Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

Chapter 578 Recuperation and Rectification

"General Zhao, are you satisfied with today's banquet?" Inside the pavilion, Su Junqing raised his wine bottle and asked with a smile.

"Fang was defeated, so he set up a banquet and had fun. If the commander-in-chief finds out, he will definitely not like it." Zhao Ji raised his head and took a big gulp of wine, and said, "It's just this one time, don't do this next time."

"It's really just this time." Su Junqing smiled.

A military man brought the mutton to Zhao Ji, took advantage of his unpreparedness, drew a sharp knife from under the plate, stabbed it into his heart, and stirred it vigorously.

Zhao Ji was having a banquet, he was not wearing armor, he fell limply on the ground in pain, screaming miserably.

The soldier took a step forward and cut off his head with a sharp knife.

Zhao Ji's soldiers were having a banquet next door, and when the wine was hot, dozens of soldiers rushed out, first shot a wave of arrows, and then swung their knives to slash. No extra effort was wasted.

On the battlefield in the city, arrows were fired in disorder.

Wave after wave of arrows shot from everywhere, seemingly endless.The five hundred people in the field were caught off guard, and they all fell into a pool of blood and howled miserably.There is no shelter here, and there is no armor on the body, so there is no second ending except death.

Wuchang, since the Sang Rebellion, has always been the "sacred place" for the generals to kill. I don't know how many arrogant soldiers and powerful generals have hated it, and today is no exception.

Xie Bin led a thousand veterans of the state soldiers, and entered the camp on a pool of blood.

The sergeants carefully searched every corpse, and when they saw that some were seriously injured and survived, they went up to repair them.Someone cried and begged for mercy, but it was useless. All the heads were cut off and the number was counted.

Two thousand recruits guarded the four gates, and five hundred cavalry patrolled the city. Everyone was driven back to their homes, and those who went out without authorization would be killed without mercy.

The only few hundred households in the city didn't know what happened, rumors spread everywhere, and they panicked.

"Hurry up, send the envoy out of the city to contact the Xia people." Su Junqing hurried to Wuchang, resisting the discomfort, and suggested to Xie Bin.

"Where does Judge Su want Zhang Shuai to be?" Xie Bin asked angrily, holding a bloody long knife.

Zhang Quanyi is still meeting Zhu Yougong in Nancheng, if Xia Jun arrives at the city, will you open the city or not?

Kaesong, people came in, what do you want Zhang Quanyi to do?The subordinate rebelled and became a polished commander. Return to Luoyang?Can I go back?And Zhang Quanyi who is alone, what is the value?Don't say he can farm, there are many people who can farm, and people may not like it.

If you don't open the city, Xia Jun thinks you are teasing him, but then it will be a mess, and the two sides will not be happy.

Therefore, blocking the news and delaying Zhang Quanyi's return is the best policy.But it won't last long, because the ultimatum given by Xia Jun is tomorrow morning, and the army led by Gao Renhou has arrived nearby, what can one day do?
The two people on this end were waiting anxiously, while Shao Shude on the other end had already gone north to Jiyuan.

Towering mountains, vast wilderness, and meandering rivers are the main theme of this land.

Song Le also arrived in Jiyuan together.

"The two prefectures merged this year look a bit dilapidated." The empty village was full of dilapidated walls and ruins. It seemed that no one had lived in it for a long time. Shao Shude almost thought he had returned to the time when Lanzhou was recaptured many years ago.

"Marshal, I suggest that the people should not be forced to raise horses." Song Le quickly entered the role of Heyang Jiedushi and suggested in a low voice.

"But the people are suffering too much?" Shao Shude seemed to realize something.

"Of course." Song Le said seriously: "Whenever there is a choice, the people will never raise horses. They would rather raise cattle, sheep, and pigs than horses."

The income of raising horses is too low, and it is not economical at all. Even on the grasslands, shepherds are more willing to herd cattle and sheep.In fact, it can be seen from all the livestock of the Tibetans who moved here that there are few horses, many cattle, and the most sheep.

"The commander-in-chief already has many horse farms in Yongqing, Yinchuan, Zendan, and Xishi, and has recently added two ranches, Heishui and Dongshi. There are enough war horses, pack horses, and riding horses. Why let the people of Heyang continue to raise horses? It is not difficult to transport horses from these pastures." Song Le suggested: "Heyang Xinde, the people have nothing, please let the commander relax a little bit."

Guochao once set up four envoys in the east, west, south, north and west in Helong and the west of Guanzhong to supervise the raising of horses.The west mission city is at the junction of Hui and Wei, the south mission city is in the Fengxiang area, the north mission city is in Liangzhou, and the east mission city is in Jingyuan Town—except for the north mission city, all of them are in the territory of the later Northern Song Dynasty.

Sishi City adopts the model of free-range farming, that is, the pasture has large areas of mountains, rivers, pastures and farmland.Grass is eaten when there is pasture, and hay and grain are eaten in winter when there is no pasture. For example, Liangzhou has allocated 1900 hectares of farmland to plant alfalfa and wheat to prepare winter food for horses.

The method used by the pastures in the interior is the same, and the proportion of food may be higher. After all, land resources are precious, and the area occupied by pastures is too large. It is better to reduce the supply of forage and increase the proportion of food supply.

Guochao’s pastures in Henan planted a large amount of millet, wheat and miscellaneous grains to feed horses, and the pastures in Hedong, Hebei, Huainan, Jiangnan, Shannan, Fujian and other places did the same.

It is a false proposition to say that there is no land for raising horses.If the Mongols play the game, the entire north can be used as a pasture, and it is still a high-quality pasture, which is much better than many pastures in the Western Regions that cannot grow food and can only grow grass.

But after a long time, even the government-run ranch will deteriorate.For example, a pasture in Guozhou raised pigs, and the court also acquiesced, so that local officials reported that there were too many pigs, and they all became wild, which became a disaster.

The pastures in Fujian, Xiangyang, and Huainan were abolished because of opposition from local officials and noble families, which took up valuable arable land, but these lands could not reach the common people, and most of them were divided among others.

The pastures in Henan are still there, but the number of horses has dropped significantly, and the supervisors have ordered to raise sheep for profit.If the imperial court wants to investigate, it must either bribe or issue "horse plague". For example, a ranch in Xiazhou "died" 18 horses at a time, which is a routine operation.

No one wants to raise horses because they don't make money.If you earn money, Henan can raise 100 million horses.

"Forget it, I can only suffer for the people of Jingzhao Mansion." Shao Shude sighed: "After the war horses enter Jingzhao Mansion, the counties along the way need to supply pasture, grain and beans."

Mostly there is not much pasture, so it can only provide food, just like the former foreigners crossing the border, it is not a small burden to say the least.The people of Jingzhao Mansion have to pay for their own safety, and it is a long-term payment.

"On the other hand, the commander-in-chief still needs to provide some livestock for the people." Song Le said again: "The Tibetans are poor and may not have many livestock. If the three-field system is strictly implemented, they will need too many livestock."

"What kind of livestock?"

"Is there anything else to choose now?" Song Le said with a wry smile, "I want everything, preferably a big animal."

"The Guozhou pasture (pig) farm was supplied to the Shence Army stationed in Shaanxi in the past. I sent someone to ask Huang Tao how much is left, so don't let them all be slaughtered." Shao Shude thought for a while, and then said: "The same There are a lot of cattle, sheep, horses and camels in the State Shayuan Superintendent, so I asked Ren Yuji to send them over."

There is no doubt that the livestock in the pastures of Tongzhou and Guozhou belong to the imperial court.But the imperial court always put property in Shao Dashuai's territory, I really can't help it.

Of course, it will not be taken for nothing, and it will definitely be supplied to the court later, but it is just borrowed at the moment.

"Not enough." Song Le said again: "Not enough."

Shao Shude glared at him, Song Le refused to give in, and insisted: "It's better for the commander to set up another official ranch in Heyang. Anyway, there are not many people now, and a big horse farm is enough."

"Wait a minute, Zhe Siyu and Yang Yue suppressed the Tibetans in Qingtang, and they may have been captured."

"Master, I can't wait."

"Forget it, I'll listen to you." Shao Shude said helplessly, "I'll let Lingxia Shang handle this matter."

"The commander-in-chief is always admonishing, and he really has the style of an ancient benevolent man." Song Le got what he wanted, and he didn't mind being flattered.

"Mr. works day and night, I can see it all, at least I can tell the difference." Shao Shude laughed.

The imperial court gave him the title of Queen Xia, and he originally planned to leave the position of Fu to Song Le.

Fu, Cong Sanpin, "handle Fu Xiang and guide, and correct his faults", in simple terms, he is the prince's teacher, but the reality is more complicated, far beyond the scope of the teacher.

However, since Song Le is out of the town, he can't give this position. He intends to find someone to make the transition, and when Song Le is no longer an envoy, he will return to the palace to take up this position.

As for the transitional candidate, Marshal Shao doesn't intend to hand it over to outsiders, he prefers Feng Yanqing.

The old man is more than 70 years old, he has not had a good life for a few years, and he is also popular in Hezhong. Let him be the Xia Wangfu, so that he can better win over the forces in Hezhong and let them support him in the battle.

There are still some duties in the Prince's Mansion.

Among them, Chang Shi from the fourth rank and Sima from the fourth rank are very important. Shao Shude intends to award Chen Cheng and Zhao Guangfeng respectively the "commanding government bureaucrats and Ji Gang positions".

Compared with Fu, the rank is not so high, but the real power is in his hands.

One person who joined the army was consulted, and he was on the top of the fifth rank.As for who Long Shuai will give to, Shao Shude prefers the prime minister Wei Zhaodu, but he has to do a little more work, anyway, he himself is strongly willing.

One friend, from the fifth rank, "accompanying the rules and satires", Zhao Guangyin, the official of the Tuoshuofang Jinzuo Academy, is in charge.

There is one person from each of the genus and the genus, both of whom are at the top of the sixth rank. They are in command of the seven Caos who participated in the military.

The master book, from the sixth grade, was in charge of the king's education, and Pei Yuchang, the governor of Jiangzhou, was transferred to the post, and the governor of Jiangzhou was changed to Xiao Yun, the deputy envoy of Longyou Jiedu.

Lu Siye and Du Guangyi are in charge of the two men who participated in the military in the recording room.

Recording affairs and participating in the military, from the sixth rank, to be in charge of banknotes, and Zhao Zhi, the magistrate of the shogunate's field division, is in charge, which is also a position of real power.

The two writers, from the sixth grade, "review the classics and follow the articles", are divided by Du Honghui and Zhao Guanwen, the teachers of Shao Shude's children.

There is one person in the East Pavilion and one in the West Pavilion, who are in charge of "receiving the guests" from the seventh grade. Zhao Guangyi, the post inspector of the Shuofang Shogunate, and Pei Tong, the judge of the shogunate, are also positions of real power.

Because this is not just an organization like a reception room, the two are in charge of a separate business, for example, Zhao Guangyi is in charge of the post station and reception, and the latter is in charge of external liaison, intelligence, instigating rebellion and so on.

This is the Prince's Mansion. In fact, there are far more official positions. For other positions, Shao Shude is still slowly observing and looking for candidates.

As for the Marriage Office that manages the army, he hasn't made up his mind about Dianjun, Deputy Dianjun, etc., so he can only take his time.

The position of the Prince's Kingdom was done when Taizong wanted to feudalize the kings, and the court could not give it to him. Shao Shude planned to take his time and mix it with the position of the Prince's Mansion.

All in all, one principle is to gradually weaken the power of the Shuofang Shogunate, and use the orders of the Xia Palace to directly or indirectly manage the feudal towns.

At the beginning, the Xia Palace was only directly in charge of Shuofang Town.

However, the scope of Shuofang Town will be fine-tuned: stop Weibei Town, merge the four prefectures of Yandan into Shuofang Town; set up Tonghua Town, lead Tongzhou and Huazhou, and govern Huazhou, and Ren Yuji will be the governor. Wang Bian still has to find him a job; Shuozhou will not be classified as Shuofang Town on the surface, but the governor Bai Yicheng will be gradually removed later. who?
In this way, the Prince Xia's Mansion is temporarily directly in charge of [-] counties in the [-] prefectures of Guanbei. After the organization is gradually improved and the operation is smooth, the jurisdiction will be gradually expanded.

The war with Zhu Quanzhong has come to an end, but the internal rectification has just begun.And this is also the only way to support the next stage of the campaign, and it has to be done.

On June 22, Gao Renhou quickly reported that the Tiande Army had arrived outside Mengzhou City.

After hesitating for a while, Xie Bin and Su Junqing opened the door at noon, but Zhang Quanyi was not in the city.

After thinking about it for a while, Shao Shude understood that this was probably Su and Xie's own idea, wanting to "hug" Zhang Quanyi to surrender, but Gao Renhou marched very fast, they had no choice but to bite the bullet and open the door in the end.

Lao Zhang was tricked!
But Shao Shude doesn't care, he has passed the stage of the most scarce talents now, and there is not much shortage of farming manpower.

Aren't agricultural students delicious?

If Zhang Quanyi came to vote, he would welcome it, but if he didn't come, it's fine.that is it.

(End of this chapter)