Hegemony of all Dynasties: Get the Zhao Yun template at the beginning

Chapter 658
When Xu Da knew about Xia's army's movements, Wang Jing had already left Jiangyin, and brought many civil and military soldiers from the Southern Expedition camp, as well as hundreds of thousands of soldiers, to Wuxi.

This place is located on the north side of Taihu Lake. At the beginning, Sun Jian of the Eastern Wu used this place as his backing to attack the Southern Qi Dynasty from the north.

After the division of provinces in the southeast, Wuxi Prefecture was not included in the Jiangdong Province, but was included in the Zhenjiang Province.

Outside the city of Wuxi, a water village to accommodate the navy and a camp of hundreds of thousands of elite soldiers were urgently established.

Daxia's plan was to send out 20 soldiers to Changxing to block the passage of the Song army going north, and the remaining 30 soldiers would stay in Wuxi.

To the east of Wuxi is Suzhou, and to the west, it can quickly pass through Changzhou and enter Danyang along the river, becoming the backing of Fu Youde's troops.If there is an accident in Changxing, Wuxi's soldiers and horses can also be quickly dispatched to support.

It can be seen from the map that the Xia army is stationed in Wuxi in order to take care of the battle situation in all directions.

After coming to Wuxi.

Gu Yongzheng, the governor of Zhenjiang Province, transferred the mansion of a wealthy businessman to serve as Wang Jing's temporary palace.There are also some aristocratic families in Wuxi, who also offered their daughters to serve in the palace...

Wang Jing didn't pay much attention to these.

This trip to the south is very important for the Great Xia Dynasty. Wang Jing must devote most of his energy to military affairs, and read the memorials from various places sent by Yangzhou every day, as well as the intelligence of the surrounding forces.

A light breeze blows, and some weeping willows are planted in the garden of the palace. These weeping willows are graceful and graceful by the lake, and some of the hanging willow branches have already fallen on the lake.

A main hall near the small lake is Wang Jing's study for handling various affairs.

After Wang Jing habitually read the memorials of the three central provinces, he quickly reviewed them with a Chinese ink pen. When he saw a memorial, he reported that when the Lujiang province was dividing the land, some officials falsified, forged the field records, and embezzled the cultivated fields. and so on.

"Encroaching on people's fields..."

Nowadays, the land of the Shenzhou world is extremely vast, and the current Great Xia Dynasty, apart from the cities and villages and towns, only reclaimed a small part of the wilderness plains, and most of the places are wild lands.

With fewer people and more land, Wang Jing has never worried about land mergers and the like, only worried that the civil and military nobles under his command will not pay taxes...

Unexpectedly, a case appeared at this time.

Wang Jing picked up the memorial and watched it in detail, only then did he realize that although there were some unfair situations in the division of land in Lujiang Province, it was generally okay.

It's just that people's minds are uncertain, even a saint can't judge people's hearts clearly. Individual officials hide some selfish intentions and want to embezzle the farmland that has been reclaimed, and they insist on taking advantage of others. No one can predict in advance.

Yan Xiang, the chief envoy of Lujiang province, and the inspector and censor who was in charge of Lujiang province, made reports respectively, and the offending officials had been strictly dealt with.

After processing, according to the procedures, the Central Committee, the Ministry of Officials, and the Supervision and Inspection Department were respectively filed and kept on file.

"It's really unpredictable!"

Wang Jing sighed, and casually ticked it off with a vermilion pen, indicating that he had already read it and had no other comments.

"Not long after the Lujiang Province was attached to the vast land, some people dared to cheat and embezzle farmland. The two major provinces of Jiangdong and Zhenjiang are occupied by aristocratic families! As the saying goes, a centipede is dead but not stiff. I am not like Zhu Yuanzhang. Clean it up like that..."

"I don't know what's going on with the distribution of land in these two major provinces, whether they will be colluded by the local rich and low-level officials!"

Wang Jing was aroused by the memorial just now, and suspicion suddenly arose in his heart.

The most annoying thing about being an emperor is that his courtiers deceive his superiors and his subordinates. He benefits a lot from harming the people, but leaves all the consequences of his bad reputation on the emperor.

The same is true of Wang Jing.

Thinking of this, Wang Jing stood up straight and walked out of the study.

"His Majesty!"

The guards outside half-kneeled to salute.

Wang Jing waved his hand casually, and strode to the front yard.

There are also several courtyards around this mansion, which are temporarily used as the place where the secret document supervisor, the counselor's department, and the civil and military affairs at all levels of the Nanzheng Metropolitan Government's Mansion are handled.

They all just came to Wuxi, and they came too hastily.

The civil officials at all levels of the Nanzheng camp and the officials of various divisions who came with them were quite large, and they were all arranged around the palace.

"Go call Gao Yan, Zhang Juzheng, Gu Yong, and Xie Hui!"

Wang Jing ordered casually, and the guards who followed him immediately took orders.

After a while, the four of them arrived one after another. Gao Yan and Zhang Juzheng were relatively busy and had to deal with various military reports every day, but when the emperor summoned them, they would come no matter how busy they were.

"Let's go out of the city with me to see the people's sentiments of these two major provinces in the south of the Yangtze River!"

Wang Jing said something, and then asked people to bring in the horses, with four and dozens of elite guards. Yu Wencheng, who was the commander of the personal guards, quietly followed after hearing the movement.

"Yes!"

Gao Yan and Zhang Juzheng looked at each other, Zhang Juzheng's eyes flickered slightly, and he understood the reason why the emperor suddenly summoned them and went out of the city to observe the people's sentiments.

It must be the memorial sent from Yangzhou that touched the emperor's mind.

This time out of the city, Wang Jing only brought a team of elite soldiers to guard him, and did not mobilize the crowd.With his strength, even if someone assassinates him, he is not afraid at all.And Yuwen Chengdu, the fierce guard, is even more foolproof...

Wuxi has experienced war, but the loss of Dingkou in the city is not too great. After the fighting spirit dissipated, the land of Wuxi near Taihu Lake quickly regained its vitality.

After leaving the city.

Wang Jing saw a large number of cultivated fields outside the city, including paddy fields and rice fields, and a small number of other crops...Many farmers were busy in the fields.

No matter what time of day, farmers can't be idle. They have to irrigate the land from time to time and prevent pests from harming them.

In order not to starve to death, we must persevere no matter how hard it is.

Wang Jing could see that the expressions of these people outside the city were not bad.

However, after running for tens of miles, Wang Jing saw some large houses and farms appearing.

There are also many farmers working in the farmland near the farm. These farmlands have no obvious furrows, and there are hundreds of acres, or even thousands of acres, before the boundary markers appear...

Wang Jing didn't ask the people. After seeing the thousands of acres of farmland, he changed his mind and understood the situation.

"Yuan Tan, do you know what's going on?"

Wang Jing pointed with his whip and asked lightly.

As a ninth-rank civil servant, Gu Yong's life level has long been extraordinary, but with Wang Jing's faint words, some fine sweat appeared on his forehead and back.

"Your Majesty, in the two provinces of Jiangdong and Zhenjiang, the aristocratic families have been entrenched for a long time, and the relationship is intertwined, and in the countryside, they are all of the same clan as one village. When the fields are divided, the fields are all connected together, so it looks like thousands of miles at every turn. More than mu!"

Gu Yong explained.

Wang Jing was a little silent, and said after a while: "People of one clan live together in the same village, and when they divide the fields, they all gather the fields together... If the clan grows stronger and there are filth within, wouldn't it be convenient to annex the land of the same clan?"

"I set up towns and towns under the county. The original intention is to send the imperial power to the countryside and suppress the local nobles! If the local clans are allowed to grow, how can the imperial power go to the countryside?"

Gu Yong didn't dare to refute, but only showed a wry smile on his face.

The two major provinces of Jiangdong and Zhenjiang, aristocratic families and local wealthy families have been severely hit after the Daxia rule, and they have to pay taxes whether it is farmland or business.

This point alone would make many aristocratic families extremely resentful towards Daxia and Wang Jing. If they strictly followed Daxia's law of equalizing land, they would split up the aristocratic families and break up the clans.

The powerful families in the two major provinces of Jiangdong and Zhenjiang will definitely continue to rebel. Now that the Great Xia is marching south, it would be bad if the overall situation of the southern expedition was affected if these wealthy families made trouble.

Moreover, it was only a few months before Gu Yong was transferred to be the chief envoy of Zhenjiang Province. After the transfer, Daxia began to march south.

Even if he knew something was wrong, it was inconvenient to change it.

Wang Jing glanced at him and knew what he was thinking in his heart, so he stopped looking at him and turned his eyes to Zhang Juzheng beside him.

"Taiyue, what do you think? How should we deal with this situation?"

Zhang Juzheng said in a deep voice: "The minister's opinion is naturally to be dealt with according to the laws of my Daxia. If the aristocratic and powerful families refuse to accept it, then send troops to suppress it, kill a group, and the rest will naturally obey!"

"No! Now our army is fighting against the Ming army and Song army. If there is turmoil in the rear, how can the front line be stable?"

Gu Yong's complexion changed, and he quickly objected.

"Mr. Yuan Tan's words are wrong. Our army is strong and strong. Except for the 20 soldiers from the three battalions and Changxing, as long as the remaining 30 soldiers outside Wuxi City are still there, there is no need to worry about turmoil everywhere!"

"Also, if the soldiers on the front line know that those noble families who have not contributed to the Great Xia but can enjoy the wealth are purged, it will only increase their morale! How can they be shaken?"

Zhang Juzheng's voice was like iron stone, very rigid.

Gao Yan and Xie Hui glanced at them, but neither expressed their opinions. Both of them were talented prime ministers in history, and Gao Yan was top-notch in literature, governance and military strategy.

It's just that at the moment they are all important ministers in charge of military affairs in the Privy Council.

If he is not in his position and does not seek his own government, it is naturally inconvenient to talk too much about civil affairs.

"Okay! Taiyue's words are very close to my heart!"

Wang Jing showed admiration on his face.

"Since that's the case, I will give you an edict to temporarily appoint you as the censor of the Jiangnan Province of the Supervision Province, and to lead five hundred white-eared elite soldiers as guards. You can rectify the affairs of the two provinces' equalization of land, and then give you the king's order. Thousands of households in the guards of various prefectures can be summoned temporarily... Be sure to clean up the two major provinces!"

"If there is a rebellion from the powerful clan, it cannot be suppressed... Xie Hui, Yuwen Chengdu! You go and transfer [-] soldiers and station them in Suzhou, Changzhou, Danyang, Changshu, Songjiang and other places. Once there is a rebellion from the wealthy clan, send troops to wipe it out immediately!"

Wang Jing was very decisive and quickly issued orders.

Gu Yong on the side hesitated to speak, but finally shut up. Gao Yan had no objection. The 30 soldiers were stationed in Wuxi and would not go to the battlefield for the time being.

It would be good to take advantage of this opportunity to clean up the remaining problems of the two major provinces, and it will not affect the overall situation of the Southern Expedition.

"The minister... the last general takes orders!"

Xie Hui, Zhang Juzheng and Yuwen Chengdu respectively received the edict.

After a brief look outside the city, Wang Jing lost his mood and took people back to the city, while Xie Hui, Zhang Juzheng and Yu Wencheng went to mobilize people respectively.

Zhang Juzheng went to receive the Wang Ming flag and five hundred white-eared elite soldiers to guard him, while Yuwen Chengdu took the edict to the barracks to transfer troops...

Soon, the barracks outside the city began to make noise.

In order to clean up the hidden dangers of the two major provinces, Yuwen Chengdu mobilized soldiers belonging to Jiangbei.

The mobilization of soldiers has attracted the attention of many people in Wuxi.

Among them are the spies of the Song Army and the Ming Army... They tried their best to find out Xia Jun's confidential military situation, but they have not been able to do so. They can only judge Xia Jun's movements through the large-scale mobilization of troops.

After returning to the palace.

Wang Jing didn't pay attention to the outside situation any more. With Zhang Juzheng, Xie Hui and Yuwen Chengdu joining forces, if he couldn't solve the remaining wealthy families in the two provinces, then he would have to doubt the ability of the three of them.

"Zhaoxuan, Yuan Tan, Taiyue, and Mr. An Shi, who do you think can fill in the cabinet and become a cabinet scholar?"

Wang Jing and Gao Yan entered the study, and Gu Yong went to the courtyard around the palace to deal with the government affairs of Zhenjiang Province, and there were only the two of them in the study.

So Wang Jing asked casually.

Gao Yan said without hesitation: "The minister is a privy envoy, and he is not suitable to intervene in government affairs, let alone a bachelor in charge of internal affairs! Your Majesty has his own plans, so why ask others!"

Wang Jing waved his hand and said, "There are no outsiders right now, let's just chat casually, get out of your mouth and into my ears, and won't spread it to the outside world, Zhaoxuan doesn't have to deliberately avoid suspicion!"

Gao Yan couldn't evade it, so he could only ponder for a while, and said: "An Shigong, Gu Yuantan, Li Shanchang, Hu Weiyong, Chu Yuan, Fan Yun, Cen Wenwen, Zhang Dun... are all sages of previous dynasties, and they have responsibilities. The ability of a bachelor!"

"However! Gu Yong and Chu Yuan are surrendered ministers, and they are dissatisfied when they become university scholars. They are also closely related to the powerful families of Soochow and Southern Qi, and they cannot become the central ministers!"

"Fan Yun's reputation is too low, Cen Wenwen and Zhang Dun's contributions are too small, and Hu Weiyong's reputation is too bad... If you make up for the cabinet, there is no need to say more about An Shigong, Li Shanchang is also fine!"

"Of course, Zhang Juzheng is also very suitable!"

He briefly commented on the many civil servants in Daxia, who were basically the prime ministers of a certain dynasty.However, Gao Yan obviously respected Xie An very much.

It is quite normal to think that he entered the Ministry of Government Affairs as a bachelor.

Wang Jing nodded slightly.

How strong Xie An's ability is, Wang Jing didn't see it, unlike people like Gao Yan and Xie Hui who highly respected Xie An.

In his heart, Zhang Juzheng is much stronger than Xie An.

Given the somewhat similar regimes of the Great Xia Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty, Zhang Juzheng is the most suitable cabinet scholar for Great Xia.

but.

After seeing how Gao Yan admired Xie An so much that he took it for granted that he should enter the cabinet, Wang Jing realized Xie An's status in the hearts of many scholars and scholars after the Wei and Jin Dynasties, especially those with aristocratic backgrounds.

"It seems that Xie An must be considered first as a replacement candidate for the cabinet, and then Zhang Juzheng will be arranged!"

Wang Jing thought to himself.

The current Ministry of Government Affairs has three bachelors, Shen Yi, Wang Guangyang, and Su Wei, and there are still two positions missing, which can be used to accommodate Xie An and Zhang Juzheng.

As for Li Shanchang... With Zhang Juzheng, he can only be wronged for a while, and he will serve as the Minister of the Ministry of Households.

In the future, if Shen Yi, Wang Guangyang, and Su Wei are transferred, he will have a chance.

(End of this chapter)