Summoning the world to be one

Chapter 583 Post-War Arrangements
Chapter 584: Post-war Arrangements
In the 28th year of Qianyuan, on the [-]th day of the seventh month, after the Great Court Meeting, Deng Sheng once again summoned his important officials to Qianyang Palace. country, and I moved to Jingtai Palace with a group of important ministers. Now that the Central Plains War is over, Deng Sheng also returned to Qianyang Palace as a matter of course, and the responsibility of Prince Deng Hao to supervise the country ended immediately, but because Deng Hao supervised the country During the outstanding performance during the period, Deng Sheng also allowed Deng Hao to participate in politics. This time, Deng Hao was also involved in the discussion of Qianyang Palace.

Deng Sheng summoned a group of ministers to come here today, with only two purposes, that is to set up a road and expand the army.

After winning most of the Central Plains, Deng Guo got Pei County, Xiapi County, Pengcheng County, Donghai County, Langya County, Qi County, Beihai County, Donglai County, Jiyin County, Shanyang County, Rencheng County and most of the land. Le'an County is a total of one and a half counties, but most of Le'an County has already been acquired, and it is possible to set up a separate county, and Linji City, the seat of Le'an County, is also in Deng Guo's hands.

In the same way, the territory has expanded so much, and the army must be expanded to defend it. Originally, Deng State had 80 guards and 10 elites. There are only 70 soldiers and horses left that can be used for battle.

"My lords, I called you here today just for the newly acquired land of twelve counties. How to arrange it? I wonder if there are any proposals from the three provinces?" Deng Sheng said.

Everyone looked at each other, and then Cui Hao, who was the head of the three provinces, ordered Cui Hao to come out and said: "Your Majesty, after the news of the victory in the Central Plains, the ministers and others began to discuss and have a preliminary plan. Among the twelve counties of the Central Plains, Le An County, Beihai County, Qi County, and Donglai County can establish a new one; Donghai County, Langya County, Pei County, and Pengcheng County can establish a new one or incorporate it into Huainan Road; Jiyin County, Shanyang County, and Rencheng County can Included in Yingru Dao."

Among the Nine Daoes of Dengguo, Yingru Dao, Huainan Dao, and Nanyang Dao have the smallest areas, but Nanyang Dao, as the base of the capital, is a self-contained one, while Yingru Dao and Huainan Dao are small in area, but in terms of wealth and population, they are all in Deng Guojiu In the forefront of the road, especially Huainan Road, after Guangling County was also incorporated into Huainan Road, the area of ​​Huainan Road was comparable to that of Yingru Road, and the population exceeded Jiangdong Road, which had twice its area.

The proposal of Cui Hao and others is also in line with common sense, but Deng Sheng obviously has some different thoughts in his heart, and said: "I have a different idea. Pei County will enter Huainan Road, but Guangling County will be separated from Huainan Road. Commandery, Langya Commandery, Pengcheng Commandery, and Xiapi Commandery set up a new one, and for the rest, I agree with you, I don't know what you think?"

Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay, not understanding what Deng Sheng's purpose was for doing this?In terms of geography, population, and degree of affluence, Guangling County and Pei County are almost the same. Such an exchange is of little significance to the two. However, in terms of geographical attribution, Guangling County is more suitable than Pei County to form with the counties of Donghai County. Xindao, these are all side issues. Since Deng Sheng is willing, everyone naturally has no opinion.

"I have no objection!" Everyone said in unison.

Deng Sheng smiled with satisfaction, and said: "Since that's the case, that's the decision. Shanyang County, Jiyin County, and Rencheng County are included in Yingru Road; Donglai County, Qi County, Beihai County, and Le'an County A new one was established, and the administrative office was located in Linzi City, the administrative office of Qi County, and the administrative office of Qi County was moved to Guangxian County. I named it Shandong Road; Donghai County, Xiapi County, Pengcheng County, Langya County, and Guangling County were formed. The new one, I named it Xuzhou Road, the government was established in Pengcheng, the prefecture of Pengcheng County, and the prefecture of Pengcheng County was moved to Lu County; Pei County was incorporated into Huainan Road. As for the post of prefect of each county, three provinces and six ministries jointly drafted with Yushitai , As for the post of Governor of Shandong Province and Xuzhou Province, I wonder if you can recommend anyone?"

Since the establishment of the Taoist system, Deng Sheng has handed over the appointment power of one county prefect to the six ministries of the three provinces and Yushitai, while he has firmly grasped the appointment power of the governor.

When everyone heard the words, their eyes immediately brightened. The position of the prefect of the twelve counties, I and others can still discuss it carefully. Anyway, Deng Sheng doesn't care much. As long as they compromise with each other, they will definitely get a satisfactory result. There are only two There is one governor, that is a sweet pastry. So far, in Deng Guo, with the addition of two new ones, there are only eleven. Among them, the governor of Nanyang Road has always been the private land of the royal family of Deng Guo, and the real ones left for them to compete are only eleven. There are only ten.

Among the ten ways, Pang Ji, the governor of Yingru Road, belonged to the Jiang family; Cai Jie, the governor of Jingbei Road, was the son of the late Prime Minister Cai Feng, and the elder brother of the queen Cai Yan, who belonged to a foreign relative; Liu Ba, the governor of Jingnan Road, was born in Jing The Nan family doesn't have much connection with the faction in the court, but because of the Jingnan family, it has a good relationship with the Jiangdong family and the Yingchuan family. Yao Chong, the governor of Huainan Province, belonged to the Jiang family. He was born in the Ministry of Officials, but he was Yao Guangxiao's younger brother. Yao Guangxiao and Cui Hao had a deep friendship. With this relationship, Yao Chong naturally switched to the Cui family.

Zhuge Liang, the governor of the middle of Shu, was a protégé of the late Minister of War, Su Hong, and belonged to the Su clan, but after Su Hong passed away, the strength of the Su clan was not as good as before. However, since Wang Meng, Shangshu of the Ministry of War, was recommended by Su Hong before his death, it can barely be said that he belongs to the Su family.

Yang Shiqi, the governor of Nanzhong Road, is a typical Cui family. Xun Yu, the governor of Lingnan Road, belongs to the Yingchuan family. That is to say, Yingru Road and Jiangdong Road belong to the Jiang family. The middle way belongs to the Su family, Lingnan way and Jingnan way belong to the aristocratic school, Jingbei way and Nanyang way belong to the imperial family's way, this is the faction of Jiudao.

Among the major factions, only Zhang Bin’s Zhang faction has no assassins, and this time Shandong Dao and Xuzhou Dao are new, Zhang Bin feels that he has to fight, otherwise such opportunities will not be his turn in the future Now, in Zhang Bin's Zhang family, the only one who is qualified to compete for the position of a governor is Zhang Bin's brother-in-law Yu Yunwen.

In the pre-emptive plan, Zhang Bin took the lead and said: "Your Majesty, as the saying goes, you don't avoid your relatives. Although Yu Yunwen, the prefect of Yingchuan, is the wife and brother of a minister, he has extraordinary abilities. He successively served as magistrate of Xicheng, prefect of Shangyong, and prefect of Yingchuan The prefect has outstanding political achievements, and I think Yu Yunwen can be a governor."

"Ms. Zhang's words are wrong. Although Yu Yunwen is a talented person with good ability, but he was transferred from Shangyong prefect to the post of Yingchuan prefect just a few years ago. He was suddenly promoted to a prefect. In order not to act too hastily, you must know In terms of ability, there are many prefects who are not weaker than Yu Yunwen, and in terms of seniority, there are countless people who are better than Yu Yunwen. Stability has an impact." Zhang Bin's idea is good, but there are only two governor positions, as the saying goes, there are too many monks, so how can other factions easily let Zhang Bin get what he wants?No, Jiang Wan took the lead in objecting.

In the last time, after the destruction of the Southern Kingdom, Deng Sheng newly established Nanzhong Road and Lingnan Road, but due to the siege of various factions, Jiang Wan was forced to give up these two positions, and now there are two governor positions with great difficulty. , how could Jiang Wan let it go so easily?

However, as the Jiang faction is the most powerful among the major factions, how can other factions watch the strength of the Jiang faction further strengthen?As the head of all officials, Cui Hao is naturally unwilling, but most of the strength of the Cui family is in the court, and there are not many generals in the local government. I am afraid that there is no chance this time, but compared to The position of the governor fell into the hands of the Jiang family, and Cui Hao was more willing to get it from the Zhang family. After all, among the major factions, the Zhang family is the weakest. Letting the Zhang family get the position of the governor does not have much impact on the Cui family. , and through this show of favor, it is also very good to get Zhang Bin's support in the next battle for the prefect.

Thinking of this level, Cui Hao hurriedly said: "I don't agree with what Prime Minister Jiang said. Although Yu Yunwen's qualifications are slightly lacking, but his ability is top-notch. Since he became the prefect of Yingchuan, he has been loved by the people. Getting along with the big families in Yingchuan also complements each other, so there is nothing wrong with being a governor."

When Cui Hao spoke, the leaders of the major factions also quickly joined in, and among them, Chen Qun, Minister of the Ministry of Rites, was the most fierce. In order to let Xun Yu win the position of governor, the Yingchuan family paid the prefect of Yingchuan. Being able to support Yu Yunwen as an assassin, the position of prefect of Yingchuan will be vacant, and the Yingchuan family will have the opportunity to take this position back again. Moreover, if he supports Yu Yunwen himself, once he succeeds, it will definitely make the Zhang and Cui families fight against each other. He had a good impression of himself, and he had great hopes of winning the position of prefect of Yingchuan, so Chen Qun began to spare no effort to support Zhang Bin.

Soon, a group of ministers in Qianyang Palace began to quarrel, making the whole Qianyang Palace look like a vegetable market.

"Okay, don't make any noise!" Deng Sheng couldn't take it anymore, he shouted, and said, "They are all important ministers of the country, what's the proper way to make such a noise, if it spreads, how will the world think about it?"

"Your Majesty's atonement!" Seeing Deng Sheng's words, everyone pleaded guilty.

Deng Sheng said: "The position of governor is related to the stability of a place and the foundation of our great Deng. Those who can take up the position must be able ministers who can stabilize the country. As important ministers in the court, you are recommending talents for the country. It's not for your own self-interest, I don't care what faction you are or what interests you have, if you violate the interests of the country, I will punish you severely."

Since the start of the Battle of the Central Plains, Deng Sheng has handed over all the government affairs of the DPRK and China to the prince Deng Hao. Without Deng Sheng's restraint, the battles between the major factions in the DPRK and China have become more and more fierce. Deng Sheng complained, but because the battle in the Central Plains was in full swing, Deng Sheng had no choice but to suppress it temporarily. Now that he was finally free, Deng Sheng felt that it was necessary to beat these so-called factions and make them restrain themselves.

After suppressing these important ministers, Deng Sheng asked Deng Hao who was on the side: "Prince, you are the prince, and you have been in charge of the country for the past few years. What do you think of Yu Yunwen? Can he be qualified as an assassin?"

Deng Hao was weighing the pros and cons in his heart. In the past few years in the prison country, he has also seen the open and secret struggles of the major factions. Although he was a little displeased, Deng Sheng said that a good fight is conducive to the king's control of the court, so Deng Hao also I can only let it go, as long as there are no major problems, I will turn a blind eye and close one eye.

Now that Deng Sheng asked him how Yu Yunwen was, Deng Hao knew that Deng Sheng was testing him. In fact, there were many people who were qualified to be the governor. However, in order to balance the various factions, this candidate could not be chosen casually.

Deng Hao thought for a while, and said: "Going back to my father, I have been in charge of the country for the past few years, and I have a certain understanding of the prefects of various counties. Although Yu Yunwen is a little lacking in qualifications, he is also very capable, and he is more than enough to serve as a governor. However, to be able to take on the role, the emperor still needs to be judged by his father!"

Deng Hao also has his own ideas. Among the major factions, the Zhang faction is the weakest, which is not conducive to balance. Moreover, whether it is Zhang Bin, Cui Hao, Jiang Wan, etc., they are also on the edge of the second line. If there is no accident, In a few years, they will have to retreat from this position. If Zhang Bin retires, the Zhang faction will really lose a pillar. What if it is an opponent from another faction?So it is necessary to support the Zhang family at this time.

"Your Highness, this..." Jiang Wan was in a hurry. Deng Hao was the heir apparent, and Deng Sheng had gradually delegated power to Deng Hao in the past few years, so Deng Hao's words were basically final.

"Okay, don't fight anymore!" Deng Sheng said impatiently: "Since the crown prince values ​​Yu Yunwen so much, then Yu Yunwen should be the governor of Shandong Province, and Huo Guang, the prefect of Danyang County, should be the governor of Xuzhou Province. That's all for now. So far, as for the positions of the prefects of Yingchuan County and Danyang County, together with the other twelve counties, the three provinces and six departments will work together with Yushitai to draw up."

"Here!" As soon as Deng Sheng said this, everyone knew that the matter was irreversible, so they had no choice but to let it go. Only Zhang Bin was very happy. After all, the Zhang family finally won a governor. It will not be alone, which is very good for the development of the faction.

(End of this chapter)