Five Dynasties River Mountains Fengyue

Chapter 564 State Affairs
By the beginning of the fifth year of Kangding, some disputes broke out in the northwest. Most of the party members in Shuofang and Dingnan in the south obeyed the rule of the imperial court after Li's entry into Beijing, but some tribes of party members living in the valley in the north did not obey the rule of the court, and turmoil broke out. .

They united from various ministries, gathered more than 600 people, attacked the counties north of Yinzhou, killed more than 100 people, including more than [-] soldiers, and ransacked a county.

Xiang Xun immediately sent troops to suppress, led 5000 people, including an artillery battalion, set off from Xiazhou, went west to Yinzhou, and joined Shuofang Army with 1 people to go north.

The war lasted for more than half a year. Xiang Xun successively defeated the Dangxiang-ren coalition forces in the valley to the north. He fought seven or eight battles, captured and beheaded more than 5000 people. A small group of rangers harassed the training army, but they couldn't fight a decisive battle.

The two sides confronted each other in the north of Yinzhou, and Xiang Xun would not be able to wipe them out for a while, but as time went on, the logistical supply became more and more difficult, and the confrontation between the army was exhausting.

When Emperor Shi knew about it, he immediately asked Shuofang to mobilize food support from the counties and counties around Dingnan Liangjun Town, so that they could continue to confront the rebels and not retreat southward.

Then he sent people eight hundred miles to expedite and made other arrangements. Today's world is no longer the world of 20 years ago. Emperor Shi is going to open the eyes of those who don't know the changes of the times, the current affairs, the reason, and the good and the bad. .

The Dangxiang rebels did not realize that the situation in the world had changed. The reason why the Dingnan army’s northern Dangxiang people used to fight against the imperial court was because their nomadic habits were serious and there was enough retreat.

But they forgot that it was possible in the past. They went north to avoid misfortune and entered the sphere of influence of the Liao Kingdom. The regime in the south did not dare to pursue it too deeply, so as not to provoke an all-out war with the Liao Kingdom, but now the Liao Kingdom is gone!
On the eastern front, the forces of the Qin State also crossed Yanshan early, and they were half-surrounded strategically. With the collapse of the Liao State, they had no capital or rear to deal with the Qin army.

So in the spring of the following year, when the weather warmed up in March, the battlefield won the biggest turning point.

Meng Xuanzhe, who originally built a new line of defense behind the mountain, was ordered to lead his troops westward. Under the guidance of the locals, he led an army of [-] troops out of the clouds, followed the original route of the Han army into the grassland, and then went west across the sphere of influence of the Liao people. , After about a month's march, they arrived near Yinshan Mountain and launched an attack from north to south.

The total number of men, women, and children who did not submit to the Qin Dynasty was about [-]. More than [-] young and strong people who could fight faced Xiang Xun's [-] troops in the south. In the past, that was their safe rear.

This time, the sudden attack from the rear completely messed up the situation, and the Qin army killed more than [-] enemies, captured more than [-] people, and countless cattle and sheep.

Drawing on the advanced experience of the nomadic guides, Meng Xuanzhe ordered the execution of all the men who passed the wheel of Van Gogh, because they could not take so many prisoners, and there was still a big war to be fought in the south.

Then the army went south and suddenly appeared behind the Dangxiang rebels. They fought on the east bank of the Yellow River at the end of March. , less than 3000 people survived in the end.

After this battle, Xiang Xun and Meng Xuanzhe shocked Hetao, and the local situation became more stable. The captured party members who survived were resettled and continued to live near Yinzhou.

After receiving the battle report, Emperor Shi rewarded Xiang Xun and Meng Xuanzhe, and at the same time ordered Hetao to build the Lotus Fort to Yinshan, as the first line of defense in that area.

Everything was carried out in an orderly manner, and occasionally there were some small episodes, but they did not affect the overall situation. For example, in the autumn of the sixth year of Kangding, some people rebelled in Liaodong, but they were quickly suppressed by the local Qin army. Find out what's going on.

In the winter of that year, some remnants of the party members who were originally driven to the grassland could not survive and surrendered to the Qin Dynasty in the south, and some were brought by the northern grassland tribes to reward the Qin border generals.

Between the autumn and winter of that year, another prince and three princesses were about to be born. Emperor Shi was very happy, and envoys from various countries did not dare to be late, and they all arrived at Daliang before the Mid-Autumn Festival to congratulate.

The envoys from Dali in the west asked for further communication. Emperor Shi agreed and asked them to send hostages to Beijing. Dali also agreed, and they understood the current situation in Qin very well. Send the young and beautiful princess.

Emperor Shi hesitated for half a second, and immediately agreed. This is also a contribution to the country, and it is duty-bound.

There was a reason for his worry, getting married was not a simple matter, one must know that the queen had great power.

Like the various princesses of the Han Dynasty who married to the south, the north, or the Western Regions, because they were married by a big country, many of them were regular wives, and many of them could greatly or even completely influence the military and political power of a country. In many cases, it is better than tens of thousands of troops.

So the relationship is not chaotic, but this time Emperor Shi is trying to stabilize Dali, and his current main energy will be spent on the northwest and north.

In history, Zhao Kuangyin drew the Dadu River as the boundary with his jade axe. Since then, Dali has become independent. Many people say that he is too timid, but in this era, everyone has to be timid when facing the Yunnan issue, because the lessons learned from the Tang Dynasty are before, so we have to be cautious.

The 20 Tang Dynasty army destroyed Yunnan, and then led to the Anshi Rebellion. The Tang Dynasty, which was once in full swing, fell apart and fell apart. It became the node where the Tang Dynasty turned from prosperity to decline. Everyone would be afraid of becoming a second Tang Dynasty.

Therefore, Emperor Shi had already made a conclusion in his heart, that the region should take its time to eat the soft and not the hard.

But the situation in the northwest is extremely slow, and the more it is delayed, the more unfavorable it is, because the southwestern region was ruled by the Han Dynasty, and its heart is still kingly, but the Tubo tribes in the southwest and the Uighur tribe are different.

So in the seventh year of Kangding, as the situation in Liaodong stabilized and the northern defense line was completed, Emperor Shi began to gather troops and build barracks in the eastern section of the Hexi Corridor.

At the same time, efforts will be made to increase people's livelihood and rebuild Guanzhong.

In the same year, another prince was born.

In the same year, with the stability of the situation in Liaodong, Emperor Shi withdrew [-] troops from Liaodong, reducing military expenditure.

With the implementation of the new tax law, the national treasury has become more abundant year by year, Emperor Shi has become richer and richer, and the conditions for launching large-scale wars have become more sufficient.

However, Emperor Shi did not take any action, but made some internal changes. First of all, in addition to the Guozijian, a new national official academy lecture hall was started.

Because when he thought of Yunnan before, he also thought of the Yunnan Army Lecture Hall of later generations. He thought of balancing civil and martial arts, and the consideration of cultivating military talents for future generations. With the emperor as the dean, he strengthened the loyalty of military talents.

At the same time, because of the rise of artillery, mathematics has also become a compulsory course for military talents, especially grassroots officers, and middle and high-level generals. For this reason, Emperor Shi ordered to focus on the examination of arithmetic subjects in the imperial examinations, and to set up special subjects in the lecture hall teaching.

Due to the outstanding performance of the artillery in the war, whether it is recognized by soldiers or ordinary people, the status of mathematics has increased naturally.

Emperor Shi also added his quotations and military concepts into teaching during his busy schedule.

The confidential department also gave Emperor Shi a lot of surprises. For example, they began to use the waterwheels previously used for water conservancy irrigation in the workshop manufacturing, and built hydraulic forging hammers, water conservancy blasts and other equipment.

It greatly improved the efficiency of ordnance manufacturing, and then began to be used in the construction of agricultural equipment, which accelerated the popularization of institutional agricultural equipment and improved production efficiency.

Emperor Shi was very happy, and while rewarding the confidential department, he ordered that it should be gradually promoted throughout the country.

What made Emperor Shi even more happy was that Sinong Temple also did something that made Emperor Shi happy and rewarded him greatly.

When the Qin State destroyed the Southern Han Dynasty, the ruler of the Southern Han Dynasty brought several large ships of gold, silver, treasures, various seeds, and beauties to escape the war, but was intercepted by the Qin army navy.

After those things were delivered to Daliang by boat, the officials of the Sinong Department applied to Emperor Shi to try planting those seeds in batches. It has been trial planting for many years now, and the best performing one is selected from the many rice varieties.

According to their research and trial planting in the past few years, the yield of this rice variety is at least double that of the previous mainstream rice varieties in the south, and it is of better quality.

In fact, they reported this matter the year before last, but Emperor Shi did not immediately approve it, because this matter is of great importance, and once it is implemented, it will affect the livelihood of the people, so he has been personally inspecting the production situation for the past few years.

It wasn't until this year that Emperor Shi finally confirmed that this rice variety was indeed very good, far better than the various rice varieties currently grown in the south. Emperor Shi thought of the famous Champa rice in later generations. He didn't confirm it, but the fact of increasing production was beyond doubt.

So it was also ordered that from next year, the new rice species will be gradually promoted to the whole country, mainly in Wuyue, Jiangnan, and Huainan regions first.

In order to dispel the worries of the people, Emperor Shi planned to not enforce it in the first year. The grain stored by the court would be distributed to the people free of charge, mainly on a voluntary basis, and it would be fully implemented in the next two years.

(End of this chapter)