Han Hai Tang Ergui

Chapter 542 Wujing System and Shangshutai

The first year of Shaoming in the Great Zhou Dynasty, 946 AD, the 22nd of the first month.

Zhou Guo, who only mastered the five Jiedu envoys of Hezhong, Shanzhou, Luoyang, Kaifeng, Dengzhou, and Shannan West Road in the Central Plains, finally completed the last piece of the political puzzle.

Zhang Zhaoyi announced that Dazhou would implement the system of five capitals, with Luoyang as the capital of the gods, Kaifeng as Tokyo, Chang'an as Jingzhaofu, Liangzhou as Xijing and Xijing Chengtianfu, and Taiyuan as Beijing as Beijing Fengtianfu.

The emperor temporarily lived in Kaifeng, Tokyo. At the same time, Cao Yanming, the Duke of Ziting County, was the envoy for the construction of the divine capital, responsible for building the divine capital Luoyang, and dredging the Bian River, Yangqu and Yiluo River.

Ziwei Palace and Daming Palace were built on the basis of the original Datang Palace in Luoyang, and Jinyong City was changed to Wuliang Palace.

To commemorate his hometown, Beimanshan was changed to Jinshan, and Jinshan Palace was built in the south of the mountain. After the construction was completed, the capital would be moved.

Zhang Huaiqing, the Duke of Nanyang County, was appointed as the left-bearer of Xijing, and Pei Yuan, the Duke of Hedong County, was appointed as the deputy envoy of the left-behind Xijing and the Governor of Chengtian.

Cao Yuanzhong, Duke of Qiao State, was left behind in Chang’an and governor of Jingzhao, and Duke Yan Jin of Jin State was left behind in Beijing and governor of Fengtian.

He also issued a decree to require Liu Zhiyuan to obey the imperial edict and lead his subordinate Wenwu to move the town of Yedu to stay behind.

In the harem, Zhang Zhaojin named Cao Yannai, wife of Shouchang County, and Li Ruoliu, wife of Shanshan County, as noble concubines.

Cao Yanmian is the concubine Xian, Guo Wan'er is the concubine Shu, Ayigul is the concubine Zhuang, and Li Yunxiu, Li Cunhui's aunt, is the concubine Hui.

Princess Sefiye of Persia is Concubine Kang, and her sister Pan Taiya is Concubine Li.Huajian is ashamed to be a concubine.

However, Datang's harem with 24 divisions in six bureaus was too complicated, and was reduced by Zhang Zhao to twelve divisions in six bureaus, and these twelve divisions were all short of staff, it was just a formality.

At the same time, politically, Zhang Zhao made some changes to the system.

The central organization at this time was a parallel model of the Zhongshu Province and the Privy Council. The Zhongshu Province was more civil, the Privy Council was in charge of military affairs, and the Zhongshu Sheng and the Privy Council were prime ministers.

In the name of rejuvenating the great dynasty, Zhang Zhao brought back the Shangshu Province, which had lost its real power in the middle of the Tang Dynasty, and took over part of the responsibilities of the Zhongshu Sheng and the Privy Council.

The specific method is to elevate the authority of the six ministries, especially the Ministry of War to take away the three functions of military registration, horse administration, and armor inventory from the army belonging to the Privy Council.

It is equivalent to that the Privy Council will only be responsible for scheduling, training, border defense, combat, etc. from now on, but personnel and logistics will be returned to the Ministry of War.

This is Zhang Zhao making preliminary preparations for reducing the power of the Jiedushi until he finally turns it into the general army.

Because the Privy Council in the later Tang Dynasty was actually the decision-making body of the Jiedu Yamen when Li Cunxu was a feudal town in the past.

The privy envoy is the secretary in charge of the Jiedu envoy, and it is itself a product of Jiezhen becoming the center.

Or to zoom in, the Privy Council was not only such an institution in the later Tang Dynasty, but also in the late Tang Dynasty, it was also the product of the weakening of the Tang court center into Jiedushi.

Therefore, in order to eliminate the martial arts ethos since the late Tang Dynasty, the first thing to do is to eliminate the concrete products of martial arts alone in power from the highest political ecology.

However, Zhang Zhao's changes were over at this point, and he did not immediately change the situation where Jiedu envoys were guarding various places.

Because it is not possible to take over the power of the towns and festivals overnight.

Especially when it is uncertain whether there are enough high-quality officials in the world, it is better to delay rather than rush.

The first thing to do now is to strengthen the strength of the Central Forbidden Army.

Therefore, Zhang Zhao expanded the left and right Habayashi guards to a scale of 6000 people.

In addition, the warriors who came to Kaifeng Prefecture, Tokyo to take refuge were recruited some time ago to form the left and right Jinwu Guards, which is also on the scale of 6000 people.

Then Zhang Zhao selected 6000 people from the original towns of Yongguo and Guanzhong volunteers to form the left and right Longxiang Guards.

These six guards, together with the regrettable capital of 1000 people, the Shenji battalion and the silver spear capital with about 1000 people, and the Jinyi personal guards with an indeterminate number, formed the emperor's personal army, seven guards, two capitals and one battalion. A total of 1000 people scale.

Shabby!With wealth from Longyou in Hexi and Anxi unable to be quickly transported to the Central Plains, Zhang Zhao could only afford to support the 20,000 people's pro-army in addition to the soldiers from all over the town.

It's just that the treatment of these 20,000 people is very good, and the equipment is also the best. Half of them have cloth armor, hundreds of camel whirlwind guns, and fifteen hundred bows with magical arms. They can be said to be the elite of the elite.

At the same time, the Yongjun Hanhai, Yingyang, Yucheng, Wuwei, Xiongwu, Datong, Lingwu, Dingyuan, Feng'an, and nine towns from Hexi were all promoted to the Imperial Army.

At this time, most of the fields around Kaifeng Prefecture in Tokyo were abandoned, and there were still a large number of women who had lost their husbands in Henan.

Zhang Zhao then gave them land and marriage in the area from Tokyo to Luoyang, and his descendants served as the forbidden army to defend Gyeonggi for generations.

The shape is a bit similar to the Guards Army in the early Ming Dynasty, and it should still be able to maintain its combat effectiveness for decades.

At the same time, Hexi Yicong Xiaoqi, Unite Archers, and Guanzhong Yibing who followed at the same time, according to the practice at this time, will be divided into various places and become the tooth soldiers of Jiedu in various places.

At present, there are still about 4000 people in the former late Jin army staying around Kaifeng Mansion in Tokyo. Zhang Zhao thought about it, but he still couldn't abandon them.

At least these people still made meritorious service in the two battles with Khitan, and it was not their original intention to kneel down and surrender, and they also made great achievements in the counterattack outside Yanshi City.

So Zhang Zhao selected 6000 people from these former post-Jin troops after arranging the affairs of his own army, and formed the Left and Right Shenwu Army belonging to the Imperial Army.

For the rest, the elderly and those with injuries were given pensions and then retired. The remaining 5000 people were reserved by Zhang Zhao for late-promoted generals like Fu Yanqing.

After all this is done, Zhang Zhou's overall framework is considered complete.

But at this time, the uneasiness of An Shenqi, Fu Yanqing, Gao Xingzhou and other descendants had reached its peak.

Zhang Zhao learned from the spies of Jinyi's personal guards that An Shenqi had already prepared the coffin at home.

Zhang Zhao chuckled, saying that the days of falconry should be over, just to let these people understand that he, Zhang Zhao, can do without them, and Zhang Zhou Dynasty can also do without them.

. . . .

On the 25th day of the first lunar month, Zhang Zhao drove to the mansion of Wang Zhou, the former envoy of the Yiwu Army in Dingzhou of the Later Jin Dynasty, accompanied by Murong Nobunaga, Hu Guang, and Huangfu Yu's nephew Huangfu Chong.

When the car driver just set off, Zhang Zhao asked Hu Guang with a smile, "I heard that your elder brother Hu Wei divorced his wife and married Li Jing's cousin, and the dowry alone got [-] guan, are you envious?

If you don't come back, this treatment must be yours. "

Huwei's ability is far inferior to Huguang's. If Huguang is still guarding Hucile, Huwei will definitely not have a bright future.

But Zhang Zhao was joking, but Hu Guang took it seriously. He looked at Zhang Zhao seriously, and said with cupped hands.

"My brother avoided the battle to maintain his strength when he broke the leaves, it was disloyal. It was unrighteous to abandon his wife for the sake of wealth and honor. I will never envy such unfaithful and unrighteous people."

But after saying this, Hu Guang paused for a moment before he smiled.

"The next day when the Heavenly Soldiers of the Great Zhou came to the city of Jiangning, His Majesty drove him three thousand miles back to Yuechang to eat sand. How could I be envious of a man who is about to eat sand?"

Hu Guang's words are skillful, if brother Hu Wei almost betrayed Zhang Zhao at the critical moment of Sui Ye, and shamelessly persuaded his father Hu Ci to betray Zhang Zhao, he would just be sent to Yue Chang (Qie Mo) If you eat sand, then the tiger thorn will naturally save you from death.

"You!" Zhang Zhao stared at Hu Guang speechlessly.

"If you can use this mental dexterity to familiarize yourself with the art of war and lead troops to fight, the Duke of Qinghai may not be as good as you.

Don't worry, my father and I have known each other for many years, and we don't have much to say to someone. In the future, we will retire in Luoyang, the capital of gods. It's just that life is a little bit harder. "

Upon hearing this, Hu Guang slipped off his horse and kowtowed to the ground.

"Chen Huguang, I would like to thank Your Majesty for not killing him. It's just that my father is old and has lived a good life. Please keep some property for him."

Hu Guang knew what Zhang Zhao said was nothing more than living a little bit harder, and what it meant.

From the perspective of people in the world, Hucile didn't actually betray Zhang Zhao that much.

Because Hucile was sent to Kaifeng Mansion in Tokyo, it was part of the deal between Zhang Zhao and Shi Jingtang at that time.

After sending tiger thorns and hundreds of horses from Liangzhou, Zhang Zhaocai stabilized the trade route from Hexi to the Central Plains, and even returned Murong Nobunaga.

It can be said that from Hucile to Kaifeng Mansion in Tokyo, he has been a minister of Jin rather than a minister of Zhou.

So he later ran back to Xuzhou instead of worshiping Yelu Deguang, and finally took refuge in the Southern Tang Dynasty.

But Hu Guang knew that when he and his father and son went to the Kaifeng mansion in Tokyo, they went there with the mentality of driving a nail for Zhang Zhao in the Central Plains, and the two also swore to be loyal to Zhang Zhao, who was still King Liang at that time.

And all these years in Tokyo, Zhang Zhao has never lost their father and son's salary, and even paid more than in Liangzhou.

Over the past few years, the Hu family, father and son, and the seven hundred Liangzhou horses have spent a total of more than [-] guan on Zhang Zhao.

Zhang Zhao said that he wanted the tiger thorns to live a hard life. On the surface, he wanted to recover this part of the money, but secretly he was a little upset, because he really wanted Huguang to suffer.

Zhang Zhao was stunned for a while, then looked seriously at Hu Guang who was on the ground.

"You really want to ask for this favor for your father? I think he spent a lot of money in Tokyo in the past few years and corrupted his will. Otherwise, he would never have become like this. He suffered a little bit and couldn't die. "

Hu Guang raised his head, with tears streaming down his face, "As a son of man, why do you see your father getting old and suffering while you are a high-ranking official with a rich salary? Your father is guilty, but please look at your face and be lenient."

Speaking of which, Hu Guang took off the head covering from his head, and the hollowed skull that was beaten by the Khitan Ma Qian in the battle of Baituanwei Village in Yangcheng appeared in front of Zhang Zhao.

Zhang Zhao looked up to the sky and sighed, "If this is the case, the father and the son will have to suffer, otherwise the law of the country will not tolerate it. I will deprive you of your hereditary earl, so that your father can enjoy his old age in peace."

A look of joy appeared on Hu Guang's face, and he kowtowed on the ground.

"I thank Your Majesty for your grace! I thank Your Majesty for your grace!"

"Since ancient times, filial sons have produced loyal ministers! Get up! There will still be opportunities to make contributions in the future."

Zhang Zhao couldn't tell what kind of feeling it was, but joy was the majority. As he said, people with good character are mostly reliable.

(End of this chapter)