First Minister of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 308 Reviewing the Inspector of Jingzhou

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In Li Yuan's will, Jingzhou General Manager's Mansion was set up to govern Jingzhou, Kip, Yingzhou, Ezhou and other Jingzhou old places, and the government was located in Jiangling City. Gong, Cen Wenwen is Jingzhou Biejia, Xu Shaojin Jue Qiao Guogong.

The rest of the generals Wei Ling, Wan Xuan and others were promoted, and for the Hussar General Liu Zhi who died in battle, he was also granted the title of Duke of the County, and his sons inherited the title.

With the assistance of Xu Shao's son, Xu Zhiren, Li Yuan, the commander-in-chief of the North Army, broke through Jingmen and other places. .

Zhou Faming from the East Route Army, Tian Shikang from the South Route Army and others each received awards.

He is only in his early twenties, and he is an official governor. Although he is a school inspector, not a formal professor, he has the right to perform his powers and responsibilities, which is equivalent to the position of "agent". , extremely rich.

Of course, Jingzhou Inspector's Mansion and Jingzhou Governor's Mansion are both in Jiangling City. In fact, the Jingzhou Inspector's Office is controlled by the Jingzhou Inspector, let alone the inspector's governor. This move is enough to show that Li Yuan wants to confer Gao Chong with a high position, but due to his age, For fear of provoking criticism, it was not actually taught.

After the celebration banquet, the servant who delivered the decree did not leave, but respectfully said to Gao Chong: "Califer Gao, the sage has other wishes, please accept the decree."

Gao Chong was startled, seeing that there were only a few people left in the hall, he guessed that this decree was relatively private, as expected, the servant who delivered the decree continued: "Except for King Zhao Jun and Cen Biejia, the rest of the people will stay away for now. ".

Seeing that the servants were so solemn, Wei Ling and the others resigned one after another.

Gao Chong hurriedly got down from his seat, straightened his clothes, and bowed to listen.

The attendant in the decree took out the secret decree from the box, and after reading it in a few words, he bid farewell to the three people. He knew that it was time for the three people in charge of Jingzhou to discuss next.

Gao Chong was appointed as the pacification ambassador of Lingnan Dao, and he was ordered to appease Lingnan, and he was granted a license to pay homage... In short, the secret decree can be condensed into this sentence.

"According to the order..." Li Xiaogong was also a little surprised, looked at Gao Chong seriously and said: "Youzhi, this is not an ordinary power, you should be cautious, don't let the saint's high expectations be disappointed."

Cen Wenwen also exclaimed: "The sage really trusts Governor Gao a lot."

The so-called entrustment of the system is based on the existing systems and regulations of the Tang Dynasty. Gao Chong can appoint anyone to a certain extent. For example, the state and county system is implemented in the Tang Dynasty. If Feng An is willing to surrender Gao Chong can directly appoint Feng An as the governor of a certain state without asking Li Yuan for instructions.

This political right is even higher than the standard for opening a government. After all, officials can be appointed. In fact, this kind of treatment was not created by Li Yuan. For example, Deng Ai had this kind of power when he destroyed the Shu Han during the Three Kingdoms period. Generally speaking, he led the battle to destroy the country. A good general can have this kind of power, which can appease the enemy's surrender faster and more conveniently, thus stabilizing the situation more effectively.

"There is a lot of pressure," Gao Chong said with a wry smile, and then he cheered up and said passionately: "There is pressure to be motivated. Tomorrow I will go to Lingnan, and Jingren will have to work on Jingzhou affairs."

Jingzhou Biejia is the governor's deputy, and Gao Chong went to Lingnan, so the general affairs of Jingzhou can only be handed over to Cen Wenwen.

"Let's go tomorrow?" Li Xiaogong was surprised: "The road to the south of the Lingnan is difficult, and this trip will take a few months at a fast pace, and a year or a half at a slow pace, why not rest for a few days?"

Gao Chong made his way to surrender Deng Shiluo of Jinzhou and Ran Zhaoze of Kaizhou, sailed down the river to destroy the two cities of Yidu and Zhijiang, then captured Xu Xuanche alive, forced Xiao Xian to surrender, and finally appeased Jiangling, dealt with traitors and had no family property Reward the army, this is a major event, and everything is inseparable from Gao Chong.

From Li Xiaogong's point of view, now that Jingchu is stable, Gao Chong can rest for a few days.

"It's just right to go south with the prestige of this great victory, so that it is possible to appease all parts of Lingnan," Gao Chong shook his head.

These words are also reasonable, Li Xiaogong nodded slowly, and then asked: "How many soldiers and horses do you plan to bring?"

Gao Chong heard the words and said bluntly: "Dozens of rides are enough."

"No", Li Xiaogong and Cen Text Box said at the same time.

Seeing this, Gao Chong smiled and explained: "The purpose of going here is to appease, not to use troops. There are hundreds of thousands of troops in Lingnan. If you really want to mobilize troops, I'm afraid it will not use millions of troops."

"Even if Feng An and the others have no malicious intentions, the terrain in Lingnan is complex, and there are many bandits and bandits. It is impossible to lead only a few dozen riders." Li Xiaogong resolutely refused. He could not let Gao Chong put himself in danger. , if Gao Chong collapsed in Lingnan, then he, Li Xiaogong, could hardly escape the blame.

Cen Wenwen also said: "Most of the people in Lingnan are slang, Yue, Liao, etc., who are afraid of authority but not virtue. If they dress lightly and follow the rules, they will inevitably be despised."

Hearing this, Gao Chong suddenly became enlightened, and said directly: "Jing Ren's words are reasonable", and immediately murmured: "Bring too many soldiers and horses, and move too slowly. If it is really a mobilization of troops, it will be a drag on the contrary. It is better to bring A small number of well-equipped elite divisions are used to demonstrate the military power, and they must also bring honor guards and drum music, which can also declare the court's majesty."

"It's just like this. The Lingnan is remote, the people are ignorant, and there has always been little education. The combination of majesty and military might shows the orthodoxy of the Celestial Dynasty," Li Xiaogong said in agreement.

The terrain in the south of the Five Ridges is too complicated, and often a tribal leader in a mountainous corner would dare to rise up with only 800 people and call himself an emperor. To put it bluntly, he has never seen the world. A guard of honor, leading an elite and mighty division to governor Lingnan, should be able to make extraordinary achievements.

"The number of people should not be too small." Li Xiaogong hesitated, then gritted his teeth and said: "I will select tall and strong elites from the three armies, a total of 1 people, to be matched with first-class soldiers, and I will also give you the drum music from my palace. Be sure to increase my power in the Tang Dynasty."

Gao Chong was also surprised when he heard that, [-] elites paired with first-class armor, they are really elites like no other in the world. The first-class armor that Li Xiaogong said must be top-grade, and he would never use inferior ones as good ones. Maybe they are full of iron armor and steel knives .

It seems that Li Xiaogong really spared no effort to support Gao Chong, and took out all the wealth of the Jingzhou Governor's Mansion. Even if he took over Xiaoliang's old place, even if Jingchu was rich, it would not be easy to form such an elite division. None of the school lieutenants and generals in the army have iron armor.

Cen text box nodded in agreement, "Lingnan people are not tall, and choosing tall and strong elites is more conducive to demonstrating military power."

Gao Chong hurriedly thanked Li Xiaogong and hurried down to prepare.

With the full support of Li Xiaogong, all armies cooperated unconditionally. In just one day, 5000 elite soldiers were selected from the hundreds of thousands of troops, including 5000 cavalrymen, [-] crossbowmen, jumping hands, spearmen, etc. The infantry has a total of [-], and there are also [-] heavy soldiers, making a total of [-] people.

(End of this chapter)