Luoyang.

Since Anlu Taishou Zhai Mohou reported to Jiangxia and the two counties of Chuyang, Luo Cheng has not slept well.

At this moment, although the imperial court has no external troubles, it is also fully busy with locust extermination and disaster relief.

But this Zhai Mohou didn't understand the overall situation, so he had to accept the change of banners in Jiangxia and Chuyang counties at this time, and he couldn't even wait to ask the imperial court to agree.

No matter how bold Zhai Mohou is, he is the Anlu Taishou of Great Qin, and his actions represent the imperial court.

At this time, the imperial court has also been led by Zhai Mohou, and can only advance but not retreat.

Both Jinyiwei and the Imperial City Division quickly organized a special team to pay attention to the three feudatories, especially the Jianghan area.

One message after another, coming together, is all of the highest priority.

"Great joy, saint. Liang general Gai Yan and Wen Shihong led the fleet to change banners, returned to Jiangling to force Xiao Milling into the court, and now Jiangling City has changed banners, and Xiao Milling also came to Luo by boat. ”

"Also, the two counties of Yiling and Qingjiang have also changed their banners."

In this way, the entire land north of the Yangtze River in Nanliang entered Daqin, and even the two counties of Qingjiang and Jiangxia in the south of the Yangtze River, as well as parts of Yiling and Nanjun also entered Qin.

This is indeed good news.

Early the next morning.

Luo Cheng held a pre-imperial meeting in the Xuanzheng Palace.

This time, there were many fewer people in the Imperial Council than in the past, and many of them were now serving as governors and envoys in charge of disaster relief.

When the privy envoy Zhang Xutuo reported the latest situation in Jingxiang, everyone was very happy.

"It seems that the small court of Gangneung is even more fragile and vulnerable than we expected. If you know what to do, you should have leveled the three feudal domains as soon as possible. ”

"Actually, I don't want to cut the feudal domain now, even if this time the Southern Liang is directly leveled and returned to Qin, but what about Lin Shihong in Jiangxi and Shen Faxing in Jiangdong? This two feudatories are not as strong as the infighting of Hunan Xiao Miao, and our infiltration of Jiangdong and Jiangxi feudatories is far less than Hunan. ”

If the three feudatories didn't move them, they wouldn't dare to provoke the imperial court. The imperial court will develop with peace of mind for a few more years, and then it will be leveled by the three feudatories, which will be a matter of course, and it will not be too troublesome at all, just like Pinghunan now.

But now the second Jiangnan road is not yet time, and if Hunan is leveled at this time, the Jiangnan Erfan fish will only be broken.

"Sage, the minister thinks that he can ignore the two feudal domains in Jiangnan first, since he has made a move against Xiao Liang, he must do things properly, and take this opportunity to completely clear Xiao Liang's influence."

Wei Zheng proposed, "Yiling, Nanjun, Jiangxia, Chuyang, and Qingjiang counties can be included in Hubei Province." Then the other counties in the south of the Yangtze River still belong to Hunan Province. ”

Previously, Hubei Province was the northern counties of the Han River, while Hunan Province was the southern counties of the Han River, and there were many more counties in Hunan than in Hubei Province.

"The establishment of Hubei Province before was also a preparation for cutting Xiaoliang, and now it is just dividing Xiaoliang counties into two."

Some people asked, "In this case, why not take the Yangtze River as the boundary, and return the north of the Yangtze River to Hubei, and the south of the Yangtze River to Hunan, why do you still divide the two counties of Qingjiang and Jiangxia in the south of the Yangtze River into Hubei Province, and why does the southern county cross the south and north of the Yangtze River?" ”

"Besides, why did you assign Fangling County, which was previously subordinate to Bahan, to Hubei?"

This question was answered by Qin Qiong, the secretary of the Ministry of War.

"There are two criteria for the imperial court to divide the roads, one is the shape of mountains and rivers. When demarcating the border, it is divided according to natural conditions such as mountains and rivers, which is the most direct and obvious distinction. For example, the Qinling Mountains, the Yellow River, the Huai River, and the Yangtze River are the best basis for division, and the people on both sides of some mountains and rivers are even completely different in their living customs. ”

"Of course, although the mountains and rivers are easy to divide and manage, but~" Qin Qiong paused, "But there are hidden dangers in this division, if the principle of mountains and rivers is completely used to divide the county, then it is easy to form a complete and independent area." ”

"Especially in the large area of the road, because the area is large enough, it is very easy to form a situation of secession by risk. There have been many such examples in history, such as at the end of the Qin Dynasty, Zhao Tuo raised a new army, seized Lingnan to establish itself, and established the Nanyue State, so that the Lingnan region did not regain the rule of the Central Plains until the time of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. ”

"Another example is Liu Bei's seizure of Yizhou, the weakest of the three kingdoms, but he still relies on the danger of Wuxia, the solidity of the Qinling Mountains, and the richness of the country of abundance, but he can still compete with Cao Cao for decades."

It is precisely because of this consideration that in the demarcation of the Dao level, not only the mountains and rivers must be considered, but also the interlacing of canine teeth.

A number of strategic points in one region are deliberately zoned to another and mixed with sand on each other.

For example, Henan Road was originally south of Henan, but when Daqin drew the boundary, Ruicheng, which should belong to Hedong Road on the north bank of the Yellow River, was divided into Henan Road.

Hanoi County, north of Luoyang, which should have belonged to Hebei Province, was assigned to Henan Province.

At the same time, Hongnong County, which was supposed to belong to Henan Province, was assigned to Guanzhong Province by the imperial court. Nanyang County, which should be subordinate to Henan, was assigned to Hubei Province by the imperial court.

Shangluo County, which should belong to Guanzhong Province (Wuguan, one of the four fortresses in Guanzhong, is among them), was assigned to Bahan County.

As for Shudi, the country of abundance, the imperial court set up a Bahan Road between Shu and Guanzhong.

Hanzhong is very important to Shu, but the imperial court did not give Hanzhong to Shu, and even an important gateway such as Badong Wuxia was also assigned to Bahan, which made Shu Han two ways.

The shape of mountains and rivers is the rough zoning standard, and then these strategic points are deliberately intertwined.

Militarily, this is necessary.

Hubei and Hunan, theoretically speaking, should be bounded by the Yangtze River, but in practice the imperial court must be mixed with sand.

In the south of the Yangtze River, Qingjiang County and Jiangxia County were assigned to Hubei one by one.

In this way, Hubei has the feeling of a transportation center extending in all directions, with two important rivers and waterways, the Han River and the Yangtze River, and at the same time, the Nanyang Basin, the gateway of the Central Plains, has been drawn in.

The original Hubei Province is a bit incomplete in terms of geography as a whole, but with such a stroke, it will inevitably become an important town in the future.

"After the redrawing of Hubei Road, when a general was sent to guard the town in person, I thought that I could ask Qin Qiong, the secretary of the Shangshu Pingzhang of the Military Department of Tiance, to go to Hubei and give him the post of governor of Hubei and Hunan, responsible for patrolling the place, pacifying the people, and relieving the victims."

"How about the imperial court dispatch 12,000 men and horses to garrison south with General Qin?"

Qin Qiong crossed his hand to receive the order, "The minister is willing to go!" ”

Qin Qiong is the prime minister, and he also has prestige in the army, and he is indeed no problem for the governor to lead the army south, and to patrol Hubei and Hunan.

"Holy Lord, what should we do with the officials and generals from all over the former Xiao Domain?"

"Recruit according to talent, such as Zhang Zhenzhou and Zhou Faming, who can temporarily stay in the post of Taishou and continue to assist the imperial court in governing the place. For example, Gai Yan and Wen Shihong can be awarded to the commander of the right governor of Hubei Province and the commander of the right governor of Hunan Province respectively, and the rest of the Taishou and so on, depending on the situation. For the soldiers of the original Xiao Liang, they were all dismissed and returned to their hometowns to be granted fields, and all the officers were hired and appointed after the selection and assessment of the military department. ”

"The top priority is to take over the local area first, and at the same time relieve the victims, so that Jingxiang can be stabilized as soon as possible."