"Phew, hoo, hoo—"

The chariot stopped the donkey cart and wiped the sweat from his forehead.

"So much?"

In front of the Editing and Revision Regulations, Xu Ping took Liu Xin, Wang Gongchen and others to look at the regulations of the three divisions of the past dynasties pulled from Gao Chengduan's house, piled up on the donkey cart, and their eyes were straight.

Although I knew that there must have been a lot of them passed down through the ages, I didn't expect that there would be so many books, and how many people would have to spend how many days to read them. Just with the few people in the regulations, it is definitely not enough, and we must consider adding people.

Gao Cheng stepped forward and saluted Xu Parallel: "Deputy envoy, this car is almost stretched, and there will only be half of the car at most on the next trip." ”

"And? When will I finish reading! Wang Gongchen's eyes bulged out when he heard Gao Chengduan's words.

Xu Ping patted Wang Gongchen on the shoulder: "Don't worry, the most difficult thing is the beginning, once it is straightened out, there is no difference between one more car and one less car." In two days, a few more people will be drawn from the pavilion. ”

In a month or two, there will be a new class of Jinshi, and although they will all go to the local government to take up their posts, there will also be a group of new people from the local area who will come to the pavilion. Although the pavilion has also been repairing books recently, there are always a few people who can still be selected. Of course, the editing office here is not as leisurely as the pavilion, but it gives more subsidies, and the living treatment of food and housing is also good, and each has its own advantages.

The soldiers and officials were busy moving books to the stacks in the room, and Liu Xin and Wang Gongchen followed to point out the books.

There are libraries in the editing office, including Xu Ping himself, who are on duty in the library to manage the storage and borrowing of books. To this end, the current catalog retrieval system has been improved, which is connected with the future file management system of the three divisions.

When there is more information, management and retrieval are very important, and only by sorting out these rules and regulations can later officials not be afraid of difficulties and master these skills in their own hands. If the newly appointed officials are allowed to enter the sea of books and materials at once, many people will take refuge in perfunctory.

Gao Chengduan took the soldiers and officials who carried the books and went to his house to carry the rest, and Xu Ping stood alone on the steps in front of the door in a daze. The abundance of these materials is far beyond Xu Ping's expectations, and it will have a considerable effect in the future, so the reward for high success will have to be reconsidered.

Originally, Xu Ping promised to reward money and goods, and give Gao Chengduan's family a place to settle down in the capital. The house is the house affairs of the store under the three divisions, and Xu Ping can be the master, but the Gao family only has the right to use and no ownership, but it is just the three divisions paying the rent on their behalf. Gao Chengduan died or had other accidents, and the third division of this house had to be recovered.

Now it looks like the reward is a bit low.

What is the biggest dream of a public official? Naturally, he is an official. Before the Taizong Dynasty, public officials could also participate in the imperial examination, and Chen Shu, a famous financial minister, was a jinshi as a servant, and finally became the chief executive. When he was appointed as the salt and iron envoy, Taizong wrote the five words "True Salt and Iron Chen Shu" on the pillar, and was the most successful three envoys except for Ding Wei.

Now that the public officials have no way of passing the imperial examination, they can only boil their qualifications to become officials, and they can only be awarded officials after serving for five years and over 50 years old. Even if they are awarded, they are all the lowest-ranking judges, and it is extremely difficult to be promoted.

After thinking about it, Xu Ping still decided to look at it for a while, if Gao Chengduan's ability to do things was okay, he would find a way to change him from the status of an official to an official. For the public officials, this is a happy event that can be compared to the middle jinshi.

Just when Xu Ping was busy, on the twenty-seventh day of the first month, the news from the northwest shocked Xu Ping.

Since Zhao Yuanhao's ascension to the throne, he began to infiltrate the territory of the Song Dynasty, especially the establishment of a large number of walled forts on the border, cutting off the connection between Yeonju and Gyeongju on the border. Since the beginning of the first month of this year, the conflict between the two sides has continued and is likely to become more and more intense.

This news did not make any waves in the imperial court, after all, there was no large-scale fighting, only skirmishes on the border. The court has always believed that the Khitan in the north is the fierce enemy, and there is no need to care too much about the small troubles in the northwest. The so-called "the trouble of the world is in the north and not in the northwest", the consensus of the courtiers at this time.

Xu Ping had knowledge of his previous life, and although he didn't remember what year or where the war took place, he knew that the war must have broken out in recent years. And I clearly remember that the party launched a surprise and surprise attack.

In the afternoon of the same day, Xu Ping went to Tongjin to play a chapter, and asked Shi Zhongli to arrange an immediate performance.

Although Xu Ping did not have this power according to the regulations, Shi Zhongli saw his face and ordered someone to pass it in immediately.

Without waiting for Xu Ping to leave the interior, a small yellow door came out of the inside, and Xu Ping was ordered to go to the Chongzheng Palace to discuss matters.

As the people of the gate walked all the way through the verandah, Xu Ping came to the outside of the Chongzheng Palace.

It was still a red tape of praise and dancing, Xu Ping entered the Chongzheng Palace, and behaved like a ritual.

At this time, the chief executive of the palace has not retreated, the two prime ministers and the governor Cai Shou and Zhang Dexiang, the privy envoy Zhang Shixun and the deputy envoy Wang Deyong sat on both sides, and Han Yi in the imperial history was still sitting on one side.

Xu Ping saw the salute, and Zhao Zhen ordered to give a seat.

As soon as he sat down, Zhang Shixun said with displeasure: "Xu Ping, just now you played a chapter and said that the situation in the northwest is urgent, as if the sky is about to fall!" On what basis? The party in the northwest is just a small disease of ringworm, and some skirmishes on the border are commonplace, so why make a fuss? If you hadn't made military achievements in Yongzhou, and you were an expert in military affairs, if you changed to another person, the music would be pressed down like this, where would you still be allowed to go to the palace to perform! You tell the truth, what the hell is going on? ”

When he was the prime minister, Xu Ping was looking for trouble from time to time because of the tea method, but now he was unlucky to be replaced by a privy envoy, and Xu Ping pulled out the war in the northwest again, could it be that this was consumed by himself? Zhang Shixun was quite unhappy.

Xu Ping arched his hand: "The privy minister, the embankment of a thousand miles, collapsed in the anthill, now it is a skirmish, if I can't deal with it effectively, let the party members see the flaws, it will become a catastrophe!" It is better to prevent things than to remedy them after the fact. In the past two years, all the ministers who went to the party to envoy said that Zhao Yuanhao was a wolf, greedy, cruel and easy to kill, and it would become a big disaster in the future. Shaanxi in the northwest is not as good as other places, and once something happens in the Yanzhou area, the party members will be able to rush out of the Hengshan line, and they will be able to go deep into the interior. ”

"Speaking of which, it's still the same old thing, that is, is it possible for the party members to rebel! Xu Ping, Zhao Deming has been in the dynasty for decades and has always been respectful. Now that he has passed away, Zhao Yuanhao has come up, and they all say that Zhao Yuanhao is unreliable, but in the past few years, he should come to make envoys, pay tribute, and there is no place to exceed in etiquette. As for a little skirmish on the border, there will be some petty contradictions when brothers live in the same house, let alone between two countries? If something happens and make a fuss, how can you show the bearing of a great country? This time in conflict with Yanzhou Prefecture, just ask the party for the crime, let him restrain his subordinates, and don't listen to it and don't make theories, how is it bad? ”

Xu Ping listened to Zhang Shixun's words, and didn't know how to answer for a while. I know that there will be a big war in the northwest soon, but these people don't know, it's just speculation now.

"The privy minister is also reasonable, but the recent change in the tea law is still the same sentence, no stone of grain has entered Shaanxi for several years, and the hidden danger is extremely heavy. If the war is fought together, even if it is to transport grain to Guanzhong, the border state army is afraid that there will still be a shortage of food. And now the grain transportation depends on the merchants, and when the war breaks out, the party people plunder, and the merchants also cherish their lives, will they still transport grain? Everything must be prepared for the worst, so that it will not be caught off guard. ”

Wang Deyong, who has never spoken, said: "Xu Ping's words are also reasonable, without grain and grass, there are soldiers and no soldiers." The so-called soldiers and horses have not moved, grain and grass go first, and even if the northwest does not increase troops, grain and grass must still be prepared sufficiently. ”

Zhang Shixun glanced at Wang Deyong, a military general, sitting in the seat of a privy envoy, where are there so many words? Seeing that Xu Ping also led soldiers, is this looking for recognition and production?

After thinking about it, Zhang Shixun said to Xu Ping: "Then according to you, how will the imperial court arrange it?" ”

"The lower officials don't dare! Now, if troops are transferred to the northwest, there is really no reason, but it will arouse the vigilance of the party members. For the sake of today's plan, it is better to first sort out the system of grain transportation and pay attention to effective personnel management. If there is a war together in the future, there will be no panic. ”

Seeing that everyone present was unimpressed, Xu Ping stubbornly said: "The minister asked to transfer Han Zong to Shaanxi to transfer the envoy, he has presided over the delivery of money and grain to the front line in Yongzhou for many years, and the management is lawful. In the Battle of Langzhou, more than 100,000 soldiers and civilians participated in the battle at the peak, and there was never a shortage of food and grass for several months. ”

At this time, Xu Ping deeply felt that there were too few people under him, no matter what happened, as long as he intervened, one or two people would be transferred around. However, in comparison, the Salt and Iron Division can also find another judge, but Han Zong must be in Shaanxi, otherwise he will pay a greater price in the future.

There was never a shortage of food and grass in the Yongzhou War, and naturally it was not all due to Han Zong, but more of Xu Ping's own doing. But Han Zong has been involved in the process, and as a deputy, he is more familiar with this system than anyone else.

It is not difficult to transport grain and grass from the Central Plains to Guanzhong, but the difficult thing is to transport it from Guanzhong to the border prefectures and counties. Shaanxi's climate is dry, the border is sparsely populated, and many military strongholds have no access to roads at all, and the situation of transporting grain there is even worse than that of Yongzhou.

Although Yongzhou has continuous mountains and rivers, the army is arranged along the river valley, which is relatively very concentrated.

Shaanxi, on the other hand, is scattered everywhere, and there is a desert along the road, and there are very few supply bases. For many walled forts, the most economical way to transport grain is to carry it on people's shoulders, which is something that has never been encountered in Yongzhou.

Xu Ping did not believe that there were still bureaucrats who could solve the difficulties of transporting grain and grass on the roads in Shaanxi, and that they might be able to guarantee that the army there would not starve to death, but the price to pay might not be affordable for the whole country. Moreover, the transportation of grain and grass was not flexible, and the armies participating in the war lost the ability to maneuver and fight. (To be continued.) )