Han Hai Tang Ergui

Chapter 660 The Future King of Dali

In a blink of an eye, another year passed, and Zhang Ting was 35 years old. He had six sons and nine daughters.

The adopted eldest daughter, Zhang Qiwan, is 20 years old. After marrying Zhao Kuangzan, she gave birth to a son and a daughter.

This time she and Zhao Kuangzan returned to Kaifeng Mansion in Tokyo together from Hezhong Mansion, and it was also the first time for Zhang Tie to accept the congratulations from two babbling little dolls as a grandfather.

After the ceremony, Zhang Qixiu, the second daughter of the Song Dynasty, and a group of younger brothers and sisters took away the two little dolls before the banquet began. Everyone liked them very much.

Zhang Ting finally had time to say a few words to Zhao Kuangzan and Zhang Qiwan. He took the hands of his daughter and son-in-law and walked towards a side hall.

Although Zhang Qiwan is not Zhang Ting's own flesh and blood, her identity is different from that of an ordinary adopted son, because Zhang Qiwan is an adopted daughter who has the right to inherit and is basically the same as her biological daughter.

Among Zhang Ting's adopted sons, even Murong Nobunaga could barely be considered half an adopted son. In terms of closeness in ethics, he still couldn't keep up with Zhang Qiwan.

After the two sat down, Zhang Tie personally poured Zhao Kuangzan a cup of hot tea.

This young man who was only thirteen or fourteen years old when he met Zhang Tie for the first time, was now his son-in-law, and even more so in a stable way.

Zhao Kuangzan made great contributions to Zhang Ting's smooth entry into the Central Plains. Without him, he passed the customs all the way, persuaded and forced to surrender a large number of old Central Plains generals from Hezhongfu to Shanzhou and then to Luoyang.

It is very likely that Zhang Ting will be blocked by Yelu Deguang in the west of Hezhong Mansion or in the west of Shanzhou. It is absolutely impossible to solve Yelu Deguang within a few months.

"Has your father's funeral been settled? Don't blame Nobunaga for this matter, but blame me if you want to! Murong Erlang also guessed my mind and went to do it."

What Zhang Tie said was that Murong Xinchang didn't leave Zhao Kuangzan's father Zhao Yanshou a way to survive.

He is also telling the truth, because it is true that he does not intend to save Zhao Yanshou's life, otherwise, with Murong Nobunaga's character that values ​​family affection, Zhao Yanshou can at least feign death to get out of his shell.

"My child knows, I, Yeye and Ah Weng, are all self-inflicted.

In the past, our ancestors and later courts treated our Zhao family with more grace than heaven, and they finally wanted to rebel, so that in the end they could only rely on Khitan to help them.

In the Tuanbaigu battle, the imperial court was defeated, and my Zhao family was the most responsible. From then on, their fate was doomed. "

Zhao Kuangzan shook his head, a bit of bitterness appeared on his face trying to look calm.

The Tuanbaigu battle he was talking about was the battle where the Khitan army responded to Shi Jingtang's invitation and suddenly appeared in the south of Taiyuan City and defeated the Tang army.

Zhao Kuangzan did not shy away from it at all. Indeed, if Zhao Dejun, Zhao Yanshou and his son hadn't harbored ulterior motives and made trouble on purpose, the Khitans might not have been able to defeat the Tang army in Tuanbai Valley. Caught on the prairie.

Zhang Ting let out a long sigh, and patted Zhao Kuangzan on the shoulder, "Man! You just can't go the wrong way. My father Zhao Yanshou is not without talent. On the contrary, he is beautiful, good at riding and shooting, and able to run the army. Bad, but if you go the wrong way, you can never turn back."

Zhao Kuangzan nodded again and again, "My minister understands, and must bear in mind your lord's entrustment."

"After the Chinese New Year, you should go to Xuzhou, to preside over the construction of Xuzhou's guard army, and to prepare for the Southern Tang Dynasty, and make friends with heroes north of the Huaihe River in the Southern Tang Dynasty."

Zhao Kuangzan nodded, he knew that Zhang Ting asked him to come from Hezhong Mansion just to transfer him to Xuzhou.

Now the Pingzhang of Jianghuai Province has been vacant since Guo Wei left. Now Fu Yanqing's eldest son Fu Zhaoxu is in charge of Xuzhou. He is running the entire Jianghuai Province as the military supervisor of Xuzhou Prefecture.

It can be said that Huaibei is still somewhat dangerous at this time.

Fu Zhaoxu is the eldest son of Fu Yanqing. Although he is capable, his background is too low.

It is still possible to control the guards and inspectors of one or two prefectures, but it is necessary to command the entire Jianghuai Province.

Especially in Jianghuai Province, there are "big bosses" such as Zhang Xiong, the military supervisor of Huai'an Prefecture, Zhang Yanqing, the governor of Haizhou and the military supervisor of Haizhou, and Yin Gaoyunquan (Haozhou) of Zhongli Prefecture.

These three were either local heroes or famous people, or their status was high enough. Gao Yunquan was Zhang Shengren's real uncle, and none of them would listen to Fu Zhaoxu.

This led to the orders issued by the Jianghuai Provincial Office, which can only command the prefectures and counties around Xuzhou Prefecture. Therefore, there is an urgent need for a capable, high-born and high-status person to sit in Xuzhou.

Only in this way, the scope of selection is not large, only Yin Zhengqi, Ma Zhaoyuan, Murong Nobunaga, Li Cunhui and others are suitable.

But none of these can be moved, and only Zhao Kuangzan is suitable for choosing.

In terms of background, he is the descendant of the Lulong warlord Zhao's family, the grandson of Mingzong in the later Tang Dynasty, and the son-in-law of Zhang Shengren in this dynasty.

In terms of ability, Zhao Kuangzan served as the envoy of the national army in Huazhou Township under the protection of his family general when he was a teenager.

After Zhang Zhou was established, he served as Jiedushi of the National Defense Army of Hezhong Prefecture and Heyang Jiedushi for two years. Although his personal force is average, it is no problem to command troops to guard a place.

And after Zhao Kuangzan left Hezhong Mansion, the establishment of the last Jiedushi in the Central Plains, Hezhongfu Town National Army Jiedushi, will also be revoked.

Hezhong Mansion was originally a transfer station for Chang'an to Luoyang, as well as a transfer station to undertake the transfer of some materials from the Northwest to the Central Plains.

Now the status of Guanzhong and Chang'an has declined greatly, and at the same time, the materials from the northwest no longer need to be transferred to Guanzhong, and even the resources from the Central Plains in Guanzhong have to be transferred to the northwest to support Zhang Tie's strategy of re-entering Anxi.

Therefore, the status of Hezhong Mansion has dropped drastically in Zhang Zhou's past two years. There is no need to set up a festival town, and it will be like an ordinary state capital in the future.

"In addition, the Huaibei thief Li Renshu's whereabouts have not been found recently. After you go to Xuzhou Mansion, you must strictly grasp the two tasks of land equalization and tax reduction, and you must comfort the people who came out of the mountains and swamps.

Li Renshu was able to sit in Huaibei because the fundamental reason was that the common people could not survive. If they could survive, Li Renshu would be forced out sooner or later. "

Zhang Ting continued to tell Zhao Kuangzan that Li Renshu, the great thief in Huainan and Huaibei, had gone from being able to gather tens of thousands of strong men at any time to almost completely disappearing after years of continuous attacks by Ma Zhaoyuan and Luo Shande.

But Zhang Ting knew that the Huaibei thieves headed by Li Renshu were just lurking. They were used to the big rewards of licking blood with their swords, and they would not calm down just like that.

The most important task of Pingzhang of Jianghuai Province is to catch Li Renshu.

Zhao Kuangzan blinked at Zhang Ting for a long time, and when he saw that Zhang Ting didn't intend to continue talking, he immediately felt very pained.

Li Renshu was able to run so rampant in Huaibei. In addition to the support of too many people who could not survive, the support of a large number of local tyrants in Xuzhou, Huai'an, Haizhou, Zhongli and other prefectures was also a very important reason.

Now the garrison in Xuzhou Prefecture only has more than 1000 people in a battalion in Yangwu Town of the Forbidden Army, and more than 2000 people in the Guards Army transformed from the Wuning Army Yabing.

With such a small number of people, it is not enough to control the entire Jianghuai Province, appease local tyrants everywhere, and find the Huaibei thief Li Renshu!

"Are you going to attack Meng Shu?" Suddenly, Zhao Kuangzan thought of a possibility.

Zhang Zhou is now taking the line of elite soldiers, that is to say, the country's elite, a total of [-] pro-military households and [-] forbidden army households.

The rest will be borne by the auxiliary soldiers brought by the pro-army and the forbidden army, the volunteers, united soldiers and guard soldiers who want to climb up.

It's just that the soldiers in the guard are still an empty shell, and they haven't been filled with people. It will take at least two or three years before they can form a certain combat effectiveness.

About [-] of the [-] pro-military households have been completed, and [-] of the [-] forbidden army households have yet to be implemented.

Calculated on the basis of one household per household, Zhang Zhou's pro-army and forbidden army can draw up to 7 people.

This saving of money is indeed saving money. The pro-army and the forbidden army do not need to spend much money on the guards, and the guards are basically self-sufficient.

So Zhang Zhou can not only launch wars continuously without the economy of the Central Plains fully recovering, but also reform taxes and reduce the burden on the people.

But there is a problem that as long as there is a war, the troops will be relatively stretched.

Therefore, when Zhao Kuangzan saw that Zhang Ting didn't send him any more troops, he immediately realized that he should be dispatching troops to fight Meng Shu.

Zhang Ting didn't hide it from Zhao Kuangzan, but nodded and admitted, "That boy Meng Chang is training elite soldiers in the middle of Shu. The middle of Shu is easy to defend and difficult to attack. When he trains tens of thousands of elite soldiers, it will be even more difficult to fight. We really plan to solve Meng Chang in the next two years."

Zhao Kuangzan's eyes revealed a look of envy, he also really wanted to participate in this kind of battle to destroy the country!But it is clear that Jianghuai Province needs him more. .

"Your servant knows that, when you go to Jianghuai, you must do a good job of equalizing the land and recuperate."

. . . .

A family banquet was coming to an end in an extremely lively atmosphere.

Although Zhang Shengren's harem is divided into the faction of Cao's sisters with a large number of people and the faction of Li Ruoliu, who can give birth to a son, oh, the Central Plains beauties such as Fu Yinger and Gao Eniang have to be added.

But the whole is still very harmonious. Li Ruoliu's biggest idea is to seek greater political capital for Zhang Xiancun and Zhang Xianzhao brothers.

As for challenging the eldest son Zhang Xianjing's crown prince, maybe Li Ruoliu thought about it before, but my little aunt certainly didn't think about it now.

Because Zhang Ting's attitude is very clear, the position of prince does not belong to Zhang Xiancun, nor does it belong to Zhang Xianzhao. This position can only be filled by the heirs of the empress Cao Yanxi.

As for whether it is Zhang Xianjing or not, it depends on this kid's fortune. After all, with Zhang Shengren's current body, there will be no major changes in decades.

Without the biggest driving factor of seizing the throne, the battle in Zhang Bing's harem calmed down immediately.

Zhang Ting looked sideways at his eldest son, Zhang Xiancun, who was not far away, and then turned his head to Li Ruoliu who was beside him.

The little aunt has gotten better and better over the years. Although she is a mother of four children, she is still glamorous.

On the contrary, the third lady who is getting older, her beauty can hardly resist the erosion of time.

"Little aunt, Li Zhun went to find Yong'an as soon as he came back. You didn't tell him to do this on purpose, did you?"

Li Ruoliu rolled her little white eyes, of course it wasn't for Zhang Ting, but for her eldest son who was very speechless.

This kid is good at everything, but he is a little immobile when he sees a beautiful woman, which is one of the reasons why Li Ruoliu is determined to win the throne.

It's not that Zhang Xiancun is incompetent, he has the ability. In these years in Longtao Academy and Tiangong Academy, Zhang Xiancun has shown good leadership and appeal, and he is extremely intelligent.

But seeing it, it is a master who can't control himself very much when it comes to women.

In addition to Huajianxiu's daughter, the former Tang Yong'an Princess who was taken down by him, he was also a little clingy with An Shuqian's daughter.

This is only 15 years old!Although he can marry a wife and have children at this time, if he is the eldest son, this is not a problem.

But he happened to be the eldest son of a concubine who had to go through a fight before he could win the big position.

Being so promiscuous now will give people a feeling that it is impossible to achieve great things, and it is difficult to attract truly capable and powerful people to bet on it.

So after Zhang Tie made it clear, the little aunt simply stopped thinking about it.

"Sage, An Shuqian, should I ask my concubine to talk to him? This attention is all on Zhun'er's head, and he expects Zhun'er to find some high-ranking official for him?"

Zhang Ting thought for a while, and then slowly shook his head, "Uncle An was also a fast-moving warrior in his early years. He still has some wrists and connections, and his family wealth is quite rich. Marrying a girl from the An family is also a great help." .”

Li Ruoliu looked at Zhang Tie in surprise, "Yong'an is the princess of the later dynasty, and the younger sister of Murong Erlang, such an identity cannot be a concubine."

What Li Ruoliu meant was that as the princess of the later Tang Dynasty and the younger sister of Murong Xinchang, Princess Yong'an, she would definitely not be a concubine with her status.

And although An Shuqian lost most of his power after the establishment of the new dynasty, he still has the merit of persuading him, and the merit of going deep into the tiger's den to persuade Liu Zhiyuan, and he still has some popularity in the military circle.

How to put it, Zhang Ting still wanted to give him some face for an old man who was on behalf of the North. Naturally, An Shuqian's daughter-in-law had no reason to be a concubine.

Zhang Tie thought about it, and was still going to reveal it to Li Ruoliu.

During the Southern Expedition, Zhang Tie carefully inspected Zhang Xiancun. Except that he did have some common problems of young people who like to mess around, his other abilities are still very good, especially leadership.

In addition, on the way to move the division, Zhang Tie carefully considered the policy for the Southwestern Yi. Among other things, the Duan family in Dali, which had already formed a climate, would definitely have to fight hard.

Without defeating the Duan family in Dali, Zhang Tie has many tricks to recruit the Southwestern Yi. Whether it is the native official system or religion to open the way, it will be very difficult, and there will inevitably be competition with the Duan family in Dali.

When the Ming Dynasty opened up the Southwest, Muying, Lanyu, and Fu Youde led hundreds of thousands of soldiers in a bloody battle.

After Mu Ying stayed in the town, he led hundreds of thousands of soldiers to guard the area, and used a combination of native officials, exile officials, and guards to completely pacify the southwest.

Zhang Ting secretly calculated that it would be at least ten years before he was going to pacify the southwest and destroy the Dali Kingdom of the Duan clan like Emperor Hongwu did.

At that time, Zhang Xiancun was 25 and six, and he was in the prime of life, and he was the best candidate to guard Yunnan and Guizhou as the first of the local officials.

So Zhang Ting said lightly: "You must be talented, and the world will be vast in the future, and you must have the luck of the prestige.

Such people, if they marry a few more concubines, they will not be counted as concubines, and they can also help them settle down when the time comes. "

Li Ruoliu's eyes lit up when she heard this, but then they dimmed again, and she let out a long sigh.

"The sage said so, this country is definitely not a good place, can you tell me, should I go to Haidong or Hezhong?"

Seeing that Zhang Ting didn't speak, Li Ruoliu's eyes suddenly widened, "Could it be to go to the Qingtang Plateau? That's impossible! I'm sure I won't be able to bear it."

"Go to the southwest! Go to the Navy Jiedushi, go to Dali." Zhang Ting told the truth, then looked at Li Ruoliu and said.

"From today onwards, you have to teach Zhuner a lot in these areas, make preparations early, and accumulate strength early."

Dali?To be king of Dali?Li Ruoliu recalled what she knew about Dali Kingdom in her heart.

Well, it's not a good place, but it's still much better than Hezhong and the bitterly cold Qingtang Plateau thousands of miles away.

Empress Cao Yanxi had seen the two whispering here a long time ago, and after bearing with it, she still couldn't help walking over with her big belly.

"Sage, the Lantern Festival on the first day is about to start, shouldn't you lead us to watch the lanterns?"

Zhang Ting caressed Cao Yanxi's protruding belly with a smile, "I'm telling Jiuniang, how about letting Zhun'er go to Dali to be the king in the future? She is very happy!"

When Cao Yanxi heard this, his eyes immediately narrowed like a little fox, with an irrepressible smile all over his face.

"Really? Congratulations!
My Cao family has a caravan, which has been developing the land of Southwestern Yi. The athletes of the caravan have already been to the prestige of Chu in Dali. "

Weichu Mansion is the future Chuxiong of Yunnan, and it is already considered the hinterland of Dali Kingdom. Zhang Tie thought about it and asked: "Is Cao Yuantong in charge or Cao Yuanxiao?"

Cao Yuantong and Cao Yuanxiao are both from the Cao family in Shazhou, they are Cao Yanxi's uncles, and they are not far apart.

Cao Yanxi lifted the sideburns by his ears, and replied softly with a smile: "It is the fifteenth uncle Yuanxiao who is in charge."

Cao Yanxi was answering Zhang Ting's words, but her eyes were on Li Ruoliu, the meaning was obvious, she hoped that Li Ruoliu would be a little softer, if she could say a few good words, Cao Yanxi would immediately agree to help.

Of course, Li Ruoliu was even more unequivocal, she would definitely resist other matters, but when it came to her son, she could throw away any face, and Li Ruoliu was going to plead right away.

Cao Yanxi moved his body immediately, and spoke before Li Ruoliu pleaded.

"Ninth Sister, ask Zhun'er to come to Shude Palace in two days, and then I will introduce him personally."

After speaking, the two looked at each other and smiled, as if the previous grievances had disappeared without a trace.

But Zhang Tie turned his head, and among the beauties who shuttled back and forth like flowers and butterflies, he accurately grasped the big talisman's soft little hand, and gently squeezed it.

"I'll go to your place tonight." Zhang Shengren blinked and whispered.

Dafu blushed and looked at Zhang Tie watery.

(End of this chapter)