Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

Chapter 285: The Return of Fengxiang

Zhuge Shuang's funeral was organized by Jiang Dewen, secretary of the shogunate.

After the commander-in-chief became prosperous, a large group of people from his hometown in Qingzhou came to join him, and most of them lived in Nanzheng. There must be hundreds of people.

In addition to these relatives, shogunate generals, prefectural and county officials also attended the scene one after another.These are people with winks, and apart from paying respects to the new owner Zhuge Zhongfang, they also ran to Shao Shude in twos and threes to express their goodwill.

The two generals Niu Li and Wang Qianyu even stood directly among a group of generals of the Dingnan Army.Zhuge Shuang is dead, they will leave Shannan West Road and serve under Shao Shude's tent.As for Jiang Dewen, secretary of Jieduzhang, he wanted to continue assisting Zhuge Zhongfang, but he probably wasn't well received, so he had to run away and join Lingxia in the end.

Jiang Dewen still has some talents.He personally visited last night and had a long talk with Shao Shude. The two problems and their solutions mentioned in it deeply fit Shao's heart: money and food.

Jiang Dewen believes that food is the foundation.If there is not enough food, the soldiers will rebel if they are not given enough food; if there is not enough food, they will not be able to support the craftsmen who are not engaged in production;

Shao Shude asked about Jiang Dewen's past, and learned that he came from a family of Qingzhou Pinglu Military Dental School, but he didn't like learning martial arts, so he studied literature.There are more than a thousand acres of land in the family, so he is very interested in farming and has a deep understanding of agriculture as the foundation of a country.

Shao Shude told him about the three-crop crop rotation system mixed farming and animal husbandry business model that has just been rolled out on a large scale in Lingzhou this year.After Jiang Dewen heard it, he felt a little strange, but he was sure of one thing: it can prevent insects.It means that the farmland with different crops planted in turn is beneficial to prevent diseases and insect pests, which Shao Shude never thought of.

I almost thought he was a time traveler!
The two talked for a long time.Jiang Dewen doesn't reject business either. It seems that the literati in the country don't reject business very much. Business-related poems have always been a major genre in the poetry world.

Jiang Dewen believes that business is the main means of getting money, but the premise is that farming can not be neglected, and must be vigorously developed, and only when there is ample food, can we talk about other things.

Shao Shude deeply agreed.First come the agricultural revolution, which is the basis and premise of all higher-level activities.After completing this revolution, we can talk about currency revolution and commercial revolution.If the monetary and commercial revolutions are not completed, and the natural economy cannot transition to a commodity economy, the industrial revolution will have no soil for survival.

Therefore, everything is back to the original point, and the problem of grain production should be solved first.

After the road sacrifice and funeral ceremony, Shao Shude got on his horse, declined the funeral banquet, and rode back directly to the city.

It's been four or five months since the expedition, and it's time for the class teacher.This year is over, either in war, or on the way to war. I used to laugh at others for being militaristic, but strictly speaking, is it difficult for the army not to be militaristic?The reason why the finances have not collapsed is to see how many times the army has gone out to "eat" in these years. It is nothing more than letting others bear the price.

Just as Chen Cheng left Huazhou, Zhao Guangfeng went to Chang'an, and there was only Lu Siye with a pen by his side, and he had no staff.Forget it, if there is no staff to talk about, just read a book. After reading "Sui Shu", I will read "Zhou Shu". Later Zhou (Northern Zhou) is very similar to Guochao, and it is quite interesting to read.

On the tenth day of the seventh lunar month, Shao Shude returned to Fengxiang with his army.

Before leaving, all the generals of Xingyuan Mansion, Zuo Jie, went out of the city to see them off.With the will of Marshal Zhuge during his lifetime, and the power brought by the conquest of Yangzhou and Zhuge Zhongbao, the eleven prefectures of Shannan West Road should be stable—at least there will be no problems in a short period of time.

Shao Shude was a little bit troubled by the four places where he planned to send troops to stay behind.

Don't look at the [-] army now, but there are too many places to defend, and if the troops are divided, there are really not many people.

There were 1.55 troops stationed in Hewei Town, and more than 4 troops were stationed in Hexing and Fengzhou in Shannan West Road, leaving only 2 to [-] troops.In the future, if we go out again, deducting the [-] or [-] people left behind, there will be only [-] mobile troops available.Although the soldiers are good, the number of people is a big problem, so there is nothing to do.

You can't learn from Zhu Quanzhong, you can fight everywhere, right?Before he attacked the Zhu family brothers, there were no troops in the rear, and Zhengzhou, which had just been captured, was captured by Qin Zongquan; sweep.

I don't know what Zhu Xuan and Zhu Jin brothers are doing, don't they know how to copy Zhu Quanzhong's lair?So afraid of being retaliated?If you don't take the initiative to attack Zhu Quanzhong, after Qin Zongquan is destroyed, he will take the initiative to attack you.

Well, maybe there are deeper reasons.These days, most sergeants in the feudal town have a strong resistance to going out to fight in the town.Those who can pull troops to other towns to fight without a significant decline in combat effectiveness are all capable commanders, because this shows their ability to control the grassroots troops.

The brothers of the Zhu family, who came to power in a mutiny, should not have the prestige of Zhu Quanzhong who started from scratch, no wonder, no wonder!
On August [-]th, the army arrived at Fengxiang Mansion.This time, Shao Shude did not stay outside the city, but stayed in Fucheng.

The court's decree has come down.Stop Wu Dingjun, and the states will be divided.

Tongping Zhangshi and Binning Jiedu made Zhe Zongben move to Fengxiang, and gave him the honorary title of servant.The word "Longyou" was removed from the town's name, and it governs Fengxiang Mansion, Longzhou, Yangzhou, Xingzhou, and Fengzhou, and its strength has declined slightly compared to before.

Li Yanling, the envoy of the Dingnan army, was appointed as the military envoy of Binning, and he was appointed as the envoy of Tongping.

Longyou Town was restored, and three prefectures were added to the original Hewei five prefectures, making a total of eight prefectures.

Part of Wuzhou was recovered during the Xiantong period, and the state government was only in Gaolan Town, which is really pitiful.The imperial court was also embarrassed to think that Wuzhou had been recovered, so it just left it in such a muddle.Later generations did not start to face up to this problem until the first year of Emperor Zhaozong's Longji, when people were recruited for reclamation, so they renamed it Jiezhou.

According to the military report obtained so far, Yang Yue is still chasing and suppressing Tubo tribes in Wuzhou and regaining a lot of land.In the Battle of Longdong Mountain a while ago, more than a thousand thieves were beheaded. After the victory document was sent to Hezhou, Xiao Yu couldn't wait to win Chang'an again, so the imperial court thought that the whole territory had been recovered, so it included Wuzhou as one of the prefectures of New Longyou Town. middle.

Cheng Zongchu of Jingyuan Town was a little upset about the incident in Wuzhou.After the Dingnan Army recovered Weizhou, the imperial court dismissed Weizhou in Jingyuan Town and merged its subordinate county (Pingliang) into Yuanzhou.Now that Wuzhou has been regained on paper, the "fake Wuzhou" in Jingyuan Town, which only governed one county (Xiaoguan), can be abolished again.

Finally, the imperial court returned Cheng Zongchu's face and did not abandon it. Instead, it renamed the old Wuzhou as Jiezhou, which belonged to Longyou Town.

Longyou Town governs eight prefectures, and it is a big town in terms of territory, but Xiao Yu is more respectful, knowing where everything he owns comes from, and still reports to Shao Shude's camp in a big way, and this year he also started offering sacrifices , basically still firmly in the hands of the Dingnan Army.

With the operations of Binning, Fengxiang, Longyou, and Shannan West Road, Marshal Shao's influence has greatly increased, and financial problems have also been greatly improved.This Southern Expedition can be regarded as the word "Consummation".

However, he was still a little uneasy about Longyou Town, so he prepared to set up the Tianxiong Army.

This army once appeared in the Xiantong period. At that time, Qinzhou was only recovered for more than ten years, and the frontier situation was unstable. Therefore, Tianxiong Army was set up in the west of Longshan Mountain. Chengzhou has not yet recovered) Economically, it can be regarded as a small feudal town.

After Shang Yanxin returned to the court, he once brought the Hewei states under his control into the nominal jurisdiction of the Tianxiong Army, and upgraded it to the Tianxiong Army Jiedushi.At that time, the three towns of Tianxiong Army, Liangzhou, and Guiyi Army were the three pillars for the imperial court to manage the old place of Helong.

But at this time, the Tianxiong Army was already a small military mansion under the command of Fengxiang Jiedushi, and the soldiers were taken away by Zhu Mei.When Shao Shude rebuilt the Tianxiong Army, he actually took into account that Qin, Cheng, and Tier prefectures had new vassals coming over and needed a large army to guard them. After the people's hearts were stabilized, they could be transferred away. The locals just rely on state soldiers to guard them.

On August [-]th, Shao Shude met Chen Cheng, who was leading the team back, in Fengxiang Mansion, so he held a reception banquet for them.Zhe Zongben, the new owner of Fengxiang Mansion, and Li Xiaochang, who passed by together, accompanied him.

"Vice Envoy Chen, drink this cup first before we talk. You have made great contributions to the trip to Henan, and I will remember it." Shao Shude walked up to Chen Cheng in person and toasted him.

He personally led people deep into the dangerous land in Henan, and raised more than [-] people.Then, at the risk of Zhu Quanzhong's army going south at any time, he recruited more than [-] soldiers to Ruzhou and Xuzhou and returned, and even the family members of more than [-] new recruits followed.

Credit, not just on the battlefield.A lot of work behind the scenes is not much less important than fighting and killing, so the glass of wine that Shao Shude respected was sincere.

Chen Cheng also had lingering fears. After drinking the wine, he sighed: "Fortunately, he was not too greedy. A total of more than [-] people were recruited. I wanted to wait a little longer, but Zhu Quanzhong's army came too fast, so I had to leave. Shuai, Huaixi is actually a good place, but the rules and regulations are disordered and bandits are rampant. After Zhu Quanzhong wipes it out, if he recruits the scattered people, he will live in peace for five or six years, and he will surely be able to provide a large number of soldiers, money and food for his campaign."

"Henan is too far away to reach, but it can also cause Zhu Quanzhong some trouble now." Shao Shude sat back and said with a smile: "I guess Li Keyong can't bear it anymore. He wants to be cruel to Zhu Quanzhong, but he doesn't know what will happen." I won’t go off in person.”

It's really cool to squeeze Zhu Quanzhong's wool.Two soldiers were recruited before and after, and there were about 3000 people.The first batch of more than 600 people were either recruited into various ministries or used to form the Tianzhu Army. Now there are [-] people left to be selected. Under the supervision of the coach of the capital, Zhu Shuzong, a team called "Continued Preparations" was established. The troops of the "Army" have been trained continuously as a supplementary force for the Ya army.

The Cai soldiers recruited this time were also incorporated into the continued army, so there were 6000 people.Continuing to prepare the army, receive a month of grain and give them three rewards a year, which is much worse than that of the Yamen army, but they come from Henan, and their requirements are not so high. In addition, they don't need to fight for a while, so they won't cause trouble.

"Marshal, Li Keyong is afraid that he is powerless and just wants to cheat us out. Meng Fangli in Xingzhou has been preparing equipment and soldiers after the Hedong Army retreated. Maybe there will be some action after the harvest of autumn grain in August. "Chen Cheng said.

"Li Keyong is too useless. He hit Xingzhou and went back and forth so many times, but he just couldn't eat it." Zhe Zongben, who had been listening for a long time, suddenly said: "My son-in-law, why not send troops to Datong to fight with Helian?" Duomeng swore to go south to plunder Xin and Dai together."

What Zhezong said in his book was going south from the land of Yunshuo, which is correct.But crossing the Yellow River and attacking Hedong is death.

"Uncle..." Shao Shude was a little bit dumbfounded, and said, "Li Keyong has [-] soldiers, and he can still call in the Tibetan army. Are we sure we can win? Even if we win, Zhu Quanzhong's troops will enter Hedong and occupy the last place in front of us." We only got the sparsely populated Daibei County in the rich states and counties, isn’t it just for others to make wedding dresses?”

"My son-in-law's words are also reasonable." Zhe Zongben drank a glass of wine and said with a smile: "Now it seems that Zhu Quanzhong is the fastest riser. If it is true what the son-in-law said, defeat Qin Zongquan and recruit more than [-] Cai thieves. That’s really hard to do.”

"Uncle got Fengxiang newly, but his people's hearts are not solidified, and Zhu Mei has even transferred his soldiers seven or eight times. Only Dasanguan Town General Yang Sheng still has more than [-] people under his command. The five prefectures of Fengxiang still need to be rectified. After leading an army squadron, it is also necessary to reorganize the troops, and after these are completed, let's plan other things." Shao Shude said.

"According to what the virtuous son-in-law said. Let's see in the next year." Zhe Zongben raised his wine bottle and drank it all in one gulp.

　Book friend Lao Li's new book "A Dream into the Tang Dynasty" is on the shelves today. If you are interested, you can go and read it. It is much more refreshing than this book. . .

　　
　
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