Da Wei Chun

Chapter 604: Sitting Behind the Scenes
Li Shiliang naturally knew what Li Chengzhi meant by "the time has not come".

After all, as far as the imperial court is concerned, he is already a "dead man", so for the time being, he has to live in a simple way and talk about it.

Otherwise, Li Liang would not have pretended to be Rouran and robbed Hexi, but would have taken advantage of this opportunity to attack the city and plunder the land.

After a few greetings, the cronies retreated, and there were only Li Shiliang and Li Chengzhi in the hall.Li Cong stood outside the door, Huangfu let him go, Li Shi, Li Xiaoxian did not go far, they all stayed at the bottom of the steps, waiting for calls at any time.

It wasn't Li Chengzhi's intentional arrangement, but Li Shiliang always seemed to be preoccupied and hesitant to speak during the short hundred steps from getting off his horse outside the city to entering the customs office.

They are all dexterous people, how can they not see that Li Shiliang is unwilling to wait even for this short half a moment, which shows how anxious he is?
As soon as Li Cong closed the hall door, Li Shiliang couldn't wait to ask: "How is the second brother?"

Just knew he would ask this.

Li Chengzhi secretly sighed: "I don't know for now!"

"Then how do you intend to rescue them?"

After a long silence, Li Chengzhi replied leisurely: "I have sent an order to order Li Feng to lead his troops back..."

Li Shiliang's eyes drooped down, as if he was pondering the hidden meaning of Li Chengzhi's words.And if you look at his face, it's the same as usual.But seeing his fists clenched tightly and his beard trembling slightly, one can tell that he is definitely not as calm as he appears on the surface.

"Uncle, don't worry, it's not that I don't want to be saved, but that the opportunity has not yet arrived!"

Li Shiliang knew in his heart that Li Chengzhi must have considerations, and he also knew that Li Chengzhi's disposition was definitely not someone who would ignore family affection for the sake of accomplishing great things.

But he always felt that he had no idea.

It's not that he doubts Li Chengzhi's nature, but that there are no absolutes, how can everything be as he wants?
He was afraid that Li Chengzhi's prediction and plan might deviate...

Li Shiliang is very measured and will never regard himself as an elder.But I really don't know what to say, so I don't know how to word it so that Li Chengzhi won't misunderstand it.

Just when he was in a dilemma, Li Chengzhi pulled over a map.

This is the map of Hexi-Daqi-Six Towns, which he drew after he arrived in Zhangye half a month ago and joined forces with Li Liang.

Part of it came from Li Song who sent troops in the winter of the previous year and withdrew his troops in the spring of last year. He passed through Woye and Daqi twice before reaching Hexi.

The remaining part is from when Li Liangyu withdrew from Bugulu to Xihai last year.

Li Chengzhi just sharpened his guns before the battle, and hastily taught the two people some methods of geography, so the map was not very accurate.

But compared to the map used by the imperial court, I don't know how much better it is.

He stretched out his finger and pointed at the Nanbed Mountain between Woye Town and Xihai: "After Li Feng withdraws to Xihai, I will let him lead a guard alone, and guard here in the name of Rouran!"

I asked you how to save Li Erlang, why did you mention Li Feng leading the army?

Li Shiliang was suspicious, and followed Li Chengzhi's finger to look at the picture, and his heart moved.

Under the South Bed Mountain is Bigan City, which is the key point for the six towns to defend Rouran.If Bigan City is lost, the enemy can take Gaoque Pass, drive straight through the Jinhao River Valley, and enter the heart of Woye.

But what does this have to do with saving Li Erlang?
It was clear at a glance that Li Shiliang hadn't turned the corner yet, and Li Chengzhi explained in a low voice:
"If my predictions are correct, the Six Towns will be in chaos. In all likelihood, Gao Zhao will take advantage of this golden opportunity to take millet. Just like we robbed Hexi, Gao Zhao's picture is one for soldiers, and the other for People, the third is to avoid the enemy from the front and back, and to worry about the future, and the fourth is to make the court worse, making it difficult to look at the beginning and the end...

I ordered Li Feng to form an army here in order to fish in troubled waters. First, I robbed the households and soldiers with Gao Zhao, and second, I made Gao Zhao cast a war on rats, so that he could understand: Gao Shi is like a chicken tile to me, Li Shi. dog……"

Li Shiliang finally knew what Li Chengzhi wanted to do: the tougher Xihai was, the less Gao Zhao dared to do anything to Li Shixian and his son.

But he didn't like to be surprised: "If you press so hard, you can save Erlang and your brother's life, but if you press too hard, it is impossible to guarantee that Gao Zhaogou will not jump over the wall and return to the court?"

How could it be so easy for Gao Zhao to return to the imperial court?

Li Chengzhi smiled: "If the flag of rebellion is raised, it is like an arrow leaving the string, and there is no reason to turn back. So uncle, don't worry, if there is a day when there is no way out, Gao Zhao will surrender me, Li Shi, and will never surrender." In the imperial court..."

Li Shiliang squirmed his lips, the words came under his tongue, and he swallowed them again.

It's also my fault that he is confused when he cares about it, and he didn't think of such a simple truth in a hurry.

Gao Zhao is not only an important minister, but also a relative.How panicked the court was by the sudden rebellion?

Even if the rebellion is finally suppressed, no matter what the reason is, Gao Zhao and Gao Meng, Gao Zhi and other chief culprits will never be spared.

Otherwise, if we don't set an example as an example, wouldn't everyone be able to follow suit?

So Gao Zhao knew very well that once he rebelled, either the Yuan and Wei Dynasties would destroy the country, or the Gao clan would destroy the clan.Therefore, whoever surrenders, it is impossible for him to surrender to the court again...

Li Shiliang let out a sigh of relief: "I just thought that Gao Zhao captured your father and brother just to force me, Mrs. Li, to help him in the rebellion, but I never thought that it was he who planned ahead and left a way out for Mrs. Gao?"

"Uncle Mingjian!"

Li Chengzhi replied in this way, but he was actually not sure.The words just now were just a helpless move to stabilize Li Shiliang and all the Li family members.

If Gao Zhao didn't play his cards according to common sense, and one day really bet Li Shixian, Li Chenghong, and Li Chengxue to the top of the city, could he really make Gao Zhaoquan cook meat porridge and serve him a few bowls?
Now I can only take one step at a time.

But if Gao Zhao wanted to use this to force him to submit, it was absolutely impossible.

It's like a scumbag who threatens a cheating lover with a bed photo, the more you are afraid, the more he will push...

I don't know what Li Chengzhi is thinking, but seeing that he is as stable as Mount Tai and has a well-thought-out appearance, Li Shiliang believes it is true.It was like a boulder fell to the ground in my heart, and I felt indescribably relaxed.

"Now that you have returned, I am relieved. It is not because I am humble, but because your methods of herdsman, administration, and military management are really unheard of before, but they are also admirable... Uncle's words Your talent and learning are only average, and you can just sit in the center..."

As he spoke, Li Shiliang took out his sleeve and took out a thick booklet.It's not that he is self-effacing, but Li Chengzhi's "Three Volumes of Limin" and "Three Volumes of Governing the Army" really made Li Shiliang acclaimed.

Since ancient times, no one has listed the methods and means of governing civil and military affairs in such detail.

If it weren't for this book, how could Li Song manage the West Sea in an orderly manner, even if there was a sudden increase of [-] to [-] households, without causing chaos?

Li Chengzhi smiled politely, and took the booklet that seemed to be covered in starch, with a look of nostalgia on his face.

It's not that he was born to know it because he was a pedant, but he was influenced by his ears and eyes.

It is often said in the later world that if you have never eaten pork, have you never seen a pig run?

That's what Li Chengzhi said.

He grew up in the countryside since he was a child. He is a serious rural child, and his father has been the village party secretary for most of his life.So from childhood to adulthood, Li Chengzhi listened to how the land was divided, how the labor was paid, how the canals were repaired, and how the grain was paid.

After graduating, he was assigned to the Emergency Management Bureau to organize villagers to fight floods and rescue disasters, not to mention flood control and dam inspection.

Therefore, for this kind of village and group unit registration and management, Li Chengzhi is naturally at his fingertips.

Otherwise, how could Li Chengzhi have such a strong organizational ability?
But at most it is at the village level, probably hundreds or thousands of households, if there are more, Li Chengzhi will be caught blind.

This volume is about the same as that of an ancient township, and it just makes up for the gaps and shortcomings of the ancient civil administration system.As for the township and above, that is to say, the number of households has reached the level of the ancient county. Since the establishment of the prefecture and county system in the pre-Qin Dynasty, it has a history of thousands of years. It is not very mature, but it is definitely enough.

Therefore, Li Chengzhi only made minor additions and changes, so that the combination of the two can continue to operate in an orderly manner.

After that, I taught Li Song one by one, so that he managed Hexi so well.

Advanced and effective is only one aspect. The most important thing is that Li Chengzhi's set of ideas can curb the development of the township party and county prestige to a large extent, thereby affecting the birth of the powerful and the aristocratic.

But it is not without shortcomings, not only there are, but also extremely obvious.

That is, there are too few literate common people.

When there were not many households, just like before the households were moved from the two prefectures of Qin and Liang, the number of people in Juhexi was less than [-].

One of Li's children manages one hundred households, and two hundred is enough.

Now that the number of households has reached [-], it would be a fool's dream to continue to isolate the nobles and county officials from government affairs.That's why Li Chengzhi loosened the ban a little bit.

But what about later?

The solution is not nothing, that is to vigorously increase the literacy rate, and no longer allow the elites and nobles to monopolize knowledge, just like the imperial examination system after the Sui Dynasty.

But this will take time, and it cannot be accomplished in a short period of time.So how to find the balance point is the key.

On the other hand, today's West Sea is like a blank sheet of paper, so it's easy to draw on.Only by overcoming all difficulties and setting the tone at this time can we proceed step by step and achieve our goal...

I don't know that Li Chengzhi's thinking has diverged so far. Seeing his frown, Li Shiliang only thought that he was embarrassing himself before he said it.

He asked suspiciously: "Although you don't want to show your face too much, but now there are only two places in Xihai and Zhenyi, the population is no more than [-] households, and the army is less than four guards. If you hide behind the scenes and preside over the overall situation, you should be safe... So there is no need to be embarrassed?"

Li Chengzhi sighed lightly: "What uncle said is true!"

If you only care about the present, there is of course no problem with this system.

Even if he gets what he wants, next year he will only have Jiuquan, Zhangye, and Wuwei counties.Regardless of the land or the people, it is not as good as Guanzhong or a state in Hedong.What's more, the military and the government are still integrated now, and all officials handle both civil affairs and military affairs, and they can still do their best.

But in case Gao Zhao's hips are too stretched, and he can't survive for two to three years, Li Chengzhi no matter how unwilling, he can only send troops out of Longshan, and point his sword at Guanzhong or even Hedong and Henan.

At that time, the territory will become bigger and bigger, and there will be more and more children. It will be like a joke to use this trick again.

So in the final analysis, there is still a lack of time.

But the top priority is to straighten out the situation in the West Sea first, at least not to make the monsters stir up troubles.

"That being the case, my nephew will not be disrespectful. Uncle will issue an order later on, and all those who have taken office in Biaoshi, Zhenyi, Xihai, Li's retainers, and the captains of the old Jingzhou troops will be ordered by the Guanyamen in three days..."

This sentence was like an edict, Li Shiliang didn't dare to neglect, got up quickly, and respectfully agreed.

"In addition, I have explained to Huangfu Rang and Li Xiaoxian, and I have made unannounced investigations and unannounced visits to Zhenyi and Xihai. I will wipe out Xiao Xiao and others as soon as possible, so as to return my Hexi to a bright future. If there is any change at that time, I hope Uncle will help The strength of the two of them..."

What he said was very polite and vague, but Li Shiliang understood it as soon as he heard it.

This is to remind Li Shiliang that he is likely to go on a killing spree.The targets are naturally the elders, county officials, and ex-officials who instigated households to defect.

These people are not from Guanzhong, but from Qinliang Erzhou.According to the custom of marrying generations of powerful families, many of them are Li's in-laws, and even Li Shiliang's wives.

This is to persuade Li Shiliang that when it is time to be ruthless, he must not soften his heart.

In fact, Li Shiliang had already noticed it.

Ever since he knew that Xihai had a prohibition against family members and sons of noble families being officials, he guessed that Li Chengzhi had a paranoid dislike and prejudice towards family members.

But he couldn't figure out why.

He knew it was wrong, but he still couldn't help persuading him: "If you persecute him too much, the Li family's notoriety will spread far and wide. If you take the Central Plains by then, wouldn't it be difficult for you to move forward?"

"Don't worry, it won't happen!"

Li Chengzhi seemed to promise, "At that time, someone will clear the way for me, Mrs. Li!"

Li Shiliang froze for a moment, racking his brains to guess who it would be.I also heard Li Chengzhi say: "It's not too late, please uncle to give orders as soon as possible... Oh, and I have to trouble uncle to call the sons and students of the common people and poor people to Guancheng. I will see you as soon as possible... ..."

"it is good!"

Li Shiliang responded in his mouth, but secretly sighed in his heart.

Li Chengzhi's heart to kill chickens and monkeys is already obvious.

The reason why he summoned the students from common families and poor families was to prevent too many people from being involved, and the officials in various departments would suddenly be vacant, and these students would fill in at that time.

Because he is determined to take those county magistrates, and even criminal officials and country bumpkins who have changed their minds...

After Li Shiliang left, Li Chengzhi looked at the pile of documents on the desk again.

This is the memorial sent by Li Shiliang, Li Song, Li Liang, Huangfu Rang and others when they learned that Li Chengzhi was going to Hexi, so that Li Chengzhi could sort out all the affairs in the first place.

The document is very thick, and it can be said that everything is detailed. Even Li Chengzhi himself can't count how many times he has turned it over, so the cover is rolled up and the corners are cracked.

In all honesty, Li Chengzhi was very satisfied, even exceeding his expectations.

Especially in military affairs, a new army of nearly [-] was suddenly formed, and there were no major mistakes, which really exceeded his expectations.

But the problem is not without.

Suddenly formed an army, and there were [-] people, most of whom were rebels and had considerable experience, so it was not difficult to incorporate them.The rare thing is how to return to the heart as soon as possible so that it can form a combat effectiveness.

And you must never grab the eyebrows and beards, only look at the quantity, not the quality.

Even five fingers have lengths, not to mention tens of thousands of people?
Li Chengzhi is considering whether to continue to implement the elite soldier policy, or to form a mixed corps based on the division of arms and units?
(End of this chapter)