Emperor Qianwen is actually still alive. Not only that, he has also gathered 60,000 soldiers and horses from Zangzhou, plus 20,000 elites from Lama, claiming to be 100,000 people, to regain the throne. When the news was sent to Tang Ao, he also I was surprised for a while.
People say that disaster will last for thousands of years, but you will not deceive me!
To Tang Ao, Emperor Qianwen was not really a good person, let alone a good father. He was a man who would do anything for power.
I think Tang Ao was the one who contributed the most to the country among the princes, filling the national treasury and improving people's livelihood. Even when he was in Daliang City, he took the initiative to stand up when there was a military crisis and solved one problem after another. What ended up happening in the end?
He just saved his life and was enfeoffed. No soldiers were given to him, and no grain of food was given to him. If he were replaced by an ordinary prince, I am afraid that even if he could reach Jizhou safely, he would still be under house arrest. In the end, he would be under house arrest. Become a depressed person and die in fear.
Later, in order to protect the safety of Daliang City, Jizhou was handed over to King Zhong. All of this had already ruined the relationship between father and son. Sometimes Tang Ao not only thought, but for his mother, he was afraid that It's because I may not even have the chance to be enfeoffed.
It is impossible for such a father to gain much respect from Tang Ao. But after all, the relationship between father and son is there, and it is impossible for him to openly oppose this person. The important thing is that Jizhou is too far away from Zangzhou. , as far away as thousands of mountains and rivers, so far away that it is difficult to make a single contact. In line with the diplomatic rules of distant friendship and close attack, Tang Ao would politely declare to the outside world that he supports the return of his father, Emperor Qianwen, and then, there would be nothing more.
With such a long distance, it is impossible to send money and food support, and it is even more impractical to send troops to support. Even so, it is better to do nothing and wait and see how it gets better. For Tang Ao, the top priority is to consolidate the newly occupied territory. In Guzhou, we first distributed the fertile farmland to the people there.
Tang Ao has been told about the Jizhou incident. As long as the people live well, they will fully support him, and they will be able to direct everything he does.
In addition, Tang Ao is still increasing the intensity of military training. For example, the five thousand Huns have been trained into an army by him, and he is training them according to the method of training the Jizhou Army. If anything is different At night, the Huns soldiers did not have any training tasks. Instead, they would sit in a room lit by candlelight and learn to write Chinese characters and learn Chinese culture.
National integration, first and foremost, is cultural integration and language integration. As long as these Huns can speak Chinese, write Hanzi, and do things according to Han people's rules, as time goes by, they will be no different from the Han people. This is true national integration.
In addition, a group of prisoners from the previous battles also walked out of the prisoner labor camp because of their good performance. They were innocent of any guilt and became official Jizhou people. After obtaining Jizhou's household registration , each of them was assigned twenty acres of fertile land, and then they had the right to start a family and marry a wife here.
And if you are willing to join the army, you will have 30 more acres of fertile land, and you will enjoy the treatment of an ordinary soldier, who gets five taels of silver a month.
What Tang Ao didn't expect was that more than 80% of these captured soldiers chose to join the army. Maybe they didn't know how to do anything else; or maybe they had seen the generous treatment of Jizhou Army soldiers and were greedy for it; They want to change themselves again. Joining the army and making achievements is undoubtedly one of the best ways in troubled times.
After the final numbers were compiled, more than 15,000 soldiers joined, and they were all warriors who had been on the battlefield. Although they were defeated, it was not their fault, right?
As a result, Tang Ao returned to Jizhou and recruited 20,000 troops, 5,000 Xiongnu slaves, and 15,000 captive soldiers, totaling 40,000. The reserve troops instantly swelled to 70,000.
The number of troops suddenly expanded, and the regiment commanders were anxious. It is said that everyone has the same foundation, but now looking at Feng Wanli, he is already a brigade commander. Yes, of course, the other party can get out of Jizhou, alone
The reason is to complete the task, but it is always a fact that the official position is one level higher than everyone else.
The generals who did not want to fall behind others wanted to expand the size of the army. Only if they had enough sergeants could they advance to a higher level.
The generals came here every day to talk about various difficulties in the newly built staff headquarters. In short, they had too few troops and the defense was barely adequate, but if a powerful enemy came, their troops would be
Some are not enough.
These regimental commanders and battalion commanders did not dare to ask Tang Ao. After the last Pingfeng Mountain meeting, they felt a sense of fear of His Highness, and this began to frustrate the staff officers at the General Staff Headquarters. In their eyes, these
They are all treasures trained by His Highness, and they can only give out ideas and do not hold military power. They should be able to convey their ideas to His Highness for his knowledge.
The three most outstanding staff officers, Wei Chao, Ye Fan and Lu Tianchi, have now become deputy chiefs of staff. They were annoyed by the regimental commanders and battalion commanders below, so they came to Prince Ji's Mansion to meet with His Highness, the general staff officer.
The tall Tang Ao.
Soon, the military expansion plan was announced after discussions.
The Shanshan Guards expanded by 2,000 light cavalry, bringing their number to 10,000. Although the number of troops was insufficient, Feng Xun was still the regiment leader.
The Guiyi Army expanded by 5,000 people, reaching 10,000 people, and he was still a regiment commander. But with this improvement, he was not far away from being a brigade commander.
Huben sent two battalions, each battalion was expanded by 1,000 men, totaling 6,000 men. The commander of the first battalion was still Xing Si, and the commander of the second battalion was Yuan Dali, a student from Longyuan who was highly regarded by Tang Ao.
The Imperial Guard has been expanded from the original two hundred to five hundred, which will better protect the safety of His Highness. It is worth mentioning that later Zuo Zhuang even managed to become a deputy commander due to his strength.
In addition, a new unit of arms was established - Fu soldiers.
The strength of the government soldiers is naturally not as good as the elite divisions that can fly the black dragon's two-claw flag and the black dragon's three-claw flag. They are only used to guard the counties and ensure the safety of the border. In principle, they will not leave the state.
war.
Two new Fubing units were built, one of which was Jizhou Fubing, also known as Jifu soldiers, with a strength of 20,000. The brigade commander Shen Yunyi, under whom were the regimental commander Deng Tian and others (Deng Tian, the former Jizhou military academy captain, after Tang Ao stationed in Jizhou,
With outstanding performance, he is now used to assist Marquis Zhongcheng and is responsible for the daily affairs of the Gufu soldiers. After all, the power to mobilize this army still lies in Tang Ao's hands.)
The second Guzhoufu soldier, also known as the Gufu soldier, has a strength of 20,000. The brigade commander is former Ying Yinghou Qin Mushan, and under him is the regiment commander Cai Yang and others. They are from the Longyuan Military Academy class and one of Tang Ao's proud students. They are also responsible for
Everyday things in the army.
Not only did they gain military power, but they also gave old men like Shen Yunyi and Qin Mushan enough face. It could be said that everyone was happy.
In this way, the number of troops in this expansion has reached 49,300, and the reserve force that originally seemed to be large has returned to 20,000. With this number, other regiment and battalion commanders will naturally not be able to take advantage of him. . It also allows the reserves to have sufficient manpower to train new recruits.
The army has been expanded, especially the establishment of two squadrons, which stabilized the rear and relieved the pressure on the main elite. Once there is a war, they can quickly go to the front and kill all sides.
After settling the affairs of the army, Tang Ao focused on the construction of Longyuan. If you want to govern the world, you cannot rely on the army alone. You also need talents from all walks of life. At the beginning of the new year, Tang Ao again Having invested ten million taels of silver into the construction of Longyuan, I am afraid that Tang Ao is the only one in the world who can cultivate talents with such great efforts.
Not only in terms of cultivating talents, Jizhou Guzhou carried out road construction, Guangjian Pharmacy opened medical clinics, and various food subsidies also allowed Prince Ji's palace to spend a lot of money.
For this reason, Tang Ao came up with a new thing - Jizhou tea.
There was tea in ancient times, but rather than drinking tea, it is better to say eating tea. People poured the tea leaves into the pot with water, added onions, ginger, dates, orange peel, dogwood, mint and other condiments to cook. After the water is boiled, remove the foam and drink the soup. This method will destroy the fragrance of the tea and is also accompanied by various flavors.
Tang Ao couldn't stand this for a long time. In his previous life, he was also a tea connoisseur. He even had his own tea tree. He would fry tea himself when he had nothing to do. He knew how to do it. So when Tang Ao When we made the first batch of Jizhou tea, its refreshing fragrance and evocative taste immediately made it a top-quality product.
Tea is not only very important to the Gan people, but also to the Beidi, Xiongnu and other foreign ethnic groups. Their need for tea is not only due to their living customs, but also has some medicinal effects. To put it bluntly, it is just that these people have too much protein Too much, lack of vitamins and fruit sparse, resulting in many diseases.
Jizhou tea can alleviate this problem and reduce diseases, which means an increase in lifespan and an increase in population. All of this is very important to them.
The origin of tea among foreigners is no less than the emergence of penicillin in later generations, or perhaps the promotion of sweet potatoes in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties.
Still based on the method of hunger marketing, it is said to the outside world that Jizhou tea needs to go through ninety-nine and eighty-one public procedures, and it consumes tea leaves very much, and the portion is not much. It is precisely this that attracts others to snatch it, and brings Tang Ao to it. Got a lot of money.
Military heroes are drunk, civil servants are drunk with Jizhou tea, and with one civil servant and one martial servant, all the drinks are included, which makes Tang Ao's royal treasury full of silver.
The money earned in various ways was taken from the powerful and used for the common people. The people of Jizhou were happy and happy. The existence of the dragon newspaper made people's livelihood spread to every corner. For a time, officials did not dare to be corrupt, and military generals did not dare to be corrupt. No one dares to withhold wages, no one in power dares to bully others, and with good government and people, Jizhou has become the place with the highest happiness index in the entire Daqian region.