Five Dynasties River Mountains Fengyue

Xiao Yan and Lu Duoxun's evaluation of him was that he was upright, upright, clear in judgment, clean as water, and loyal to the Southern Tang court.

After the meeting, it was true. He was a diehard, and he only wanted to die in the prison of Dali Temple, but he would not surrender.

However, Emperor Shi also has his own ultimate move, which is to ask Li Yu to persuade him to surrender. The Tang Kingdom is gone, and Jiangnan is only a part of China. He has read history and should know this.

In the end, facing the former monarch Li Yu's persuasion to surrender, the old man couldn't hold back at all, and probably shouted, "The ministers are about to fight to the death, why did your majesty surrender first!"

Indeed, if even the lord surrendered, what would be the point of his allegiance to Jiangnan.

After crying, he asked for a pen and paper in the prison of Dali Temple, and wrote a letter to plead guilty. Finally, he was awarded an official position in Dali Temple by the imperial court and worked in Dali Temple.

As for Lin Renzhao, he had already seen clearly the gap between Jiangnan and Qin on the Jiangnan front, and agreed to surrender. After arriving in Daliang, Emperor Shi personally met him, and gave him wine to calm the shock, with a very high standard.

Later, Shi Congyun arranged him under Liu Renshan. They were all from the south, and they should get along better when working together.

Only Dang Jin, who had been captured by Lin Renzhao, had a lot of opinions on this matter. Every time he saw Lin Renzhao in court, he would blow his beard and stare, avoiding it.

Most of the remaining high-level generals who surrendered, such as Zhu Lingyun and Huangfu Jixun, were not given high-standard treatment by the imperial court, and the arrangements for them were also lacklustre.

Zhu Lingyun gave it to a military officer who was straight in the inner palace and stayed in Daliang.

Huangfu Jixun proved his incompetence in the battle of defending the city of Jinling, so he was only allowed by the court to return to Jiangnan without any appointment.

These successive arrangements, the aftermath of the fall of Jiangnan, did not end until the end of March in the first year of Kangding. Many people were released, some were killed, and some were used.

However, before these were dealt with, the treatment of Wu Yue had already been put on the agenda, and the officials of the Second Mansion and Three Divisions, Zhonghubu Division, Duzhi Division, Yantie Division, and the Ministry of Officials were almost too busy to touch the ground.

Fortunately, this kind of busyness is also a happy busyness. It is easier to deal with the fertile land of the thirteen prefectures of Wuyue's army than Jiangnan, because Wuyue's officials don't need to liquidate their crimes, and most of them can be directly appointed.

Of course, some key positions need to take measures to transfer them to the capital and arrange for capable officials from Qin to pass. The tax system, official system, and garrison changes are the most difficult places. As for ordinary people, there is almost no change, even how much tax is paid Nothing changes.

Several generations of monarchs in Wu and Yue have always implemented the national policy of "love and support the people", and the tax rate is not high, and it is almost the same after being connected to the Qin State.

However, the reason why Qin State’s tax rate has been low these years is not the same as that of Wu Yue. The emperor’s love for the people in history is mostly due to continuous expansion, supporting war with war, and eating war dividends.

By May of the first year of Kangding, Wu Yue's new personnel arrangements were basically completed, and then it would take some time for the deployment and replacement of the garrison.

The huge armed force of Wuyue Kingdom is also a problem that needs to be dealt with. Although Wuyue is a small place, it has a large population because of its wealth. There are 86 counties in the thirteen prefectures, with a population of 1 million and 11 soldiers. People, the number of troops maintained has always been a lot.

After being incorporated into the Qin State, the army defending the area must be maintained, but because of the protection of the Qin army, the local army will not be needed so much.

In the end, it was decided to disband the permanent garrison, maintain the local government soldiers to protect the environment and the people, and implement the same military service system as other places in Qin State. This requires the disbandment of [-] troops, and the demobilization cost is not a small expense.

These emperors gritted their teeth and endured them, and Wu Yue's taxes were enough to pay back.

Chapter 493: The First Year of Kangding

The first year of Kangding is a special year.

Kangding is the year name proposed by Fan Zhi, which means that the world is stable and the people are prosperous and peaceful.

Emperor Shi only thought of Kangding's love song, but he didn't refute the old man's face, and agreed to his proposal. Fan Zhi was quite proud of this, and he didn't go to the book for a month to say the emperor's fault.

In the first year of Kangding, the whole country celebrated the unification of the south, and the world was settled.

In the first year of Kangding, Qin rarely had a war, and was not making military preparations before the war. All energy was spent on taking over Jiangnan, Wuyue and dealing with people's livelihood issues.

In the first year of Kangding, for the first time in a hundred years, the people in Hebei, Hedong, Central Plains, Guanzhong, Huainan, Jiangnan, Jingchu, and Shu did not have to consider the threat of war, but could live in peace and stability.Even though the Liao Kingdom still exists in the north, last year the emperor’s tens of thousands of troops went northward, reaching Youzhou in a few days, and captured thousands of people. I can still vividly remember the frightened Liao people sending cattle, sheep and daughters. Suffering is not so worried.

In the first year of Kangding, the Liao Kingdom, Korea, and Dali would honestly send envoys to say hello to each other during festivals.

In the first year of Kangding, envoys were sent to Beijing from all over Zangkeman in the southwest to ask for surrender.

The so-called Zangke Man is just a general term of this era, because Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty first opened up the Southwest Yi and established Zangke County near the Zangke River.

It is probably the main body of Guizhou in later generations, plus the part of Sichuan and the part of Yunnan.

The area is vast, but the population is small, only about 20 to [-]. According to reports from officials adjoining them, the Zangkeman area has no city walls, and most of them live scattered as tribes. The natural conditions are relatively good. The saying goes, "The soil is hot and rainy, the rice and millet are ripe again, the people have no corvees, and in case of war, the people are soldiers, there is no writing, and wood carvings are the deeds. The robbers are paid three times, and the murderers are redeemed for thirty times. Ena died at home."

It means that the climate in that area is very good, rice can be harvested twice a year, there are no cities, the people live scattered in a tribal way, there is no military service, no corvee service, if there is a war, ordinary people are called as soldiers, there is no writing, and those who steal must be compensated Three times, if the murderer gives the victim's family [-] horses or cattle to redeem the death penalty, otherwise he will pay with his life.

Generally speaking, it is a relatively primitive state. If such a place does not surrender to Qin, there is no city, no professional army, it is definitely not the opponent of the Qin army. It is very wise for them to surrender.

Emperor Shi didn't want to embarrass them, and allowed them to live according to their own customs, but the court had to send officials to monitor, mainly in terms of customs and cultural and historical records.

Because the people there are not like other places, they have accepted the system developed by the Han Dynasty for thousands of years, and moving the rules of the court rashly will cause turmoil.

It’s like a mess in Afghanistan. At the beginning, it wasn’t their leaders messing around, but they were too advanced. They wanted land reform, abolished usury, liberated women, suppressed religion, etc., but the result was extremely low cultural level, The local people who had no contact with the outside world immediately rose up across the country.

For social reform and institutional reform, it depends on the actual situation. Regarding the current situation near the Zangke River, after local officials’ on-site investigations and reports, Emperor Shi felt that it is better to keep it as it is. After a few decades, the local people and The outside world has fully contacted and communicated, and it is not too late to implement it slowly.

Long, Fang, Zhang, Shi, and Luo, the five major clans near Kejiang, all sent people to Beijing to express their submission, and all the people who came were their families' children.

Emperor Shi entertained them, and then led them to inspect the water army at the Bianshui Camp, and inspected the Dragon and Tiger Army at the Beida Camp.

After they came back, although everyone ate a mouthful of dirt, they didn't complain, and there were even more rules at the banquet. Emperor Shi raised his glass and refused to drink, so none of them dared to let go.

In the end, Emperor Shi also had a showdown. They accepted the conferment of the imperial court. As officials of the imperial court, the local area remained in its original state, and the tax could be a little less than that of other areas, because the production method in the tribal state did not pay much.

However, the imperial court had to send officials and troops to station in that area of ​​traffic arteries, because further to the west was the boundary of Dali.

If they agree, they will retain their wealth and power. If they disagree, they will send troops to go there. Their choice is naturally to agree.

Then the imperial court decided to send troops near the Zangke River, and asked those who went there first to inspect it, and planned to set up troops there as a base for future advances. As for where to advance, it is self-evident.

Make preparations for entering Dali once the time is right.

But Yunnan is not easy to fight......

In fact, the previous Tang Dynasty had no power to control Yunnan.

In other words, there were very few people who really controlled Yunnan in history. Only the Han Dynasty ruled Yunnan relatively firmly. Make it obey the command of the prefect of Yizhou County.

After the great chaos at the end of the Han Dynasty, the central government was cut off, and the local Han people began to indigenize.

It was completely different in the Tang Dynasty.

Unlike the Han Dynasty, the Tang Dynasty relied more on and supported local forces to manage Yunnan, which made it difficult for the central government to respond effectively to local forces.

After that, the long war with Yunnan also dragged down the Tang Dynasty. The two Tianbao wars and the destruction of 20 Tang troops in Yunnan were important reasons for the Anshi Rebellion.

Needless to say, the Song Dynasty, the Yuan Dynasty did not really completely take over Yunnan until its demise, basically co-ruling with the local forces in Yunnan.

Up to the Ming Dynasty, there were several large-scale Han migrations to Yunnan, but the number of revolts was still too high.

Today, almost 70 years have passed since the fall of the Tang Dynasty. Compared with Shu, Jiangnan, and Lingnan, Yunnan is not that big.

If he smashed an army of 20 in Yunnan like Tang Jun, the great momentum would be wiped out.

Emperor Shi's tactics are pigeon tactics. Dali now respects him, and he doesn't want to gamble on the fate of the army or the country in the mountains of Yunnan. .

When fully prepared in the future, it is best for Dali to surrender on its own. In this regard, the local forces in Yunnan have been sensible in most of history. As long as you give practical benefits, I will sell you face and call you big brother. Anyway, face Well, it's worthless.

Or wait until there is no restriction from the Liao Kingdom, and when Dali Kingdom is really ready to fight to the end, he will mobilize the whole country's army, flying dragons to ride on the face, and go directly to A. Anyway, Yunnan has a small population, so he does not believe that he can still lose in this way.

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In the first year of Kangding, half a year passed without knowing it. Emperor Shi also liked to go to Xiao Hunian's place when he was free from many complicated affairs.

Without him, he found himself becoming more and more lazy, and Xiao Hunian was worthy of being a Khitan woman with good riding skills. By June, Xiao Hunian was also pregnant.

Emperor Shi was also looking forward to this child, and he proudly thought that if he was a boy, he would be crowned King of Liao if he took over Shangjing in the future, and if it was a girl, he would be crowned Princess of Liao.

After pregnancy, Xiao Hunian became much gentler, her brows were not as wild as before, and she seldom talked about leading troops to fight. Shi Congyun knew that she didn't want to think that if the south was settled, the sword in the emperor's hand would surely be Pointing north, for her, this is contradictory and painful.

In July, Emperor Shi made Zhou Nuying, Fu Er, Xiao Hunian, Xiao Huanghua and Empress Dowager Fu concubines all at once.

The previous few ministers have no objection, the position of the concubine is not enough for her to seal, who can say anything about the current prestige of the emperor.

But it is indeed a bit unsightly for Empress Dowager Fu to be included in the harem, and Emperor Shi can't do anything about it. In fact, Empress Dowager Fu objected, but he couldn't wait. What can children do.

Anyway, he has a thick skin, so it doesn't matter, people in the world can talk as they like.

As a result, the court's reaction was unexpected. This time, even Fan Zhi didn't come out to blame him. Everyone seemed to have ignored him, and acquiesced in the fact that he occupied the empress dowager.

Emperor Shi waited for many days and saw that no one was impeached. He himself couldn't believe it. A few days later, at a banquet, he tried it out and publicly dragged Empress Dowager Fu to meet the officials in Shanglin Garden. No one said anything.

Emperor Shi couldn't help sighing, people, it's just a matter of getting used to it, how good it is now, he did it right at the beginning!

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Chapter 494, Looking North

"Life is easy, God is hard to grow old, every year is Chongyang.

Today it is Chongyang Festival, and the yellow flowers of the battlefield are very fragrant.

The autumn breeze is strong once a year, not like spring.

It is better than the spring, the boundless river and the sky are covered with frost..."

In the autumn of the first year of Kangding, the small courtyard behind the Long Live Hall was a bit bleak.

Emperor Shi leaned on Fu Da's thigh and watched Fu Ermei's sword dance in the distance.

Her sword is very graceful, like a dance, and it is more of a performance, not a murderer. In his harem, if you really want to kill people, you have to look at Xiao Hunian's sword.

Empress Dowager Fu is very gentle. This woman always gives him a sense of understanding, tenderness, and kindness. Whenever Shi Congyun is dizzy with a lot of government affairs, he likes to come to her to relax. .

In addition, Empress Dowager Fu's mind is not covered, she is really tolerant and has no opponents, which is quite sacred.

It was another autumn, watching Fu Ermei's sword dance, he remembered the days in the Qinling Mountains, it was the first time he led the army to fight alone, and now thinking about it, he felt like a vicissitudes of life.

This year, grain production in Hebei has gradually returned to pre-disaster levels, while most other places are doing well.

The local emperors in the south of the Yangtze River who were affected by the war ordered a two-year tax exemption, but in fact, because of the precise and rapid advance of the Qin army and the rapid collapse of the Tang army, the production and life of the entire Jiangnan people was not greatly damaged.

In terms of casualties, the Tang army had only about 5000 people killed in battle, and about 100 were injured, while the Qin army was even fewer. After the entire Jiangnan war was over, the army finally returned to Daliang. Two thousand and one hundred people.

More than 8000 people were injured. The reason why many wounded soldiers survived is due to the distilled wine.

Distilling alcohol is not a difficult technique, and the first wave of alcohol can reach a level of more than 70 degrees, which is not as good as alcohol, but it is enough to prevent wound infection. , it can be brewed in a small workshop.

When injured on the battlefield, the most feared thing is wound infection, and the wounded soldiers are always the most.

As a strategic resource, these high-purity wines are still being brewed, and they are not only used for cleaning wounds. The wines with this concentration can already burn in case of fire, and can be used as military supplies.

On the surface, Emperor Shi seems to be leaning on Empress Dowager Fu's thigh to meditate quietly. He is like this often, because he is wise and powerful, wise and decisive. When he thinks about something, whether it is the entourage around him or the civil and military ministers, he will be respectful and aweful. Thinking about it, the emperor must be thinking about major events in the world, thinking about things they can't imagine, thinking about things they don't think about.

But in fact, most of the time, what Emperor Shi thought about was calling that wife to sleep with him today, and whether there would be any new ways to play tomorrow.

Of course, in my spare time, I also want to think about national affairs.

For example, now, after he decided not to leave with Empress Dowager Fu tonight and had the cheek to keep Fu Er behind, he began to think that by next year, Li Chuyun and Dang Jin should be transferred to the north.

He has many generals under him, but in his opinion, these generals are different.

For example, Cao Bin is well-read in poetry and books, and he does things more decently. He is mostly strict when marching, and he loves the people very much, and he has the demeanor of a Confucian general.

Wang Shenqi is very stable, just like his archery technique of piercing Yang with a hundred steps, no matter what the situation, his hands will not shake. He may not win a quick victory with his troops, but he will definitely not be defeated, even if he loses to him It will also bring the army back safely.Correspondingly, because he is stable, it is difficult to achieve very impressive results.

Li Chuyun struggled in the Northwest, fighting wits and courage with many frontier ethnic minorities, party members, etc., and the situation he faced was very harsh and complicated, so since he came under his tent, Li Chuyun has shown decisiveness and ruthlessness. Spicy, unscrupulous, surprising victory.

If Cao Bin is pursuing justice in the process, then Li Chuyun is completely justice in the result. He doesn't care about the means to achieve the result, as long as he wins the battle.So they are all handsome talents with completely different styles.

Emperor Shi used them differently. Most of the time, Wang Shenqi led the Chinese army, while Cao Bin used them in places where it was not a life-and-death battle and did not want to destroy local production and life. Military conquests also wanted to appease the local people. Wars, such as the Battle of Lingnan , such as the Battle of Jiangnan, Cao Bin was reused.

But if facing the north, facing the Khitan people, there is no doubt that Li Chuyun is the best candidate in Emperor Shi's heart.

Going north is always more difficult than going south. In addition to transportation, climate and geographical conditions are also very different.

Many people imagine that the nomadic life is drinking milk and eating meat every day, traveling everywhere, and it is a joy, but the real nomadic life is that the grassland ecology is unstable, the material is expensive and scarce, relying on the sky to eat, watching the face of the sky, starving to death is commonplace .

The Mongolian nobles also exchanged their sons for sheep to survive, not to mention the living conditions of ordinary people and slaves.

When the Liao Kingdom was founded, their military service system required all Khitans to join the army as long as they reached the age of fifteen, which was unimaginable for farming peoples.

But the situation is that the grassland resources are expensive and scarce, and the ecology is unstable. It can only support so many people, but the human reproduction continues.

This is the largest part of the source of combat power of the nomadic army. Anyway, there is nothing left, so it is better to give it a go. The so-called horizontal is afraid of being stunned. reason.

However, as they have gradually shifted to farming over the years, the younger generation has less and less motivation to go south to plunder. Who wants to go all out if they have food?

This is also the reason why the current leader of the Liao Kingdom is able to ascend to the throne. The previous leader, Sejong Yeluruan, did not notice the changes in the country, and still maintained the nomadic tradition. Those who worked hard for the people and money had to go south with their own will, but were assassinated by their own people during the Huoshendian Rebellion. .

In fact, the death of Emperor Shizong of Liao Dynasty shows that many people in the Liao Kingdom no longer agree with the nomads who used to be, and gradually began to Sinicize.

However, many Khitan nobles in the north still retain their past traditions, so Emperor Shi has never let down his vigilance about their combat effectiveness. There are many unexpected factors in wars, which are full of accidents. The short-term victory may be affected by many unexpected factors, but in the long run Whether an army is strong or not depends on its combat philosophy and goals.

The nomadic army can maintain its militant nature for a long time in many cases. The most important goal of them is to fight for survival, which is fundamentally different from those separatist forces in the south.

For this alone, Emperor Shi felt that he had to send a ruthless person, preferably someone like Li Chuyun.

So in the autumn, Emperor Shi thought of the people who would go to the north in his mind, Li Chuyun, Dang Jin, Guo Jin, Xiang Gong, Yang Jiye, Murong Yanzhao and other ruthless people in his mind are what the north needs. .