After the Mid-Autumn Festival, the weather gradually gets colder.
After the grain harvest was completed, the people of Shengzhou hurriedly prepared winter fodder for their livestock.
The cultural customs in the North are indeed very different from those in Guanhai. Herding livestock is an important part of people's lives.
Thousands and hundreds of households from Woyang Palace also came over with their strong men from the tribe.
Shao Shude personally went out and led thousands of men from Yulin and Woyang Palaces to hunt on horseback to enhance their relationship.
When he was a child, he read a book called "The Silent Don".
The protagonist, Grigory, is a Cossack who, during the period of the Russian Revolution, sometimes fell to the Bolsheviks and sometimes fell to the Whites within a few years. The Cossacks in the Don River Valley started a bloody war with the Bush faction for the sake of the Tsar.
The Cossacks were ignorant, barbaric, and backward. They had been bribed by the Romanov family for a long time and became the butcher's knife in the hands of the family. They participated in almost all foreign expansion wars and also participated in the suppression of domestic revolutions.
This is a good weapon in the hands of the royal family!
This year, there are more than 6,000 prisoners of war in the Henan Bian Army. Shao Shude has just ordered that a thousand elite soldiers be selected and incorporated into the bodyguard army. They will be counted as one thousand households or ten hundred households. They will be given land and livestock in the Yinshan area.
The armed forces directly under the Shaw family.
Sun Dian of Fangzhou had just surrendered, and he still had more than 3,000 troops.
Orisunemoto also captured many people in the Battle of Xiaojiangkou.
Shao Shude was about to issue another order to select Fangzhou and Xiangyang to send thousands of elite troops and send them north to Feng Sheng to be incorporated into the bodyguard army.
In this way, the bodyguard army will expand to 6,000 people. They usually farm and herd, train during leisure periods, and participate in battles when they are recruited.
These people were black households to the shogunate, and were managed by Yang Yao of the Duhufu. They were generously rewarded, with plenty of land and livestock, and Shao Shude would keep in touch with them from time to time.
For future generations, he can only do so much.
If you are still being played to death like this, then there is nothing I can do about it.
"Today's hunting, Murong Fu of Woyang Palace is the first." The soldiers had already lit a bonfire and were preparing to barbecue. Shao Shude brought over a horse donated by Zhang Huaishen and said, "This is the reward."
After that, he took off his sword and cloak, tied up Murong Fu's cloak himself, hung up his sword, and said: "Warrior, I am never stingy."
Murong Fu was from Tuyuhun. Hearing this, he immediately shouted loudly: "I will swear allegiance to the Great Khan to the death."
Having said that, he held his head high and glanced around at the envious and jealous people around him, feeling proud beyond words.
"Woyang Palace is still short of a thousand households, right? Murong Fu can be a thousand households." Shao Shude said again: "No one can order you, except me. You don't need to do corvee service, you don't need to pay tribute, you just need to listen to my orders and fight.
Fight."
"I will obey the order of the Great Khan." Everyone worshiped.
"Meng Baihu, you are not from the grasslands, but your riding skills are good, which shows that you have put in hard work. Now I will give you a brocade robe and a tea mountain sword." After Shao Shude finished speaking, someone brought the utensils to him.
"Swear allegiance to the commander-in-chief to the death." Meng Zhixiang knelt on the ground and shouted.
"Do you regret that you can't go back to the Meng family?" Shao Shude asked again.
"I have become a commander-in-chief. I have a bright future and I have no regrets." Meng Zhixiang said without hesitation.
"Okay!" Shao Shude laughed and said: "Since you are my subordinate, you must listen to my orders. After my death, only the people I designate can inherit all this, and other people's orders do not need to be ignored. If anyone dares to get involved in the palaces
Jun Quan is my son, and you can kill him with merit and no guilt."
"I will obey the orders of the Great Khan/Commander." Everyone bowed again.
"Zhang Baihu, the young man has a strong spirit and good archery skills. I will give you a good bow." Shao Shude came to another person and said.
"I will swear allegiance to the commander-in-chief to the death." Zhang Chengfeng bowed.
Zhang Chengfeng is the son of Zhang Huaiding, who was a hostage in Lingzhou, and the grandson of Zhang Yichao. He is currently in charge of 100 households in Yulin Palace and is in charge of 99 households, farming and herding in Yulin County.
"Practice your martial arts well. If it's my year and I want to conquer the Uighurs in the west, you will have a place to use your skills. Or you can go to my home in Shazhou to have a look." Shao Shude said.
"I have become a subordinate of the Commander-in-Chief, and Yulin Palace is my home. From then on, I only follow the Commander-in-Chief's orders. Wherever the Commander-in-Chief's sword points, I will kill wherever the Commander-in-Chief points his sword, and I will never retreat. I will kill whoever the Commander-in-Chief orders me to kill.
Who? Even if the emperor and the prime minister stand in front of him, he will not hesitate." Zhang Chengfeng said.
The "imperial prime minister" could be from the Tang Dynasty or the New Dynasty, it all goes without saying.
"Okay! Okay! We are all good men, and we all have rewards." Shao Shude felt happy and laughed.
He will not hand over the guards and soldiers until his death, and let thousands or hundreds of households come together to complete the handover of military power on the spot.
Li Tangbin has not yet fought a single battle with the two thousand guards and troops currently sent to Henan.
If this doesn't work, I have to write a letter to dispel Li Tangbin's concerns.
Yang Yao watched silently from the side.
In his opinion, this was similar to the pro-army, back-building army, and house-building army organized by various vassal towns, but it seemed to be different.
I don't know what will happen in the future.
If the commander-in-chief dies and his legitimate son succeeds to the throne, and someone wants to usurp power, the bodyguards and troops will assemble in the palaces and then march to Liliu, will blood flow like rivers of blood?
The Tielin Army used to be the Marshal's de facto pro-army and the most trusted force. Now it seems that there are checks and balances.
Tielin's army is in the open and belongs to the standing army.
The bodyguards are very well-prepared and live scattered in the palaces. They only gather when called upon and are located in the dark. Moreover, they can even kill the commander's own son. Normally, no one should dare to contact the bodyguards privately. In that case, there will be no friendship.
Even if the commander-in-chief's heir lacks ability, he still has a righteous reputation in the town, the commander-in-chief's benevolence and legacy, and a personal tribe to back him up. It is not necessarily impossible to usurp power, but the difficulty has greatly increased, which has discouraged many people.
Unexpected thoughts include the Marshal's biological son.
Maybe, there is also Zhejia? Zhejia is too dazzling, the commander must be under pressure.
The protons Meng Zhixiang and Zhang Chengfeng are indeed smart enough. Joining the bodyguard army is their best way out.
Rewards will continue and life will be comfortable. If you are lucky, after the new dynasty is established, you can marry into the royal family and become a consort.
After the rewards were given, everyone sat around and had a banquet. After Shao Shude drank a round of wine, he got up and left, returning to Yulin Palace.
"Prince Liu came here at night, why?" The kumiss was still quite strong. Shao Shude was a little tipsy. He looked at Liu Jishu, who was standing respectfully in front of him, and asked, "But there is a problem with the appointment of the envoys?"
Jiedu envoys are usually given the honorary title of Tongzhongshumenxiapingzhangshi, so they are also called envoys and prime ministers.
A while ago, Shao Shude sent Zhao Guangfeng to Chang'an to go through a lot of "formalities."
The appointment of Li Yanling, the military envoy of Zhaoxin Army, Li Bai, the military envoy of Jingnan Army (Xingning), Zhe Zongben, the military envoy of Sui Zongben, the military envoy of Fengxiang Army, and Zhe Silun, the military envoy of Fengxiang Army, all required the imperial court to issue an edict and then send angels to them.
As a matter of course, it was granted with banners, ceremonials, and pictures.
Zhao Kuangning, the military governor of the Loyalty Army, also needs to send a new angel because the jurisdiction has changed and new maps need to be issued.
With so many formalities to be completed at once, it would be impossible to say that everything was calm in the court.
That was such an uproar!
"There were so many envoys changed at once, all the officials were uneasy, and the saints were asking questions..." Liu Jishu couldn't go on as he said it, because he found that Shao Shude's face was not good.
What bad luck, what bad luck! Why did this unlucky job fall on me!
Prince Lingwu seemed to be drunk? Liu Jishu complained secretly, what a bad luck!
"But it can't be done?" Shao Shude asked.
Li Yanling's appointment has been completed, and now there are still four people left to appoint are Li Bai, Zhe Zongben, Zhe Silun, and Zhao Kuangning.
Generally speaking, the imperial court was "obedient". The previous promotions to Zhu Xuan and Zhu Jin, the re-appointment to Shi Pu, and the matter of Du Rang being able to go out to control Hexi were all handled smoothly.
Why did the situation in Shannan East Road change and problems arise again?
There were beads of sweat on Liu Jishu's forehead. He felt that his body was out of control and he wanted to tremble.
"Is it because the saint disagrees, the prime minister is unwilling, or the eunuch Ximen has an idea?" Shao Shude asked again.
"Prince Lingwu, calm down..." Liu Jishu tried hard to control his body, not wanting to make a fool of himself on the spot.
"It seems that some people have lost their memory." Shao Shude sneered and said: "The Palace Supervisor of Ximen was forced by Yang Fugong at the beginning, who helped him solve the problem? Prime ministers, don't even think about who is offering sacrifices now."
Shi Zan, the son of Shi Pu, has entered the capital and has been appointed as the head of the capital in the Shence Army. The three thousand children of Xu Zhen's general school have all been incorporated into the Yushan capital.
Does the saint feel confident?
"Let's see. This year, Shuofang Town will send another hundred carts of salt, two thousand cattle, and thirty thousand sheep to Shayuan Prison in Tongzhou. Let's get all these things done quickly." Shao Shude softened his tone and said, "If we do it before the end of September,
If there is no movement, it will be difficult to end it. I will go south to Tongzhou in October, could the saint want to summon me?"
This year, I was dealing with government affairs in the town, and also held sacrifices to heaven and hunted with various Tibetan tribes. It has indeed been quiet for a long time. The Xingde Palace in Tongzhou is maintained by people all year round, and Shao Shude can stay there at any time.
Could it be that Xingde Palace is too far away from Chang'an and you want me to live in Xingdaofang?
Liu Jishu wanted to laugh, but couldn't.
The saint doesn't want to see you in his whole life, but there are some things that you won't accept without struggling.
"Prince Liu, please come back, do as I say, and nothing will happen to Chang'an." Shao Shude said: "Guanzhong has been at peace for many years, and the people of Helong and Fan have continued to pay tribute, and even envoys from foreign vassals have entered the court. Such a rejuvenating atmosphere, the saint is not excited.
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In the middle of this year, Wei Chi, the leader of the Khotan Kingdom in the Western Regions, sent an envoy to the court to meet with the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty.
Subsequently, the Gaochang Uighur "Lion King" also sent envoys to the court to request for the canonization of the Khan title.
These two waves of envoys both passed through Shao Shude's territory, so he naturally knew about them.
At the meeting of the late emperor, Marshal Shao regained the lost land in Helong, creating a renaissance atmosphere for the Xizong Dynasty.
At this meeting today, envoys from foreign vassals paid tribute to request canonization, Marshal Shao also arrested some rebellious Hexi Party items from time to time, and the Yinshan Tatar chieftains sent prisoners to the capital. Isn't this the atmosphere of ZTE?
What is the saint thinking? There must be a treacherous official on his side!
After sending Liu Jishu away, Shao Shude felt a little unhappy, so he ordered: "Let Pei Zhen come to Shengzhou to serve."