Chapter 141 New Changes in the East
Liu Yanlang smiled and said, "There is a major event in the north now, and everything in the country should be the overall situation first! Your Majesty is not to ignore the sufferings of the people, but in the event of major events, everything else must be given up. As long as it does not affect Fulin's military defense and does not increase the burden on the court, the court will support you no matter what you do."
“Whatever you do?”
Liu Yanlang smiled and said, "General Zhe has not been the first day since he joined the army. Do you still have to teach you so carefully?"
These sentences are not fully explained, but the hint is very obvious. Zhe Congyuan has been in the officialdom for a while, but the martial arts style on the frontier is relatively strong, and the ecology is much simpler than the capital. This time, he had to hand over Lu Jialing first, and then come to Luoyang to experience all this, and his mentality changed greatly. When he was in the prefecture, he was moved by the style of Tiance that Lu Jialing embodies. At this time, he felt uncomfortable all over by Liu Yanlang, so he stayed for a moment and felt uncomfortable.
Suddenly he remembered Lu Jialing's suggestion and said, "Gong-gong Liu, if you don't take the strength of the court and do not affect the military defense of Fulin, you will have a problem. Please correct me." He was briefly talking about the matter of moving west to the military farm. Of course, he did not say anything related to the Tiance Army, but just wanted the Qinbei prefectures to support it, and called on the wealthy families in Qin and Jin to donate money.
Liu Yanlang didn't listen carefully, but said, "This is a good idea, very good! He rushed these refugees there, and nothing will affect Hedong. It's great, very good, let them die! Thanks to you want to get such a wonderful method! Then do it like this."
This strategy was originally said by Lu Jialing. The method itself was to bring 300,000 victims to the border area with a bad living condition. However, for some reason, when he said it from Lu Jialing, Zhe Congyuan felt excited, but when he said it from Liu Yanlang, he felt cold and cold.
Liu Yanlang said again: "Your Zhe family is also a person with a foundation. General Zhe is old. Looking back, I will ask Your Majesty for your edict to give you the merits of your father and grandfather, plus your own merits to see if you can be promoted to the military governor. You will also be in charge of the affairs of refugees' farming. After the world is peaceful next year, there will be another reward." He touched the pearl silk on the table, and couldn't help but smile again.
After leaving the Liu Mansion, Zhe Congyuan returned to the inn and tossed and turned and couldn't sleep until dawn. Two days later, the old official suddenly came to report the good news. However, the court had already issued a new appointment, using Zhe Congyuan as the governor of the army of the palace, restrained the two states, and presided over the disaster relief matters of 300,000 disaster victims. Zhe Congyuan got the appointment and had to go to Liu Yanlang again, but he was not very happy.
Seeing that the weather was getting colder and colder, he was worried about the situation of Fulin. On the day he was appointed, he left the Que and went north and left the monk Tianhairuo to see him off. Zhe Congyuan said, "This time Zhe Congyuan entered the Eastern Capital, thanks to the help of the master. It's a pity that he had taken so much money from the master, but he couldn't fight for a grain of rice and grain for the 300,000 victims. Zhe Congyuan himself was promoted to the post because of this. It really makes people feel ashamed!"
Hai Ruo didn't care and said with a smile: "General Zhe is a person with a heart. When a general is promoted, he will definitely benefit the people. Moreover, the relief matters do not necessarily depend on the court. Such a great thing will be great, and there will be no help from noble people!"
When Zhe Congyuan heard the words "There must be a noble person to help", he thought of Hai Ruo's extremely enthusiastic about this matter, and suddenly became suspicious, but he could not ask in detail. After he left with the fareweller in Changting, he stayed overnight at Xiaoxing and returned to the prefecture soon. Zhe Silun and others had already received the news, thinking that Zhe Congyuan could obtain this authority, and it would be more convenient to act in the future. However, they did not expect that Zhe Congyuan would be promoted to the post "for no reason"!
After Zhe Congyuan came from Luoyang and his entourage, his mentality changed drastically. As soon as he arrived in the prefecture, he became unprecedentedly active in the placement of these 300,000 people. His official position was greater than that of his father, and his experience and ability were also achieved. Zhe Silun retreated to the second line. The Yang family followed the leader of the Zhe family, and Zhe Congyuan officially became the Fulin Army family.
Yang Ren also reached a consensus with Lu Jialing. The Tiance Army did not wait for Zheqiu to come back before taking action. Many supplies had already encountered Xiazhou, including 40,000 tents, 20,000 inferior horses, 5,000 war horses, 9,000 camels, 180,000 sheep, and winter military rations. In addition, there were 40,000 variegated weapons. In recent years, the Tiance Tang army vigorously built new weapons, and at the same time began to cut down non-elite troops in the organization. The regiment trained militias, which were self-raised by both food and pay and weapons, were responsible for local public security, so some old weapons were not used. These tens of thousands of variegated weapons were retreated from the regular army.
Although there were too many old goods in this batch of supplies, it was enough to arm a large tribe. Zhe Silun was very surprised by the actions of the Tiance Army. He repeatedly warned his son to be careful, but Zhe Congyuan ignored it.
The victims in Fulin Prefectures were originally resettled in sections. At this time, the organizational method was changed, from the resettlement of the victims to a semi-militarized organization. The 300,000 people were teamed by a hundred people, a thousand people were camped by tens of thousands, and a total of thirty departments were transported in batches to the three-regional area between Fulin area, Shuofang area, Xiazhou and Chilechuan - this area, that is, and its surroundings in later generations.
However, the expansion and extreme deterioration of the Mu Us Desert was after the Ming and Qing Dynasties. The precipitation in this area was actually not less than that in Liangzhou. During the Han Dynasty, the water and grass were lush and were once the base camp of the Huns. During the Five Dynasties, the water and soil here were no longer as fertile as the Han Dynasty, but it was not as desolate as after the Ming and Qing Dynasties. The current situation is mainly due to military and political reasons. If it were not at the junction of the Han people, Dangxiang and Khitan, the place would not have been so barren.
Although the Tiance Army provided 40,000 tents, it was still not enough. Zhe Congyuan and others recruited from the two prefectures. The people of the two prefectures were secretly happy when they heard that these poor fellow villagers in Jinbei were going to leave. They were afraid that they would not be able to leave. They united as one, raised more than 20,000 tents. More than 8,000 tents were sent from Xiazhou, and thousands of them were sponsored by Shuofang. After nearly a month of training, 300,000 people opened the former site of the Great Wall.
This area of three is nearly 100,000 square miles. The Tiance Army has already found fifteen places to escape from winter, and the 300,000 people are divided into fifteen places to establish camps and villages, and the winter will be over.
The victims had no choice. Since the Jiedushi gave them some food, they would go wherever they could be driven, but as soon as they stayed there, various problems arose. Moreover, these people were gathered together temporarily, so it was not easy to organize them. It would be even more difficult to make them live in a more desolate place than the land of Linzhou, the prefecture and Linzhou!
Fortunately, the Tiance Army started from Western Xinjiang and met millions of people who lost their country and their families wherever they went along the way. Therefore, they had great experience in how to organize refugees and disaster victims. There were a large number of grassroots organizers in the military. In addition to providing supplies, Lu Jialing also agreed to lend such talents.
Yang Ren was very vigilant about this, but Zhe Congyuan decided to accept it. However, he had a condition, that is, these grassroots organizers were not direct leaders, but were only consultants of the team leader, the captain, the commander, and the generals, that is, they did not have military power as intellectual support. At the same time, they also had to shave their heads and appear as monks, which was so easy to hide their eyes and hear. Lu Jialing did not object to such a harsh requirement.
With the help of the Tiance Army's comprehensive forces in military, diplomacy, government affairs, money and grain, these 300,000 people were finally there. I don't know how long the situation in Hedong will last, but the situation has changed. Whether it is the far away or the disaster victims, they are not as panicked as before when they sent food in Fulin.
The fifteen places where they live are all good. When the grass is coming out next year, half farming and half herdsmen can live a life. With production capacity, even if they still need support, they will not rely entirely on relief. With land that can be reclaimed under their feet and swords and hoes in their hands, people's hearts are settled.
In this way, Zhe Congyuan was raising the people and training soldiers in the Taoyang area. Lu Jialing specially shaved his head during this trip and walked between Xiazhou and prefectures as a monk. Sometimes he also went to see the resettlement of the victims in the Taoyang area. In the winter of the third year of Tiance, although it was difficult, it did not pass without hope. The soldiers and civilians who were still in Hedong thought that the world would be fine.
On the occasion of the fourth year of Tiance, Lu Jialing also received information from the West and the East.
Because the distance between the east and west is too far away, the two extremes of the east and west are almost simultaneously planning their own plans.
In the West, Zhang Mai told the central center that he had decided to move westward, and his plan was to collect Talas and Pingge all the way - and later facts also proved that Zhang Mai's plan went smoothly, and within half a year the front line was pushed to the bank of Yaosha River, reaching the core area in the river, preparing to confront Satuk again head-on.
In the east, Li Congke's attitude towards Shi Jingtang became increasingly tougher. From the beginning, he ordered him to return to the capital, and later he sent an envoy to take over the troops. Although the envoys sent were intercepted by Khitan cavalry, this only increased Li Congke's anger. In February of the fourth year of Tiance, Li Congke finally announced to the people of Hedong that Shi Jingtang was in violation of the traitor! The envoy could not leave the thunder king's mouth, so he used folk rumors to give Shi Jingtang a final ultimatum, asking him to relieve his armor before late March and arrive in Luoyang before mid-April to apologize. If he was relieved on time and returned to the capital, the court could still let him live, otherwise he would be punished for treason from then on!
After receiving the news, Lu Jialing was shocked and said to Wuzhen: "Li Congke's final action has come out. With this imperial edict, Shi Jingtang will not be able to accept any orders from outside the king! Shi Jingtang either tied up his hands or had to rebel, and there was no third way! If he was still hesitating, even if the Khitans could tolerate him, the troops who followed him would be divided and fled back to Hedong!"
At this time, the situation in Taoyang area had stabilized, and the 300,000 Jin people had become accustomed to this difficult and orderly life. Zhe Congyuan had firmly controlled this semi-militarized force. Lu Jialing left Wuzhen as a contact person and then returned to Liangzhou.
When a talent arrived in Liangzhou, he received Shi Jingtang's "Ask to the Fathers"! This "Ask to the Fathers" was polished by Sang Weihan himself, but Shi Jingtang cried to the various vassal states and the people of the Central Plains in a tone. The article first pointed out Li Congke's origin, saying that he was not the son of Mingzong of the Later Tang Dynasty at all, but he was just a moth, and he had no blood relationship. Now he usurped the throne. Although Shi Jingtang was not surnamed Shi, he was at least a son-in-law. He was closer to Mingzong from his blood relationship. He then criticized Li Congke for seizing the throne and explained that Shi Jingtang was in this matter
Lovely position: Although the prince-consort does not agree with Li Congke's ascension, for the sake of the stability of the world, in order to prevent the people from continuing to hurt, in order to take into account the overall situation, he swallowed up the throne of Li Congke and focused on seeking good fortune for the people in Hedong. After Li Congke ascended the throne, he also promised to treat the people well and appease the old subordinates of Emperor Mingzong. However, not long after Li Congke ascended the throne, he had not long done good to the people, and he openly wanted to kill the prince-consort, to clean up the old subordinates of Emperor Mingzong, and to kill all the descendants of Emperor Mingzong!
This manifesto not only hits Li Congke's two key points - "it is not a legitimate son" and "they are not a legitimate son", but also plays the emotional card, writing Li Congke's suspicion about Shi Jingtang in a thorough way. Even Shi Jingtang's pitiful appearance when facing Li Congke step by step, it is really tearful!
Zhang Yi took Shi Jingtang's "Agreement to the Fathers" and praised him, "This article is well written! It is not under the "Anti-Wu Family Edict"!"
Lu Jialing said, "I don't say whether the article is well written or not, but he can actually make this article appear in Lianglan, Guanzhong, Shandong, and Luoyang at the same time. I heard that Hedong and Hebei are even more county-wide and full of land. This is a good method! Li Congke took a lot of time and effort to deal with Shi Jingtang, but Shi Jingtang's management of this is not shallow!"
Zheng Weidao: "Since Li Congke ascended the throne, his governance has not been as good as us, but he has indeed dismissed some bad policies. After communicating with us, the people have gained a lot of real benefits. Although Shi Jingtang also has the reputation of integrity in Hedong, he wanted to turn the tables with this manifesto, but it is not easy!"
"How could he want to turn the tables on this manifesto!" Another left-behind ruling minister Cao Yuanzhong said: "He is just making an excuse. I guess the same time this manifesto appears, it will be the day when Shi Jingtang counterattacks!"
Everyone agrees with this, but no one in Liangzhou is optimistic about Shi Jingtang's military operations. Yang Ding Guodao: "Shi Jingtang's foundation is in Hedong, but now Zhang Jingda has occupied all the land of Jin, Shi Jingtang has lost his foundation, and it is completely against the will of heaven to counterattack his hometown!"
Everyone nodded in support or nodded secretly. From Cao Yuanzhong to Lu Jialing, everyone thought this was the case. Only one person shook his head and said, "That may not be! Li Congke's arrangement still has flaws. If I were Shi Jingtang and had the full support of the Khitan, then there might not be no chance."
Everyone looked at each other, but Xue Fu was not talking much.
"What opportunity?" Cao Yuanzhong said: "Zhang Jingda is also a famous general of the world. His reputation and ability are not inferior to Shi Jingtang. Moreover, he occupied most of the important land in Hedong. If Shi Jingtang wants to enter Hedong, I think he will lose in the 19th!"
Chapter completed!