Guan Qiulu quickly left Pingyang and rushed to Bianliang in a desperate manner to deal with a special matter.
However, he had just started to do it when he was stopped by Liu Bi, the prefect of Chenliu.
He waited in Bianliang until mid-August, but still had no accurate news, so he went to Shahai and Muze areas to inspect.
Last year, we brought back tens of thousands of horses from Daiguo. After raising them for a few months, they initially recovered. After a winter, they lost some weight again, so they raised them again, and now they are basically back to their fat and strong state.
This group of horses was originally intended to be traded with the scholars in Henan, but it was suspended after the discussion in Jinyang.
Guanqiu Lu was ordered to sell these horses in batches in exchange for grain, and temporarily store them in Bianliang, Xingyang, Hanoi and other places. However, he had just negotiated a part and sold about a thousand horses to the Yingchuan gentry, and soon they were Liu Bi, the prefect of Chenliu, called for a halt.
He was also very helpless.
But after arriving in Muze, I seemed to understand a little bit.
The gate of the Chuitai Longxiang Mansion military city next to Muze was opened, and groups of soldiers gathered from various places, seemingly taking action. There were already many soldiers stationed outside the city. They came from Luonan, and the leaders were quite large. What is surprising is that it is Shao Shen, the nephew of King Liang.
"General Shao." Guanqiu Lu stepped forward and saluted.
"So it's you." Shao Shen didn't want to return the gift at first, but then he thought that the Guanqiu family was a vassal of the Yu family, so he returned the gift.
"General, this is..." Guanqiu Lu pointed at the assembled Luonan Mansion soldiers and asked.
"Chen Liu is a little unstable, so he came here as a temporary commander." Shao Shen said: "The Luonan Mansion soldiers are organized into Zuo Xiaoqiwei. I will lead Zuo Xiaoqiuwei as a guerrilla general. I will leave it at that."
"Zuo Xiao Cavalry Guard?" Guan Qiulu was a little confused.
Shao Shen explained briefly.
King Liang ordered about 4,200 Luonan soldiers to be converted into cavalry.
It sounds a bit fanciful, but Luonan's army has a long history, everyone has a horse, and many of them have practiced riding combat in their spare time. Over the years, it is quite impressive.
To be more precise, these people are a bit of a walking horse.
You can dismount and act as heavy armored infantry. When you mount, you can engage in mounted combat with the enemy. You can also maneuver on horseback, and then dismount to fight. It is much faster than ordinary infantry and has strong battlefield explosiveness.
In addition, there are about 2,000 cavalrymen in the Forbidden Forces Cavalry Army. Shao Xun plans to reorganize them into the Right Cavalry Guard, but there is currently a lack of troops and has not been implemented yet. He is just making a plan first.
There are four Longxiang Mansion under the jurisdiction of Zuo Xiaoqiwei, also known as "Military Mansion".
Longxiang Prefecture has its own officials, with a maximum of 1,200 people. They disperse in the countryside to practice by themselves on weekdays, and gather together during leisure time to practice military formations and tactics.
As the restructuring deepened, the rules of the army became more and more strict.
First of all, you are not allowed to go out of the county's territory without an order, and those who violate it will be punished with a fifty-fifty rod. The original rule was the territory of Longxiang Mansion, but it was too harsh, so it was slightly relaxed.
Secondly, each Longxiang Prefecture has its own generals and commanders, and is not allowed to call in troops without orders. Those who disobey orders will be severely investigated and convicted.
Third, there is no superior-subordinate relationship between the guards and Longxiang Mansion.
Take the Zuo Xiao Cavalry Guard as an example. The Wei Mansion has an office in Pingyang, and the highest officer is a guerrilla general.
On weekdays, the guerrilla generals can only manage military registration and training, that is, they order the four Longxiang mansions under the Wei Mansion to assemble locally for training and then disband after the training. At other times, they have no command or mobilization rights.
As far as a single Longxiang Mansion is concerned, there is no subordinate relationship between the Qudu, the highest official, and the Sima of the four defense departments under his jurisdiction.
They must be acquaintances with each other, but from a institutional point of view, the military governor can only manage the military registration and regular annual gatherings for drills. At other times, the soldiers are scattered in various defenses and cannot be summoned without orders.
The Sima of the other departments at the lowest level manages a lot, including the military status of 300 people, training and weapons depots, and many other things - but it is only 300 people, and they are not allowed to leave the country yet. To this extent, it is completely possible.
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When setting off for the expedition, the highest officer of the Wei Mansion led the team.
For example, the Zuo Xiao Cavalry Guard was led by the guerrilla general Shao Shen, but generally speaking, there may be more than this number of people going on the expedition. The generals of the guards also have temporarily assigned governors, and the command power in wartime is in the hands of the governors.
There is no fixed affiliation among the four levels: the Grand Governor, the Generals of the Guards, the Qu Governor of the Longxiang Prefecture, and the Sima of the other departments. It is essentially a relationship of mutual supervision.
Suppose the emperor sends someone to lead the troops of the Four Guards on an expedition. If this person wants to rebel, the generals under his command are not familiar with him. They may not carry out the order or even kill him. To put it bluntly, this will greatly increase the number of rebellions.
costs and risks.
The Zuo Xiao Cavalry Guard is newly established, and the guerrilla generals have basically been determined to lead it - a bunch of generals from the Jin Dynasty who were not actually in charge came in handy.
Chen Liufu soldiers were also restructured.
A total of 9,600 people were organized into the Zuojinwu Guards, named after the "Zhijinwu" in the Han Dynasty. Daily affairs were managed by Chang Can, the newly promoted Zuojun general (fourth grade). Zuojinwu Guards had a long history and other assistant officers.
There were 9,600 soldiers in the Taiyuan Prefecture, reorganized into the Youjinwu Guards, under the supervision of the Third Department of the Forbidden Army Zuowei, and now the general of the Right Army Huang Biao. The post of the Third Department Supervisor was succeeded by Yu An, the Qudu Governor of the Xialou Longxiang Prefecture.
Gaoping, 9,600 Dongping Prefecture soldiers were reorganized into Zuo Feilongwei - people at that time called people with outstanding talents "dragons, horses and phoenix chicks", such as Lu Yun was once called so, and the tall and splendid horses were in the legend.
The offspring of a dragon and a horse, so this group of Laoyamen troops who dared to fight and everyone had a horse were reorganized into the "Zuo Feilong Guard" to show that they could march long distances on horseback and come and go like the wind.
The highest officer of the Zuo Feilong Guard is the former Zuo Wei General of the Forbidden Army, now the former general of the Liang Kingdom Xu Lang. This is also an old man who has followed Shao Xun for many years. After Xu Lang left, the Forbidden Army canceled the left and right guards, and the overall reduction was reduced to several battalions with more than 10,000 people.
.As of August, only these four guards and more than 30,000 soldiers had been reorganized.
The soldiers of the Four Guards have an important task when they are not on an expedition, which is to go to Beijing to guard. In principle, each guard will allocate a part of their troops to guard a certain area. For example, the left Jinwu Guard guards the Daxia Gate in Pingyang North City, and the right Jinwu Guards guard the Daxia Gate in Pingyang North City.
One part of the Zhizhi assisted the guards; one part of the Zuo Xiao Cavalry Guard guarded Yuanlin; part of the Zuo Feilong Guards had Zhi assist the guards; and then there was a certain guard who was in charge of the day and night patrol in the capital, and so on.
Recruited soldiers such as the Silver Spear Army are no longer responsible for city defense tasks, but are stationed in other suburban counties outside Pingyang.
There is no subordinate relationship between the soldiers and guards, and they are independent.
When delivering an order, it is necessary to have an order (imperial edict) signed by Shao Xun, a troop dispatching document from the Fifth Army Cao, and summon all the generals in the area to read it out in public and check the military symbols.
If one of the several major conditions is not met, the soldiers cannot move.
In fact, it was basically the management system of the Sui and Tang Dynasty soldiers, with minor adjustments made to adapt to the times.
This time Shao Shen received the order and led 4,200 soldiers of the Zuo Xiao Cavalry to go eastward and stationed in the outskirts of Bianliang. The reason was that there was a rebellion by the small gentry in the area.
"The Yu family is very courageous. Even though they have a son serving as an official in the shogunate, they openly insult the king and criticize the land transfer." After explaining the military system of the government, Shao Shen cursed.
"Ah?" Guan Qiulu was a little surprised and asked, "Did I make a mistake? I didn't hear the news."
"The news from the traitorous governor cannot be false." Shao Shen said displeased that this man actually doubted his third uncle.
"Mr. Chen Liu and Liu Mansion also got the news. The Yu family also drove away the county officials of Dutian for some reason." Formerly engaged in Bingzhou Zhizhong, now Zuo Xiaoqi Guards Chief Shi (Sixth Grade) Shanshi came back to the front. Taking a step forward, he said: "These thieves have obviously participated in the Jinyang Dao Discussion and did not raise any objections at the time. Now that the land has been transferred to his family, they have gone back on their word. They must be surrounded and suppressed by soldiers to serve as a warning to others."
Guanqiu Lu was speechless.
You, the Hanoi Shan clan, are also a noble clan. Why are you so excited when you see the Chenliu and Yu clan suffering?
However, Guanqiu Lu couldn't say anything about this kind of thing. He could only agree: "Indeed, if you don't teach and then punish you, it is the king's fault. When you discussed the Tao, you have made it known to the world. If you rebel now, you must be strict." Increase the punishment."
After speaking, he asked again: "Are there any rebellions in other states and counties?"
"I heard it already exists." Shao Shen cursed and said, "They rebelled before they even conquered the fields. I don't know what to say."
Not far away from Shao Shen stood a large group of Zuo Xiaoqi Guards soldiers, many of whom had the status of decorated officers. When they heard the word "rebellion", their eyes lit up.
If the Chenliu and Yu family's fields could be cleared, there should be more than 300 hectares, which could be occupied by sixty or seventy flying cavalry officers. According to the latest eighteen rounds of honorary officers, go to Zhuguo, Zhuguo, become general, general, etc. Shanghujun, escort, Shangqingqiduwei, Qingchaoduwei, Shangqiduwei, Qiduwei, Shangxiaoqiwei, Xiaoqiwei, Shangfeiqiwei, Feiqiwei, Shangyunqiwei, Yunqi Wei refers to Wuqiwei. In terms of Wuqiwei, Feiqiwei (from the seventh-grade honorary officer) can occupy five hectares of land.
Everyone loves cultivated land, which is much better than cultivated wasteland.
Of the more than 7.3 million hectares of farmland in the Later Han Dynasty, countless areas have been abandoned. It would be very troublesome to clean it up again. It would be good if we could buy mature land.
After Shao Shen finished speaking, he added: "I know why you came here. Don't sell the horse for now, so as not to endanger the enemy. We will wait until the situation stabilizes before we deal with it."
"This matter needs to be reported to the king for permission." Guan Qiulu said.
"Then go and report it quickly. Your Majesty will agree." Shao Shen said, "Tomorrow I will go to the Yu family to bring bad luck. Do you want to go and have a look?"
"That's all." Guan Qiulu waved his hands repeatedly and said with a wry smile, "I still have business to do."
Shao Shen chuckled and ignored him.
Guanqiu Lu looked at the soldiers.
Honored officials are definitely not as good as official officials. Let’s not talk about the titles. When selecting officials, they have to be demoted several levels - if the Ministry of Personnel is willing to select them.
However, a seventh-grade officer can occupy five hectares of land. If there are 100,000 people, they can buy up to 500,000 hectares (if they have money and can find people to farm for them). This amount is too astonishing.
No wonder when he was in Pingyang, a group of officials and staff suggested reducing the number of times the government troops went out to fight, so as not to occupy a lot of land and end up not having enough - this kind of thing really happened in history. During the reign of Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty, the government soldiers and the people " The "should be granted land" is 4.9 billion acres, which is actually far from enough. After all, the Eastern Han Dynasty only had more than 732 million acres of land (one acre in the Eastern Han Dynasty was only 80-90% of the size of the Sui Dynasty acres, and about 90% of the Jin Dynasty acres).
"General." Seeing that Shao Shen was about to leave, Guan Qiulu seemed to have thought of something, and hurriedly stepped forward and said: "The troops in the palace are expensive, and attacking Wubao will cause too much damage, so it is not worth it. If you can do it without using swords and soldiers, it is best not to do it. In this way, it will also be good for the king's reputation among scholars."
"His home is not a Wubao, but a manor." Shao Shen glared at him and said.
"Although the manor is easier to fight than Wubao, it will also lose a lot of soldiers." Guanqiu Lu advised.
Shao Shen suddenly smiled and said: "You think I'm stupid, of course I have to recruit the young men first. Mr. Liu will persuade him first, and then talk if he can't. Zuo Xiao's cavalry guard and Zuo Jinwu's ten thousand soldiers will surround them. We are surrounded to death, no one can come to save us. As for the king’s reputation——”
"The general doesn't care, but the king may care, so don't act rashly." Guanqiu Lu said quickly.
Shao Shen was silent for a moment and said, "I have my own sense of discretion."
After that, he turned around and left.
Guanqiu Lu secretly sighed, this world is really full of things.
The King of Liang was fighting wars and reorganizing the system. It was not easy to go step by step.
Chapter completed!