"You guys, how's the situation now?"
"What do you mean, sir?" Luo Qingxiao asked cautiously.
"Everything, I want to hear!"
"this……"
"Don't be worried. It can come out of your mouth and into my ears, and no third party will know." Xu He said.
Luo Qingxiao obviously would not give up his worries just because of Xu He's words. He was still a prickly person while kneeling.
Xu He said warmly: "Get up, don't you want to take up your post?"
When Luo Qingxiao heard this, his eyes lit up and he said, "Sir, are you willing to release my documents?"
Xu He smiled and said, "I'll call someone to do it right away!"
Luo Qingxiao gritted his teeth and considered it for a long time, and then said to Xu He: "Sir, what specifically do you want to ask, as long as I know, I will tell you!"
Xu He smiled and said: "Relax, I don't want you to bite anyone, I just want to understand the situation. You also know that I am a scholar and just became an official. I don't understand anything. I don't want to know what is going on in our Wei Dynasty Guards Station." , I won’t be blinded by this experience in the future!”
The explanation was very reasonable, and Luo Qingxiao immediately relaxed and smiled.
Xu He said: "Is your commander a member of the military?"
Luo Qingxiao said: "Exactly, it is strange that our guards near Xiangyang have said that in recent years, none of the generals have been transferred from outside, and they have all managed the guards at their own place."
When Xu He heard this, he frowned and said, "Isn't that right? My Taizu has long made it clear that the officials of the guard station should discuss appointments in other places. Unless they are sick, is it possible that all the officials of the guard station near Xiangyang have all fallen ill?"
Luo Qingxiao said happily: "Sir, you are an old man. Nowadays, as long as you have money, you don't need to go through the pain of traveling. Besides, if you go to a foreign country to be an official, you can only make money, but you can't buy land. It’s not like being at home!”
"So you spent money and went bankrupt just to stay in your hometown?"
Luo Qingxiao: "………………"
Xu He smiled and said: "It's okay, you tell me, I'm just asking casually! By the way, I heard that Huguang Guards Station is extremely short of weapons. Is this true?"
As soon as he said this, Luo Qingxiao said excitedly: "Yes, not only is it a rare shortage, I heard that the people of Xiangyang Guard have even turned their cannons into coins!"
When Xu He heard this, he was shocked for the first time.
The cannons of this era were all made of copper and turned into coins. What if the thieves came?
Xiangyang is the main transportation link between the north and the south of China. This huge city doesn't even have cannons. Isn't this troublesome?
"I just heard that I don't know the specifics. Anyway, in our health center, when the superiors come to inspect the drills, each department will go to the warehouse to get those rusty spearheads, plug them into bamboo poles and use them!"
"Bamboo pole? Can we fight with this?"
"Fighting? It's so soft that it won't hurt if you hit someone. It's just a facade, everyone above knows it, no one takes it seriously!"
"What about military morale?"
"Where does the morale of the army come from? Take the Jiren, Jili, Jiyi, Jizhi, and Jixin divisions under my father's five-army judge. The full quota is supposed to be forty-seven, but every time I order Mao, only twelve people should answer Mao."
Xu He said in surprise: "Where are the others?"
“Either they have no money to take up their posts now, or they are doing the work for the superiors, or some of them...ran away!”
"Run away? After all, the Fifth Division has the title of seventh-level official. Why did they run away while leaving a good official?"
Luo Qingxiao smiled bitterly and said: "What is the seventh rank? Even if it is my dead father who is the fifth rank judge, when you see the housekeeper of the commander's family, you still have to be respectful!"
Hearing this, Xu He understood clearly that the economic base determines the superstructure, and the superstructure feeds back to the economic base. The result is that power is too concentrated, and the guards are controlled by a few big shots.
"Then if a war breaks out, won't your Xiangyang guards be useless and you won't be able to explain to the court?"
Luo Qingxiao, however, said disapprovingly: "It's okay, it's a small battle. Our command will make you have personal soldiers. If it's a big battle, each servant in your family will give one ding, and those who have their own land will give three ding! An old man in his 60s, There will be no shortage of children from age 15 to 15."
The long-term workers of their own families are afraid of delaying their farming, so each family only needs to contribute one person. If they are not their own people, the yeoman farmers will have to contribute three people.
If there is no war, it will be fine. If there is a war, you can harvest the land sold by the farmers. It is really a good plan!
Without soldiers, there was no need to talk about training. Xu He did not ask this question directly, but skipped to the next one: "Is there anything abnormal over there in Huguang?"
Luo Qingxiao heard this and said in confusion: "I wonder what the abnormality is that you are asking about?"
"Nothing, it just looks weird!"
"Yes!" Who knew that Luo Qingxiao really knew: "Every year, people give money to important people above the Qianshi level!"
Xu He said in surprise: "Who?"
"I don't know. My father told me that if I have the ability, if we can find a good official in our family, I will be able to do a good job!"
"But they won't be able to use the money for more than a few days. Every year after the Chinese New Year, people come to our guard to collect money after the 20th of the first lunar month, saying they want to pay homage to King Jing."
"King Jing?" Xu He frowned.
King Jing was the younger brother of Emperor Yingzong. In his later years, Yingzong was ill and unable to handle government affairs. A rebellion broke out in Beijing, where the capital had just been moved, and King Jing, who happened to be in Beijing, led his men to put it out.
At that time, someone advised King Jing to enthrone Dabao.
But King Jing sternly refused.
Later, Yingzong recovered from his illness. He greatly praised his younger brother who stayed calm in times of crisis, exterminated the rebels, stayed in the middle, and did not covet Dabao. He continued to favor him, and sealed more than 10,000 acres of land in Huguang at one time.
However, not long after Yingzong died, King Jing also died, and he had no heir, so Jing was removed from the country.
In order to commemorate this vassal king, later generations built temples in Huguang to worship his golden body.
However, Xu He heard that in recent years, the demand for sex temples in Huguang has been extremely fierce, and it has become a bad policy!
By the way, Yin Temple does not refer to that kind of temple, Yin means many, and Yin Yu Feifei's Yin means many.
There are so many temples to King Jing that it has reached the point where the important people in the guard have to pay money to worship the temple?
Xu He felt that it might not be that simple.
Here, Xu He asked some more questions.
Luo Qingxiao answered them all.
Finally, Xu He said to him: "I will help you handle the matter in the past two days. After I leave, don't tell anyone that I have been here."
Luo Qingxiao nodded repeatedly and knelt down again!
Xu He helped him stand up and said: "You are a smart man. When you were going through Si, you saw so many people. You know how to come to me to ask for help. It shows that you are smart and courageous. The woman surnamed Kuai is kind to you. Although she I have insulted you with unpleasant words, but you have not turned your back. I want to send someone to slap Kuai, and you can still intercede for her, which shows that you are a benevolent and righteous person!"
"With kindness, courage and brains, your future will be limitless. However, when you go back, don't join in with those people! Do you understand?"
When Luo Qingxiao heard this, he nodded with some emotion.
Xu He smiled slightly and was about to turn around and go out. Unexpectedly, Ding Ze hurried in and whispered a few words in his ear.
After hearing this, Xu He stiffened and looked at Ding Ze in disbelief: "Is this true?"
"The people sent by Mr. Guo told Zhang Fucheng personally!"
Xu He nodded: "Go back home!"
