Chastity Layman

  Chapter 817 The tacit understanding of Weng and his son-in-law

  Feng An and others couldn't sit still in the capital, and they all asked to return to Lingnan to help put down the chaos.

  Unexpectedly, the emperor pressed the seal and comforted the earth kings with good words, but he didn't let them go back.

   "Going back at this time, is it to help put down the chaos, or to add to the chaos?"

  Li Shimin snorted twice, and threw all these memorials into a wooden box.

  Cen Wenwen, a scholar of the Hanlin University, brought several Hanlin scholars to assist the emperor in reviewing memorials. Although Cen Wenwen no longer entered the political affairs hall as chancellor, he moved directly to the emperor's Ganlu Hall to assist in office work.

Official document memorials of the imperial court, after deliberation and decision-making in the Political Affairs Hall, were sent to the Manna Hall, where Hanlin scholars had to go over them again, and were responsible for pasting the emperor’s official documents, sorting the memorials into different categories, refining the outline, and pasting them on a small yellow paper On the cover of the memorial.

  The emperor generally only personally commented on important memorials. If general memorials are deemed unnecessary after reading the yellow post, they will be handed over to Cen Wenben, a scholar of the Imperial Academy, or Chengqian, the crown prince, for Zhu Zhu’s approval.

  Recently, there have been a lot of memorials in Lingnan, and there are also many secret memorials that Lingnan officials secretly submitted to the emperor. Cen Wenwen and the crown prince were not qualified to read the content of the secret performance, they were all sealed and presented directly to the emperor. But they have read other public memorials.

   Cen Wenwen attaches great importance to the many recent events in Lingnan, and requires Hanlin scholars to deal with all the memorials about Lingnan.

"Holy man, the Juding rebellion all started from Li Daliang, and if Qin Lang hadn't arrived in Guangzhou, he would have immediately summoned all the officials from Lingnan to Guangzhou, resulting in no officials guarding the border areas, and it would not have given up Juding There is an opportunity to take advantage of it. Qin Lang is responsible for this matter!"

  Cen Wenwen was very rude to refer to Qin Lang's book.

Regarding the Juding rebellion and the current chaos in Lingnan, he suggested recalling Qin Lang, ordered Li Daliang to be reprimanded, and then sent a high-ranking official to the Xuanfu Liaozi Department in Lingnan to let Feng An, Chen Longshu and other local kings return to Lingnan. can be determined.

   Li Shimin frowned.

There is chaos in Lingnan now, but it doesn't worry him too much. Whether it is Li Daliang or Qin Lang, one is enough to keep Lingnan in check. What's more, there are two now, and there is a new naval fleet over there. sky.

  On the contrary, Lingnan is now in chaos, and this is a great opportunity for the court to restore order in Lingnan.

  No break, no stand.

  The situation in Lingnan must have a new start.

  Cen Wenwen only thought about how to make Lingnan stable, while what Qin Lang was doing was how to let Datang truly and fully control Lingnan. The difference in knowledge between the two was too great.

  Qin Lang used to be the first academician of the Imperial Academy, and he is indeed much stronger than Cen Wenwen, the third academician.

   When it comes to secretarial work, Cen Wenwen is better than Qin Lang, but when it comes to this overall view, Cen Wenwen is still much worse.

  The emperor took out his small notebook and looked through it.

   These are the notes Qin Lang took after he went to Lingnan. He made an expedition to Liuqiu Island, the imperial court opened up three prefectures, expanded land for thousands of miles, and added 100,000 households. His royal treasury has increased by a million tributes.

Afterwards, Qin Lang entered Guangzhou and suppressed the Guangming Cult. Countless churches and manors were confiscated successively. Ivory, rhinoceros, hawksbill, coral, gems, gold, silver, spices, etc. are worth tens of millions.

These two tributes alone made Li Shimin very happy. What's more, he was not only happy with Qin Lang's tribute money, but also with such a huge underground force of the Guangming Cult. Again enhanced control.

   Not to mention, Qin Lang also took the opportunity to rectify the local kings in Lingnan. The emperor detained Feng An and others in the capital.

  What Cen Wenwen saw was that there is a lot of chaos in Lingnan, but he didn't find that the chaos in Lingnan was moving in a direction that was beneficial to the court.

   Now the sentence is reversed, and many people in the court shouted that it was Li Daliang who started the border provocation lightly, and it was Qin Lang who was tossing around, but in Li Shimin's view, this might not be a good opportunity.

  An opportunity to completely conquer the Juding Liaozi tribe. It is time for this large blank area on the map to be included in the imperial court.

  The emperor opened Qin Lang's latest secret music.

  This troublesome son-in-law bluntly said that he intends to drive away tigers and eat wolves, and let Juding and Zuoxixi Man fight.

   It's a good move to drive away tigers and wolves. The invasion of Juding was originally a bad thing, but in Qin Lang's eyes, it became an opportunity.

Cen Wenwen and many other officials were restless when they heard that 300,000 troops had invaded the country, but Li Shimin heard from Qin Lang that all the ministries were mobilized this time, and the actual total number of troops was only 100,000. , and these 100,000 are not elites, but the old and weak, women and children. It sounds like a 100,000 army, but the actual young and strong will not exceed 30,000. Many Judingliao people even held bronze weapons. Although they were stronger than those Dongfans on Liuqiu Island who held stone tools, they were all equipment from the Qin and Han Dynasties.

Li Daliang is in Jiaozhou, Qinlang is in Yongzhou, and there is a blockade at both ends. In addition, Qinlang's fief Wu'an prefecture blocks the gate of Menzhou. No matter how fierce Juding is, it is actually framed in Zuoxi and Juding. Let them toss first, and it will only be the southern barbarians attacking each other.

  What appeasement is not necessary at all.

  Li Shimin even deliberately suppressed this matter from being discussed in the court, and did not plan to set up a Juding Dao camp, so he let Li Daliang and Qin Lang handle it.

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  In Yongzhou in May, it was originally a lively season. The rivers are full, which is a good time for inland water transportation. On May 5th, dragon boat racing and duck hunting are very lively.

  Just this year, Yongzhou City is a little nervous.

  The Juding barbarians invaded, and they were fighting ferociously with the Liangxi barbarians in the upper reaches of the left and right rivers. I heard that both sides died countless battles every day.

  Although there are no Gouding Man here in Yongzhou, the atmosphere is tense.

The city was built in Xuanhua City, Yongzhou, on the south bank of the Yushui River. It is located in the basin centered on the Yujiang River Valley. This basin opens to the east and is surrounded by mountains on the south, north and west sides. The north is Gaofengling and low mountains, and the south has seven slopes and high hills. , with Fenghuang Mountain in the west, forming a long valley basin from Fenghuang Mountain in the west to Qingxiu Mountain in the east.

   Youxi River flows from the northwest, Zuoxi River flows from the southwest, Liangfeng River flows from the south, and Xinxu River flows from the north, forming a centripetal water system.

  Yongzhou occupies the best geographical location in western Guangxi, with abundant sunshine, abundant rainfall, little frost and no snow, mild climate, long summer and short winter.

  Although the Central Plains people regard it as a barbaric land, in Qin Lang's eyes, it is actually a treasure land.

  In Xuanhua City, the signboard of the Yongzhou Governor's Mansion has been erected, and the Guangxi Road Observation Commissioner has also been established in Xuanhua City.

  Guangxi Dao Transshipment Changping Envoy Division was established in Qinzhou, Guangxi Dao Tiping Envoy Division was established in Rongzhou, and the newly established Guangxi Dao Command Envoy Division was established in Guizhou.

  Guangxi Province formally set up the four envoys' yamen, and the interviewing and observing envoys are responsible for administration and official assessment. The transshipment Changping envoy is responsible for tax collection and transfer of money and food. The procuratorate is in charge of criminal and prison proceedings and official supervision. The commander of soldiers and horses is mainly responsible for managing the Daozhong military mansion and responsible for military affairs.

  The four yamen are stationed in four places, and they are not subordinate to each other and parallel to each other.

  The Interview and Observation Envoy is affiliated to Shangshu Province, the Transshipment Changping Envoy is affiliated to the Transshipment Division, the Criminal Inspection Envoy is affiliated to Yushitai, and the Military and Horse Commanding Envoy is affiliated to the Ministry of War.

  The establishment of the four yamen at the provincial level has strengthened the administrative division at the provincial level. The Tao is not only a supervisory agency, but also integrates civil affairs, finance and taxation, justice, and military affairs, and has definite leadership over the states.

   It’s just that the imperial court was worried that the power of the Dao first-level institutions would be too large to control, so they came up with a system of decentralization, with four divisions and no control over them. This is completely different from the state-level yamen.

  The prefectural government has a prefect to lead the prefectural government, under which there are Changshi, Sima, Liucao who participate in the military, master book, recorder and many other officials.

  The four divisions of Dao are different, which is equivalent to the four divisions of the six Caos in the original state, but there is no more chief.

  The Fourth Division has only part of the jurisdiction over each state, and is essentially only a local agency of the central department of the imperial court.

   It can not only prevent local power from being too large, but also deal with the problem that the central government cannot directly and effectively manage more and more court states.

From the establishment of the Observation Envoy, to the Observation Envoy, to the addition of the Changping Division, and now to the addition of the Penalty Inspection Envoy, and the Military and Horse Commanding Envoy, the four divisions have been established, and the three-level division of Daozhou County in the court has also been established. It is officially unified.

  Guangxi Road has jurisdiction over Yong, Rong, and Gui Dudufu, and Yongzhou Dudufu has jurisdiction over Yongzhou, Guizhou, Xiangzhou, Hengzhou, Binzhou, Qinzhou, and Lianzhou, and the eighteen prefectures of Zuoxixi.

  Qin Lang landed from Qinzhou and rushed to Yongzhou. It had been more than a month since Juding invaded, and a large area was captured to the east of Nanpanjiang and south of Dunihe.

  Under the onslaught of Mrs. Nong San, the barbarians in Youxi couldn't hold back. They retreated steadily all the way, and finally retreated to Hengshan Village.

  Hengshanzhai is Youxi Dazhai, and it is also the location of the governor of Youzhou established by the imperial court. It is an important place for transportation and military affairs.

  In the fifth year of Wude, the imperial court established Hengshan County, Yongzhou, on an earthen ridge raised from the Youjiang River valley plain. This earthen ridge across the Youjiang River was named Hengshan.

  Hengshan Manzhai has a local product, which is known as the homemade cloth of the south, and a horse is worth tens of pennies. And Hengshan Man has mastered the superb silver refining technology for generations, and there are countless silversmiths who process exquisite silver ornaments.

  Hengshan has Youjiang river valley plains, fertile land, and sloping pastures. Therefore, Hengshan horses are also very famous. They are very suitable for the dangerous terrain in the south of Lingnan, Yunnan and Guizhou regions.

   is an important workhorse of the caravan.

  Since the Tang Dynasty, Lingnan has been stable, and Youjiang Man has been attached to the imperial court.

When Qin Lang went south last time, he formally established eighteen Jimizhou counties in Zuoxixi, conferred official positions on the barbarian kings, and recruited their children to serve as guards in Beijing or to study in the Imperial College. In recent years, a large number of local products have flowed down the river, and the industry and commerce have flourished.

  Hengshan Village is also becoming more and more prosperous. Its homespun and silver ornaments are greatly developed, and the horse market is also more prosperous. In just a few years, Hengshan Village has almost doubled in size and has a population of nearly 10,000.

  Facing the onslaught of 50,000 horses led by Mrs. Nong San, Youxi barbarian king assembled more than 60,000 Dongding from more than 300 Dong villages in Youjiang Kyushu to defend Hengshan Village.

  This prosperous tea-horse business road created in recent years has now become a road for Juding Man to attack.

   "Why hasn't Duke Wei's reinforcements arrived yet?"

  The barbarian kings of Youxi stood on the tower of the village, watching the battlefield where bows and arrows were flying, worried!

  (end of this chapter)