On the post road, batches of war horses galloped south.
When smoke and dust were made, people thought there was a sandstorm.
The wind blew up, the smoke slowly dissipated, and several figures of dust came out.
"This is a horse that was recruited." Pan Dan said, "It must have been prepared for the attack, but I don't know if it was transferred to Hanzhong or Badong."
"This is the second batch." Go to Hua and looked at it, and said, "It should be the Xianbei of Duan from Peiping. I heard that there were thousands of horses transferred from Jingsai, Juyong and other towns on the head of the city. People could not move there, but horses could be gathered. Go to Shuzhong, I don't know how many horses would die, and how many would not come back."
This is the northwest of Gu'an County, Fanyang County, a county sandwiched between the Zu family, Lu family, Zhang family, Liu family and other aristocratic families. To the west is the mountain, and on the other side is Guangchang County, Dai County.
The main fiefs of King Yan were in Gu'an, Fanyang, Zhuo and Guangchang.
Most of the fiefdoms are plains, and about one-third are mountain pastures. The fief is definitely less than 10,000 households, and there are Hu Han.
Before Shao Yu came to Youzhou, he could only collect rent from 3,000 households, which was very pitiful, and Shao Xun didn't help him, just watching what he did.
In the end, Wang Yan sent someone to talk about the Xiang privately, and several big families gave him face.
Shao Yu went up the mountain and "persuaded" the group of Hu Hu in the northwest of Gu'an, causing them to pay taxes one by one, and the group of Hu Hu moved from the flood period. It was very complicated inside. There were people with high noses and deep eyes, people with Jie in Daijun, the Xiongnu in Youzhou, the Wuhuan and Xianbei. These people gradually became mixed and gradually merged into a tribe.
Now, the King of Yan had only more than 7,000 households. He didn't care about how much money he had collected. Most of them were rewarded and never brought money with him. When he went out to buy a Hu cake, he had to pay for the royal family.
The group walked and watched, and soon arrived outside a village.
The people in the village saw seven or eight hundred fully armed soldiers from afar and immediately beat the drums and gathered troops. After a while,
More than 2,000 people had already completed the formation outside the village, and dozens of riders rode forward. When they saw that it was Shao Yu, they immediately dismounted and bowed.
"Tiefu, where is your father?" Shao Yu also dismounted, helped a young man up and asked.
The name is "Tiefu". The boy is obviously a mixed race, that is, his father is a Hun and his mother is a Xianbei person. "I sold horses to Gaoyang." The boy replied.
Other miscellaneous people also followed, respectfully.
Now is no longer as before. After building the village, they dug a canal and began to try to grow millet and wheat. It is really hard to run away now. What's more, they are originally living together with each other, and their hearts are not very consistent. It is better to respect the nobles of the Daliang Dynasty.
"Sell it to the soldiers of the government?" Shao Yu asked.
"I heard that's right." The young man said, "My father said that the soldiers of the Right Flying Dragon Guard had fought too few wars and would definitely be recruited in the past two years. As expected, he was convinced. He left at the end of September. At that time, he wanted to take away all the donkeys, horses and mules from the county. After the news came, my father said that the horses sold over and would be sold at a good price."
"Your father is so smart." Shao Yu said with a smile.
As far as he knows, the right Feilong Guard's military soldiers were recruited, and as a unit characterized by the rapid advancement, the military soldiers and the army had to take at least three horses of cattle on the road. If it was more abundant, four would be needed.
I really don’t know if the right flying dragon guard will eventually become an infantryman and raise a living animal is too expensive.
In addition to the military troops of the government, the military towns of Wuqiang, Yijing, Puyangshan and other places in Jizhou were also conscripted about 15,000 infantry and cavalry. They left earlier and set out in mid-September, but now they don’t know where they are.
The mobilization motivation of the Daliang Dynasty was still as strong as ever.
I'll collect here and mobilize there. I can easily gather tens of thousands of people, and I have good experience in fighting formations, and my weapons and equipment are still a good match, not a mob.
However, this also shows a problem: in addition to the imperial court's military power, the power of private armed forces is also very strong. They help when conquering the world. After the world is pacified, the court will become more and more dislike them.
There are so many military towns in Hebei, but my father was not so willing when he was established, and it was a bit compromised.
After the unification of Jiuzhou, Shao Yu always felt that his father wanted to take action against the military towns in Hebei. It might not be all abolished, but at least more than half of the military towns could not be retained.
"Have you been studying recently?" Shao Yu pointed to the village and said, "I heard that Yecheng Bookstore has sent you Mengyang Books and Yunshu, what's wrong?"
When the young man heard about reading, he felt a little afraid and said, "The county sent a martial arts student here. There were three or five people listening when teaching reading, and dozens of people learning when teaching martial arts."
Shao Yu was stunned and scolded, "Don't you know anything? As far as I know, that martial arts student will teach you for a year, and will return to the county to be a minor official in a year. If you want to study again, you may find a way to go to the county school.
Or just wait slowly. Maybe one day you are lucky and another martial arts student will come."
The boy was shocked and said cowardly: "I thought there were always."
Shao Yu waved his hand and told him to get out, not wanting to say more.
My father always wanted to "train the Chinese style" of these Hu tribes. After so many years of implementation, it seems that the Bingzhou counties have been more effective. At least the Hu people in Pingyang, Shangdang, Xihe and Taiyuan were slowly tied up, and the county schools and county schools were also full of children of chiefs.
After they slowly changed, the tribes and people also promoted agriculture and animal husbandry, and gradually began to become half-human. In a few decades, these counties and counties would gradually stabilize.
However, Youzhou is still rich in Hu Feng, and there is not much change.
Thinking that the title of "Youzhou Interview Envoy" on my head has not been removed, it seems that I can spend more time interviewing about cultural and educational affairs in Youzhou.
I heard that my elder brother had personally escorted a batch of books from Yecheng to Jizhou and Youzhou, and distributed them along the way.
I guess this matter is very important to urge all counties to run schools.
As he thought about it, Shao Yu played a gun and threw the equipment to the guards. He felt that it was time to write a memorial to his father.
*******
On the third day of the winter moon, Shao Yu returned to Ji County. When he heard that the governor Yang Chen was summoned, he immediately changed into his official uniform and went to the governor's office to pay homage.
Yang Chen's eyes were half-closed, as if he couldn't wake up.
Looking back at the time when he was suspicious to conquer Qingzhou, Yang Chen was still commanding the army, commanding as if it were determined and orders were strict. Unexpectedly, it became like this now, and time is unforgiving.
"The palace is down." Yang Chen opened his eyes, smiled at Shao Yu, and said, "Sit down."
Shao Yu bowed and sat down.
Yang Chen also sat upright and said, "I have been in Youzhou for some time. I feel a little ashamed to speak. Many things are done by the subordinates and the elders of the counties, but I have less control over them."
"Your Majesty asked me to come to Youzhou, but I actually wanted to calm myself down and keep my door tight, but I didn't think about any progress. Your Highness is in my tent and has no ability to display. I guess he is so frustrated, right?"
"Yang Gong's words are heavy." Shao Yu quickly stood up and saluted, saying, "Your Majesty wants to act in Western Shu, so he naturally does not want to cause trouble in the east. Yang Gong's calmness is a good strategy."
"It's good to use jing to control the movement." Yang Chen chuckled softly and asked, "I heard you have gone to several counties in Fanyang, how about it?"
"According to the people and elders, life is much better than when Youzhou returns to justice." Shao Yu said: "The Hu people are half-herding and half-cultivated, and their grain production is more abundant, and they have gradually settled down."
"There are many officials below the towns and generals in the army, who have moved into other counties and counties. At the beginning, the towns and generals were mostly resolute and even difficult to stay, and have improved in the past ten years. The military town chief, Sima, Shi, Shi, and other subordinates and generals were not a clan. They gradually realized that they were officials of the Daliang Dynasty. If they persisted so much, they could also try to change the towns and generals."
"Only culture and education are disadvantageous, but I don't know if the court has any good plans."
Yang Chen nodded repeatedly when he heard this, and praised, "I know you are brave in the past, but I don't know that you are still so careful. If you experience it again, I will leave the area sooner or later, but this position is for you."
"Yang Gong is too good." Shao Yu said with a smile.
It is inevitable that the royal family will leave the town because it is more dangerous for outsiders to leave the town. But will the emperor let him leave Youzhou? This is not necessarily the case.
In fact, he was also very curious. The age and qualifications of the kings are not yet at the level of being out of the town. To be honest, the so-called officials of the royal palace are a bit of a small fuss, and they can't talk about business forces. At least they have to be the governor of Youzhou, the governor of Bingzhou, and the governor of Jingzhou.
If possible, he would rather work in Youzhou for a long time, because he really wanted to jump into Liucheng and fight against Goguryeo.
This is what a man should do.
Yang Chen talked about the idle chapter for a while and finally got to the point. He only heard him say, "Now there is something difficult. Yuwen just came to report that his troops captured the Murong envoy in the middle of the country. This book is nothing, but Murong did not send only one group of envoys, but three groups. According to the results of Yuwen's torture, the first group of envoys had entered Dai Kingdom, and someone was able to respond, and they were the second group."
"Why did the messenger come?" Shao Yu asked.
"Murong wants to marry a daughter, I will be the righteous wife of the Duke of Detachment." Yang Chen said.
"This is to instigate Daiguo!" Shao Yu said in surprise: "It's really a good plan."
"It's really easy to plot." Yang Chen nodded and said, "Duke Dai is twelve years old this year?"
"That's right."
"Next year is thirteen. According to grassland customs, it is a little early, but it is not bad. There are precedents to follow." Yang Chen said: "Although these grassland tribes fight each other and are like enemies, sometimes in order to ease the situation, they also marry each other's daughters. Tuoba Yulu marrys his daughter to Yuwenqiu but not Qin, and Murong wants to marry his daughter to Tuoba Shiyijian, which is normal."
"What I am worried about is that the envoy Murong has arrived in Pingcheng and may not have made public appearances, but has already been in contact with many tribes. Once this matter spreads, Dai Kingdom will inevitably be in turmoil. Dai Gong is not without supporters.
After all, he is the legitimate Chanyu."
"Murong's move is prepared, aiming to disrupt the hearts of the people of China and even attack each other. In this way, they can focus on attacking the twelve divisions of Yuwen, and no longer have to worry about Tuoba's troops sending troops to help. Your Highness has many contacts with Yuwen, so I must know the importance of it."
After saying so much in one breath, Yang Chen seemed to be a little tired and closed his eyes halfway.
Shao Yu did not underestimate him.
Yang Chen was already very old and had no energy, so he handed over all his daily affairs and let the people below handle it. However, at an important moment, he still keenly smelled the unusual smell, so he stepped forward to intervene.
That's enough.
"Your Majesty is about to conquer Shu, and the army may have gathered together. There is no need to do anything in the north." Shao Yu said.
Yang Chen nodded gently and said, "Prepare for war. This winter is destined to be uneasy, and I am not uneasy, alas."
After saying this, Yang Chen called a servant and asked him to write a memorial.
Chapter completed!