Lord Moyu was forced to open

Chapter 24

Noisy all night.

On the early morning of the first day of the Lunar New Year, Yunzhou County regained its silence.

However, Prince Yun's Mansion has been crowded with officials from all levels of Yunzhou County who came to congratulate the New Year from early in the morning.

Due to the special situation of Yunzhou County, other state capitals in the Song Dynasty were divided into administrative agencies such as prefectures, counties, and towns under the administrative division of counties. The old village chief is responsible for coordinating with the county government.

Paying taxes, serving in the military service, and coordinating with various policies and decrees issued by the imperial court are still taken care of by each village on weekdays. Therefore, in the feudal era, the lowest control of imperial power was at the county level, that is, It is often said that imperial power does not go to the countryside.

But Yunzhou County is different. There is only one city like Yunzhou City in Nuoda of Yunzhou County, so Yunzhou County Sheriff's Mansion directly governs the whole territory, and other areas except the Sheriff's Mansion are still managed by various tribes. Take care of yourself, that is to say, the nomadic tribes in Yunzhou County are not much different from the past except for the addition of the Song Dynasty court on their heads.

Therefore, on the first day of the Lunar New Year, although there were many officials surrounding King Yun's mansion, they were not too many.

Although everyone in Prince Yun's Mansion had just settled down, under Wang Huai'en's command, they received these officials at all levels who came to celebrate the New Year in an orderly manner.

And Zhao Jun himself, who is the King of Yun, has assumed the role of a mascot perfectly today, sitting in the reception hall without moving a place, receiving officials who are qualified to see him in batches one by one , As for those who are too low-level, they will be dismissed by Wang Huai'en after handing in the New Year's greetings.

In fact, these officials mainly came here for a formality, and naturally they left after giving the gifts with self-knowledge.

To say why they insist on coming to give presents even though they don't seem to see each other face to face, this is also very particular.

Although the officialdom in Yunzhou County is rather special, it is still an officialdom no matter how special it is.

During the holidays, it doesn’t matter whether you get benefits or not, but it’s a rule to give gifts to Shangguan. If you give gifts, people may not remember you, but if you don’t give them, then you are finished. They will definitely remember you to death. Not a good thing.

Therefore, regardless of the personality of the new Shangguan, this New Year's gift must be given, just to prevent himself from being too conspicuous, and to seek peace of mind, to prevent people from sitting at home, and the pot comes from the sky.

At this time, it was noon.

As I said earlier, there are not many officials in Yunzhou County. After a morning of reception, I have met most of them.

Now there are only the last few who need to be interviewed individually, among them are Li Yi, the prefect of Yunzhou County, Liu Xishan, the prefect of the county, and Cheng Cheng, the defense envoy, the three most senior officials in Yunzhou County.

After some courteous greetings, the three sat down one after another.

Li Yi, the county guard, looked at Liu Xishan who was sitting at the bottom of his head, and then at Cheng Cheng who was sitting on the opposite side who was drinking tea in silence. Zhao Jun said:

"Your Highness, on the occasion of the New Year, our Yunzhou County has His Highness coming this year compared to the past. I believe that the people of the entire Yunzhou County can live better and better under the leadership of His Highness.

What I want to know is, does His Highness have any thoughts on the development of Yunzhou County this year?Or is it just as usual? "

According to Li Yi's thinking, even if King Yun wanted to make some moves when he first came to Yunzhou County, he would not be so quick. For the sake of stability, at least there should be no major changes in Yunzhou County this year, and it will be no different from previous years.

Now this question is just a formality. After all, King Yun is already the controller of Yunzhou County in name, and the subordinates should know everything and report to the leader, so that they can carry out their work, right?
Zhao Jun, who had been the mascot all morning, was relieved at this moment. Now that he had almost met all the people who should be interviewed, there were only the last three left, so he could go back to rest.

But since Li Yi mentioned the development of Yunzhou County this year, he has some ideas.

After thinking about it, he stroked his chin and asked, "What was the constitution of Yunzhou County in the past?"

Seeing that King Yun actually asked about the charter of previous years, Li Yi was a little surprised, but he soon came back to his senses, recalled it, and immediately replied:

"Actually, we in Yunzhou County don't have many things to do in a normal year. Due to the particularity of Yunzhou County, most of the local people are still in the lifestyle of tribal migration. Except for Yunzhou City, most of the rest of the people follow the tribes during the year. Migrating everywhere.

Usually, the tribal affairs are managed by the tribes themselves, so there is no need for the yamen to worry about them.

What Yunzhou County has to do every year is to convene all the tribes after the beginning of spring every year, divide the pastures and migration areas of each tribe during this year, and prevent the tribes from fighting because of pasture problems, and mediate on weekdays The conflicts between the tribes try not to escalate the situation.

For the rest, only cattle and sheep taxes are collected from the tribes every autumn.

In fact, when Yunzhou County was first attached to the Song Dynasty, in the first ten years, due to the grace of the previous emperor, the entire Yunzhou County did not collect any taxes.

The cattle and sheep tax was collected ten years after the annexation, and each tribe paid a tax of one-twentieth of the number of cattle and sheep raised this year.

Then the sheriff's office will send the tax to Guannei and Guannei will buy it at the market price. If the money in exchange is counted as three parts, one of them will be used to maintain the repair and maintenance of Yunzhou City, the staff salaries of the sheriff's mansion and All kinds of consumption, and the remaining two will be allocated to General Cheng to pay the Yunzhou Army and maintain and replace the equipment in the army.

After using these in twos and threes, the entire Yunzhou County can only save about one thousand yuan of funds as a reserve in the yamen at the most time of the year. "

After listening to Li Yi's report on the daily work, financial status and whereabouts of the Yunzhou Army, Zhao Jun immediately turned to look at the other two people in the hall.

The prefect Liu Xishan and the defense envoy Cheng Cheng saw what Prince Yun looked like, and immediately nodded to confirm what Li Yi said.

Withdrawing his gaze, Zhao Jun pondered for a moment, then asked again:
"So although the Yunzhou Army belongs to the state road of the Song Dynasty in name, in fact, it has not paid a penny to the imperial court since it was attached to Yunzhou County, and the income tax and food are just enough for its own consumption. Is that true?"

Li Yi nodded: "Go back to the lord, that's exactly the case."

Zhao Jun nodded. Although his face was expressionless, he had already begun to complain crazily in his heart. No wonder he gave himself the power of wealth so easily, and he couldn't get his feelings in the first place.

Even when Yunzhou County was hit by a disaster, in order to maintain stability, the imperial court had to allocate money and food for disaster relief. The entire Yunzhou Army is a brave man who can only get in and out. The imperial court probably wanted to get rid of this burden a long time ago, which is just right It's really a good plan to throw it on my head!
Extending this to other aspects of autonomy given to him by the court, Zhao Jun became even more speechless. His feelings were based on the fact that he could not afford money and food, so he gave himself such a large authority. Although the authority is large, there is no Even if Qian Liang himself has these permissions, what kind of fuss can he make?
This is the main reason why those courtiers and several of his brothers are relieved to give themselves these autonomy.

Thinking of this, Zhao Jun couldn't help but raise a slightly sarcastic smile.

But they never expected that for them, money and food are the conditions that cannot restrict them the most, and the authority they regard as weak is the most difficult problem for them to solve, and now these authorities are easily in their hands!
This is really God helping me!
Thinking of this, Zhao Jun straightened his mind, restrained the uncontrollable smile on his face, and after straightening his expression, he suddenly turned his head to look at Cheng Cheng, the defense envoy of Yunzhou County who hadn't spoken since the beginning. The chief of the garrison said:
"General Cheng, since this king has come to Yunzhou, I will have to trouble General Cheng to take care of the safety in the future."

Cheng Cheng was stunned for a moment, but quickly reacted and stood up and cupped his hands: "Don't worry, my lord, Yunzhou County will definitely protect the safety of the lord, and I will never let Xiaoxiao threaten the safety of the lord!"

Zhao Jun nodded with a smile: "That's very good, since the soldiers of Yunzhou County will be protected in the future, then let's do this, General Cheng, you can arrange it tomorrow, I want to go to the barracks to see those who guard my Yunzhou County Anwei soldiers, this shouldn’t be a problem, right?”

Cheng Cheng's heart sank when he heard the words, but his face remained calm, and he nodded without hesitation and said:
"My lord is worrying too much. What's wrong with my lord wanting to see the soldiers? I'll arrange it later when I go back. I'm sure my lord will be able to see the military appearance of my Yunzhou army tomorrow. Take a look at my Yunzhou army." Does the army have enough capabilities to ensure the safety of the prince!"

Although Cheng Cheng agreed straightforwardly, Zhao Jun still noticed the unnaturalness in his eyes, but he didn't say much, just nodded with a smile, and then looked at the last person who hadn't spoken yet—— Jun Cheng Liu Xishan!

"Liu Juncheng, I heard that Liu Juncheng is very familiar with the leaders of the tribes in Yunzhou County..."

(End of this chapter)