Five Dynasties River Mountains Fengyue

Chapter 297
At the beginning of May, there was a heavy rain in Shu, and many rivers swelled.

In the night, the pattering rain was accompanied by lightning and thunder. The sound of rain outside the hall overwhelmed everything, and the sound in the empty hall was reminiscent.

After the original tens of thousands of people's palace was emptied, it looked extraordinarily empty. Shi Congyun was wrapped in a thin silk quilt, and Fei, who was holding his icy muscles and bones in his arms, did not sleep, but was thinking about something beforehand.

At the end of April, the first batch of officials sent by the imperial court totaled 69 people, and they had already arrived in Shu.

These people are scholars who have passed the imperial examinations in the past two years, and a few are craftsmen selected according to Shi Congyun's requirements.

As for who to stay in Shu to take over the power and manage Shu for him, Shi Congyun had a candidate after careful consideration.

There are still many battles to be fought in the future, and without Jiangnan in hand, the management of Shu is extremely important.

But Shi Congyun also knew that with the expansion of the scale of the war and the long duration of the war, it was not enough to have only the land of Shu. The land of Shu was very rich, but its geography restricted it. There was only a small piece of plain to the west of Longquan Mountain, which was not as good as Jiangnan.

During the Tang Dynasty, the economic center of gravity shifted to the south was very obvious.

The initial beginning was the construction of a large number of water conservancy projects in the Eastern Han Dynasty to control flood disasters.

After the fall of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Sun Wu's deep cultivation of the six counties of Danyang, Wu, Kuaiji, Yuzhang, Lujiang, and Luling, and the development of the Taihu Lake Basin pushed this trend to a climax. Take it to cultivate the land as an example.

Sun Wu's intensive cultivation made the whole south gradually turn from a barren land in ancient books into a fertile land, and it was also the main economic support of Song, Qi, Liang, and Chen after Yongjia's southward crossing.

As the Sui and Tang dynasties continued to develop, Jiangnan was already the main source of taxation for the country. After the end of the Tang Dynasty, wars were everywhere in the north. Jiangnan, especially Wuyue on the eastern coast, remained stable in the hands of the Qian family, and economic development was maintained in an environment where the whole country was almost united.

Now that the Kingdom of Shu has been conquered, he unknowingly thinks of Jiangnan again, Zhou Xian is so homesick, he can't keep her from going home.

However, there is no need to worry about things. What he is most afraid of is his own coup d'état, and the Jiedu envoy in the north will make various moves.

He also slowly remembered the recruit who asked him to help him avenge six or seven years ago. He still remembers that person's name now, and he was the commander of Li Yun, the Jiedushi of Zhaoyi Army.

It's just that things are not that simple, even for officials, it is difficult to get a commander from a local warlord like Li Yun.

He thought in his heart that Li Yun had to fight, if he jumped up, needless to say, if he didn't jump up, he had to fight too, in order to kill the chicken for the monkey to take the opportunity to eliminate the threat of other Jiedu envoys.

The current Jiedushi are like the heterosexual princes and kings in the early Han Dynasty. They are the local emperors with military power, financial power, and political power. Will be backstabbed, Jiedushi will not obey orders.

If you have to consider whether your soldiers and generals will obey their orders when fighting, the result will definitely be very tragic.

Shi Congyun has started to think about his own path after taking power after the settlement of the Sichuan issue in the past few days, and the mutiny is the easiest thing.

The first thing he thought of was to let the local tax revenue be handed over to the central government first, and then the central government distributes it to each Jiedushi, instead of each Jiedushi wanting to withhold as much as he wants, and then give the rest to the central government.

In this way, first of all, the economic power of the Jiedushi can be deprived, and their military capabilities can be limited, and the next thing can be done easily.

But this kind of move is definitely for the sake of the fundamental interests. Once it is implemented, there will be a group of people. It is necessary to prepare for force, and there must be a strategy.

He thought about it for several days, sometimes when he was explaining things outside the city, and sometimes when he was communicating with Fei Shi in depth, the best way after thinking about it was to kill the chicken for the monkey to see.

Kill a chicken first, frighten all the monkeys, and then implement it, as far as possible without military conflicts.

With his current military strength, not to mention [-]% certainty, at least [-]% can beat all the Jiedu envoys with heavy troops in the frontiers to the ground, but that won't work.

Because this will cause the country to fall into internal friction, and the national power accumulated with great difficulty will be wasted. Outside the Northern Han Dynasty, Liao Kingdom, Southern Han Dynasty, Southern Tang Dynasty, Jingnan Army, Wu Yue, etc. are still watching.

The best way is to solve this matter with the least possible cost, mainly through political means and supplemented by military means.

And this matter is imminent, more important than the elimination of the separatist regime, or some Jiedushi are already separatist regimes in essence, but they still submit to the court in name.

When he came back to his senses, the rain outside was still pattering, and there were lightning and thunder from time to time.

Fei's cheeks were flushed, he lowered his head and dared not look at him.

"Tie up your hair and go to the window. I'm going to grab your hair." Shi Congyun said without a doubt. At the age of 27 or [-], Fei's skin was as white as ice and snow, and his hair was thick and black as black. The waterfall forms a strange visual impact.

Every time he watched it, he made a comeback and couldn't stop.

So I often like to go back to my warm home.

Fei Shi was very pitiful: "Then don't scold me."

"What's wrong with me scolding you? I didn't scold you for the people of the country. Come over quickly." He was not so polite to Fei's Shi Congyun.

The Crystal Palace that was built for her, and the hibiscus that was planted all over Chengdu for her were all a waste of time and money, and they were all the blood and sweat of the people in Shu!What's wrong with him scolding for the common people.

Fei's face was aggrieved, but he did as he ordered.

At noon the next day, Shi Congyun met Cao Bin in the big tent outside the city and asked him to sit down.

Cao Bin was not a few years older than him, and he was very young in the army. His impression was that he had always been cautious and kept a low profile.

Cao Bin was very nervous, especially when he was notified by his own soldiers that the commander asked him to meet alone in the big tent.

The nervousness and fear are not without reason, just because of his own identity.

He is a relative of the emperor, and it is said that he is the cousin of the deceased official Guo Rong. His aunt Zhang is the concubine of Guo Wei, the founding king of the Great Zhou Dynasty.

Because of this, even though he participated in the meeting that day and signed a pledge to express his support for the marshal's mutiny, his identity was still disturbing.

It is also because he is well aware of the uniqueness of his identity, so he has been cautious since he was a child, he is cautious in doing things, and he is usually solemn, trying not to let people find any faults.

Because he has read a lot of poetry and books, he knows that since the end of the Tang Dynasty, the imperial power has changed, and the artifacts have been exchanged more frequently. If he is a foreign relative, he is still arrogant and domineering, leaving many handles. die.

He knew in his heart that the commander-in-chief was a good man, so he probably wouldn't make things difficult for him. He had served beside the local Jiedu since he was a child. Later, because he was a relative of the emperor, he was sent by the government to supervise the army. He served under many Jiedu envoys. As for the matter, after more experience, he felt that the commander-in-chief was different from the warlords and generals he had seen before.

From his point of view, the King of Qin seems to have shortcomings everywhere, such as immorality, greed for beauty, love to curse, love to lie, fear of death and so on.

But doing things has three advantages.

One is to be willing to fight; usually the commander-in-chief looks very cautious and timid, and he is a life-saving person, but when the matter comes to a head, he can grit his teeth and fight hard.

The second is to look at things in the long term; many things others only think about the present, the commander always thinks far ahead, especially in battle, including how he and many generals under his command think about how to win the current battle, The commander-in-chief seems to always think about how to win the war completely, which is also an important reason why everyone is willing to fight with the commander-in-chief.

The third is also the most important thing for him personally, he cares about the world; the commander is sometimes cruel, sometimes kind, when he is cruel, he can slaughter surrendered soldiers in the battle, he can order the massacre of tens of thousands of surrendered troops, and when he is kind, he can protect the people He did not hesitate to kill people to rectify the military law, and distributed military rations to ordinary people.So many generals don't understand.

Cao Bin is a smart man, he has his own judgment in his heart, what King Qin did was not to draw a line between good and evil, kindness or cruelty, but purposeful.

Everything is for the unification of the world. As long as it is conducive to the unification of the world, the commander will dare to kill or release people, save people or harm people, and he will never be soft.

It is these things that have always made him willing to follow King Qin, who he regards as his idol and master.

It's just that it's hard to get things right now.

If King Qin ascended the throne in a mutiny, he would be old and expensive, and it would be rare to be reused.

Of course, with King Qin's style, he felt that he didn't have to worry about being rich. At least Zhang Yongde and Li Chongjin enjoyed wealth even though they were deprived of military power. Even the Queen Mother Qin was not prepared to kill him.

But he didn't just think about being rich.
After stepping heavily into the big tent to salute, the marshal motioned him to sit down.

Cao Bin was preoccupied, and wanted to speak up to fight for himself, to express his position, in order to strive for reuse, but he couldn't open his mouth no matter what, he was used to being cautious.

Before he could speak, the handsome man above spoke first.

"Cao Jianjun, the officials from the east have arrived, and the army will return to the court in a short time."

Cao Bin could only echo cautiously: "The commander-in-chief is wise and powerful, the arrangements are well-arranged, and everything is in order."

"Hahaha, you are right, but I didn't come to discuss this with you today." The marshal stood up and paced in front of him. Cao Bin didn't even dare to sit down, so he also stood up and waited for the next sentence.

"The army is leaving, but Shu still needs someone to lead the army. The Jiannan Army will be stationed in Shu with 1 people to maintain order here. I need someone to sit in Chengdu for me."

Speaking of this, the commander suddenly turned his head, and the tall shadow covered him, "I want to entrust this matter to you. I want to appoint you as the commander of the Jiannan Army Capital, and inspect the seven states of Dongchuan."

Cao Bin was stunned for a moment. He thought that the commander-in-chief called him here because he was a relative of the former emperor, so he was going to be removed from the official position. He didn't expect that he was suddenly given such a heavy responsibility, and he was directly transferred from the supervisor of the army to the independent position. The local general who leads an army.

Shocked, he even knelt down on one knee: "The final general will be devastated and will live up to the commander's entrustment."

The commander-in-chief nodded, and helped him up with a strong hand, and then explained: "Dongchuan is the gateway to Shu, and the Jiannan Army is responsible for the plank road between Jianmen Pass and Dajian Mountain, and also responsible for the road between Lizhou and Dajian Mountain." Defense of Hanzhong.

There are Jingnan Army, Xiaoxiang Army, Zhenhuai Army, Wang Huan, Pan Mei, and Si Chao in the east, and Hanzhong in the north. The pressure will not be great, and the main thing is to ensure the stability of Shu. "

Cao Bin still didn't recover from this huge shock, he just said repeatedly: "The last general will remember!"

"The Jiannan army was reorganized from the Shu army. Their combat effectiveness is not good. You need to train them more."

Cao Bing nodded again.

The marshal continued to explain to him: "Besides, I also found an assistant for you, Kang Yanze, the envoy of the dyeing house, is a fierce man, I will leave him to you."

Cao Bin has always been cautious. He knew that Kang Yanze was originally from Shatuo.

But in the end, he still couldn't help asking, "Commander, so-and-so is a relative of the former court. I'm afraid it's not appropriate for the commander-in-chief to take such a heavy responsibility. What if someone in the army refuses to accept it?"

Unexpectedly, the commander-in-chief didn't take it seriously at all: "Once you make achievements, they will naturally accept you. I value you as a person and your ability. As for your identity, I don't care about it, and I won't pursue it.

You have always been cautious in doing things, you also know the military, you love the people, and you have made a lot of contributions. This is the reason why I promoted you, work hard. "

Cao Bin was so touched that tears filled his eyes for a moment, he even knelt down and kowtowed, repeatedly expressing that he would never disappoint the commander in chief.

After Cao Bin was arranged, Shi Congyun finally breathed a sigh of relief. He spoke righteously to Cao Bin. Naturally, there was a reason for that. He valued Cao Bin's talent.

But on the other hand, although Cao Bin is a relative of the emperor, unlike Zhang Yongde and Li Chongjin, he is still young and has no high prestige in the army, which is why he can use it with confidence.

Two days later, Guo Tingwei, whom he appointed, also arrived in Chengdu by boat along the river.

And Guo Tingwei came with a book, and the imperial court appointed Guo Tingwei to know the affairs of the Chengdu government. To put it bluntly, he was the prefect of the Chengdu government and the prime minister of the government affairs of Shu.

Of course, this was hand-picked by Shi Congyun, and the regent Empress Dowager Fu was only appointed and dispatched according to his wishes.

After Guo Tingzhi arrived in Chengdu, Shi Congyun immediately called him into the palace, and then had a secret talk for a day, telling him not only about preparing for the mutiny, but also about his future plans in Shu. The first step was to gradually find out and count the The fields of the land, the registered population.

Of course, this is only one of them. The other major thing is to stabilize the situation and at the same time transport the treasury of Chengdu to Daliang. All these need to be organized by him, the prefect.

Afterwards, he took the lead by himself and asked Guo Tingwei to meet Cao Bin. For a long time after that, one of them was in charge of the government affairs of Shu, and the other was in charge of the military power of Shu.

He also explained to them that the overall policy of Shu is to develop steadily and restore order.

In the next few days, the second batch of officials sent by the imperial court arrived in Shu, took the three provinces (appointment letters) to Chengdu to meet Shi Congyun, Guo Tingwei and Cao Bin, and then went to various places to take up their posts.

By the ninth day of May, in more than 48 counties in two prefectures and one army town in the 200 prefectures of Shu, the number of official vacancies had been filled to seven or eighty-eight.

The consumption of tens of thousands of troops in Shu is not a small consumption.

Then the remaining generals were summoned and began to arrange for the withdrawal of the army.

Everyone knew that the withdrawal of the army was of great importance, and it was not a simple withdrawal. Many generals were very excited, and the accompanying civil servants were also gearing up, thinking about how to make meritorious service.

Just when they were about to withdraw their troops, a rumor suddenly rose in the direction of Lizhou, and even spread to Chengdu, where people discussed it in the streets and alleys.

It is said that in the Jialing River beside Fenghuang Mountain, some fishermen saw a black dragon soaring from the river when they got up to fish in the morning. .
(End of this chapter)