Chapter nine hundred and eighty-fifth wealth and danger seek, go to Ryukyu is a fart
But whether it is intentional or incidental, there is no doubt that the Ryukyu Islands have now become the Ryukyu Prefecture under the rule of the Tang Dynasty!
Now, the Tang Dynasty sent more than 100 middle and low-level officials, 1,500 army officers and the Navy's Ryukyu Squadron, plus other supply fleets, to form a large fleet of more than 30 ships.
We left the mouth of the Yangtze River in a mighty manner and headed straight for Ryukyu!
Soon after, the matter was reported in the latest issue of the Tang Dynasty Daily. Although it was not on the front page, it still occupied half of the third page. The person responsible for reporting the matter was a person from the Ministry of Rites and Daily News Department who was a former Jinshi of the Ming Dynasty.
The main author used the words "overseas pioneers" to describe them!
Because they will be the first batch of officials and garrisons sent by the Tang Dynasty to overseas territories directly under the jurisdiction of the country, their every move will have a great impact on similar situations in the future of the Tang Dynasty!
If the Ryukyu Prefecture handles things properly, then subsequent similar overseas territories will also adopt this model. However, if there are problems with Ryukyu's handling model this time, small problems will be repaired. If it is a big problem,
, then the cabinet will carefully consider the handling model for similar overseas territories.┏x4399.┛
Is it the same as now, that all officials above the eighth rank are directly dispatched from the mainland, or are local Sinicized indigenous officials appropriately introduced?
These choices all depend on how the Ryukyu government handles them!
Naturally, Shi Huo and the others would not. The senior officials of the Ministry of Personnel and other ministries were very concerned about the situation in Ryukyu Mansion. They just thought that they were unlucky ones and were sent to Ryukyu thousands of miles away.
In fact, not all of them were unlucky ones who were forced to go to Ryukyu. Among the more than a hundred civil servants, one person chose to go there on his own initiative.
This person is Fang Pinglu, the governor of Ryukyu!
Why did he choose to take the initiative? It was naturally for the sake of his own future!
Unlike ordinary middle- and lower-level officials in the Tang Dynasty, he had a distant cousin who was a military boss: Fang Xitong!
It was Fang Xitong who suggested that he go to Ryukyu!
Before this, Fang Pinglu was a co-president of Guangxin Prefecture in Jiangxi Province. Although he was able to become a co-president of the same prefecture, although it was said that he had Fang Xitong's support, in fact, Fang Xitong would never take the initiative to arrange it for him in order to avoid it.
When he gets to a good place, it's his ability to get up.
He was an ordinary person before, not even a scholar. He only had a rough understanding of a few words. He joined the bandits. No, he joined the dragon a little later. He only joined the dragon after the Tang Dynasty occupied the eastern part of Guizhou and was preparing to go south to Guangdong and Guangxi.
Long was just a small river clerk at the beginning, and then kept climbing up one level every year. However, his cultural level was not too high. The higher he went, the more difficult he encountered.
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At this time, it was a coincidence that when he was looking through his family tree, he happened to find that he and the military boss, Lieutenant General Fang Xi, lived together a hundred or more years ago and actually had the same ancestor. Then, he was shameless
He ran up to her and said goodbye.
Fang Xitong didn't have much objection to this distant relative who came to his door. If nothing else, it was because at this time, Fang Pinglu was already acquainted with him from the fourth grade.
As for Fang Xitong's family, to be honest, except for himself, the talents are withering. He has no biological brothers, just his own son. He is only in his twenties, and his eldest son is only four or five years old.
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He originally had a cousin who was quite capable, and he finally managed to pull him up and promoted him to the rank of Army Major. However, fate played a trick on him, and his cousin was killed in the Northern Expedition.
What happened is that now, he is an army lieutenant general, an imperial marquis, and the most powerful Fang family in the empire. Except for himself, none of his brothers or uncles have served in the military and political affairs for two terms!
A standard polished commander!
In order to avoid something unexpected happening to him one day, such as being killed by a blind cannonball on the battlefield like his cousin, thus causing the downfall of the family, he decided to treat his distant cousin Fang Ping who came to his door.
Lu Gao took a look.
It's just that Fang Pinglu's cultural level is not very high, and he is still a civil servant. It is not easy for Fang Xitong to win him over. It is too difficult to get promoted through normal channels.
Although Fang Xitong is a lieutenant general in the army and has great influence in the military, to be honest, his words are not very effective in the cabinet, especially in the Ministry of Personnel.
The relationship between the military and the cabinet has always been bad, and they are suspicious of each other. If Fang Xitong said a few words to senior officials in the Ministry of Civil Affairs, saying, "I have a cousin, you can help him take care of him." Would you believe it?
If you don't believe it, the officials will demote his cousin to Shankara the next day. Don't expect to return to the capital in this life.
It's not possible to get promoted by following the right path, and it's not very useful to follow the connections. So there is only one way left, which is to gain wealth and wealth at risk. Don't stay in the mainland. Go to Ryukyu and make achievements. Although it is cheap and dangerous, it is
In order to get promoted and make a fortune, it’s a waste to go to Ryukyu!
Ordinary people don't know it, but Fang Xitong, who is the core executive of the empire, naturally knows the grand ideal of the Holy Emperor: to conquer the world!
From this, it can be expected that the Tang Dynasty will annex more overseas territories in the future, so the current handling of Ryukyu Mansion seems to have a huge reference value.
What's more, Ryukyu is close to Japan and will be the front line in the empire's dealings with Japan in the future.
In this case, it is much easier to achieve results than in other places, and it is easier to be noticed by the Holy Emperor. At that time, there is no need for more, just let the Holy Emperor see his name and feel that he is there.
Ryukyu did well, so it’s a huge victory!
There are so many state capitals in the Tang Dynasty, but how many state capitals can attract the attention of the Holy Emperor? There will definitely be no more than ten. They are all important industrial and economic towns, such as Songjiang Prefecture.
And Ryukyu will become the place that attracts the attention of the Holy Emperor after these economic centers!
Moreover, the army dispatched the leader of the garrison regiment of Ryukyu Prefecture, who was Fang Xitong's old subordinate. In this way, the cooperation between the Ryukyu Prefecture's Yamen and the military would be smoother.
Fang Xitong even thought that if the Emperor Sheng had a whim and started a war with Japan in the future, then the Ryukyu Islands would be frontline fortresses and logistics bases, and the top administrative leaders in such places, as long as they made no mistakes, would be judged after the war.
, his contribution is always indispensable.
Under various circumstances, Fang Xitong suggested that he go to Ryukyu to take up a post. Not only would he be able to take the opportunity to remove his rank from the fourth grade, but he would also be able to advance to another level when his term of office expired and he returned to his home country.
Of course, he did well in Ryukyu in the early stage. If he didn't do well, Fang Xitong could just step on him without having to take action, so as not to harm himself.
When Fang Pinglu, Shi Huo and more than a hundred others took a navy ship to Ryukyu, they all had different thoughts, but most of them were not in a good mood.
Even Fang Pinglu was worried about how to start work after arriving in Ryukyu. It was best to achieve results in a short time.
Just when more than a hundred officials and more than 2,000 army and navy officers in total left Shanghai and went overseas to Ryukyu, on the other side of the Yangtze River in Hanyang Prefecture, Jiangxia County, Wuchang Prefecture.
Li Xuan is on the bank of the Yangtze River, looking at the situation on the other side of the Yangtze River with a telescope!
Lieutenant General Lei Wan on the side explained to Li Xuan: "The fort across the river is their Jiang defense fort, but it has been bombarded by our large fleet three times, and their navy has already
The entire army has been wiped out. At present, the puppet Ming rebels have abandoned the river defense fort and retreated to the surrounding areas of the city with all their strength!"
"The pontoon on the left is currently the main channel for our army to supply supplies for cross-river operations. The puppet Ming thieves have also tried to sabotage many times, but they were all intercepted by our naval forces. Occasionally, small-scale sabotage was also carried out within a short period of time.
repair!"
Li Xuan watched and listened without giving much response!
Lieutenant General Lei Wan was obviously familiar with Li Xuan's attitude and continued: "Currently, the troops crossing the river include the 1st Infantry Division, the 10th Mixed Regiment, the 1st Lancer Regiment, and two heavy artillery battalions. However, from Huangzhou
The Fifth Army, which is coming from the front line, has already conquered Huangpo. Currently, the forward troops of the Fifth Army are less than twenty miles away from Hanyang. It is expected that they will be able to contact them tomorrow. Three days at the latest, the Fifth Army
The main force will all arrive on the east side of Hanyang.
In addition to the Fifth Army, the Second Army has also finished its rest and is now on its way!"
"On the northern front, an infantry regiment and a reserve division of the Fourth Army also passed through the Three Passes of Yiyang and headed south, but they have fewer troops. For the sake of caution, they will try to attack De'an Prefecture. If they cannot conquer it, the unit will restart
Retreat to the three passes of Yiyang and guard the north-south passage!"
"The news from Xiangyang is that although it is difficult for the Fourth Army's approximately 4,000 troops to attack Xiangyang, it can still be done to contain the enemy forces in that direction!"
After hearing this, Li Xuan nodded slightly: "The difficulties of the Fourth Army are understandable. In this battle, the Privy Council does not need to make too many demands on the Fourth Army!"
As the emperor of the empire, Li Xuan naturally knew very well that according to the current deployment of the Tang Army, the ones under the greatest pressure were not the First Army, nor the Second Army and the Fifth Army, but the Third Army and the Fourth Army.
Among them, the Fourth Army is especially important!
Because the three armies in front, as the main forces attacking Huguang, have sufficient troops and ammunition, they can be said to be strong and strong, and they do not need to control a large area. They can just rush in and fight.
But the Fourth Army cannot!
At present, among the armies of the Tang Dynasty, the Fourth Army has the largest defense area, but it does not have the largest number of troops!
The Fourth Army only has two infantry divisions and one mixed regiment, but their defense area includes the central and western regions of Henan, the entire Shanxi, and the entire Shaanxi, and is surrounded by enemies on all sides.
In the north, they want to garrison the towns bordering the Great Wall to resist the Tatars. In the west, they want to garrison Jiayuguan to prevent the invasion of Turpan and other northwest regions. To the south, they are still fighting the Ming army at the three passes of Xiangyang and Yiyang!
This has led to the fact that in many important directions, the Fourth Army can only dispatch a few thousand troops. Most of the time, the infantry regiment is the core, with a number of auxiliary troops, forming a mixed regiment-like unit to assist alone.
Defense in a certain direction.
But just like this, the Fourth Army is far from being able to control such a large area, because it not only needs to control the outside world, but also internally.
The current Fourth Army has too much time to take care of itself and does not give much help to the friendly forces fighting in Huguang. This battle has to be fought by the First Army, the Second Army, and the Fifth Army themselves!