After the Lantern Festival, the weather is still cold, but spring is right around the corner.
Officials from both Chang'an and local governments went to their offices one after another to resume work.
Without the emperor's supervision, governments at all levels are preparing for spring plowing. Last year was pretty good. Even with the drag of the war, grain production in various places has reached a new high in recent years.
Especially in Shuzhong, even if there were barbarian rebellions, they still recovered quickly. The Hanzhong Plain and the Chengdu Plain are two treasures. Once there is a certain order, the output will continue to increase.
Last autumn, a batch of relatively valuable materials such as silk and satin, tea, fine wine, etc. were sent to Chang'an, which greatly enriched the national treasury and was just used as a reward for achievements at the end of the year.
The nobles also benefited from the money. In recent years, everyone has been living in poverty. Apart from hoarding food, other expenses are relatively scarce.
Now that the new dynasty is gradually becoming prosperous, the nobles have finally loosened their pockets and exchanged grain for some "luxury goods". In addition, the New Year has passed.
So at the beginning of the third year of Emperor Yuanzhen of the Tang Dynasty, the price of food in Chang'an dropped. It was slightly higher than that in Jin, but not much worse. This had an immeasurable effect on stabilizing people's hearts. Other industries also benefited from this, and there were signs of rapid recovery.
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After the Lantern Festival, the courtiers became busy again.
There are many things that need to be done this year. On the one hand, the war is on the other hand. Jiangyou and Henan have been tentatively decided. How to carry out effective governance has been discussed for a whole winter.
Don't worry too much about Jiangyou. The Liang State governed the place according to the political system of the former Sui Dynasty anyway, which was not much different from that of the Tang Dynasty.
After capturing Jiangling and destroying Xiao Xian, the old ministers of Liang State can continue to be appointed as local governors. As long as they recognize the rule of the Tang Dynasty, most of them do not need to be replaced.
Similar to Guanxi Shuzhong, the nobles have no intention of breaking up with the country. Under the general trend, changing the family is an inevitable result.
So the point is actually that in Henan, the mess left by Yang Guang, Li Mi, Wang Shichong, Yang Xuangan and others is extremely difficult to clean up.
Most of the people's livelihood written by Li Po on the night of the Yuan Dynasty was aimed at Henan, Shandong, Hebei and other places.
In fact, since the news of Cao Dan's army surrendering to the Tang Dynasty reached Chang'an in November last year, there have been more and more proposals on how to govern Henan.
The emperor and his ministers discussed it for more than two months, and some plans were finalized. The emperor had a strong desire for governance and had rich experience in governing Jin.
His mind was clear, his actions were appropriate, and all aspects were taken care of very comprehensively. He adopted and rejected the suggestions of the courtiers very simply and neatly. It was obvious that he had been thinking about it for more than a day.
There was no mention of immigrating to Henan, which made the courtiers breathe a sigh of relief. Many people were afraid that the emperor was too anxious and would imitate the story of how he immigrated the people of Youzhou to Yanmen when he was the governor of Daizhou.
When Li Yuan was in power, he vigorously criticized this, strived to take the initiative on a righteous level, and created an image of Li Ding'an who was trying to kill the people, which is very impressive.
Without worries in this regard, the discussion process on this kind of matter was very fast. Before the first month of the year, some plans were approved by Zhongshu and Shangshu, and were read out to the public at the first court meeting at the beginning of the year.
minister.
From surrendering people to transferring people on the spot, rewarding meritorious soldiers, etc., are all normal and effective methods.
Afterwards, the new Minister of Civil Affairs, Pei Shiqing, made a long list of appointments. These people were the officials who were going to govern the local area in Henan.
After the first lunar month, the weather became slightly warmer, and the imperial decree was issued. Officials who received the transfer orders set off for Henan one after another, and Jiang You took office.
The officials in Jin account for a large part, after all, that is Li Po's home base...
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In February of the third year of Yuanzhen of the Tang Dynasty, Bu Qun and others reported to the capital that they were preparing to mobilize troops in early March to cross the river into Hebei to attack Dou Jiande, and at the same time requested the court to settle the surrendered prisoners as soon as possible.
Last year, during the First World War, more than 200,000 Xia troops were captured in places such as Hulao, Xingyang, Xuchang, and even Yingchuan. Because it was winter, there was no time to carefully arrange the surrendered prisoners and surrendered ministers.
The surrendered prisoners in Hulao, Xingyang and other places were all gathered together in one place and guarded by the army.
Cao Dan's army was in Xuchang. After asking for surrender, he just transported some food and grass to them so that they could survive the winter half-dead. It was not until the end of the first month of this year that Buqun sent Xu Shiji to take over the military power of the surrendered army and prepare to fight on the second day.
Yue Li led them back to station near Luoyang.
More than 200,000 troops surrendered, which was not a small amount. It made the generals of the Tang army very nervous. They confiscated weapons and distributed food and grass with extreme caution.
Fortunately, Cao Dan, Fan Yuan and others were able to suppress the surrendering army, and they were quite cooperative. However, there were still some people who were unwilling to give up and wanted to escape secretly. They killed some and that was it.
In fact, a large part of the army led by Cao Dan was under Duan Da's command. Even when Wang Shichong attacked Tongguan, the essence of the Henan army surrendered to Dou Jiande within two years.
They were used to doing this and that. They suffered from cold and hunger in the winter, so it was not easy for them to rise up and kill Cao Dan and others without making a noise.
At the beginning of February, Xu Shiji led his troops to escort the surrendering troops to Xingyang. He did not stay long and then headed west, passing through Hulao, back to Luoyang and stationed near Luoyang.
At this time, the imperial court had sent Dou Gui, the Minister of War, Dou Jing, the Prime Minister of Hongnong County, and others to lead the army to Luoyang, preparing to take over and reorganize the surrender of the army. At this time, more than 20 people seemed to be many, but they were scattered in Henan.
It's just a drop in the bucket.
Accompanying Xu Shiji's army was a small team. They were envoys sent by Dou Jiande. They crossed the river in mid-February and happened to follow Xu Shiji to the west.
They carried the emperor's seal, and Bu Qun and others did not dare to take advantage of it, so they could only send troops to escort them to Chang'an. The plan to march in early March was delayed.
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Chang'an Palace, Taiji Hall.
Li Po looked at Bu Qun's memorial and sneered slightly when he put it down.
Is Dou Jiande about to surrender before Du Fuwei has done anything?
"Summon Xiao Yu, Wen Yanbo, and Feng Deyi to see you."
Three people arrived one after another, and Li Po ordered Bu Qun's memorial to be circulated to them. After reading it, the three prime ministers all looked happy.
Xiao Yu was the most outspoken and said immediately: "Congratulations, Your Majesty, great things will come true."
Li Po smiled and said, "Do you all see it this way?"
The emperor's rhetorical question was so direct that the three people immediately restrained their thoughts. After a while, Wen Yanbo said: "Dou Jiande presented the emperor's seal with the intention of suing for peace... You can meet the people and listen to what they say before making excuses."
, it would be a great good if we could avoid fighting."
Feng Deyi was different from them. The other two combined were not as good as him in trying to figure out the holy will.
At this time, he looked at the emperor's face carefully and frowned and said: "Dou Jiande is a hero. Before he reached the desperate situation, he made people offer him heavy gifts. Do you want to learn from Liu Xiang's story and cross the river with me to rule?