Five Dynasties River Mountains Fengyue

Chapter 560
In September, Emperor Shi began to return to Daliang. Before leaving, he also made rearrangements for Guanbei and some areas behind the mountains.

Xiang Xun was transferred back to the court for appointment, and Yang Jiye served as the prefect of Taiyuan and the military commander of Xinzhou, Daizhou and other three states.

This promotion is very huge, because to reward Yang Jiye's contribution in this war, since the establishment of Qin State, Emperor Shi has been deliberately controlling the power of civil and military officials to prevent them from becoming bigger.

For example, Yang Jiye's arrangement, although they are all big officials in the frontier, is still much worse than that of Jiedushi in the middle and late Tang Dynasty. He has administrative power in Taiyuan but no military power. The power must be in Zhizhou's hands.

Such appointments are commonplace in times of peace, when local military and government powers are separated, but they are fatal in times of war.

Because the war is changing rapidly, the emphasis is on high efficiency, without any constraints. If you want to gain an advantage in war, the best way is to give a large amount of military and political power to the leading generals, so that they can make timely decisions without being constrained, so that they can repel enemy.

This is why there were so many governors and governors with military and political power at the end of the Han Dynasty, and there were so many local military and political envoys from the middle and late Tang Dynasty to the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms.

At the end of the Han Dynasty, it was because the imperial court was unable to fight against the Yellow Turban Uprising and had to devolve military and political power. In the mid-Tang Dynasty, it had to devolve military and political power to fight against the Anshi rebels. .

In the past, whether it was the Liang, Tang, Jin, Han, Zhou, or the surrounding separatist regimes, because there were many powerful enemies around and the world fell apart, they had to maintain a high degree of readiness for war, so they retained the military and political power of the Jiedushi so that they could adapt to the situation , One person decides to strengthen the combat effectiveness of the army.

The pressure on the central power is even greater, because the northern overlord Liao is still eyeing it, so the central government is on guard against the feudal towns, but it dare not offend the feudal towns at all, because it still has to rely on enlisting the Jiedu envoys to resist the Liao state.

At that time cutting the feudal clan was basically tantamount to courting death. What was better was that the generals on the frontier were restrained and could not stop the Liao army and let the Liao people go south. The bad ones directly turned against the court. Anyway, the emperor took turns doing it these years, whoever has the biggest fist will win Yes, but what is worse is to directly push those leading generals into the arms of the enemy country.

Therefore, if the foreign aggression is not resolved, the separatism of the feudal clan cannot be eradicated. If you want to cut down the feudal clan in the midst of war, it is almost tantamount to cutting off the wrists of a strong man.

However, with Emperor Shi's southern and northern wars and the unification of the world, these things are logical. Because of the collapse of the Liao Kingdom, the recovery of the sixteen prefectures of Yanyun, and the sudden drop in the pressure on the frontier defense in Taiyuan and its north, there will be no such concerns .

With the withdrawal of large areas of northern territory, the northernmost important border town of the empire will also be pushed from Yanmen Pass to Datong. This requires the construction of a new Lotus Fort in that area, the recruitment and training of troops, and the re-establishment of border defense points.

These things must be carried out by a person who is familiar with the army, is familiar with artillery operations, and has participated in wars. At the same time, he must be educated, have the ability to govern the local area, and handle public affairs.

Finally he thought of Meng Xuanzhe.

So Meng Xuanzhe talked for a while alone in the palace of Youzhou, and Meng Xuanzhe finally agreed to lead troops to Yunzhou, and promised to build a defense line within two years, and build the Lotus Fort on key arteries.

Emperor Shi was very happy and praised him again.

So in Youzhou, Emperor Shi granted Meng Xuanzhe the right to know the affairs of Yunzhou, and also the defense envoy of Yunzhou, leading the five battalions to the north, responsible for building the northern defense line.

But this matter is not in a hurry, Emperor Shi gave him a three-month leave and allowed him to go back to Daliang to pick up his family.

After that, Emperor Shi did not stay too long, and began to return to the court in mid-September.

The main force of the army also went south, and the mighty team was welcomed by many people along the way.

As the line of defense moved northward, the importance of the three-pass defense line also weakened. Emperor Shi ordered to reduce the original standing guard of about 500 guards near the three passes to [-], and stay at the Lianhua Fort by the Daqing River.

Now Qin's main northern defense line will extend directly northward for thousands of miles in the next two years, reaching Yunzhou and Huangzhou.

The second line of defense will also be Youzhou, Taiyuan, and Jinzhou, instead of Zhenzhou and Xiongzhou.

Many things need to be redeployed, and these can only be discussed slowly after returning to the capital.

When the army arrived at the ferry of the Yellow River, there were already officials waiting to greet them. Emperor Shi drank the wine they had prepared, and then began to cross the river. The army estimated that it would take two hours to complete the crossing.

Emperor Shi did not go first, but waited for the soldiers of the army to drink horses by the river, and did not start to move towards the beam until the whole army crossed the river.

When they arrived at Chenqiao Post, the queen had already led hundreds of officials to greet them at the post, and brought a large number of government servants from the city to prepare wine and meat for the army.

Shi Congyun first asked the generals and other troops to take them back to the camp. This year, he rewarded the three armies with wine and meat, while he himself, escorted by the imperial guards, led a large number of captives, and entered the city with the respectful welcome of all officials.

As he entered the city, there were crowds of people lining the streets everywhere in the city. The people crowded around Fengqiu Gate, and even all the open space by the bridge.

Some people chanted long live, some people looked into the crowd, not sure if they wanted to see what Emperor Shi looked like, or what the captive Liao state lord looked like.

There were also some young girls who were all dressed up and squeezed along the side of the road, probably because they wanted Emperor Shi to take a look at them.

However, Emperor Shi kept a serious face and just kept waving to the people in all directions to show his demeanor.

After that, there are captive offerings at Taimiao and Xuandemen. Since Emperor Shi personally conscripted, Xuandemen offering captives is mainly for the common people to see. what kind.

Emperor Shi led the empress to sit on the top, and the coach Li Chuyun led Ye Luxian with a rope, and read aloud a big sentence filled with righteous indignation. He explained that the Liao Kingdom had committed many crimes, killing and looting the border people of China. More than 20 years ago, they invaded Daliang and plundered people's property. All kinds of heinous crimes, in short, there are more than 50 serious crimes. Emperor Shi was a little embarrassed to hear that these literati really know how to make up.
Only when the topic changed, he began to praise His Majesty's literary and military strategies, as well as his achievements in destroying the Liao Kingdom.

Afterwards, he took Yeluxian to the Taimiao to offer sacrifices to the ancestors of heaven and earth. The great achievements they accomplished made Yeluxian scolded bloody again. After such a set of standard procedures was completed, the offering of prisoners was considered complete. .

Fortunately, Ye Luxian was not the first one in these years. The so-called practice makes perfect, all civil and military officials are proficient, so all the ceremonies were completed before dark.

Afterwards, Yeluxian's family was temporarily placed in the post house of Honglu Temple, waiting to be dealt with, and many things were still waiting for Emperor Shi to deal with it.

(End of this chapter)