Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

Chapter 532 Detour
Longchi Palace is still expanding.

Shao Shude usually works in Qingliang Hall, and Lu Siye and other important personnel also work here, as well as meeting officials from prefectures and counties, and generals and schools of various armies.

Yaohua Hall is where the two core staff members, Chen Cheng and Zhao Guangfeng, and their team work.Most of the time, state and county magistrates visit Yaohua Hall more often and visit Qingliang Hall less often—it sounds a bit like Chang'an Nanya, the official office where prime ministers work.

The Hall of Anle and others is where Shao Shude's family lived. Last night he slept in the Hall of Anle and trampled Zhao Shu until midnight.Naturally, Zhao Yu didn't give him a good face when he had dinner in the morning, and refused to even say a word.

After having a boring time, Shao Shude got into the carriage, put his arms around Nozang and Yeli, and went out to Jiang County.

Many family members of the German army came to Jiang County.

The army currently numbers fewer than 5000.At first, it was the Hengshan Party Xiangshan people who were conscripted to do auxiliary work.Later, due to the shortage of troops, [-] strong men were selected from among the [-] mountain people and handed over to Fu Cunjian. With hundreds of veterans of the Tianzhu army as the backbone, after a little training, they went to Xiaoshan to guard Xiaozhai.

After such a long time, Xiaozhai has become a Huguo city, and the five thousand mountain people have been continuously tempered in the flames of war, and some selected Zhen Guojun has been replenished, and they already have the appearance of a war-controlled army.

In the area of ​​Heluo, [-] households have been registered in Xiao County, and [-] households in Mianchi. The large area of ​​mountainous land in the north has been assigned to the subordinates of Li Renyu and Tuoba Renfu. There is really no room left for them. The German soldiers resettled their families.

After thinking about it, Shao Shude arranged them to Jiang County, Jiangzhou.

In this way, the four adjacent places, Jinzhou Shenshan (Chishui Army), Jiangzhou Quwo (Guzhen Army), Jiangzhou Yicheng (Wuxing Army), and Jiangzhou Jiangxian (Guide Army), have extremely improved household registration. It has been greatly enriched, and the local popularity has begun to recover, which makes people very happy to see it.

Of course, the population of Shuofang has not decreased too much.

There are more than 2 soldiers in Chishui, Wuxing, and Guzhen, and not many of them have families. Shao Shude first dispatched [-] families of Hezhong rebellious soldiers to Shengzhou, and recently cleaned up the old forces of the Pu, Jin, and Jiang Wang families , More than [-] households were redistributed to the past, offsetting the loss of most of the population outflow.

At the same time, the population structure of Shengzhou has also been improved.

Originally there were tens of thousands of Liugu Tibetans in Liangzhou, as well as a large number of Heyong Dangxiang and Yinshan Hu people. After many years of relocation, more than 7000 households of Hezhong Han people were sent away. Shengzhou has disappeared. So silly.I believe that with the gradual and in-depth implementation of enlightenment, the atmosphere will change bit by bit.

This is not a one-day achievement, Shao Shude is very patient.

The German army is still fighting on the front line, and there are only their families here in Jiang County.

Shao Shude led Yeli Lingji and Wuzang Miao'e out of the carriage.

The family members of the soldiers knelt down to the ground one after another: "I pay my respects to Wuzu."

"Everyone get up." Shao Shude raised his hands and said, "Everyone came all the way from Hengshan and Huazhou. You have worked so hard. The family will be rewarded with a piece of silk."

Pujinguan is already under control, and the tax revenue is completely at his disposal, so there is still money.

This part of the money, together with the salt profit in the river, barely accommodated the families of the three armies in Chishui.The money returned to the German army was temporarily asked from Wang Yao.

Next year, Fenglingdu Chaoguan will also be taken away. At that time, the families of Tielin and Wuwei's two armies will be resettled. The former is in Zhengping County, Jiangzhou, and the latter is in Linfen County, Jinzhou.

The two armies of Tiande and Feng'an will also end their garrison period in Qingtang and return to Lingzhou.In Shao Shude's plan, it is planned to operate in the mode of the Chishui Army, and directly drive to Hezhong and Shanguo, and then resettle his family.

The former is based in Taiping County, Jiangzhou, while the latter is based in Wenxi County.

With limited funds, it is not bad to be able to relocate the families of the four armies a year, not to mention the need to reserve funds for war.

Li Fan, Wang Yao, and Wang Bian, the three vassal towns with strong independence, must increase the share of supply.

Especially Wang Bian, this guy is ruthless in Huazhou, he copied so many houses, how can he let him go if he doesn't spend more money?

"Wuzu benevolence." The common people shouted when they heard that there was a reward.

Shao Shude walked casually, Yeli and Wuzang followed behind, chatting and laughing in low voices.

Wherever the two of them went, the villagers of Dangxiang Mountain fell to the ground and kowtowed vigorously.

Shao Shude looked at it and sighed secretly, the tribal nobles under slavery were like gods in the eyes of ordinary slaves.

But when he played with these two concubines, he was really about to throw up.

Today Shao Shude is wearing a purple royal robe, with unicorns embroidered on the patch on the chest and back, and this is also his favorite robe.

The unicorn is also an auspicious beast, and it is also called the four spirits together with the dragon, phoenix and tortoise.The ancients usually regarded the phoenix as the king of birds and the unicorn as the head of beasts.In the classics of all dynasties, Kirin is mostly related to the virtues and achievements of emperors.As the representative of heaven's will, the unicorn hides when the king has no way, and appears when there is a virtuous king.

Wu Zetian liked to reward kings and officials with brocade robes in various styles. The patterns on the patches range from lions, tigers, eagles, deer to dragons, phoenixes, and unicorns.

Norishi and Muzangshi are wearing men's clothes today, with narrow sleeves and long boots, and they look heroic.Since the Northern and Southern Dynasties, the custom of women wearing men's clothes is still very strong. During the reign of Emperor Wei Ming, there was a woman named Lou Cheng who had been wearing men's clothes for a long time and lived as a man.Because she knew Go, was proficient in articles, and traveled around to make friends with officials, she was actually recommended to be an official in Yangzhou.

Like to ride horses and travel in men's clothes, which is a big trend among women in the country. The society is too open, that's what it looks like.

"Uncle." Not far away, a young man waved desperately and shouted loudly.

"It turned out to be Kecheng." Shao Shude walked a few steps quickly.

The young man in military uniform rushed over, the soldiers drew their swords one after another, Shao Shude stopped them with his hand.

"Uncle." Ye Li Kecheng hugged Shao Shude and said with a smile, "Ah Weng is finally willing to take me out."

Shao Shude looked at the grown-up boy with a dazed expression.

Back then, he was still a little kid, and he pestered himself to play during the holidays, and often carried him to ride horses and shoot and hunt.In the past few years, a young man like a calf has grown up.

Time flies!
"Do you still remember your ambition back then?" Shao Shu asked with a smile while pulling Ye Li Kecheng's hand.

"Fight for my uncle, marry the princess." Ye Li Kecheng blurted out.

Ye Lilingji chuckled, and said, "Will you be scared to cry, Leopard Slave, if you go into battle?"

Ye Li Kecheng's eyes widened suddenly, and he said, "Why does Auntie look down on people?"

"You play around with Chongniang and Foya all day, aunt thinks you are a tomboy disguised as a man." Nori Lingji continued to tease.

Chongniang is the nickname of Shao Shude's eldest daughter, Shao Mu.She is grown up now, except for her family, anyone who dares to call "Chong Niang" will immediately turn against her, the princess has a very bad temper.

Foya is Yeli Lingji's biological daughter, her name is Shaoli, she is eight years old this year.

"When Ke grows up, I will give you a brocade robe. When will I be able to fight the enemy for my uncle?" Shao Shu asked Ye Li Kecheng, holding Ye Li Kecheng's hand.

There is no doubt that Ye Like will be the head of the Yeli Department in the future.The owner of the eastern half of Hengshan, with a big fortune, can get tens of thousands of people at his fingertips.Such a young man, who was watched and grown up since he was a child, how can he not be firmly tied to his chariot?
"Your Majesty, it's nice to have a leopard-made robe, let's give it to the leopard slave." Ye Lilingji said, still caring about his nephew.

Leopards are born with turbid and stagnant fur, but when they grow up, they are shiny and majestic, implying the growth of a person.There are many military generals in the country who use leopards as robe patches, which is really suitable.

"Just reward that one." Shao Shude didn't care.

The second generation of the wives also grew up slowly.

The sons of Zhe Silun, Zhe Congxue and Zhe Congcun, are slightly younger than Yeli Kecheng, but one of them loves literature, so he went to study literature, and his martial arts are very average. .

The third son, Zhe Congyuan, is only four years old this year and looks relatively healthy. Zhe Silun has high hopes.

It's a pity that there are no talents that can be obtained without the Tibetan family's direct lineage.

On the contrary, a few girls are good-looking, and they have to be sent to Shao Shude's side to serve them.Shao Dashuai was very embarrassed. He didn't want it at first, but after taking a look at the looks and figures of the girls, he pretended to accept it.

The grassland Qianghu is too ignorant of etiquette. It is too much to stuff women around the Khan from generation to generation.

The second and third generations of the Zhao family and the Feng family almost all focused on reading and engaged in government affairs.

However, they are not literati who are powerless, at least they still have the ability to ride horses and shoot arrows.It's not completely random when wielding a knife to chop people, I have more or less practiced it.

Martial arts, literature, military strategy, all aspects must be involved.There is no separation of civil and military affairs in the state. If Shao Shude establishes a new dynasty in the future, he does not intend to strictly distinguish civil and military officials.Why is it so clear?

Going out and entering the prime minister is certainly a threat to the imperial power, but it is too much.A bunch of civil officials who can only read, plus generals with low education level or even illiterate, are not easy to rebel, but they have gone to the other extreme.

After carefully inspecting the resettlement of the families of the soldiers of the German army, Shao Shude and the two "princesses" of Hengshan drove away in a car amidst the people kneeling and worshiping, and rushed back to Longchi Palace overnight.

Fang went out for a day, and he accumulated a lot of military newspapers on his desk.Of course, it is not particularly urgent. After the two "prime ministers" have dealt with it, they have been distributed to send people to handle it, without Shao Shude's hands.

This is the legendary "phase power".The scholars of the Ming and Qing Dynasties must have envied the prime ministers of the Sui and Tang Dynasties, because their power was too small.As for the prime minister power of Guochao, it is still a weakened version of the system of three provinces and six ministries. It is conceivable how much power it had before.

In ancient times, "worship", the word "worship" is very vivid, and it explains everything.

Shao Shude flipped through it casually.

Yang Xingmi has already pacified Shuzhou and is besieging Shezhou. He has repeatedly failed, and he heard that he plans to surrender.

After Qian Liu won the Zhenhai Festival, he didn't have much respect for Dong Chang, and seemed to feel that he could sit on an equal footing.

Wang Shenchao was officially appointed as the Fujian observation envoy. Overjoyed, he sent soldiers to escort a large number of treasures to Chang'an, and the battle in Fuzhou was about to end.

Zhu Quanzhong asked to move salt and iron to Bianzhou, but of course the imperial court did not allow it.But this may be a harbinger of Zhu Quanzhong's cessation of confession, and his financial resources should still be quite tight.Light corvee and light taxation, gaining a good reputation among the common people, let them recuperate, the money and food are naturally not that abundant, and they need to find supplements from Wei Boluo Hongxin, Chengde Wang Rong, and Eyue Duhong.

Kuixia Jiedu caused Li Kan to defeat Lei Man several times, and soldiers surrounded Langzhou.

The army in Hunan was in chaos, and Zhou Yue killed Min Xu.After Sun Ru's remnants broke into Jiangxi, they were invincible, and one part had a tendency to rush to Hunan.

Zhu Xuan's large-scale collection of grain in Qizhou caused wars everywhere.The Tianping army suppressed them severely, killing Yingye and taking women into the army.Wang Shifan was furious, but he only fired his mouth and didn't send troops.

Shao Shude only paid a little attention to these matters in other towns.

The next one is about the battle in Shenzhou.

Zhao Kuanglin recruited and accepted rebels in Shenzhou, and got more than [-] soldiers. Jun and Fang Manliao arrived with [-] people. They have joined forces with [-] people. They have been training for more than ten days. They have a rough shape and are planning to go north to cross the Huai River , Raid Caizhou.

Wang Yu led his army northward to Lushan County, and built the Human Head Temple outside the city, which shocked people from far and near.There were few soldiers in Lushan County, and Kaesong asked to surrender. Wang Yusui stationed troops here to spy on Sanya Town.

Zhezongben's army besieged Ye County for several days, but could not overcome it.Ge Congzhou sent Xie Yanzhang to lead his cavalry to plunder his grain road, which was blocked by Zhe Conggu.

The two armies are at a stalemate.But the more deadlocked, the more unfavorable it seems to be.

Shao Shude forcibly suppressed the impulse in his heart.Employers don't doubt others don't need it, read it twice silently, and skip this part.

"Commander." Chen Cheng, deputy envoy of Jiedu, came in suddenly, and said, "I just received the news that Li Keyong led his army to conquer Tan and Ji, and won a big victory. But Wang Chucun's siege of Zhuozhou did not go smoothly, and he was attacked by Yan soldiers from the north. , defeated and returned to Yiding, Li Keyong hurried back to Youzhou. There are rumors that the Youzhou army is contacting the Khitan people and plans to jointly deal with Li Keyong."

"Brother Yi can't stop now." After thinking for a while, Shao Shude said, "If Gao Siji is made the commander in chief from the beginning, Youzhou will be able to stabilize immediately, and maybe Youzhou can be submissive for a few more years. , to send goods to Jinyang every year. Now it’s not that simple to start again. It will only make the Yan people look down on them, thinking that their resistance has had an effect. It will not be given to Li Ke."

The implicit meaning of this sentence is that if the Hedong Army goes south to attack Weibo, it will be useless in a short time.

"You still have to rely on yourself in everything." Shao Shude ordered his soldiers to fetch the map, looked at it carefully, and said: "As soon as the matter of the excuse is confirmed, let the Feilong Army go out."

It was Shao Shude's strategy to go south to Heyang through the Taihang Xing Road through Zezhou, but the supply problem needed to be solved first.

Zhaoyi Town was originally in five prefectures, and the grain production was in three prefectures in Shandong, that is, Xing Mingci, but the government army was in Luzhou.The distance is actually very close, but across the mountains, the loss of food transportation is too great to be worth transporting, so the Jiedu envoy often takes the Yamen to Xingzhou for food.

If the Flying Dragon Army passed through Zezhou, they would also face the problem of crossing the Wuling Road. The long-distance transshipment of grain and grass would cost an astonishing amount of money. Is it worth it?

At present, Yuewangwushan transports grain to support Yuan County, and the people of Jin, Jiang, and Pu have already complained. If they transport grain across Wuling Road, they will still have a flying dragon army with more than [-] horses, which is equivalent to transporting more than [-] infantry. Food, or the mountain road, the cost can go to heaven.

Of course it's not impossible, it's a question of whether it's worth paying the price.

"Forget it, tell Qi Bizhang to choose three thousand elite soldiers, one man and two horses, to reduce the logistics pressure." Shao Shude finally felt that the cost was too high and it was not worth it, so he decided to reduce the deployment of troops.

"Don't get entangled with the Bian army, avoid direct combat, and focus on harassment. If the Bian army wants to block their troops, they should increase their troops and see how many troops Zhu Quanzhong has available."

"Contact Li Hanzhi again and ask him if he would like to go south." Shao Shude finally said.

Li Hanzhi had more than 1 soldiers, all of them were beast soldiers, who raped, plundered, and cannibalized people, but they were very capable of fighting.Back then, Fu Cunshen, Wang Jian and the four hundred soldiers brought to the Tianzhu Army were such people—Shao ​​Shude was certainly not stupid enough to ask Fu Cunshen, Wang Jianji, Li Tangbin, Li Duo, He Yu and others if they had eaten or not. Human flesh, they won't say it either.

"Gao Renhou attacked Qiziling head-on and was repeatedly frustrated. The reason is that Heyang can go out of Zhiguan to send reinforcements. This time, we will deal with them ruthlessly." Shao Shude said to Chen Cheng: "In two days, you follow me to Xiayuan County , I want to personally supervise the battle."

"As ordered."

(End of this chapter)