"Will Chen Shilang, Xingyuan, Shankuo, and Longjian Town soldiers be sent to Andong Mansion as soon as possible?" Zhang Xuanyan, the Minister of Household Affairs, asked softly in a private house in Yongshanfang, Cangzhou.
Chen Cheng put down his brush and asked, "Have you found a place to live?"
Zhang Xuanyan was stunned and immediately replied: "I found it. The warden's home in Qingchi County is okay."
The saint moved into Lu Yanwei's mansion, and the civil and military officials had no choice but to find another place to live. Some lived in state offices, some lived in county offices, some lived in private houses, and some lived on the court - usually low-level officials in the six departments.
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"How many people need to be sent to Liaodi?" Chen Cheng asked.
"A whole five thousand people." Zhang Xuanyan replied.
There are still more than 10,000 people in the miscellaneous army, and 3,000 of the most capable ones have been selected and incorporated into the Gongchen Army. More than 2,000 people have been incorporated into the state troops of Cang, Jing, and Ying that are being formed - Shao Bo, the governor of Dizhou, has led
Thousands of soldiers from Dizhou went north to serve as governor of Yingzhou, which had just been conquered.
The five counties of Yingzhou have many registered residences and are relatively wealthy. This is considered a reward for Shao Bo, but I don’t know if he thinks so himself - maybe he is worried about leaving his hometown in Dizhou where he has been operating for many years, or he is happy to go
When he took office, after all, Dizhou was in ruins and it was really not decent.
But the court will not care about his thoughts, it only depends on whether he is willing to obey the imperial edict.
"Five thousand people is quite a lot." Chen Cheng said: "Have the documents from the Ministry of Household Affairs and the Ministry of War been sent out?"
"It's been sent out," Zhang Xuanyan replied.
"Then let's wait and let's talk about it in the spring next year." Chen Cheng made a decision.
According to the agreed plan, these five thousand people were sent to Andong Prefecture to serve as soldiers, and they were relocated together with their family members in Tongzhou, Bazhou, Longjian, and Qinghai to enrich their local household registration.
In other words, this is actually a large project for 5,000 households. It is winter now, the Liaohai Sea is about to freeze, and Anton Mansion is in a time of shortage of supplies, so it may not necessarily welcome new people. It might as well be
Wait until the spring of next year, when these soldiers and their families arrive in the state, and when the production and daily necessities are almost ready, we will send them out together.
"These people have finally digested it." Chen Cheng took a sip of hot tea and sighed like Shao Shude.
But is this the end? Apparently not.
In this attack on Hebei, nearly 20,000 prisoners were captured in Cangjing Town alone. Currently, the camp is being screened, and it is planned to release the Tutuan villagers one after another and let them go home to farm, so as to avoid eating and drinking in the prisoner camp.
As for the rest, we don’t plan to release them for the time being. They will be taken to Wudi ditch to clear the river, and the Tiande army will send people to guard them.
After finishing this batch of work, let's see how the battle in Youzhou goes. They will probably be sent to build a palace there in the future - Chen Cheng has long seen through the saint's little thoughts.
"Over there in Jizhou, I heard that many more prisoners were captured." Zhang Xuanyan said: "There are too many warriors in the world."
"Jizhou..." Chen Cheng put down his tea bowl, closed his eyes and pondered.
He also received the news.
Li Keyong's son, Li Luoluo, the envoy of Tanji Yingping Town, was originally very good at Jizhou and Sanhe, and fought back and forth with Zhao Wang Siwu. But after hearing that Tianxiong and Longxiang's two armies defeated Li Cunzhang, he was unstoppable.
After going north to Youzhou, I was anxious and in chaos, so I suffered a huge defeat and lost thousands of troops.
Shao Siwu took the opportunity to press hard and besieged Sanhe for ten days. The familiar Tibetan soldiers and horses recruited by Li Luoluo were very cunning and fled when the situation was not going well. Finally, Sanhe County was captured. Li Luoluo fled to his hometown in Tanzhou, recruited soldiers and horses, and was chased by Wang Jiao.
He attacked and was defeated again, so he took Tielin and rushed the two armies to Youzhou to join Li Cunzhang who had fled back.
The Xia army took advantage of the situation to occupy Tanzhou and annihilated the Shu-Ti tribes who refused to surrender. The war was raging for a while and the fighting was fierce.
On the southern front, the Tianxiong Army repeatedly attacked Ke'anci County, and then sent its troops north to collect food and grass, not far from Youzhou.
After Ge Congzhou arranged for Yi Congjun to guard Yingmo and defend the back road, he led Long Xiang's army northward and defeated Zhuozhou governor An Fuqian in Xinchang.
Almost at the same time, the troops and horses that besieged Li Cunxiao gradually withdrew, and King Gao of Yi Ding also sent troops eastward. Zhuozhou suddenly became the focus of the moment.
The fighting was very fierce, but the situation was quite obvious, so Chen Cheng was not worried. If he spent more time, he would be able to clean up the thieves one by one, so there was no rush. What he was really concerned about was actually the area of Jizhou and Tanzhou.
The battle between Zhao Wang and Siwu was actually pretty good.
Maybe it looks average on the surface, not particularly outstanding, but it's definitely not bad.
Chen Cheng felt that at his age, it was his first time to fight against a serious warrior from the Zhongyuan vassal town, and he was already qualified for this level.
Just because of this kind of thing, some people will be unhappy, right?
"A lot of trouble." Chen Cheng opened his eyes, sighed, and said: "Zhuge Tai, Zhuge Shangren, let them come and see me before leaving. Liang Xiangjian is also going back to Qinghai, right? Give him a generous reward, don't be too generous.
It’s so shabby, it’s not good, and besides, the saint abducted one of his sons.”
"Yes." Zhang Xuanyan replied.
Zhuge Tai and Zhuge Shangren were transferred to Guanzhong as governors. The original two prefectures of Tong and Ba were handed over, and the imperial court appointed new officials.
Liang Xiangjian did not want to become an official in the court and insisted on returning to Qinghai to become a local overlord. The saint agreed and proposed to distribute rewards.
However, the older one left, and the younger one was left behind. Liang Mancang was assigned to Yin'anzhi and started from the rank of team leader.
Liang Xiangjian seemed a little unhappy, but he had no way to refuse. What's more, that heartless guy Liang Mancang couldn't understand his father's complicated mood at all. Instead, he was overjoyed to stay in Luoyang as an official and had begun to look forward to a new life.
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Xiao Liang is like this, what can Lao Liang do?
The saint never spared any effort in attacking tribal chiefs, miscellaneous military leaders, and separatist generals, and he was so sure and ruthless. Chen Cheng never thought that the saint had such perseverance, and was not afraid of hardships and obstacles, and he persisted until now.
In fact, he also understands very well that laying a solid foundation for the new dynasty is nothing more than this.
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"In the past, the three towns of Chengde, Ziqing, and Cangjing fought for the three branches of the city. Why?" Shao Shude asked in the Lu Mansion.
Standing in front of him was Li Yangu, a military official from Yin'an, who had just been appointed as Changlu Ling.
Changlu County (today's Cangxian County) is more than 30 miles northwest of Cangzhou. It is passed by the Yongji Canal and the Zhang River meets here. It is an important land and water transfer node.
During the Xia Army's Northern Expedition, Changlu County has become an important distribution center for supplies. Grain, grass, and equipment either went north to Youzhou via the Yongji Canal, or were transported to Yingmo by Master's carriage. The flow continued all night long.
"For the benefit of Clam Salt Pond." Li Yangu replied.
Shao Shude nodded.
He had a subjective impression before and subconsciously thought there would be a salt farm in Changlu, but later he discovered that there was indeed a place to cook sea salt in Cangzhou, but it was not in Changlu County, and the scale was small and unsystematic. Otherwise, Heng Haijun would not have fought hard.
They risked their lives to get chestnuts from the fire and fight for the clam salt pond at the junction of the three towns.
Today's Changlu County is just a commercial town along the river, nothing more.
"After you take up the post of Changlu Commandery, your first priority is to ensure the supply of the Northern Expeditionary Army." Shao Shude said: "The three armies of Tianxiong, Longxiang, and Yicong are the main gates of the country. The supply of food, grass, and equipment must not be cut off."
"According to the order." Li Yangu responded.
It is a good thing for him to leave his military position and serve as a local county magistrate. Not to mention that he doesn't like hanging out in the army. Just the title of Chang Lu Ling at the seventh rank is enough for him even if many people fight for his head.
It's a good position to compete for. After all, if a new Jinshi can be awarded an official, his first position will be a ninth-grade county captain.
"While ensuring military supplies, we will recruit some masters and send them to Cangzhou." Shao Shude added: "The floating water needs to be desilted and dredged. Qingchi, Yanshan, and Rao'an counties will send people."
"According to the order." Although Li Yangu was a little worried, he still agreed.
Cangjing Town had just been wiped out, and the people would be recruited and exhausted. Li Yangu was really worried that it would trigger a civil uprising. However, the saint's attitude was very resolute. Winter is indeed a good opportunity to dredge the rivers. If you miss this opportunity, you will have to
The saint was obviously not willing to wait another year.
There is no way, he has the final say, just obey. I believe that with so many troops stationed there, the people of Cangzhou will not be so brainless.
Fushui is a river that flows through Cangzhou and flows into the sea in the east. Cangzhou, located on the north bank of Fushui, has become a famous navigation port, connecting various places around the Liaohai Sea.
In the sixth year of Xiankang in Jin Dynasty, Shi Hu wanted to set out from here to transport grain and defeat Yan.
In the 10th year of Yixi's reign in the Jin Dynasty, Chu Kuang, a native of Hejian, advised Feng Ba that he could go to Linyu in western Liaoning by going to the sea from Cangzhou.
During the Pre-Tang Dynasty, Cangzhou was one of the logistics bases that supplied the armies of Pinglu Jiedushi.
In that era, sea-going ships departed from Cangzhou, sailed down the floating water, directly into the sea, and bound for western Liaoning and eastern Liaoning.
In Shao Shude's eyes, the role of Cangjing Town is much greater than that of Chengde and Hedong. This seems to be where he is incompatible with many people, because he has too much marine thinking in his mind.
The Xia Dynasty and the New Dynasty already had Chang'an as the western capital, Luoyang as the eastern capital, and there would definitely be a northern capital as well.
There was a time when he hesitated about where to locate this northern capital.
Normally, there is no doubt that he would choose Youzhou, but he also likes Cangzhou because of its superior ocean transportation conditions.
At this time, the jurisdiction of Cangzhou was also different from that of later generations. Cangzhou in the Tang Dynasty roughly included the entire territory of Cangzhou in later generations, the southern half of Tianjin, and part of Binzhou. In the Xia Dynasty, the jurisdiction of Cangzhou did not change.
If Beidu exists as a major capital, then building a coastal port is actually not bad. Based on this standard, Cangzhou is actually very good, especially since the northern part is around the later Tianjin Port.
But now he has given up the idea of Cangzhou as the northern capital.
For the capital city, it is better to choose some famous historical cities.
Among the five dynasties in history, the Later Liang had two capitals, namely Luoyang in the west and Kaifeng in the east; the Later Tang had three capitals, Luoyang in the east, Chang'an in the west, and Taiyuan in the north; the Later Jin had Kaifeng in the east and Luoyang in the west; the Later Han, the Later Zhou and
After the Jin Dynasty, Weizhou was once promoted to the capital of Ye, but it was abandoned.
Cangzhou is still a little short of heat. Weizhou and Yecheng are more qualified to be the northern capital than it is.
However, it cannot be the northern capital. As an important commercial port in the Bohai Rim Economic Circle, Cangzhou is qualified. In the future, he will often go to the northern capital to manage politics. A wharf can be built in the northern border of Cangzhou to serve as an outer port of Youzhou to receive inbound and outbound traffic.
The supplies in Liaodong, Silla, Huaihai and even the south are also good.
It would be a pity not to make good use of this big bathtub in the Bohai Sea.