Three hundred and eighty first chapters adjust the deployment
Liu Xiang knew that Zhen Jiang was jealous, not because of Zhao Aier, but because of Cai Yan.
Cai Yong and Yuan Pang arrived successively, and the establishment of the bookstore gave the Yuan family a huge reputation. The family behind Cai Yan could give her extremely strong support, but after Zhen Yi's death, Zhen Jiang was needed to support the family.
She is unbalanced and is losing her temper.
Liu Xiang knew that he only needed to coax him and give the Zhen family some authority, and Zhen Jiang would be fine in no time.
But he didn't want to coax.
The coaxing was done this time, but what about next time? What about next time? What about in the future?
He is tired, so he can do whatever he likes.
I walked out of the dormitory and walked slowly in the corridor. It was getting dark and the sun was about to sink into the horizon. The golden sunset glowed with a brilliant afterglow, but the world was getting darker and darker.
It's time to turn on the lamp.
In the main hall in front and on the high platform here, more than a dozen servants were busy coming and going.
There were a little few people and it was too busy.
Fires were lit around the palace gate and watchtower to illuminate the view. Soldiers from the Right Sima Division of the infantry battalion lit palace lanterns and braziers one by one.
Lack of dedicated Miyagi guards.
Look at the fires burning everywhere, and then look at the building whose main body is made of wood.
Missing Si Xuan.
Liu Xiang watched in amusement as a group of teenage Tiger Army children patrolled in a serious formation.
There is a lack of palace guards.
Ye County is its capital, and there are many troops stationed around it, but the defense system is not complete.
If calculated based on the capital of the Han Dynasty, the guard was divided into three parts.
The first is the provincial palace guard commanded by Guang Luxun, including Huben, Yulin, Yulin Orphan, as well as Yilang, Zhonglang, Shilang, Langzhonglangguan, who are responsible for attendants, guarding the emperor, guarding the portal of the provincial palace, and preparing for the emperor.
Consultants and dispatches.
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The second is the palace guards led by Weiwei, who are responsible for staying at the outer gate of the Wei Palace, patrolling and guarding the palace, and protecting the safety of the palaces where the emperor, queen, queen mother, and prince live, as well as the central palace.
The third is to station troops in the capital, including the Northern and Southern armies, Zhi Jinwu and Chengmen Xiaowei.
Of course Liu Xiang will not deploy as many troops as Luoyang and Chang'an. Ye County is not that big, but it must be there.
There were palace guards accompanying him, palace guards guarding the palace gates, permanent garrison troops stationed in the north and south districts of Ye County, the east and west acropolis, and the book city, as well as Si Xuan, who was specifically responsible for fire prevention and plague prevention in the palace.
These are all indispensable.
There are not enough servants in the palace, but he doesn't want to use eunuchs, which is too cruel. He also doesn't need a group of eunuchs to check and balance the officials. The internal official system can be replaced by female officials.
Strong women can also serve as rough servants. As the war becomes more and more serious, there will be fewer and fewer men. It has become a common phenomenon for women to work in the fields. In terms of labor ability, they are no worse than disabled eunuchs.
Liu Xiang thought about these questions and walked slowly to the study. While continuing to think, he picked up the rough bamboo wood and slowly cut and polished it with a polishing knife.
Scholars in the Han Dynasty would make bamboo slips and wooden slips. Whether they were from poor families or from aristocratic families, they all did it themselves. This was not only making writing tools, but also a method of meditation and self-cultivation.
The rough blanks in his study were made by him who sawed the raw materials with his own hands and split the two-foot blanks with a roughening knife. In his spare time, he would smooth them with a smoothing knife.
Almost all scholars have some rough bamboo slips like this in their study rooms. Those who are arty don't have such ugly things.
Although bamboo slips are bulkier than paper and making bamboo slips is more cumbersome and labor-intensive than buying paper directly, they are low-cost and the raw materials are widely available. Anyone can make them as long as they spend some time.
This is one of the reasons why paper did not become popular in the Han Dynasty. It was just like the Han people's habit of practicing calligraphy in a sandbox. It was cheap and easy to use.
Of course, the poor quality of the paper and the high price are important reasons why it has not been promoted on a large scale.
However, scholars in the Han Dynasty did not have much motivation to improve papermaking technology, and those who did not read did not need paper. Therefore, paper has been around for hundreds of years, and the development of papermaking technology was very slow.
Cai Lun improved papermaking technology and was highly praised in later generations. However, in the Han Dynasty, he was just a dead eunuch who was personally disgusted and a powerful eunuch who brought trouble to the government.
This is the palace where Emperor Yongping of the Han Dynasty entered in his last years.
He forced the mother of Prince Liu Qing to commit suicide, deposed the prince as King of Qinghe, and then framed Prince Liu Zhao's biological mother, Concubine Liang Guifei, to death. He was responsible for all these things.
Later, Emperor He of the Han Dynasty, that is, the prince Liu Zhao succeeded to the throne. Because of his contribution to the above-mentioned things, especially the death of Emperor He's biological mother, he made great contributions to Empress Dowager Dou and was promoted to the rank of Zhongchang Shi.
Later, he betrayed Empress Dowager Dou, united with the eunuch group to kill the Dou family, and forced Dou Xian, who had just defeated the Northern Huns and restrained Shi Yanran, to commit suicide.
Although Dou Xian was arrogant and domineering and not a good person, from then on, eunuchs began to interfere in the government affairs, and the Eastern Han Dynasty also began to weaken from that time.
Liu Xiang was peeling the bamboo slips, letting his thoughts spread out, without locking his mind or restraining his mind, allowing his mind to relax naturally and relieve the tense heartstrings.
After cutting a few bamboo slips, his thoughts returned to the matter of recruiting more palace guards and inner palace servants.
Looking at Miss Zhaoji who was silently studying ink for him, she asked in a low voice: "When did you come back?"
"You just came back, your husband is in a bad mood?"
Liu Xiang picked up the brush, wrote down on the bamboo slips, and casually replied: "No."
Cai Yan observed his face and said softly: "Mrs. Zhen has been crying."
"Then go and persuade him." Liu Xiang was thinking about the number of palace guards.
"It's hard to persuade me, but my husband can ease my feelings by taking action."
"Oh, I got it." Liu Xiang was thinking about where to select the manpower in the palace.
Cai Yan pursed his lips and continued to study ink in silence.
"Among the family members of the sergeants, three hundred strong women were selected, one hundred were appointed as servants, and two hundred were appointed as Si Xuan team members. A female officer must be selected to be the palace Si Xuan. Do you have any recommendations?
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Cai Yan shook his head: "I don't know a woman who knows how to prevent fire and plague."
"Then it will be under your control for the time being. Later, I will send an order to your family and the Zhen family to add a hundred maids and rough assistants to each of you."
"I don't have so many servants in my family."
"Then let the Yuan family come out."
Liu Xiang calculated that there were more than 600 people in the inner palace including cleaning, attendants, starvation, sewing, fire prevention, and supervision. The number of people in the inner palace was enough. Let’s talk about the female officials later. There will always be someone who stands out.
The palace guards can be directly served by the Suwei, and the 500 infantry warriors can stay behind. It is enough for you to go into battle with only 500 Suwei knights.
The palace city has a circumference of twelve miles and eight palace gates inside and outside. A thousand soldiers are not enough, at least three thousand are needed.
The candidates to lead the palace guards, Cui Yi, Zhao Yun, Dian Wei, and Zhou Cang all meet the requirements.
But Cui Yi wanted to control the heroic cavalry and intimidate the Chinese army, and Zhao Yun wanted to help him control the soldiers. It would be a waste for a strong general like Dian Wei to stay at the palace gate, and it would be better to protect himself on the battlefield.
Zhou Cang has been commanding troops outside these years. Facts have proved that there is no problem with loyalty. The Yellow Turbans are about to be destroyed, and there is no need for him to continue to contact them. Besides, he is not bad as a general, but he is not a handsome man who can stand alone.
Come back and look after your own home. In the future, you can take the official position of a guard and become one of the nine ministers. You should not follow yourself in the early years and achieve one military exploit after another.
Zhou Cang's name was written down in his notepad.
The current garrison strength in Ye County is 10,000 Jizhou regiments and 4,000 infantrymen from You Sima of the infantry battalion. When the southern city is built, the strength will not be enough.
The pressure in the direction of Yanzhou was greatly reduced. The Yellow River defense line was supported by Taishi Ci's Yunfan Camp, and Xu Huang's right army was stationed in Hanoi County. There was no need for the Chinese army to participate in the defense. It was enough to leave 10,000 Jizhou regiments in Liyang.
The defense structure was becoming more and more complete. Liu Xiang took a new bamboo slip and wrote an edict:
"The right commander of the infantry battalion was abolished and transferred to the palace guard position. He was given the title of gate guard to guard the palace gate and the third north gate of Beicheng District. Hengye general Zhou Cang was transferred to the post of gate commander. The right commander of the infantry battalion Shanjing was transferred to the post of gate commander."
"The Hu Qi Battalion stationed in Liyang was transferred back to the Wuwei Acropolis. The infantry battalion Zuo Sima was transferred back to the Beicheng District of Ye County."
"Yuan Huan, who was engaged in the administration of Youzhou, was transferred to the position of city gate captain. He selected 5,000 soldiers from the Jizhou Army to station at ten city gates in the north and south of Ye County, and Qu Junhou served as the city gate lord."
"Assemble 5,000 Jizhou Army troops to garrison Nancheng District."
"Five thousand defenders of Jizhou in Tiaohuai County went north and were stationed in Pingyang and Wuwei Acropolis."
After the transfer, of the 30,000 Jizhou Corps, 15,000 were stationed at the Yellow River defense line and 15,000 were stationed at Ye County.
"Among the families of the Chinese army, three hundred strong women were selected for unified training in fire prevention and plague prevention. The first two hundred were selected as Si Xuan team members, and the remaining one hundred served as servants of the inner palace, and were acted by Tian Chou, the admonishing doctor.
This matter."
The order was sent out of the palace that night and conveyed everywhere by Tiqi and visitors.
When the personnel are in place, there will be 5,000 defenders inside and outside the palace, and more than 600 servants in the inner palace. It will never be as quiet as a ghost town like now.
There are 5,000 troops guarding the gates of Ye County, 9,000 reserve troops inside the city, and 9,000 troops on foot and cavalry in the two acropolises.
Even if you deploy some troops when you send out troops, your defense will still be solid enough.