"Let's talk about the Anbei Protectorate..." Liu Che waved his hand and said to Yizong: "I have read the general's memorial. The general said in the memorial that Longyou County and Beidi County will be transferred to Longyou County and Beidi County.
Yunzhong County and Jiuyuan County are turned into one state, and Yongshang County, Taiyuan County and Changshan County are planned to be turned into one state..."
"I want to hear, why does the general think so?"
The Anbei Protectorate is the highest-level military unit currently being prepared by the Han Dynasty.
Once the Anbei Protectorate is established, an unprecedentedly powerful war organization will be formed in the entire North China.
It will include the governors of Longyou, Beidi, Taiyuan, Shangjun, Yunzhong and other counties that have a large number of qualified soldiers and strong combat power.
His subordinates also controlled several field troops, including the Juzhu Army, the Feihu Army and the Loufan Army.
Its total strength may exceed 300,000, including at least 100,000 cavalry.
If a general mobilization were to be carried out, judging from the comprehensive mobilization mechanism and strong grassroots military resources in this region, half a million bayonets could be pulled out with eyes closed.
It can sweep almost all the forces on earth now.
Therefore, in order to prevent the Governor's power from being too powerful, interfering in local affairs, using the barrel of a gun to undermine law and order, and even riding on order and law to dominate.
Liu Che then ordered Yi Zong to establish two or more prefectures in the local area while preparing for the Duhufu.
The state manages civil affairs, while the Duhufu focuses on military affairs.
This turned the Duhufu Yamen into a purely military institution, a product similar to the large military regions of later generations.
The Protectorate only has the right to speak on the military side, while the states only have the right to speak on the administrative side.
This is also the reason why the Anbei Protectorate has delayed until now and is still unable to take effective action.
After all, the situation in the counties in the North is complicated and various forces are intertwined.
Many counties even have deep grievances and entanglements.
If the two bitter rivals are brought under a state-level administrative unit, there will be great drama.
The two are bound to be naturally at odds with each other, and the governor of the state may be very worried.
In addition, the construction of state departments is closely related to economic, people's livelihood and other issues.
From a long-term perspective, if the country wants the state as a unit to play its greatest role and integrate resources well, then it is best if the products, climate, humanities, and geography within a state are similar.
In this way, the state and government offices can make overall arrangements and make relevant development preparations.
Otherwise, if one land mainly has wheat as the staple food, and another land only has the conditions for growing corn.
If the two places are forced together, how can the state-level yamen arrange related work?
Therefore, Yi Zong has a heavy responsibility and a lot of work pressure.
He must travel to each county to visit, investigate, and study, and he must also care about how the people of each county define themselves and others.
After hearing Liu Che's question, Yi Zong immediately got into work mode.
He sat down and reported: "Reporting to Your Majesty, this is what I think..."
He listed out one by one what he had seen, heard, and thought in the northern counties over the past year or so.
"Longyou, the counties in the north, have been famous for their livestock husbandry and the emergence of heroes since the late emperor. The local people are strong and strong, and their dialects are almost the same, and their habits are also the same..."
This is a fact. Longyou, Beidi, and Yunzhong have been key areas that determine China's destiny and strength since the Han Dynasty.
The Longyou Military Group was the most powerful interest group in China until the Tang Dynasty.
The Longyou nobles are the key to determining the success or failure of the political struggle in the court.
Whoever wins Longyou wins the world.
"As for Shangjun, Taiyuan and Changshan, there are many mountains and hills. The people mainly rely on farming. Although there are powerful people, most of them are landowners. There has been peace for a long time and there are no military affairs..."
"Moreover, the great river leaves Jiuyuan and enters Longyou from the north. It goes through the Qingtong Gorge and enters the north. His Majesty once taught: To control the river, you must control the upper part. I think that from Jiuyuan, Shuofang and down to Longyou,
The Northland, where river management is located, cannot but be important, so it is regarded as a state..."
Hearing this, Liu Che nodded with satisfaction and felt deeply pleased.
Yi Zong has matured and begun to look at issues from the perspective of a national leader.
The problem of the big river is now beginning to emerge.
In the past few years, Liu Che has sent people to the river's estuary and downstream areas many times to investigate.
The results are not optimistic.
The water quality of the river has been declining year after year, and the sediment content has increased in some places.
If this continues, this mother river will go berserk.
Liu Che knew this very well.
During the reign of Emperor Wu in the previous life, the river burst several times, and even its outlet to the sea changed again and again.
First, in the third year of Jianyuan, the river broke through Dunqiu (now north of Puyang, Henan) and flowed into the sea from the southeast of Dunqiu.
Then, in the third year of Yuanguang, the river broke through Huzikou. This time, the yellow flood area spread across several counties and flooded for 20 years. It was not until the Yuanfeng period that it was able to return to its original path.
What's even more terrifying is that just after the breach was blocked, the next year, the river burst its banks again.
This time, the violent river broke through the embankment of Guantao, and this time, the Tunshi River was born.
The Tunshi River became part of the Yongji Canal in the Sui Dynasty.
And all this has actually been foreshadowed now.
According to reports from officials and envoys sent by Liu Che, the river flows from Lijin to the north, a distance of a hundred miles.
He also said: The more sediment there is on the shore of the Golden Embankment, the more likely it is that the embankment will burst.
In the sixth year of Yuande, Liu Che sent a large research team composed of military surveying and mapping officers, palace eunuchs, and censors to inspect the estuary of the river.
The conclusion reached is shocking.
Over the past two decades, the river has swung northwards for more than thirty miles, forming a delta downstream.
The siltation area stretches for more than a hundred miles.
This shows the fact that the sediment content of large rivers is increasing rapidly.
If no measures are taken, this mother river will become the Yellow River and a hanging river.
Once such a disaster occurs, the great Golden Embankment, a precious legacy left to the world from the pre-Qin era, will become an eternal memory.
Moreover, changes in the river's ecology will definitely trigger a chain reaction.
Once the river overflows, there may be problems in the Huaihe River.
Liu Che knew very well that he was at a critical historical node.
Since the river burst in the fifth year of King Ding of Zhou Dynasty, destroying the Yu River and seizing it into the sea, the river flooded for hundreds of years. Until the middle of the Warring States Period, Qi, Zhao and Wei worked together to build golden embankments to stabilize this violent river.
Hundreds of years of ecological deterioration and soil erosion have made this golden embankment crumbling.
Once the golden embankment collapses, the river will become violent again.
In later generations, the sediment of the Yellow River buried more than one Bianliang.
And the price that will be paid in the future is even more unimaginable.
Apart from other things, every time a river bursts, hundreds of thousands or even millions of people are displaced as a result.
As a result, thousands of people died.
Managing the river well and appeasing this mother river can be said to be the most important and priority thing for the Han Dynasty at present.
Moreover, now is the last chance.
If you don't do it now, you will never have the chance in the future.
If Liu Che remembers correctly, after Emperor Wu, the name of the river became the Yellow River.
There are seven buckets of sand in one stone in the water.
The key to river management lies in its upper reaches, especially the Hetao area and the Longyou and Beidi sections. As long as the stability of the water and soil in the upper reaches can be ensured, the sediment content of the river water can be controlled.
Then, the big river is still the same big river.
Even if you are naughty occasionally, it won't cause too many problems.
"Then let these counties be the governor of Liangzhou..." Liu Che said, "General, do you have any recommendations for the governor of Liangzhou?"
The system of prefectures and ministries was established as early as the sixth year of Yuande.
The highest official of the state is the governor, with a salary of two thousand stones. He has the power to directly report to the emperor, inspect the counties and counties under his jurisdiction, and has the power to impeach illegal and correct misconduct.
In addition, the governor also has the power to directly handle the civil affairs within his jurisdiction.
When the road is rough, you can draw your sword to help.
However, compared with later generations of provincial governors and provincial party committee secretaries, state governors are still somewhat inferior.
For example, the governor himself and the prefectural yamen themselves cannot directly interfere with local administration. They can only get involved when local problems arise or are discovered.
This is to save some face for the county magistrates and to prevent too much unrest.
After all, rashly placing a superior on the head of a feudal official like a county governor could easily result in the county governor's lack of authority and the expansion of local power.
Yi Zong was naturally well aware of the sensitivity of this matter, so he bowed his head and said: "Your Majesty, I believe that this matter is of great importance, and your Majesty should convene a court meeting to make a public decision..."
When Liu Che heard this, he nodded obligingly.
Such an important position as the governor of a state was naturally discussed in court meetings.
However, if Yi Zong has a suitable candidate, Liu Che will actually adopt him.
Because, at least for now, Yi Zong's vision is invincible.
Over the years, the officials he has recommended are all above the standard, and there are even several very outstanding talents.
However, since Yi Zong didn't want to get involved in this matter, Liu Che didn't say much more.
"Then let's name the other state after Bingzhou..." Liu Che thought for a while and said.
In this way, history changes completely again.
The Shuofang Governor's Department disappeared, and Liangzhou and Bingzhou moved one tile to the west.
Moreover, the Provincial History Department is no longer a direct agency, but has become an administrative unit consistent with geography, customs, and environment.
More scientific and more reasonable.
Putting this matter aside, Liu Che said to Yi Zong: "I heard that the general and other colleagues were discussing a battle plan recently?"
"Reporting to your Majesty, this is indeed the case..." Yi Zong immediately told his entire plan in detail.
"I was inspired by General Zhi's ideas..."
"Sun Tzu said in the Art of War: If you forget to fight, you will be in danger. Moreover, living in Yanze, the quicksand of ancient times, the place where Emperor Zhuanxu preached, and the monastery of the previous kings, can they be entrusted to the hands of Yi Di?"
"Well..." Liu Che smiled after hearing this.
Today's imperial generals have fully awakened to a sacred talent called "since ancient times...".
Moreover, it is flexible and quite skillful to use.
I am afraid that if the Huns were here in person, they would be speechless and impressed by the other party's reasoning.
There is no way, a weak country has no diplomacy.
In the face of strong power, the weak have no other choice but to knock out their teeth and swallow their blood.
but……
"How can the general control the scale of the war?" Liu Che asked with a smile: "Ju Yanze is the lifeblood of the Western Huns, just like the dispute between Qin and Zhao during the Warring States Period. Once the king's army marches to Ju Yanze, the Western Huns will surely
Death Xiangbo!"
"By then, the scale of the war may be uncontrollable..."
"The Western Huns may even reconcile with the Northern Huns..."
"How will the general respond when the time comes?"
Yi Zong was speechless as he was asked one question after another.
But he could not give up this proposal, nor could he give up this proposal.
Because, if he wants to maintain the situation of Yishi's relatives group, he must bring benefits and benefits to the people below.
Otherwise, when the people below see that the boss is unreliable, they will naturally become confused.
And he couldn't give up the Yishi Relatives Group that was finally formed today.
This is not for himself, but for his nephew.
Yi Zong has nothing to regret in this life.
His only wish was to devote everything he had to protecting the eldest son of the emperor.
Taking a deep breath, Yi Zong bowed and said: "Your Majesty is wise, if Master Wang leaves Yanze, the Western Huns will definitely kill him in return!"
This is a question that hardly requires thinking about.
The small political power of the Western Huns had almost given in to the extreme in order to survive.
Lian Lishan's life gate was also handed over to the Han Dynasty as a pledge.
And the only strategic location that can maintain his final existence is Ju Yanze.
If Juyanze is lost, the Western Xiongnu will be destroyed overnight.
but……
"However, the Western Huns are nothing more than clowns. If they dare to come in full force, they will be destroyed!" Yi Zong said: "Controlling Heli Mountain, Wang Shi is in an invincible position!"
"Furthermore, as long as the King's army controls the situation well and stays in Yanze, and always allows him to hold some key areas to ensure his safety, I believe that the Western Huns will not dare to make peace with the Northern Huns..."
This is also true.
Does the current master of the Western Huns, Qiqu Qediaonan, and his nobles really dare to reconcile with their relatives in the Northern Huns?
Liu Che didn't believe it.
Even they don't have the guts.
Because what Qi Qu Qi Diao Nan and his people did was betrayal, and it was naked betrayal!
The most critical point is that they now have the Yu Dan brand in their hands.
Yu Shan was the only son of a military official and the legal heir to the Xiongnu Empire.
If the two make peace, who will be the Chanyu between Shan and Guli Lake?
Moreover, neither Qu Qidian nor anyone else dares to kill Yu Shan and then make peace, which is no different from seeking death!
Do you think the Huns would accept a group of traitors who first betrayed themselves, stabbed them with a knife, and then killed their master?
You know, the Northern Huns are currently carrying out a vigorous Sinicization movement.
The concept of loyalty and filial piety has begun to gradually gain popularity.
Therefore, even if it is difficult to surrender to the Han Dynasty, it is better than defecting to the Northern Xiongnu.
"That being the case, it's not that I can't agree..." Liu Che said, "But the general has to do something for me first..."
When Yi Zong heard this, he was overjoyed and hurriedly worshiped: "Your Majesty, please give me orders... I will do it to my death..."
