Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

Chapter 893 Official document and Dizhou

"General Wang, please go back." Inside the station, Chen Cheng said with a grim expression.

He is not young anymore, more than ten years older than King Xia.This age can be said to be approaching the twilight years. Although it looks like he is in good health, he can ride a horse and play with a beautiful girl, but there are unpredictable things, who knows when he will go.

This is the deep-seated worry in Chen Cheng's heart.

Proclaim the emperor and establish the country as soon as possible, let everyone become a founding father, and then cut down the feudal clan, can't it?If one generation can't do it, then two or three generations can always level it off.

It's not just his desire alone.

Li Yanling is older than Zhaoxin Army Jiedu, isn't he in a hurry?

He received the news a few days ago that Wuzang Qingxiang died of a sudden illness. Doesn't he regret it?

Li Shao's family, who left earlier, are still waiting to bestow the title of the new dynasty.

Zhang Yanqiu is old, and he still works hard to guard the frontier, isn't he just wanting to get a food seal and pass it on to future generations?

Many people are getting impatient!

"Chen Changshi, is King Xia so confident that he will be able to defeat Zhuzhen?" Wang Shihui's expression turned even worse.

"The matter has come to this point, there is nothing much to say, the envoy, please go back." Chen Cheng said with a blank expression.

Wang Shihui stomped his feet and said angrily: "Let's wait and see. King Xia is not young anymore, I want to see what he can do. He can still control the overall situation while he is alive. If he goes, King Xia Can the son command those arrogant soldiers? Haha, don’t let the army that goes out become rebels by then, I’ll wait.”

After all, he left angrily.

Chen Cheng sighed.Wang Shihui's words just now made him understand King Xia a little bit.

Yes, is it true that the army that is going to destroy the vassal must be reliable?If the son does not have martial arts, if he does not have prestige, then he can only rely on the general. What will happen over time?

It would be fine if the son was old when he succeeded to the throne, but if there were orphans and widows, I'm afraid they might not be mutinied out by others.

"Bajingyuan, Fengtian, Shaanxi three towns..." Chen Cheng came and started to work naturally. Various official letters were forwarded here.

These three vassal towns are all fake vassal towns, covering [-] counties in Jing, Yuan, Qian, Hua, Shan, and Guo states, with a population of more than [-].

In particular, Qianzhou, which was led by Fengtian Town, was set up by cutting off the five counties of Fengtian, Haoyu, Wugong, Yuyu, and Liquan from Jingzhaofu, and Wang Bian was the envoy of Jiedu.

This time, a new position was also arranged for Wang Bian: Jiedushi of the Zhongshun Army.

The Zhongshun Army led Yaozhou.The prefecture was also newly established, and the six counties of Huayuan, Fuping, Sanyuan, Tongguan, Meiyuan, and Fengxian of Jingzhao Prefecture were separated from Yaozhou, with a total of about [-] people.

Chen Cheng closed his eyes, probably knowing that Wang Bian was going to do dirty work again. The thousands of Huazhou soldiers under him were not good enough to go to the battlefield, but they were extremely deterrent to the local big family.At least, the once dense water mills on the various rivers in Guanzhong have been almost demolished. These are owned by officials and gentry, which greatly affected the people's ability to get water to irrigate their farmland.

"More than 140 prefectures, more than 70 counties..." Chen Cheng asked someone to find the registers, and after a simple calculation, he found that under the rule of "Xia Guo", there were already more than 360 households and nearly [-] million people.

The territory of "Xia State" covered the whole of Guanbei, a part of Guanzhong, and a small part of Henan Province.Over the past few years, the Xia Palace has not interfered too much in local governance. They only focus on the establishment of government schools in various states and counties, and only focus on promoting new crops and production models. Other than that, they are basically in a state of decentralization—this has been the case since ancient times.

Of course, personnel rights are firmly in hand.The number of prefectural school students serving as local officials is still huge, and county school students are serving as official posts, and the students from the northern Guanzhou states are the most.

The government students, the children of the family, and the scholars of the middle school have basically divided up the official positions at all levels in the counties and counties of Kansai, and even began to send a small amount to Dongdu Town.

Although most of the local post generals, township chiefs, township assistants, and Lizheng were vulgar and uneducated warriors, they were all old subordinates of King Xia, and they were loyal.

"Alas..." Chen Cheng sighed again.

If the king of Xia can't pacify the world if he spends his whole life, I will support the descendants of the king and proclaim the emperor in Chang'an. It is not bad to be the lord of the Western Wei Dynasty.Let those ambitious people go to the east, at least there are not so many troubles brought by unruly warriors in the west, it can be regarded as a pure land.

Promote enlightenment, turn Hu into Han, develop agriculture and animal husbandry, and calm people's hearts.Xia Wang is also consciously marrying, and in another ten or twenty years, this basic set is quite stable.

It is only necessary to appoint a son to stay behind to take over the military and political power. In case the Kanto war goes unfavorable and King Xia dies during the battle, Kansai will not be in chaos.

Chen Cheng thought for a while, the left-behind candidate didn't dare to mention it casually, so he had to find an opportunity.

He attached his own opinions to the official letter, perfected some details, and then put it aside, waiting to be sent to the court for "black box operation".

After the abolition of the three towns, there has been a number of personnel transfers.

Wang Bian went to Yaozhou to take office, and Ren Yuji, the Jiedu envoy of Shaanxi, served as the Jiedu envoy of the Tianping Army, and also served as the governor of Yunzhou, leading the three prefectures of Yun, Cao, and Pu.

Ren Yuji is the old man of King Xia.His military ability is limited, his personality is gloomy, and he has been engaged in some private activities, but he has a life-and-death friendship with King Xia and is very loyal. He has served as the governor of Tonghua, Shaanxi, and Tianping.

His son Ren Zhen, who was young and weak, had just been appointed as the magistrate of Gucheng in Xiangzhou.

The three counties of Gucheng, Dengcheng, and Zaoyang were developed by the immigrants of King Xia, and they were mixed with sand from Shannan Dongdao and Tang Dengsui.Ren Zhen's appointment as Gu Chengling as a "Xungui's son" shows how much their Ren family is trusted. At the same time, it can also be seen that King Xia really values ​​friendship and really shares wealth with his old brothers.

The post of Deputy Envoy of Jiedu of Tianping Army was supposed to be given to Sun Ba.But Sun Ba refused on the grounds of his advanced age, and King Xia promised him, but he still retained his post as governor of Huazhou.

Sun Jinde, the eldest son of Sun Ba, served successively as Deputy Envoy of Shanzhou Tuanlian and Governor of Kuozhou, guarding the frontier for many years.

The second son, Sun Jin, was the magistrate of Longzhi County in Shanzhou, and this time he served as the governor of Fangzhou.

This family is also enviable, but it is because of their kindness to King Xia in the early years, and this kindness has been extended to the second generation.

Huang Tao served as the deputy envoy of the Tianping Army Jiedu and also served as the governor of Puzhou. This was to help Ren Yuji govern the area.

Huang Su, the son of Huang Tao, served successively as Yijun Wei of Fangzhou, Sanchuan Commander of Fuzhou, and Sima of Yanzhou. He has just been appointed as the governor of Jiangzhou.

After feeling for a while, Chen Cheng approved these documents and prepared to send them to the imperial court.

There was also a written book. Chen Cheng picked it up and looked at it. There was nothing wrong with it. He also put it aside and sent it to the court.

"Edict. Under the calendar, the name and place are also. Sikong, the noble rank is also. Those who are in the famous place and increase the rank, not the husband's name, the choice, the relationship, how to be the only one who is favored, and the king is re-declared. Li Bo, the official , At that time, I thought about Li, learned martial arts and learned classics. The foundation of solid loyalty and obedience, with machine power as the branches and leaves. And can stab the Ministry, and also take care of neighbors. Appropriate leniency and fierceness to keep the norm, and be flexible to the public. It is difficult to hide goodness, and it will become more apparent if you don’t cut it. . Seeing that seeking blessings is self-seeking, believing that only people can be called. It is to follow the Maodian and use Ye Gong's words. You can follow the previous article."

Qianjingyuan Jiedu envoy and inspector Sikong Li Bai served as Wusu army Jiedu envoy.

Wusu Army is a newly established vassal town, governing Qi and Di prefectures, and governing Qi prefecture.

Li Bai also served as the governor of Qizhou, and Song Yao served as the deputy envoy of Wusu Army Jiedu.

Song Yao was an important member of the Shuofang shogunate, and he was the one who came forward to lobby Li Bai and Li Tong.He has been working in the Jingyuan shogunate all these years. He is said to be Li Bai's aide, but in fact he is under surveillance. This time he came with him.

"Your Majesty is not going to let Ziqing and Yanzhou go." Chen Cheng realized that the war was about to start again.

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Outside the city of Dizhou, the Cangzhou soldiers had retreated.

They left reluctantly, very helplessly.

Thousands of soldiers and horses led by Wang Shiyue were killed by them, and they were still unable to join the soldiers and horses in Dizhou City.The situation can be said to be very good. If we fight for a while, maybe the defenders will be desperate and surrender directly.

The four prefectures of Cang, Jing, De, and Di are originally one. The people of Dizhou do not think they are from Henan. Dizhou is still more connected with Hebei in terms of culture and commerce. How can it be ruled by Henan Fanzhen?
But the reality is cruel.After Li Tongjie's death, Dizhou left Cangjing Town for almost 70 years.

This time, taking advantage of Shao Shude's eastward conquest of Yun, Yan, and Qi, the endless wars in Henan, and the large number of Dizhou soldiers and horses being transferred, the Yichang Army assembled more than 2 soldiers and horses, and suddenly went south. Unexpectedly, it failed in the end.

The reason for the failure was that Di Ren had new reinforcements.

Dingnan's army of more than [-] riders traveled day and night, and suddenly arrived, and a wave of charges defeated thousands of people.

The morale of the soldiers in Cangzhou was frustrated and they retreated to the camp.After a day of stalemate, Shao Bo, the governor of Dizhou, also rushed back with his own soldiers, knowing that there was no hope, he had no choice but to escape.

Their main force was not damaged, and their retreat was quite methodical.The Dingnan Army pursued them, and found that there was nothing to take advantage of, so they let them retreat.

"General Weifu, Dizhou is almost lost!" Dizhou Sima Shao Yang's voice was choked up, and he went out of the city to see him.

Shao Yang, the younger brother of Shao Bo, led the army to stay in Dizhou.

"Shao Sima doesn't have to be like this." Fu Yanchao said: "Since Dizhou has surrendered to the King of Xia, it is natural to be safe. Although the people of Cang and Qi have retreated, they are still treacherous, so we must take precautions."

"Naturally, this can be saved." Shao Yang said: "After the conscripts and horses return, they will not slack off after finishing the army and hoarding food and grass. It is decided that King Xia will guard the state boundaries."

Fu Yanchao emphasized that they had surrendered. Shao Yang had heard his brother mention this matter, and he had no objection.

Dizhou is located on the north bank of the Dahe River, so it is naturally coveted by people, and now it has to be replaced by someone.Wang Shifan couldn't save Dizhou, and Shao Shude's reputation was so great, it was appropriate to vote in it.

After seeing the ceremony, Fu Yanchao did not stop, and led another 3000 people to change horses, and headed west to meet the soldiers who had returned from Qizhou.

"Brother." Shao Yang looked at Fu Yanchao's back and asked, "How is Xia Bing?"

Shao Bo seemed unwilling to recall, and sighed: "Able to fight. Shao Shude is also very capable in fighting. In two months, he has conquered Yun and Qi Erzhou, beheaded Zhu Wei and Zhu Qiong, defeated Wang Shike, Zhu Jin was outstretched, and Wang Shifan was afraid. Yes, I’m also a little afraid. Don’t think too much, Dizhou is a place of right and wrong, we can’t defend it for long on our own, and it may not end well in the end.”

"Brother is right." Shao Yang echoed.

Given a choice, who wouldn't want to separate?Seeing the turmoil outside, Dizhou, a state and county located at the junction of the four towns, hangs alone to the north of the river, separated from other counties and counties in Ziqing, it is really difficult to protect itself.

The people of Dizhou are miserable, and they don't know how many times they will be plowed by the flames of war.

(End of this chapter)