"General Wang, please come back." Inside the station, Chen Cheng said with a not very good expression.
He is not young anymore, more than ten years older than King Xia. At this age, it can be said that he is approaching his twilight years. Although he seems to be in good health, rides a horse, and plays with beauties, there are unforeseen circumstances. Who knows?
The sky has gone.
This is the deep-seated worry in Chen Cheng's heart.
Isn't it okay to proclaim the emperor and establish a country as soon as possible, let everyone have a founding father, and then reduce the vassal state? If it can't be done in one generation, then it can be reduced in two or three generations.
This is not just his desire.
Li Yanling, the military governor of Zhaoxin Army, is older. Isn't he anxious?
He received the news a few days ago that Qingxiang died of a sudden illness without hiding it. Doesn't he regret it?
Li Shao's family, who left earlier, are still waiting to be awarded titles in the new dynasty.
Even though Zhang Yanqiu was old, he still worked hard and guarded the frontiers. Didn't he just want to get a food seal and pass it on to his descendants?
Many people are becoming increasingly impatient!
"Chen Changshi, is King Xia so confident that he can definitely defeat the towns?" Wang Shijie's expression turned even worse.
"The matter has come to an end. There is nothing more to say. Please come back, envoy." Chen Cheng said expressionlessly.
Master Wang stamped his feet and said angrily: "We'll see. King Xia is not young anymore. I want to see what step he can take. He can still control the overall situation while he is alive. If he goes, King Xia will
Can the prince command those arrogant and powerful generals? Haha, don’t let all the troops sent out become rebels by then, I’ll wait.”
After that, he stormed off.
Chen Cheng sighed. What Wang Shijie said just now made him understand King Xia a little bit.
Yes, is the army that goes to reduce the vassalship really reliable? If the prince cannot have martial arts and prestige, then he can only rely on the generals. What will happen over time?
It would be better if the crown prince was old when he succeeded to the throne, but if there were an orphan and a widowed mother, he might not have been mutilated.
"Let's go to Jingyuan, Fengtian, and the three towns of Shaanxi..." Chen Cheng came and naturally started working. Various official letters were forwarded here. He picked up the first copy and pondered.
These three vassal towns are all fake vassal towns, covering 30 counties in the six states of Jing, Yuan, Qian, Hua, Shaan and Guo, with a population of more than 900,000.
In particular, Qianzhou, which was under the control of Fengtian Town, was established by the five counties of Fengtian, Haoji, Wugong, Yuxi, and Liquan from the Jingzhao Prefecture. Wang Bian was appointed as the governor.
This time, a new position was also assigned to Wang Bian: Jiedushi of the Zhongshun Army.
The Zhongshun Army led Yaozhou. The state was also newly established. Six counties including Huayuan, Fuping, Sanyuan, Tongguan, Meiyuan, and Fengxian were cut off from Jingzhao Prefecture and placed under the jurisdiction of Yaozhou, with a total of about 400,000 people.
Chen Cheng closed his eyes and probably knew that Wang Bian was about to do dirty work again. The thousands of Huazhou soldiers under his command could not go to the battlefield, but they were a very deterrent to local big houses. At least, the rivers in Guanzhong were once densely populated.
Most of the water mills in the country were demolished. These were owned by officials and gentry, which greatly affected the people's access to water to irrigate farmland.
"More than thirty prefectures, more than one hundred and forty counties..." Chen Cheng asked people to find the registers and made a simple estimate. He found that there were already more than 700,000 households under the rule of "Xia Kingdom", close to 3.6 million.
The mouth is full of people.
The territory of "Xia Kingdom" covers all of Guanbei, part of Guanzhong, and a small part of Henan Province. For several years, the Xia Palace did not interfere too much in local governance. They only focused on the establishment of official schools in various states and counties and the promotion of new crops.
and production model, other than that it is basically in a state of decentralization, which has been the case since ancient times.
Of course, the personnel power is firmly in hand. The number of students from prefecture schools serving as local officials is still huge, and the number of students from county schools serving as officials is the largest number from the northern Guanzhou states.
Students of the official school, disciples of the sect, and scholars who passed the imperial examinations have basically divided up the official positions at all levels in the Kansai states and counties, and even started to send a small number to Dongdu Town.
Although most of the local post generals, township chiefs, township assistants, and Li Zheng were vulgar and uncivilized warriors, they were all old subordinates of the King of Xia, and they were loyal.
"Alas..." Chen Cheng sighed again.
If King Xia spends his whole life and still cannot pacify the world, we and his descendants will support the king and proclaim himself emperor in Chang'an. It is not bad to be the lord of the Western Wei Dynasty. Let the ambitious people toss the east, at least there will not be so many unruly warriors in the west.
Worrying things can be regarded as a pure land.
Promote education widely, convert barbarians into Han, develop agriculture and animal husbandry, and calm people's hearts. The Xia king is also consciously marrying. In another ten or twenty years, this basic foundation will be quite stable.
It is only necessary to appoint a son to stay behind and take over the military and political power. If the war in Guandong goes unfavorably and King Xia dies during the battle, chaos in Kansai will not break out.
Chen Cheng thought about it, he didn't dare to mention this left-behind candidate casually, he had to find an opportunity.
He attached his own opinions to the official letter, improved some details, and then put it aside, waiting to be sent to the court for "secret operations."
After the three towns were abandoned, there were some personnel changes.
Wang Bian went to Yaozhou to take office, and Shaanxi Jiedushi Ren Yuji became the Tianping Army Jiedushi and the governor of Yunzhou, leading the three states of Yun, Cao and Pu.
Ren Yuji is the old man of the Xia King. His military capabilities are limited, his personality is gloomy, and he has been doing some shady things. However, he has a lifelong friendship with the Xia King and is very loyal. He has successively served as the governor of Tonghua, Shaanxi, and Tianping towns.
This life is truly beautiful.
His son Ren Zhen was weak in his youth and had just been appointed as the magistrate of Gucheng in Xiangzhou.
The three counties of Gucheng, Dengcheng and Zaoyang were developed by the immigrants of the Xia king. They were mixed with sand from Shannan East Road and Tang and Dengsui. Ren Zhen was appointed as the Gucheng magistrate as an "honored son", which shows that the Ren family is trusted
At the same time, it can be seen that King Xia really valued friendship and really shared wealth and honor with his old brothers.
The post of Deputy Envoy of the Tianping Army was originally offered to Sun Ba. However, Sun Ba refused due to his old age. The King of Xia accepted the post, but still retained his post as the governor of Huazhou.
Sun Jinde, the eldest son of Sun Ba, served successively as the deputy envoy of Tuanlian in Shanzhou and the governor of Kuozhou, guarding the frontier for many years.
The second son, Sun Jinshanben, was the magistrate of Longzhi County in Shanzhou, and this time he served as the governor of Fangzhou.
This family is also enviable, but they were kind to King Xia in their early years, and this kindness has been extended to the second generation.
Huang Tao served as the deputy envoy of the Tianping Army and concurrently as the governor of Puzhou. This was to help Ren Yuji govern the place.
Huang Tao's son Huang Su successively served as Yijun Wei of Fangzhou, Sanchuan Commandery of Yanzhou, Sima of Yanzhou, and has just been appointed as the governor of Jiangzhou.
After sighing for a while, Chen Cheng approved these documents and prepared to send them to the court.
There was also a written document. Chen Cheng picked it up and looked at it. There was nothing wrong with it. He also put it aside and sent it to the court.
"Edict. In Lixia, a famous place means a noble place. Sikong means a noble rank. Those who are in a famous place and gain a noble rank are not chosen by the husband's title. They are in harmony with the material situation. How can they be favored alone and be re-proclaimed as kings? Official Li Bai
, when I was thinking about it, I had learned martial arts. I solidified the foundation of loyalty and obedience, and took power as branches and leaves. I was able to attack the department and also serve as a good neighbor. I used to be lenient and fierce in order to keep the rules, so I could be flexible and get along with others. Good deeds are hard to hide, and they will become more obvious if they are not cut down.
. Seeing that seeking happiness is self-seeking, I believe that only people can call me. So I went to Maodian and used Ye Gong's words. I can rely on the previous conditions."
Li Bai, the former military governor of Jingyuan and the inspector general, served as the military governor of Wusu Army.
Wu Sujun is a newly established vassal town, which has jurisdiction over Qi and Di Prefectures and governs Qi Prefecture.
Li Bai concurrently served as the governor of Qizhou, and Song Yao served as the deputy envoy of Wusu Army.
Song Yao was a member of the Shuofang shogunate and wanted to join the army. He was the one who lobbied Li Bai and Li Tong back then. He had been working in the Jingyuan shogunate these years. He said he was Li Bai's staff, but in fact he was monitoring them. This time he came with him.
"Your Majesty is not ready to let go of Ziqing and Yanzhou." Chen Cheng realized that the war was about to begin again.
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Outside Dizhou City, the Cangzhou soldiers had retreated.
They left reluctantly and very helplessly.
Thousands of soldiers and horses led by Wang Shiyue were defeated by them, and they were still unable to join up with the soldiers and horses in Dizhou City. The situation could be said to be excellent. If the battle continued for a while, the defenders might become desperate and surrender directly.
The four states of Cang, Jing, De and Di are originally one. The people of Dizhou do not consider themselves to be from Henan. Dizhou is still more connected with Hebei in terms of culture and business. How can it be ruled by a feudal town in Henan?
But the reality is cruel. After Li Tongjie's death, Dizhou left Cangjing Town, and it has been almost seventy years now.
This time, taking advantage of Shao Shude's eastward campaign to conquer Yun, Yan, Qi, and Henan, the war was raging and a large number of soldiers and horses from Dizhou were mobilized. The Yichang army assembled more than 20,000 soldiers and horses and suddenly went south. Unexpectedly, it failed in the end.
The reason for the failure was that the Di people had new reinforcements.
More than 4,000 horsemen from the Dingnan Army traveled day and night. They suddenly arrived and defeated thousands of Cang people with a wave of charge.
The morale of the soldiers in Cangzhou was frustrated and they retreated to the camp. After a day of stalemate, they saw Shao Bo, the governor of Dizhou, also rushing back with his own soldiers. They suddenly realized that there was no hope and could only relieve the siege.
Their main force was not damaged, and they retreated in an orderly manner. The Dingnan Army pursued them for a while, and found that there was nothing to take advantage of, so they allowed them to retreat.
"General Weifu, Dizhou is almost lost!" Dizhou Sima Shaoyang choked up and went out of the city to see the ceremony.
Shao Yang, Shao Bo's younger brother, led his army to stay in Dizhou.
"Shao Sima doesn't have to be like this." Fu Yanchao said: "Since Dizhou has submitted to the king of Xia, it is natural that there will be no worries. Although the people of Cang and Qi have retreated, their treacherous intentions will not die, so they must be on guard."
"This is naturally unnecessary." Shao Yang said: "After the soldiers and horses return from the expedition, they will manage the city and stock up food and grass. They will not slack off at all. It will be the king of Xia who will guard the state borders."
Fu Yanchao emphasized that they had surrendered. Shao Yang had heard his brother mention this and he had no objection.
Dizhou is located on the north bank of the river, so it is naturally coveted. Now it is necessary to find someone else to take refuge in. Wang Shifan cannot save Dizhou, and Shao Shude has such a great reputation, so it is appropriate for him to join him.
After seeing the ceremony, Fu Yanchao did not pause, and took another 3,000 men to change their horses and march westward to meet the Di soldiers returning from Qizhou.
"Brother." Shao Yang looked at Fu Yanchao's retreating back and asked, "How is Xia Bing?"
Shao Bo seemed unwilling to recall, and sighed: "He can fight. Shao Shude is also very capable in fighting. In two months, he has defeated Yun, Qi Erzhou, killed Zhu Wei and Zhu Qiong, defeated Wang Shike, Zhu Jin was weak on the left and right, and Wang Shifan was afraid
Yes, I am a little scared. Don’t think too much. Dizhou, a place of right and wrong, cannot be defended for long by ourselves, and there may not be a good end in the end."
"Brother, what you said makes sense." Shao Yang agreed.
If you have a choice, who doesn't want to separate the country? Seeing the turmoil outside, it is really difficult for a state and county like Dizhou, which is at the junction of four towns, to be isolated to the north of the river and separated from other states and counties in Ziqing.
Self-preservation.
The people of Dizhou are suffering. They don’t know how many times they will be plowed by the flames of war.
