Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

Chapter 112 Return to the North ([-])

On March 27th of the third year of Zhonghe, Shao Shude was rewarded by the imperial court as soon as he led his army back to the Dongwei Bridge, and there were two decrees in succession, only half a day apart.

The main idea of ​​the first imperial decree was to confer upon him the titles of inspector Sikong, Tongzhong Shumenxia Pingzhangshi, and Xia Guogong.

The second imperial decree named himself the inspector Taifu, Tong Zhongshumenxia Pingzhangshi, and Lingwu County King. Xia Suiyinyou was given the title "Dingnan Army" by the four states, and he was still appointed as the military envoy of Dingnan Army.

The reason why he issued two decrees in a row is probably because the sage learned that he pursued the nest thief and chased him all the way to the vicinity of Lantianguan, right?All the armies were plundering in Chang'an, but I was the only one who was "very loyal" and chased and killed the nest thief. The saint decisively named himself the king of the county, which should be the case.

There are still quite a few kings with different surnames bestowed by the imperial court.The main reason was the Anshi Rebellion. The court was either to reward the generals who made great achievements, or to appease the rebellious Jieshuai.

Especially after the Dezong Dynasty, "Wang Jue has been around the world several times, and if he has a little publicity, he is always a king... At that time, although the life of the Jue was honored, no one thought it was valuable, even those who received it, so the general sued him. , it is easy to get drunk."Look, Wang Jue is not as popular as a general with real power, so it can be seen that everyone still pays more attention to power.

But having said that, there are not many kings with different surnames in the world at present, because many county kings are "only ordinary bodies", and because of various factors, they cannot be passed on to their descendants, and they will die in one generation.

As a county king, he can naturally enjoy all kinds of rights.Originally, the most practical thing was the food seal.According to the national and court system, the prince enfeoffs [-] households, and the county king enfeoffs [-] households. Just look at this number, don't take it seriously, in fact it is impossible to achieve.

Among the kings with different surnames in the dynasty, Guo Ziyi, the king of Fenyang County, had the most food seals, with 1800 households, followed by 1500 households, Li Guangbi, 1500 households, and Pugu Huai'en, [-] households. Seal one hundred households.The imperial court also stipulated that this food-feeding private household was "limited to three Dings", and their taxes did not need to be handed over to the imperial court, but directly to the county king who was granted a food seal.

Children and grandchildren can inherit the nobility, and can also inherit the food seal, but generally only the first generation will not be reduced.For example, Guo Yao, the son of Guo Ziyi, sealed [-] households, but by the third generation, there were only [-] households.

The king of Shao Shude's Lingwu County sealed three hundred households, that is, the taxes of the three hundred households in Lingzhou don't need to be sent to the court, but directly sent to the mansion of Marshal Shao.But can you get it?Will Lingzhou give it?Wang Chongrong was also named the king of Langya County. Langya County is Yizhou, which belongs to the territory of the Taining Army. Can he get it?Obviously not!

The greatest strength of Wang with a different surname is gone!But Marshal Shao still seems to want to fight for it. Why doesn't Lingzhou give me my legal income?Be careful that I will be armed to ask for salary in the future.

I met Zhuge Shuang at the Dongwei Bridge, and the old man was waiting for him here specially.

"What's Shude's plan in the future?" Zhuge Shuang took 300 people south to Xingyuan Mansion. Before that, Zhuge Zhongbao, his adoptive son, had already brought more than a thousand soldiers to the front, and everything went well.Although Niu Xu was dissatisfied and planned to hang on, but the warriors of Shannan West Road thought it over and over again and felt that it was no good to support Niu Xu, and finally forced him to leave in a desperate situation, which was very embarrassing.

"Naturally, it is to protect the environment and the people, to give the people real benefits, enough soldiers and enough food." Shao Shude replied.

Zhuge Shuang nodded: "That's very good, I don't have much to say. The only thing is that Tuoba Sigong needs to be cautious in his handling. If possible, call him to Xiazhou to trap him, and then cover his ears with lightning speed." Send troops to quell his troops."

Is Marshal Zhuge talking so openly now?Shao Shude was a little ashamed, bowed his body, and said: "I have been with the commander-in-chief for more than two years, and I have benefited a lot. Thank you again."

"There is no need to be too polite." Zhuge Shuang said: "In the future, the mountains will be high and the water will be far away, and we will see each other indefinitely."

Speaking of this, Zhuge Shuang also felt a little emotional, and said: "Most of the battles after going south were fought by you. The old man just picked up some off-the-shelf achievements. But today is going to be fierce, and time is not waiting for me. I am old and have no energy to fight. Fighting on the battlefield, Shude still has a chance. In the future, the Zhuge clan may rely on your help."

"If something happens, it is my duty." Shao Shude said without hesitation.

"Xia Sui blocked the river to be solid, so there is no need to worry about crossing the river east of the river and entering the bandits. However, Li Keyong was born in the north, and he will inevitably covet the Datong army, Zhenwu army, and Tiande army. Once he is allowed to capture the Zhenwu army, Xia Sui will have no peace. Qi Bizhang, He Lianduo, and Hao Zhenwei's generation can make friends with each other, and they cannot be easily defeated by Li Keyong and annexed. Yang Yue, the envoy of the Economic and Strategic Army, can be recruited more. Jieao." Before leaving, Zhuge Shuang thought for a while and couldn't help but say.

The opposite of Sui and Yinzhou is the territory of Hedong, but there is really no need to worry too much about them crossing the river and entering the bandits.The Yellow River is not an ordinary river. Once the army crosses the river, there will be a lot of trouble.The most important thing is that once the battle is defeated, there is no way to escape, either to die or to surrender.Even a person like Li Keyong would not dare to bet on this kind of war with no retreat.

What if sending 3 people across the river to attack the four prefectures of Xia and Sui fails?In a normal defeat, thousands of people died, and perhaps 2 or 3 people escaped back.However, the crossing attack failed, and all [-] people had to surrender, and they couldn't run away. The risk was indeed too great.

"The commander-in-chief's golden and jade words, a certain one should keep it in his heart."

"That's all." Zhuge Shuang waved his hand, and said: "Shu De is smart, persevering, and good at commanding the army. As long as he doesn't make big mistakes, it's not a problem to sit firmly in the four prefectures of Xia and Sui. I won't say much, old man go also."

Shao Shude personally led more than a hundred people and sent Zhuge Shuang to Baqiao Station, and only then bid farewell.

"Congratulations, Your Majesty." As soon as he returned to the camp, Chen Cheng popped up and said with a smile: "In the last dynasty, only Wei (Han Jian), Bohai (Gao Pian), Changshan (Wang Jingchong), Langya ( Wang Chongrong) and Yingchuan (Chen Jingxuan) are five kings with different surnames, and the king is the king of Lingwu County, which can be described as extremely honorable."

Shao Shude smiled, the court also has nothing to reward, the title of a county king is better than giving him a piece of territory.

"The All Ways Camp was disbanded today?" Shao Shude asked.

"Exactly." Chen Cheng replied: "More than [-] people including the Zhongwu Army and the Yiwu Army stayed in Chang'an, the Daming Palace stayed behind to guard Wang Hui, and the Gyeonggi System made Tian Congyi to rule them all. Return to this town. Wang Chongrong's brother, Chongying, was promoted to be the Jiedushi of Shanzhou, and he still led the two states of Shaanxi and Guo. The county king should have known about Li Xiaochang's appointment as the Jiedushi of the Baosai Army, and led the Yan and Danzhous. Dismiss Li Xiang The post of governor of Huazhou, the history of the defense of the capital of Jin and merchants, has already taken up his post."

"The soldiers and horses in the camps in the west are not sealed at all." Shao Shude smiled and said: "The imperial court's reward is so unfair."

Chen Cheng laughed when he heard that.In fact, both of them understood that it wasn't that the imperial court didn't want to reward the camping in the west, it was really impossible to reward them.Because if the interests of others are to be touched, accidents might happen, and the imperial court does not want any more troubles now.

"Let's go, it's boring to stay in Chang'an." Shao Shude said in a dispirited voice, "Call Li Renjun here."

Qiang Quansheng, Liu Zijing, and Li Renjun have almost transported personnel and supplies back and forth between Guanzhong and Suizhou in the past two years. They don't deserve much credit, but their hard work is solid.At present, Qiang Quansheng should have just arrived in Suizhou, and Liu Zijing has just returned to the Dongwei Bridge camp. Li Renjun is the only one who can deliver goods.

Li Renjun arrived soon.

"Take five hundred auxiliary soldiers and escort a batch of food and goods back to Suizhou, accompanied by the six thousand people who were captured this time. In addition, continue to recruit some people nearby. Chang'an is dilapidated, and there should be many people without food and clothing .Recruit more. It may be the last time a certain person recruited immigrants in Guanzhong. There is no upper limit this time, as much as they can get.” Shao Shude said: “Don’t worry about food for now. , the sooner the better."

Li Renjun took the order and left.

After finishing these matters, Shao Shude wandered around Weiqiao Cang and Weiqiao Town again.They are all places where I once fought, and I have a lot of feelings.This time returning to the north, we have to take a short detour and take the line of Gaoling and Sanyuan.In Guanzhong, I have fought here for more than two years, and now I am leaving, can I say that I have a clear conscience and tried my best to save more than [-] people in the eight counties, so that they can enjoy the endless life in the war years? The price of peace?
On the second day of April in the third year of Zhonghe, Shao Shude led the army northward to Gaoling County after merging the two departments of the Xia Sui Army.

(End of this chapter)