Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

Chapter 149 The World
"Marshal, Xingyuan Mansion and Jinshang have sent people to buy horses." Just after the first month, Shao Shude, who was playing with the children at home, received a report from the newly promoted deputy general Li Renfu that Pei Tong, who was in charge of the horse bank, had something to do. ask to see.

Li Renfu is also an old man in Xicheng. He was the captain of the team before, but later he got a vacancy and was filled as the deputy general of the first battalion.A while ago, Shao Shude expanded his army to 400, with ten generals and one lieutenant general.Originally the ten generals were Li Yixian, and the deputy general was Feng Yin, but as a result, Li Yixian was resigned from the army, and Feng Yin was made up as the ten generals. He was now accompanying Ye Liyulue back to Hengshan to select soldiers, while Li Renfu stayed by his side as an servant.

"Tell Pei Tong to wait in the study." After putting his son into Zhao Yu's arms, Shao Shude smiled wryly.

Zhao Yu glanced at him with a smile and didn't speak, but the meaning in his eyes was very clear, and the business was important.

"Xiao Feng told me last time, you said that XX likes to conquer other women. When XX comes back, I will conquer you tonight." Shao Shude leaned close to Zhao Yu's ear and said softly.

Zhao Yu gave him a white look, and continued to coax the child, with an "arrogant" attitude, it seems that tonight's buttocks will inevitably be ravaged again.

Shao Shude came to the study very quickly, Pei Tong stood there respectfully, saluted and said, "Marshal."

"Tell me about the situation on both sides." Shao Shude sat down and said.

"After Yang Fuguang's death, his soldiers and horses were in disarray. Under the leadership of the general Lu Yanhong, he ran around everywhere. He went to Xingyuan Mansion a while ago, trying to seize Zhuge Shuang's position. Zhuge The commander-in-chief brought more than 2000 people from Guanzhong to the south in the past, and there were also old people from Ruzhou under his command. He fought against this group of people several times, and all of them won. Wang Jian and others went south to Shuzhong to win over Tian Lingzi, while Lu Yanhong went to the gold merchants , fought against Li Xiang. Li Xiang was defeated first and then won, and he was also expelled, and now he has disappeared." Pei Tong said.

Pei Tong is the son of Pei Shang. Because he really didn't have the talent to be a martial artist, he switched to other careers. Now he is the general manager of the horse shop founded by Shao Shude, helping to sell horses to various towns, and he is quite competent.But he took this step, which means that the former Yinzhou Pei family has completely broken away from the ranks of martial arts, which may not be a bad thing.

"So they're buying horses?"

"Yes. Zhuge Shuang, the governor of Shannan West Road, and Li Xiang, the defense official of the Jinshang capital, are not Tian Lingzi's people, and Tian Lingzi has no people at hand. Therefore, if he deliberately wins over Wang Jian and others who fled to the middle of Shu, it may not be possible to replace Zhuge Shuang and Li Xiang. The thoughts of the two of you." Pei Tong said: "It's hard to say what will happen in the future."

What Pei Tong said made Shao Shude look at him with admiration.The thinking is quite clear, why can't I be a good martial artist?Forget it, if you have a clear mind, you can do better in the position of the head office of the horse bank.

"Sell it, pick a good horse for them, we are old acquaintances, and Commander Zhuge is kind to me." Shao Shude said: "The state is short of money and silk, and selling some can make up for some expenses, otherwise a certain person can only I will give you a salary for Mr. Pei."

Pei Tong laughed lightly when he heard this, and said: "The situation is unstable today, but this horse is getting better and better for sale."

"When will the saint return to Beijing?" Shao Shude asked again.

"It should be soon. According to the news from Xingyuan Mansion's Ma Xing, Huang Chao has already conferred the title, and the saint's driver has left Chengdu." Pei Tong said.

Shao Shude nodded, indicating that he understood.The emperor has finally had enough fun in Sichuan, and it looks like a government-in-exile, which is really disappointing.

Huang Chao died in the second half of last year.Under the siege of Xuanwu, Hedong, Xuzhou and other towns, they fell to the ground and the tribe collapsed.The biggest remnant at present should be Qin Zongquan, the man-eating demon king. This guy is still jumping around, but he has already shown a little decline.Huang Chao's power was so powerful that it was destroyed under the siege of the towns. Qin Zongquan, He De and He Neng, currently dispatched various generals to Huainan, Jiangnan, Xiangyang and other places.How can you win if you can only fight but not build, and other people's soldiers are not much worse than yours?

"Fengxiang Longyou Jiedu envoy Li Changyan died of illness, and his younger brother Li Changfu took over as Jiedu envoy and also bought a thousand horses from us," Pei Tong added.

"Why didn't Li Changfu buy horses from the Tibetans?"

"I don't know, maybe I want to make friends with the commander. The eight towns in the northwest of Beijing still need to watch and help each other."

Mutual Aid shit!Let Lao Tzu win Lingzhou first.

"You can know the autumn by seeing a leaf. Li Changyan died, and Li Changfu took over as the commander of Fengxiang. The imperial court can't even control the eight towns in the northwest of Beijing." Shao Shude tapped the armrest of the chair with his index finger, and said: "The situation of the world , may change."

At the same time, he was also thinking in his heart whether he should care about the court's opinion or not. Is this too restrictive?Is there any need for this loyal minister?How many talents can really be attracted to come and join?
"How is the situation in Zhaoyi and Heyang? I remember that a person named Liu Sandou is in charge?"

"Back to Commander-in-Chief, it is indeed Liu Sandou who is in charge. Li Ke used the excuse of Meng Fangli's disobedience to the edict, and repeatedly sent troops to the three prefectures of Hebei to plunder people and property. The people did not dare to farm and were displaced. We received Yinzhou." Pei Tong replied: "The situation between Li Keyong and Youzhou Town has been tense recently. Yiwu Jiedu envoy Wang Chucun and Li Keyong are related by marriage, and Lulong, Chengde and other towns saw Shatuo soldiers and horses. They plundered Xingzhou and other places, felt the sorrow of the rabbit dead and the fox, agreed to attack and kill Wang Chucun first, divided his land, and then dealt with Li Keyong, and contacted Helian Duo, the envoy of the Datong Army, and asked him to attack Li Keyong's back."

Li Ke's popularity is really bad, there are enemies everywhere!Li Keju, the governor of Youzhou, and Shi Helianduo, who defended Datong, did not talk about it. They had a big quarrel with Li Keyong. Now Shatuo soldiers and horses are raiding the three Hebei states in Zhaoyi every day, which angered the people of Hebei, and decided to unite rise up against him.

Wang Chucun was purely unlucky.Shao Shude knew this man well, he belonged to the west camp when he was begging for Huangchao in Guanzhong, and he was a loyal minister.His family and Li Keyong's family were originally in-laws, and recently they married Li Keyong's daughter for his nephew, and were expelled from Hebei by Youzhou, Chengde and other towns.

Li Keyong should have sent someone to rescue him. It is rare for him to have an ally. It is not worth getting killed.

"Okay, let's rest at home for a few days. After a while, I will pick up a thousand horses from the Yinchuan Ranch and escort them to Chang'an to present to the imperial court." Shao Shude said: "Chang'an is dilapidated, and there is nothing left now. Saint Once you return to Beijing, you will have no money, no food, no soldiers, and your appearance will be too ugly. We should make the imperial court take a look at it if we send charcoal in a timely manner."

I just don't know what happened to the memorial sent to the court.Both Shao Shude and the Supervisory Army wrote a memorial to the effect that Lingzhou Yamen Han Lang and Kang Yuancheng colluded with Hexi Dangxiang to cause rebellion. Of.

After being sued by himself for such a black case, the sage and the officials should have hesitated to grant Han Langshuo the position of Jiedu Envoy of Fangjun, right?Originally, according to the imperial court's unwillingness to be troublesome, it was a matter of course to acquiesce to the fait accompli caused by Han Lang and others.At this time, he was sued by himself and sent a thousand horses to Chang'an, so he couldn't show nothing at all, could he?It should be known that there are few towns in the north that respect the imperial court so much, so don't be ashamed.

If it doesn't work, just add more money, and send some money, silk, cattle and sheep to Chang'an.Alas, I have to take part of the money I have finally earned from Pingxia Dangxiang to support these people.

After Pei Tong left, Shao Shude had nothing to do, so he went to the north of the city for a walk.

Dozens of blacksmith shops were billowing with smoke, and one piece of ordnance was being forged, which was pleasing to the eye.

Shao Shude wanted to bring these people back to the Xiazhou Metropolitan Academy, but he gave up after thinking about it.This is a problem left over from history. In the past, there were few craftsmen in Xiasui. In order to attract talents, the craftsmen in Guanzhong were licensed to open shops in Suizhou, and even gave them loans and land grants.

Forget it, they have to rely on their role models to continue to attract craftsmen from other towns.Xiazhou Duzuo Academy inherits the old background of Xiazhou's military industry. Suizhou Duzuo Academy mainly consists of captured Chaojun artisans with good skills. Let them slowly bring apprentices and expand the scale slowly.

In another two months, the ordnance reserve will reach a considerable scale, and people from the grassland and Hengshan party departments will arrive one after another.At that time, no matter what the court thinks, he will definitely send troops.

　The things about Chapter 32 are explained here.

　　After the mid-Tang Dynasty, the separatist regime of feudal clans and towns came into being. For one party, the first task was to keep his own status.

　　For them, the worst situation is that their own army leader has an independent army, and the rebellion is settled with one word.This kind of situation should be avoided as much as possible, so a mature system appeared, that is, restricting the generals from contacting the army, and relying on positions such as military envoys and coaches to decentralize power.

　　But Yamen generals are generally born in the general family, and they have personal soldiers and generals in their hands. Some of them have been trained by the family for several generations. It is a tradition in the Northern Dynasty, and it existed in the early Tang Dynasty.These people have a high professional level and have been trained for many years. Once the generals are appointed to lead the army, they will bring their staff and family generals to the army.

　　This kind of thing has been going on since the Han Dynasty. When a general goes out to fight, he is generally allowed to create some personnel on his own, and at the end of the day, he has to be allowed to bring some cronies.Even in the army of our party in later generations, if an officer wants to be transferred to another department, sometimes he has to bring capable men there, otherwise it will be very difficult to handle.

　　The military academy established by the protagonist in this book, the county martial arts school is a 10-year-old child who graduated at the age of 20. At this time, he is just a small officer such as the team leader and team deputy.If they want to become useful, they cannot do it overnight, it will take time, and this cycle will take at least 20 years, and it may be longer.

　　Therefore, when the protagonist was 45 years old, he used his own tendency to deliberately promote, so that the first batch of military school students could come out.It was not until his later years that military cadets could become successful.

　　I wrote the chapter about the military academy. This is a gift from the protagonist to his son. I thought everyone understood the meaning of this sentence.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)