Chapter 482: Thousands of sails pass by the side of the sinking boat
Dali Kingdom originally had eight prefectures, four towns, and four counties.
Nowadays, almost all the eight prefectures have been preserved, and there is another Qujing Prefecture, which governs the thirty-six tribes of Dali.
The eight prefects were all civil servants transferred from Bianjing by Yang Lin. In this land that had been away from the Central Plains for a long time, they tried to implement the new policy that would spread to the entire Song Dynasty in the future.
In Yang Lin's courtyard in Yangyi City, eight prefects gathered here.
It has been half a month since the implementation of the New Deal, and everyone came here with some officials from their own government.
"Yes, it's going well overall. If you have any difficulties, just raise them. I'm here to help you solve your problems." Yang Lin listened to everyone's reports, and he was very happy and still had something to say.
Unlike the lifeless and dirty officialdom of Bianliang in the Song Dynasty, this place is full of vitality and hope.
All officials spoke freely. In a foreign land far away from the center of power, even far away from their hometown, there were no intrigues or intrigues. Everyone worked together to perfect the New Deal.
This group of officials were all young people carefully selected by Yang Lin. They had all attended the school in Guanxia, Yanqing, and were deeply influenced by Yang Xue's pragmatic thinking.
Liu Siyuan, the prefect of Tengchong Prefecture, stood up and clasped his fists and said: "Young Zai, most of the troops here are local soldiers from the 36th Wuman Village. After all, these people are the private soldiers of the former chieftain lord. If someone secretly instigates them, we are afraid that they will
We were caught off guard. It is better to mobilize troops from other places and come to Dali to guard them, which can be regarded as a deterrent."
Yang Lin thought about it carefully, and it made sense. There were all black barbarian soldiers here, so there was no guarantee that no one would have any different intentions.
"Fang Qifu, write a transfer order in my own voice to transfer 50,000 Supi and Fan troops to Dali. The troops in the south of the Yangtze River are no longer useful and we will have to disband them sooner or later. At least we have to change the military system. Of course this is already the case.
Let’s talk about it later, let’s finish Dali’s audition first.”
The New Deal includes a new military system. This reform is particularly important. The most difficult thing to implement is the policy of elite troops and strong troops, which will inevitably touch the interests of some generals. There is also the issue of how to resettle the Xiang army after they disarm and return to their fields.
Yang Lin gently waved his hand and asked Fang Qifu to step forward and said: "Since the Tibetan soldiers are coming, when the Tibetan soldiers arrive, you should immediately gather the Wuman soldiers and horses towards the border of Jiaozhi."
"The people of the Li Dynasty in Jiaozhi have always been domineering and have repeatedly invaded our city. Are you afraid that they will be dissatisfied by adding troops to the border?"
Yang Lin raised his eyebrows and said displeasedly: "I have a strong army and strong horses. When I mobilize soldiers and horses in my own territory, I have to take into account the feelings of others. It's a joke. Increase the number of troops!"
Fang Qifu nodded and began to plan the discussed strategy in his heart. It seemed necessary to understand the current situation of Li Dynasty in Jiaozhi in advance.
If we want to support one party, we must have two forces in the Li Dynasty. Otherwise, they are monolithic, and it is really difficult to support one out of thin air. If this is not possible, we can only find people who are ambitious and unwilling to be mediocre and downcast, and let them take the lead in inciting them.
The people rebelled and caused chaos in Jiaozhi.
"Are there any questions?" Yang Lin looked around and found that everyone had already stood up to speak, so he asked a general question.
No one answered. It seemed that everyone had already asked the existing questions. Yang Lin turned around and asked, "Have you written them all down?"
Behind him, the four clerks nodded in unison, indicating that they had all been recorded.
Yang Lin nodded and said: "I will check and solve it one by one. I will go to each government. After you go back, you can continue to govern with peace of mind, repair the city, divide the land, and encourage farmers to teach mulberry. The land in Dali is fertile, the rain is abundant, and the four seasons are like spring.
If it is well developed, it will also be a land of plenty."
All the officials stood up one after another, bid farewell to Yang Lin, walked out of the hall, and returned to the state capital.
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In Hangzhou City, on the third day after Zhang Shuye's arrival, he gathered the generals of the soldiers from all the provinces in the south of the Yangtze River to check the roster of the soldiers.
It doesn't matter if you don't check, this will burst the bubble of Xiang soldiers. There are 90,000 Xiang soldiers in the ten prefectures in the south of the Yangtze River, and 70% of them are empty pay.
Zhang Shuye suppressed the news and did not leave the government office for seven days under the protection of the Duwei Mansion.
A secret agent had already been sent on horseback to send news about Yang Lin's case in Dali.
All the generals in Jiangnan knew that the newly appointed governor of the ten Jiangnan provinces had counted the roster of soldiers in Dali, but there had been no movement.
Under the panic, everyone's reactions were different. Some people committed suicide out of fear of crime, some pretended that nothing happened, some ran back and forth...
It was a pity that Zhang Shuye's door was always closed. Thousands of capable soldiers were standing ready, and the guards patrolling outside the government office stayed up all night, changing defenses all night long, leaving no vacancies.
Everyone who came to pay homage at this time was completely absent. The atmosphere in Jiangnan, which had been at peace for a hundred years, became unprecedentedly tense.
In the government office, Zhang Shuye, who had not been seen for a long time, was playing chess with Yin Muhong at the table.
These two people are both good players, and after a fight, the chessboard was extremely brutal.
"Haha, how about this game being considered a draw?" Zhang Shuye said with a smile.
Yin Muhong expected that no one could win, so he spread his hands and said, "This is the only way."
"We can shake hands and make peace on this chessboard, but the situation in Jiangnan is probably not good." Yin Muhong asked softly, without even wiping his eyelids.
As soon as Zhang Shuye saw it, he knew that he had already made a plan. This person was Yang Shaozai's confidant and an extremely close person. It was said that his daughter was also Yang Shaozai's concubine.
What he meant was probably Shaozai's. Zhang Shuye had no intention of going on a killing spree in Jiangnan.
In his opinion, the shortcomings of the Song Dynasty were indeed serious, but what Shaozai did was a bit too much.
How can there be such killing? Isn't this the work of a tyrant... There are some people who can be persuaded to return to the right path.
Afraid that the unflattering Duwei Mansion before him would raise his butcher knife again, Zhang Shuye tentatively asked: "Yin Tiju, how should we deal with this matter?"
"Haha, Yin is just a small promotion, how dare you talk about such a big thing."
"Brother Yin, why should you be too modest? Who doesn't know that you are a wise man like Shaozai? I hope you will give me some advice." Zhang Shuye asked with a smile.
"This matter must be considered in this way. Look at the Imperial Guards in the Beijing Camp. Their faults are no less than those of the Xiang soldiers, or even far greater than those of the Xiang soldiers. The family of the Forbidden Army generals are more daring and reckless than the generals of Jiangnan. What did Shaozai do?
He uprooted the Forbidden Army family, but showed kindness to 600,000 military families. These military families and military dependents who had been squeezed by the Forbidden Army family were all rescued from slavery. The strong ones still served as soldiers, and their treatment was ten times better than before.
The weak also have a livelihood and are no longer just humans. What happened today is a blessing rather than a curse for the soldiers in the south of the Yangtze River."
Zhang Shuye put the chessboard away, his heart skipped a beat, and thought to himself that it was over, it was not a disaster for the soldiers, but for the civil servants and generals who caused the situation like this, it would be another bloody storm.