Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

Chapter 1118

Meetings have been held for several days to discuss immigration.Obviously, this is the focus of the court for quite a long time.

Shao Shude took the time to meet Liang Huaijin who was coming to Beijing.

"General Liang made great contributions in the battle of Weizhou." In the Fragrant Hall, Shao Shude asked him to sit down and said kindly.

"This matter depends on His Majesty's Tianwei, otherwise it will not be possible." Liang Huaijin said respectfully: "The crime is just that he can't bear to see Wei Bo's soldiers perverting, and the people's lives are ruined, so he surrendered himself."

Speaking of this, he sighed twice, as if he was sighing for the many disasters of the people in Weibo.

"General Liang's thinking like this is really the good fortune of the people of Wei Bo." Shao Shude said with a smile: "Now is the time to employ people, and I still need talents like General Liang to contribute a lot."

When Liang Huaijin heard this, she immediately got up and knelt down on the ground, her voice was a little choked up: "I dare not do my best!"

"Liang Qing, get up." Shao Shude said, holding his hands up.

The servant Qiu Silian walked over, helped Liang Huaijin up, and said softly: "Since your Majesty started the army, you have been rewarded for your meritorious service and punished for your demerits. General Liang has made great achievements, so naturally he will be generously rewarded."

Liang Huaijin understood the hint, looked at Qiu Silian gratefully, and secretly thought about making more friends with Qiu Gongjian in the future.

"Shanzhou Liu Cai just died in office." Shao Shude suddenly stood up and said.

Liu Cai was the governor of Shanzhou. He died within three months of taking office.Died in a ravine, with seven or eight stab wounds all over his body, and dozens of officials and state soldiers who traveled with him, all died, their bodies were not buried, and they were all thrown in the valley.

The governor didn't come back, so of course the state had to look for it.I couldn't find it at first, and later even notified the local garrison - [-] Lingzhou Academy were training soldiers.

The garrison sent [-] cavalry to assist the state army in finding it, and finally found it in a remote valley in Longzhi County.Although part of it had been eaten by jackals, upon closer inspection, it was obvious that it had been killed by knives and arrows.Considering that the governor was there to urge the payment of tribute, the matter became clear: this was ambushed and killed, which was a serious provocation to the new dynasty.

After the news was reported to Luoyang, the Zhengshitang held an emergency consultation.

The governor was killed, which has not happened for a long time.What's more, the governor of Shanzhou generally also serves as the regiment training envoy and the tribal envoy, and the rank is not low, which is even more serious.

The ministers all agreed that regardless of whether there was corruption or perverting the law - to be honest, the frontier generals of the former Tang Dynasty often oppressed the tribes, and many times they were looking for trouble for nothing, and it has become a habit. The core reason may be related to the assessment related to the system.

It is different from the rebellion in many dynasties, the assessment of state officials will be lowered, and the main focus is on maintaining stability.Since the Sui and Tang Dynasties, the assessment system has been quite deformed. It doesn't matter if there are local disturbances. If you can't suppress it, you are incompetent. As long as you smooth things over, you will not only have no faults, but will have merits. In the eyes of your superiors, you are a capable minister.

We don't judge whether this kind of cognition is very strange, but in terms of this atmosphere, Daxia is actually like a bird.There is probably something wrong with Liu Cai, but now is not the time to get to the bottom of it. What he will do is to maintain the majesty of the court and eliminate the rebels who dare to resist, no matter what is right or wrong.

Shanzhou did not have the right to mobilize the local garrison. The commander of the Shanzhou State Army did have great authority and could send troops to conquer, but they were only more than [-] people, and their strength was insufficient.So I had to report all the way to Hezhou and Luoyang, and asked my superiors to deal with it.

"Qingtang and Tubo are dishonest, it's not a matter of a day or two." Shao Shude said: "Before, I was dissatisfied with the court's recruitment of young men, and now I am dissatisfied with the collection of tribute. The rebellion is not once or twice. After thinking about it, they don't Trust the imperial court, and Longyou Dao and Shanzhou are also guarding against them, and as time goes by, they will be separated from their virtues."

"In the past, I mainly fought in the Central Plains, and I mainly appease the Helong tribes. As long as I pay tribute and perform military service on time, I don't care about the rest." Shao Shude said again: "Actually, Qingtang Tubo can bear it until now, it is already It surprised me."

Shao Shude walked to the wall, where there was a map called "Ten Thousand Miles of Mountains and Rivers Map".

"Shanzhou only governs three counties, and Huangshui River Valley has only two counties." Shao Shude said: "There are quite a lot of military towns, such as Linfan, Anren, Weirong, Suirong, Baishui, Jishi, Heyuan, Yuhai, etc. There are more than ten towns, most of which were military settlements in the former Tang Dynasty. Shanzhou has repeatedly reported, please set up county officials, and immigrate to settle down."

During the Tang Tianbao period, the expansion of the Central Plains in Huangshui Valley reached its limit, but only in the military sense, and the civil affairs were far behind. At most, there were only more than [-] registered residents, not as good as Shao Dashuai.

With a shortage of people, it is necessary to transport food and grass long distances, and this cost is naturally very huge.In order to solve this problem, Tang Ting recruited Long March athletes in the mainland and dispatched government soldiers to garrison the fields.

One more thing to say, during the Gaozong period, the government soldiers were dispatched to Qingtang to farm and fight, which was an important reason for the corruption of the government military system.Thousands of miles away from home to fight, most of the expenses were borne by oneself, and it took many years to go, which greatly accelerated the bankruptcy of the Fubing, and eventually made the Fubing system corrupt.

Yes, this is the major flaw of Fubing.

It's best not to keep them too far from home.

It is best not to issue frequently.

It is best not to travel for a long time.

If these three points cannot be achieved, the government soldiers will gradually go bankrupt, and eventually flee and become war-weary.

They are not professional warriors, all-weather, long-term, high-frequency combat is unbearable for them.Not to mention leaving home thousands of miles to serve the imperial army, isn't this nonsense?
Heizhi Changzhi and Ge Shuhan farmed in Qingtang, earning two dendrobium per mu, which is almost twice that of the mainland. Even when Guanzhong was famine, they could in turn support the court’s food. It sounds very good, but behind it is the government. Soldiers "conscripted in the army at fifteen and returned at eighty", the huts at home were dilapidated, and the fields were extremely barren. If this can be maintained for a long time, there will be ghosts.

"After thinking about it, it would be a pity not to do anything in such a beautiful place as the Huangshui River Valley." Shao Shude said: "I have issued an order to the Privy Council to mobilize iron cavalry to make it difficult for the second army to go west and suppress Qingtang Tubo. They were captured and moved to the Central Plains. The people of Wei Bo moved to Qingtang."

He turned to look at Liang Huaijin, and said, "I don't care about infamy, I just do what I want. This matter has been decided."

When the Fan people were moved to the interior to settle down and divide the land, the Fan serfs were naturally happy. Not only did they have property, but they also had a good living environment.Throwing the Han people to the frontier to open up wasteland is not only easy to die, but the environment is also very bad.This is what Shao Shude called "infamy".

Huangshui Valley may become a very good agricultural and animal husbandry center in the future, and life in the classical era would not be too bad.But that is the future, and the two generations in front of us are destined to be sacrificed.

You might be scolded for doing this kind of thing.

"I'm looking for you today because I have something important to do." Shao Shude sat back on the dragon chair and said.

"I will go through fire and water, and I will die." Liang Huaijin said.

"It's not that serious." Shao Shude smiled and asked, "Liang Qing has been a general in Wei Bo for many years, and the Liang family has also been a general for generations. I wonder if there is anyone who can trust me?"

"There are indeed some." Liang Huaijin originally wanted to say that there were no, but would anyone believe this?The sage is also an old soldier. He fought all the way from the bottom. He knows the affairs of the army. If he can't be fooled, he can only tell the truth.

"How many people? Are they reliable?" Shao Shude asked.

Liang Huaijin replied: "The minister is from Bozhou. Go to Qingping and Boping counties. It's no problem to recruit more than a thousand reliable parts."

As soon as Shao Shude heard it, he understood that this was a local Tu nationality with great influence in Qingping and Boping counties of Bozhou.Because of his background as a general, he also has some abilities, so he slowly entered the core power circle of the feudal town.Mrs. Liang, the energy in Bozhou should not be small.

"Bozhou just asked to surrender." Shao Shude said: "If there are soldiers you can trust, you can select them yourself and release them immediately. For the part, you can recruit again, and I will give you five thousand troops, and you will be a team of your own." Army, it is called the first town of Qingtang Town Army."

"Qingtang?" Liang Huaijin was thoughtful.

"What? You don't want to go?" Shao Shude asked in surprise.

"I'm delighted." Liang Huaijin said with a smile, "It's my wish to be able to contribute to Great Xia."

Although it is said that the Great Xia sage is generous and benevolent, Liang Huaijin is more willing to believe his statement that "the face is kind and the heart is black".There are not many people who have been played to death by him, and they just did a good job on the surface.

"I promise you to be nepotism, and the five thousand soldiers you bring over must be reliable." Shao Shude said: "Look at some Weibo immigrants for me."

Liang Huaijin suddenly became enlightened, and everything was connected.

Allowing him to be nepotism means to use the Liang clan and in-laws as the backbone, and then recruit some township party members, relatives and friends to join the army to ensure that the army is obedient.

Liang Huaijin knew that her reputation in Weibo was so black and stinky, she didn't know how many people blamed him for the broken Weibo city, and how many people blamed him for the death of relatives and friends.The people of Weibo were exiled to Qingtang for thousands of miles, and the resentment in their hearts might go straight to the sky. After seeing him, they might eat his flesh and blood and burn his bones to ashes.

Even the first town of Qingtang with this will be hated. After all, they are all the lackeys and henchmen of the Liang family.

It is conceivable that the antagonism between the two parties will be very serious.Once something happens and you suppress it, as long as you move your hands, you will never be able to go back to the past.

What a f***ing face and a dark heart!Liang Huaijin lamented in her heart.

"Don't worry, I won't treat you badly." Shao Shude observed Liang Huaijin's expression, and said with a smile: "Qingtang Town Army came to Luoyang first, and they gave you five pieces of money and ten pieces of silk. After arriving in the state, there are houses, land, Cattle, sheep, servants and maidservants are given to each other. If you make meritorious service, you can be selected first to join the Forbidden Army, or to be an official in Luoyang, I will do what I say."

"Your Majesty is so honored, I am so grateful, I really don't know what to say." Liang Huaijin choked up.

"Do it well." Shao Shude came over, took Liang Huaijin's hand, and said, "I have sent someone to renovate Zhang Shuo's house in Kangsu Fang, put it on the plaque of Gaotang County Duke, and gave it to Liang Qing. There are several Meijis, and all of them are bestowed on Qing."

Zhang said that he was a famous minister of the former Tang Dynasty and the Duke of Yan. His mansion is naturally very good, at least not small in scale.In addition, Shao Shude also made it clear that conferring Liang Huaijin the title of Duke of Gaotang County is indeed a great favor.

"I'm so overwhelmed that I will die." Liang Huaijin bowed to the ground.

He has been silently looking for candidates in his heart, which clan relatives are skilled in horse bows and horses, which nephews are outstanding in martial arts, and which close friends are willing to go to Qingtang with him...

There is no other way, the matter has come to this point, we can only go to the dark one by one.

(End of this chapter)