Zhuge Shuang's funeral was organized by Jiang Dewen, the shogunate secretary.
After the commander became rich, a large group of people from his hometown in Qingzhou came to join him. Most of them lived in Nanzheng, and there were hundreds of people.
In addition to these relatives, shogunate generals, state and county officials also arrived one after another. These were all discerning people. In addition to paying homage to the new master Zhuge Zhongfang, they also ran to Shao Shude in twos and threes to show their goodwill.
Niu Li and Wang Qianyu, two generals, stood directly among the generals of the Dingnan Army. Zhuge Shuang was dead, and they would leave Shannan West Road and serve under Shao Shude's tent. As for Jiedu Secretary Jiang Dewen, he originally wanted to
He continued to assist Zhuge Zhongfang, but he was probably not very popular, so he had to run away and defect to Lingxia in the end.
Jiang Dewen is still somewhat talented. Last night he visited in person and had a long talk with Shao Shude. The two problems mentioned and their solutions deeply resonated with Shao's heart: money and food.
Jiang Dewen believes that food is the basis. If there is insufficient food and the soldiers are not given enough food, they will rebel; if there is insufficient food, they will not be able to support the craftsmen who are not engaged in production; if there is insufficient food, there will be no business.
Shao Shude asked about Jiang Dewen's past and learned that he was born in a family from the Pinglu Military Dental School in Qingzhou, but he did not like to learn martial arts, so he studied literature. His family had more than a thousand acres of land, and he was very interested in farming. Agriculture was the foundation of the country.
Ben has a deep understanding.
Shao Shude told him about the three-crop rotation agricultural and animal husbandry mixed operation model that has just been launched on a large scale in Lingzhou this year. After hearing this, Jiang Dewen felt a little strange, but he was still sure of one thing: it can prevent insects. It means planting different crops in turns.
Farmland is conducive to preventing diseases and insect pests, which is something Shao Shude never thought of.
I almost thought he was a time traveler!
The two talked for a long time. Jiang Dewen did not reject business. It seemed that the literati in the imperial dynasty did not reject business very much. Business-related poetry has always been a major genre in the poetry world.
Jiang Dewen believes that commerce is the main means of making money, but the premise is that farming cannot be neglected, and must be vigorously developed, and only when there is plenty of food can we talk about other things.
Shao Shude believes so. The agricultural revolution comes first, which is the basis and premise of all higher-level activities. Only after this revolution is completed can we talk about the monetary revolution and commercial revolution. If the monetary and commercial revolutions are not completed, the natural economy cannot transform into a commodity economy.
If there is a transition, there will be no soil for the industrial revolution to survive.
Therefore, everything is back to the starting point, which is to solve the problem of grain production first.
After the road sacrifice and funeral ceremony, Shao Shude got on his horse, declined the funeral banquet, and rode directly back to the city.
We have been out for four or five months, and it’s time to regroup. Every year that passes, we are either fighting or on the way to fight. I used to laugh at others for being belligerent, but strictly speaking, isn’t the Dingnan Army going belligerent?
So the finances haven't collapsed yet. Just look at how many times the army has gone out to "eat" in recent years. It's just asking others to bear the cost.
Chen Cheng had just left Huazhou, and Zhao Guangfeng went to Chang'an. There was only Lu Siye with a pen next to him, but he had no staff. It didn't matter, there were no staff to discuss things, so... I finished reading "Book of Sui" and read "Book of Zhou". Later Zhou Dynasty (Northern Zhou Dynasty)
) is very similar to Guochao, and it is quite interesting to read.
On the tenth day of July, Shao Shude led the army back to Fengxiang via the original route.
Before leaving, all the generals and generals of Xingyuan Prefecture came out of the city to see them off. With Zhuge Zhuge's will during his lifetime, as well as the conquest of Yangzhou, and the power brought by Zhuge Zhongbao, the eleven prefectures on Shannan West Road should be stable for at least a short time.
There won't be any problems within the time frame.
The four locations where troops were planned to stay put Shao Shude in a difficult position.
Although there are currently 60,000 troops, there are too many places to defend. When the troops are divided, there are really only a few people left.
There are 15,500 troops stationed in Hewei Town, and more than 10,000 troops are stationed in Hexing and Fengzhou in the west of Shannan Province, and only 30,000 or 40,000 people are left. In the future, if the 10,000 or 20,000 people left behind are deducted, there will be
There are only 20,000 mobile troops available. Although the soldiers are excellent, the number of them is a big problem. What can be done?
You can't imitate Zhu Quanzhong and attack everywhere, can you? Previously, he attacked the Zhu brothers, but lacked troops in the rear. Zhengzhou, which he had just captured, was captured by Qin Zongquan; this time, he went south to Caizhou and heard that Xuzhou, which he had just captured a while ago,
Ruzhou and other places were looted by Qin Zongquan's subordinates in Beiyu.
We don’t know what Zhu Xuan and Zhu Jin brothers are doing, so don’t they know how to raid Zhu Quanzhong’s lair? Are you so afraid of being retaliated against? If you don’t take the initiative to attack Zhu Quanzhong, after the Qin Zongquan is destroyed, others will take the initiative to attack you.
Well, maybe there are deeper reasons. These days, most sergeants in feudal towns have a strong resistance to fighting outside the town. Those who can drag troops to fight in other towns without a significant decline in combat effectiveness are
They are capable commanders, because this shows their ability to control the grassroots troops.
The Zhu brothers who came to power after a mutiny should not have the same prestige as Zhu Quanzhong who started from scratch. No wonder, no wonder!
On August 15, the army arrived at Fengxiang Mansion. This time, Shao Shude did not station himself outside the city, but stayed in Fengxiang Mansion.
The decree of the imperial court has been issued. Wu Dingjun was dismissed and the subordinate states were divided.
In the same year of Tongping, Zhe Zongben, the governor of Yingning, moved to Fengxiang and gave him the honorary title of Shizhong. The word "Longyou" was removed from the name of the town, which governed Fengxiang Prefecture, Longzhou, and Yangzhou.
The strength of Zhouzhou, Xingzhou, and Fengzhou has declined slightly compared to before.
Li Yanling, the military envoy of Dingnan Army, was appointed as the military envoy of Xingning, and Tongping Zhangshi was added.
Longyou Town was restored, and three more prefectures were added to the original five Hewei prefectures, making a total of eight prefectures.
Part of Wuzhou was recovered during the Xiantong period, and the state government was only in Gaolan Town, which was really pitiful. The imperial court was embarrassed to think that Wuzhou had been recovered, so it just left it there. In later generations, it was not until the first year of Emperor Zhaozong's reign that people were recruited for farming.
Only then did we start to face this problem, so we changed its name to Jiezhou.
According to the military reports received so far, Yang Yue is still chasing down the Tubo tribe in Wuzhou and regaining a lot of land. In the battle of Longdong Mountain a while ago, more than a thousand thieves were beheaded. After the victory document was sent to Hezhou, Xiao Yu couldn't wait to
He also reported victory to Chang'an, so the imperial court thought that the whole territory had been recovered, so Wuzhou was included as a subordinate state of Xinlongyou Town.
The incident in Wuzhou made Cheng Zongchu of Jingyuan Town a little unhappy. After the Dingnan Army recaptured Weizhou, the imperial court dismissed Weizhou from Jingyuan Town and merged its county (Pingliang) into Yuanzhou. Today Wuzhou is also
Recovered on paper, the "fake Wuzhou" of Jingyuan Town, which only governed one county (Xiaoguan), can be abandoned again.
Finally, the imperial court gave Cheng Zongchu face and did not give up. Instead, he changed the name of the old Wuzhou to Jiezhou and placed it under the jurisdiction of Longyou Town.
Longyou Town has jurisdiction over eight states, so it is a big town in terms of territory. However, Xiao Yuan is more respectful and knows where everything he has comes from. He still reports important events to Shao Shude's camp, and this year he also started to submit tributes.
, basically still firmly controlled by the Dingnan Army.
Through such operations in Xingning, Fengxiang, Longyou, and Shannan West Road, Marshal Shao's influence has greatly increased, and the financial problem has also been greatly improved. This southern expedition can be regarded as a complete success.
However, he was still a little uneasy about Longyou Town, so he prepared to set up the Tianxiong Army.
This army had appeared during the Xiantong period. At that time, Qinzhou had only been recovered for more than ten years, and the situation on the border was unstable. Therefore, the Tianxiong Army was set up west of Longshan, with a military envoy, who also served as Qinzhou and Xingchengzhou (at that time
Chengzhou has not yet been recovered), and it can be regarded as a small vassal town.
After Shang Yanxin returned to the court, he once included the Hewei states under his control into the nominal jurisdiction of Tianxiong Army, and upgraded him to the title of Tianxiong Army Jiedushi. At that time, Tianxiong Army, Liangzhou
, the three towns of Guiyijun are the three pillars for the imperial court to manage the Helong hometown.
But by this time, the Tianxiong Army was already a small army under the jurisdiction of Fengxiang Jiedushi, and the soldiers were taken away by Zhu Mei. Shao Shude actually rebuilt the Tianxiong Army, taking into account the new status of the three states of Qin, Cheng, and Qin.
When they come here, they need to be guarded by a large army. Once the people's hearts are stabilized, they can be transferred away. The local soldiers can just rely on the state soldiers to guard them.
On August 17, Shao Shude met Chen Cheng in Fengxiang Mansion, who was returning with his team, so he held a welcome banquet to entertain him. The new owner of Fengxiang Mansion folded the original copy, and Li Xiaochang, who was passing by, accompanied him.
"Deputy Ambassador Chen, let's have a drink first. You have made great contributions to the trip to Henan, and I will remember it." Shao Shude walked up to Chen Cheng in person and toasted to him.
He personally led people deep into the dangerous areas of Henan and raised more than 40,000 people. Then he took the risk that Zhu Quanzhong's army could move south at any time and went to Ruzhou. Xuzhou returned with more than 10,000 soldiers, including more than 4,000 new soldiers from households.
Family members also followed.
Contribution is not just on the battlefield. A lot of the work behind the scenes is not much less important than fighting and killing, so Shao Shude's glass of wine is sincere.
Chen Cheng was also frightened. After drinking the wine, he sighed: "Fortunately, I was not too greedy. A total of more than 12,400 people were raised. I wanted to wait a little longer, but Zhu Quanzhong's army came too fast, so I had to leave."
Marshal, Huaixi is actually a good place, but the rules and regulations are disordered and bandits are rampant. After Zhu Quanzhong wipes it out, if he recruits the scattered people, he will live in peace for five or six years, and he will be able to provide a large number of soldiers, money and food for his campaign."
"Henan is too far to reach, but now we can cause some trouble for Zhu Quanzhong." Shao Shude sat back and said with a smile: "Li Keyong probably couldn't help it. He wanted to give Zhu Quanzhong a hard time, but he didn't know how.
I won’t end up personally.”
It's really cool to gather Zhu Quanzhong's wool. He recruited soldiers twice and got about 23,000 people. The first batch of more than 10,000 people were either recruited into various ministries or used to form the Tianzhu Army. Now there are still three remaining ones to pick.
Fifteen to six hundred people, under the control of Zhu Shuzong, the capital's military commander, established a force called the "Continued Preparation Army", which was trained continuously and served as a supplementary force for the Yamen Army.
The Cai soldiers recruited this time were also incorporated into the continuation army, so there were 16,000 people. The continuation army was given one bushel of food per month and three rewards a year.;;;;w.;;
;. They are much inferior to the Yamen Army, but since they are from Henan, their requirements are not that high, and since they don’t have to fight for the time being, they won’t cause trouble.
"Commander, I'm afraid Li Keyong is weak-minded and just wants to deceive us. Meng Fangli of Xingzhou has been preparing equipment and soldiers after the Hedong Army retreated. After the autumn grain harvest in August, he may take action.
"Chen Cheng said.
"Li Keyong is so useless. He went to Xingzhou and went back and forth so many times, but he just can't take it anymore." Zhe Zongben, who had been listening for a long time, suddenly said: "Xian son-in-law, you might as well send troops to Datong to fight with Helian
Duo made an oath to go south together to loot Xin Dai."
What Zhe Zong originally said was to go south from Yunshuo, which is correct. But to cross the Yellow River and attack Hedong is to seek death.
"Uncle..." Shao Shude was a bit dumbfounded and said: "Li Keyong has 60,000 soldiers and can still summon the Tibetan tribe. Can we definitely win? Even if we win, Zhu Quanzhong's troops marched into Hedong and occupied the most important area before us.
We only have the sparsely populated Daibei counties among the rich prefectures and counties. Isn’t this just making wedding clothes for others?”
"What the wise son-in-law said makes sense." Zhe Zongben drank a glass of wine and said with a smile: "Now it seems that Zhu Quanzhong is the fastest to rise. If it is true as the wise son-in-law said, the Qin Zongquan was defeated and more than 100,000 Cai thieves were recruited.
That’s really difficult to handle.”
"My uncle has newly acquired Fengxiang, and his people are not yet solid. Zhu Mei has mobilized seven or eight soldiers. Only Yang Sheng, the general of Dashanguan Town, still has more than 3,000 men. Fengxiang's five states still need to be reorganized.
After you lead the army, you also need to reorganize your troops. After these are completed, you can start other things." Shao Shude said.
"As my virtuous son-in-law said, let's see again next year." Zhe Zongben raised the wine bottle and drank it all in one gulp.
