Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

Chapter 335
"Guangwei County, originally Shicheng County in the Later Wei (Northern Wei Dynasty), was renamed Hualong County in the second year of Emperor Abandoned because of the Hualong Valley in the territory. In the first year of Xiantian in the Guochao Dynasty, it was changed to Huacheng County, and in the early days of Tianbao, it was renamed Guangwei County. "

Shao Shude stood on the remaining south wall of Guangwei County, looking at the Yellow River eighty steps away.

The big river here is exceptionally quiet, gentle, and clear, just like the nearby grasslands.

There are not so many ambitious people, and everything is so peaceful.

But after all, I am not qualified to say anything about others.In terms of ambition, who else in Northwest China has more ambitions than Marshal Shao?
There was a commotion under the city.

The leaders of Hexi Party Xiang Yang, Luo, and Liang rushed there with their entourage, but were stopped outside by their own soldiers.

"Are you clear about the orders of the shogunate?" Shao Shude ordered the soldiers to release the three of them.

The three of them were wearing Tang suits, with long hair, and looked like gentle and rich men.But if you think these three brothers are good people, go and see the head wine vessel in their house first.

"Marshal..." The three wanted to climb the tower, but they were stopped by Lu Ming.

The soldiers stroked the hilt of the knife and looked at the three of them with malicious eyes.

"Commander, we will know." The three vicious leaders said in unison like a dog that can wag their tails at this time: "The commander recovered Hehuang, his martial arts are world-class, and he gave us a grassland, just like a dog. Reborn parents."

"Now that you've made it clear, let's go back and straighten out the people, and go to the pastures. Remember, if you rob the Tubo people of their land, you will probably have trouble in the future. If you continue to fight with each other, you will be foolish."

The three of them said they didn't dare.

"Let's all go, Liang Yu stay."

Luo and Yang glanced suspiciously at Liang Yu, the leader of the Liang family, and reluctantly left.

"Liang Canjun, the land of the Qingtang Dynasty, the situation is complicated. The tribes of Tubo have recently come to vote, and the hearts of the people are not yet solidified. This place must be looked after for me." Shao Shude got off the tower, stood in front of Liang Yu, and said.

Liang Yu also straightened up, and said solemnly: "I know what the commander-in-chief means. If the Tubo people dare to make connections in private, they will definitely report to the shogunate."

"Mostly walk around with the Tuoba family in Fucheng City and the Bai family in Shudun City. You and the other five are all outsiders, and the total number is only [-] to [-]. Compared with Qingtang Tubo, it is far inferior. If something happens, Heyuan The Second Army of Jishi and Jishi should be your backing. However, you must also pay attention not to bully Tubo too much, and not to cause trouble."

"clear."

Shao Shude nodded.Of the three families of Liang, Yang, and Luo, he felt that the Liang family was the most worthy of cultivation, for no other reason than to have a clear mind.

It was only this time that sand was mixed into the ministries of the Qing and Tang Dynasties.Next time we do it, we have to worry about whether people are going to rebel, after all, it is impossible for the army to be here all the time.

A barbarian does not shed tears when he sees a coffin.Without a large army, many things can't be done, because those tribal chieftains can't get their heads together, and they will do it with you.Compared with the Han people, their ethos is more impulsive and aggressive.

Other places are not very worried. As far as the Fan tribe in the Hehuang land is concerned, the population of Tubo Wozi is too scary.In the future, we have to find a way to continue to recruit soldiers. A Qingtang capital of 5000 soldiers is too few. It is best to recruit another [-] people in Kuozhou and Jiuqu to build a Jiuqu capital.

Whether it is a war with Hedong or Xuanwu, it must be a high-intensity long-term tug-of-war.After a battle, there may be thousands of casualties.The most precious thing in the Northwest is the population. If half of the dead and wounded soldiers were Tibetans, the burden would be much lighter.

On August [-]th, Shao Shude returned to Qingtang City.

Most of the captive Tibetans were released, and all the ministries went back to their pastures.In Shan and Kuo prefectures, there are still many tribes who did not come to submit, and fled far away.But there is no time to find them one by one, so I can only recruit them slowly in the future.

He has already selected the candidate for the governor of Shanzhou: Han Jian.

This person has done a good job in Huizhou and achieved outstanding results. If he comes to Shanzhou this time, if he does a good job, it is not impossible to send a Jiedu envoy in the future.

As the governor of Kuozhou, he left it to Xiao Yu to choose for himself. I hope he has the kind of talent in his hands.

Longyou Town now has 33 counties in He, Wei, Lin, Lan, Min, Jie, Qin, Cheng, Shan, and Kuo prefectures. In terms of land, it is already a large town in the country.Only if people are not prosperous, Xiao Xiang still needs to continue to work hard.

That mess, Shao Shude thought he didn't have the energy to deal with it, so it was just right to throw it to Xiao Yu.He has a talent pool, a network of connections, and many years of experience in government affairs, which is more than enough to manage the civil affairs of a feudal town.

Before leaving, Shao Shude appointed Guan Kairun as the military envoy of the Heyuan Army.This is a temporary position, and he will lead the Jinglue Army back to Lingxia to rest when the newly formed Heyuan and Jishi Second Armies arrive in Shanzhou.

Once the three armies of Heyuan, Jishi, and Feixiong are established successfully, Marshal Shao will have sixteen numbered armies with more than 11 infantry and cavalry, half of which are soldiers.The Fan Han population is nearly 270 million, providing a large number of soldiers and goods, and their strength on paper can be described as strong.But after careful calculation, the mobile force is actually only more than 4 people, which is really depressing.

Co-authored to lay down a piece of land, and obtained a large amount of cattle and sheep property and small mouths. As a result, the money and food were mainly used to support the local soldiers.Is this playing a lonely?
With these tens of thousands of mobile troops, even if the Fan tribe is temporarily conscripted, it is still not enough to confront Qiangzhen.No way, we still have to continue to bully the "children" to stabilize the situation in the town.

Maybe one day, the situation will be a little more stable, and the deployment can be readjusted to try to deploy more troops to the Eastern Front.

But it seems to be difficult.

Ten prefectures in Longyou and three prefectures in Hexi, according to the current plan, [-] garrisons really cannot be less.

In the land of Xingfengliang, 5000 people seem to be indispensable.

Lingxia also had to put [-] to [-] left behind troops.

Once the expedition is launched, at least another [-] cavalry will be reserved in Huizhou, a key place, as a reserve team to prevent any rebellion and accidents in the counter-insurgency troops.

Damn it!It would be nice to have [-] mobile units for you to play with, fuck it!
For Zhu Quanzhong, after the Cai bandits were recruited, the military strength is estimated to have swelled to 10,000+.In his surroundings, Wei Bo didn't go out to fight in the town, the Zhu family brothers guarded the household dogs, Shannan Dongdao closed the door to entertain themselves, Huainan was too busy to take care of itself, and there was only one east of the river to guard against, and there was Zhang Quanyi, the first wave of meat shields.

This is the place of the fake Four World Wars!
After Shao Shude thought about it, he still had to establish a good relationship with Li Keyong.Otherwise, if you need to station more than [-] troops in the Zhenwu Army all year round, and leave another [-] to [-] mobile support troops in Fengzhou and Linzhou, your hands and feet will be completely bound.

Lao Tzu is in the real place of the Four Wars!The Tibetans were superficially obedient and would kneel when they said they wanted to, but Shao Shude didn't dare to trust them at all.Otherwise, if you try to take away the Heyuan Army and the Jishi Army, what will happen?

With a lot of lawsuits in his mind, Shao Shude left Shanzhou and traveled eastward along the Huangshui Valley.

This time he planned to go to Hezhou for a turn, so he went around and arrived at Zhenxi Army on the 23rd.

This city was built in the Xunhua County area of ​​the later generations. It was built in the 20th year of Kaiyuan and commanded 3000 troops. Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty went west to Tuyuhun, passing through here and staying in the old city of Linjin (Zhenxi Army).

Continue to go southeast and reach Fenglin County, Hezhou on the [-]th.On the third day of September, I arrived in Lisuo, Fanghan County, Hezhou.

"Xiao Xiang has governed Hezhou for several years, and the results have been remarkable." Shao Shude flipped through the books casually, and said.

According to the data of the first year of Wende, there are already about 27 registered households in the 261000 counties of the eight prefectures in Longyou.Well, an average of [-] people in a county...

There are almost 20 Tibetans, mainly Tubo and Qiang people, with a small number of Dangxiang and Qimo.

Shao Shude didn't mean to blame him.Before Xiao Yan took office, the situation was even worse.

"The king of Lingwu County is reasonable, which makes it hard for me to say anything." Xiao Yu said with a smile.

After two years out of town in Hezhou, although he was far away from the central power circle, Xiao Yu's spirit became more and more vigorous.

Still comfortable in place!As long as the Lingwu County King has no objection to the position of Longyou Jiedushi, Xiao Yu can serve until his death, and the court cannot replace him at all.

There are a bunch of old students, relatives and friends under his hands.There are water conservancy talents, there are technocrats who are proficient in agriculture and animal husbandry, there are practical people who have worked in the Ministry of Industry for many years, and there are also those who are good at dealing with the relationship between Fan and Han.

The treasure house of talents of the aristocratic family is indeed extraordinary.

It doesn't matter if the children of Xiao's family are not successful, Xiao Yan presided over the scientific examination, and recruited an unknown number of talents with his surname.He has also been an official for half his life, with many party members, and the party members are connected with the former disciples of the party members. This network of relationships is layered on top of each other. Governing the Longyou states is really a piece of cake—as long as Shao Shude gets rid of the barbarians who like to overturn the table for him, this Xiao Shi really can't figure it out, because savages don't like reasoning.

"In just two years, Prime Minister Xiao has managed Hezhou in a decent manner. How could he not like it?" Shao Shude said with a smile: "You can use the talents that Prime Minister Xiao likes, but I won't bother. Besides, a certain You can’t find so many talents.”

"The king of Lingwu County is too humble. Since this year, he has moved to Hexi and Longyou, and captured the land of the five states. Hundreds of thousands of people have been captured, and millions of them have been captured. Such a power requires outstanding talents to vote." Xiao Yu said: "It's just the land of Helong, and not many people care about it, otherwise the whole world would have known about it."

"So Prime Minister Xiao has been out of this remote place for two years, has he ever been lonely?"

Xiao Yan laughed loudly: "The old man is old, and now he can spend his days leisurely and leisurely. Why not be satisfied? Dozens of Xiao's children have moved to Hezhou. Wouldn't it be more comfortable to play with grandchildren and visit historical sites than to fight with others in Beijing? No way, if you come to Hezhou, you can live a few more years."

In fact, there are indeed many historical sites in the land of rivers and Wei, mainly Buddhist temples and stone carvings.

"I heard that Prime Minister Xiao introduced tea trees in Jiezhou?"

"After the envoy Yang Jun recovered Jiezhou, the imperial court immigrated 730 households from the three counties of Huazhou, and some of them were able to grow tea. The old man checked the file registration. In the early days of the country, Jiezhou was a tea producer. Yes. Now you can try planting, and if it succeeds, Longyou Town will have more income, and if you sell it to the Fan tribe, you can exchange it for a large number of livestock, which will be of great benefit to the people."

Shao Shude nodded.Jiezhou was Wudu County in the Han Dynasty, and it seems that later generations also produced tea, because the climate and environment of the place are suitable for the growth of tea trees.

"Immigrants from Banan states, can they still adapt to Weizhou?"

Marshal Shao conscripted Zhuge Zhongbao last year, and forcibly relocated tens of thousands of Han and Liao people, most of whom went to the four counties of Weizhou.Gain has a humid local climate, somewhat similar to Banan.It can also plant mulberry trees, raise silkworms and weave silk, hoping that those immigrants from Banan can improve Weizhou's backward textile level.

"Well, I want to teach the king of Lingwu County to know..." Xiao Yu stroked his beard and said with a smile: "This year, [-] households in Weiyuan County used the old mulberry forest in the county to weave more than [-] bolts of cloth. The texture is fine and not much different from Bazhou cloth. Weizhou Liaobu has great potential. After hearing about it, the old man gave out sheep as rewards to encourage the people to weave cloth after farming. Not only Weizhou can weave Liaocloth, but Minzhou can also weave cloth. However, during the Tianbao period, Qinzhou was rich in sericulture and had the reputation of "green leaves and silver threads".

Shao Shude listened to Xiao Yu's local revitalization plan with a smile.

People who have been prime ministers still have vision and knowledge, and know how to adapt to local conditions and develop local advantageous industries.Banan Liao people don't know how to herd herds, so besides farming, they can raise silkworms and weave cloth, and they also have an extra income.

Qinzhou's sericulture industry, which had been well developed at first, almost lost its inheritance after the fall of Tibet.After returning to China in Dazhong, it has developed for more than [-] years, and it seems that it is not ideal.Xiao Yu tried to find a way to reuse professionals and reward production, which is the right way.

Marshal Shao now has no shortage of cattle, sheep, or herders, but he really lacks silk.This is the hard currency rewarded by the military, and it is very tight.

"Shan and Kuo prefectures were rich in bran gold during the Tianbao period. Now that the king of Lingwu County has recovered, I will send people to investigate more. If there is any harvest, I will deploy people from the Lanzhou mine to mine and smelt it." Xiao Yan said again.

Lanzhou is also rich in bran gold.Under the auspices of Zhang Xuanyan, the censor in the front hall and the current governor of Lanzhou, the old mine was reopened, with an annual output of hundreds of taels of gold, and there were also small supplements.

"With Prime Minister Xiao here, don't worry about the 33 counties in the ten prefectures of Longyou." Shao Shude got up and saluted, and said: "For the wealth in Longyou, Prime Minister Xiao doesn't need to rush to make offerings, just do what you can. Ruozhen If there is a need in the country, just use it. If there are talents who can use it, even if it is expropriated, it will not be allowed. Regarding the matter of expropriating the private households in Guanzhong, I have to ask Mr. Xiao to take a lot of trouble. The Longyou prefectures cannot do without the Han people. Guanzhong Private households and criminals all over the world, one counts as one, and they are all used, waiting for the day when Longyou is ruled."

Xiao Yan stood up, feeling a little emotional.

It's actually not that easy to work under Wu Fu.They fought militarily, fought everywhere, and kept asking for money and food, regardless of whether the local people lived or died.But Shao Shude was able to restrain the urge to plunder the people for military supplies, and knew that he could not fish in a dry marsh. This alone was much better than Li Keyong and his ilk.

"The King of Lingwu County, but please be at ease. Now the government is weak, and the middle officials are in power. The superiors are lucky to be the villains, but the talented people are squeezed out. The old man is in Hezhou, but he has been paying attention to the court. Whenever there is an opportunity, we will recruit one or two talents." Xiao Yu said: "Don't worry, I'm not a sycophant. I don't have any skills, and I don't like it. I will definitely not waste my food and salary."

Shao Shude smiled and said, "With Prime Minister Xiao in charge, there is no problem."

In fact, it is said that the bureaucratic system was rotten at the end of the dynasty, but is there really no talent?Why is it that after the new dynasty replaced the old dynasty, a large number of bureaucrats retained from the old dynasty performed government affairs at a higher level and with higher efficiency than before?
Maybe it's not a question of their level, there are many other factors that prevent them from doing things, or they are unwilling to do things.

Xiao Yan, when he was the prime minister in the court, although he was sentenced to three divisions and did a lot of practical things, he seemed to spend more time engaging in political disputes with his colleagues.When Shao Shude recruited him, he actually didn't pay much attention to Xiao Yun's own talent, but his network of connections.But now it seems that it is still easy for the prime minister to handle the internal affairs of a feudal town.

Longyou Town is not in a hurry to collect a large amount of goods.Put it into production now, and the rewards will be even greater in the future.

This fruit has not yet been harvested, and Xiao Yan and his team need to continue to cultivate it.

(End of this chapter)