These days, Lu Yao's military strength has swelled, and the elites of all ethnic groups have come under him, and there is no need to say much about the warriors and soldiers. However, after all, the literary style in Northern Xinjiang is not prosperous, and in just a few days, there have been no literati with real talents and learning, so the general affairs in the army still rely on Changshi Shao Xu alone.

It must be known that Lu Yao crosses both military and political paths, and is an army hanging alone, compared with the past when he was in Jinyang, the environment is much stranger, and all kinds of complicated affairs are ten times more? There are really a myriad of things to do, such as raising grain, distributing materials, allocating ordnance, and organizing people's husbands. At the same time, in the face of hundreds of illiterate and incomprehensible beards, who could not speak more than the number of fingers, how difficult must it be to count the supplies they provide one by one? Just thinking about this situation makes people's hairs stand on end.

Fortunately, Shao Xu did not rely on his family background and talked about Xuanxu to sit down to the likes of the minister. He used to be the head of a county and county, and he had accumulated practical experience in governance, and he was not only skillful and thoughtful in handling things, but also very thoughtful. He traveled with the army to various parts of Dai County, resting only for one or two hours a day, and took a few officials who could barely read and break words to count, count, transcribe, and distribute, and disposed of all the affairs unsatisfactory, and stubbornly maintained the situation. To be able to do this, it is not said that Lu Yao relied heavily on him, and all the generals admired him.

At this moment, Shao Xu took the first seat on Lu Yao's right hand. Although he has been dealing with soldiers and Hu'er recently, he is still in a wide robe and a small crown, with a scholarly demeanor, but now he is pouting and trying to tear the tendon, which is really unseemly. Hearing Lu Yao's question, Shao Xu wiped his juiced beard, and didn't look for the account books, and replied casually:

"Recently, the seizures are roughly as follows: 1,300 swords of various types, more than 400 spears, 220 sets of leather armor, and 40 pairs of horn bows. Half of them have been scheduled to be distributed to the armies to make up for the battle damage, broken weapons and armor, etc., and the craftsmen have been ordered to repair them as soon as possible, and it is expected that more than 1,000 armors of various types will be available in half a month. At present, the armies are seriously short of arrows, but the surplus in the treasury is only more than 12,000, and the speed of craftsmen's production is also limited, so it is a little difficult. ”

After all, Northern Xinjiang is barren, which is certainly not good news, but it is also expected by Lu Yao. Lu Yao nodded, and asked again, "What about other grain and straw materials?" ”

Shao Xu owed: "The inventory has not been completed, but the grain and straw should be twice as much as before the tenth month, and the cattle, horses, and livestock are not counted." ”

Lu Yao nodded again. Ten days ago, the two of them were also here to calculate the stock of materials, and at that time, Lu Yao was very happy about the seizure after breaking through the Daiwang City. It would be nice if we could have twice as much grain as we did then. Not to mention the scattered and miscellaneous people from the extinction of the Hu tribe, countless cattle, horses and livestock. In order to graze those cattle and sheep, several pastures around Luochuan have been almost completely occupied.

"Just ......"

Lu Yao knew what Shao Xu meant, he took over the conversation and quickly reported another set of figures that Shao Xu counted yesterday: "It's just that now we directly control 7,000 iron horses, 3,900 households of the Jin people, and more than 2,700 Hu'er, which is five times as many as before the tenth month." Matching it, the grain and straw materials are tight again. ”

Dai Di was originally a remote place in northern Xinjiang, the Hu people were extremely powerful, over the years, there were Han family exiles in order to avoid paying taxes and sheltered in the Hu people, so that the number of households in the entire Dai County was counted during the Taikang period of the Guo Dynasty, but only 3,400 households. However, this time, Lu Yao attacked Daijun and wiped out many Zahu tribes who refused to obey one by one, not only did he collect a large number of hidden hukou, but also recruited a huge number of Hu people. With a military and civilian population of this size, even if there is no war, the amount of food, drink, and training consumed every day is not a small number. Since Lu Yao is the Taishou of the Daijun, he must have a long-term plan, and it is not a way to sit and eat empty.

Shao Xu leaned forward and said solemnly: "I have heard that if you take it, it will be successful, and if you are prepared, you will not be in trouble." While it's not a problem to keep the situation going for a month or two, what's next? Outside of the military, how should civil affairs behave? How can we truly take root in Daishire? Forgive Shao for continuing to taste, dare to ask the general if he has a plan? ”

"Although there are some superficial ideas, I don't know if it is appropriate. This matter still needs Shao Gong's guidance. Lu Yao said calmly. Whether before or after the crossing, Lu Yao had never had experience as a magistrate, and although he had some preliminary plans for future development, he could not guarantee whether it was appropriate. In order to avoid wishful thinking to create a castle in the air that is divorced from the actual situation, he is very much looking forward to Shao Xu's effective suggestions.

And Shao Xu really lived up to Lu Yao's expectations.

He put his palm on the desk and said in a deep voice: "In Shao's opinion, the next step is nothing more than three things. It is said that the people are managed, the people are used, and the people are appeased. ”

"Then I ask Shao Gong to tell me in detail."

The hustle and bustle at the banquet seemed to suddenly quiet down, and Lu Yao's ears only had Shao Xu's confident words: "The so-called rational people, one is humane and humane, and the types are also distinguished. On behalf of the military and civilians of the county, there are more than 5,000 households. Among them, how many people can be officials? How many people are worthy of soldiers? How many people can be craftsmen? How many people can be farmers? How much is a herder? These need to be identified as soon as possible, and they need to be properly placed according to their respective strengths and needs, so that they can play an appropriate role. ”

It is not enough to simply restrain and suppress the huge number of dependent people, but it is necessary to incorporate them into all aspects of politics, military affairs, and economy, so as to form a system with productive capacity and form a fixed source of food. However, the differences between the people are very obvious. For example, Hu'er is not good at farming, Han people are not good at grazing, and the people here are fierce, warlike and light death...... If it is arranged indiscriminately, it will not only achieve half the result, but also have the risk of provoking contradictions. Therefore, it is necessary to carry out an in-depth and meticulous reorganization of the subordinate people as soon as possible, find out their background, and on this basis, start to make arrangements for the next step. Lu Yao nodded again and again: "What Shao Gong said is extremely true!" Keep talking! ”

"The two of the people are also recruiting talents. Governance should be like the arm of the body, and the arm should be the finger, and it should not be controlled. However, Daijun fell into the hands of the Hu clan for decades, and the Shi clan withered away; Below the Taishou, there is no one available for the Ling, Chang, and Peng, as if there is no arm connection between the body and the fingers. Speaking of this, Shao Xu couldn't help but smile bitterly. In the past few days, he has been so busy that he almost longs to split himself into three or five petals to use, which is due to this. If it goes on like this for a long time, even the iron-clad muscles and bones can't hold on: "When it is extraordinary, extraordinary measures should be taken." The general was also asked to issue an order to recruit talents, and to quickly and simply promote officials and subordinates. Regardless of birth and surname, anyone who has a skill and a view is given the right amount to enrich the shogunate. ”

This sounds a bit exciting at first glance, is it because of meritocracy from now on, regardless of family background? Lu Yao was stunned and quickly reacted. Although Shao Xu is free, his father and ancestors are all high-ranking officials in the imperial court, and he is the leader of the scholar clan in Anyang, Wei County, and a famous scholar in Hebei, how can he easily abandon his views as a family. What he advocated was only to drastically reduce the qualifications of low-level officials in order to bring the people into management as soon as possible. Local officials and important subordinates with really high status naturally do not choose people at will.

It was the norm at that time to pay attention to the family lineage, and this kind of atmosphere has continued since the Han and Wei dynasties, and it also has its unique meaning of existence. Lu Yao didn't have to and didn't intend to deliberately oppose it, but he didn't mind pushing Shao Xu's opinion a little more. It must be known that the Hu people have been raging for decades, which has caused the Han people and scholars in the land to suffer a major blow. In the depths of Lu Yao's heart, he even vaguely felt that this was a big cleaning for him, which would help him, the new Daijun Taishou, to be a careless henchman and directly control the military and the people. Under these conditions, if we can recruit local heroes in the name of recommending talents, it will have the effect of killing two birds with one stone.

So Lu Yao clapped his hands and said, "That's right." Can Shao Gong remember Emperor Wei Wu's recruitment order? 'Yi Zhi and Fu said that they were sluts, Guan Zhong, and Huan Gong thieves were all used for fun. Xiao He, Cao Shen, county officials, Han Xin, Chen Ping bear the name of humiliation, have the shame of laughing, and can achieve the royal industry, which has been famous for thousands of years. It can be seen that talented people may not be out of poverty. If there are virtuous people in the local fruit, don't say that the people of the district officials are the commanders and subordinates, what is it? ”

This is a great expansion of the scope of recruitment. If you say this somewhere in the Central Plains, I am afraid that it will trigger an attack on the powerful clan. But since it is in the northern frontier outside the lonely territory, and it is in the blue wisps of the road and everything is created, Shao Xu is also indispensable. He smiled and bowed to Lu Yao: "The general's courage is extraordinary, Shao admires it." ”

"Excellent! Very good! Shao Gong, what you said about the two items of rationalizing the people are all in line with my heart. Lu Yao said happily: "What is it to use the people and to soothe the people?" ”