Chapter 104: Li Yuan is called emperor
Uproot?
Yes! Yang Tong is indeed moving... It's not an improvisation
Zhuojun is good!
However, far away from Guanzhong, Central Plains, Jiangnan, and Bashu, with the stability of Jizhou, it is no longer suitable to be the capital of one party, and it is impossible to respond to the changes in the forms of all parties in time.
When setting the strategy of taking Jizhou as the foundation and radiating to the Quartet, Yang Gongren said that Zhuo County is more than enough to defend and not enterprising enough, so it is necessary to focus on the world and choose a good place as the center.
When Yang Tong asked him where it was suitable to be the center, Yang Gongren, Yang Shidao and others did not hesitate to point to a place on the map - Anyang County (Guye City) of Wei County
The geographical location of Yecheng is particularly superior, connecting the land of Hebei in the north, connecting the Central Plains in the south, and merging the state in the west!
Such a superior geographical environment and transportation conditions, leaning on the big river in front and backing on the high mountains, can be attacked and retreated, and can be defended, which will inevitably create a unique special position of Yecheng in the troubled times.
As early as the second year of Chuping (191 AD), he was engaged in exhorting Yuan Shao to "Zhenyi County, the people of Jizhou, the power of Heshuo, and the world." ... The north of the Hengda River, the land of the four states, the talent of the heroes, the millions of people, the welcome in Xijing, the Fuzong Temple in Luoyi, the command of the world, in order to ask for the unattached, in order to compete, who can be the enemy? Shao Xi said: "This is my heart."
This is a programmatic document of the same significance as the "Longzhong Pair". In fact, this proposal was regarded as a strategic master plan by both Yuan Cao's two overlords. In this strategic plan, the pacification of the four prefectures of Hebei is the first step towards reunification, and the occupation of Yecheng is the key to the pacification of Hebei. You can see its importance.
After taking the north, Cao Cao turned Yecheng into the capital of his own forces. In the period of the Sixteen Kingdoms, Later Zhao, Ran Wei, and Qianyan were all set in Ye. The Eastern Wei Dynasty and the Northern Qi Dynasty of the Northern Dynasties were set as their capitals in Ye.
During the Northern Qi Dynasty, Yecheng had a prosperous economy and a large population, and could be called the largest city in the north. However, the Northern Qi Dynasty was eventually destroyed by the Northern Zhou Dynasty, and Emperor Wu of the Northern Zhou Dynasty ordered Wei Chi Zhen to guard Yecheng.
In 580 (the second year of the elephant of the Northern Zhou Dynasty), Emperor Xuan of the Northern Zhou Dynasty died of illness, Yang Jian Jiao Zhao auxiliary government, seized the Northern Zhou Dynasty, and Wei Chi Yuan, who guarded Yecheng, immediately announced the start of the army, and for a time the entire Jizhou region responded positively. However, after all, Yang Jian controlled the resources of the whole world, and in the name of quelling the rebellion, he sent a large army to crusade, and finally put down Wei Chi's rebellion. Yang Jian knew that Yecheng had a large population, and it was not only an important town in the north, but also a city of spiritual belief for the remnants of the Northern Qi Dynasty.
Therefore, after the end of the war, Yang Jian issued a will to change the fate of Yecheng, he ordered people to burn all the palaces and towns of Yecheng, and also moved the local residents to Anyang, forty miles south of Yecheng, and used Anyang as the seat of Xiangzhou. Since then, Yecheng, the name of the northern forces of the past dynasties, has withdrawn from the historical stage and has been reduced to a subordinate county and affiliated county town.
After Yang Tong entered Hebei, he followed Yang Gongren's suggestion, with Yuwenwen, the second son of the construction master Yu Wenkai, as the chief designer and engineer, recruited millions of displaced people and a large number of prisoners, and rebuilt the 'Shenwu Palace' on the Yecheng ruins in the way of work for relief!
After more than a year of emergency construction, the Wushen Palace towered on the site of Yecheng, and with the Shenwu Palace as the central axis, a new Yecheng similar to Chang'an was built, and a large number of displaced people and disaster victims were resettled here.
Now that the trend of separating the heroes has become a success, and the situation in the world is changing rapidly, Yang Tong decided to move south at the request of Yang Gongren, Fang Xuanling and others.
In fact, a month before Yang Tong and his wife said that they were going to move, Zhuo County had already made preparations for relocation, and the officials' families and supplies had already passed through the waterway, through the Yongji Canal, into Zhangshui in the Linqing County Canal in Qinghe County, through Wuyang County, and to Yecheng, the seat of the former Wei County, and some people also went south through the Chi Road. Standing armies such as angry waves, raging waves, tsunamis, and flying feather archers have also moved south one after another. Therefore, when Yang Tong's family went south, it could be said that they traveled lightly.
However, there was a disagreement on the choice of whether to take the water route or the land route, the two empress dowagers and the two empress dowagers preferred a smooth waterway, while Shui Tianji and Wujian boarded the ship and made a dizziness. Simply divide into two ways! Those who are willing to take the boat take the boat, and those who can't take the boat take the road!
In the end, Yang Tong took Shui Tianji, Wuji, and the lively little princess to go by land, although Xiao Wu also wanted to follow her husband, but the elders couldn't be unaccompanied, so she also got on the dragon boat.
March 20 should be relocated, Yang Tong led by the Northern Sui forces officially left Zhuo County, the scale of this trip is huge, there is still a lot of distance from Yecheng, he will stop along the way to inspect the local officials, what he did of course is not to enjoy the mountains and rivers, but to strengthen the understanding of the situation in Jizhou, strengthen the rule of the place, in order to show the majesty of the king.
The scenery along the way is completely different from the barren and dilapidated north, full of vitality, and there are only straight and spacious galloping roads and canals along the way.
In later generations, it was said that all roads led to Rome, and this sentence is the same when it is moved to Jizhou now. After Yang Tong arrived, in order to reduce the burden on the families of millions of disaster victims on the basis of cultivation and have income, Jizhou has been building infrastructure, making the roads smoother, wider and more, and the traffic is more convenient.
In terms of infrastructure, the Khitan, Xi, Goguryeo, and Turkic captives played a huge role, and after killing a group of restless elements, hundreds of thousands of captives made outstanding contributions to Jizhou every day in order to eat a meal.
Looking at the straight roads, Yang Tong found that he did not follow Wei Zheng and Kong Yingda's discussions on killing embryos and prisoners.
It's dusk again.
On the verdant waterways, the grass is deep.
After a few days of walking, the road is lined with endless rice fields, and the seedlings are green at this time, and there are almost no gaps in sight.
At this time, a soldier in front of him rushed over, bowed in front of Yang Tong and saluted: "Your Highness, it is getting late, there is no village within fifty miles, and there is an open area ahead, General Luo asked His Highness for instructions, should you advance or camp on the spot?" ”
Yang Tong looked at the sky and said, "Camp on the spot." ”
When the order was laid, the soldiers began to busily set up tents and bury pots for cooking.
The little princess rode over on a little white horse and said crisply, "Dong'er, I want to live in a tent." ”
All the way are to live in a post house, and it is the first time to camp in the wild, and with the spaciousness of the unsullied carriage, it is more than enough to accommodate a few girls, but for the little princess, the camp full of wild fun is more attractive.
"Whatever you want!" Yang Tong said indifferently.
"I'm going to play."
"Well, stay safe!" Yang Tong asked Shui Tianji to follow with a team of female soldiers.
The tent was quickly set up.
As the commander, Yang Tong has three camp tents, one large, two small ones, and the big tent is the Chinese military tent, that is, the army command center.
Although it is on the way to relocate, it is necessary to review the documents of various places. There was already a thick stack of important documents on the table, and although he tried to delegate his authority, some important matters still needed to be sent to him for decision.
"Your Highness, a few adults ask to see you."
"Please!"
After a while, Yang Gongren, Fang Xuanling, and Wei Zhengyu, who were accompanying him, rushed in, and after taking their seats, Yang Gongren said: "Your Highness, there is an urgent dispatch from Guanzhong." ”
"Li Yuan is called emperor?"
Yang Tong has always paid attention to the situation in Guanzhong, and he knows that Li Yuan's actions of abolishing Yang Huai, going down to the Tang Dynasty, and criticizing Yang Guang according to the edict have greatly restored Li Yuan's reputation.
"Yes, Li Yuan is indeed the emperor...... Yang Gongren handed over the urgent mail.
Li Yuan claimed the title of emperor in anticipation, and Yang Tong was curious about his country name and whether Li Shimin would be crowned King of Qin.
The urgency is very detailed, saying that as soon as the mourning clothes passed, Li Yuan ascended the throne as the emperor under the unanimous request of all officials, and formally established the Li Tang Dynasty, Li Yuan posthumously crowned his deceased wife Dou as the queen, the eldest son Li Jiancheng as the crown prince and the secretary of the ministry, and the second son Li Shimin as the king of Jin, Shangshuling, Yongzhou Mu, and the general of Youyiwei; The third son, Li Yuanji, is the king of Qi, Situ, Shizhong, the governor of Bingzhou, and the general of the left guard, and the concubine Li Xiuning is the princess of Pingyang, Sikong, the governor of Youzhou, the general of the right guard, and the general of Shangzhuguo......
Feng Dou Wei is the inner history order, Dugu is the left servant of Shangshu, Pei Lin is the right servant of Shangshu, and Qu Tutong is the secretary of the military department...
The people who followed Li Yuan in Taiyuan were all richly rewarded, namely Na Yan, Liu Wenjing, Lu Guogong, Sun Shunde, General Xiaowei on the left, Sun Shunde, the chief of Xue Guogong, General Xiaowei on the right, Liu Hongji, Liu Hongji, General Tunwei on the right, Dou Cong, Duke of Qian Guo, Neishi Shilang, Ju Guogong Tang Jian, Officials Shilang, Yun Guogong Yin Kaishan, Ministry of Industry Shangshu, Ying Guogong Wushi Tong......
Liu Shilong, Hongluqing, Zhao Wenke, the water supervisor, Zhang Pinggao, Li Sixing, Li Gaoqian, and Shi Xu Shixu, the head of Zuotun Wei, were all crowned as the princes of the country. There are also many Guanlong magnates who have been given very high positions. In total, there are more than 100 titles of 'national dukes'.
But many positions are ridiculous and worthless, such as Li Xiuning, Youzhou is in the hands of Yang Tong, but Li Yuan gave her the title of Metropolitan Governor of Youzhou, what does this mean? Another example is Dou Cong, he is the Duke of Qian Guo of thousands of households, but Qian County is in the hands of Wagang, and you Dou Cong can collect taxes from thousands of households in Qian County.
What surprised him even more was that after Li Yuan became emperor, he began to attack the city and seize the land with Guanzhong as the center, not to march to one side, but to fight in all directions.
In the north, Chai Shao was ordered to play against the Liang Shidu of Kannai Dao; He also took Li Xiaogong as the marshal of the Southern Route Army and led an army of 50,000 to Zhu Cang in Luo County.
What's even more powerful is that in the west, Li Yuan first took Qu Tutong as the vanguard, led an army of 20,000 to garrison Xinping County, and ordered Li Shimin to be the chief general of the West Route Army, Liu Hongji to be the deputy general, and Yin Kaishan to be the marching commander, and led an army of 80,000 people to Beidi County to fight against Xue Ju.
Yang Tong gave the urgent items to a few people one by one, and when everyone finished reading it, the smile on his face did not decrease: "This Li Yuan is really interesting!" Are these officials interesting? ”
Yang Gongren said with a smile: "The canonization of officials has been like this since ancient times, it is not unusual, what surprised me was Li Yuan's amazing strategic thinking. ”
Fang Xuanling agreed: "Our nearly 100,000 troops are under the city of Taiyuan, and there are large armies in Changning and Shangdang to confront him, he is good, he didn't think about defeating us, so he hurriedly fought on the third front in Guanzhong!" Some of Li Yuan's mentality can be seen from Li Yuan's strategic layout: it was too easy for him to get Hedong and Guanzhong, so he thought that all places would fall to the wind. Therefore, he is now very proud, arrogant, and proud. My evaluation of Li Yuan's actions is that he is eager for quick success and self-defeating. ”
Fang Xuanling's analysis made Yang Tong nod, and sure enough, he had a unique vision and saw it very thoroughly, and said with a smile: "Being ignored by Li Yuan like this makes me feel very unhappy. ”
Yang Gongren nodded and said, "This is a godsend!" Your Highness, when will we send troops? ”
"Reconsideration!" Wei Zheng said: "Now all the anti-kings know that we have moved south to Yecheng, and since ancient times, there has been a saying that the Central Plains has won the world, so some people must think that our next move is to go south to the Central Plains, which plays a good strategic deception." Wechen thought that this was the best time to recover the annexed state. ”
Yang Tong couldn't help but laugh when he saw that these civil officials were eager to send troops to merge the state immediately: "I decided to let the pharmacist eat the area north of Huoyi, and then gnaw down Taiyuan, which is surrounded on all sides; And we took Hedong County and Jiang County with lightning speed, stopped Li Tang reinforcements from Guanzhong, and at the same time, cut off the retreat of Changping and Shangdang Tang troops. What do the three of you think? ”
Fang Xuanling looked at the map silently, nodded and said, "It's completely feasible!" If you don't fight, you will have to recover the annexed state in a war. ”
"Good! Ling Yaoshi and Li Jing watched it, and at the same time let the Fourth Army secretly infiltrate Hanoi County. ”