Five Dynasties River Mountains Fengyue

"The rest are Jiedu envoys from all walks of life, people like Li Yun..." Shi Congyun said, people think that Zhao Kuangyin and Chen Qiao's mutiny seems to be very simple, but the mutiny is just the beginning. Five or six Jiedu envoys were all ready to rebel.

But because Zhao Kuangyin responded effectively and killed decisively, there were only two Jiedushi in the end who rebelled.

This is also a hidden danger. Several Jiedu envoys have long been ignoring the central government because they have nothing to do to make trouble. As long as they are given a reason, such as Qingjun's side, punishing traitors, etc., they will immediately jump up.

"These are two kinds of people, I think they should be dealt with separately." Zhao Shijian said.

Shi Congyun put down his pen, put his hands under the blanket to warm up, "Tell me about it."

"Li Chongjin, Zhang Yongde, and Li Jixun are different from Li Yun and the others. They are the generals of the imperial court. They are powerful because they have military power in their hands. If they find a way to get them to surrender their military power, there is no threat.

You can use the power of the queen to let the queen come forward and the queen will be regent. The general should hand over military power after returning to Beijing. "

"What if they don't want to." Shi Congyun said with a sudden smile in the middle of the sentence: "I'm stupid, they have to enter the palace after fighting the military talisman... I am in charge of the defense of the imperial city, and now I am afraid that something will happen on the road. Or they led the troops out and never came back."

Zhao Shijian said: "It's also possible. If they feel the danger and dare not return to Beijing, and write a letter requesting to lead a large army to guard the border, they dare not force them..."

Shi Congyun was helpless, "I can only resign myself to fate."

"Li Yun's Jiedu envoys are powerful in the local area, and it is impossible to cut their military power." Zhao Shijian continued.

"Then there must be a battle. First deal with Li Chongjin and those people, stabilize the Jiedu envoys, and wait until the entire imperial army is controlled before we can clean up those local Jiedus." Shi Congyun said with emotion.

"Well, I think it's safe to take it step by step. Don't force them to stand together."

"What you said makes sense. The officials were helpless at the beginning. When the Great Zhou was founded, there were many crises. In order to fight and deal with foreign enemies, they could only tolerate those domineering Jiedu envoys again and again. But in the future, this country will have a long-term future. , these small imperial courts must be cleaned up." Shi Congyun laughed again as he spoke.

"But these are just difficulties at the moment. As long as we get over it, the future will be bright." He laughed proudly.

Zhao Shijian was puzzled: "There are so many worries and troubles, you can laugh."

"I don't laugh, so maybe I'm going to cry." Shi Congyun proudly said: "You are smart, you are smart, you are a little girl, you should pay more attention to things in the distance.

It is indeed difficult at the moment, but as long as I can stabilize the domestic situation, what will happen next?

The Western Shu and the Southern Han are vulnerable, and the Liao Kingdom is afraid of being attacked. They will definitely not dare to reach out for the Northern Han. Then I can push the line of defense to the north of Yanmen Pass. Wu Yue has always respected our dynasty, and the Southern Tang Dynasty will not be able to support it alone. .

At that time, we will be able to unify the world and restore the glory of the Han and Tang Dynasties again, and I want to open up Hexi and take back the Western Regions, the Western Regions..."

The little girl looked up at him, as if she saw something different in his eyes, she even lowered her head, "I was originally a little girl, you are a real man, right?"

Shi Congyun smirked, and hugged the little girl in his arms tightly again, feeling a lot of turmoil in his heart.

The Western Regions, which refers to Xinjiang and Central Asia in the later generations, were controlled by the Han Dynasty and lost at the end of the Tang Dynasty.

This loss is the vicissitudes of life, and the world is changing.

During the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, the Song, Yuan, and Ming failed to regain control of the Hexi Corridor and the Western Regions.

Unable to control the Western Regions, the road leading to Central Asia and the world was not in our hands. China was just a regional power until the Qing Dynasty finally took it back after nearly a thousand years. It took the meaning of "homeland and new return" and named it Xinjiang.

Returning to the homeland, these four words are extremely heavy.

The most important thing is that from a geographical point of view, China's farming and nomadic areas are very distinctive. The farming area is located in the C-shaped encirclement and blockade of the three nomadic areas of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, the Western Regions, and the Mongolian Plateau.

The only way to break this blockade is to occupy the Hexi Corridor, control the Western Regions, and cut the blockade from the middle, which will weaken and divide the two major plates of the Mongolian Plateau and the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, and gradually control them.

This is what the Han Dynasty did, starting with the seizure of the Hexi Corridor by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.

Conversely, if the blockade cannot be broken and surrounded by the three major nomadic areas, the farming area will be extremely passive strategically and will be beaten everywhere. In the long run, it will only be a matter of time before the nomads enter the Central Plains.

People often use the probability of victory in the Song Dynasty to explain that the Song army was actually capable of fighting, and that is true, but strategic mistakes and tactics cannot be made up for.

This is an important reason why Han and Tang were powerful, and this is something that Song, Ming and even Yuan failed to do.

Shi Congyun found that his ambition was getting bigger and bigger, he was thinking more and more things, and he was getting farther and farther away. He was no longer the little person who only wanted to protect his father and himself, and the boat would go straight to the bridge.

.........

Five days later, news came from the north of the Yellow River that Guo Tingzhi had returned with an army and was crossing the river.

Shi Congyun heaved a sigh of relief when he heard the news, but it was not what he was most concerned about.

What he cares about is Li Chongjin's army......

At the end of September, Guo Tingzhi led the army to Kaifeng, and many people went to the outskirts of the city to watch the army's triumphant return. Shi Congyun took the queen and hundreds of officials to welcome the soldiers back.

The soldiers were dissatisfied that they didn't get the reward immediately, and the tens of thousands of troops gave way in a panic, scaring the empress and several important court officials so that their faces turned pale.

Fortunately, Shi Congyun took a car to inspect the three armies and assured the soldiers that the rewards would never be less, but the rear army hadn't come back yet, and when everyone came back, they would give rewards together to appease the army. The camp outside the city was stationed, temporarily waiting for the rear army.

Shi Congyun became even more worried. Li Chongjin's army was still south of Guo Tingzhi's army. Now that Guo Tingzhi's army had arrived in Daliang, there was no news of their troops going south. If Li Chongjin hadn't hesitated, he wouldn't have believed it!

They summoned their generals to talk for a long time, but there was nothing they could do. They didn't dare to urge Li Chong to enter, summoned Li Chong to enter the palace, and now there is no definite information on where the people are and where the army is.

Just when he was very worried, the officials at the post station in front reported that Li Chongjin's [-] troops had reached the north bank of the Yellow River, and the officials on the north bank were preparing a ferry to cross the river.

When they heard the news, Shi Congyun and his confidants and generals were relieved.

But what reminded them was that what they were waiting for the next day was not the news of Li Chongjin's army crossing the river, but a letter written by Li Chongjin to Shi Congyun.

The letter asked Shi Congyun to go to the Yellow River to talk, and then decide whether the army will cross the river or return to Daliang after the talk.

The atmosphere became tense in an instant, and Shi Congyun was caught in a dilemma...

Li Chongjin is not an ordinary person, he is old, he has made great achievements in the Southern and Northern Wars, he is also a relative of the emperor, he is more qualified to inherit the throne than the official family, and his prestige in the army is incomparable to no one except Shi Congyun.

In history, after Zhao Kuangyin usurped the throne, he was very lenient to the old ministers of the Later Zhou Dynasty. Only Li Chongjin tried every means to force him to rebel, and even Li Chongjin was not allowed to ask to enter the palace to see him.

The reason for this is probably because Zhao Kuangyin was afraid that Li Chongjin's prestige in the army was equal to or higher than his.If it hadn't been for the later Zhou court to inexplicably get Li Chongjin to Huainan, far away from the central court, Zhao Kuangyin probably would not have dared to mutiny.

Li Chongjin has a high prestige in the army and has a large army in his hand. If he breaks with him, he will definitely have the ability to split the country.

At night, Shi Congyun repeatedly read the letters Li Chongjin sent to him, rubbed his temples, and fell into a dilemma. Li Chongjin refused to cross the river and asked to go to the Yellow River for talks. He undoubtedly knew that once he crossed the Yellow River, he would not be his opponent. There is no way out.

Whether to go or not is a difficult problem. He is afraid of danger. If it was half a year ago, he would not hesitate.

It's just that the place where the butt sits is different now, and the thinking is different...

Chapter 258, Money Money Money

"The commander-in-chief must be popular in the army, he has no chance." Luqiu Zhongqing said anxiously.

"The commander-in-chief must not go north. Now the capital needs the commander-in-chief to be in charge. There are many things that need to be handled by you personally."

The brazier in the hall of the Shi Mansion was red, and everyone sat around at will. It was full of people, about 50 or [-] people. Come and sit with your chin resting on the arm of the chair.

The people below were in a mess, yelling one after another.

Shi Congyun was very annoyed, and said impatiently: "Shut up, everyone, come one by one if you want to speak, raise your hand first if you want to speak."

As a result, almost everyone raised their hands in an instant, and Wang Zhong, who imitated him and sat on the stool backwards, almost jumped up from the chair.

"You talk too much, so talk less!" Shi Congyun said impatiently, and then looked at Wang Shenqi, who was relatively calm. Wang Shenqi was promoted by him to be the governor of the three towns of Heyang. , but has not yet taken office.

"Tell me."

Wang Shenqi cupped his hands and got up to speak, but the generals below were still in a mess.

Shi Congyun couldn't bear it anymore. He was already very irritable by the messy trivial matters these two days, and he didn't even have time to play games with Zhao Shijian, Zhou Xian, Fu Liu and others, "Shut up! Is this a pigsty?" , What are you yelling about?"

"That handsome guy is a pig!" Someone yelled, and everyone in the room was holding back their laughter. Shi Congyun was so angry that his liver ached, but he didn't bother to care about it, "Go away, tell me the business. Otherwise, I will die if I let you have a mess today.

Who dares to interrupt Wang Shenqi's words, someone cut his tongue! "

During the special period, he really didn't want so many people to come to the Shifu for nothing, but it was a big deal for Li Chongjin not to cross the Yellow River. The situation was urgent, and the country might be on the verge of splitting, so he had to be cautious.

It was a little awkward for the prime ministers to sit on it. They were obviously not used to such an atmosphere. This was a major event in the court, so Shi Congyun not only invited the prime minister, but also the queen, but the queen was in the back hall, separated by a curtain. Listen to them discuss things.

Li Chongjin's approach somewhat reminded him that Xiang Yu asked to be singled out like Liu Bang in front of thousands of troops. He was naive and naive, but it also echoed his character.

Li Chongjin is a very straightforward military general. Back then when Zhang Yongde participated in his rebellion in Huainan, he rushed to his camp and said that what you did was not good for the war, so stop spreading rumors......

Wang Shenqi cupped his hands, "Commander, Li Chongjin is leading the Hu Jie army, and he is also an elite soldier, but he can't last long, without imperial orders, the states and counties along the way will soon not provide him with food.

Moreover, a certain man felt that the commander-in-chief would naturally be able to recall all the officers and men with an edict from the empress, and the hearts of the officers and men under him were no longer on his side.Moreover, most of the soldiers are from the Central Plains, and their families are all near Daliang, so they don't want to stay in the north for a long time.

Even in the worst case, the general has just defeated the main force of the Liao army, captured and beheaded more than [-] main forces of the Liao army, and his power shakes the world. As long as he gives an order, who would dare not obey?Would the Northern Han Dynasty dare to take him in?Does the Liao Kingdom dare to take him in?

The commander-in-chief only needs to send troops to guard the ferry, and don't care about the rest. "

After Wang Shenqi finished speaking and sat down, many people raised their hands to express their opinions, but Shi Congyun suppressed him, "Let Guo Tingzhi speak."

Many people were unhappy, Guo Tingwei cupped his hands, got up and said: "Commander, Li Chongjin is a simple-minded warrior, he did it capriciously, he thought things too simply, in my opinion, the matter is not that serious, completely Don't worry too much."

"Are you looking down on warriors!" Someone yelled loudly in disbelief, Shi Congyun gave him a glare, and immediately shut up.

Guo Tingwei went on to say, "He just put himself in an unrighteous place. The world has finally settled down and people's hearts are at peace. If Li Chongjin really dares to resist the river and stand on the top of the mountain, he will definitely make the people of the whole country cast aside, and all the soldiers will be alienated from morality. .

In fact, at this time, the commander-in-chief could already declare to the outside world that Li Chongjin disobeyed the imperial edict, disrespected the new emperor's order, and was a traitor. "

"I think these generals have thought of it a long time ago. They just have a heart for the people of the world, and they can't bear to let their own people suffer from civil strife, so they temporarily tolerate him and come to us to discuss countermeasures." Guo Tingwei said quite moved: " The commander-in-chief is different from those in the past, he always thinks about the people in war, this is the blessing of the world."

Everyone cast all kinds of eyes, Shi Congyun looked at Guo Tingwei, feeling a little confused, huh?Did I think of it? I really didn't expect it. After Li Chongjin refused to cross the river, he really panicked. He didn't send troops because he was afraid that Li Chongjin would influence him too much and his prestige would be too high.

Seeing everyone looking at him, Shi Congyun got up immediately, his mind turned quickly, and he followed Guo Tingzhi's words and said sadly: "Oh, there is no way...

That's right, I did think of what you said, as long as the imperial court issued an imperial edict, Li Chongjin could be designated as a traitor and traitor, and there was absolutely no chance of turning over.

But there are [-] to [-] soldiers of the imperial army around him, and they are also brothers who fought with us in the south and north. If the imperial court issued an edict, they would also become rebellious officials and thieves. Many of them did not know what happened, but were just deceived.

I really can't bear it..."

The generals were quite moved and stopped shouting.

Immediately someone jumped out, "Commander, I will take someone across the river to explain the whole story to the brothers on the other side, it doesn't matter where they die!"

"Marshal, someone has led soldiers in the Hujie Army, I'll go and convince them!"

"The commander-in-chief now has an army of 10,000+, so what if they all cross the river to kill Li Chongjin, that fleshy man?"

"..." For a while, some people were willing, and some people clamored to clean up Li Chongjin.

For a while, the atmosphere in the hall was very lively.

Seeing the general's reaction, Shi Congyun secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and at the same time began to think about how to settle Li Chongjin, and now he couldn't afford to delay, he had to settle the domestic affairs immediately, and then turn his head to deal with foreign affairs.

The most important point is that the treasury has no money......

In the battle with the Khitans, 10,000+ troops were dispatched in four directions, with about 40 logistics personnel. After he came back, the Department of Household Affairs told him with trepidation that there were only 96 cash left in the treasury!

In the end, the scale of this battle was too large, and it was unexpectedly long, and it was not a profitable war, which was a headache.

96 yuan, excluding officials' salaries and official funerals, the rest is not enough to reward soldiers.

Therefore, the Household Division, Li Gu, the Minister of the Sansi, and several prime ministers and empresses were all frightened to death, and their faces were pale.

This is the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms. The rewards promised to the soldiers were not in place, and there were many cases where the soldiers immediately turned against each other. The soldiers mutinied on the spot, and they might have killed the emperor who had just ascended the throne.

So they were terrified to death, fearing that there would be trouble again, and they didn't dare to publicize it.

Shi Congyun was both distressed and happy. What he distressed was that the money he saved from corruption and bribery was finally useful, and he could temporarily fill in the vacancies to distribute rewards to the soldiers.

The happy thing is that if you have money, you are the uncle. At this time, money is life, and if you have money, you have the right to speak; when he pays, the queen and several prime ministers even bow to him and obey him.

However, Shi Congyun also knew in his heart that his little money was to quench his thirst temporarily, and it could not solve long-term problems. Now he must put money and food in the first place.

There are only two ways to get money in the world, one is to accumulate slowly, and the other is to grab!

Obviously, under the current circumstances, it is impossible for Shi Congyun to slowly manage this country with only four provinces for decades, make it rich, and then send it to the Liao Kingdom in waves.

To put it bluntly, there is only robbing, only annexation. It sounds ugly and barbaric; but what is certain is that human beings have been doing this for hundreds of thousands of years. If you don’t rob, you are ready to be robbed.

It's impossible to empathize with the enemy with morality, unless he can't beat you.

When the scale of plunder and mergers has expanded, Shi Congyun likes to call it "profitable war", which sounds much more civilized and advanced.

It is very simple to fight a profitable war now, and it is also limited by geographical conditions. The territory of the Han Dynasty at its peak was almost all suitable for farming and semi-farming areas, but it may be strange to look at some places in its territory, such as Han Emperor Wu even built the fortress to Inner Mongolia, why didn't he occupy the grassland?

Because of the restrictions of production and lifestyle, according to the words of the officials of the Han Dynasty at that time, it was a "useless place". In order to fight a profitable war, in fact, we only had to fight along the original territory of the Han Dynasty.

The Han Dynasty has included all farming areas and semi-farming areas into its territory, just follow the footsteps.

However, among these lands, there are also high and low points, but when it comes to places that serve as warehouses for money and grain in the world, Bashu must not be avoided.

Qin, Han, and Tang ruled the world with Bashu as the rear.

Now that I am short of money, naturally I immediately thought of the Kingdom of Shu......

Chapter 259, Zhang Wu

In autumn, Shi Congyun's itinerary was very tight.

As soon as the officials left, internal and external incidents followed one after another, starting with Li Chongjin from the outside.