The weather has just been sunny for a few days, and the autumn rain has continued again.
On the seventh day of October, Shao Shude, escorted by tens of thousands of troops, left Bianzhou and headed east, passing through Dongming Town, Kaocheng County, and Yuanju County, and arrived at Lisuo Jiyin in Caozhou.
He did not stay too long in this place, and only went to visit the Han Zutan in the northeast of Caozhou on the afternoon of October 12th - it is rumored that this is the place where Emperor Gaozu of the Han Dynasty ascended the throne.
After leaving Caozhou, we continued eastbound and arrived in Junye County on October 17th, where we stayed at a hotel on the bank of Onezawa.
This is already the place where Yun and Yanzhou meet, and the governor of Huaihai Road governs Yanzhou. Therefore, several chief officials of the road received orders and went to the hotel to meet the emperor.
Before their arrival, Shao Shude discussed the situation in Hebei with his officials.
Li Keyong sent troops again to attack Xingzhou and defeated the army. Lu Huaizhong had to mobilize troops and horses to repel it.
Later, after waiting for Shao Shude's promise for a long time, King Rong of Zhenzhou sent his troops south to attack Beizhou. With the cooperation of internal forces, he attacked three cities in a row, forcing Lu Huaizhong to send troops north again.
Reminiscent of the fact that Lu Yanwei from Cangjing went south to help Wei Bo solve the crisis in Bozhou. It is quite annoying that these Hebei feudal towns are helping each other.
However, the soldiers and horses from all walks of life, mainly the left wing of the Yi Congjun, still insisted on Chanzhou, dug trenches and besieged it, and once again repelled the reinforcements coming from the direction of Bozhou.
Wang Jiao, the commander of Huaihai Daodu, also led more than 10,000 troops from various states to go northward. He was first defeated by Lu Yanwei's Cangzhou soldiers, but soon regained a city, defeated the Cangzhou soldiers in Gaotang, and pursued them all the way to Dezhou.
"He is worthy of being from our Tielin Army." Shao Shude praised: "Wang Jiao fought well. He led a group of state soldiers and Lu Yanwei to fight back and forth. What was the name of the man who killed the enemy general?"
"Dengzhou Prefecture General Gao Youqing." Deputy Privy Envoy Wang Bian introduced: "He is from Longyou. I heard he is a descendant of Gao Xianzhi."
"That is also after the famous general." Shao Shude said.
The surname is Gao. Most of them have no family tree. They say they are descendants of Gao Xianzhi and they are just clinging to it. Shao Shude knows it in his heart, but he is not prepared to point it out. Isn't it a good thing that the descendants of famous generals from the former Tang Dynasty are serving in the current generation?
"The first priority now is to defeat Chanzhou. By taking this city, the confidence of the Wei people was greatly shaken, and Luo Shaowei couldn't stand it any longer." Shao Shude said: "How far has the fight gone now?"
"Return to Your Majesty." Wang Bian said: "Until General Zang came to report, the rebel army went out of the city several times to fight and suffered heavy losses. In another ten days, the outer city will be defeated. The rebel army consumes a lot of food, grass and military supplies, and the inner city cannot last long.
, it must be broken.”
"Don't act recklessly. You have to fight and pull." Shao Shude said: "We have been fighting for a year. Have you counted how many Wei Bo's die-hard warriors have been killed?"
"Since the war, tens of thousands of thieves have been killed," Wang Bian said.
"I'm asking about Wei Bo's yamen soldiers, town soldiers, and state and county soldiers. Don't include the Tutuan villagers." Shao Shude raised his voice, a little dissatisfied.
"Your Majesty..." Wang Bian was stunned and didn't know how to answer. Finally he could only say: "Wei Bo originally had 50,000 to 60,000 soldiers, and I should have killed nearly half of them."
"In the final analysis, we still rely on guessing." Shao Shude sighed and said, "It's not enough. Tell Lu Huaizhong to continue killing."
Wang Bian felt a chill.
He also had a very dark heart, and he showed no mercy when it came to rectifying wealthy families, local tyrants and evil gentry. His thousands of Huazhou soldiers went into battle to fight against the Jin and Wei armies, and they would have been beaten to the point where their parents would not even recognize them, but they killed the Tu tribe.
He is powerful, but he is very handy as a servant of the family. He has raided many houses over the years.
But all said and done, they all had reasons and purposes for taking action. Shao Sheng seemed to have no purpose, just to kill Wei Bo Wuren. This persistence made him very scared.
"It's not time to win over yet." Shao Shude seemed to be able to guess Wang Bian's thoughts, but he didn't want to explain more: "I won't withdraw my troops until Wei Bo's yamen soldiers die, and the mountains and rivers, and the six heroes and two armies are not destroyed."
"Your Majesty is far-sighted and I can't wait." What else could Wang Bian say but flattery.
After talking about Wei Bo, everyone started chatting about some less important news that could even be regarded as anecdotes.
The Confucius family in Qufu requested the title of Duke Wenxuan. This is what happened just this month.
"Your Majesty, the Kong family was a marquis in the Sui Dynasty. During the Zhenguan period of the former Tang Dynasty, Taizong Li Shimin conferred the title of Confucius as a Holy Marquis, who could participate in court meetings, had the same rank of third rank, and granted a thousand households. In the twenty-seventh year of Kaiyuan, he was also granted the title of Marquis.
Duke Wen Xuandong also serves as the magistrate of Qufu County. During the reign of Yizong of the Tang Dynasty, Xu was hereditary magistrate of Qufu County. Now that Daxia has been established, in order to stabilize people's hearts, it is time to ennoble the Confucius family." Chen Cheng advised earnestly.
He is a smart man, and he can see that the saint's opinion of the Kong family is not very good. But he really can't figure out where this hostility comes from, and the Kong family has not provoked Shao Sheng.
Shao Shude sighed secretly in his heart, knowing that this was the remnant memory of modern people.
After passing through several decades, many memories have been blurred, but the dissatisfaction with the Kong family is still rooted in my heart.
When the Qing army entered the pass, they immediately surrendered their orders.
The Qing army requested to shave their heads and immediately took the lead in responding.
At the end of the Qing Dynasty, portraits of the kings of Great Britain and Germany were also brought into the palace to be enshrined.
During the Republic of China, it was advocated that China and Japan share the same language and race...
Shao Shude didn't know what to say.
Well, maybe the Kong family is not so unbearable at this time. Recently, many ministers have advised him that canonizing the descendants of the Kong family has all the benefits and no harm, so why bother?
Just think of it as trying to stabilize people's hearts and win the support of some scholars.
"The descendants of the Kong family can be ennobled as Yanshenghou, and a thousand households can be granted the title of food. The Kong family should not always want to interfere with the post of Qufu County Magistrate." Shao Shude said.
In the New Dynasty of the Great Xia Dynasty, there were only county marquises, with a food grant of 1,500 households. Shao Shude created the Yansheng Marquis, with a food grant of 1,000 households, which was considered low among the marquises, but he was too lazy to care about the thoughts of the Kong family. I believe that based on their usual behavior
Even if he is disappointed in his performance, he will only sing praises and not dare to criticize.
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On October 18, Huaihai Road governor Zhang Yanqiu, transportation envoy Song Yao, prison envoy Li Tong, and academic and political envoy Zhang Wenwei arrived at the hotel for an audience.
"Zhang Qing, how are the thirteen prefectures of Huaihai going? Is there any resistance?" Shao Shude asked.
Zhang Yanqiu, the Marquis of Baojing County, is fifty-six years old this year, and his beard and hair are all white. His energy is not as good as before. After listening to Shao Shude's question, he thought for a long time and said, "Thanks to your majesty, I am grateful to you."
The Second Town of Ning was completely wiped out. The soldiers of Daxia were so powerful that everyone who had seen them was still there, and they did not dare to rebel."
"So, Ziqing Town is still a little unstable?"
"That's not the case." Zhang Yanqiu replied: "Xu, Yan'er Town, once fought with Zhu Quanzhong for many years. The elite soldiers suffered all casualties, and then they were defeated by me. The warriors who were able to fight and were strong were almost dead. Pinglu
In terms of popular support and combat effectiveness, the army is naturally inferior to that of Xu and Yaner towns. When His Majesty attacked Ziqing, he killed many people. Later, a large number of surrendered troops were transferred away, either to Yunzhou Academy for training, or to cross the sea north to
In Liaodong, there are not many martial arts seeds left in the local area. Even if some people want to rebel, they cannot recruit enough troops."
"If that's the case, I have nothing to worry about." Shao Shude smiled, then changed the topic and said: "But this is not enough. The people of Huaihai Road do not appreciate my kindness, so I still have to make their lives better. You are the governor.
Even if we don't develop maritime trade for a while, we can't just focus on the military affairs, Hai, Mi, Qing, Lai, and Deng.
Find ways to start trade with the towns in the south."
Having said this, Shao Shude turned to Chen Cheng and asked, "Is Qian Chuanguan, Qian Liu's son, still in Luoyang?"
"Yes. Qian Chuanguan has not returned to Hangzhou. I heard that he has purchased land and a house in Luoyang. He seems to be staying there for a long time." Chen Cheng replied.
This is actually a relatively obvious signal.
Qian Liu was facing tremendous pressure from Yang Xingmi. It is hard to say what the attitude of Wang Shenzhi from the south was. He was trying to hold his own. Fifteen-year-old Qian Chuanguan was actually kept in Luoyang as a hostage.
This is something that is tacitly understood by both parties.
In this case, Shao Shude was no longer polite, so he ordered: "Let Qian Chuanguan enter the Imperial College to study."
Qian Liu has been canonized as the Prince of Yuhang County. Seeing the envoy's behavior, he seems quite satisfied. In addition, Qian Chuanguan stayed in Luoyang, so the Qian family in Hangzhou can be said to be quite respectful.
"Let's go back to the matter of maritime trade." Shao Shude added: "The trade with Qian Liu and Wang Shenzhi's brothers can be stepped up. Liu Yin of Guangzhou has not sent envoys to the court so far, but it is not impossible to do business. In addition, it is not impossible to do business.
Why don't the food merchants go north? You can ask someone to find out."
"According to the order." Zhang Yanqiu responded.
Shao Shude looked at Song Yao again and said, "Song Qing is the transfer envoy. Please help handle this matter."
Song Yao was the former deputy envoy of the Jiedushi Army of Wu Su, assisting the Jiedushi envoy Li Bai in handling government affairs. After Wu Su's army dismissed the town, he was promoted to the position of transfer envoy of Huaihai Road and was in charge of the financial affairs.
Li Tong was Li Bai's younger brother. He was the former defense envoy of Wuguan and the governor of Shangzhou. Because he offered his land early, he got the position of prison envoy of Huaihai Road.
How should I put it, it is compensation. Li Xiang is also an old man, and Shao Shude is a nostalgic man. Not only did he give Li Bai an official position, he was named the son of Linli County, and Li Tong also became a local official.
Zhang Wenwei was originally a supervisory censor, and he was able to become a scholar and government purely because of his "encouragement", because he personally went to Shao Mansion with the Tang Emperor's Zen title book.
"Your Majesty, sea trade is certainly a great thing." Song Yao said: "But now, almost all the ships from the states on the Huaihai Road are gathered in the Bohai Sea, trying their best to transport supplies to the Andong Prefecture. After more than a hundred years of chaos and poverty, the people have been in poverty.
The sailors were scattered and had no money to build their own ships and sail to other places. This matter should be settled in the south."
What Song Yao means is that the dominance of trade may be given away. After all, he is waiting for other merchants to come to his door.
"Your Majesty." Academician Zhang Wenwei suddenly spoke: "I heard that the Qian family has many boatmen and many ships, and Daxia has many horses. It is better to barter with the Qian family, trade horses for ships, and then recruit some boatmen to Dengzhou.
If you settle down, you may be able to achieve great things."
"This is a good idea." Shao Shude praised.
Talent is always the most precious resource. Now that Henan has been established, all wastes are being prospered, and the thirst for talents is endless. Since Qian Liu is so respectful, then ask him if he wants people or ships and see if he can give them.
Give.
Shao Shude believed that he was not stupid.
You have done this to help establish a stable route. In times of crisis in the future, we will be able to receive assistance from the sea. Even if the number is small, the presence of more than a thousand elite soldiers can play a life-saving role at critical moments.
It depends on whether Qian Liu has this pattern.
"The Huaihai Road, in my mind, is more important than the Henan Road." Shao Shude said: "The benefits of sea trade can also be scary. The convenience of sea transportation can also be beyond your imagination. That's all, there are some things.
, you don’t believe me even if I say it. Words are unfounded, seeing is believing, you will know it yourself in the future.”
"We won't stay at the hotel. There's not much to see in Yunzhou." Shao Shude finally said: "Tomorrow we will go north. Instead of going to Qufu, we will go east via Qizhou and go to Dengzhou!"