After calming down, Shao Shude wandered around several counties around Huaqing Palace, watching the wheat seedlings planted in the spring growing taller day by day, watching the number of merchant ships on the Wei River increasing day by day, and watching the market prosper day by day. He found it very interesting.
Sometimes, he would sit on the top of the mountain next to the post road for most of the day.
Looking at the thousands of villages in the distance and the endless flow of carriages, I feel an inexplicable sense of accomplishment.
This world is how it should be, right?
Literary men should not interfere in the military affairs, and military men should not bully literati. Those who want to be comfortable can live their lives in peace, and those who want to be rich should kill enemies and perform meritorious services. Each performs his or her duties, and no one should cross the line.
Sometimes, he would impulsively run to the villages and look at them for a long time.
Villages formed li, li formed townships, and townships formed counties. Each village was the cornerstone of the empire.
He was in the village, facing the frightened farmers, and of course he was helpless.
But looking at the food in the children's rice bowls and looking at the strong bodies of the strong men, you can naturally draw a conclusion.
More than 400 million people build fields around lakes and are half hungry and half full. This will only make people grow shorter, shorter, and weaker.
During the Sino-Japanese War during the Sino-Japanese War, the Japanese captured a large number of Qing soldiers. After statistics, it was believed that the Qing soldiers only surpassed them in height, but they were defeated in chest girth, grip strength, endurance, speed, reaction, etc., because the Japanese soldiers had their own
Government loans, the introduction of American technology, and the vigorous expansion of canned fish and canned soybeans and beef in Hokkaido supported logistics, and the whole country has supported it for many years.
If you don't eat well, your energy level will be low, and you'll have to fight like crazy! Sometimes when you think about it, it's outrageous. The productivity of the Ming and Qing Dynasties exceeded that of the Han and Tang Dynasties, but the food of their troops was far inferior to that of the Han and Tang Dynasties.
Fortunately, this is not the case now. The empire he established has relatively abundant resources per capita.
When he still has some free time, he will go to the market.
When I saw dried salted baby fish appearing near Chang'an, I felt very happy.
Although the dried fish was so hard that it could be used as a brick to hit someone, not many people bought it, but he was very happy because it was a sign of his existence and change, and he felt satisfied.
Before returning to Chang'an, he also took the time to inspect the Confucian classics in several counties. He used various means in private to finally confirm that the subsidy (a hundred dollars per month) issued by the imperial court to each student had not been withheld, and then left with satisfaction.
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Seeing the confused expressions of the officials, Shao Shude burst into laughter.
An emperor like him must be difficult to serve, right? Do they all hope that I will die soon?
However, Erlang is also a person who likes to go out and wander around. When he was a child, he settled accounts, farmed, and served livestock. I'm afraid you will be disappointed.
On April 15th, Shao Shude, who returned to Chang'an, held a court meeting and then made preparations for the western tour.
Queen Zhe Fang Ai was actually very opposed to him going out to wander around, but her husband was obviously a person who couldn't sit still, and she was powerless to stop him.
On the first day of May, Shao Shude left Chang'an, glanced at the words "Nine Thousand Nine Hundred Miles of the West Ji Road", and set off for a long journey, arriving in Xianyang in one day. Also on this day, there was another sightseeing road in the direction of Keduncheng, Luan Yuquan.
The Forbidden Army cavalry went north and headed towards the Qibei grassland.
"I always said I would take you out for a walk, but I rarely kept it. Now that I am in my twilight years, I will have no chance if I don't leave." Under the warm wind, the four-wheeled carriage was wide open. Zhao Yu and Zhang Hui were on the left and one on the left.
On the right, sitting next to Shao Shude, he didn’t feel much sadness after hearing these words, only infinite love.
Zhao Yu is old and sick, and his health is getting worse.
Zhang Hui lived a few years longer than she had in history. Perhaps it was because she had a different living environment and did not contract the fatal disease. But perhaps it was because her family was in misfortune when she was young, she was displaced, and her health was not good, so she still had some problems after all.
That's great.
Shao Shude didn't want to take her out, but Zhang Hui insisted and had no choice but to give up.
Last year Shufei Feng Xuan died of illness, Xiaofeng was promoted to Shufei, and Chu was canonized as Zhaoyi.
The ministers once discussed selecting beautiful women to enter the palace, but Shao Shude refused. It was not necessary. There were so many women now, which was enough, although the average age was getting older.
That day we stayed at a hot spring resort in the northwest of Xianyang.
After the sky darkened, Shao Shude asked people to light whale oil candles and deal with the military reports he had just received.
Liu, who was adopted as a daughter-in-law by the queen, became a palace official and hung a map on the wall.
Shao Shude sometimes looked up at the map and sometimes read the military newspaper.
"Nanzhao's soldiers are not very good. It would take ten days to besiege a fortress with hundreds of people." Shao Shude said.
Zhang Hui was pouring tea aside.
She knew that warriors had hard hearts and would not care about human life at all.
Back then, my late husband, Zhu Quanzhong, fought against the Cai bandit. More than 100,000 people on both sides fought repeatedly. When the defeated troops rushed back in chaos, thousands of arrows from the rear army were fired, and rivers of blood flowed on the spot.
The frightened defeated soldiers circled back from the left and right sides of the military formation. After being contained and reorganized, they would fight again tomorrow. They had to "pay for their crimes and perform meritorious service" and act as forwards to thin the enemy's formation.
Warriors are sometimes very domineering, but sometimes their lives are as cheap as weeds.
Shao Sheng was also a man who fought in blood and fire. On this matter, his views were probably not much different from Zhu Quanzhong's.
Hundreds of lives may be just a number in his eyes.
"When I was in Shu, I heard that barbarians were entering Sichuan and passing through the state. Even if they were barbarians and not bandits, they were very scary." Queen He gave birth to a daughter in early February, and this time she came with her again.
At this time, I was polishing ink for Shao Shude.
What she was talking about should be what happened during the time when Emperor Xizong of the Tang Dynasty visited Shu.
And she was also drafted by Zizhou to serve King Shou one year before Prince Le'an returned to Chang'an.
"In that year, Gao Renhou was still serving as the Dongchuan Festival Envoy in Zizhou, and the Xichuan Festival Envoy was Chen Jingxuan, Tian Lingzi's elder brother." Shao Shude said: "Chen Jingxuan and Tian Lingzi are really old names."
In order to get money for the court, Tian Lingzi offended Wang Chongrong, which led to the siege of the three major forces in Guanbei, Hezhong, and Hedong. However, Tian Lingzi's only capital was Wang Jian and other Zhongwu Huangtou troops, plus tens of thousands of Shence troops, so he attracted
Zhu Mei of Yingning, Li Changfu of Fengxiang, and Cheng Zongchu of Jingyuan came to the rescue, and finally there was a melee near Chang'an.
Among all the people who appeared, only Shao Shude is still alive today.
Tian Lingzi was hanged in his mansion.
Li Changfu was beheaded by the formation.
Wang Chongrong was later assassinated by his subordinates in his villa.
Zhu Mei died in Dongchuan and failed to unify Shu.
After Wang Jian was captured, he was killed in the Weishui River as a member of Tian Lingzi's party.
Cheng Zongchu died of illness a few years later, and the last loyal minister in Guanzhong came to an end.
Li Keyong also died a few years ago.
What a miserable and troubled time!
Zhao Yu grabbed Shao Shude's hand and kept looking at him with big eyes.
"Haha! People are so bad when they get old. Let's look at the present. I have a reason for living until now. God doesn't want me to leave so early." Shao Shude smiled and said: "Zheng Renmin came to fight in person this time.
Come, there are a lot of troops, some say 50,000 to 60,000 soldiers, some say 70,000 to 80,000 soldiers, and some say more than 100,000 soldiers, the momentum is not small. The dilapidated prefecture and county fortresses in Yizhou fell one by one, and the south of Lizhou also fell.
Unable to withstand it, Qingxi Pass was also breached. The thieves were not far from the Dadu River."
"How did Zheng Renmin raise food and grass?" Seeing Shao Shude stop writing, Yue Liduo came over and rubbed his shoulders and asked.
"Actually, I'm also very curious." The three "queens" Zhang Hui, He, and Yue Liduo served him. Shao Shude, who was full of vanity, had a clear mind and speculated: "According to the scouts, Da Changhe Guo should be
A large number of masters were recruited to transport grain and grass over long distances at all costs. The enemy's Huichuan Governor's Mansion and the Dadu Henan tribes also made a lot of efforts. After this battle, most of these tribes will also be skinned. Da Chang
It's really surprising that He Guo's bad virtues can still win the loyalty of so many tribes. What did the Shu commander in the former Tang Dynasty do that was so outrageous that he forced people to do this?"
"Zheng Renmin may have tens of thousands of soldiers, but they may not all be Nanzhao soldiers." Yue Liduo analyzed: "Perhaps there are a large number of tribesmen who followed here to pick up bargains? These people in the mountains have little information and are not
We must know what year it is today, and it is possible that Xilihutu was bewitched."
"Most likely." Shao Shude praised: "Unfortunately, Li Tangbin hasn't arrived in Chengdu yet. Now it depends on whether Liu Lang can deal with it in an orderly manner."
Li Tangbin took more than 10,000 people to Shuzhong, and the speed was not that fast. However, he had communicated with the King of Yan by messenger in advance, and the strategy had been decided, that is, to put the enemy troops on the north bank of the Dadu River, let them go deep into Jiannan, and then gather again
And annihilate it.
It sounds simple, but the actual operation is not so easy, and it still requires a little skill.
Shao Shude never stopped investigating each of his sons.
Rokuro's current impression on him was pretty good. He was good at managing politics, running the army, and employing people, but compared to his second brother, he still lacked some achievements.
Erlang wiped out all the small military leaders in Shannan West Road, then attacked Li Maozhen, defeated half of the Bohai Kingdom, and then presided over the war to eliminate the separatist forces in Hunan and Huainan. The report card is good.
Liulang only defeated Li once, and the barbarians in Yajian rebelled again. He has not yet proved himself effectively.
This time Shao Shude will take a closer look at how he used the Shu soldiers to deal with the approaching Nanzhao army before the elite troops arrived.
"Why don't your Majesty send envoys across the river to go south, bribe the cave masters with generous gifts, and order them to plunder the Nanzhao grain road?" Yue Liduo asked.
"You woman, you are really good at fighting." Shao Shude praised: "Actually, I thought about it, but rejected it. These barbarians in the south of Lu, Rong, Bo and other states have ulterior motives, and because of their culture, language, and customs
If I send an envoy south, it will scare the snake and make Zheng Renmin hesitate to send troops to cross the south bank of the river. In that case, he will steal the chicken but lose the rice. It is better to suppress it, as long as it is calm.
If we win this battle, these tribes will understand the situation clearly, and it will be much easier to persuade them to pursue the remaining enemies."
"Your Majesty is Holy Ming," Yue Liduo said.
She probably understood the sage's strategy, and actually wanted to devour the main force of Nanzhao in one battle.
Thinking about it carefully, it seems reasonable. If we are still entangled in Yizhou, the mountainous terrain cannot deploy large armies, so we can only fight on a small scale. Not to mention the consumption of food and grass, as far as the battle formation is concerned, we have completely given up our own army.
The advantages of corps operations. When the enemy relies on the terrain to resist, even if they are always defeated, only a few people will die at one time. If new recruits are recruited from the rear, if it takes a year and a half, the new recruits will become veterans again, and this battle will be fought.
In the Year of the Monkey and the Horse Moon?
"At the latest in mid-May, Zheng Renmin will break through the Dadu River. By then, Li Tangbin will probably arrive near Chengdu, and there is still time." Shao Shude looked at the map and said: "Porun will also go this time. I hope he can behave better.
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Yue Liduo thought of this younger brother and frowned secretly.
"Don't think too much." Shao Shude smiled and said: "Nanzhao is so big and complicated that the court cannot hold it all in its hands. Porun, the uncle, is creating a fiefdom for his nephew."
Yue Liduo was speechless.
"I hope I can hear good news when I get to Fengxiang Mansion." Shao Shude took the tea from Zhang Hui and said.