Five days later, Zhao Hongrun and his party passed by Anyi, Hedong, where his younger brother, King Huan Zhao Hongxuan, stationed the main force of the Northern First Army.
I remember that last year, Zhao Hongrun had a conflict with his younger brother, so out of sight and out of mind, he did not go around Anyi, but this time, he made a special trip around Anyi.
According to the reports from the Black Crows, his younger brother Zhao Hongxuan has indeed made some progress in reorganizing the Northern First Army. At least the Black Crows have not heard about the soldiers of the Northern First Army bullying or offending the local people. This shows that Zhao Hongxuan and
Zhou Min must have strengthened the military discipline of the First Army of the North.
In fact, at the beginning, Zhao Hongrun thought about going to the North First Army's barracks to check on his brother, but after thinking about it carefully, Zhao Hongrun gave up.
After all, his younger brother Zhao Hongxuan has grown up. Even if there are still deficiencies in the North First Army's system, it should be handled by his younger brother Zhao Hongxuan.
What's more, Zhao Hongrun had clearly recognized his younger brother Zhao Hongxuan's identity as the "Commander of the First Army of the North" when he was in Qiguan. It would really be inappropriate to rashly interfere in the internal affairs of the First Army of the North at this time.
Therefore, Zhao Hongrun just sent someone to inquire about the current reputation of the Beiyi Army. When he learned that there was no major problem, he bypassed Anyi and went directly to Fenyin.
Four or five days later, around the time October was approaching, Zhao Hongrun and his party finally arrived at the destination of their trip - Fenyin, Hedong.
Fenyin is located on the east bank of the river at the intersection of the Fen River and the river. Most of the territory is a piedmont sloping plain, with some hilly terrain. Only a small part is a rocky mountainous area. Generally speaking, the terrain is flat and the water source is sufficient.
The land is fertile and has many advantages, making it very suitable for farming.
In fact, Fenyin, Puban, including Anyi, have always been cities in Hedong County that produced more grain.
The only fly in the ointment is that historically when rivers overflow, Fenyin and Puban may be flooded, making them places with serious flooding problems.
Therefore, when inspecting Fenyin, Zhao Hongrun had already thought of a series of development plans for Fenyin and Puban.
First of all, we must build river embankments to ensure that floods are avoided, otherwise, everything is empty talk.
After inspecting Fenshui and the river, Zhao Hongrun came to Fenyin's farmland.
It has to be said that Fenyin is indeed a county suitable for farming in Hedong County. Almost everywhere outside the city is farmland. Unfortunately, about 70% of the farmland is covered with weeds, and only 20% to 30% of the farmland is planted with crops.
However, Zhao Hongrun was not surprised by this, because he knew that the year before last, the Korean cavalry came here, causing many people in Fenyin to be slaughtered, and the autumn harvest grains were also robbed by the Korean cavalry. If not for the Sichuan-Luo cavalry later
The alliance's cavalry marched to support Hedong, and the city might even be broken.
For example, "Jie" County was once attacked by the Korean army, and the city and farmland were destroyed.
While inspecting Fenyin, Kou Zheng listened carefully to Zhao Hongrun's story, especially when he was listening to His Royal Highness Prince Su's plan for Fenyin. Kou Zheng listened especially carefully.
It's no wonder, after all, if nothing goes wrong, he Kou Zheng is about to serve as the county magistrate of this city. This is a city with hundreds of households in the county, especially after experiencing the war of the Korean invasion, because
Civilians outside the city fled into Fenyin one after another, causing the population of Fenyin County to increase dramatically.
How to properly manage this city with a large population is what Kou Zheng will consider in the future.
During this period, Zhao Hongrun also vaguely mentioned the idea of "separating Fenyin's political and military forces" to Kou Zheng.
It has to be said that the county magistrate of Wei State has great power. He has two assistant officials under him. The county magistrate is in charge of civil affairs, and the county lieutenant is in charge of county soldiers. It can be said that both military and political affairs are in his hands.
But this model is not suitable for Fenyin.
Because in Zhao Hongrun's conception, Fenyin must be heavily stationed, at least an army of more than 20,000 people. If Kou Zheng is qualified enough, Zhao Hongrun does not mind handing over military power to Kou Zheng, the South Korean leader.
So-and-so Shou adopts this model.
But unfortunately, Kou Zheng's qualifications were still relatively low. Tens of thousands of soldiers were handed over to him. Even if Zhao Hongrun was assured of him, the court was not at ease either. Putting aside Kou Zheng's loyalty to the country, whether this person's talents could lead a country
What about the Fenyin army with tens of thousands of people?
You know, the Fenyin Army is an important support for stabilizing Hexi in the future!
Kou Zheng also understood this truth, so when he heard Zhao Hongrun proposed the concept of separation of military and political affairs, he was not too touched.
In fact, in his opinion, it is already a great honor for him to be fortunate enough to serve as the county magistrate of a city with hundreds or even thousands of households.
However, Kou Zheng was still a little curious and worried about the general stationed in Fenyin, fearing that he would be a difficult person to get along with.
In response, Zhao Hongrun smiled and comforted Kou Zheng: "Master Wei Ji, Lord Lintao, is a generous and benevolent man."
Hearing the name "Lintao Jun Wei Ji", Kou Zheng was slightly startled and looked a little confused.
Seeing his expression, Zhao Hongrun knew that Kou Zheng must not have paid much attention to domestic affairs, so he shook his head with a wry smile and introduced the origin of Lintao Lord Wei Ji to Kou Zheng, and Kou Zheng suddenly realized it.
After suddenly realizing this, Kou Zheng couldn't help but feel a little excited.
After all, according to Zhao Hongrun's introduction, Lintao Lord Wei Ji was a talented commander. He could rule Fenyin on an equal footing with such a talented commander. If not for the recommendation from His Highness King Su, Kou Zheng knew that he could rely on himself alone.
It is absolutely impossible to enjoy this honor.
"I will discuss the rest of the matter in detail after Lintao Lord Wei Ji arrives at Fenyin." Zhao Hongrun smiled and comforted Kou Zheng, who was a little excited.
"Counting the days, it's time for Lintao Lord Wei Ji to receive a letter from me, right?"
Looking at the somewhat depressed Fenyin City in front of him, Zhao Hongrun said secretly in his heart.
In fact, as early as one day ago, Lintao Lord Wei Ji had received a letter from Zhao Hongrun who sent a group of green crows to deliver it to him when he passed Tianmen Pass.
At that time, Wei Ji, the king of Lintao, and Gong Yuan, the general of the Shezhun Battalion of the Junshui Army, were in charge of the fleet and stationed at Suxukou. They were preparing to return to Daliang to resume their duties. Unexpectedly, before returning to the army, they received a letter from King Su Zhao Hongrun.
At first, Lintao Lord Wei Ji thought it was just an ordinary letter. After all, when Zhao Hongrun was in Qishui a while ago, Lintao Lord Wei Ji was still stationed in Suxukou, and the two had no chance to meet. Therefore, he thought that Zhao Hongrun wrote
I gave him this letter to express my regards.
After all, among the Wei people in Longxi, King Su Zhao Hongrun only had a good relationship with three people. One was Jiang Bi, the general of the Second Northern Army, the second was Zhao Sheng, the king of Yao, and the third was him, Wei Ji, the king of Lintao.
As for the depth of friendship, Zhao Sheng, the king of Yao, should be recommended first. After all, Zhao Sheng is also the descendant of the Zhao family, so he has an inherent advantage in this aspect. In addition, this person is now the assistant officer of Zhao Yuanli, the king of Yi, who serves as the Zongfu Zongfu. Therefore,
Zhao Sheng, Lord Yao, was the person with the best relationship with Zhao Hongrun among the Wei people in Longxi.
I remember that a while ago, Zhao Hongrun wrote a letter to Zhao Sheng, the king of Yao, asking for a parrot because of Han Wangran, and gave it to the latter.
And secondly, there is Lintao Jun Wei Ji.
Compared with Zhao Sheng, the king of Yao, Zhao Hongrun respected Lintao Lord Wei Ji more, but this did not prevent Zhao Hongrun from wanting to get closer to Lintao Lord Wei Ji. As for Lintao Lord Wei Ji, he also tended to make friends with Zhao Hongrun.
His Royal Highness Prince Su, who holds heavy troops and is in charge of the Smelting Bureau.
In Wei Ji's view, if he wanted to recapture Longxi from Qin in the future, he would have to rely on His Highness Zhao Hongrun, King Su. After all, the best weapons and equipment in Wei at present came from the Smelting Bureau headed by His Highness.
Therefore, when Wei Ji mistakenly thought that Zhao Hongrun had written to him specifically and asked him to have a drink with him when he returned to Daliang in the future, Wei Ji was very happy.
However, after Wei Ji opened the letter and took a few glances at it, his mood immediately changed from happy to excited.
It's not because Zhao Hongrun recommended him to be the general stationed in Fenyin. When Wei Ji was in Longxi, he was the commander with hundreds of thousands of soldiers. How could he be excited about Fenyin's tens of thousands of soldiers? The real reason
However, Zhao Hongrun made it clear in his letter that the "Fenyin Army" was an army prepared for the Wei State's expansion into the Hexi and Hetao areas. According to Lintao Lord Wei Ji's understanding, part of Hexi currently belongs to the Qin State.
In other words, before taking back Longxi, his lifelong wish, Wei Ji, the king of Lintao, had the opportunity to recover a sum of interest from the Qin people - this was what excited him the most.
So after receiving Zhao Hongrun's letter, Lintao Lord Wei Ji wrote a reply to Zhao Hongrun that day, and then immediately led the fleet back to Daliang to return his orders to Emperor Wei.
In fact, he wanted to fly to Fenyin at this moment, but unfortunately, as a member of the Longxi Wei people, his identity was somewhat sensitive. If he left the fleet and went to Fenyin today, someone in the court might accuse him of bullying the emperor.
Therefore, no matter what, Lintao Lord Wei Ji had to go back to Daliang to return his orders to Emperor Wei in person, and then go to Fenyin.
In fact, when Lintao Lord Wei Ji led the fleet back to Daliang, Emperor Wei had actually received a letter specially sent by his son Zhao Hongrun.
"This bad boy didn't go back to Daliang and went to Hedong alone. It's really not a worry."
When receiving the letter, Emperor Wei laughed and cursed at the eunuch Tong Xian.
Tong Xian smiled and said nothing.
In fact, not to mention Tong Xian, even the young eunuchs who were waiting around could hear Emperor Wei's fondness for Prince Su Zhao Hongrun.
Indeed, even though he kept saying "it does not save people's worries", Emperor Wei was extremely pleased that his son Zhao Hongrun quickly left for Hedong after the end of the Handan War.
How could he not guess the reason why Zhao Hongrun went to Hedong?
"Well, let me take a look... eh? Recommend Kou Zheng as the order of Fenyin, recommend Wei Ji as the commander-in-chief of the Fenyin army, and separate Fenyin's military and political affairs... Kou Zheng?"
After thinking about it, Emperor Wei asked the eunuch Tong Xian: "Isn't Kou Zheng of Shang County the top one on the gold list in the 16th annual examination?"
"Exactly." Although the eunuch Tong Xian was confused as to why Emperor Wei suddenly asked about this matter, he still reported it truthfully.
"Oh." Emperor Wei touched his chin thoughtfully, secretly guessing: Kou Zheng, could it be that he defected to my Hu'er?
After a long time, Emperor Wei stood up and stood at the window looking at the courtyard.
"The Fenyin Order, the Puban Order, the Beiqu Order...that scoundrel never mentioned the 'Pishi Order'..."
Emperor Wei sighed quietly.
He knew that his once upright son had also learned to compromise and look at problems from a king's perspective.
I don't know why, although Emperor Wei was happy, he couldn't help but feel a little heavy.