A thousand-year-old family that began with the Battle of Makino

Chapter 539: On Merits and Rewards, Pingzhou was newly established, and King Zhao Tian and his son were suspicious

November

In Jizhou, all three armies gathered here. Bai Shu recognized the contributions of Yan Qi, Xiahou Bo and Bai Yu, and posthumously conferred the title of Marquis of Zhuoxian to Liu Cheng, the chief historian of Northern Xinjiang. The title was inherited by his 16-year-old eldest son Liu Meng. .

Secondly, Bai Shu specially promoted Liu Meng to the position of Sima in the palace. He would not take up the post for the time being. He would first enroll in Bai Zong and wait until he completed his studies before taking up the post.

November 21

An army of more than 100,000 people set out from Jizhou in a mighty manner and headed towards Qiyang, Kyoto.

Beiding three years
New Year
The army returned to Qiyang, and Prince Bai Kai and hundreds of civil and military officials went to Huai Pavilion, ten miles east of Qiyang, to welcome the emperor back to the court.

The thirteenth day of the first lunar month

When Bai Shu came to court, he discussed his merits and rewarded them.

Jin Feng Zhenbei General, Fan Yang Gongan, was appointed Duke of Fan, and was granted the title of Taiwei, ranking first rank, and was given an iron certificate of alchemy and a palace in Qiyang;
The imperial decree conferred the title of Marquis of Ting and the Governor of Youzhou, Hu Yanying, on the title of Marquis of Lu County and General of the Northern Expedition, with the same rank of third rank, and the Governor of Youzhou remained as before;
In addition, he was granted the title of Taibao by King Dongwu and Bai Lin, the governor of Youzhou, and granted three thousand households in the city. He was also given iron coupons for alchemy books and was ranked first grade. Youzhou guards and opens the mansion with the three divisions, and the holidays are as before;
Yan Qi, the captain of the Dongyi School, was promoted to the position of Chief Shi of the Northern Xinjiang Prefecture and Marquis of Ting. He was given the title of Middle Attendant and was ranked the same as the third rank;
(Due to the special nature of the Northern Xinjiang Prefecture, which governs the Hu people of Youbian and Erzhou, the general manager is of the third rank, while Tian Zhen is originally of the first rank due to his own title and military position, so he is a high-ranking and low-ranking official.)

The imperial decree conferred the title of Chariot and Cavalry General Xiahou Bo as the Marquis of Wen County, and appointed him as the Commander-in-Chief of the Navy. The Chariot and Cavalry General remained as before, with a rank of second rank.

He promoted General of the Hussars and King Bai Gu of Guangping to the rank of General of the Hussars, Deputy Commander of the Navy, Jiajie, and Kaifu. He went out to control North Korea and provided food for thousands of households.

He also sent people to reward General Anbei who was stationed in Linyu, the governor of Western Liaoning, and Sima Murongxuan of Youzhou as Marquis of Changxiang, and allowed his son to enroll in Baizong.

Because Ma Xie, the former cavalry captain, had made great achievements in the battle of Linyu. He personally led his troops along the Linyu Wall, broke through Linyu Pass, and killed the Yan army for more than ten miles. He was specially promoted to the governor of Pingzhou, ranking fourth. Taste.

(Pingzhou was recovered by General Baishu after crossing the sea. South of Mazi River on the Korean Peninsula and north of Han River were Daifang County, Lelang County, Xuantu County, three of the original four Han Dynasty counties, and the newly established Tieyuan County. It is a state established by the unification of counties, and the state seat is located in Lelang County, North Korea.

The former Samhan area south of the Han River was handed over to the management of the Joseon King Wang Jian. He only needed to pay annual tribute of local specialties to the court and send the crown prince to study abroad.

Because Bai Shu had granted permission for Wang Wu, the crown prince of the Joseon Dynasty, to return to the dynasty with the expedition to Xia, he was allowed to enter the Baizong to study aristocratic etiquette, Sinology, etc.

At the same time, according to the "White Lord's Privilege Addition" stipulation in the "White Lord's Title Inheritance System", the king and the Duke can recommend three candidates to enter the Bai Zong every three years.

Therefore, the King of Korea can also recommend three Korean nationals to study abroad in Qiyang Baizong every year. )
In Bai Shu's view, although the Northern Expedition did not completely destroy the Yan State, it greatly dealt a blow to the arrogance of the Murong Yan State. At the same time, the five counties of Beiping, Liaoxi, Daifang, Lelang, and Xuantu were recovered, and Tieyuan was newly established. The county has already gained a lot from surrendering to Korea.

In this way, if Murong Huang wanted to expand, he had Linyu Pass in the south and Pingzhou established by Xia on the Korean Peninsula, so he could only expand to the Yuwen Department in the west.

Although Daxia is quite far from the Korean Peninsula by land and looks like an enclave, if you go by sea, it is not that far from North Korea. It can only take half a month at most, which is no further than the distance between Qiyang and Linyu Pass.

Now with the addition of Pingzhou, Daxia has five states, namely Sizhou, Jizhou, Bingzhou, Youzhou, and Pingzhou.

Among them, Siji Prefecture is the richest, followed by Youbin, and Pingzhou is the poorest and needs to rely on central funding.

In order to prevent the Yan State from invading Korea from the south, Bai Shu built a city on the south bank of the Mazi River, named Anping, and set it as the seat of Xuantu County, with 5,000 troops stationed opposite Xi'an Ping of the Yan State on the north bank.

Qingning City was also built at the intersection of Qingchuan River and Daning River south of Mazi River. It served as the second line of defense and stationed three thousand troops. It was managed by Lelang County and the Lelang Prefect was stationed here.

Then there is Joseon City, the seat of Pingzhou, with three thousand troops stationed. It is commanded by King Guangping and Pingzhou garrison Bai Gu as the general reserve force. At the same time, Bai Gu also supervises the Korean country south of the Han River.

In order to completely conquer Pingzhou and interrupt the connection between Yan State and Zhao and Jin in the south, Bai Shu established the Navy Commander's Office in Jinting, where the Bohai Bay is located in Yan County, Youzhou, and upgraded its status to county level. , renamed Jinzhou as a sea city and naval port.

Xiahoubo, the cavalry general and naval commander, supervised the construction of sea ships here, blocked the Bohai Bay, and intercepted the caravans of Zhao and Jin heading to Liaodong.

At the same time, a naval port and a sea city were established in Haiming County, Daifang County, Pingzhou, as branches of the Navy Governor's Office. The naval warships and other ships there were controlled by Baigu, and cooperated with Jinzhou to blockade Yan State.

As Bai Shu attached great importance to sea navigation, Xia's naval and water warfare capabilities continued to improve, and intercepted the goods shipped by Zhao and Jin to Yan, forcing Yan's merchants to trade with him. Commercial taxes have increased by more than 40%.

Just as Bai Shu ended the war against Yan State, Zhao State also ended its suppression of Guo Quan's rebellion.

At the beginning of last year, Shi Hu sent his general Guo Ao and Chengyang King Shi Bin with 40,000 infantry and cavalry to attack Guo Quan westward and garrison Huayin.

In April, Guo Quan, who had been fighting fiercely with the Zhao army in Shanggui, was suddenly killed by the Shanggui nobles and asked to surrender to the Zhao army.

After the war, in order to completely weaken Qinzhou's power, Shi Hu ordered more than 30,000 households in Qinzhou to be relocated to Qingzhou and Yongzhou.

Shi Hu thought that he could sit back and relax, knowing that Emperor Xia personally raised an army to attack Yan, and was preparing to fulfill the contract of the Zhao Yan alliance and personally lead the army north to assist Murong Huang.

Unexpectedly, because Shihu's policy of relocating the people of Qinzhou squeezed out the interests of the local powerful people in Yongzhou, Chen Liangfu from Chang'an fled to the Black Qiang, and the Northern Qiang king Bo Juda and others invaded Beidi, Feng Yi and others in Yongzhou. county. Shi Hu had to temporarily put aside his plan to advance north, and sent Guo Ao, Shi Bin, Shi Tao and others to attack together, and finally defeated them.

However, Guo Ao underestimated the enemy and took advantage of the victory to chase and defeat the soldiers. Instead, he was defeated by the Qiang people, and seventy-eight out of ten of them died.

Shi Hu put Guo Ao to death because he was responsible for the defeat of the army. However, Guo Ao was the capable general of Qin Wang Shi Hong, so he complained quite a lot and was imprisoned by Shi Hu.

After dealing with the matters in Guanzhong, it was already September. At this time, the Xia Yan war was not over yet. Shi Hu believed that there was still a chance to fulfill the covenant and prepared to come up with the delayed plan to advance north.

At this time, Emperor Shi Hong rushed to Qi Palace from Luoyang with his seal, hoping to abdicate the throne to Prime Minister Shi Hu.

In the end, after a series of tedious negotiations, Shi Hu finally accepted Shi Hong's abdication. However, he did not proclaim himself emperor. Instead, he followed his father Shi Le and claimed to be the king of Zhao Tian.

And deposed Shi Hong as King of Haiyang. They imprisoned Shi Hong, the Queen Mother Cheng, their brothers, Qin Wang Shi Hong, and Nanyang Wang Shi Hui in Chongxun Palace, and soon killed them all.

After the Xia Yan War ended, Shi Hu finished handling the domestic chores.

March
Shi Hu once again took over the throne and claimed to be the King of Zhao. His actions were the same as Kao's father Shi Le.

In the same month, Queen Zheng was enthroned as the Queen of the Heavenly King, and Prince Shi Sui was made the Crown Prince of the Heavenly King. Among his sons, those who were originally kings were reduced to county princes, and among the clan's descendants, those who were kings were reduced to county princes. There are different levels of titles among officials.

Originally, according to Shi Hu's expectation, he would not proclaim himself emperor but king, which should be able to reflect his own character and demonstrate his benevolence and righteousness.

However, the soldiers who had followed Shi Hu through life and death, as well as the ministers who supported Shi Hu in seizing power, had their titles reduced for nothing, and some even had worse status than before. This made Zhao's ministers extremely dissatisfied, but they were afraid of Shi Hu's power. , dare not speak.

However, Shi Hu was always proud and believed that he had conquered most of Zhao's territory by himself and looked down on anyone. Therefore, he did not feel the slightest dissatisfaction of his subjects and still believed in his own way.

After entering Luoyang, he built palaces and built palaces aggressively. In one year alone, as many as three palace projects were launched.

The heavy labor and Shihu's lack of attention to civil governance allowed local powerful people to oppress the people, and lawless children of wealthy families were rampant, which greatly aroused the dissatisfaction of the people across the country.

However, under Shi Hu's high-pressure policy, there was never much rebellion. It was suppressed by local county chiefs and powerful landlords, who took the opportunity to annex more land and recruit more refugees as tenants.

Beiding six years
Shi Hu has been addicted to wine and sex, so he is moody. Rewards and punishments depend on his preferences. He often kills waiters or maids at will for trivial matters.

The cruelty of the punishment methods used made others unable to look directly at him and covered their faces to retching.

Not only that, Shi Hu also disposed of the ministers' wives and concubines as he pleased, treating them as his own belongings, regardless of his status as king and father.

As for the daily affairs of the government, Shi Hu left all the affairs to the prince Shi Sui, letting him inspect and decide what the minister should do.

In order to keep Shi Sui from being out of his control, he often said that he would not proclaim himself emperor, and King Jutian would give him an example, asking him to learn from him, brothers and friends should be respectful to each other, and not to learn from the Jin Dynasty, where brothers killed each other.

In order to show his love for the prince, Shi Hu said to the minister:
"Sima's father and son brothers killed each other, so they lost their country and lived in the south of the Yangtze River. I followed the late emperor's orders and did not usurp the throne. I only claimed to be the king of heaven, so I was able to obtain the throne.

Therefore, there is no reason for me to kill Shi Sui! "

But soon, Shi Hu changed. Dongguan Gong Shi Xuan and Le'an Gong Shi Tao used their charming methods to send beautiful women, treasures and fine wines many times to win Shi Hu's heart, so he was favored.

The two of them often relied on their holy favor to show off in front of Shi Sui, treating him like an ox or a horse.

When Shi Sui thought about how he was working so hard in the court, and these two people were able to infiltrate the Sacred Heart just by relying on their easy charm, his heart was extremely unbalanced, so he hated them like enemies.

In addition, sometimes when Shi Sui reported something, Shi Hu would say dissatisfiedly:

"How can such a trivial thing be worth reporting?" Because it disturbed his enjoyment.

Sometimes he couldn't hear Shi Sui's report and said dissatisfiedly:
"Why didn't you report it!" Because he was afraid that Shi Sui would escape his control and have other intentions.

Therefore, Shi Sui was condemned, scolded, whipped and beaten several times in one month.

Therefore, Shi Sui privately said to Li Yan, the concubine of the East Palace, and others:

"The emperor's will is unsatisfied. I want to kill my father and stand on my own. What are you doing with me?"

Li Yan and others were afraid of Shi Hu's cruelty and did not know Shi Sui's true intentions, so they trembled and fell to the ground, daring not to answer.

(End of this chapter)