I don’t know who cut out the thin leaves. The spring breeze in February is like scissors.
The Jianghuai River in February is already green.
The humid southeast sea breeze passes through the estuary of the Yangtze River and enters the Jianghuai region, bringing with it the breath of spring, everything revives, and the warblers fly and the grass grows.
The ancient city of Guangling, located on the north bank of the Yangtze River, looks like a new place. It is bathed in mist and rain, has a mild climate, but has four distinct seasons. It is a rare and good place.
The so-called riding a crane down to Yangzhou with a hundred thousand guan in your pocket is what we are talking about.
Guangling City, also known as Jiangdu City and Yangzhou City, is one of the oldest cities in the Central Plains. Its history is not inferior to Jiangling City on Jiangyou.
Compared with Han Chang'an in Kansai, it is a younger brother, a thousand years younger than it.
If we really want to be more honest, I am afraid that only Xianyang Ancient City in Guanxi can compare with it. However, Guangling City, where Xianyang Ancient City is now, is still intact.
Of course, the Guangling City before the Sui Dynasty cannot be compared with the present one, because there is an ancient Jiangning City on the bank of the Yangtze River, and its geographical location is even more advantageous.
Formerly known as Jiankang, it was the first destination for Yiguan's southern voyage and the political, economic and cultural center of the Southern Dynasties.
Until the late Sui Dynasty, Yang Guang always had a unique vision and set his foothold in the south in Jiangdu. Guangling City then took advantage of the trend, leaving Jiangning behind.
After these thirty or forty years, Guangling City gradually took on the appearance of Yangzhou in later generations' impressions, with a prosperous population and palaces, and it was the center of the shipbuilding industry in the south of the Yangtze River.
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Since the fourth year of Yuanzhen, Jiangdu has been officially renamed Guangling, but people are not used to it yet, so they still refer to it by its old name.
The reason for the name change is also very simple. Jiangdu was given the character "du", which made some people in the court who still clearly remembered Yang Guang's actions unhappy, so they restored the ancient name of Guangling.
The garrison stationed here is not named after the former Sui Dynasty's Wuzhou Governor, but the Yangzhou Governor. The first and last Governor is probably Wang Ze.
Therefore, there is no need to think about the seat of the Yangzhou General Manager. The former Wuzhou General Manager is located in Jiangning today. As for the Yangzhou General Manager, the seat of the Yangzhou General Manager is naturally in Guangling.
Yangzhou General Administration has thirty-seven counties under its jurisdiction. Most of the hometown of Soochow is within the jurisdiction of Yangzhou General Administration. It can be said that the power of Yangzhou General Administration is the power of all major generals in the world except for special local governors like Jing Zhaoyin.
The biggest one.
Li Jingguang, the governor-general who was in charge of Jiangyou at the time, was inferior in terms of power and responsibilities.
One of the reasons why Wang Ze can serve as the general manager of Yangzhou is because of his praise for his assistance over the years. Although Li Po doesn't like the Wang family in Jinyang very much, Wang Ze has become much more informed and interesting than his father Wang Congke since he joined the army.
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The reason why Li Po was able to quickly accumulate strength in Jinyang and go south to compete with Li Tang for the world was attributed to Wang Ze, and there was no escape route for his bets. When he was begging Li Yuan, he even personally made a petition to beg Li Yuan.
Read it in front of the entire army.
If Li Po is defeated and dies, then Wang Ze's branch must be scraped by Li Yuan to relieve his anger. This is Wang Ze's heavy bet on behalf of the Wang family of Jinyang. If he fails, he will be benevolent.
Therefore, after the war, he was rewarded with the post of Yangzhou Governor.
Secondly, although Wang Ze was not as talented as Li Jing, he caught up at the perfect time. Du Fu, who occupied Jiangdu, surrendered, which was still such a strange way of surrender.
The Jiangzuo side was level in the blink of an eye. Although Du Fuwei's subordinates were a little dumbfounded, they did not have the courage to raise the flag again.
In addition, after Du Fuwei entered the court, Li Po immediately named him King of Wu and gave him the surname Li. In Du Fuwei's own words, the emperor treated me like a brother.
When I exchanged letters with my old subordinates, I had no other purpose than to persuade them to be officials honestly and stop thinking wildly.
What happened after that is also very clear. The old troops such as Pu Gongtuo, Miao Haichao, Wang Xiongdan, Kan Ling, Chen Ling and others gradually dispersed, and Jiangzuo was settled.
It was during such a period that Wang Ze took office as the general manager of Yangzhou. His most important task at the beginning was actually nothing else but to appease Du Fuwei's old troops and let Jiangzuo settle down as soon as possible.
It's not easy, but it's definitely not that dangerous. Once Du Fuwei left, everyone in Jiangzuo was leaderless. In addition, Wang Ze was not Liu Biao. He could settle the situation by entering Jingzhou alone. He came with someone by his side.
The people who followed him to Jiangzuo were all Jiangyou naval forces, and the ships carried the soldiers of the Tang army who had just killed Xiao Mian, so he quickly passed the refractory period and firmly held the authority of the Yangzhou general manager.
When Du Fuwei's hardcore staff were transferred away one after another, he felt very comfortable as the general manager of Yangzhou.
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On the river, the boat moves slowly.
Wang Ze, the general manager of Yangzhou, stood on the bow of the ship in casual clothes, with a light robe and big sleeves, and an elegant demeanor.
The spring breeze was blowing on his face and the water was gurgling. Wang Ze sighed quite comfortably and said to the people around him: "Have the waterways here been cleared?"
Accompanying him was a middle-aged man in his thirties, full of culture and gentleness on his face.
This man's name is Liu Shixiu, who is from Jingzhou and is a descendant of the Liu family in Jiangxia. He is a serious Jiangyou family. He once served as Xiao Xian and Hubu Cheng. After the surrender to the Tang Dynasty, he originally served in Jiangling. Wang Ze recruited him on his way to Yangzhou as the general manager.
By his side, he is now serving as a clerk in the Yangzhou Governor's Office and joining the army.
The main reason why this man was recommended by Li Jing to serve beside Wang Ze was because his grandfather had studied under Li Daoyuan, a master of the Northern Wei Dynasty.
The family is well-educated and is an expert in water conservancy, shipbuilding and other matters. Li Jing felt that Wang Ze was in need of talents in this field when he took up a post in Jiangzuo, so he introduced several people to Wang Ze, which made Wang Ze very grateful.
Liu Shixiu is one of them. This person also served in the Navy. He can be said to be both civil and military, upright in character, and never in vain for personal relationships. He is a very capable person.
When the general manager inquired about this matter, he immediately replied: "This river was only renovated at the end of last year. The river channel is a bit old. I have visited it several times and it is not easy to clean it up. If it hadn't been for the help of the Japanese later, it might not have been completed this year."
Take a closer look at the depth of the water and the traces of the water flow. It is very different from before. It has been cleaned up quite well. When the water is high, it should be possible to carry a boat with all kinds of materials.
However, we still need to repair the dams on both sides of the bank, so I think we can just let Hailing do it by himself, and there is no need to limit the construction period, because the river here can't flood."
Wang Ze nodded frequently. It was convenient to have someone like Liu Shixiu by his side. He could talk about water conservancy and ship construction in detail.
At this time, someone else laughed and said: "It's just a salt river. As long as you can run a boat on it, it's useless to repair it so well. Even the few shipyards in Hailing can't build any decent big ships. The hundreds of ships are as big as the sky."
Well, there is no need to expect them to be able to build a big ship made of thousands of materials.
The manager's visit was actually in vain. I think we still have to work hard on the docks along the river..."