Emperor Sui Yang

The prefects of the counties will remain unchanged. After Mai Tiezhang and others settle in Lingnan, they will return to the teacher. As for Li Shimin, he has made great contributions. Although he is young, he was jointly recommended by the prefects of various counties, hoping that he will stay in Lingnan.

Yang Guang was very discerning. He saw that Li Shimin was a good seedling worth cultivating, so he sent someone to escort his daughter Yang Qi to Ningyue County, designated Guizhou District as Lingnan West Road, and granted Li Shimin the title of Minister of Lingnan West Road Xingtai .

This belongs to the feudal officials who are in power.

In the court, no one objected to the emperor's arrangement, mainly because Li Shimin's achievements this time were too exaggerated. He led a total of 3000 people and defeated the entire Guizhou with 3000 people. Mai Tiezhang and Xin Shixiong , almost no effort.

Of course, Li Shimin will not stay here forever, and the emperor will let him go after the court's policy is steadily implemented.

After all, traveling to Taiwan is originally temporary, and there is no such thing as permanent.

As for Cen Mingxiu, he successfully became the prefect of Yulin County, and the original prefect Qiu He, who was busy for nothing, will go to Hepu County to serve as prefect after being relieved of his troops, which is Ning Daoming's territory.

The prefect of Ningyue County is Ning Huizao, and the prefect of Ning Chun's original Yongxi County is Guo Jingshan.

Guo Jingshan originally wanted to leave, but Li Shimin forced him to stay. He couldn't control the other party before, but now he is a minister of Taiwan and has the power to appoint and dismiss officials.

Li Shimin has this kind of character, I can't control you?No, I have to take care of you.

"General Manager Mai will leave five thousand Jianghuai troops, and the soldiers of Zuobeishenfu should be taken away by General Manager Mai," Li Shimin called all the officials to discuss in the lobby.

Everyone in the hall had different expressions. They had already been reprimanded by the imperial court, and they didn't have to stay if they didn't want to. After returning, they would never want to be officials for the rest of their lives.

Su Lie nodded and said: "The Zuobeishen mansion is all from Guanzhong, they definitely don't want to stay, the Jianghuai army is lucky to say, it is the military salary, it has to be resolved as soon as possible, otherwise there will be trouble."

The left and right Beishen mansions are imperial guards, the two most difficult military mansions in the world, only the emperor can command them, not even the crown prince.

The Jianghuai Army originally came here in debt and paid debts to the imperial court for refined weapons. Now they are not doing much, and they already regret it and want to return the armor.

The sale is done, so you can withdraw it if you want?
Li Shimin frowned and said: "At the moment, appeasement of the army is the most important thing. How about this? Each of the five thousand Jianghuai troops who stayed in Lingnan will be given a woman, and the salary will be doubled. The county treasury will be converted into five baht and shared among everyone." .”

Wei Yue shook his head and said: "I'm afraid it's not right. The most likely problem is to favor one over the other. If you want to reward the army, you have to reward them all. Director Mai brought 3 people here, and only pays 5000 people heavily. Others pay the same, and there will be disagreements in the army." Yes, besides, there are not so many women to reward."

In fact, it was a matter of dividing up the spoils. As the general manager, Mai Tiezhang did not seek benefits for his subordinates, and the subordinates would not obey him. Since ancient times, there is no reason for a victorious army to go back empty-handed.

What is clear reward and punishment? If everyone contributes, there must be benefits. This is clear reward and punishment.

After all, Li Shimin is still young, and he has no experience in governing the local government. He has already grown his head now, and said to Su Lie:
"Dingfang is about to return to the capital, so be sure to get me a few people in front of the crown prince. Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui are fine. I need officials who are good at handling civil affairs."

Su Lie nodded: "Don't worry, I will bring it to you."

Yang Tan has not returned to this county yet, he plans to take a safe ride when Mai Tiezhang returns to his teacher. He is the prefect of Yongping County, just northeast of Ningyue County.

"Guizhou is a poor place after all, and the wealth is concentrated in the hands of aristocratic families. If you want to solve the problem of military pay, you have to use these people's ideas. I think you should just grab it."

Li Shimin frowned: "How to rob?"

"Pretending to be a bandit and robbing, anyway, we can't let the common people know that it's the imperial court who is robbing," Yang Tan said.

Mai Tiezhang couldn't help laughing and said: "Guizhou is in chaos, and the local area needs to be appeased. Your method is not appropriate. You can change the money grabbing in a decent form, such as donating money, and the imperial court will help you suppress the rebellion. You are not allowed to leave. Do you want some travel expenses?"

Li Shimin asked doubtfully, "Can this method work?"

"Actually, it's not right," Wei Yue shook his head: "To appease, we have to rely on the aristocratic family to appease and cut their flesh. It will be extremely difficult to implement the imperial government's policies in the future. Guizhou is not a rich place. Don't look for military salaries in Guizhou. The imperial court will call another time."

Su Dingfang laughed and said: "The imperial court will have no spare money for the next five years, so the crown prince is already in dire straits. I heard that General Manager Qiu's food and salary depend on Jiangling Shen's family. You might as well find some merchants in Jianghuai to make up for the food and salary. There are There are no giant merchants in Guizhou."

It is easy to ask God to send God away, Li Shimin's head is about to explode, and he can't adapt to such a big responsibility at the age of 15.

It can be seen from this that it is even more difficult for the prince to supervise the country.

"There are a lot of gold and silver mines in Guidong, let's take the gold and silver tops," Li Shimin said distressedly, "Confiscate the homes of Ning Chun and Ning Daoming, and distribute the property evenly."

Wei Yue frowned and said, "Your Majesty didn't say you want to ransack the house. These two people might become officials in the future. Isn't it appropriate to raid the house?"

"Are you responsible for the mutiny?" Li Shimin asked.

Then I can't afford it, you can do whatever you want, Wei Yue has nothing to say.

Mai Tiezhang nodded: "In this way, I can be considered as an accountable."

The Jianghuai army he led originally owed them money from the imperial court, but ended up going to war. He had no choice but to pay the bill to buy refined weapons. The plan was to rob them after they came to Lingnan to make up for the shortfall. If you appease this army Not good, mutiny at any time.

After all, it is the Jianghuai army, not as loyal to the imperial court as in the north. They were from Chen not Sui 30 years ago.

Li Shimin is surrounded by a group of warriors, relying on them to govern the place is a joke, Su Lie has to go back again, he will also be in a predicament that no one can use for a while.

So, I have to rely on the Ning family.

He didn't dare to copy Qinjiang Duke's mansion. Ning Changzhen was doing well in Jiangdu, and his title had not been reduced. Although he was almost reduced to a mascot, mascots were still very important.

In the evening, Li Shimin sent someone to find Ning Huizao, who had returned from Cangwu County, and said with a smile:
"In the future, the affairs of Lingnan West Road will depend on Dalang."

Hehe, your boy changes his face very quickly, doesn't he?Now that you need me, just greet me with a smile?
Ning Huizao said indifferently: "The son-in-law has made such great achievements, and now he is the chief official of Guizhou. I don't have any skills, and I may disappoint the son-in-law."

"Money, right?" Li Shimin said with a smile.

Ning Huizao was taken aback, good guy, what are you thinking about me?

"It really doesn't."

Li Shimin smiled and said: "Take it out, deal with emergencies first, and return it to you later."

I believe you bastard, I kindly invited you to live in my house, but you tied me up and ruined my house, you want money, you go get it yourself?You dare?

"To tell you the truth, there is indeed no money, and the recruitment of the army has already been spent," Ning Huizao said.

Li Shimin continued: "Mining, dyeing, gambling, farmland, embroidery, these are all places where money is made every day. If you can't take it out all at once, you can lend it to me slowly."

Good guy, you suck my blood, right?Ning Huizao shook his head and said, "My father is not here, so I can't be the master. The managers of various industries don't recognize me."

"Do you recognize the knife?" Li Shimin said with a normal expression.

The corner of Ning Huizao's mouth twitched: "I'll think of a way."

Li Shimin smiled: "We will have a long time to deal with each other in the future. Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs of Lingnan West Road, Dalang will do it first. You and I will work together to govern Lingnan."

Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs is in charge of money, and whoever can get money can be the one.

Ning Huizao curled his lips and nodded reluctantly.

After sending the other party away, Li Shimin couldn't wait to write a letter to the prince, hoping that he would send some capable officials to assist him.

He dared not speak to the emperor, even though the emperor was his father-in-law.

On the capital side, it was already July when the news from Lingnan arrived.

At the small meeting in the East Palace, everyone was in an uproar. Their reactions were similar to those of the ministers in the court, they were all surprised by Li Shimin's ability to use troops.

"Awesome, this son is extraordinary," Liu Xuan sighed, "Unconstrained, treacherous and unpredictable, he has won the way of a military strategist."

Yang Ming smiled, looked at Jiancheng who had returned from Jiangdu, and said, "Shimin's current official position is higher than yours, so you have to work hard, don't come around here all day."

Xingtai Province is set up on Lingnan West Road, and the level of Shang Shuling is not high. From the fourth rank, because that place is not good, if it is replaced by Daxingtai in Hebei Province, it will have to be the second rank.

On the southwest road of Bashu, the minister is Yang Ming, so he has no rank. If it were someone else, he would probably be a fourth rank. The official rank is based on locality.

Jingzhao is also a county. Can the boss of this county be the same as Zhangye County?

Li Jiancheng was also very surprised, even though he was his own brother, he had no idea how capable his own brother was. If he had known, he wouldn't have been given away at Xuanwumen.

"The people of the world are so blessed. In fact, we can only rely on His Majesty's power to accomplish this feat." Li Jiancheng was always thinking of his younger brother, and said, "Will the crown prince send capable officials to assist Lingnan? After all, the people of the world are still too young. , he can't do it."

Yang Ming smiled and said: "Shimin is the companion of King Qin, so I naturally have to think about him. As for who is suitable, I still need to carefully consider it."

Li Jiancheng was overjoyed: "I thank the prince on behalf of the people of the world."

Yang Ming smiled and waved.

During this period of time, he has been researching the land mu system of the past dynasties, trying to find a way to break the current Great Sui land mu system. Right now, Lingnan is like a desert, and it is the best experimental field.

Other places cannot be changed, but Lingnan can give it a try.

So he will definitely send someone to Lingnan, and he is still his confidant, Li Shimin is destined to be ostracized by him.

Yang Ming has no problem in his mind, how could he allow Li Shimin to take power at such a young age, his father has sealed him too much this time,
Although it is not outrageous to jump from the fifth-rank consort captain to the fourth-rank, but it is outrageous for a miscellaneous officer to directly become an administrative officer on the side of the chief official.

In fact, in the final analysis, it was Li Shimin's turn because no one else wanted to go.

If Hebei Province were to set up Xingtai Province, you can see how many people would fight for their heads. The people in Chaotang are treacherous enough, and no one objected to Yang Guang's appointment.

One by one, they are all smart.