Chapter 786 If the water is clear, there will be no fish
Author: Middle-aged paper tiger
Chapter 786 If the water is clear, there will be no fish
On November 27th, Qian Hongcheng, the military envoy of Zhangwu Army in Fuzhou, Liu Congjie, the military envoy of Qingyuan Army in Quanzhou, the former military envoy of Yong'an Army in Jianzhou in the Southern Tang Dynasty, and the military envoy of Zhaowu Army in Fuzhou came together.
At this point, all the separatist forces in the entire southeast, except the Southern Han Dynasty, have been wiped out.
The only thing left to unify the world was the Southern Han Dynasty, the Duan clan of Dali and the Jinghaijun Jiedushi who had now made a mess of themselves.
On the first day of December, Zhang Yan announced in Jiangning City that the titles of the Southern Tang and Wu Yue vassal states were officially abolished.
The new Jiangbei province was formed from the ten prefectures of Xu, Hao, Si, Shou, Su, Ying, Hai, Yang, Tai and Huaiyin.
The name Jiangdu Prefecture was abolished, the old name of Yangzhou in the Tang Dynasty was restored, and Yangzhou Prefecture was designated as the new provincial capital of Jiangbei Province.
This is equivalent to adding northern Jiangsu and northern Anhui to Yangzhou, Taizhou, Nantong and other places in later generations to form a new province.
There are also reasons for doing so.
In later republics, er, we don’t need to mention the Republic, starting from the Southern Song Dynasty, Huainan and Huaibei, which are the areas of northern Anhui, northern Jiangsu, southeastern Henan, and southwestern Shandong of the Republic, were famously poor places that suffered many hardships.
Yellow flood area.
The characteristic is that the people are tough and prone to thieves. Even ordinary people are famous for their loud voices, their ability to drink, and their love of fighting.
But now, Huainan and Huaibei are great places!
It has thousands of miles of fertile land, abundant products, and water networks extending in all directions, with convenient transportation.
The people of Lianghuai have both the shrewdness of the southerners who are good at merchants and the generous spirit of the northerners. Therefore, they are very comfortable in both the north and the south, and there are many emperors and generals.
Moreover, the capitals at this time were Kaifeng and Luoyang, so the rich products and taxes in the Jiangnan area were transported to Tokyo and Shendu through the Grand Canal, Huaihe River, Bianshui River, Surabaya, etc., thus creating an extremely prosperous transportation economy.
It can be said that Huainan and Huaibei at this time are definitely a treasure land.
There are two reasons for the decline of Lianghuai in history.
First, it was caused by the Yellow River. This mother river burst its banks several times after the end of the Northern Song Dynasty, and even diverted the Huai River into the sea.
The flood of water washed away the precious topsoil suitable for farming in the Huaihe and Huaihe areas, leaving behind the yellow sand from the northwest, creating countless stagnant swamps, devastating the traffic environment of the two Huaihe Rivers, and causing serious harm to the local people.
It brought serious disasters.
Another reason is that the Southern Song Dynasty court deliberately allowed floods to flood the Huaihe River and form an uninhabited swamp zone to prevent the Jin army's cavalry from going south, just like the Northern Song Dynasty made Hebei a swamp.
Ma De, how many immoral things did these two Song dynasties do!
Therefore, in order to preserve the prosperity of Huainan and Huaibei, we must first control the Yellow River.
For Zhang Zhou, who was still in 949 AD, the time was just right.
Historically, the Yellow River was so heavy that it was difficult to recover until the time of Emperor Yingzong of Song Dynasty. During the reign of Emperor Shenzong of Song Dynasty, it was still more than a hundred years ago. Now it is barely possible to regulate it.
After Zhang Zhang prepared for the political situation to stabilize slightly, he moved more people from Ningxia, southern Shuofang, and northwestern Hexi to the Central Plains. Only a small amount of nomadic pastoralists were maintained in these places. He also planted trees and controlled desertification in the Loess Plateau and Mu Us.
In the middle and lower reaches of Henan and Jiaodong, especially Henan, artificial lakes are dug along the Yellow River to store water during floods and release water during droughts.
In the imperial court, the power of the Du Shui Supervisor should be expanded, and the highest official should be renamed the Du Shui Ambassador from the Du Shui Envoy. Senior officials such as the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel and even the privy deputy envoy should serve concurrently. The crown prince is the first to study political affairs.
The first step is to go to the Capital Water Prison.
Although it is impossible to adjust water and sand on the scale of Xiaolangdi in this era, taking one more step now before it is too late will make things easier for future generations.
To the south of the Yangtze River, Zhang Zhi organized Jiangning Prefecture, Hezhou, Xuanzhou, Changzhou, Runzhou and the territory of Wuyue State except Fuzhou to form the Jiangnan Province, and changed Jiangning Prefecture to Jinling Prefecture as the provincial capital.
The general scope is Zhejiang and Shanghai in later generations, plus Jiangsu south of the Yangtze River and Xuancheng, Ma'anshan, Wuhu and other places in Anhui.
Then most of Jiangxi in later generations, plus Luzhou, Shuzhou, Chizhou and other places, formed the Jiangxi Province. Almost most of Jiangxi plus Hefei, Anqing, Tongling and other places in Anhui Province formed the Jiangxi Province.
Fujian Province is composed of Jianjian Prefecture, Zhangquan Prefecture, Tingzhou and Fuzhou.
The remaining Ezhou, Guangzhou, Huangzhou, that is, Wuhan, Huanggang, Macheng, and Huangchuan were returned to Hubei Province.
In this way, the Southern Tang Dynasty, Wu Yue and part of the imperial court area formed four provinces: Jiangnan, Jiangbei, Jiangxi and Fujian.
The original Jianghuai Province was abolished. After Xuzhou was harmed by Wuning Town, it was temporarily unable to assume the role of a provincial capital.
However, the shortcomings of this classification are also obvious, that is, it is entirely based on customs rather than geographical advantages, which can easily cause a place to be cliquey, conservative and xenophobic.
So this is just a stop-gap measure. The reason why Jiangbei is divided as it is now is because it wants to keep the water transportation from Jiangnan to Tokyo smooth, and use the wealth of Jiangbei's rich land to pay for the cost of the Yellow River management project.
The division of Jiangnan Province was to eliminate the two old territorial concepts of Southern Tang and Wuyue.
Jiangxi Province was established because at this time, southern Gansu and even Hongzhou, where Nanchang was located, were still very backward. In order to achieve balanced development, the wealthy Luzhou, Jiangzhou and other places were used to drive the development of the south.
After the national political system is completely stable, it will definitely have to be divided. Otherwise, a province with the same customs, similar language, and strong strength would easily lead to local separatism in ancient society.
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Zhang Hao looked at Ma Zhaoyuan with a smile. After staying in Jiangling for a few years, Ma Zhaoyuan's temperament has changed a lot, and his ability to lead the army has also been greatly enhanced.
Just like Guan Erye in history, this Shanxi man had never played with water in his life, but he was able to lead a navy army in Jingzhou.
The same goes for Ma Yaozi. He was originally a powerful warrior on horseback who was good at riding and shooting, but now his proficiency in water warfare is superior to that of Du Chixin and others.
From this, Zhang Yan thought of Pei Yuan again. In the more than a year since he left, Pei Yuan had performed the tasks assigned to him by Zhang Yan very well. However, at the same time, he also made a large number of enemies.
Up to now, there is an endless stream of people who have publicly petitioned for impeachment and privately submitted secret reports to Zhang Zhang through various channels.
This is inevitable, because Zhang Yan did not give Pei Yuan the time to govern a large country like a small fish. What he wanted was for him to solve the problem rudely and quickly. At the same time, he had already made it clear to Pei Yuan that he would definitely take the blame this time.
In this case, it is considered very good that Pei Yuan can hold on to his inner impulse and not become a cruel official like Zhidu and Lai Junchen.
At the same time, these memorials against Pei Yuanzhuang are not all false accusations, but most of them are facts.
Historically, in the officialdom, the higher the position, it is impossible to get things done with less or even less offending people.
You have your ideas, and he has his opinions. Although both of your strategies may be right, the final execution can only follow one method, which requires Gan Gang to be arbitrary.
If Pei Yuan wants to complete Zhang Yan's mission and be able to motivate capable people to do things for him, he must give him benefits, otherwise he won't be able to do it alone.
For example, it would be great for an official like Hai Rui to serve as a royal censor or a minister of Dali Temple, but if you use him as a chief assistant or just a governor of a province, he will not be able to do anything. If the water is clear, there will be no fish. ah!
So Pei Yuan's current situation is that he does things well, but he also makes a lot of mistakes.
Although the root cause lies with Zhang Xi, Zhang Xi is a king and he is a minister, so it is impossible to put the blame on Zhang Xi.
Even if Pei Yuan wants to push it, those whose interests have been harmed by him will not accept it.
They are now blaming Pei Yuan for his fault. Maybe Zhang Yan will look at them and comfort them. If they come directly to Zhang Yan, they really think that I will not kill people tomorrow, right?
Therefore, after Zhang Yan returned to Beijing, the best way, and the way to preserve Pei Yuan, was to demote him and vent his anger on some large groups. However, most of the policies implemented by Pei Yuan would not change.
As for Pei Yuan, appointing him as the Pingzhang of Jiangnan Province, the defense envoy of Jiangxi Province, and supervising Jiangnan with integrity. Jiangxi and these two Jiangxi provinces are the best positions.
First, it can keep Pei Yuan away from the center. Second, his high position in Jiangnan will not be taken advantage of by others.
San can also use his notoriety to rectify the local tyrants in Liangjiang. After all, it is not a conquest by force. These people do not know the power of the imperial court, so Pei Yuan can give them a little shock to the Zhou Dynasty.
In the fourth year of Shaoming Dynasty, on the fifth day of the twelfth lunar month, Zhang Zhi officially issued an edict to transfer Tongguan garrison envoy Luo Yu'er, Duke of Long State, to Jiangling to serve as Pingzhang of Hubei province, chief envoy to Hubei, and defense envoy to Hubei.
He transferred the former Hubei Province to Pingzhang, and Chen Guogong Ma Zhaoyuan was appointed as the defense ambassador of Jiangnan and Jiangbei Provinces. He also added Ma Yaozi as the right servant of Zhongshu, leaving 15,000 troops in the south of the Yangtze River.
In this way, he could not only take charge of the garrison troops in Jiangnan and Jiangbei provinces, but also the imperial guards in these two provinces.
Zhang Jian ordered Ma Zhaoyuan, his son of Ma Yao, to eliminate the Southern Tang and Wuyue Neiyang troops in the two provinces, especially Jiangnan Province, and immediately began to establish eleven guard stations and seven forbidden army towns.
Liu Zaisheng, the Duke of Tian, was ordered to lead 3,000 soldiers of the Zuokong Hewei into Fujian. He served as the Pingzhang of Fujian Province, the Chief Envoy of Fujian, the Defense Envoy of Fujian, and the Commander of the Zuokong Hewei. He prepared to establish Zhaowu Town, Fuzhou, the Forbidden Army, and concurrently served as the general of Zhaowu Town. soldiers.
Qian Hongyan, the original military envoy of Zhangwu Town in Fuzhou, was transferred to Jiangbei Province to serve as Pingzhang.
The Qingyuan Army's military envoy Liu Congxiao was granted the title Duke of Zhang, and the two prefectures of Zhangzhou and Quanzhou were renamed Quanzhou Prefecture. Liu Congxiao was appointed as the Inspector of Fujian Province, the Yin of Quanzhou Prefecture, and the military supervisor of Quanzhou Prefecture.
Liu Congxiao was a very virtuous and loyal person who knew how much he weighed. At the same time, Li Shengtian's granddaughter, Zhang Gao's niece Li Wan'er, had also agreed to marry Liu Congxiao's eldest son Liu Shaoji.
Zhang Gao didn't believe that Liu Congxiao would lose his head under such circumstances, and there would be no problem if he continued to guard the Zhangzhou and Quanzhous.
Even if something goes wrong, the Qingyuan Army can't even defeat the Southern Tang Dynasty, so why is it afraid that it won't be able to pacify it?
As for the administration of Jiangxi Province, Zhang Zhi continued to retain Li Jingda, the king of Jiangning County, as the general secretary of Jiangxi Province.
However, Lu Yin, who was Lu Duan's brother, was transferred to the post of chief envoy of Jiangxi Province. Li Jingda was said to be assisting, but basically he was given Li Jingda's name, and Lu Yin actually governed Jiangxi Province.
After this set of combined boxing, it will take at most two or three months to basically digest the Southern Tang and Wu and Yue countries.
When Pei Yuan, who is responsible for supervising the two rivers, arrives, it can be put on the agenda to punish local tyrants and crack down on illegal Buddhism.
In the few months before Pei Yuan arrived, Zhang Yan decided to personally control the situation. He would celebrate the New Year in Jinling Mansion and return to Kaifeng Mansion in Tokyo next spring.