Yaojiakou is a place name located in Yucheng County, where Shao Shude led his army to detour to Hebei to outflank the Yellow River ferry where Zhu Qiong passed.
In the fifth year of Kaicheng (836), the Japanese monk Yuanren entered the Tang Dynasty and crossed the river in the west of Yucheng County. People at that time called it Yaojiakou. The ferry was named "Zhanggongdu" and in ancient times it was called "Pingyuanjin".
Seventy miles north of Linyi County in Qizhou and eighty miles south of Ande County in Texas, there is Guanjiakou. There are Lujiakou Pass on both sides of the ferry. The gate city on the south bank has been abandoned, but the north bank still exists. This is also a Yellow River ferry.
There used to be a pontoon bridge nearby and a sandbar in the center of the river. At the end of the Zhenyuan Dynasty, Li Na, the governor of Ziqing, built three branches of the city across the river. The north city is in Dezhou and connects to the Clam Duo Salt Pond at the junction of De and De.
The lower reaches of the Yellow River near the sea have changed its course several times.
During the Qianyuan period, the Yellow River passed through Bohai County in Dizhou and entered the sea in the north. Two of the six counties were located in Henan. In the past few years, it changed its course again and entered the sea between Putai and Bohai. Therefore, now only Putai County in Dizhou is in Henan.
The next five counties are all in Hebei.
"The essence of Dizhou is still in Hebei." Shao Shude looked at the north bank in the distance and said: "Just pick up as many people as you can. Although the Jin army occasionally enforces military discipline, it really can't do it."
Standing in front of him were Wu Sujun's military envoy Li Bai and deputy envoy Song Yao, who had hurriedly arrived.
Shao Shude knew what Li Bai had done in the past few years. He seemed to have accepted his fate. He no longer fantasized about being able to dominate a town and be a local bully, and gradually changed to the role of a political officer.
When he dismissed Jingyuan Town, Shao Shude was worried that Li Bai would seize Jingzhou and rebel. After all, he also had two to three thousand state soldiers in his hands. If that happened, he would have to mobilize troops from the north of Guanzhou to the south for encirclement and suppression. One by one.
Not to mention the time and money wasted, it would also disrupt the deployment. Fortunately, such a thing did not happen.
However, Jingyuan Town is a "cong town", not an "affiliated town". Li Bai does not have absolute power to appoint and remove officials. It is not surprising that such a result occurs.
If it is a vassal vassal town like Shannan West Road, it will be a bit troublesome. In recent years, Zhuge Zhongfang has been strengthening his power and has raised more than 20,000 soldiers and horses. Although the overall situation is relatively submissive, who knows what he is thinking
Would you be happy to lose most of your power and become a rich man? It’s not very optimistic at the moment.
Let him send troops, if he is willing.
Let him pay, if he is willing.
Ask him to hand over power, but he doesn't want to.
Considering the rumors that Li Kuangwei went to Xingyuan Mansion with his cronies, some things are quite difficult. Of course, Xingyuan Mansion has not seen Li Kuangwei so far, but it is also true that there are many Yan soldiers serving Zhuge Zhongfang.
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This vassal town must be investigated slowly. Shao Shude even thought about taking the initiative to ruin his reputation and capture Zhuge Zhongfang. Anyway, there were troops stationed around Bailao Pass. If a sudden attack was carried out, the possibility of success was not small.
The main reason why I came up with this idea was because I heard that Nishikawa Li Maozhen was making moves again.
Zhu Mei is from the previous era, very old and very old. There is news that his body has basically collapsed. Undercurrents are surging in Zizhou, and he may not be able to withstand Li Maozhen's offensive. And once Li Maozhen annexes
Dongchuan, the next step is Longjian, Hanzhong, this is inevitable.
Judging from Wang Jian's actions in history, he followed the same path.
After he captured Hanzhong, he divided his forces to seize Qin, Cheng, Long, Jie, Feng and other prefectures, and even controlled Dashan Pass. The purpose was very clear, which was to control all the access to Shu and separate one side.
Shao Shude was considering whether it was necessary to mobilize troops from the Central Plains to help Zhao Jian stabilize the situation. There should not be too few troops. Twenty to thirty thousand people were always needed.
This matter would need to be discussed with Chen Cheng and others later. He had already asked Lu Siye to write it down and remind him when the time came.
"Your Majesty, the students are all here." Li Yixian came over and reported.
Shao Shude turned around, looked at the more than forty young students who were tired of work, and said with a smile: "The people from Shuofang still look friendly."
Everyone smiled cautiously.
There are forty-eight of them in total, from Lingzhou and Suizhou, and are students of the second-level official school in the prefecture and county.
The official schools at the state level include Confucian classics, agriculture, arithmetic, medicine and engineering. There are no engineering schools at the county level, but there are others.
There are six counties in Qizhou. Each county starts from the county magistrate and county magistrate, and ends with the chief executive, warden, city magistrate, doctor, etc. The total number of officials is more than 20, and there are about 140 vacancies in the whole state.
Shao Shude deployed forty-eight people, leaving nearly a hundred vacancies for Li Bai and the local forces in Qizhou. The appearance was not too ugly.
"In the past few years, I have spent a lot of money on running government schools in each state, which can be used to support more than a hundred yamen soldiers. In dozens of states, thousands of elite soldiers have been spent. The price is not small. When I see all the talents today, I suddenly feel that this money
It's worth the money." Shao Shude smiled and said: "Each person will receive two coins and two bolts of silk as settlement allowance. Qizhou will be your home from now on. In the past, there were Cai people who worked hard and made their home all over the world. They went to central Guizhou.
Soldiers, there is a spirit of Xia Yingju who has gone to the eastern frontier to educate the people and make them live in peace. How magnificent!"
Shao Shude walked in front of each student and said a few words of praise. At the end, he bowed and said: "All counties in Qizhou, I leave it to you."
"Your Highness, you can't do it." The students avoided him one after another.
"It's okay. I'm doing this ceremony for the people of Qizhou." Shao Shude said solemnly: "Qizhou has just been hit by a military disaster, and it is not completely peaceful now. The people are suffering. During the war, they provide transportation and fight, and in their spare time they train and farm.
After you take office, you should pay more attention to it. Do not impose harsh punishments, but just make the people happy."
The students were still young, so they just fell into this trap. When they heard King Xia's words, they couldn't avoid it, and they all received a gift. After receiving this gift, they were asked to go to the fields and see more.
Moreover, the King of Xia was very kind and generous. He gave him a greeting gift as soon as he came, and he was so polite. As the saying goes, if the king treats his ministers as brothers, then the ministers will treat the king as their heart. Respect is mutual. If you are polite and have enough money, then I will also have it.
You have to work hard and no one is anyone else's slave.
Shao Shude was very pleased after seeing this. If he wanted to rebuild a kind of values and reshape the order, he could only start with these students.
This is not a condescension. This is the custom of the country. The prime minister salutes, and the emperor has to return the favor. The prime minister is helping the emperor to govern the country. He is a talent you need to hire. Respect is necessary. You treat him as such.
Servant, no matter how powerful the thunder or rain is, it is your kindness. The prime minister's personality is extremely short, so what kind of talented people can be recruited?
Li Bai also came over and greeted his subordinates one by one.
This guy comes from a family of thieves and is a martial artist, so he doesn't have much respect for scribes. At yesterday's banquet, he drank too much and even joked with others, saying that Jiangling Prefecture is famous for its clothes and clothes, and people talk about pipa more than rice steamer, and more cuo than rice cooker.
Crucian carp, you can’t stop making fun of it.
Mao Zhuizi and Cuo Da are all derogatory names for scholars in the country.
When Shao Shude found out, he called Li Bai over and scolded him severely. Li Bai had a bitter look on his face, knowing that he was being targeted by King Xia and would no longer be able to take advantage of the situation for fun.
In fact, there are quite a few differences between northern literati and southern literati.
Just like the students who came out of Shuofang Official School, they were originally prepared to work as martial artists, but later became literati, and they didn't have any foundation in martial arts. You can tell by looking at their luggage. Almost everyone brought swords, walking bows, etc.
Even if his martial arts skills are not outstanding, they are only so-so.
This is due to the trend. The environment in Shuofang could only produce literati who danced with guns and sticks, but could not produce literati who played pipa like Jiangling Prefecture. If Shao Shude had not helped cheat in the Ministry of Rites, Shuofang students would definitely have failed the Jiangling Prefecture exam.
Students, there is no doubt about this. If the admission quota for each course is not fixed in the future, students from the south will inevitably dominate the rankings for a long time.
After arranging the official school students, Shao Shude met with the local wealthy families in Qizhou.
Sharing benefits has always been his philosophy.
You can't take all the benefits yourself, you must unite as many people as possible. Just like he accepted the children of Bianliang Military Academy into Yin'anzhi, you must benefit others and tie them up with benefits, so that when they betray, the cost will be high.
It will increase and you will think twice before acting.
If you don't give any benefits, your rule will not be stable with just a military conquest. A combination of kindness and power is the way to go.
On April 11, Shao Shude left Qizhou, and at this time Li Keyong was also in an embarrassing dilemma.
If you want to fight with someone, but they won't fight with you, just beat Ziqing Wang Normal University across the Yellow River.
Let's vent our anger at Dizhou. We robbed and robbed, and we got a lot of money and food. But the next step is to attack the city. We have to chew hard bones. Do we attack or not?
Li Keyong found that he had nowhere to use his strength and almost suffered internal injuries.
"Your Majesty, why don't you make peace with the Shao thief and stop the army and bring everyone back." Gai Yu carefully observed his lord's face and said, "This is not a good place for fighting. Now we can withdraw our troops back to Jinyang and contact the towns more.
Next time we directly send troops to attack Jinjiang or Heyang, the Shao thieves will definitely not be able to evade, and they will have to fight even if they don't fight."
In attacking those two places, Hedong takes the initiative.
They can choose when and where to attack, but the Xia people cannot attack them and can only passively defend.
Heyang and Jin Jiang have restrained so many Xia soldiers, which shows everything. Unless they are willing to attack upward along the winding Taihang Highway, the gains outweigh the losses.
Li Keyong looked up at the Yellow River flowing eastward, and was speechless for a long time.
"Send the envoy across the river." He got on his horse and left unhappy.
