Five Dynasties River Mountains Fengyue

Feng Yanlu was greatly shocked, and agreed with his thoughts, and when he left, he had the heart to support the young man.

It's just that he also knows that in today's Southern Tang environment, it is difficult for the main fighters to survive. Let alone the war between the king and Zhu Wenwu, even if they are asked to increase their troops to prepare for the war, they are afraid of angering Shi Congyun.

Especially last year when Liu Yu was arrogant and insulted Shi Congyun with his words, as a result, the hundreds of thousands of troops of the Southern Han Dynasty collapsed and collapsed in nine months. Trembling with fright, there was no desire to resist.

Especially now that the special envoy of Qin State is still in the south of the Yangtze River, getting along very well with the ruler and ministers of civil and military affairs, they dare not do anything under Lu Duoxun's nose.

Even if he and the privy envoy Chen Qiao recommended to fight for it, he dared not say that it was to defend against the north, but it was better than doing nothing.

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Chapter 452

Jiangnan has its own calculations, and the girders also have the trade-offs of the girders. The wheels of history are rolling, and there is no intention of stopping.

In Qin Guozhong, north of the river, all preparations are being carried out in an orderly manner.

However, the trivial matters in the country have not stopped. Apart from the busy war preparations, there is also the aftermath brought about by the promulgation of the new "Da Qin Xing Tong".

Shanglin Garden was handed over by Shi Congyun to Feng Jisheng, Fan Ruobing, and Chen Chengzhao of the Confidentiality Department as the secret test site for the new pontoon bridge. Many exotic flowers and plants were quietly removed. Emperor Shi wanted to sell money or give it away. Those who are really not interested, what flowers and plants are more beautiful than the beauties in his harem.

However, stamens have a special liking for exotic flowers and plants, so Shi Congyun asked her to choose, and most of them were sent to her palace.

Her palace was dressed up in red and green, reminding him of the Wizard of Oz.

The formerly bustling and huge royal garden was vacated, and it was exclusively used by the staff of the confidentiality department.

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After that, the discussion on the new law, especially the imperial examinations, did not stop at all. However, because of Emperor Shi's toughness, they only dared to say in the memorial, and no one mentioned it when they arrived at the court meeting. .

Shi Congyun knew that the reason for this situation was that his prestige was too high now. If he hadn't won so many victories, or was an ordinary emperor, these people would have jumped up.

This reminded Shi Congyun of another thing, which was to set up an intelligence agency exclusively for him.

In fact, a system similar to the Jinyiwei in the Ming Dynasty existed as early as the Song Dynasty and before it. For example, the Wude Department and the Huangcheng Department in the Northern Song Dynasty were the eyes and ears of the emperor, used to monitor and investigate officials, and were directly responsible to the emperor.

It's just that they are far from being as unscrupulous as the Jinyiwei of the Ming Dynasty. They are indeed directly subordinate to the emperor and belong to the department that directly reaches Tianting. Most of their actions are within the framework of laws and regulations, and they cannot do whatever they want. There are many, which is one of the reasons why the Wude Department and Huangcheng Department in the Song Dynasty were not so famous.

At the beginning of the Northern Song Dynasty, Zhao Kuangyin set up the Wu De Department to deal with corrupt officials and facilitate the investigation and punishment of corruption. It was only in Zhao Guangyi's period that it gradually became a secret service agency and changed to the Huangcheng Department.

For Emperor Shi, he didn't want a privileged institution like Jinyiwei.What he needs is a department like Wu Desi that he can call at any time, the most important thing is efficiency, bypassing some complicated procedures, so that the downward movement of imperial power has a certain degree of flexibility.

Everything has two sides. This kind of flexibility must be used with caution. If it is too much, it will destroy the integrity of the judicial system, causing chaos in the court, and many unjust and wrong cases must be maintained.

The so-called "The Way of the Mean", Shi Congyun remembers that this sentence was criticized countless times by many scholars, celebrities, and even on the Internet when he was young.

After he became the emperor in these years, he understands the meaning of this sentence more and more. Any policy or plan has its positive side and its negative side. If it is too good, it will become bad. A balance is the best solution.

He needs a secret service department directly under the emperor to give them privileges to improve resilience and flexibility, but not to give them too much power to cause them to destroy the originally healthy national judicial system. This degree needs to be adjusted, less is not good, more Not good.

After much deliberation, he felt that his confidant Wang Zhong was the most suitable candidate.

His three most trusted generals are Wang Zhong, Shao Ji and his father Shi Yanchao.

Shao Ji helped him watch the Tianxiong Army in Hebei, and his father was now appointed to lead the Imperial Army to stabilize order. The remaining Wang Zhong has been doing inspections in the capital for many years. , Surveillance, arrest and the like are most familiar.

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At the beginning of May, Emperor Shi ordered the establishment of the Department of Wu De. The official office was set up to the east of Chongming Gate, which was responsible for guarding all gates of the imperial city.

Most of the members are selected from the soldiers of the Imperial Army who have studied in the Shenhuo Army, and officials from Dali Temple, Yushitai, and the Ministry of Punishment can also serve as military moral envoys temporarily.

As soon as this order came out, many people immediately became vigilant, because Wu Desi was not without precedent. It existed in the Five Dynasties and even before. The emperor re-established Wu Desi at this juncture. Many people thought of the turmoil after the promulgation of the new legal order , People who have snacks are starting to be afraid.

Sure enough, although it may take some time for Wu Desi to be fully established and functioning, in the following days, officials requesting amendments to some laws of the imperial examinations have dropped by [-] to [-]%.

And Emperor Shi also gradually started his public opinion war. He asked his most trusted father to bring many literate soldiers of the Shenhuo Army to Daliang not only for safety reasons, but also because they were the best in his public opinion offensive. assistant.

Those old men in the Hanlin Academy and the Imperial Academy do have some students, but compared with the Shenhuo Army, they are nothing worth mentioning.

The Shenhuo Army was literate and able to explain the benefits of the new law to ordinary people one by one. In addition, they took control of Daliang City in the name of maintaining order, and all the public opinion positions turned to Emperor Shi.

Shi Congyun specially asked Zhao Shijian to write the manuscript for him, and then went to the army to explain it to the soldiers of the Shenhuo Army, and asked them to go to the streets every day to preach the new regulations on the imperial examination and explain why they did it.

At the same time, people were also sent to preach to a large number of surrounding states and counties.

At the beginning, tens of thousands of people from the Shenhuo Army mobilized more than 1000 people. After a few days, the people of Daliang were discussing and praising Emperor Shi's benevolent government.

Shi Congyun felt that the effect was very good, so he sent more people. One team was led by Liu Qingchuan, the other was led by Zhang Zhengtao, and the other was led by Zhang Zhenghai. They continued to spread propaganda in the surrounding counties of Daliang.

Emperor Shi's foresight at the beginning finally blossomed at this moment, allowing him to firmly grasp the right to speak from those stubborn old scholars.

How many disciples do they have?Shi Congyun didn't know.

But he has tens of thousands of educated and literate soldiers of the Shenhuo Army. His loyalty and obedience to the Communist Party are tempered by victories. Sending some of them to the battlefield of public opinion will soon overwhelm those people In the vast ocean.

Moreover, Emperor Shi used a set of combined punches, not a simple and rude direct confrontation.

First use the establishment of the Wu De Division to deter those people, so that they dare not speak out for the time being, and immediately send out their own Shenhuo Army while they are being suppressed, intervene in the name of maintaining order, and increase propaganda and spread.

When the rumors passed and the opposition parties finally dared to speak out, public opinion in the world had completely changed.

It can be as short as a few months, and as long as half a year has passed, Wu Desi has really gained a firm foothold, matured, and has a new way to deal with them.

Generally speaking, Emperor Shi did not take a frontal approach to these overt and covert opponents, but turned sideways and punched a set of combined punches.

After doing these things, as long as they get through this year safely, they probably won't be able to make any waves.

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Mingyue don't startle, the breeze blares at midnight.

The fragrance of rice flowers speaks of a good year, and the sound of frogs is heard...  

In May, the weather gradually began to heat up, probably because of the shadow left by last year's disaster. This year, it was a little easier. Emperor Shi personally went to the prefectures and counties near Daliang to inspect the fields, and brought Xiao Huanghua and Lin Shanggong with him.

The farthest thing was to cross the Yellow River, go to Hebei to see the resumption of production in the disaster area, and personally supervise the local officials, and then stayed in the countryside for a few days before returning to Daliang.

The good news is that many places in the disaster-stricken areas in Hebei have resumed production this year, and the victims have gradually returned to normal life. This year will probably be a good year.

But the bad news is that the impact of the disaster has not been eliminated, because many people died last year, and many villages have not enough young people to work.

After the inspection, he went to Weizhou to meet Shao Ji, the general guarding the Tianxiong Army.

After meeting Shengjia in Weizhou and washing away the dust, Shao Ji told him an unbelievable news that Tianxiong Army has many deserters this year, and he has already arrested hundreds of people and put them in prison. He plans to execute him in the end of this month .

Emperor Shi was very surprised and felt that this incident was strange, so he summoned the deserters and asked them why they escaped.

Many deserters cried loudly and complained loudly. It turned out that their families were also affected by disasters last year. Many people died in their families, and some of them did not know whether their relatives were dead or alive. Especially this year, as their families are young and strong, they will not go home. Might be starved to death.

They begged for forgiveness.

Shi Congyun was very emotional after hearing this, and pardoned their capital crimes on the spot, and gave each of them money to go home.

Then he asked Shao Ji to summon the whole army and announced that because of the severe disaster in Hebei last year, their hometown was hit by a disaster, and their family members needed them just when they were needed.

If there are soldiers in the Tianxiong Army who want to go home, they can be exempted from the crime of desertion, allowed to go home, and issued money at the same time.

As soon as the edict came out, many soldiers were grateful to Emperor Shi and shouted for the Holy Spirit.

Almost [-]% of the Tianxiong army chose to go home.

This trip to Hebei, Shi Congyun came to investigate the disaster from the beginning, but he did not expect to end with such a result.

Before, he thought that disbanding the Tianxiong Army rashly would have a backlash, so he did not hesitate to let Shao Ji and many officers come over to maintain stability. What he thought was that if he did not make up for these years, when the old man of the Tianxiong Army couldn't stay longer, he would gradually disband , although it will take more than ten or twenty years, he can wait.

It's just that I didn't expect that the Tianxiong Army would almost disband this year after a flood in Hebei last year, and the soldiers would still be grateful to him.

Therefore, when Hebei came back to cross the Taotao Yellow River, Emperor Shi said with deep emotion: "If you lose your horse, you will know that it is not a blessing. Many things in the world cannot be controlled by human beings, and they are not transferred by human will."

Of course, on the Taotao Yellow River, Emperor Shi was also very excited, but he didn't recite poems to fight against it, he just experienced a boat shock in a very vulgar way. Not to mention, he did this on the Yangtze River and later in Shu Kingdom In this way, it can be regarded as an achievement.

Unexpectedly, Emperor Shi, who gained achievement points again, passed through Chenqiaoyi in early June and returned to his loyal Daliang.

Chapter 453, Time flies

In June, the first newly refitted gunboat was launched on the banks of the Bianshui River.

Compared with the gunboat that showed its power on the Guijiang River last year and made rapid progress, the new model has many improvements.

In particular, the stability of the sail and the hull has been enhanced, and iron plates have been added to protect important parts such as the vicinity of some shooting holes.

This is learned from the battlefield.

Because last year near Wuzhou, there were Nanhan military trebuchets on the shore that just concentrated on the hull near the shooting hole.

There was no problem at that time, but when the gun was fired, the huge recoil directly tore the cracked hull.

Several people in the bed were injured on the spot, and one died.

When the NO.13 ship was launched, Emperor Shi also came to watch it in person, bringing a large number of officials with him.

By the middle of the month, the basic framework of Wu Desi had been established, and Wang Zhong was the first Wu De envoy of the Qin Dynasty.

Later, Shi Congyun ordered to transfer Shao Ji back from Hebei.

In the days that followed, everything went on in an orderly manner. As the public opinion war supported by the Shenhuo Army advanced, more and more people began to support the implementation of the new law.

With the arrival of June, the new law began to be fully implemented, but the previous opposition failed to make any decent moves, and was dragged to June by Emperor Shi. With the arrival of June, after the preliminary preparations, the new "Da Qin Punishment When the system begins to be used nationwide, everything will fall into place.

People are like this, if you compromise once, you will compromise the second time, and gradually you will get used to it.

With the implementation of the new law, the support of the court is getting higher and higher, because let alone the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, compared with the Tang Dynasty, the current laws and regulations are much looser, and there are still many things that are beneficial to the people.

For example, before this, if the common people were enlisted by the state to work for the state as labor slaves, build city walls, canals, palaces, or deliver grain and grass for the army, etc., they all had to bring their own food and shoes to work for the state voluntarily.

The new law clarifies that the common people serve the state as corvée, the state provides food and shoes, and the common people only need to work.

In fact, Emperor Shi ordered the implementation of this regulation before, and it was not original by him, because this is what Zhao Kuangyin did in history, and he learned it.

It's just that at that time, because it was conveyed in the form of the emperor's password, the implementation of it was different in the whole country, and some places didn't even know that there was such an order.

This time it is simply stipulated at the height of national laws and regulations.

In addition, there are many decrees that win the hearts of the people, reducing the entanglement of crimes, abolishing cruel methods of execution such as beheading, and uniformly changing to hanging and beheading.

Change the bad habits of some warlords in power during the Five Dynasties period and harsh punishments and laws.

The simplest example is that in the late Jin Dynasty, a child was beheaded for fighting with a stick for the crime of possession of weapons. One can imagine what kind of punishment would be given to the more serious ones, such as wounding, stealing, and contradicting superiors.

Corporal punishments such as chopping off hands, feet, and noses are even more common.

The old history of the Five Dynasties once said that the people of the Five Dynasties were like being roasted on the fire, and they were anxious all day long, not knowing when they would die.

Coming out of such an era, facing the new laws of the Qin Dynasty, how could people in the world not support them.

In late June, Shao Ji finished handling the handover of the Tianxiong Army and returned to the capital to meet Shi Congyun.

Shi Congyun asked him to take a good rest for a month, and went home to spend time with his wife and children, but did not arrange tasks for him for the time being. After all, it was really hard for Shao Ji to be transferred here and there in the past few years.

After the middle of June, Emperor Shi finally relaxed and was able to take care of the delicate flowers in his harem with all his strength.

Apparently he went to Zhou Xian Palace more frequently, but he never found out where her sister was. Emperor Shi had a feeling that Zhou Xian was so smart that he might have vaguely noticed something.

But he also has his own strengths, that is thick skin, anyway, Zhou Xian doesn't point out, he doesn't say anything, he still looks for it, it's nothing more than a little man's curiosity.

The leisurely days continued until mid-July, and good news came from all over the country. There were no major disasters across the country this year, except for Hebei, which has not yet recovered.

Guanzhong, Sichuan, Huainan and many other places have ushered in a bumper harvest.

Also in July, the situation in the Southern Han Dynasty was completely under control. A large number of officials had been replaced with court officials, and the selection and replacement of officials in the Southern Han Dynasty was basically completed.

Of course, because there are many ethnic groups in Lingnan, and there are many clans with different customs and cultures, Shi Congyun also agreed with Pan Mei's suggestion of cooperating with the elders of the local clans.

Since the government does not directly control them, they can follow the rules of the tribe and decide matters within the tribe themselves, but they must be disarmed and pay taxes on time every year.

This was also the ruling measure adopted by the previous dynasties.

After discussing with the prime ministers, Shi Congyun agreed, because the imperial court could not maintain a large number of troops in Lingnan, which would consume a lot of money, and once they completely turned against the scattered local tribes, although they could defeat those tribes, it would be difficult to completely eliminate them. Once the army retreats, it will fall into endless trouble and consumption.

This is caused by the special geographical environment of Lingnan.

In the end, it meant that the court made a certain compromise and delegated part of the judicial power to these tribes, but required them to release their military capabilities and pay protection fees at the same time.

This is what the simple understanding means, and there is no way around it.

But as long as the imperial court firmly controls the surrounding Dazhou counties and high-quality resources, these tribes will always be controlled by them, and there will be no troubles.

In August, the naval expansion was completed, and two more gunboats were launched that month.

This time Emperor Shi didn't go to see it again, but just rewarded the craftsmen of the confidentiality department.

Fan Ruobing's pontoon bridge has also made some progress. A huge pontoon bridge nearly two miles long has been built in Shanglin Garden, which has completely surpassed the previous record. The first Yangtze River Bridge.