Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

Chapter 162 Interview and Class Teacher

On the second day of June in the first year of Guangqi, Shao Shude led his army back to Lingzhou.

The Jinglue Army and the Yicong Army crossed the river directly from the Dingyuan Army and returned to Xiazhou.Lingzhou is fine, and there is no need for so many soldiers and horses around. It would be good to reduce the logistical pressure a little.

On the way, I will stop by the Xiakujiesha area. Some tribes there are closely related to the Hexi Dangxiang Chouju Department. Last time they were sued by Wei Caisu. This time, I will take care of it and collect some money.

Li Shao arrived in Lingzhou a few days ago and brought the latest news: In the first five months of this year, the Shatuo Army continued to work hard and sold more than a thousand households from the three prefectures of Hebei Province in Zhaoyi to Ma Xing. In addition, there were still soldiers and civilians The family members moved to Suizhou, and there were more than a thousand households.

Of these more than 2000 households, Song Le, the governor of Yinzhou, directly took half of them and continued to enrich the local household registration.The reason is conclusive, that is, once the commander-in-chief uses troops to the north, Yinzhou will inevitably bear a considerable part of the money and food expenditure, and must have more population and fields.

As the families of soldiers continue to sell their fields and houses in Suizhou and move to Xiazhou to live, the population of Suizhou continues to decline. After a few years of development in Yinzhou, the lack of security will catch up and surpass Suizhou.

By the way, families of sergeants and talents from Guanzhong poured into Xiazhou almost every month, resulting in rapid population growth. At present, it has exceeded 7000 households, with a total of 20 people.Marshal Shao has [-] soldiers and horses under his command. If every sergeant moves his family to Xiazhou, plus craftsmen, officials, businessmen, scholars and other people who are not engaged in agricultural production, the land of the three counties in the future may not be good. To squeeze more than [-] people.

Although the political center is like this, it seems that he does not want to see the continuous expansion to the point that it exceeds the carrying capacity of local agricultural and animal husbandry output and becomes a place that cannot make ends meet.

Among the new immigrants, [-] households were assigned to Changze County, Yuzhou, where they rented and planted a newly opened [-]-acre military farm.The remaining less than [-] households belonged to the families of the sergeants, who had gone through untold hardships and arranged to go to Xiazhou early.

More than 2000 households were divided up, and Shao Dashuai's long-cherished development of Lingzhou needed people, but Xia Suiyin and Sanzhou were actually divided?

Can't wait!Immediately ordered that for those who moved in the second half of the year, the family members of the sergeants would naturally continue to be arranged in Xiazhou, and all the rest of the civilian households would be arranged in Lingzhou, and the focus should be on the four counties of Huile, Lingwu, Hongjing, and Huaiyuan to enrich the local population.

"Emissary Li, I haven't seen you for many years, how have you been?" Shao Shude personally welcomed Li Shao in outside the Lingzhou Jiedu envoy's mansion.

"Stop calling a certain envoy." Li Shao shook his head and said with a wry smile: "When I was in Jinyang, I never thought that Shao Shuai would be able to get to where he is today. At such a young age, I am afraid that only Li Keyong can compare right?"

"Li Keyong is in charge of a famous town in the world, how can a certain one compare?"

"Shao Shuai doesn't need to be self-effacing." Li Shao said: "These days, a certain person is also walking around, Xia Sui's business is very prosperous! Shao Shuai's ability is beyond Li Keyong's generation. And There is also a heart of benevolence, so that the people can live and work in peace and contentment, which is not easy."

"This foundation is not owned by one person, everyone can share the wealth." Shao Shude said: "I have appointed Li Shijun as Shuofang Jiedushi, I think the court will not make things difficult, and I hope you will help me in the future."

"Why does Shao Shuai push this old man to this pit of fire?" Li Shao said: "I heard that Dr. Li Kan and Li are also interested in the position of Shuofang Jieshuai, why bother to compete with him, at this age."

If Li Kan came to Lingzhou, it would be a bad thing!Shao Shude secretly smirked in his heart, this position cannot be given to Wu Fu.

"I hope Li Shijun will help me." Shao Shude said sincerely.

"May I ask what Shao Shuai wants me to do?"

"Prosper agriculture, animal husbandry, education, and industry."

Li Shao thought for a while, and said, "This requires a private household."

"Someone will find a way."

"Talents are also needed."

"There is also a shortage of talents in the hands of a certain person. Li Shijun can do it himself, and a certain person can do everything."

"In this case, the old man will resign himself to it, and it can be regarded as opening the way for his descendants." Li Shao said: "This old man is betting all his treasures on Shao Shuai."

"Haha, I must not let you down!"

"By the way, there is another good news to tell Shao Shuai. There is news from Suizhou that Yanye Ribu discovered iron ore in the mountains. The place is called Chashan. I don't know how many there are, but it should be a good thing."

Shao Shude was taken aback when he heard the words, and then suddenly realized.

For a long time, he always felt that the iron mines of the later generations of Xixia were in Lingzhou, so one of the important reasons for this expedition was to obtain iron mines.But now that I think about it, it is not without reason that the Xia people set up a special organization to manage iron smelting in Xiazhou, "Iron Smelting Affairs", which is the main iron and weapon manufacturing place in Xixia.

It turns out that Xixia Iron Mine is actually in Hengshan!This is because I have fallen into a misunderstanding of thinking.

However, a while ago, someone from the Fan tribe in Lingzhou also said that there is iron in Helan Mountain, which was collected and smelted by Dangxiang Wanshan tribe, and now it is heard that there is iron in Hengshan Mountain. This is a surprise!

Lingzhou wanted to set up the third specialized iron smelting and manufacturing institution in the six prefectures of Dingnan: Lingzhou Duzuo Institute, which was located in Huaiyuan County.The manpower was first drawn from Suizhou and Xiazhou, and then recruited locally as apprentices.At the beginning, the requirements are not high, as long as you can repair equipment, take your time.

The previous policy of attracting craftsmen from other places to set up blacksmith shops remains unchanged, and even intends to expand to other industries, such as textiles, printing and dyeing, woodworking, construction, ceramics and other industries. Half of the discount to attract talents to come and settle.

In the afternoon of the same day, Shao Shude took Li Shao to meet with Lingzhou shogunate and prefectural and county officials.

Although the official appointment by the imperial court has not yet been made, everyone understands that Li Shao can now be treated as his immediate boss.

From today onwards, the government affairs of the eight counties of Ling and Yan are in charge of Li Shao, and of course they can't interfere in the military affairs. Two thousand state soldiers, everyone can accept immigrants with peace of mind, do a good job of resettlement, and start agricultural production, and there is no need to ask more about the rest.

After finishing this mess, Shao Shude was ready to return to Xiazhou.

On the eighth day of June, a military report came from the north: [-] cavalrymen overtook some fleeing Hexi Dangxiang in the Mi'e River area, beheaded [-] ranks, captured more than [-] people, and captured more than [-] cattle and sheep.

Someone from Shao made the calculations, plus the tributes sent by various ministries one after another.During this expedition, a total of more than [-] hu grains and more than [-] head of livestock were obtained, which is not too bad a loss.

Harvesting is more than loot.The most important thing is not to allow party members to appear co-owners.

When the Mongols are organized, they can march to Beijing, but when the sand is scattered, the Ming army can go out to fight Caogu.If Tuoba, the son of luck of the party members, was killed by himself, then the next son of luck could not appear, otherwise he would be in big trouble.

It is most beneficial to maintain a state of disunity, and it is also the easiest to conquer, control, and win over. The same is true for the party, and so is the Uyghur.

Any single tribe, ranging from less than a thousand to ten thousand, cannot resist itself.

Compared with Dangxiang and Uighur, Khitan may have more potential, but that is the trouble of Youzhou Town.At this time, the desert grassland is actually unowned, and I still have time.If in another 30 to [-] years, if the Khitans are not kept together and the grasslands are unified, then it will be the Turks in the early years of the Kingdom, not the Mongolia in the middle and late Ming Dynasty.

The seized grain and cattle will be left in Lingzhou for the next stage of development.Nearly 20 alpacas were brought back to Xiazhou for military rewards. More than 3000 captives, together with the previous 3000 people, continued to repair the [-]-mile road between the spiritual salts.They are herdsmen, they don't know how to farm, and they are not even suitable for registering as householders, so they can only do hard work.

After arranging all this, it was already June [-]th, and Shao Shude ordered the whole army to march.

Officials, generals, and squires in Lingzhou, whether voluntary or forced, all went out of the city for several miles to see each other off.

"Lingzhou elders, please don't worry, as long as one day is here, Lingzhou can live and work in peace and contentment." Shao Shude looked at the group of people who were sending them off, and he was also in a very good mood, saying: "In the early years of the Kingdom, the people were all happy, and the four seasons of the year During the Eighth Festival, there are countless agricultural sacrifices, celebrations, and amusements, and it is very lively. However, the Dragon Boat Festival last month, although every family barely passed the festival, how is it compared to the early years of the Kingdom? A certain person has never seen four people stepping on a hundred grasses, and has not seen a game of fighting a hundred herbs , no miscellaneous medicines were picked, no fabrics were given to each other for entertainment, the people's lives were poor, and riots broke out everywhere, looting the villages, this world's public officials and generals owed the people. Or the current situation is chaotic, and all towns are like this, but I don't recognize it. , we must return the prosperity and peace of the elders in Lingzhou. If anyone wants to destroy this peace, all the lords can punish him together!"

These words really spoke to the bottom of everyone's heart.Everyone's requirements are already very low now. I don't want to be rich. Is it okay to have a stable order?But unfortunately, this is very difficult to do.Even in Jiangnan, which was relatively prosperous and stable, there were soldiers who looted the villages, and the generals couldn't control them.

The emperor of Chang'an and the generals of other towns will not treat everyone as human beings, they are all two-legged sheep.The King of Lingwu County is willing to give everyone the most basic dignity, so that the family can be reunited, and there is no need to worry about some day when rioters will rush in and snatch their wives, daughters and property.As long as you do what you say, so what if you follow him?
"We would like to follow the commander's order, but if there are thieves who want to disrupt this situation, we will punish them together." Li Shao replied.

And as he started, everyone echoed.Shao Shude observed carefully, and found that what everyone said did not seem to be fake, but rather sincere.This is very good. A stable and beautiful life is the consensus of everyone. Whoever wants to make trouble in the future will be a public enemy, and they can be killed together.

The return route of the army was the same as when they came here, Lingzhou-Wenchi-Yanzhou-Youzhou-Xiazhou, a total of [-] miles.

While on the road, Shao Shude received several messages from the Department of Public Security.

The Hebei War basically came to an end, and the process was quite dramatic.

The two towns of Youzhou and Chengde attacked Wang Chucun, Youzhou soldiers attacked Yizhou, Li Quanzhong led the army, with 6 troops, and surrounded Yizhou tightly.However, it was not easy to conquer the strong city of Yizhou. Liu Rengong, a junior general, thought of a way to enter the city and conquer it.

The soldiers of Chengde besieged Dingzhou, unable to attack for a long time, and the soldiers were exhausted.It happened that Li Keyong led the rescue troops to arrive, and attacked Dingzhou soldiers from inside and outside, and broke into the German army.Chengde's army was defeated and retreated, but Li Keyong pursued again and won again, beheading more than ten thousand people before and after.

When the Youzhou soldiers heard that the Chengde army was defeated, they were not afraid of being elite.However, Wang Chucun made a cheap move and sent [-] soldiers covered with sheepskins outside the city of Yizhou at night. The soldiers of Youzhou thought it was a real sheep and fought to loot it, but Wang Chucun was defeated.

Some things sound fantastic, but they really happened.

The virtue of a sergeant in this age!

You say they are unbearable to fight, but they can really fight, Khitan can't get cheap in their hands.Not to mention that Khitan hasn't risen yet, Youzhou is only a town, but he didn't suffer much under Khitan's hands, and he often went to Caogu.

But these armies are also really unreliable!Wang Chucun's cheap trick, and Huang Chao's bad trick of deliberately withdrawing from Chang'an, all worked, and he was speechless.

Li Quanzhong packed up his army and ran away. When he was approaching Youzhou, his subordinates persuaded him to make trouble.The reason is very simple. After returning to Youzhou and handing over the military power, he is a dead dog. Li Keju can be punished as he wants.

Li Quanzhong rebelled, and there were no troops left behind in Youzhou City. In order to save his family from being humiliated, Li Keju's family went up to the building and burned themselves to death. Li Quanzhong then stayed behind for Lu Longjun.

The war in Hebei ended, everyone went back to their homes, the borders did not change, the territory did not change, many people died in vain, and the people were made unable to live in peace.

"Li Ke used this guy to make a move. What will he do next?" Shao Shude put down the information and thought carefully: "Zhaoyi Hebei Three States? Zhenwu Army? Or Guanzhong?"

He picked up another piece of information, which was about the imperial court.

After the sage returned to Chang'an, he wanted to rebuild the Shence Army.Tian Lingzi recruited 54 capital soldiers in central Shu, each with a thousand soldiers, and was attached to the left and right shence troops, spending a lot of food, wages and equipment.Furthermore, the court officials also came back one after another. The total number of officials in the Nanya and Beisi was more than ten thousand, and Jingzhao Mansion and Tonghua Prefecture alone could not afford to support them, so they turned their ideas to Hezhong Yanchi.

Tian Lingzi encouraged the sage to issue an order to order Wang Chongrong to move the Taining army, but Wang Chongrong of course refused.However, he still expressed his willingness to provide [-] carts of salt to the imperial court every year as a way of spending.

Of course the imperial court did not agree, and continued to ask Wang Chongrong to move the town of Taining Army. .But Hebei was still fighting at that time, and no one was in the mood to talk to Tian Lingzi. Now that the war is over, I don't know how it will develop.

From the standpoint of the Dingnan Army, Shao Shude certainly did not want Wang Chucun to be the governor of the river.What are you kidding?The Wang and Li families have been in-laws for generations. If Wang Chucun is the commander-in-chief of Hezhong, Li Keyong's younger brother Kexiu will be half of the commander-in-chief of Zhaoyi. The Li family is too powerful and must be stopped!
Wang Chongrong should be quite panicked now.Thinking about it in his own shoes, it is possible for Wang Chucun to be the commander of the Hezhong Festival. After all, this place has the advantage of Yanchi and is quite rich.And he is Li Keyong's in-laws, what will happen to Li Keyong's attitude?tend to him?

It's time to send someone to have a good chat with Wang Chongrong.

On the sixth day of July, Shao Shude returned to Xiazhou.

Captured the two prefectures of Lingyan and subdued some of the Hexi Dangxiang. The tribes on the other side of Kujiesha were also defeated by the returning Jinglue Army and Yi Congjun Army. They beheaded more than a thousand ranks, captured 2000 people, and obtained tens of thousands of cattle, sheep, horses and camels , and the rest are obedient.

The town is at least superficially stable, so you can rest for a while and pay close attention to the situation in Kanto and Guanzhong.

He had a hunch that in the next few months, there should be a series of dramas to be sung between the towns of Guannei Road and Hedong Road, and the encounter between soldiers and soldiers is a high probability event.As the Commander of the Dingnan Army with more than [-] soldiers, he probably has to be involved.

The matter of gaining population for the development of Lingzhou may be resolved together.There are more than 200 million people in more than 40 counties in Jingzhao Prefecture, and [-] million people in the two prefectures of Tonghua.It is impossible for me to occupy Guanzhong in the short term, so I can only find a way to recruit people first.

Consolidate the foundation and deepen the foundation, nothing more.

(End of this chapter)