Chapter 18: Contentment for the Sake of Hardship (3)
Nearly 10,000 heads, only a dozen or twenty people checked, and when it was night, most of them were checked.
I thought that I would stop there and come back tomorrow, but Li Shunju asked people to light the torch and continue to check it. He is in the big mink in the palace, and he does things at a glance, and the appointment given by the Son of Heaven is never discounted.
This is because they are afraid that after going to sleep, Han Gang and them will do something in it at night, right?
Li Xin snorted coldly beside Han Gang, feeling a sense of humiliation in his heart.
Han Gang didn't care: "Since it has been done, it should be done to the end." It's better to let things go than not to do them in the first place. Li Duzhi was not wrong to do so. ”
It wasn't until midnight that it was finally all counted. In the process of inspection, Li Shunju and his entourage found about three to five hundred heads, and they could not be sure whether they were true or fake. There are quite a few of them, but in terms of proportion, they are completely negligible.
The exploits of Han Gang, Li Xin and others were confirmed, and Li Shunju had more smiles on his face.
After resting for half the night, the next day, Li Shunju came to Han Gang, saying that he was going to the barracks to have a look.
Li Shunju's secret order for going south this time, even if he didn't say it, Han Gang and the others could guess it. It is to investigate and understand the internal and external affairs of Yongzhou, and give it to tomorrow after returning to Beijing.
Su Ziyuan and Li Xin's eyes were full of joy. If it weren't for the intention of sending troops to fight each other, why would Li Shunju have investigated so carefully.
As soon as he entered the barracks, Li Shunju smelled a strong smell of burning wormwood smoke.
"Burning wormwood at this time?" Li Shunju was a little surprised, there are still some days before the Dragon Boat Festival.
"Burning wormwood during the Dragon Boat Festival is to avoid the five poisons. The climate of the Central Plains has four distinct seasons, and only after the Dragon Boat Festival will snakes and insects become rampant. However, Guangxi is full of snakes and insects all year round, and wormwood should be lit from time to time. Han Gang led Li Shunju to the camp, "Many diseases come from mosquito bites, such as malaria, and the vast majority of patients often start to get sick when mosquitoes are at their peak. ”
Han Gang defined malaria as a disease after a mosquito bite, and if he was an ordinary official, he would inevitably be questioned, but from Han Gang's mouth, the medical officers were like holy orders, the soldiers believed in it, and Li Shunju also nodded again and again. The benefits of authority are fully embodied, but there is less questioning of authority, which can never be said to be a good thing for the development of medicine and even science.
With wormwood lavender, although even people are smoked together, they are indeed much less bitten by mosquitoes. Even in the barracks of the barracks, Han Gang had people use gauze tents to seal the doors and windows. In the barracks and sanatorium, Li Shunju looked carefully inside and out. Turning around and going out of the city, the Champa rice in the hundreds of acres of fields outside the city was about to start harvesting.
"These are all official fields?" Li Shunju looked at the rice fields where a bumper harvest was imminent, and his eyes widened in surprise. How many days have it been?
"It's not Guantian. Part of it is ownerless land, and part of it is ownerless. However, this year's war is chaotic and the situation is special, and this season's harvest of Champa rice is a unified harvest of seeds, and the government will distribute it after harvesting. By next year, it will be each family's own plant...... In this year's situation, two more crops can be planted. ”
Li Shunju knows a little about farming: "Can this land support it?" ”
"Yongzhou is now less populated and more land, and the second season is planted in a field in the west of the city. In the past two days, ploughing and planting have begun. In a day or two, it'll be over there, and the sickle will be open here. Han Gang smiled, "Just this year, after three seasons of harvest, the people's rations and regular closing are enough." ”
"I see." Li Shunju said with a smile, "Longxue is really beyond the reach of the world. ”
"I've already known about the awards." Han Gang pondered for a moment and said, "There are also two thousand prisoners of war, please know about the Holy Saint." ”
Li Shunju turned around: "Long Xue, please speak." ”
"The Jiaozhi thieves captured a large number of people from Yong, Qin, and Lian Prefectures, and drove them into slavery after returning. We can't keep these prisoners of war for nothing. The official fields in Yongzhou all need manpower, and please know that they will be given tomorrow. ”
China has always called itself China and ruled the world with benevolence and filial piety. If the prisoners of war are mistreated and surrendered, the generals will inevitably be impeached. Generally speaking, those who are willing to stay will stay, and those who are not willing to stay will be exchanged back. Han Gang's practice of expelling prisoners of war was rare......
"That's how it should be. Long Xue's words, after Shunju returns to Beijing, he will truthfully report to the official family. Li Shunju didn't care, Yongzhou's casualties were so miserable, he was shocked when he came over, and driving prisoners of war to cultivate was not even revenge. sighed, "There is a dragon study in Guangxi, and the official family can be worry-free." ”
Han Gang said a few words modestly, Li Shunju separated from the left and right, and his expression was extremely solemn for a while, "The Son of Heaven dictated, and Han Gang received the order." ”
Han Gang had estimated that Li Shunju had brought a secret decree, but he didn't expect to bring an edict, "Listen to the holy decree." ”
"There are many mountains in Lingnan, miasma is everywhere, it is not easy for officials and soldiers to drive, and the marching soldiers should take Dong Ding as the guide. With the method of the Emperor, you must first get real profits, and then you can make people, and you can't be willing to say anything about your obedience. For example, Guan Longdian taught the soldiers, so that minor crimes can be decided, serious crimes can be punished, and if you violate the Western Xia, it will be far away, and if you violate the commanders, it will be fast, and it is in line with the art of war to fear me and not to fear the enemy. If there is no real profit, it is difficult to blame him for obedience. ”
Han Gang nodded secretly, this paragraph was exactly what he wanted.
"Today's Qing can choose to recruit one or two thousand elite natives, choose the generals, coerce Ding, and tell the soldiers to come, reward those who are from me, and kill those who do not obey. If you don't comply, you will be punished by three or two tribes. The military power is established, first the right river, and then the left river. If you are obedient to this, it will not be difficult to attack Liu Ji's lair. ”
Han Gang was even more happy in his heart. It seems that Zhang Dian and his plan have been tacitly approved by the Son of Heaven, and they will first use the troops in their hands to solve Guangyuan Prefecture. Wait until the army comes, and then attack Jiaozhi directly. But this should be said to Zhang Dan, right? He is the Guangxi Economic Strategy.
"Zhang Dian is good at being a cliff, he doesn't understand the situation, he dares to speak up, and Qing should be the one who says, so as not to underestimate the enemy."
I see.
Zhao Ji is not a mediocre master, but a problem of heart, so he can't be regarded as an excellent emperor. When it comes to intelligence, it is not bad, and I know how to drive the Tibetan people. I would never say anything nerdy or stupid like convincing people with virtue. 'Those who follow me will be rewarded, and those who do not obey will be killed!' That's the best way to do it.
Han Gang saluted like a ceremony: "The minister will strictly obey the holy commandment, please rest assured Your Majesty." ”
Li Shunju conveyed the holy decree and checked the situation in Yongzhou, so he set off for Beijing, while Su Ziyuan, the new governor of Yongzhou, accompanied him to the north, and Yongzhou was managed by Han Gang.
Soon after he left, Huang Jinman also led the army back to his hometown in Guangyuanzhou, leaving only Huang Quan, who had done an inspection in Yongzhou. Zhang Dian got five hundred sets of leather armor from the Guizhou armory and gave it to him, plus a batch of good knives and guns. With these weapons, as well as the batch of loot that had been distributed to Jin Jinman before, the shelves of his capital inspections were propped up.
The strength of the Jiaozhi army declined greatly, and Han Gang and Zhang Dian on the Guangxi side also went around, clearly saying that they would liquidate all the crimes committed by the Jiaozhi people in Guangxi. Whoever dares to act recklessly at this time will be cut directly with the knife that kills chickens and monkeys. When he returned to Guangyuan Prefecture after the golden man, Liu Ji and the others didn't dare to do anything to him, and they even had to worry about when he would lead the Song army to attack.
"The top priority is to train the new army." Li Xin said to Han Gang, the attitude of the Son of Heaven is very clear, Jiaozhi will definitely retaliate, and before retaliating against Jiaozhi, Guangyuan Prefecture must first be taken: "The imperial court has given a quota of 2,000 people, and the overall number of eighty percent is guaranteed, and the two core commanders must be full." ”
"No!" Han Gang hated the situation of empty salaries for a while, especially the troops he wanted to lead, and he never wanted to see a situation where there were 1,000 people, but there were actually only seven or eight hundred, "It should be full, or even a part of it can be overnumbered." ”
"It's just a lieutenant general...... colonel"
"As long as you suppress it for a year, you don't have to worry about the situation in the back, you have the credit of destroying the country in front of you, even if you are greedy, you can endure it." Han Gang narrowed his eyes and smiled, "It's just time to try the military law!" ”
Li Xin nodded silently, his cousin was afraid that he would really test the knife with a human head.
Seeing Li Xin's silence, Han Gang laughed, "Actually, as long as the words are spoken, there are still many smart people, looking at the great merit of sealing his wife and Yinzi in front of him, who will be greedy for that little profit?" ”
As the weather gradually became hotter, the supplies for Yongzhou gradually increased. A private message to Han Gang from home was also sent. This can be regarded as a benefit to foreign frontier courtiers like him, not only border ministers, but also foreign envoys can also receive letters through the post station system.
When Fu Bi was ordered to envoy to Liao State in danger, as long as he received a letter from home, he was directly burned on fire, saying that it was in vain. Fu Bi put out his tough attitude of forgetting his home for the country, but he was mostly seen by the Liao people. When the Liao people saw his behavior, they knew that they could not be bullied, and they had to restrain themselves from blackmailing the New Year's coins.
The postal service is actually a profitable business, and if you can divide a part of it to serve the people, you can actually make a lot of money. Of course, the premise is that the post guards who escort mail and goods have sufficient professional ethics, rather than relying on the mountains and water.
From the letter, Han Gang knew that his father would soon go to Beijing. At the same time, he also learned the news that even Wang Yi was pregnant together. In addition, Wang Yan's condition also worried him. In addition, there is also Wang Anshi's letter, which says that the court has not yet determined the controversy about attacking Jiaozhi, but it is very likely that only one or two thousand troops will be levied.
One or twenty thousand is one or two thousand, and the way of fighting can imitate the previous battles. With the official army as the core, at the same time, all the barbarian troops were gathered together to attack Thang Long Mansion.
The capital of Cochin was Hanoi in later generations, and the so-called Fuliang River was the Red River, which only controlled the plains in the lower reaches of the Fuliang River, and the barbarians in the mountainous areas did obey the order, but they would not coexist and die with Cochin.
Han Gang thought about it, but still shook his head. said that it was one or two thousand, but how much it really could get, there was a question mark. Moreover, it is necessary to carefully consider where to transfer troops. The specific situation will still have to wait for Su Ziyuan to come back and it will be his turn to go to Beijing.