Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

Shao Shude spent the entire first month in various busy situations.

And in February, worshiping heaven in the southern suburbs and offering sacrifices in the northern suburbs took up a lot of time.

Many chieftains of the Fan tribes also participated in this sacrifice, not only the Yinshan tribes, but also the Fan tribes of Helong and Hexi. There were a large number of people, more than a hundred people.

"Go Zhu, what battle are you fighting this time?" After the sacrifice, Shao Shude looked at King Xi who was trembling in front of him, and asked angrily.

"Your Majesty." Go to the great fear, almost want to kneel down.

"It's been a long time since we fought against Khitan, can't you see the trick to lure the enemy?" Shao Shude asked scoldingly.

"Your Majesty, I can only blame that Abaoji for being too cunning." Qu Zhu argued, "Besieged the city for more than a month, people were exhausted, and when the troops were retreating in a big way, they turned around and fought. The minister was careless, and he was defeated."

"For the sake of being defeated, let's justify the situation. After being defeated and retreating to Yuyi Town, why didn't even defend the city, and retreated in a hurry?" Shao Shude still asked with an angry face.

"Your Majesty..." I don't know how to justify it, as if no matter how I say it, I can't justify it.

Shao Shude looked at him coldly.

Beads of sweat dripped from Qu Zhu's forehead, and he murmured: "The army has just been defeated, and the hearts of the people are panicked. The chieftains of the various tribes are not in the same heart. Some want to defend, and some want to retreat. In the end, they can't defend, and it's not easy to retreat."

This is kind of on point.

Similar to the tribal structure of Khitan, the Khans of Liubuxi did not actually have much strength, and there were very few Ulus directly under their jurisdiction.Most of the strength of his subordinates is due to attracting Xi people from various ministries to vote.Such an organization has led to the strength of the chiefs below, and Khan's words are not so useful.

"Punish you five hundred households, send them to Xianyou Palace, and hand them over to Tuoba Jin, do you have any objections?" Just when Zhu Kuai couldn't bear the pressure, Shao Shude asked,
"No objection, thank you, Your Majesty, for your generosity." Qu Zhu immediately responded with a sigh of relief.

"Tuoba Jin, the fight was very good this time. The [-] households who went to Zhu went to Tanshan to graze. You reorganize them. Make sure that the bowl of water is level and you can't oppress it at will." Shao Shude ordered.

"Abiding by the order." Tuoba Jin responded.

Last year, the war with the Khitan lasted for more than three months, and the biggest losses were King Xi's Quzhu, Xianyou Palace, and the tribe of the Zangcai Party Xiangwang.The latter two are considered to be fighting hard, and there is nothing to criticize. King Xi's performance in the past is relatively poor, so he will naturally be punished.

But in fact, there is no way to punish too harshly.There were not many people in Quzhu, but this time he lost several thousand people and was fined 5000 households. His account was almost [-] people.This level of strength is a typical small tribe on the grassland, not worth mentioning.

If it wasn't for the usefulness of King Xi's signboard, Shao Shude even planned to annex it completely.

Transferring the confiscated Dingkou to Xianyou Palace is actually for his own benefit.After all, they were their own slaves, so they had to be taken care of, not to mention that they played very tenaciously, and no one else had much to blame.

As for the fine and confiscation of Xi Ren's mouth fusion, it's actually not a big deal.

The origin of Shao Shude's slave tribes is very complicated.

At the beginning, there were only ten thousand people in Xianyou Palace, mainly the remnants of the Tuoba Party in Youzhou.Later, when they conquered Helong, they also followed suit, losing manpower while replenishing Dingkou.There are all kinds of Dangxiang people, Qiang people, Tubo people, etc., which are very complicated.After grazing in the Qinghai area, the number of Tubo people increased sharply, and at one time they were about to become a Tubo tribe.

...

Then they were transferred to Tanshan Xianyou Palace, and Tatar, Uyghur, Tuyuhun, and Heiche Shiwei Dingkou were added.

Tuoba Jin is a capable person. After several years of rectification and with the help of Lifanyuan and Beiya, Xianyou Palace began to use Central Plains Mandarin as the language of communication within the tribe, with thousands and hundreds of households leading herds. .

Facts have proved that the organizational structure of Xianyou Palace, which was born out of Tubo, has a strong cohesion and a high degree of organization.Facing a Khitan army many times larger than theirs, they stood firm for a long time without surrendering, and even participated in counterattacks in the end, which shows their ability.

They also suffered a certain degree of loss this time, but after making up for the five hundred herdsmen who were punished and confiscated by King Xi,

The entire Xianyou Palace will have a population of 3, which is pretty good.

"After a while, I will be patrolling the north, and you must be ready." Shao Shude said: "If Li Keyong sends troops to rescue the towns in Hebei, he will attack Youzhou and cooperate with the main force of the forbidden army. I will not let him You fight in vain, and rewards of money, silk and equipment will be given out."

"Abiding by the order." Tuoba Jin responded directly without any nonsense.

Shao Shude nodded in satisfaction.The battle on the northern grasslands last year was actually quite a loss.The ministries did not get much benefit from the battle, and the cattle and sheep captured were not enough to share—in fact, they were not willing to share. Shao Shude asked people to buy them with silk, shipped them all back to the Central Plains, and rented them out to the people in installments.

Of course Khitan is also at a loss.The fighting between the two sides lasted for three to four months. There were 30 million horses. It was definitely not enough to just drink milk. Livestock were also slaughtered in large numbers for meat.

Logically speaking, it is time for the ministries to recuperate this year, but in view of the tense situation, Shao Shude still ordered the ministries of Yanbei and Yinshan to attack—the scale can be smaller, but it must be launched.

"The tribes of the Qing and Tang Dynasties..." Shao Shude called the party leaders of the tribes who were grazing in Qinghai, such as the Liang family, the Luo family, the Yang family, and the Bai family.

"Wu Zu." More than a dozen party chiefs stepped forward and knelt down.

"Last year, Tubo rebelled, and you cooperated with Wang Shi to suppress it, and you made some small achievements." Shao Shude said: "Have all the Ding who should be sent out?"

"Hui Wuzu, I will set off in the first month of the first month when all the ministries gather [-] troops. This meeting should have already left Qinzhou." Liang Xiangjian, the head of the Liang clan, replied.

"Hurry up, we will arrive in Luoyang this month." Shao Shude said.

"Follow the order." More than a dozen people responded together.

In the past, when dealing with these tribal leaders, sometimes they would bargain and chatter.After Shao Shude ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor, such phenomena became less and less common.Perhaps these Tibetans themselves knew that Wuzu had no strong opponents in the Central Plains. If they were too upset and the army marched west, they would die without a place to bury them.

Don't feel that they are disloyal.In fact, everyone has ambitions, not to mention the heads of the Tibetan tribe who are as high as the sky and the emperor is far away.Shan and Kuo prefectures have been reporting that the ministries around Qinghai Lake have been annexing scattered Tubo and Qiang tribes to strengthen themselves.In addition, there are fewer and fewer troops stationed there in recent years, and their quality is not enough. It is normal for the Tibetans to be afraid of power and not to be virtuous.

...

They've been badly repaired though, so far so honest.They did not participate in the Tubo tribe's rebellion last year.After the cavalry and Dingnan armies arrived in the Huangshui River Basin, they also sent troops to assist in the suppression, and they worked harder.After the war, Shao Shude distributed some of the captured Tubo Dingkou to them, but strictly controlled the quantity so as not to foster their ambitions—this kind of ambition has nothing to do with the Han people, even if the Han tribes graze there , When the strength is reached, it should be countered or it must be countered.

After the rebellion was quelled, Shao Shude ordered the various ministries to recruit young men and go to the Central Plains to fight.

This is actually the old routine when fighting with Zhu Quanzhong back then.Move out your population, spend it on the Central Plains battlefield, and then reward you with property as reward.

As for which is more important, property or population, it is a matter of opinion. Anyway, Shao Shude thinks that population is more important.

******
The rooster crows, the dawn is twilight, and the days without going to court are really cool.

Shao Shude stretched himself, waking up Empress Shuxian who was hugging him like an octopus.

Empress He opened her eyes, her mind was in a trance for a while, as if she had returned to the years before the Tai Tuo became emperor, if she were a real empress, how wonderful it would be.

"Your Majesty, Mr. Zhao arrived in Beijing last night and stayed in the southern suburbs." Seeing that Shao Shude woke up, the palace people entered one after another. Some were carrying washbasins, some were holding dragon robes, and some were carrying a stack of official letters. Mrs. Xie walked to the bed , reported in a low voice.

"Okay, I see." Shao Shude sat down and nodded.

"Zhao Shijun" is Zhao Kuangming.

As a feudal town subject to Daxia, the imperial court has an edict, so it is natural to send troops to help.

Jingnan Town sent [-] troops, led by Zhao Kuangming himself, to the outskirts of Luoyang.

Ding Hui, the defense envoy of Qizhou, also sent [-] troops, led by the general Kong Qing, who arrived in Bianzhou a few days ago.

The Dragon Sword Jiedu envoy Zhao Jian brought six thousand soldiers and horses, and now he has reached the vicinity of Chang'an.

While the battle was still going on in central Sichuan, Zhao Jian led his troops into Beijing according to the imperial edict. It is conceivable that his position as Jiedushi was in jeopardy.In fact, Prince Shao Chengjie has replaced many officials in the four prefectures of Longjian and Lilang in the past few months. Zhao Jian saw it and was anxious.

If you want to rebel and join Li Maozhen, you can't make up your mind. After all, Maozhen was beaten a bit badly, and Master Wang's progress is quite smooth.It's really embarrassing to refuse to obey the imperial edict, but also worried that Master Wang will turn around and do him down.In the end, I could only let out a long sigh, and headed north.

Similar to Zhao Jian are the 5000 troops led by Zhuge Tai, the governor of Bazhou, and Zhuge Shangren, the governor of Tongzhou, who have already reached the Tongguan area.

Shannan West Road originally had soldiers and horses, and there were more than [-] people in its heyday.When the town was stopped, some wars broke out, many were wiped out or defeated, and then a group was taken away by the King of Qin, and there were not many left.

Zhuge Shangren and Zhuge Tai were originally governors and generals of foreign towns, because those who surrendered directly had relatively complete strength at hand.This time, they will be recruited together, mainly from the outer town army, plus some Shannan barbarians, who will patrol the north with Shengjia.

Everyone can see that Shao Sheng's "old trouble" has committed again, using his righteous name and powerful imperial army to intimidate and consume all kinds of miscellaneous cards.

So far, it seems to be going well, and there is no obvious resistance.

"Your Majesty, an envoy from Jiangxi Zhongchuan arrived last night." After Shao Shude got up, Mrs. Xie glared at the two female historians who wanted to go forward to change Shao Shude's clothes, motioned them to serve Queen Shuxian, and then reported.

"Zhong Chuan is domineering after all, he didn't send troops." Shao Shude sneered and opened his arms, Ren Jieshi helped him put on his clothes.

The two female historians went to Empress Shuxian, wiped the dirt for her with a wet towel, and then helped her get up.

"Forget it, I didn't expect Zhong Chuan to be so obedient. This northern tour, the strength of the army is almost enough. There are about [-] to [-] people, even the ants are enough to attack the city." Shao Shude sighed He said, "After Hebei and Hedong are conquered, we will deal with these people again."
.
/60//.