Xi Rong listened for a long time, but she didn't expect that Han Qian was thinking about such a far-reaching issue. He couldn't help but asked in confusion: "You want to activate a new government department to solve so many problems?"
"Yes, it must be settled in a new place with sufficient authority and status. Only then will the heroes and generals be willing, or can rest assured, to hand over the military and political power in their hands to more capable and energetic successors.
——After all, not everyone is Li Yu. The new places are all meritorious generals or people with enough fame, and they have the power to make decisions. If my descendants are wise enough, they will naturally be able to suppress them. If they are not, they will be able to suppress them.
, there will be no problem in dawdling around, and it will not harm the country's affairs. In this way, the seat under my butt will no longer seem so unique, nor will the person who occupies it can control the life and death of others, and the person who loses it will no longer appear to be so unique.
"It's so critical that our lives are in the hands of others, so that our descendants will not have to fight for it," Han Qian said. He lay on Xi Rong's thigh, looked at the distant blue sky outside the window, and said, "Of course, many things are not
It can be accomplished in one go, but this move still needs to be made first..."
It was Han Qian's initial idea to separate the Shangshu Province among the three provinces, and no longer directly control it by the officials appointed by the central government, but to form a council similar to the clan and the meeting of nobles.
He also knows that when it comes to specific personnel selection and rules of procedure, it cannot be done in one step. At least for now, he does not want this newly formed Honorable Council to impose too many restrictions on him.
He is currently considering letting his uncle Han Daoming and Zhu Juezhong, ministers of the Zhu family, to jointly run the council, and place some senior generals and noble princes of the old Liang army who are difficult to adapt to the new policy into it first, which can also be regarded as an explanation for Zhu Yu and the old ministers of the Liang state.
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No matter the old man, Yun Puzi, Lei Jiuyuan, or Wen Muqiao are getting older, they are not suitable to directly control the extremely energy-consuming military and political affairs. They can all enter the parliamentary chamber as counselor ministers or admonishment officials to use their spare energy instead of holding back at home.
There is no place to spend time in the house.
The daily affairs of the Council are presided over by officials such as Qin Wen. Qin Wen can also keep an eye on the activities of the Council for him. However, these officials mainly serve the council ministers or admonish the officials and do not directly interfere with the Council.
The right to review and reject.
The Council of Government will be initially put into operation first, and the subsequent selection of council members and rules of procedure can be gradually improved.
But with the Council of Government, the integration of the old and new systems and the formation of a truly systematic legal framework became a reality.
Han Qian had never discussed this kind of issue with the Xi Rong girls before. The main reason was that before this year, he had never thought that his identity and status would undergo such earth-shaking changes in a short period of time. It was not until the end of May this year that the Heluo War temporarily broke out.
After it came to an end, he had the energy to think about these issues comprehensively at a national level.
"I feel dizzy after listening to it. I really shouldn't have to think about these things." Xi Rong cried bitterly.
"Come on, let me squeeze your shoulders." Han Qian sat up straight and asked Xi Yin to sit next to him.
It was late autumn, but the palace was as warm as spring. Xi Lin was wearing an aqua blue skirt and an apricot yellow jacket. After a hard day's work, her bun was a little crooked, revealing a snow-white neck that was as tender as jade, which made people want to take a bite.
impulse.
Before Han Qian could reach out to An Lushan, he heard the sound of footsteps approaching. Xi Rong sat beside the case, but it was Wang Che and Yin Peng, accompanied by an official, who brought a stack of Nan.
The documents from the Internal Affairs Bureau are here.
At present, Han Qian could shirk away from the specific and trivial government affairs. He just needed to keep abreast of the latest situation and wanted to form a political system as soon as possible, but military and political affairs did not allow him to shirk.
It has been two months since Liang and Chu officially signed the peace treaty in Jinling. During these two months until the end of the year, both sides have to implement the peace treaty.
On the Liang side, specifically the Nanneishi Mansion chaired by Tian Cheng, Guo Duanduo, Zhao Qi and others is responsible for the specific implementation and supervision of the peace talks. A batch of documents will be sent to Han Qian's case every ten days.
At present, it seems that both sides have implemented the implementation relatively well, and border trade has also been normalized. The goods accumulated in the early stage are being dumped smoothly through the economic prefectures along the Yangtze River and Taihu Lake to the Jianghuai hinterland. The salt, timber, tung oil, and livestock power that are in short supply in Huaixi,
Medicinal materials, ox bristles, leather, etc. were also successfully transported from Huaidong Saltworks, Hunan, Jiangxi and other places.
This means that the Liang-Chu peace negotiation that Han Qian was most anxious about has now been settled.
With the current situation of mutual checks and balances between many factions within Chu Ting, as long as they do not make any substantial threats to Chu on the southern front, it will not be easy for Chu Ting to reach a consensus and actively tear up the peace agreement.
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This means that he can safely focus his main energy on the northern route in the future.
Yin Peng also reported back on the situation in the past ten days or so when Wen Bo dispatched a small group of elite troops into Xiangshan to conduct infiltration operations.
After more than ten days of relaxation and contact, Yin Peng is now better qualified for his current ministry.
A small group of soldiers and horses crossed the Yu River from Mang Mountain and entered the depths of Xiangshan Mountain. Tian Weiye responded immediately on the other side. In addition to strengthening the patrol of soldiers and horses on the north side of Xiangshan Mountain, he also dispatched soldiers and horses directly to encircle and suppress the infiltration point of Liang Jun.
come over.
However, the Mongolian army could not build a fort on every inch of land in Xiangshan. In the rugged and dangerous terrain, it was not an easy task to drive back the small groups of Liang Jun's elite soldiers and horses who had carried out infiltration back to the south bank of the Yu River.
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Yesterday, the Mongolian army deliberately mobilized naval forces from Mengzhou to enter the main Yuhe River, hoping to block the Yuhe waterway north of Mangshan Mountain to help clear out the elite Liangjun troops who had infiltrated into Xiangshan Mountain.
Luoyang already has certain warship construction capabilities, but it was not until late August that the first batch of warships were built. They were mainly small and medium-sized Chima boats and Mengchong warships. The number was far from enough to seize control of the Yu River waterway.
right.
The shipbuilding technology of the Mongol people and the Northland lags behind that of Jianghuai, let alone comparable to that of Xuzhou, Donghu, Huoqiu, and Shouchun shipyards. However, Usu Dashi, Xiao Yiqingling, Mengzhou, and the middle and upper reaches of the Yuhe River
Puzhou, Jinzhou, Yanzhou and Yongzhou along the Weishui River all built ships. The warships currently equipped by the Mongolian Navy, regardless of their quality, were enough to equip a naval force of more than 12,000 men.
In terms of the size of the naval force alone, the Mongolian army is currently ten times larger than the Liang army in the middle and upper reaches of the Yu River. Naturally, Han Qian ordered the newly formed Heluo water army to only operate in the Yiluo River waterway, and even mainly rely on the water channels on both sides of the Baima Gorge.
Land war weapons drove the Mongolian naval warships out of the Yiluo River.
good.
Now the Mongolian army has transferred naval warships into the Yu River, but Han Qian is not worried that the small group of soldiers and horses that penetrated into Xiangshan in the early stage will fall into a desperate situation with their retreat route cut off. In fact, in another month, the Yu River will freeze
, the Mongolian naval warships were forced to withdraw to Shuiying Dazhai. If Wenbo wanted to support the soldiers and horses entering Xiangshan, he only needed to send people to cross the river ice to deliver supplies into Xiangshan.
The Mongolian army showed no sign of a large-scale southward attack this winter, and the ice-covered Yu River became a favorable condition for them.
When the river ice melts next year, Luoyang will probably be able to build a warship full of navy troops. By then, even if the size of the Heluo navy is still only one-third or one-quarter of the enemy's army, it will have a large scale.
Han Qian was still confident about leaving the Yiluo River and operating in the Hulao Pass and the Yu River north of the Mangshan defense line.
Then they can teach the Mongol people how to fight water battles.
As long as they gain control of the Yu River waterway, they can cut off the connection between Xingyang and Mengzhou on the north bank. However, since the Yu River bursts its banks east of Xingyang, the connection between Xingyang and Bianliang has actually been cut off by the Yu River bursting its banks.
At that time, we can besiege Xingyang, and with Zhao Wuji, Li Xiu and other troops stationed in Xuzhou, we can annihilate the defenders of Xingyang.
Only by capturing Xingyang will the east wing of Heluo be relatively safe, and then troops can be used against Guanzhong.
Of course, even if it is far from the time to retake Guanzhong on a large scale, Kong Xirong, who is leading his troops stationed in Shangluo at this time, can still detach a small group of troops to enter the northern foot of the Qinling Mountains on the west flank, even if he cannot launch a large-scale counterattack from Lantian Pass to the Weinan Plain.
In mountainous areas, carry out corresponding infiltration operations - this is also the tactic Kong Xirong is best at.
Among the terms of the Liang-Chu peace agreement, Li Zhigao and Chai Jian were required to be stationed in Yunyang, west of Canglang City, and the garrison at Fangling should not exceed 5,000. After more than half a year of rest and reorganization, Han Qian also wrote to Li Zhigao and Chai Jian, requesting
They sent troops from Lueyang in the northwest of Liangzhou and attacked the military fortresses in the northern section of Chencang Road such as Fengzhou and Dashanguan, which are currently occupied by Wang Xiaoxian's troops via Chencang Road.
The war does not necessarily need to be too hasty, but mobilizing troops and horses to the northwest flank of Liangzhou to contain as many enemy forces as possible and create greater military pressure on them will also be conducive to further easing the situation in Heluo.
"What's the new news over there in Liangzhou?" Han Qian was not worried about Kong Xirong. He looked at Yin Peng and Wang Che. He was mainly concerned about the movements of Li Zhigao and Chai Jian's troops.
"More than 6,000 soldiers and horses from Liangzhou have moved westward to Mianyang and Lueyang in the past two months, but Li Zhigao sent a memorial from Liangzhou again and just arrived in Luoyang today..." Wang Che said, taking out one of the memorials from a pile of memorials.
Pass one over.
The Liangzhou memorial involves military secrets and was sent directly to the Military Intelligence Staff Office and was not within the jurisdiction of the Left and Right Internal Affairs Office.
Han Qian took the memorial handed over from Liangzhou by Li Zhigao, and while flipping through it, he motioned to Wang Che to pick up the important ones first.
"Li Zhigao thought that Wang Xiaoxian had stationed troops in Fengqi and Fengqi Prefectures, with 30,000 elite troops to guard Chencang and the dangerous paths of the sloping valley, which was more than enough. He sent troops from Lueyang and other places, but it was difficult to push them forward. He thought of going from Mianyang to Mianyang River (Han River).
Upstream) and enter Lueyang, and go west to Chengzhou via the Rhinoceros Post Road in Lueyang. You can take advantage of Wudu and Qishan Mountain to get a glimpse of Tianshui. If you can persuade the Shu army to go north from Jiangyou Pass, you can join forces to seize the land of Longxi, and then from
The west wing is restrained and threatens the enemy forces in Guanzhong." Wang Zhe briefly described the memorial submitted by Li Zhigao this time and said, "However, although Liangzhou soldiers and horses received relief from Sichuan and Sichuan grain and grass, their armor was at a disadvantage, and from Lueyang to
The road to Chengzhou is all narrow and dangerous. Soldiers abandon their horses and are not allowed to carry heavy weapons. Currently, there is an urgent need for light armor, arm-mounted crossbows and other military equipment. Li Zhigao hopes that Luoyang will allocate 3,000 weapons each. Everyone in the General Staff Office is
I thought I had to be on guard against Li Zhigao..."
Jing Hao, Han Yuanqi, Gao Shao, Guo Que, Feng Xuan and Chen Jingzhou, who arrived in Luoyang for the mission two months ago, all had the rank of military officer, which is different from the ordinary military officer position. As the highest-level military officer in Liang Dynasty,
A civil servant, assisting Han Qian in handling large and small military affairs.
For example, after Li Zhigao's memorial was sent to the Military Intelligence Staff Office, they would read it and formulate a preliminary opinion. Particularly important matters would need to be discussed with the political advisors of the four prefectures.
Han Qian turned over and saw that at the end of the memorial, there was indeed a clause written by Chen Jingzhou attached to it. He smiled and joked: "Chen Jingzhou said he was born a bandit, and his handwriting is much prettier than mine..."
Wang Che and Yin Peng just smiled awkwardly along with them.
At present, Xuzhou imports commercial goods to Shu, and the surplus is directly exchanged from Shu for grain, well salt, horses, leather, tung oil, medicinal materials and other materials to be transported from Liangzhou to Xichuan. There are also 30,000 stones of grain and corresponding supplies every month.
The well salt and other supplies were left in Liangzhou.
This was also the condition in exchange for Liangzhou's surrender.
However, compared to the 200,000 soldiers and civilians in Liangzhou, the food gap is as high as half, and the monthly import of more than 30,000 shi can only help Liangzhou stabilize the situation.
Of course, everyone in Luoyang only wanted to help Li Zhigao stabilize the situation in Liangzhou, so that they could not eat enough and starve to death, which was the most convenient way to control it.
If large quantities of sophisticated weapons and other materials are transported to Liangzhou, everyone still has deep doubts about whether Li Zhigao will be obedient after Liangzhou's troops and horses are truly strengthened.
In addition, the Qinling Mountains, west of Longshan Mountain and north of Minshan Mountain, were once under the jurisdiction of the Longyou Road and Longyou Jiedushi of the former dynasty.
At the earliest, General You Xiaowei, Deputy Defense Envoy of Longyou, and Duke Guo Zhiyun of Taiyuan County were appointed as Jiedu Ambassadors. Later, famous generals such as Wang Junkuo, Ge Shuhan, and Guo Ziyi were stationed there, with 70,000 elite troops to garrison the twelve prefectures and towns of Longyou.
Anxi Protectorate and Beiting Protectorate.
After the Anshi Rebellion, the troops stationed in Longyou and Hexi withdrew, and these areas were successively occupied by Tibet for more than 150 years.
Even though the former dynasty was in the Anxi Protectorate, the influence of the Beiting Protectorate had long since declined. However, at the end of the previous dynasty, during Zhaozong's reign, he sent troops to recover the Qin, Cheng, Wu, Wei, and other Longyou states that were close to Fengxiang Jiedushi.
After the collapse of the previous dynasty, the states in Longyou were scattered again. However, in the states near Longshan and at the western foot of the Qinling Mountains, not only the tribes were in awe of the previous dynasty, but also a large number of children of the Han army took root there and multiplied.
At this time, Li Zhigao's identity as a descendant of the former clan had been semi-public. Chen Jingzhou and Han Yuanqi were not only worried that Li Zhigao would not obey orders after Liangzhou's troops were strengthened, but they might also use his identity as a descendant of the former clan to win over Li Zhigao.
The power of the Longyou tribe and the descendants of the Han army is worried that it will not be lost.
Yin Peng is still in the stage of getting familiar with the situation, and Wang Che is not afraid to express his own opinions. He also feels that there are too many uncertainties in strengthening Li Zhigao's headquarters at this time.
"Li Zhigao wants to play a greater role, but I don't see anything
"Why not?" Han Qian shook his head and said, "If I hadn't been worried that Liangzhou was unwilling to assume more military responsibilities, I would naturally hope that Liangzhou could send an elite army to try through the Rhinoceros Post Road.
Entering Wu State and establishing a foothold - of course, my current goal is not only to hope that Li Zhigao can be restrained from the west flank and threaten the enemy forces in Guanzhong, but also that he can occupy Wu State, form Zhuzhou, and attack and divide Pingxia and other tribes!"
The Tubo dynasty, which was at its peak, had been internally divided for decades, losing control over Songfan, Longyou (including Liangzhou, Ganzhou, Suzhou, Guazhou and other places occupying the Hexi Corridor and Yinzhou occupying the Hetao Plain).
Xiazhou) and other surrounding areas.
The tribes living in these areas are also currently in a state of fragmentation. Previously, only the Qiangping Xia tribe living in Xiazhou surrendered to the Mongols and invaded Ling, Qin and other states from the northwest. They once occupied the northwest of Guanzhong
Xiaoguan is an important gateway town, but Zhao Mengji and Wang Xiaoxian crossed Fengzhou and Qizhou, and gained more space to survive and use troops against Shu from Yinping Road. They sent troops out of Longshan and captured the territory west of Longshan from the Pingxia people.
Eastern region of Qinzhou.
What Han Qian has to consider now is not only to ask Li Zhigao to send troops into Wuzhou, Chengzhou and other places in the south of Qinzhou to contain Wang Xiaoxian's troops, but he is also worried that if the Mongol attack on Heluo is thwarted, what will happen next through peace.
The Xia people strengthened their control over the tribes in Hetao and Hexi, allowing them to lead a more powerful cavalry force to threaten Guanzhong and Shu from the west.
More importantly, the Pingxia people, under the leadership of their leader Li Yuanshou, are already showing signs of rising.
Han Qian never hoped that while he was commanding the Daliang soldiers and horses to resist the Mongol people, another powerful Tibetan force would appear in the northwest region that would integrate the Hetao and Hexi tribes, and he did not want this force to be used by the Mongol people.
Even if Li Zhigao led his troops into Wuzhou and Chengzhou to win over and divide the Hexi tribes and attack the Pingxia people led by Li Sixiao, it was possible that he might become powerful, but in the long run, he did not want Liangzhou, which had an extremely critical geographical location, to become a
The local separatist forces occupied the territory, and the wariness of Li Zhigao, Chai Jian and others could not be completely removed in a short period of time. It was better to simply leave some living space for them in Hexi, or they could live in peace.
Han Qian took off the notes attached by Chen Jingzhou and Han Yuanqi after the memorial, picked up the ink pen and wrote a reply directly after Li Zhigao's memorial, summarizing his views on the Longyou tribes who would win over the Mongols and the Pingxia people.
The worries about the rising signs were written down one by one.
Han Qian hoped that after Liangzhou's soldiers and horses advanced westward, in addition to containing and attacking Wang Xiaoxian's army near Longshan, he would also pay attention to win over and divide the forces in Hexi and guard against the Pingxia people. He directly appointed Li Zhigao as the envoy to Longyou.
In addition to the military equipment requested by Li Zhigao in the memorial, Han Qian also asked the Military Intelligence Staff Department to strengthen spying on this area to provide more intelligence support for the operations and activities of Liangzhou soldiers and horses in this area. He also proposed
It is necessary to equip Liangzhou soldiers and horses with a team of thirty doctors to support their activities in the Qinling Mountains and the western foothills of Longshan Mountain.
As for the problem that Han Yuanqi and the others are worried about not losing the big tail, the more critical thing is that the center must continue to be strong and strong enough.
As a city with a history of three thousand years, Luoyang is the ancient capital of nine dynasties. The areas surrounding Luoyang and the Yi River in the south and the middle and upper reaches of the Luo River have been one of the most developed places for farming and water conservancy along the Yu River for thousands of years.
In the last years of the previous dynasty, Heluo was in chaos due to war, and not even one out of ten households survived. However, under Zhu Yu's hands, it only took ten years for the city to regain prosperity again.
When Liang Shixiong occupied Heluo, even if he was repulsed by Zhu Yu, it was only a temporary retreat for the Mongolian and Dongliang armies. During the retreat, local water conservancy facilities were not destroyed, and even the ditches of the Yiluo River were still intact.
Han Qian ordered it to be destroyed.
When Zhu Yu governed Heluo River, he attached great importance to building weirs and dams on the Yi River, Luo River and their tributaries.
In his early years, Zhu Yu built weirs and dams not to develop hydraulic equipment, but to raise the water level of the streams and rivers passing through the hilly areas so that they could be irrigated to the higher slopes on both sides.
In the Heluo area, more than 60 large and small weirs and dams were built in the past dynasties and Zhu Yu's early repairs. In addition to the slope area in the middle reaches of the Yishuiluo River, nearly two million acres more irrigated land was created.
In addition to reducing flood disasters in Luoyang, Yanshi, Gongxian and other places in the lower reaches of the Yiluo River, it also provides the most direct and convenient conditions for the rapid development of large-scale and rapid development of a workshop system using hydraulic work in Heluo.
At present, hundreds of weirs and dams have been built in Huaiyang Mountain, Wujianshan and other places for irrigation and the development of hydraulic workshops. However, it took four or five years to lay such a foundation.
The only disadvantage in the Heluo area is that there will be a freezing period of more than two months.
As the mid-level and senior engineers who moved north from Xuzhou arrived in Luoyang one after another, the Luoyang Precision Parts and Armor War Equipment Manufacturing Factory under the direct jurisdiction of the Military Intelligence Staff Office will be able to debug and produce by next spring. In the future, there will be more than two units every year.
During the freezing period of the month, the impact will not be too great.
At this time of year, in addition to annual leave, you can also arrange for equipment maintenance and modification, as well as training and learning for craftsmen and craftsmen.
The capital of Luoyang and the counties of Jingzhao, including the mountain people who fled into the Songshan Mountains and the northern foothills of Funiu Mountain to escape the war, currently have a population of 820,000; Huazhou and Shangzhou (Shangluo) accept people who have fled the war.
After the refugees, nearly 400,000 people were recorded.
At present, the five prefectures in Huaixi have a population of 1.9 million. Xuzhou has continued to export young and strong labor force to Huaixi in recent years, and the population has remained at around 200,000 without any major increase. The two prefectures of Dengjun and Dengjun have a population of 200,000.
The western Henan area west of Yingshui River and east of Funiu Mountain and Songshan Mountain has a population of about 1.3 million, and the two prefectures of Liang and Jin occupying the Hanzhong Plain have a population of 200,000, plus another 100 people in Heluo and Shanghua prefectures.
With a population of 200,000, the current total number of registered households in Liang is about 5 million.
As for the farming and water conservancy systems in the middle and upper reaches of the Yiluo River, the current situation is much more optimistic than Han Qian originally expected.
He now has the confidence to push Wen Bo to organize small groups of troops in Xiangshan and Kong Xirong to conduct infiltration operations in the mountainous areas north and west of Lantian Pass. By early to mid-November, after Yingshui and other rivers and Huaihe Rivers were completely frozen, he still
Zhao Wuji and Li Xiu were in Chenzhou and Xuzhou to take the lead in launching a counterattack against the Biannan area controlled by the Dongliang Army, disrupting the rhythm of Zhu Rang and Liang Shixiong's integration of forces in eastern Henan and Shandong. At this time, he needed to worry about Li Zhigao getting three or four thousand
With light armor and a strong crossbow, will it become so powerful that it is uncontrollable?
Even if Li Zhigao regains Guanzhong, Hedong and other places in the future, or even reunifies the Central Plains, even if Li Zhigao establishes a foothold in Longyou and recruits tens of thousands of cavalry, what kind of threat will he be?