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Chapter 566 Adjusting Jiangnan Military

Liu Xiang was planning to use the Shanyue people as the main force in developing the two lakes. When this matter was mentioned at the court meeting, no one opposed it. He felt that His Majesty was polite to the people and was a benevolent master.

In the Han Dynasty, using aliens to fight for the Han people and using aliens to sacrifice for the Han people is politically correct.

No corrupt scholar would jump out and speak out loud, saying the words of the king and the saints outside. In this era, the Confucianism and the Gongyang School were still a prominent scholar. Confucian scholars were killed in an endless stream, and God had the virtue of being a virtuous person but did not put it on the outside.

The Han Dynasty was still quite fierce. Killing was just a matter of vain. They didn’t even care about their own lives. How could they care about foreigners?

As for how to act, we cannot discuss it in public. The so-called small matters hold big meetings and big matters hold small meetings, so conspiracies and tricks can only be discussed by the emperor and a few important officials in the study.

"The only three counties in the south of the Yangtze River have not been pacified. More than 200,000 troops have been deployed on both sides of the Yangtze River. It is too expensive and there is no need. I think it should be transferred to return." Xun Yu advised.

The county seats in Changsha and Yuzhang have been destroyed, and the remaining counties will not last long. Maybe they have been pacified now, but the news has not yet been sent back to Chang'an. Xun Yu said that only three counties have not yet been decided, which is indeed true.

The three counties of Kuaiji, Guiyang and Lingling are sparsely populated and have poor combat power. They can only rely on some geographical advantage to barely hold on. Using 200,000 troops to attack them is like shooting mosquitoes with cannons, which is too wasteful.

"Wen Ruo thought, which of the crew could be transferred back?"

Xun Yu thought for a moment and replied: "The garrison troops of Jizhou, Yanzhou, Qingzhou, and Xuzhou, these four prefectures can be transferred back. Spring farming is approaching, and those civilians should be repatriated, and prisoners of war can be replaced."

Ju Shu added: "The prime ministers of the seven countries have taken office, and the 30,000 soldiers belonging to the original seven countries can also be transferred back and disbanded on the spot. Their combat power is not high and there is no need to stay."

Liu Xiang calculated silently in his mind that in this way, ninety thousand soldiers and eighty thousand civilians were transferred back, and only 20,000 troops left by Zhang He on the north bank, and more than 90,000 troops were still there on the south bank. According to the war report, there were more than 70,000 prisoners of war in Jiangnan, most of whom were temporary recruitment of civilians.

"The order was sent to Jizhou, Qingzhou and Yanzhou for 50,000 troops were transferred back to their original homes to garrison, and rewarded according to the military regulations.

Ten thousand people from the Xuzhou Army retreated to Guangling County, responsible for guarding the food roads, transporting supplies, and rewarding them after the war.

The 30,000 soldiers from the former King Chen were disbanded on the spot, and the armor was reclaimed, and a reward of thousands of dollars was given. Yu Minfu returned to his hometown together. The military officers were transferred to Chang'an Military Academy. After the semester was over, they were transferred to Qianniu Guard.

The 80,000 civilians who followed the army to fight were rewarded with 500 coins and went home to prepare for spring plowing.

Jinwu Guards trapped the camp and retreated to Lujiang to repair it with Zhao Yun.

Four thousand people from Li Feng's troops were transferred to the Kuaiji War Zone and placed under the control of Zhang Liao.

The 4,000 troops of Jiang Qin's troops were transferred to Zhang Ren's control. He followed Wudang's flying army to suppress bandits in Danyang. The remaining 14,000 soldiers were unarmed, rewarded 500 coins, returned home to divide the land, and the military officials were transferred to the military academy.

Each unit selected prisoners of war, eliminated the elderly and weak, and thought that they were the people. They should work together to pacify the south of the Yangtze River, and conquer Shanyue along the way. The prisoners were sent back to Xiling, and Zhang He was in charge."

After this adjustment, there were more than 30,000 people on the north bank and 68,000 people on the south bank. There were 30,000 naval troops along the coast and 15,000 naval troops on the Yangtze River.

Zhang Liao's troops and 30,000 troops and Yunfan Camp attacked Kuaiji County. The main task of the navy was to explore hydrology, open up the waterway, and go south to Jiaozhou. After the infantry occupied the county town, they would continue to conquer Shanyue.

Danyang County has the most fierce customs. Although it has occupied the county towns of the entire county, the clan thieves and Shanyue in the mountains have not been wiped out, so the Wudang Feijun and Jiang Qin's troops are left behind to continue the expedition and suppression.

Mainly for training troops, both of these departments have the ability to be strong, so that they can sharpen their strength and the strong Danyang soldiers, and take the opportunity to recruit some Danyang soldiers to enrich their strength.

As for the third battalion of the Imperial Army who was transferred back to the north bank to repair, the first was to take over the combat equipment of the unarmed soldiers and continue to shock Lujiang and Jiujiang, and the second was to provide insurance for the bandit suppression in Danyang. If Zhang Ren lost a big loss, the Imperial Army could cross the river and take over the battlefield at any time.

Ten thousand people from Le Jin's troops were about to pacify Yuzhang and would continue to guard this place and conquer Shanyue.

The task of attacking Guiyang and Lingling fell on Guan Yu and Xu Huang's heads.

Zhang He's troops were garrisoned in Chang'an, staying in Xiling, responsible for observing the Shanyue prisoners who were sent over, and preparing for the development of Yunmeng Daze.

"The development of the two lakes should be from north to south. The overall trend of the two lakes plain is high in the north and low in the south. After the accumulation of water into the lake, the lake surface will inevitably expand to the south." Liu Xiang is very sure of this because for 1,800 years, Poyang Lake and Dongting Lake have expanded to the south. This can be seen from the terrain, and everyone has no intention of surprise or doubt.

He continued: "Develop Penglize, with Lushan Mountain as the boundary, the two counties of Chaisang and Pengze north of Lushan Mountain, and Xunyang and Wan County in the north of Jiangbei, based on these four counties, you can surround the lake and dig canals, build fields and cultivate fields.

Yunmengze is much more difficult. According to my wishes, we will first develop the Han River Basin, and the Dongting Lake area on the south bank of the Yangtze River will not move for the time being."

Part of the Poyang Lake Plain was developed in the Han Dynasty, and several counties surrounded Penglize and reclaimed a lot of fields. The court only needed to build water conservancy, plan water networks, and expand the scale of fields on this basis.

The only problem is that there is a place where the Ganjiang River, Xinjiang River and Changjiang River meet. In modern times, it was the surface of Poyang Lake, and it was still on the Han Dynasty or on land. There were two county towns, and there were a high probability that they needed to be relocated.

Yunmengze has been much less developed. Dongting Lake has not grown up and Honghu has not been born. Thousands of miles of large zodiac are uninhabited, so Liu Xiang chose to move the Hanjiang Plain first.

Yunmeng Plain is the collective name of the Han River Plain and the Dongting Lake Plain. It is understandable that it is easy to start and then difficult.

Xun Yu and others did not put forward any constructive opinions, because the landscape album had not been drawn yet, and they did not speak rashly.

The way to be an official is to be slow rather than hurry, and it is better to be useless than to make mistakes.

However, Fan Xian, who was not involved in power, was willing to speak freely: "According to Your Majesty's plan, then the grain, tools and cloth must be transported in advance. You can hoard the six counties of Xiling, Jingling, Xunyang, Wan County, Chaisang and Pengze to avoid wasting time."

"Zi Ming's words are reasonable. Let's start the fortune first and order the six counties to expand the treasury and housing." Liu Xiang decided on this matter, regardless of whether the officials who went south would be too busy to run away.

They should not complain, they are all assistant officials from northern prefectures and counties. If the army recovers the territory, they will be transferred to the first level. It is estimated that they will be addicted to the official seal officer and want to make great achievements.

It doesn’t matter if you are busy? It’s better than being a little bit smaller than being someone else’s voice worm every day, right?

Anyway, Liu Xiang’s subordinates are indispensable for making a living and working.

After arranging the development of the two lakes, he certainly could not forget the mineral deposits in Jiangnan: "Then Wang Xing was ordered to send a prospecting team to Shicheng and Jingxian in Danyang to find copper and iron ore. Also, he sent people to the upstream of Qushui in Poyang County to explore the porcelain clay ore."

Danyang County produces copper and iron, which is well known to everyone, and private mining is serious. As long as Shanyue and Zong thieves are killed away, there may be no need to prospect or dig directly.

There is the modern Ma'anshan iron ore on the other side of Shicheng, and the Dongguashan copper mine on the other side of Jingxian. These two veins cannot be cheaper than others, and must be held in your own hands.

As for the porcelain clay mines upstream of Poyang County, there is Jingdezhen in later generations. After the Western Regions Commercial Road was opened, large white marble porcelain was extremely popular and a new porcelain kiln was needed there.

The matter of burning porcelain has nothing to do with the court officials. This is Liu Xiang's private property. Xun Yu, Ju Su and others looked at the nose and the heart one by one, pretending not to hear it.

It seems that the ministers and waiters dare not disturb His Majesty's money.

Seeing several old monks entering into meditation, Liu Xiang suddenly wanted to tease them, without any preface or remarks, and said directly:

"I want to build Nanjing City!"
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