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Chapter 233
Encourage agriculture and mulberry, herd cattle and sheep, and enrich the people first; after the people are full and warm, use criminal laws to restrain the people, build a strong army outside to defend against foreign enemies, and stabilize the territory; finally, use Confucianism to educate the people, and finally get Dazhi.

Wen Yanbo said that with such a good foundation in Huaihuang Town, it won't take long for this move to bring about great improvement.Wen Yanbo even took the initiative to ask himself to come forward to find some old and famous Confucian scholars for Li Chongjiu, and let them act as doctoral instructors of county schools and county schools to teach the disciples of county schools and county schools to learn about rituals.

Li Chongjiu couldn't help laughing when he heard this. What he is currently implementing is actually an improved version of the imperial examination system for later generations.In the past, Zuo Er officials in counties and counties were either recruited by chief officials, or they followed the old people. Most of these people were from local gentry.Therefore, county magistrates, sheriffs, and chief officials all have to look at the faces of the local gentry when they arrive in a place, and even swallow their anger, hoping that nothing will happen during their tenure.When Li Chongjiu came to Feihu County with Tongshou, the county magistrate of Chengchong District dared not to sell Li Chongjiu's face, and this was the reason.

Therefore, in the past, being able to suppress the officials under his command during his tenure would make him a famous minister in future generations.
Li Chongjiu firmly believes that the implementation of such a system means that all officials are trained from the county school, which can at least reduce the intervention of the powerful gentry in the local area and strengthen the power of the central government.In this way, the power of the local gentry was suppressed.As for the expansion of Li Chongjiu's territory in the future, these students will continue to flow and become new bureaucrats, and finally fight against the Hebei gentry.

Li Chongjiu wrote to Zhou Xu several doctoral candidates recommended by Wen Yanbo. Ji Chuan read it, and both of them knew that they were famous Confucian scholars. , was also Zhou Xu's wife.So Li Chongjiu appointed several doctors at the same time. These doctors are all talents, and they are all given the treatment of joining the army in the county government.

Li Chongjiu hosted a banquet for the county official Wen Yanbo in Huaihuang Town, and Sun Erniang, Zhou Xu, Ji Chuan, Liu Yi, Tan Zong, Wang Mahan, Er Tuo, and Ying Hefu all came to congratulate him.While everyone was having a feast, suddenly Lin Dangfeng hurried in and told Li Chongjiu that Henan had undergone tremendous changes.

It turned out that after Li Mi led a [-] Wagang army across Henan, he fought fiercely with Zhang Xutuo, the ambassador of the Twelve Taoists in Henan Province, several times, but they were all invincible.Seeing that Zhang Xutuo could not be defeated, Zhai Rang wanted to lead his troops back to Shandong, but Li Mi refused to persuade Zhai Rang.Zhai Rang finally agreed, so Li Mi led more than a thousand troops to ambush in the northern forest of Dahai Temple, and asked Zhai Rang to lead the main force to fight fiercely with Zhang Xutuo.Zhai Rang was defeated by Zhang Xutuo, and he withdrew his army for more than ten miles. Zhang Xutuo pursued him closely. As a result, Li Mi suddenly broke out, and Xu Shiji and Wang Bodang also led the army to encircle him. Zhai Rang returned to fight again, and the Sui army was defeated. Zhang Xutuo finally committed suicide after being defeated.

After Zhang Xutuo's defeat, the soldiers of his troops cried for several days, and all counties and counties in Henan were frustrated.The imperial court urgently ordered Pei Renji to be the arresting ambassador of Henan Province, to lead Zhang Xutuo's remnant troops on his behalf, and guard the Hulao to resist Li Mi's westward advance.At the same time, the imperial court intends to transfer troops from Hebei, Shanxi, and Chang'an into Henan, preparing to defeat Li Mi.

When Li Chongjiu heard the news that Zhang Xutuo was defeated by Li Mi, he was happy and worried.The joy is that Zhang Xutuo died, and the court no longer has any good generals, who can destroy the anti-kings on all sides.The overthrow of the Sui Dynasty was irreversible.But the worrying thing is that Zhang Xutuo's death is still inevitable. Although it was delayed for half a year compared with history, once Zhang Xutuo died, the imperial court would immediately transfer troops from Chang'an to reinforce the Eastern Capital, so Guanzhong was empty.

And so Li Yuan's opportunity came, but Li Chongjiu was convinced that his hard work, persuading Li Mi to attack Hebei first, finally delayed Li Yuan's time for raising troops for half a year, and bought time for himself.Or it is also buying time for other anti-kings who intend to fight for world hegemony, such as Dou Jiande.

At that time, Lin Dangfeng's next words made Li Chongjiu frown for a moment.It turned out that Li Yuan, who stayed in Taiyuan, was added to the imperial court as General You Xiaowei. Although Li Yuan was dormant in Jinyang, he was still recruiting soldiers. Many sons of the gentry came to vote for Li Yuan.

Li Chongjiu is well aware of the methods of Li Yuan and his son, and they, Li Yuan and his son, are all outstanding people.In the eyes of outsiders, Li Yuan is an earnest elder, benevolent and loyal, Li Jiancheng seems to be gentle and elegant, while Li Shimin is both civil and military, treats people with confidence, is a corporal, and does not judge people by family status.The father and son are all people who are good at winning people's hearts.

In contrast, the world is against the king.Li Mi has a bit of talent and loftiness, and he has no eyes. The split of Wagangzhai in history, and Li Mihou's use of the old court officials who returned from the imperial court, and the old brothers of the original Wagangzhai, this is also the reason for Li Mi's downfall in the future. one of the reasons.Later, when Li Mi lost to Wang Shichong, he would rather go west to vote for Li Yuan than return to Shandong, thinking that Xu Shiji and other Wagang generals would rebel.

As for Dou Jiande's personality charm, he is not inferior to Li Yuan and his son, but he was born in a humble background, and even the Hedong gentry did not buy him, let alone the Kanxi gentry, and the court officials who surrendered were even more unreliable.There are only a few rebel kings left, either they are willing to be Turkic lackeys and cut themselves off from the people, or they are Zhu Can and Du Fuwei's generation, not to mention.

The general trend, to put it bluntly, is the people's hearts!

Once Li Yuan raises an army, he can be a great official in the frontier, and in the name of the Li family in Longxi, he can go straight to Guanzhong and win the support of the Kanxi gentry and the old court officials. This is what the people want.Otherwise, Liang Shidu, Li Gui, and Xue Ju would be better than Guanzhong in terms of strength, so why did Li Yuan only get cheaper in the end.Regarding Li Tang's situation, Li Chongjiu can't change it, but he can postpone it. It's time for Jinyang to raise troops, and buy himself time for the anti-kings.

Compared with history, Li Chongjiu has half a year to deal with Li Tang's rise. If there is no difference in this half-year gap, then Li Tang's general trend is irreversible.
There was a lot of discussion in the hall, and they were still happy to hear that Li Mi defeated Zhang Xutuo. After all, although Li Chongjiu did not use the banner to oppose the Sui Dynasty, he is now a separatist party.The imperial court is torn apart, and there is no strong central government. For the separatist forces, they are all happy to see it.As for whether the common people are suffering because of the war, most people do not have such a high level of ideological consciousness.

With the Wagang Army gaining a firm foothold in Henan and the five counties in Hebei, Zhou Xu, Ji Chuan and others are quite optimistic about Li Mi, who will be able to capture the Eastern Capital and seize the world in the future.But Wen Yanbo did not express his opinion.

Wang Mahan couldn't help but asked with a smile: "Does Wen Sima have a different opinion?"

Wen Yanbo put down his wine glass, and said: "Although Henan is different from Hebei, the gentry in Henan all support Li Mi, but the Eastern Capital is the place where the Four Wars took place, and the waterway is convenient, and the imperial court can't tolerate the loss of the Eastern Capital, so it will definitely adjust from all sides. It will take several years for Li Mi to take over the Eastern Capital even if the troops are reinforced, so it is not yet possible to say that Li Mi can take over the world."

Ji Chuan nodded at the side, and said: "What Wen Sima said is true, the east is too far away, we are just watching from the sidelines, it is better to look in front of us. If Zhang Xutuo is defeated, then the imperial court will not have many troops to mobilize. , if Xue Shixiong leaves, Zhuojun is our opportunity to take advantage of the situation."

Li Chongjiu nodded and said: "Exactly, but before attacking Zhuojun, we must first defeat Luo Yi and open the way."

Wen Yanbo cupped his hands and said: "Your words are very kind."

Luo Yi and Gao Kaidao are Li Chongjiu's strong opponents in the competition for Zhuojun. Before Xue Shixiong makes a move, Li Chongjiu must defeat these two, otherwise he can only make wedding dresses for others. After all, Luo Yi entered the history Zhuo County.

Li Chongjiu immediately asked Sun Erniang: "Fifth Aunt, how is your talk with Minister Xi?"

Sun Erniang said: "Xiao Jiu, don't worry, the elders accepted our gift and said that as long as we don't mobilize more than [-] cavalry, there will be no objection."

"How are Yinghefu, the Turks, the four tribes of the Xi clan, and the Khitan doing now?"

Yinghe Fu said: "There is news from the Turks that Shibi Khan is seriously ill. Now his younger brothers and sons are all competing for the next Khan position. The Turkic Khan court is now competing , I have no time to pay attention to the south for the time being.”

Li Chongjiu nodded after hearing this. Turkic people are brave by nature, and it is best to fight for it. The previous khan can be appointed as the khan. Khan's power.Li Chongjiu remembered that Shibi Khan's current son was the famous Tuli Khan in later generations.Every time the Turkic people choose a khan, they are the survival of the fittest within the clan. Those who hope to win the khan will fight openly and secretly, and it is unknown how many people will die.At this time, they have absolutely no external force and will pay attention to Huaihuang Town.

"As for the other four tribes of the Xi tribe, the Qijin Qiuli Han of the Mukun tribe is still facing me. With him to balance the situation, the other three tribes will not act rashly. What's more, their tribal leaders have just taken our cattle and sheep, so they will not send troops at this time .As for the Khitan, the Wuhou Qinshui battle last year resulted in heavy casualties, and their vitality has not recovered. There is no Turkic leadership, and there is no spare power to invade."

Very well, the Northern threat is gone.Li Chongjiu narrowed his eyes. As for the situation in the south, Lin Dangfeng had already reported it to him. Before Liu Wuzhou defeated Chen Xiaoyi, he would not rush to send troops, and Dou Jiande had already gone south to capture the counties in Hebei. Once Yang Yichen left, Duan Lao The Sui Army is no match for Dou Jiande at all, and the counties in Hebei are now a piece of fat for Dou Jiande.Dou Jiande will not stop eating meat, but come to Shanggu to eat bones.What's more, the two sides have just negotiated a peace.

The current strategic situation around Li Chongjiu can be said to be the safest moment. It would be a pity if he slept at home.

So Li Chongjiu looked at Ertuo and said, "How is the process of recruiting the Dingling departments of Liaoxi County?"

Etuo said: "Please rest assured, Khan. After receiving the swords and salt from us, Ding Ling's ministries have agreed to our conditions. When our army sends troops to the west of Liaoning, they can provide assistance."

"Very good." Li Chongjiu nodded slowly.

Li Chongjiu said: "Shanggu County's [-] soldiers have already finished their training, and I decided to recruit another [-] soldiers. I ordered Yu Chigong, Zhao Que'er, and Zhao Quanting to lead the [-] soldiers to go north immediately and rush to Huaihuang Town. "

(End of this chapter)