Chapter 1031 Tuduan and Shang

Chapter 1031 Tuduan and Shang

Chapter 1031 Tuduan and Shang (Part )

Now that Sima Rui had realized something, he immediately sped up his actions.

Throughout July, a series of appointments were issued at a dizzying pace, three of which were the most important.

Among them, the most eye-catching is the adjustment of the Imperial Guards.

Although Liu Kun was so famous, he was unable to lead the army and was eventually given the title of Grand Marshal, a position that was held in high esteem without any real power.

In fact, Sima Rui really wanted to use him, but the national conditions of the Jin Dynasty were such that the emperor could not do whatever he wanted.

Wang Shu and Wang Chuming were appointed as the central commanders and became the nominal commanders of the entire imperial army.

Shan Xia was appointed as the Internal History of Qiao and the General of the Western Army, and was in charge of the military affairs of the four counties of Qiao, Liyang, Lujiang and Huainan, and temporarily governed Wuhu.

He retained the power to establish a government and was stationed in an important area west of Beijing, so he was called "Western Government" by people of his time.

Wang Shu lived in the mansion where Sima Rui lived when he was the General Zhendong and was in charge of the imperial guards, so it was called "Dongfu".

Zhuge Hui resigned from his post as the Minister of the Interior and took up the post of General Zhenbei, stationed in Jingkou and serving as the Governor of Xuzhou, supervising the military affairs of Qingzhou and Xuzhou, and was called the "Northern Palace".

Shan Xia and Zhuge Hui are almost inevitable candidates.

Sima Rui originally wanted to send members of the royal family or even his own son to guard the city so that he could take control of the military power, but everything depends on the balance of power.

Did the noble families give you military power so that you can kill me?

In the end, only those who were from aristocratic families and married into the royal family could be sent to govern the town. This was an alternative form of "tolerance for the country."

In addition to the East Palace, North Palace and West Palace, there is also the South Palace.

On the tenth day of the eighth month in the first year of Taixing (328), Wang Bin was appointed Governor of Jiangzhou and General of the Southern Army, stationed at Penkou (now Jiujiang).

The four ministries all hold military power and are called military ministries.

To put it simply, the East Palace is in charge of the imperial guards, the West Palace is in charge of the Yuzhou soldiers, the South Palace is in charge of the Jiangzhou soldiers, and the North Palace is in charge of the Qingxu soldiers - of course, the four palaces of the east, west, south and north are all "common names" and not formal official positions.

When everything was settled, it was already August 14th.

Zhuge Hui, who was about to leave Jianye, arrived in Jincheng.

It was already August, and the scene was of autumn harvest.

What made Zhuge Hui feel familiar was that the people of Langya State planted millet, not rice. In fact, there were quite a few people in Jiangnan who planted millet at that time, but rice was not common. There were even people who planted wheat, but they were very few.

"I'm shamelessly staying here today to treat you to a meal of corn porridge." Zhuge Hui was in a good mood and said with a smile as he walked on the ridge of the field.

"I still have many things to ask you, my dear father-in-law." Langya King Sima Chong deliberately used a more intimate address to speak.

Upon hearing this, Zhuge Hui smiled without saying anything and just looked at the golden city in front of him.

This city built during the Eastern Wu period will become the new Langya Palace and will also be the office location for Langya state officials.

"It was not easy for Langya State to obtain Jiangcheng County and establish Linyi County by ceding its land." Zhuge Hui suddenly said, "It was also ten years after I crossed the river that I got my household registration."

Where was Zhuge Hui from? According to current standards, he was from Huaide County, Danyang Prefecture.

However, Huaide County is a "ghost county" that exists only on paper. It has only a county government office located in a house seven miles south of Taicheng, and the county itself has no real land.

The main task of the county government is to register household registration. Currently, there are about one thousand households, and the personnel composition includes: early staff who moved south, officials who joined later, and Sima Rui’s old friends from the Langya Palace, and relatives.

It is more like an archives bureau than a county.

But the Langya Kingdom and Linyi County, which govern Jincheng, are different. They have real land, which is the area in front of us where the harvest has just begun. It originally belonged to Jiangcheng County, Danyang County.

There are a total of 1,500 households, most of whom are people who migrated south from Langya Kingdom.

"But..." Zhuge Hui changed the subject and said, "If we establish overseas prefectures, counties and counties, everyone will applaud. But if we give counties and counties real land, not everyone will be happy."

Sima Chong was stunned when he heard this, and subconsciously asked, "Why did you say that?"

"Your Highness will know it later." Zhuge Hui laughed and did not explain further.

Judging from his expression, it seemed that the gentry who had moved south had mixed opinions on this matter.

Sima Chong was about to ask more, but Zhuge Wenbiao suddenly said, "When the emperor first arrived in Jianye, he kept everything under control. Refugees flocked in, and the residents suffered. So he relaxed the restrictions on mountains and swamps, and did not invade the land of the Jiangdong nobles. This has been going on for more than ten years. Today, he wants to control the refugees. You can think about the difficulties yourself."

In short, when Sima Rui and his group first arrived in Jianye, they had not established a firm foothold, so they did not want to infringe too much on the interests of the Jiangdong nobles. But there were many refugees following them, and they had to make a living, right? So they lifted the ban on mountains and swamps.

The mountains, rivers, lakes and marshes belong to the imperial court and the country. These are the only lands that Sima Rui can use.

However, the carrying capacity of mountains and swamps is limited, which is one of the reasons why the refugees were later stopped in the north of the Yangtze River.

Ten years later, Sima Rui gradually gained a firm foothold, but the refugees who had followed him across the river had spread to all places.

Some still live in mountains and swamps.

Some of them "invaded" the wasteland that the Wu people could not develop and cultivated it.

Some became servants of powerful families and farmhands - many of the nobles who migrated south established manors in Danyang, Piling and Kuaiji, and took away a large number of refugees.

There were also those who became military households engaged in farming.

Even if you use your toes to think about it, you will know how troublesome it is to search and register the household registration after the establishment of counties.

Fortunately, Director Wang supported this matter, otherwise it would have been impossible to accomplish.

When Zhuge Hui heard his daughter say this, he looked at her and said with a smile: "My daughter is a good helper. If she can give birth to a child next year, then -"

At this point, he shook his head and laughed. They had only been married for half a year, and it was too hasty. The few of them walked and talked, and soon they were outside the city.

"Boom boom boom..." The sound of drums suddenly rang out.

Zhuge Hui's expression remained unchanged, but Sima Chong was shocked.

"Someone must be training the troops." Zhuge Hui said, "Daorang, they are all your guards. You should get closer to them in the future."

"My father-in-law is right." Sima Chong acted like a subordinate, just like his father did in front of Director Wang.

"I'm going to Jingkou and I'm going to train the troops." Zhuge Hui sighed with an unclear expression, seeming a little sad.

"I heard that the Shao bandit has government soldiers who defeated Shan Yanlin in Huainan and were very brave. Do you want to train government soldiers?" Sima Chong asked.

"I do want to, but I can only think about it." Zhuge Hui smiled bitterly and said, "Unless the Jiangdong nobles are crazy and willing to donate their land, it will take a lot of effort to ask for some overseas counties. It's difficult, as difficult as climbing to the sky!"

Zhuge Wenbiao also looked a little dazed after hearing this.

Shao Taibai can implement this system, but Jiangdong cannot. What can we do?

But she didn't say anything. She wasn't in the mood and didn't want to say anything.

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Zhuge Hui left the next day.

At this time, Shan Xia and Shan Yanlin also left Jianye and sailed westward.

Instead of going to Wuhu first, he came to Hefei.

He Chong, the former military officer in Wang Dao's court, has been promoted to the governor of Huainan, but he only governs seven counties including Hefei, so he can only be considered half a governor.

"Is there any movement from the Liang people?" Shan Xia asked the question he was most concerned about as soon as he got off the boat.

"I heard that the government soldiers have withdrawn."

"Why?"

"I managed to capture two cavalrymen. I heard that the Xiongnu were forcibly relocated to their country, causing chaos." He Chong said, "Luoyang sent an order to dispatch the Left Flying Dragon Guard to suppress the rebellion."

"The north is not peaceful either." Shan Xia said with a smile.

"The Silver Spear Camp is still there, stationed in Shouchun." He Chong added: "Zu Yue's troops have withdrawn from Chengde, attacked the old city of Yangquan in Lujiang to the west, and confronted the Lujiang County troops across the Bi River."

As He Chong was talking, he asked someone to bring a map and said, "From this point of view, the Liang people only value Shouchun. Chengde, Yangquan and Xiquyang are mostly used to protect the periphery. If the royal army does not attack, most of them will be peaceful. If a large-scale attack is launched, the bandits may come out in droves."

"What do they want to do?" Shan Xia looked at the map carefully, somewhat puzzled.

He Chong shook his head and said, "It's hard to know."

Shan Xia groaned.

Actually, this is a good thing. The country is currently doing a lot of things, such as establishing territorial jurisdictions for overseas Chinese, checking household registration, and preparing the military.

He was in charge of the military and civilian affairs of the four counties and was also unable to split his time.

However, after experiencing the previous war, he would not be so naive as to think that the Liang people did nothing but indulge in leisurely entertainment.

If Shao Xun is really such a person, how could he have the right to rule the north?
Such a hero in troubled times must have his own ambitions and aspirations.

His transformation of the North was profound, and he was building the dynasty he wanted step by step.

Sometimes, Shan Xia even ignored the hostile stance and wanted to see what Shao Zei was trying to do.

Can he fulfill his ambitions in this lifetime? It took him half his lifetime to pacify the world. Isn't that enough time?

"But..." He Chong thought for a moment and said, "Over the past month, Shouchun has sent some people to various counties. The head of Yinling County once surrendered to Zu Huan, but later rebelled and returned to his country, and detained several Liang people. After interrogating them, we learned that they were actually recruiting various craftsmen and even merchants who had sold goods to other counties."

"Huh?" Shan Xia was stunned.

Craftsmen are easy to understand, but what’s the use of business apprentices?

In Shanxia's opinion, among the four classes of scholars, farmers, merchants and artisans, merchants are the most useless.

Instead of doing farming, it disturbs people's hearts.

Shao Ze was a hero after all, so why did he value businessmen so much? It was hard to understand.

However, if you can’t figure it out, just stop thinking about it and continue observing.

Thinking of this, Shan Xia collected his thoughts and said, "Second Dao, I will not stay here for long. Hefei depends on you. You must defend it. I am worried that in the cold winter, the bandits will march south in large numbers. We must not take it lightly."

"Yes." He Chong bowed and said, "I have stored food and prepared defense equipment in the city. Hefei is a high city with deep moats, and it is not easy to conquer. Even if I kill the last man, I will defend this city."

"How magnificent!" Shan Xia praised: "If the county governors and military commanders in various places had such spirit and vigor, what would we worry about in the country?"

On August 15th, Shan Xia left Hefei and took a boat to Wuhu, while Shouchun, which he had been talking about all the time, welcomed a group of "guests".

The leader was an old man named Sun Zuo. When Zhang Shuo heard that he was a descendant of the Le'an Sun family and was sent by Madam Yang, he immediately understood how to treat him - Madam Yang's father, Yang Xuanzhi, was the son-in-law of the Le'an Sun family.

The old man's first sentence shocked Zhang Shuo: "What is the most profitable thing in Huainan?"

Seeing that Zhang Shuo did not answer, the old man did not force him. He just smiled and said, "General, can you capture a few tea mountains and bamboo gardens for me?"

After saying these two sentences, the old man floated away, still saying to himself: "Everyone praises Zhu Baizhen, but I love her ability to make money..."

(Three days before the end of the year, the goal of asking for votes has been achieved, and three more chapters will be added. This is the first battle. In addition, I will ask for votes at the beginning of the month.)
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