But the money will have to be made up anyway, and I'll come back in a few days, and if I can't pay it by then, then don't blame me for being rude. He waved his hand and said, "Let's go." ”

After walking for a while, an errand officer smiled and said to Qian Kongmu: "Old Qian, the harvest of this trip is not small." ”

Qian Kongmu "hehe" smiled: "Isn't this all the credit of the big guy, everyone has a share after going back, tomorrow we will go to the Jijia Village over there, everyone will work together and earn money together." ”

Originally, the county set 2,000 guan for Qijia Village, and the upper branch sent it to Qian Kongmu to make their own claims, and added 1,000 guan, and now the things collected are also worth 2,5600 guan together, and the extra part is naturally divided by them.

Another errand said: "Old money, but I always feel a little worried, we used to collect taxes for the Great Song Dynasty, which is also justified." Now this is collecting money for Manichaeism, this is the rebellion of the Great Song Dynasty, if the army of the Great Song Dynasty comes back that day and drives away this group of Manichaean people, do you think we will be charged with treason! ”

Qian Kongmu smiled and said, "You can rest assured, whether it is Manichaeism or the Great Song Dynasty, whoever sits in the world will not have to collect taxes?" The old men who are big officials can't work, and there are no taxes, so you let those big men who are officials drink the northwest wind. But as long as it is to collect taxes, you have to send people to do it, who can do this work better than us, the Great Song Dynasty used us in the past, and now Manichaeism is coming, and it also uses us, and then the Great Song Dynasty will fight back, do you still have to use us? If you want to say that there are more people working for Manichaeism, don't you say that the people of Qijia Village also gave the money to Manichaeism, isn't that equivalent to working for Manichaeism, and you can convict them one by one, so you don't have to worry about it. ”

The officer also grinned and said, "Old Qian, you are the one who has read for a few days, and you really make sense, so I don't have to worry about it." ”

It turned out that after Zhong Ziang failed in his attack on Guangzhou, he listened to Lai Wenzheng's advice and temporarily stopped using troops and instead concentrated on improving internal affairs. The most urgent task at the moment is to formulate a complete tax system. However, no one in Manichaeism knew how to collect taxes, nor did he know how much to collect, so in desperation, Zhong Ziang had to use some local officials of the Great Song Dynasty in Guangnan, listen to their opinions, or follow the tax collection methods of the Great Song Dynasty, and then assign the task of collecting taxes to the prefectures and counties.

After receiving the task of collecting taxes, the Manichaean officials in the prefectures and counties did not dare to slack off, and immediately began to send people to the villages and towns to collect taxes. But most of them had no experience in collecting taxes, so they had to use the original Song Dynasty's errand clerks to do it. This is how Qian Kongmu and the others have become people who work for Manichaeism.

However, more than two months later, the Manichaeans collected more than 4 million copper coins, more than 500,000 stone of grain, and other materials. The problem of insufficient usage was solved at once. Zhong Ziang was deeply satisfied with this order, and felt that collecting taxes from the people was definitely a good way to solve the financial problems. At the same time, with the financial problem solved, Chung Ziang and other Manichaean figures also discussed plans and reformulated a set of administrative systems.

First imitated the Great Song Dynasty, and also set up the agency of the Governor's Office to be in charge of administration, which was equivalent to the Zhongshu Province of the Great Song Dynasty. Zhong Shi is the chief manager, and Xiao Tinglan is the deputy director. The governor's office also set up six departments: officials, households, rites, soldiers, criminals, and workers. The heads of the ministries are called heads. However, most of these brains in Manichaeism did not know how to govern, so only Lai Wenzheng, one of the five scattered people, was appointed as the head of the military department and managed the military. Qi Wentian was appointed as the head of the criminal department and was responsible for the criminal law. The directors of the other four ministries were all officials of the original Great Song Dynasty, the head of the Ministry of Officials was Lin Yongxiang, the former governor of Leizhou, the head of the household department was Sun Ji, the former Qinzhou Tongju Sun Ji, the head of the Ministry of Rites was Jiang Yiju, the former Zhijun of Takishui, and the head of the Ministry of Works was Huang Wenbing, the former Zhijun of Wan'an. In this way, the departments are divided and each has its own responsibilities, and the entire administrative apparatus is operational, and the government decrees are much smoother.

After the administrative system was established, Zhong Ziang began to re-establish the army, and now the Manichaeism has more than 300,000 troops of various kinds, and the quality is uneven, and there are all kinds of people. In this regard, Zhong Ziyu first eliminated some old, weak, sick and disabled soldiers, selected some young and strong soldiers, and then set up the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies, with Zhao Cao as the governor and Chen Ziming as the deputy governor.

Under the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies, there are five armies: front, rear, left, right, and center, and each army has 20,000 people commanded by the Five Elements Banner Envoy. These 100,000 horses are all Manichaean elite troops, with strong combat effectiveness, rich war experience, and are also more loyal to Manichaeism, have firmer beliefs, and better weapon assembly, and will serve as the main force of Manichaeism in the future to dominate the world. Twenty armies were set up below, ranging from 5,000 to 8,000 each, under the command of each incense lord and the gate master. The conditions of these twenty armies are much worse in all aspects, as long as they are used as auxiliary gifts.

Since they had been fighting for a while before, the Manichaean leaders had a certain amount of combat experience, so the command of each army was held by a Manichaean person. Moreover, Zhong Ziang also knew the importance of mastering military power, and did not dare to give up military power to people other than Manichaeism.

With the establishment of the administration, the personnel are in place, and the work has begun to be carried out in an orderly manner. Zhong Ziang was much more relaxed at this time, and at this time he finally had a little feeling of being separated from one side and establishing himself as the king. Sure enough, it is very different from the previous simple Manichaean leader.

In the past, although the power of Manichaeism was huge, it was only a gang after all, and most of the time it could only operate in the shadows, avoiding the eyes and ears of the government. How can it be compared to him now sitting on the three armies and one government in eighteen states, the ruling place is set in Guizhou, there are more than 2,000 miles, and he has the power of life and death in this vast land, and he can stand in front of people justifiably, and he responds to every call, and he obeys every order, and he respects everything where he is done, but this feeling is really something Zhong Ziang has never had before.

But at this time, the news came back from the dark line of Lin'an, and the Song Dynasty decided to replace Fan Chengda with Yang Yan, as the envoy of Guangxi, and led a large army to Guangyou to suppress Manichaeism. After Zhong Ziang received the report, he immediately gathered the newly appointed officials at all levels to discuss the response strategy.

Chen Ziming said first: "Sect Master, I think Yang Yan came just in time, and the people of our Holy Sect have been rectified, and it is time to try the edge, Yang Yan is just not yellow-toothed, nothing is wrong, I think we should take the army first and take the initiative to attack." He only participated in the battle of attacking Hengshan, and did not participate in the later Hou Renxiu, the two battles of Guangzhou, although I heard others say it, but the fear of Yang Yan is far less than Zhao Cao, Lai Wenzheng and others, so he is the main battle.

Lai Wenzheng frowned and said, "Wing King, Yang Yan is resourceful and good at using soldiers, so he is a difficult one to deal with. Otherwise, the emperor of the Song Dynasty would not have sent him to replace Fan Chengda, but he must not be underestimated. In my opinion, it is better to be cautious. ”

Chen Ziming said disdainfully: "Mr. Lai, Yang Yandu is about to hit Guangnan, how can you be cautious?" ”

Lai Wenzheng turned to Zhong Ziang and said, "Sect Master, the men and horses of my Holy Sect are good at field battles, but not good at attacking cities. In my opinion, we should try to build on our strengths and avoid our weaknesses now. Don't take the liberty of attacking the Song army, but take defense as the top. Yang Yan was immediately ordered to pacify the south, and once he arrived in Guangnan, he would definitely attack us in a big way, and our sect could just take advantage of the strong field battle and fight a decisive battle with the Song army. That's the best way to go. ”

Zhao Cao nodded and said, "I think Mr. Lai's words are right, if you underestimate Yang Yan, you will definitely suffer a big loss." ”

Chen Ziming snorted coldly and said, "I see that it is obvious that you are afraid of Yang Yan, so you don't dare to fight." Since the ancient saying, 'first to control people, then to be controlled by others', there are those who sit at home and wait for others to knock on the door. ”

Zhong Ziang was also a little hesitant, he participated in the whole process of the Battle of Guangzhou, and he was also very jealous of Yang Yan's ability to use troops, and he also knew that Yang Yan was not good at this time. But he also didn't agree with Lai Wenzheng's opinion, if just because there was a Yang Yan scared the Manichaean army into not daring to fight, then what else could we talk about fighting for world domination? He looked at several newly appointed department heads and said, "I have recruited everyone today to let everyone brainstorm, and everyone will not speak up directly if they have any opinions." ”

Lin Yongxiang came out first and said: "Sect Master, it seems to my subordinates that the Great Song Dynasty is exhausted, and our sect is prosperous." The leader of the sect is wise and powerful, taking advantage of the situation, and still obeying the actions of the people, and the will of heaven cannot be disobeyed. Just a Yang Yan, who is a person, dares to block the car with his mantis arm in vain, and does not measure his own strength, this time the leader came to Guangnan to kill himself. ”

Zhao Cao frowned and said, "Director Lin, the sect leader is asking about the countermeasures, not to listen to you sing praises and virtues, if you don't have any good suggestions, it's best not to speak." ”

Lin Yongxiang suddenly blushed and was very embarrassed. Zhong Ziang also nodded and said, "Lin Yongxiang, today I only talk about the countermeasures, and don't say anything else, you just talk about the topic." In fact, Lin Yongxiang's words just now, although Zhong Ziang knew that he was flattering, but it was also very useful to listen to it, so he didn't blame him too much, but gave Lin Yongxiang a step down.