Chapter 851: Placement
Chapter 851: Placement
Zhang Bin looked at the manuscript in front of him and pondered it carefully.
The manuscript was written by King Liang himself and was related to the two counties of Mayi and Yunzhong that were about to be established.
According to King Liang's intention, the capital of Mayi County was Mayi County, and it governed four counties: Mayi, Yinguan, Sanggan, and Hequ.
Among them, Mayi and Yinguan are both old counties. The two places were mainly inhabited by Wuhuan people, supplemented by Jin people, Xianbei and Xiongnu.
Sanggan County was newly established and its capital was Xinping City. The local people were mainly Xianbei, with a slightly smaller number of Wuhuan people. There were also people from Jin, such as in fortresses like Mohanbi, but the people in the fortresses were not necessarily all from Jin.
Hequ was also newly established, in fact, it was in the Junzijin area (today's northeast of Hequ and west of Pianguan), and the city was already there, and Liu Zhao sent people to build it. This county was mainly inhabited by miscellaneous Hu people, but there were also many Wuhuan people, who were mainly nomadic.
In general, nomadism was more important than farming in the four counties of Mayi Prefecture, with the Wuhuan people accounting for the majority, accounting for more than 60%, and the remaining 40% being divided among the Xianbei, Xiongnu, Jin people and other miscellaneous Hu people.
The capital of Yunzhong County was Pingcheng, and it governed four counties: Pingcheng, Liangchang, Fanzhi, and Gang.
Among them, Liangchang County was newly established, and the local people were almost all Xianbei people.
Pingcheng was empty, but there were still some scattered Wuhuan and Xianbei people in the surrounding area.
Fanzhi and Gang were among the five counties ceded by Liu Kun that year. Most of the Jin people had moved away, leaving only a few, mainly Wuhuan people and supplemented by Xianbei people.
The four counties of Yunzhong were roughly divided into half by Xianbei and Wuhuan, with very few other miscellaneous Hu and Jin people.
Generally speaking, this is an area where the Wuhuan people are the main population, and the number of Xianbei people has increased greatly in recent years.
If you want to control this place, it would be a bit difficult to copy the story of Kelan back then - in fact, Kelan is still under the "control" and "Tusi" system.
Because of the evacuation of Pingcheng, some tribes have recently fled and entered the area controlled by Tuoba Yihuai. It can be seen that the local Hu people are a little dissatisfied with Wang mother and son. Perhaps they think that they are too weak and too inclined to the Jin people, and are "aiding and abetting Zhou."
Zhang Bin thought about it and pulled out another official letter, which was a copy of the order sent by King Liang to Pingyang and Luoyang.
The Grand Herald of Luoyang and the Grand Herald of Liang sent their subordinates to ride quickly north to Pingcheng to prepare for the court ceremony on the first day of August.
Below this copy, there are more copies of orders, all of which were sent to various government offices.
After reading it, Zhang Bin smiled and basically understood King Liang's thoughts.
"Minister Zhang, I'm here." The personal guard led Wang Chang in and then left. Wang Chang bowed and saluted.
"Sit down." Zhang Bin put away the manuscript and said.
Wang Chang sat down as he was told.
"Regarding the matter of the Dukedom of Dai, the king has already promised that in the currently occupied land, no counties will be established to the north of Yinshan Mountain, but two counties, Mayi and Yunzhong, will be established to the south. In addition to Dai County, these are the three counties south of the mountain, and they are also the land of the Dai Kingdom." Zhang Bin said.
"Guangning County..." Wang Chang asked in a low voice.
Zhang Bin glanced at him and said, "Guangning County was originally invaded by Yu Lu, so it should be returned."
Wang Chang smiled bitterly and said, "Yes."
"These three counties are not given to you for nothing." Zhang Bin continued, "Madam Wang wants to make Pingcheng the capital, which is fine. However, there are three things to do. First, the old city of Gaoliu (now south of Yanggao County) to the east of Pingcheng must be rebuilt, and Duke Dai will send people to build it."
"I wonder what this city is used for?" Wang Chang asked.
"Station troops." Zhang Bin said without hiding anything.
Wang Chang was shocked.
Gaoliu is ninety miles northeast of Pingcheng, which is not far. If something happens, you can get there in a moment.
But before he could come to his senses, Zhang Bin said, "Secondly, beside the Wuzhou River, the foundation of the Han Wuzhou County still exists. We should send people to build a city, called 'Wuzhou City', to station troops. Half of the food and grass needed by these two armies will be provided by Bingzhou, and the other half will be raised by Dai Gong."
Wang Chang was numb.
The water of Wuzhouchuan (now Shilihe River) originates from the mountains. During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, there was "Wuzhou Sai", and during the Han Dynasty, there were "Wuzhou County" and "Wuzhouchuan", which were gradually corrupted to "Wuzhouchuan".
This place is located more than 100 miles west of Pingcheng, and controls a mountain road leading to Pingcheng from west to east.
Theoretically, this is a military camp to defend Pingcheng, and its function is the same as Gaoliu City. It can protect, deter, and even clamp down, so that Madam Wang and Duke Dai dare not act rashly.
"Third, the King of Liang will move a tribe here, but where they will be the herdsman has not yet been decided. It is enough to know that this is happening." Zhang Bin said finally.
"I will report this to Madam Wang." Wang Chang said, cupping his hands.
Is the tribe that King Liang moved here a "good tribe"? Moreover, Su Zhongyi's troops are already coming here, and now they want to transfer another one. How shady.
"There is one more thing—" Zhang Bin said suddenly.
Wang Chang's heart trembled, and he hurriedly said, "Please tell me, Mr. Zhang." "The king wants to set up a Shanyu Protectorate, and Mr. Dai can take the position of deputy protector." Zhang Bin said, "You don't need to take charge of it, just promote his position."
Dai Gong is a title of nobility, and Fu Du Hu is an official position. The two are not the same thing.
Tuoba Shiyijian was appointed as the deputy governor of Shanyu Protectorate, which meant he had entered the officialdom of the Jin Dynasty and gained a status.
"Where is the Chanyu's capital?" Wang Chang asked.
"We will temporarily govern Pingcheng, and we may move to the old site of Shanyutai in the future." Zhang Bin asked, "Do you know where Shanyutai is located?"
"Yes, it's about a hundred miles northwest of Pingcheng (some say more than forty miles, others say more than four hundred miles)." Wang Chang replied, "In the first year of Yuanfeng in the Western Han Dynasty (110 BC), Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty personally led troops to attack the Xiongnu, went out of the Great Wall, and climbed the Shanyu Terrace. This is the place."
"That's right." Zhang Bin smiled at Wang Chang and said, "First, take care of Pingcheng, and we can talk about the rest later."
It can be seen that Wang Chang has read a lot of books. At least he knows about the past of Emperor Wu of Han, which makes him have some good impression of him.
But no matter how favorable the impression is, Wang Chang will never be won over. If he gets in the way in the future, he will have to take action.
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Shao Xun lived on Baideng Terrace, seven miles east of the city.
"Even a funeral is handled with so much trouble." Shao Xun looked at the several major officials of the Dai State standing in front of him and said mercilessly.
Everyone was speechless.
If you hadn't relocated most of the people in Pingcheng, would it have been like this? Now we are indeed short of educated people and talents who can manage the local area, but this is all your good work.
Shao Xun didn't care what they thought at all. He sighed and said, "Forget it, forget it. I'll transfer some good people here to help you guys take care of it. Otherwise, how is it different from Shengle's gang of thugs?"
After that, he called the Secretary General Lu Chen and ordered: "Ask the Censor Pei Xian to come to Pingcheng and serve as the Minister of Rites of Dai State."
Dai was a vassal state of Jin, and theoretically it was different from the Liang State before Shao Xun, which was the difference between an outer vassal and an inner vassal. But who cares, Shao Xun said that Dai should set up the Honglu Temple, so let's set it up.
"Pei Jingsi should also take the post of Protectorate General, let's give him one." After Shao Xun finished speaking, he looked at Wang Que'er and said with relief: "Que'er led the army northward, marched steadily and without any mistakes, and even made great contributions to the capture of Pingcheng. He can be promoted to General of the Central Army (rank three), Kaifu Yitong Sansi, and take the post of Protector General of the Chanyu (rank three). The post will have Deputy Protector General, Chief Clerk, Sima, Assistant Army Officer, Attendant of the Central Army, and Secretary of the various departments. The Deputy Protector General, Chief Clerk, and Sima are appointed by the court, and you can appoint the rest of the posts by yourself, just report to the court for approval."
"I obey your command." Wang Que'er suppressed the excitement in her heart, prostrated herself on the ground, and tried to answer in a calm voice.
Finally, he reached this step and went even further than Hou Feihu.
As far as he knew, Hou Feihu had the power to establish a government, but in fact he did not recruit many subordinates because he did not hold any local official position and did not need many staff members.
But he was different, he was the Chanyu Protector, a third-rank local official. More precisely, he was a frontier official.
Shao Shi promised that Dai would be able to decide its own internal affairs, and the Shanyu Duhu could only manage military affairs.
But just as the power of the Central Plains governors was largely usurped by the governors-general, military and civil affairs cannot be completely separated, and one can always find an excuse to control them.
"Leave the Silver Spear Left Camp to Jiang Ke of the Mule Army." Shao Xun said, "Just be a good protector of the Chanyu. Gao Liu and Wu Zhou will station the army together. We still need elite soldiers and brave generals. What suggestions do you have?"
"The Heiliang Right Battalion has newly recruited soldiers, and their families have not yet moved to Luoyang. It would be better to send them to Gaoliu, and I will supervise their training nearby. In time, they will surely become strong soldiers." Wang Que'er stood up and answered with his head down.
"Excluding those who have been assigned to fill vacancies, there are still seven battalions of soldiers in the Heilongjiang Right Camp." Shao Xun said, "There are no less than 2,500 married people, and if you count them with their families, there are more than 10,000 people. It is not impossible to accommodate them—"
Wang Que'er looked at Shao Xun with anticipation.
"Anyway, I owe them." Shao Xun sighed, "Well, let's do as you wish and settle them in Gaoliu. The country will give more money and property, and Gaoliu will allocate more good land along the river to your family."
"Yes, sir." Wang Que'er replied.
"Wu Zhou will first transfer the Xiejie Army and Zhongyi Army to guard the city." Shao Xun said, "They are now under Chen Yougen's command, and there are still more than 4,000 infantry and cavalry. Jizhou will give some money and property to his family, and the entire army will be transferred to Wu Zhou to guard the city for a year. I will think about the follow-up matters later."
In just a few words, Pingcheng's two large pliers were in place.
Tuoba Shiyijian sat aside, listening silently, not knowing whether he could understand the meaning behind these official appointments and military garrisons.
Anyway, the Wang family understood it, and the tribal leaders of the Dai State also understood it.
"Let's go back to what happened just now." Shao Xun continued, "The three counties in the south of the mountain are particularly important. Wang Hui, the official of Mianbei Prefecture, is transferred to serve as the county magistrate of Mayi, Chen Gui, the official of Tongshi, is transferred to serve as the county magistrate of Yunzhong, and Cao Yin, the official of the general, is transferred to serve as the county magistrate of Dai. The governor will be appointed by the Duke of Dai. This is originally a matter of the Dai State, and I should not interfere too much. So let's leave it at that."
"Yes." With the army approaching, everyone could not openly oppose and could only respond in unison.
Generally speaking, the county magistrate has little real power, and is even less powerful than the county magistrate, especially when the local people are all Hu people. But with the Shanyu Protectorate, many things are hard to say.
It was definitely difficult to carry out the work in the early stage, and it would be great if some suggestions could be made. But Shao Xun did not expect to rule these Hu people immediately, so he just had to take it slowly, as this was not something that could be achieved overnight.
Moreover, in addition to the three county magistrates, he will also arrange some central government positions for Daiguo. They don't have to be chief officials, but may only be deputy officials or assistant officials. However, these people's governance capabilities must be stronger than those of the Hu people. In the long run, it depends on their abilities.
(End of this chapter)