Five Dynasties River Mountains Fengyue

Chapter 143 Personal Reputation + Who Gives Me Up
Before the expedition, Guo Rong appointed Wang Pu as the left guard in Tokyo and concurrently in charge of the Kaifeng government; Zhang Mei, the third division envoy, was the inspector of the inner capital, and the guard Du Yuhou Han Tong was the inspector of the inner and outer capitals.

The dispatch of the army to the south is not a one-sentence matter. The generals follow the officials from the imperial city to visit Jinglongmen, and Fengqiumen is more of a ceremonial cutscene.

After leaving Fengqiu Gate, the generals began to disperse, and each went to the camp outside the city to transfer troops, and Shi Congyun went to the Bianshui camp.

The only ones who continued to drive forward were Dongxibanzhi and Neidianzhi armies.

Moreover, the departure time of each army is different, and the route is different.

The official family rushed to Huainan, and the shortest way was to go to Huaikou, but the Weikou was now occupied by the Southern Tang army, and the official team only dared to go to Xiacai by land.

Shi Congyun's navy set out from the Min River and entered the Huai River along the Ying River.

It was possible to go to the closer Wokou, or go directly to Bianshui to reach Sizhou, but it is still an old problem. Now Wokou and Sizhou are under the control of Nantang.

At the time of departure, Shi Congyun made arrangements for the entire navy fleet, with a total of 320 ships. He was the commander in chief, and the deputy commander of Yulang made Si Chao deploy for the capital, and was responsible for the specific command and dispatch of the entire fleet.

Li Chuyun, Marquis of Duyu, was the commander of the forward capital and led the forward fleet. He set off one day in advance along the river to find out the traffic conditions in the waters ahead, and left a small boat every half an hour to report to the Chinese army.

Pan Mei, the supervisor of the army, is still the supervisor of the army, responsible for picketing the whole army and strictly enforcing military discipline.

The commander of the capital of the First Army, Wang Huan, was the Marquis of Du Yu, the striker, and Li Chuyun's deputy.

As for Luqiu Zhongqing, he is now Shi Congyun's Jiedu Tuiguan, and Shi Congyun has other uses for him.

After the striker Li Chuyun set off with fifty warships, the Chinese army was not in a hurry to leave.

On the same day, Shi Congyun sent Lu Qiu Zhongqing back to Daliang with his own soldiers, and pulled more than 30 carts, with about [-] coins in property, most of which were coins.

The government ordered the restoration of the coinage system of the Tang Dynasty the year before last, and more and more currencies began to flow into the market.

Shi Congyun directly communicated with the officials of the foundry supervisor, and directly exchanged the gold and silver property at home for coins of similar value, and even had some "discounts".

He is very rich now.

Over the past three years, Shi Congyun has made a fortune with all kinds of rewards from the government and the dividends captured on the battlefield.

There is also a large amount of "gifts" sent by officials from all walks of life in central Beijing. As historians become more and more powerful, more and more people come to give things. There is an endless stream of people.

In the Five Dynasties, this is not just a simple bribe or closer relationship, but also the meaning of "protection fee".

In previous dynasties, there were military generals who became big and acted recklessly. They manipulated the affairs of colleagues and other civil servants.

Many people have been afraid for a long time, so when they saw the rise of a general family, they made filial piety to protect themselves.

Although the government was relatively loose in this aspect, Zhao Chao and others did not deal with the bribes they asked for everywhere in Huainan, or they might have taken into account the power of the Zhao family, but no matter what, Shi Congyun did not dare to risk himself.

He was afraid that he would leave something to talk about, and if the officials wanted to deal with him in the future, they would just find a reason for it.

But things can not do without ah!

These are people's fat and people's ointment, if I don't accept them, how can I be worthy of the people of the world!
With a benevolent heart with the world in mind, Shi Congyun felt that he had to accept it, otherwise it would be easy for these corrupt officials in the capital.

But he didn't dare to come forward, Shi Yanchao wouldn't do this kind of thing, the aunt and the aunt didn't know the way at all, the aunt used to be an ordinary person who didn't understand anything, and the aunt was a standard lady who didn't leave her home and didn't step out.

So the important task of helping him earn money fell on Zhao Shijian.She has been with Zhao Ying for a long time, learned a lot, and has a lot of grassroots experience in dealing with Rang.

At first Zhao Shijian refused, fearing that her grandfather's reputation would be ruined.

Shi Congyun didn't take it seriously, Zhao Ying was dead long ago, what's the use of fame?Under his coercion and lure, Zhao Shijian couldn't beat him, so he had to compromise. Usually he was fighting outside, and Zhao Shijian was responsible for receiving "gifts" in a decent and reasonable way at home, and keeping them properly.

After all, "gifts" are not collected indiscriminately. Some things can be received, and some cannot be received; Jiedu, who was also the prime minister of the central government, confiscated the "gift".

Before the Chinese New Year, he also asked Zhao Shijian to take stock of the small warehouse in the backyard, checked all the accounts, and made a valuation. All the gold, silver, treasures and treasures in the mansion are worth about [-] coins.

These things are also done by Zhao Shijian, and outsiders cannot be allowed to do them.

Shi Congyun really didn't know how much some strange things were worth. For example, the hand-painted paintings of a certain famous artist who had the most gifts, or the various treasures handed down from the Tang Dynasty, he didn't know whether they were worth money or not.

The old lady and the young lady don't have the ability to do these things, he and the old father are often not at home, and Luqiu Zhongqing is an outsider, so they are not suitable, so Zhao Shijian can only keep them.

As for Fu Jinling, not to mention how capable she is as a fifteen or sixteen-year-old child, Shi Congyun is not at ease even if this kind of matter is left to a Fu family member to manage.

No matter whether such a rich woman is in a good relationship or not, she must think clearly whether she is on the side of her husband's family or the side of the family. There are many lessons in history.

The most famous argument is undoubtedly the role model of the Spring and Autumn Period, "If the husband dies, you can find another one, but there is only one father!"

This move was also praised by many ancients as "three views are correct", and they probably grew up with that kind of education since they were young.

Shi Congyun is not at ease, although ruthless, but the fact is like this, Fu Liu is more of a bridge between the two families, there is nothing else, and it is not worthy of trust, the only thing he can do is to let her live well, Give her glory and wealth, and raise her to be white and fat.

He remembered that in history, Fu Liu was married to Zhao Guangyi and was Zhao Guangyi's queen. Thinking of this, he suddenly felt an inexplicable pleasure, and suddenly understood someone Cao.

This is also why the most powerful Jiedu envoys in Chen Qiao's mutiny later, Li Yun and Li Chongjin all rebelled, but the Fu family did not take any action, and expressed their willingness to go to the capital to meet Zhao Kuangyin.

The reason is simple, Fu Liujuan married Zhao Kuangyin's younger brother Zhao Guangyi when Guo Rong was alive.

If the Zhao family and the Fu family had no relatives, then Zhao Kuangyin and Chen Qiao's mutiny was to drive the queen of the Fu family out of power. It is hard to say whether the Fu family would sit idly by.

This is the meaning of marriage!
It is said that the family is rich, Shi Congyun also understood for the first time what the concept of Wanguan is, more than 30 cars!Others were silver ingots that had not been fully converted into coins.

He plans to take the money to the front to reward the soldiers.

Because he found that the reason why soldiers burned, killed and looted frequently happened, apart from restraint and discipline issues, the biggest reason was that the central government’s reputation had been bankrupt since the Five Dynasties, and the rewards of grassroots soldiers could not be guaranteed.

Slowly, the soldiers stopped working. They didn't see the money and didn't work hard, but the central government was fragmented, and they didn't have the organizational ability to raise enough property rewards. They wanted the soldiers to work hard, so they could only guarantee that the soldiers would let go after each battle. grab.

If the central government has credibility, it can wait until the end of the war to pay rewards based on meritorious deeds. This is the case in the Han and Tang Dynasties.

But in the past few decades of the Five Dynasties, the country's reputation has long since gone bankrupt, and the soldiers don't believe that the court will gradually reward them after the war. If they can't get it in a short period of time, they might mutiny directly.

To solve this problem, Shi Congyun's small coffers finally played a role.

In the past when he attacked the Shu Kingdom, he opened the treasury to reward the soldiers after the siege, which was really convenient and calming people's hearts.

But now this trick doesn’t work anymore. Shouzhou, Luzhou, and Chuzhou along the Huaihe River are full of golden cities and ponds, which can easily become a protracted war that cannot be defeated for a long time. How to reward and reward the soldiers who have made meritorious service? soldiers?
If in the past, it was reported to the imperial court, the imperial court had its own rewards, but now the imperial court has no such ability at all, and Shi Congyun himself is eager to establish his reputation in the army, so he can only pay in advance by himself!After the city is broken, use the treasury to make up for your losses.

Grass-roots reputation is very important, and Shi Congyun knows this truth well through history!
During the Battle of Huaihai, more than 500 million migrant workers supported the front line, far exceeding the PLA troops fighting ahead!

Such a strong logistics support is of great significance to the victory of the entire war!
Why are people so active?In addition to spiritual encouragement, there are also practical guarantees in actual actions. At that time, the People's Liberation Army gave a small guarantee to the migrant workers who supported them that they would not have to pay taxes for the next ten years.

And those old people later recalled that they did not have to pay taxes for ten years because of this.

The problem is that the enemy on the opposite side can also write the same empty promise. If they can attract more than 500 million logistics personnel in this way, will they still fail miserably?
The key is that their government has no credibility, and the people don't believe it!No matter how hype is said, the key is whether the soldiers and people at the grassroots level believe it or not. This is the importance of credibility at the grassroots level!
Shi Congyun believes that in high-level political and military struggles, reputation or not is not important, it all depends on interests.

But when dealing with the common people and soldiers at the bottom, he must establish a personal reputation!
If on that day he can guarantee with one sentence, let millions of people spontaneously fight for him, what a scene it will be, who else in the world is an opponent!
Of course, these are just thoughts, you can't go a thousand miles without taking a single step, and now he wants to take it step by step, first establish credibility among his own army, and then establish credibility among the people.

On the 23rd of the first lunar month, the Chinese army slaughtered cattle and sheep to sacrifice the flag, and then hundreds of warships set sail, stretching from end to end, stretching for dozens of miles on the Bian River, and officially began to march towards Huainan.

This road is very roundabout, because you can't go straight, but go along the river, so it's not so convenient to walk.

Shi Congyun is standing at the bow of the flagship ship of the Chinese army. This is a five-deck ship. In fact, in this era, only ships of this size can be called ships. It can carry four hundred armored soldiers!Sailing in the river is a giant.

The houses in the mountains and forests on both sides of the strait suddenly seemed to be shorter than him.

This time was different from the previous ones. This time he went south, Shi Congyun was full of anticipation, looking forward to seeing Shao Ji, Wang Zhong, Shi Yanchao, Dong Zunhui, Luo Yanhuan, Wang Shenqi, Gao Huaide and others, and even Li Chongjin and Zhao Kuangyin again.

Sometimes he would think, it would be great if Lao Zhao was not Zhao Kuangyin, then he might be a friend he could make friends with, a fierce general he could trust
Although Li Chongjin spoke harshly and had a feud with him, he did not expect that when he returned to Daliang last year, he not only reminded him, but also spoke good words for him in front of the officials.This person is actually not bad, but his temper is a bit stinky, Shi Congyun had such an idea in his heart.

With the wind blowing on the river and looking at the familiar Zhengzhou City on the plain in the distance, Shi Congyun felt much more open in his heart.If he can take Shao Ji, Wang Zhong, Shi Yanchao, Zhao Kuangyin, Li Chongjin, Li Chuyun, Si Chao, Pan Mei, Wang Shenqi, Dong Zunhui, Luo Yanhuan and others to fight, maybe the Khitan army will not be able to fight. So terrible.

But then he laughed at himself, it was really just his imagination.

On the afternoon of the eighth day of February, the fleet led by Shi Congyun entered the Huaihe River along the Yingshui River and arrived at Xiacai.

Many recruits on the fleet were not used to it and were seasick, but they got used to it after vomiting along the way.

In front, Li Chuyun sent someone to bring news that the officials had crossed the Huaihe River from Xiacai five days ago and were camping south of the pontoon bridge, and told him to go face the saint as soon as possible.

Shi Congyun tidied up, and the soldiers helped him put on his armor, pulled his horse off the boat, and then headed east. He was familiar with this place, but he hadn't seen it for more than half a year. The original farmland and waist-deep A muddy road has been trampled out of the barren grassland by the passing troops, and the surrounding areas are bare, which shows how frequent battles are fought in the vicinity.

Fortunately, there was someone leading the way, otherwise he might not be able to find where to go.

After a while, he saw the big banner of the Son of Heaven in the distance swinging against the strong spring breeze.

There are several circles of people and horses outside, with a radius of about one mile.

The outermost area was surrounded by cars, a solid wall was erected, and a fence was erected. The last time the officials came to Huainan, there was no such posture. He thought to himself that the war seemed more tense than last year.

He was about to go inside, but found a lot of people standing outside, all looking at him.

Being stared at by hundreds of big men, Shi Congyun felt uncomfortable all over, but there was an inexplicable emotion in his heart.

He could tell at a glance that those people in the distance were Wang Zhong, Shao Ji, Wang Shenqi, Gao Huaide, Dong Zunhui, Luo Yanhuan, and many commanders of the Crane Army, commanders, Du Yuhou, etc. Hundreds of people.

"Why are you staring straight at me, have you never seen such a handsome man!" Shi Congyun cursed, and everyone burst into laughter.

Gao Huaide came over with a laugh, and patted his shoulders twice, his hands were still as strong, but this time Shi Congyun didn't grin his teeth or move, because he has grown up after all
"Your father can't come here in Yangzhou, they are looking forward to the stars and the moon, but they are looking forward to you! Hahahaha!"

After Gao Huaide finished speaking, Wang Zhong also jumped out excitedly: "Brother Yun is finally here! I'm so angry that you're not here!"

These words seemed to speak out the hearts of the people, they immediately opened up their chatterboxes, came up and surrounded him, started complaining in a hurry, and immediately became a mess.

Shi Congyun's head was full of black lines, and suddenly his head grew dizzy, and he cursed: "Shut up the fuck!" The surroundings became quiet in an instant, even though he hadn't been here for more than half a year, everyone was still used to listening to him.

"The official is right in front of you. If you are arguing, go back to the camp. I will go to the camp after I meet the official. Tell me what you want." Shi Congyun waved his hands as he spoke.

Everyone cheered, and then dispersed, and returned to the camp excitedly.

Shi Congyun glanced at it, with mixed feelings in his heart.He turned around and walked towards the official tent in the distance. The official must have discussed the battle arrangements with him.

He was a little excited, this time his thoughts were very clear!He hoped that he could take command and command the three armies to preside over the counterattack against Southern Tang.

Thinking about it while walking, there are four people who can compete with him in status and qualifications on the Huainan battlefield-Li Chongjin, Zhao Kuangyin, Zhang Yongde, and Shi Yanchao.

Zhao Kuangyin is guarding Qingliuguan, Zhang Yongde is guarding Cai Fuqiao, Li Chongjin is besieging Shouzhou, and his father Shi Yanchao is guarding Yangzhou. Thinking about it this way, it seems to be stable, and suddenly there is a feeling of pride!
Just as I was thinking, I accidentally stepped on the mud and half of my boots were wet.
(The author can only code after about [-] o'clock every day, but he has to catch up with the full attendance, so he will send it immediately after coding, and then check and correct the typos; change it)
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