Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

Chapter 986

Before leaving Yanzhou, Shao Shude entertained Hu Zhen, Wang Tan and Zhang Guibian alone at Shimen.

In fact, everything that should be said has been approved beforehand, and now it is just a reconfirmation in public.

Hu Zhen is about to go to Luoyang to serve as the deputy envoy of the Upper Court (East Court) of the Privy Council of Nanya.

Hu Zhen is also very satisfied with this.He knew very well that it was impossible for him to get the post of privy envoy of the Lower House (West Court).King Xia is the lord of heroism, even if he wants to balance the Kansai and Henan factions, it is impossible to distinguish between the primary and secondary.

If Zhe Zongben and Hu Zhen each served as privy envoys, what would people think?Liang Dijiangren and Guan Xiyuan are on equal footing!
If you really do this, you will be self-destructing the Great Wall, and you will be the master of mediocrity.

Hu Zhen has a clear position on his own future, and the Deputy Envoy of Nanya Privy Council is the top one. He is the signboard that King Xia confessed, and he can do things with peace of mind in the future. The order is to follow, so King Xia will be unhappy again.

Similar to Hu Zhen, Zhang Guibian will go to Beiya as the Deputy Privy Envoy.

Wang Tan's destination is the Economic and Strategic Army, which is being reorganized, as the right wing soldier and horse envoy.

Although this position is not as dazzling as military envoys and deputy envoys, it is quite good as a military officer with real power.

After the reorganization of the Jinglue Army was completed, the military envoy was Guan Kairun, the deputy envoy was Feng Yin, the former military envoy of the Wuxing Army, Du Yuhou was Yang Yi from the Jinglue Army, and the Duyouyi envoy was Wei Dingli, the Guzhen Army envoy.The envoy in the left wing is still from the Guzhen Army, and it is Lu Ming.Tian Xing, the former deputy envoy of the Wuxing Army, went to General Tu to serve as the envoy of Du Youyi.

As a result, the Chishui, Guide, Xinquan, and Zhenguo armies remained unreorganized.The Chishui Army still has 8000 troops, the German Army has 500 troops, the Xinquan Army has [-] troops, and the Zhenguo Army originally has [-] troops. A while ago, [-] soldiers were dispatched to supplement the battle losses of the Heisu, Chishui, and Tianxiong armies. At present, there are only [-] troops left. Thousands.

"The destruction of the three towns in one and a half years is all thanks to the lords." Shao Shude held up the wine bottle and toasted everyone.

Hu Zhen and others got up one after another, saying that they dare not.

"It's your credit, it's your credit, why bother to be humble?" Shao Shude said, "I've been in charge of Henan for two years, and Henan soldiers who have made meritorious deeds will be rewarded as they deserve, and they will be treated equally."

When everyone heard it, they naturally said yes again and again.Hu Zhen even took the lead and said: "Your Highness has a broad mind and a benevolent temperament, and he deserves to win this world. We are planning for the future, dare not fight to the death?"

Shao Shude smiled without saying a word.

What he said was on the scene, and it was impossible to "treat everyone equally". He could only reward Henan generals to the greatest extent possible within the scope of conditions.

What Hu Zhen said is also a scene, everyone understands.

But the words on the scene are not nonsense, and there are hidden meanings hidden in the words, and the two sides are just expressing their views on each other.

"Yanzhen has been laid down. Next, all the armies will return to Bianzhou, Caozhou, or Qingzhou to rest. Next, we will attack Xuhai after waiting for orders. We will try to defeat Yang Xingmi in one fell swoop and take several states north of Huaishui River. Henan Road." Shao Shude said.

"Your Highness, Yang Xingmi was a clown, and by chance he picked up land in more than ten states. After my tens of thousands of troops marched south, the thieves wouldn't be so scared that they peed their pants?" Zhang Guibian was very arrogant, and everyone laughed after hearing this.

Shao Shude raised his glass again and again to persuade him to drink.

This trip to the east can be regarded as easing the contradictions accumulated over a period of time.

Those who entered the center entered the center, and those who entered the forbidden army joined the forbidden army. Others also received financial rewards, and took the opportunity to release some silver-saddled generals and sergeants to the locals to master the force, and their achievements were almost complete.

Politics is such a process of constantly dividing the cake.The essence is to constantly expand one's basic base, make more friends, and then carefully maintain this system to make it work normally.

It has come to this point, the biggest threat is no longer outside, but inside.

Fortunately, we can continue to make the cake bigger and ease internal conflicts. When we can't continue to make it bigger, the internal atmosphere may not be like hello, me, hello, everyone.In the era without incremental benefits, we can only compete for stock benefits, and then it will be the real test for a ruler.

Some people rely on the huge prestige accumulated when starting a business, the charismatic personality of the watch, and the superb political skills to deal with it, and get through smoothly.

Some people do not meet the above conditions, so they compromise with the heroes and rule the world together, which seems to be a good story on the surface.

There are also people who kill and kill for various reasons, which is also a way to deal with it.

Shao Shude thought about it, and his prestige was not bad, at least among the founding kings of all dynasties, his prestige was definitely at the forefront.At least he was not the leader of the alliance during his entrepreneurial period, and he has already surpassed many people.If given the chance, he would still give riches to all the old people.

On the eighth day of July, Shao Shude left Yanzhou and led the Yin'an and Tiande armies eastward, with the destination: Dengzhou.

It was evident that he was heading straight for the harbour.

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Shao Shude took the Laiwu Valley route, that is, starting from Yanzhou, passing through Zizhou, Qingzhou, and Laizhou, and arriving in Dengzhou.

On the tenth day of the seventh month, the army passed through Qufu County.

This county is still very famous in Chinese history.In ancient times, Lucheng was three miles southwest of the county, where Boqin was the capital.It was Lu County in the Han Dynasty, and Qufu County in the 16th year of Emperor Kaihuang in the Sui Dynasty.

The scale of Qufu County is very large, with a circumference of 24 miles, which is already larger than many prefectural cities.There is Nishan in the southeast of the county, and Qufu is in the city. It is seven or eight miles long, and the county government is on Fu.

Surrounded by the three rivers of Yi, Si and Zhu, the water network is densely covered, agriculture is developed, and things are rich and the people are abundant.

The county magistrate of Qufu—well, a vulgar warrior.It turned out that Zhu Jin's subordinates surrendered without fighting after Yanzhou was besieged, so they were given preferential treatment.Besides, although this warrior is uneducated, he seems to be sloppy in governing the region. He knows how to expropriate the people to build water conservancy projects, and knows how to collect taxes from wealthy households. Anyway, Wen Xuangong's Kong family doesn't like him very much.

In the 27th year of Kaiyuan, the descendants of Confucius, who were originally named Baoshenghou, were named Wenxuangong and concurrently served as the county magistrate of Qufu, but it was not hereditary at that time.The real hereditary is the Yizong dynasty, that is, more than [-] years ago, but it seems that the warriors were not able to understand the meaning of the Li family sage, and even snatched the post of Qufu county magistrate.However, it is not surprising to hear that even the Kong family was robbed of hundreds of carts of property.

If Shao Shude is willing to return the post of Qufu county magistrate to the Kong family—perhaps in the official records, the Qufu county magistrate is still someone from the Kong family, and even the formalities are saved—he will definitely receive a wave of praise. The human heart is of great benefit.

But the last obstinacy of modern man prevents him from doing so.I'd rather work harder elsewhere than do something like this.In such a big county, there is no reason for hereditary state artifacts?
The Kong family paid taxes under Zhu Jin's rule, and they paid a lot of them, so they will follow the rules in the future.The essence of the two-tax law of the country and the dynasty is to calculate taxes based on property (mainly land) rather than per capita. The rich pay more and the poor pay less. Therefore, after the chaos, there are still rich financial revenues to support the country's 100 people. Wan Wufu——The negative impact is the weird behavior of the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty during the Jianzhong Rebellion. They all hoped that Dezong, who pushed the two tax laws, would be finished.

On July [-]th, the army entered the Wenshui River Valley, passed through Qianfeng, Laiwu, Maerguan and other places, and arrived in Zizhou ten days later.

On the night of the 24th, Shao Shude stayed overnight at the Jinling Station in the northeast of Zizhou. People come together.

"The battle in Dizhou was well fought. Lu Yanwei and Wang Rong's tens of thousands of soldiers were firmly blocked by only 9000 of you, and they were able to win as many as possible. Breaking into the enemy's territory is a great achievement." Shao Shude said.

"It all depends on the prestige of the king." Li Bai, the governor of the Wusu Army, said immediately.

Dizhou is a state under his jurisdiction, and wars are frequent. To be honest, he is under a lot of pressure.After Yanzhou was captured, he thought for a while to see if he could move the town and serve as the governor of the Taining Army.However, when he heard that Lu Huaizhong, the veteran of Kansai, had taken the post of Jiedushi of the Taining Army, he immediately stopped thinking.

"Don't talk about these empty words and clichés in front of me." Shao Shude shook his head and said, "Good is good, and bad is not good. In the next stage, Dizhou will still focus on defense. The right wing of the Iron Forest Army is exhausted after a long battle. , let’s go back and rest first.”

Zhen Xu, the envoy of the soldiers and horses in the right wing of the Iron Forest Army, looked anxious when he heard this, but he still replied: "I obey."

"Xie Yanzhang!" Shao Shude shouted again.

Xie Yanzhang, the envoy of the right wing of the Tiande Army, immediately stepped forward and said, "The last general is here."

"You lead the Tiande Army to station in Qingzhou and Dizhou on the right side, and concurrently serve as the envoy of the two prefectures to fight against Youyi, and take charge of Dizhou's military."

"As ordered."

"Wang Jiao."

"The end is here."

"You're fine." Shao Shude looked at him appreciatively, and said, "I heard that you are extremely brave in battle, and you have repeatedly defeated the enemy. Do you have any outstanding skills?"

"The last general is good at throwing spears, mo knives, and long spears." Wang Jiao replied.

"Zhu Jin is known as the No. [-] horse in Henan, how can you compare with him?" Shao Shude asked with great interest.

"If we meet each other on the battlefield, we will behead them and return them." Wang Jiao replied.

Shao Shude laughed loudly, then activated traditional arts, took off his cloak and sword, and ordered Li Yixian to give Wang Jiao his mount as well.

"Fight hard." Shao Shude encouraged: "But today's match is still uncertain, and there are still many opportunities. If you make new achievements, why should I begrudge a big reward?"

This is clearly hinted at.The boss wants to cultivate you, do it well.

Wang Jiao was not stupid, and immediately knelt down on one knee, and said loudly: "The end will go through fire and water, and I will not say anything."

"How many times have I said that a warrior does not need to kneel." Shao Shude feigned anger.

After finishing speaking, he instructed Li Yixian: "Choose two of Zhu Jin's beautiful concubines and reward them to General Wang."

"As ordered." Li Yixian couldn't help but look at Wang Jiao twice more.

Compared with the second generation who have been under the shadow of their fathers, Wang Jiao is the first generation of risers who are serious and honest. A general star seems to be rising, which is so enviable.After returning home, inquire more about Wang Jiao's family background to see if there is any possibility of marriage.

Xie Yanzhang stood aside, also observing Wang Jiao silently.In the next period of time, this person will be his subordinate. With such a strong general, it will save a lot of trouble, but I don't know what his military strategy is.

"Lu Yanwei and Wang Rong are so persistent and have attacked Dizhou many times. The most important thing is Yanchi. You can take advantage of this and think of ways." Shao Shude said: "This is not the main battlefield, but if there is a breakthrough, it is quite I'm also very happy. Luoyang is building a mansion and rewarding meritorious generals, so don't make me wait too long."

"Follow your Majesty's order." Everyone responded in unison.

No-name generals and schools like the Longxiang Army can get the Luoyang mansion as a reward, how can they not be envious?Luoyang is not as big as Chang'an, and the mansion is not as rich as Chang'an, that's for sure.Except for the lucky ones who built their houses in Zhang Quanyi's era, there is no room for private intervention in Luoyang's workshops, at least not for the time being.If you want to get a house, rewards are the best way.

On the 25th, Shao Shude left the army and headed straight eastward with a silver saddle. He passed through Linzi, Yidu, Shouguang, Beihai, Yexian, and Huangxian. After running for more than [-] miles, he arrived in Dengzhou on the last day of July. So Penglai County.

He deliberately boarded the mountain, overlooking the green island in the sea.

That is Daxie Island (South Changshan Island). In the 20th year of Zhenguan, Korea was conquered.

Twenty miles to the north of Daxie Island is Shamen Island (North Changshan Island). Song Taizu once exempted the residents of this island from taxes and labor, and devoted himself to helping the Jurchens to buy horses.

Can't see anymore.However, judging from the map, there is Turtle Island (Tuoji Island) [-] miles north of Salmon Island, and about [-] miles to Xin Island (Daqin Island), Mo Island (Xiaoqin Island)...

Crossing here, you can go to Duli Town (Lushun) in the east of Mashi Mountain (Lao Tieshan), which is more than 500 miles from Duli Town to Dengzhou, and you can reach it by sailing in one day and night.

This chain of islands is wonderful.

(End of this chapter)