Han Hai Tang Ergui

Chapter 786 When the water is clear, there will be no fish
On November 27, Fuzhou Zhangwu Army Jiedu Envoy Qian Hongcheng, Quanzhou Qingyuan Army Jiedu Envoy Liu Congxiao, the former Southern Tang Jianzhou Yongan Army Jiedu Envoy and Fuzhou Zhaowu Army Jiedu Envoy came together.

So far, the entire southeast, except for all the separatist forces in the Southern Han Dynasty, have been wiped out.

The unification of the world is only a matter of the Southern Han Dynasty, the Duan family of Dali, and the Jinghai Jiedu envoy who has now made a mess of himself.

On the first day of December, Zhang Tie announced in Jiangning City that the titles of Southern Tang and Wuyue were officially abolished.

The new Jiangbei Province is formed by the ten prefectures of Xu, Hao, Si, Shou, Su, Ying, Hai, Yang, Tai and Huaiyin.

The name of Jiangdu Prefecture was abolished, the old name of Yangzhou in Tang Dynasty was restored, and Yangzhou Prefecture was the new provincial capital of Jiangbei Province.

This is equivalent to adding Yangzhou, Taizhou, Nantong and other places in northern Jiangsu and northern Anhui to form a new province.

There are also reasons for doing so.

In the republic of later generations, uh, without going to the republic, since the Southern Song Dynasty, Huainan and Huaibei, that is, the republic’s northern Anhui, northern Jiangsu, southeastern Henan, and southwestern Shandong, are famously poor places, where they have suffered many hardships Yellow flood zone.

The characteristic is that the folk customs are tough, and they are easy to fight. Even ordinary people are famous for their loud voices, drinking, and fighting.

But now, Huainan Huaibei is a good place!
There are thousands of miles of fertile fields, rich products, and convenient transportation.

The Lianghuai people have both the shrewdness of the southerners who are good at businessmen, and the boldness of the northerners. Therefore, they can enjoy both the north and the south, and emperors and generals come out in piles.

Moreover, the capitals at this time were Kaifeng and Luoyang, so the rich products and taxes in the south of the Yangtze River had to be transported to Tokyo and Shendu through the Grand Canal, Huai River, Bian River, Surabaya, etc., thus creating an extremely prosperous transportation economy.

It can be said that Huainan Huaibei at this time is definitely a treasure land.

There are two reasons for the decline of Lianghuai in history.

One is caused by the Yellow River. This mother river broke its embankment several times after the end of the Northern Song Dynasty, and even took the Huaihe River into the sea.

The torrential water it flooded washed away the precious topsoil suitable for farming in the Lianghuai area, leaving behind the yellow sand from the northwest, creating countless stagnant swamps, which destructively hit the traffic environment of the Lianghuai area, and brought great harm to the local people. brought great disaster.

Another reason is that the Southern Song court deliberately indulged. They deliberately indulged the flood to flood the Huaihe River and the Huaihe River, forming a deserted swamp belt to prevent the Jin army cavalry from going south, just like the Northern Song Dynasty made Hebei into a swamp country in the past.

Ma De, how many immoral things did these two Song dynasties do!
Therefore, in order to preserve the prosperity of Huainan and Huaibei, we must first control the Yellow River.

For Zhang Zhou, who was still in 949 AD, the time was just right.

In history, the Yellow River has accumulated so much that it is difficult to return to the period of Song Yingzong and Song Shenzong, and there are still more than 100 years left, and now it is barely enough to govern.

After Zhang Tie prepared to stabilize the political situation, he moved more people from Ningxia, the south of Shuofang, and the north of Hedong to the Central Plains. These places only kept a small amount of nomads, and planted trees by the way to control desertification in the Loess Plateau and Mu Us.

In Henan and Jiaodong in the middle and lower reaches, especially in Henan, artificial lakes were dug along the Yellow River to store water in floods and release water in droughts.

In the imperial court, the power of the Dushui Supervisor should be expanded, and the highest official should be changed from the Dushui Envoy to the Dushui Ambassador. The next step is to go to the capital water supervisor.

Although in this era, it is impossible to achieve water and sand regulation on the scale of Xiaolangdi, but now it is still possible to do one more step, and future generations will be able to relax.

In the south of the Yangtze River, Zhang Ting formed Jiangning Prefecture, Hezhou, Xuanzhou, Changzhou, Runzhou, and Wuyue Kingdom except Fuzhou to form the Jiangnan Province, and changed Jiangning Prefecture to Jinling Prefecture as the provincial capital.

The general scope is Zhejiang, Shanghai in later generations, Jiangsu to the south of the Yangtze River, and Xuancheng, Ma'anshan, Wuhu and other places in Anhui.

Then most of Jiangxi in later generations, plus Luzhou, Shuzhou, Chizhou and other places to form Jiangxi Province, is almost the vast majority of Jiangxi plus Hefei, Anqing, Tongling and other places in Anhui to form Jiangxi Province.

Fujian Province is composed of Jianjian Erzhou, Zhangquan Erzhou, Tingzhou and Fuzhou.

The remaining Ezhou, Guangzhou, and Huangzhou, that is, Wuhan, Huanggang, Macheng, and Huangchuan, were returned to Hubei Province.

In this way, the Southern Tang, Wuyue, and part of the imperial court formed the four provinces of Jiangnan, Jiangbei, Jiangxi, and Fujian.

The original Jianghuai Province was abolished, and after Xuzhou was harmed by Wuning Town, it was temporarily unable to assume the role of a provincial capital.

It's just that the disadvantages of this kind of division are also obvious, that is, the division is based entirely on customs rather than geographical advantages, which can easily lead to cliques, conservatism and xenophobia in a place.

So this is just an expedient measure. The current division of Jiangbei is to keep the water transportation from Jiangnan to Tokyo unimpeded, and use the rich wealth of Jiangbei to pay for the cost of the Yellow River treatment project.

The division of Jiangnan provinces is to eliminate the two old concepts of land in the Southern Tang Dynasty and Wuyue.

Jiangxi Province is because at this time southern Jiangxi, even Hongzhou where Nanchang is located, is still very backward. In order to balance development, the wealthy Luzhou, Jiangzhou and other places are used to drive the development of the south.

After the national political system is completely stabilized, it must still be split. Otherwise, a province with the same customs, similar language, and strong strength will easily cause local separatism in ancient society.

. . . .

Zhang Ting looked at Ma Zhaoyuan with a smile. After staying in Jiangling for a few years, Ma Zhaoyuan's temperament has undergone great changes, and his ability to command the army has also been greatly enhanced.

Like Guan Erye in history, this Shanxi man had never played in water much in his life, but he was able to lead a navy when he arrived in Jingzhou.

The same goes for Ma Yaozi, who was originally a horseman who was good at riding and shooting, but now he is more proficient in water warfare than Du Chixin and others.

From this, Zhang Ting thought of Pei Yuan again. During the more than a year since he left, Pei Yuan performed the tasks assigned to him by Zhang Ting very well, but at the same time, he also made a large number of enemies.

Up to now, there has been an endless stream of those who have publicly submitted letters of impeachment, and those who have privately submitted secret memorials to Zhang Tie through various channels.

This is inevitable, because Zhang Ting didn't give Pei Yuan the time to make a big country like cooking a small fish. What he wanted was for him to solve the problem roughly and quickly. At the same time, he had already made it clear to Pei Yuan that he must be scapegoating this time.

Under such circumstances, it is considered pretty good that Pei Yuan can hold back his inner impulse and not become a cruel official like Zhidu and Lai Junchen.

At the same time, these memorials against Pei Yuan were not all false accusations, but most of them were facts.

Historically, in the officialdom, the higher the status, the less offending people or even the less offending others, it is absolutely impossible to get things done.

You have your ideas, and he has his opinions. Although both of you may have the right strategy, but in the end, there is only one way to implement it, which requires arbitrariness.

If Pei Yuan wants to complete Zhang Tie's task, if he wants to be able to motivate capable people to do things for him, he must give benefits, otherwise he will not be able to do anything if he is alone.

For example, an official like Hai Rui would be excellent if he were to be the imperial censor or minister of the Dali Temple, but if you use him as the chief assistant or just the governor of a province, he will not be able to do anything. When the water is clear, there will be no fish. ah!
Therefore, Pei Yuan's current situation is that he did a good job, but made a lot of mistakes.

Although the root cause lies in Zhang Ting, but Zhang Ting is the emperor and he is a minister, it is impossible to put the blame on Zhang Ting.

Even if Pei Yuan wanted to push it, those whose interests were harmed by him would not accept it.

Now that they are blaming Pei Yuan for their faults, maybe Zhang Ting will look at them to comfort them. If they come directly to Zhang Ting, it will really be that I, Shao Ming, don't kill people, right?
Therefore, after Zhang Ting returned to Beijing, the best way, and the way to preserve Pei Yuan, was to demote him and vent his anger on some huge groups, but most of the policies implemented by Pei Yuan would not change.

As for Pei Yuan, it is the best position to appoint him as Pingzhang of Jiangnan Province, Defense Envoy of Jiangxi Province, and Governor of Jiangnan and Jiangxi Provinces with festivals.

One can keep Pei far away from the center.Second, the high position and weight in Jiangnan will not be taken advantage of by others.

San can also use his notoriety to rectify the local tyrants in Liangjiang. After all, they are not conquered by force.

In the fourth year of Shaoming, on the fifth day of December, Zhang Wei officially issued an edict to transfer Tongguan's guard envoy and Luo Yu'er, the Duke of Longguo, to Jiangling to serve as the Pingzhang of Hubei Province, the chief envoy of Hubei, and the defense envoy of Hubei.

Tune the original Pingzhang of Hubei Province, Chen Guogong Ma Zhaoyuan is the defense ambassador of Jiangnan and Jiangbei provinces, and Jiama Yaozi is the right servant of Zhongshu, leaving [-] troops in Jiangnan.

In this way, he can not only control the Weisuo Army in Jiangnan and Jiangbei provinces, but also control the Forbidden Army in these two provinces.

Zhang Tie ordered Ma Yaozi and Ma Zhaoyuan to eliminate the Southern Tang and Wuyue Neiya soldiers in the two provinces, especially the Jiangnan province, and immediately began to establish eleven guards and seven forbidden towns.

Ordered Tian Guogong Liu Zaisheng to lead 3000 people from the Zuokonghewei army to enter Fujian, and served as Pingzhang of Fujian Province, Fujian Chief Envoy, Fujian Defense Envoy, Zuokonghewei Commander, and prepared to establish Zhaowu Town, Fuzhou, the imperial army, and concurrently served as the commander-in-chief of Zhaowu Town .

Qian Hongcheng, the original governor of Zhangwu Town, Fuzhou, was transferred to Ren Pingzhang in Jiangbei Province.

Liu Congxiao, the Jiedu envoy of the Qingyuan Army, was granted the title of Zhang Guogong, changed the two prefectures of Zhangzhou and Quanzhou to Quanzhou Prefecture, and appointed Liu Congxiao as the inspector of Fujian Province, the governor of Quanzhou, and the military supervisor of Quanzhou Prefecture.

Liu Congxiao is very upright and loyal, and he knows how much he is worth. At the same time, Li Shengtian's granddaughter, Zhang Ting's niece Li Wan'er, has also agreed to marry Liu Shaoji, the eldest son of Liu Congxiao.

Zhang Ting didn't believe that Liu Congxiao would lose his head under such circumstances, and if he continued to guard Zhangquan and Quanzhou, there would be no problems.

And even if there is a problem, the Qingyuan army can't even defeat the Southern Tang, so are you afraid they won't be able to put it down?
As for the administration of Jiangxi Province, Zhang Tie continued to keep Li Jingda, the king of Jiangning County, as the Pingzhang of Jiangxi Province.

However, Lu Yin, the elder brother of Lu Duan who was not confused about major events in history, was transferred to be the chief envoy of Jiangxi Province. It was said to be assistance, but basically Li Jingda was given the name, and Lu Yin actually governed Jiangxi Province.

After this set of combined punches, it will take at most two or three months to basically digest the Southern Tang and Wuyue countries.

When Pei Yuan, who is in charge of Liangjiang, arrives at the scene, Juntian will punish local tyrants and crack down on illegal Buddhist sects, which can be put on the agenda.

In the few months before Pei Yuan arrived, Zhang Tie decided to appease him himself. He spent the New Year in Jinling Mansion, and returned to Kaifeng Mansion in Tokyo next spring.

(End of this chapter)