That night Yin Chang held a banquet at the Jinan military camp and had a drink with Guo Ning.
When Guo Ning returned the next day, Yin Chang said again: "The ideological and political age is still young and cannot be separated from the mother. When he grows up a little, he will be sent to the propaganda envoy. I heard that the propaganda envoy was setting up monasteries in the three prefectures, and even more There are many martial arts people who can be taught by the propaganda envoys, so there are many talented people in the military academy. If you have this blessing in terms of ideology and politics, that is the best."
Guo Ning responded with a smile.
Then he left Jinan Prefecture and walked along the foot of Mount Tai, passing through Zizhou and Yidu to Laizhou. Along the way, he visited fertile lands that could be cultivated, dangerous places that could be defended, towns that could collect commercial taxes, and inspected new areas. Garrison camps located in various places.
The group of people rode light and fast horses without any flags, so they would encounter sentries every time they passed several post stations or passed a certain military camp.
Some are fixed sentries, there are also specially set up hidden sentries, and there are also wandering sentries who ride early to surround them. No matter what type of sentinel, they are very serious when checking the identity, especially when they are close to the military pass, they are heavily guarded. Even Xu Jin did not find anything wrong.
This orderly attitude is not only because Guo Ning has always strictly governed the army and rewarded and punished heavily; it is also not only because these states are close to Mount Tai and bear the responsibility of facing important branches of the Red Coat Army, such as Liu Erzu and Peng Yibin.
More importantly, the expansion of a political power will naturally create a large number of beneficiaries, and the beneficiaries will naturally tie their high spirits to the political power. Later generations of poems said, "You don't need to raise your whip to push yourself forward." This is probably the case.
There are two reasons why Guo Ning wants to patrol this area.
First, these places are important bases for recruiting troops and relocating people.
Guo Ning pretended to be dumbfounded in front of Yin Chang that day. In fact, the navy has been doing this for a long time.
Just because the previously controlled area was limited to the three prefectures of Denglai, facing the vast area controlled by the Red Coat Army, it was inevitable to have some scruples in recruiting exiles. Therefore, the main source of people in recent months has actually been the Khitan people in Liaodong and the Bohai people. Humans or wild Jurchens. If these people are placed in Liaodong, they are all a serious problem for He Shi Liehuanduan. It is better to drive them to Shandong as much as possible, out of sight and out of mind.
After late autumn, heavy snow has covered the fields in Liaodong, and the cold wind is howling. It is difficult for women and children to survive. Most of the refugees who come here are young and strong, and few of them have families with them. In more than a month, four to five thousand strong men came by boat from Gaizhou, and many of them were able to shoot bows and ride horses. At least half of them could be directly recruited into the army.
But there are too many foreign races, which will inevitably cause trouble in the future. Moreover, most of these foreign races are not good at farming. Thousands of strong men have thousands of mouths, and there are still people to support them.
In the final analysis, it is always Han'er's refugees who make people feel more at ease, and the origin of Han'er's refugees is far more than just Dongping Mansion.
On the Zizhou and Yidu lines, people from Taishan and Yanzhou villages can be recruited; on the Juzhou and Yizhou lines, people from Yuzhou and Pizhou can be recruited. The Red Coat Army could only barely maintain the livelihood of the people. After Yang An'er's death, the various ministries were in chaos. The situation was like ice under the rule of Ding Haijun, and large-scale fleeing was inevitable.
Ding Haijun has gained a larger territory, and can naturally carry more people. At this time, if you work hard or covertly, you can maximize the benefits of expansion and further enhance Ding Haijun's war potential.
Of course, this is inseparable from the sorting, registration, control and comfort of existing people's household registration. Guo Ning felt relieved that Chu Cai was there.
The second reason is that with the expansion of territory, Guo Ning's own location also needs to be changed. The size and geographical location of Laizhou's city determined that it was a good agricultural and production base, but in order to control Shandong East Road accordingly, it was beyond reach at both ends.
At present, there is only one suitable location, and that is Yidu. Guo Ning and his staff had already discussed this several times, and now that they had made a personal inspection, they really knew what was going on.
At this time, he pulled up his horse and stood on the north road of Yidu City, looking around. But you can see that the sky is long and wide, the mountains are stacked on top of each other, the Zi River, Qu River and Yang River are rolling like waves, and the cities are like iron, covering the wilderness.
"Envoy, please see, the location we are at right now is between Dongyang City and Nanyang City in Yidu, on the Yangshui River. Both sides of the river in this section are built with huge rocks, and dozens of giant trees are interspersed and connected to form a frame. It is a flying bridge, so it is called Nanyang Bridge, and because of its flying buttress shape across the water, it is also called Hongqiao."
Guo Ning faced the sun and urged his horse to step onto the Hong Bridge.
Yi La Chucai, who was explaining, immediately followed.
He had just reported on the appeasement process of the soldiers and civilians in Yidu Prefecture and the inventory of materials in the treasury. He also took Guo Ning to see the newly built official offices and military camps. At this time, he explained casually, still in detail:
"This road that passes through Hongqiao is a section of the 5,900-mile official road built on Jingdong Road by the Song Dynasty people in the Southern Dynasty. It is also the end point of the southward extension of the official road after Emperor Zhangzong set up the Tikong Express Post Office during the Taihe period. . From here, there are more than two roads connected to Binzhou Prefecture in the north, Jinan in the west, Denglai in the east, and Jumi in the south. Even if there are tens of thousands of soldiers and horses dispatched, they can all get along smoothly. "
Guo Ning nodded, and then looked at the road that stretched to the end of his sight. He felt that the trees on both sides of the road were lined up, like a famous soldier standing proudly, which made people feel proud and heroic, as if they were swallowing thousands of miles. at this time.
"Then it's settled, no further discussion."
Guo Ning tapped Anqiao with his riding whip: "The Shandong Xuanfu Envoy Department is located in Yidu. The relevant government offices and military departments will be moved immediately. Orders are sent down. Soldiers, government offices, grain and supplies will be in place within ten days without delay. "
It has been more than a year since Ding Haijun stationed in Laizhou. Countless people have built huge foundations through hard work. Relocation is a huge project. But Yi La Chucai showed no embarrassment as he bowed and said, "Ten days is enough."
Starting from the next day, officials of all sizes from the Administrative Department of the Navy and the Recording Department, as well as the administrative officers of the supervisory, bureau, department, and offices directly under the Second Department, were ordered to go first. The family records of thousands of people set off on the same day. Immediately, the scholars and warriors from the civil and military schools followed one after another.
After they arrived in Yidu, they divided the government offices according to their functions and needs, occupied the yamen, allocated the officials' residences, etc., and Zhang Lin made the arrangements himself.
As for the deployment of the army and the adjustment of the garrison, that goes without saying. Although the demarcation of the marching route and the supply of food and fodder along the way were cumbersome, everyone in the military government was familiar with it, and the people of Jing'an were responsible for the entire process, and everything was done immediately.
On the eighth day, Guo Ning's relatives, sidemen, bodyguards, and retinue all arrived, and that day he officially settled in the large-scale Shandong Unified Army Envoy's residence in Yidu Prefecture. The mansion is more than two miles in radius and covers a large area. In the front yard, there are various palaces stacked on top of each other, used for official offices. In the back yard, there are pavilions and pavilions scattered among the gardens and flowing water.
On the day the mansion was opened, Guo Ning held a banquet in the backyard and sent people to invite the civil and military officials close to him.
Among the important ministers under his command, Han Xuan is currently stationed in Liaodong, Yin Changxin is stationed in Jinan, and most of the others from Jing'an Min and Luo Monk on down are here. Li Ting had foiled a rebellion conspiracy in Mizhou a while ago and killed more than 400 people in one go. At this moment, he was speeding back to report the military intelligence.
It was a rare occasion for everyone to gather together, and everyone was in high spirits.
