Lord of the House

(Everyone is on holiday today, I can't seem to wish a happy Qingming Festival! Haha)

In mid-December, the western foothills of Tongbai Mountain fell heavily for three consecutive days, making the Nanyang Basin covered with heavy snow. From Fangcheng to the south, before entering the Tang River, there is a line of chariots and horses winding in the snow, looking from a distance, like ants.

Yuan Guizheng and Liu Tingzhou straddle the horse and walk on the reins. From time to time, strong winds blow up snow particles and smash their heads and faces, making people feel more sad in this bitter cold weather...

In December, Yue Zhi also led his troops to transfer to the north, and Lin Fu planned to issue a Privy Council order in Fancheng, officially reorganizing the Huaidong and Henan armies into the Henan recruiting army, with Dong Yuan as the recruiting envoy and supervising the Henan army. Yue Lengqiu was the military envoy to supervise the army and also supervise the grain supply of the Henan troops, Liu Tingzhou was the imperial censor of the procuratorial army and the envoy of Henan Xuanfu, and Yuan Guizheng was the military envoy to watch the army.

Six town commanders were set up under the recruiting army in Henan, with Deng Yu, Tao Chun, Xiao Kuian, Chen Juxian, Liang Chengdong and Suizhou subordinate general Luo Jian as the town commanders, Yue Zhi, Zhong Rong, Wang Xian'er, Huo Tong, etc. Deputy commander; ordered Tao Chun and Yue Zhi to guard Guoyang, with Shangqiu and Yucheng as the front base; made Chen Juxian, Luo Jian, Liang Chengdong settled in Xuchang, with Changge as the front base; with Deng Yu at Zhengyang and Queshan, With Xiao Kuian stationed in Ruzhou.

The Henan Recruitment Army is being reorganized, and Xu retains a total of 130,000 troops, of which Tao Chun (the deputy commander is Yue Zhi) has 30,000 troops, Deng Yu's sub-unit has 20,000 troops, and will be given to Xiao Kuian, Chen Juxian, Liang Chengdong, Luo The establishment of the four towns with a total of 80,000 troops, the surplus Ding Zhuang were all organized on the spot as colonies, and the camps were reclaimed to confirm the local area.

At first glance, the order of the Privy Council proposed by Lin Fu seems to be no problem at all.

Before the war, Huaixi had only 110,000 soldiers in total, including the soldiers. After deducting the soldiers, the number of soldiers was only more than 60,000. Xu Bian's soldiers were as high as 130,000. It can be said that on the surface, there was absolutely no action or suspicion of suppressing the Henan troops.

The problem is that Lin Fu took advantage of his wartime authority to reorganize the Henan armies directly in the name of the Privy Council, and appointed generals and officials of the Henan armies, so that the Privy Council could control the military and politics of the world, and "the emperor's orders did not go out of the palace city" was further disclosed. formalize and formalize.

Another is that when Dong Yuan moved the recruiting envoy Xingyuan to Xuchang, at the same time Yue Lengqiu did not go to Xuchang, but acted in Guoyang, which actually caused the Henan recruiting army to form two mutual restraints between Xuchang and Guoyang. Military Center.

On the surface, the two towns of Tao Chun and Deng Yu controlled by Yue Lengqiu only had 50,000 troops, and the money and grain payment for the Henan armies were also allocated in proportion to the number of troops, which means that the central calculation was allocated to Henan every year. Among the money for recruiting the army, Yue Lengqiu in Guoyang can only control the amount of money in the nominal amount of one million silver, while the total amount of money returned to Xuchang is as high as 1.6 million taels.

Tao Chun and Deng Yu were stationed in Guoyang, Zhengyang, Queshan and other places. In the past, they were the outer defense line of Huaixi and the city defense. At the same time, they were located on the inner side of the entire Henan defense line, even on both sides of the Guohe River and Zhengyang. To the south to the north bank of the Huaihe River, there are still hundreds of thousands of mu of farmland that can be used directly; therefore, Guoyang can barely use the 1 million taels of money every year.

After Dong Yuan was forced to lead his troops across the Huaibei, the Ruzhou, Xuchang, Changge, Yanling and other places that he occupied. Although Xuchang was once the center of Henan's prefectures and was fertile for thousands of miles, it has been repeatedly devastated by wars for more than ten years. It has been completely reduced to a ruined city.

Fortunately, when Chen Zhihu's tribes evacuated, they tacitly did not further destroy these areas, which made the situation around Xuchang and Ruzhou a little bit better, but only a little bit better.

Now nominally, the central government will allocate 1.6 million taels of silver to Xuchang every year, but these money and food are only enough for 80,000 soldiers and horses and tens of thousands of soldiers to starve to death in the remnants around Xuchang, to rectify defenses, repair the city, and restore people's livelihood. It's impossible to talk about at all.

In order to support Yue Lengqiu and contain Dong Yuan, Lin Fu allocated an additional 20% of the money and rations, which is equivalent to 500,000 taels of money. "Yue Lengqiu holds...

And on the appointment and garrison of the commander of the six towns, it is not that Lin Fu did not hide his murderous intentions.

The Guoyang Township Army nominally used Tao Chun as the commander, but with 30,000 troops and Yue Zhi as the deputy commander, it was easy to expand into two towns, so that Yue Lengqiu's military power in Henan was no weaker than Dong Yuan's. At least, Yue Lengqiu had enough strength to contain Dong Yuan; and among the 80,000 soldiers and horses controlled by Dong Yuan, Xiao Kuian had the closest relationship with Huaidong. In the northern region, the three armies of Liang Chengdong, Chen Juxian and Luo Jian, who were really hostile to Huaidong, were isolated.

Lin Fu officially appointed Luo Jian as the town commander, and also officially recognized the status of the Suizhou surrendered army and the fact that it was merged into the Henan recruit army. However, among the four subordinate generals in Suizhou, Zhong Rong had the highest status. Lin Fu chose to use Luo Jian, who was the most loyal to Luo Xiancheng, more loyal and brave but lacked in strategy, as the town commander to suppress Zhong Rong, Huo Tong, and Wang Xian'er. Sinister, Liu Tingzhou and Yuan Guizheng can understand each other with their toes.

Although they are walking in the wind and snow, in the eyes of Liu Tingzhou and Yuan Guizheng, the situation Xuchang faces is ten times, a hundred times more dangerous than the wind, snow and cold they are in...

Thinking that the meeting with Xiao Kuian was not pleasant when he was passing through Ruyang, Liu Tingzhou was also worried about this. Xiao Kui didn't say anything on the face, but how could Dong Yuan have no opinion on the fact that Dong Yuan had withdrawn all the troops and horses outside Zhengyang during the war and made him stand alone in Zhengyang?

Lin Fu didn't investigate the matter, otherwise he would be charged with fearing the enemy, cowardly fighting, and allowing the enemy to cross the border, and sent several cavalry to arrest Xiao Kuian and put him in prison. Lin Fu didn't pursue this matter, so how could Xiao Kuian have no idea in his heart? In addition, Chu Wang Yuan Hancheng was also completely placed under house arrest in Shouzhou, making it difficult to communicate with the outside world.

At this time, a team of chariots and horses came to press the snow from the direction of Biyang, and two horses came to report first, but it was the team of chariots and horses that escorted Tao Chun from Guoyang... Liu Tingzhou and Yuan Guizheng looked at each other and walked with Tao Chun, full of Embarrassed; if you don't go with Tao Chun when you meet, wouldn't it make the Huaidong Army in Nanyang and Xiangyang laugh at it?

However, Lin Fu summoned Henan generals in Fancheng to discuss the regional defense and military deployment of Nanyang, Xiangyang, Henan and other places. Tao Chun temporarily gave up his military power and rushed to Fancheng to meet Lin Fu on behalf of Yue Lengqiu. , Yuan Guizheng looked at the chilling gesture.

However, Liu Tingzhou and Yuan Guizheng had no choice but to make a statement, Tao Chun made sure that it was their chariots and horses, so he brought several cavalry guards and rode the horses to greet him first: "This will stop at Biyang for a day, and then wait for Yuanhou Ye. , Mr. Liu rushed over; Jinsheng was still a guest in Guoyang, and he intended to come together with Lord Yuanhou, but he caught the cold in Guoyang, and there was a trust that would have been handed over to Lord Yuanhou..."

After the collapse of Nanyang, Yuan Jinsheng returned to Jiangning to report a letter, and asked the Privy Council to detain him in prison; after the war, Lin Shui cut off Liang Chengyi's right to lead the troops on the grounds of Ruyang's collapse, and appointed Liang Chengdong, a side supporter of Liang's family, as the town commander. , to rectify the remnants of the Nanyang and Hezhong Army.

It seems that Liang's power is still in the hands of Liang's children, and Liang Chengdong has even declined the appointment of the town commander several times, but it is still difficult for others to guess what Liang Chengdong really thinks.

After the Xiangyang battle, Liang Chengchong died in the battle, and Liang Chengyi took on the responsibility of defeating the army. Lin Fu ordered Yuan Jinsheng to be released from prison and returned to Xuchang - Yuan Guizheng heard Jin Born in Guoyang and caught the cold, my heart tightened, thinking that I had suffered some torture in Jiangning's prison, otherwise my body would not be so weak.

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After recovering Xiangyang, the Battle of Jingxiang was completely over, but the rest of the troops and horses and the adjustment of defense in the later period were a mess. Therefore, Lin Fu continued to stay in Fancheng after the Battle of Xiangyang, and did not immediately set off to return to Jiangning.

Fancheng also snowed heavily for three consecutive days, and the weather was freezing cold. Lin Bie used to practice swords in the courtyard to strengthen his muscles and bones. Song Jia sat in front of the porch wearing a fur coat, basking in the cold sun after the snow, watching Lin Bie's body. Wearing short clothes and practicing swordsmanship was dripping with fine sweat on his forehead, and it seemed that he was not invaded by the cold at all.

Watching Lin Bie put away his knife and walk to the corridor, Song Jia took a sweat towel to wipe off the fine sweat on his forehead, and told him to quickly put on his robes and said, "Liu Tingzhou, Yuan Guizheng and Tao Chun met in Tanghe, and they met with each other. If the team comes from the south, they will be able to reach Fancheng about the day after tomorrow..."

Lin Fuben didn't want to see Liu Tingzhou, he believed that Liu Tingzhou had no ambitions, unlike Dong Yuan, but he really had nothing to say about this kind of stubborn royalists who even slaughtered the people's livelihood, but he couldn't. By not summoning the people of Henan, the power and prestige of the Privy Council gradually penetrated into the hearts of the people.

Lin Fu took a wiped knife and put it on the knife holder, draped his robe, sighed softly, and said, "This trip has taken too long, they can arrive the day after tomorrow, then we will set off the day after tomorrow. Go back to Jiangning!"

"I want to go to Xuzhou to see Miaozhen..." Song Jia said.

"Why don't you accompany me back to Jiangning?" Lin Fu asked.

"I'm afraid I'll tear them apart after returning to Jiangning," Song Jiayan said with a smile, "Besides, you will go to Xuzhou after spring, so I'll wait for you in Xuzhou..."

"That's fine," Lin Fu said, "but from Fancheng to Jiangning, the ten-day journey will inevitably be lonely."

"Then let Zuo Lan and Zuo Yan accompany you, the big deal is to ask them to go back to Jiangning to shred them..." Song Jia said, "However, I think you are still well recharged, Jiangning's How many are hungry?"

Lin Bie stretched out his hand and pinched Song Jia's waist. At this time, Hu Wei came in and reported, "Lord Gao asks to see you..."

"Zongting, come in," Lin Fu said to Gao Zongting, who was already in the outer courtyard, "I was going to ask you to tell you about Jiangning. What's the matter with you?"

"There is a message from Jiangning," Gao Zongting came in, bowed to Song Jia, and said, "The queen mother sent people from the palace to spread the news, saying that it was the merits of Jiangning, Shangrao, and Jingxiang to give to Huaidong. Rewards for generals and towns; although the Minister of Internal Affairs and the Zhengshitang will directly block the unlawful disorder, but according to the ancestral court, the Queen Mother's intention is only to spread the news..."

"This old witch still has the strength to stick," Lin Bie stood with his hands on his belt, frowned, and said, "She's doing this kind of trick, so she's not afraid that I will directly abolish the Yuan clan?"

"The Queen Mother also understands a little that your ambition is not simply to stand up for the Yuan Dynasty," Song Jia said, "so I took this risky strategy as a test..."

Lin Fu sighed softly, if it was just to establish a new dynasty and satisfy his own ambitions, after the battle of Jingxiang, he would be 99% sure to control Jiangning's situation, kill the Yuan clan and ascend to the throne.

Even if Cao Yiqu was officially separated in Shu, and Dong Yuan, Liu Tingzhou and others surrendered to Beiyan in the name of the Kuangfu imperial family and fought against Huaidong, they would have delayed the war for at most three or four years.

However, if the war is delayed for three or four years, it means that millions of people will not be saved, and several times of Dingkou will be displaced; more importantly, at this time, when the Yuan Dynasty is abolished and the generals and officials of Huaidong are rewarded, the whole history may turn again. The old way, unable to achieve the real purpose of opening up a new pattern...

Lin Fu is to make the emerging industrial and mining businesses in Jianghuai and other places become the skeleton and blood of the new empire, so that the new empire has no way to go back except for the industrial society. The rich and powerful class ~www.wuxiaspot.com~ at the same time need to cultivate and support a new class mainly in the ministries, mining and business - the seal of the land, whether it is the wind released by Liang Hou, or Lin Bie Yuan after he became independent A large number of heroic officials will actually turn a large number of Huaidong officials into a new group of powerful and powerful people who depend on the land and rent. This is in direct contradiction with Lin Fu's goal of opening up a new pattern.

This is where Lin Bie feels the most headache and trouble.

If Liang's plan was directly based on this, then it has to be said that she made a good risky move, making Lin Fu a little out of the woods.

To be honest, Lin Fu's aspirations and goals were only mentioned by Song Jia, Gao Zongting, Song Fu and others, and the prospects of the industrial society, except for Lin Fu, the most wise and enlightened talents in the world. It's hard to imagine.

It's just that Lin Fu has the prestige and power standing at the top of the world, and the new policy he has implemented in Huaidong for the past ten years has gradually been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, so he can attract the vision of truly enlightened and pragmatic talents of the world to follow.

Thinking of this, Lin Fu also sighed and smiled bitterly: "Being in the deep palace behind Liang, he can still make this dangerous plan, and he is indeed a master of power planning..."

"Ignore it and put out the rumors in Jiangning City, it's not a big problem." Gao Zongting said.

Not to mention the popularity of Lin Fu at this time, it cannot be replaced by others at all; besides, the Huaidong Army is different from the current military system, and with the inherent cohesion of the Huaidong Army, this is when this incident did not happen. However, there is no need to worry that the morale of the army will be shaken.

"No," Lin Fu shook his head and said, "I think I should open my mouth and ask Jiang Ning to discuss the difference between Han and Yi, and also discuss the seal of the land."

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