Han Zuo Gaomen

Chapter 854
As for the Shen family, in the past few years, one of the principles they have been pursuing is to seek progress in stability, whether it is in the center or in Huainan.

The center of Taicheng has not changed much in the past few years.After Shen Chong came to Taiwan, the direct benefit brought was that the power possessed by the Shen family in the court hall inside the platform was consolidated. As of now, the Shen family's geographical attributes have been largely wiped out.

In fact, not only the Shen family, but also several other forces no longer maintain too strong regional attributes.Although the cohesion has been reduced, the influence and coverage have been greatly expanded, so that Jiangdong's political situation is no longer the conflicted and divided situation it used to be.

The biggest personnel change in Taiwan was that Wei Chong, the Duke of Jiangxia, who was in charge of the internal historian of Kuaiji earlier, was able to enter Taiwan after he was confirmed to be the emperor's father-in-law, succeeding Yu Tan in charge of the Guarding Army Mansion.For this point, there is not much opposition in Taiwan.The only one who might be somewhat disappointed is Yu Bing. He originally hoped that his second brother, Yu Yi, could make efforts in Jingzhou to help him become prominent in Taiwan. If the brothers stand side by side inside and outside, the momentum will undoubtedly be even greater.

But Yu Bing's plan, not to mention the opinions of other parties, even the empress dowager can't pass it.The empress dowager also gradually became more wise as her experience increased, and she also understood the truth that everything should not belong to the same family. She divided the important towns in Shaanxi to pay to her mother's family, and as for the governance, each family also divided power.

In addition to Wei Chong serving as the guard, the second son of Huainan King Sima Yue and Zhuge Hui of Langya were married.In this way, several Taifus are all relatives, and none of them can completely overwhelm the other.

Thinking of this, Shen Zhezi had a feeling of watching a mess of mandarin ducks.The empress dowager chose a girl from the Zhuge family for her second son, and the virtuous queen of the Chu family, Chu Suanzi, who was supposed to be in court for three times and support the six monarchs, unexpectedly raised her seniority to Xuancheng, the youngest son of Emperor Yuan. Wang Sima Yu.The Chu family finally did not lose too much in this contest, and Chu Jiye succeeded Wei Chong as the internal historian of Kuaiji.

Because of the balance and steady progress of all parties, Jiangdong's political situation has also returned to stability, and because of the rectification of government affairs and officials presided over by Chu Chong earlier, there was a peaceful atmosphere in Jiangdong for a while.

Regarding this point, Shen Zhezi is optimistic. Although Huainan has been developing well in the past few years, the foundation is still in Jiangdong.Only when Jiangdong is stable can Jiangbei have the premise to make a big effort.

Since he came back early, and it was getting late, Shen Zhezi stopped calling his bureaucrats to discuss matters, and only chatted with a few people close to him, chatting about what he saw and heard about his return to the capital.While talking, Yu Manzhi had already led Shen Jin and other young people into the hall.

"Let's all sit down. Today is just a private gathering. There is no need to be formal for a family banquet."

Everyone came forward to pay respects, and Shen Zhezi said with a smile and waved his hands.

It is true to say so, for example, Du He, Chen Gui, Ji You, Jiang Xun and others sitting at the table all have direct or indirect kinship with the Shen family, and Wang Shu and Xie's family also just got married.This can also be regarded as a political feature during the Han and Tang Dynasties. Regardless of the unified world of Taiping or the chaotic world, in-law relationships are an important supplementary means outside the political system.Although this kind of relationship is not reliable, there is no doubt that after having this kind of relationship, it will also make people cooperate more harmoniously.

However, the various regulations in Huainan can be on the right track, and Shen Zhezi still has to thank Shan Xia.Since he entered the town, he has made an indelible contribution to Huainan's legal system.Although many times Shen Zhezi could not even come to power, or someone had to clean up the mess for him because of the harsh punishment, but it has to be said that the existence of such a lonely and rigid subordinate made the atmosphere of the entire Huainan Governor's Mansion very bad. Great for that.

When everyone was seated, they passed the meal to eat, and there was no entertainment such as dancing and music.When the meal was over, Du He and the others got up to leave because they had official business.Shen Zhezi held a cup of tea in his hand, frowning and pondering.

This return to the capital, all the towns sent representatives, and took advantage of this rare opportunity to get together to discuss how to cooperate with the marching army.

In the past few years, although most of the Huainan Metropolitan Government's energy has been devoted to basic operations such as farmland and trade, and there have been no large-scale military operations, it has made great progress.Now all the six counties under his jurisdiction have been recovered, and a fairly stable rule has been established.In addition to the expansion of the ruled area, the control of the population has also been greatly expanded, with more than 50 households and more than [-] million registered citizens.

In fact, simply recovering counties and counties cannot achieve such a large population growth. After all, no matter how tough the attitude of the Huainan Governor's Mansion is, it is impossible to wipe out all the village sects in Jingzhong and make them stand out from the crowd.A considerable part of it is due to the civil strife in Jiehu itself, and a large number of refugees fled south, and the Huainan Dudufu area is the best choice for the south.

The influx of a large number of refugees not only brought sufficient labor, but also high-quality soldiers.Although the Huainan Governor's Mansion has been deliberately controlling it, the number of soldiers in the first sequence has exceeded [-].It can be said that the current Huainan Governor's Mansion has the strongest military strength in all the towns in Huaibei.

Of course, this is also because the strategic goals and military structures of each town are different.For example, Jingzhou, where Yu Yi is located, is actually not a complete Jingzhou that Yu Yi took over.First of all, the armies of Hanmian and Xiangyang did not belong to the Jingzhou headquarters, but were divided into the hands of various army leaders.For example, Huan Xuan, who is now sitting in Xiangyang, was originally a subordinate of Zu Yue, and part of the army he controlled also belonged to the original Yuzhou Army.There are also Nanyang militiamen, Liangzhou Hanzhong militiamen and so on.

These people originally held their own banners, and the governor of Jingzhou did not have direct jurisdiction over them. Before Tao Kan was in power, he could still call on these people with his lofty prestige, but Yu Yi did not have such appealing power.

Previously, the Huainan army marched westward to Nanyang, just to give Yu Yi a boost, and directly killed the most powerful kingdom in the head of the Nanyang refugee army.This kingdom is also the most typical refugee commander in this world. Its self-supporting trilogy is either to the south or to the north. When the army of the slave country came to the south before, it was a local man who entered Xiangcheng to welcome the peach leopard. After being defeated, they immediately went to Jingzhou.Even when he was defeated and killed, two banners and ceremonial guards of Jiangdong court and Jiehu court were found in his camp, which shows how smoothly this kind of thing is done.

In addition to regaining Nanyang and helping Yu Yi to deter the Mianzhong army in this battle, Shen Zhezi also wanted to replace Nanyang with someone who could cooperate with him.So after Nanyang was recovered, King Sima Wuji of Qiao led his army northward, and now the relationship between Nanyang and Huainan is closer than that of Jingzhou.

Of course, this is not because Shen Zhezi can't trust Yu Yi, but because Yu Yi is still digesting Han Mian, and going west to Hanzhong, cleaning up the local forces in Hanzhong, and squeezing Chenghan in Shuzhong.Although there is no strong enemy in the north of Jingzhou, the Jingzhou army still dare not move away from Zhenyuan on a large scale because of the existence of Chenghan in the west, so it is impossible to cooperate with the Northern Expedition plan.

Regarding this issue, Yu Yi also discussed with Shen Zhezi for a long time this time when he returned to the capital, and they all agreed that the Jingzhou Army still wanted to focus on the upstream soldiers.We must know that the battle for the unification of China and North Korea was to break the Shu Han first, and then occupy the upper reaches and go all the way down the river.Although Chenghan may not have such great ambitions and strength, if Jingzhou dares to ignore its existence and participate in the Northern Expedition on a large scale, it is very likely that it will be taken coldly.

If that happens, Jiangdong will be in chaos, and the strategic advantage that Shen Zhezi defeated Hu Shihu in the Central Plains a few years ago may also be wiped out.

Of course, it is impossible for people from all walks of life on the Huai River to just wait so stupidly, and wait until Jingzhou solves Chenghan before launching a large-scale Northern Expedition.Therefore, the assistance that Jingzhou can provide is only people from Nanyang.Even the people in Xiangyang need to cooperate with the Jingzhou headquarters' attack on Hanzhong and Shu.

Therefore, the main forces of the Northern Expedition in the future will mainly be the Huainan Army and the Xuzhou Army.

Different from the Huainan army's gentle advance, Xuzhou has made great progress in the past few years. Several groups of troops attacked frequently, and basically completed the recovery of the entire territory of Xuzhou. Even Yanzhou and Qingzhou were plundered by Xuzhou soldiers.

Therefore, Xi Jian has been quite prestigious in recent years, and he has become the military No. 1 in Dian Wu Dynasty. The position of Taiwei vacated after Tao Kan's death was also given to Xi Jian by the crown of Taicheng.Many contemporaries who were dissatisfied with Shen Zhezi in the early days now also doubled their praise for Xi Jian, and even regarded him as the only choice for Jin Zuo's revival.

However, such rapid progress will inevitably cause many problems such as many hidden dangers and unstable foundation.For example, Liu Zheng, the former slave general who was active in the Surabaya area earlier, not only was not completely wiped out, but survived tenaciously, and even gradually grew stronger, threatening Wang Shi's control of the entire Huai River.As for the rest of the recovered areas, they are also full of docks and walls, and the scale of rural armed forces is still not small.

The reason for this situation is that all the generals in Xuzhou need hunting skills, and the power of restoring the frontiers and opening up the land is better than stabilizing chaos, and they are more willing to fight against the wind than to attack the tough ones.The second is that Xi Jian himself needs such a gesture to consolidate his position. He neither has the support of the empress dowager like the emperor of the Yu family, nor is he like Shen Zhezi's complete control over Huainan and the deep foundation of Jiangdong. This kind of fierce gesture is needed.

In fact, in private, Xi Jian also has trouble with Xuzhou's current hyperactivity. If he had a choice, he would prefer to be as steady and steady as Shen Zhezi.So this time when returning to the capital, we had a long in-depth discussion with each other, and the consensus reached was that the two sides should deepen cooperation in the next step, especially in the military, and infiltrate each other to reduce the risks Xuzhou itself bears.

When Shen Zhezi was bowing his head and meditating, he suddenly heard a strange noise in the banquet. Looking up, he saw Shen Jin hunched towards the door under the cover of Xie Wan and a few people with teeth and claws. He raised his hand and knocked on the table. for a moment.The hall suddenly became quiet, and Shen Jin froze in place for a moment, then turned around and bowed his head after a while and said, "Brother, it's getting late, we have morning classes tomorrow morning, and I really can't bear to sit for a long time... "

"Don't rush to quit, first hand in all the homework I gave you."

Shen Zhezi pointed to Shen Jin, then looked at Xie An, Chen Kui and the others and said with a smile.

(End of this chapter)