Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

Chapter 1491 Make it clear

In the blink of an eye, the end of the year was approaching, and Shao Shude became a little anxious.

He felt like he hadn't done anything this year.

Of course this is his illusion.

Counting from east to west, the rebellion of the Mohe people in Jizhou was quelled, the dispute over Fuyan City was resolved through diplomatic channels, and Liaodong as a whole was in a delicate balance.

It is said that the statistics of household registration in the early days of the dynasty were relatively simple and were often done.However, Liaodong Dao has a lot of resistance to get it done. If it weren't for the Bohai aristocratic family being divided and drawn in a group, it would have been even more difficult.

As of last year's data, in addition to the Qishengzhou, there are 12 prefectures and 66 counties in Liaodong Province, with a total of more than 17 households and more than 2500 people.This data should still have a certain potential to be tapped, because this is the population data of many Mohe tribes, and the real number is obviously more than that.

But even so, it is very impressive.Shao Shude just wanted to know, before his death, the registered population of the Twelve Prefectures of Liaodong would surely exceed one million, which descendant would dare to give up easily in future generations?Don't you want to force your face?
Because of the steady implementation of the resettlement of government soldiers, the last batch of soldiers from the Qingsai Army had also been resettled in Muzhou (temporarily absent), and the Privy Council started a new round of reorganization of government soldiers.

The object of persuasion this time is the Boryeong Army.There are still about 1000 people in this department, and the losses in the long-term battle are quite large.At this point, they were also tired, so they generally agreed to be reorganized into Fubing.

After negotiation, a total of 9000 people were distributed to Longquanfu (2000), Wuzhou ([-]), and Mengzhou ([-]). The remaining [-] people were scattered to the states of Liaodong Province to serve as state soldiers, except for some who were willing to disarm and return to the fields ——In fact, they can also go to Hunan, Qianzhong, Wuguan, Fujian and other places to serve as state soldiers, but most of them would rather go to the cold and dry Liaodong than to the hot and humid south.

The Boryeong Army just disappeared.

Li Cunxian, the military envoy, went to Huaihai Road to take over the squad of He Yu, who had just died, as the commander of the state army capital.

Li Sigong, the deputy envoy, was transferred to be the governor of Mengzhou and the commander of the state army, replacing the old official of Bohai.

Li Chengyue, Marquis of Duyu, fell off his horse and died while hunting.

Du Youyi envoy Yuan Jianfeng served as the governor of Lizhou and the commander of the state army, also replacing the old officials of Bohai.

At this point, when Hedong surrendered, the soldiers and horses left by the brother-in-law were reorganized into the six armies of Wansheng Huangtou, Datong, Tiancheng, Baoning, Qingsai, and Kelan, but they are all gone now.The few embers of the Jin army were mostly concentrated in the Guangjie army. Two-thirds of the officers and soldiers in this 3000-strong army were from the Jin army.

It is also a question of how long the last Jin troops can last.

All nineteen prefectures of Liaodong Province, at the end of the 12th year of Jianji, have generally stabilized except for the rebellion caused by registered households and Qimin. The next step is long-term development and assimilation.

To the west of Liaodong Road, the town soldiers in the Yanshan area stationed in various forts to control the main traffic roads, and the Ministry of Households also sent people to set up cards here to collect taxes, and everything was on the right track.

In the north of Yanshan Mountain, King Xi died of illness when he went to Zhu, and his eldest son Su Zhi succeeded to the throne.Sanquan, Yuyi Town, Xianyou Palace, and Yong'an Palace are lined up, which are the outer barriers at the northern foot of Yanshan Mountain and the west side of Daxianbei Mountain.

With their existence, it will be difficult for the enemy to enter the Seven Holy States eastward and Youzhou southward, which is crucial to the long-term stability of Hebei and Liaodong—to put it bluntly, they are strategic buffer zones.

The progress in the northwest direction is also very smooth.

All the armies went north in turn, beating the Tatars to either surrender or leave, and the gate to Heichengzi was completely opened.

In the 13th year of Jianji, a larger-scale attack will definitely be launched, and Heichengzi will be completely taken down, and even a certain distance will be pushed westward, marching towards the west of Qi.

This time, the cavalry soldiers of the forbidden army are the main ones, supplemented by the fan soldiers who have just unified their thinking in Fengzhou, and try not to use the government soldiers of Fengzhou and Shengzhou.

Fu soldiers are not self-cultivating farmers, nor are they guard soldiers.Their one-time installation cost is high, but their maintenance cost is almost negligible, and their combat effectiveness is maintained for a long time. It is a very good low-cost solution for the frontier.

The premise is that you don't overdraw their origin too much.As long as they are not bankrupt and the land is not divided in large numbers, their combat effectiveness is guaranteed.An expedition once every few years is actually tolerable. Fighting at the door of the house is even more acceptable. For a long-term expedition, you will get a team of soldiers who are demoralized, bankrupt and fleeing-the former Tang Dynasty has already given us a sample.

Eyes turned to the south.

The last separatist force was also wiped out.After setting up roads and establishing states, officials moved south in a large scale. It has been half a year now, and the situation has gradually stabilized, and everything is developing in a good direction.

There really isn't much to say about the South.The willingness of the local military and civilians to rebel is not strong, which can be seen after the Anshi Rebellion in the previous Tang Dynasty-there are more observation missions in the south, and more Jiedu missions in the north.

The only threat of war is the country of Dachanghe.

Shao Shude actually gave them a chance, and he is still waiting for them to make the right choice.But this matter, it seems that he himself doesn't quite believe it.Otherwise, the army would not slowly shift to the southwest.

As for Henan, Hebei, and Hedong, although a certain amount of manpower and material resources were spent on the war against Huainan, and the construction of Jiangning Prefecture in the future will also require their contributions, the overall situation is still in the rhythm of recuperation.

There were occasional small disturbances in Hebei, which were also caused by some people's reluctance to move out, and they were quickly quelled.

In Bian, Song, Cao and other prefectures with dense populations in Henan, the movement of emigration has never stopped, and there have been almost no disturbances.

The stark contrast between Hebei and Henan actually indirectly reflects the sentiments of the people in the two places.

In another 30 to [-] years, it will almost gradually converge.

So, if you think about it carefully, although the 12 years since the establishment of the Jiji may seem to be very ordinary, profound and firm changes are slowly taking place inside this country.

Starting from the first year of Jianji, every year is meaningful.

Each successful year adds to the bedrock of the fledgling regime until it cannot be shaken any longer.

The world, in fact, has always been run like this, there is nothing special about it, you don’t need any heroism, let alone any soul-stirring, the most important thing is——

Persevere, persevere, persevere!

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Shao Shude lay on the bed with his eyes wide open.

The palace man sent each painting to him and held it up so that he could enjoy it calmly.

"Unknowingly, uh..." Shao Shude swallowed a raisin and continued, "I have done so many things. These paintings are so good, they show my great achievements. After thousands of years, there will be people I remember that I am such a number one person. Find someone to copy more, and I will distribute it to my courtiers. Sandu Guozijian, Sidu Liushou Mansion, and hang some group pictures."

"Yes." Palace official Su asked someone to write it down.

Shao Shude continued to look at the group of paintings.

Gao Shi was making tea with red eyes.She received the divorce letter written by her husband Da Chi yesterday, and she cried for a long time.

Shao Shude lay on her back, comforting her physically.

After the divorce letter was soaked in tears, Gao wailed and said that no one wanted her anymore, and Shao Shude responded with outrage.

This was the highest quality relaxation in recent times, enough for him to savor it for a long time.

"The second thing..." After watching the group of paintings, Shao Shude continued to be paralyzed on the bed, and said, "The Ministry of Rites is preparing a document to confer the crown prince on Qin Wang Chengjie."

"Yes." Su replied calmly.

It has been more than ten years since the founding of the country, and Daxia finally has a prince. It is really not easy.Su thought that the crown princess gave birth to a daughter, and felt a little regretful, but the saint was still canonized, and her attitude was very obvious.

If you can have a daughter, you can naturally have a son.Although the prince seems to have a hard time as an heir, he is only in his 20s and still has a chance.

Of course, in normal times, saints might not be canonized so happily, and they would have to wait until the crown prince had a son before considering it.But judging from the current situation, the saint is obviously unwilling to wait any longer. He seems to have a lot of things to do, and it is very likely that he will leave Beijing.

The Su family heard a rumor in the palace that the queen was unwilling to continue supervising the country. Obviously, this was putting pressure on the sage—the queen didn't care about anything, but she cared about her sons very much.

"Reorganized from Sergeant Ma Zhi to the left and right guards of the East Palace." Shao Shude continued to order.

Before the Northern Song Dynasty, the Eastern Palace was a small court of its own, with a complete system, officials at all levels, and even an army directly subordinate to the Eastern Palace.

Beginning in the Northern Song Dynasty, the military power of the Eastern Palace was deprived, and the prince's prestige and power were greatly reduced.In the Ming and Qing dynasties, the crown prince became a pitiful creature that the emperor could manipulate at will, which was accompanied by the plummeting of the status of ministers. Leading the six ministries, the centralization of power is infinitely strengthened.

At the end of the Tang Dynasty, it had not yet developed to this point.

Before Prince Shao Chengjie, there was a pro-army from Mazhi, with thousands of people.Later, most of them were dispersed into the Shengjie Army in order to control this army.From Mazhi, only 300 people were retained as the backbone, and in the past few years, they have been slowly expanded, and the number has returned to [-].

Shao Shude acquiesced in this.

This time he canonized the prince, he wanted to learn from the Northern Song Dynasty in depriving Shao Chengjie of his military power, but after thinking about it, he could only sigh: This is impossible, if he still wants to succeed to the throne smoothly.

Of course, he didn't pay attention to these 3000 people.

Although Xu Wen and Zhang Hao can do great things with 200 people, it is because the Huainan army did not do anything, and even the sergeants of the Yang family were theirs.

This is obviously not the case for Daxia, he is still stable now, and the prestige of the prince cannot be compared with him.

Furthermore, are the 3000 guards around the prince really all from the prince himself?Cong Mazhi was originally established in Henan during the period when Xia and Liang were fighting for hegemony. Strictly speaking, they were all Shao Shude's people, and the prince's every move could not escape his eyes.If Erlang was smart, he should have re-established a private army outside Congmazhi, but this was not allowed by Shao Shude.

It is necessary to do everything possible to support the prince, enhance his prestige, let him grasp more power and troops, so that he can succeed to the throne smoothly under the current social atmosphere, and at the same time guard against him.The balance between them is really not something ordinary people can grasp.

Shao Shude sometimes envied the supreme power of the Ming and Qing emperors, but he was unable to complete this kind of system reform, because the values ​​of civil and military court officials, local generals, and even powerful families did not support you to do so.

The great power of an emperor lies in gathering crowds. When everyone is against something, you'd better not challenge it.

A period has its values ​​and ethos.During the Han, Wei, and Southern and Northern Dynasties, the level of centralization of power like the Sui and Tang Dynasties was not recognized by the world. At that time, which emperor dared to do this, and the aristocratic family did not mind changing the spokesperson-in fact, it was really true to change the emperor in those hundreds of years. It's not very difficult, because the emperor needs the support of aristocratic families.

Only after hundreds of years of continuous attrition can the emperors of the Sui and Tang Dynasties further gather power, but the conditions are not yet ripe for transformation into the Ming and Qing systems.

It is necessary to make society more atomized, to completely disappear the collectives capable of restricting imperial power, and to replace them with poor scholars from small families, so that the emperor can completely say the same thing, and no one dares to make noise.

Of course, there is no best of both worlds in the world, everything has advantages and disadvantages, and the centralization of power like the Ming and Qing Dynasties also has side effects, that is, social power is scattered.When foreign enemies invade and official institutions are paralyzed, it is difficult to organize them—only the government, or private individuals supported by the government, can organize them.

At the turn of Tang and Xia, the society has not reached this point yet.The aristocratic family suffered from the suppression of the Sui and Tang dynasties and the scourge of the separatist regime. Compared with the Southern and Northern Dynasties, the economic strength has dropped sharply, and the private soldiers have disappeared. They have no ability to change the emperor. The imperial power has a considerable restrictive effect.

For some things, let it be, Shao Shude doesn’t want too much human interference, and he doesn’t have the ability to open everyone’s heads, instill a new idea, and tell them that this is the right thing—too arrogant , Thoughts are more difficult to change than productivity.

"Let King Zhao, King Han, and King Qi come to see me." After thinking for a while, Shao Shude said again.

The three sons have returned from Shazhou, Longquanfu and Haizhou respectively.

The errands are okay, quite satisfactory.Not too many surprises, but not bad either.

This was also Shao Shude's initial expectation.They have experienced strict and high-quality education since they were young, and they are also middle-aged or above-average, so there is no reason to mess things up.

The most important thing is that they stand on the platform that the old father packed up.

A good platform can allow people with middle qualifications to achieve achievements that can only be made by people with high qualifications.

The platform of Daxia is not bad, and the achievements of the three sons are also impressive. Now that they are about to be crowned princes, there are some things that should be made clear to them.

(End of this chapter)