long been familiar with death and are used to it.

Everyone's heart is like a stone.

However, there is still a big difference between a commoner dying for various reasons in an environment where thousands of miles of red land is about to collapse, and everything infinitely approaching livestock in a completely man-made environment.

The consensus of the Lions is that everyone has come, and something must be done.

And once some changes are made, it will be difficult to feed [-] troops here.

Liu Chengzong was very optimistic, nodded and smiled: "Yeah, it's hard to be a human being, but at least we now have seven counties. In the best case, if everything goes well here, we can even get this place on the right track without paying any money. "

From the very beginning, he never thought that relying on taxes here could feed back Haibei.

He was even mentally prepared to wait for the completion of the seven counties, and finally calculate the loss of money in this battle.

They need to spend too much. To redistribute the land, the distribution must be given to farm tools, cattle, sheep and horses. The farm tools here are all wood. If the farm tools are not improved and innovated, the people will not be able to finish farming after the land is divided.

Why can a commoner do the work that five slaves did in the past?Equipment and technology are indispensable.

"Then there are more than 1 people. How do you plan to pay next year?" Cao Yao thought and thought, but he had no other ideas. Ah, I wonder if we can let Gama be the county magistrate?"

Liu Chengzong was thinking about paying his salary, when he heard this suddenly, he couldn't help asking: "What do you say?"

"We have just established the county government, and the laws and regulations have been supplemented and improved little by little. It takes a period of time for county and township officials and the people to understand each other. During this time, problems are easy to occur."

Cao Yao couldn't hold back his smirk before he finished speaking, and said, "Gama is a very good candidate, the commander-in-chief will consider it."

Liu Chengzong understood Cao Yao's meaning. Bai Ligang was occupied, and there might be various accidents in the middle, and there might be further counter-rebellion needed, so he wanted to use Gama as a scapegoat to facilitate the next step in the future work.

"Actually, I have thought about what you said, and I have thought more than you. I want to use the three-way law to enable the little nobles in the past to work in the government."

Liu Chengzong nodded and said: "As long as the Lion Army is okay, these are trivial matters. You can try it, and the Lion Army is the big thing."

There is only one big thing in Liu Chengzong's heart. Will the currency they use in the future be gold, silver and copper, or lion tickets with gold, silver and copper as reserve funds?
　good evening!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)