Chapter 1711 The opened Xuchang City (the first two chapters are wrong, do not
It is not incomprehensible that Cui Jingsong made such a choice.
But what Chen Zhishen is a little depressed about is that what the Han Dynasty lacks now is civil servants. The most lacking are civil servants who are familiar with the situation in the North. Cui Jingsong is certainly the most qualified person. As a result, Cui Jingsong committed suicide so neatly.
It would be difficult for Chen Zhishen to explain to Li Xingchen and the ministers of the court who were eager to ask for someone.
However, Cui Jingsong wanted to die, and he had surrendered to the Northern Zhou Dynasty as a minister of the Northern Qi Dynasty. The possibility of surrendering to the Han Dynasty and being entrusted with important tasks was not very high, even if Li Xingchen and the Minister of Civil Affairs were the
No matter how courageous Yuan Rao is, he will probably have to think twice before appointing this person.
Now is the time when the Han Dynasty is expanding rapidly. Although there is a shortage of talents, neither the imperial court nor your majesty expects to get involved in the process.
After all, not long before the war began, the imperial court had just completed the task of cleaning up and rectifying the officialdom. It focused on cracking down on and cleaning up some corrupt officials left over from the Nanchen period. Most of these corrupt officials had already been "on the list".
It's just that the imperial court has been troubled by talent problems before, and has been unable to arrest these corrupt officials. Now that the imperial court has proven the feasibility of selecting officials through imperial examinations through practical actions, naturally there is no "worry about the future". It just so happens that this year's new year
There need to be enough vacancies to place the selected talents, so the imperial court naturally wanted to let these corrupt officials go to jail directly.
Of course, those who have committed many evil deeds will not even be able to eat in prison, but will be decapitated directly. The censor's platform has white robes, local troops and even the Imperial Guards personally mobilized by Li Xingchen to fully cooperate. It is no different from holding Shang Fang's sword in hand.
But this time the "cleaning up" work also made the court fully aware of a problem. Sand is still sand no matter where you go. You can't expect this person to wash away his hands after he changed from an official in Nanchen to an official in the Han Dynasty.
, and they will even intensify their efforts after realizing that they are "indispensable".
Therefore, when heading north this time, the Han Dynasty court had reached a consensus from top to bottom. Northern officials who surrendered must be screened and screened first. Not everyone can become an official of the Han Dynasty, lest they end up being punished.
Dahan places have a negative impact.
At the same time, the Han Dynasty has also made full preparations to take over the northern local state capitals. Since it does not know whether the people on the enemy's side are reliable, the Han Dynasty has made full preparations and removed many key local officials and staff.
Go north, no matter what your identity is, you will end up working as an official.
Therefore, this is definitely a good opportunity for those who go north. It is possible for officials to be promoted many levels at once, and it is even more possible for officials to complete the transformation from officials to officials. In ancient times, officials and officials were
Two classes that are almost insurmountable, and if one can step up to the level of an official, one's social status will naturally be different. For many officials, it is something that can only be met but cannot be sought, so they can escape or return.
Basically, the younger officials actively participated in the recruitment of personnel to go north this time.
Looking at Cui Jingsong's body at this time, Chen Zhishen still felt a little complicated.
Perhaps for Cui Jingsong, death is really the best choice.
He raised his head again and saw that the Han army had already passed the Zhou camp, and the flag of the vanguard had even reached Xuchang City. Chen Zhishen breathed a sigh of relief and attacked Xuchang City. This was the last battle. After Xuchang, they could directly attack Luoyang.
The south gate.
What made Chen Zhishen even more helpless was that Xuchang did not cause any further obstruction to the Han army.
When Chen Zhishen arrived at Xuchang City, the city gates of Xuchang were already open. The old men in Xuchang City were eating pots of pulp to welcome the king's army. The remaining defenders of Xuchang even took the initiative to pull out the green Northern Zhou Dynasty flags on the top of the city.
flags, and helped maintain order. Even when the rebels came, the crossbowmen in the city once arrayed themselves on top of the city, and the crossbows and trebuchets on the city were all aimed at the former brother Pao Ze.
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Dedicating the city is a great achievement. It not only allows one to be freed from the enemies of the Han army, but can also be understood as future prisoners of war. The Han will also reward them if they fail to protect them. After all, the importance of Xuchang City to the Han and the entire battlefield.
That's well known.
Therefore, when the defeated soldiers were cursing and could only continue to flee north around the city, the defenders in the city and the common people, women, children, old and young, swept the streets and waited quietly for the new master to come.
Standing next to several elders and garrison generals in the city, there was also a middle-aged man who looked unattractive. Chen Zhishen just glanced at him and could only sigh secretly in his heart.
as expected.
This person is the white-robed Tabata. He rode into Chang'an with the white-robed and Yulin and eventually provoked the rebellion of the Yuwen royal family, which intensified Yang Jian's internal conflicts and was one of the "culprits" who suffered heavy losses. In these years, Tabata was ordered to go north,
Firstly, he was cooperating with Xu Shanxin of the general office, one in the open and the other in secret, to collect relevant intelligence materials of the Northern Zhou Dynasty on a large scale for the Han army's expedition. Secondly, he naturally chose a suitable place to hibernate while weaving the story of the Han Dynasty.
The intelligence network in the north was waiting for the opportunity to launch an attack.
The place Tabata chose was naturally Xuchang.
Whether it is Luoyang, Tongguan or other important towns around Luoyang, they have been run like iron barrels by Yuchi Jiong over the years. Not to mention, the number of ordinary people is no longer very large. This is of course due to years of war. Whether it is Yuchi Jiong, Yuwen
Xian Xian, of course, still hopes that the population can be larger, otherwise the best fields will only be abandoned.
In most pass cities, there are even more soldiers and horses than civilians. Therefore, if Tabata wants to choose a place around Luoyang as the information center for communication with the south, and he also needs to take root here, then
It would be too difficult. As for Xuzhou in the east and Yecheng in the north, one is a bit remote and the other is too far back. Naturally, Xuchang, which is located in the middle, became the best choice.
Now that the Han army has reached outside Xuchang City, there is no need for Tabata to conceal his identity. In fact, before the Han army began to attack, Tabata had already been in contact with many wealthy families in the city and even the generals who defended the city.
For these local snakes, what they most hope for is not that the Zhou Dynasty will be prosperous, but that their own lives and interests can be guaranteed, especially their lives.
If the money is gone, you can make it back, but if the person is gone, then there is nothing.
In troubled times, there are some people who do not hesitate to live, and some who cherish their lives. Often those who do not hesitate to live are not afraid of anything, while those who do not hesitate to live are often afraid of taking risks. In other words, in troubled times, everyone becomes a little extreme.