Chapter 1105 The twelfth lunar month (Part 1)
On the Laba Festival, Shao Xun had arrived in Hanoi and ate red bean porridge with the soldiers from Heiqiu Zuoying.
This rule was found during the Chen Hou period and has now become a tradition. All the martial artists in the world are proud to eat red bean porridge with the emperor.
After the meal, the reward will be given as usual.
The prefect Lu Rong will be promoted to the position of the chief censor (from the fourth rank). With his recommendation, the former Wen Ling and the Sima Jinghong of the Henei County were appointed as the prefect.
County Chief Wei Zhu became the commander of the Wild King.
The Sima of the county was appointed by a martial student named Feng Zhan, whose father Feng Tong was the chief of Chen County.
From the group of martial students, Lu Rong is an old senior who leads troops first and then transfers to civil service after being injured. He is about to be the chief censor of the censor. He is the second highest among martial students who take the civil service route.
No need to say more about the one who climbed the highest, it was Mao Bang, the Minister of Personnel (third rank).
Feng Zhan was a junior. When Shao Xun gathered disaster victims in Chen County, he later went to Bianliang Wuxue to study. After he came out, he first served as a county magistrate and then transferred to the county magistrate. He finally became a county magistrate. In fact, they were all officials of the same level.
These three people are actually a microcosm, which means that Shao Xun's martial arts system that has been cultivated for more than 20 years has become a climate, and has reshuffled the world to a certain extent.
Otherwise, a person like Feng Zhan will never be able to be a county Sima for eight lives.
These people are also one of the trump cards for Shao Xun to bargain with the gentry. Even when he really had to break up, his ability to govern the country was seriously reduced and no one would use it.
Of course, this is a last resort. Generally speaking, except for a few people who are indeed talented and have constant study, the vast majority of martial arts students cannot govern the country if they lack abilities.
They are just low-end substitutes for aristocratic officials.
"Heiqi Zuo Camp is still a strong brigade." Shao Xun looked at the soldiers lined up on the west bank of Qinshui and smiled and said, "Vinar Slave, are you well?"
The new governor of Heiqi Zuo Camp is Liu Ling, the former governor of the third battalion of the Huangtou Army, and Shao Xun's old subordinate.
The deputy governor was Peng Ling, the former master of the banner. He made great contributions when he went south, so he took that critical step and entered the ranks of middle and senior military officers.
At the same time, this is the first time in the history of Heifeng Zuoying that both chief officials were not martial arts students. "Don't worry, Your Majesty, I have never slacked off every three days." Liu Ling said loudly, "The soldiers are waiting for the battle. As long as your Majesty gives you an order, you will go to the battlefield."
"Okay." Shao Xun praised, "Since the expedition of Heihu Zuoying, we have always been known for our courage to fight and fight. We have never let me down. Take good care of it."
After saying that, we looked at Peng Ling again and said, "It is not easy for Peng Qing to pull out his own ranks. When Hou Feihu led the Zuoying in the past, he mentioned you to me and said that you have never seen such a person who is not afraid of death."
"I have died on the way to escape." Peng Ling replied, "If I die, I will die. If I miss Your Majesty's major affairs, I will not redeem a hundred deaths."
"Peng Qing can speak." Shao Xun smiled and said, "Give you five pieces of brocade in Sangziyuan."
"Thank you for your great reward." Peng Ling said loudly.
Shao Xun noticed Liu Ling from the corner of his eyes, so he looked at him and said, "Vajra Slave, you are a general after all, why are you still so greedy for money? Forget it, you also have five."
"Thank you, Your Majesty." Liu Ling said with a smile.
Shao Xun saw him like a bird and laughed and scolded, "I haven't changed for twenty years. The man has become much more calm and can bear the greater responsibility than you."
"I have been like this in my life. Fortunately, I met Your Majesty, otherwise I might have been buried in the weeds." Liu Ling smiled and said, "My son has been studying since he was a child and is more sensible than me. Since Your Majesty favors him, why not transfer him to his own army? He can cook."
Everyone burst into laughter.
Tong Qianjin widened his only remaining eye and felt that the sky was about to collapse.
Shao Xun laughed so hard, Liu Ling is such a big deal!
As everyone laughed, the soldiers of the Heifeng Zuo Camp had already started a competition.
Shao Xun took everyone to watch quietly. Every time you compare one, you will give a reward.
In addition to silk, he also allocated some oranges and said, "This orange was purchased from Jiangling in mid-September and sent to Luoyang with wax seal. There are not many. The winners of the competition will be awarded five per person, and one of the losers will be given."
After the news spread, the shouts of "Long live my emperor" rose.
Shao Xun happily stroked his beard. He only liked the praise of two kinds of people: one was a warrior and the other was a little lady.
He will give away wealth in the former.
The latter would want her to "death", although women are Cao Bud.
Liu Ling, who was like a fan, held at least three oranges in her hand. After smashing the wax shell, he did not wash it, but peeled it and started eating.
After eating, he smacked his lips and said, "Not the ones picked from the trees are delicious. Your Majesty, send me to Jiangling. Isn't the war going on there? I'll kill them."
"Don't be impatient." Shao Xun waved his hand and said, "Badong is a small place, and it can't be too many soldiers and horses."
"Then go to Yidu." Liu Ling said, "The people of Jin dared to resist stubbornly. I don't want to live."
"It's all big counties, so it's normal not to surrender." Shao Xun said, "Let's see."
In the past two months, there have been three batches of soldiers and horses going south under the imperial edict, namely, the 3,000 high chariots and cavalry of Dou Yuzhen's tribe, the 5,000 Di soldiers of Fu Hong's tribe, and the 6,000 Di soldiers of the Di, Qiang, Xianbei and Xiongnu soldiers of Shangjun, Diaoyin and Xinqin, totaling 14,000 infantry and cavalry.
There is also the last batch of troops going south this month, namely, 8,000 Miscellaneous Hu soldiers sent from Pingyang, Taiyuan, Xihe and Hedong counties. They didn't go out of the battle last time, and this time they couldn't run away.
But most of these soldiers will be stationed in Jingling or Nanjun, or guarding against Jin troops, or participating in the siege of Yiling, Yidu County.
Yes, the battle has begun. Badong County raised the righteous flag and returned to the right, and no longer covered it up.
Wang Shuang led his army to advance towards Jianping. The prefect of Jin had no soldiers and directly abandoned the city and fled.
However, Yidu County did not surrender, but instead seized the city and waited for reinforcements.
Shao Shen, the governor of the six counties, personally led more than 15,000 people to besiege the city, and it has been more than ten days. According to the latest battle report sent back a few days ago, he was confident that he would conquer the city before the New Year - of course, he did not forget to urge reinforcements.
Shao Xun gave him full trust and basically did not interfere.
The fourth batch of reinforcements was issued by Shao Shenzhi's request, and at the same time, the day of the withdrawal of Yinqi Zuo Camp was postponed for several months, and stationed in Nanjun with the Heiqi Zhongying who had changed defenses in the past.
To achieve this point, the support has been quite strong. After all, it is impossible for him to recruit soldiers, resources and equipment nationwide like the Southern Expedition more than a year ago.
That kind of battle that will make the country lose all the accumulated resources, and will also cause many social problems - the reduction of household registration caused by death from people, escape, and illness, a large loss of vehicles and livestock, and huge damage to agricultural production.
It's very stamina after doing it once, and it must be slowed down. Although many people say he is cruel, when these people meet real "virtuous and powerful", they know what it means to be a powerful soldier.
"But--"Shao Xun looked at Liu Ling's slightly disappointed gaze, and said intimately, "Since the winter moon, someone from Qiuchi has come to surrender again, and Yang Nandian is about to be defeated. After pacifying the capital of Wu, people's hearts are chaotic and the aftermath is still uneasy. Your troops can go west to guard the army, so that those barbarian chiefs can see the style of the Daliang Imperial Army to avoid having any unpleasant intentions."
Of course, the matter is definitely not as simple as Shao Xun said.
No mistakes, one poem, one post, one content, one in 6, one book, one bar, one read!
In fact, he had decided to force the Diqiang to Jingzhou to forcefully move the Qiuchide to at least move the most stubborn part away.
This behavior may cause rebellion, so elite soldiers and strong generals need to be dispatched to guard for a period of time. In addition, after the Heihuo Zuoying passed, he could also take a glimpse of the direction of Hanzhong and put pressure on Chengguo to prevent them from coveting Badong.
Liu Ling doesn't need Shao Xun's orders. He actually had this idea in his mind. After hearing Shao Xun's words, he was overjoyed and said, "I obey the order."
Shao Xun nodded, and did not say more, just watched the soldiers compete.
Two days later, he returned to Luoyang to attend the wedding of King Shao Xu of Zhao.
This is the third time for him. Considering that he has so many sons, I don’t know how many weddings are waiting for him in the future.
The prospective son-in-law Xu Xuan also came, but he did not meet Shao Xun.
Fu Bao returned from Xiangyang and kept chattering: "Grandpa, I'm still thinking of you, right?"
"You think of your money." Shao Xun said.
Fu Bao covered his mouth and giggled, and then asked curiously: "Grandpa, haven't you given Huiwan a reward to Zhuang's house?"
Shao Xun glared at her and said, "There are fields in Suyu Palace."
Fu Bao seemed to breathe a sigh of relief after hearing this.
Shao Xun widened his eyes. He didn't care about Huiwan, but felt that he was unbalanced if he gave too much.
But he was too lazy to care about this matter, and just asked, "I heard that you bought goods from Jiangling to Yingchuan for sale, and you made a lot of money?"
"Who said?" Fu Bao asked guiltily.
Shao Xun snorted coldly and asked again, "In your opinion, there is great potential for North and South businessmen?"
"There is great potential!" Fu Bao's eyes lit up as soon as he heard this.
Shao Xun felt dazzled, and he seemed to see the golden light in his daughter's eyes. "Grandma, hurry up and go to Jiangnan. My daughter will go to Wuchang to open a business." Fu Bao said again.
Shao Xun glanced at his daughter helplessly.
Fu Bao was so cute when he was a child. The older he was, the more annoying he was. Fortunately, he got married.
At this time, he also began to think about the message he had just received.
The "little beast" in front of him who always thinks about exploding his gold coins is in first-hand business, and her words are very valuable for reference.
The goods from north to south are very complementary.
In fact, not only Fu Bao made money, but Yang Xianrong’s caravan also made money, even more.
The Yu family won’t say it anymore.
The people of Shangtun who they pulled over to farm and reclaim land, also harvested a large amount of kudzu, but they only processed them roughly and sent them to the north to sell them - there was no processing conditions in the local area.
In this way, his original idea was not entirely a painting cake. At least, you can really make money by doing business. At the same time, there are really rich resources in the local area, as long as you dare to go deep into those untapped areas.
Perhaps, he should ask Wang Yan to hold another talk. The topic is how to make money from Jiangxia, Nanjun and Jingling, and to imagine the bright future after conquering Jiangnan.
In addition, it is time for Shaofu to go to the south to draw another garden forest.
There were more than 10,000 entrusted to the Xiongnu tribes in Beidi County, some of which were consumables.
After thinking it through, he withdrew his thoughts and bets on the wedding again.
As if you were to cheer up the wedding, Chang'an was in a hurry to report: Yang Nandian gave up Wudu and led only more than a thousand remaining troops to the south to Chengguo.
(This chapter ends)