"When Prime Minister Wu arrives in Lingnan, our Feng family and Xian family will give full support. As long as Prime Minister Wu gives an order, we will fight with swords, mountains, and seas of fire."
Feng Zhidai patted his chest and said.
Feng Ang rolled his eyes at his son, "The eight governorates of Gaozhou and the four states of Qiongdao are all the territory of the imperial dynasty. Prime Minister Wu visits Lingnan on behalf of the emperor. Isn't it natural for you to obey orders?"
On the small red clay stove on the kang table, there was a casserole sitting in which beef offal and radish cubes were simmering. Some garlic sprouts, dried chilies and old ginger were also sprinkled in it.
Feng Ang was sweating after eating, but he couldn't stop.
“This beef offal stew is really delicious. It’s really spicy, but it’s very spicy.”
Feng Ang was no stranger to chili peppers in the past few years in Lingnan. He knew that the auspicious seeds came from the Wu Xiangguo in front of him. It was said that his master, the land god Xiaoyaozi, had collected them overseas before.
When he was in Lingnan, he tried it once and didn't want to do it a second time.
But today he ate very happily.
There is no exquisite banquet,
Wu Xiangguo's tail-burning banquet is very famous in Chang'an. It is said that there are 108 dishes.
Feng An had already tasted several dishes of Wu's Braised Tail Banquet in Chang'an, and they were indeed delicious, delicious and well-deserved.
But now, sitting on the fire bed like this, with a small stove, a clay pot, and various beef offal with radish and garlic sprouts, it is also very delicious.
Spicy, yet satisfying,
This dish seems to be just like the Wu Huaiyu in front of me. It looks very ordinary, even a bit humble, but when combined, it is so delicious and even so spicy.
Wu Huaiyu also broke out in a thin layer of sweat.
In the winter, when I eat this beef offal in a pot, paired with Laodong wine, the more I eat, the more I eat, and I even take off my coat.
From Yangjiang to Leizhou Peninsula, they are the territory of the eight states of the Feng family, and the four states on Hainan Island are also within their sphere of influence. There is no doubt about the strength of the Feng family, which is now the strongest in Lingnan.
However, this time when the imperial court was planning Lingnan, the Feng family was cooperating, so this first blow would not hit their heads.
"The five coastal states of Enzhou, Gaozhou, Panzhou, Luozhou, Leizhou, and Gaozhou Dudufu will be located in Beijin Port in Yangjiang, Bohe Port in Gaozhou, Leizhou Bay in Leizhou, Guangzhou Bay in Luozhou, etc.
Five bays and water divisions were built,
Within the Dudu's Mansion in Gaozhou, Shicheng in Luozhou and Maoming in Panzhou will each be stationed in a Tongjun Mansion. Liangde in Gaozhou will be stationed in the left town of Yongning Army, and Enping in Enzhou will be stationed in the right town of Yongning Army.
There’s no problem with any of this, right?”
Feng Zhidai took a sharp breath of cold air and kept sipping the tea. Hearing this, he patted his chest again, "We completely obey the imperial court's arrangements."
"Well, people in Chang'an say that Duke Feng has a hundred thousand elite troops in Lingnan,"
"They are all rumors, absolutely not true," Feng Zhidai explained,
Wu Huaiyu smiled and said, "It doesn't matter whether you have it or not. Now the arrangements of the imperial court have been made. The imperial court will dispatch troops from the Central Plains to Lingnan. The troops in the governor's offices and governors in Lingnan will be reorganized into state and county troops and township regiment troops."
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The number of soldiers in the upper state is one thousand and two, in the middle state is one thousand, and in the lower state is eight hundred.
The township group consists of 500 people in large counties and 300 people in small counties.
Select young and able men, click to reorganize, register on the roster, and report to the Ministry of War. The rest must be put into the treasury with weapons and horses released to Nanshan to disarm and return to their fields.
Except for state and county soldiers and township regiment soldiers, private tribes and slaves are not allowed to be armed."
Feng Zhidai was hesitant and looked secretly at his father.
Feng An sat there eating radishes. White radish cubes were stewed in the pot, soaked with the flavor of beef offal. It was very delicious.
Wu Huaiyu laughed twice,
Feng Ang stopped his chopsticks, glanced at his son, and then said to Wu Huaiyu, "We all listen to the court's arrangements. If there is no problem with the Feng family, there should be no problem with the Xian family."
The imperial court's move to rectify and recruit local soldiers and horses was relatively fierce and touched the core of the Feng family. However, in the face of the general trend, Feng Ang was not able to resist.
Fortunately, the court also left some leeway.
The eight states of the Feng family, even if they are all divided into lower states, there are still 6,000 and 4 state soldiers in 8864, and there are three or four counties in each state. The total number of rural regiment soldiers is more than 10,000 people. If they are gathered together, the eight states of Gaofu
There are about 20,000 state and county soldiers and township regiment soldiers.
Including the four states of Qiongdao, there are still at least five to six thousand posts.
Although the Feng family's military strength is more than this, in fact, the Feng family's soldiers are not standing troops.
Having this forehead is actually enough. If the day comes, mobilization will come in time.
Although Feng An was scheming, he also knew that now that the imperial court had passed, there would definitely be follow-up actions. For example, although the state soldiers and rural soldiers were nominally the commanders of the governors of various states, they were of course also under the control of the governor's office. There would be many restrictions in the future, especially
To register a roster, every soldier must be counted.
Moreover, the military officers will surely gradually be mixed with military attachés sent by the imperial court.
"Here, let's have a drink."
Wu Huaiyu raised his wine glass and said with a smile.
Feng Ang and Feng Zhidai also raised their glasses quickly. The warm Laodong wine entered their throats and gradually became intoxicating.
Wu Huaiyu and his father were drinking and talking, and Feng Ang and his son also gave in step by step.
Wu Huaiyu said that towns should be set up to garrison troops, prefectures should be opened to garrison troops, navy camps should be built along the coast, patrols should be set up at pass wharves, and each state should send chief Shi Sima.
Officials need to be assessed, people need to be registered as households,
He said one thing, and the two of them agreed to the same thing.
Even if they have to reorganize and streamline the troops they have, they are still willing to hand over the roster for reorganization, and everything is so harmonious and smooth.
Anyway, whatever you say is what it is,
The King of Lingnan sat there like a confused old landowner, while young Feng Zhidai did not dare to refuse anything.
Returned drunk.
The carriage of the Feng family and his son left the Duke's Mansion of Jin.
The carriage turned around the side street and entered the avenue. Feng An, who had been drunk with his eyes closed, opened his eyes and slowly sat up straight.
He let out a long breath of alcohol.
Feng Zhidai looked at his father drunkenly,
Feng Ang ignored him and just sat in the carriage, lost in thought.
Faced with the overwhelming action of the imperial court, even though the imperial court was on the bright side and told you step by step, Feng Ang became more and more careful and did not dare to be careless in the slightest.
He knew that now was the most critical time,
The imperial court is not the barbarian king of Xidong like Tan Dian, nor is it an internal enemy of the family like Feng Xuan, nor is it an old Lingnan rival like Chen Longshu.
Not to mention opponents like Wei Guang, the general manager of Guangzhou in the Sui Dynasty, and Murong Sanzang, the deputy general.
This time they were not facing the officials of the Central Plains court in Lingnan, but the power of the entire court.
Great disparity in strength.
Many people think that Lingnan is the Lingnan of their Lingnan people, and even the Lingnan of the Feng Chenning family. They are not afraid of the Central Plains dynasty at all. It doesn’t matter who is the emperor in the Central Plains. They Lingnan people close their doors and are still in the south of the Five Ridges.
Boss.
But Feng An knew that this would make Yelang arrogant and look at the sky from a well.
Chen Fozhi, Wang Zhongxuan, Xian Baoche, Xian Zhichen, Feng Xuan, Ning Changzhen, Ning Daoming, Tan Dian, etc., which slang leader had a good ending when he fought against the Central Plains Dynasty?
The carriage arrived at the mansion given to Feng An by the emperor, the old Prince Wu's Mansion, now the Mansion of the Duke of Geng.
After getting off the carriage and entering the house, the two men returned to the study.
Boil water to make tea,
Father and son sit opposite each other.
"Father, are we just going to do nothing?" Feng Zhidai felt very uneasy.
Feng Ang took the tea needle and picked the tea leaves from the tea cake, "Think before you make a decision. Don't panic and run around when something happens. If you run around, you will easily fall into someone else's trap."
"But if this goes on..."
"I know, but we have to keep our composure. Don't worry, there will be people who can't keep their composure, and there will be people who are jumping up and down, such as Tan Dian."
Tan Dian is the handsome man Feng Ang has been attacking in the past few years.
This guy also has some skills. The places where Tandian is active are Luo Doubian and Rong Yubai Zhuzhou Mountains, which is also the Yunkai Yunwu Mountain area.
His family has been the chief of Xidong for generations, and they have submitted to the Chen family of Longzhou for generations. During the Kaihuang period, Chen Fozhi launched an army to attack Guangzhou, but died at the hands of Feng Ang who rescued him. Chen Fozhi's son fled to the west mountain of Longzhou. After hearing the news, Tan Dian led Dong Ding
He came back to avoid trouble, and later sent him to Qinzhou to join Ning Mengli.
After the defeat of the Chen family in Longzhou, he allied himself with Yunwu and the various chiefs in the Yunkai Mountains, slowly substituting the Chen family's traditional sphere of influence in the Yunkai Mountains, and expanded southward to the mountainous areas of Luozhou, Gaozhou, southwest
It expanded to the Beiliu area of Hezhou,
He became Daqushuai, the largest Li chieftain in eastern Lingnan.
Chen Longshu asked Ning Mengli to send troops to attack Feng An in Qinzhou, but Ning Mengli made excuses. It was not until Ning Mengli died of illness in the early Tang Dynasty that Chen Longshu followed Ning Changzhen and returned to the Tang Dynasty.
The Tang Dynasty intended to rely on the fame and power of the Chen family in Longzhou, so the Chen family was able to return to Longzhou.
When Chen Longshu returned to his hometown, he urgently needed help from the imperial court, so he actively established prefectures and counties in the mountainous areas. He successively opened five counties including Xinyi and Huaide, established Funan Prefecture, and became the first governor of Fuzhou Prefecture.
Chen Longshu's Funan Prefecture overlapped Tan Dian's sphere of influence, which was also the former Chen family's sphere of influence. His return caused Tan Dian great dissatisfaction.
So the two turned against each other and became enemies.
Tan Dian encouraged Zhuxi Dong to refuse naturalization and refuse to pay taxes. The various Dongs joined forces and drove Chen Longshu away and occupied Nanfuzhou.
In the sixth year of Wude, the governor of Qinzhou, Ning Changzhen, paid tribute to the Hepu Dazhu. After being rejected by the Tang emperor Li Yuan, the Lingnan chieftains became uneasy and believed that this was a sign that the imperial court was going to send troops to Lingnan.
Ning Changzhen found Tan Dian, Feng Xuan, Ning Daoming and others to gather to discuss rebellion against the Tang Dynasty. Ning Chun, the governor of Nanhezhou on the Leizhou Peninsula, opposed it, while Chen Longshu of Longzhou and Feng Ang of Gaozhou also opposed it.
In the end, Lingnan formed two major camps, the anti-Tang camp and the Zhongtang camp, which attacked each other. In the end, Ning Chang, Zhen Ning Daoming and others were killed one after another.
Pang Xiaotai, Feng Xuan, Tan Dian and others were all defeated and accepted recruitment.
The forces in Lingnan have gone through a round of reshuffle.
During this round of chaos, Tan Dian's strength was not much weakened. On the contrary, he took advantage of the chaos to expand his power. After the war, in order to seize Luozhou territory, he and Feng Xuan turned against their friends, and Pu Xiang attacked and plundered him. Later, the imperial court sent envoys.
After appeasement, the two men stopped fighting.
Not only did Feng Xuan die of illness,
The Feng family finally ended the civil strife, and Feng Xuan's disciples all obeyed Feng An and asked for help from Feng An to resist the invasion of Tan Palace.
Feng An then continued the fight with Tan Dian in the Luodou Mountain area. The fight lasted for several years. Although Tan Dian was not as powerful as Feng An, Feng An had no advantage in the mountains of Yunkai.
"After you return to Lingnan, the first thing you do is to use the power of the imperial court and the hands of Wu Huaiyu to destroy Tan Palace and pacify Luo Doudong. The rest can comply with the imperial court first."
In Feng An's view, even if the imperial court really wants to invade Lingnan, it is not terrible. After all, it is thousands of miles away. The enemies of the Feng family must be Lingnan's enemies in person, Tan Dian and Chen Longshu, not Chang'an.
here.
When the imperial court comes, they can transfer some benefits and cooperate, but they can't negotiate with people like Tan Dian and Chen Longshu.
