Five Dynasties River Mountains Fengyue

Chapter 366
Time slows down to June.

The affairs of the DPRK and the Central Committee are progressing in an orderly manner, and there are many civil and military personnel under him, and Shi Congyun asks them to do many things.

He has a big heart and is not the kind of person who can't let go of anything. As for himself, of course he takes care of the little fish in his pond in the harem.

In early autumn and July, with Li Gu's official appointment, Wang Pu's dismissal, Gong Li's execution, dozens of ministers were deposed or exiled, and many new officials from Shu, Jiangnan, Hedong and other places brought back by Shi Congyun arranged to enter In the imperial court, on the way to centralize power, Emperor Shi also vaguely took on the appearance of Emperor Qin and Han Wu, and truly made government orders accessible to all directions, and the world obeyed his orders.

At night, there was a strong wind outside the palace city, Emperor Shi was half lying on the bed comfortably, the silk curtain outside the hall was swaying, and the figure of the palace lady outside the door could be vaguely seen.

Fei's hair in his arms was in a messy bun and his face was flushed. Shi Congyun came here today to teach Fei a lesson.

"Are you still used to coming to Daliang?" Shi Congyun asked while playing with her black hair.

Fei nodded: "It's cooler here, but it's all good."

"If there is anything, you can tell Lin Shanggong directly." He asked while playing Wang Nong.

Fei nodded and said in a low voice: "Officials, some officials from the Shu region asked the female officials in the palace to find me and sent some letters, saying that they wanted me to speak for them in front of the officials."

She said timidly, firstly, she was used to being bullied, and secondly, the execution of Gong Li happened just before. Everyone knew that the officials were very disgusted with the formation of cliques.

After hearing this, Shi Congyun asked curiously, "How did they find you?"

Fei said: "The manager of my palace is Shang Gong from Shu, her brother-in-law's friend was a judge in Kuizhou, and he happened to be acquainted with the Minister of Rites of the Later Shu court.

After the official family pacified Shu, many officials, big and small, were brought to Daliang, and they were among them. "

"What are they looking for you for?" Shi Congyun asked curiously.

"Two of them were because the houses by the Bian River were not assigned, the land in Daliang was expensive, and their salaries were not enough to buy new ones. They went to the Ministry of Officials and the Ministry of Industry, but no one paid any attention to them, and there was no result in going to the sparse, so they begged me to go to the official house. Talk to them in front of them.

There is another one who is old and asks to be told to go back to Shu, and the fallen leaves return to their roots. "Fei said, got up and took out a lot of letters from the drawer of the table next to him, "The letters are all here, and I don't know how to respond, so I waited for the official to come. "

Shi Congyun understood it all at once, and didn't look at anything. Unknowingly, there was a wonderful balance in his harem.

Because he enjoyed the dance at Zhou Xian's last night, and what he enjoyed was not a serious dance. Afterwards, Zhou Xian also told him that Jiangnan wanted to talk to the emperor through her relationship, and sent letters and gold and silver. Take out all the treasures for him to see.

This is interesting, officials in Jiangnan would first think of Zhou Xianla when they wanted to talk to him; officials in Sichuan and Shu hoped that the concubine Fei would stand up for them; have a good impression; and most of the officials and generals in Hebei are more supportive of the queen.

Just like the incident against the empress last time, many veteran officials from the former court participated, but none from Hebei, because the empress is from Hebei, it seems that intentionally or unintentionally, whether they like it or not, they will become the objects of foreign ministers' curry favor. Representatives of the other forces have become their expectations.

Fei represents Sichuan and Shu, Zhao Shijian is the historian's confidant, Fu Liumei is Hebei, and Zhou Xian is Jiangnan. This kind of change is not deliberately shaped by anyone, but a pattern formed naturally and subtly.

Shi Congyun thought about it, he was powerless to stop this kind of thing, even if he was the emperor and had the greatest power in the world, he was still only a human being, and his will could not stop the law. The higher the water, the higher it will be.

Blocking is worse than sparse.

If used well, this in turn is also a very good way for the emperor to monitor ministers and obtain information, provided that the concubines are loyal to him.

Shi Congyun shook his head, thinking that it is really a ruthless emperor's family, many things will deteriorate in the face of the supreme power in the world.

"In the future, if the officials of the Shu region ask you for something, don't agree, don't deal with it privately, just tell me, and I will handle it."

"En." Fei nodded obediently.

"I estimate that there will only be more and more officials looking for you. Some of them want to go through the back door, or ask for an official position and so on, and refuse directly. You can tell me about other things."

Fei carefully remembered that in the middle of speaking, Shi Congyun changed the subject: "I heard from Lin Shanggong that your palace costs less than half of other palaces. What's the matter? I have enough money, so you don't have to help me." Save that."

She seriously shook her head and said: "The officials said that I was extravagant and wasteful in Shu, poisoning the people, and I also taught my concubines a lesson. I think the officials taught me the right thing, so in the future, I must save money and make up for my mistakes."

Seeing that she took it seriously, Shi Congyun smirked: "Silly woman, I just made an excuse for you to take it seriously. You don't have to do this in the future, anyway, I will teach you the same."

In mid-July, Fu Yanqing retired from Hebei and returned to Luoyang. When passing by Zhengzhou, he was defeated by Bianjing. Shi Congyun sent people to send gold and silver rewards.

At the end of July, after the consultation of the three provinces and the Privy Council, it was decided to expand the Shenhuo Army to a main force corps of the same size as Long Jie, Hu Jie, Kong He, and Iron Cavalry, with [-] people in the left and right hatchbacks under its jurisdiction.

With the expansion of the empire's territory, there is no delay in expanding the army. Typical standing armies such as Han and Tang are almost the same, ranging from more than 30 to more than 50, except for the strange ones like the Song Dynasty.

But now his Qin Dynasty's standing troops are only in the early 20s. With the expansion of the empire's territory, it must be more and more insufficient.

Now Guanbei (north of the Three Passes, south of Youzhou), Yanmen, Jingnan Army, Guanzhong, Luzhou (Hefei), Yangzhou, Tanzhou (Changsha) and other places in Hebei are bordering foreign enemies and need long-term garrisons. Xinping, Hedong also needs the army to sit in the town. In this way, more than 20 troops will eventually be stationed near Daliang to defend the capital. As a mobile force, only about [-] will be used to check and balance the frontier army.

This is the safest way to garrison troops in the empire era. The central imperial army and the frontier army maintain roughly the same size and rotate regularly. If there is a long-term imbalance, Tang Xuanzong will be a lesson.

With successive wars, especially after the terrible performance of breaking Taiyuan in a few days, the Shenhuo Army has been paid more and more attention, and the expansion of the army is also expected. If there is no artillery from the Shenhuo Army, then Taiyuan might have to fight for a year or so, and I don’t know how many deaths how many people.

The amazing performance was seen by everyone, and there was no pressure to expand the army, and almost no one in the DPRK was right about this matter.

After much deliberation and careful consideration, Shi Congyun entrusted the recruitment of new soldiers and the expansion of the organizational system to his confidant Wang Zhong. This kind of work should not be randomly assigned. At the beginning, he placed cronies in the army, and he rose step by step until he sought power. To usurp the throne, the beginning is that the old man purges the imperial army.

The second thing is to increase the position of the Confidential Division to be tied with the Third Division.

The three departments: Department of Household Department, Department of Salt and Iron, and Department of Duzhi were originally the functions of the Ministry of Households, but they were proposed separately because they were important, and they were higher than the six departments.

Today, the Confidential Department originally belonged to the Ministry of Industry. It was taken out separately and listed as the "Fourth Division" along with the Third Division to ensure the status of craftsmen from the system, and to speed up the research and development and production of firearms. Feng Jisheng was the Confidential Envoy.

The matter of expanding the army has been arranged. In autumn and August, the Mid-Autumn Festival, Shi Congyun took the queen and concubines to enjoy the moon in the garden outside the city, and entertained all the officials. During the Mid-Autumn Festival, the chrysanthemums in the garden are just right, and the flowers are yellow everywhere. Everyone is very interested Gao, many courtiers came out to recite poems and compose Fu, extolling meritorious deeds, and some clever ones directly recited Huanghua Ci from the emperor, bragging for a while.

Although there are elements of bragging, the poems of Huang Hua in the Battlefield are indeed excellent, a height that many clichés cannot reach.

In the middle of the banquet, the drinking was in full swing, and the dishes were full of flavors. Amidst the literary and ink atmosphere, Shi Congyun was also quite interested, but he was too lazy to copy the poems cheekily, and thought of looking at the list of Jinshi last year when he was happy.

I want to see what kind of young talents and useful talents his Qin country has in recent years. He has been fighting in the north and south all the year round, and has no time to pay attention to them.

As the supreme son of heaven, only after entering the Jixian Hall can the Hanlin Academy enter his eyes.

Wei Min took the list and looked at it for a while, and Shi Congyun frowned suddenly, because he knew someone among them, he was a scholar of the Hanlin Academy, Tao Yu, the son of the former emperor Tao Gu.

Shi Congyun immediately became suspicious, and immediately asked Tao Yan if he had come, and left and right told him that he should be there.

Emperor Shi immediately ordered Tao Yan to be called over, and asked Zhou Xian to test his knowledge. Zhou Xian was well-read and full of knowledge. If a woman can take the imperial examination, she must be the number one scholar.

He is worried because he is afraid that these officials will protect each other and take advantage of the connections, especially the connections of the imperial examination.

Tao Yan below was quickly approached, and after saluting, he didn't dare to look up at all, and was a little nervous.

Zhou Xian was a little surprised by his order, but he still opened his mouth to test a few classics. Although Tao Yan stuttered and was afraid, he answered all of them. Shi Congyun didn't know if this level was enough, because he was uneducated.

Seeing that he answered all of them, he just nodded: "That's right, but since we have this matter today, I would like to make two requests.

In the future, if the children of high-ranking officials go to high school, they will still need to take the examination of the Imperial Academy to see if they have real talents and real learning. If they cheat, I will punish them severely, and the children of poor families will be exempted.

Secondly, the palace examination will be resumed in the future. Every year, high school students will be brought to the palace. I will test the school myself, and let all the officials see if I have the ability. "

"Yes!" The secretary next to him recorded it, and Qi Qilang also wrote down the words and deeds of the officials.

Later, in front of all the officials, Shi Congyun said very seriously: "The imperial examination is the foundation of the country. Today, all the officials are here. I will make it clear that I will reserve the quota for you, but who dares to take the imperial examination?" If you dare to do something, I will destroy the three clans, and I will show no mercy."

The words were so serious that many ministers turned pale with fright and bowed their heads to express their understanding.

Shi Congyun nodded, he didn't want to say such a thing at this moment, but it could deepen the memory and let them remember it more deeply.

He doesn't think that he is a saint through the ages, and he has no ability to change the world, but as a five-good young man who has received education from later generations, he has his own persistence in his heart. In any case, the imperial examination is the only way for the bottom people to rise. Keep it safe.

Of course, there were many people at the autumn banquet, and these words were also spread, and the spread became more and more exaggerated, but in any case, it won the hearts of many poor people in the world for the emperor.

Just after the fifteenth day of the eighth month, news came from Honglu Temple that the envoy from Jiangnan had arrived in Daliang.

Shi Congyun was reviewing memorials in the Chuigong Hall at that time. After hearing about this, he asked the officials of Honglu Temple to arrange them to stay. He tapped his knuckles on the table, thought for a while and said, "I will see them tomorrow at noon, and they have something to summarize. Talk to them every now and then, and speak briefly."

"Yes!" The Honglu Temple official stepped back after being ordered.

As far as Jiangnan's information is concerned, Si Chao, who guards Yangzhou in the south, has already sent people to Beijing to report.

In May, Li Jing, the lord of the south of the Yangtze River, died of illness. The prince Li Congjia succeeded to the throne and changed his name to Li Yu. He took all the officials from Hongzhou back to Jinling from Hongzhou for the reason of his father's funeral. Only some people stayed in Hongzhou and moved the capital back to Jiangling. The intention is already very obvious.

Thinking of Li Yu, it is impossible for Shi Congyun not to remember, after all, it has only been a few years since he robbed his wife, but this change in Jiangnan made it difficult for him to judge the situation for a while.

Among the southern powers today, the Southern Han Dynasty, and later generations of Guangdong, Guangxi, and Vietnam are not to be feared.

The only things that make him wary are the later generations of Yunnan, Guizhou, and the land in the south of the Yangtze River.

The two worries are different. The worry about the boundary of Yunnan is that Yunnan is really high in mountains and densely forested, with a huge difference in altitude and a huge climate span. Moreover, the army in Yunnan has been good at it since ancient times due to its unique geographical influence and poor mountains and bad waters. fight.

However, unlike the Jiangnan army who is good at water warfare and the northern army that is good at horse warfare, they are proficient in mountain warfare and defensive warfare. If you really want to send a large army deep into Yunnan to fight, it will be really difficult.

If the opponent is from the northern countries, or the Guangdong and Guangxi regions where there are many peaks, but the altitude is not high, and the ground is mostly flat, his Central Plains army will have the advantage.So in history, basically as long as the north is unified, Guangdong and Guangxi will definitely be destroyed, and there is only one situation where Guangdong and Guangxi can be separated separately, that is, when the world is in chaos and her north has no time to control.

But it would be troublesome if you really went to the real mountains like Yunnan. The ideal is to take the Southern Han and Jiangnan and take the initiative to surrender the southwest border, so that the imperial court does not need to send troops.

But Jiangnan is another situation. It is said that Jiangnan is no longer able to compete with Qin by force. the richest.

If the will to resist is stronger, it is likely to drag him into a protracted war and consume a lot of the national power that he has finally accumulated. This is what Shi Congyun does not want to see.

In his plan, the best way is not to send troops. Once troops are dispatched, Jiangnan will be settled within a year, and production will resume in the next year. The main source of taxation in the Tang Dynasty cannot be smashed into a piece of scorched earth in his hands. Otherwise, all great plans and great achievements in the future will be in vain.

So long before the arrival of the Jiangnan envoy, Shi Congyun had actually thought about it many times, how to deal with the Jiangnan people, how to fight for more benefits for himself and the empire.

Tribute is definitely indispensable, but it is necessary to prepare for future military operations, and to try where the bottom line of the new king Li Yu is.

After thinking about this, Shi Congyun wanted to go back and prepare for it. The Lord of Jiangnan is weak, but Feng Yanlu is not easy to deal with.

Then he waved his hand, called the old man Fan Zhi below, and retaliated: "Mr. Fan, I am tired today. You have to approve all the papers before leaving get off work. I will come to see you tomorrow."

(End of this chapter)