Shao Shude was riding a horse and jogging in the countryside of Huining County.
The dirt road in the countryside was very narrow, and the limit was the limit for two horses running abreast. The soldiers wanted to go down to the farmland and protect them on both sides, but Shao Shude refused.
"Commander, you can tell me to restore Huizhou." Zhao Guangfeng followed behind on horseback and suggested.
"Yes, Secretary Lu will write a letter of success and report it to the court."
"As commanded."
The focus of the imperial court was actually somewhat different from that of Marshal Shao. The sage and officials looked at whether the land was recovered, but Marshal Shao focused on whether the enemy was actually eliminated.
He will not stay in Huizhou for much longer. It has been half a year since the expedition. The soldiers want to go home, and he also wants to go home.
Yesterday, reports came from the other side of the Yellow River. Wang Yu, the envoy of the Dingyuan Army, led his troops to capture Ulan Pass and Ulan County, and surrendered more than a thousand Tibetan troops. So far, the two counties of Huizhou have been recovered, at least the city has been recovered.
In fact, with the population of Huizhou, the land and grasslands in the wild are not important at all. This is what Zhao Guangfeng said to himself yesterday. He believes that the greatest value of Huizhou is the Huiningguan Ferry, while Huizhou City is
It is the southeastern barrier that protects Huining Pass.
This statement is quite new.
Huining Pass and Wulan Pass are two ferries. Wulan County, Huining County, and Xinquan Army surrounding these two ferries are all outer garrison fortresses. Zhao Guangfeng suggested that the Huining Pass Wharf be rebuilt, and a warehouse city, cargo yard, and nearby
A lumber camp can also be built on the other side of the snow mountain. They only need to control these key points. The land between the wharf and the city can be properly reclaimed, and the Tianbao survivors who still adhere to the farming tradition can be moved here to farm, and they can be protected nearby to avoid further damage.
They were plundered by the Tubo people.
The rest of the vast pastures were all given to the Jizu tribe, such as the Bai family. Let them fight with the Langqu family, and the Dingnan army only needed to run the Huiningguan ferry.
This idea is actually very pragmatic. There are six to seven thousand Tang people in Huizhou, and they have cultivated five to six hundred hectares of farmland. The food produced is dispensable. It is better to move them all to the northwest, and there is no way to free up 600 hectares of farmland. The following is
The Dingyuan Army protected them, and the Huining Pass in the rear was taken care of by the rebuilt Huizhou Prefecture soldiers. It would be difficult for the Qu family to come and plunder.
If he wants to rob, he should go rob the Bai family.
But Shao Shude still has some ideas. It is a pity to abandon the existing farmland near Huizhou City, and Huizhou is only 380 miles away from Lanzhou. If more grain can be produced, it can also reduce the need to transport grain from Lingzhou.
pressure.
Furthermore, it would be unreasonable to give up such a large area of land, tens of thousands of square kilometers, to the Tibetan people for nomadic herding. During the Tianbao period, there were 20,000 farmers in Huizhou, and the farmland cultivated was several times that of the Tubo people.
Now.
So he is still hesitating.
"Commander, I have an idea." Chen Cheng rode up and said.
Shao Shude glanced at him angrily. Judge Chen's strategies, how should I say, were both good and bad. When he was besieging Huang Chao, he proposed a plan to spread rumors that Zhu Wen had surrendered. A few days ago, he proposed a plan to burn the grassland. The former was quite reliable, but the latter
But this made Shao hesitate and dare not actually implement it.
"What's the plan?" Marshal Shao paused on his horse and asked cooperatively.
"Commander, you can recruit athletes from the four prefectures of Xia, Sui, Yin, and You, even Guanzhong, Jingyuan, Binning, and Fengxiang Town. They will be given a hectare of land and will be exempted from taxes for ten years. Those whose families are willing to come with them will be given houses. And so on.
A good athlete must be able to shoot arrows and dare to fight. If one hundred households is a mile, there will be one commander; if five hundred households are one township, there will be one commander for the capital; for the whole county, there will be one guard." Chen Cheng said: "We just happened to capture a lot of things.
If they have few tools, they will be given to them. They will farm during the busy season and practice during the leisure time. After the autumn harvest, they will plunder Tibet and thresh grass and grain. After several years of this, the enemy will definitely be frightened."
"Commander, what Judge Chen said is very true. I heard that during the Zhonghe period, more than 5,000 Chao people were captured and they are still doing hard labor in Kaihe. Commander, why not exempt them from the remaining two years of their sentences, send them to Huizhou, and give them
Land, houses, equipment. Once these desperadoes and old thieves are organized, they will not suffer any losses when encountering a small group of Tibetan cavalry. If they encounter a large Tibetan army, just dispatch the Dingyuan Army and Xinquan Army."
Zhao Guangfeng also suggested: "Alternatively, you can ask the court to send those who have committed crimes to Huizhou. There are many things going on in the world today, and there are many criminals. If they are involved in death, they will disappear and hide in the mountains and forests. Now we can tell the world that the criminals
Those who have died in exile should be surrendered to enlist and guard Huizhou."
It is an old rule of the country to banish criminals to guard the border. Recently, Tubo, Shao, Cheng and Zhe defeated Yuanzhou and sent more than a hundred prisoners to Chang'an. If nothing else happens, the court will sentence him to exile in Lingnan. During the Dazhong period
During the westward march, many Tibetan prisoners captured were exiled to Lingnan, which was also the old practice.
In addition, there are more than 300 states in the world, and those who have committed serious crimes have been sent to the frontiers. Tiande Army, Zhenwu Army, Qianzhong, Lingnan and other towns are all big recipients. However, after the Huangchao Rebellion, this kind of thing slowly stopped
.
It seems that the imperial court can write documents to all the towns in the world, allowing them to continue to exile sinners to the northwest. Presumably the commanders of the towns will not refuse such a trivial matter. They are still the emperor's ministers in name, and they are not asking you to send troops to the northwest to prevent autumn.
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"That's very good." Shao Shude said: "Secretary Lu, there are three things that need to be reported to the court. One is to recover Huizhou, the other is to ask for Dingyuan and Feng'an counties, and the third is to send people who have committed crimes in the world to garrison Hui.
state."
"As commanded."
Of course he wants to win over Tubo, but what if they don't listen? Doesn't he have to use additional means to deal with it? The main army is leaving soon and cannot stay here for too long.
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March 28, the first year of Guangqi, Chang'an.
Early this morning, when Pingkangfang's troops marched into the courtyard, news came out: Shao Shude, the king of Lingwu County, led his army to recover Yuanzhou, Wuzhou, and Huizhou, and defeated Tubo.
The news did not cause too many waves in Pingkangfang, and the hangover patrons were not very interested in it.
However, as it spread wider and wider, its influence gradually grew. Chang'an is the capital of the country, where students from all over the country gather. These people are the most concerned about current affairs and the most impassioned.
After the Chao Rebellion, many people knew that Tubo took advantage of the situation and captured the three prefectures of Yuan, Wu, and Wei. After several years, only Pingliang County was recovered. Everyone was dissatisfied for a long time, and they also felt that the imperial court was unable to recover Tibet.
State and county.
Today I heard that King Lingwu had regained all the states, including Huizhou, which had been trapped in the Tibetan Empire for two years. This suddenly aroused the discussion among the intellectuals, who had unrealistic illusions about the frontier.
His fame and fame can be proved by the popularity of frontier fortress poems for a while.
After the students heard about it, they went to the wine shop and talked loudly. Some of them got drunk and chanted "I heard that in the past, Xiliangzhou was full of people and mulberry trees" on the spot. Then they met at Pingkangfang and asked the girls to sing.
listen.
Some wealthy people even called their friends to imitate the scholars who traveled around with swords, and went to Huizhou to see what the scene was like after hundreds of years of being trapped in Tibet.
There are a lot of discussions among the people, and things are not calm in the DPRK.
Prime Minister Xiao Yu had just returned from the meeting with the Holy Spirit, and his expression was very strange.
Prince Lingwu regained Huizhou and went to the court with great fanfare, making it known to everyone. Some young officials were very excited. The place where they had been trapped for more than a hundred years returned to their homeland, as if the country was about to regain its strength.
But Xiao Yuan is a veteran in officialdom, so naturally he won't be so excited. The first thing he thinks of is the pros and cons.
Shao Shude was quite shrewd. What he recovered was Huizhou, which was nominally under the jurisdiction of Shuofang Jiedushi, not some other state or county. Otherwise, the imperial court might want to share the benefits.
In the second year of Xiantong, Zhang Yichao defeated Tubo and regained Liangzhou. Two years later, the imperial court established Liangzhou Jiedushi as a continuation of Hexi Jiedushi to lead Liang, Tao, Xi, Shan, He, and Linliu.
Prefecture. At the beginning, Zhang Yichao served as the military envoy of Liangzhou, the military envoy of Guiyi Army, and the observation envoy of the Eleven Prefectures. It seemed unnecessary, but as time went by, his power would show.
There was no problem when Zhang Yichao was alive, but what if he died or became an official in the court? Should the two military envoys be separated? This is what the court was waiting for.
Of course, the imperial court still had some strength at that time, and there were more than just these methods. For example, it appointed Pei Shi, the governor of the Tianping Army, as the military governor of Shuofang, and at the same time sent 2,500 soldiers from Yunzhou to Liangzhou. In the following years, Pei Shi also commanded Shuofang and Liangzhou.
Town Jiedu. In the eighth year of Xiantong (867), Zhang Yichao entered the court. The court slowly gained actual control of Liangzhou, and in the next ten years, it sent several Jiedu envoys. Currently, Hexi
Jiedu envoy (formerly Liangzhou Jiedu envoy) Zheng, with the title of Shangshu, has been working for many years. Unfortunately, there are few people and few soldiers, and it is difficult for government orders to leave the city. Most areas were even controlled before they were controlled by Qi Mo.
The state city was captured once at the end of the Qianfu period, and was recovered with the help of the Guiyi Army during the Qianfu period.
The Dingnan Army retreated to Huizhou, and the imperial court could not intervene. If they attack Lanzhou, Minzhou and other places next, maybe the imperial court will send people to discuss the matter. However, Xiao Yu felt uneasy, feeling that Shao Shude and Zhang Yichao were at odds with each other.
People are different, they are not so respectful to the court, and they may not be willing to let others interfere with the territory they have conquered.
In addition, the prestige and strength of the imperial court at this time are not comparable to those of more than ten years ago, which makes it even more difficult. Maybe Shao Shude also wants the imperial court to follow the precedent and let him take charge of Shuofang, Hexi and Longyou towns.
Jiedushi, of course, the Jiedushi of the Dingnan Army, commanding the four provinces of Guanbei, and setting up and other envoys will not be left behind.
Of course the court would not agree!
The Dingnan Army has become the largest vassal town in the northwest of Beijing and is very powerful. Anyone who is not a fool will know that they cannot allow their strength to expand without limit. Even uncle and nephew Ximen Sigong, who has always been good friends with the Shao family, has no position on this matter.
Above, it should also be on the side of the imperial court.
But you have to be measured when doing things! Xiao Yu secretly warned that in today's troubled times, warriors would raise their troops and invade the palace if they made a mistake. If it got to that point, the reputation of warriors would be bad, and the majesty of the court would also be lost, wouldn't it?
?The saint has already been "welcome" by Shao Shude once in the west of Beijing, and he probably doesn't want to have a second time.
If the Lanling Xiao family wants to revive, it will be impossible to cling to the tree of the imperial court. Nowadays, the brothers of each house are serving as prime ministers in the court, Xiao Qu is serving as the county magistrate in Hezhong, Xiao Fu is serving as the grain envoy to Zhu Quanzhong, and Xia
There seems to be a shortage of people in the state.