Compared with the lifeless New Year celebrations in Changsha, the New Year flavor in Luoyang is much richer.
It was not until the end of the first year and the beginning of February of the eleventh year of Jianji (911) that everyone slowly recovered from the New Year atmosphere and started a new "year's plan."
In fact, it’s not surprising that people indulge in pleasure.
Counting from the beginning of the Huangchao Rebellion, most of the thirty years were burdened by war. In the Zhu Quanzhong era, which year was there not war?
In the Shao Shude era, there were only a handful of times when there was no war. The only improvement was probably that the Luoyang people hardly had to physically participate in the war, but the corresponding burden of money and food was still indispensable.
In the past few years alone, after Hebei was pacified, Hedong was peaceful again, and the burden was gradually reduced, which was a big relief. Last year, when Hunan was levied, due to the fiscal policy of living within its means, taxes were increased, but overall
After all, the burden has been reduced in the past few years, so the New Year atmosphere is getting stronger and stronger, and everyone is very happy.
On the day of the Lantern Festival, there was no curfew in Luoyang. The emperor and the empress personally visited the Dingding Tower to watch the lantern festival and receive cheers from the people in the city.
Celebrating grand festivals together and having fun with the people can greatly enhance the legitimacy of the monarch of this era, and at the same time, it can also increase the cohesion of the court.
Consensus is always reached slowly and inadvertently and is continuously strengthened. The atmosphere is also slowly changed under the influence of these beautiful lives.
On February 2, the Spring Society Festival, Shao Shude led hundreds of civil and military officials to do some symbolic plowing in Henan County, and then treated the guests to dinner. After a brief toast of two glasses of wine, he returned to Benzhiyuan and listened to the Hunan Military News.
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"It is not a pity to die for a person like Chen Ji." Shao Shude commented on the various heroes in the south and said: "Those who rebelled after the Five Guards surrendered, all the men were slaughtered, their wives and daughters were thrown into Yeting, their family properties were confiscated, and they were distributed among the meritorious soldiers.
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Su wrote down the sage's virtues one by one. Later, he would draft an edict and send it to Zhongshu. If the prime ministers had no objections, a formal edict could be sent out.
"Fifth management, there are still more than 30,000 soldiers who surrendered in Fujian, and more than 40,000 soldiers surrendered in Hunan..." Shao Shude pondered for a moment, and said: "Selecting 10,000 people who are good at water warfare and recruiting them into the Ping Navy. This is
Forbidden Army. Another 20,000 people who are familiar with water warfare were selected to form an army, given the military name "Qinghai", and stationed in Guangzhou.
"Choose 10,000 strong men to be incorporated into the Guangjie Army and be led by Zhao Kuangning." "The remaining troops are organized into two armies and given the military titles "Jinghai' and 'Ningyuan'." "The generals of each army will be appointed by a letter from the Privy Council.
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In a few words, nearly 80,000 troops from the Fifth Guan, Hunan, and Fujian were surrendered.
He does not attach much importance to these troops, nor does he care much about them. In the future, they will mainly fight in the southern region. Including the Shu Army, the number of troops will be further reduced until there are three groups with no more than 60,000 people, and they will eventually be selected into the Forbidden Army.
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The South cannot have no soldiers, but it cannot raise too many soldiers. This is the principle.
Of course, these soldiers are not his direct descendants, and they will definitely not be so obedient. But it is impossible for him to let these people live in the north. In that case, they will be useless after one generation, and they will no longer be able to adapt to the environment in the south, which is meaningless.
For these troops, we can only strengthen management, and then rely on the powerful combat power of the Northern Forbidden Army to deter them from rebelling. It is a bit like the Five Dynasties Dynasty in history.
Luoyang/Kaifeng Forbidden Army suppressed the world, and vassal troops were stationed in various places, just like the princes guarding the Emperor of Zhou.
When a foreign enemy invades or a vassal town rebels, with the Forbidden Army as the backbone, the vassal town sends troops to follow and strictly suppresses it. This model is basically good, with only three accidents - Li Siyuan, Guo Wei and Zhao Kuangyin. The situation faced by Daxia now is different.
Much better than the Later Tang, Later Han, and Later Zhou dynasties.
The Northland is unified, and there is no strong source of rebellion.
If the Southern Forbidden Army rebels, it is impossible for everyone to cooperate with them. There are still state soldiers in the local area, and they can just hold on and wait for reinforcements. It will be easy to quell them. After a few decades, the Southern Forbidden Army will not have so much ambition to rebel -
The southern states are inherently more obedient than the northern states, so there is not much of a problem.
"Send another envoy to Guangling to recruit Huainan to surrender." Shao Shude gave the final order.
In fact, the work of instigating rebellion has been going on, but there has been little progress. Now that Ma Chu's power has been destroyed, Yang Wu should do a good job
I've thought about it. This is true: fighting against the world with one corner. Whether you have the ability or not, you know in your heart.
And speaking of Yang Wu, it's not like they haven't made any moves recently.
After Qian Yi surrendered and surrendered, he wanted to become an official in the court. Shao Shude warmly comforted him and ordered him to serve as the envoy to the camp in Hangzhou and lead his troops to attack the Huainan states to contain the enemy.
Yang Wu dispatched 30,000 troops and fought several battles in succession. Although he won more than he lost, Qian Liu was full of fighting spirit and fought hard. The Pinglu army in Huaibei took the opportunity to go south. Although they were defeated by the Huai army and had to retreat, their actions
, objectively restrained the Huai people, preventing them from advancing westward, seizing the relatively empty Jiangxi, and then rescuing Ma Yin in Hunan.
Shao Shude put himself into the role of Yang Wo and suddenly felt panicked. He had occupied the territory of the two vassal towns, but he was unable to fight again and again. The war potential was also insufficient. It was self-evident what the final outcome would be.
This year, he will take action against Yang Wu.
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Yang Wo hasn't played ball for several days.
Ever since, under the persuasion of Xu Wen and Zhang Hao, three thousand Dongyuan cavalry troops were transferred out of the city and the barracks were turned into a polo field, he often hung around here, riding horses and playing ball with the lucky ones, which made him very happy.
What? You said that after the Ma Army from the East Hospital was transferred, Guangling City became unsafe? What a joke!
Xu Wen and Zhang Hao seemed to have changed their tempers in the past six months. They no longer advised him to be thrifty to cultivate virtue, treat old ministers favorably, and live in peace with the people. On the contrary, they continued to offer rare treasures and beauties and servants to Yang Wo.
I was very satisfied and finally stopped shouting and killing them.
Moreover, Xu Wen and Zhang Hao were really loyal. They tried many times and drove away all the evil-minded people in the pro-army, leaving only loyal and brave people. In this way, the safety of Guangling City was still useful.
Worried?
Life could have gone on so happily. But after the news of Xia Jun's expedition to Hunan came, Yang Wo felt tremendous pressure even though he was heartless.
Deliberately bury your head in the sand, no matter what, just live one day at a time. But after all, it is difficult for people to deceive themselves. Yang Wo was playing polo, and he felt very unhappy in his heart.
On February 20, according to news from Huaibei, tens of thousands of soldiers and horses surrendered in the four states of Ma Yin Ju, and Hunan was at peace. The Xia people have not made any big moves yet, but once they have sorted everything out, they will sooner or later send their troops eastward to attack
Huainan.
The good days are coming to an end. In other words, the happy and hazy days are coming to an end.
Yang Wo sometimes gets very angry. I have nothing to do with the world. I want to live happily in Huainan, but I won't attack Luoyang. Why can't Shao tolerate it?
The world is so big, but you have to keep an eye on Huainan. With such a big heart and magnanimity, you still have the nerve to be emperor!
But complaining will not kill Shao Thief, and it will do nothing except ruin his own mood. People have to face reality after all, so Yang Wo called Xu Wen and Zhang Ying, who are currently popular, to discuss it.
"Hurry up and think of a way, or I'll chop off both of your heads!" Yang Wo walked around impatiently, and some of his playmates poked their heads in, but he kicked them out.
I won’t even play polo anymore. The sacrifice I’ve made is big enough. Why can’t you be more attentive and think of a solution? “Your Highness, for the sake of this, why don’t you surrender?” Zhang Hao glanced at him cautiously and asked.
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"Bang!" Yang Wo kicked over a bed. Unexpectedly, he used too much force and injured his feet.
Xu Wen hurried forward, helped Yang Wo sit down, and advised Wen Yan: "Your Majesty, Zhang Dutou is a fool with bad ideas, why bother with him?"
"If it weren't for your recent respectful behavior, I would have killed you today." Yang Wo glanced at Zhang Hao fiercely and said angrily: "Ma Yin doesn't know what will happen to him, but Liu Yin has nothing.
Get it. If you ask me to surrender Huainan and Xuanshe towns to Shao Thief for free, what can I get? I spend tens of millions a year, and the three melons and two dates that Shao Thief sent are enough for me.
You want me to die of poverty!"
Zhang Hao was too shy to say anything, but kowtowed to apologize.
"Get out!" Yang Wo didn't want to see Zhang Hao again, so he waved his hand and said.
Zhang Hao was granted amnesty, and he left Prince Wu's Mansion sweating profusely. When he walked to the door, he saw the gatekeeper looking at him with mocking eyes. He was annoyed, but he didn't want to get angry, so he went straight home.
These sergeants were all distant relatives of the Yang family, and they often played ball and hunted with Yang Wo. Yang Wo would also throw the women he was tired of to them, so he always looked down on them as foreign generals and only focused on currying favor with the King of Wu. Once he had served him well, he would let Wu
The king is happy and can easily be promoted to an official position. There are precedents for this, and there are quite a few.
"Humph, you are extravagant and you don't know that you are about to die. You spend tens of millions of dollars a year, enough to support three thousand soldiers. I don't know what to say to such a moody and stupid master like a pig.
"Zhang Hao looked up to the sky and sighed, his expression sad.
People are not born to be stubborn.
Zhang Hao and Xu Wen were entrusted by Yang Xingmi to serve as the leaders of the pro-army. Of course they were loyal and relatively loyal. But Yang Wo was really not a wise master.
He is moody and often kills people. Anyone who dares to dissuade him will be stabbed in the head. The closer people are to him, the more unlucky they are and the easier it is to die. Those who are far away are fine - in fact, they are not much better. The old ministers have killed several, including Lu Shizhou.
This is evident from the fact that such confidants were forced to abandon their homes and careers and flee.
Now the old ministers are watching with cold eyes and are disinterested. They and other close ministers are also frightened, because Yang Wo talks about killing people all day long, and everyone is afraid that there will be no tomorrow. How are they going to live like this?
If it were not for the legacy of the former King Wu, Huainan would have collapsed by now.
After Zhang Hao returned to his house, he sighed and didn't even take a few bites of dinner.
After nightfall, Xu Wen came to the door quietly. Zhang Hao hurriedly led him into the inner room and strictly prohibited anyone from approaching. "Yang Wo is a little suspicious of you and me today." Xu Wen's first words shocked Zhang Hao beyond measure. "Why?
Is this so? Aren’t we all following him recently?" Zhang Ying asked.
"I don't know what he was thinking. He suddenly asked me. I have stopped admonishing me recently and just followed him in everything. Am I going to rebel?" Xu Wen sighed and said.
"This..." Zhang Hao was speechless.
If you advise me to kill you, if you don’t advise me, I will please you instead, and I am worried that you will betray me. Why is this bitch so difficult to serve?
"Actually, Yang Wo didn't just have this idea today." Xu Wen said, "Someone may have secretly made slanderous remarks, which alerted Yang Wo." Zhang Hao's face was gloomy and uncertain.
After a long time, he asked: "Are you sure you can do it now?"
He and Xu Wen were in charge of separate armies. If they wanted to take action, they would naturally have to do it together. It would be impossible for one party to act alone. Neither of them could do without the other.
Xu Wen was silent for a long time and then said: "I want to send people to Luoyang to find out the situation before making a decision." Zhang Hao looked stern.
If Xu Wen just wanted to surrender, he could just send someone to Luoyang privately, and there was no need to let him know about it. But if he did, he must have a big conspiracy.
"Damn it, now that things have happened, there is no way out." Zhang Hao suddenly gritted his teeth as he thought of the recent encounter, and said, "You and I will send people to Luoyang to see what conditions Shao Shude offers, and then we can make plans.