After returning to Chang'an from Yong County, Liu Che received a series of "surprises".≥,

The first 'surprise' is: the Korean Dongyi mission led by Yi Zong has arrived at Xiaoguan and is about to return to Chang'an.

The commander-in-chief attacked the country, and the commander-in-chief was responsible for questioning the crime before the emperor.

In ancient China, this was a great achievement of military commanders anyway.

Even if it was just a simple armed game like Yi Zong, the result of destroying the country would be real.

Liu Che summoned the officials to discuss the reward.

The Han Dynasty valued military merit the most. It can even be said that in the Han Dynasty, military merit was everything.

What's more, Yi Zong was Liu Che's brother-in-law, and there was no evil among the ministers. As soon as the emperor summoned everyone, everyone would hear the elegant music and know the elegant meaning.

Therefore, the awards for Yi Zong and Habayashi Wei were unanimously approved almost without any doubt.

Yi Zong was granted the title of Marquis of Dongcheng, with a settlement of 1,300 households, and was worshiped as Lang Zhongling.

For the former, it was a matter of course to be granted the title of marquis, with a settlement of 1,300 households, which was only a small amount. Among the relatives of the Han Dynasty, the number of households in Yi Zong should be relatively small.

In other words, even if he does not have this merit, as long as he persists for a few years, he will be able to become a marquis sooner or later.

The key thing is the appointment of Lang Zhongling.

Lang Zhongling was the well-known Guang Luxun of later generations, and was roughly equivalent to the head of the Central Guard Corps of the later dynasty. He had always been the emperor's confidant.

After Liu Che came to the throne, Lang Zhongling had been in limbo. At this moment, it finally welcomed its owner.

After Yizong, naturally all the Yulin Guards officers and soldiers with meritorious service were promoted to the rank of nobility. The rewards were generous.

Yi Zong's two outstanding captains took this opportunity to soar into the sky.

A man who was appointed as an emissary and bodyguard for the Union Army

What is the envoy guarding the army?

In the Han Dynasty, anyone with the character "envoy" could automatically be imagined as an imperial envoy, holding the emperor's festival, and sitting in some key and sensitive positions.

As for the envoy guard army, you can understand it as a role similar to the supervisory army and political commissar in later generations.

The main task is to supervise and supervise a certain army.

However, unlike later generations, the Han Dynasty did not regard eunuchs as military guardians, but the emperor chose them from among his own attendants.

For example, during the Witch Gu Rebellion in history, Ren An, the protagonist of the famous "Report to Ren An", was serving as an envoy and guard officer of the Northern Army at that time.

As for Ren An's path to success, one can clearly see the shadow of the emperor's servants and confidants.

This position is said to be important, but not important. In the situation where there are guards at the top and generals, school captains and captains at the bottom, in fact, the envoy guard officer is often ignored.

After all, no matter whether it is a guard, a general, a captain, or a school captain. In the northern and southern armies of the Han Dynasty, everyone has a background and a backstage. An emperor's personal servant just wants to command these guys.

.It’s also a bit too naive.

But, even if it is not important, it is still very important.

Back then, Zhou Bo used Li Ji to coax away Lu Lu, who was in charge of the Northern Army, and then encouraged the Northern Army to rebel against Lu. At that time, if the Lu family had such an envoy in the Northern Army to protect the army, they would not be caught off guard. At least, they would not be caught off guard.

Can we have some warning in advance?

Therefore, after Emperor Taizong Xiaowen took power, he learned the lesson from Lu's defeat and set up envoys and guards in the northern and southern armies, with trusted servants or confidant generals serving in this role to prevent the northern and southern armies from walking alone or being deceived by others.

Over the years, the Han Dynasty has been strengthening the authority of the military envoys.

To this day, envoys protecting the army already have the authority to act expediently and supervise military camps according to discipline.

Appointing a captain from the Habayashi Guards as the envoy to protect the army meant that Liu Che no longer was secretive, but made it clear that he wanted to firmly control the northern and southern armies.

And this school captain was none other than Zhang Cigong, a green forest hero who worked with Yi Zong in Hedong.

Another school captain, Wang Yong, was also worshiped as a Weiyang Palace Sima Gate Guard because of his military merits.

Sima Gate is the key to entering and exiting Weiyang Palace. Except for the emperor, other eunuchs, ministers and even relatives are the only legal passages to enter and exit.

Worshiping him as a Simamen guard was actually Liu Che's attitude to strengthen the security work in the palace.

Other Habayashi Guards sent out to serve as generals and were promoted to upper-middle-level officers in both the Northern and Southern armies.

Naturally, this strategy of mixing sand cannot be hidden from others, and there is no need to hide it from others.

Through this series of measures, Liu Che was able to fully control the northern and southern armies from all aspects, and truly commanded them like an arm.

In addition, Liu Che did not relinquish his official positions as the Captain of the Yulin Guard and the Commander-in-Chief of the Prince Consort, Yi Zong. Yi Zong was still in charge of the Yulin Guard and at the same time increased the size of the Yulin Guard to 3,000 people.

Turn it from an emperor's bodyguard into a regular field army.

The expeditionary fleet led by General Xu Han, another force that attacked the dynasty, also received a large number of rewards.

Xu Hanyi granted 2,300 households, bringing the total number of households in the city to nearly 5,000, making him an important member of the feudal class of the Han Dynasty.

And three of his subordinates were granted the title of marquis.

At the same time, Liu Che officially appointed Xu Han as the General of Buildings and Ships, making it clear that he could command "the large and small ships and ships of the world's prefectures and countries" and be the governor of "everything in the rivers, lakes and seas, arresting bandits, transporting grain and grass, etc."

This is probably the first time in Chinese history that a new branch of arms independent of the army has appeared.

The new Louchuan Jiangjun Yamen immediately contributed hundreds of new public jobs to the Han Dynasty.

After the Louchuan General Yamen was established, the first thing Xu Han did was to ask the court for military expenses.

Xu Han's reasons are high-sounding and almost impeccable.

Xu Han said in his memorial that his expedition to Korea this time was an attack across the sea, but there was almost no response from the Korean monarchs and ministers.

The coastline of the Han Dynasty is much longer than that of Korea. What should we do if one day enemies come from the sea?

Therefore, coastal defense is very important.

In addition, rivers and lakes are also home to bandits. Only with enough ships can the safety of rivers and lakes waterways be ensured.

In addition, Xu Han also proposed that the taxable grain and silk materials in the south of the Yangtze River can be transported by sea to the Yanji area, and then transported to the Great Wall and the north via Yanji. In terms of efficiency and loss, sea transportation is safer and faster than river transportation and land transportation.

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If someone else says this, the courtiers will think that this person is fanciful and talking nonsense.

But Xu Han said this, there is a picture and the truth.

He listed the expedition fleet's journey from Qi to the coast of Korea, as well as several experiences of transporting supplies by sea.

More importantly, he produced a complete chart.

There are hundreds of detailed charts describing all the reefs, wind and waves in the Jiangqi-Liaodong coastal area one by one.

With these charts, Xu Han proved that sea transportation is not a fantasy. It is feasible.

Through sea transport, it only takes less than a month for the southern grain tax to arrive at Yanji Port in the north, and there is no need to collect a large number of civilians for transportation, which can further reduce losses.

Supported by so much evidence and Liu Che's intentional bias.

In the end, the Louzhou General Yamen received 111 million yuan in military expenses and 30 million yuan in shipbuilding expenses.

However, Liu Che rejected Xu Han's proposal to continue building large-scale building ships.

All this shipbuilding cost will be used to build small ships for patrolling rivers.

Half of the original large-scale ships of the expedition fleet will enter the dock and undergo transformation. After transformation, they will become transport ships and undertake the task of transporting materials from the south of the Yangtze River to the north.

The main responsibilities of Louchuan Jiangjun Yamen in the future will also be to be responsible for the transshipment of grain and tax, clearing out inland river bandits and other public security tasks.

Liu Che really wanted to build an ocean-going fleet.

But now, neither the technology nor the time is mature.

The second surprise came from Canghai Jun Nangong Xin who arrived in Chang'an with Tong Yi Zong, as well as Zhenfan King Liu Zhonghan, King Ma Han and others established by the descendants of Qi Zi Joseon.

Originally, these small countries with a population of only two to three hundred thousand, or even tens of thousands, were nothing more than ants in front of the Han Dynasty.

But these guys coyly suggested to Liu Che that there were a lot of savages in their country.

I hope Master Wang can help with the cooking!

When Liu Che heard this, he almost couldn't help but want to laugh!

Savage?

Yi Zong and Xu Han went to Korea, and of course Liu Che knew that the savages on the Korean Peninsula were those people.

Well, they are those primitive tribes hiding in the ravines.

Most of these tribes remain in the era of primitive clan society.

Generally, it ranges from several thousand to several dozen or hundreds.

Of course, there are also tribes like Woju that have initially entered the era of primitive tribal alliances.

Whether it was the previous Qi Zi Korean regime or the later Wei regime, these primitive tribes were extremely troubled.

Send an army to conquer?

If you hide in the virgin forest, you won't be able to find these guys, let alone catch them.

Moreover, these tribes have been fighting against the sky and humans for a long time, and there are even some cannibals. Although they rarely fail in fighting them, once they fail, the whole army will be destroyed...
To be continued...