Of course, the Yunmeng thieves who once roamed Jiangxi, Hunan, Jingnan and Xiajiang, defeated several official armies many times, and affected several states; they were destroyed in just a few days, and even the Seventy-two Chain Dock When the news that it was also destroyed reached Jiangling Mansion, there was an uproar.
For a time, some people were happy, some were worried, and some could not sleep all night; but more often there were voices of disbelief, or they simply thought that this was just an over-whitewashed and exaggerated victory, just like in the records of government crusade many times before, Those who were swept away by Li Ting had average results.
However, when the corpses of the aquatic beasts that were specially selected to be displayed as trophies were dragged back to the embankment outside Jiangling City by the requisitioned ships, all the voices of doubt and speculation filled the Jiangling Mansion. , all of a sudden lost their voices.
But the one who became even more excited and active was Zhong Sunji, who was the supervisory censor of the Tao. As if he suddenly found the meaning of his many years of service, he signed a large number of official documents in one breath with great cooperation; in the following days, he continued to arrest people and summon them for questioning.
Although most of the Yunmeng thieves gathered in Qianjiang County have either turned into deformed aliens or become the blood of their former companions; Pang Xun, through clearing out and hunting down the remnants of the Yunmeng thieves who were looting the periphery, , still obtained a lot of evidence and clues that are constantly involved in the local area.
Therefore, as the place gradually stabilized after the war, it officially entered the stage of settling accounts after the fall. From the chief officials of the six chambers of Jiangling Prefecture to the officials of the three divisions and four envoys, almost everyone was implicated; and the temporary detention center was overcrowded, and the imperial censor's office was always busy.
Those local officials who had secretly pushed back or held back when Pang Xun led the army were also interrogated and examined by the Yushiyuan; although not all of them could be convicted, by tracing various past dereliction of duties, and the suspicion of incompetence, which also left many positions vacant.
But for all this, Jiang Tian just watched with cold eyes. The purpose of being ordered to go south to Jiangling in the face of danger has basically been achieved; the subsequent process of local reconstruction and restoration of order, the resulting power game, and the internal struggle of right and wrong in the officialdom are not what he cares about. of.
Whether it was Zhong Sunji, the supervisory censor who took advantage of this incident to make a big deal about his own existence and performance; or it was derived from Pang Xun's selfishness and self-defeating methods of "clear grudges" and "revenge must be avenged without leaving the night"; As long as it wasn't particularly excessive, Jiang Tian would just let it go.
What he cares more about is the details exposed in this battle, or the various experiences and lessons learned from it; he hopes to complete the special corresponding guidance manual that is being compiled so that it can be promoted to more armies and places. It can also minimize the losses of some soldiers and civilians.
By the way, from the local officers and guest troops participating in the war, some soldiers with extraordinary courage, firm beliefs, excellent physical fitness or unique specialties were selected and included in the waiting list of the fifth battalion of laymen. As an emergency mobile force that takes turns stationed on one side, their daily losses are not small.
Therefore, in addition to the expanded five battalion posts, a number of military orders have also been specially designated as subsequent supplementary sources. For example, the original left and right regiments of Xijingli Xingyuan were roughly derived from the left and right Jinwu Guards and the Jinwu Sixth Street Envoy; later, Zuowu Guards and Right Xiaowei were added.
Then it was expanded to the rural soldiers of the nineteen military offices in the west of Beijing... As the supervisor of the Xijingli Academy, Jiang Tian, in addition to selecting expert members from the lay troops, or candidates recommended through review ;Similarly, it can also determine a certain number of waiting places for each layman camp;
This was also a disguised favor to return Pang Xun's favor, as a reward for his full cooperation from beginning to end. In fact, after this battle, he also revealed some secrets in private, hoping to maintain and deepen the cooperative relationship for a long time, and even represented the intention of some people to secretly join his disciples...
However, Jiang Tian only initially accepted his goodwill, but at the same time, he also needed more time to observe and test. However, the things discovered behind the Yunmeng Thieves rebellion this time are intriguing; for example, the Beast Worshiping Cult/Qilin Society in Jiangling Prefecture has just begun to take shape, and the Yunmeng Thieves merged with it.
Unlike those beasts in the north that wander around and cause trouble, the beast worshipers who are now active in the south have actually successfully changed their appearance and gone dormant; if not for a series of changes in the world that forced them to take action, they might still have Hidden deeper in the darkness.
And the relevant people involved include local officials, wealthy businessmen and large households... and even the looming princes and vassals behind the scenes, are there people involved? This is a bit scary to think about. But I don’t know when it started to be infiltrated and influenced by demonic forces.
But no matter what, with the pacification of the Jiangling Incident/Monster Rebellion, this hub that controls the upper and lower reaches of the river has regained its safety and smoothness. To this end, more than a dozen regional business gangs/guild halls and more than fifty business owners in Jiangling City jointly contributed a large sum of money to reward the teachers.
In addition to the previous seizures in the depths of Yunmeng Daze, in addition to the gold and silver artifacts handed over as trophies, the remaining large amounts of treasures are also legal gains by default. Basically, all of them were distributed uniformly by Jiang Tian based on the amount of effort and performance, plus the specific achievements gained.
In other words, the wealth and resources of two worlds can be obtained anytime and anywhere, and Jiang Tian no longer looks down on these incomes. In contrast, the silk and tea that had been accumulated in Jiangling Mansion in large quantities before and could now be quickly escorted north was the key to his focus...
According to some of the internal information and information secretly revealed by Liu Zhan, the Prime Minister before leaving, this seems to involve the long-term peace and stability of the foreign vassal princes and the stability of the dynasty and vassal system. For example, the princes in the north of the Great Wall/outside the Great Wall also occupied a very important ecological niche in the feudal system of the four barbarians and nine borders of the Tang Dynasty.
This is not only because of its value as the heartland of the Tang Dynasty, as a buffer zone and peripheral barrier on the grassland; it also has a corresponding economic model and a supporting tribute system that has been operating for many years.
In other words, after Liang Gong, the predecessor of the time traveler, defeated and disintegrated the grassland power headed by the Uighur Khanate, he also designed a so-called enfeoffment system of princes outside the Great Wall to fill the power gap left by them. It is to entrust meritorious people along the grassland and rivers.
Of course, with the relatively backward production methods and fragile ecological system on the grasslands, it is actually difficult to support too many unemployed people, or even maintain the Central Plains-style complex feudal bureaucracy. Therefore, it is a necessary condition and key to compensate these princes outside the Great Wall and maintain Chineseization.
The most preferred approach is to integrate its resource output according to local conditions into the huge tribute/trade system with the Celestial Dynasty as the core. Facts have proved that the imperial court's expenditure on purchasing ores, livestock, furs and woolen products was much less than the military expenditures for year-round border preparations.
After these princes outside the Great Wall established themselves on the grasslands, in order to maintain basic dignity and maintain a decent quality of life, they also had to rely on the long-term supply from the Central Plains for all aspects of food, clothing, housing, transportation, and daily life; and the price they had to pay for being a vassal outside the Great Wall was Northern hunting.
That is to say, these princes outside the Great Wall will spontaneously gather and organize people and horses every once in a while, and go deep into the tundra zone further north of the grassland; capturing and plundering like cutting grass, the wild nomadic tribesmen and fishermen and hunters that continue to breed Savage. Then as one of the tribute payers.
Therefore, under the current dynasty system, for the princes and foreign vassals from all over the world, the Tang Dynasty is the central control and coordination hub for the needs of all parties in the world; once there is a problem with one of the pipelines or network cables, It can easily involve and affect a large area.
And once something went wrong in the center of the Tang Dynasty, except for a few vassals such as Daxia and Nanhai that were strong enough to sustain themselves, it would undoubtedly have disastrous consequences for the other princes and foreign vassals from all over the world. Maybe what happened in Jiangling Mansion was just the beginning?
