"Although Ezhou Prefecture has not thought about properly managing Qianchapu, a land of thousands of lakes and swamps, in recent years, the transfer of Nancai County to Chushan overseas Chinese has caused a lot of discussion in the city of Jiangxia. Fortunately, the imperial decree has been issued
Next, Kong Shijun is also very happy. He has sent a document to Huangpi and Hanchuan counties to explain the boundary demarcation..."
After leaving Jianye, Han Gui did not go straight to Hanchuan with Xu Huai. Instead, as the first magistrate of Nancai County, he and Wang Fan went to Jiangxia, the Ezhou capital on the south bank of the Jingjiang River, to negotiate with the Jinghu North Road Supervisor and Ezhou Prefecture on boundary demarcation and other matters.
, but he did not delay as long as Jiangxia. He rushed to Hanchuan before Xu Huai left for the north and reported the matters he had contacted with the officials of Jinghu North Road in the past two days.
All in all, everything went smoothly.
The settlement of the overseas Chinese in Nancai was promoted from top to bottom. However, Kong Changyu, the transfer envoy of Jinghu North Road, would not put up any resistance. Even if there were subsequent disagreements, they would be over the boundary, tax distribution, and the construction of Jingjiang and Hanjiang levees.
In fact, there will be some conflicts of interest with Huangpi and Hanchuan counties and Ezhou Prefecture.
Therefore, Shi Zhen also advocated that Han Gui should stay temporarily as the magistrate of Nancai County and take charge of all overseas affairs.
The suppression of Dongting Lake bandits was more the responsibility of the Jinghu South Road and Jinghu North Road supervisors; as for the candidate for the Jinghu South Road establishment envoy to replace Xu Wei, Xu Huai had not yet decided when he left Jianye.
Xu Huai didn't have the energy to worry too much. After confirming that there were no major obstacles to the settlement of overseas Chinese in Nancai, he took Liu Qiong'er with him, surrounded by Zhou Jing, Fan Zongqi, Wu Chihai and others, and led the soldiers to select the vanguard.
On a breezy autumn day, we embark on the journey back to the Huaihe River from the north.
The total number of selected vanguard troops is only 3,000 armored cavalry, which is Chushan's most elite fighting force against the enemies in the west of Jing and Heluo.
It is impossible for Xu Huai to drive away and eliminate the rogue bandits stranded in the Qianchapu area and leave the most elite armored cavalry to fight in the swamps and silts.
Of course, Nancai is by no means an ordinary county under Chushan.
In addition to Han Gui, who joined the army in the business record office and temporarily held the post of county magistrate, Xu Sheng also stayed in Nancai as the general manager of Lifeng Hall. In addition to presiding over the construction of Nancai Hall entrance, he was mainly responsible for raising funds for the Qianchapu Encirclement.
Allocate money, food and materials needed for reclamation.
Zhuang Yong, as the minister of construction, stayed in Nancai to preside over many construction projects in the encirclement.
The County Weisi under Nancai is far from the ordinary concept of a County Weisi. In addition to commanding 500 armored soldiers and 500 naval troops, it also has to organize and train 2,000 civilians recruited from Hanchuan into a naval army.
, the work camp under its jurisdiction will directly transfer 8,000 Jianjiang from Ru and Caizhou to be responsible for the preliminary encirclement work.
The subsequent recruitment and screening of refugees in Nancai also fell under the responsibility of the county captain.
In short, there were too many details about Nancai Qiaozhi that needed to be sorted out repeatedly. Shi Zhen decided to stay in Nancai for two more days, and Xu Huai didn't think much about anything else.
Xu Huai didn't like socializing, and he didn't want to waste time by making excuses. Before leaving, he declined the invitation of Hanchuan County Magistrate Yin Yaozhi and local officials to see him off.
Of course, the local gentry and people still appreciated the Chushan Army's protective feelings in these days, and gathered around the official road very early.
Wang Wenchong's second son, Wang Mingqi, replaced Wang Wenchong as an official in Ezhou Prefecture. After the rebel army attacked Shuangliu Village and was repelled, he took leave and returned to Shuangliu Village with some of his children and servants in Jiangxia City.
Although he had no chance to show his face in front of Xu Huai in the past two days, and even when Xu Huai set out to return north, he did not accept the farewell from the Wang clan. However, even though he and the neighboring gentry stood far away to see off, watching the groups of people saying goodbye.
Jia Qi embarked on the journey in batches, and felt more clearly why his father lamented that the world had changed.
Wang Fan is responsible for the deployment of the troops and horses of the North Jinghu Road. He is in charge of the military affairs of North Jing. It can be said that he has a high position. However, in fact, if he wants to mobilize the troops of North Jinghu, he must first obtain the approval of the transfer envoy Kong Changyu.
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In peacetime, Wang Fan mainly handles the specific official affairs of the Capital Deployment Department, and military generals above the commander level are directly appointed by the Ministry of War and the Imperial Camp Department according to their levels.
When Wang Fan travels on a daily basis, Zheng Shou or Wang Kong usually transfer a small team of soldiers and horses from the government office to guard him. There is no special personal bodyguard.
Even when the transshipment envoy Kong Changyu travels, according to imperial regulations, he is not allowed to carry more than thirty-four armed guards. How can he be accompanied by hundreds of armored cavalry?
"My lord, you are also here to see Xu Hou off," Shi Zhen walked over from the gate of the camp, clasping his hands and saying, "The captive soldiers have been tossing around in Xuchang and other places again. Xu Hou's schedule is too tight, so he couldn't get off his horse to meet him just now.
You want me to say sorry to the prince..."
"Why didn't Shi Langjun return north with Xu Hou?" Hearing the news that Xu Huai was returning north early in the morning, Wang Wenchong thought he had no chance to meet Shi Zhen in private, but he did not expect that Shi Zhen did not go with Xu Huai, but stayed behind.
Come down.
"Although the imperial court agrees that Chushan will establish a new Nancai County remote area in Qianchapu, there are so many things to do to get it done, and it is too complicated. I will have to wait for two days before I can leave. In the future, Han Gui and the others
There are many things in Nancai that I need to ask the prince for help, and I am about to ask the prince to come over and talk about it. At this time, seeing that the prince is kind, would you like to come to the camp to drink tea?" Shi Zhen invited Wang Wenchong, Wang Mingqi and his son to the camp to talk.
Away from the irrelevant people, Shi Zhendan left Han Gui to accompany him and drank tea with Wang Wenchong, Wang Mingqi and his son.
"Huaishang is the screen vassal of Jingxiang. Tens of thousands of generals in Chushan are guarding it. They need money and food every day. However, the court is exhausted and has to cultivate crops in Qianchapu Encirclement to make up for the shortage."
Shi Zhen could only stay for two or three more days. When he saw Wang Wenchong, Wang Mingqi and his son came to the door excitedly. They stopped making any detours and laughed and said,
"It's just that land reclamation also requires money and food. Chushan is really short of money and has to raise funds in Ezhou. Of course, Lifengtang has no foundation in Ezhou. We are all worried about how to spread this matter. Yesterday, I heard that Xuan
The young lady said that Mr. Wang wanted to raise 100,000 yuan of money and food to help, and she was really shocked - Ms. Wang could have dug out Miss Xuan's dowry from the bottom of the box..."
"..."
After hearing what Shi Zhen said, Wang Wenchong's slightly anxious heart calmed down and he smiled and said,
"Xuhou and the Chushan generals fought for the country and sacrificed their lives for the barbarians. Fortunately, Xuhou came to help, and Shuangliuzhuang escaped the disaster. Even if our Wang family went bankrupt to support the army, it would be a righteous act.
Where we are, there is no room for us to flinch. However, it is not false to say that this is Girl Xuan’s dowry. After all, the Wang family has been able to save some land and houses over the years, and it is all due to the protection of Girl Xuan and her father and ancestors, but it is a pity that Xuan
The girl has not even talked about her husband's family until now. Of course, Xuan Yatou, no matter how stupid she is, can understand what she is thinking. It's just that in the past, Xu Hou fought in the north and south to serve the country and could not stop for a moment, and it was inconvenient for us to come and disturb her.
However, delaying this matter any longer is not an option, Shi Langjun, do you think this is true?"
"Yes, Xu Hou has the ambition to destroy the barbarians, but this has no conflict with whether he can have a family or not. We should try our best to promote this matter." Shi Zhen said.
"Yes," Wang Wenchong said, "Xuan girl lost her mother when she was young. Wang Fan went on a mission to a foreign tribe and was trapped for several years. She depended on his grandfather for life. She traveled to Tang Dynasty and Lan. She suffered too much. We have to worry about her marriage.
Worry."
"Wang Fanlang-kun's side..."
Apart from the previous unhappiness in Lanzhou, now that Chushan has cut off a piece of meat from Ezhou, in the eyes of many people, it can be regarded as Chushan extending its tentacles into Jingbei. If the two families want to marry again, the DPRK and China will probably not
Tolerate Wang Fan to continue to stay in Jingbei - after all, Wang Fan is still an obstacle.
Shi Zhen's contact with Wang Fan was very limited, but he didn't know whether Wang Wenchong had considered this when he rushed to meet him in a hurry.
"It is said that 'a child cannot be raised by his father, and a daughter cannot be raised by her mother.' When it comes to her husband's family, Wang Fan is afraid that he will have nothing to do with Xuan girl..." Wang Wenchong said.
Although Wang Wenchong did not hang around Wang Fan all day long, after Emperor Jianji ascended the throne in Xiangyang, Wang Fan was put into great use, and Wang Wenchong sent many of Wang's children to Wang Fan.
He is much clearer about Wang Fan's changes in mentality than Shi Zhen.
First of all, the Lanzhou incident caused bad blood between the two sides. Even after the fall of Bianliang, both sides were members of the main war faction, but Wang Fan was still dissatisfied with Xu Huai's many unruly ways and could not appreciate them.
Another thing is that after the fall of Bianliang, Emperor Jianji had just arrived in Xiangyang and ascended the throne. Wang Fan had great ambitions and even thought he was the leader of the main war faction in the court. At that time, the foundation of Chu Mountain was not yet stable, and Wang Fan still had some limitations.
I don't like Xu Huai.
In fact, even Liu Yan and other generals who broke out from Bianliang and fought under Wang Hui's command had a closer relationship with Privy Councilor Hu Kai.
When Wang Fan went to Jinghu North Road to serve as a military and horse deployment officer, it could not be regarded as a promotion. Wang Fan also complained privately that when he went to the place, he should be appointed as an economic envoy, or at least a transit envoy.
Since the first year of Jianji, in just three or four years, Xu Huai was still the Marquis of Jingsheng, but the Chushan Camp initially had only 200,000 soldiers and civilians in the three counties of Huaiyuan, Chushan, and Xinyang.
In the three states of Rucai, there are 700,000 soldiers and civilians, and the foundation is getting deeper and deeper.
Of course, another key reason is that when Emperor Jianji first came to Xiangyang and ascended the throne, Wang Fan and all the Wang clan members were still deeply influenced by the tradition of advocating literature and suppressing martial arts. Even when the Wang clan was discussing Wang Xuan's marriage,
, they also all think that the minister, the minister, is a good match...
