The first month of the tenth year of the great cause.

The emperor issued an edict to add a provincial level above the county, dividing the world into two capitals, three prefectures and thirteen provinces, each of which set up a pacification envoy to control the administration, finance and taxation, and set up an observation envoy to supervise the judiciary. He also set up a jiedu envoy in the five provinces of the frontier to pacify the town, and at the same time sent government soldiers to be stationed in the rotation. In other side roads, eight governors and taishou were also set up to command the border soldiers.

"Congratulations to Duke Chu!"

Wang Shichong came to the Duke of Chu Mansion early in the morning, and his fat bear-like body writhed.

"Congratulations to the king for pacifying the envoys."

Wang Shichong looked earnest, "That's all supported by the Duke of Chu, otherwise I may not have a chance, no matter what, Shichong will definitely not forget this kindness." ”

Luo Cheng looked at this guy, in fact, he didn't really want to recommend him as Jiangnan's pacification envoy, but he knew that the emperor already had this intention, and he was just pushing the boat with the flow. It's the same whether he recommends it or not.

Jiangnan Road is a big road, if you only talk about the size of the territory, it is estimated that it can be called the first. The provinces divided by the imperial court this time are mainly based on the situation of mountains and rivers, such as this Jiangnan Province, which includes almost the entire south of the Yangtze River.

From Wu County and Danyang on the coast of the Far East China Sea, to Yelang County in the southwest, its territory is so wide that it can be called the first in the world at this time. The entire Jiangnan County includes the four provinces of Jiangxi, Hunan, Zhejiang, and Fujian, and the southern part of the Yangtze River in the three provinces of Anhui, Jiangsu, and Hubei, as well as the northern part of Guizhou.

Together with Lingnan Road, it is half of the country.

However, at this time, the center of gravity of the world is in the north, and the southern land, that is, the line along the river is considered to be civilized, such as Fujian and Guizhou are still very remote and backward at this time, and the southern mountainous areas of Zhejiang, Jiangxi, and Hunan are also mostly inhabited by barbarians. For the imperial court, the local area is nothing, and it has to be developed in terms of population, land, and economy, so the huge land south of the Yangtze River is integrated into one.

At this time, the best place for the development of Jiangnan is only the counties on the south bank of the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, but Wang Shichong is indeed a rocket promotion this time.

He was originally just Jiangdu Juncheng, last time he was promoted to Tongshou, this time he was directly promoted to pacify the envoy, from this it can be seen that this guy's ability to pat on the back, in addition, he does have a hand in leading the troops, especially ruthless enough, to kill the people's army, that is not merciless, and even uses the method of luring and surrendering, luring and killing again.

is extremely untrustworthy, this kind of person, Luo Cheng didn't dare to make deep friends, but he didn't intend to stop him, and sent Wang Shichong away with a few words.

Luo Cheng himself got his wish and sat on the throne of the Jiedu envoy, Liaodong and North Korea were combined into one, he was in charge of the land of eleven counties, commanding 50,000 soldiers, although the five counties of North Korea have not been taken for the time being, but they will definitely be won in the future.

The only drawback is that there are still too few soldiers and horses.

However, it is possible to develop county soldiers to make up for it, but now the big problem is the lack of population.

Wang Shichong came over just now, and Luo Cheng only talked to him about one thing, that is, he hoped that Wang Shichong could send those who participated in the rebellion and rebellion in Jiangnan, those who were thieves and bandits, and those hungry and homeless people to Liaodong.

Wang Shichong was reluctant to agree at first, but later saw Luo Cheng's strong request, so he reluctantly agreed. This guy, when he was a Jiangdu county in the past, of course he didn't care about the population of Jiangnan. But now that he has become Jiangnan's pacification envoy, he is immediately reluctant to send the population out.

After all, the biggest assessment of a pacifier is population.

However, Luo Cheng's reason for persuading him is simple, that is, now that Jiangnan rebellions are rising one after another, and the territory of Jiangnan is so big, Wang Shichong also takes care of one another, so it is also good for him to send those unstable elements to Liaodong. In comparison, local stability is more important than local population growth.

If the population growth is not enough, at most it will be a deduction for assessment and evaluation, but if the local disturbance is too great, his appeasement may not be able to last long.

Of course, Luo Cheng didn't ask Wang Shichong to help.

He promised Andong Province to cooperate with Jiangnan Province, Wang Shichong handed over these unstable people to Andong Province, and Luo Cheng took advantage of the development of animal husbandry on the side of Andong Province to sell cattle and horses to Jiangnan Province to help the agricultural development of Jiangnan Province.

Both sides are mutually beneficial.

Luo Cheng took a pen and drew a map of the border on a piece of paper, outside the Linyu Pass between the mountains and the sea, the land east of the sea.

Great rivers, mountains, and undulating coastlines.

In fact, Andong Road outside the customs is also very large, especially Andong Road has unlimited possibilities for outward expansion, and there is Nenjiang River in the north of the Liao River. To the north of the Yalu River, there is also the Songhua River, even if it does not go deep into the Heilongjiang River, but the Songnen Plain is vast and fertile enough.

Now that the position of the Jiedu envoy is also in hand, the next step is to find a way to establish a new garrison defense system. In fact, the original Goguryeo mountain fortress defense system was good, with military towns in Dashan Fortress and military forts in small mountain cities, and even smaller fortresses were set up as forts, and soldiers and horses were stationed separately.

At the same time, vigorously carry out the military cantonment, on the other hand, also expand the people's settlements, the people who moved to the settlements, establish a tun fort, train the young and strong for the village brave, if the enemy attack, you can defend the tun fort, wait for the garrison to come to help.

As long as he can stand, it won't take many years for him to take down the entire Liaodong, and even immigrate to the north to pioneer the land.

"Drink some soup, see you've been writing and drawing here for most of the day, aren't you tired?"

Li Xiuning cooked a pot of chicken soup for her husband and sent it.

The soup is fragrant.

"Thank you."

"Thank you, it should be." Li Xiuning handed the soup bowl to her husband, and then helped her husband knead his shoulder.

"I didn't expect you to have good craftsmanship, the soup is fragrant, and the shoulders are also kneaded comfortably."

"Thank you, husband, for helping my father."

Li Xiuning had already heard his father say that he was originally going to be transferred back to Beijing from Jiangnan this time, but with the help of Luo Cheng and Xiao Yu, he was put in the position of Jianghuai's pacification envoy.

"Is your father used to staying in the south?" Luo Cheng asked.

"I'm not used to it, my father said that the weather in Jiangnan is too humid and stuffy, especially in the summer, the heat is unbearable, and the first half of the year is humid. The winter is still very cold, and the people there speak Wu a lot, he is not used to it at all, he actually prefers the climate of Guanzhong or Luoyang. ”

Luo Cheng smiled, "What, your father is not very satisfied with the position of Jianghuai's pacification envoy, does he want to be a pacification envoy in Guanzhong or a pacification envoy in Hedong?" ”

Li Xiuning shook her head, she went to see her father yesterday and chatted with her father for a long time. In fact, Li Yuan is still worried, and the old Guanlong nobles are getting more and more difficult now, especially the Li family is still in the name of the Eight Pillars Country, which is even more sad. When he was in Jiangnan, Li Yuan almost ignored any government affairs, and every day he drank tea and talked with those scholars and celebrities in Jiangnan, and the Jiangnan rebellion was handed over to Wang Shichong and others, and local government affairs were almost autonomous by the local government.

Li Yuan wanted to go back to Guanzhong, but he also remembered what Luo Cheng had said to him, don't let the emperor be suspicious, so he didn't dare to mention it.