Among all the people, Li Chengyi was the fastest. This guy had been staying around here for a long time. He couldn't find a chance to go out normally, and no one would pull him out. So after Chengyi finished speaking, he immediately found several officials under his charge and prepared to take them on the road.
"Didn't I teach you clearly when I told you to put it away? This is also part of the Tang Dynasty. Put away all your evil spirits. This is the first time I'm warning you. If you bring them out again next time, don't blame me for being rude to you. We have a special agency in the army to deal with you. The entire Western Region is currently under martial law."
Li Chengyi had just gathered the five county magistrates under his command when these people started to pay him banknotes. This guy was a member of the royal family after all, and he had been in the Western Regions for such a long time. There was no such mess in the army. If the army was disturbed by people like you, it would be better to send you back immediately. You haven't done any serious work yet, but you brought all these messes into the army.
In fact, these people are capable. They had already found out who was in charge of them last night, so they prepared some silver bills, hoping to gain the upper hand, but they didn't expect to be scolded by Li Chengyi as soon as they came.
"Don't think I'm just talking official rhetoric here. This place is different from Chang'an City. The future Chang'an City will definitely be like this. Wherever Your Highness walks, you'd better put away your ways. I hope you can also do things according to the new way. If anyone dares to take advantage of us in the future, once we are discovered, all opportunities for you and your descendants will be taken away."
Li Chengyi said to these people very seriously that this was actually a very normal thing. These people present had lived in Chang'an City and were used to the fact that our Tang Empire was a society based on favors. Gifts had to be given before doing anything. Only in this way could everyone feel at ease.
But the army developed by Li Xiang is different. It is filled with a large number of system soldiers. If someone does these messy things in the army, they will be caught soon. So in this case, no matter how covertly these people do it, if they are caught, your life will definitely not be easy.
These people originally thought that Li Chengyi was joking, but who knew that when Li Chengyi was speaking, he also called the clerk in the army, so that every word he said would be recorded, including every word these people said would also be recorded. He was not joking with you at all, and he wanted to take this opportunity to let you understand the rules of the Western Regions.
The five county magistrates all looked at the silver notes in their hands at the same time. When they set out from Chang'an City, they asked their families to exchange a lot of silver notes, but they didn't expect that they would be useless when they arrived here. In this case, they might have to rely on their own abilities next.
In fact, they had already hit a wall last night. Several people wanted to visit Li Chengyi alone, but they were all blocked at the door by Li Chengyi's personal guards. After meeting today, these guys still didn't give up, so they took out the silver notes, but they didn't expect to embarrass themselves.
"Who is Wang Decheng? Let's go to your place first. It will take about half a day to get there. It's now called Ganyun County."
Seeing these people still wanting to speak, Li Chengyi did not give them the chance. He immediately got on his horse and started to work. You all have to hurry up. If you delay your taking office, then you will fail the first assessment.
Each person is followed by two clerks. These people are selected from the army. One of them is an ordinary person, and the other is a system soldier exchanged by Li Xiang. There will definitely be no problems in having these people monitor local officials in various parts of the Western Regions. If there is any problem with these two people, then no matter how well you do your job, you have to replace them.
Now the entire Western Regions is like a blank sheet of paper. Li Xiang must not let these people dirty it. They came here to govern and bring some blessings to the people here, not to let them come here to plunder the land. If someone does something different from the regulations of the Tang Dynasty court, Li Xiang will be able to know it first.
In addition, there are assessments for these officials. The two secretaries will record the officials' actions. If you want to get extra points, you must have the secretaries present. If you want to implement any policies, you must have the secretaries present. If the secretaries are not here, then the policies you promote may not be implemented.
To put it bluntly, the two clerks following them are like the emperor. Now Li Xiang can only take such measures because the Anxi Province is still not very stable. If something happens, he will probably regret it, so he must tighten surveillance on them.
These people also know that they are not trusted. If they were in the inland areas of the Tang Dynasty, even if you were the runner-up in the high school entrance examination, you could only go to some remote place to be a county magistrate. However, these people all passed the targeted examination, so the difficulty is much simpler than the real imperial examination. They must have more supervision. This was also agreed upon at the beginning. If you don’t agree, I’m afraid you won’t even be qualified for the imperial examination.
"Throw away all the carriages. You can still use them on the way here. If you still use them during your next work, you might miss a lot of things. I know you're all scholars and have never ridden a horse before, so starting today I'll give you ten days to let your guards teach you how to ride. If you still can't learn in half an hour, just wait in the camp. I'll come and take you there when I'm free."
Seeing the long line of carriages following behind, Li Chengyi immediately became dissatisfied. "Are you all here to serve as officials in the Western Regions? If you bring these carriages, it's like you're here to enjoy yourself. If you encounter any unexpected problems, you won't be able to solve them quickly."
