Chapter 250 Meeting
Chapter 250 Meeting (Additional chapter for the leader, Persimmon is very fragrant)
On the last day of July, Shao Xun convened a military meeting in Lvliu Garden, with all the generals present.
Dozens of people were sitting in the yard, with seats arranged according to closeness and status.
The left half is for civil officials, and the right half is for military officers - civil and military are distinctions between positions, not between people. At this time, a person can be both a civil official and a military officer, and the distinction is not obvious.
The long sword commander Chen Yougen sat to the lower right of Shao Xun.
No matter what happened in the past, he is now a minister, secretly the most important general under the Shao family, and has a very high status.
The eldest brother Chen Jingen sat in the back. He was a general under Chen Yougen, commanding dozens of servants of the Chen family and acting as his personal guards when going into battle.
Chen Yingen and Chen Tonggen were not present. The former was a thief catcher in Yiyang, and the latter was a servant in a government office. A servant had no rank, but was entitled to 50 acres of land as salary, and was a minor official who did miscellaneous work.
Chang Can, deputy governor of the Changjian Army, also sat behind Chen Yougen.
Under Chen Yougen was Li Chong, the deputy commander of the Yamen Army.
From the perspective of military talent, he is the top general of the Shaw Group. He is also humble, never puts down his books, and is diligent in learning. He has considerable prestige among the Yamen Army, and has led troops to battle many times, leading a route alone.
Chen Yougen's ability is really hard to compare with his.
There is something mysterious about the seating arrangement.
The person below Li Chong was the Minister Liu Anzhi.
Below Liu Anzhi were the two deputy governors of the Silver Spear Army, Wang Que'er and Jin San. Behind them sat Lu Heigou, Hou Feihu, Xu Yu, Sun He, Zhang Daniu, Jiang Ke and other leaders, who were basically from the first three periods of Donghai, Luoyang and Taiyuan.
As for the students from Liang, Chang'an, Handan who started the fourth term, and the seventh term of Yecheng who enrolled last year, there is no one who is qualified to sit here yet.
The Silver Spear Army is the undisputed main force of the Shao military and political group. They are large in number and highly skilled. They sat there in silence, quietly listening to Master Shao's instructions.
Below the Silver Spear Army were the Loyal Commander Man Yu, and the five auxiliary generals Wang Chan, Hao Chang, Lou Quan, Lou Bao, and Chen Jing. Each of them had their own followers, and they sat in a large black crowd.
From the left side, the one closest to Shao Xun is Cao Fu, followed by Pei Kang.
These two people have high status, but they are actually not involved in daily government management. Only when things cannot be handled will they be asked to come forward to smooth relations and exert influence.
The real head of the civil servants was Lu Zhi, the prefect of Xiangcheng.
Many of Shao Xun's united front activities in Hebei were instructed by Lu Zhi in letters.
Moreover, compared with Wang Yan, Wang Dao and other members of the Wang family, Lu Zhi has a strong ability to handle common affairs, which is what they lack - Wang Yan and Wang Dao's skills are mainly in the direction of "maintaining the chairmanship", and their actual governance capabilities are not good, which may be related to the fact that aristocratic families do not like to handle common affairs.
Under Lu Zhi were Prime Minister Cui Gong, Chancellor Pei Yi, Minister of Agriculture Chu Huo, Chief Pastor Wu Qian, School Official Yu Liang, Liang Magistrate Yang Man, Secretarial Officer Yang Ming, Secretarial Assistant Mao Bang, four secretaries, Yangdi Magistrate Zhou Mo, and Central Pastor Le Kuan.
Some relatives of the Shao family also came.
The owner of Yushanwu, his uncle Liu Shan, his third brother Shao Fan, his eldest nephew Shao Shen, as well as more than ten uncles, cousins, and cousins, basically all came.
Liu Shan is in his early forties. He inherited the position of Shao Xun's grandfather and served as the leader of the Xuzhou Hereditary Army. He is a bit arrogant in the countryside.
Today was his first time attending such a high-level meeting. Looking at the children of the noble families around him, he felt a little inferior. Looking at the murderous military officers across from him, who were obviously not good people, he felt a natural suppression - the soldiers in the army would fall for this.
"The Duke of Luyang County has arrived." The guard commander Tang Jian walked over first and sang loudly.
Shao Xun, wearing military uniform, walked over with the gait of a dragon or a tiger.
"Greetings, my lord." Liu Shan stood up with everyone else and saluted.
This nephew is amazing.
How did he build up such a huge business in just seven years?
Civil officials and military generals were all respectful.
With just one order, an entire state could be turned upside down.
I used to think that my sister was marrying down by marrying into the Shao family, but now it seems that they are marrying up.
A few years ago, my wife even suggested marrying our daughter to Shao Xun. My sister was very happy at the time, saying that it was a great thing for cousins to get married, but unfortunately I rejected it privately.
That's impossible nowadays.
The Princess of Chengdu and the Princess of Fanyang successively lived in the Green Willow Garden. The daughters of aristocratic families were gentle, well-educated, and noble, and they directly outshined the maids in the family.
pity.
"Sit down." Shao Xun sat on the bed with his arms and legs stretched out, his hands pressed in the air.
Everyone took their seats.
"We are about to go to war, so let me make it short." Shao Xun held up a finger and said, "First thing."
"After I go to war, Lord Cao will take over the post of garrison commander. All military and political affairs will be decided by Lord Cao."
"As for general affairs, Lord Cui and Lord Lu will be in charge, and they will discuss important matters together. If it is really difficult to decide, a messenger will be sent to the army."
"Yes." Cao Fu stood up first, with a very confident attitude.
"Just sit down and talk." Shao Xun stood up and took two steps, then helped Cao Fu sit down.
Cui Gong and Lu Zhi also stood up and agreed.
Shao Xun asked them to sit down one by one.
Cui Gong was fine, Lu Zhi might not be convinced in his heart. But facing Cao Fu, a senior veteran, he still showed respect.
Pei Kang felt a little numb.
It turns out that he has nothing to do with it, and he feels a little uncomfortable.
"In terms of military affairs, Huang Biao, Wu Qian and Liu Anzhi will assist Lord Cao. The deployment, mobilization and deployment of the Yamen Army, the Palace Army, the Silver Spear Army, the Yicong Army, etc., all require the signatures of the four for their orders to take effect. No one can be missing." Shao Xun said again.
"Yes." Huang, Wu and Liu responded in unison.
"The second thing." Shao Xun continued, "The matter of the three gardens in Luoyang and the retreat of the garrison troops to the south must be handled as soon as possible."
Having said that, he looked at Shao Shen and Shao Fan.
The two of them stood up immediately, and Shao Shen said, "Uncle——"
"Huh?" Shao Xun glared at him.
"Don't worry, Duke Lu. The first group of people carrying 40,000 hu of wheat have passed Yique Pass and will arrive at Guangchengze soon. The second group is almost on its way. By late August at the latest, the three gardens in Luoyang will be evacuated." Shao Shen replied loudly.
"It may take until early September." Shao Fan added, "There are too many things, and the soldiers in the garrison are a bit agitated. It's best to send an army to escort them." Shao Xun immediately looked at Huang Biao and ordered, "Dispatch a group of Yamen soldiers to assist in the evacuation."
"Yes." Huang Biao agreed.
There are more than 4200 households and 1250 people in the three gardens of Luoyang, who cultivate 1100 hectares of land and have more than livestock. Luoyang is about to become a battlefield, and they will definitely withdraw.
"The third thing is, Yiyang Sanwu, withdraw some of the people." Shao Xun looked at Mao Bang and said, "Mao Er, you have been in charge of Sanwu for many years, you will take care of this matter."
"Yes." Mao Er agreed.
The three villages of Yunzhong, Jinmen and Tanshan located in Yiyang County currently have a total population of more than 5200 households and 23100 people. They have reclaimed more than 1150 hectares of farmland and have more than 2000 livestock of all sizes.
Shao Xun had talked to Mao Bang before.
During the severe drought, the wells in the fort dried up due to the terrain, and it was difficult to find water in the mountains. Not to mention farming, it was difficult for people and animals to get water. They had to walk a long way to carry water from the dried-up Luo River, which was very hard.
They had already started evacuating in July. A large group of people, carrying the elderly and children, walked through the rugged mountain roads and came to Guangchengze - it was much closer than the Three Gardens in Luoyang.
What we are considering now is whether to withdraw all the remaining people.
The final result of the discussion was to leave 1,500 fortress servants in each dock, half of the food, and the rest of the people, livestock, and food would be transported away.
"The fourth thing." Shao Xun said, "Before September 15th, whether it rains or not, winter wheat must be sown. Xutian, Lutian, Nanbei Ercaiguanzhuang, and Duotian should all be sown. The seven counties of Xiangcheng, the four counties of Yangdi, Yangcheng, Liang, and Luyang, Yushanwu, and Lvliuyuan should all be handled together. Plant as much as possible. In short, do everything possible to plant the land."
The so-called "North and South Official Manors" are actually two newly built manors in Guangchengze, commonly known as "South Garden" and "North Garden".
Beiyuan originally had more than 1350 hectares of farmland. The land clearing began last winter and was completed in the first half of this year. However, a severe drought occurred before sowing could take place, so the land had to be cleared again.
With the introduction of Princess Lu of Fanyang, the land was merged with the fields of the prince's uncle's villa, and now there are nearly 1500 hectares, which will be cultivated by more than people from the second and third battalions of the Jizhou military farm.
The Jing brothers recruited two hundred strong refugees to be in charge of management.
But it was not enough, so Lu transferred more than a hundred military officers from her family to manage the situation together.
The South Garden was cleared and leveled this year. After burning the weeds, we repeatedly dug up tree roots and picked up stones, and tidied it up over and over again.
The total area is 1500 hectares, and it is planned to be handed over to the farmers who were evacuated from the three gardens in Luoyang for cultivation.
Duotian is considered Yang Xianrong's private property. It has now developed to a scale of more than 100 hectares. After harvesting a season of rice last year, wheat was planted in the fall.
After the summer harvest this year, we can no longer grow rice. We can only rest the soil and continue growing wheat in mid-September.
Overall, there are still too few fields.
One water conservancy project in Ji County (Liling Weir and Chexiang Canal) irrigated more than one million mu of land. However, Guangcheng Lake is several times larger in area and has dozens of times more water, but its development level is still too low.
It still takes time to settle.
The land in Guangchengze is different from the fields in counties and prefectures. It is completely under one's control and will bring huge profits after it is developed and matured.
"One last thing." Shao Xun said, "Li Zhong will lead six Yamen troops, Chen Yougen will lead 1200 palace soldiers, Chen Jing will lead auxiliary soldiers, Jin San and Wang Que'er will lead eight silver spear troops, and follow me to the battle."
"Yes." The generals who were called stood up and responded.
Afterwards, everyone discussed the details again. This was the most time-consuming and it was not until night that they dispersed.
After the generals left, Shao Xun spent a peaceful night with his family.
Le Lanji and Lu Xun met yesterday, but they still felt a little unnatural.
When their eyes accidentally met, they subconsciously avoided each other.
After learning that Lu Xun was pregnant, Lan Ji felt uncomfortable. That night, she held Shao Xun tightly like an octopus, not allowing him to do anything fancy.
Mr. and Mrs. Shao are already numb.
The Princess of Chengdu and the Princess of Fanyang were both pregnant with Xiao Chong's child, and they were even speculating which princess would be the next to be brought home. In the end, Shao's mother simply said, "Don't tell me it's the queen," and ended the topic directly.
My younger sister Shao Ying is probably the happiest person in the family.
The wild girl became a young lady, dressed in silk and satin. Her two sisters-in-law tried to please her in disguise, and the gifts they gave her filled several rattan boxes, making her look like a wealthy woman.
Her biggest wish now is whether there will be a third sister-in-law to pamper her?
On the first day of August, the sky was gloomy, but still not a drop of rain fell.
Shao Xun sighed, said goodbye to his parents and sister, and then hugged Le and Lu.
Song Yi stood timidly in the distance.
Her status was too low to be compared with the Le and Lu families.
Shao Xun waved his hand, took her into his arms, kissed her on the forehead, laughed, mounted his horse and left.
The smoke and dust were thick, and the army formation was like a dragon.
More than 10,000 troops marched northward and arrived at the western suburbs of Luoyang a few days later.
At this time, military news came: General Cao Wu of Pingbei was defeated and Dayang fell.
Shao Xun immediately took out the map and looked at it carefully.
Dayang is located north of the Yellow River and is the imperial court’s last stronghold in Hedong County. It controls an important ferry crossing in this section of the Yellow River: Maojin.
Cao Wu had 15,000 men under his command, including the left and right armies of the imperial guards.
After this defeat, I wonder how many people are left.
At this time in Luoyang City, there were still more than 30,000 infantry and cavalry from the Left and Right Guards and the Cavalry Corps, as well as more than 20,000 infantry brought by Sima Yue.
It was heard that 5,000 "righteous soldiers" from Liangzhou had arrived in Guanzhong. Counting them and Shao Xun's troops, the entire Luoyang garrison had about 70,000 to 80,000 people.
On the other side of Baima Crossing, there were soldiers from Yu and Yan led by General Wang Kan. After suffering a defeat, there were still more than 10,000 soldiers left.
Sima Yue assigned Liu Qia's army of more than 5,000 infantry and cavalry to him for command, and the total force was only about 20,000.
I heard that Xuchang Governor Wang Shiwen is still reorganizing the follow-up troops, but I don’t know how many soldiers he has.
This is about the current strength.
If we fight well, we can still win, provided that we have sufficient military rations.
(End of this chapter)