Aspiring to the Ten Kingdoms

Chapter 548 Planning the Rise of Mongolia
Zhou Ehuang was cold and dignified, but he couldn't bear Luo Youdu's soft and hard feelings.

The two took a mandarin duck bath, and then moved the battlefield to the bed.

In the early morning of the next day, Luo Youdu opened his eyes under the influence of the biological clock, and saw that the concubine next to him was looking at the eaves of the bed in a trance, and couldn't help being curious: "What is the concubine thinking about!"

Zhou Ehuang came back to his senses, and hurriedly said: "I was thinking about the "Neon Clothes and Feather Clothes Song" presented by Your Majesty yesterday. Some parts still need to be repaired. I was born in a troubled time, and I don't know much about the prosperous times in the song. I need to spend some time reading it." Kind of like a book."

Luo Youdu couldn't help but laugh, he didn't give this gift by mistake.

My wife will be busy with this matter for some time in the future.

He knew that Zhou Ehuang didn't want to wake himself up before looking for books, so he said with a smile: "Then get up! My concubine reads books first, and I'll come later as a husband."

He had to run around for a while, and he had a morning exercise with Chou Chou before he washed up and read a book before going to court.

This is a habit he has developed over the years.

Zhou Ehuang got up to dress Luo Youdu, and said: "I am very yearning for the weather revealed in "Neon Clothes and Feather Clothes Song". But when I think about it carefully, Your Majesty is far more powerful than Li Sanlang, who was invincible before and after the Ming Dynasty. The future prospects of the imperial court are far away." Win Kaiyuan. My concubine secretly learned from Li Sanlang, and I also want to compose a song for your majesty, praising your majesty's literary and military virtues that shine through the ages."

Luo Youdu was in a good mood, and said: "At most ten years, I want to let me reappear the style of the Han and Tang Dynasties."

When Luo Youdu came back from his morning exercise, he really saw Zhou Ehuang holding a thick book and carefully flipping through it. Seeing her concentration, he probably would be able to enjoy "The Song of Neon Clothes and Feathers" re-edited by Zhou Ehuang in a short time.

At that time, Zhou Ehuang played the pipa, Mrs. Huarui played the guzheng, Xiao Chuo played the harp, and Zhou Xiaomei danced in the middle.

This lineup is kind of interesting.

Luo Youdu suddenly felt a bit of anticipation.

After reading the book for a while, Luo Youdu didn't bother Zhou Ehuang, and went to court by himself.

As the fighting in the Jiaozhi and Yinxia areas subsided, the Central Plains court also stopped fighting and turned to internal development.

On this day, Prime Minister Wang Pu, who has always been watching the theater, suddenly made a suggestion.

"Your Majesty, our dynasty now has a vast territory, and the place names of many places are confusing. Some use the names of the previous dynasty, and some follow the names of the vassal states. It is very confusing. Just like the new land of Lingnan, there are two mansions and sixty people. Yuzhou, should be unified and reformed, and the complexity should be simplified to improve the efficiency of imperial governance."

Luo Youdu had already had this intention, and said: "Wang Aiqing is right, and I also have the same feeling. We should sort it out, remove unnecessary state capitals, and re-plan the border state capitals."

Hearing this, the civil and military officials re-planned the state capital, and their eyes were straightened like a cat smelling fishy.

If one's hometown takes this opportunity to promote the prefecture to the prefecture, or to promote the county to the prefecture, it will be a matter of honoring the ancestors.

Why was the Ma Zhenghui in the Song Dynasty located in Fujian in the south?

Isn't it because there are many bigwigs from the Fujian faction in the court?

Use your own influence to seek benefits for your hometown. In the future, you will go to an official position and return to your hometown with honor, and will be supported and praised by the folks in the village.

This is human nature.

Except for a few individual officials, who really does it, and treats everyone equally without selfishness.

Wang Pu's proposal immediately made the temple officials sell their hometown like chicken blood.

Luoyang, Tokyo, was the first to be decided. There is no dispute about this.

Luoyang and Kaifeng have one Xijing and one Tokyo, even if there is no intention of today, they are all destined to die.

In other places, apart from Taiyuan, Chengdu, and Guangzhou, there are no disputes, and there are not small disputes in other places.

Such as the dispute between Jinling and Hangzhou in the south of the Yangtze River.

The dispute between Youzhou, Jizhou and Zhenzhou in Yandi.

The battle between Liangzhou, Fengxiang, and Lingzhou in the west.

Luo Youdu can watch the officials bickering every day when he goes to court, and he never tires of it.

No matter how fiercely they quarreled, until the end of the quarrel, he, the emperor, was needed to make a final decision.

Moreover, Luo Youdu found that the officials got into disputes to the end, and the answers they got were often the ones closest to the correct ones.

In a world without cars, trains, and planes, the geographical advantages of individual places are too obvious.

Luo Youdu himself has clear standards for the selection of state capitals, has development prospects, is convenient for court rule, and has clear strategic significance on the offensive and defensive ends.

Just like Taiyuan Mansion, once Yanmen Pass falls, Taiyuan Mansion will be the strongest barrier to prevent the thieves from going south.

Especially if the capital is to be moved to Luoyang in the future, the status of Taiyuan Mansion is unshakable.

There is also Youzhou, the imperial court's northern expedition to Khitan, and Youzhou will become the rear base camp.

The key here is beyond doubt.

Luo Youdu has become more and more knowledgeable in the emperor's business. When he first governed the country, he was used to being arbitrarily arbitrary.

Later, I found that although my consciousness was ahead, the choice was correct.But it is too arbitrary, which has great disadvantages for the development of the court.

Gradually, he also learned a lesson. He had already made a conclusion in his heart on many things, but he learned to keep his intentions in his heart. Instead of expressing his position directly, he watched the officials argue and guided from it.Let the official figure out an answer for himself, and then he chooses the best outcome in his own right.

Everyone is happy.

This also has the advantage that if he encounters a better idea, he can change his mind at any time.

The only things that bothered Luo Youdu were Liangzhou, Hehuang, and Lingzhou.

Liangzhou's Shengfu is convenient for westward expansion, which is of great military significance, while Hehuang is located in the key areas of Lingzhou, Liangzhou, and Guanzhong, and its geographical location is superior.

As for Lingzhou, it is known as the top of the south of the Yangtze River, and its products are rich, all of which have certain value.

Luo Youdu specially asked Zhao Pu to discuss this matter.

At this critical moment, Luo Youdu still believed in Zhao Pu's judgment.

Zhao Pu said, "I think Hehuang is more suitable."

Luo Youdu narrowed his eyes and asked, "Why? I thought you would choose Liangzhou."

Because he is more inclined towards Liangzhou in his heart.

Zhao Pu said: "In the long run, Hehuang is more suitable. Your Majesty, no matter whether the imperial court will go west to expand the Western Regions in the future. The land of Liangzhou is after all far away from the Central Plains, and Hu and Han are mixed. For the stability of Liangzhou, Hexi must win Garrison heavy troops. When the western economic center is located in Liangzhou, if there is any real change, the imperial court can’t catch it. On the contrary, it is the land of Hehuang, which extends in all directions, and can be called the backing of Hexi. When the army of Hexi marches westward, Hehuang must be the transit point for military supplies. If there is any change in Hexi, it will be subject to food and payment."

Luo Youdu smiled lightly and said: "You, don't move your fancy, not to mention that you are comparable to Zhuge and Wang Meng, and you are also Fang Du's ilk. Don't let it end badly for a moment of enthusiasm. Prime Minister, you have to hold the boat in your stomach." Row."

Zhao Pu hurriedly bowed in panic and said, "Your Majesty's instruction, I will remember it in my heart."

Luo Youdu signaled him to be excused, then asked someone to serve him a cup of tea, and said, "It seems that Mobei is a little restless, what do you think about this?"

Zhao Pudao: "I think it's normal for me to think that Mobei is not stable. The grassland people pay more attention to strength than we in the Central Plains. Khitan sits on a territory of thousands of miles, and Monan and Mobei even surrendered to Zub and Uighur one after another because of their strength. The reason. The current Khitan is in civil strife, and Yelu Dilie and Yelufeng Sage have divided up a large area of ​​​​Khitan’s western territory, and they are unable to regain it. This forced the current Khitan to expand its target to the east. They attacked the land of Heishui Jurchen, and now they are sending troops to Goryeo. The center of gravity of power has moved eastward. It is only natural that some tribes refuse to obey the control of Monan and Mobei as the control power declines."

"On the grassland, the weak eat the strong, and the Khitan's strength is insufficient. Naturally, other tribes will grow stronger and replace them, but I don't know which tribe in Mobei has risen?"

Luo Youdu narrowed his eyes and said, "The books call them Tatars, and the Khitans are called Zub, but I prefer to call them Mongolia."

Historically, Mongolia has risen for a period of time during this era, and the momentum is very strong.

It caused a lot of trouble for the Liao Dynasty, and finally the two women of the Xiao family were suppressed.

Xiao Chuo and Xiao Hunian.

Xiao Chuo, who was in charge of Khitan, gave his sister great power, and the woman Xiao Hunian took command, leading the Khitan soldiers across the northwest, clearing up the land and calming the border, suppressing the momentum of Mongolia's rise.

Mongolia had a lack of background, and the killing of Xiao Hunian severely damaged its vitality. It was not until more than a hundred years later that Temujin appeared and rose again.

Now that history has changed drastically, Khitan has lost the land of Yan, and the deterrence against Mobei has been greatly reduced due to civil strife.

Mongolia seized this opportunity, completed internal unification, and began to expand externally.

After Lu Duoxun became the prefect of Taiyuan Prefecture, he has been dealing with the matter of Yelv Dilie.

Yelu Dilie had no ill feeling toward the Central Plains, and he was closer to the Central Plains than the Khitan controlled by Yelu Bishe.

Regarding the surrender to the Central Plains, Lu Duoxun and Luo Youdu analyzed two reasons in the letter.

[-]. I can't save face.

Second, his ally elder brother, Yelufeng Sage, has a certain prejudice against the Central Plains.

Yelufu Sage was the second son of Liao Taizong Yelu Deguang, the same mother and brother of Liao Muzong Yelujing and Princess Yan.Because he was dissatisfied with his brother's rule and wanted to rebel, he ordered Sitian Wei Linbu to ask about the good and bad every day, which caught Yelujing and punished him to guard the border in the northwest, that is, Mobei.

He has a very good relationship with the tribes of Shatuo, Mongolia, Wugu and Dilie in the West.

According to the news from Lu Duoxun, Mongolia was able to rise in a short period of time because of the support of Yelufeng Sage.

Yelufu Sage and the beggar of the Wu family from the Jierjin branch of the Kelei tribe in Mongolia made Anda.

Luo Youdu told Zhao Pu about the situation he got.

Zhao Pu said: "It's probably because Yelu Dilie got our support. Yelufu Sage was afraid and started looking for allies. This Mongolia was naturally selected by him..."

Zhao Puduo is a chicken thief, he doesn't care what Mongolia was called before.

Anyway, Luo Youdu likes to be called Mongolia, so he followed suit.

Zhao Pu pondered: "Your Majesty, this matter may not necessarily be a bad thing for us."

Luo Youdu chuckled lightly: "How do you say?"

Zhao Pudao: "Yelüdi Lie and Yelufu Sage agreed to deal with the Khitan puppet emperor Yelu Bishe together. But the actual situation is that Yelufu Sage did not fulfill the agreement. Instead, we in the Central Plains repeatedly supported me, and our general Yang Ye repeatedly One attack saved Yun Jiuzhou. I don't believe Yelu Dilie can be indifferent to this, and he must be dissatisfied with his elder brother."

"Yelufu Sage wins over Mongolia, which also shows the hostility towards Yelu Dilie and our Central Plains. It can be used to instigate mutual relations and make them turn against each other."

"Yelü Dilie can't stand against a Yelv Bishe anymore, and with Yelv Di Sage and the Mongolian tribes, how can Yelu Dilie survive? At that time, the only way to go is to lead the troops to the south and submit to our dynasty. .”

Luo Youdu said: "Sure enough, wise men see the same thing, and I and Lu Qing also mean the same thing."

Zhao Pu smiled and said: "Your Majesty has great insight, and I can't compare it to you. Lu Zhizhou is in charge of this matter, and it must be a big deal."

Luo Youdu nodded and said: "Only a few of you know about this matter, so don't let it out, or your success will fall short."

"I understand!"

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Taiyuan House.

Looking at the news from the north in his hand, Lu Duosun frowned slightly.

The letter only wrote a few simple sentences: The temperature in the north dropped sharply, and the tribes of Mongolia, Wugu, and Dilie all showed signs of moving south.

Lu Duoxun walked back and forth a few steps, his expression changed suddenly, and he said, "Quickly go and check to see how the sales of warm leather clothes are?"

Because of the friendly relationship between the two parties, the Central Plains and Yelv Dilie held a market [-] miles outside Yanmen Pass to facilitate business exchanges with each other.

The market did not exclude other tribes, and many tribes from south to north came here to trade.

There is no shortage of leather in the North, but the grassland people's level of leather production is not high.

Their cold leather is far inferior to the leather garments processed in the Central Plains.

For some reason, leather was purchased from the Northland, and under the handling of the Central Plains craftsman, the warm fur coat became a bestseller in the Northland.

Soon Ludosun got a piece of news.

Fur coats sold out...

A trace of excitement flashed in Ludoson's eyes.

It has been more than half a year since he served as the magistrate of Taiyuan, but there has been no progress in the task of Yelu Dilie's return to the south.

Lu Duoxun saw the scruples in Yelv Dilie's heart, and always regarded Yelufu Sage as the key to breaking the situation.

It's only September now, and the sudden drop in temperature in the north gave Ludoxun a glimmer of hope.

The early cooling in Mobei means that this winter in Mobei is particularly long.

"Come here, invite Li Changshi here."

Li Changshi is Li Mu.

Back then, the transactions with the Hengshan Qiang in the Hengshan Mountains made the Dingnan Li family fearful, and thus had bad thoughts, leading to their demise.

Li Mu also came into Luo Youdu's sight because of this, his official career was prosperous, and now he is the chief history of Taiyuan Mansion, the second in command of Taiyuan Mansion.

"Mr. Lu!"

Li Mu was also a Jinshi, and Lu Duoxun was particularly fond of cultural people, and the relationship between the two was very good.

Lu Duosun said: "How is the harvest in Taiyuan Mansion this year?"

Li Mu said: "There is a small drought, but the impact is not great. Your Majesty is virtuous, and two years ago he agreed to repair the canals, and built a lot of waterwheels around the area. It is estimated that there are [-]% of the previous years."

"Eighty percent!"

Lu Duosun muttered, and said: "Too many, so..." He deliberately lowered his voice and said: "You quietly sorted out ten granaries and secretly collected some straw, which will be of great use to me."

Li Mu looked at Lu Duoxun in astonishment.

Lu Duoxun knew Li Mu's temper and his loyalty to Luo Youdu, so he didn't hide anything and said, "I want to put on a play. This year's food support to the north can only be [-]% of what it used to be, and no more!"

　Two in one today!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)