In the Song Dynasty, there was no law. Chapter 270 of the main text: Wang Anshi Checks the Military Register. Wang Anshi is 23 years old this year. He passed the imperial examination at the age of 19 and was the top scorer. He served as the Chief of Staff for half a year and was then appointed as the magistrate of Yin County.
He worked diligently in the local area. Although he was only twenty years old, he completed the tasks required by the performance evaluation law in an orderly manner, and even did it better than others. He cracked down on illegal landlords and powerful people, confiscated the landlords' land, and rented it to tenants at low prices as official land.
At the same time, he also carried out large-scale water conservancy projects and promoted education. He went to the schools built by the court in the county many times to talk about the importance of learning. Although he had never studied mathematics, physics and chemistry before, he still studied them personally and now has a deep understanding of mathematics and physics.
Therefore, with such outstanding political achievements, in the three-yearly examination conducted by the Ministry of Personnel, Liangzhe Road ranked him first in the selection of county magistrates at the county level, and he was given the opportunity to go to the Bianliang Juguanyuan for selection and promotion.
It happened that the imperial court was going to check the number of troops across the country this year. When Wang Anshi was waiting for the court to send him to a new place to take up a post, he was drafted by the Minister of War Fu Bi and became an imperial envoy stationed in the camp.
Before departure, the Minister Zhao Jun personally went to the Ministry of War and gave instructions to each envoy going to the military camp, telling them to make sure to check the military situation and ensure military discipline. If there are any problems, they can take immediate action to arrest the offenders.
If the other party resists, they can be executed first and reported to the court later without going through the court. However, the details must be explained afterwards, and the investigation report must be submitted in full. In addition, they must be personally questioned by the Constitutional Council to prevent accidental injuries.
This was the first time Wang Anshi met the rumored chancellor. At that time, the chancellor was speaking at the meeting to encourage them. He was looking at this young second-in-command of the Song Dynasty from below, with both admiration and longing for him.
Because he heard that Fan Zhongyan was able to defeat the Western Xia and Liao Kingdoms because he had the support of the Zhiyuan behind him.
Moreover, after the reforms in recent years, many changes in various places are visible, and it is also the Zhiyuan who helped Fan Zhongyan. It can be said that the Zhiyuan should account for at least half of the credit for the new policies that can now change the Song Dynasty in full swing.
Therefore, many young Jinshi regarded him as a role model, believing that a real man should be like the Zhiyuan, in charge of national affairs and have the courage to reform and break the old ways.
Wang Anshi was naturally no exception, so he took Zhao Jun's instructions and more than ten imperial guards and headed towards Hebei Road.
The place he was going to was Daming Prefecture.
The Song Dynasty had nearly 2,000 imperial army camps, 638 of which were in the Tokyo camp, and the remaining 1,300 or so were grain camps. However, due to the wars in recent years, the army was frequently mobilized. After the war, some troops were transferred back to Bianliang, while others continued to stay in the local area.
Therefore, if the Xiang troops are included, there are more than 1,900 battalions of troops stationed in other places. Apart from the Tokyo battalion which is under the supervision of Fu Bi, there are more than 300 imperial inspectors, each of whom is responsible for 6 to 7 battalions, which is very hard.
Among them, Wang Anshi was responsible for the seven cavalry battalions of the Damingfu Xiaowu Corps.
The most outrageous thing about the Song Dynasty was that the dozens of battalions of a single legion were not all located in the same place. For example, the Xiaowu Legion had 20 food supply camps, seven of which were in Daming Prefecture in Beijing, six in Dingzhou, three in Zhending Prefecture, and one each in Xiangzhou, Xingzhou, Huaizhou, and Mingzhou.
The design of the entire military system can be said to be chaotic and completely unsystematic.
It was midsummer, and Wang Anshi's team had just left Bianliang and had not yet reached Fengqiu when the number of people had increased by more than ten. Zhao Jun ordered the Imperial City Administration across the country to cooperate with the Imperial Guard to protect their safety.
The Imperial City Division in Jingji Road has the most soldiers. The guards of the Imperial City Division in Kaifeng and Jingji Road will escort them out of Jingji Road, and then they will be picked up by the local Imperial City Division.
In addition, local censorates must also cooperate with the action.
For example, when an imperial envoy entered a camp, the local censor of the Censorate would take away the camp commander, deputy commander, captain, deputy captain and other middle and lower-level officers, and the imperial envoy would communicate directly with the soldiers.
The entire operation was extremely rigorous, with the cooperation of multiple departments to ensure that the imperial envoys could successfully complete their tasks.
When Wang Anshi left Huazhou and was about to cross the Yellow River at Baima Ferry, he looked far to the east and saw countless laborers building river embankments on both sides of the river downstream of the ferry.
"That's a fish pond sweeper."
Xue Gan, deputy commander of the Huazhou Imperial City Division, saw Wang Anshi staring over there and said with a smile, "For the past two years, the imperial court has been repairing the river and building more dams. They say they want to store water and flush out sand to alleviate the danger of flooding."
Wang Anshi nodded and said, "Since the Han Dynasty, when Wang Jing repaired the river, the river has been calm for over eight hundred years. However, since the Tang Dynasty, it has become increasingly flooded and prone to disasters. It is time for proper repairs."
In recent years, the court's policies have tended towards governance, which is a good thing. People's livelihood has also become much more stable, which makes him very pleased with the changes in the court.
"Envoy Wang, once you cross the river you will reach Liyang. The Liyang Imperial City Administration will pick you up. I will send you here."
Xue Gan bowed.
"Thank you!"
Wang Anshi returned the salute and then boarded the ship with his guards.
The ship slowly left the dock.
Xue Gan and his men stood on the shore and watched, waiting for the boat to cross the river before leaving.
Shortly after he left, about four or five men holding whistles and ox-ear knives on their waists came from the road.
The group looked into the distance, and the leader frowned and said, "We don't know where this imperial envoy is. We can't catch up with him. He must have crossed the river after coming all the way here."
Imperial envoys left the capital secretly. Local government offices and the Imperial City Administration along the way received orders from the Council of Political Affairs, requiring them to receive them. They stayed in post stations set up to receive court officials and were protected by soldiers from the Imperial City Administration.
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