The official positions of the prefects of each county will remain unchanged. Mai Tiezhang and others will return to the army after settling in Lingnan. As for Li Shimin, he has made great contributions. Although he is young, he is jointly recommended by the prefects of each county, hoping that he will stay in Lingnan.
Yang Guang was very discerning. He saw that Li Shimin was a good young man worth cultivating, so he sent someone to escort his daughter Yang Qi to Ningyue County, designated Guizhou District as Lingnan West Road, and granted Li Shimin the title of Shangshu Ling of Lingnan West Road. .
This belongs to the feudal official who is in charge of the administration.
In the court, no one objected to the emperor's arrangement, mainly because Li Shimin's achievements this time were too exaggerated. He led a total of 3,000 people and defeated the entire Guizhou with 3,000 people. Mai Tiezhang and Xin Shixiong, almost no contribution.
Of course, Li Shimin will not stay here forever. After the court's policies are steadily implemented, the emperor will let him leave.
After all, Xingtai Province is inherently temporary and there is no such thing as permanent.
As for Cen Mingxiu, he successfully became the governor of Yulin County, while Qiu He, the original governor, worked in vain. After disarming his troops, he will go to Hepu County to serve as the governor, which is Ning Daoming's territory.
The prefect of Ningyue County is Ning Huizao, and the prefect of Ningchun's original Yongxi County is Guo Jingshan.
Guo Jingshan originally wanted to leave, but Li Shimin forced him to stay. He could not control the other party before, but now he is the Xingtai Shangshu Ling and has the power to appoint and remove officials.
Li Shimin has this kind of character, I can't control you? No, I have to take care of you.
"General Manager Mai will keep five thousand Jianghuai troops. It is better for General Manager Mai to take away the soldiers of Zuo Beishen Mansion." Li Shimin convened the officials in the lobby for discussion.
Everyone in the hall had different expressions. They had already received rebuke from the court and it was fine if they did not want to stay. They would never want to be officials in their lives after they returned.
Su Lie nodded and said: "Zuo Beishen Mansion is full of people from Guanzhong. They are definitely not willing to stay. Fortunately for the Jianghuai Army, the issue of military pay must be resolved as soon as possible, otherwise there will be trouble."
The two military mansions on the left and right are imperial guards, the two most difficult to manage in the world. Only the emperor can command them, not the prince.
The Jianghuai Army originally came here in debt and paid debts to the imperial court for refined weapons. Now they are not doing much, and they already regret it and want to return the armor.
The sale is done, how can you withdraw if you want?
Li Shimin frowned and said: "The most important thing now is to appease the morale of the army. Let's do this. Each of the five thousand Jianghuai troops staying in Lingnan will be given a woman, their salary will be doubled, and the county's treasury will be converted into five baht coins and divided among everyone. .”
Wei Yoo shook his head and said: "I'm afraid it's not right. Favoring one and favoring others is the most likely to cause problems. If you want to reward a large army, you have to reward them all. General Manager Mai came with 30,000 people and only gave 5,000 people heavy pay. The others were paid at the same rate. The army will If you have an opinion, there aren’t that many women to reward you with."
In fact, it is a question of dividing the spoils. As the general manager, Mai Tiezhang will not benefit his soldiers, and his subordinates will not obey him. Since ancient times, there is no reason for a victorious army to go back empty-handed.
What is clear reward and punishment? If everyone contributes, there must be benefits. This is clear reward and punishment.
After all, Li Shimin was still young and had no experience in governing a local area. He was already over-headed and said to Su Lie:
"Dingfang is about to return to the capital. You must help me find a few people in front of the prince. Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui can do it. I need officials who are good at handling civil affairs."
Su Lie nodded: "Don't worry, I will bring you your message."
Yang Tan has not returned to the county yet. He plans to wait for Mai Tiezhang to return to the army and take a safe ride. He is the prefect of Yongping County, just northeast of Ningyue County.
"After all, Guizhou is a poor place, and wealth is concentrated in the hands of wealthy families. If you want to solve the problem of military pay, you have to take advantage of these people. I think we should just rob it."
Li Shimin frowned: "How to rob?"
"I pretended to be a bandit to rob, but I couldn't let the civilians know that it was the imperial court who was robbing me," Yang Tan said.
Mai Tiezhang couldn't help laughing and said: "Guizhou is in chaos, and the local area needs to be appeased. Your method is not appropriate. You can change the money grabbing in a decent form, such as donating money, and the court will help you suppress the rebellion. You are not allowed to leave. Do you want some travel expenses?"
Li Shimin asked doubtfully: "Will this method work?"
"In fact, it's not appropriate," Wei Yue shook his head: "To comfort, we have to rely on the aristocratic families to comfort and cut flesh from them. It will be extremely difficult to implement the imperial policy in the future. Guizhou is not a wealthy place. Don't look for military pay in Guizhou. I'm going to report The court will allocate another allocation."
Su Dingfang smiled and said: "The imperial court will not have any spare money in the next five years, so the prince is already very worried. I heard that the food and salary of General Manager Qiu depend on the Shen family in Jiangling. We might as well find some businessmen in Jianghuai to supplement the food and salary. There are There are no big businessmen in Guizhou.”
It's easy to ask the gods but hard to give them away. Li Shimin's head is about to explode. He has to shoulder such a big responsibility at the age of fifteen, and he can't adapt to it all of a sudden.
This shows how difficult it is for the prince to supervise the country.
"There are many gold and silver mines in the east of Guangxi, let's take gold and silver as the top priority," Li Shimin said distressedly: "The homes of Ning Chun and Ning Daoming will be ransacked, and the stolen property will be evenly distributed."
Wei Yo frowned and said, "His Majesty didn't say that he wanted to confiscate the house. These two people might be officials in the future. Isn't it inappropriate to confiscate the house?"
"Are you responsible for the mutiny?" Li Shimin asked.
I can't afford it. You can do whatever you want. Wei Yue has nothing to say.
Mai Tiezhang nodded: "In this case, I can explain it."
The Jianghuai Army he led originally had money owed to them by the imperial court, but they had to go to war. They had no choice but to pay for it and buy refined weapons. The plan was to plunder them when they came to Lingnan to make up for the shortfall. If you appease this army, No, they can mutiny at any time.
After all, they are Jianghuai troops, not as loyal to the imperial court as those in the north. Thirty years ago, they were Chen people, not Sui people.
Li Shimin is surrounded by a bunch of warriors. It's a joke to rely on them to govern the place. Su Lie has to go back again. He will also be in the dilemma of having no one to help him for a while.
Therefore, we still have to rely on the Ning family.
He didn't dare to copy Qinjiang Duke's mansion. Ning Changzhen was doing well in Jiangdu, and his title had not been reduced. Although he was almost reduced to a mascot, mascots were still very important.
In the evening, Li Shimin sent someone to find Ning Huizao, who had returned from Cangwu County, and said with a smile:
"From now on, we will have to rely on Dalang for the affairs of Lingnan West Road."
Haha, your face changes very quickly, doesn't it? Now that you need me, will you greet me with a smile?
Ning Huizao said calmly: "The prince-in-law has made such great achievements and is now the chief official of Guizhou. I don't have much ability and I'm afraid I will let the prince-in-law down."
"You have money, right?" Li Shimin smiled.
Ning Huizao was stunned, good fellow, are you planning on me?
"This really doesn't exist."
Li Shimin smiled and said: "Take it out, deal with emergencies first, and return it to you later."
I believe you, I kindly invited you to live in my house, but you tied me up and ruined my family. You want money, go get it yourself? You dare?
"To be honest, Prince Consort, we really have no money. We have already spent all the money on recruiting an army," Ning Huizao said.
Li Shimin continued: "Mining, dyeing, gambling, farmland, embroidery, these are all places where money is made every day. If you can't take it out all at once, you can lend it to me slowly."
Good guy, you suck my blood, right? Ning Huizao shook his head and said, "My father is not here, so I can't be the master. The managers of various industries don't recognize me."
"Do you recognize the knife?" Li Shimin said with a normal expression.
Ning Huizao's mouth twitched: "I'll think of a way."
Li Shimin smiled: "We will have a long time to deal with each other in the future. Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs of Lingnan West Road, Dalang will do it first. You and I will work together to govern Lingnan."
The minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs is a money maker, and whoever can make money can be the official.
Ning Huizao curled his lips and nodded reluctantly.
After sending the other party away, Li Shimin couldn't wait to write a letter to the prince, hoping that he would send some capable ministers and officials to assist him.
He did not dare to speak to the emperor, even though the emperor was his father-in-law.
On the capital side, it was already July when the news from Lingnan arrived.
At the small meeting in the East Palace, everyone was in an uproar. Their reactions were similar to those of the ministers in the court. They were all surprised by Li Shimin's ability to use troops.
"It's amazing, this guy is extraordinary," Liu Xuan exclaimed, "He's unstoppable, unpredictable, and has mastered the art of a military strategist."
Yang Ming smiled, looked at Jiancheng who had returned from Jiangdu, and said: "Shimin's current official position is higher than yours. You have to work hard. Don't hang around my place all day."
Xingtai Province was set up on Lingnan West Road, and the level of Shangshuling was not high, starting from the fourth rank, because that place was not very good. If it were replaced by Daxingtai of Hebei Road, it would have to be the second rank.
On the southwest road of Bashu, the minister is Yang Ming, so he has no rank. If it were someone else, he would probably be a fourth rank. The official rank is based on locality.
Jingzhao is also a county. Can the boss of this county be the same as Zhangye County?
Li Jiancheng was also extremely surprised. Even though he was his biological brother, he had no idea how capable his biological brother was. If he had known better, he would not have been beaten by others at Xuanwu Gate.
"The people of the world are so lucky. In fact, it is only through the power of His Majesty that we can accomplish this feat." Li Jiancheng thought for his younger brother after all, and said, "Will the prince send capable ministers and officials to assist in Lingnan? After all, the people of the world are still too young. , he can’t do it.”
Yang Ming smiled and said: "Shimin is the companion of King Qin, so I naturally have to think about him. As for who is suitable, I still need to carefully consider it."
Li Jiancheng was overjoyed: "I thank the prince for the people of the world."
Yang Ming smiled and waved.
During this period of time, he has been studying the land acres system of past dynasties, trying to find a way to crack the current land acres system in the Sui Dynasty. The current Lingnan is like a desert, which is the best experimental field.
If other places cannot be changed, Lingnan can give it a try.
Therefore, he will definitely send people to Lingnan, and they are his confidants. Li Shimin is destined to be ignored by him.
There is nothing wrong with Yang Ming's mind. How could he allow Li Shimin to take power at such a young age? The title given by his father this time was too great.
Although it is not outrageous to jump from the fifth rank Prince Consort to the fourth rank, it is outrageous for a miscellaneous officer to directly become an administrator on the chief official's side.
In fact, in the final analysis, it was Li Shimin's turn because no one else wanted to go.
If Hebei Province were to set up Xingtai Province, just look at how many people would fight for it. The people in the court were also cunning enough, and no one opposed Yang Guang's appointment.
Everyone is smart.
