In the golden autumn of August, the whole land of Hebei is filled with the joy of harvest. Shao Sheng’s harvest is also quite large.
On the fourth day of August, he received a child: Jieyu Ashide gave birth to a son.
Starting from the end of the Tang Dynasty, Tianyou had successively harvested several sons. Even if he tossed a coin, his luck was quite extraordinary. The second biggest harvest was on the ninth day of August: Zhu Zhen, the Marquis of Yu, the capital of the Longxiang Army, personally led people to dig tunnels, and almost Digging to the bedside of the governor Wang Yu, he conquered Yizhou in one fell swoop.
When Yizhou was in danger, he sent his troops to break out of the siege and go to Dingzhou for help. Wang Gao sent tens of thousands of troops to rescue them, but they returned after being defeated. There was a rumble in Dingzhou and people were in panic.
The third biggest harvest is in the direction of Yingzhou.
On August 11, Tongding garrison general Gao Zi killed more than a thousand Khitan soldiers in the city, and brought more than ten thousand soldiers and civilians to surrender.
After Xiao Dilu arrived in Yingzhou, he saw that the Bohai, Han, Sogdian, and Goguryeo tribes all turned against each other and stabbed Khitan in the back. He was deeply hurt. Brother Yeluhua took the opportunity to persuade Xiao Dilu and decided to sneak back to Khitan and wait for an opportunity.
There was also a big gain: Ping Haijun successfully controlled the fishing season and achieved a bumper harvest. After hearing this, Shao Shude first praised him and then strictly urged him to transfer materials and personnel and focus on his main business.
Good news comes one after another, indicating that his dynasty is rising, full of vitality, and everything is in full swing.
On August 15th, the Mid-Autumn Festival, Shao Shude issued an edict: The third son of the emperor, Shao Mianren, King of Wei, would come to Penglai Town in September to serve as the vice-admiral of the Ping Navy and manage a ship alone.
Sanlang is seventeen years old this year. He has successively served as Sihu of Wendeng County, Lieutenant of Huang County, and Prime Minister of Penglai County.
For several years, Shao Shude did not pay much attention to political performance. What he valued was whether his son could select talents, win over talents, and put talents in the right positions. Now it seems that it is not bad - maybe there is The Feng family helped him "cheat".
After serving as a civilian for several years, he can now take up a military position. He will start from managing a ship and gradually become familiar with naval affairs. Shao Shude will continue to pay attention to his performance.
The fourth son of the emperor, Shao Guancheng, finally opened up the situation under the guidance of his grandfather Zhuge Zhongbao.
For various reasons, two or three of the old bureaucrats at the customs took refuge there. Shiro finally stopped being overwhelmed by all kinds of miscellaneous documents and began to get in touch with core affairs.
Shao Shude decided to let him continue to train in Ling Shi's position and then observe and observe - overall, he was not very satisfied with the fourth child.
Thirteen-year-old Lao Wu was old enough to make his debut. Shao Shude sent him to the newly established Ruzhou to serve as Doctor of Economics in Ruping County.
Lao Wu's biological mother is Pei Zhenyi, a patient with Stockholm Syndrome. Shao Shude once liked her wildness under her dignified appearance, and the two gave birth to a son and a daughter.
After Shao Shude had a new love, she was gradually left out.
Ruping is the administrative office of Ruzhou, which was originally the place where the Eastern Army guarded the city. After five hundred households were moved here from Tongzhou in Guanxi, the descendants of Sumo Mohetu Diji tribe from the old land of Yanle County were also moved there. Some of them came over and established more than 1,800 households, with a population of just over 10,000.
Shao Shude strictly prohibited any mention of Mohe.
Since they moved inland in the early Tang Dynasty, two to three hundred years have passed, and they still maintain their original way of life. The leaders take care of themselves, and they have not yet digested it effectively. This is outrageous.
No mention of Mohe is allowed in the future. The registered people in Ruping County are all Han people. Over time, these Mohe descendants will gradually think that they are Han people. When they see the grassland herdsmen, they will call them barbarians. Isn't this good?
Two new counties were established in Ruzhou.
After clearing out the nearby Khitan tribes and negotiating peace with Hende Jin Khan and Yelu Hadi, Shao Shude ordered the establishment of Chengde County on the territory of Chengde City, and Dading County on the territory of Pingquan City.
So far, Ruzhou has five counties: Ruping, Longhua, Fengning, Chengde and Dading, which govern Ruping.
Except for the first county, which has tens of thousands of people, the other four counties are deserted, without even a city, and there is still work to be done. However, the situation is very good now, and Shao Shude is not in a hurry, just take his time.
The sixth son of the emperor, Shao Mingyi, is only eleven years old this year. He is still studying with the Hanlin scholars. Shao Shude will sometimes give advice, but he will not be exposed to others for the time being.
Give peace to my sons
After the arrangement was clear, Shao Shude inspected the construction of the Beidu Palace City.
The Jintai and Jiaotai Second Halls have long been completed, Wenshan Hall is almost there, and Baohua Hall is more than half completed. Qinzheng and Rende Second Halls have not yet started construction because it involves the planning of new city walls in the future, which is more troublesome.
Beiping Mansion is the northern capital, so it still needs to be carefully planned. Shao Shude has been busy all his life in ruling the grassland, and he still has many plans. Compared with it, Jiangnan is nothing, it is just meat on the chopping board, which can be taken at any time.
Alas, I really want to live here for a few more years, but - Lao Shao is also afraid that the Forbidden Army soldiers will be angry and directly take Erlang back from Shu, ascend the throne in Luoyang, and respect himself as the Supreme Emperor, then
Too stupid.
Of course, so far, it's okay. The soldiers have been rotated, so they can hold on for the time being. In a few months, the Longxiang Army and the Tujiang General's sons will also go home. Otherwise, after two years of fighting abroad, my son will be born.
Things may not happen.
Thinking of this, he suddenly had the idea of taking a look at the city and countryside of Youzhou.
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"Your Majesty." Chen Cheng looked out helplessly, his heart pounding. "Why are you so panicked?" Shao Shude put down the curtain and said with a smile.
The carriage was very spacious. Chen Cheng, Xiao Qu, Pei Zhi and others were all sitting in it with Shao Shude. Chu Shenping drove the carriage himself, while Xia Luqi and several others rode horses scattered around.
"A gentleman does not stand behind a dangerous wall!" Chen Cheng said.
"Li Shimin, the former Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, liked to visit privately incognito. What should I be afraid of?" Shao Shude waved his hand. The five generations of warriors were so afraid!
As soon as Li Cunxu destroyed the Liang Dynasty, he dared to visit privately incognito. After Li Siyuan's rebellion was successful, he often went on visits with a few followers. He also talked with the father and son who farmed in the village. He knew that the people lacked cattle and farm tools, and he knew the people's sufferings. He also learned about the officials' clever names and concealment.
The behavior of bullying from superiors to subordinates is very targeted in governance.
Li Siyuan reigned for eight years, which was a rare period of peace and happiness for the people in the Five Dynasties. They had good harvests and rested and recuperated. This was not unrelated to his understanding of the people's sentiments and cherishing their people's strength.
Chen Cheng had no choice but to give up.
The carriage stopped at the end of a village.
Shao Shude jumped off the carriage lightly and looked around. This should be the territory of Youdu County.
After Youzhou was upgraded to Beiping Prefecture, due to matters related to the establishment of new counties and townships, the Zhengshitang readjusted the administrative divisions. Two counties were attached to Guo, Ji County was in the east, with 22 townships, and Youdu was in the west, with 12 townships.
"Where is this?" Shao Shude asked.
Han Yanhui, the Prime Minister of Youdu County who returned from the Khitan mission, immediately said: "Your Majesty, this is Fan Village, Baoda Township, Youdu County, and to the south is Han Village."
"What did you call me?" Shao Shude glared.
"Liu joins the army." Han Yanhui immediately changed his words.
Shao Shude nodded with satisfaction and stepped forward first. Xia Luqi took a few steps quickly and rushed to him, the armor leaves on his body rustling.
Shao Shude's current identity is to join the military in Beiping Prefecture. He has several civil servants and sword-wielding men under him, and he patrols the countryside. After walking for a while, a small plateau appeared in front of him. This kind of landform structure is very common in the northwest.
, but there are very few in Youzhou. When Shao Shude walked onto the plateau, he saw a large number of tombstones. There were old and new tombstones, and the outermost one read: "The Tomb of Fufeng Ma, Mrs. Fufeng, the Former Lady of Yanfu in the Tang Dynasty".
Shao Shude did not feel unlucky at all. He looked at the epitaph with interest and read to the end word by word: ". I am sorry that the lady was so virtuous but she did not live long."
"It turns out that this Ma family died in the seventh year of Dazhong (853) and had three sons. The eldest son went to Yuanzhou to spend the autumn and fought with the Tubo people." Shao Shude sighed with emotion, and saw someone in the northwest corner of Tuyuan.
There was a funeral, so I walked over.
The host was very vigilant and saw Shao Shude and his party from a distance. Seeing that they were either green-robed officials or armored men, they stopped suddenly.
"Don't panic! Don't panic!" Shao Shude stopped not far away and asked, "Who is buried?"
As soon as the strong Kansai accent came out, the host family basically understood their identity: the new conquerors of Youzhou.
The imperial court of the Great Xia Dynasty started in Kansai. After conquering various places, it always involved Western scholars to serve as officials in military academies in various states and counties. As the northern capital, there were naturally many counties in Beiping Prefecture.
After the heads of the family looked at each other, someone quickly came forward and said: "The person buried is my brother, the Han family in Youdu, Taotiian." Shao Shude glanced at Han Yanhui.
"Joining the army has nothing to do with me, the Ancihan family." Han Yanhui said innocently.
Shao Shude nodded and asked: "Is your family related to An Cihan or Yutian Han?"
"The Han family in Yutian and the Han family in Youdu were originally from the same family. The Mu Zong Dynasty of the former Tang Dynasty moved to Yutian in Jizhou." The visitor replied. "This is a coincidence." Shao Shude was a little surprised.
"What do you mean, officer?" The visitor was a little unsure.
"Do you know Han Rong, Sima of Jizhou in the Tang Dynasty?" Shao Shude asked.
"Of course I know." The visitor said, "Han Sima passed away. He only had one son, Zhigu, who was later kidnapped by the Khitans and whose fate is unknown."
Shao Shude was secretly happy after hearing this.
He actually sent people to Yutian County in Jizhou to search for a Korean village there. When Li Kuangwei was the envoy of Youzhou, he rescued Helianduo of Yunzhou several times. When the army of Youzhou went out, the Khitans went south to plunder
, the people in Han Village were either killed or kidnapped by the Khitans. Han Zhigu was captured at that time, and he was only six years old.
According to Brother Yeluhua, after Han Zhigu was captured, he became Shuluping's domestic slave, and later went to the Dieci tribe as a dowry concubine. Judging from the current situation, he was not taken seriously by Abaoji.
, Abaoji didn't even know his name, and he didn't get any position. His identity was still the poor Shulu family slave, helping her take care of some of the affairs in Touxia City.
When Xiao Dilu left, Shao Shude asked him to look for Han Zhigu.
After Xiao Dilu left, he felt that it was pointless. Han Zhigu was talented, but he might not have a chance to get ahead. Moreover, he was kidnapped at the age of six, so it was unclear where his thoughts were.
Instead of working hard on him, it would be better to let Xiao Di and Lu Duo work harder.
But today, after seeing the people of the Han family in Youdu, Shao Shude had a new idea. Xiao Dilu always needs a helper, and the ability of this helper is not bad. Han Zhigu may be able to play a role.
Thinking of this festival, he made a decision, said goodbye and left after saluting.
There is no rush now, let’s go to Fancun and Hancun first. Small things like contacting the Han family will naturally be done by the following people.
