Prosperous Tang Dynasty

Chapter 409 Great Development of Hebei

The great victory in Chuzhou, the death of Shi Siming and his son, and the complete annihilation of the rebel army shocked the whole world.

What shocked them was that Peiping Wang Li Fei really sent only [-] Anton troops to wipe out the rebels and killed Shi Siming and his son.

You know, before Shi Siming only had more than 15 troops left, the imperial court sent three major envoys, and the 20 army suffered a disastrous attack, allowing Shi Siming to sweep half of Huainan again, and the number of troops swelled to [-] , more than three times the original.

But that's how it was. The Ten Thousand Anton Army of the King of Peking also wiped out all the rebels and killed Shi Siming.

Is the court too incompetent or the King of Peking too powerful, or both?
Chang'an City.

From civil and military officials to ordinary people, there was an uproar. Few people cheered because Shi Siming's anti-army was destroyed, because they felt more strongly the threat of Beiping Wang Li Fei who was in Luoyang.

Since the battle of Xiangzhou, the 60 troops were defeated, and Shi Siming quickly rose again like a flood, and once again captured Luoyang, Nanyang, Yanzhou, and swept across the Jianghuai River, which was even more powerful than the Anlushan period.

The imperial court was at a loss and had to ask Li Fei, King of Peking, to send troops to rehabilitate him.

At the peak of the anti-army confrontation, Peiping King Li Fei led 20 Anton troops into Hebei, swept Hebei in just a dozen days, defeated Shi Siming's nearly 40 anti-army in Xiangzhou, and captured Luoyang in 20 days. He was beaten like a bereaved dog and fled to Jianghuai.

Immediately, the Andong Army attacked from multiple directions, and the autumn wind swept away the rebels like fallen leaves. Shi Siming was left with the last Chuzhou, a small piece of Feizhou. He had no choice but to surrender to the imperial court. The imperial court accepted Shi Siming's surrender and named Shi Siming the Chuzhou Festival. As an envoy, King Beiping ordered Anton's army to return to Luoyang.

Then the king of Beiping counted Shi Siming's crimes and said that Shi Siming's surrender would never be accepted. The imperial court once again sent troops to wipe out Shi Siming.
The imperial court lost troops and defeated generals, Shi Siming swept half of Huainan, and there was a tendency to sweep again. The imperial court had to let King Peiping send troops to conquer again. , defeated Shi Siming's 20 anti-army army, and even Shi Siming and his son were killed.

There is no harm without comparison. After various comparisons, the court seems too incompetent.

"Will Li Fei rebel?" Suzong Li Heng was no longer in the mood to be angry, he only had fear in his heart, fearing that Li Fei would suddenly rebel and enter Guanzhong from Luoyang, destroying Datang!He didn't have the confidence to resist Li Fei at all.

In order to appease Li Fei and prevent Li Fei from rebelling, Suzong Li Heng immediately named Li Fei's eldest son as the king of the county, his second son as the prince of the state, and the third son as the prince of the state. Both daughters were princesses. Li Fei's father-in-law Lin Siming in Chang'an City also became the Duke of the State, and Huaqing Palace also sent a lot of rewards to Concubine Yang Taigui and Princess Yongping.

Not only the Tang court, but ordinary people are also nervous. Anlu Mountain and Shi Siming have just been destroyed, and they don't want to encounter another war.

The Tang court and the people were in the midst of this panic. After more than two months of trembling, Li Fei showed no sign of rebellion. Instead, he 'returned' Yanzhou and Yingchuan to the court, expressing that he would not rebel.

Time passed, half a year, a year, Li Fei still showed no sign of rebellion, and the hearts of the court and the people finally settled down. It seems that Li Fei, King of Peking, is really different from Shi Siming of Anlu Mountain. Strength, but will not rebel.

No one dared to ask Li Fei to withdraw from Hebei and withdraw from Anton, for fear of breaking the current balance and annoying Li Fei.

It was an eerie calm and silence.

Hebei.

Since the capture of Luoyang, Li Fei ordered to vigorously restore people's livelihood in Hebei.

After several years of war, a large number of people died and were lost, and countless lands were barren.Li Fei ordered the re-measurement and distribution of land, and ordered the exemption of Hebei's agricultural tax for five years, and the permanent exemption of corvee.At the same time, Li Fei copied Anton's administration and laws, and set up police stations, courts, agricultural bureaus, transportation bureaus, tax bureaus, etc. in various states in Hebei. .

The people in Hebei didn't understand much, and cheered when they heard that the land was re-measured and distributed, tax exemption for five years, and corvee was exempted.

After several years of war, the rebel army levied violently in order to defeat the Tang Dynasty. The people in Hebei had a serious shortage of farm cattle, and they didn’t even have grain seeds. , Massive grain varieties.Li Fei also distributed new farm tools to speed up production efficiency and so on.

The vast Hebei is ushering in great development.

After the defeat of Shi Siming's rebel army, Li Fei only stayed in Luoyang, Bianzhou, Chenliu, Lingchang, Xingyang and other places in the south of the Yellow River. He also copied Andong's administration and laws, and ushered in great development just like Hebei.

After the people gradually resumed farming, Li Fei encouraged business and set up factories——
For a whole year, Li Fei focused on the development of Hebei, Luoyang and other places.Only in the second year, the people in Hebei, Luoyang and other places completely settled down, and production was fully restored, as if they had returned to the tranquility of the prosperous Kaiyuan period.

The new administrative method brings high efficiency.

The county magistrate, the police, and the courts do not interfere with each other. As long as there is evidence, the people can go to the court to sue the officials.

Li Fei also set up teaching and implemented eight-year compulsory education, requiring everyone to be able to read and write.

There is a huge amount of capital accumulated by Anton, and a large number of businessmen such as Jiangnan flowed in under Li Fei's policy of encouraging business, which also brought a lot of capital.

Hebei, Luoyang and other places are in full swing.

Compared with Hebei, Luoyang and other places that developed like rockets, Guanzhong, Jianghuai, Nanyang, Henan Province and other places under the rule of the Tang Dynasty were not so lucky.

Because of Li Fuguo and Yu Chaoen, relying on the absolute trust of Suzong Li Heng, one took over the government and the other took over the military power. Almost all the political and military power of the Tang Dynasty was under the command of Li Fuguo and Yu Chaoen, two eunuchs. They eliminated dissidents and suppressed Loyal ministers, so that the government of the Tang Dynasty was as corrupt as ever.

Moreover, due to the pressure of Li Fei and Chen Bing Luoyang, he was afraid that Li Fei would rebel and enter Guanzhong. Whether it was Suzong Li Heng, Li Fuguo, Yu Chaoen, they all expanded their troops crazily, just defending the front lines of Shanzhou, Lingbao, and Tongguan There are two 10,000+ soldiers.

Not to mention restoring people's livelihood, the Tang court had to increase taxes to support an army of hundreds of thousands.

The so-called one mountain cannot accommodate two tigers. Although Li Fuguo and Yu Chaoen are eunuchs, they both clenched their fists and wanted to monopolize them.After discovering that Li Fei really did not show signs of rebelling and entering Guanzhong, they also started fighting for power and cultivating party members.

A large number of incompetent people get official positions from Li Fuguo and Yu Chaoen by relying on sycophants and bribes. There are local officials and local leading generals. So many incompetent people spread to the Tang ruling organization, just like moths Generally speaking, the rule of the Tang Dynasty was corrupted, and the court of the Tang Dynasty became more and more corrupt. However, Suzong Li Heng did not see these corruptions. He thought that with the help of Li Fuguo and Yu Chaoen, the two "right-hand men", the Tang Dynasty was flourishing and restored. The prosperity of the Kaiyuan period has come.

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