Chapter 497 Alliance · Conquering People with Virtue “Can you go ashore and go to the city to rest for a while tonight?”
Fatty Wu looked expectant.
"How long have you been riding before the boat can't hold it anymore?"
"I can't bear it, I really can't bear it. I've been vomiting all the time. I thought I'd get used to it once I vomited, but I can't vomit anything anymore. I still feel uncomfortable. I really feel like I'm going to vomit all the bile. Now I just want to
Stepping on solid ground, the boat is too rocking and unbearable."
Cao Qing cast a look of disdain.
"We can't live up to the kindness of the two governors," said the fat man.
Wu Huaiyu nodded and passed by Shuangshiluo territory. He was greeted by people who wanted to give him face.
Shuangshiluo was the governor of Xiangzhou, and the governors of Xiang, Wei, Li, Wei, Ming, Xing, and Bei were seven states. There were seven governors' offices in Hebei Province during the Tang Dynasty. The governor's office of Xiangzhou was very important.
In the fifth year of Wude, there were five metropolitan governorships in the country, namely Mingjingjiaobingyou, and Hebei accounted for two. The Mingzhou metropolitan governorate was the Tang Dynasty's control of Hebei after the destruction of Dou Jiande and Liu Heitai.
After Liu Heita's two rebellions were put down, the imperial court abolished the Mingzhou Governor's Office and changed it to the Xiangzhou Governor's Office.
The first Governor-General of Mingzhou was Li Yuan. Later, after the Ming Mansion was abolished, he was appointed the Governor-General of Youzhou Governor-General.
Shuang Shiluo was a general of the Qin Palace. He was from the second right guard of the Qin Palace. After pinging Dou and building virtue, Li Shimin arranged for three close generals of the Qin Palace to stay in Hebei. Shuang Shiluo, the second right guard, was appointed governor of Dingzhou, and Qiu Xing, the second guard of the left
Then he was appointed the governor of Jizhou, and Tian Liu'an, the fourth commander of the right army, was appointed the governor of Weizhou.
Shuang Shiluo was a general in the Prince of Qin's palace. He was deeply trusted by Li Shimin. He was also loyal and capable of making war plans. He stayed in Hebei for many years, from the general manager of Dingzhou, to the general manager of Mingzhou, to the governor of Dingzhou, and then to the governor of Xiangzhou.
, long-term governor of the area east of the Taihang Mountains.
His title was from Duke of Wudu to Duke of Lu, and he was given the title of General Youwuwei.
He has been guarding Hebei for seven years. At first, Dingzhou was just an ordinary general manager. Later, Li Yuan transferred Youzhou from Mingzhou and he was promoted to the chief general manager of Mingzhou. Later, Dingzhou was promoted to the general general manager's office, and he was transferred back to Dingzhou as the chief general manager.
, after that, Dingzhou and Mingzhou abolished the general governor's office and replaced it with the governor's office of Xiangzhou, and he was transferred to the governor of Xiangzhou.
However, now You and Xiang have been demoted to the rank of Central Governor's Palace. The entire Tang Dynasty only retains the four great governor's palaces of Jingyang and Yi. In addition, only the twenty-four governor's palaces remain in the interior, and there are twenty-four governor's palaces along the edge.
There are a total of forty-eight middle and lower governor's mansions and four upper governor's mansions.
In the past, there were seven governor's offices in Hebei during the last years of Wude, and there were even three major governor's offices in Youming (Phase) Ding. However, now youzhou governor's office and Yingzhou governor's office belong to the border government. The Jizhou governor's office and the Dezhou governor's office have been abolished.
Only the two governor's offices of Dingzhou and Xiangzhou were left.
The entire Hebei Province area is actually composed of two inner and four governor's houses on both sides.
Shuangshiluo, the governor of Xiangzhou, the general of Youwuwei, Duke of Lu, and Wu Huaiyu, the governor of Youzhou, the general of Youlingjunwei, and Duke of Yi are actually of the same rank.
From the general manager Ming Xing of seven states, to the governor Dingheng of eight states, and then to the governor Xiangwei six states, guarding this place that was once the most troublesome to the Tang Dynasty for seven years required not only enough trust, but also superb skills.
The ship entered Xiangzhou and docked.
Shuangshiluo has been waiting for you for a long time.
The surname Shuang was rare. Wei Xiaojie told Huaiyu that Shuang Shiluo was from Yi people. Although there were many Hu generals in the Tang Dynasty and a large number of Xianbei people who integrated into the Han nationality, there were still few Yi generals.
When people in the Tang Dynasty talked about barbarians, they generally referred to southwestern barbarians.
The ancestors of Fan Xuanfu's family were Wuling barbarians and were also barbarians. However, although his ancestors rebelled repeatedly during the Han Dynasty, they had long since integrated into the Han people.
Shuang Shiluo can be said to be of barbarian origin. It is estimated that his family has still been a barbarian in recent generations, and at most he can be considered a familiar barbarian. It is indeed more remarkable that he can reach his current status with such a background.
"Welcome Wu Shaobao."
Shuang Shiluo is not tall, but he is quite strong. He gave me a hug when he came up, which was very cordial.
"In the past, when I went to Chang'an to attend court fairs, I never had the chance to get close to Shaobao. Now that Shaobao passes by me, I, the landowner, must treat him well."
"Is your father-in-law Fan Manzi okay?"
"Still serving as the governor of Suizhou,"
Fan Manzi's words brought them closer together. According to Shuang Shiluo, he and Fan Manzi used to be very close to each other in Prince Qin's Mansion.
Because they were both barbarians, they were close to each other. The two famous barbarian generals in the Qin Palace were capable of fighting and daring to attack. Now one is Ying Guo Gong and the other is Lu Guo Gong. They are both worshiped as the Governor of Zhongdu.
However, Shuang Shiluo was a bit older than Fan Xing. Back then, he and Fan Fang were brothers, and Fan Xing had to address Shuang Shiluo as his uncle.
According to this generation, Wu Huaiyu would have to be called Grandpa Shuangshiluo.
"Shu Bao and I are also brothers. We have fought side by side for many years. You are his adopted son. Just call me Shibo. But calling me Grandpa will take advantage of you, hahaha."
People who love to laugh always make people feel friendly.
Although Wu Huaiyu's official rank is higher than that of Shuang Shiluo, on this occasion the personal relationship is closer.
Shuangshiluo had already prepared a banquet to welcome the wind, which was very sumptuous.
Fatty Wu Junyawu got off the boat and lay down directly on the ground. After taking two steps, he felt like the world was spinning and he couldn't walk any further. He simply lay down and breathed in the air.
Although Shuang Shiluo is not tall, he is definitely a dwarf even among generals.
But he has a good drinking capacity. Even though he is nearly fifty, he drinks wine quite vigorously. He also prefers to drink the Erguotou brewed by Wujia Bingyutang.
He doesn't like those green plum and white plum wines with rock sugar and bayberry, but he likes the strong flavor of Erguotou. He even doesn't like to drink any cellared wine, but likes to drink the freshly brewed Erguotou of the same year with its fire.
“The shochu from the Bingyu Hall of the Inwu Family is really strong, especially the sweet potato shochu, which is my favorite.”
There are many kinds of raw materials for Wu family's soju, including barley, sorghum, wheat, glutinous rice, pears, persimmons, sweet potatoes, even distiller's grains, sugarcane bagasse, and corn. There are many brewing raw materials, and they can even be combined with each other.
The brewed shochu also has different flavors. Some are brewed and then mixed with spices or rock sugar, soaked in medicinal herbs, soaked in fruits, etc.
But the best thing in Shuangshiluo is actually the ordinary sweet potato roast.
"The burning properties of sweet potato are refreshing and mellow, sweet, cottony, soft, clean and fragrant. It's quite good." Wu Huaiyu said with a smile, but in fact, the burning of sweet potatoes in Bingyutang's shochu is a low-end shochu, consumed by the public, and even mainly
Sold to laborers who do hard work.
The better part is that it’s cheap, and it’s spicy to satisfy your cravings.
This wine is easy to brew and the cost is low. Nowadays, more and more sweet potatoes are being planted. It is very cheap to buy fresh potatoes from the production areas. It is much cheaper than wheat, sorghum and glutinous rice.
Wu Huaiyu and Shuang Shiluo clinked glasses and took a sip, and discovered that this sweet potato roast was not the ordinary kind, but the craft beer in sweet potato roast. Different from the ordinary ones that only use sweet potatoes as raw materials, this one is made of high-quality wheat, barley,
Corn, sorghum and other coarse grains are used as raw materials, blended with natural fermentation technology and advanced distillation technology. Adding post-fermentation and fine blending of sweet potatoes, this wine will show a unique sweet potato aroma, and the taste will be more mellow than ordinary ones.
, a long aftertaste.
No wonder Shuang Shiluo praised it so much. It turned out that what he drank was Tegon sweet potato roast.
"I like wine, and I can drink it here and there. Your sweet potato roast is the best."
Huai Yuxin said that what you are drinking is not an ordinary sweet potato roast. It is much more expensive than ordinary wine. Xinfeng Meijiu, Jiannan Shaochun and other famous wines are not as good as this.
"Shibo is a famous wine maker. This sweet potato is cooked with five kinds of grains, also known as Wuliangye. It can relieve summer heat, relieve thirst and relieve fatigue. It also has the effects of promoting qi and heat, removing dampness and activating blood circulation. It can also be used to treat diarrhea, dysentery, indigestion, and jaundice.
, patients with hemorrhoids and other diseases can also make a medicinal introduction during the Dragon Boat Festival and mix it with realgar to make realgar wine, which can detoxify and eliminate insect pests."
After a few cups of sweet potatoes, the two of them became much closer.
Shuang Shiluo finally got down to business.
"Erlang is not a good prime minister. He came to Youzhou to be the governor. Is this to prepare for next year's attack on the Turks and seize the opportunity?"
"The war against the Turks will happen next year, but it's not clear yet."
"Don't hide it from me. I am very close to your adoptive father, uncle Bao, and your father-in-law, Fan Manzi. We are all our own people. I have nothing else to ask for. When the war starts next year, we will definitely do it in Hebei Province."
It’s the Eastern Route Army, so naturally you’ll be the marching commander, and I’ll be the deputy general.”
When he said this, he didn't even look at Wei Xiaojie.
Although Wei Xiaojie is much older than him, and now he is going to Youzhou with Wu Huaiyu to serve as the governor's governor and the governor of Tanzhou. If Wu Huaiyu really wants to be the marching commander, Wei Xiaojie is naturally most likely to be the marching commander or deputy general.
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"Let's work together to build a great cause. If you need anything, just ask. Soldiers, money and food, auxiliary soldiers and civilians, equipment. Whatever I have, just ask for it."
The war will start next year, with six armies advancing together. Wu Huaiyu's side is the East Route Army. The strategy of the Ministry of War is mainly about coordination. Of course, Wu Huaiyu also has his own plan. Who wouldn't want to try it if he has the opportunity.
There are more than 100,000 elite troops in the six routes in the plan. Wu Huaiyu's side is probably a full main force of 20,000 troops, 14,000 combat troops, 6,000 auxiliary troops, and 20,000 reorganized troops.
There are seven armies under the jurisdiction of the war army, with the center army having 4,000, the Yuhou on the left and right having 2,800 each, and the front, rear, left and right sides each having 2,600 each.
This field army will definitely have to draw elite soldiers from all over Hebei, and even from Henan and Shandong. The Tongjunfu in Guangyou Prefecture does not have that many elites.
Although Shuangshiluo only has six prefectures including the governor, Xiangwei, etc., the area under its jurisdiction is no less important than Youzhou. It has a large number of military offices and strong soldiers and horses.
The famous Weibo Town in the late Tang Dynasty was located in this area.
"If I can serve as the commander-in-chief of a march next year, I will definitely recommend Shibo as deputy general,"
Shuang Shiluo laughed, "Have fun, do it!"
Now that he had given the promise, Wu Huaiyu began to make demands without politeness.
"I plan to train troops in advance and prepare for war. Normally, a main army has 20,000 troops, 8,000 auxiliary troops, and 12,000 combat troops. I plan to have 14,000 combat troops and 6,000 auxiliary troops.
The extra two thousand soldiers are planned to form a special Mo Dao army.
There are 400 troops in the center, 300 Yuhou troops on the left and right, 250 swordsmen each on the four wings, a total of 2,000 people."
The power of the Mo Dao is so great. With an organic Mo Dao army of two thousand people, you can imagine their combat effectiveness. Shuang Shiluo was also very happy, "I will find a way to mobilize the Mo Dao you need, and I will also mobilize the Mo Dao hands for you."
, as long as the imperial court can pass, it can be in place at any time."
"I also plan to form two thousand heavy Youzhou assault cavalry based on the original four thousand cavalry,"
Shuang Shiluo was a little surprised now.
"Two thousand armored cavalry? You must have too much appetite. Even all the prefectures and military prefectures in Hebei Province will not be able to gather so many men, horses and heavy equipment in the armored arsenal."
"I can ask His Majesty for the re-armoring of the men and horses, but the heavy cavalry with armored cavalry requires more elites. In this regard, Shi Bo can help select some supplements."
"As long as you can get heavy armor, I can definitely help you select a group of elite knights for you. We have no shortage of brave knights in Hebei Province!"
"But even if we get the order, recruiting and training troops in advance will cost a lot, especially for the cavalry. One ride can take up to five steps of food and grass, and heavy cavalry will cost even more."
"I'm not worried about money and food." Huaiyu was confident.
"Is it possible that Erlang is planning to find his family to solve the problem again?" It seems that Huaiyu likes to make money from monks, and the news has spread even in Hebei.
"I feel that although Hebei has been in war for many years, it still has many favorable conditions. For example, salt can be harvested along the coast, trade with Tibet can be carried out along the border, and our Hebei plain is rich in products. As long as we grasp it well, we will not worry about the cost of raising and training troops."
Shuang Shiluo nodded, but still reminded Huaiyu that what he said had actually been done by someone for a long time, and it was basically in the hands of powerful noble families, especially the powerful families represented by the Five Surnames and Seven Families.
Hebei is deeply rooted.
What Wu Huaiyu wanted to do was to snatch meat from their bowls.
"Dou Jiande, Liu Heitai, Xu Yuanlang and others were also very powerful, but where are they in the end? Now that the world is unified, this country's surname is Li," Wu Huaiyu chuckled, "I have gathered 20,000 elites, and I will still be afraid of them. Who wants to
I really can’t think of giving it a try, then my 20,000 elites will just have a training goal.”
Shuang Shiluo, who had guarded Hebei for seven years, was a little shocked, "Erlang, don't be impatient, be cautious. We can't have another civil strife in Hebei right now."
"Don't worry, they don't dare. Besides, I'm not the kind of unreasonable person. I always have to be reasonable in everything,"
"We convince people with virtue," Huaiyu said.
But Shuangshiluo always felt that Wu Huaiyu's words were full of murderous intent. He couldn't help but make random guesses in his mind. Could it be that Wu Huaiyu came to Youzhou this time not to prepare for the attack on the Turks next year, but to clean up the Shandong gentry first? The emperor wanted to clear them out in advance.
Are there some instability possibilities to prevent someone from holding back the enemy when the time comes?
The more I think about it, the more I feel that this is the case. Otherwise, for a young man like Wu Huaiyu, even if he once served as prime minister, but now he has resigned, he is just the governor of Youzhou. How can he have the confidence to look down on the five surnames and seven families like this?
Li Shentong and others had never experienced anything like this when they were guarding Hebei.
Even if people like Dou Jiande and Liu Heitai once dominated Hebei, they would not dare to say that they do not take the five surnames and seven families into consideration.
"Hahaha, what are you going to do, Erlang? Tell me, let's get on side by side."
Wu Huaiyu was still very satisfied with his answer. If the two houses of You and Xiang advanced and retreated together, they would have greater bargaining power with the five surnames and seven families.
The Cui family of Qinghe is under the Governor's Mansion of Xiangzhou, while Fan Yanglu is under the Governor's Mansion of Youzhou, and Zhaojun Li is under the Governor's Mansion of Dingzhou between the two houses. Three of the seven families with five surnames have their headquarters in Hebei, and two of them are in Hebei.
Under the rule.
There are forty-four families in seven sects and five surnames, and they can be said to be spread throughout every corner of Hebei. It may not be an exaggeration to say that in Hebei, if you want to do anything big, you may have to touch it.
It was impossible to hide away from them, but Wu Huaiyu had no intention of hiding.
