As the new year approaches in the blink of an eye, Shao Shude becomes a little anxious.
He felt like he had done nothing this year.
Of course this is his illusion.
Counting from east to west, the rebellion of the Kishu Mohe people was put down, the dispute at Falcon Rock was resolved through diplomatic channels, and Liaodong as a whole was in a delicate state of balance.
It is said that in the early days of the dynasty, household registration statistics were relatively simple and were often done. However, there was considerable resistance in Liaodong Road. If the Bohai family had not been divided and a group of people had been recruited, it would have been even more difficult.
As of last year's data, Liaodong Province has 12 prefectures and 66 counties in addition to the Seven Holy Prefectures, with a total of more than 172,500 households and more than 838,000 people. This data should still have certain potential to be tapped, because it is a household registration system.
After reading a lot of population data of the Mohe tribe, the real number is obviously more than that.
But even so, it is very impressive. Shao Shude wanted to know that before he died, the registered household population in the twelve states of Liaodong would definitely exceed one million. Which descendants in future generations would dare to give up easily? Will they even give up?
Because the work of resettling the government soldiers was being carried out steadily, and the last batch of the Qing Sai Army were also resettled in Muzhou (temporarily missing), the Privy Council began a new round of reorganization of the government soldiers.
The object of persuasion this time was the Boryeong Army. There were still about 11,000 soldiers in this unit, and they had suffered heavy losses during the long battle. At this point, they were also tired, so they generally agreed to be reorganized into the government army.
After negotiation, a total of 9,000 people were dispersed to Longquan Prefecture (6,000), Minzhou (2,000), and Mengzhou (1,000). Except for some of the remaining 2,000 people who were willing to be disarmed and returned to their fields, the rest were dispersed to various states in Liaodong Province.
Act as state soldiers - In fact, they can also go to Hunan, Qianzhong, Wuguan, Fujian and other places to serve as state soldiers, but most people would rather go to the cold and dry Liaodong than to the hot and humid south.
The Boryeong Army just disappeared.
Military envoy Li Cunxian went to Huaihai Road to take over the squad of He Wei, who had just died, and served as the commander of the state military capital.
Deputy envoy Li Sigou was transferred to the post of governor of Mengzhou and commander of the state army, replacing the old official of Bohai.
Li Chengyue, the Marquis of Du Yu, fell from his horse and died while hunting.
Yuan Jianfeng, the envoy of Du Youyi, served as the governor of Lizhou and the commander of the state army. He also replaced the old official of Bohai.
At this point, when Hedong surrendered, the soldiers and horses left behind by the sworn brother were reorganized into the Wansheng Huangtou, Datong, Tiancheng, Baoning, Qingsai, and Kelan armies. Now they are all gone. The few remaining embers of the Jin army are concentrated.
Within the Guangjie Army, two-thirds of the officers and soldiers in this 23,000-strong unit were from the Jin Army.
The last Jin troops and horses are there, how long they can last is also a question.
At the end of the twelfth year of Jianji, all the nineteen prefectures in Liaodong Province have generally stabilized, except for the rebellion caused by the reorganization of households. The next step is long-term development and assimilation.
To the west of Liaodong Road, the town troops in the Yanshan area were stationed in various forts to control the main traffic roads. The Ministry of Household Affairs also sent people to set up checkpoints here to collect taxes. Everything was on the right track.
To the north of Yanshan Mountain, King Xi died of illness, and his eldest son Su Zhi inherited the throne. Sanquan, Yuyi Town, Xianyou Palace, and Yong'an Palace are lined up, which is the outer barrier of the northern foot of Yanshan Mountain and the west side of the Great Xianbei Mountain.
With their existence, it will be difficult for the enemy to enter the Seven Saints State to the east and Youzhou to the south. This is crucial for Hebei and Liaodong to maintain a peaceful state for a long time - to put it bluntly, they are the strategic buffer zone.
Progress in the northwest direction is also very smooth.
The armies took turns heading north, and the Tatars either surrendered or fled, and the gate to Heichengzi was completely open.
In the thirteenth year of Jianji, a larger-scale attack will definitely be launched to completely capture Heichengzi, and even advance a certain distance to the west, heading towards Qixi.
This time, the main force was the imperial army and horse soldiers, supplemented by the Tibetan soldiers who had just unified their thinking in Fengzhou. They tried not to use Fengzhou and defeated the soldiers of the two states.
Fu soldiers are neither farmers nor garrison soldiers. Their one-time resettlement costs are high, but their maintenance costs are almost negligible, and their combat effectiveness can be maintained for a long time. They are a very good low-cost solution for frontiers
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The premise is that you don't overdraw their resources too much. As long as they don't go bankrupt and the land is not divided in large quantities, their combat effectiveness is guaranteed. Expeditions once every few years are actually tolerable. Fighting at home is even more acceptable in the long run.
If you go on an expedition, you will get a demoralized, bankrupt and fleeing army - the former Tang Dynasty has already given us a sample.
Look south.
The last separatist force has also been wiped out. Roads and prefectures have been established, and officials have gone south in large numbers. Now, half a year later, the situation has gradually stabilized, and everything is developing in a good direction.
In fact, there is not much to say about the south. The local military and civilians are not very willing to rebel. This can be seen after the Anshi Rebellion in the Tang Dynasty - there are more observation envoys in the south, and there are more military envoys in the north.
The only threat of war is the Great Chowa Kingdom.
Shao Shude actually gave them a chance and is still waiting for them to make the right choice. But it seems that he himself doesn't believe it. Otherwise, the army would not slowly move to the southwest.
As for Henan, Hebei, and Hedong, although they spent a certain amount of manpower and material resources on the war to conquer Huainan, and they will also need to contribute to the future construction of Jiangning Mansion, they are still in a state of rest and recuperation.
There were occasional minor disturbances in Hebei, which were caused by some people's unwillingness to move out, and were quickly put down.
In Henan's densely populated Bian, Song, Cao and other prefectures, immigration has continued without interruption, and there has been almost no trouble.
The sharp contrast between Hebei and Henan actually indirectly reflects the public sentiment in the two places.
In another twenty or thirty years, things will almost gradually converge.
Therefore, if you think about it carefully, although the twelve years of Jianji may seem very ordinary, deep and firm changes are slowly taking place inside this country.
Starting from the first year of Jianji, every year is meaningful.
Each successful year adds to the foundation of this new regime until it can no longer be shaken.
In fact, the world has always been functioning like this. There is nothing special about it. There is no need for you to burst out with any heroic spirit, let alone do anything to make people angry. The important thing is——
Keep it up, keep it up, keep it up!
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Shao Shude lay on the soft floor and opened his eyes wide.
The palace servants brought a painting to him and held it up so that he could appreciate it calmly.
"Unknowingly, well..." Shao Shude swallowed a raisin and continued: "I have actually done so many things. These paintings are great, and they highlight my great achievements. Even after a thousand years, there will be people
Remember that I am such a number one person. Find people to make more copies, and I will distribute them to the ministers. In the Imperial Academy of the three capitals and the left-behind mansion of the fourth capital, some pictures will also be hung."
"Yes." Palace official Su asked someone to write it down.
Shao Shude continued to look at the group of paintings.
Mrs. Gao was making tea with red eyes. She received a divorce letter from her husband yesterday and cried for a long time.
Shao Shude lay on her back and comforted her physically.
After the divorce letter was soaked in tears, Mrs. Gao cried and said that no one wanted her, and Shao Shude responded with all her heart.
This was the highest quality relaxation experience in recent times, and it was enough for him to remember for a long time.
"The second thing..." After reading the group of paintings, Shao Shude continued to be paralyzed and said: "The Ministry of Rites prepares a book to confer King Chengjie of Qin as the Crown Prince."
"Yes." Su responded calmly.
It had been more than ten years since the founding of the country, and it was really not easy for Daxia to finally have a crown prince. When Su thought that the crown prince had given birth to a daughter, she felt a little regretful, but the saint was still canonized, and his attitude was very obvious.
If you can give birth to a daughter, you can naturally give birth to a son. Although it seems difficult for the prince to have an heir, he is only in his twenties and still has a chance.
Of course, in normal times, the saint might not be so happy to be canonized. He would have to wait until the prince had a son before he would consider it. But looking at the current situation, the saint is obviously not willing to wait any longer. He seems to have a lot of things to do.
Most likely he will leave Beijing.
Su heard a rumor in the palace that the queen was unwilling to continue to supervise the country. Obviously, this was putting pressure on the saint - the queen could not care about anything, but she cared about her sons very much.
"Reorganize Sergeant Ma Zhi into the left and right guards of the East Palace." Shao Shude continued to give instructions.
Before the Northern Song Dynasty, the East Palace was a small imperial court of its own, with a complete system, including officials at all levels, and even an army directly under the East Palace - the scale varied throughout the dynasties, but it was there.
Beginning in the Northern Song Dynasty, the military power of the Eastern Palace was deprived of, and the prestige and power of the prince were greatly reduced. In the Ming and Qing dynasties, the prince became a pitiful creature that the emperor could manipulate at will. Along with this, the status of ministers plummeted, and the official term "
The popularity of such dwarfing titles as "Sir", and the emperor's direct leadership of the six ministries, overriding the prime ministers, greatly strengthened the centralization of power.
It had not yet developed to this point in the late Tang Dynasty.
Prince Shao Chengjie had a personal army from Mazhi before, with thousands of people. Later, most of them were dispersed into Shengjie Army in order to control this army. Only two to three hundred people from Mazhi were retained as the backbone. In recent years, it has slowed down.
Slowly expanding, the number of personnel was restored to 3,000 - the personnel mainly came from the elite soldiers, the strongest troops, and the best in the training of the new military academies.
Shao Shude acquiesced to this.
This time, he wanted to imitate the Northern Song Dynasty and deprive Shao Chengjie of his military power. After thinking about it, he could only sigh: This cannot be done if he still wants to successfully inherit the throne.
Of course, he didn't take these three thousand people seriously.
Although Xu Wen and Zhang Hao's two hundred men could do great things, it was because the Huainan army did not do anything. Even the sergeant Fanzhi of Yang Mansion belonged to them.
This is obviously not the case in Daxia. He is still stable now, and the prince's prestige cannot be compared with him.
Furthermore, are the three thousand people in the prince's left and right guards really all the prince's own people? Congma Zhi was originally established in Henan during the period of Xia and Liang's struggle for hegemony. Strictly speaking, they are all Shao Shude's people. Every move of the prince,
He couldn't escape his eyes. If Erlang was smart, he should re-establish a private armed force outside Congma, but this was not allowed by Shao Shude.
We must do everything possible to support the prince, enhance his prestige, and allow him to control more power and the army so that he can successfully succeed in the current social atmosphere, but at the same time, we must guard against him. The balance between this is really not something that ordinary people can grasp.
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Shao Shude sometimes envied the supreme power of the Ming and Qing emperors, but he was unable to complete this kind of institutional reform because the values of civil and military officials, local generals and even powerful families did not support this.
The great power of an emperor lies in gathering people. When everyone is opposed to something, it is best not to challenge it.
Each period has its own values and customs. During the Han, Wei, Southern and Northern Dynasties, the level of centralization of power in the Sui and Tang Dynasties was not recognized by the world. Which emperor dared to do this at that time, and the aristocratic families did not mind changing their spokespersons - Facts
Yes, it was really not difficult to change the emperor in those hundreds of years, because the emperor needed the support of the famous family.
Only after hundreds of years of continuous grinding, could the emperors of the Sui and Tang Dynasties further consolidate their power, but the conditions were not yet mature to transform into the system of the Ming and Qing Dynasties.
It is necessary to make society more atomized, to completely eliminate the collective ability to restrain the imperial power, and to replace it with poor scholars from small families, so that the emperor can completely say what he says and no one will dare to make noises.
Of course, there is no best of both worlds. Everything has advantages and disadvantages. Centralization of power like the Ming and Qing Dynasties also has side effects, that is, social forces are scattered. When foreign enemies invade and official institutions are paralyzed, it is difficult to organize them. Those who can organize them,
It can only be the government, or a private person supported by the government.
At the turn of the Tang and Xia Dynasties, society had not yet reached this stage. After the suppression of the Sui and Tang dynasties and the scourge of separatist vassal towns, the aristocratic families had a sharp decline in economic strength compared with that of the Southern and Northern Dynasties, and there were no private soldiers, and they no longer had the ability to change.
The emperor has become a symbol of existence dependent on imperial power, but they also have a considerable restrictive effect on imperial power.
Some things should be allowed to take their own course. Shao Shude doesn't want too many people to interfere. He doesn't have the ability to open everyone's heads and instill a new thought into them, telling them that this is right - Tailong Aotian.
, thoughts are more difficult to change than productivity.
"Let King Zhao, King Han, and King Qi come to see me." After thinking about it, Shao Shude said again.
These three sons have returned from Shazhou, Longquanfu and Haizhou respectively.
The errands done were pretty good, quite satisfactory. There weren’t many surprises, but I can’t say they were bad either.
This was also Shao Shude's initial expectation. They have experienced strict and high-quality education since childhood, and they themselves are middle-class or above-average talents, so they have no reason to mess things up.
The most important thing is that they are standing on the platform created by the old father.
A good platform can allow people with moderate qualifications to achieve what only people with superior qualifications can achieve.
The platform of Daxia is not bad, and the achievements of each of the three sons are not enough. Now that they are about to be crowned princes, some things should be made clear to them.