In the spring and summer of the fourth year of Yanyou, Shao Heng actively prepared for the war against Yongchen and Yongchen.

The battle at the eastern entrance of Tongbai Mountain also turned from an offensive to a confrontation.

After Li Zhihe captured Yiyang City, he stopped military expansion due to the fact that the passage at the eastern entrance of Tongbai Mountain was in disrepair, too rugged and narrow, and it was inconvenient to transport grain and military materials, so he limited the scale of troops used against Guanghuo and Guanghuo Prefectures.

In addition to focusing on the operation of Yiyang City, Li Zhihe requisitioned Wan Minfu to expand the passage from Lishan County to Yiyang through the eastern entrance of Tongbai Mountain, in preparation for the next military offensive.

After Huaixi's victory in Wujinling, it entered a rare period of calm.

The Shouzhou Army has narrowed the defense line on the eastern flank on a large scale, and the Tangyi Xingying Battalion has taken over the new jurisdiction, and it is necessary to train the generals and reorganize the defense line, there are too many things to do, and the construction of the inner line cannot be stopped, and there are many casualties accumulated in the early stage.

Compared with the main force of the Liang army besieging Luzhou in the south of the Jin State for more than half a year, and the drought situation between Hehuai and Huai in spring and summer was severe, Dachu can be said to be smooth and peaceful this year.

During the Mid-Autumn Festival, Emperor Yanyou and the Queen Mother also rarely ordered to open the four gates of the imperial city, and let the common people enter the imperial city to enjoy the lanterns, and celebrate with the whole world.

On the day of the Mid-Autumn Festival, the courtiers were also invited to board the lantern to feast and admire the moon with His Majesty, the Queen Mother and the concubines of the harem.

Emperor Yanyou, the queen mother and the harem concubines sat in the main shed in the center, and the princes and ministers and generals sat in the side sheds on both sides.

After nightfall, the sky was thin and overcast, and although the full moon was not completely covered by the thin clouds, it was as thin as a paper-cut, and a faint reflection fell in the Yudai River.

Except for the concubines who were usually confined in the palace city, and the excitement of seeing the bustling crowd on the south bank, for many courtiers, there was not much fun to speak of.

More people still regard tonight as a special ceremony, the only advantage is that everyone has a seat, and there is no need to stop for half a day at the usual ceremony, and people often faint due to physical exhaustion.

Of course, everyone is still happy and talking and laughing from hand to ear.

In the past three or four years, Da Chu has experienced too many turbulences, chaotic thinking, chaotic thinking, and being able to have a peaceful and quiet night, many people here still cherish it more or less.

Not long after the moon viewing banquet began, Shen Yang, Yang Zhitang, Han Wenhuan, Han Daoming, Zheng Yu, Zhang Chao and others were summoned to the main tent to give a banquet.

Shen Yang and Yang Zhitang led the crowd to the main tent to thank them first.

After thanking him, Shen Yang was about to sit down, but he saw that His Majesty's face was a little gloomy, and he felt strange in his heart, he was still in a good mood when he saw His Majesty before, but Yuan Guowei stood beside His Majesty and said a few words just now, which ruined His Majesty's interest?

What did Yuan Guowei say?

As the chief executive, Shen Yang sat next to Yang Yuanpu, and when he saw the concubines and concubines of the Queen Mother Wang Chan'er who were turning around, he lowered his voice and asked Yang Yuanpu: "What is your majesty worried about?" ”

Yang Yuanpu glanced at him with a gloomy face, and said: "Yuan Guowei mentioned the matter of recuperating from illness again, it is really disappointing, could it be that I am really the one who bears him?" ”

Shen Yang's face also sank, knowing what His Majesty was worried about.

Zhang Ping, Yuan Guowei, Jiang Shu and others presided over the affairs of the internal government before the Jinling Incident; During the Jinling Incident, most of the eunuchs in the palace were involved in the rebellion, and after the recovery of Jinling City, no matter what, only Zhang Ping, Yuan Guowei, Jiang Shou and others with the oldest qualifications and the greatest merits could be appointed to take charge of the inner court.

However, Shen Yang also knew that His Majesty was suspicious of Zhang Ping, Yuan Guowei, Jiang Shu and others Han Qian had a close relationship, and was too deeply influenced by Han Qian, so after ascending the throne, he vigorously promoted An Jixiang, Chen Ruyi and others to divide the authority of Zhang Yuan Jiang and others.

And Zhang Yuanjiang and the three of them are also rare to know, although they are in the position of internal servants and young eunuchs, they usually have a lot of leisure in the palace, and many affairs are entrusted to the consuls and eunuchs such as the permanent attendants.

The victory of Wujinling was delayed for more than ten days, and the letter reached the Privy Council, and the discerning people knew in their hearts that Han Qian's fundamental intention in doing this was to control the west bank of Chaohu Lake before the Zuo Longque Army went north.

Although no one blamed Han Qian for this incident afterwards, Yuan Guowei was ordered to comfort him at the time, and the person was in Wujinling, but he did not send back the news in time, he unabashedly wore the same crotch as Han Qian, it was not a clear thing?

Shen Yang thought that His Majesty would find an opportunity to clean up Yuan Guowei, but he didn't expect His Majesty to endure it first, and he never mentioned it, but Yuan Guowei repeatedly complained about his illness and wanted to return to his hometown for the elderly.

Shen Yang pondered for a while, and said: "Lord Yuan is in his prime of strength, maybe he is just impatient to take care of the cumbersome affairs in the inner court, and His Majesty may be able to make him supervise the army in Tangyi......"

"Shen Xiang, what does Your Majesty show?" Yang Zhitang leaned over curiously and asked.

To make Yuan Guowei the military envoy of the Tangyi camp, it is inevitable that the decision of the Queen Mother and the Political Affairs Hall can be finalized, seeing that Yang Zhitang, Zheng Yu and even Han Daoming and others are curious, Shen Yang did not hide it, and told each other directly.

Yang Zhitang was stunned for a moment, thinking that everyone knew that Yuan Guowei and the Han family had long worn the same crotch, so that Yuan Guowei would be able to restrain Tangyi a little more when he went to Tangyi to supervise the army?

However, he thought about it, because Yuan Guowei and Han Qian had a very close relationship, and sent Yuan Guowei out of Tangyi, Chaoqian and Tangyi generals would not strongly refuse, and this matter did not seem to increase the binding force of the imperial court on Tangyi in the early stage, but the military supervision system was finally restored.

As long as the system of eunuchs from the inner court to prison the towns is restored, even if it is more of a symbolic sense in the early days, as the strength of the center is restored little by little, through the system of supervising the army and other means, the binding force on the towns will be strengthened step by step, thereby weakening the hidden danger of the feudal towns separating the localities and fighting against the central courts.

Yang Zhitang may not have supported Shen Yang in the past, but seeing that Tangyi and Xiangbei were expanding their power a little faster than imagined after Huaidong, he felt that Shen Yang's strategy was very good, and he looked at Zheng Yu, Zhang Chao and others a few times, and then nodded yes.

Han Daoming's face was gloomy, it was too easy for people of their level to understand the trick inside, but because of this, unless Yuan Guowei insisted on not following the order, otherwise, Tangyi would inevitably suffer this secret loss.

However, Yuan Guowei wanted to return to his hometown several times before, perhaps because he was really tired of the deception in the court, so he wanted to return to his hometown and live a comfortable life for a few years, but after this incident, if Yuan Guowei insisted on returning to his hometown, in the eyes of the world, would it become Tangyi and the Han family in order to resist the imperial court's restoration of the system of supervising the army, and secretly forced Yuan Guowei to return to his hometown?

In that case, no matter how you look at it, Tangyi and the Han family have become a little ungrateful, and they are not human inside and out.

Han Daoming didn't say anything on the spot, after all, tonight was just a moon viewing banquet, Shen Yang and Yang Zhitang could be said to have mentioned it casually.

He thought about it repeatedly at night, and he couldn't decide his attitude on this matter, so he wrote a letter and sent someone across the river to tell Han Qian about this matter, and see how Han Qian determined it.

Han Qian's attitude was very casual, he did not refuse to restore the system of supervising the army in Tangyi, but at the same time asked all the armies on the border of Dachu Town to restore the system of supervising the army, not just targeting the Tangyi family.

In any case, Tangyi has a battalion system and an all-round implementation of the conscription system, which is restricted by the center, and is only slightly tighter than Huaidong; If you really want to fully restore the system of supervising the army, why is it that Li Zhihe, Zheng Hui, Gu Zhilong and others are even more uncomfortable.

Han Qian took the lead in accepting the imperial court's dispatch of the supervising military envoys, and at the same time sent the supervising military envoys, which was more symbolic for the generals who truly controlled the military power independently, and for those generals who relied more on the center, it was also

There is little room for resistance.

Therefore, throughout the autumn, the most important thing for the Great Chu Dynasty was to send military envoys to the armies on the edge of the town.

Of course, sending an envoy to the army, even if it is symbolic, is not as simple as sending a eunuch from the inner court to the army.

It is necessary to establish channels and systems for the secret transmission of the envoys of the supervising army, and the envoys themselves also need to be supervised and restrained, and the selection and appointment of the accompanying eunuchs is also exquisite.

Yang Zhitang presided over the Privy Council, and this time he also wanted to take the opportunity to restore the military intelligence collection and transmission system of the staff division in Lianzhen, and discussed with many parties, and many other things were straightened out, and it was not until late October that Yuan Guowei was officially ordered to cross the river and enter the Tangyi Prison Army.

In another year, Yuan Guowei took a boat to dock at the wharf on the west bank of the Wanshou River, and then changed to a carriage and horse and rushed to East Lake.

In the fields on both sides of the road, the autumn grain harvest has been completed, new crops such as beans, peppers, and wheat have been planted, and inconspicuous sprouts have emerged from the black-brown soil, and many farmers in new cotton clothes are working in the fields.

"Xuzhou and Tangyi plant cotton and weave cloth, Ze covers the world, but the farmers in the fields can wear new clothes, even in the world of great governance, it is a rare scene!" Yuan Guowei pulled the reins, and Feng Yi and Han Chengmeng, who followed the line, said.

At the beginning, Yuan Guowei and Jiang were assigned by Emperor Tianyou to assist the three princes in the palace of Linjiang County, and they both presided over the affairs of Jinyun Tower under Han Qian, and they were very close to Lin Haizheng, Tian Cheng, Gao Shao and other core figures in Tangyi over the years.

Even if they were worried that Shen Yang, Yang En and others would intend to restore the system of supervising the army, the people of Tangyi did not reject Yuan Guowei's arrival at all.

was also worried that Yuan Guowei had a grudge, Feng Yi and Han Chengmeng deliberately stayed in Beijing for a few more days on this Jinling business trip, and waited until the day when Yuan Guowei officially took office, and accompanied them across the river to the north.

Seeing that Yuan Guowei admired the farmers in the fields for wearing new clothes, Feng Yi introduced the situation of farming recovery in Tangyi in the past two years.

As of mid-October, the planting area of cotton and sweet cane in the whole territory has been controlled to 400,000 mu, and there has been no large-scale expansion, but with the construction of water conservancy facilities such as weirs and ditches, Tangyi has added more than 400,000 mu of water and drought grain fields this year, plus the combing of cultivated land in the hinterland of Huaiyang Mountain and the Shouzhou Juntun fields taken over by both banks of the Longtan River, Chaozhou City, and Chuzhou City.

The 2.4 million mu of cultivated land, 2.5 million stone rice, wheat, beans, peppers and other crops and more than 200,000 quintals of seed cotton were harvested in summer and autumn, and they were distributed to the 11 counties under the jurisdiction of Tangyi.

And if there is no large-scale addition of follow-up people, Tangyi is limited by the young and strong labor force, and it is impossible to reclaim land on a large scale.

However, whether it is Xuzhou or Tangyi, the rentier clan and landlord class can be said to be suppressed to the extreme, which also makes the total amount of grain harvest in Tangyi this summer and autumn not high, but it is spread evenly among the population of 360,000 households, and it is barely able to make a living, and there is no need to suffer from hunger.

In this year, the price of grain imported by Tangyi from Xuzhou and other places was still as high as 500,000 or 600,000 stone, mainly to meet the supply of military food.

Limited by the scale of the young and strong labor force, especially the large number of young and strong labor force to be incorporated into the battalion and confront the Shouzhou Army, it is difficult to increase the total scale of the field by a large margin, but the follow-up agricultural work will be further refined, such as the introduction of more livestock and animal power, so that the sophisticated agricultural tools can be used on a larger scale, and the composting, crop rotation, and ditch repair will continue to be improved, and on the basis of the existing population, as long as there can be an increase in grain production of 500,000 or 600,000 stone next year, the initial guarantee of the supply of military food will not be a problem.

What's more, with the support of Xuzhou's thick foundation there, Tangyi's most difficult days have passed by this time.