The sight jumped over the dilapidated Huzhou city wall, passed through groups of sergeants and wounded, and occasionally encountered young and strong people who were numb or sad, and finally came to the original Huzhou Prefecture School's recruiting envoy station.

Han Shizhong carefully put away the court instructions, closed the documents of the Privy Council and the Third Division, and was relieved, almost paralyzed in the big chair.

The Great Zhou learned many lessons from the previous dynasties and carried out many reforms to the system of six ministries in the three provinces.

There are no major changes to the six parts. The three provinces of Zhongshu, Menxia and Shizhong, the institutions are still there, but they are almost integrated, and the highest title is "Zhongshu Menxia Pingzhangshi".

There is as little as one person and as many as two or three people, that is, the "prime minister" in the mouth of the people. The court also has the positions of "Tongzhongshu Menxia Pingzhangshi" and "Participating in Governor's Affairs", which are used to share power. Both Zhongshu Menxia Pingzhangshi and Tongzhongshu Menxia Pingzhangshi are called "Zaizhi", and the governor's political affairs are called "deputy ministers".

In order to better carry out checks and balances on power, at the beginning of the founding of the country, those top-notch smart people set up the three divisions and the Privy Council, and stripped the financial power and military power from the hands of the rulers. The three divisions are the Salt and Iron Division, the Household Division, and the Degree Branch, with a total of about six servants, and there are three envoys in charge of it. The Privy Council has a Privy Counsellor and several Privy Counsellors who manage the armies of the various places.

The soldiers and horses who supervised the generals and schools as a civilian official, the pacification envoy who was temporarily dispatched to Jiangnan to deal with the war-torn state capital, and the military transfer envoy who was responsible for ensuring the army's money and food left, and invited the staff, deputy generals, and several confidant generals of the envoy to enter the main hall.

Han Shizhong let out a sigh, "It's a fluke, it's a fluke." ”

Facing his staff and henchmen, Han Shizhong was not afraid to expose his shortcomings, "Thanks to General Liu Chengdong, who took the risk for the sake of the country, broke into the left flank of the Fangla army, and became a nail, we can defend the damaged Huzhou City." Otherwise, Fang La's army took Huzhou, and the entire western shore of Taihu Lake, even Jiankang, Wuhu and Chizhou, would be in danger. ”

At that time, if Fang La's army still has the strength to spare, it can bypass the mountains west of Hangzhou and march westward along the Yangtze River, and Jinghu will also be in danger. The most terrible thing is that half of the week will be eroded, and I will not be able to redeem it until I die. ”

Fortunately, Han Shizhong held on.

The court neither exempted him from being an official, nor was he too harsh, and he did not have to bear the responsibility for the defeat, of course Han Shizhong was happy. In the war report, Liu Chengdong said that most of the military exploits were Han Shizhong's "strategic achievements", and Han Shizhong was very sincere.

The deputy general who had followed Han Shizhong for many years had doubts, "Yao Pingzhong with 5,000 troops of the new curtain couldn't hold Jiaxing, so he fled all the way east to Chongming and stayed with the Great Zhou naval army." General Liu Guangshi, who had an army of 30,000, actually retreated directly to Yiwu and Jinhua, and allowed Fangla's army to encroach on the southwest of Hangzhou and Mingzhou and Taizhou. ”

"The two generals were defeated and retreated, and the princes of the court did not admonish, but comforted them with kind words? It doesn't make sense, and the last general is uneasy. ”

The staff member known as "Mr. Zi'an" smiled and explained in detail: "This time, that time. The defeat of the national dynasty in Jiangnan was due to the lack of money, food, soldiers and horses, and the second defeat was due to underestimating the combat power of the Fangla rebels. ”

"Even if you count the 30,000 people under General Liu Guangshi, the number of officers and troops in Jiangnan is not more than 100,000. The exact number of Fang La's rebel army has exceeded 80,000, and the elite in armor is also more than 10,000. Under the sound of the south and the north, Fang La personally went to the battlefield to boost morale and gathered elites to attack the key points of the officers and soldiers, which led to the previous rout. ”

"The princes of the court not only know the crime of non-war, but also know why the rebels are rampant. The current Jiangnan war situation is the most important offensive to suppress the Fang La army, and the court will certainly not criticize the generals too harshly. ”

The adjutant general and several henchmen brought out by Han Shizhong nodded yes.

Han Shizhong knew that Mr. Zi'an didn't say something: grapevine, the court was going to find an unlucky ghost to punish him, but he chose Liu Chengdong, who had not been recruiting for a long time, but Liu Chengdong avoided it. The other commanders and above were either killed on the spot, or the gentry jointly signed as a guarantee, or there were generals, two families and Zong Ze Libao, so that no one was really investigated.

After only Mr. Zi'an and Han Shizhong were left in the hall, the two talked about the situation of the other three soldiers, and sighed for Liu Chengdong, Yao Pingzhong and Liu Guangshi's chicken thieves.

Liu Chengdong did not hesitate to risk his life in order not to be targeted by some people, and in order to help his son-in-law who was in trouble.

Yao Pingzhong fled to Chongming Island. With the cooperation of the fleet, this guy always threatened the right flank of Fang La's army, so that Shi Bao and other thieves would not dare to attack the Suzhou-Wuxi-Changzhou-Zhenjiang line with all their might. Although he was a little cunning, Yao Pingzhong really involved Fang Lajun's energy.

Liu Guangshi was even more treacherous, relying on the advantage of a large number of people and the support of the gentry, he stubbornly defended Yiwu and Jinhua. This move broke the Yongle Dynasty's advance on the south bank of Poyang Lake, and also divided the offensive of the Fangla army south of Qiantang in two.

The Yongle Dynasty and Wu Fubu fought all the way down the Qiantang River to the southwest, and they were already close to Qiandao Lake, and Xue Dounan also captured Taizhou. The two Fangla armies formed a "human" shape, and Liu Guangshi was nailed between the two legs, seriously threatening the intersection of the two Fangla armies: Shaoxing.

After talking about military affairs, Han Shizhong sighed, mostly saying that Liu Chengdong was sincere, righteous, and able to behave, and then mentioned Li Xiang, "Hongyu also cooperated with that kid in Bianjing, and the letter that just arrived yesterday said that Li Xiang survived the embarrassment of the Huang Cheng family and has gone down the river." ”

"It's not easy for Weng Son-in-law. The father-in-law fought to the death in Jiangnan, and the son-in-law saw that his father-in-law was in danger and was desperate to save him. Da Zhou wants to have one more good story......"

"Sir, work hard, send someone to wait for that kid in Wuhu. Inheriting Liu Chengdong's great favor, Lao Tzu has to take a good look at his son-in-law. ”

Mr. Zi'an mainly deals with Han Shizhong's complicated affairs in the army, as well as interpersonal communication, relationship maintenance and other mind-consuming things, and does not know much about Mingyuezhuang.

Mr. Zi'an, who was nearly forty years old and had gray hair, nodded yes, and had a question in his heart: I heard that the young man climbed the Jiangmen in Bianjing and helped several warriors to do business, and the gentry of Gyeonggi Province gritted their teeth with hatred. I don't know what kind of young hero Li Xiang who made his fortune on the side of the Han River?

"Ha~~~ Ah sneeze!"

Li Xiang, a young hero, caught a cold.

Two days ago, Li Xiang took three boats out of Jingzhou Wharf and went east along the river. On the same day, hundreds of merchant ships went to Jingzhou, and staged a "hundred battles", which Li Xiang was shocked and inexplicable.

During his stay in Jingzhou, Li Xiang maintained a high-intensity working state, and ran outside the city for more than ten hours, just to find a suitable place to build a warehouse. It was the time when the spring breeze was about to rise, and the temperature was unpredictable, so Li Xiang took off his coat when it was hot and put it on again when it was cold, and he caught a cold without accident.

The owner of the village weighed it and left the old and sophisticated and sleek officials in Jingzhou, and also left Zhang Zhanjun, who was good at bookkeeping, to assist. Liu Decheng, who was reliable, was also left behind, responsible for leaving fifteen people with serious seasickness to protect Cheng Officials and others.

Li Xiang put on a winter hat, wrapped himself in a blanket, and leaned against the window to look at the scenery on both sides of the strait.

The snow melts at an accelerated rate, and the grass and trees have not yet sprouted. The battle between gray-yellow, gray-black plants and evergreen plants has come to an end. After the winter, the small animals wiped their eyes and went out of the nest to hurt each other. The birds chirped a few times, shook off the decadence of winter, flapped their wings a few times to find a feeling, and soared into the sky......

Perhaps the temperature is higher, and around the villages and towns by the river, the green belt is in a ring.

A buffalo has lost a lot of weight in the winter, and at this moment it is pulled by the hateful owner to the river to wash its body, mooing and expressing dissatisfaction. A drooping little boy, perhaps the grandson of the old man of coarse cloth, ran around with a smile and a grin, and jumped to feed the big buffalo whenever he found a handful of precious green grass. The big buffalo ate the golden grass of this season, enjoyed the touch of the little master, and made a long "moo~~~" sound.

Spring is awakened and accelerates back to the earth.

Country houses, large and small, are at first invisible, the roads fade into the mist, and the chimneys are obscured by rolling hills. Li Xiang withdrew his gaze, and the big bull beside the guard blinked his sour eyes.

Li Xiang tightened the blanket, "Da Niu, how many villages and towns are here, why are you still surprised like this?" ”

Da Niu bowed slightly, and asked before answering, "Owner, such villages and towns are really common along the Yangtze River?" Jiangnan is there, is it better than here? ”

Seeing the owner nodding, Da Niu's broad shoulders collapsed, "It's all the land of Da Zhou, why is it so bad?" ”

"Shaanxi is sweet and cool, most places have to rely on the sky for food, and there is only loess in the ground. When the year is bad, the grain harvested is not as much as the seeds. When I was a child, I fled with my father and mother, and the road was crowded, and my mother died halfway. ”

"Half a year ago, my father went back to his hometown and found that he didn't know anyone. When I asked someone, I found out that after the disaster in our county, ninety out of five people died, and a few ...... survived."

Da Niu couldn't go on, standing there crying silently, Liu Sheng and Old Man Sun next to him patted him on the back and comforted him. In fact, Da Niu's mother did not die halfway, but handed over the rather rotten winter clothes on her body to Da Niu's father, and threw herself into a prostitute, in exchange for a few catties of life-saving food for the father and son.

The owner coughed twice, not knowing how to comfort him.

What can Li Xiang say? It is normal to say that the land is different in fertility, irrigation conditions are different, crops are different, the resistance of the Loess Plateau to natural disasters is too weak, and the red land is thousands of miles in the north?

Ding Shihang knocked on the door and ran in at a glance, breaking the heavy atmosphere. The guy puffed and pouted, "Oh no, master. The front is full of big smoke pillars, shouldn't Fang La's army hit Hanyang? ”

Li Xiang was startled, found a good angle at the window, and looked at the scene in Jiangbei.

There are really a lot of big smoke columns, I'm afraid there are hundreds, and there are more than 100 slightly smaller smoke columns. Looking from the boat, the scene of fireworks flying into the air is really like a thief army crossing the border, burning, killing and looting, and it is strange that there is no screaming and begging for mercy. The three boats narrowed the distance between each other, and the boat runners shouted and cheered a few times in a long rhythm, and at the same time turned slightly to get farther away from Jiangbei.

More than a dozen of the owner's guards ran in from the room next to him, and Liu Sheng opened the secret compartment of the ship's wall, quickly took off his winter clothes, put on the chain mail, and put them back on. On the other two ships, Zhang Qingping and Yang Yingdong took similar actions.

Old man Sun hesitated for a long time. He opened his mouth a few times, but still didn't say anything.