Datang New Order

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The Taining army surrendered without a fight, making most of the Henan Province land under the control of Li Chengzhong. Today's Li Chengzhong, not counting the thousands of miles of fertile land outside the pass, already has more than [-] prefectures in Hebei, Hedong, and central and western Henan, with a population of [-]. More than three million.According to estimates from Hebei, it is almost [-]% of the number of households in the world!

The formation of such a behemoth made Wang Shifan aware of the changes in the general situation of the world.

Wang Shifan was originally a descendant of the general family, his father Wang Jingwu Yajiang was born, and he later served as the military governor of Pinglu. Wang Shifan can be said to have inherited his father's career and is a typical official second.Speaking of which, this official second is well-known among all the vassals in the world, but he is not famous for his bravery.Wang Shifan is very fond of Confucianism. After finishing his collection of books at home, he recruited a large number of "children of sages" in his tent, and he likes to talk about scriptures most.Although he is not good at poetry, he is very knowledgeable and is the most knowledgeable in the feudal town.He admired filial piety and loved the people, and he lived and worked in peace and contentment under his rule.

However, Wang Shifan does not seem to have inherited the bravery of his father's generation, and he is more inclined to solve problems by tactics, both internally and externally.Wang Shifan took over the power of Ziqing at the age of 16, and his subordinate Lu Hong refused to accept it. Wang Shifan wrote a letter saying that he was young and his qualifications could not convince the public. He only wanted to save his life, and he was willing to hand over the power to Lu Hong.As a result, Wang Shifan beheaded Lu Hong who had come to take power at the banquet.

In the second year of Tianfu, Wang Shifan raised troops to respond to the court's call to attack Zhu Quanzhong, but the way of using troops was still inseparable from power tactics.He ordered his generals to disguise themselves as peddlers and sneak into more than ten states and cities in Henan at the same time.Want to win with this "odd trick".The almost child's play strategy of using troops resulted in heavy losses, and only Liu Wei succeeded by luck.All the others failed, and Liu Po ​​was also trapped in Yanzhou for many years, unable to contribute on the Ziqing battlefield.This also led to the fact that when dealing with Liang Wang's army, the strength of Ziqing was greatly reduced, and it was almost impossible to deal with it. They could only ask Hebei and Huainan for help.

Therefore, Liang Wang once commented on Wang Shifan.It is said that he is "good at politics, but lacks the power of tigers and wolves. He can enter the court at the top. He can be a state and county at the bottom, but he can't be a feudal town."

Because most of the people around him have unclear relationships with Hebei, Wang Shifan is very clear about Yan Jun's momentum.Li Siye, deputy envoy of Jiedu, had taken up an official position in Hebei, and often had correspondence with Wang Shifan.Tell him about the various "New Deals" in Hebei; the younger brother Wang Shiyue studied in Fanyang Military Academy for one year.He is very familiar with the military system of the Yan Army, and kept instilling the advantages of the Yan Army to him; and his second brother, Wang Shike, who just came back from Shangdang, was extremely afraid of the powerful combat capabilities of the Yan Army. In Wang Shike's description, the Yan Army is " Invincible", which made Wang Shifan have little hope of defeating the Yan army.

While Wang Shifan was still hesitating, his confidant general Liu Po ​​received a letter from Ge Congzhou.Liu Po ​​and Ge Congzhou met in Yanzhou, and they fought against each other for a year.It turned out to be friends.Liu Po ​​treated Ge Congzhou's mother as if he was his own, and Ge Congzhou tried his best to provide for Liu Po.After the two armies arrived, they even respected each other as guests. Speaking of which, the Battle of Yanzhou can be regarded as a wonderful flower in the history of warfare.Later, when Liu Po ​​left Yanzhou, Ge Congzhou's mother simply recognized Liu Po ​​as her godson, holding Ge Congzhou with her left hand and Liu Po ​​with her right hand, telling them to support each other in the future.

Ge Congzhou told Liu Po ​​of his considerations and persuaded Liu Po ​​to enter Yan.Liu Po ​​was also a loyal person, and he didn't want to betray the master, but he felt that what Ge Congzhou said was very reasonable, so he went to Wang Shifan with a letter and asked Wang Shifan what he should do.Wang Shifan has always respected Confucianism, Liu Wei's godmother and godbrother are both in Bianzhou, and they stop Liu Wei from letting him go, Wang Shifan can't say anything about this kind of thing.

Seeing that the people around him tended to surrender, Wang Shifan also knew that the situation was over.However, Wang Shifan didn't care too much about his family's power. He called himself a Confucian scholar, and often talked with "Confucian friends" about things in the heyday of the Tang Dynasty, and he still yearned for the restoration of the imperial court.After all, King Yan is different from King Liang. King Yan is a member of the royal family. Surrendering to King Yan does not violate his outlook on life and the world, so he simply expressed his willingness to accept the central leadership.

What needs to be explained is that Wang Shifan always believes that the one who surrenders to him should be, and can only be, the imperial court!

On the first day of May, Li Chengzhong went to Mount Tai to meet Wang Shifan.In addition to the important ministers on both sides, Zhang Jun, who was active in Ziqing and had a profound influence on Wang Shifan, was present.

Speaking of Zhang Jun, this gentleman is really great, he is a famous figure of a generation.He first made his fortune in the reign of Emperor Xizong, and was later employed by the emperor. When he had the highest official position, he once worshiped Doctor Guanglu, Minister of the Menxia, ​​Minister of the Ministry of Households, Tong Zhongshu Menxia Pingzhangshi, Shangzhu Kingdom, Founder of Qinghe County, and Shi There are [-] households in the city, and all the Taoist soldiers and horses in the east of the east camp recruited envoys.

Born in troubled times, Zhang Jun is well-placed, because his Confucianism is actually not good. If it was a peaceful time, he would have absolutely no hope of becoming a high-ranking official.But he knows how to adapt, and secretly learns the art of vertical and horizontal, which has made his achievements.

Zhang Jun has done two most influential things in his life. One is to command the last available army of the imperial court to conquer Hedong. As a result, the imperial court was defeated. Since then, he has no more available soldiers, and he himself became an official because of this.After becoming an official, Zhang Jun has not been idle, and has been running around all the time, devoting himself to lobbying the world's feudal towns to be loyal to the imperial court. Convincing Wang Jingwu and Wang Shifan's father and son to be loyal to the imperial court was the second major thing he did, and he was therefore respected by Wang Shifan , almost to the point of obedience. ,

Li Chengzhong had been in contact with this well-known prime minister several times. In his opinion, Zhang Jun loved himself more than the court, and holding the title of central righteousness, he was actually trying to gain power for himself.Zhang Jun was the first to join the tent of the great eunuch Yang Fugong, and was recommended by Yang Fugong, and only then did he embark on his official career.After Yang Fugong lost power, he immediately turned to Tian Lingzi.Later, Yang Fugong regained power and deposed him, so he took refuge in Jinshang again.

Li Chengzhong can't say he likes such a person, nor can he say he doesn't like him, but this person's ability to assess the situation is exactly what Li Chengzhong needs.Li Chengzhong really felt that there was a lack of a charismatic and influential court official around him to help him. Among the officials in Hebei, Feng Dao and Han Yanhui were too young and their qualifications were too shallow.

In fact, Zhang Jun, who was invited respectfully and respectfully by Wang Shifan to be a middleman, already has his own heart.In the second year of Tianfu, Li Chengzhong helped Ziqing defend against Xuanwu. At that time, he had contact with Zhang Jun. As they got closer in private, Zhang Jun gradually became "fascinated" by this Li Tang's clan, and began to talk to him. Li Chengzhong "bet".

With this person by his side, the meeting at Mount Tai will naturally go smoothly.Wang Shifan accepted almost all of Li Chengzhong's conditions, but he also had one requirement: he only accepted court orders.This request was not difficult, it was like adding a fig leaf to Wang Shifan, so Li Chengzhong immediately agreed.

What Li Chengzhong wants is not simple "surrender". The kind of surrender that bows to him on the surface and expresses willingness to obey orders, but in fact remains separate, is meaningless to Li Chengzhong.

In fact, Wang Shifan had been surrendering to Zhu Quanzhong before the Guanghua period. At that time, Zhu Quanzhong's main target of battle was Li Keyong in Hedong, and he didn't have much energy to take care of Ziqing, so Wang Shifan expressed his alliance with him to show his intention of repairing When it was time, he readily agreed.

In the relationship between Ziqing and Xuanwu, the two are ostensibly allies, but Ziqing needs to supply Xuanwu's army with food and fodder from time to time, and when Xuanwu needs it, it will occasionally send a few troops to join the battle.In addition, when the situation requires it, Ziqing will also closely cooperate with Xuanwu in public opinion—for example, submitting a statement to the court together, or reprimanding a certain feudal town for what is wrong, and so on.On the Ziqing territory, the appointment of officials, the recruitment and mobilization of troops, even the dispatch of troops, the collection of money and food, etc., are all their own affairs, and Xuanwu can't dictate.

This kind of surrender is impossible for Li Chengzhong to agree to, and it is also hindering the great cause of "restoring the central government". Not only Zhang Jun will not agree, but Wang Shifan himself understands that this is unrealistic.

Therefore, the main agreement of the Taishan meeting included three aspects.

The title of Qi State was revoked, and the five prefectures of Zi, Qing, Mi, Deng, and Lai under the control of Wang Shifan were brought back under the jurisdiction of the imperial court.The imperial court appointed prefectural and county officials to collect taxes according to the order and implement the imperial court's policies.The original officials are all waiting to be relocated, or to be assigned after entering the academy for "advanced studies".

Reorganize the army, abolish the original Qing army system, eliminate the old and weak, and grant the designation "Qingzhou Army". Attended White Wolf Mountain Military Academy.Of course, Li Chengzhong has already started planning to set up a new military academy, and which military academy these young black officers will enter in the end is another story.The Qingzhou Army was also divided into left and right sides, and two of the Wang brothers were selected as the commanders of the capital, but the education officers and Yuhou officials of the headquarters at all levels were selected by the General Staff Administration.

As for the "King of Qi" Wang Shifan himself, after careful consideration, Li Chengzhong decided not to revoke the king's title.Today, the feudal lords of Dafeng, in addition to Liang Wang, Jing Wang, Zhao Wang, Han Wang, and Jin Wang (Zhou Dewei) are dead, there are Qi Wang, Jin Wang (Li Cunxu), Qi Wang, Shu Wang, and Wu Wang in the world. , King Yue, King Chu, King Han, King Min, etc., not counting the controversial King Li Cunxu of Jin, Wang Shifan was the first one-word king to belong to the imperial court, which had a strong demonstration effect on Li Chengzhong's world strategy.

Therefore, Li Chengzhong still agreed to retain Wang Shifan's Qi Wang Jue, and he should be treated according to the prince's rule during Xuanzong's reign, so as to protect the wealth of the Wang family.At the same time, Li Chengzhong also had a preliminary plan to set up the highest-level Academy of Honor and Honor in the future capital, so that these princes who had been entrusted by the Tang Dynasty could continue to exert their residual heat, and realize the reform of the framework of the central government through "noble democracy". relatively stable.

At the end of May, Wang Shifan ordered the demolition of a large number of palisade fortresses erected in Zizhou, Qingzhou, and Mizhou, while awaiting a formal edict from the imperial court.For this edict, Li Chengzhong had already left Yanzhou half a month ago, heading for Luoyang, the eastern capital of the Tang Dynasty. (To be continued..)