Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

Chapter 289 Re-editing
"Commander, Xiao Mao is here." Lieutenant General Lu Ming reported inside.

"Let him in." Shao Shude was having breakfast, with Zhao Shi and Kang Shi serving on the side.

"Judge Xiao, I have seen that Huaiyuan New City is doing well. In a year or two, it will be ready for occupancy." Shao Shude let him sit down, and then said: "Go to the Tielin Army camp and find Lu Siye, he will tell you what happened."

"Obey." Xiao Mao vaguely sensed what it was.

Shao Shude waved his hand, and Xiao Mao left quickly.

When I saw Xiao Mao, I thought of Xiao Yu again.

The eight prefectures of Longyou now have a large population.However, because of Shao Shude's policy of immigrating to the border, it is still in the tax-free period-the second year of Wende is in the tax-free period for the second year.

These states do not expect to pay taxes, but the more than 20 Tubo tribes can contribute some cattle and sheep, about [-] head.

That is to say, at present, the ten prefectures of Lingxia are the ones who really contribute to finance and taxation to maintain the operation of the Dingnan Army. Among them, Feng and Sheng prefectures are exempted from tax for three years, and they will not receive tax next year, and will only collect it in the year after.But these two states are so poor that they don't have much wealth, so it doesn't matter.

This year, the three prefectures of Qin, Cheng and Lin were newly acquired.For these three places, Shao Shude does not plan to exempt tax, because there are too many places to spend money.He has already written to Xiao Yu, and the taxes from Qin and Cheng prefectures will be sent to Hui prefecture to be accounted for as Longyou town's contribution in the first year of Wende.

Weizhou is not counted as a border now, forget it this year, and start paying taxes next year, and send it to Huizhou to enter the account.

Huizhou will be an important treasury of the Collection Department in the future, storing the money and food provided by Longyou Town nearby.The Department of Collections will send a Kongmu official to be stationed in Huizhou, under the jurisdiction of Huiningguan General Treasury, Jinchengjin Branch, Shangyu Branch, and Jiangguan Branch.

Huiningguan general warehouse is the residence of Kongmu officials. Except for the part of Liuzhou, all the money and silk from the eight prefectures of Longyou are sent to the general warehouse to be accounted for. Check in here.

The Jinchengjin sub-warehouse is located at the Ferry of the Yellow River in Wuquan County, Lisuo, Lanzhou. Grain, cattle and sheep from Lanzhou, Linzhou and Hezhou are stored here.

The Shangyu branch warehouse is located in the outskirts of Shangyu County, Qinzhou, where the taxes in kind from the five states of Wei, Min, Cheng, Jie, and Qin are put into the warehouse.

There is no way, the Longyou Bazhou is so far away, and there is no railway or ship transportation in later generations, the loss of long-distance transshipment is too great, so the high-value and easy-to-transport materials can only be concentrated somewhere, and then transported to the capital.This kind of food can only be stored in the nearest place, and it is really not enough, so it will be transported temporarily, in short, it is to minimize transportation loss.

In fact, cattle and sheep can also be transported long distances, because the Dingnan army has a vast pasture, and the cattle and sheep will not worry about food and drink during transportation.But the problem is that it is impossible to gather a large number of cattle and sheep in one place, and it will surely gnaw your turf bare.

It can also be seen from this that in ancient times, the capital and the capital were selected in a place with super agricultural production capacity. It was difficult to transport food from other places, and you had to seize power and established a huge bureaucratic system. With the scale of the imperial army, it is really uncomfortable not to choose a good place.In the long run, the transportation loss will make you cry.

The last Jiangguan sub-store, Jiangguan located outside Xingzhou City, is actually a water station.The reason why it was established is actually to store the goods offered by Shannan West Road and Longjian Town, and to pay the local sergeants in Lungarrison.

The four roads in Guanbei still follow the old system. Xiazhou has a general warehouse, which is located in the south of the city.Yanzhou, Suizhou, Yinzhou, Lingzhou and other places all had Cangcheng branch warehouses. The money and silk were transferred to Xiazhou, some of the grain was transferred to Xiazhou, and some remained in the local Cangcheng.

However, Cangcheng is still not enough. There is an urgent need to build a large Cangcheng in the Zhenwujun City area.Store a large amount of money, food, ordnance in case of emergency.

Thinking of this, Shao Shude turned to the study and called Chen Cheng.

"Vice Envoy Chen, if we build Cangcheng in the vicinity of Zhenwujuncheng, will it arouse Li Keyong's suspicion?" Shao Shude asked.

Last night, Zhuge, who had turned from a young girl into a young woman, poured a bowl of tea for the two of them.

"Commander, Li Keyong hasn't even defeated Helian Duo in Datong, how can he control us?" Chen Cheng said without hesitation.

"Then let's build it." Shao Shude said: "This year, the army goes out to eat, and there is a lot of money and food left in the town. It happens to be in Fengzhou. The Zhenwu army is repairing the Cangcheng. The number of household registrations in Xiercheng and Xiercheng is increasing, and the city needs to be built. Linzhou’s governance rights have been taken back, and money and food need to be invested in rectification.”

It’s not that I don’t know, but I’m shocked when I calculate it. There are so many debts in history, and it’s really time to make up for it.

"Send an envoy to Hedong, present some gifts, and say good things to Li Keyong, don't let him think about it." Shao Shude ordered.

"As ordered."

In fact, what about thinking blindly, and what if you don’t think blindly?As Chen Cheng said, Li Keyong didn't even defeat Helian Duo, so he couldn't turn his face around.Could it be possible to fly over the Datong Army to attack the Zhenwu Army?
It's just that Shao Shude has always been cautious and conservative, and doesn't like to spoil things on the scene.Li Ke used this person, who had a donkey temper, and would take the soft but not the hard, so there was no need to provoke him for the time being.

Let's build the front-line logistics base first. Once Helian Duo is destroyed, if Li Keyong shows his thoughts on the Zhenwu Army, he can send a large army to garrison him. Forgive him for not being able to stay in the north for a long time.

"Let's go and have a look outside the city." Shao Shude suddenly thought of another thing that offended Li Keyong this year, and that was the Shunyi Army who had just escorted Ru and Xu Xinzu's family members to Lingzhou with Leopard Cavalry.

Brother Yi is probably unhappy that he has taken in someone else's traitor, but it's not a big deal.

Before leaving the study, Shao Shude walked in front of Zhuge and said, "I have nothing to do today, let's go down and rest first."

Zhuge hesitated to speak.

"Don't worry, your father will live in Lingzhou for a while, as long as he is honest, it's not a big deal."

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Zhuge thanked quickly, with a flowery expression on his face.

Chen Cheng glanced at it in surprise.This Miss Zhuge should be the junior of the handsome man, right?
Several large armies were stationed outside Huaiyuan City, namely the Tielin Army, Tianzhu Army, Zhenwu Army, Leopard Cavalry, and the new Shunyi Army.The continuation army had just arrived in Baojing County yesterday, and was still on its way northward to meet up.

The soldiers and horses temporarily recruited by Yi Congjun have been released, and now there are only [-] yamen left in the left wing, and they have already embarked on the road back to Xiazhou.

The continuation army has a total of 6000 people, and more than [-] people will be used to supplement the vacancies of the Yamen's various departments.For the remaining people, thousands of people will be taken out to join the Tielin Army, and they will be organized into a combat barracks and an auxiliary barracks, which will expand the size of this army to [-] people—the first army with a scale of tens of thousands in the town.

The Tianzhu Army fought well this time, and the existing 2000 infantry and [-] cavalry continued to expand: [-] men were transferred from the continuation army to join the Tianzhu Army, making it expanded to [-] cavalry.

The Zhenwu army also made meritorious service, making up [-] infantry, and the whole army had [-] cavalry.

The newly built Tianxiong Army has a total of [-] soldiers, all of whom are infantry.

After such treatment, there are about 5000 people left in the continuation army, and all of them will be sent to the eight states of Hewei to form state soldiers.

Xiao Yu took two thousand shence troops to take office, and the local area was completely guarded by the Feng'an Army, Tiande Army, and Jinglue Army stationed there, and the state army system was empty.This time, it is just right to mix these four or five thousand Cai people with the two thousand Shence Army, and first improve the local defense system.

The state soldiers have always been the reservoir of the Ya army.If the yamen army died in battle, was disabled, or died of illness, they were given priority to recruiting personnel from the state soldiers.Therefore, the construction of local state soldiers cannot be neglected.There are other places, but the Hewei states have not yet been perfected, and this time just fills in the gaps.

The Tielin Army, Zhenwu Army, Tianzhu Army, and the newly-built Tianxiong Army exchanged some of their troops as usual, broke up and reorganized.This will certainly affect the combat effectiveness in the short term, but the training of the Dingnan Army is the same, the Golden Drum Banner and various orders are the same, and it will be no problem to adapt after reorganization.

Moreover, this kind of dispersal preserves the most basic first-level units of the team, which ensures the combat effectiveness as much as possible.All that needs to be done now is to become familiar with generals at all levels as soon as possible, spend time on training, and within a few months, their combat effectiveness will soon recover to seven or eighty-eight.

Every reorganization of the army is a good opportunity to eliminate the living soil of careerists, and Marshal Shao will never miss this opportunity.

After the reorganization is completed, the Dingnan Army will have a total of [-] cavalry. The scale is estimated to be smaller than that of Zhu Quanzhong in this meeting, but it is already ahead of Hedong.

Among the 7 people, there are actually less than [-] who really need to support themselves, and the rest rely on the supporters of Nanxi Road and Longjian Town.

Taking into account the land of eighteen prefectures combined in the first year of Wende's year, there were more than 191100 registered households and more than 928000 people, and the Yinshan Fanbu, Hengshan Dangxiang, Pingxia Dangxiang, Hexi Dangxiang, Huizhou There are nearly 90 people in the prefecture and Hewei tribes, which is about a 30:1 military-to-civilian ratio, which is considered healthy.

But the aboriginal people are too poor, two or three people may be worth the financial contribution of a farming Han people, so the ratio of soldiers to civilians is about 20 to [-], and the burden on the people is relatively heavy, but it is still affordable the point.

Finally, there is the Shunyi Army, which has more than [-] infantry and more than [-] cavalry after recruiting and disbanding in Henan.For this army, Shao Shude was a little hesitant, not knowing how to deal with it.

"Envoy An, sit down." In the camp, Shao Shude summoned the three generals of the army, An Xiuxiu, Li Duo, and He Yu.

"Thank you, Marshal, for taking him in." An Xiuxiu said gratefully.

Shao Shude observed this man carefully, and found that he had a typical face of Zhaowu's nine surnames, a bit like the Iranians of later generations, as did the less than [-] cavalry under him.

Datang, what are you doing, there are a lot of white people in the territory, and there are even a lot of inland states and counties.The Sogdians, the tribes with white characteristics among the Turkic tribes, the Arabs, what other white tribes?Shao Shude is not very clear. He feels that there are 50 to 100 white people living in the various towns of the Tang Dynasty. The six towns of Hedong, Datong Army, Fengzhou, Zhenwu Army, Guiyi Army, and Liangzhou should have the most white people. of.

God Khan, it's really unscrupulous.

But at this point, Shao Shude didn't discriminate against the Sogdians.Doing business honestly, paying taxes, grazing cattle, farming, and serving in the army are his people and have the right to be protected by him. Just don’t behave like your Sogdian predecessor, An Lushan.

"Envoy An, why did you abandon Hedong? In the past, An Renyi rebelled from Hedong, first went to Qin Zongquan, and then Yang Xingmi. What is the reason?" Shao Shude asked.

"Up to now, there is nothing to say." An Xiuxiu said: "Li Guochang and Li Keyong, father and son, are very harsh on the nine surnames of Zhaowu who live in Hedong and Datong Army. When Ding Zhuang went to war, he had to donate goods. Which tribe had more people died, and that tribe was incorporated into the three tribes of Shatuo and annexed forcibly."

Shao Shude was a little embarrassed when he heard that.

Eighteen prefectures can have 90 registered residents, and he has done a lot of tricks.In addition to vigorously immigrating from the Kanto region, they also continued to annex the small farming tribes of Dangxiang, took in escaped slaves from the grasslands, and slowly moved the families of Dangxiang sergeants to the city through conscription. , let him take a Chinese name, speak official language, wear Tang costumes, celebrate Tang festivals, and keep nibbling away like a chicken and a dog.

Speaking of it, it is similar to the method of Li Guochang and his son, only a little softer.

"Who else has the nine surnames of Zhaowu as a general in the army?"

"An Jingsi (Li Cunxiao), An Jinquan, An Yuanxin, Shi Jingcun—the Anqing Department, almost [-]% of them have the nine surnames of Zhaowu, and, hey, I can't think of too many at the moment, anyway, An, Shi, Kang, Shi and other surnames, I dare not say all of them, most of them are." An Xiuxiu replied.

Shao Shude nodded.In the northwest area, there were indeed more generals with the Kang surname. He had met Kang Chuangui and Kang Yuancheng, who were indeed of Caucasian blood. It seemed that they were all born with the nine surnames of Zhaowu.

It is not surprising that Guochao likes to use Hu people to fight wars, and as a result, a large number of Hu people climbed to high positions.

"Zhaowu's nine surnames, how many people are there who have not been annexed?"

"There are always 20 people, or more, and someone is not sure." An Xiuxiu said.

Shao Shude has read the Guochao archives, the Kangdaibin rebellion in the first year of Kaiyuan, at that time there were more than [-] rebels with nine surnames in Zhaowu.After being suppressed, tens of thousands of people moved to the inland states and counties of Kanto, where they were basically assimilated.There were still tens of thousands of people who stayed in the area and did not participate in the rebellion. By the end of the Kaiyuan period, there were still more than [-] people with the nine surnames of Zhaowu in the Hequ area.

After the Anshi Rebellion, most of these people went to Hedong Road to work on farming and nomadic animal husbandry, and they still maintained the tribal organization form. Since they have multiplied to this day, 20 people are actually relatively small.But considering that they kept going out to fight, such as Kang Chengxun who once suppressed Pang Xun's uprising—coincidentally, Li Guochang also suppressed Pang Xun's uprising—the population growth may not be so fast, so only more than 20 people are possible.

These more than [-] people are all Shatuo reserve soldiers...

"If foreign enemies invade Daibei, how many people with the nine surnames of Zhaowu will respond?" Shao Shude asked suddenly.

An Xiuxiu was taken aback for a moment, and after thinking hard for a long time, he said, "I don't know either."

Shao Shude looked at him and didn't speak.

"Commander!" An Xiuxiu bowed to the ground and said anxiously, "I'm really afraid of the Shatuo people. Moreover, Li's father and son have given many people a chance. After they get promoted, they may not return to their own clan. Shatuo Anqing Department, one of the three departments, how many people from Zhenshatuo are there? All of them are from the nine surnames of Zhaowu! Commander Mingjian, I dare not talk nonsense just to cater to the commander, it will spoil the big thing!"

"What nonsense are you talking about! What's the big deal?" Shao Shude laughed angrily, and said, "Li Keyong is my brother-in-law, can An Neng seek to seize the property of my brother's family?"

He really hasn't made up his mind about fighting Hedong.

Don't look at the long border between Dingnan Army and Hedong, but most of it is the Yellow River, which does not freeze in winter, or even if it freezes, it is very brittle, so it is impossible to mobilize troops.If you want to attack Hedong, there is only one possibility, and that is to start from Zhenwu Army City and enter the land of Yunshuo.That is to say, it was the suggestion of folding the Zongben in Fengxiang Mansion, linking Helian Duo of Datong, and traveling south to replace the north together.

However, the strength of Hedong is strong, and the 5 government army is also quite elite.Li Keyong can also recruit the Dai Beifan tribe, and his hardcore Shatuo tribe alone can draw [-] to [-] strong men. If it is an extreme conscription, [-] people can also get it.If the nine surnames of Zhaowu were recruited, tens of thousands of young adults would be no problem.With these tribes guarding Daibei, and then stationing troops at important passes such as Yanmen Pass, unless someone surrenders and sacrifices to pass, or indulges the northern soldiers to go south, it will be difficult to cross the past.

Shao Shude has also been to Hedong for two years, and it is really a place of victory.There is the natural danger of the Yellow River in the west and the Taihang Mountains in the east, which are not easy to fight.There are only two directions, one south and one north, but there are many passes in Daibei, and there is a tendency that one man guards the pass and ten thousand pass.In addition to the three tribes of Shatuo and the nine surnames of Zhaowu, there are also five tribes in the north. They have always been close to Li Keyong, and they can also draw more than [-] soldiers and horses.

In such a situation, fighting hard for several years, the possibility of defeat is very high.Even if they win miserably, they can only get a bunch of Tibetan tribes in Daibei. What's the use of that?The essence of Taiyuan Mansion has been occupied by Xuanwu soldiers.

On the contrary, Zhu Quanzhong, it is much more convenient to attack Hedong. He only needs to occupy the two prefectures of Zelu and then he can encircle Jinyang.In fact, this is also the case in history. Zelu is the gate of the Taiyuan Mansion. Once lost, Bianbing went straight to the city, and Li Keyong almost ran away.

It is not suitable to provoke Li Keyong for the time being, first the easy ones and then the difficult ones, and let's talk about the places that can be gnawed.

Liangzhou has a large population, and I dare not say that all of them are descendants of Han people, at least [-]% to [-]% are, and the rest are a hodgepodge of Tubo, Dangxiang, Tuyuhun, Uighur and other tribes.

Just over twenty years ago, the Lu clan, the leader of Yanmo, followed Gao Pian to the middle of Shu to fight against Nanzhao.I don't know how much loyalty is left after these 20 years.

"Get up!" Shao Shude said: "The Shunyi Army is new and has not made any achievements yet. I will give you a chance in a few days."

"The last general obeys the command of the commander-in-chief, and he will go through fire and water, and he will not hesitate to do so." An Xiuxiu replied.

Li Duo and He Yu also responded in unison.

(End of this chapter)