Li Duoshou returned to Tokyo as early as mid-March and handed over the documents of the Northwest War to Wang Pu of the Privy Council, but the stakes were very high, and Wang Pu could not decide the matter made up by Zhang Yue, so he had to send someone to carry the documents to the Huainan Emperor, and the emperor and the important ministers who were on the expedition decided to decide. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

This trip to the south took more than half a month, and when the chapter was sent to Huainan, the time was already in early April, and the war in Huainan had gone through more than two years and had reached the end stage. Guo Rong has personally conquered three times since last winter, and Li Chongjin's troops on the West Road have successively conquered Lu, Shu, Qi and other prefectures, and the troops have officially advanced to the north bank of the Yangtze River.

The battle of Zhang Yongde's division on the east road was not very smooth, because it was located in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River, and the combat strength of the Southern Tang Naval Division was not weak.

Since the Zhou army had a water division, the right Shenwu unified the army to guard Yanwu, Wang Huan led the water division from Gaoyou to the south, straight into the Yangtze River waterway, the Southern Tang Army had nothing to fear, but to hold the southern estuary, in case the Zhou army crossed to the south to attack.

Li Jing, the lord of the Southern Tang Dynasty, was also worried, did not want to lose the emperor's position, but did not want to take on the present responsibility of suing for peace with the Later Zhou, so he passed down an edict in March, allowing the crown prince Li Hongji to prepare for the throne and try to reach a peace agreement with the Great Zhou.

Li Hongji was crowned the king of Jin, suspicious and mean, and had a lot of military talent, because a few years ago he secretly competed with the emperor's younger brother, his uncle Li Jingsui, and murdered and poisoned him, but was found out by Li Jing afterwards, and he was not liked by Li Jing since then. If it weren't for the war between Xiande and Wu Yue in the fourth year, it would be impossible to be made the crown prince. And now the battle with the Great Zhou is not going well, Li Jing has no choice but to pull the crown prince Li Hongji to the top tank, and in his heart he is actually more interested in the sixth son Li Congjia, who indulges in landscapes, that is, Li Yu later.

In order to successfully ascend to the throne, Li Hongji had no choice, so he had to send Chen Juefeng, a squire of the military department, to Yingluan Town, begging the Great Zhou to dismiss the army, and since then he has become a feudal state of the Great Zhou, only called the lord of the Southern Tang Dynasty, and agreed to cede the remaining four small military states in Jiangbei to the Great Zhou, with the Yangtze River as the boundary, and contribute grain, silk, silk and other property every year according to the summer and autumn seasons, which is called "tribute".

So far, the Zhou army has won a complete victory, completely crippled the Southern Tang Naval Division, and collected 14 prefectures and more than 60 counties in Jiangbei and Huainan, including Xiaojunzhou. At the beginning of April, the good news from the northwest came, Guo Rong was very happy, and summoned the important ministers and generals to discuss the reward.

Because Fan Zhen, Wang Pu, Zhang Mei and others stayed in Tokyo, the prime ministers from the expedition were only Wang Pu, Dou Yi, Dou Yan, Wei Renpu a few people, first discussed the aftermath of Huainan, Guo Rong had a case in his heart, and communicated with several important ministers in advance, at this time he planned to divide the new Huainan land into Shouzhou Zhongzheng, Shuzhou Yongtai, Luzhou Baoxin, Yangzhou Huainan these four major festival towns, the selection of the festival commander was also officially implemented.

Several important ministers stepped forward and sat down, Guo Ronggao sat in the lobby and sat on the table, looked at the chapter and thought about it again and again, and then said: "The four towns of Huainan are located between Jiangbei and Huaishui, with a large population and fertile land. I plan to use Han Lingkun as the Huainan Festival and know the affairs of the Yangzhou military government; Take Li Chongjin as the loyal and righteous festival and the military affairs of Zhishou Prefecture; With Zhao Kuangzan as the credit festival, still know Luzhou. But Langzhou medicine is re-encountered, Yuezhou Yang Shouzhen conquers the land of E, Qi, Huang and Shu, and the candidates for the festival commander need to be considered! ”

"Your Majesty! Langzhou and Tanzhou Wuping Jiedu jurisdiction is already very large, and Hubei and Yueningjiang Jiedu Yang Shouzhen only established the festival not long ago, so it can not be transferred, but the medicine is heavy to meet the town of Wuping for many years, and this time it can be moved to Shuzhou. Hujie left wing Li Chuyun has meritorious combat and can go out of the town of Wuping Festival. ”

Dou Yi did not judge the privy council, but at this time he took the initiative to recommend candidates, because Hu Jie's left wing had made Zhao Ding greet him beforehand, and wanted to transfer Li Chuyun, the deputy envoy who had made great contributions during the battle of Entrenchment, to the place, so that Hu Jie's left wing was still in his hands.

Wei Renpu was a little strange when he heard this, he hadn't spoken up yet, but Dou Yi grabbed the limelight, so he followed: "Although Li Chuyun is meritorious, his qualifications are a little shallow, and he is still almost a little bit of Jianjie, so he can be promoted to the commander of Hujie's left wing, and Zhao Ding will be transferred to Hujie's right wing, and he will go out of Wuping with the old minister Wuxingde, so that he can also coordinate and work with the generals of Tanzhou." And Yongtai Festival can be Song Yanwu to take office. ”

Tanzhou Chu General was not really committed to Zhou, Wang Jinkui was killed by his generals before he went out, and a young military general went to take up his post, Zhou Xingfeng, Zhang Wenbiao and others would definitely not be convinced. Although Song Yanwu is an old minister of the Four Dynasties, he is only in his thirties, relatively young, his father is the concubine of the Later Tang Dynasty Zhuangzong, and the first emperor Guo Wei was secretly loyal when he raised his army, and his qualifications are also considered old.

Wei Renpu was not aware of the secret struggle between the various factions of the forbidden army, and the reason why he suggested it was entirely based on the merits of the war. Because last winter, Li Chuyun was sent by Li Chongjin to attack Haozhou, and Zhang Yongde on the East Road responded to support as usual, but it dragged on. More than 4,000 of Li's 15,000 troops were killed in battle, and Haozhou was finally forcibly conquered.

Guo Rong frowned when he heard this, he remembered that he seemed to have heard Yang Sicheng say that although this Li Chuyun was quick to send troops and brave in battle, he had followed Zhe Congruan, and later transferred to the forbidden army with Zhang Yue from Gaoping, and had always had a deep friendship with Zhang Yue, and the background was too complicated, which made Guo Rong unhappy in his heart, but it was not good to deliberately suppress it, so he nodded and said: "But!" Have you read all the battle reports and chapters in the Northwest? The chapter attached by Zhang Yuanzhen is quite interesting! ”

"Back to Your Majesty! The ministers and others have discussed in advance, and Captain Yuanzhen suggested that Fengzhou be included in the Yong'an Army, and the administrative office should be moved to Shengzhou, and Fengzhou should be governed nearby, and the ministers thought that this was a very good strategy! In addition, because the city of Xiazhou has been destroyed for hundreds of years, it needs to be rebuilt and renamed Yunzhou or Yunzhongfu. The second is the appointment of officers to reward meritorious service and transfer to the local guard, which can be decided by His Majesty. Wang Pu said a little vaguely, and even more reserved, in fact, what Zhang Yue said in the chapter is far more than these things for the management and governance of the northwest Xia Sui land, so he can't say much.

Guo Rong hesitated a little in his heart, Zhang Yue was already a lieutenant and an envoy of the Xuanhui North Academy, and this time he made a meritorious service, and if he was sealed, he would have to think about it carefully. It stands to reason that you can enter the feudal country, but if this is the case, it is not appropriate to enter the Zhongshu to participate in politics, and you can only keep going out of the town, which is a pity. But if he is crowned as Situ and Sikong, it is okay, but Zhang Yue is too young, Fan Zhen will definitely refute and admonish, and the edict will be sent back to Tokyo for transit first, and then to the locality.

"With the inspection of the school Taiwei and the Anguo Jiedu envoy Zhang Yue to guard the Taishi, with Shi Yan beyond the town of Xia Sui, plus the inspection of the school Taifu, the establishment of the salt animal husbandry supervisor in Yunzhou, and the promotion and return of the military merits of the officers at all levels to Tokyo, and the appointment of state and county officials will be discussed again!"

According to his heart, Guo Rong doesn't want to add a high position to Zhang Yue, because the status and power are too high, it is not easy to use, and the Northern Expedition Youyun has been covering it in his heart for a long time, and now that Huainan has recovered, he must also start preparing for the use of troops in Youzhou.

Shou is also a predicate for the sealing of high-ranking officials, and here it means to follow the seal, which refers to the sealing according to the highest civil official status. Because Zhang Yue has a low background and no fame, if it is obviously not good to be in the picture, then it is logical to add it first, otherwise it is too rash to worship the prime minister, and the minister is too worthless! This is also the habit of this era. The first emperor Guo Wei was not from a high background, so he didn't just add a prince and serve as a privy envoy!

On the fourth day of the first month of April, the aftermath of Huainan should be handed over to the garrison generals in various places, Guo Rong went north from Yangzhou, and decided to return to Beijing after he began to plan the Northern Expedition Youyun, which is imperative this winter or next year's spring. (To be continued.) )