Changfeng Thousands of Miles End Han Song

Chapter 542 Facing South, Facing North

When Yang Zhi was summoning the generals in Yangzhou City, Chao Gai also gathered all the generals under his command in Luzhou City.

Apart from Zhu Dian and Yu Baosi, the color of Song Gongming among the leading generals can no longer be seen.Song Qing completely transferred to the civil service, Chao Gai was in power, and he dared not refuse to obey the military orders.

Yang Zhi and Luan Tingyu have gone east, but Chao Gai's generals are still full of talents.Except Sun Li and Sun Xin, three generals Zhang Qing, Ding Desun, and Gong Wang, Zhang Jun, Zhao Li, Zhang Zhongxiong, and Han Tao.

"Your Majesty has sent a military order. After the Mid-Autumn Festival, a large army will sweep the capital. At that time, our troops will storm the Lujiang River and take the opportunity to take all the land in Huainan. Let's see who can turn the tide!"

A layer of fluorescence bloomed on Chao Gai's face.King Tota never thought that he would be able to live like this, but now he is really sad.

"Your Majesty has said that after this battle is over, there is no need for Huainan to make a call. In the future, only three generals, Zhengnan, Pingnan, and Dingnan, will be dispatched to the south. I, Chao Gai, fought in Huainan early on. If others take the lead, their faces will be disgraced. By then, all the brothers will also be disgraced."

Chao Gai speaks straight, but it is the truth.Although fighting against the south, it seems that Yangzhou is the most important, but it is a pity that because of the relationship between Lu Qian and Fang La, the son-in-law, the soldiers and horses in the right army's governor's mansion are not worthy of the title of General of the Three Souths.

Apart from them, the Huainan Army in Luzhou would certainly do their part.

"When it comes to fighting, you were the ones who shouted the loudest just now. Don't just talk about it, you will become a coward when fighting with swords and guns."

The generals should drink with high spirits, which is very face-saving, and Chao Gai is also in a good mood.Pointing to Zhang Zhongxiong and Zhang Jun and laughing, they mentioned fighting just now, and they are the most active.

Zhang Jun chuckled, "If you want to ask for this, I'll just say it to you. Zhang Jun is a rough man, he needs to be recruited and supported, and he is here today. It's a god-sent opportunity for the dynasty to change and the world to fight for dragons. But knowing such a good thing Time is an opportunity that cannot be missed. If you don’t risk your life to fight at this time, and make a contribution, so that you can win a wife and son, and earn a big family business, wouldn’t it be really unambitious.”

Compared with the thought of leaving a name in history, this kind of thinking is also lacking in ambition.But it's more expensive than real!
Warriors, especially those who grew up in the Northern Song Dynasty's environment of emphasizing culture and suppressing martial arts, this is not the greatest ambition in life.

As soon as Zhang Jun's words came out of his mouth, everyone present burst into laughter.

Compared with Zhang Jun's 'innocence', Zhang Zhongxiong's face flashed with bitterness, "I beg you, who among the brothers here does not know the situation of our family? My old father and brother are still stubborn and are suffering in prison. Although It’s not that I’m suffering, but my heart is broken, and it hurts like a knife. I just hope that I can fight for my life on the battlefield and establish my merits so that the king can pardon my old father and brother.”

What Zhang Zhongxiong said was the truth.How could everyone here not know about his family's situation? In the early days, it was inevitable that there were a few people who despised him.Listening to his words now, I feel ashamed.

"Please don't worry if you dare to recruit. When it comes time to fight, there will be mountains of swords and seas of fire, and Zhong Xiong will not frown. He will fight the enemy bravely!"

Chao Gai was very unhappy when he heard that, he likes people who value friendship. "Haha! Good! Good ambition! You are indeed Liangshan Junerlang!" If it weren't for the feast, Chao Gai would have had three bowls with Zhang Zhongxiong's words.

Therefore, in Luzhou and Yangzhou, the Liangshan armies of both places are gearing up, and it can be seen that on the battlefield of Jiangning Prefecture, the Manichaean army is gradually losing ground.

In Yidu City in July, the climate is suitable and the market is bustling.

Compared with the Yidu city in the official history, because Lu Qian made his capital here temporarily, this Yidu city is much more dazzling than before.

Although the scale of the city is still the same, people have already gathered outside the four gates. Qingzhou Prefecture has set up four gates, large and small officials, police stations, taxation, etc., with the same specifications as the county town.

Although the people living outside the city are not protected by the city, it does not mean that it is not safe.The law and order here is not inferior to that in the city. It is impossible to say that the door is not closed at night and the road is not picked up, but theft is indeed very rare.

Except that there is no city wall, everything here is similar to that in the city. The streets are neatly repaired and widened a lot. The shops on both sides of the street are regulated and operated. The old city has a new look, and it has a feeling that is different from the past.

The only thing that's a bit inconsistent is that there are too many soldiers and horses passing by here every day.Outside the city are the camps of the four armies, the front, rear, left and right. The city is under the jurisdiction of the Central Military Governor's Mansion, and the city defense envoy is part-time served by the left deputy governor.In addition, there are pro-military troops in the city.

Every day, no matter it is windy or snowy, there will be organized soldiers and horses passing by the streets.This is always the case for dispatching inside and outside the city.However, unlike the previous soldiers, although the generals and soldiers of the Liangshan Army could not achieve the four characters of "Qiu Wuwu" as a whole, at least Yidu soldiers and horses could.Only then will they not disturb the order and plunder the goods in the market at will.

In this way, how can we not feel satisfied by teaching and benefiting the people inside and outside the capital?

As the two provinces of northern Hebei and Hedong were brought under the rule, business exchanges with each other became smooth again.Although there will be no major changes in a short period of time, the prosperity of trade routes is a great thing for the common people and the government.

The common people can benefit from the frequent business exchanges, and the government can also get a lot of tax revenue to fill the treasury.

A caravan travels between Qilu, Huainan, Hedong, and northern Hebei. In later generations, it will be the three provinces of Shanxi, Hebei, and Shandong, plus Anhui and northern Jiangsu to the north of the Yangtze River. This is already a big one.When Lu Qian took Jingji Road, the Central Plains Province would also fall into his pocket, and Wei Wu's foundation would be established.

And the convenience of commerce in various places, mutual exchange of what is needed, and the lives of the people have also changed for the better.

Just like the construction of roads and high-speed railways in later generations, once it is completed, the people along the way will definitely benefit.The same is true of this business.

For this situation, Lu Qian would be happy to see it. If it wasn't for the fact that he hadn't formally appointed all the officials, he would have let go of his hands to 'buy officials and nobles'.

Sir.

It will definitely serve as a benchmark for a businessman who is "good at giving and giving" to be knighted.

On this day, the breeze is cool, the sky is high and vast, and there are white clouds floating in the blue sky.In Yidu city, businesses opened early, and the entire street was sprawled out. The pedestrians on the street came and went, densely packed like ants, but quite orderly.

A new day begins.As the bustling crowds of people entered the streets, Lu Qian had also woken up. In the study room in the back hall, he continued to browse the information word by word and compare it with the map.

This is a piece of information compiled by the Intelligence Department after a waste of effort.The main records are Nianbage, Meilijiu, Dilie Babu, Chazacibu, Dadan [Zhibu] Jiubu and Menggubu.

Did the last clan find it funny?At this time in the official history, the nation to which the "generation of Tianjiao" belongs is called so by the Khitan people.Although later generations said that Shiwei [Mongwu, both refer to the same ethnic group] and Khitan came from the same origin, with the Xing'an Mountains as the boundary, the one in the south was called Khitan, and the one in the north was called Shiwei.But obviously, the Menggu tribe at this time was just a small tribe in the vast prairie ruled by the Liao Kingdom.

The main residential area is the Onan River Basin.

At this moment, Lu Qian doesn't need to worry about that bug-level Genghis Khan. It's the end of the Northern Song Dynasty, not the end of the Jin Dynasty.

At this moment, what really made Lu Qian think about that place was not the strength of the tribes in the grassland, but the way Khitan controlled the tribes in the grassland.

He really didn't know that the Khitan people actually established four military states in the central region of Mongolia in later generations.

Zhenzhou, Weizhou, and Fangzhou are located in the Tuwula River Basin. Lu Qian feels that these places will not be too far from Ulan Bator in later generations; , This means that the central and eastern grasslands are all under the control of Khitan.

In the third year of Liao Tianzan (924), Yelu Abaoji marched westward, and all the tribes of the Bubu [Tatar] "watched the wind and surrendered", and three tribes were moved inward.From then on to the Liao Jingzong Dynasty, various ministries often sent envoys to pay tribute to Liao.The annual tribute quota is 1700 horses, 440 camels, 2500 mink skins, and 12 green mouse skins.Until the beginning of the Liao Shengzong Dynasty, they rebelled and subdued from time to time, and they were the most difficult tribe to subdue in the Liao Dynasty.In the 994th year of Tonghe (1003) of Shengzong, Wang Taifei (Concubine Qi) was ordered to lead Wugu and other troops to the west to guard the town, and built Ketun City in 2, and set up the town (zhiketun city), Wei and Fang the next year. In the three prefectures, more than 700 cavalry from various tribes and more than 29 exiled homes of Bohai, Jurchen, and Han people were transferred to the other lands for reclamation and guarding.

This is not to say that this trick can make all the ethnic groups in the grassland obedient and smart, but that it can always control the situation in the grassland.

Just like the Zub Great Prince's Mansion, it was a last resort in the fifth year of Liao Da'an (1089).Appoint Mogus, the largest tribe in the resistance, as the ministers.But only three years later, Yelu Helu Saogu, the envoy who had been preparing for the Northern Liaobei Road Recruitment, mistakenly attacked Mo Gusi, and the northern resistance of Buyou was "rebellion", and other resistance tribes also responded one after another.However, the Liao Kingdom stopped compromising and went through ten years of bitter fighting to capture and kill Mo Gusi and completely suppress the Zubu rebellion.

This is the benefit, the benefit that can be seen with the naked eye.Not for complete suppression, just for prevention.Otherwise, if Mogus grows up completely, who dares to say that the generation of arrogance on the grassland will not be born early?
Going east from Sijun Prefecture, there are the main city of Talan, Pibeihe City, and Donghe City where the Wugu Dilie Commander is located, which is then connected to the Shangjing Road of the Khitan people.

According to the information ascertained by the Espionage Department, this place is actually a grassland silk road.Every year, a batch of silk from the Central Plains is transported directly to Central Asia through this grassland route.In exchange for the Khitan nobles, luxury ornaments and many rare treasures from Central Asia and even Europe.

This shocked him so much.

Coming from a later generation, when it came to the Silk Road, he only knew about the land Silk Road from Chang'an to the west and the maritime Silk Road originating from the Lingnan coast.Where do you know about Bird's Grassland Silk Road?
But the fact is that there is.At that time, the Liao Kingdom couldn't move Zhao Song, but it was easy to develop westward?Before the Song and Liao wars, the Liao Kingdom already had a good foundation for rule on the prairie.Later, a military prefecture was set up specifically in the grassland area. Although the number was small, it also managed the central and eastern grasslands effectively.It is not impossible to sort out a business path that communicates with various places.

In comparison, the later Jurchens had much lower methods in terms of grassland management.

At the same time, in the Inner Mongolia area of ​​later generations, that is, around the Linhuang Mansion in Shangjing, the Khitan people actually established 34 military prefectures, most of which were composed of immigrants from the Central Plains.During the Liao-Song War, the Khitan plundered a large number of people from the Central Plains. The establishment of many Toxia Junzhou cities in the Shangjing area was directly related to the resettlement of captured Han people.The existence and reproduction of these people provided great help for the construction of northern grassland cities and the development of agriculture, handicrafts, industry and commerce in the Liao Kingdom.

Lu Qian knew that these capitals might soon be owned by Jurchen.But he is not worried about Jurchen. In another two years, his power will be far stronger than it is now.He can fight all Jurchen with only man and horse fighting.

Now he is curious about Khitan's way of controlling the prairie.This approach and its results have been of great help to him.After all, he is a man with "big ambitions", and his eyes are not only fixed on the one-acre three-point land in the Central Plains.

Because of his vigilance against the "generation of pride", or the nomads in the north, Lu Qian always wanted to have a mature ruling model over the prairie.He thought of the 'Eight Banners' earlier, thought of Tantric Buddhism, and thought of the policies of the Qing Dynasty.But now the method of the Khitan people made him have a new discovery.

- Grassland Silk Road.

This might become an economic lifeline connecting all the tribes in the east and west of the prairie. If it is used properly, it will be better than thousands of troops.

As soon as this idea appeared, it quickly took root in his mind.It might be a good idea to organically combine it with the Manchu Qing policy towards Mongolia.

Of course, this idea is still very simple, just a rough idea, but it has already made Lu Qian feel that it has a future.

(End of this chapter)