"The Heluoxing camp in Sikong Prefecture controlled Sun Yanguan, the forward general under General Wang Xian. Su Mi killed six thousand enemies and defeated Yanshi, Luoyang, Yiyang..."
"Fu Liang, the right-wing general under General Wang Xian's command from the Heluoxing camp in Sikong Prefecture, killed six thousand enemies, defeated Gongyi, and marched into Hulao Pass..."
"The Heluoxing camp in Sikong Prefecture controlled Jiang Ang, the general of the left army under General Wang Xian, who killed four thousand enemies, conquered Longmen Mountain, Mengjin, Mianchi, Xin'an, Maojin Ferry, and marched to Hangu Pass."
"The Sikong Prefecture's westward camp commanded Tang Pan's forward general Yin Peng, who led his troops to kill five thousand enemies, and defeated Changge and Xinzheng. Yu Jin led his troops to defeat Yanling, and the troops were directed towards Zhongmou and Xinmi."
"The Sikong Prefecture's Jingnan camp was under the control of Yang Qiye's general Fan Zongqi. Yang Ji killed four thousand enemies and defeated Zhecheng, Luyi and Qiaocheng."
"Deng Gui, commanded by the Shouhao camp in Sikong Prefecture, killed three thousand enemies and regained Songzhou and Suzhou."
"Wang Xian, the commander of Heluoxing Camp in Sikong Prefecture, personally led a large army to kill and captured more than 14,000 enemy troops. They defeated Yique..."
"Sikong Mansion Heluoxing Camp Commander Wang Xian's Left Army Commander Cronin, Luoyang Mansion, and the entire Shaanzhou Prefecture have been restored..." ????
"Fu Liang, the general of the right army under Wang Xian, was in charge of the Heluoxing camp in Sikong Prefecture and defeated Xingyang."
"Sikong Prefecture's capital in the west of the capital controls the forward general Yin Pengke under Tang Pan's command and manages the city in Zhengzhou."
"Yu Jin, the general under the command of Tang Pan, who was in charge of the camp west of Sikong Prefecture, led his troops to recover the entire territory of Bianliang!"
Before the autumn of the eighth year of Shaolong's reign, apart from the normal participation of the state soldiers and horses in the four major camp rotations, the Sikong Mansion did not conduct additional military mobilization of state soldiers outside the Jingxiang Road, nor did it levy additional grain, money, and wages.
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In addition, tens of thousands of troops were recruited from Jingxiang Road directly under Sikong Mansion to build Bixiang and Bicai Avenues.
All these make the government and the opposition think that this winter will be spent relatively peacefully, and there will be no major wars.
However, after entering October, new good news was delivered to Xiangyang almost every day. It was not until the 26th of the twelfth lunar month that the news that Yu Jin, the general of the camp to the west of Beijing, led his troops to recapture Bianliang reached Xiangyang, and a series of victories came to Xiangyang.
It's over for now.
Although for everyone in the Sikong Mansion, recovering most of the Hehuai area was a matter of course after the victory at Yingzhou, but most people in the world, and even most of the courtiers who were forced to move the capital to Xiangyang, were not aware of this.
They even suspected that Yingzhou's great victory was watery.
One piece after another of good news reached Xiangyang, until Bianliang was recovered. The civil and military ministers in the court couldn't help but feel in a daze. The imperial capital was recovered so easily?
What happened more than three years ago when the Red Husbands crossed the Yangtze River and burned, killed and looted the territory of Jianye Prefecture?
It once made people suspect that there was something wrong with their memory in the early stage of the Second Huainan Battle four years ago. They suffered such a tragic defeat.
Of course, the one who was most shocked and confused was Emperor Shaolong, who lived in seclusion in the Xiangyang Palace.
After the capital was returned to Xiangyang, Qiao Jien, who was seventy-four years old, once again served as a chamberlain and provincial supervisor. Two more years passed, and Qiao Jien's energy became increasingly weak.
Fortunately, the main affairs in the palace are currently in charge of the Imperial City Department; in order to save expenses, the number of maids and maids in the palace has also been reduced to only four hundred people.
These chambermaids and maids were all the old people who were abandoned in Jianye when the escape from Beijing occurred and had served the late emperor in his early years.
Therefore, there are not many complicated affairs in the palace that require Qiao Jien to take care of.
He mainly walked around the courtyard of the Ministry of Internal Affairs every day, or went to Prince Qi's Mansion to pay his respects to Princess Yingyun.
As for the palace, Chuigong Hall and other places where Emperor Shaolong lived daily, Qiao Jien would not go there if he could.
Only since the beginning of winter, as good news from the north came frequently, Emperor Shaolong's temper became increasingly bad, and many of his servants and maids were often beaten and punished by Emperor Shaolong. Qiao Jien had to go to Chui Gong Hall every day to answer questions. He was also worried that something would go too far.
The Imperial City Secretary intervened and made everyone look bad.
At noon that day, Qiao Jien was taking a nap in the class courtyard and was woken up by people yelling and screaming.
"Xiao Changgui made tea for Your Majesty, but I don't know why he slacked off. The tea was a bit hot, which annoyed His Majesty. His Majesty ordered that Xiao Changgui be dragged out with thirty sticks before he would spare him! These thirty sticks must be used solidly.
Don't you want Xiao Changgui's life?" The eunuch who came to report the news said anxiously, wanting to drag Qiao Jien to Chui Gong Hall to save him.
Qiao Jien sighed softly in his heart, rubbed his face with his hands, and asked someone to lead him towards Chui Gong Hall.
As soon as he reached the gate of the palace on the side of Chui Gong Hall, Qiao Jien saw Jin Longquan walking through the aisle in front, surrounded by several personal guards.
After the escape from Beijing incident, Longquan of Jin did not become an official in name. Instead, he stayed in Jiangdong and worked as an official for Liu Yan for nearly three years. He mainly assisted Liu Yan in handling Qingtian and other matters. After the great victory of Yingzhou, Qingtian in Jiangdong also became an official.
As a result of this phased achievement, Liu Yan was recommended to join the Imperial City Division as a personal and subordinate commander.
After the capital was returned to Xiangyang, there was no additional imperial guard force. Pan Chenghu had the power to know the affairs of Xiangyang Prefecture and to lead the military and military affairs of the capital, and was in charge of Xiangyang's military affairs and garrison affairs.
In addition to the Xiangyang Prefecture Army under Pan Chenghu's control, the Imperial City Division, which Xu Xin was in charge of for official purposes, also followed the old practice. Under the Imperial City Division, there were 2,500 personal guards and generals responsible for the guards of the Imperial City.
For affairs, let us assume that one person is in charge of all relatives and subordinates, and five people are in charge of all wedding affairs.
The personal and subordinate commanders were nominally only sixth-grade military attachés, but everyone knew that Jin Longquan was actually the third person besides Pan Chenghu and Xu Xin from the Sikong Mansion to control the situation in Xiangyang.
And because the Imperial City Division has the power to spy on the government and the public, the Sikong Mansion clearly ordered Jin Longquan to be responsible for it. On the one hand, Jin Longquan was promoted to the status of co-heading the Imperial City Division with Xu Xin, which also confirmed some speculations at the beginning.
Before and after the escape from Beijing incident, the situation was actually under the control of Jingxiang.
Seeing Jin Longquan coming over, Qiao Jien knew that Emperor Shao Long was losing his temper. The maid serving nearby not only asked him to come over to calm the matter, but also notified Jin Longquan immediately.
The Sikong Mansion was in full swing, and Qiao Jien did not complain that the old people in the palace knew how to judge the situation. He bowed his hands to Jin Longquan and pretended not to know, and asked, "That fool Xiao Changgui can't handle things well and offends His Majesty. Why did he alert you too?"
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Jin Longquan returned the courtesy and said, "Your Majesty has been restless and irritable recently. Although his servants make minor mistakes, they are often punished severely. We must patiently give him some advice."
Qiao Jien and Jin Longquan walked towards the Chui Gong Hall. A middle-aged servant was tied up in front of the corridor and was about to be tortured with a cane. Seeing Qiao Jien, Jin Longquan came over, knelt down, kowtowed and cried, "Qiao Dahuan saved Changgui's life, Changgui never dared to slack off again."
Got it!"
"Kneel well!" Qiao Jien glared at the eunuch, scolded him sternly, and then walked towards the main hall with Jin Longquan.
In the main hall, dozens of chamberlains and palace maids knelt on the floor. Emperor Shaolong sat angrily behind the imperial desk. There were many broken pieces of porcelain and inkstones in front of the imperial desk.
"Xiao Changgui acted foolishly and angered Long Yan. I will drag him to the class courtyard for punishment. Please calm down your Majesty and don't let the dragon body become angry!" Qiao Jien stepped forward and kowtowed.
Emperor Shaolong ignored Qiao Jien, just stared at Jin Longquan, and asked sternly, "Why, do I need the permission of the Imperial City Department to deal with one or two blind slaves?"
"Your Majesty is overly worried. The Imperial City Secretary is His Majesty's minion. Whatever His Majesty wants to do, the Imperial City Secretary must do it. How can he restrain His Majesty in turn?" Jin Longquan saluted.
"That blind slave can't even handle the smallest thing properly, so you and Qiao Jien supervise the punishment in front of the Chui Gong Hall to serve as a warning to others." Emperor Shaolong said sternly.
"I obey the order." Jin Longquan said with cupped hands.
Jin Longquan and Qiao Jien walked out of the main hall, and someone dragged Xiao Changgui to the field in front of the main hall, took off his clothes and pants, and beat him with thirty sticks, and then sent him back to the hospital for medication to avoid serious injury to his life.
After resuming the order, Qiao Jien and Jin Longquan walked out of the Chui Gong Hall again, sighed slightly, and whispered to the eunuchs waiting in the Chui Gong Hall, "Your Majesty is agitated, so you must serve him carefully, but if there is any big alarm, don't be fooled."
When you do something for yourself, you need to report it to Jin Langjun first, and then Xu Langjun does it. Do you remember them all?"
"Qiao Dahuan has already said it," Jin Longquan and Qiao Jien said, cupping hands, "I was afraid of disturbing Qiao Dahuan's lunch break, so I ran over to take a look. However, these are always affairs of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and Xu Xin and I should not interfere."
Qiao Jien just smiled, dropped the topic, and said, "Sikong Mansion has recovered Bianliang much earlier than expected. Presumably, the recovery of Meng, Wei, Ze, Puzhou, Guanshan, Hebei and other places is also just around the corner. Although the mission is
The Prime Minister will not be in a hurry to return the capital, but there are some things that should be prepared now. I am old, and the affairs of the palace must be entrusted to others as soon as possible. I want to bury my old bones in Bianliang..."
After the victory at Yinghui, Qiao Jien accompanied Zhou He, Qian Zerui and others to Biyang to meet Xu Huai. At that time, Xu Huai said that he would not be in a hurry to return the capital to Bianliang.
At that time, Qiao Jien thought that Bianliang would not be recovered for a while, so he did not think about it in particular.
Unexpectedly, in just over half a year, the entire North Beijing Road, Gyeonggi Road, and the southern part of East Beijing Road had been recovered almost effortlessly.
Qiao Jien now feels more and more exhausted.
He didn't want to get involved in other matters, and he didn't even want to ask. However, thinking that when the late emperor was still alive, he never forgot to recover the Central Plains and return the capital to Bianliang, he thought that he might be able to spend his remaining years in Bianliang.
Pan Chenghu and Xu Xin were both direct descendants of the Sikong Mansion, but they were military commanders and would not think too carefully about returning the capital.
Zhou He, Gu Fan, and Qian Zerui had too high status. Even though they had plans to return the capital, Qiao Jien wanted to go to Bianliang to make arrangements for returning the capital, but he did not expect the three of them to help with the matter.
Jin Longquan has always been Xu Huai's secret agent around Jin Zhuangchen. Now he is basically in charge of internal and external affairs in the imperial city. He is deeply trusted by Xu Huai and has thoughtful thoughts on many matters. Qiao Jien wanted to ask him for help.
Xu Huai came forward to convey a message.
Qiao Jien may not be familiar with Xu Huai's vision for the future development of the empire, but Jin Longquan still knows it.
Now it is no longer a question of whether it will be sooner or later to return the capital to Bianliang, but Xu Huai has never thought about returning the capital to Bianliang.
On the one hand, the subsequent use of troops against the Red Guards will mainly focus on the northwest and north, so that there is no need to consume a large amount of resources on returning the capital to Bianliang.
On the one hand, the industrial system that enabled the rise of Beijing and Xiangzhou relied heavily on the water resources of the mountains.
Compared to returning to Bianliang, there are some voices within Sikong Mansion that advocate settling in Zhengzhou.
Zhengzhou is located to the west of Bianliang. It can take into account the operations of Guanshaan, Hedong, and Hebei. It has a vast plain area to develop farming and cities, and it is also close to the eastern foot of Songshan Mountain, where it can develop hydraulic engineering. Its geographical location is quite advantageous.
In the new construction plan of Sikong Prefecture, the gravel road that goes north from Ye County, passes through Xiangcheng, connects Xuchang, Changge, Xinzheng, and goes north to Zhengzhou Zhiguan City, is the same as passing through Zhiliang County in Ruzhou and passing through Yiquebei
The highway connecting Luoyang is the next priority to be promoted.
The highway from Yexian to Guancheng crosses several large rivers such as Lishui, Beishui, and Yingshui. Each large river needs to be built with a large iron bridge to connect it. The amount of work is huge, and it is difficult to transport sand and gravel within a year.
The road is repaired.
Therefore, whether it is to restore the capital or to choose a location to establish a new capital, it will not be practical in a short time.
However, after the recapture of Bianliang, not only Qiao Jien had the intention of returning Bianliang, but there were also many voices in the court who wanted to return Bianliang.
For now, of course, Sikong Mansion can use the excuse that the north of the Yellow River is still under the control of the Japanese soldiers, and Bianliang City may be gained and lost at any time, and ignore the discussion of returning the capital to the DPRK. But when the war situation further stabilizes, Sikong Mansion
At that time, if you want to forcefully suppress the voices of Huadu, the seemingly peaceful court may become turbulent again.
This point has long been discussed within the Sikong Mansion. Shi Zhen and Han Gui advocated using the word "drag".
To put it bluntly, the Sikong Mansion will not openly oppose the return to Bianliang, and will even verbally support the return.
At that time, as long as we do not actually allocate money and food, and raise funds for ten or twenty years, it will be impossible to implement the return of the capital; the Sikong Mansion even used the excuse of returning the capital to Bianliang, and kicked some officials who did not like it to Bianliang to take charge.
Fundraising matters.
This strategy has not yet been implemented, but Jin Longquan did not expect Qiao Jien to take the initiative to get into this network. He smiled bitterly and said, "The envoy from Buqu Temple will arrive in Xiangyang in the next year to discuss the matter of attachment, and the envoy will also arrive by then."
Come to Xiangyang. If Mr. Qiao has anything to say, just talk to the envoy!"
"Oh, it hasn't been two or three months since the victory of Gongga Mountain came to Xiangyang. Buqu Temple has requested to be included. Is it a delaying strategy?" Qiao Jien asked in surprise.
In Qiao Jien's impression, a separatist force like Buqu Temple covers an area of more than 3,000 to 4,000 miles and lost two to three thousand troops in one battle. How could it succumb so easily?
Jin Longquan smiled and said, "Whether this is a delaying strategy or not, only the envoy from Buqu Temple rushes to Xiangyang can we judge!"
Buqu Temple controls the central and northern areas of Liugang, and it seems to occupy a very large area. However, compared with the heyday of the Tubo Dynasty, the climate and environment in Liugang area are much worse. The Tibetan people who live and breed in the entire central and northern areas of Liugang may be
There are less than 300,000 people.
In fact, Buqu Temple was severely damaged twice, with a total loss of seven to eight thousand soldiers.
For a separatist force with only 300,000 people under its jurisdiction, the loss of seven or eight thousand soldiers was already extremely heavy.
Of course, it is not ruled out that Buqu Temple is a delaying tactic, but Sikong Mansion has not made any arrangements to send troops to the west of Gongga Mountain in the short term. They will use their tactics to slow down the troops, but there will be no losses.
After all, the Sikong Mansion's short-term strategic requirements for the Tibetan tribes were that it was enough not to fall to the Red Husbands.
As for whether Buqu Temple will agree to borrow the road, Sikong Mansion does not have a particularly strong will at this time.
After all, the Western Expedition army borrowed the road from the Tubo Highlands and detoured directly back to the Hehuang area to weaken the Chihu people's rule over Hexi, Luohuang and other places. Even if the separatist forces such as Buqu Temple actively cooperated, the risk was still too great, and the Sikong Mansion was also very
It's hesitation, and I haven't made a final decision yet...
But this time Buqu Temple sent an envoy to ask for a copy. Xu Huai wanted to see the envoy in person and understand the different cultural heritage of the Tubo Highlands and the Central Plains. However, he felt that it was a bit too much for him to summon the Buqu Temple envoy directly in Biyang.
If Zhao Ran is exposed, I think it’s time for him to go to Xiangyang to have an audience with Emperor Shao Long...
, the gravel road that goes north from Ye County, passes through Xiangcheng, connects Xuchang, Changge, Xinzheng, and goes north to Zhengzhou Zhiguan City. It is the same road that passes through Zhiliang County in Ruzhou and connects to Luoyang in the north through Yique. It is the next step.
promoted with priority.
The highway from Yexian to Guancheng crosses several large rivers such as Lishui, Beishui, and Yingshui. Each large river needs to be built with a large iron bridge to connect it. The amount of work is huge, and it is difficult to transport sand and gravel within a year.
The road is repaired.
Therefore, whether it is to restore the capital or to choose a location to establish a new capital, it will not be practical in a short time.
However, after the recapture of Bianliang, not only Qiao Jien had the intention of returning Bianliang, but there were also many voices in the court who wanted to return Bianliang.
For now, of course, Sikong Mansion can use the excuse that the north of the Yellow River is still under the control of the Japanese soldiers, and Bianliang City may be gained and lost at any time, and ignore the discussion of returning the capital to the DPRK. But when the war situation further stabilizes, Sikong Mansion
At that time, if you want to forcefully suppress the voices of Huadu, the seemingly peaceful court may become turbulent again.
This point has long been discussed within the Sikong Mansion. Shi Zhen and Han Gui advocated using the word "drag".
To put it bluntly, the Sikong Mansion will not openly oppose the return to Bianliang, and will even verbally support the return.
At that time, as long as we do not actually allocate money and food, and raise funds for ten or twenty years, it will be impossible to implement the return of the capital; the Sikong Mansion even used the excuse of returning the capital to Bianliang, and kicked some officials who did not like it to Bianliang to take charge.
Fundraising matters.
This strategy has not yet been implemented, but Jin Longquan did not expect Qiao Jien to take the initiative to get into this network. He smiled bitterly and said, "The envoy from Buqu Temple will arrive in Xiangyang in the next year to discuss the matter of attachment, and the envoy will also arrive by then."
Come to Xiangyang. If Mr. Qiao has anything to say, just talk to the envoy!"
"Oh, it hasn't been two or three months since the victory of Gongga Mountain came to Xiangyang. Buqu Temple has requested to be included. Is it a delaying strategy?" Qiao Jien asked in surprise.
In Qiao Jien's impression, a separatist force like Buqu Temple covers an area of more than 3,000 to 4,000 miles and lost two to three thousand troops in one battle. How could it succumb so easily?
Jin Longquan smiled and said, "Whether this is a delaying strategy or not, only the envoy from Buqu Temple rushes to Xiangyang can we judge!"
Buqu Temple controls the central and northern areas of Liugang, and it seems to occupy a very large area. However, compared with the heyday of the Tubo Dynasty, the climate and environment in Liugang area are much worse. The Tibetan people who live and breed in the entire central and northern areas of Liugang may be
There are less than 300,000 people.
In fact, Buqu Temple was severely damaged twice, with a total loss of seven to eight thousand soldiers.
For a separatist force with only 300,000 people under its jurisdiction, the loss of seven or eight thousand soldiers was already extremely heavy.
Of course, it is not ruled out that Buqu Temple is a delaying tactic, but Sikong Mansion has not made any arrangements to send troops to the west of Gongga Mountain in the short term. They will use their tactics to slow down the troops, but there will be no losses.
After all, the Sikong Mansion's short-term strategic requirements for the Tibetan tribes were that it was enough not to fall to the Red Husbands.
As for whether Buqu Temple will agree to borrow the road, Sikong Mansion does not have a particularly strong will at this time.
After all, the Western Expedition army borrowed the road from the Tubo Highlands and detoured directly back to the Hehuang area to weaken the Chihu people's rule over Hexi, Luohuang and other places. Even if the separatist forces such as Buqu Temple actively cooperated, the risk was still too great, and the Sikong Mansion was also very
It's hesitation, and I haven't made a final decision yet...
But this time Buqu Temple sent an envoy to ask for a copy. Xu Huai wanted to see the envoy in person and understand the different cultural heritage of the Tubo Highlands and the Central Plains. However, he felt that it was a bit too much for him to summon the Buqu Temple envoy directly in Biyang.
If Zhao Ran is exposed, I think it’s time for him to go to Xiangyang to have an audience with Emperor Shao Long...
