Gao Renhou, the governor of Jiru Jiedu in the eastern capital, may be promoted to the title of Duke of Fengtian County and granted a title of 3,000 households.
Xiao Fu was promoted to the rank of uncle of Fan County, and was granted the title of a thousand households.
There is even a rumor that if Li Tangbin, the commander of Puzhou's camp, destroyed Baqi, Yan, and Xu San Town, he would be promoted to the title of Duke of Lu, and four thousand households would be granted food seals.
He has mixed feelings about this.
To be honest, he felt that Shao Shude was completely fooling people.
Can a mere prince or duke be compared with the Jiedushi? There is a far cry.
Moreover, this so-called title can be given to you at the whim of the superior, or withdrawn at the request of the superior. There is nothing you can do about it.
And when you are a military governor, you have money, soldiers, and territory. When the situation is unfavorable, you should be more respectful, send money and troops when it is time to ensure survival; when the situation is favorable, you can join forces with multiple parties to seek greater benefits.
benefit.
As the saying goes, you can advance, attack, retreat or defend, so there is a lot of room for maneuver.
Between the generals of the Forbidden Army and the governors of vassal towns, any fool knows which one is easier for the superior to deal with.
Instead of giving military envoys, they only gave them deceptive titles and fiefdoms. Shao Shude treated people so harshly.
Ding Hui suddenly felt that the Kansai generals were all weaklings. After so many years of fighting here and there, sometimes fighting this, sometimes fighting that, everyone was ready to fight, and in the end you got such a deceptive thing?
The founding prince, haha, is useless! It is better to have an independent defense to make more money. He has more money than you, and still has all the power in his hands.
Of course, he is just a warrior in Kansai and is not worth it. As far as he is concerned, he is still very happy to be given to a prince. He is just a general. He has little credit with the King of Xia, and it is difficult to accumulate enough credit.
"Your Majesty, Xuzhou seems to be guarding us." In the temporary military camp in the north of Changshe City, Zhang Jun said while looking at the hiding rangers.
"Zhao Jue is scared, worried that we are here to ask him to accuse him." Ding Hui said, "Have you ever heard of Zhao Yan drunkenly insulting Gao Renhou?"
"I heard something." Zhang Jun seemed to have some realization.
After receiving the order, the Youguo Army marched south to Huaixi Town via Xuzhou and Caizhou, and stopped near Changshe to wait for the next order.
This seems strange. If you think about it carefully, could it be that you want them to attack Xuzhou and clean up the Zhao family?
"If one of them is bad, instead of beating Yang Xingmi, we'll beat Zhao Jui." Ding Hui was a little gloating about his misfortune.
Zhang Jun took two steps, shook his head and said: "Not necessarily. If Chen Xu breaks out in the war, King Xia's strategic plan will be completely disrupted. What is most important now? Defeating Yan, the second town of Qi is the most important, followed by defeating Xuzhou
, all including Henan Province. If the Zhongwu Army was forced to rebel, they would have to mobilize at least tens of thousands of horses to besiege them. How could it not affect other battlefields?"
"If Li Keyong knew the opportunity, he would mobilize the main force to go south and attack Jinjiang or Heyang. In this way, the King of Xia would face the situation of the King of Liang. He divided his troops everywhere and the battlefields were everywhere. It seemed that he could handle it, but
There can be no mistakes. There are five battlefields: Heyang, Jinjiang, Ziqing, Huainan, and Chenxu. Failure in any one of the battlefields will cause a catastrophe."
"The King of Xia is determined to cut down the vassal vassal. Smart people should have figured it out ten years ago. But cutting down the vassal vassal also depends on the time. There is no benefit in forcing the Zhongwu Army to rebel at this time. On the contrary, it will make everyone in other vassal vassal towns in danger. Hezhong Town If it weren't for Xia Bing's control, it's hard to say what the situation would be like now. If Wang Yao couldn't withstand the pressure, he might defect to Li Keyong. Even if he didn't surrender, he would be coerced into doing so. Li Keyong It is entirely possible to appoint Wang Yao as the governor of Hezhong, which will be much more useful than his son-in-law Wang Ke."
"Zhuge Zhongfang of Xingyuan Prefecture may also rebel. I heard that when Zhuge Shuang was still there, the relationship between Zhuge Zhongfang and the King of Xia was very cold, and he has been strengthening his strength in recent years. After the death of Jiedu Secretary Jiang Dewen, Shan The Nanxi Road is already the property of the Zhuge family. If this person turns against him, Long Jian and Zhao Jian will be in a worrying situation, and may have to seek refuge with Li Maozhen."
"Zhao Kuangning of Xiangyang should not be able to make waves, but it is very possible that he hesitates in his heart. King Xia ordered him to hand over 50,000 dendrobium grains, or he was only willing to give 30,000. Du Hong of Eyue is the same as Zhao Kuangning, and maybe he will make peace with Yang Xingmi , there’s no telling whether an enemy will turn into an ally.”
"For Li Keyong, Yang Xingmi and others, this is a God-given opportunity. Li Maozhen, Zhao Jian, and Zhuge Zhongfang have three towns to protect themselves. The rear area in Guanzhong is no longer safe. The King of Xia is bound to mobilize more than 50,000 troops to advance. Guanzhong, guarding Shuzhong, and Hanzhong soldiers and horses. Zhao Kuangning and Du Hong were no longer so loyal to the Xia king. In order to leave a way out, they might secretly contact Yang Xingmi. Wang Yao in Hezhong directly rebelled, leading the Jin soldiers south to defeat the Xia king. Caught off guard."
"Of course, the above is just the worst-case scenario. But the vassal towns are full of monkeys and monkeys. In the past, Dezong reconciled with the Uighurs and concluded the Qingshui Alliance with Tubo. This eliminated all worries, so he transferred his troops from the west to the east and tried his best to reduce the vassal. Liang Chongyi, Tian Yue, Li Weiyue and others were defeated one after another. When Li Na sued for peace, what did the towns do? They rebelled one after another, each proclaimed himself king, and in turn aided Wei Bo. In the end, they could only die in vain, and even Li Huaiguang, who put down the rebellion, could not He was jealous of Dezong and raised his troops in the river to rebel."
"It's not funny that the army that suppressed the rebellion turned into rebels. The generals of the imperial army may not be willing to see the vassal towns wiped out. If the arrogant vassals and rebel vassals are gone, what value do they have in front of the emperor?"
Zhang Jun spoke eloquently and spoke directly to the people's hearts. Countering rebellion has never been a matter of just attacking a vassal town. Ever since Dezong failed to cut down the vassal and issued an imperial edict to punish himself, all the saints have known one thing: to suppress a rebel vassal town After that, it cannot be revoked. You can re-appoint the governor, but the vassal town itself must survive.
In addition, the vassal towns that send troops for the imperial court must also gain some benefits, otherwise no one will be willing to help you fight, and they may even help the counter-vassal and challenge the imperial court together. This has deviated from the original intention of the imperial court.
Just imagine that after defeating Li Shidao in Ziqing, if the territory was distributed to Wei Bo and other towns who sent troops together, wouldn't it artificially create a greater rebellion? It would be better to retain Ziqing Town and divide it into three parts.
"Then just wait and see." Ding Hui said with a smile: "How to deal with the Zhongwu Army matter is really not that simple. I hope..."
"My lord." Zhang Jun looked at Ding Hui's expression carefully, breathed a sigh of relief, and said: "My lord, please don't join forces with Zhao Jue. The position of the vassal town of Chen Xu is too bad. King Xia is trying his best to shrink the front line. , give up some newly acquired territory, and also wipe out rebel towns like Chen Xu. There is no future here."
Ding Hui laughed.
He did have the idea of joining forces with Zhao Jue and taking the opportunity to control Chen Xu. But as Zhang Jun said, Chen Xu's position was too bad. King Xia would not tolerate rebellion in his heart. Once there was a change, he would do his best. Encirclement and suppression. At that time, even if you want to sue for peace, you can't do it. And the time is not right now. If King Xia and Li Ke are fighting fiercely with their main force, you can try it. When King Xia is unable to do anything, maybe he will He recognized it with his nose.
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In the Qingshu Palace in Ruzhou, Shao Shude was playing with the jade in his hand without saying a word.
The things were sent by Zhao from Xuzhou.
The attitude was very respectful, even humble, but the bottom line was expressed tactfully.
"Your Majesty, it's actually nothing." Gao Renhou couldn't help but said: "It's just a reckless man talking nonsense, and I didn't take it seriously."
"It's no longer your problem alone." Shao Shude said.
In fact, over the past twenty years, internal problems have accumulated to a certain extent and exploded in a certain way.
"Everyone knows that I want to cut down the vassal vassal, and I have done so many times." Shao Shude said: "Every time the court cuts down the vassalage, no matter how much it wins in the front, it will end in vain in the end. The more vassal towns are cut off, the more the court becomes suspicious of the divine strategy. The loyalty of the generals. After this, do you think there can still be mutual trust between the Zhongwu Army and me?"
Gao Renhou was speechless.
Even if the matter is handled satisfactorily and everyone pretends that nothing happened, can they really go back to the past? Bad feelings have arisen, mutual trust has been damaged, and Chen Xuzhen will have to watch out for it from now on.
"Your Majesty, I would like to lead an army to conquer Chenxuzhen." Gao Renhou suddenly stood up and said.
"But it's best not to use weapons in this matter." Shao Shude said again: "Li Hang!"
"Here you are." Li Hang, who was sitting with him in the palace, stood up and responded.
He had just received a promise to take charge of Honglu Temple and serve as Honglu Qing after the founding of the People's Republic of China, and he was very excited at this time.
Honglu Temple is in charge of guest and ceremonial affairs. In simple terms, it is the diplomatic and external relations department, which has two departments: the Dianke and the Master of Ceremonies.
When you proclaim yourself emperor and start a country, you can't have outsiders come to support you, right? Honglu Temple is responsible for receiving foreign guests, and Li Hang is good at this.
Zhao Guangyi was designated as Guanglu Qing.
Guanglu Temple has four departments under the jurisdiction of Taiguan, Zhensha, Liangying, and Zhangmin. It is "the policy of holding wine, sweet food, and shame".
When an emperor is proclaimed and a country is established, everyone must have a feast, right? Then no one should take charge of this matter.
Pei Tong got the position of Dali Qing and was in charge of Dali Temple.
The Imperial College, Sinong Temple, Taichang Temple, Weiwei Temple, Honglu Temple, Guanglu Temple, and Dali Temple all have people. Although they are not the core authority, they need to handle the chores of proclaiming the emperor, so they are the first to do so. Preparing to build.
"You go to Xuzhou." Shao Shude said: "Zhao Jue has no objection, I know it very well. Now he is worried that I am using the topic to take advantage of it and take the opportunity to cut down the vassal. You go there and say that I am willing to give him the position of Duke.
If the children of the Zhao family are talented, they can be hired more. Now in the early days of the founding, there are many opportunities. Even white people without fame can be dressed in purple. After passing this village, there will be no that shop. I know his feelings for his brother.
.But Taiwei Zhao is not the only son of Zhao Yan. Zhao Lu is commendable for his loyalty and bravery, and seems to have great talent. With a little merit, it is not impossible to win the title of county prince, county prince or even county prince."
Li Hang understood.
This means that if Zhao Lu has made some achievements, the King of Xia is willing to let Zhao Lu get a title.
But is this title so easy to get? Li Hang sighed secretly, it has been written down, and it may be liquidated.
"Ask him to hand over Chenzhou and give him a light punishment." Shao Shude stood up and said, "If he doesn't want to, I will mobilize a large army to encircle and suppress him. He is the first one who dares to disobey my attached town. Let him think carefully.