ps: Changshan in the previous chapter was changed to Hengshan, after all, Emperor Wen of Han had no chance to change Heng to normal, and he came back late today, only this chapter. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

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"This is the ...... of Hengshan"

Brushing the first snow off his shoulders, Zhao Wuxian looked at the tall mountains covered in silver in the distance and exhaled a long breath, this is the territory of the Zhao family, and it is also the edge of China in the Spring and Autumn Period.

From Jieshan to Hengshan, five hundred miles from north to south, from Dahe to Taihang, four hundred miles from east to west, this is the northern territory of the Zhao family.

Compared with the densely populated Hanoi and Hedong, the vicinity of Jinyang is also sparsely populated, but Jinyang, Wu County, Qi County, Pingling County, Jiaoyang County, Tushui County, Mashou County, Yu County, Qianmu County, Guayanzhi County, Huo Ren, Lou 12 counties have been established. Before the civil war in Liuqing, only half belonged to the Zhao family, and the rest belonged to Fan, Zhongxing, Wei, Zhi, etc. After fighting the civil war and exchanging land, the Zhao family obtained the complete Taiyuan Basin.

Together with the 10,000 families who migrated from Xinjiang, the total population of the Taiyuan area of the Zhao family was 340,000.

This was the first time Zhao Wuxian had come to Jinyang in his lifetime, and this fortress that Zhao Martingale focused on was besieged by the Zhi clan and Daiguo during the war. Just as the Zhi clan did in history, Zhishen decided to irrigate Jinyang, and there was no place to put his feet in the city.

But they also have the highest sense of identity with the Zhao family, when they entered the city, Zhao Wuxian was given a grand welcome, and the people of Jinyang let the young man of the family leave home for several years when the Zhao family needed it most, and acted as the main force in the Zhao army, so that Zhao Wuxian won the war. After the war, seven or eight out of ten of these leftaways returned, and the rest were damaged, and their names were listed in the "Yuntai" and enshrined in the temple of the Zhao family.

When Zhao Wuxian arrived, he could still see the barriers built outside the city when the enemy army was besieging Jinyang, and Dong Anyu, the doctor of Jinyang, did not cut these camps.

Of course, Dong Zi has his own reasons: "Thinking about happiness and kindness, thinking about worries and fears, the way of people is also, keeping these camps can not only be used as a barrier on the periphery of Jinyang, but also can make people always vigilant and vigilant, just in case, why not?" ”

As the eldest minister of the Zhao family, Dong Anyu's status was unusual, he conscientiously guarded this fortified city for the Zhao family, ensured that it was not lost during the war, and immediately resettled the people after the war, so that they could resume their pre-war life within a year. Zhao Wuxian also treated him like a teacher, he wanted Dong Anyu to be the slaughter of the Zhao family, and as the head of the ministers to Yecheng for the elderly, but he also hoped that Dong Anyu could preside over Jinyang for a few more years.

"Dong Zi, although I have not taken Jinyang as the new main city, this is still a key business area, and it is the pillar of the Zhao family."

In the Zhao Palace of Jinyang, Zhao Wuxian specially went to the room where Zhao Ying and Ji Huan had lived, and after feasting the ministers of Jinyang, he left Dong Anyu and confided in him.

Jinyang controls the mountains and rivers, and stands on the shoulders of Jizhou, which is the foundation of the Zhao family. Like Lu Guo, it is Zhao Wuxian who can stand on the left and right feet of the world, and he can't lose one, so he really attaches great importance to this place, and this time he came to Jinyang, in addition to asking the injured to care for the orphans, he also had to implement a new policy.

"Dong Zi, I plan to combine Jinyang and other twelve counties to set up 'Taiyuan County'!"

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History has quietly changed, Dong Anyu should have been in the crisis of Fan and Zhongxing besieging Jinyang, in order to let the Zhao family break the siege, and chose to commit suicide, so as to meet the requirements of Zhiwenzi and Liang Ying's father, so that the Zhao family can get rid of the first crime.

However, under the intervention of Zhao Wuxian, Zhiwenzi and Liang Ying's father died, and the other was sentenced to Chengnai and reduced to prison, but Dong Anyu was still alive and well. It's just that after two years of siege and the blow of the lord going before him, he is quite old.

However, when Zhao Wuxian mentioned the plan for the Jinyang area, Dong Anyu's squinted eyes suddenly lit up.

"Taiyuan County?"

Qin, Chu, and Jin set up counties very early, and the counties were set up later than counties, but they had already been produced by the time of Jin Huigong at the latest. During this period, there was no subordinate relationship between counties, but the status of counties was indeed lower than that of counties, so Zhao Ying said when he encouraged the soldiers, "The upper doctor is subject to the county, and the lower doctor is subject to the county."

However, with the annexation of the Liuqing and the concatenation of the territory, the counties under the control of the Zhao clan gradually increased, such as the Taiyuan and Luliang regions, there were 12 of them, and because they were on the border, they sometimes faced the invasion of Rongdi, and they needed to unite the forces of the counties to resist and counterattack.

Therefore, above the county, it is necessary to establish a higher-level management body, so Zhao Wuxian intends to continue the established process in history and implement the local management system of the county and county two-level system: anyway, in a few decades, Xihe County of Wei and Wan County of Chu will be produced one after another, this time, let Zhao specialize in the front!

Zhao Wuxian explained to Dong Anyu how the county operated: "The magistrate of the county is named Taishou, who has the right to control the people and defend the land. Under him, there is a county commander, who has the right to recruit troops to lead the army, and pays equal attention to the county and the taishou, and sometimes can act on behalf of the taishou. There is also a county Dali, who is in charge of justice, and the supervisor is in charge of supervising duties, and so on, ......"

He spread his hands and said with a smile: "Actually, it's similar to what Dong Zi is doing now, but it's institutionalized, first implemented in Jinyang, if it works, and then promoted to Ye, Handan, Changzi, Hanoi, and even Lu Guo, what does Dong Zi think?" ”

Dong Anyu touched his white beard and pondered carefully, after the implementation of this county system, the power of each county will be concentrated in the county, so that the power of each county can be prevented from being dispersed due to the county doctors and county orders doing their own thing, and it will be clenched into a fist to deal with the surrounding Rong Di Bang State, which is very suitable.

Moreover, the terms Taishou, Duwei, Dali, and Jian Yushi are novel, but in fact, they disperse the power of his "Jinyang Doctor" to control the counties of Taiyuan, which is conducive to Yecheng's remote control here.

The implementation of counties and counties is both centralized and decentralized, with fewer drawbacks and higher efficiency. Dong Anyu is also nearly seventy years old, and he is not obsessed with power, he only hopes to hand over the thriving Jinyang to the new lord, and then he can return to the Hebei Yangyi given to him by Zhao Wuxian to say goodbye to his old age safely, get a son and a grandson, and wait until he dies with a clear conscience in front of Zhao Wuzi.

So he readily agreed, and a few days later he took office as the first "Taiyuan County Guard", because of Dong Anyu's prestige, Taiyuan twelve counties, no one disobeyed this policy!

However, Zhao Wuxian came to Jinyang specially for more than just this matter.

"Before Takeko died, he left a last word for me."

As soon as he heard this, Dong Anyu's face suddenly became solemn, after all, it was about the last words of the ancestors, and it must be a very important thing, so that the people who were dying would never forget it.

Zhao Wuxian's eyes were full of memories: "My father said that my treasure talisman is on the Heng Mountain in the north of Jin, and after the Jin Kingdom is pacified, you can climb the mountain of the summer house and look for this treasure talisman!" ”

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The so-called Taiyuan, in fact, is the meaning of the vast wilderness, this is the first time that the people of the Jin Kingdom went north to enter this basin, and the name was taken from the time of the defeat and the Chidi tribe.

Now that Zhao Wuxian has seen it with his own eyes, he has realized that the ancients did not deceive me, and it is indeed a long time in Taiyuan and endless.

This year's winter came relatively early, braving the fine snow, Dong Anyu personally took Zhao Wuxian to the north, after all, it was about Zhao Ying's last wish, and the old county guard regarded this as a pilgrimage and farewell.

At the beginning, from Jinyang to Yuxian, it was the valley area through which the Fenshui flowed, the terrain was gentle, and the flat wilderness stretched infinitely, until the end of the pole, Xinjiang immigrants lived in settlements around the fence, and merchants came and went quite frequently on the road, and it was very easy to find a pavilion to rest after sunset: after being stopped by the small pavilion Changcheng Cheng in Chengxiang ten years ago to verify his identity, Dong Anyu moved this system to Jinyang.

However, the good times did not last long, after leaving Yu, the farmland receded, only to see dense deep forests, and the avenue gradually became a path, and the surrounding area became more and more inaccessible, and there were no more counties, and even the Lilu post stations were getting farther and farther apart.

A group of more than 1,000 people passed through the narrow rapids of the upper reaches of the Hutuo River, bypassing the increasingly steep Wutai Mountains, the road in the north, winding through dense forests full of cedars and thorns, apes whistling on both sides, and the footprints of snow leopards and tigers could be seen from time to time on the way. In the Spring and Autumn Period, northern Shanxi was a virgin land waiting to be developed, and it was a world away from the province that was full of coal kilns and factory dust in later generations, and Zhao Wuxian had never seen such a vast and boundless cold wilderness in his life.

On the seventh day after leaving Jinyang, they finally arrived at the northernmost county of "Taiyuan County": Huoren County.

"Walking fifty miles a day is the limit, if the army is drawn from Jinyang, the military soldiers are almost this speed, and the recruited apprentices will be worse, maybe ten days to go, and the logistics pressure is very great......"

Calculating the distance, Zhao Wuxian frowned slightly, but soon met with Dong Anyu to meet the local county officials and visit the people.

Huoren County is not big, a small city located in the rugged loess hills, the population of the city is only a few hundred households, compared to the prosperity of Jinyang's revival, here is quite lonely. Only the earthen walls in all four directions were built extremely thick, and it looked like a solid earthen enclosure.

But even so, it could not prevent the barbarian invasion from the north.

"Three years ago, the Zhi clan attacked Ma Shou from the enemy, and sent people north to contact the people, but the people could not break the sentence note, so they came in from the col and beat the Huo people. The place was not recovered until a year ago, and nearly half of the more than 1,000 households in the city were taken captive by generations. Dong Anyu has always been angry about not being able to defend the border and protect the people, and said so fiercely at this time.

"In this way, the supply of 2,500 garrisons here is already the limit......" Zhao Wuxian thought for a while and said: "In this way, next year, another 1,000 families will be moved from Jinyang to Tuntian, and the autumn harvest and winter will be hidden, so that the Huo people can supply 5,000 troops!" “

Farming is not easy, the material foundation limits the success or failure of military operations, and Zhao Wuxian is helpless. After staying in Huo Ren for two days, in the name of "hunting", he and Dong Anyu got up again and went to Heng Mountain, dozens of miles to the north.

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Heng Mountain, in fact, is not a mountain, but a mountain system, it begins in Taihang Mountain, across the north of Shanxi, stretching for five hundred miles from east to west.

Zhao Wuxian's destination is actually just the main peak of Heng Mountain, named Xiawu Mountain. Xiawu Mountain is a dangerous place in the north of Shanxi, the east is Xianyu Zhongshan Kingdom, and the west is the extreme north pass of the Jin Kingdom.

A few hours north of Huoren County, they saw a mountain range, because the snow had just fallen yesterday, Xiawu Mountain looked like a gray and white giant shouldering the snow and steep rock peaks, and when the north wind blew, long ice needles of fir and pine trees splashed down from among the towering peaks like flags......

Zhao Wuxian hunted and camped at the foot of the mountain for a day, and the next day began to go north to the summer house under the guidance of local hunters.

The journey up the mountain was much easier than Zhao Wuxian had expected, the first snow of winter had stopped, and there was a trail that had been repaired in advance, plus there were excellent livestock: mules as a riding tool.

Zhao Wuxian rode two white mules, this animal was Zhao Ying's favorite beast, and there was also a story of killing the white mule and giving it to the little official Xu Qu in Jinyang.

At that time, the old man was also present, and he saw that Xu Qu was lying, so he suggested that the lord kill him, but the lord thought that killing people was to save livestock, which was too unkind, so he summoned the Yong people to kill the white mule, took out the liver and gave it to Xu Qu. Not long after, the lord sent troops to attack the Di people near the Huo people, and the soldiers came to Diyi, with 700 people on the left and 700 people on the right, but Xu Qu in the middle was the first to climb the city and obtain the head of the enemy general! “

Zhao Wuxian said with a smile: "Father knew that Xu Qu was lying, but he still killed the mule to get the liver as a gift, which is similar to the king of Chuzhuang, it can be seen that my father's love for soldiers is better than that of foreign beasts, so what happened to Xu Qu?" I've never seen him in the lower palace or in Handan......"

Dong Anyu laughed: "The year before last, the general who guarded the lonely city and made the generations have to make a detour is Xu Qu!" He was the ruler of the king, and since then he has become a guard, and now it has been a full fifteen years. “

Zhao Wuxian sighed: "Great, after I go down the mountain, I must go to see him in person!" “

However, in Zhao Wuxian's view, this mule, like Wufu, is a militaristic weapon. With his support, the mule is now becoming popular in Yedi and Handan, and Zhao encouraged the Yu and orcs who managed the livestock to mate donkeys and horses.

The mountain road was winding and rugged, and the group walked slowly along the road, crossing the mountain wall, thick pine needles spread on the ground like a velvet blanket, and the mule walked on the stone steps with only the slightest sound, and the slight shaking made Zhao Wuxian sway on the saddle.

Later, when the mountain road was more difficult and the path steeper, one could feel the height of his position, where the trees were thinning and the wind was getting stronger, pulling at his coat, and by this time it was no longer possible to ride a mule.

"How far is it?"

"It's only halfway through ......"

Needless to say, Dong Anyu couldn't walk in his old age and was already resting at the foot of the mountain, but Zhao Wuxian had to grit his teeth and brave the mountain wind to continue up. He had to complete this ritual moment, even though he had known it years ago.

This incident is of great significance to him and the dead Zhao Ying, history and reality will converge at this moment, but in this world, there will be no more Mrs. Hairpin!

It wasn't until he finally climbed the snow-capped main peak of Mt. Natsuya that he looked north, and the entire Daikoku was carved into the setting sun at his feet.

To the north of the mountain, there is also a basin, and the first thing that catches the eye is an endless barren landscape of cold wind-torn hills, craggy rocks, and snow-soaked fields. Then, there is the upper reaches of the Sanggan River, which runs through the plains, and there are some farmlands on both sides of the river, and generations have gradually begun to settle and build cities, with a rough estimate of the population of more than 100,000.

As for further north, he couldn't see it, but with the information that people gathered, and his imagination, Zhao Wuxian could still see a lot of things......

Dripping green and flowing glow, the river plain is charming, the slope grass is luxuriant, and the cattle, sheep and horses are dotted in the meantime. Different from the dry Datong area in later generations, the northerly area of Daidi is a good place with abundant vegetation and beautiful scenery, directly connected to the grassland, and the north of Jizhou is the main horse-producing area at present, and it is also the resource that Zhao Wuxian urgently needs now.

When night fell, after Zhao Wuxian came down the mountain, Dong Anyu asked him how the situation was on the mountain, and the "treasure talisman" left by Zhao Ying could be found?

"The view from the mountain is beautiful." Zhao Wuxian smiled mysteriously: "And I have already obtained the treasure talisman left by my father." “

He pointed to the mountain behind him, and said to Dong Anyu, Yu Xi, and Xu Qu, who had just rushed from the sentence note: "With Heng Mountain, it is advisable to replace it!" This! It's the talisman that Wuzi left me! ”

ps: Until the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, the Datong Basin was also half-agricultural and half-pastoral: "Dripping green and flowing xia, Kawahara wants to be charming." The slopes are lush with grass and flocks of sheep. It is fragrant, lush and cold. - "Chronicles of the Clouds in the Clouds"

(To be continued.) )