Zhao Haiping is in the historical slice.
Dongping.
"General, these are all Fake Chu's household registration books. With these, the household registration and tax situation of Fake Chu's hometown will be clear!"
Zhao Haiping nodded and asked his men to place these books properly.
Since the second great victory in Zhuxian Town, the situation among the Qi, Jin, and Zhaoyi armies has changed several times.
First, Qi Gaozong surrendered on the spot and issued an edict to appease General Han Fuyue. At the same time, he expressed his intention to recruit troops, probably because he was afraid that he would actually attack him on the spot;
Wanyan Sheng suffered heavy losses, and the Jin people were unable to fight anymore, so they had to retreat temporarily and sign a peace treaty with the Qi Dynasty;
As for the Zhaoyi Army led by Zhao Haiping, they continue to fight on the land north of the Huaihe River.
Although from an emotional point of view, Zhao Haiping would like to fight directly south and directly destroy the Dog Emperor and Qin Huizhi, from a rational point of view, this idea is obviously not realistic for the time being.
At this time, the Qi Dynasty still had the legal principles to rule, and there were still a large number of people and troops in the south who were loyal to the Qi Dynasty.
General Han Fuyue, played by Zhao Haiping, did not actually rebel at this time. He only established the Zhaoyi Army and was in a state of obeying orders but not obeying orders.
Qi Gaozong asked him to retreat, but he stayed to continue the fight and defeated the Jin army. Morality was on Zhao Haiping's side.
But if he really left the Jin alone and raised his troops to fight south, he would have lost his morality. Not to mention the chances of winning on the battlefield, the soldiers under his command might mutiny.
Therefore, this matter cannot be rushed.
During this period, Zhao Haiping led the Zhaoyi Army and was basically doing two things.
The first is to distribute all the captured land to the people who provided military supplies for the Zhaoyi Army and the soldiers who made military exploits as originally agreed.
Second, he continued to pursue and attack Puppet Chu on his territory.
The Puppet Chu was a puppet regime established by the Jin Army in the north of the Qi Dynasty a few years ago. The emperor was Liu Yu, the original surrender of the Qi Dynasty.
The Puppet Chu was originally set to be based in Damingfu, one of the five capitals of the Qi Dynasty. However, because it was afraid of the resistance of the soldiers and civilians of Damingfu, it later moved to Dongping and established its rule here.
The Puppet Chu's territory started from the Shaanxi Road bordering the original Qi Dynasty and Xixia in the west, to Shandong in the east, and to the Huaihe River in the south. It can be said that only two out of five of the original Qi Dynasty's territories were lost.
Most of the old lands of the Qi Dynasty that the Jin people conquered were handed over to the puppet Chu regime. The Jin people themselves ruled an area east of Hedong including Zhending Prefecture and Daming Prefecture.
Of course there is a reason for the Jin people to do this.
At that time, the Jin people were still in a slave society. Compared with the rule of the Qi Dynasty, it could be said to be extremely cruel, and the level of governance was very low.
Although they can use powerful military force to conquer these lands, they cannot establish long-term and stable governance in a short time.
Therefore, the Jin people decided to support Liu Yu in establishing a puppet regime and help them temporarily manage these areas and slowly digest them.
In real history, seven years after the establishment of Puppet Chu, it did not achieve the desired effect of the Jin people. This puppet regime not only failed to share the Jin people's worries, but was beaten violently by many generals of the Qi Dynasty. The Jin people had to send troops to rescue them, which became a big burden.
As a result, the Jin people abolished Puppet Chu and began to rule this area by themselves.
At this time, the Jin people actually had not had time to destroy Puppet Chu, because they were beaten by Zhao Haiping and lost their way.
Zhao Haiping started with Puppet Chu.
The rule of the Puppet Chu was already unpopular. At this time, the situation was already in turmoil and rebel armies were rising everywhere. The Zhaoyi Army was fighting in this area, which was almost like a home battle.
Moreover, Xu Chu is not only dishonest, but also very rich. In order to support him, the Jin people gave many war horses, and these horses were naturally captured by Zhao Haiping.
At this time, Zhao Haiping had led Zhaoyi's army all the way to Dongping, and the puppet Chu emperor Liu Yu had long since fled to the Kingdom of Jin.
Zhao Haiping naturally took over the old place of Puppet Chu.
Then, Zhao Haiping stopped temporarily.
Because after conquering such a large territory, he had to digest it a little.
The Zhaoyi Army did not have many people at first, and only about 30,000 people from the 100,000-strong army actually stayed behind voluntarily.
But after that, they fought all the way, fought and won, and people from all over the country joined in. So at this time, the army in Zhao Haiping's hands had once again reached one hundred thousand, which was even greater than when he was under the Qi Dynasty.
Problems also arise.
First of all, the quality of these soldiers is uneven. Among them are hypocritical prisoners, ordinary farmers who have never fought, and some green forest people with charlatanism.
To transform them all into qualified soldiers, it still takes a certain amount of time of hard training.
Moreover, these conquered lands must also be garrisoned by separate troops.
One very important reason why Zhao Haiping was able to win consecutive battles and gain overwhelming momentum was that he would really allocate land to these farmers and soldiers!
In the process of dividing land, there will inevitably be obstacles.
For example, what should we do if we conquer some areas, but the local powerful families occupy a large amount of fertile land and are unwilling to distribute these fertile lands to farmers and soldiers?
Whether it is killing chickens to scare monkeys or killing them all to redistribute the land, in short, a strong army is needed to carry out the operation of dividing the land.
Otherwise, after the army leaves, these lands will still be taken back, which would be like working in vain.
What's more, although Jin Ren and Qi Chao seemed to be defeated at this time, no one could say whether they would see the opportunity and suddenly come back. It would be embarrassing if the empty space behind was stolen.
Therefore, after Zhao Haiping took over Puppet Chu's large territory, he temporarily stopped and began to rectify internally and slowly digest it.
And he is very convinced that as long as he is given a year or two, he can create a victorious army of kings!
Because the army composed of farmers and good family members was synonymous with invincibility in ancient times.
Look at the older dynasties, such as Da Chu, or the early years of the Liang Dynasty. The reason why those soldiers are so powerful is because they are mostly composed of farmers and good family members.
Although it sounds like soldiers who combine military and peasantry are no match for specially recruited professional soldiers, in actual fighting this is not the case at all.
Because when recruiting soldiers, the soldiers are given nothing more than money and food, and under the premise of large-scale recruitment like the Qi Dynasty, the money and food given will not be very much.
To say that it is attractive to soldiers, it is actually very insufficient.
The key to the integration of soldiers and farmers is that these soldiers can obtain land through military merit. In ancient times, land was the most important means of production, unmatched by any gold or silver treasure.
The gold and silver may be squandered, but the land can be passed down from generation to generation, so that future generations can have a stable meal.
As for why these armies collapsed...
That's because this kind of military-civilian integration system can never withstand land annexation.
As land continues to be annexed, these soldiers lose their land, and their combat effectiveness will plummet after being neglected for a long time. They have neither the ability nor the motivation to fight, and the entire military system will naturally collapse.
But no matter what, in the early years of the dynasty, as long as the division of land can be implemented, it is almost possible to create a strong army with an extremely strong will to fight.
This was almost always the case for dynasties such as Chu, Liang, and Sheng, which had extremely strong martial virtues in their early stages.
The Qi Dynasty won the country unfairly, so in the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China, the problem of land annexation had always existed, and it could not be solved at all later.
But now, Zhao Haiping uses the Zhaoyi Army to attack the puppet Chu territories. Although these are the old territories of the Qi Dynasty, they have been occupied for many years, so the resistance to many things is naturally much smaller.
However, in the next two years, in addition to dividing land and training troops, Zhao Haiping also has two very important things to do.
One is to use the Zhaoyi Army as the skeleton to temporarily establish a military control system to govern this area.
The second is to negotiate peace with the Jin people and the Qi Dynasty.
The former is actually not that difficult, because...it all depends on the support of peers.
The taxes of the Qi Dynasty were extremely heavy. Many taxes followed the old system of the previous dynasty, but many new taxes were added later. Wang Wenchuan wanted to solve this problem when he carried out the reform, but in the end it only increased the burden on the people.
During the Qi Dynasty, some people said: "The ancient methods of carving and peeling are all prepared in this dynasty." Others said: "The amount of taxes in this dynasty is seven times that of Liang and dozens of times that of Chu."
All in all, the Qi Dynasty exploited the people a lot, and recorded the most peasant uprisings in history books than any other dynasty.
Most of these taxes were spent on redundant soldiers, redundant officials, and redundant expenses.
In addition to the huge expenses of maintaining the bureaucracy, they also had to pay tribute to the Jin people. This was a very huge burden.
Under Puppet Chu's rule, people's lives became even more difficult.
In fact, Pupu Chu really considered implementing the tithe law at first. If it could be implemented, it would indeed greatly reduce the burden on farmers, and it might even be more popular than the Qi Dynasty.
But it is still the key problem that Wang Wenchuan encountered during his reform: his ability to control the grassroots is simply not enough!
How can it be possible for those powerful families to implement this kind of tax law honestly? It is inevitable that they will collude with the officials, and ultimately the heavy burden will be transferred to the common people.
And whether it is the Qi Dynasty or the Puppet Chu Dynasty, it is impossible to really use the sword against the powerful, after all, it is the foundation of their rule.
As a result, this new tax law could not continue, and it returned to the old way of the Qi Dynasty.
In addition, the Puppet Chu was actually a puppet regime supported by the Jin people. If the Jin people wanted to use troops, it would have to help draw troops; if the Jin people wanted to continuously obtain various materials from here, it would have to continuously Exploiting people.
You can only imagine how the people are doing.
But what is surprising is that even if the Puppet Chu regime has reached this level, its rule does not cause anger and resentment, and the people are in dire straits. Compared with the Qi Dynasty, it still has a slight advantage.
Historical records record that as the Puppet Chu rule continued, order and agricultural production in the Central Plains gradually recovered, and many people slowly accepted the rule of the Puppet Chu regime.
There are fewer and fewer people like Yu Jiaxuan who start an uprising whenever they disagree.
As a result, many officials and generals of the Qi Dynasty began to worry that the people of the Central Plains would become increasingly polluted as time went by, and they would no longer be able to move in the same direction.
In short, although Puppet Chu's governance ability was not very good, compared with Qi Chaolai, whose governance ability was equally poor, they were evenly matched.
In real history, because Qin Huizhi's policy of "returning south to south and returning north to north" after he came to power completely betrayed the northern people of Qi Dynasty, and the Jin people quickly abolished the puppet Chu regime and directly established rule, So over time, Beidi was completely separated from the Qi Dynasty.
If Taizu Sheng hadn't regained this area two hundred years later, I'm afraid the "Northerners" and "Southerners" would really have become two completely different races.
And in this slice of history, none of that happens.
Because General Han Fuyue played by Zhao Haiping is here!
What Qi Chao and Puppet Chu couldn't do, he could do.
Are the powerful local families disobedient? Not paying taxes properly?
It's easy to say that this solution is the same as their failure to divide the land honestly.
kill!
Kill the chicken first to scare the monkeys, kill one to serve as a warning to hundreds, and if someone does it again, then continue killing!
These powerful families do have a certain degree of power, but they are fundamentally different from the manorial forces that dominated one side in the late Liang Dynasty.
After more than a hundred years of rule by the Qi Dynasty, the local governments were constantly weakened and the central government strengthened. The tyranny of these local areas was no longer the same concept as the tyranny of the Chu and Liang dynasties in the last years. Facing the Zhaoyi Army's front, they had no power to fight back.
Although this move will cause Zhao Haiping to encounter a lot of resistance in the process of expanding his territory. In the land that accepts the puppet Chu regime, there are a large number of powerful people who will rise up to resist, but so what?
People support!
A large number of people were looking forward to getting a piece of land after the Zhaoyi Army came over, so they enthusiastically joined the army and actively transported military supplies to the front line.
Under such a situation of ebb and flow, these powerful people cannot make any waves at all.
There are only two ways in front of them, either be obedient or die!
For Qi Dynasty and Puppet Chu, these powerful people have their own methods. They can bribe low-level officials, collude with these officials, and jointly transfer heavy taxes to the people, and they can also conceal their own land properties.
But for General Han Fuyue, they would not be able to do this.
Because the Zhaoyi Army at this time was actually a military government controlled entirely by soldiers. Those who came to divide the fields and collect taxes were all junior officers in the Zhaoyi Army.
And what kind of team is the Zhaoyi Army?
If you freeze to death, don't demolish your house; if you starve to death, don't plunder.
According to historical records, General Han Fuyue once passed by a private house and found that a piece of thatch was missing from the new house, so he asked again and again. At first, the people said that it was blown away by the wind, but later General Han found out that it turned out that a soldier was too anxious when he mounted his horse, so he accidentally knocked down the piece of thatch when he mounted his horse.
General Han Fuyue immediately demanded military justice, but in the end he just beat the family with a military stick after crying and begging.
Under such strict military laws, soldiers bought firewood from ordinary people's homes, and the ordinary people voluntarily accepted two cents less, but the soldiers refused and did not dare.
With such an army, if they are asked to divide the fields and collect taxes, who would dare to accept bribes from the powerful?
If you don't even dare to touch a tile in a civilian's home, how can you live with the powerful in a fish and meat village?
Therefore, what the Qi Dynasty and the Puppet Chu could not do in the north, the Zhaoyi Army could do.
The people in the north were all rejoicing, almost eating pots of juice to welcome the Zhaoyi army. In the areas that had been conquered, the people were also actively farming and joining the army. After all, they did not want the Qi Dynasty or the Jin people to come back and return to their original days of being exploited and oppressed.
The entire Northland was firmly in the hands of the Zhaoyi Army, which was constantly digesting and improving the combat power of the Zhaoyi Army.
During this process, Zhao Haiping also had frequent contacts with envoys from the Jin Kingdom and Qi Dynasty.
Obviously, both Qi and Jin could not ignore this powerful force, and began to... each have their own thoughts.
…
"Meet General Han!"
The envoys of the Jin people kowtowed respectfully on the ground.
Dongping was originally the capital of the Puppet Chu, and after Zhao Haiping captured Dongping, he naturally set it up as a camp and ordered the army to be stationed here, so that the power of the Zhaoyi Army could continuously radiate to the entire territory of the Puppet Chu.
At this time, the situation has reached a certain balance point.
The original situation was Jin-Pseudo-Chu-Qi, where Pseudo-Chu was the puppet regime of Jin Li, so basically it had no other use except being beaten.
But now, it has become Jin-Zhaoyi Army-Qi.
Zhaoyi's army stood between Qi and Jin, and its combat effectiveness was far superior to that of Qi and Jin. The Jin people had just been beaten violently by Zhaoyi's army, so they naturally did not dare to neglect. They wanted to negotiate peace first and make every effort to resolve domestic conflicts, and then proceed slowly.
Qi and Jin both wanted to lead Zhaoyi's army to the other side. They don't want to take action on their own to fight against this tough nut.
That's why the Jin people's envoys were so respectful, even more respectful than they were in front of the Qi emperor.
After all, the man in front of him was General Han Fuyue, the military god of the generation who had beaten the Jin people's warriors into hiding.
Zhao Haiping said calmly: "What's the purpose of the Golden Envoy?"
The envoy from the Kingdom of Jin had a respectful attitude: "General Han, your Majesty has sent me to ask for peace. Years of war have made the people miserable. At this time, most of the old lands of the Qi Dynasty that were gained by the Kingdom of Jin have been recovered by the general, and the two countries of Jin and Qi have also lost their lives. After establishing a peace treaty and not committing any further offenses against each other, why don't the generals stop fighting, disband their troops and return to their fields?"
Zhao Haiping smiled slightly: "Of course peace talks are possible. But if you want to have peace talks, you should always show some sincerity. You don't know about the relationship between our Zhaoyi Army and the Qi Dynasty. So the peace negotiation between you and the Qi Dynasty has nothing to do with me.
"To negotiate peace with the Zhaoyi Army, we need to re-clarify the conditions."
Zhao Haiping's attitude at this time is very simple, that is, the lion is asking for as much benefit as possible!
The Zhaoyi Army wants to slowly digest the huge north and obtain a stable source of soldiers and money for itself. Therefore, in the next one or two years, it will not continue the Northern Expedition, but will stabilize the rear.
But the Jin people didn't know this.
From the Jin people's point of view, they were counting on the Qi Dynasty to stab Zhaoyi's army? That's basically no hope.
Therefore, if Zhaoyi's army does not go south to attack Qi Dynasty, it is still very likely that it will continue the Northern Expedition.
At this time, the Jin people were in chaos in the rear and needed to go back to rectify the situation, so they needed to make a peace agreement with the Zhaoyi Army and a truce between the two sides.
After all, the Jin people never imagined that General Han Fuyue, played by Zhao Haiping, had such a big plan, that he wanted to slowly digest the entire Northland, and then use it as a basis to annex the world.
It can only be said that soldiers are crafty. Zhao Haiping was clearly going to start recuperating, but he still made the Jin people think that he was going to continue the Northern Expedition. This was also a type of military art.
When the Jin envoy heard this, his face became more submissive: "This is natural, General Han. Our court is willing to make a document to use Hebei East Road, Damingfu, Henanfu, Hezhongfu, and the Yellow River as the boundaries, so that we and the Zhaoyi Army will not invade each other. "
The southern area of this line mentioned by Jin Envoy is basically the area actually controlled by the puppet Chu regime.
In other words, what the Jin people mean is that you have already occupied the territory of Puppet Chu, so let’s just make a peace agreement with you and stop fighting.
In the Jin people's view, this was indeed some kind of concession. After all, it was a document that recognized this area as belonging to the Zhaoyi Army.
However, Zhao Haiping's face darkened: "Is this the Jinren's sincerity?
"This area belongs to the Qi Dynasty, and our Zhaoyi Army captured it in a dignified manner! Does it matter whether there is a peace agreement from you Jin people or not? Such a peace agreement is just a piece of waste paper!"
When Ambassador Jin saw General Han Fuyue's expression change, he became a little panicked and said quickly: "General Han, this matter can be discussed again."
Zhao Haiping already had a clear idea and said: "It's very simple, cede Zhending Mansion, Taiyuan Mansion, Longde Mansion, Hejian Mansion and other places to Zhaoyi Army! With Yanyun as the boundary, restore Jingping The border between the two countries will be marked during the year!"
Ambassador Jin couldn't help but grin: "This... General Han..."
Zhao Haiping said with a cold face: "Go back and tell the Emperor of Jin that this is my only condition! If you don't agree, then ask him to be ready, and I will go straight to Huanglong!"
After that, Zhao Haiping kicked the Jin envoy out directly.
The large area he wants now is basically the entire Hedong Road.
This area was not within the control of the Puppet Chu regime, but was ruled by the Jin people.
The reason is simple: the location of this area is very important, with Taiyuan and other important military towns, and the Jin people are worried about handing it over to the Puppet Chu.
Of course, Zhao Haiping will not be satisfied with just accepting the old land of Chu Chu. Peace talks are all about a lion's mouth.
Whoever has a strong gun will have the confidence to speak!
The party with superior military strength can continuously increase various conditions. Otherwise, wouldn't it be a pity for the soldiers who fought bloody battles at the front?
The Jin people were well aware of this, so when negotiating peace with the Qi Dynasty, the lion opened his mouth and asked for a price, and even said that General Han Fuyue must be killed before peace talks could take place.
But now, it's the golden man's turn to be the blackmailed party.
At this time, it is really possible for Zhao Haiping to take these places back without any blood.
Because Hedong is the area where the rebel resistance is most intense, and it is also the area where General Han Fuyue is most expected to come to rescue them. Under the fierce resistance, the Jin people's rule in this area has long been in turmoil.
The Jin people didn't even care about the rear, let alone this area.
Of course, the status of Taiyuan Prefecture is too important. During the Jingping Incident, it was because of the obstruction of the important town of Taiyuan that the Western Army was frustrated when the Jin soldiers went south for the first time.
The Jin people may not agree to cede Taiyuan.
But Zhao Haiping originally did not only have peace talks. He can also put aside the matter of stabilizing the rear for a while and then continue fighting. When the time comes, it will depend on who can hold on first, the Zhaoyi Army or the Jin people.
And Zhao Haiping was very sure that he was definitely not the one who couldn't hold on first.
…
More than a month later, the golden envoy came again.
During this period, Zhao Haiping was not idle either. He sent the elite Zhaoyi Army from Daliang and Damingfu, the original Qi capital, to attack Xiangzhou, Xingzhou, Hejian and other places.
There were a few more moderate victories.
This is called using war to promote peace and putting pressure on the Jin people.
This great victory did not even use the main force of the Zhaoyi Army. It only relied on a partial division of 30,000 to 40,000 people plus tens of thousands of rebels in these places to achieve quite impressive results.
As a result, the Jin people finally recognized the reality and no longer had illusions.
The golden envoy came again and made substantial concessions. All areas south of Taiyuan were ceded to the Zhaoyi Army.
At this time, only a few areas such as Taiyuan Prefecture and Zhending Prefecture were left compared to the largest territory when the Qi Dynasty was restored.
Regarding this result, although Zhao Haiping is still tough on the surface, he has actually achieved the expected result in his heart.
After all, the Jin people are not cowardly Qi Dynasty. It is almost impossible for them to spit out Taiyuan City so willingly.
Taiyuan is a fortified city with a dangerous terrain. The Jin army besieged it for several months before conquering it.
The Jin people did not have large-scale siege equipment, and neither did the Zhaoyi army.
Therefore, this is exactly the opposite of the situation during the Jingping period: the Jin people could not capture the fortified city, but they would win every battle in the field. At this time, the Zhaoyi Army was also sure to win every battle in the field, but if they wanted to conquer a city like Taiyuan , but it is also difficult.
The top brass of the Jin people are basically generals who know military skills. It is really unrealistic for them to cede Taiyuan City just like this.
Do you want to keep fighting? It is unlikely that the Zhaoyi Army will really capture Taiyuan in the short term. At most, it will capture the surrounding areas of Taiyuan. But this would not only take a long time, but also affect the Zhaoyi Army's rest and recuperation.
Therefore, Zhao Haiping decided to give up as soon as possible.
Although Taiyuan could not be obtained in this peace negotiation, the places he originally proposed have basically been obtained.
The area actually controlled by the Zhaoyi Army was bounded by the Huaihe River and Dashan Pass in the south and Taiyuan in the north. Basically, it included more than one-third of the original Qi Dynasty territory.
After a year or two, after digesting the Northland, the Zhaoyi Army's strength has greatly improved, and then they will recapture Taiyuan, Zhending Mansion and Yanyun together.
After all, aren't things like peace talks meant to be torn up?
Zhao Haiping had a gloomy face and finally nodded: "Hmph, you Jin people are really good at planning. You must hold the important town of Taiyuan in your hands no matter what...
"Okay, I can leave Taiyuan for the time being, but I have to add additional conditions."
Ambassador Jin hurriedly said: "General Han, please speak."
Zhao Haiping gave him a cold look: "I want... the Second Saint!"
As soon as these words came out, Jin Shi was startled.
Second Saint?
Aren't those the two emperors Qi Huizong and Qi Yingzong?
Jin Shi did not expect this request.
Because in the eyes of the Jin people, although General Han Fuyue has been shouting "Go straight to Huanglong and welcome back the Two Saints", this is nothing more than a political slogan. Compared with actually regaining the territory of Qi Dynasty, the priority of welcoming back the Second Saint is relatively low.
As for Qi Gaozong, he even shouted to welcome the Second Saint back. In fact, he wished that the Second Saint would die in Huanglong Mansion as soon as possible.
But now, General Han no longer insists on his proposition for Taiyuan, but wants the Second Saint?
What use does he need from these two stupid emperors?
The Jin envoy did not dare to ask any more questions, so he hurriedly resigned and went back to report to the senior officials of the Jin Dynasty.
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