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17. Censor Terrace

Duan Xiushi continued, "The Ministry of Personnel set your merit test this year as middle and upper, and last year's merit test set your merit test last year as lower and upper, but it is said that it has been corrected now, so the merit test for two years is middle and upper." Then Duan Xiushi paused, "Congratulations to Yisong for being promoted to the eighth rank, and to test the Dali judges." In addition, before Gao Yue could react, Duan Xiushi added, "The new emperor has issued an imperial edict to Jingyuan Military Mansion. If Yisong returns to Beijing, he will be moved to the Censorate Lixing, which means that Yisong, you can no longer stay in the Jingyuan Military Mansion..."

After saying that, Duan Xiushi raised the imperial envelope and handed it to Gao Yue.

When you return to Beijing, can’t stay in Jingyuan?

This situation has changed a little too quickly.

The strange official name of the Supervisor Censor Lixing is actually a combination of the two words "Super Censor" and "Lixing".

Gao Yue had learned before when copying the inscription of the Shendao that the Censor of the Censor of the Censor of the Palace can be said to be a very important Qing rank (why, in the end, I still wanted me to go back to be such a Qing rank? I want to farm), but it was the lowest rank in the Third Court of the Censorate: the Censor of the Censor of the Palace was the sixth rank, the Censor of the Palace was the seventh rank, and the Censor of the Censor of the Censor of the Palace was the eighth rank.

However, the Tang people did not judge the level by their rank, especially the Censorate. Although the ranks were not high, they were all first-class officials of the Qing dynasty because they were in charge of "Fengxian" and were the closest eyes and ears of the emperor. For example, in the early Tang Dynasty, Wei Xuan was originally a member of the military officer of the Yongzhou Sihu, who was the seventh rank. Later, he entered the court. When he was from the seventh rank of the palace, Wei Xuan once doubted whether he had been demoted. As a result, the Minister of the Secretariat Shangguan Yi mocked him and said, "You are really talking nonsense about the words of the field house. The Censor of the Palace is by the emperor (when the emperor met, the Censor of the Palace is by the side of the emperor). It can be said that he was taking over Wu Kuilong and the Censor of the Palace is better than the magistrate of the Emperor!

So even if it is on the eighth rank, Li Shi recruited Gao Yue into the Censorate, which is a big move. Therefore, in order to avoid criticism, Li Shi added a "lift" back-end to Gao Yue.

To put it bluntly, even if you are the "outsider" of the Censorate.

As the name suggests, the official is "an official other than the official", with a strong "informal temporary worker" color (but note that the official and the official are different from the official. In the Tang Dynasty, the official was already a regular official in the Shangshu Province standard, and was a U.S. position). Usually, it is used to depose officials: the emperor demoted you to "the official outside of the official" and you can only get half of your salary, and you have no job.

But sometimes, the emperor wants to use a young man (such as our protagonist Gao Yue), but because his qualifications are too shallow, he will take on the position of "Censors' Lishang", which means you do the job of Censors, but your salary is a little worse than that of a regular employee. After you reach the senior level, you will consider becoming a regular.

"My servant... I want to do it myself in the military farm and camp in Jingyuan." Hearing this news, Gao Yue's mind had not yet turned around.

As long as he returns to the Censorate, wouldn’t his grand plan to “counterattack Yuanzhou” just now be emptied?

Duan Xiushi smiled bitterly and told Gao Yue another news: "The Secretariat of the Emperor and the Sinong Temple in the imperial court sent an order at the same time that the governors of each town must take it as their responsibility to dispose of troops, so the practice of increasing the number of troops in the camp and expanding the military camp was actually rejected."

"Why!" Gao Yue's eyes turned black when he heard the news, and his head fainted, almost almost fell in front of Duan Xiushi.

He didn't understand that after a full year of hard work, he and Jianer of Yingtian set up stakes, rammed earth, built walls, and made equipment. He had to inspect the Yingtian almost every day. The emperor and heaven paid off. This year, he achieved great results. Not only did he save more than 100,000 jin of money for the imperial court, but he also added tens of thousands of stones of military ration reserves for the Jingyuan camp. As long as he continued to do so, Yuan Zai and Liu Yan both focused on (although these two were in the end, mortal enemy relationship) and the cause of counterattack in the northwest border would definitely usher in the dawn of success!

So he wanted to continue to stay in the military palace. Although he could not fight in person, he could work with the soldiers of the Anxi camp to make achievements in logistics and planning with his own talents.

But Duan Xiushi explained to him, no, it is more of a kind of comfort than an explanation. "Yi Song, think calmly, increase the number of troops in 10,000 battalions, and the plan of military farming can be successful. Therefore, the government will have to add 120,000 stones of rice and grain and 70,000 pieces of cloth to the court in a year. This is only fixed. In addition, there is also the "reward" of this 10,000 soldiers. To manage these 10,000 soldiers, the officials, generals and sects, and the amount of money given by the 'missible military government' must also be increased."

"During the festival! But once the mixed rice and wheat seeds are implemented in Jingshuiliangyuan, the income of the field will increase, and the income will be much greater than the amount, let alone the significance of the recovery of the Yuanzhou!" Gao Yue became more excited when he spoke, and he couldn't help but hold the floor with his arms, clenched his fists and stretched forward, staring at Duan Xiushi, and his emotions were almost uncontrollable.

"Yi Song, I understand everything. However, the court has the idea of ​​the court. It is easy to increase the amount of troops by 10,000, but it will be difficult to reduce them. If the farmland suffers from floods and droughts, the rice and grain will be reduced due to poor harvests, but the expenditure of the troops will not be reduced, and the burden on the court will be heavier, so..."

Speaking of this, Duan Xiushi did not continue, because when he saw the young man in front of him, his eyes began to turn red, and tears were actually rolling inside.

"Go back to Beijing, Yisong. This ceremonial coach knows that this is very selfish. At that time, the ceremonial coach personally built the door, which made you give up the generous salary of other towns. The ceremonial coach came to Jingyuan. After that, you have worked hard and opened up 800 hectares of fertile land and abundant military food. These soldiers in the military camp will not forget it, but now this ceremonial coach advises you to go back. Yisong... The new emperor should value you, as you said to me before, when you will take over the power of the state and get the trust of the Holy Lord, and be the military palace Fang Yue and the ambassador of the field. If I, Duan Xiushi, can still walk around, we will work together to realize this ambition!"

Gao Yue's eyes were blurred, and his heart was so sad that he felt uncomfortable until the tip of his nose, but he could not cry in front of Duan Xiushi.

In the past, when he read history books, he read the ancients' ambitions and their unfairness, he naively joked about their pretentiousness when they read them, but now this memorization is heavily tucked in his heart, and only then can he realize that everything in this world is difficult!

"During the festival..." Gao Yue leaned down and said goodbye to Duan Xiu, trying not to let tears flow out.

Duan Xiushi also held up her sleeves and bowed to Gao Yue upright, "My friend Yisong, take care of her after returning to Beijing, so she can do her best..."
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