"Guangwei County, originally Shicheng County in the Later Wei (Northern Wei Dynasty), was renamed Hualong County in the second year of the deposed emperor because of the presence of Hualong Valley in the territory. In the first year of Xiantian of the Guo Dynasty, it was changed to Huacheng County. In the early days of Tianbao, it was renamed Guangwei County
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Shao Shude stood on the remaining southern city wall of Guangwei County, looking at the Yellow River eighty steps away.
The big river here is exceptionally quiet, gentle, and clear, just like the nearby grasslands.
There are not so many ambitious people, and everything is so peaceful.
But after all, I am not qualified to talk about others. In terms of ambition, who else in the northwest has more ambitions than Marshal Shao?
There was a noise below the city.
The leaders of the Hexi Party Xiang family, Yang family, Luo family, and Liang family, rushed to the scene with their entourage, but were stopped outside by the soldiers.
"Are you clear about the shogunate's orders?" Shao Shude ordered his soldiers to release the three people.
The three of them wore Tang Dynasty clothes and had their hair grown, and they looked like gentle and wealthy people. But if you think these three gentlemen are good people, you should first go and see the wine vessels with human heads in their homes.
"Commander..." The three of them wanted to climb the tower, but were stopped by Lu Ming.
The soldiers touched the hilts of their swords and looked at the three men with malicious eyes.
"Commander, we know it." The three famous leaders were like a dog wagging its tail at this time, saying in unison: "Commander, he has recovered Hehuang, his martial arts are unparalleled, and he has given us pasture, like this
Reborn parents.”
"Now that it's clear, let's go back to rectify the tribes and go to the pastures. Remember, if you rob the Tubo people's land, there will probably be trouble in the future. If you continue to fight with each other, you will be stupid."
The three of them said they didn't dare.
"Let's all go, Liang Yu stays."
Luo and Yang glanced at Liang Yu, the leader of the Liang family, suspiciously and left reluctantly.
"Liang joined the army. The situation in the land of Qing and Tang Dynasties is complicated. The Tubo tribes have recently come to surrender, and their hearts are not yet solid. You must keep an eye on this place for me." Shao Shude stepped down from the tower, stood in front of Liang Yu, and said.
Liang Yu also straightened up and said solemnly: "I know what the commander-in-chief means. If the Tubo people dare to collude privately, they will report it to the shogunate."
"Duo is walking around with the Tuoba clan in Fuqi City and the Bai clan in Shudun City. You and other five tribes are all outsiders, and the total number of tribes is only 112,000, which is far inferior to that of Tubo in the Qing and Tang Dynasties. If anything happens, Heyuan
, the Jishi Army will be your back-up. However, we must also be careful not to overly oppress Tibet and not to cause trouble."
"clear."
Shao Shude nodded. Among the three families: Liang, Yang, and Luo, he felt that Liang was the most worthy of cultivation, for no other reason than his clear mind.
This is the only time to add sand to the Qing and Tang tribes. Next time, you have to worry about whether they will rebel. After all, the army cannot always press here.
Barbarians will not shed tears until they see the coffin. Without an army to support the battle, many things cannot be done, because those tribal chiefs will do it to you as soon as they get excited. Compared with the Han people, their ethos is more impulsive.
More combative.
We are not very worried about other places. As for the Tibetan tribe in Hehuang, the population of Tubo nest is too scary. We have to find ways to continue recruiting troops in the future. Five thousand soldiers for a Qing and Tang Dynasty is too few. It is best to be in Kuo
Recruit another 5,000 people from the prefecture and Jiuqu area to build a Jiuqu capital.
Whether it is a war with Hedong or Xuanwu, it is bound to be a long-term tug-of-war with high intensity. After a battle, the number of casualties may be tens of thousands. The most precious thing in the northwest is the population. If half of the dead and injured sergeants are Tibetan
Man, this burden is much lighter.
On August 15th, Shao Shude returned to Qingtang City.
Most of the captured Tubo people were released, and each tribe returned to their own pastures. There were still many tribes in Shan and Kuo prefectures who did not come to surrender and fled far away. But there was no time to find them one by one, so we could only recruit them slowly in the future.
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He has already selected the candidate to be the governor of Shanzhou: Han Jian.
This person has done a good job in Huizhou and achieved remarkable results. If he comes to Shanzhou this time and does an outstanding job, it is not impossible to send him a military governor in the future.
He left it to Xiao Yu to choose the governor of Kuozhou. He hoped that he would have the kind of talent in his hands who would be both civil and military.
Longyou Town now has thirty-three counties in ten prefectures, including He, Wei, Lin, Lan, Min, Jie, Qin, Cheng, Shan, and Kuo. In terms of territory, it is already a large town in the Guochao Dynasty. But the population is not prosperous.
, Xiang Xiao still needs to continue to work hard.
Shao Shude thought that he didn't have the energy to manage that mess, so it was just right to leave it to Xiao Yu. He had a talent pool, a network of contacts, and many years of experience in government affairs. He was more than enough to manage the civil affairs of a feudal town.
Before leaving, Shao Shude appointed Guan Kairun as the commander of the Heyuan Army Soldiers and Horses Town. This was a temporary position, and he would lead the army back to Lingxia to rest and recuperate until the newly formed Heyuan and Jishi armies arrived in Shanzhou.
Once the Heyuan, Jishi, and Feixiong armies are successfully formed, Marshal Shao will have 16 designated armies under his command, with more than 110,000 infantry and cavalry, half of which are combat soldiers. There are nearly 2.7 million Fan-Han people, providing a large number of troops.
and wealth, on paper the strength can be said to be strong. But after careful calculation, the mobile strength is only over 40,000, which is really frustrating.
They jointly conquered a piece of territory and obtained a large amount of cattle, sheep, property and livestock. As a result, the money and food were mainly used to support the large soldiers who guarded the local area. Is this a lonely fight?
With these tens of thousands of mobile troops, even if the Tibetan tribes were temporarily recruited, it would still not be enough to fight against the powerful town. I don't know, we still have to continue to bully the "little friends" to stabilize the situation in the town.
Maybe one day, when the situation becomes more stable, we can readjust our deployment and try to send more troops to the Eastern Front.
But it seems difficult.
According to the current plan, the 40,000 garrison troops in Longyou ten prefectures and three Hexi prefectures cannot be reduced.
In the land of Xingfengliang, fifteen thousand people seem to be indispensable.
Lingxia also had to put 10,000 to 20,000 troops to stay behind.
Once the expedition is launched, Huizhou, a key place, must keep at least 10,000 infantry and cavalry as a reserve force to prevent rebellion in any place and the counter-insurgency troops to have accidents.
Damn it! It would be nice to have 30,000 mobile troops for you to play with, damn it!
Zhu Quanzhong's military strength is estimated to have expanded to hundreds of thousands after recruiting Cai Thief. In his surroundings, Wei Bo did not go out to fight in the town, the Zhu brothers guarded the dogs, and closed the door on Shannan East Road to amuse themselves. Huainan had no time to take care of itself.
There is only Hedong that needs to be guarded against, and there is also Zhang Quanyi, a human shield, to withstand the first wave.
This is the fake place of the Four Wars!
Shao Shude thought for a while and decided that he still had to have a good relationship with Li Keyong. Otherwise, if he needed to station more than 20,000 troops in Zhenwu Army all year round, and leave another 10,000 to 20,000 mobile support troops in Feng and Lin states, his own hands and feet would be
Completely restrained.
I am in the real place of the Four Wars! The Tibetan people are all submissive on the surface and will kneel down when asked, but Shao Shude dare not trust them at all. Otherwise, what will happen if you try to take away the Heyuan Army and the Jishi Army?
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With a lawsuit on his head, Shao Shude left Shanzhou and headed east along the Huangshui Valley.
This time he planned to visit Hezhou, so he made a circuit and arrived at Zhenxi Army on the 23rd.
This city was built in the Xunhua County area in later generations. It was built in the 20th year of Kaiyuan and commanded 13,000 troops. Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty passed through here during his western expedition to Tuyuhun and stayed in the old city of Linjin (to suppress the Western Army).
Continue walking southeast and arrive at Fenglin County, Hezhou on the 30th. On the third day of September, we arrive at Lisuohan County, Hezhou.
"Prime Minister Xiao has governed Hezhou for several years and achieved remarkable results." Shao Shude casually looked through the books and said.
According to data from the first year of Wende, there are about 261,000 people in 27 counties in eight prefectures in Longyou. Well, on average, there are 10,000 people in one county...
There are almost 200,000 Tibetan people, mainly Tubo and Qiang people, with a small number of Dangxiang and Qiang people.
Shao Shude didn't mean to blame him. Before Xiao Yu took office, the situation was even worse.
"The Lingwu County Prince is very reasonable, which makes it hard for me to say anything." Xiao Yuan said with a smile.
After two years in Hezhou, although he was far away from the central power circle, Xiao Yu's spirit became stronger and stronger.
He is still comfortable in the local area! As long as the Prince of Lingwu County has no objection to the post of Longyou Jiedushi, Xiao Yu can hold the post until his death, and the court cannot replace him at all.
He has a lot of old disciples, relatives and friends under him. There are water conservancy talents, technocrats who are proficient in agriculture and animal husbandry, hard-working people who have been in the Ministry of Industry for many years, and there are also people who are good at handling Tibetan-Han relations.
The treasure trove of talents in the aristocratic family is indeed extraordinary.
It doesn't matter if the disciples of the Xiao family are incompetent. Xiao Yuan has presided over scientific examinations and recruited countless talents with his surname. He has also been an official for half his life, and has many followers. The followers are connected to the disciples of the followers. This network of relationships is layered.
Governing the Longyou states is really a piece of cake - as long as Shao Shude gets rid of the barbarians who like to flip tables for him, this Xiao family really can't handle it, because barbarians don't like to reason.
"In just two years, Prime Minister Xiao has managed Hezhou in a decent way. How can I not be happy about it?" Shao Shude said with a smile: "You can use the talents that Prime Minister Xiao likes, but I won't care about them. Furthermore, I won't care about them."
You can’t find so many talents.”
"The prince of Lingwu County is too humble. Since this year, he has moved to Hexi and Longyou, conquering the five states, hundreds of thousands of people, and captured millions of people. With such power, there are talented and outstanding people to come and surrender."
Xiao Tuo said: "It's just the Helong land development. Not many people care about it, otherwise the whole world would have known about it."
"Then Mr. Xiao has been lonely in this remote place for two years since he left town?"
Xiao Yu laughed: "I am already old, and now I can live out my old life in a leisurely way. What else can I be dissatisfied about? Dozens of the Xiao family's children have moved to Hezhou. When I am busy, I sit on the Yamen Board of Directors, and when I am free, I
Isn't it more comfortable to play with the grandsons and visit historical sites than to scheming with people in the capital? I don't know how many more years I can live after I come to Hezhou."
In fact, there are indeed many historical sites in the Hewei area, mainly Buddhist temples and stone carvings, and the mountains and rivers are also very magnificent. Xiao Yu often went out with a group of literati to play and write poems, which was indeed quite comfortable.
"I heard that Prime Minister Xiao introduced tea trees in Jiezhou?"
"After the Yang army recaptured Jiezhou, the imperial court immigrated 730 households from the three counties of Huazhou, and among them there were people who could grow tea. I checked the official records and found that Jiezhou was a tea-producing country in the early years of the dynasty.
Then it disappeared. Now we can try to plant it. If it succeeds, Longyou Town will have more income. If it is sold to the Tibetan tribe, it can be exchanged for a large number of livestock, which will be of great benefit to the people."
Shao Shude nodded. Jiezhou was Wudu County in the Han Dynasty, and it seems that it also produced tea in later generations. Because of the local climate and environment, it was suitable for the growth of tea trees.
"Can the immigrants from Banan Prefecture still adapt to Weizhou?"
Marshal Shao conquered Zhuge Zhongbao last year and forcibly moved Han Dynasty, tens of thousands of people, most of whom went to the four counties of Weizhou. Because the local climate is humid, it is somewhat similar to Banan. It can also plant mulberry trees, raise silkworms and weave silk.
It is hoped that those immigrants from Banan can improve Weizhou's backward textile level.
"Well, I would like to teach Prince Lingwu to know..." Xiao Yun stroked his beard and said with a smile: "This year, 500 households in Weiyuan County used the old mulberry forests in the county to weave more than 6,000 pieces of cloth.
The texture is fine, not much different from Bazhou cloth. Weizhou cattle cloth has great potential. After I heard about it, I gave Jie sheep as a reward to encourage people to weave cloth after farming. Not only Weizhou can weave cattle cloth, but also Minzhou
However, during the Tianbao period, Qinzhou was rich in sericulture and had the reputation of 'green leaves and silver threads'. After falling to Tibet, Qinzhou suffered a disastrous decline, but now it is about to revive..."
Shao Shude smiled as he listened to Xiao Yu's plan to revitalize the place.
People who have been prime ministers still have vision and knowledge, and know how to develop local advantageous industries according to local conditions. The Banan people do not know how to herd, so they raise silkworms and weave cloth besides farming, which also gives them an extra income.
Qinzhou's sericulture industry, which was originally developing well, almost lost its inheritance after the fall of Tibet. After returning to China during the Dazhong period, it has developed for more than 30 years, but it seems to be not ideal. Xiao Yuan tried to find ways to reuse professional talents and reward production.
This is the right way.
Marshal Shao is not short of cattle, sheep, or herders, but he is really short of silk. This is the hard currency rewarded by the army and is in short supply.
"Shan, Kuo, and Tianbao were rich in gold bran during the Tianbao period. Now that Lingwu County has been recovered, I will send more people to investigate. If there is any harvest, I will allocate manpower from the Lanzhou mine to mine and smelt." Xiao Yuan said again.
Lanzhou is also rich in bran gold. Under the auspices of Zhang Xuanyan, the imperial censor in the front hall and now the governor of Lanzhou, the old mines were reopened, with an annual output of hundreds of taels of gold, which was not without small supplements.
"With Prime Minister Xiao here, I can rest assured in the thirty-three counties in the ten prefectures and counties of Longyou." Shao Shude stood up and saluted, saying: "Prime Minister Xiao doesn't have to rush to offer the wealth and goods in Longyou, just do what you can.
If there is a need in the town, feel free to use it, and if there are suitable talents, even if you recruit them, no one will be allowed to do so. I have to ask Prime Minister Xiao to take a lot of trouble in recruiting and dispatching households in Guanzhong. In the Longyou prefectures, it is impossible without Han people.
, every household in Guanzhong, every prisoner in the world, must use it, I am waiting for the day when Longyou will be governed."
Xiao Yu stood up and felt a little emotional.
It is actually not that easy to work under the warriors. They are aggressive, fight everywhere, and constantly ask for money and food, regardless of the life and death of the local people. But Shao Shude can restrain the urge to plunder the people to offset military supplies, and knows that he cannot dry up the lake. This alone is better than Li Ke
It becomes much stronger with this flow.
"Prince Lingwu, please be at ease. The current government is weak and middle-ranking officials are taking power. Those who are in high positions are lucky enough to be promoted to villains, but those who are talented are squeezed out with little room for them. I am in Hezhou, but I have been paying attention to the government.
According to the situation, as soon as there is an opportunity, we will recruit one or two talents to come over." Xiao Yu said: "Don't worry, you are not a flatterer, have no ability, and I don't like you, so you won't waste your food, rice and salary in vain."
Shao Shude smiled and said: "With Prime Minister Xiao taking care of everything, there will be no problem."
In fact, it is said that the bureaucracy was rotten in the last years of the dynasty, but is there really no talent? Why did a large number of bureaucrats from the old dynasty who were retained by the new dynasty perform at a higher level and with higher efficiency than before?
What about handling government affairs?
Maybe it's not a matter of their level, but there are many other factors that hinder them from doing things, or they are unwilling to do things.
Xiao Tuan served as Prime Minister in the court. Although he was appointed to the third division and did a lot of practical work, he seemed to spend more time engaging in political disputes with his colleagues. When Shao Shude recruited him, he actually didn't pay much attention to Xiao Tuan's own talents.
Instead, they took a fancy to his personal network. But now it seems that, after all, he is the prime minister, and he can handle the internal affairs of a feudal town with ease.
Longyou Town is not in a hurry to collect a large amount of goods. If you put it into production now, you will gain more in the future.
This fruit has not yet been harvested, and it still needs Xiao Yu and his team to continue cultivating it.