Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

For Andong Prefecture, winter is actually a very lively transportation season.

The reason is that the transportation infrastructure is too bad.

The Protectorate’s Office established in the former Tang Dynasty has collapsed, and the focus of Bohai people’s management is also the five capitals of the country. It is difficult to invest resources in the construction of new lands.What's more, here is still facing competition from Khitan, and the local people are not very obedient.

Idiots build the Andong Mansion well, don't they go to collect taxes and collect cloves?
Dilapidated roads and almost non-existent water conservancy facilities lead to floods in summer and autumn, destroying roadbeds.Over time, the road can no longer go.

Therefore, winter and spring are the peak of transportation, and sleds are the main means of transportation.

Outside Lushun County, dozens of sleds drove into an open space surrounded by wooden fences.

There are two civil servants, one on the left and one on the right. One counts the quantity of materials on the sled, and the other is responsible for recording.The slave laborers are responsible for sorting the materials and transporting them into different warehouses.

Slave labor did exist and was commonly used, the source being prisoners of war.

The source of prisoners of war is very complicated, not only Khitan people, but in fact the number of local prisoners of war is also very large.

Don't think that Anton Mansion is a good place.The ethnic composition here is too complicated, Han people, Goguryeo people, Mohe people, Khitan people, Xi people, and other small tribes and ethnic groups that are difficult to distinguish—in fact, the parties themselves don’t know—there are all kinds of people, and it is very difficult to distinguish .

The weakening of the upper-level ruling power has led to the rampant local separatist regimes and semi-separatist regimes. Among them, there are certainly those who are more obedient and aware of current affairs, but there are also a large number of wild and unruly ones who need to be attacked hard.

Anton Mansion hit and pulled them, hitting first and then pulling.

Several times of large-scale suppression, the separatist cities and forts were wiped out, and then the small and medium-sized forces were treated softly, and the households were organized into the people, and direct rule was implemented.

Those who resist registration will be killed.Anyway, they are not in a hurry to expand their territory now, so they are dedicated to tossing in the territory of the four counties. More than [-] troops are stationed in various places, and their control power is unprecedentedly high.

Liu Po ​​sat and drank with Wang Yanzhang in the barracks next to the warehouse.

The port has been frozen, and all that is consumed now is the stock that was shipped before.The strength of Shuofang Shengshao is really suitable for the current weather.

In all fairness, Anton Mansion is not too cold.But after winter comes, there are always some days when the temperature will be unbearably low.

"The sage should have arrived in Denglai by now, right?" Liu Wei asked first, starting the conversation.

He "joined" too late, and he didn't have time to make too many contributions, so he might not have a title.The sage also took pity on them, thinking that they were lonely in Anton and deserved a generous reward, so he was granted the title of male in Shuyang County and three hundred households.

As the de facto military leader of the Andong camp, Fu Cunshen joined the group earlier and made certain contributions. He was the uncle of Baoji County and sealed a thousand households.

Wang Yanzhang has no title, and his qualifications and achievements are too little.But he also has an advantage, because the saint is said to value him more, and it doesn't seem to be that difficult to get a title.

"Perhaps he has already returned." Wang Yanzhang said after taking a sip of wine.

After saying this, the two fell silent.

In fact, they all knew what the other party wanted to say, but they didn't want to take the initiative to break through the window paper.

After a long time, Liu Po ​​couldn't bear it anymore and asked, "General Wang, when do you think I can go home?"

He is not like Wang Yanzhang, who is heartless. In fact, his family is across the sea, and he is really not interested in Anton, a place where he wants nothing. He has long wanted to go back.

But Wang Yanzhang didn't seem to want to leave.

Liu E can understand his thoughts. The two people are in different situations, so the choices are naturally different.

"I don't think I can go back." Wang Yanzhang said.

"What did you hear again?" Liu Po ​​was surprised and asked.

Wang Yanzhang hesitated for a moment.But after fighting side by side with Liu Wei for so long, the relationship is different, and he still said: "I heard from Hu Shumi that the Anton Mansion is one of the saints who want to form a marginal town army."

This news is actually not a secret, but Liu Po ​​really doesn't know—he has no one in the court, so why not.

"Yuanbian town army? Six towns in the later Wei Dynasty? Tianbao ten festivals?" Liu E asked in surprise.

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"It must have been mixed up." Wang Yanzhang was not very clear either.

Whether it is the Six Towns of the Northern Wei Dynasty or the Ten Festivals of Tianbao, it seems that there are no positive examples for the rulers of the dynasty.

The Six Towns Uprising seriously injured the vitality of the Northern Wei Dynasty and finally disintegrated.

Let alone Tianbao's ten festivals, today's world situation and social atmosphere are inseparable from it.

Bian Zhenjun, dare to come like this?
"Actually, the Xinquan Army has already been reformed." Wang Yanzhang provided as much information as he could: "After Zhongwu and Huaixi towns were abolished, the total strength exceeded [-]. The imperial court intends to send them to the frontier as a source of town troops."

"The Zhongwu soldiers have been transferred seven or eight times a long time ago, and those who can fight are all in the forbidden army. The Huaixi Town Army doesn't seem to have any impressive record, obviously not very good. These shrimp soldiers and crab generals, can they defend the border?" Liu Wei asked.

"One moment and another moment." Wang Yanzhang said: "I have been in Bianzhou for many years. According to my observations, the soldiers under Liang Wang Quanzhong's tent are brave and good at fighting, as if they were fighting with their arms, but their descendants are not so strong. If Liang Wang recruits troops in the future, Still using these sergeant children, the second generation of Liang Jun is definitely not as good as the previous generation. The same is true for the Great Xia Forbidden Army. Now they are all warriors of tigers and wolves. They dare to fight and fight, and they are not afraid of death. , at most three generations, I don’t think it will be done.”

Liu Po ​​was silent.

In an army that does not fight wars, promotion depends on seniority and connections. The capable cannot be promoted, and the mediocre will occupy high positions. The morale of the army will deteriorate very quickly.In addition, if you don't face life and death directly, soldiers can't gain battle experience, and they can't get transformed psychologically.

A warrior is not only brave in martial arts, he is also very brave in spirit and has rich experience.

"Even if they are stinky fish and rotten shrimps now, they have been fighting with people in the bitter cold for a long time, and their combat effectiveness should not be underestimated." Wang Yanzhang said: "In the past, the sages moved the people from the middle of Shu to Feng, Sheng, counting. There are always thousands of households. The descendants of these common people have joined the army, and they are also very fierce. General Liu, there is nothing static in the world."

Liu Po ​​was taught a lesson by Wang Yanzhang, a "muddy man", but he was not angry at all. Instead, he asked humbly: "The Xinquan army has been stationed in Yinshan all the year round, and their family members are also there. It is understandable that they are willing to serve as town soldiers. Zhongwu, Huaixi How could Bing be willing to go?"

"If you don't agree, you will be dismissed." Wang Yanzhang said: "There are many soldiers in Luoyang, so it is not difficult to fight there. On the other hand, the soldiers in Huaixi should be obedient."

The Zhejia army, which is ruled by the patriarchal clan, is always so different among the army of warlords.The same is true for the Weisheng Army who are still fighting in Jianghan.

"Besides, according to Hu Shumi, there is a lot of money and food for the town soldiers." Wang Yanzhang said: "Give back the land, and the family can be moved there."

Liu Po ​​was thoughtful.

Town troops in different places should be different.The Yinshan area is not a good place, and there may not be so much land and pastures allocated to the town soldiers, so the court must subsidize part of the money and food.

What if you change to Anton Mansion?Liu Po ​​didn't know.

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In Penglai Town on the other side of the sea, Shao Shude was also discussing with the ministers about the restructuring of the Anton Mansion's army.

"It's not a solution for Guide and other troops to stay outside for a long time." Shao Shude said: "It will be successful in one or two years, but it will be difficult to say in three or five years. This matter will eventually be resolved. Last time, the Privy Council proposed to reset the government soldiers What do you think of the proposal to change town soldiers to government soldiers?"

"Your Majesty can't." Chen Cheng said first.

"He Ye?" Shao Shude asked.

"Your Majesty." Chen Cheng replied: "The system of government soldiers began in the Later Wei Dynasty. In the Sui Dynasty, it reached its peak and then fell into disrepair. In the early Tang Dynasty, due to the chaos of the Sui Dynasty and fewer people and more land, the government soldiers recovered a little bit. , Later, it tended to be corrupted, and it gradually became unusable under Emperor Gaozong and Empress Wu. A large number of soldiers fled, and their combat power declined. In the eighth year of Emperor Xuanzong's Tianbao, the Fubing system was completely abolished. Fubing needs fields and servants."

In short, the combat effectiveness of Fubing is directly proportional to the number of fields and tribes it owns, that is, it is directly proportional to its economic strength.

In the later years of Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty, Guanzhong government soldiers were no longer good enough. There were too few lands, too many people, and the government soldiers were poor. They did not have the financial strength to practice martial arts and purchase equipment.They have changed from being out of production to directly participating in front-line agricultural production. They are slowly getting closer to the peasants of the Tutuan, and their combat effectiveness is self-sufficient. (This chapter is not finished, click on the next page to continue)
However, it cannot be maintained.

It is worth discussing whether the bitter and cold borderlands have the conditions to implement the Fubing system.

"On the other hand, the establishment of Zhechong Mansion in the former Tang Dynasty generally followed the principle of 'holding all the people in the pass to face the four directions,' and "emphasis on the inside and light on the outside." Chen Cheng continued: "There is Zhechong Mansion 289 on the Guannei Road, and 166 on the Hedong Road. , Henan Road 73, Hebei Road 51, Longyou Road 33, Shannan Road 15, Jiannan Road 11, Huainan Road 9, Jiangnan Road 7, Lingnan Road 6. Because Chang'an, the capital of the former Tang Dynasty, started from Hedong, so Guanxi, The Second Dao of the River East is an important place for the army. The population of Hebei is several times that of the Guannei Road, but the number of the Zhechong Mansion is only one-sixth. Your Majesty is wise, and you can see the true meaning of it."

Shao Shude nodded slightly.

He understood what Chen Cheng meant.The government soldiers have land and servants in the local area, buy their own weapons, and participate in regular training organized by Zhechong Prefecture. Their economic relations and social connections are all local. The influence of the imperial court is actually limited, and the farther away from the ruling center, The lower the influence.

The Sui and Tang Dynasties all started from Guanzhong, and the distribution of the number of Zhechong mansions has already explained everything.

If you implement the military system in Anton Mansion, can you be sure to control it?

In addition, who is in charge of the government soldiers?Is it suitable?This is also a problem.

The times are very different, and now the recruitment system is the mainstream.Professional warriors work their lives for money, and this is what they eat. Fighting wars is a matter of course for them, and there is nothing to say.

But this is not the case with the government soldiers. During Gaozong's time, wars were extremely frequent, and the government soldiers were often conscripted into battle. They gradually fell into bankruptcy financially, so a large number fled, and some even resisted the government's recruitment and were unwilling to go into battle.

After all, they are not professional soldiers, and they don't get paid by the imperial court, and all the expenses of going out for the expedition are borne by themselves.It can be tolerated if there are few battles, but if there are frequent wars, you will not be happy.The recruiting was the other way around. The recruiting of the Xuanzong Dynasty even wanted to "be proficient in provoking frontier quarrels" and take the initiative to force the barbarians to rebel, and then went on a conquest to seek rewards from the court.

The pursuit of the two is different.

"Andong Mansion has a lot of land. If one person grants [-] mu of land, he can recruit tribes to cultivate it, which may save a lot of expenses. Now the imperial court is not rich, and the people in the Central Plains are already starving for food." Shao Shudesi After much deliberation, I still tend to grant land in Anton and rebuild the government soldiers, so I asked, "During the former Tang Dynasty, I heard that there was a "fish system" in dispatching government soldiers?"

"Return to Your Majesty." Deputy Privy Envoy Wang Bian said: "There is a copper fish talisman in the governor's history of the prefecture where the soldiers are located, and the single Zhechong governor also has this talisman. To dispatch the soldiers, the imperial edict is required. Talisman, it can be done, this is called fish."

Within the jurisdiction of a state, there is often more than one Zhechong Mansion, and each Zhechong Mansion has its own captain, which means that the division is very fine.There are two prefectures and seventeen prefectures in Guannei Road, with an average of fifteen Zhechong prefectures in one prefecture. Zhechong prefectures do not govern each other and are relatively independent. This is a means of restriction.

"Try it out in the four counties of Andong Prefecture first." Shao Shude finally made up his mind, only to hear him say:

"After Denglai's household registration is rich and the sea trade is developed, the connection with Anton's mansion will naturally become closer, and the majesty of the court will spread. How about this, first inquire among the German army, and those who wish to stay in Anton can do so. Moved the family to the past, and awarded one hundred and fifty acres of land per town. The imperial court continued to give rewards in the first five years, as before. Five years later, it was transferred to the jurisdiction of Zhechong Prefecture. If the land cannot be cultivated, let them catch the trilogy by themselves. .”

The Guide army is different from the Longwu army. They are more loyal to Shao Sheng. It seems a good idea to use them as a pilot first and proceed step by step.

"On the other hand, the Anton Mansion also needs to immigrate to Shibian as soon as possible." Shao Shude said again: "For this matter, you have to come up with a regulation. Under the condition of ensuring the transportation of military supplies for Anton's camp, move them in batches. What is the source? Just transfer from the Central Plains. Don’t be too aggressive, and give priority to ensuring the operating expenses.”

"The minister obeys the order." Everyone responded.

The Khitan thought that the Xia army was here to attack them, and the Bohai people thought that the Great Xia was here to reinforce them, but they were all wrong.

In fact, Xia Jun came to occupy the land.The priority of the war against Khitan is not high, and it must serve the politics of the Anton Mansion. If they don't understand this, they will naturally be dumbfounded in the future.

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