In Dunhuang, next to the original ancestral home of the Zhang family in Shazhou, a family temple with the size of a king was built.
Three days after Zhang Zhao's wedding, all the generals of the Guiyi Army gathered here to hold a ceremony to worship and comfort their ancestors.
Now that Hexi Longyou has been unified, Zhang Zhao has returned to the country with eighteen states. This place can finally be regarded as a national land. The dream of the Guiyi Army for generations has been completed.
The two major enemies of the rebel army, the Tubo people in the snowy areas, completely declined during the Little Ice Age.
The Ganzhou Uighur Yao Geluo family, who had a deep hatred, was almost wiped out and could only grow three or two side branches.
In the past ninety years, the Guiyi Army has never been stronger than it is now.
After worshiping Zhang Yichao, Zhang Zhao led everyone back and held a banquet for the officials in Jinshan Palace, Zhang Chengfeng's original palace.
This banquet was not only attended by the officials who returned to the rebel army, but also Zhang Zhao's aunt Princess Fengtian and Li Congde, the crown prince of the Jin Kingdom in Khotan.
Everyone gathered together happily, drinking, singing, and eating meat. There was no distinction between civil and military affairs, and there was no deliberate distinction between superior and inferior.
Just like the joyful gathering in the Forbidden City of Alka in Bukhara when Zhang Zhao led everyone to defeat Samantha Nasr II in one fell swoop.
It has to be said that Princess Fengtian, who has received a systematic imperial education, is indeed a good queen mother.
She sang happily and drank heavily, not rejecting anyone who came, and in the name of Zhang Zhao, she distributed the Persian orchids he brought from Khotan to her left and right, and she dealt with it very appropriately.
The banquet lasted for three full hours, and at this time, it was time to reward the ministers.
Taking advantage of the establishment of his power, Zhang Zhao simply combined some of the successes of the Song and Ming Dynasty systems and made many changes to the administrative system of his Han Palace.
Under the king of Han, it was divided into two parts: military and political. In terms of politics, there was one official on the left and one on the left, plus the confidant secretary Guo Tiance to assist Zuo Zhang Zhao, one inside and two outside.
Under the left and right long history, there are six officials in the household, rites, soldiers, punishments, and labor. The chief officer is to join the army, and the department official is the chief secretary, secretary, etc., which corresponds to the six ministries of the Ming Dynasty.
In addition, two additional agencies, Ma Cao and Shang Cao, were set up. One of these two Cao was responsible for breeding war horses, and the other was responsible for Hexi commerce, which were managed by Zhang Zhao himself.
However, this time cannot be compared with the situation of scholars everywhere after the great development of printing technology.
Therefore, it is not possible to directly share the government affairs with the eight cao soldiers. It must be governed by the left and right long history.
Zhang Zhao followed the practice of the Tang Dynasty and respected the left. The Changshi on the left was in charge of the three Cao Cao of Li, Hu, and Li, who joined the army. The Changshi on the right was in charge of the three Cao Cao of Bing, Punishment, and Gong in the army.
If we look at this in the Ming Dynasty, Zuo Changshi would definitely be the most noble, but in this era, it is really not necessarily the case.
Here at Zhang Zhao, the Bingcao Shenjun is in charge of army logistics, verifying merit and rewards, placement of wounded soldiers, distribution and recovery of armor and stomach, payment of pay, and organization of united soldiers, which are obviously the most important departments.
At the same time, Gongcao is responsible for the development and production of armor, equipment, gunpowder, cyclone cannons, etc., and he also has great power.
Therefore, this long history represents a position of respect and weight.
Locally, Zhang Zhao still adopted the Dao-zhou-county management model.
The Hexi Longyou Jiedu Ambassador is under the jurisdiction of Hexi Dao and Longyou Dao. There is no Hexi Dao Ambassador and Longyou Dao Ambassador, only deputy envoys.
The governors of each state are governors, but the governors cannot manage the army. There are push officials and judges under them, such as Zuo Erguan, and each county has county magistrates, captains, etc.
As for the army, it is still known as the Guiyi Army.
In addition to Hanhai Town and Yucheng Town, Wuwei Town, Yingyang Town and Xiongwu Town were added, making a total of five towns.
Wuwei Town is composed of Liubu Han'er and Lanzhou Han'er.
Yingyang Town is mainly composed of the seven tribes of Shanzhou and the Qiang and Dangxiang soldiers of Tao, Hui and Yuanzhou.
Xiongwu Town was composed of the newly conquered Qinzhou Xiongwu Army plus the Han people from Hezhou and Weizhou.
In addition, Zhang Zhao also selected 3,000 strong and good archers from the six tribes of Liangzhou, the Han'er of Lanzhou, the seven tribes of Shanzhou, Dangxiang and Hewei Han'er of Zhuzhou, and incorporated them into the capital of Hanshan.
At this point, the capital directly under Zhang Zhaohan has reached a scale of more than 9,000 people, including horse and infantry troops, as well as special units such as cyclone cannons and Fenjin.
Once the framework is set up, all that remains is the issue of official closure.
Zhang Zhao appointed his father-in-law Cao Yuanzhong as deputy ambassador to Hexi Longyou Jiedu, Zuo Changshi and Liangzhou governor, and transferred him from Shazhou to Liangzhou to handle civil affairs for Zhang Zhao.
His uncle, Song Shantong, was the deputy envoy of Longyou Road, and served as the official commander of Youchang and Liangzhou officials and also served as a prisoner for Cao to join the army.
Murong Nobunaga's grandfather, Murong Guiying, was the deputy envoy of Hexi Province and the governor of Shazhou. He guarded the west for Zhang Zhao. When he was promoted, he was transferred from his hometown Guazhou.
Guo Tiance was the secretary in charge of the shogunate of the King of Han, and was also in charge of the military affairs department.
Cao Yanming took the post of governor of Suzhou and secretary-in-charge, symbolizing his confidant, and actually served as Gongcao to join the army.
Li Ruoyu, the eldest brother of his aunt Li Ruoliu, is the governor of Taozhou.
His brother-in-law Cao Yanlu was the governor of Yinzhou and also served as the garrison envoy of Shazhou.
The special official position of Shazhou garrison was to allow Cao Yanlu to lead a battalion to guard Shazhou and later to guard Yinzhou.
Jia Yanchang got the coveted position of governor of Lanzhou.
For the military:
Yin Yaozi is the deputy military envoy of the Guiyi Army and the general soldier of Hanhai Town. This cousin is calm and good at guarding. Among Zhang Zhao's five military towns, it is most reasonable for him to be in charge of Hanhai Town, the most important one.
Liu Zaisheng was promoted to be the commander-in-chief of Yucheng Town and the governor of Yuanzhou. He commanded a battalion each in Yucheng Town and Yingyang Town to guard Yuanzhou and peek into Guanzhong.
Ma Shacai was the commander-in-chief of Wuwei Town and the governor of Huizhou. He was in charge of two battalions and faced Shuofang where Lingwu Jiedushi was located.
Ma Yaozi was the deputy commander-in-chief of Wuwei Town and the governor of Hezhou. He commanded two battalions to guard Hezhou.
Yan Jin is the deputy envoy of Longyou Road, the deputy envoy of Guiyi Army, the commander-in-chief of Xiongwu Town, and the governor of Qinzhou, responsible for guarding Qinzhou.
This is the second person in the army under Zhang Zhao. He is guarding against Fengxiang's Qin King Li Congyao on one side and Hou Shu on the other.
Fan Quan was the deputy commander-in-chief of Hanhai Town, the commander of the second battalion, and the governor of Shan and Kuo prefectures. He guarded these two prefectures in the alpine region and guarded against any tribe in Tubo suddenly going crazy.
Among Zhang Zhao's five towns and twenty-two battalions, the above eleven battalions are divided into towns, which is about 11,000 people.
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The remaining eleven battalions are Zhang Zhao's standing central force.
Bai Congxin was appointed as the commander-in-chief of Yingyang Town, with jurisdiction over three battalions.
Er Zhujing is the deputy commander-in-chief of Yucheng Town, commanding the remaining two battalions of Yucheng Town.
Shanzhuer Luo Shande is the deputy commander-in-chief of Hanhai Town and the commander of the first battalion.
Luo Yuer is the commander of the second battalion of Hanhai Town.
Cui Huxin is the commander of the third battalion of Hanhai Town.
Zhao Cunyi is the deputy commander-in-chief of Yucheng Town and the commander of the second battalion.
Guo Guang became the commander of the third battalion of Yucheng Town.
Huangyang'er Huang Yingda is the commander of the Yingyang town camp.
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Murong Nobunaga was the Marquis of Yu, the left capital of the cavalry army, and commanded two thousand fine cavalry.
Li Cunhui, who had just recognized Zhang Zhao as his adoptive father, was appointed the Marquis of Yu, the right capital of the cavalry army, and commanded 1,500 fine cavalry.
Li Ruotai was the capital of the Iron Horse General Yuhou, commanding 600 armored cavalry.
Zhebu Jiashi became Yuhou, the general capital of Youyi, and commanded a thousand horse archers of Youyi who were responsible for exploration and cover. Wen Chongle, Yue Saonu and others were among them as commanders.
Hu Cile was the Marquis of Yu from the left capital of the Uighurs, and was in charge of the Uighur, Dadan, Zubu and other horse archers collected from Juyanhai and the desert to the north.
Shen Nianban served as the Uighur righteous from the right capital Yuhou, and controlled the Uighur light cavalry drawn from the Ganzhou Uighurs.
Although these two Uighur Yicon were in the establishment of Hanshandu, they were actually cannon fodder light cavalry with little or even no armor.
The more than 2,000 infantry troops in Shandu were personally commanded by Zhang Zhao.
All members are equipped with cotton armor, a powerful one-stone bow, a divine arm bow, and a Mo sword. They are the elite among the elite, and they are the team that Zhang Zhao started his career with.
Heroes such as Man Xiong, Dunzhu, Qiongre Duojin, Wang Tongtong, Fanshun, Lu Sanlang are all among them.
At this point, Zhang Zhao's military force team has also been built. There are 22,000 people in the 22nd battalion in the five towns, of which 11,000 are generally stationed in local places and will only be recruited in times of war.
The remaining 11,000 people plus the more than 9,000 people in Hanshandu, an army of just over 20,000, are the mobile forces that Zhang Zhao can mobilize at any time.
Their armor coverage rate reached more than 70%, and together with the Camel Tornado Artillery Corps, which was renamed Shenji Battalion, and the demolition troops from Jindu, there were a total of 32,000 troops.
At the same time, the civilian paramilitary institutions will not be left behind. If there is a war, under extreme circumstances, the united infantry and cavalry of various ministries in the countryside can be recruited. Together with the civilian men, if they all go out, they can gather about 80,000 people. scale.
But with the economic strength and productivity of Longyou in Hexi Province, if we send troops for this purpose, even if we win, we will suffer a disastrous defeat, and if we lose, we will have to destroy the country.
Even if we go out a few more times, whether we win or lose, it will greatly affect production and life.
After the awards were awarded, Zhang Zhao ordered people to draw paintings of Cao Yuanzhong, Murong Guiying, Luo Tongda, Yan Jin, Bai Congxin, Guo Tiance, Liu Zaisheng, Yin Yaozi, Ma Yaozi, Ma Shacai, Luo Shande, Dunzhu, Manxiong, Wang Tongtong , Qiongre Duojin, Cao Yanming, Er Zhujing, Murong Nobunaga, Li Cunhui, Shen Nianban, Cui Huxin, Zhebu Jiashi, Du Lunchixin are called the portraits of the twenty-three loyal ministers who returned to the country from Longyou, Hexi.
He also asked people to open a separate Buddhist cave in Mogao Grottoes. The mural tells the story of Zhang Zhao leading 23 loyal ministers to return to Hexi.
It is sealed in the Mogao Grottoes like his great-grandfather Zhang Taibao's map of the journey of Zhang Yichao, the commander-in-chief of Hexi Province.
In the mural, Zhang Zhao is wearing golden armor, holding a long spear, and a red rabbit horse under his crotch, facing the rising sun and leading the charge.
On the left, there is a heroic and extraordinary white-robed young man with a spear like a dragon, and on the right, there is a black-armored knight with his hands raised like an eagle, shooting a barrage of arrows.
The four generals of Xionghu, Dunzup, Manxiong, Wang Tongtong, and Qiongreduojin behind him easily defeated the enemies surrounding them.
Twenty-three people, all with vivid expressions, like gods.
In the distance, the miserable enemy troops were throwing away their armor and fleeing in confusion.
Because it was painted in Qifeng Pavilion of Jinshan Palace, it is also called the Twenty-Three Loyalties of Feng Pavilion.
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This is the last chapter of the return of the Nine Bends of the Yellow River to the Han Dynasty. From now on, the story only belongs to the Guiyi Army. Even if it is over, the next chapter is about the whole world!
