When Li Congjing attacked Juancheng, he asked Lin Ying to lead a thousand cavalry to stop outside Puyang City. Of course, what outsiders don't know, in addition to guarding Puyang City and protecting the rear of the army, these thousand horsemen have a more urgent task.

This task is to monitor Bianzhou.

According to Li Siyuan, the Bianzhou garrison is also a proud general, but the degree is inferior to that of Tianxiong and the silver spear.

The end result was that there was no change in the Bianzhou garrison.

By the middle of November in winter, the prefectures and counties that suffered from summer and autumn floods and locusts, including the two prefectures of Hua and Pu, had completed their inspections in the palaces of the Qin Dynasty. Compared with the two prefectures of Slip and Pu, other states and counties either had relatively minor disasters, or the corruption of officials was not very serious, but without exception, there was no public resistance, and there were no major twists and turns in the handling of these places by the Qin Palace.

It is worth mentioning that Li Congjing dealt with the two prefectures of Hua and Pu very strictly, but he was very lenient with other prefectures and counties, and did not make a big move, even if there were officials who were derelict in their duties, they only reprimanded and warned, and then the officials of the Qin Wangfu supervised them, and asked the state and county officials to step up the handling of the disaster situation and start the reconstruction of the disaster area.

More than half of the bureaucratic system in the two prefectures of Slip and Pu collapsed, and there were a large number of shortages of officials, and the speed of the imperial court was very fast, and under the operation of Ren Yuan, Feng Dao, Li Qi and others, the new officials quickly arrived at the local area and integrated into the handling of political affairs. As a result, the officials of the Qin Palace, who had been running around for more than a month, were able to take a breath.

In Layue, taking advantage of the fact that the new year had not yet arrived, Li Congjing mobilized the officials and people in the disaster area to be busy in full swing, hoping to trim the fields before the spring ploughing of the next year, so as not to affect the grain harvest in the coming year. The locust-stricken areas are still better, and there is no damage to the cultivated fields and water conservancy facilities, while the flood-stricken areas basically have to rebuild the fields and irrigation settings.

Li Congjing intends to transform the two prefectures of Huazhou and Puzhou as a test field and build them into a model for the New Deal, so there is still a lot to be done.

"What is the New Deal?" He stopped on the side of the road, rubbed the mud on the sole of his shoe on a stone, his fingers were wild, and he said aloud to the officials of the Qin Wangfu beside him: "Changshi once asked Gu, what is the new deal?" These days, I am also thinking, what is the new deal? ”

"The affairs of the world do not come out of the five categories of agriculture, industry and commerce, and the four categories of politics, economy, culture, and military. Over the past few months, we have traveled to more than 20 counties in several prefectures, visited the people's situation, surveyed the localities, and without mentioning the word "new policy", we will talk about how to eliminate the evils of the times among the five scholars, farmers, industrialists, and soldiers. ”

After finding a stone to sit down, he didn't care about the coldness of the stone, Li Congjing motioned for everyone to find a place to sit at will, and said to Mo Li in the cold wind: "In the world of great contention, the military struggle is the first, and the long history may as well be said first." ”

All of them are Li Congjing's henchmen, needless to say, Mo Li knocked his palm with a folding fan, and said: "Looking at the current situation, the disadvantages of the military are in two places. First, the arrogant soldiers; The two, the military power of the feudal town. This time, breaking the long sword, walking the heavenly heroes, and punishing the silver spear, the world is shocked, and the matter of arrogant soldiers and fierce generals is six out of ten, and in the future, it only needs to pay equal attention to grace and power, and gradually resolve it. However, it will take time to reduce the military power of the feudal towns and concentrate the military power of the world in the imperial court. ”

"The matter of cutting the feudal domain is not urgent, and it is hidden and not obvious. There are two strategies to dedicate to His Royal Highness. First, the assassin led the army, used the state army to restrain the town army, and used the military power of the assassin history to divide the military power; Second, the elite soldiers of the Tianxia Domain's army were selected to be transferred to Gyeonggi, and the guards and the six armies were reorganized to centralize power and divide local power. If this is the case, the military power of the local moderation, observation, and defense will be reduced, and the political power can be gradually reinstated. ”

The assassin history leader is not groundless, there are also assassin history leaders in the world, but the number is very small. After the Anshi Rebellion, the number of local feudal towns increased day by day, and the power of the feudal towns increased day by day.

It's just that with the gradual chaos of the situation, the power of Jiedu has become more and more uncontrollable, especially after the Huangchao Rebellion, and the assassin has almost no right to lead the troops. Now Mo Li brings up the old things again, but there are rules to follow. As for the selection of the elite of the local army as the forbidden army, the strong cadres and the weak branches, this coincides with the strategies of Zhou and Song.

Li Congjing naturally agrees with this kind of strategy, but Wang Pu has something to say, he said: "Gathering the world's elite in the land of Gyeonggi, the daily cost is huge, where does the capital for raising the army come from?" ”

As soon as Li Siyuan succeeded to the throne, he issued an edict to let all armies eat nearby, the purpose of which was to save military spending. Mo Li's proposal to raise troops in Gyeonggi can be said to be very different from the purpose of Li Siyuan's order. A big difference between the town army eating in the local area and eating in the center is that the former can avoid the loss of grain transportation.

Wang Pu continued: "When transporting grain into Beijing, Cao Yun is the first to be promoted. The matter of Cao Yun is nothing more than the transportation of grain from the south to the north, and the transportation of grain from the east to the west. Now that Jianghuai has fallen into the state of Wu, there is no hope for the grain from the south to the north, and only the grain from the east is transported to the west, and then the grain transported by Cao has always been damaged by the road, with the current situation, not to mention how much grain can be transported to Gyeonggi, it is the loss of this road, and the current situation of the imperial court cannot afford it. ”

Wang Pu was telling the truth, but Mo Li didn't think so, and said casually: "The grain of Cao Yun was lost in the road, but when the capital was still in Chang'an, at that time, Cao Yun grain needed to pass through the Yellow River, and there was a Hukou Waterfall on the road, so it had to be transferred, so not only the road was very long, but the officials were also very greedy for ink. Now the capital is in Luoyang, the distance is greatly reduced, and there is no worry about transshipment, and the loss can be greatly reduced. ”

Chang'an is located in the heart of Qinchuan in 800 miles, although so, still can not support millions of people in Chang'an, and Cao Yun has to pass through the Yellow River several characters of the big bend, not to mention the distance, especially the transshipment, the loss is very large, after Gaozong, the Tang court established Luoyang as the eastern capital, and gradually regained the eastern capital, which is also a very important reason. Previously, Yang Guang built the Grand Canal in order to facilitate the transportation of grain from Jianghuai to Gyeonggi. Mo is not bad from this.

Wang Pu was not convinced, and continued: "Even so, the grain output is not much, so it is still not enough. Since Zhuangzong entered the Central Plains, Luoyang has never been able to raise 100,000 elite soldiers, which is a fact. ”

"Then increase food production." Mo Li shook the folding fan and said.

"How?" Wang Pu asked with a dark face.

"This is civil administration." Mo Li squinted at the sky, which means that this is something you should worry about.

"Increasing food output is not a one-day effort." Wang Pu gritted his teeth and said.

"But all the great achievements in the world can't be achieved overnight." Mo Lidao, the smell of gunpowder between the two became heavier and heavier.

"According to the simplicity, the land of Huaishui is very rich in grain production, and has the benefits of fishing and salt, and the long history is known as Mo Shenji, why not help Wang Shi to lay down Huaishui? There is the grain of Huaishui, not Pu Kua to go to the sea, since the rectification of Caoyun, so that Luoyang can raise 100,000 elite soldiers! Wang Pu was very angry, especially when he couldn't get used to Mo Li's appearance that he didn't care about himself.

Mo Li looked at Wang Pu seriously and said seriously; "If you want to attack Huaishui, you must first settle in Shu. The wealth of Shu is ten times that of Huaishui! ”

Wang Pu met Mo Li's gaze and said-for-tat: "Even if Shu has tens of millions of assets, it is difficult to transport them to Kyoto. If there is no grain of Huaishui, there will be no 100,000 elite soldiers, if there are no 100,000 elite soldiers, how can Wang Shi settle the land of Shu? ”

Mo Li was greatly annoyed, "You are a strong word!" ”

Wang Pu said word by word: "Attack Huaishui first, and then settle Shudi!" ”

The two of them fought for a long time, with no grace, and because they had been fighting for a long time, they were not lacking in heroism, and they almost rolled up their sleeves and moved roughly. Li Congjing wanted to dissuade him at first, but after thinking about it, he fell into deep thought.

Originally, Zhou Shizong Chai Rong fought the Northern Han Dynasty, but he didn't fight it, and asked Yu Qunchen to plan it, Wang Puyou is on the "Pingbian Policy", which is to take Huaishui first, then take Shu land, and then pacify the south of the Yangtze River, and finally cleanse the north. Although this strategy is easy and then difficult, it is not without other priorities.

Not to mention anything else, the country has no food, there is no elite soldiers, Zhou Shizong got the fourteen states of Huaisi, and then the Zhou and Song reformed the military and politics and raised the forbidden army, how can there be no such a layer of cause and effect.

The wealth of Shu is indeed difficult to transport to Kyoto, as for the Northern Song Dynasty to defeat the Southern Tang Dynasty, the money used to eat Shu land, Li Congjing can only believe it.

Mo Li and Wang Pu were already scuffling together, and the people next to them went up to persuade them to fight, and after being injured by two of them, the rest didn't dare to move, sitting on the sidelines and watching the battle, Li Congjing found that they were full of interest, I am afraid that the persuasion is fake, and cheering is what is in my heart.

There is no way, most of the people in the Qin Wangfu are from military affairs, and they have been in Youzhou for a few years, most of them are very strong, and the Tang people are bloody, and it is really common to fight. Li Congjing didn't plan to persuade them, let the two of them fight, anyway, there will be no big incidents, and when they are done, they will continue to sit and talk about things.

If you want to unify the world, you have to strengthen the army, and if you want to strengthen the army, you need money and grain, and if you want money and grain, you have to reform the disadvantages of the times and develop agriculture and commerce, and if you want to reform the disadvantages of the times and develop agriculture and commerce, you must cut down the feudal domain and strengthen the centralization of power. It's a logical line, the cause and effect relationship is straightforward, but things are intricately intertwined.

The arrogant generals have almost been disposed of, and the prestige of the imperial court has also been established, and the next thing is to cut the feudal domain and strengthen the centralized power, there are many things in this, but the most important thing is two aspects, one is to strengthen the power of the assassin, and the other is to increase the direct state.

The first-level officials of the Tang Dynasty will soon usher in a major reshuffle. It is not possible for military people to govern, and civilian officials must come.

This autumn's tribute has come to an end, and a new batch of talents will enter the officialdom, which will allow some capable officials to get out of the country and go to the main place. However, there are not many people who are in the first place this time, and there are only twenty or thirty Jinshi, which is still under the premise that the imperial court has relaxed the conditions. This is not good, next year the Central Plains will be very stable, there should be no war, we have to increase the intensity of the soldiers, the regular lift, the system to increase the scope of the soldiers.

Huazhou and Puzhou are actually good places, the land is fertile, the irrigation conditions are good, as long as there is no war, you only need to stare at the Yellow River and not go wrong, it is difficult to think of a bumper harvest. This kind of thing in Tuntian is only suitable for a specific place, and the entire Tang Dynasty cannot be governed by the method of governing Youzhou.

In fact, as long as the world is stable, there are no wars, no bandits, the court does not raise taxes indiscriminately, the officials are not big traitors, and do not harm the people, and the government does a little more to repair water conservancy or something, from the overall situation, the people will live and work in peace and contentment.

Of course, there are two prerequisites here. The first is that the land should not be too excessive, and the second is that the localities should not cut off the grain.

Spring ploughing is going to be made at the beginning of the year, and Li Congjing has to do these things now. He had to supervise the place and ensure next year's autumn harvest. Although the Tang Dynasty has not unified the world, the place is still very large, and Li Congjing does not have to go anywhere, nor can he go. This time, the focus of his supervision was Guannei, Hedong, Henan, and Shandong.

The Hundred Battles Army is the Shang Fang Sword in Li Congjing's hands.

As long as nothing goes wrong in these places, most of the areas can have a bumper harvest, and most of the grain that is guaranteed to be harvested is from the imperial court - this is the most difficult of the difficulties, the most important thing, and it is also where Li Congjing comes in - Luoyang will be able to store an additional 20,000 elites in the coming year.

The imperial court has an elite army, it is a deterrent to the locality, and the new policy in the future can be better implemented, the knife in your hand is bigger than others, and others can only make promises, and vice versa. This is a virtuous circle, and it will not take too many years for such a cycle to deteriorate, and in three or five years, the situation in which the imperial court is weak and the feudal towns are strong will be reversed.

Once Luoyang has tens of thousands of elites, Li Congjing doesn't believe that Meng Zhixiang still dares to make an independent scene

An Zhongzhu stood by the window and watched the cold plum in the courtyard.

The snow fluttered down, dancing in the wind, and the cold plums bloomed quietly, like crying and complaining.

This courtyard is full of cold plums, after all, it is in full bloom, overnight, it blooms extremely vigorously, which makes people overjoyed and unexpected. Snowflakes and plum blossoms seem to have merged into each other, and boundaries become less important at this moment.

The decree of the court came down yesterday.

The filthy things he conspired with Li Shoujing did not escape the investigation of the imperial court after all, and now, he has been deprived of his official status and has become an idler.

Li Siyuan did not make his crimes public, only saying that he had close contacts with Li Shoujing and accepted bribes. Now that Li Shoujing is ambushed, he will naturally suffer from the pond fish.

An Chongzhi knew that this was the result of Li Siyuan's nostalgia for the old relationship, otherwise, at this moment, he should be exposed to the wilderness, subjected to snow, or frozen into stone, or eaten by wolf dogs.

He didn't expect Li Shoujing to be so unbearable. He didn't want to admit that he was unexpectedly decisive in Li Congjing's killing, and the hundred battle army entered Puzhou, making it impossible for people to resist at all.

Hundred Battles. An Chongzhi chewed these words over and over again, as if it were some kind of incantation, and he could not stop reciting them at the beginning.

The world's elite soldiers and horses have seen a lot of heavy teachings, and when the court officials talked about the Hundred Battles Army, he didn't care much, even if the ministers of the court and the central government confided in him jealousy.

Because he didn't care, he didn't think much about what kind of army it should be, and it would take half a year to fight in a foreign land, and be invincible in the face of several times the enemy, and finally go straight to the West Tower, forcing the Khitan to sign an alliance under the city.

Now An Chongzhi has to admit that he has indeed seen countless elite divisions in his lifetime, but no army can complete such a feat as the Hundred Battles Army.

How could Li Congjing be so unscrupulous, all the way east, and within half a month, he beat the two Jiedu envoys into prisoners under the ranks, and killed thousands of feudal soldiers and tens of thousands of family members?

What he relied on was not so much the identity of the King of Qin of the Tang Dynasty as the Hundred Battles Army.

An Chongzhi once had a thought in his head: With such a strong division as the Hundred Battles Army, where can the world go? With such a strong division as the Hundred Battles Army, what can't be done in the world?

In the first year of Tongguang, the Hundred Battles Army was established in Qimen.

It was an army that Li Congjing spent four whole years, with the blood of countless enemy soldiers, with iron blood and foresight. That was the most important thing Li Congjing has done in the past four years.

In four years, from Qimen to Zelu, from Zelu to Huaimeng, from Huaimeng to Heshang, from Heshang to Daliang, from Daliang to Youzhou, from Youzhou to Bohai, from Bohai to Khitan. Fought all the way, experienced more than 100 battles of all sizes, walked all over the mountains and rivers, and cut off tens of thousands of heads.

Therefore, now, the Hundred Battles Army has become the pillar of the Tang Dynasty.

Four years ago, when that kid who was less than the age of the crown built a military camp in Qimen, and the sergeants of the army were scraped together, and he couldn't even recruit 3,000 soldiers, who would have thought that four years later, the army in his hands would be enough to influence the fate of a dynasty?

The wind and snow rushed in from the window, and after a long time, it was inevitable that his face would be full of wind and frost. An Chongzhi simply walked out of the house, came to the courtyard, came to the flower garden, stood quietly, let the wind and snow add to his body, just staring at Hanmei.

He likes cold plums, because they can withstand the cold, withstand wind and frost, and can bloom the most dazzling colors when they are most impossible. However, this is not the most important thing, Hanmei is not very delicate, and the reason why it is a masterpiece is because it blooms at an extraordinary time.

Because there are no flowers in the cold winter, flowers are needed in the cold winter, so the cold plum provokes the whole winter.

It's a visionary flower.

An Chongzhu thinks that the same is true of being a man.

It's just that he couldn't realize this truth before. The person who realized this truth one step earlier was the young King Qin.

An Chongzhi had heard some of Li Congjing's early deeds.

At the beginning of his military career, he was Zhuang Zong's personal guard, and in the past two years, he has made great achievements, Zhuang Zong wants to promote and reuse, and release the leading soldiers, but Li Congjing is not willing to leave Zhuang Zong's side, and would rather be a small team.

Now it seems that Li Congjing has won the mantle of Zhuangzong whether it is governing the army, conquest, or handling affairs. Ten years of hard study, and I'd rather two years just for a pawn, this kind of heart is really terrible. In the past two years, Li Congjing learned real talent and practical learning from Zhuangzong, so that he has the ability to build an army and dominate the world in the future!

An Chongzhi then thought: At the beginning of the destruction of Liang, Li Congjing invited himself to guard the bitter cold border with miraculous achievements, what was the purpose?

I'm afraid there is no other, just two words: training.

The world knows the land of Yan Zhao, how many heroes and brave warriors, these are the best soldier seeds. Moreover, the people of Lulong Land are simple, but they are generous and fierce, which is in line with the spirit of the army, coupled with the fierce war with the Khitan for many years, always guarding and training soldiers, how can they not train into a world-class army?

As a result, Li Congjing was able to help Li Siyuan succeed to the throne, and because of this, Li Congjing was able to make drastic moves at this time, eliminate the evils of the times, and not be afraid of the rebellion of the feudal town!

It's terrible! An Chongzhi only has these three words in his heart.

With a sigh, An Chongzhu thought to himself, after all, he should not be an enemy of King Qin.

Thinking of this, An Chongzhi laughed at himself. Knowing that King Qin is a great man and should be the co-lord of the world in the future, how stupid it is that he has a struggle with him because of the gain and loss of power for a while!

The troubled times are like a cold winter, the wind and frost are like the sinister way of the world, and I finally fought hard to become rich, but I never thought that I would gain power once, and I was blinded by power, and I buried decades of hard work in vain.

That's it, now that everything is over, isn't it a relief, at least there is no need to intrigue day and night. Fortunately, Li Siyuan still misses his old kindness, although he has no power now, his life is safe, and he will be a rich man in the future, wouldn't he be happy?

"To say that the old man's life started at the end of the year, with his own wisdom, he was known by His Majesty, went through difficulties, and finally became a powerful minister. It was also like an ant, it was also like a Kunpeng, it was also like a mustard, it was also like a hero, life can be like this, it is no regrets, and now it is a dissolution and return to the field, fade away from the glory of a lifetime, and end up in a leisurely and comfortable way, which is in line with the avenue. An reincarnated.

He stared at Hanmei in the courtyard, and there was a different scene in his eyes at this time.

There are all kinds of customs in the world, and nothing can compare to the quiet and indifferent.

Only quiet, not bending the knee, only indifferent, not flattering, because you can be leisurely, so it is ridiculous to look at the tide.

The wind and snow are cold and the plum boils green wine, and the world and the princes are laughing.

Wouldn't it be a pleasure!