When the Red Husbands invaded the south, Emperor Tianxuan and the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty begged for peace. They did not hesitate to pay tens of millions of gold and silver compensation. Even after plundering the entire city of Bianliang, it was still not enough, so they used the clan's female relatives and harem concubines as compensation - Yingyun To this day I still find this ridiculous.
As a daughter of the clan, even though she did not make the trip, she was imprisoned in the palace like a lamb by the orders of her relatives, thinking that she would be sent to the prison camp at any time. The humiliation, despair and helplessness have made her so far. It's hard to forget, and I wake up from nightmares from time to time.
How unforgettable the despair and helplessness felt at that time was destined to be unforgettable when being rescued from the palace.
For Yingyun, who was still in love at that time, once the love was planted, there was no possibility of uprooting it in this life.
However, the more Xu Huai and the Chushan people led their troops and horses and made great achievements, the more they became more jealous and ostracized by the officials in the court.
Yingyun was sensitive about her identity, especially after her uncle Emperor Shaolong ascended the throne. She knew that the hope of getting married to Xu Huai in this life was even slimmer. She could only bury her love deeply in her heart and silently pay attention to everything in Chushan.
After the incident of escaping from Beijing, although the deep inner Nian Lian became active for a time, the Sikong Mansion's control over the government and the public, and the concept of loyalty to the clan and the Zhao dynasty that she had developed since childhood, came into fierce conflict, causing her to fall into inner conflict. It is difficult to extricate oneself.
Of course, what really shook her inherent concepts was the corruption and incompetence of the clan and the Zhao dynasty itself.
Her lucky escape from the catastrophe was enough to be unforgettable. Thousands of clan members were abducted to Mobei and endured all kinds of inhuman torture. Reports continued to come back, which deeply impacted her heart. .??.
Not to mention the horrific sufferings endured by hundreds of millions of people in the Central Plains.
No matter how much the officials and gentry groups resisted and rejected, the thriving vitality brought by Chushan was a fact that no one could conceal.
Replacement is the general trend, and what is more critical is how to reduce or avoid the cruelty and bloodshed caused by this process as much as possible.
At this time, Yingyun found that she no longer needed to hide her inner attachment, and found that her destiny could be combined with a more stable and orderly transition, so she boldly stood up.
This also caused her inner emotions to erupt violently like lava from a volcano.
The wedding only lasted a few days, which of course could not comfort the attachment that lasted for more than ten years.
After leaving the remaining city of Bianliang, Yingyun followed Xu Huai and lived in the military camp outside the east city.
The drizzle kept falling, leaving behind the sadness caused by traveling to the ruined capital. The lingering lingering in the tent, the soul and body blending together, I wished I could rub the delicate body like a girl into Xu Huai's strong and thick breasts His chest was being whipped like a violent storm, and his intuition was violently twitching deep in his soul.
Shi Zhen and others were also well-informed and knowledgeable. They first went to Xingyang and other places. Looking at the local people's sentiments, three days later, together with Han Shiliang who arrived in Bianliang, he entered Xu Huai in the east of Bianliang City to discuss military and national affairs.
At this time, Fan Zongqi led 40,000 cavalry and infantry from Shi Hu, Jiang Ang, Wu Sanrong, and Xu Dang, and marched westward through Jingxing to Hedong. They joined forces with the main force of the Jingxi camp led by Tang Pan, and successfully recovered only a thousand enemy garrisoned troops.
In Taiyuan, the vanguard troops led by Xu Pang and Jiang Ang went to Lanzhou and Xinzhou to kill.
What is clear at present is that the Zhennan Zong Palace does not have the determination and fighting spirit to stick to Lanzhou and Xinzhou, and the troops are fleeing in large numbers to Shuozhou further north and beyond Yanmen Pass.
If everything goes well, we will be able to recover the entire Hedong Road including Lanzhou, Xinzhou, Yanmenguan, and Fuzhou in June and July this year.
Taking into account that the strength of the Western Route rebels was still there and that Gao Junyang's attitude was ambiguous, Wang Xian and Gu Cong led the Heluo camp and the main force of the Dongchuan army into Guanzhong, and mainly recovered the cities along the lower and lower reaches of the Wei River.
Will be eager to advance westward and regain lost ground such as Qinfeng Road and Xihe Road.
The main force of Han Shiliang's Longwu Army has completed the recovery of Zizhou, Qizhou and other places, and is currently mainly stationed in Qizhou and Zizhou.
The recovery operation lasted for nearly a year, and it can be said to have come to an end at this time. However, the focus of the recovery operation was on the eastern front. In the encirclement and annihilation of the main force of the East Route captives, the elite troops under the jurisdiction of Sikong Mansion, including the Longwu Army,
The main forces of the Xuzhou camp were concentrated on the eastern front, and the Heluo camp was also mobilized on a large scale to mobilize elite combat forces.
The next step is to recover Qinfeng Road and Xihe Road west of Guanzhong. The focus of the operation will shift from the east to the west, which involves a large-scale adjustment of the main combat troops and the deployment of supplies such as grain, fodder, and ammunition. At the same time, the governance of the newly recovered areas is also urgent.
It needs to be restored, and the local people's livelihood is in desperate need of relief. This is also the focus of Xu Huai's convening of generals in Bianliang to discuss military affairs.
Only when the ruling order in the newly recovered areas is restored and agricultural production recovers to a certain extent can subsequent, deeper and more extensive combat needs be supported.
Otherwise, all grain and supplies would be transported from Jinghu and Jianghuai, across the entire Hehuai, Hedong and Guanshan regions to support the army's advance into the north and south of Yinshan, Longyou, and Hexi. Not to mention the cost is too high, and there are also uncertainties.
Very much.
In order to restore the rule over the newly recovered areas, most people in the Sikong Mansion advocated following the old system, at most based on the traditional Lusi, and generally establishing a system of pacification envoys to take charge of the overall situation, so that local governance and production could be restored more quickly.
At the beginning of the Dai Viet Dynasty, it also inherited the old system of the previous dynasty and divided the country into thirteen roads. Later, it was changed to two capitals and ten roads. Subsequently, the road system was abolished and changed to a road system. The fifteen roads that first defined the world were successively added.
It was added to the Tianxia 24th Road during the Tianxuan period.
Although Dai Viet's century-old road system effectively prevented the possibility of local separatist power, it also fragmented the territory that was already too narrow compared to the previous dynasty, imposed too many local checks and balances, and made administrative efficiency extremely inefficient.
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Over the years, Dai Viet seems to have implemented a three-level administrative structure of roads, states, and counties, but the power of the road department has been too restrictive. In addition to the checks and balances between the four major supervisory agencies at the road level, the management of the states and counties under its jurisdiction has been limited.
The power of control has also been repeatedly weakened, and the central government basically still directly intervenes in military and political affairs at the state level.
Nowadays, even if institutions and pacifiers are generally established in various places, it will be difficult to achieve a true three-level administrative governance structure.
Xu Huai will definitely continue to promote the development of the industrial manufacturing system, new production models, and the new gravel road transportation system that will continue to penetrate the entire region in the future, which will greatly strengthen the central government's local management and control capabilities.
It would be inappropriate if we continue to implement the old system of dividing one party and overly suppressing local centralization.
Xu Huai wanted to implement a provincial system that was conducive to local centralization in the newly recovered territories.
This is also preparation for the empire's future expansion into larger territories.
The provincial system was not completely utopian by Xu Huai.
As early as the Wei and Jin Dynasties, the central government was in charge of the Shangshu Province. When important ministers from the Zhongshu Province or the Menxia Province left the town, they would set up local agencies such as the Shangshu Province to take charge of military and political affairs in the area.
In the early years of the Sui Dynasty, Huainan Xingtai Province was even briefly established. .??.
Xu Huai planned to place most of Jingdong East Road and Jingdong East Road in Qilu Province, with Zizhou and Linzi as the provincial government; to transfer Hedong Road to Hedong Province, with Taiyuan as the provincial government; and to merge the original Shaanxi Fifth Road into Shaanxi Province, with Jingzhao Prefecture as the provincial government.
Wannian County; Hebei Road was relocated to Hebei Province, and the newly recovered Yanzhou, Jizhou and other old places were also merged into the jurisdiction of Hebei Xingying, and Xijin County, Yanzhou Prefecture, was governed.
At the same time, Xu Huai also planned to merge the Heluo, Jingxi, and Jingnan Xingying areas with Nanyang, Rucai and other places into a large Henan Province, put it under the direct jurisdiction of Sikong Prefecture, and govern Biyang County of Nanyang Prefecture - while Jingjing Road was cancelled.
After that, Jingzhou, Nancai and other prefectures and counties returned to Jinghu North Road.
Jianghuai, Jinghu and other places will not implement the provincial system for the time being to avoid too much resistance.
However, in addition to the Jingdong East Road under the jurisdiction of Qilu Province and most of the eastern and western parts of Jingdong, which were extremely severely damaged by the war and urgently need a strong provincial agency to promote the recovery of local production, Hebei, Hedong and Shaanxi will also be responsible for the follow-up work.
The main operational tasks also require a strong provincial mechanism to govern the military resources of the area.
Rucai, Nanyang, Heluo, Western Beijing and Southern Beijing were originally the foundations of Sikong Prefecture. They were merged to form a large Henan province, and the newly established provinces of Hebei, Hedong, Qilu and Shaanxi were brought under Sikong Prefecture.
Directly under the jurisdiction, in the eyes of the world, he is Xu Huaijia It is just a key step to strengthen the Sikong government and centralize power and speed up the process of abdication.
The province still has a system to set up pacification envoys, and the transfer envoys and punishment envoys are responsible for military, civil affairs, prison and other matters. It seems that there is not much difference from the old system. Major events still need to be discussed by the three envoys, but the three provincial departments can
Make local decisions on their own in accordance with laws and regulations, without requiring instructions from the central government.
Except for state and county officials who are still directly appointed by the central government and rotated on a regular basis, the selection, appointment and transfer of other officials can be decided by higher-level agencies.
After the four major provinces were established, the appointment of major military and political officials not only determined the subsequent war arrangements, but also determined the subsequent power structure of the empire to a certain extent.
At present, Han Shiliang is leading the main force of the Xuzhou camp. After recovering most of the cities on Jingdong East Road, he is currently stationed in Qizhou and resting in Zizhou. Naturally, he is the best candidate for the Qilu Province to establish a pacification envoy - Xu Huai also hopes to make Han Shiliang
He led the Longwu Army to govern Qilu Province to show his trust in him and the Han family.
"Although Shi Liang is nearly sixty years old, he still has the ability to lead troops and fight. He is willing to work hard to open up new territories for his benefit, rather than occupying a high position by doing nothing." In the big tent, Han Shiliang sat on Xu Huai's side
The one on the left said in a deep voice, "The original intention of Shi Liang serving the Sikong Mansion is also to hope that one day he can reach thousands of miles with his tail. Please give Shi Liang the honor of opening up the territory..."
Except for the fact that Xu Huai returned from Shuozhou and met Han Shiliang briefly in Bianliang, leaving a not too deep impression on each other, in the following years, even though they were ministers of the same palace, they never had the opportunity to meet each other.
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Over the years, even though Han Shiliang was completely branded as a Qiandi clique because he followed Emperor Shao Long, who was still the Duke of Lu, and Yang Maoyan and others to Weizhou at that time, deep down in his heart he had no feelings for the Qiandi clique.
Sense of identity - Over the years, he has also been the core or soul figure within the Qiandi Department who has quietly adhered to the line of resistance, insisted on joining the Central Committee, and opposed splitting.
After the escape from Beijing incident, the Qiandi family was severely damaged. Han Shiliang would rather be isolated by the Sikong Mansion, which had already taken full power at that time, and decided to stay on the front line against the Chihu people, rather than retreating to western Zhejiang with the Han family to seek separatist rule.
At that time, Han Shiliang had not thought about joining the Sikong Mansion directly. He still thought that no matter what, Emperor Shaolong would be kind to him. He thought that the best outcome for him would be to surrender his military power and retire to his countryside.
In the name of the whole body.
However, it was after the great victory at Yingzhou that Han Shiliang changed his original intention and chose to join the Sikong Mansion directly, even if he was accused of being ungrateful. In addition to hoping to further speed up the process of recovering the Central Plains, deep down in his heart he also longed to one day regain the glory of the Han and Tang Dynasties.
Incorporate the Western Region, Liaodong, Monan, etc. into the empire's territory.
He would rather be wrapped in horse leather on the battlefield for this reason than stay in the hinterland and be a powerful minister who will inevitably be suspected...
