Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

Chapter 599
In the evening, some palace servants came back one after another.

Inside and outside the Daming Palace, due to the serious damage to the palace, the soldiers set up a lot of tents on the spot, lit a fire to cook, and made a mess of smoke.

No way, the Food Service Bureau can't handle the dinner for two thousand sergeants, so the auxiliary soldiers have to cook it themselves.

Shao Shude rejected the kindness of the Food Bureau, and he was not worried about the food and drink they provided. Instead, he went to the army to eat with the soldiers, which gained an extra wave of morale from the soldiers.

Xingdao, Kaihua, Wuben and other high-end lifangs have been controlled by Xia Jun. Shao Shude lived in the "public rental housing" in Xingdaofang-the old house of Princess Taiping he once lived in. He used to live in the prime minister Zheng Yanchang, but Zheng's family Fleeing to Ji County, Zheng Xiang himself drove in Lantian.

From the moment he moved in, this super-large mansion was full of people, and I don't know how many people came to see him.

Shao Shude was too lazy to meet, not to mention that with his current status, he could not meet anyone casually.Low-level officials may not even be able to meet Chen Cheng and Zhao Guangfeng, let alone Marshal Shao.

"Next year I plan to adjust the divisions of the towns." With the help of his soldiers, Shao Shude removed the heavy armor, put on loose casual clothes, and sat comfortably on the bed.

He is a very cautious and conservative person. When he goes out, he always looks like a well-dressed warrior. On the one hand, he has a good image in the eyes of the sergeants and feels that he is his own. On the other hand, he is also for safety.

Surrounded by a cloud of armored soldiers, they are so vicious that any dog ​​that gets close can be slapped twice, let alone a human being.

Basically, the only thing that can kill him is an internal incident, and outside assassination is very difficult.

As the core staff, Chen Cheng and Zhao Guangfeng also had twenty military guards around them. They were all well-informed people recruited from Guanbei and belonged to the Duyu Housi to ensure their safety.

"Who does the commander-in-chief want to use?" Chen Cheng asked with a smile.

Zhao Guangfeng had a serious face and such a personality.

"Wang Bian was transferred to Fengtian Jiedu Envoy and Qianzhou Governor, so he has a place to go, and I will live up to him." Shao Shude said: "Huazhou has been returned to Tonghua Town, let alone for now. Binning, Jingyuan, and Shaanxi Zhen, how do you think it will work?"

Seeing that Shao Shude limited the scope to these three small feudal towns, Chen and Zhao understood that the lord did not intend to make a big fuss, but to make small repairs and digest slowly.

"Why don't you let go of Jingyuan Town?" Chen Cheng suggested, "Sun Ba, commander-in-chief of Jing, is over [-] years old, and he doesn't seem to be a director recently. Why don't we let go of this town and merge Jing and Yuan prefectures into Shuofang?"

"Sun Pushe is kind to me, I need a good place to go." Shao Shude said.

People who follow him are rich and have a good death, etc., which has always been the core "corporate culture" of Lingxia Military and Political Group, and it is also an important weapon used to attract talents.Your power is already limited here, if you don't even have wealth and a good death, what is the attraction?Why fight for you?

Of course, ambitious warriors are definitely not willing to vote.People would rather not be rich and precarious, but also fight for the possibility of that just in case.

"Marshal, it's better like this." Chen Cheng quickly thought of a plan, and said: "Binning Town will be dismissed, and the three prefectures of Bin, Ning, and Qing will be merged into Shuofang Town. Li Bai, commander-in-chief of Bin, will be transferred to Jingyuan Jiedu envoy and Jingzhou Inspector, Zhao Cen served as deputy envoy of Jingyuan Jiedu and governor of Yuanzhou. Tonghua Town was dismissed, Tongzhou was merged into Shuofang Town, Shaanxi Town was established, and Shaanxi, Guo, Hua, and Shao prefectures were led to govern Shanzhou. Sun Pushe could be appointed The deputy envoy of Shaanxi Jiedu is also the governor of Huazhou, and Sun Jinde, the regiment training envoy of Shanzhou, is also the governor of Kuozhou."

Shao Shude closed his eyes and thought for a while.

With Chen Cheng's plan, some people's interests must be harmed, while others' benefits must be gained.

In the three prefectures of the Jingnan Army (Bining Township), none of the envoys have been able to govern the area in the past few years.The implementation of the three-crop crop rotation system, state and county schools, etc., has been stumbling.If it is merged into Shuofang Town, the lives of 30 people in the nineteen counties of the three prefectures will begin to change. The Xia Palace can appropriately invest manpower and material resources to transform this place with few people and a lot of land, and while strengthening the strength of the "Xia Kingdom", It can also improve the lives of local people.

Li Bai was definitely not happy to be the governor of Jingyuan. After all, Jingyuan Town only has a population of about 15, which is too small.But in this kind of thing, someone's interests will always be damaged. If Li Bo is unwilling, then he can only suppress it with Tianxiong Army and Shunyi Army.He only has two or three thousand state soldiers on hand, and internal opinions are not necessarily unified. Let's see what he will do.

Of course, there is someone whose interests are more damaged than Li Bai, and that is Li Fan, the governor of the Baoyi Army.

He still has several thousand soldiers under his command, and he is suspected of not being able to work hard in Nanyang. Shao Shude's patience with him has reached its limit.Next year, he will find a way to get rid of this person. If he is obedient, he will live a peaceful, stable and wealthy life without any problems.If you are not obedient, it will be ugly.

"This matter must be kept secret. I wanted the Baoyi Army to continue to garrison Nanyang for a year, but now it seems that they have to be transferred back. After I have made complete preparations, I will settle the matter of the two towns of Bin and Shan." Shao Shude said .

Chen Cheng and Zhao Guangfeng agreed repeatedly.

This matter is very sensitive and may involve the use of force, which is still very troublesome.

"There are some things that have to be resolved. Li Fan has also been a Jiedu envoy for several years. He started as a town general and has been rich for several years. I have not treated him badly." Shao Shude sighed.

In fact, did you really not treat him badly?maybe.

Shao Shude just comforted himself in this way, and made up his mind.In this life, after all, it is impossible to do everything according to one's own ideas, it is impossible to do everything according to one's own ideas, and it is impossible to do everything in one's life with a clear conscience, so we can only do our best.

After annexing 27 counties in the four prefectures of Shubin, Ning, Qing, and Tong, the population of Shuofang Town will reach more than 87 million, covering [-] counties in [-] prefectures. This is the most stable and core territory under his rule.

The local people's will, the people all know Shao Sheng, they all feel the virtues of Shao's, and there is not much risk of rebellion.

Shao Shude once thought about whether to set up a Lingzhou to stay behind when he was fighting abroad, but now it seems that there is not much need.His country of Xia is very stable.

As for other territories, they can be roughly divided into subordinate forces and vassal forces.

The subordinate forces include Shaanxi Town, Fengtian Town, Jingyuan Town, Longyou Town, Hexi Town, Heyang Town, and Jinshang Town to be established soon.

The vassal forces are the six towns of Shannan Xidao, Longjian, Fengxiang, Hezhong, Tang Dengsui, and Zhongyi Army.

Subordinate vassal towns can replace Jiedu envoys and appoint governors. Except for staying in the state, the warehouses that were previously sent to the military envoy's yamen are now taken over by the Xia Palace.Jiedushi himself also has considerable power, but he has no government army and only a few state soldiers.

Vassal vassal towns are generally in charge of their own decisions, and taxes do not need to be sent to the palace, but can be offered from time to time. There are government troops of various sizes, and there is also the obligation to obey orders to send troops to fight.

The principle of digesting at this stage is to gradually annex the subordinate vassals and towns, bring them under the control of the Xia Palace, and expand the territory of the "Xia Kingdom" step by step.

For the vassal towns, they focused on infiltration and transformation, and gradually turned into subordinate towns. The first one to do the surgery was the Baoyi Army.

Among the prefectures under the jurisdiction of this vassal town, Huazhou was originally Wang Bian’s territory, Shaozhou was newly established, and Guozhou was slowly tidying up after Huang Tao became the governor. It can be said that it is the most difficult feudal town to reform.

"Chen Changshi—" Shao Shude asked suddenly, "Will everyone be in danger if Li Fan is used for surgery?"

The reduction of feudal clans has always been a very sensitive matter.

You can't act recklessly, and you can't make drastic changes. You can only digest it slowly after you catch the opportunity.

Li Fan's ineffectiveness in combat is indeed a crime.But it may also cause others to hesitate. After all, "ineffective in combat" is a bit too broad, and it seems like a crime to be imposed-in fact, it is almost the same.

"The commander-in-chief is worried about Tangzhou and Fengxiang mansion?" Chen Cheng was so bold that he said it directly.

Zhao Guangfeng was a step slower, and he didn't know if he didn't want to offend Zhejia, or his mind was turning slowly.

"Honestly speaking, my father-in-law brought down the three states of Tang and Deng with a single shot, and even surrendered with Zhao Kuangning, and even the Jin and Shang states. I only sent the Dingyuan Army and the Leopard Cavalry to help. The big head is still the children of the Zhe family fighting." Shao Shude said: "If Li Fan is moved, will Zhe Laoling have any ideas?"

Zhejia is currently the largest mountain in the Kansai samurai group led by Shao Shude. The two towns add up to one prefecture and seven prefectures, with a population of almost 10. The sergeants also have certain combat effectiveness, so they should not be underestimated.

However, Shao Shude's territory is not entirely dependent on Shao Shude, and his own efforts accounted for a large proportion. The internal monolith is very sensitive to deal with.

"Don't worry about it, Commander." Chen Cheng said, "Mr. Zhe Ling has no reason to do so."

Zhao Guangfeng glanced at him secretly.Talking about powerful foreign relatives like this, is it really not for the sake of future generations?
"After the Chinese New Year, I want to go to Nanyang and Xiangyang. If I don't go, how will the soldiers recognize me?" Shao Shude nodded, made up his mind, and said: "I trust Yue Zhang, but he is old , The energy is getting worse day by day. Pei Yuan came to report that Tangzhou's military affairs are now a lot of grievances from the ancient generals. I don't worry, I have to go and have a look."

"Marshal—" Zhao Guangfeng interjected, "Please be cautious when traveling to Nanyang."

Shao Shude smiled, and said: "Since the beginning of the army, I have been fighting for more than ten years. I haven't seen any big wind and waves. Don't worry about Zhao Sima. I will go south with tens of thousands of Tianxiong soldiers. With Tianxiong Erlang by his side, no one can fight against you." I'm at a disadvantage."

The troops of the martial arts department are relatively reliable. Shao Shude has always trusted them, just like he trusted Tielin, Wuwei and other troops.

As of this year, a total of 308 martial arts students have joined the army, most of them in the Tianxiong and Chishui Second Armies.These are also two armies with relatively deep martial arts, with better obedience and higher loyalty. Although they are affected by the general environment and have various problems, they are already very good.

This year, Xicheng County Martial Arts and Jinzhou Martial Arts are also opened.County martial arts recruits 50 people, and state martial arts recruits 24 people.Next year, the Fushi County Martial Arts School and Yanzhou Martial Arts School will be opened, and the transformation of each army's martial arts will be gradually deepened.As for the martial arts hall, Shao Shude has already planned to move to Anyi, so that it will be convenient for him to brush his face anytime.

And when the army of the martial arts department is mature, and the eldest son is about the same age, some plans can be implemented.

"Commander, there's news from Lantian County that the sage has set off to return to the capital under the escort of the Shence Army." During the interval of planning the "conspiracy and trick", Zheng Yong came in to report.

"Understood." Shao Shude nodded, and said to Chen and Zhao, "This matter is confidential, so don't spread it to outsiders. You two will handle what you just said, and I will let Lu Huaizhong and Zang Dubao cooperate with you. Do it nicely."

"Obey." Chen and Zhao said in unison.

"Marshal—" Zheng Yong hasn't left yet, and it looks like he still has something to say.

"Talk. I'm listening." Shao Shude ordered his soldiers to make another pot of tea and said.

"The sage sent Liu Jishu, a middle official, to preach, 'Li Bao is a thief, and his crime cannot be punished. Now that he has been captured, why don't you kill him? Do you learn from my heart?'" Zheng Yong dictated.

"Let Liu Jishu get out of here." Shao Shude said expressionlessly.

Liu Jishu came soon, and when he came, he called out "wronged" and said: "I just passed on a message, Your Highness, please forgive me."

"I didn't say I wanted to kill you, so panic?" Shao Shude reprimanded, "What else does the saint have to say?"

"The sage ordered that after killing Li Bao, he can return to the town. Virtue and fame will benefit the history." Liu Jishu replied.

"Someone must have corrected the order, and this is chaos." Shao Shude said: "Please also trouble Liu Gongjian to go to Xingzai and pass a message for me."

"Yes." Liu Jishu bowed his head respectfully.

"Your Majesty, I am shocked by the broadcast, and it is difficult to describe all kinds of difficulties and dangers." Shao Shude stood up, walked a few steps with his hands behind his back, and said, "I raised my own army, worked hard, couldn't sleep at night, and finally put down the chaotic party. The Lord will not Think of the work of transferring souls, the effect of bloody battles of soldiers, and those who were convicted of ancient loyalty, just like this!"

Liu Jishu wrote it down silently.

"We are extremely dedicated to serving our country!" Shao Shude sighed, turned his head to look at Liu Jishu, and said, "There are so many princes in the Li family, whoever owns the world, is there only one king?"

Liu Jishu was so frightened that he sat down on the ground.

(End of this chapter)