Linzhou has jurisdiction over three counties of Xinqin, Liangu and Yincheng, with Xinqin County as the attached Guo County, and two armies of Baojing and Zhenxi. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info

Linzhou City, also known as Yangjiacheng, like the border cities in the northwest, has the role of a military fortress, mainly used to prevent the attack of Western Xia.

Yangjiacheng is "Heshuo in the east, Guanzhong in the south, Yuyang in the west, and Hetao in the north", and its geographical location is very important. Yangjiacheng was built on the bank of the Guye River and on the top of a mountain with a dangerous terrain. Yangjia City is close to the cave wild river in the west, the grassland ditch in the north, the Taoyuan Liang in the east, the Mayan ditch in the south, the irregular strip distribution according to the mountain shape, the south, the west and the north are three sides, surrounded by the river and the deep ditch, and many places are cliffs, the terrain is very dangerous, the city is high in the east and low in the west, it is really easy to defend and difficult to attack.

The reason why Linzhou City is called Yangjia City is because Linzhou City and the Yang family have a long history.

Although Linzhou City was built at the end of the Tang Dynasty, it was built in the hands of the Yang family.

During the Five Dynasties, Shi Jingjiao of the Later Jin Dynasty ceded the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun to the Khitan. Linzhou is close to the Khitan occupation zone. In order to fight against the Khitan aristocracy, Yang Hongxin, a local tyrant in Linzhou, established himself as the assassin of Linzhou. The Yang family was successively attached to the Later Zhou and the Great Song Dynasty, starting from Yang Hongxin, the second son Yang Chongxun, and Sun Yang Guangyan were all the highest local governors in Linzhou. The management of Linzhou City by three generations of their ancestors and grandchildren has made Linzhou City a strong city in Hexi.

Of course, at that time, Linzhou City belonged to the Yang family's sphere of influence, and the Yang family was also a small prince who was divided into one side, and belonged to those who listened to the tune and did not listen to the announcement. But by the time of the Taizong Dynasty of the Great Song Dynasty, the Yang family moved inward, gave up the rule of Linzhou, and gave up the identity of a local tyrant, and the Yang family's influence on Linzhou became smaller and smaller.

However, after Li Yuanhao became emperor and established Western Xia, Linzhou regained relations with the Yang family. After Li Yuanhao became emperor, in order to strengthen the defense of Linzhou, the Great Song Dynasty sent the famous general Yang Wenguang as the defense envoy of Linzhou and the head of the Linfu Soldiers and Horses Division to coordinate the defense of Linzhou.

Yang Wenguang is also a very capable general, and he managed this Linzhou City very firmly, making this Linzhou City play an important role as a bridgehead deep into Hexi and a stronghold to resist the invasion of Western Xia.

Before the founding of the Western Xia, Li Yuanhao's grandfather, Li Jiqian, the envoy of the Dingyan Army, had attacked Linzhou several times, wanting to uproot this stronghold of the Great Song Dynasty in Hexi, but Linzhou relied on the high walls of the fortified city to defend, so that Li Jiqian had never succeeded.

Later, Western Xia also attacked Linzhou several times, but did not break through Linzhou. Among them, the largest is in the Qingli period, when Li Yuanhao had just defeated the Song army in the Battle of Haoshuichuan, and then gathered tens of thousands of soldiers and horses to launch the battles of Lin, Fu and Feng. At that time, he besieged Linzhou for several months, and once almost broke through Linzhou, but the soldiers and civilians of Linzhou City finally held Linzhou City by virtue of their strong city and tenacious will.

Linzhou City and Fuzhou City, as the two wedges nailed into the west of the Great Song Dynasty, have always been standing firmly.

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Although Linzhou is a state, the system of dividing the state and county levels according to the population of the Great Song Dynasty can only be regarded as a lower state, because the population is too small.

According to the yellow register of household registration, Linzhou has three counties under its jurisdiction, and there are only more than 3,600 main households plus customers, which is not as large as the population of a large county in the interior. For example, Qingzhou has a population of seven or eight thousand households in Yincheng County, which is just an attached county.

But even so, the population of this Linzhou is still the largest in the three states outside the river.

Among the three states outside the river, the prefecture with the strongest combat power has a registered population of only 1,300 households.

The main customers of Toyosu are now registered, and the total number of customers is only 150. Of course, the population of Fengzhou is so small, mainly because the territory of Fengzhou is occupied by the Tangut people. However, although there are only 150 registered main customers in Fengzhou, the imperial court still wants to use these 150 households to purchase Fengzhou in Fuzhou.

It is a normal period for the population of a state in the northwest to be much smaller than that of a county in the interior.

The population of this Linzhou is small, and it is not as good as the population of a large county in the interior, so the allocation of subordinate officials in this state government will naturally decrease.

The subordinate officials of the Great Song Prefecture were divided into Cao officials and shogunate officials. Zhu Cao officials have records to join the army, judicial to join the army, managers to join the army, and Sihu to join the army. Shogunate officials include subordinate officials such as signing judges, pushing officials, holding secretaries, and degree branches.

However, this Linzhou is only a lower state in terms of population, so naturally there are not so many subordinate officials. After Zhong Hao took office in this Linzhou Prefecture, he found that in addition to the Lord Zhizhou, there was only one record of Cao officials joining the army! As for the work of the judiciary joining the army, the manager joining the army, and the secretary joining the army, I heard the meaning of the Lord Zhizhou, and I was in charge of the Linzhou general judgment and this record member of the army. However, there are not many Cao officials in the Linzhou Prefecture Government, but the shogunate officials are quite complete, and there are subordinate officials such as signing judges, pushing officials, holding secretaries, and degree branches. Most of these shogunate officials are of low rank, and their salaries are not high, and they are quite fully equipped with the state government of Linzhou.

After Zhong Hao arrived in Linzhou, Zhang Wenyuan, the governor of Linzhou, was very polite to him, and saw that Zhong Hao came to take office with his family, so he asked people to set aside a courtyard in the state government to let Zhong Hao and his family live.

There are not many subordinate officials in this Linzhou state office, but the back office of this state government is spacious. However, there is a separate small courtyard after Zhong Hao's general judgment, as well as Zhizhou Zhang Wenyuan and the recorder named Zhao Xin joined the army. As for the state officials, they were all crammed into one courtyard.

After settling Zhong Hao's residence, Zhizhou Zhang Wenyuan asked people to set up a banquet in the state government, and pulled a group of state officials to gather a banquet for Zhong Hao, and then Zhong Hao, the general judge of Linzhou, was considered to take office.

Zhong Hao really didn't know what to do about this Linzhou general judgment. However, he knew the purpose of the official family sending him to Linzhou, in order to raid the Hengshan area. In any case, this is in the Tuntian area of the Guye River area, and the Shengqiang and Tibetan tribes in the Hengshan area are invited to vote. This is to be done anyway.

To the west of Linzhou, there is a large area of wasteland that can be reclaimed. Because it is more dangerous to be located at the junction of Song and Xia, the two horse armies can attack and harass at any time, so they have been deserted. In fact, in the past, the Linzhou military and civilians and the party members had cultivated this area in the upper reaches of the Kuye River, but because of mutual harassment, they could not occupy it.

Zhong Hao felt that an important measure should be to occupy and reclaim the land in the west of Linzhou City and the upper reaches of the Kuye River, and recruit the nearby Hengshan Shengqiang and Tibetan tribes to invest.

However, this occupation of the land in the upper reaches of the Kuye River requires a strong force guarantee, otherwise the crops are ripe, but this party member is here, and it belongs to making wedding clothes for others. Although it was difficult for this party to break through the city of Linzhou, it was difficult for the Linzhou army to take advantage of the field battle outside the city.

Of course, this deployment of force also needs to coordinate the relations between various quarters, and it cannot be done in a moment. Zhong Hao's sentence still has a long way to go, and now that he has just taken office, these things cannot be done for the time being.

However, Zhang Wenyuan and Zhang Zhizhou of Linzhou are really like what Wang gradually said, and he is a hands-off shopkeeper in the Linzhou Prefecture. Most of the affairs in the state government arranged for Zhong Hao, the second official of Linzhou, to be judged, and Zhao Xin, the only one in the state government to join the army. As soon as Zhong Hao took office, this Zhang Zhizhou asked Zhong Hao for a long talk, indicating his attitude.

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After Zhong Hao arrived in Linzhou, the happiest thing was Yang Huaiyu, and now he can give Zhong Hao, the eldest brother, a regular meeting.

When Zhong Hao first arrived in Linzhou, Yang Huaiyu brought his daughter-in-law Coke to visit him.

Yang Huaiyu was supposed to marry Zhe Cola in the autumn of the previous year, but in order to escape from his relatives, Yang Huaiyu went south with the army to quell the rebellion. But in the end, Yang Huaiyu still didn't escape, and he still married Coke last winter.

Of course, Yang Huaiyu later passed through the guidance of Zhong Hao, a "master", and was very good at dealing with Folding Coke, and he was no longer so reluctant to marry Folding Cola.

The Zhenxi Army was stationed in Linzhou City, and it was Yang Huaiyu and Zhong Hao who came and went, and after the next duty, they often reunited.

Fold Coke also often runs to Zhong Hao's yard, of course, she didn't come to find Zhong Hao. Although he was born in a broken family, his martial arts are extraordinary. But a woman's beauty-loving nature can't be stopped. Ye Yihan's research on this dress and clothing is not comparable to that of ordinary women, and her ability to deal with people is not covered, this Coke and Cao Keyao are now her loyal fans. Zhe Cola ran to Ye Yihan all day long, listening to her guidance on dressing up and matching clothes and jewelry.

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As soon as Zhong Hao arrived at the front office of the Linzhou Prefecture today, he found that something was not right, because the atmosphere was very solemn. Zhong Hao couldn't help but chuckle in his heart, and said in his heart: It can't be that the party members are coming to attack Linzhou City again, right?!

Zhong Hao walked quickly to the second hall of the state government, and saw that Zhang Wenyuan and Zhao Xin, who had joined the army, were there, as well as several of the state government's judges, officials, and secretaries.

After Zhong Hao came in, Zhao Xin, who was in charge of the army, explained the situation to Zhong Hao.

It turned out that it was not the party members who came to attack Linzhou City, but Yincheng County. This morning, Cao Hong, the governor of Yincheng County, sent someone to the Linzhou Prefecture Ya to report that Hua Qingping, the magistrate of Yincheng County, had been killed in the Houya this morning. The murder of the magistrate of this county, even in this state, is definitely not a trivial matter!

Zhong Hao listened to Zhao Xin, who had joined the army, explain the situation, and couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, fortunately, it was not the party who came to attack. If you just come to Linzhou and encounter this party member to attack, it is unlucky enough.

However, Zhong Hao originally thought that it had nothing to do with him, but Zhang Zhizhou arranged for him to go to Yincheng County to investigate the case with Xu Lang, the magistrate of Linzhou.

Now this Zhang Zhizhou is like a shopkeeper, and the general affairs in this state are generally recorded and Zhao Xin is responsible for joining the army, and as for other things, Zhang Zhizhou threw Zhong Hao on the grounds that the capable person works hard. Of course, Zhang Zhizhou is also powerless if he wants to manage it, he is old for a while, and secondly, in this land west of the river, the people are fierce, and he really doesn't have the strength to manage it. And this Zhang Zhizhou also understands that his task is to help Zhong Hao strive to make progress in this Hengshan area, so he will let Zhong Hao do it.

This magistrate of Yincheng County was assassinated, so naturally it is not a general affair, and naturally he can't find a record to join the army Zhao Xin. If it is a state or county in the interior, this kind of thing naturally has the state's judicial participation in the army and the management of the manager, but there is no military and manager in the Linzhou Prefecture Yali, so Zhang Zhizhou arranged Zhong Hao, the general judge of Linzhou, to investigate.

Although Zhong Hao has no experience in this investigation, he is planning his own politics in his position, and he has Zhang Zhizhou's orders, so he can only go in person.

At that moment, Zhong Hao and Xu Lang, the official of Linzhou, took a group of officials to Yincheng County.

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After Zhong Hao and Xu Tuiguan arrived in Yincheng County, they found that Yincheng County had been placed under martial law by the Pingxi Army.

Yincheng County, like the fortress in the northwest, is a strategic stronghold with military significance. Yincheng County was built on a small hill on the bank of the Kuye River. Although Yincheng County is a county seat, it is actually not big, and it is also upgraded from a fortress. Yincheng County used to be called Yincheng Walled, but later because of the important terrain and the increase in population, it was promoted to the county seat. The fortresses and cities in the northwest are all with the rise and fall of strategic locations, the increase and decrease of troops, and the number of populations, and their specifications and status are also often raised and lowered.

If it is in the interior, this magistrate is assassinated, and it will not be subject to martial law. But after all, this Yincheng County is in the land of the border state, and it is said that Hua Qingping, the magistrate of Yincheng, was assassinated by a Western Xia spite, so the Yiping Western Army naturally wanted to impose martial law on this Yincheng County.

If other armies were to impose martial law in Yincheng County, I am afraid that it would take some effort to enter the city, but Zhong Hao naturally did not work hard at all, and was warmly greeted by the officers and men of the Pingxi Army.

The Pingxi Army used to be just an army called Huazixiang, if it hadn't met Zhong Hao, I'm afraid that now it would still be living in the Volcano Army struggling to survive, how could it be upgraded to a forbidden army, how could it have such a status? ! Whether it is the equipment of the Pingxi Army or the merit, this is all won by the master of Zhongzhai. Although this Zhongzhai lord has not directly been their general, his status is higher than that of the general in the Pingxi army. Besides, even if they were also the subordinates of the lord of Zhong Zhai before, these soldiers of the Pingxi Army were naturally enthusiastic when they talked about Zhong Hao, and they pulled Zhong Hao to say this and that, and forgot about other things for a while.

Cui Feng, the commander of the Pingxi Army, heard the report that Zhong Hao had arrived, and immediately came to the city gate to greet Zhong Hao in person, and the two had a good time at the city gate of Yincheng County.

Cui Qi and the other six people who came with Zhong Hao were now temporarily arranged by Zhong Hao to serve in the Linzhou Prefecture Government, and at this time, they were also very happy to see Cui Feng, the former boss of the regimental training township soldiers who unloaded the stone shed, and pulled Cui Feng to have a good talk.

Seeing this scene, this made Xu Lang, the official who came to Linzhou with Zhong Hao, secretly wake up, originally he thought that this Zhong Tongju was young and did this high position, he was a little unconvinced, and he didn't put him in his eyes, seeing this situation, seeing that even the commander of the Pingxi Army was respectful to him, he couldn't help but be a little shocked. Xu Lang secretly said in his heart: In the future, I will have to respect this Zhong Tongju.

After Cui Feng and the others had a good time with Zhong Hao at the city gate, Zhong Hao stopped everyone's narration and asked Cui Feng to take their group of people from Linzhou Prefecture to Yincheng County and County Government.