Chapter 598: Drastic Moves

Zhao Junsheng called Gao Xiu and Xue An from thousands of miles away to Youzhou this time, and it was just a trivial matter to discuss the reorganization and restructuring, and the real purpose was to unify their thoughts with the two of them.

These two people are both generals with great military talent and talent, and they are also the earliest people who followed him, and he naturally wants to unite them all around and give them the biggest stage for them to exert their energy.

Gao Xiu is very thoughtful in cavalry tactics, while Xue Andu has a strong sense of attack, and he can combine infantry and cavalry well to fight.

For these two people, Zhao Junsheng doesn't want to lose them, they only have the ability of military generals, but they don't have the qualifications and potential to be princes, only he can let them play their own light.

Gao Xiu and Xue Andu did not stay in Jixian County for too long, they only stayed for a few days before leaving, and Zhao Junsheng sent them out of the city for more than ten miles before returning.

According to the reorganization and restructuring plan that had been decided, in addition to Wuchuan Town, which was guarded by Gao Xiu, and Huazhou, which was guarded by Xue Andu, Zhao Junsheng planned to establish three garrisons in northern Xinjiang, namely Fuming, Xuanrou and Huaihuang, each with 500 men and horses, and at the same time set up the Governor's Mansion and Yuyi Town in the location of the Eastern Eile people.

The Governor's Mansion is in charge of the government, the Yuyi Town is in charge of the army, and the garrison number is called the Yuyi Army, with 3,600 soldiers and horses, plus the leader of the Cele Command, Baluotu's own Ele soldiers, there are more than 12,000 officers and soldiers alone, if they are temporarily and urgently recruited, and the young and middle-aged people of the Ele are all gathered, they can recruit 20,000 to 30,000 people, but the weapons and armor are weak, and Zhao Junsheng cannot give them tens of thousands of weapons and armor.

In order to facilitate the command, Zhao Junsheng temporarily put the three wars of Fuming, Xuanrou, and Huaihuang under the jurisdiction of Yuyi Town.

Youzhou has now become five counties because of the addition of one Shanggu County; Zhao Junsheng also set up Yingzhou in the territory of the former Yan State, which was located in Longcheng, and governed six counties of Liaodong, Liaoxi, Jiyang, Jiande, Changli and Xuansu, and the level of Yingzhou was the same as that of Youzhou.

In the former Goguryeo hometown, Zhao Junsheng set up Andong Prefecture, and the administrative office was located in Pyongyang, which has a relatively large territory, but the land is vast and sparsely populated, and it has jurisdiction over Buyeo County, Domestic County, Lintun County, and Lelang County.

Zhao Junsheng stipulated that each county could only have 300 soldiers, and the maximum could not exceed 500, and each county could only have a maximum of 1,000 soldiers, and the state soldiers could only have 1,000.

On the one hand, it can reduce the military expenditure of the local security army, and on the other hand, it can increase the number of peasants, laborers, and merchants, and these county and county soldiers who have been retrenched and returned to the townships can also become the security force in the townships.

Zhao Junsheng set up the Longcheng Army in Yingzhou, set up the army commander under the command of 5,000 soldiers and horses, and set up a garrison in each county, which was under the control of the garrison lord, and the garrison commander had jurisdiction over two buildings, and under the garrison there were forts, beacons, posts and other garrison institutions, and the garrison lords of each county were under the jurisdiction of the army lords, and the public security army was under the jurisdiction of the government, and local officials were not allowed to meddle in the affairs of the army, garrison and other military institutions, and the officers of the garrison generals and colonels were also not allowed to interfere in local government affairs.

In the same way, Zhao Junsheng also set up the Anton Army in Andong Prefecture, and set up garrisons in the counties under its jurisdiction, and garrison institutions such as forts, beacons and posts in the counties.

The Andong Army has 5,000 men and horses under its direct jurisdiction, and each county has two buildings under its jurisdiction, each with 500 people, counting the county soldiers and county soldiers of each county, a total of nearly 13,000 people, and the main battle force is also more than 8,000 people.

For the security forces of various prefectures and counties, these soldiers and horses are usually responsible for training and maintaining law and order, and are responsible for defending the city in wartime.

Take Andong Prefecture as an example, there are nearly 8,000 main battle troops, if necessary, Zhao Junsheng can transfer 5,000 people, leaving 3,000 people in case of emergency, and even when the force is tight, all these 8,000 people can be transferred for conquest, leaving only the security army is enough to hold the city.

In Youzhou, the establishment of the Youzhou Army remained basically unchanged, still 3,000 people, and the garrisons under the jurisdiction of each county were abolished, and the garrisons of each pass were retained.

In addition, Zhao Junsheng separately formed the Flying Bear Army, the Longxiang Army, the Huwei Army, the Shenwu Army, the Whirlwind Army, the Xuanjia Army and other six main armies, called the Chinese Army; The Dragon Guard Army and the Armed Guard Army were respectively set up to be responsible for the protection of the army, which was called the forbidden army.

There were 10,000 men in each of the Chinese armies, and 3,000 people each in the Long Guard and Wu Wei in the forbidden army.

In this way, the total strength of Zhao Junsheng's command adds up to nearly 130,000 people, but under normal circumstances, only 50,000 or 60,000 can really be used for conquest, and if there is a crisis, 100,000 horses can be gathered.

Don't look at Zhao Junsheng's total strength has reached 130,000 people, but most of them are used to guard the border, such as to guard against Rouran, Kumoxi, Khitan, and the original Goguryeo, especially against the Goguryeo people.

To feed so many troops, it is absolutely impossible for ordinary princes, but there is no pressure here in Zhao Junsheng, and the collection of taxes in Youzhou is very thorough, and a large number of taxes and commercial taxes can not only feed so many troops, but also have a surplus.

The newly taken Yingzhou and Andong prefectures are also intensifying the collection of taxes, but all scholars, nobles, and eunuchs who conceal the number of acres of land and population are severely punished, and no one dares to evade taxes under such high pressure and surveillance.

In other princes, money was concentrated in the hands of nobles and officials, but under Zhao Junsheng's rule, the richest was still the government, but the government would not save the money, but tried to use it by all means to make the money more circulating in order to collect more taxes.

In addition to the reorganization and restructuring of the military, Zhao Junsheng also increased his investment in the intelligence system, and on the basis of Guo Yi's detailed work of collecting information, he set up a special spy yamen, called the Black Guard.

In this spy yamen, Zhao Junsheng invested a lot of financial and material resources, recruited a large number of people and sent them to all parts of the world after training, not only the people in black in the territory of the Northern Wei Dynasty, but also in the Southern Dynasties, Beiliang, Rouran, and even Kumoxi, Khitan, Muwei and other deep mountains and old forests in the northeast.

In just two years, the black-clothed man's spies have spread all over the world, and all kinds of news have been transmitted to Jixian County every day, which makes Zhao Junsheng know everything about what is happening in the world.

In the past two years, under the rule of Zhao Junsheng, the people's livelihood has improved greatly, the society tends to be stable, due to the government's vigorous purge, the mountain bandits and robbers entrenched in some mountains and forests have also been wiped out, and those who really can't go down can only go down the mountain and surrender.

The people everywhere are living and working in peace and contentment, all kinds of production activities have returned to normal, the area of cultivated land has tripled, and the output of cereals has increased considerably, year by year, several times more than a few years ago.

Animal husbandry has also been vigorously developed, the number of livestock has increased by sixty percent, and the output of fur has also increased greatly, which has also ushered in a period of rapid development and increased the scale of the wool spinning and leather industry in Youzhou.

A large number of fishermen appeared along the coast, and the fishing industry began to develop, and it was difficult to eat fish in Youzhou in the past, but now the seafood and dried goods in the market in Jixian County are piled up.

Without the war, the rich natural resources of Northeast China were exploited, and a large number of fur and mountain goods, wild ginseng and various medicinal materials were continuously transported.

In the past few years, because of the war for many years, the wild ginseng of the Northeast and Goguryeo was almost out of stock in various places, and the stocks in hand were speculated to sky-high prices, and now the war has subsided, and in just two years, a large number of mountain ginseng has been dug up, and the mountain people have sold it at a good price, and the merchants have made a lot of money, and the government has also collected a lot of taxes.

In the past two years, when Zhao Junsheng devoted a lot of effort to politics and military affairs, Mulan was not idle, not only set up Governor Cao, cracked several major cases, and found out several corrupt officials, but also gave birth to a big fat boy named Zhao Dong.

Hua Mulan has been handling cases for the past two years when she has a big belly, and after giving birth, she is also handling official business while taking care of the child, if it is someone else, the officials under the official will definitely not buy it, how can there be a woman who is an official? is also an official and takes care of children while handling official business, how can the officials below be embarrassed?

But Mulan is no one else, she is a strong woman, and with Zhao Junsheng supporting her, she is more energetic as an official.

In fact, Zhao Junsheng also knew that Mulan was an idle person, and she was probably not happy to let her stay at home and take care of the children all day, and it was not difficult for her to take care of the children, and with the help of the maid, she could still handle the case with the children.

When I went home in the evening and had dinner, she could still accept the soles of her shoes for an hour, and sometimes she could make a dress for Zhao Junsheng, Hua Mulan is a person who is sharp, her brain reacts quickly, her movements react quickly, and her hands and feet are numb, which other women can't compare.

When Zhao Junsheng's side was developing rapidly, the outside world was not calm, and Xue Yongzong, who was entrenched in Hedong, finally failed to withstand the encirclement and suppression of officers and soldiers.

On this day, Zhao Junsheng was playing with his son Zhao Dong on the Trojan horse, and Guo Yi hurriedly came over to report: "Lord Wang, the news just came that Xue Yongzong in Hedong has been exterminated!" ”

When Zhao Junsheng heard this, he got up and beckoned to the maid standing next to him, asking her to take care of his son, and he and Guo Yi walked aside to talk.

"Who is attacking Xue Yongzong?"

"It's the captain, he sent eight thousand men and horses to take advantage of the Yellow River to freeze, and suddenly stepped on the thick ice to cross the river, Xue Yongzong's people are all rabble, no military discipline, and they are used to being lazy on weekdays, and they are defenseless against the captain's men and horses, in just five days, Hedong was all taken by the captain's people, and Xue Yongzong and his cronies were killed after breaking the city!"

Zhao Junsheng thought for a while and asked, "What about Buliu Guli?" How did he react? ”

Guo Yi said: "Buliu Guli is attacking Shanhu Bailong, and he seems to have reached some kind of tacit understanding with Wei Wei! ”

"Oh?" Zhao Junsheng touched his chin.

Guo Yi hesitated for a moment and said: "Lord, we got a top-secret news from the inside line we planted in the palace of the Southern Dynasty, the Southern Dynasty prince Liu Xun was involved in witchcraft Gu was learned by Emperor Song, Emperor Song was angry and wanted to abolish the prince, but he couldn't make up his mind for a long time, this matter was learned by the prince Liu Xun, Xun decided to launch a coup d'Γ©tat, and the specific follow-up developments have not yet been transmitted!" ”

"What?" Zhao Junsheng was shocked, "Is there such a thing?" You keep an eye on this matter and report it as soon as there is news, and you must not delay! ”