In the early morning, Zhang Zhao rubbed his groggy eyes and forced himself to get up.
To be honest, at this moment he envied those foolish and mediocre kings in history. I really want to know how they sit in this position and still have time for debauchery every day?
Anyway, I, Saint Zhang, have never been able to relax for a few days since I sat on the throne in Qianyuan Palace.
No, Li Gu from Chuzhou sent a report that his land equalization work in Chuzhou has been basically completed. Chuzhou was full of joy, and the people who won the land strongly supported Zhou's rule in Chuzhou.
This was not the case in Haozhou and Sizhou. Although they were ceded to Zhou, the local wealthy families, instigated by the Liu family of Shouzhou, continued to make trouble.
In order to calm people's hearts, Zhao Cunyi, the inspection and disposal commander of Haosi Prefecture, only brought a thousand people to take office.
I thought that the local tycoons in these places would be wise, but I didn't expect that they would not give them any face at all!
They regarded Zhao Cunyi's show of kindness as a sign of weakness.
Li Gu, who had completed the land equalization in Chuzhou, was attacked on the Bianshui River outside Songzhou City on his way back to Kaifeng Prefecture in Tokyo to report on his work.
After the attackers approached disguised as traders, they suddenly launched a surprise attack. Although Li Gu himself was fine, four guards were killed.
Moreover, the time of the attackers was very accurate. They were stuck in the gap when the team was about to enter Songzhou City, the Wuning Army sent by Ma Shacai had just left and returned to Xuzhou, and the German Army from Songzhou had not yet arrived.
With such accurate timing, it is difficult to say that there were no internal agents in the state and county management and the tooth soldiers in the two towns.
This incident also made Zhang Zhao extremely vigilant, because he could roughly guess why Li Gu was attacked.
Because a rumor has spread widely in the Central Plains recently, saying that Zhang Zhao is planning to give all the upper fields in the Central Plains to the family members of the personal guards and imperial guards from Hexi.
Moreover, 300,000 people in Hexi will move to the Central Plains in the future. At that time, they will be asked to wait for the land in the Central Plains to be completed before it is the turn of the Central Plains people.
Well, it seems that there is nothing wrong with this rumor, and even in the eyes of ordinary people, it is very normal to do so.
Moreover, the people of the Central Plains are not able to share their land. Now that the Central Plains is vast and sparsely populated, what's the rush?
But this is not actually the case. Although the Central Plains has a small population, its population is highly concentrated, and almost all of it is under the control of rural local tyrants.
They built Wubao, occupied fertile farmland, and organized private soldiers. They often used two or three big surnames mixed with other minor surnames, ranging from hundreds to thousands of people, to live in Wubao.
The other people who were not protected by Wubao basically died from the unlimited exploitation by the officials of the later Jin Dynasty and the deprivation of grass by the Khitan people.
The situation that Zhang Zhao is facing now is that his officials' words are not very effective if they go beyond the area of a few miles around the county.
The countryside is all inhabited by the Wubao family. Even in Gyeonggi areas such as Yongqiu (Qixian) and Weishi, which are close to Kaifeng Prefecture in Tokyo, the number of 'wild' people only accounts for less than 20% of the county's population.
As for fertile farmland, it is a precious object that needs constant maintenance. Most of it exists in the hands of the Wubao family. The remaining large amounts of wasteland are shared among the fields, which has no meaning.
Therefore, this rumor is very lethal. The implicit meaning is that Zhang Zhao wants to drive out the Wubao clan in the countryside, give their mature fields to his trusted Hexi soldiers, and then let them cultivate the wasteland.
If this is the case, it is actually driving the people of the Central Plains to death.
This is probably why they were extremely afraid of Zhang Zhao's implementation of land equalization and attacked Li Gu.
However, the local wealthy family alone should not have such great courage and energy to influence the two town armies. There must be someone behind it.
But for Zhang Zhao, it doesn't matter who is pushing it, but should he take the opportunity to clean up the local big families in the Central Plains?
Break their forts, distribute their production tools equally, liberate the people from their forts, and select agricultural doctors to go to various places to ensure productivity, just like in Hexi.
While he was thinking, Zhang Cheng, the right commander of the Hanshandu Infantry Army and the general of the Xuanwu Gate, Zhang Cheng, who was in charge of guarding the palace today, suddenly came to see him.
Zhang Chengcheng is Zhang Xiaobao's elder brother, originally named Zhang Xiaobiao. The father of these two brothers, Zhang Jiadalang, was originally a hunter, so he named his sons after ferocious beasts.
After Zhang Xiaobiao became rich, he felt that the name was too unpleasant, but the name was given by his father and he did not dare to change it. It was Zhang Zhao who solved the problem and gave him the character "成".
After Zhang Cheng arrived, Zhang Liecheng came soon after, and both of them talked about one thing, that is, Zhang Xiaobao wanted to go to Shu and lurk in the Meng Shu army.
Zhang Zhao waved his hand for the two of them to sit down, while he slowly began to think.
Zhang Xiaobao's plan should be very useful, because conquering Shu has always been a one-shot deal.
This is determined by the terrain in central Sichuan. Although the defender has nowhere to hide, the attacker actually has no retreat.
If you can't defeat them, given the terrain in central Sichuan, even if you can retreat, you will die in the enemy's pursuit in the high mountains.
Therefore, the attack on the Southern Tang Dynasty can be slow and slow. Today, a city will be captured, and tomorrow, more than 10,000 of his elite soldiers will be killed. If you repeat this three or four times, you will basically lose the ability to resist.
But to defeat Meng Shu, we must complete our efforts in one battle and attack Chengdu directly in one go.
Moreover, the terrain in central Sichuan is surrounded by natural dangers, but the essence in the middle is undefendable. As long as the natural dangers are broken through, the problem will not be big.
At this time, if there is one of your own in the Meng-Shu army, he does not need much influence. As long as he can release water in certain passes, Shu will be stable.
However, Zhang Zhao did not make a decision immediately, but asked Zhang Cheng.
"Does your father know? There is no danger for my brother to go here. Besides, he has already shed blood for the imperial court, so he should be able to go somewhere and enjoy wealth."
Zhang Cheng raised his hand and said, "All saints work hard at night to benefit all people. My brother is only twenty-one, how can he enjoy wealth and honor?
When he wrote to his ministers, he had already said that my family was originally a shepherd slave, and now we are so rich. In order to repay the saint's kindness, he decided to go to Shu. My father also wrote back from Xiangzhou and fully agreed. "
Zhang Zhao nodded solemnly. There was no problem with the loyalty of the Zhang family, including Liu Gubei's Momo, who was in a similar situation to them.
Without Zhang Zhao, they would almost all be slaves at the lowest level. In a generation or two, they would even forget their ancestral surnames. In addition, they generally believe in Buddhism. They really regard Zhang Zhao as a god.
"The Jinyi Guards Wang Jin of the Hundred Households in Guanzhong Division also submitted a secret letter." Zhang Liecheng immediately handed over the secret report from the Jinyi Guards.
Zhang Zhao opened it and saw that there were three parts in it. One part was a secret report from Zhao Erlang of Qianhu, Liangchuan Division.
The content is a comprehensive analysis of Li Hao and Li Xiaofeng's father and son's status, interpersonal relationships, daily preferences and behavior style in Meng Shu.
The other part is the personal report of Wang Jin, a hundred households in Guanzhong Division. Based on his contact with Li Xiaofeng, he analyzed Li Xiaofeng's temperament, preferences, etc.
Behind the two reports is a summary by deputy commander Zhang Lieming.
After analysis by experts in instigating rebellion and detecting adultery within the Jinyi Guards, the result was that his father Li Hao was extravagant and paid special attention to family status. He was often proud of his great-grandfather Li Shen. Although he was talented and learned, he was not strong-willed.
However, he would not take the initiative to betray Meng Chang, but if it was a done deal, he would still have the courage to resist Zhou.
Li Xiaofeng, who was on this mission, was evaluated as having mediocre abilities, but he still knew loyalty, filial piety and justice.
However, due to the influence of my grandmother, father and family background, I actually only regarded Meng Shu as a separatist regime in my heart.
Like his father, he yearned for a unified dynasty and the glory of his fifth generation ancestor Li Shen as the prime minister of the dynasty.
And another point worth noting is that Li Xiaofeng's qualifications were mediocre, and after he got into his position, he never made any progress.
On the contrary, his fifteen-year-old brother Li Xiaolian was extremely outstanding, beautiful and talented, and was liked by his father Li Hao. Even Meng Chang, the Lord of Shu, liked Li Xiaolian very much and often said that he would choose him as his son-in-law.
The excellence of his younger brother puts great pressure on Li Xiaofeng, the eldest son, who wants to do something to impress his father.
Seeing this, Zhang Zhao chuckled. When a person with mediocre qualifications is unwilling to do nothing but wants to do something, the opportunity comes to take advantage of the loopholes.
This is like engaging in MLM and micro-business. People who have recognized their abilities and are lying flat cannot be deceived. Even smart people will not be fooled by them.
Only those who look smart but actually have mediocre qualifications and are unwilling to remain mediocre for a lifetime are their targets.
Moreover, being a courtesy corporal and making full use of the charisma of the Great Unification and the Central Plains Dynasty are Zhang Shengren’s strengths!
But now there is one last question left, which is whether Li Xiaofeng's uncle Li Dalang and aunt Li Han are willing to cooperate, and are they reliable?
Zhang Liecheng looked at Zhang Zhao, murmuring a little, wanting to say something, but seemed to dare not.
Zhang Zhao glared at him fiercely, and then asked coldly: "You don't want to say bad things about Liu Zaisheng to me, do you?"
Zhang Liecheng shook his head quickly and said with a smile: "I still know everyone's character, so I don't dare to think of slander.
I just feel that Lord Hotan was a little too merciless this time. The hundreds of households sent by Er Chen are still being beaten so hard that they can't even get out of bed. "
Zhang Zhao snorted coldly. The Jinyi guards had actually received Wang Jin's report a long time ago. Zhang Liecheng made the report more perfect and directly sent a hundred households to the military camp in Zhangwu Town, Xiangzhou to investigate. Li Dalang.
As a result, he was caught by Shannan East Road Jiedushi, Zhangwu Town Commander-in-Chief, and Hotan County Duke Liu Zaisheng, and was beaten by the Military Justice Department with a military stick before being sent back to Kaifeng Prefecture in Tokyo.
It's possible that Zhang Liecheng thought it was too simple, but it was more likely a test by this kid.
The Jinyi Guards had always wanted to set up a Guard Operation Department in the army. This time, they probably wanted to take the opportunity to see the opinions of the guards commanders and the general soldiers of each town, so Liu Zaisheng gave him a tough blow.
Zhang Zhao was actually somewhat supportive of Zhang Liecheng's idea, but after recalling it, he immediately extinguished the idea.
Because the captain of the transportation brigade, the Eleventh Marshal Chang Gong, had already set a very eye-catching example. He made Zhang Zhao clearly see the consequences of setting up a secret service in the army.
"When I first arrived at the residence of my uncle, the Emperor, Liu Zaisheng was the commander of the palace guards. In terms of seniority, he was your senior, and in terms of seniority, he was your uncle's generation.
If you send people to the army without saying hello, you are already giving face. If he encounters Zhangye County's stallion Shacai, he dares to directly act according to military law.
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The focus of Jinyi's personal guards should be on Taiyuan, Youzhou and even the Khitan grassland.
Many wealthy families in the Central Plains also need to be monitored. For example, the attack on Li Gu this time is an important target for the next investigation by the Jinyi Guards. "
Zhang Liecheng sighed and quickly accepted the order. He didn't dare to say anything on his face, but he was filled with regret in his heart.
Zhang Zhao also sighed in his heart. Whenever a powerful and violent department is born, there will be countless vested interests, pushing this powerful department to continuously seize greater rights.
Zhang Liecheng may not realize it, or he may be enjoying it, but Zhang Zhao, as the founder and controller of this country, must regulate their behavior.
Not long after Zhang Liecheng left, Guo Tiance came in. After Liu Zaisheng drove away the Jinyi guards who entered the barracks, he sent a secret message to Zhang Zhao telling the story and admitting his mistakes. He was very careful about the situation.
It not only repelled the possible interference of the Jinyi guards on the army, but also controlled the matter to a very small scale.
After Zhang Zhao considered it again and again, he chose to ask Liu Zaisheng to submit the document to the Privy Council in the form of an official document.
We must give the world an impression that he, Zhang Zhao, does not agree with the Jinyi guards joining the army.
However, for Li Dalang of Zhangwu Town to cooperate with the court, this matter must be handled professionally by the Jinyi guards.
So now the only way is to let the Privy Council secretly write a letter to the Jinyi Guards and transfer the matter of Li Dalang to the Jinyi Guards. Guo Tiance came for this matter.
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When Zhang Zhao began to carefully deploy Zhang Xiaobao's idea, Zhang Xiaobao did not expect how big a stir his proposal would cause, because he was in a huge shock.
Looking back now, Zhang Xiaobao sees Lanzhou as what he is familiar with, with streets intersecting, cattle and sheep blocking the roads, young men riding fierce horses and drawing strong bows, waiting for the emperor's call at any time, not asking whether the enemy is strong, but only asking where the enemy is.
Zhang Xiaobao thought that Liangzhou must be the same, but the actual situation almost blinded him.
Because the people and officials of Liangzhou, in addition to possessing the characteristics of Lanzhou people, also add some refinement.
And this elegance is not the elegance that emanates from the bones, but a kind of elegance that is stronger than their own strong bodies.
It feels like a butcher holding a butcher knife is killing pigs and sheep, but what comes out of his mouth is Zhihu.
It is extremely inconsistent with the character of Liangzhou people.
As the first batch of pro-army and imperial soldiers to return to Liangzhou, Zhang Xiaobao and the others received a grand welcome.
Zhang Huaiqing, who stayed behind in Xijing, even came forward in person and organized a banquet to welcome them.
This banquet was different from the Hexi-style, bold and uninhibited banquet organized by Jia Yanchang, the governor of Lanzhou.
Everyone was actually wearing Taoist robes and net scarves on their heads, looking like scholars.
The banquet was also a little less brave and heroic, and a little more specious and elegant.
Rather than being elegant scholars, they are more like a pack of wolves in sheep's clothing.
The most important entertainment activity during the dinner was actually writing poetry!
For example, Zhang Huaiqing, who stayed in Xijing, composed a poem: "The bright moon shines in the sky, and the beauty on the earth arrives." If there are dark clouds covering it, who knows whether it is pretty or not? '
Well...! how to say? It rhymes quite a bit!
After Zhang Huaiqing finished composing the poem, everyone looked at Zhang Xiaobao.
Zhang Xiaobao pointed to his nose in horror, "You don't want me to compose poems, do you?"
"Don't you know how? You've been in the Central Plains for so long, and you've stayed in Chang'an and Luoyang. Don't you know how to write poetry? Don't you have any literary talent?"
An old man from the Yin family asked Zhang Xiaobao with his nose raised and his eyes raised.
Zhang Xiaobao was dumbfounded for a moment and carefully recalled what he had done in the Central Plains.
It seems that I have killed a lot of people, received a lot of rewards, and been promoted to a higher rank, but I have never learned to write poetry!
When the old man from the Yin family saw Zhang Xiaobao's speechless expression, he immediately started to tremble.
However, this angered Zhang Xiaobao's cousin. This old man who had been a herdsman all his life but suddenly became rich had two negative qualities.
The first is to never allow anyone to say anything bad about Zhang Zhao.
The second nature is to be extremely protective of the next generation of descendants who joined the army to kill the enemy and supported the entire Zhang family.
Seeing the expression on the Yin family's old man's face, Old Man Zhang exploded. He suddenly jumped out, his hands like sticks, and smashed directly into the Yin family's old man's chest.
The old man from the Yin family was caught off guard and was knocked to the ground immediately, but he got up immediately, and the two of them fought in the banquet hall.
And the people around them have long been impatient to pretend to be polite, except for Zhang Huaiqing who shouted, "It's an insult to politeness, it's an insult to politeness!" 'In addition to wanting to maintain the feeling of being a cultured person, everyone started to boo.
Zhang Xiaobao was outside the crowd, watching them make a fuss in the banquet hall. In the end, the old man from the Yin family and the old man from the Zhang family found two sets of armor stomachs from nowhere.
The two men were wearing cowhide armor, holding a black-painted wooden stick in one hand and a shield in the other, and they actually started fighting in the banquet hall while fully armed.
If Zhang Zhao were here, he would definitely open his mouth and shout in an extremely familiar manner, "Isn't this just full armor fighting?" '
finally!
Zhang Xiaobao wiped the cold sweat from his forehead. After the two elders got into a fight, he finally felt that the temperament belonging to Liangzhou was back.
He finally felt relieved, Liangzhou seemed to be the same Liangzhou.
So the banquet that day ended with all kinds of fighting and frolics. Zhang Xiaobao didn't even know when he would go home because he was already so drunk.
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The chirping of birds in the early morning woke Zhang Xiaobao up again, but this time there was no soft and hot body around him, only a few half-year-old nephews banging on his door outside.
It turns out that today is the day that Zhang Xiaobao made an appointment with them to go back to Baima Village together.
After a simple wash and two biscuits, Zhang Xiaobao was urged by his nephews to ride out of Liangzhou City. It seemed that they didn't like the weirdness of Liangzhou City.
After leaving the city full of strange Zhihu Zhiye and camouflaged by long robes, Zhang Xiaobao clearly felt as soon as he left Liangzhou City that the city had undergone greater changes than before he left.
There seemed to be more merchants traveling from west to east. Various people had broken through Liangzhou's city wall and formed a large gathering area outside the city close to the city wall.
Due to the prosperity of Liangzhou City, Liangzhou's agricultural products can always be sold at a good price. Therefore, in the countryside, the land shared by the soldiers is extremely valuable.
However, one problem is that at least 30% to 40% of the land here is not well cultivated and cultivated.
With such an advantage, there is still land that has not been cultivated carefully, which can only mean one problem.
The prime-age labor force left around Liangzhou, or the Yi Cong of Liangzhou who were regarded as confidants by the saint, has been lost in recent times.
In fact, this can be seen from Zhang Xiaobao's family. Originally, their family, including their father, elder brother, one younger brother, mother, sister-in-law, etc., had an average land area of 1,700 acres.
But how many people in their family are taking care of these fields now?
The answer was no one. His elder brother was already the Yuhou of the right capital of the infantry in Shandu, and his father was a battalion commander in Wuwei Town.
The seventeen-year-old younger brother Yunwen Yunwu has already been admitted to the Longtao Academy newly established by the sage, and also passed last year's Ming Jing Ke examination.
It is said that the saint admired him very much and intended to promote him to serve as a bachelor of Hanlin.
So now, their family can't even afford a man to farm, and with their current status and the rewards and wealth they have received.
The more than 1,700 acres of land in Liangzhou, which is more than 3,000 miles away, is really a bit useless.
So when Zhang Xiaobao came back this time, he actually had one more thing to do, which was to think of ways to lease out the 1,700 acres of equal land that could not be transferred.
I don’t expect much annual output, but if I can earn tens of thousands more, that’s not bad.
However, when they arrived at Xiabaima Village, Zhang Xiaobao quickly discovered that this idea would not work at all.
Because Xiabaima Village, which originally had a population of hundreds, now only has about thirty men left.
Among them, there are at least ten people who retired due to injuries. Because of their disabilities, they cannot farm much land.
Each of the remaining people has at least four to five hundred acres of land. After they have finished their own work, they really cannot afford to rent other land.
Moreover, Zhang Xiaobao knew that if the war in the Central Plains became urgent again and the Saint wanted to mobilize troops from Hexi, it is estimated that many of the remaining twenty people would be mobilized as righteous cavalry or unity archers.
This was something Zhang Xiaobao had never thought about before. He stood at the gate of this familiar yet unfamiliar Xiabaima Village and thought about it for a long time.
It is impossible to imagine that the land that was originally regarded as a treasure would actually lose its value in Liangzhou.
This Liangzhou seems to be different.
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