Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

Chapter 1233 Linshuo Palace

Since the military parade on the 23rd, Xia Jun has started a series of mobilizations.

First of all, the Gongchen army was transferred to Youzhou to reorganize with the Chishui and Konghe armies.

The reason for the transfer of Gongchen's army was that the Jin army had retreated.

Li Keyong actually came to Yizhou, but he only had thousands of soldiers on hand. He invited Wang Gao to attack together, but was rejected on the grounds that the year was approaching.

Li Ke was very angry, but there was nothing he could do, so he could only withdraw unhappily.When they were about to withdraw, the Jin army cheered thunderously, and everyone wanted to celebrate the New Year.

As the ninth regiment of the Forbidden Army, Fan He was the envoy of the Controlling Crane Army, Cao Yijin was the deputy envoy, Li Gongquan was the marquis of Duyu, Liu Zhijun was the envoy of Duyouyi, Hua Wenqi was the envoy of the left wing, and Kang Huaiying was the envoy of the right wing. There are appointments for military and horse deputy envoys, command envoys, and command deputy envoys.

The first thing after the reorganization of the Crane Control Army was to drive the captives to build a palace for the saint.

The temporary palace, named Linshuo, was built directly outside the southern city wall of Youzhou.

All the wood is taken from the southern foot of Yanshan Mountain.

This mountain range straddles the northern end of the Hebei Plain, isolating the inside and outside.The slope at the northern foot of the mountain range is relatively small, stretching into grasslands, sparse forests, and swamps. As the saying goes, "yellow grass and white reeds are unknown." Good material, everything."

The landform is different, and the livelihood is different.The north and south of the mountains are two worlds.As far as wood is concerned, there are more in the south foot.

In order not to disturb the people, the people were not conscripted this time, but the captives were forced to work.

The number of captives is already quite large.Cangjing Town captured more than 2 people, and after releasing some of them, they were stopped urgently. The remaining less than [-] people all went north to Youzhou.

Youzhou Town itself, according to a rough calculation, has captured more than [-] soldiers from each prefecture.

The labor force for the construction of Linshuo Palace is basically these 5 people.Most of them are Tutuan peasants, who were supposed to be let go, but luckily for them, they can't leave now.

"This is a good place, and it has the taste of Dongdu Garden." Fan He walked on the dead branches and leaves, looking at the large patchwork of ponds around him, and said with a smile.

He had been in the east city before, and he hadn't really observed the situation in the south city carefully.Now it seems that Long Xiang's army should have suffered a great crime here. This swamp alone is the natural moat of the southern city of Youzhou, and it is very troublesome to ford.

From the various pontoon bridges that are still left on it, it can be seen that they spent a lot of effort here at the beginning, and it was not easy.

The sage has requirements for the palace, and he prefers places with a lot of water, which can be seen from the fact that he usually governs in Shangyang Palace.

Linshuo Palace was chosen to be located around this Tangzhu, and the swamp can be rebuilt to form a larger lake.The reeds and groves next to it have been cut down, just in time to tamp the foundation and build the palace.

Linshuo Palace is a temporary palace, so naturally it doesn’t need to be too big. According to the sage, it only needs two halls at the front and back—the front hall is called Jintai, and the back hall is called Jiaotai—plus a few pavilions and pavilions, totaling [-] yuan. Labor, if you do it normally, it will take a few months.

Chen Cheng lightly stroked his beard, looked carefully for a long time, and said: "There is no one near the city wall, it's very good, let's reserve them all, don't separate them out."

Fan He was a little surprised when he heard that.

In fact, there are not many people living near the city wall.It's just that there was a war, the houses were demolished, and people didn't know where they went.Chen Shilang's meaning sounds like a palace is going to be built, but—isn't it just a Linshuo Palace?

Chen Cheng didn't explain too much.

The sages have said that the people of Yan are disobedient, and he will deal with them severely here.It's good to tell others to hear this, Chen Cheng doesn't believe it, the saint has other plans.

He asked Fan He to reserve a place for his own consideration.

People with old arms and legs can't afford to eat and sleep in the open, right?That was too miserable.

Once the construction of the palace is completed, the sage will govern in the Jintai Hall, and the concubines of the harem will live in the Jiaotai Hall. Where will the civil and military officials live?Maybe you can live in Youzhou City, but what about working?Next to the Jiaotai Hall, there must be a few more halls for office space, right?
But the sage has not mentioned this so far.Hehe, Old Chen has seen through it a long time ago, he is waiting for the courtiers to take the initiative to mention it.I have never seen such a dark and cunning warrior!

After walking around, Fan He invited Chen Cheng to have dinner in the camp.

The Crane Control Army has just dismissed most of its soldiers and asked them to go back to their respective ministries to fend for themselves.After being merged into the Second Army of Gongchen and Chishui, there are currently about 2 people in their early years.Thousands of recruits will arrive next, and the final number will be controlled at around [-]. This is also the goal of the imperial court to "slim down" the imperial army.

As for the horse team, there will be no change in the number of personnel for the time being, and it may be cut in the future, but not now.

The Fanhu people in Shun, Ping, Ji, Tan and other prefectures who really stayed in the Crane Control Army were actually only 5000 of the strongest and bravest.

After Fan and Chen sat down, the deputy envoy Cao Yijin had someone bring in a sheep, slaughtered it, cleaned it up, and roasted it on the spot.

Chen Cheng has long been used to the rough handling of food in the army, and his attention is on the warriors walking around in the camp.

The most prominent point is that there are indeed too many Fanhu sergeants.First of all, there are many Sogdian, Uighur, Tuyuhun, and Tubo warriors in the [-] returning rebels. Most of the newly recruited [-] elite soldiers are Khitan, Goguryeo, Xi, Sogdian, and Turkic—almost indistinguishable.

Youzhou Town itself is actually a hodgepodge.

In the Han Dynasty, a large number of Huns were resettled, and in the Jin Dynasty, Xianbei entered their lives. During the Southern and Northern Dynasties, a large number of Hu people were also resettled. In the Sui Dynasty, many Mohe people moved in. These Hu people have one thing in common, that is, war prisoners or voluntary surrender. tribe.

In the early Tang Dynasty, people from Sogdia, Turks, Khitan, Xiren, Mohe, and Goguryeo poured in in large numbers, which can be seen from the large number of Jimi states in Youzhou in the early Tang Dynasty.

When Emperor Taizong attacked Liaodong City of Goguryeo, 4000 people were demoted to slaves for "resisting the king's teacher", and they were sent to Youzhou to reward the soldiers.Later, he felt pity for the separation of these people's parents and wives, so he bought them with money and silk, and pardoned them as common people-even Tang Taizong promised the rewards of the warriors, but he could not regret his promise at will.

These people have multiplied in Lulong's ten prefectures, and the number has become very large. Some of them have become Sinicized and have become members of the more than one million registered households in Youzhou, while some have not, and still exist in the form of tribes.

The mixed situation of Hu and Han makes the culture of Youzhou also a kind of alien in Hebei, which is very different from Chengde and Weibo.

"The Crane Control Army still needs to catch it well." Chen Cheng said suddenly: "The sage wants to clear the household registration in Youzhou, or cause dissatisfaction among many people. The Crane Control Army must not change."

Upon hearing this, Fan He felt that this was really not a trivial matter, and nodded solemnly.

If you look at the registered permanent residence of Youzhou Town only from the registration book, most of them are concentrated in the southernmost Yingzhou and Moerzhous.But Lulong Army Jiedu envoys in the past dynasties were all based in Youzhou, and most of their recruited soldiers were near Youzhou. Don't you think it is ridiculous?
Countless soldiers died in foreign wars, and some were even annihilated by the establishment. However, once the Jiedu envoy returned to Youzhou, he was in You, Shun, Tan, Ji, Ping, Zhuo and other states that only accounted for [-]% of Youzhou town's household registration. , Tens of thousands of soldiers can be recruited casually, not once or twice, what is the problem?

Fan He followed Shao Siwu all the way to the west, and encountered too many tribes along the way.

In fact, many tribes already know how to farm, but they are still the original headman power system, only offering sacrifices to the Jiedushi, and the rest are self-governing.When encountering conscription, some young men will be sent to Youzhou.

In other words, these tribal leaders were in a state of compromise with Youzhou Jiedushi.The tribe belongs to my family. I will provide you with goods and soldiers, and you will not interfere with other matters. The two parties have reached a tacit agreement and have lived in peace for many years.

After the Jin people took control of Youzhou, everything went on as usual, and these tribal leaders and indigenous tycoons with a very complicated local network in Youzhou were not touched.Unless they die, dare not confess, refuse to perform military service, or directly rebel.

Now Shao Shude is going to attack them, and this is indeed the best time: with the momentum of a big victory, he will use hundreds of thousands of troops to coerce these people to hand over power.

Otherwise, when the forbidden army withdraws one after another, things will become more complicated.

"I heard that there are dozens of Fan Hu surnames in Youzhou, especially the three surnames Gao, An, and Shi with the most prosperous household registration." Fan He said: "Yesterday, His Majesty inspected the troops, and these leaders also came. If they are intimidated by the army Bingwei..."

"You can't completely expect them to take the initiative to give in." Chen Cheng waved his hand and said, "We still have to be prepared. The Crane Controlling Army must be seized, and all the Fan soldiers will be scattered. Don't let them join forces. After this battle is over, They didn't get angry anymore."

The Gao clan of the Fanhu family in Youzhou is actually a descendant of the Goguryeo people, perhaps still a clan, and their appeal is not small.But they are actually the tribe with the deepest degree of Sinicization, and they are not even tribal forms, but local tyrants.

Shi is of Turkic descent, and his original surname was Ashina.Shi Yongcheng, the general of the Shannan host government who made great contributions to the pacification of Huaixi in the Xianzong Dynasty, was from the Ashina clan.

The surname An is a typical Sogdian, that is, he was born with the nine surnames of Zhaowu, and was once extremely prosperous in Youzhou.

"After the household registration is cleared, what will His Majesty do?" Fan He asked.

"Your Majesty expects that these people may not necessarily submit obediently, and most of them will still resort to violence." Chen Cheng said: "Once they make a move, they will be out of control. Many people may be reduced to slaves and given to the government soldiers."

"It's too lucrative to be a government soldier now!" Fan He exclaimed in surprise.

150 mu of land is granted per ding. In the past few years, you were recruiting soldiers and continued to pay. After the transition period is completed, the fields have almost been reclaimed and entered a stable harvest period.In the past, the main factor for the income from the military field of the shackles was the lack of trilogy, and now it is slowly solved for you, and it is bound to attract some people to become soldiers, because the conditions are indeed very good.

"In the past, many people in the Guide and Longwu armies were unwilling to turn into government soldiers. The main reason was that Liaodong was vast and sparsely populated, and they couldn't get people to farm for them." Chen Cheng said: "Now let them solve it step by step. It will dispel the worries of many people."

"Your Majesty's planning is really one after another, and the links are intertwined. I have far-reaching considerations, and I can't do it." Fan He sighed.

Chen Cheng snorted secretly.

In the end it is Wu Fu, how did he talk?If you "get" to be His Majesty, don't you also want to sit on the throne of the Son of Heaven?

"You can do it if you know it. Control the bowstring and arrow, and keep an eye on it," Chen Cheng instructed.

"Don't worry." Fan He said: "With an army of hundreds of thousands, those local tyrants can't overthrow the sky."

(End of this chapter)