According to the current situation of the black-clothed army, after three days of contemplation, Lu Sicheng, as the right man of Huguang and the first person under Zhang Shihua's account, finally couldn't help but take the initiative to come to Zhang Shihua's temporary residence with a notebook.

"Lu Gong! Ah Wu, quick, let Lu Gong sit down. ”

"Yes. Lu Gong, please be seated. ”

When I came to Zhang Shihua's study, I saw that Zhang Shihua, as the lord, treated him like an old man, and it was really the same as Emperor Zhaolie of the Han Dynasty treated Zhuge Wuhou back then.

Lu Sicheng also couldn't help but salute Zhang Shihua gratefully, and then put half of his ass on the stool in the posture that a courtier should have.

"My lord, the old minister has been thinking for three days. According to the form and situation of our army at this time, some rough plans were customized to improve the form, and I hope that the lord will have a look. After sitting on the stool, Lu Sicheng took out the recital from his sleeve, picked it up with both hands, and respectfully handed it to Zhang Shihua.

Seeing this, Zhang Shihua silently took the recital, and after opening the recital to watch the content on the recital, he couldn't help but gradually become solemn in front of him.

There were only five suggestions in Lu Sicheng's recital at this time.

The total of all the sprinkles is only 2,000 words.

However, in Zhang Shihua's view, the mere 2,000 words written by Lu Sicheng on the notebook are enough to make the regime of the Black-clothed Army, which is still a bit like a grass platform, more formal and more like a regime.

Speaking of which, let's also talk about Lu Sicheng's five suggestions.

First: Correct the name. As a former feudal official of the Yuan and Mongolian courts, Lu Sicheng knows very well how important the 'name', that is, the so-called 'righteousness', to a regime.

At the beginning of the playbook, Lu Sicheng pointed out that Zhang Shihua's current 'name is not worthy of the name'.

Yes, in terms of official positions, the current Zhang Shihua is just a Pingzhang political affairs in Huguang Province. But in terms of territory, Zhang Shihua occupied the land of Xiangjing and the northern part of Huguang. In this way, the so-called Huguang Pingzhang alone can no longer satisfy the land occupied by Zhang Shihua at this time.

Therefore, Lu Sicheng suggested that Zhang Shihua give up the so-called Pingzhang official position given to him by Liu Futong, who was only the nominal commander of the Red Turban Army, and let his subordinates support himself as the king of Chu, so as to match the name and reality.

Second: Dingdu. After becoming king, it is natural to have a capital. Therefore, Lu Sicheng suggested that Zhang Shihua set the capital as Jiangling. This is because Jiangling City happens to be in the heart of Zhang Shihua's territory, so it is more convenient to control the Quartet. Second: It is because there is a ready-made royal palace in Gangneung City, and it is still the palace where Emperor Dayuan lived decades ago. From the perspective of "Feng Shui", it can be said that there are many benefits.

Third, distinguish authority and position. After the king is called the capital, it is necessary to make the functions and powers of the courtiers under his command clear. To put it bluntly, we can't continue to let the generals 'go on the horse to govern the army and get off the horse to govern the people', which is too harmful, and it is easy to form a trend that the tail will not fall.

Fourth: Recruitment. Compared with the generals who fought on the battlefield, there were really too few scholars under Zhang Shihua's command. And in order to gain the support of the landlord class and consolidate their own power. Then it is undoubtedly a better choice to win over the landlord class under his rule and make it a part of himself.

Therefore, 'recruitment' is actually to select suitable scholars from good families under the rule as officials.

Fifth: Centralization. If you want to achieve great things in troubled times, then a strong center is indispensable. In the past, a very important reason why the Tianwan regime across the south of the Yangtze River ended up where it is now is that there are many mountains and warlords in it. The orders given by the central authorities cannot be carried out at the local level.

Therefore, in order to avoid this, the Black Army must centralize power. That is, all kinds of taxes collected in various localities under the rule must be collected to the central government, and then distributed by the central government in a unified manner. Then, establish a sound supervision and review mechanism to avoid corruption of officials in various localities.

I have to say that this old man, who is sixty-three years old this year, deserves to be an "orthodox" court official.

Zhang Shihua believes that as long as he implements these five suggestions, then the words "black-clothed army" and the grass platform team will no longer have any relationship.

At that time, the black-clothed army will become the Chu army, and he will be the king of Chu, a real king!

Thinking of this, Zhang Shihua's breathing couldn't help but be a little tight. King Chu, this title is very good, much better than the so-called Pingzhang.

Zhang Shihua thought silently in his heart. Then he put down the notebook in his hand and raised his eyes to look at Lu Sicheng who was sitting opposite, and his eyes couldn't help but show a heartfelt smile, "Lu Gong's plan is very good." In this way, everything is left to the public. ”

"Minister, you will do your best!" Lu Sicheng stood up from his seat and respectfully saluted Zhang Shihua.

And Li Wu, who witnessed all this on the side, saw such a passage with his own eyes. I have to admit in my heart that in the past, he really underestimated this old man who was about to fall into the ground with most of his body.

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A few days later, in early February. Zhang Shihua, who had stayed in Jiangxia City for more than a month, finally left with the army under his command.

This time, he will return to Gangneung to implement the strategy formulated by Lu Sicheng and realize his hegemony.

At the time of departure, of course. He put his heavy general Zhao Jiuzhen here, and also transferred his civil official Chang Xiqiao to Jiangxia City, appointing him as the governor of Wuchang Road and taking charge of the affairs of Hanyang Mansion.

And this time, after conquering Jiangxia City, in addition to the 6,000 reinforcements of Zhao Yufu, the 60,000 army led by Zhang Shihua lost more than 5,000 people in the continuous three months of fighting.

Of course, after conquering Jiangxia, with the collection of prisoners of war and the recruitment of surrendered troops, Zhang Shihua not only made up for the loss of troops, but also added more than 10,000 men.

It is to remove the 6,000 soldiers and horses of Zhao Yufu who guarded Hanyang City and the more than 6,000 soldiers and horses who guarded Baling. In the past month, more than 64,000 soldiers have been stationed in Jiangxia City.

With so many soldiers and horses stationed in Jiangxia all the time, it obviously doesn't work.

It was this time that Zhang Shihua asked Zhao Jiu to stay on Jiangxia's side with more than 14,000 people from his headquarters, Wang Nineteen's department and Li Erniu's department. He also asked Zhao Yufu to go north and return to De'an Mansion, and he also left with a full army of 50,000 and returned to Jiangling in the west.

Of course, even if he returned to Jiangling City, Zhang Shihua could not say that because he was in Jiangling, he would leave all the 50,000 troops around Jiangling.

After all, he only had 100,000 regular troops in his hands. He wants to use 100,000 soldiers and horses to maintain this newly acquired territory, and it is impossible to keep most of the soldiers and horses in his old nest.

Even if a large army was needed to strengthen the authority of the center, 30,000 men would be enough.

Therefore, after returning to Gangneung, these troops obviously need to be reorganized. Nearly half of them, Zhang Shihua would send them to the newly acquired state capitals to maintain his rule.

But these are still for the time being, because after returning to Jiangling, the first thing he Zhang Shihua has to do is to be the king. And to be the king, the bigger the momentum, the better.

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On the tenth day of the second month, Zhang Shihua finally led the army back to Jiangling City.

And the next day, Zhang Shihua's parents, wife, children and sisters, who received the news early and came south from Xiangyang City, can also be said to have come to Jiangling City before and after.

"Father and mother, it's been a tiring journey all the way, and it's been hard work." Ten miles outside the city, I haven't seen him for a few months, looking at his parents who are obviously much older, especially his father Zhang Liewu, Zhang Shihua's original happy mood is somehow suddenly a little blocked.

In the same way, after seeing him again, his "mother" couldn't help but feel distressed because of the obvious emaciation caused by months of fighting abroad.

However, compared to Aunt Xue, a mother who cares about her son and is emotional, his father is very happy after seeing his son who "can achieve great things".

"Okay, my unicorn. If my son's big thing is accomplished, when I go down to the Yellow Spring to meet the ancestors, I can also blow on the ancestors! Hahahaha!! ”

The father laughed for his son, and after the father and son had spoken a few words again, the father thoughtfully gave up his son to the women behind him.

"Big brother!" First of all, Zhang Shihua's little sister Zhang Ling'er came over.

Then after the little sister was coquettish to her eldest brother, she naughtily pulled her sister-in-law Guo Weier who was standing aside.

And when Zhang Shihua saw Guo Weier and noticed that his wife had become significantly thinner after not seeing each other for a few months, he felt guilty when he thought of what happened to him and Lou Yuzhen these days, and couldn't help but hold his wife's hands tightly.

Of course, at this time, he was actually more like hugging his wife, but in this era, in full view of everyone, he couldn't do this.

So he could only hold his wife's slender hand tightly, "Wei'er, you've lost weight." ”

"Woo~~" Hearing his words, Guo Weier, who was looking forward to the reunion and thought that the husband and wife would be very happy after the reunion, couldn't help but moisten her eyes. Even his voice couldn't help but choke.

However, as the wife of the man in front of her and the mother of her man's subordinates, at this time, she still tried her best to hold back her tears and smiled at her husband.

"Don't cry. It's okay, everything will be better. Face to face, seeing his wife like this, Zhang Shihua couldn't help but feel very distressed.

Therefore, he couldn't help but reach out and gently wipe away the tears from the corners of his wife's eyes.

"Xi'er, where is our son? Let me see him. In the face of his wife, he knew how to distract her so that she would not be so sad.

"Okay, Xi'er is at the nurse now. I'll ask the nurse to bring Xi'er over now. Sure enough, when it came to her son, Guo Weier stopped her eyes, greeted the maid, and couldn't help but ask the nurse to report the child.

After a while, the nurse got out of the carriage. But behind the nurse, there were two maids holding the child.

"Xianggong, these two children are the flesh and blood of you and your two sisters. The boy was born to Hong'er for Xianggong, and the girl Mei'er and sister were born to Xianggong. Both children are now five months old. Guo Weier said, introducing two flesh and blood that he had never met before.

And hearing his wife say this, looking at the two little guys who were being held by the maids, Zhang Shihua couldn't help but smile on his face.

Then he couldn't help but take the two children from the hands of the two maids one after another, teasing them for a while, and then couldn't help but turn around and ask his wife, "Are Xiaohong and Mei'er in good health after giving birth?" ”

"Xianggong can rest assured that the production of the two sisters is going well. Xianggong will be able to see the two sisters later. Saying this, Guo Weier gestured to her family and the two carriages behind her, indicating that the two daughters were among them.

Yes, both daughters also came. However, the two women are just filling the concubine room, so on this occasion, they can't meet Zhang Shihua directly.

So at this moment, the gentle and polite Guo Weier can't help but subconsciously tell herself in her heart. No woman can take her man away from her, because she is the only wife of this man.

So at this time, the wife couldn't help but take her one-and-a-half-year-old son from the wet nurse and came to her husband's side, "Xi'er, don't you miss your father every day." Now that I see my father, I'm not happy. ”

"Daddy, hug." Although they hadn't seen each other for months, the little one remembered his father clearly.

And when Zhang Shihua heard his son's milky voice, he laughed, and couldn't help but take his son from his wife's hand and kissed his son's face.

"Haha, daddy itches." Tickled by his father's behavior, the little guy couldn't help but reach out and cover his little face.

Seeing this, Zhang Shihua couldn't help but laugh again.

"Alright, let's all go home. This time, let's live in the palace! Holding the child and holding his wife, Zhang Shihua drank happily.

Hearing Zhang Shihua's words, his son Zhang Xi couldn't help waving his little fist and learning from his father to shout "live in the palace".

So, the group entered the city in such a mighty way.

At this time, at the gate of the palace in the city, a beautiful woman with a plump figure, a delicate face, and a pair of sultry eyes and hundreds of subordinates were also waiting at the gate of the palace.

Yes, this beautiful woman is Zhang Shihua's new concubine Lou Yuzhen.

However, at this time, Lou Yuzhen, who often dresses herself up as enchanting, is dressed very plainly at this time, and even herself is still without makeup.

Obviously, this is also a wise woman, who knows how to dress herself up to meet with which lady, the future mistress of this palace.

She didn't want to provoke the hostess, even if she was more beautiful than the woman in appearance.

But she's just a concubine after all, isn't she, a concubine against a wife. She's not stupid, so she wouldn't do that.

I hope that lady is a gentle, courteous and good person, God willing. As a concubine, she couldn't help but wait bumpily.

(To be continued.............................. ）