Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

Chapter 904 People and Places

Yaojiakou is a place name located in Yucheng County, that is, the Yellow River ferry that Shao Shude led his army to detour through Hebei to outflank Zhu Qiong.

In the fifth year of Kaicheng (836), the Japanese monk Enren entered the Tang Dynasty and crossed the river in the west of Yucheng County. People called it Yaojiakou at that time. There was a ferry named "Zhanggongdu", and it was named "Pingyuanjin" in ancient times.

Seventy miles north of Linyi County in Qizhou and eighty miles south of Ande County in Dezhou, there is Guanjiakou.There are Lujiao Pass on both sides of the ferry. The pass city on the south bank has been abandoned, and the north bank still exists. This is also a Yellow River ferry.

There used to be a pontoon nearby and a sandbar in the middle of the river.At the end of the Zhenyuan period, Li Na, the governor of Ziqing, built a three-branched city across the river. The northern city was in Dezhou, and it was connected to the Haduo salt pond at the junction of Dezhou and Dizhou.

The lower reaches of the Yellow River near the sea have been diverted several times.

During the Qianyuan period, the Yellow River entered the sea through Bohai County, Dizhou, and two of the six counties were located in Henan.A few years ago, the route was changed again and entered the sea between Putai and Bohai Sea. Therefore, only Putai County in Dizhou is in Henan, and five counties including Yanci are in Hebei.

"The essence of Dizhou is still in Hebei." Shao Shude looked at the north bank and said, "You can pick up as many people as you can. Although the Jin army occasionally enforces military discipline, it really can't."

Standing in front of him were Li Bai, the governor of the Wusu Army, and Song Yao, the deputy envoy, who had rushed over.

Shao Shude knew what Li Bai had done in the past few years.It seems that he has resigned himself to his fate, no longer fantasizing about being a toubob in charge of a town, and gradually changing to the role of a political officer.

When Jingyuan Town was dismissed, Shao Shude was worried that Li Bai would take over Jingzhou, after all, he also had two or three thousand state soldiers in his hands.If that happens, troops will have to be transferred from Guanbei to the south to encircle and suppress.Not to mention the time and money it takes to come and go, it will also disrupt the deployment. Fortunately, such things did not happen.

However, Jingyuan Township is a "congzhen", not an "affiliated town", and Li Bai has no absolute power to appoint and dismiss officials. Such a result is not surprising.

If it is a vassal town like Shannan West Road, it will be a bit troublesome.In recent years, Zhuge Zhongfang has been strengthening his power and has raised more than 2 soldiers and horses.Although the whole is more submissive, but who knows what he thinks in his heart?Would you be happy to lose most of your power and be a millionaire?Not very optimistic at the moment.

Let him send troops, willing.

Let him pay, yes.

Let him hand over power, unwilling.

Considering the rumors that Li Kuangwei ran to Xingyuan Mansion with his cronies, some things are quite tricky-of course, Li Kuangwei has not been seen in Xingyuan Mansion so far, but there are many Yan generals and soldiers who served Zhuge Zhongfang but It is also true.

For this feudal town, we must gradually map it.Shao Shude even wondered if he took the initiative to ruin his reputation and took Zhuge Zhongfang down. Anyway, there are troops stationed around Bailaoguan, so if they make a surprise attack, the possibility of success is not small.

The reason for this idea was mainly because I heard that Xi Chuan Li Maozhen made another move.

Zhu Mei is from a previous era, very old and dying.There was news that his health was basically broken, and there was an undercurrent in Zizhou, and he might not be able to withstand Li Maozhen's offensive.And once Li Maozhen annexes Dongchuan, the next step is Longjian and Hanzhong, which is inevitable.

Judging from Wang Jian's actions in history, he also followed the same path.

After he captured Hanzhong, he divided his troops to seize Qin, Cheng, Long, Jie, Feng and other states, and even controlled Dashan Pass.The purpose is very clear, that is, to control all the passages into Shu and separate one side.

Shao Shude is considering whether he needs to transfer troops from the Central Plains to help Zhao Jian stabilize the situation.There should not be too few soldiers, 3 or [-] soldiers are always needed.

This matter has to be discussed with Chen Cheng and others later, he has asked Lu Siye to write it down, and he will remind himself when the time comes.

"My lord, the students are here." Li Yixian came over and reported.

Shao Shude turned around, looked at more than 40 young students who were busy in the world, and said with a smile: "The people from Shuofang still look kind."

Everyone smiled cautiously.

A total of 48 of them came from Lingzhou and Suizhou, and they were second-level government students in the prefecture and county.

State-level government schools include economics, agriculture, mathematics, medicine, and engineering. There are no engineering schools at the county level, but there are others.

In the six counties of Qizhou, each county starts from the county magistrate, the county magistrate, to the secretary, prison, city magistrate, doctor, etc. The number of officials adds up to more than 140, and there are about [-] vacancies in the whole prefecture.

Shao Shude placed 48 people, leaving nearly a hundred vacancies for Li Bai and local forces in Qizhou, and the appearance is not too ugly.

"In the past few years, I have run government schools. The money and food spent in each state can almost support more than a hundred government soldiers. After dozens of states, it is the cost of thousands of elite soldiers. The cost is not insignificant. Seeing all the talents today, I feel that this money It's worth the money." Shao Shude said with a smile: "One person should receive two coins and two bolts of silk for settling down, and Qizhou will be your home in the future. In the past, there were Cai people who worked hard and made their homes all over the world. Soldiers, now there is Ling Xia Yingjuan who went to the eastern border to educate the people and make them live in peace. Brave!"

Shao Shude walked in front of the students one by one, said a few words of praise casually, and finally bowed and said: "The counties of Qizhou, I will leave it to you."

"Your Highness can't do it." The students avoided him one after another.

"It doesn't matter. I do this ceremony for the sake of the people of Qizhou." Shao Shude said solemnly: "Qizhou has just been hit by a military disaster, and it is not completely peaceful now. The people are suffering. During the war, they are lucky and killed, and they practice and farm in their free time. After you take office, you should pay more attention to it. Don't ask for harsh punishments and strict laws, but make the people happy."

The students eat this set when they are still young.Hearing King Xia's words like this, he didn't avoid it, and received a gift for life.And after receiving this gift, you will have to go to the fields later, and you will run more and see more.

Moreover, King Xia was very generous, he gave a meeting gift as soon as he came, and he was so polite. It is said that the king treats his ministers like brothers and sisters, and the ministers treat him like his heart.Respect is mutual. If you are courteous and have enough money, then I also have the obligation to work hard. No one is another's servant.

Shao Shude was also very pleased to see it.If he wants to rebuild a kind of values ​​and rebuild order, he can only start from these students.

This is not condescension, it is the ethos of the country.The prime minister saluted, and the emperor had to return the salute.The prime minister is helping the emperor to govern the country. He is a great talent that you need to hire, and respect is a must.You treat him as a servant, all thunder and rain are favored by the king, and the prime minister's personality is extremely dwarfed, so what kind of talents can you recruit?
Li Bai also came over and greeted his subordinates one by one.

This guy was born in a nest thief family, and he was also a warrior, so he didn't have much respect for scribes.At yesterday's banquet, he drank too much, and joked with others, saying that Jiangling's mansion is well-dressed and well-dressed, and people say that pipas are more than rice cookers, and that measures are more than crucian carp, making fun of him endlessly.

Mao Zhuizi and Cuo Da are both contemptuous names for scholars in the country.

After Shao Shude found out, he called Li Bai over and scolded him severely.Li Bai's face was full of bitterness, knowing that he was being watched by King Xia, and he couldn't make fun of it in the future.

In fact, there is still a big difference between northern literati and southern literati.

Just like the students from the Shuofang government school, they were originally prepared to be martial arts, but later became literati, and it is not that they have no foundation in martial arts.Just look at their luggage. Almost everyone has brought a sword and a bow. Even if their martial arts are not outstanding, they are still so-so.

It's just the way things are.In Shuofang's environment, only literati who can dance with guns and play clubs can be raised, but literati who can play pipa like Jiangling Mansion can't be raised.If Shao Shude hadn't been helping cheat in the Ministry of Rites, the students from Shuofang would definitely fail the students from Jiangling Mansion, there is no doubt about it.In the future, if the admission quota for each course is not fixed, students from the south will definitely dominate the list for a long time.

After arranging the government students, Shao Shude met with the local rich in Qizhou.

Equal benefits have always been his philosophy.

You can't take all the benefits yourself, and unite as many people as possible.Just like he accepted the children of Bianliang Military Academy into the silver saddle straight, he wanted to benefit others and tie them up with benefits, so that when they betrayed, the cost would increase and they would think twice.

You don't give any benefits, just a military conquest, the rule cannot be firm, and the combination of grace and power is the kingly way.

On April [-]th, Shao Shude left Qizhou, and at this time Li Keyong was also caught in an embarrassing dilemma.

If you want to fight with someone, but if they don't fight with you, beat Ziqing Wang Shifan across the Yellow River.

Take Dizhou to vent your anger, rob and rob, and get a lot of money and food, but the next step is to siege the city. If you want to gnaw hard bones, can you attack or not?
Li Keyong found that he had nowhere to use his strength, and almost suffered internal injuries.

"Your Majesty, why don't you talk to Shao Zie and bring everyone back." Gai Yu carefully observed the face of the lord, and said: "This is not a good place to fight. Now we can retreat back to Jinyang and contact the towns more. The next time they directly send troops to attack Jinjiang or Heyang, the Shao bandits will definitely not be able to avoid it, and they will have to fight if they don't fight."

In those two places, Hedong took the initiative.

They can choose when and where to fight, but the Xia people can't fight them, they can only defend passively.

Heyang and Jinjiang restrained so many Xia soldiers to explain everything, unless they are willing to attack along the winding Taihang Xing Road, it will not be worth the loss.

Li Ke looked up at the Yellow River flowing eastward, speechless for a long time.

"Send an envoy across the river." He got on his horse and left unhappy.

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