Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

Chapter 515 Rectification
On the school field outside the city, the sergeants didn't know it, they happily received the rewards one by one, thanked the food envoy Wang Yan, and then lined up to return to the camp.

Wang Yan was doing the work of distributing rewards very seriously, and kept instructing the envoys to be careful, his voice was a little hoarse, but at this moment, all he had in his heart was gratitude.

At the moment when Duyu Housi was captured by the rebels, he really lost all hope, thinking that he was going to die unexpectedly.He still has old parents to support, a beautiful wife to take care of, and a young child, how could he die here and now?

Unexpectedly, the warriors thought that he had never been short of military rations and rewards, and that he was a good man, so they let him go and only killed his followers.

Tao Jianzhao and the others were all dead, and among the surviving generals of Duyu Housi, Wang Yan was the one with the highest rank.

This is not grateful, when to be grateful?
"The sky in the river is about to change." Wang Yan only whispered in a voice that he could hear alone: ​​"Wang Yao is not as good as Wang Gong, who dares to lure wolves into the house. Shao Shude is so easy to get along with." ? Forget it, it’s all the sins committed by the descendants of the royal family themselves.”

After packing up and returning to the city, Wang Yan went to the Jiedu envoy to return to the Yamen.

"Marshal?" Wang Yao's complexion was a little pale, which made Wang Yan a little strange.

He was born in the Wang family of Longmen. Strictly speaking, he is not of the same branch as the Wang family of Qi County. They belong to the Wang family of Taiyuan.

The founder of the Wang family in Qixian County was Wang Yun, a famous minister of the Later Han Dynasty, and the founders of the Wang family in Taiyuan were the brothers Wang Rou and Wang Ze, generals of the Later Han Dynasty.

There are different opinions on whether there is a blood relationship between the two bloodlines, but in fact they are already two peoples, and they have been fighting fiercely for hundreds of years.

There are also several big families in Hedong, such as the Wenxi Pei family. Over the past dynasties, there have been 59 prime ministers, 14 Zhongshu ministers, 59 generals, 55 ministers, governors, and hundreds of prefects.

In addition, the Xue family in Fenyin, the Liu family in Xie County, the Sima family in Xia County, and the Feng family in Anyi are also considered big families, but this meeting is actually not as good as the Wang family in Qi County, because Wang Zong, Wang Chongrong, Wang Chongying, Wang Ke, Wang Clan, etc. Yao, the three generations of warriors, holds the military power in Hezhong, which is more important than anything else.

Now it seems that the Qixian Wang clan is on the verge of decline, just like the Liu clan in Fenyin and the Sima clan in Xia county.On the contrary, the Anyi Feng clan began to rise rapidly, the Wenxi Pei clan continued to flourish, and the family structure of one prefecture and four prefectures in Hezhong changed!
"Oh, Wang Shijun, have all the rewards been handed out?" Wang Yao's voice was a little hoarse, and she kept saying something to the military academies around her, and only took time to reply him.

"Back to the commander, all the money has been distributed. The plan is to distribute the money—"

Wang Yao waved her hand and said, "I already know. I still have to trouble Wang Shijun to transfer [-] coins and [-] pieces of silk to the Duyu Housi. The Shuofang army has come from a long way and needs to be rewarded."

"Obey." Although the treasury is empty, this amount of money and silk is still available. Xia Jun is also a warrior. If he doesn't get the reward, God knows what they will do. Wang Yan understands this very well.

"Now that you know, let's deal with it quickly." Wang Yao waved her hand and continued to chat with her subordinates.

After Wang Yan saluted, he left the commander's mansion, and then - he didn't know where to go.

It seems that Duyu Housi is occupied by Xia Jun. Will he go back?Besides, there were not many colleagues left, and the military mansion was paralyzed for a while.

That's all, go back and have a look, and then go to the military envoy's office.

In front of Duyu Housi's gate, there were many wolves like tigers, and they were moving corpses out one by one.

Wang Yan's heart trembled when he saw it, and after a careful glance, his heart was even colder.

Ten General Zhang Youxian, from Linjin County, he knows!

Another corpse came out, Sun Cheng, a native of Xie County, and Yuhou of the shogunate.

Wang Yan was already numb.

These people's positions are not high, and the ranks of lieutenant general, ten generals, and Yaya can only be regarded as the middle level in a feudal town, but they are also the backbone!
All these people were killed by Shao Shude?
Wang Yan didn't dare to think about it anymore. Under the dangerous eyes of Xia Jun soldiers, he bit the bullet and entered the Duyu Housi.

"Let's talk about the salt interest. Before the Sang Rebellion, the Guochao didn't care much about the salt interest. The system was the same as that of the former Sui Dynasty, and the officials and the people shared it." There was a conversation next to his ear, and Wang Yan lowered his head, not daring to look at it. The base of the wall walked towards his own government office, and he didn't know if it was occupied by someone.

Just—salty?Why are you talking about salt?
Of course Wang Yan knew that before the Anshi Rebellion, the imperial court had never thought of earning money from the common people on salt.At that time, the salt pond in the river was "shared by the officials and the people", and anyone could use it and pick it at will.After all, the imperial court's expenditure is not large, except for the war, it is the salary of officials.

But the official salary is really not much. The number of officials and miscellaneous staff (subordinates) in the Gein Dynasty is really small in terms of the past dynasties, and the expenditure is not large.The wars mainly took place in places like Nanzhao, Turks, Khitan, Tubo, and the Western Regions. At most, there were only 58 troops in the whole country, and there were some military subsidies, so the finances could handle it—the bureaucracy was streamlined, and the soldiers were Less, plus careful planning.

After the Anshi Rebellion, the number of warriors exceeded the million mark, coupled with the reduction of household registration and frequent wars, so it is necessary to make a fuss about salt.

Why did these two talk about salt?Could it be that he wants to use this source of income of the Hezhong Mansion?

"Puzhou's salt profit originally had 70 yuan, but it has been disturbed by the general's Guanbei salt these years, and it has dropped to less than 60 yuan, but it is still a big source of income. Around 30, right?"

"almost."

"If all the salt in the river is used to support the army, it can raise [-] yamen troops. Naturally, the general has no shortage of salt. When I was in Fengzhou, the old man saw a large number of recruits from Yanchi. Youzhou, Yanzhou, Lingzhou There are many salt ponds in Zhouzhou and Fengzhou, and they can even be transported by big rivers. The salt quality is good, so naturally they look down on the salt in the river. However, the place in the river is good, and Hedong, Henan, and Shannan all rely on it. Even some prefectures and counties in Hebei also use salt in the river , and not eat the sea salt of the Yichang Army. This huge profit cannot be given to Puzhou."

"Salt benefits are of great use to me. It takes a lot of money to relocate the families of soldiers in Lingzhou."

"Actually, the burden of the people in Puzhou is really light. With the food in Jinjiang and Yanchi in Jiexian County, is it a heavy burden to raise 3 troops? No. The commander only needs to grasp the two items of money and food, and Puzhou will be fine. Only [-] troops can be supported, and the maximum is [-]. In addition, if the tax customs of Hexi County, the three cities of Pujin Pass, and the Fenglingdu Tax Customs are held in his hands, Wang Yao will feel very uncomfortable, and maybe [-] people cannot be supported. Forcibly If you raise them, the sergeants are dissatisfied, and they make troubles for pay every three days, which is purely asking for trouble. If you raise less, it is nothing to worry about."

Who is this old guy?Wang Yan felt strange, all of them were trying to draw salary from the bottom of the pot!

He openly talked about the new coach Wang Yao, and didn't take it seriously at all. He was undoubtedly a member of the Shuofang Army.But judging from his accent, he seems to be from the Hezhong Mansion, alas, someone voted for it.

He sneaked a glance, and suddenly realized that it was Feng Yanqing. He was also a celebrity in Hezhong Mansion and Shanzhou area. He often attended various gatherings and knew many people.

There is this kind of local snake throwing it, hehe, no wonder Shao Shude is playing Yanchi's idea.

If the Feng family has passed, will the Pei family be far behind?
Will the Sima, Liu, and Xue clans, which are already in decline, rush to seek refuge?

Uh—Longmen Wang, this...

Wang Yan sneaked into his government office, and surprisingly, he saw his colleague Liu Mi, who was born in the Liu family.

"Inspector Liu, are you still alive?" Wang Yan was a little surprised.

"I hid in the latrine for two days, but no water or rice came in." Liu Mi said with a look of lingering fear, "Shuofang Army left the Duyu Housi today."

"Then where are they going?" Wang Yanqi asked.

"The King of Lingwu County is temporarily staying at Tao Jianzhao's house," Liu Mi said.

Tao Jianzhao's whole family was killed by the rebels, and there is no one there, which is indeed very appropriate.

"The Dow family has suffered a lot." Liu Mi said mysteriously: "I heard from the Shuofang sergeant today that the mansion and fields of the Dow family will be sold, and the proceeds will be used for food and medical needs of the exiles. "

"The exile? Where did the exile come from?"

"Five thousand rebellious soldiers, all sent to Hexi." Liu Mi only said one sentence, and then stopped talking.

Wang Yan gasped, this is really tyranny.However, in the military chaos that just passed, the Tielin Army is said to have killed 2000 people, and the Jiangzhou Army also killed a thousand people when they entered the city. Most of these [-] households lost their backbone, otherwise there will definitely be a riot, and chaos halfway is inevitable. .

The two people on this side were chatting, while Shao Shude and Feng Yanqing on the other side had almost finished their conversation.

The salt in the river costs 60 yuan a year, and Shao Shude intends to use it to do one thing, that is, the population migration.

Five thousand families of the rebels were all sent to Hexi Town. This may be the last emigration to Hexi in a short period of time.

Before Wang Bian did a great job in Huazhou, he exiled more than ten thousand people from noble families to Liangzhou, this year he killed hundreds of people and exiled ten thousand people in Hexi, so that Shao Shude had to order him to take it easy.

Among the immigrants from the Central Plains received by Hexi Town, there were also 25 Bian Army prisoners.If the 39000 households of the rebels in Hezhong who are about to be exiled are counted (assuming it reaches 15%), the registered household population of Hexi Town will reach more than 29000, of which there are about 10 households and 7000 people in Liangzhou, and [-] in Ganzhou. Yu households, more than [-] mouths.

Liangzhou's household registration has slightly exceeded that of the heyday of the country, which shows the intensity of immigration and encroaching on the population of Hu people.

Ganzhou household registration is far more than that in the heyday of the country.At that time, there were only more than 2 people, but now 30 are already very exaggerated.Although Ganzhou claimed to live in [-] people during the Uyghur era, this is the population of a "national capital". If you take an ordinary state and county as an example, it is close to the limit in the early [-]s.

Hexi Town is no longer suitable for accepting immigrants, and the rest depends on natural reproduction and turning Hu into summer.If they recklessly immigrate there, they may be able to live, but the damage to the environment must be quite large, and Shao Shude doesn't want to do that.

And some people go west, and some people come east, this matter is still very tricky.

Two years after going east to attack Heluo, Shao Shude discovered a fatal problem, that is, Luoyang is too far away from Lingzhou.

It took more than two months for the sergeant to come here, and it took the same time to go back, which was really unbearable.

And you can't keep the sergeants in the Central Plains forever, then they won't see their families for a long time, and they will be dissatisfied and angry.

Shao Shude didn't want to test the bottom line of his army, and didn't want to see how far his sons and daughters would endure before they made noise or even caused chaos. It was unnecessary, it was consuming his own prestige.

And since the time in the Central Plains is not long, there will be problems with the continuity of the attack, and it is impossible to mobilize too many troops at the same time. This problem must be resolved.

He decided to move the family members of the generals out of Lingzhou in batches, and moved to Jinzhou and Jiangzhou.But this matter is very sensitive, and it will cause turmoil if you don't pay attention, so he decided to start simple.

The Chishui Army has completed the two-year garrison period in Zendan. They have been formed for a short time, not so many have families and start businesses, and the bond with Shuofang is not so strong. They just transferred to Jiangzhou to settle down.

Taking over the defense was the Zhenwu Army, who happened to escort [-] Hezhong Liu people to Liangzhou, and then drove to Zengdan for defense.

The two armies of Guzhen and Wuxing had just finished their two-year garrison in Xingfengliang, and Shao Shude had ordered them to drive to Hezhong.

The defense was replaced by the Li Ren Army Department of the Heyuan Army and the Li Yixian Department of the Jishi Army. The former guarded the Bailao Pass of Xingyuan Mansion, and the latter guarded Guzhen Town of Xingzhou.

Before leaving, these two armies will go to Hezhong to receive reorganization, that is, to complete the reorganization of the two old armies of Heyuan and Jishi with the second armies of Tielin and Zhenwu as the backbone.

This year is destined to be a rectification year.

The army, household registration, finance, and system have been rectified, and at the same time, the time has been taken to digest the Hezhong Mansion.

"Commander, news came from Hedong that Li Ke used the opportunity to enter Juyongguan after defeating the soldiers of Yan and Hu in Guizhou. , the army was killed in chaos, and the army pushed Gao Siji as the leader and surrendered to Li Keyong." Just after Feng Yanqing was sent to the post, Shao Shude received the military report, and Chen Cheng and Zhao Guangfeng sent it together. here.

"Oh? Yixiong's luck is as good as mine." Shao Shude laughed, took the military newspaper and read it carefully.

Li Kuangwei played with his sister-in-law, Youzhou staged "Brothers and Brothers Respect", and the king's flag changed on the top of the city, but the morale of the army was also lost, and the hearts of the people were confused.Brother Yi took advantage of this time to call over, this luck is indeed good.

Brother Shao Shude's script here is "Led the wolf into the house".

Brothers Wang Ke and Wang Yao brought the kind-faced and dark-hearted Uncle Shao over, and Hezhong probably left the Wang family.

But there is a third script: Brothers fight against the wall.

Huo Yi is engaged in a boring offensive and defensive battle, and the relationship between Li Keyong and Shao Shude does not seem to be harmonious.

I, Datang, the brothers are too chaotic!

"Youzhou's surrender must be conditional." Shao Shude said after reading it: "Yan's soldiers are good at fighting and have enough money and food. What strength does Li Keyong have to conquer Youzhou?"

In history, when Li Ke used to attack Youzhou, he first defeated Li Kuangchou in a field battle outside Xinzhou City, beheaded more than 300 ranks, and captured more than [-] generals and schools.Then these [-] people were tied up and displayed outside the city of Xinzhou. There are few soldiers in Xinzhou, so please surrender in Kaesong.

In the same month, he attacked Guizhou again. Li Kuangchou searched for the army, came again, and was defeated again.

These two field battles severely injured the main force of the Yan army, and there were no soldiers in Youzhou city, so they surrendered.

But as far as the entire Youzhou Town is concerned, the number of the outer town army, the outer yamen army, and the state soldiers is still extremely large, and there are vassal tribes behind the mountain. Li Keyong appointed Liu Rengong as the governor. There are also factors of insufficient strength.

No one has more population, no one has more army, no one has more money and food, and it is indeed a bit exaggerated to swallow Youzhou Town in one gulp.You can't kill all those big soldiers in Youzhou. They are as unruly as Wei Bo's soldiers, so it's better to support an agent and search for money and food.

This time, Li Keyong still faced the same problem.

Do you have the courage to swallow Youzhou in one gulp?Or compromise with the local army leader in Youzhou and just accept a vassal?
The two righteous brothers are now facing the same situation.

Shao Shude had already taken the first step, he had cheated Wang Yao hard, and planned to exile the family of [-] rebels to Hexi, his determination was very firm.

He wanted to see how Li Keyong would choose, would he dare to swallow it in one gulp?

(End of this chapter)