There was music outside, accompanied by a commotion of people. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info Sun Wei stood up and said to the two: "I think it's the ministers who are here, let's go out to greet them." - By the way, that's what I just said, you two must help me with this! ”

Lu Ge agreed: "Brother Yuangui, don't worry, there will be no one from Zhengzhou who comes to Henan Mansion!" ”

Seeing this situation, Wang Zhen had no choice but to say: "I will send someone back to prepare for the renovation of the old canal in a while, and there is naturally no one to send in Tangzhou, so Yuan Gui can rest assured." ”

"Thank you, thank you! There will be a good reward after the next day! ”

"We belong to the same year, so we should support each other, and if we say anything in return, we will see each other."

The three of them said as they walked out of the small courtyard of the post house.

Yi Cheng was in a hurry in the courtyard like an ant, and when he saw Sun Wei coming out, he hurriedly stepped forward and saluted: "It turns out that Sun Tong is sentenced here, he is really in a hurry!" Outside, Li Xianggong of Mengzhou and Chen Xianggong of Zhengzhou arrived together, and Xuzhou Shuai Shou also arrived within ten miles of the city. - By the way, Judge Liu of the Salt and Iron Division came with Shuai Shou Li Zhizhou. ”

Sun Wei was stunned: "Why is there still a judge from the Salt and Iron Division?" We gathered on Jingxi Road to discuss what is going on with the salt and iron division! ”

Yi Cheng spread his hands: "Where does the little one know this?" I also asked Sun Tongju to quickly bring someone to greet him. ”

Sun Wei was suspicious in his heart, and no one asked, so he had to organize people and prepare to greet him.

On the post road outside the city, there are ten miles of pavilions and five miles of pavilions, which are aimed at the specifications of officials of different statuses. Li Di and Chen Yuzuo are both outgoing governors, and they don't need to go out for ten miles and five miles, Sun Wei only needs to welcome people out of the city. As for the appeasement envoy Li Zunqiao and his entourage, of course, the specifications will not be higher than the two former prime ministers.

As for Xu Ping in the city, every governor of Jingxi Road was under his supervision, and it was impossible for him to come out to greet him. As for Li Ruogu, the prefect of Henan, as a stay-behind guard in Xijing, his treatment is second only to that of the envoy of the Zaizhi Festival, which will not be welcomed.

The transfer envoy Si Yamen, Chong Shiheng lowered his hand and said to Xu Ping and Yang: "Xia Guan has checked the Sui and Tang Dynasty Ancient Cao Canal in the past two days, and it has been completely silted up, and it takes a lot of work to clean it up again." ”

Xu Ping said: "I naturally know that it is not easy, you estimate, if it is completed this winter, how many manpower will be needed?" ”

Chong Shiheng thought for a while before he said: "Xia Guan thinks that there are no more than 5,000 people, but I am afraid that it will be difficult to succeed." ”

"Five thousand?" Yang Xuan shook his head again and again, "How many households are there in Henan Mansion?" In addition to the human service required to maintain the Xijing Imperial Palace and the Yong'an Imperial Mausoleum, where to draw 5,000 people? is to count the old and weak women and women, whether they can be made up is still between the two! ”

Chong Shiheng smiled bitterly: "Five thousand people are only afraid that they will have to continue construction for more than a month, except for the nearby Luoyang and Henan counties, at most plus the two counties of Xin'an and Shou'an, other places are too far away from here, and it is too difficult to supply rations." In this way, it is true that there are so many people who can't be made up anyway. However, if there are fewer people, they have to divide it into two years and three years to take it slowly. ”

Xu Ping waved his hand: "You don't need to worry about money, food and manpower, as long as you calculate the required manpower." By the way, you'd better make a plan, how to arrange manpower, where to start, and how to do it specifically, so as not to get a mess. After the plan is completed, write a pleading, and show it to me and Deputy Envoy Yang. ”

When Chong Shiheng heard this, he knew that Xu Ping was going to transfer people from other states and counties, so he hurriedly bowed his hand: "The lower official obeys the order!" ”

Xu Ping said to Yang: "It's not early, the auspicious time has arrived, you take people out of the city to greet you." There are a lot of big people here today, so we must be vigilant and don't lose our manners. More than half of the Zhizhou who came to Zhizhou is higher than my official position, don't slack off! ”

Yang sue arched his hand: "Don't worry, the lower officials know in their hearts, and they will definitely not lose the face of Cao Si." ”

After speaking, he went outside to gather people, prepared a guard of honor, and went to the post house outside the city to greet the people who came to participate in the rally today.

At this moment, the public officials outside reported that several Zhizhou had already arrived at the Yamen of the transfer envoy.

Yang Xuan didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly took Chong Shiheng out of the door.

Xu Ping was also a little confused about what he was doing now, so he had to drink tea in the chief's hall and wait slowly.

It's the same state capital, but the rank is different. The state army is divided into regimental training, defense, section, governor and so on, and according to the number of households under its rule, it is divided into several levels, such as upper, lower, and tighter. On top of this, there is also the capital house, which has a higher status. For example, Henan Mansion is the Beijing Mansion, although it is subordinate to Jingxi Road, the status of Henan Mansion is higher than that of the Transit Envoy.

In the state army, Jiedu Prefecture and Dudu Prefecture are both Dafan, and they are often important ministers of the imperial court who serve as governors in these places, especially the governors, who are generally above the system or above the two provinces, and Xu Ping's current official position may not be higher than them. This principle is the same as in Xu Ping's previous life, which is also a prefecture-level city, and is also divided into general prefecture-level cities, provincial capitals, sub-provincial cities, cities with separate planning, and national municipalities directly under the central government. Unlike that era, the Transit Envoy was not a formal administrative level, and the official position of the Transit Envoy was far inferior to that of the provincial governor at that time. In fact, those who carry an envoy in the dispatch are often the petty officials of the imperial court who go out to hold power, and the central government uses them to contain the localities.

Xu Ping has been promoted very quickly in the past year, and he has become one of the top few officials. Except for the three roads along the border, even his official position is the highest among the transfer envoys of each road. But the place where he is now an official is Jingxi Road, a major place in the Central Plains, and there are many important state armies under his rule, but in fact, it is still a petty official who holds great power.

couldn't wait long, Yang Xuan accompanied several governors into the governor's hall, and Xu Ping hurriedly got up to salute.

Walking in the front was Zhao He, the governor of Dengzhou, Xu Ping couldn't help but be taken aback when he saw it, and arched his hand: "Why did the advice come so early?" Deputy Envoy Yang was about to take people out of the city to greet him, and he didn't want you to go to the yamen. ”

Zhao He smiled and shook his head: "Today, everything is complicated, and I don't have to work hard to waste my heart, so I rushed over by myself and saved a lot of effort." In the future, you and I will work together on Jingxi Road, and we don't need these common rituals. ”

Xu Ping said a few polite words, greeted Zhao Zhen, the governor of Ruzhou, Wang Zhen, the governor of Tangzhou, Wang Zhen of Caizhou, and others behind him, gave up his seat, and ordered the officials to serve tea.

The other governors of the other three states had a low official position, and they didn't dare to let the transfer envoy go out to greet him, so he just rushed over, and Zhao He should have waited at the post house outside the city. Dengzhou is one of the few Dafan under the rule of Nanyang County, Wusheng Army, and Jingxi Road. Zhao He's official is the right counselor, the official of the two provinces, and he is above Xu Ping.

Yuanwai Lang and Lang Zhong are officials of the two provinces, which means that the original Tang Dynasty belonged to the two provinces of Zhongshu and Menxia, and the official products were below the fifth grade. The officials of the two provinces with more than five grades, including the right scattered cavalry permanent attendant and the right counselor doctor of Zhongshu Province, the left scattered cavalry permanent attendant and the left counselor of Menxia Province and the left counselor of Menxia Province, are accordingly called the officials of the two provinces. As for the higher officials of the two provinces, Shangshu and Shilang are called "Six Ministers II", and in this era, they are generally the additional officials of the Zaizhi, such as Chen Yaozuo, who is the head of the household.

Xu Ping is now in the right division of the official, because the next step to be promoted to the right counselor doctor is a big step, and he needs to work hard for qualifications, so he can't be promoted for a long time.

After drinking tea and listening to two sentences, Xu Ping understood what Zhao He meant. He is a right-hand counselor, and his status in the two provinces is very high, but in the face of Li Di and Chen Yaozuo, the two former governors, he really can't pull his face to be with them. It is the appeasement envoy Li Zunqiao in the back, which is also attached to the horse, and the Ning Guojun is the envoy, and he can put it up.

Xu Ping sighed in his heart, he is not a close relative, if he wants to really have a status in the officialdom, he still has to go to Zaizhi. Zhao He's current official position is only one step away from the deacons, and he is surnamed Zhao anyway, and he is still ashamed to see people.

Yang said a few polite words, and hurriedly went out of the city with the honor guard to greet him. The remaining three governors, few of the civil and military officials in the court can overpower them, and they must be courteous and thoughtful.

Look at it is almost noon, and only then will Li Di, Chen Yaozuo and Li Zunqiao be welcomed into the city, with Li Zunqing, in addition to the salt and iron judge Liu Xin, there is also a Wang Gongchen who promoted the camp and field affairs, which made several Zhizhou who did not know very puzzled.

This time it was a meeting on Jingxi Road, why did Xu Ping bring two officials from the imperial court? The two capitals were not far away, but the local officials instinctively felt uncomfortable when the imperial court interfered in local affairs like this.

When everyone sat down, Li Ruocong was late. Although it is in the same city, today's landlord is a transfer envoy, and Henan Mansion is also a guest, so it is not bad that he did not wait for Xu Ping to send someone to greet him.

It was not early to see the sky, Xu Ping ordered tea and rice, and everyone ate a little to pad their stomachs first. In this era, there is no lunch as a main meal, and at noon, I just eat a little casually, so that I don't have the energy to talk about things in the afternoon.

After the tea and dinner, the official withdrew, and Xu Ping said: "While it's too early, let's talk about business here." After an hour or two, I prepared some thin wine in the back office to wash the wind and dust for you. ”

Talking about things in the yamen, talking about business for one hour, eating and drinking for two hours, this is considered a good efficiency. And all the governors have come from afar, and there is no reason to return on the same day, so why do you have to talk about it for three or five days. Not only is there enough time to talk about business, but there is also time to go around and enjoy the scenery.

Xu Ping coughed lightly: "When I first came to Jingxi Road, it stands to reason that I want to meet with the supervisors." It was supposed to be my visit, but now that the season has arrived, I want to repair the Cao Canal that leads Luo into Bian, so I can't wait, so I have to let you come to Xijing. - By the way, there was a little accident on the way to Jia Ti, and it will take tomorrow to arrive, so we will only talk about it today. ”

Jia Changling was a prisoner on Jingxi Road, and because of a suspicious case on the road, he was delayed for two days and could not arrive at the scheduled time. He had already sent someone to inform him in advance, and this kind of thing was not a day off. Besides, if the road-level supervisor does not persuade the peasant envoy to raise the sentence, it will not have much to do with daily affairs, and it is not necessary to wait for him. (To be continued.) )