The news of Shi Jingtang's death was accompanied by the news that Shi Chonggui ascended the throne in Luoyang. The world was not shaken, and instead a strange silence appeared on the public opinion.

The death of an emperor always has to be finalized, but what should we discuss about Shi Jingtang now? It seems that we should scold him. However, the man in Yi County has not spoken yet, and the weather vane seems to be difficult to determine. What if we get the wrong direction? Therefore, Shi Lu simply fell silent.

However, in the dead silence, the outbreak of this news still intensified the influence of some aspects. In Shandong, Yanzhou, which belongs to the central Shandong region, Jeju successively surrendered to Tiance, resulting in nearly half of the Shandong region being included in the ruling of the Tang Dynasty. At this time, new changes were also brewing in Youzhou region.

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Fan Yanguang's men have been in Wuqing for a while. The more north he goes, the more depressing the atmosphere he feels.

There is no longer the indulgence that I was casually in Yedu, but the depression I felt during those days in Luoyang, even more than when I was in Luoyang!

"The troops entered Wuqing County and were trained on the spot, and no one could leave the city!"

This is an order sent by Zhang Mai when Fan Yanguang was preparing to go north. There is no explanation, no room for maneuver, just a simple but no room for negotiation!

After receiving the order, Fan Yanguang did not take it seriously. The next day, his subordinate Sun Rui was not patient with the boredom in the city and went out to hunt privately. When he met a law enforcement team, he asked for the number, the law enforcement team ordered all the weapons to be put down and surrendered. Sun Rui was unwilling to surrender, so he drew his sword to resist. In the chaos, one of the law enforcement team was killed by accident. Now Sun Rui knew that the chaos was a bit big, so he immediately ordered a besiege: "Don't leave any one!"

The law enforcement team was very alert and immediately ordered to escape separately when the situation was not good. Sun Rui could not catch up with him, so he killed only a few people, and the rest were escaped.

When Sun Rui returned to Wuqing, he wanted to hide it from Fan Yanguang at first. But thinking that this matter was too big, I was afraid that it would not be able to hide it in the end, so he had no choice but to tell Fan Yanguang.

Fan Yanguang was shocked and said angrily: "You dog! You think you have a long life, right? The law enforcement team dares to kill you!" He pulled out his knife and said angrily: "You are going to rebel, right? Well, I will kill you first. Then go to Yizhou to apologize to the Marshal!"

Sun Ruiyuan also thought that Fan Yanguang would get angry, but he didn't expect that Fan Yanguang would get so angry. He was so shocked that he fell to the ground. Several confidants next to him hurriedly jumped over to hug Fan Yanguang's hands and feet. Fan Yanguang slashed it with a knife and flew over Sun Rui's head. A piece of scalp and hair were cut off.

Fan Yanguang shouted: "Let me kill him, let me kill him!" His confidant shouted anxiously: "General Sun, General Sun, why don't you admit your guilt and plead with the Jiedushi!"

Sun Rui then came to his senses, and regardless of the wound on his forehead, he burst into tears and said, "Ling Gong! I didn't really want to kill people at that time, but we just went out of the city to hunt. They actually wanted us to surrender. Not only did they not take us seriously, but they looked down on Ling Gong! At that time, we had 300 people, but there were less than 50 people. We could not lose even if we lost! As a result, they dared to draw swords at us. The brothers could not weaken their momentum, so they drew their swords and fought with them. Who knew that they had killed one by mistake..."

Fan Yanguang said angrily: "It is better to kill all of them than to kill one. You can't silence you. Why don't you come back and do it? You committed suicide by yourself, go and apologize to the marshal!" He said, throwing his hand and throwing the knife at Sun Rui's feet.

Sun Rui looked at Fan Yanguang, then looked at the knife on the ground. He refused to let him commit suicide, and his expression kept changing, and it was unstable. The people around him looked at the knife at Sun Rui's feet, and his face was also a little weird.

Zhang Qiji came over quickly and said, "Ling Gong, Sun Rui has made such a big mistake. Although he should be damned, he didn't have the intention at the beginning. Now people don't kill him, and even if they handed over Sun Rui, the marshal wouldn't be relieved. However, our side has made the hearts of the brothers cold!"

Fan Yanguang said angrily: "What else can I do! The murderer died, let alone the law enforcement team! You didn't see the military rules under the hair? These law enforcement teams have the power to kill the soldiers who did not uphold the military rules! Now, he actually killed someone! Who can bear such a serious crime!"

Zhang Qiji said: "Military law is nothing more than human favors."

"Human kindness?" Fan Yanguang said angrily: "How can we tolerate favors in military law!"

"It is not allowed to be tolerated by reason, but now is a special period. We are special people." Zhang Qiji said: "Ling Gong returns with Yedu. For the Marshal, that is, he set an example for a thousand gold to buy horse bones. After the general surrendered, Jing Yanguang, Du Chongwei, and Fu Yanqing surrendered one after another. The Marshal took hundreds of miles of Youji without bloodshed. It can be said that Ling Gong has made contributions. Now that Shi Jingtang has just died, Shi Jin is about to fall apart, but Luoyang has Shi Chonggui, Taiyuan has An Chongrong, Chang'an has Liu Zhiyuan, Xianghan, Huaibei, and there are also defenders. Even expanding, Jiangnan, Fujian Han, Jingchu and even Mengshu, if it is well pacified, there is a possibility of a proclamation - at least it will be weakened to resist. But if there is news that the Marshal treats you harshly, no matter what the reason is, Ling Gong thinks about what the reaction will be from the powerful forces in all sides?"

Fan Yanguang was extremely angry at first, but then he slowly calmed down and said, "Speak."

Zhang Qiji said: "Ling Gong, it's right for us to surrender, but we surrendered by chance. If the marshal wants to appease the powerful people in the fields, he cannot do anything to Ling Gong - no matter what the reason is, it won't work."

Fan Yanguang gradually calmed down and no longer got angry with Sun Rui.

Zhang Qiji is right. In the face of politics, justice, laws and rules sometimes become less important.

In this era of not believing in the truth, if something happens to Fan Yanguang, the powerful men on all sides will not ask why. As long as Zhang Mai really touches Fan Yanguang, they will be disgusted, disgusted, and afraid that if they surrender in the future, they will be treated the same by Zhang Mai, and will work hard to resist in the future!

It doesn't matter what the facts are. What matters is what Zhang Mai needs. As long as Zhang Mai still needs to unify the world, he has to be cautious, balanced, and down the stairs of both sides according to political reality. Little by little, Fan Yanguang saw a chessboard appearing between the world. On one side of the chessboard is Zhang Mai, and on the other side are all the Central Plains tyrants, including those who have been and those who have not.

Fan Yanguang is not blaming Sun Rui. Zhang Qiji is right. What matters now is not military law and law. But how Zhang Mai chooses in this game.

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Zhang Mai's men have arrived in Youzhou.

Xue Fu arrived first, cleared the military defense of Youzhou, and controlled all the troops from Youzhou. The Tiance Tang Army obviously could not fully trust this huge army that temporarily surrendered, at least it could not trust as much as the White Horse Silver Spear Corps. Xue Fu did not contact the military power of Fu Yanqing and others, but just rearranged their garrison sites and separated the logistics supplies from the garrison. Only these two lines were used, all the surrendered troops in Youzhou were not daring to move rashly.

Then, Yang Xin and Zhe Congshi also arrived one after another.

Then, Guo Zhang, Wei Fei, Shi Jian, Ding Hanshan, and Ma Humeng arrived one after another. Finally, even Li Bin arrived.

It was not until this time that Fu Yanqing and others learned about Yang Yi's injury, and learned that it was Xue Fu's authority to take over the commander--but all this is no longer important now. The Tiance Tang army has gained an absolute military advantage, and there is almost no power to compete with it on the northern land.

After everything was cleared, Xue Fucai reported his safety to Yi County, and followed Zhang Mai and left Yi County and entered Youzhou under the protection of the Modao Battle Axe Formation.

The city of Youzhou, which was once the most prosperous in the northeast, has now become desolate, with the city walls still left, but the city is empty, like a ghost market. During Du Chongwei's army stationed, it completely became another military city. Many generals from the Five Dynasties seemed to be like this, good at military affairs, but not civil affairs.

As for outside the city, there was a shortage of wheat fields outside the city for several consecutive months. It was falling in the wind and rain, and Du Chongwei did not restrain himself. The trampling of wheat fields happened all the time. Although Zhang Mai ordered all garrisons to protect the farmland as much as possible after entering Yan land, it was too late. In places where residents were moved, the wheat fields were definitely not yet available.

After Xue Fu entered Youzhou, he divided the city into four parts:

The north was cleared out, leveled along the terrain, and only a large tent group was built, surrounding the city camp. The center of the tent was a golden tent - that was prepared for Zhang Mai. He expected that after Zhang Mai entered Youzhou, he might stay here for a long time, so he made proper preparations. Now all aspects are tight in money and food, so large-scale luxury construction is not suitable, so no palace is built, and a large tent is temporarily replaced. Anyway, Zhang Mai is used to living here - officials in the administrative office will gather here.

To the east is a warehouse place, and large troops are stationed to guard it, but most of the troops will gather in the barracks designated by the west of the city.

Houses and markets were drawn out on the south side, claiming to be the South City. The merchants gathered in Yunzhou are already heading towards Youzhou. It is estimated that the business in Youzhou will prosper again in the near future. Without even waiting for next year, the city will rejuvenate under the driving force of business - this is completely foreseeable!

For example, today's rule of the Tang Dynasty is the desert of the north Vietnam, the Silk Road is connected to the west, and the entire Hebei is the hinterland in the south. As for the east, it faces the sea. Youzhou's geographical advantages are originally better than Liangzhou. With the expansion of the territory of the Tang Dynasty, the commerce here will develop in a geometric multiple within a few years, surpassing the rule of the Later Liang and the Khitan periods!

As for the center, Xue Fu drove tens of thousands of military troops to carry soil, leveled a large square, and found a huge prototype earth and stone platform in a few days. This place will become an important gathering place in the future.

Xue Fu's plan was simple and effective, and reserved a large development space. Li Bin praised it all the time after coming, but in Zhang Mai's eyes, this Youzhou City was extremely devastating - because he had another super city with a large scale and a population of 20 million. The current Youzhou City is not as good as a small town in later generations. In the future, if it is to be a regional center of thousands of miles, controlling the northeast and the sea in the east, controlling the south and the north of the desert, and the south of the rivers and Shandong, this city is obviously unbearable. Xue Fu's current plan can only be used as a temporary demand within a few years.

Therefore, after entering the golden tent, Zhang Mai asked Li Fang to summon a person from the secretary group to make drawings and made several plans immediately:

1. Ding Youzhou is Beijing and ordered the site selection of a new city to be built in the future;

2. The main road after the confluence of Zhang, Qing, Juma, Gu and other waters was renamed Haihe, and Tianjin Port was opened at the mouth of the Haihe River;

3. A new Cangjiao Hejin Town was established between Beijing and Tianjin to move the Pingyou Cang and Gongji Cang to the north to provide support;

4. Establish a domestic tariff system, especially focusing on the construction of three commercial roads, namely Youye (Youzhou to Yedu), Youyun (Youzhou to Yunzhou), and Youding (Youzhou to Dingliao City), and invest in the guards along the way to ensure the unobstructed and unobstructed traffic of these three commercial roads;

5. Based on voluntary basis, encourage the scholars and citizens of Liangzhou, especially the military families of the core troops of Tiance, to move to Beijing.

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In this era, the environment in Youzhou area was quite good. Rivers such as Jima, Sanggan, Lu, Qiu, Qing and other rivers were crisscrossed in the territory, with large and large lakes everywhere, with fertile land and abundant water sources, and this place was only one place. For farming, even in terms of agricultural technology in this era, it was enough to support millions of people. Moreover, there were natural dangers to guard in the east, west and north, and the south was an open hinterland. In history, since the Song Dynasty, with the movement of the economic center eastward, there was not no reason for all dynasties to choose to establish capital here. Therefore, Zhang Mai valued the Youzhou area far beyond the expectations of Xue Fu, Fan Zhi and others.

Seeing that Zhang Mai made such a huge plan, Fan Zhi was slightly surprised and wanted to intervene several times, but Zhang Mai obviously had a self-decisive attitude towards this, so Fan Zhi and others did not dare to act rashly, but just listened silently and prepared to carry out the next specific matters.

Fan Zhi and Wei Renpu have long been used to Zhang Mai's style of doing things. He will not easily compromise on some major events, but he does not mind Fan Zhi and Wei Renpu and others repairing and improving them within his framework, and even appreciates it very much. Fan Zhi and Wei Renpu and others' modifications and adjustments always have a stronger ancient Chinese color. For this era, some details are more down-to-earth. Their talents not only allowed them to be valued by Zhang Mai, but also made Zheng Wei their biggest supporter. Tiance's internal affairs system will form what it is today. In fact, it can also be regarded as the result of the game between Zhang Mai and Fan and Wei.

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Zhang Mai finished his oral teaching. All the generals arrived one after another. It was fine if Yang Xinzhe followed Shima Humeng and others. Shi Jian, Guo Zhang, Wei Fei and Ding Hanshan couldn't help crying when they saw Zhang Mai. The four iron men who were bleeding but not crying cried like a seven or eight-year-old child when they saw Zhang Mai.

A heat surged in Zhang Mai's chest, and he couldn't help but rush down from his seat, hugged Shi Ding and Guo Wei, and tears rolled down involuntarily. Then he couldn't control his voice and started crying.

These four people are not only his subordinates, but also his brothers and sisters. They are people who can entrust their lives. In the past two years, they have been experiencing Mobei for thousands of miles. They have been thinking that they cannot see each other again in this life. When they meet suddenly, who can resist the emotional catharsis that seems to be reunited in another lifetime?

The five people hugged each other, and no one said anything, but Shi Jian was crying: "Marson, Marshal!" Guo Zhang shouted: "Brother Mai, Brother Mai..."

However, everyone in the tent knew how happy and sad their silent words were. When Ganliang was separated, it seemed that it was already a matter of the last life.

When Yang Xinzhe Congshi saw it, he also cried. Xue Fu was rational and could not help but wet his eyes at this time. When Li Bin was pushed in from outside the tent, he cried. Fan Zhi, Wei Renpu, Li Fang and other civil officials were only moved when they saw it, but Gao Huaide was excited and said to himself: "How great would it be if I was born in Xinliye City and followed the marshal all the way to the east!"

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When Fu Yanqing led the Shigong overlord Jing Chong to visit him, he couldn't help but feel worried. On the way, he met Jing Yanguang, and they only exchanged glances for a moment, but did not speak. This was the first time Fu Yanqing paid a visit to Zhang Mai as a minister. He didn't know what kind of treatment this new master would treat them. Unexpectedly, after entering the tent, he didn't see a lofty Zhang Mai, nor a majestic Zhang Mai, but he saw a Zhang Mai who was hugging with several generals who had not even taken off the sword.

However, Fu Yanqing and others were touched by him, but they were more profound than seeing Zhang Mai who looked like a tall emperor.

This is their new lord, a man who conquered thousands of miles but still maintained a relationship with his subordinates like his relatives. Such a man completely transcended the imagination of Fu Yanqing and others. Among the monarchs they served, no one had such temperament.

When Zhang Mai saw Fu Yanqing and others coming in, he closed his tears and smiled, "Look at what we look like, it's a joke!"

When Shi Jian heard this, he quickly wiped his tears and followed Wei Fei and others on the train, standing as straight as a pillar.

But Fu Yanqing and Jing Yanguang were even more depressed. Shi Jian and others had already entered Youzhou, and Fu Yanqing and others recognized it. When they saw this scene and heard this again, they knew that there was a difference between him and Shi Jian and others.

The four of them bowed and worshiped after Zhang Mai returned to their seats.

After the generals finished their ceremony, Zhang Mai adjusted his choked tone and comforted Fu Yanqing and others. Then he said, "There are a few things to call you all today. First, we must celebrate when we meet in Youzhou. Therefore, starting from tonight, the army will be divided into three shifts, one shift every night, a bonfire night banquet, no limit on wine and meat, and the whole army will have a carnival."

All the generals were overjoyed when they heard this. Zhang Mai said again: "As for the second thing, I plan to hold a military parade after the autumn harvest. All the troops in Youzhou area will participate. Now Fan Yanguang in Wuqing County, I have ordered him to reorganize the training department and come at that time. After you go back, you must supervise the soldiers to train diligently and let me see your style."

When the generals heard this, they were either surprised or happy, but everyone was a little excited! Especially the generals who returned from Mobei, the fight in Mobei was only presented through the battle report, and the marshal did not see it with his own eyes. This time, he had to perform well. Even Fu Yanqing and others had plans in their hearts, knowing that this military parade might affect their future.

"As for the third, I will issue an order for autumn harvest without fighting. It spreads to the world!"

"The autumn harvest will not be a war order?"

"Yes!" Zhang Mai said: "The autumn harvest is coming soon. In the past year, both the Central Plains and outside the Great Wall have experienced many disasters. Therefore, I want to issue this order: From now on until the end of the busy farming industry, the Central Plains will stop the war in all directions! Whoever dares to use rash weapons, no matter what the reason is, I will be the first to attack him after the autumn harvest is over! All the troops under my control must do their best to protect the autumn harvest. If anyone dares to invade and seize the farmland, behead them!"

Fu Yanqing was moved and said with a knee: "The Marshal is indeed a benevolent king, and he is so lucky to have the king in the world!"

Zhang Mai smiled and said, "I didn't expect General Fu to lose his book bag."

The generals in the tent laughed when they heard this. Fu Yanqing was a little surprised at first. When he looked at Zhang Mai's smile, he seemed to have no malice. Instead, he felt relaxed and happy. The Lord was willing to joke with him, which was a good start for him.

Zhang Mai said again: "In addition, there is another thing. I want to send an edict to the Central Plains - from the east of Tongguan, all prefectures and counties under my jurisdiction will be exempted from all agricultural tax this year! Hebei and Shandong were exhausted by Shi Jingtang, and now we must try to rest and recuperate."

As soon as this statement was made, all the generals who were not in charge nodded and praised good, but Fan Zhi and Wei Renpu were shocked - they are children of Confucianism and have always advocated benevolent politics, but the problem is that now they are in charge of the family, so they naturally understand what the result of doing this is! Even Xue Fu frowned.

If Zhang Mai really wants to do this, it will be too much pressure for them, but they are not easy to oppose it. The biggest beneficiary of Zhang Mai's benevolent politics is Hebei and Shandong. If they give up because of their opposition, they will be stumbled on the back and scolded to death by their fellow villagers.

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After several major events were arranged, Zhang Mai asked the ministers and generals if there were any major events to report.

Although Xue Fu had several arrangements, he was preparing to discuss with Zhang Mai after the meeting. When Fu Yanqing saw that no one spoke, he left again and replied: "Zhao Zan, Dengzhou, sent an envoy to Youzhou. Now he is under the tent of the last general and observes on the way of me. He really wants to surrender. I ask the marshal to summon him."

Zhang Maiqi said: "Dengzhou?"

He knew that Dengzhou was in the north of the Shandong Peninsula, belonging to Shandong, and it was the most important harbor city in the Central Plains. It is not surprising that Shandong officials have come to surrender at all. However, there are many officials in prefectures and counties who have surrendered during this period. Except for a few outstanding people, they are not qualified to come to Zhangmai's tent, let alone a mere messenger. Besides, the officials in Dengzhou did not go to Yedu to surrender, but took the Youzhou route. What is the reason?

Cao Yuanzhong suddenly interrupted, "The chief of Dengzhou is not called Zhao Zan." During this period, he was responsible for foreign negotiations and surrenders. Not only Hebei, but also county-level officials above the Shandong region also knew everything.
To be continued...