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They have discussed this issue many times in private. After weighing the pros and cons, they still think it is better to stay in Liangzhou.The emperor has visited Liangzhou for more than a year, and he is still in Wuwei. It is obvious that he attaches great importance to Liangzhou.Yang Xiu also said that the imperial court will make up for what is lacking, and will give great support to Liangzhou, so that the life of the people in Liangzhou will not be much different from that in Guanzhong.

Since that's the case, why should they take risks, it's better to wait until later.

Yang Xiu laughed, turned to look at Yang Fu, and nodded with satisfaction. "Yishan is right. Liangzhou people can't give up Liangzhou, Liangzhou has hope. Otherwise, no matter how much the court spends, Liangzhou will definitely be occupied by the Qiang and Hu, and Guanzhong will not be safe at that time. "

"What the Ming government said is true."

"The autumn harvest is approaching, and the Qianghu in the mountains will soon go down the mountain. Although Hanyang is not directly connected to the Qianghu, it cannot stay out of it. Yishan, you are in Liangzhou, and Liangzhou is not here. You have to take on important responsibilities. Get ready to reinforce Longxi."

"Okay." Yang Fu readily agreed.

Yang Xiu's words are tantamount to asking him to take on the responsibility of Liangzhou Mu.Although it is impossible for him to really become the shepherd of Liangzhou, with this opportunity to perform, he will have the opportunity to make meritorious deeds and get the priority of being promoted.

This is the opportunity Yang Xiu gave him, and it is also the reward for his cooperation.

While talking, Wang Wei, Jiang Xu and others arrived and restrained their mounts one after another.Yang Fu and Jiang Xu faced each other and nodded calmly.Jiang Xu understood, turned his head to look at Zhao Ang, and squeezed his eyes.

Chapter 472 New forces

With the autumn harvest approaching, Yang Xiu led the officials to inspect the county, especially the river valleys suitable for cultivation.

Compared with grazing, farming can feed more people with less land. River valleys are often the places with the most densely registered households, and they are also areas where powerful and powerful families compete.

In addition to farming, river water can also provide water and power for mills, paper mills, iron mills and other workshops, which plays an important role in wealth accumulation.Occupying the River Valley, no matter how small a family is, it can quickly become stronger.Without the River Valley, no matter how big a family is, it will decline rapidly.

The people of Liangzhou are fierce and fierce. In order to compete for water sources, there are often family-based fights, and sometimes there are even tragedies of extermination.Anyway, Han and Qiang live together in Liangzhou, and if something happened, it can be inferred that it was the Qiang Hu invasion.

The governor of Liangzhou is recognized as a high risk.When the troops of Guandong Prefecture rose up to separate one side, the locals of Liangzhou still had the final say.

When Yang Xiu first came, he didn't dare to act rashly, and he didn't even go out of the city very much.It wasn't until Han Sui pacified Song Jian, Liangzhou Mu Weiduan saw that Jia was detained, and Jia Xu selected two hundred Liangzhou children from the palace to build a student camp.

After looking at several places, he had a rough idea.

Compared with the aristocratic families in the Guandong Prefecture and the tyrants who mainly controlled their official careers, the official careers of the big clans in Liangzhou were difficult, and they valued the land they depended on for survival.The land is inherently limited. When the limited land is occupied by the big clans, it is even more difficult for ordinary people to survive. Many people have to take robbery as a sideline or even a main occupation.

In order to survive, they did not even spare their own brothers.They are willing to slash at anyone, even with a crude weapon, as long as someone is willing to give them a bite to eat.

There is no such thing as taking life and death lightly, it's just that survival is too difficult.Who wouldn't take their own life seriously if they could barely survive?

This is also one of the reasons for the frequent military chaos in Liangzhou.

To solve this problem, we must first solve the distribution of land so that ordinary people can live without taking risks.

Of course, this is not something that can be solved with a few words, so Yang Xiu chose a relatively gentle method, giving them a chance to make contributions in exchange for them giving up their obsession with the land.At the same time, he implemented another method: agreeing to move the landless people into Guanzhong to reduce the demand for land and ease the conflict between people and land.

The big clans are unwilling to move easily, but ordinary people are very willing to move into Guanzhong, even if they become military households, they need to serve as soldiers.

It is better to become a military household and fight for the court than to become a tribal clan.

Under Yang Xiu's hard and soft tactics, Yang Fu and others chose to cooperate with the court and Yang Xiu.

After reaching an agreement, the first measure is that the big clans that own the land pay taxes according to the amount of land to provide food for the autumn defense, instead of collecting food from the people who have no surplus food.

The food is provided by the big clan, but the main force of the battle is not the trilogy of the big clan, but the county soldiers composed of ordinary people.

Yang Xiu vetoed the suggestion of Yang Fu and others to assemble various tribes and tribes into the army, and insisted on recruiting soldiers from ordinary people according to the existing system of the imperial court.He was personally in charge, and the county magistrate Wang Wei and others actively cooperated and took advantage of the opportunity of the prefect's inspection to send news of the conscription to all parts of the country.

Winter is the most difficult time for Liangzhou people. I heard that the government not only provides food, but also rewards for meritorious service. The people are very enthusiastic, and the conscription work is going smoothly.

Yang Xiu selected 3000 people from them, handed over the daily training to Jiang Xu and others, and took charge of the education himself.

This is his experience, which was verified as early as the battle of Huayin.

In addition to arranging for Wang Wei and others to teach the soldiers to read and write, he himself insisted on patrolling the camps every day, talking and chatting with ordinary soldiers, asking them about their lives and hopes for the future, and promoting the imperial court's Liangzhou policy.

After Song Jian was put down, the county soldiers who participated in the war returned one after another, bringing a lot of news.Most of the people also heard that the Son of Heaven visited Liangzhou, but they didn't think it had anything to do with them before, so they didn't care too much.At this moment, seeing the emperor's close ministers, and the fourth generation and third princes, Yang Taishou is so approachable, they can feel the existence of the imperial court firsthand.

Jiang Xu and others also quickly realized that Yang Xiu was not a scholar who was not familiar with military affairs. Yang Xiu was not only familiar with the art of war, but also had a good understanding of specific tactics.There are many details that they may not be clear about, but Yang Xiu is very familiar with it, and he speaks clearly.

This made Jiang Xu and others look at each other with admiration.

The previous Hanyang prefects did not have such a level. They may be familiar with Confucian classics, but they don't understand them, and they don't bother to understand these trivial details.When they were about to fight, they also hid in the city and walked around the city twice at most, so it was impossible to talk about commanding the battle.

It seems that Yang Xiu is not only good at riding, but also no stranger to commanding battles.

It is said that the Son of Heaven is the Son of Heaven on horseback and a genius for using soldiers. It seems that what he said is true.

In the face of Yang Xiu's pressure, Jiang Xu and others did not dare to take it lightly, and put out all their strengths for training.If they were perfunctory, perhaps the soldiers in the battalion would dislike them and ask Yang Xiu to take command in person without waiting until the battle.

When that time comes, they will lose face.

While strengthening training, Yang Xiu wrote to the Son of Heaven, requesting that Hanyang County soldiers be equipped with a batch of armor, so that all the county soldiers can wear armor.Considering that the level of Qianghu weapons they faced was even worse, they didn't need particularly good armor, just the ones they replaced before.

Half a month later, the emperor's reply arrived.Arrangements have been made for Hedong to allocate armor. In addition to the ordinary armor requested by Yang Xiu, there are also several sets of newly-made fine armor, which will be used as equipment for the commanders and rewards for the meritorious soldiers.

The specific distribution is in the hands of Yang Xiu.

After another half a month, the armor was transported from the east of the river.Although they are all old armor, they have been carefully repaired and maintained, and their protection capabilities are sufficient.Yang Xiu ordered people to distribute the armor in place, and asked the soldiers to familiarize themselves with it as soon as possible so that they can play their due protective role and increase the survival rate on the battlefield.

All three thousand knights wore armor, which greatly boosted morale.

Yang Xiu showed off a new set of armor and told all the soldiers that this is a new armor made by the emperor in Anyi. It not only has better protection ability, but also is lighter.Of course, the price is also high. At present, it is not possible to equip all personnel. Only soldiers who have excellent training and meritorious service on the battlefield can get it.This is not only a set of armor, but also a reward from the emperor to the warriors of Liangzhou.

The allocation of these sets of new armors is not based on official position or family background, but only on personal performance.Training results and meritorious service performance are the only criteria for judging. On the day of your triumphant return, I will publicly distribute these armors to warriors who are worthy of these armors at the celebration banquet, and record them in the county annals for future generations.

As soon as these words came out, the eyes of Jiang Xu and the others turned red.

No matter how valuable the armor is, it is limited, but the honor represented by the armor is hard to buy, which is equivalent to the seal of the imperial court.

Chapter 473

Jiang Xu, Yang Fu, and Zhao Ang all arrived at the home of Prince Wei of Hanyang County.

Wang Wei rested and took a bath today, slept in for a long time, and hasn't gotten up yet.Lying down with the quilt in his arms, he was talking with his wife Zhao, thinking about his daughter not coming back for more than half a year, whether he should take this opportunity to go to Wuwei this year.

Seeing my daughter is naturally a joy, but the distance is long and it is also a very hard work.In addition, Wang Wei is busy with official duties, so he may not be able to leave.

"Why don't we wait for our daughter to visit relatives." Zhao Shi said.

"Visiting relatives..." Wang Wei smacked his lips and did not continue.

There was one thing he didn't dare to tell his wife.Wang Yi has already written a letter, saying that this year's relatives will not come back.The reason is also simple. The women's battalion has achieved outstanding results in recent training and is likely to expand in size.When recruits enter the camp, the affairs are complicated. As the chief bookkeeper, she may not be able to get away.

Wang Wei can understand her daughter.When he first entered the official career, he was also so focused on official duties, wanting to make some achievements.Even now, he is hesitant to go to the scheme because of official business.

Yang Xiu finally opened up the situation in Hanyang, and there will definitely be many new moves in the future.If he leaves at this time, Yang Xiu must find other people to assist him. When he comes back, the opportunity may be missed.

"She is not young anymore, it's time to think about marriage." Zhao said again.

Wang Wei frowned and didn't answer his wife's words.

The Zhao family came from the four surnames of Tianshui, and she wanted her daughter Wang Yi to marry her concubine Zhao Ang.Originally, this was indeed a good marriage. Zhao Ang's family background is good, and he is easy to learn, so it is enough to match Wang Yi.But now the situation is different, Wang Yi has become the head of the women's battalion, a close minister of the emperor, and sometimes assists in handling official documents, with a bright future, how can Zhao Ang be worthy of it.

There are a lot of talented people around the emperor, and if one is picked out at random, his family background and character are beyond Zhao Ang's comparison.

What's more, Wang Wei still has an ambition in his heart.It is said that Wang Yi is somewhat similar to the emperor's biological mother, the Empress Dowager, and the emperor himself admires Wang Yi quite a lot.If Wang Yi enters the palace in the future, even if he is an ordinary beauty, he will be more promising than marrying Zhao Ang.

Seeing that Wang Wei didn't speak, Mrs. Zhao was a little unhappy, but she didn't dare to talk too much.

The strength of the Wang family was originally not as good as that of the Zhao family. Wang Wei wanted to marry her because she wanted to be superior to her. She said what she said at home.Now that Wang Wei has climbed up to the new prefect Yang Xiu, the future is boundless, and the Zhao family will ask Wang Wei in turn, so she has scruples in front of Wang Wei.

"Why don't we let Wei Zhang (Zhao Ang) be the top strategist and go to see his daughter by the way?" Zhao said cautiously.

Wang Wei glared at Zhao Shi angrily. "He hasn't entered the official position yet. Even if he enters the official position now, he will be a strategist in the first year. Are you not afraid of other people's gossip?" As he spoke, he lifted the quilt, put on his coat, and pushed the door out.

Zhao's face changed color with anger, and she gave Wang Wei a hard look from the back.

Although Wang Wei didn't look back, he felt his wife's anger, subconsciously paused, turned around and said, "Do you still remember Huang Yi?"

Mrs. Zhao thought for a while, nodded and said, "Of course I remember."

"If Wei Zhang can practice martial arts as hard as Huang Yi, maybe he can apply for the army. A Xiliang person can't be as hardworking as a son of a Kanto family. Guandong is a minister, and Kanxi is a general. This is us from Xiliang The foundation of one's life and one's life."

Mrs. Zhao didn't say a word, and her momentum became much weaker.

Zhao Ang is not a weak scholar, but his martial arts are indeed not outstanding, let alone inferior to Jiang Xu, Yang Fu and others, even compared with Huang Yi, his spirit of enduring hardship is far inferior.This was originally an advantage—Liangzhou has no shortage of warriors, but lacks scholars—but now it has become a disadvantage.The emperor advocates both civil and military skills, and he can only read books, even if he is not good at martial arts.

Zhao Ang's situation is a bit embarrassing.

Wang Wei walked down the steps and moved his body in the courtyard.An old servant came to report, and Jiang Xu and three people came to visit.

Hearing about Zhao Ang, Wang Wei looked back at his wife.Recently, Zhao Ang came too frequently.

Zhao quickly said that it had nothing to do with her, and she didn't know either.

When Wang Wei thought about it, he didn't think it was Zhao Ang's business alone. Jiang Xu and Yang Fu might be the focus.He asked the old servant to answer the call, invited the guests to sit in the hall, and he went after changing clothes and washing.

The old servant left, Wang Wei went back to the bedroom, and while changing clothes, he discussed with Zhao how to deal with it.Zhao was a little unhappy and stabbed Wang Weiyi. "You also entrusted the help of Mrs. Zhao and Mrs. Jiang as the county magistrate, and you deserve some rewards. Without their help, how would you be better than Xue Xia?"

Wang Wei glared at Mrs. Zhao angrily. "You'd better not mention Xue Xia, Mr. Yang also mentioned this matter two days ago, and wants to appoint him as an official."

"Really?" Zhao was taken aback.

"How can this lie to you? The emperor hates the big clan's domination of the place the most. Wei Duan was left behind by the emperor, isn't it because he didn't dare to do things and blindly obeyed the four surnames? In the middle, Yang Fujun's official career has come to an end. If you really want to think about the Zhao family, go back and persuade them to stop in time, and don't get out of hand."

Zhao's complexion changed, and he didn't speak for a long time.

After Wang Wei finished washing, got dressed, and ate breakfast unhurriedly, she got up and came to the front hall.

The three of Jiang Xu had been sitting for a while, and they were a little impatient. When they saw Wang Wei coming out, they quickly got up and saluted.

Wang Wei looked at them with a smile. "Bo Yi, why are you free? I remember you should have a military training mission today, right?"

Jiang Xu said: "Practice in the afternoon. I came here today to ask Brother Wang for some points from the trainers. I hope that Brother Wang will not hesitate to teach me and help me win the first prize, so that I can live up to the expectations of Mr. Yang."

"You're really joking, I don't know the key points of military training, you should ask Mr. Yang for advice."

Jiang Xu smiled. "Of course you want to go to Mr. Yang's place. But before you go, you need to ask brother Wang for advice. Brother Wang, don't be modest. Not to mention your relationship with Mr. Yang, your daughter is a female camper. Master, I see the training of the women's battalion every day, and what I see and hear are all the essentials of military training. Even if I miss a little bit, it's enough for us to learn."

Yang Fu also echoed: "Yes, it is indeed worth learning how to train women to be elite soldiers."

Zhao Ang cupped his hands and was about to say a few words, but for some reason, he swallowed the words again.

Wang Wei smiled and waved his hand. "Your Majesty Yang has already said the way of training soldiers in the women's battalion. It is nothing more than eight words: careful selection, strict training and hard training. You just follow it. Why do you need to seek the way? Instead of seeking the way everywhere, it is better Practice with great concentration. Just like Huang Yi and Huang Zimei, there is no such thing as a brilliant sword technique. It is nothing more than practicing hard every day, and practice makes perfect. If you can’t endure that kind of hardship, even if you ask the great swordsman Wang Yue to teach you, you can’t practice it. Demonstrate superior martial arts."

"Yes, yes." Jiang Xu echoed: "Since Brother Wang also said so, then I can rest assured that I will go back and train hard. In a word, you can't let Mr. Yang down, and you can't let me from Hanyang Belittled."

Wang Wei thought for a while, and said again: "Bo Yi, I have nothing to tell you about the way of training soldiers, but there is one thing that I want to remind you of."

"Brother Wang, please speak."

"Have you heard about the Son of Heaven sacrificing Taiwei Duan?"

"heard."

"Liangzhou Sanming, all of them are famous generals, why did the emperor sacrifice Duan Taiwei, but he didn't say anything else, have you ever thought about it?"

Chapter 474 Smell the wind

Jiang Xu and Yang Fu exchanged a look, and they bowed their hands in unison.

"I also ask Brother Wang for advice."

"There are generals from Liangzhou who are as greedy and easy to kill as Dong Zhuo, and there are Huangfugui and Zhang Huan who pay attention to appeasement, and Taiwei Duan lives among them. Needless to say, Dong Zhuo, Huangfugui and Zhang Huan pay too much attention to appeasement. It can be effective for a while, so the emperor will not take it."

"Is the Son of Heaven intending to follow Taiwei Duan's plan?" Yang Fu asked.

"Yes, but not quite."

"Oh?"

"The Son of Heaven's strategy to control Hu is actually two sentences: those who obey are educated, and those who are not obeyed are punished. Taiwei Duan only punishes and kills, without enlightenment, and it is not comprehensive. Therefore, it can only solve the urgent need, but cannot cure the root cause."

Yang Fu thought about it. "Indoctrination, not appeasement, is this the difference between the Son of Heaven and Huangfu Gui, Zhang Huan, etc.?"

"Exactly." Wang Wei nodded. "Even the Qiang and Hu must be educated, how can the people of the Han family not read books and know the etiquette? What about the soldiers? All fighters are soldiers. Know how to fight, know why to fight, don't The way of being a soldier. When you train your troops, you should pay attention to this point, then three thousand cavalry can not only keep Hanyang safe, but also conquer the world with the emperor."

"Education is good, but it's not a day's work." Jiang Xu smiled wryly.

He naturally knows how to educate. Yang Xiu, as a prefect, gets along with ordinary county soldiers day and night, teaching them to read and write, which is very popular.But reading and literacy will not help soldiers to win every attack and win every battle. In the final analysis, it is still a mere formality.

Wang Wei said: "It takes one year to plant valleys, ten years to grow trees, and one hundred years to cultivate people. The four counties in Hexi have been the territory of the Han Dynasty for more than 300 years. If enlightenment could be implemented at the beginning, Liangzhou today is not as good as Guandong, and it should be as good as Guanzhong. Well, how could it become a source of turmoil?"

Jiang Xu waited to say more, but Yang Fu reached out to stop him. "Brother Wang, is this what the emperor means?"

Wang Wei nodded. "Yishan, you are doing this as a state. You know the significance of this matter better than I do. Of course it is not easy to educate. Not only teachers are needed, but pen, ink, paper and inkstone are also needed. But as long as you do it, there will always be results. I I heard that Wenxiu Zhifang in Hedong is researching a quick book printing technique. Once successful, the copying of books will become extremely easy, which is very helpful for enlightenment. If you take the lead in building a book printing workshop in Liangzhou and promote enlightenment, Why don't you worry about your achievements?"

Yang Fu's eyes flashed. "Quick printing technique?"

Wang Wei nodded, but said nothing.This matter was also mentioned in Wang Yi's family letter, and it has not been made public yet.He still doesn't know how the emperor intends to use it, so he can't explain it too clearly.

Yang Fu grasped the key point.