"Time flies by like a white horse passing by, and before I know it, I have been away from you for so many years!"
Xu Huai, Jin Longquan and others sat down to talk and said with emotion.
Wang Zhen had resolutely opposed the imperial court's alliance with Chi Hu to attack Yan in the early days and was exiled to Tangzhou. Before and after the Tongbai Mountain Bandit Rebellion, Xu Huai's judgment on the future situation was even more pessimistic, but how could most people in the world have imagined this?
After the bandits were suppressed in Tongbai Mountain, Jin Longquan thought that the world was at peace. He had no intention of competing with the Xu family for power in Tongbai Mountain, so he returned to the county and wanted to take good care of his family business, but he didn't want to do it in just two or three days.
During the year, the situation in the world plummeted as Xu Huai expected.
Xu Huai led his troops withdrew from Shuozhou to Tongbai Mountain and was responsible for the new establishment of Huaiyuan County. At that time, Longquan of Jin Dynasty decided to join the people in Tongbai Mountain with Tang Tiande.
In order to reverse the low status of the generals, who were suffering from discrimination and oppression, and whose families were struggling to survive, and to raise enough funds to raise troops, Xu Huai forcibly promoted the New Deal in Tongbai Mountain, which greatly "hurt" the local interests of Zong Jin, a man named Zong Jin.
Xu Huai decided that Jin Longquan should stay in Biyang County in order to observe the movements of the gentry Zong Jin at any time.
When Emperor Jianji ascended the throne in Xiangyang, and due to the New Deal, Chushan, which had just gained momentum, was generally criticized and boycotted by the officials in the court;
As the Chushan defense zone gradually expanded to include Ru, Cai, and Shenzhou, the group of Jin gentry whose interests were infringed by the New Deal also grew larger and larger, and even formed a faction in the court that hated Chushan around Jin Zhuangcheng and others.
Jin Longquan has been lurking next to Jin Zhuangcheng by taking advantage of being a member of the Jin clan.
Although Jin Longquan has mainly been lurking in recent years, and there have been few ups and downs and thrilling secret operations, Jin Longquan's personal observation of Jin Zhuangcheng, officials, and Nanyang gentry groups provided timely and correct information for Jingxiang (Chushan)
It provides an important basis for judging the situation in the court; it is also one of the keys to Jingchu (Chushan) being able to calmly deal with various subtle changes in the court over the years.
However, due to deep lurking reasons, Jin Longquan never had the chance to meet Xu Huai in these years after the bandits were wiped out in Tongbai Mountain.
No matter what the outside world speculates, Jingxiang will not publicly admit that Jin Longquan is the secret agent of Jingxiang, let alone admit that the escape from Beijing was caused by Jingxiang's design to arouse the enemy.
The original plan was for Jin Longquan to stay with Xu Huai and serve as a transitional post for a period of time. However, when the capital was moved to Xiangyang, the supervisory agencies and official teams in the entire Jianghuai region needed to undergo major adjustments, and a group of generals from the Beijing-Xiangxi clan also needed to be installed.
, ensuring a smooth transition.
Although Jin Longquan had not directly served as a military and political officer, few people within the Beijing-Xiangxiang clique knew Jianghuai affairs better than him. At this juncture, Xu Huai still hoped that he could stay and work in Jianghuai.
In the Jianghuai area, the next more important matter is that on the one hand, in addition to the need to relocate the Jiangnan East Road Supervision Department back to Jianye, Xu Huai plans to split Huaixi and merge Luzhou, Shuzhou, and Hezhou in the southwestern part of Huaihe.
Jiangnan East Road, Qizhou is divided into Jinghu North Road.
In Shouzhou and Haozhou in the northwestern part of Huaihe River, Xu Huai wanted to set up an independent war zone and set up camps to take charge of military and political affairs.
Shouhao went to camp, with Deng Gui and Yang Qiye as the chief and deputy commanders, and they were jointly responsible for the defense of the middle reaches of the Huaihe River.
As for the new Jiangnan East Road, Xu Huai chose Liu Yan as the pacifier.
In addition to the former Jiangdong Road military envoy, transshipment envoy, Chang Pingcang envoy, some criminal and prison affairs, serving as deputy envoy to establish and establish, assisting Liu Yan in running the division, Cao division, Xian division, warehouse division, etc.
Dong Cheng will also use the system
A deputy envoy was appointed to inform the Jianye Prefecture.
Unlike Dai Viet in the past, which tried every means to limit the power of the supervisors and make the supervisors check and balance each other, Xu Huai wanted to expand the power of the road level as much as possible.
Even if it is not appropriate to directly introduce the provincial system for the time being, the configuration of one envoy and five deputy envoys is enough to establish the pacification envoy department with sufficient authority to govern the local area.
Correspondingly, the center will also reduce direct interference at the state and county level; in the next step, in addition to the core states such as Luzhou and Xuanzhou being upgraded to prefectures, the administrative officials and core officials of ordinary states and counties will be assessed and promoted.
All other matters will be put under the direct responsibility of the Establishment and Appeasement Department, and the central staff will no longer interfere.
To put it bluntly, in the future, if you want to include Hehuang, Helong, Yanyun, Tubo, Western Regions, Monan, Liaodong and other places into the empire's territory, there will be no strong enough roads or provincial-level permanent military and political institutions.
How to effectively govern and control?
All authority was returned to the central government, and important matters in states and counties could only be carried out after being reported to the central government. In the past, the territory of Da Viet was relatively small and could barely be maintained. However, when the territory of the empire expanded three to four times, it would be limited by the current situation.
With poor transportation and communication conditions, how low will the governance efficiency be?
Jiangnan East Road is about to expand its jurisdiction by nearly half. In addition to dealing with various legacy issues in the old capital and taking care of the defense of the middle reaches of the Yangtze River, it also needs to conduct military operations beyond the Yangtze River.
In the north, Luzhou, Shuzhou, Hezhou and other places carried out clearing field cultivation.
In order to ensure a smooth transition of the political situation, Qingtian and other matters will not involve the area south of the Yangtze River for the time being. However, in the two Huainan battles, in addition to Shouzhou, Haozhou and other places being devastated, the population loss in the counties in southern Huainan was also extremely serious.
Xu Huai will not touch the cultivated land and houses that have proven records and can be traced back, and will try his best to help the old owners return them to Huaixi. However, for the fields and houses whose old owners were killed in the war, and the river beaches that were occupied by the clan gentry in the past, Xu Huai will not touch them.
Xu Huaize would not be soft on the newly reclaimed fields in the streams, lakes and forests, or the fields that had not been recorded in the field registers to avoid taxes, nor would he sit back and watch as officials and gentry from Jianye and other places unscrupulously reached out to seize them.
On the one hand, production in these areas needs to be restored urgently; on the other hand, with so many refugees stranded south of the Yangtze River, enough official land is needed for resettlement.
The successive relocation of refugees to the states and counties north of the Yangtze River for resettlement will not only fundamentally eliminate the hidden security risks in the south of the Yangtze River, but also provide a large amount of income for the central government's stretched annual income, and also provide a steady stream of morale for the subsequent war.
of soldiers.
For this reason, Xu Huai will temporarily set up a Qingtian military garrison division under the Jiangnan East Road pacification envoy division, which will be presided over by Fan Yong, a general in Beijing and Xiangzhou.
There won't be any big moves on the two Zhejiang West Roads for the time being, but Ge family is currently living in southern Zhejiang (eastern Zhejiang). Western Zhejiang is separated from it by a water, and it is also the richest place in Dayue. Xu Huai plans to monitor it in western Zhejiang.
In the past, a new pacification envoy was set up to oversee the military and political affairs. His father-in-law, Wang Fan, went to sit in charge as a political advisor and also led the establishment of a pacification envoy. Wang Jun, as a military and horse deployment officer, accompanied him to the west of Zhejiang to take charge.
Drill local troops and horses.
Although looking at it from a traditional perspective, it seems that Jingxiang should focus more on guarding against any changes caused by the Ge family in southern Zhejiang at this time. At the same time, they should also worry about whether Han Shiliang might have different ambitions in occupying Huaidong.
However, the Second Battle of Huainan has just ended, and the battle to cross the Huaihe River cannot be delayed any longer after the autumn. The resettlement work of hundreds of thousands of generals and their families may not be completed until the end of this year. All aspects of money and food
Due to financial difficulties, Xu Huai could only focus his limited resources on the resettlement of refugees moving north to Lushu and other prefectures.
By sharpening the knife and chopping firewood, it is estimated that in addition to 200,000 to 300,000 people returning to their hometowns in Lushu and the three prefectures, nearly one million displaced people can be resettled.
If this work can be done steadily in the next two years, Xu Huai will not be afraid of what Ge Boyi, Wei Chujun and others can do.
Therefore, in addition to transferring Fan Yong to Jiangnan East Road to take charge of the Qingtian military garrison, it is more important to recommend Guo Junpan, Jiang Xie, Wang Mingqi and others to inform the affairs of Lu, Shu, and various states, and to transfer recent officials from Jingzhou, Nanyang and other places.
Officials from thousands of villages worked to promote the clearing of land and reclamation in various states.
Xu Huai hoped that Jin Longquan, who was familiar with Jianghuai affairs, would temporarily assist Fan Yong in coordinating related matters as a staff member.
Xu Huai came to Jianye at this time. In addition to discussing matters such as moving the capital, he would also officially give the title of Privy Envoy and Sikong.
Since the founding of the Dai Viet Dynasty, Sikong, Situ, Taibao, Taifu, Taiwei, Taishi, and the "Three Divisions of Kaifu Yitong" have all been the titles given to important ministers in the court, and they are not actual positions.
However, Xu Huai will lead the privy envoy and Sikong this time, and will officially open a mansion in the name of Sikong. The Sikong mansion will replace the temporary temporary king of the world's soldiers and horses, Qinwang, who recruits the envoys and command all the soldiers and horses.
At that time, in addition to Jingxiang Road being under the direct jurisdiction of Sikong Prefecture, Shou, Hao, Ru, Cai, Shen, Guang and Xichuan will be used as war zones, along with garrisoned areas.
The Selected Front Army, Jingsheng Army, Tianxiong Army, Xuanwu Army, Xiaosheng Army and various garrison troops in these combat areas will all be under the direct control of Sikong Mansion; even the Five-Road Envoys after Wei Chujun left will also
It will officially become one of the divisions under the Sikong Mansion.
In addition to the Changshi Yuan, Sima Yuan, the Chief Register Office, the Selection Department, the Works Department, the Ordnance Supervisor, the Group Animal Husbandry Supervisor, military command schools at all levels, the Cavalry Infantry Academy, the Zhufeng Hall, the Wuludu Branch Department, etc.
In addition to functional departments, Xu Huai also plans to officially upgrade the General Intelligence Department to the Military Intelligence Staff Department.
In addition to spying on military intelligence, pre-war reconnaissance and terrain survey, the former Military Intelligence Department was also involved in the formulation of many combat plans to a certain extent.
Since the scale of the war was limited, and Xu Huai had a lot of energy and was able to visit the front lines in person and directly command larger-scale operations, the Military Intelligence Department in the past was sufficient.
However, the situation has developed to this point, and the scale of the war is no longer what it used to be. No matter how powerful Xu Huai is, he cannot take care of multiple battlefields at the same time, nor can he go deep into every aspect of the battle.
The traditional approach relies on the selection of military commanders at all levels. Senior generals above a certain level will also hire private staff to assist in handling complex and cumbersome military affairs.
In fact, since the founding of the Dai Viet Dynasty, the emperor has relied on the Privy Council to handle tedious military and political affairs. The Privy Council drafted large-scale battle plans and was responsible for the reconnaissance and collection of military intelligence. To a certain extent, it formed the prototype of the general staff of later generations.
Unfortunately, out of caution against warriors, the main officials of the Privy Council were all served by military officials who were not familiar with warfare, and were not selected from among military officers.
The civil servants who were sent to the army from the Privy Council were not willing to be in a supporting or consultative position. They often directly controlled the battlefield in accordance with the tradition and practice of using civility to govern military affairs and using civility to control military affairs since the founding of the dynasty. Instead, they would directly control the battlefield.
The officers and generals of the army were placed in a subordinate position.
These directly limited the positive role of the Privy Council in the war.
As the upgraded Chief of Military Intelligence Staff, Xu Huai would of course try his best to avoid these shortcomings, and would control the main military and political powers other than troop formation, organization, logistics and military supervision as the core of the Sikong Mansion.
