Chapter 501: Sitting in Chengdu
Hua'an's self-recommended performance has been sent to the direction of Jiankang City, and the next top priority is to do everything possible to control the anointing land of Yizhou and win over the people's hearts.
Yizhou is in the southwest of Liangzhou, the terrain is better, there are many fertile fields, and the population is twice that of Liangzhou.
In the big tent of the Chinese army, Hua An, Zhang Yu, and Xie Siming, according to the actual situation in Yizhou, began to discuss the specific matters of controlling Yizhou.
Since the remnants of the rebels are still active in Shuzhong, sending a large army to Yizhou is not only the task of garrisoning, but also the need to clear the remnants of the rebels.
After some careful analysis, Hua'an concluded that in the western part of Yizhou, the three counties closest to Shu County, Hanjia, Wenshan and Jianwei, were the most active areas of the rebels, and at the same time, they were also the most densely populated areas in Yizhou, so Hua'an decided to focus on these three counties.
For the time being, Jiangyang, Zhuti, and Qiqi in the east will take a blind attitude, after all, the population there is very small, the roads are rugged, once the army is stationed there, it will be difficult to return in a short time, and in case there is a war in the direction of Liangzhou, it will be difficult to return to the army for rescue.
Moreover, the main force of the rebels withdrew to the direction of Qiqi County, and sending a large army to surround and intercept it will definitely consume a lot of time and energy, and the casualties of the army will not be small.
On the issue of sending a large army to control the western part of Yizhou, Hua'an discussed with Zhang Yu and Xie Siming for a while. It was decided that Li Liang should lead 5,000 men and horses to garrison Hanjia City in the southwest of Chengdu to control Hanjia County in the southwest of Chengdu and closely monitor Yuejun County in the south, Li Yi led 5,000 men and horses to enter Yangwu City in the southeast of Chengdu to control Yangwu County in the southeast of Chengdu and monitor Jiangyang County and Zhuti County in the southeast, and the main force of Tieniu's 10,000 Northern Expeditionary Army was stationed in Chengdu, and sent part of his troops into Wenshan City in the northwest and Yucheng in the northeast to control Wenshan County and Xindu County.
In this way, in Yizhou, with Chengdu as the core, it is a rich place. It will be completely under the control of Hua'an. With the existing land and population alone, as long as it does not experience wars and natural disasters, in a few years, Yizhou's wealth will be the envy of the world. If the production resources are reasonably allocated. The situation could be better.
Hua'an occupies Yizhou. After all, it has not yet been officially recognized by the imperial court, so the focus of construction is still in the direction of Liangzhou. In particular, Hanzhong County is the closest to Guanzhong, and in the future, the Northern Expedition to Guanzhong must be based on Hanzhong, so the strategic position of Hanzhong will always be the most important.
However, at this time, the direction of Yizhou was still very unstable, so Hua'an could not immediately lead part of his troops back to Liangzhou, and he still needed to stay in Yizhou for a few more days, so as to deter the remnants of the rebel army that were about to move, and wait for the response of the imperial court by the way.
With the distance between Chengdu and Jiankang City, the imperial court's reply will take at least a month later, and Hua'an also plans to sit in Chengdu for more than a month, and by the way, rectify the rule of officials in Yizhou, and promote a group of talents to serve as officials at all levels in Yizhou, so as to fill the lack of strict officials in Yizhou after the rebels left.
For the selection and appointment of officials, Hua'an is not very proficient and not very interested, but fortunately, Zhang Yu and Xie Siming help him, and Hua'an also trusts the two, and hands over all kinds of things about the selection and appointment of officials to Zhang Yu and Xie Siming.
Although many of the children of the poor family were exceptionally promoted, due to the monopoly of the scholars on knowledge, most of the officials who were promoted were still from the scholars, and only a few of the people who were promoted by the scholars were promoted.
Dealing with all kinds of government affairs is an extremely laborious and boring thing, during this time in Chengdu, even if things are busy, Hua'an will take Zhang Yu and Xie Siming from time to time, as well as a group of generals to the suburbs of Chengdu, nominally to inspect agricultural affairs, but in fact there is a sense of play, relaxation.
After all, intense and tiring work requires more contact with nature to relieve tense nerves, so that the combination of work and rest can maintain energy and make people more enthusiastic about work.
At this time, the spring ploughing has passed, and the fields in the suburbs are full of green crop seedlings, which looks quite comfortable.
These crops are young seedlings, very fragile, and they can't withstand the trampling of war horses at all, so Hua'an ordered that all the horses under his command should not trample on the seedlings, and violators will be severely punished.
On a raised hill, Hua'an and his party rode up on horseback, and the crops and seedlings in the distance were in full view, which looked quite imposing like a prairie.
"Yizhou has just experienced the rebellion of Deng Ding and Kui Wen, but the crops have not been damaged because of this, which is really a blessing in misfortune!" Hua An looked at the crop seedlings that went and sighed softly.
Zhang Yu nodded, clenched his fists and replied: "Yizhou Agricultural Time will not be affected by the rebels, and this should also be thanks to the rebel leader Wang Oath!" After speaking, he looked at Hua'an meaningfully.
"Oh, the crops are good or bad, and I have to thank the king for the oath, why?" Hua An asked a little puzzled.
Zhang Yu smiled and replied: "The general doesn't know, the rebels originally planned to start their troops as soon as possible to capture Chengdu as much as possible, so as to avoid long nights and dreams, but Wang vowed to override public opinion and decided to raise troops again after spring ploughing, so as not to violate the agricultural time. ”
"How do you know about this?" Hua An frowned and asked, after all, this kind of thing is a secret of the rebels, and there must not be many people who know about it.
Zhang Yu replied: "General Huiyu, yesterday the officers and men of our army caught a rebel colonel hiding here in Chengdu, and after repeated interrogations by the lower officials, he recruited everything, including this matter. ”
"Oh, I see, so it seems that Ben will have to give the king an oath, haha!" Hua An laughed as he spoke.
When everyone saw Hua An laughing, they all laughed along.
Marching Sima Xie Siming laughed twice, looked at Hua'an, and said softly: "General, there are far more fertile fields in Yizhou than in Liangzhou, but all kinds of water conservancy facilities have been aged, and many large rivers are less than three feet deep. If it is not rectified as soon as possible, in a few years, many of the fertile fields here will become wasteland again. ”
Hearing this, Hua An nodded, and replied softly: "This problem is indeed very strict, and it must be thoroughly rectified, and when Ben will return to Hanzhong, he will send Li Shuqu to bring a group of water conservancy talents to Yizhou to renovate the ditch facilities here, and make Yizhou the largest granary in Shuzhong, so as to provide enough grain and grass for the main army's Northern Expedition to Guanzhong in the future." ”
Hearing this, Xie Siming nodded, and put forward some more specific suggestions, and Hua An felt justified when he heard it, so he agreed to all of them.
The group made a big circle in the suburbs of Chengdu, and then returned to Chengdu and began to deal with various government affairs in the city.
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More than half a month later, in the direction of Jiankang City, the five horsemen sent by Hua'an presented the song and the military report to the officials in the palace, and then waited in the post house.
Hua'an's recital and military report were presented to Sima Yu, the assistant minister, and Cai Mo, the minister of the auxiliary government, and the two of them felt that it was not trivial after reading Hua'an's recital, and decided to immediately report to the Empress Dowager Chu Garlic and study the way to deal with it.
In the Taiji Hall of Jiankang City, the three-year-old emperor Sima Dan stood between the legs of the Empress Dowager Chu Lianzi, waiting for the arrival of Sima Yu and Cai Mo.
Soon, Sima Yu and Cai Mo came to the Taiji Hall with several important ministers of the court, and first saluted the emperor and the empress dowager.
Chu Lianzi waved his hand lightly, motioned to the important ministers to calm down, and asked: "You Aiqing are so anxious to see the mourning family, I don't know what is important. ”
Sima Yu took out the fold in his hand and arched his hand: "Empress Dowager Qi, Liangzhou Thorn Shi Hua'an sent a letter of fold, and the minister and several ministers have read it, but they feel that this matter is very important, and it is better to tell the Queen Mother." As he spoke, he folded his hands and presented them.
A eunuch took the fold and handed it to Chu Garlic behind the curtain.
When Chu Garlic heard that it was a piece sent by Hua'an, he hurriedly opened it and looked at it carefully, and then, a faint smile appeared at the corner of his mouth, but through the curtain, the courtiers on the opposite side were completely invisible.
"General Hua is really heroic, he broke the main force of the rebels so quickly, and with General Hua sitting in Yizhou, the mourning family can rest assured." Chu Lianzi's statement is tantamount to agreeing to the request of the military of Hua'an Prefecture to supervise Yizhou, at least in his heart, he does not object.
Seeing this, a minister clenched his fists and said: "Queen Mother, Yizhou is a self-contained system, far away from Jiangdong, if it is not a particularly reliable person, it must not be allowed to supervise the military of Yizhou, just in case." ”
Just in case, he naturally said that if Hua'an occupied Yizhou and rebelled, the consequences would be extremely strict, and it would definitely bring unpredictable disasters to the Great Jin Dynasty.
Hearing this, Cai Mo looked at such a minister and asked, "In your opinion, who is a particularly reliable person?" ”
The minister did not hide it, and replied directly: "In the opinion of the following officials, it must be Huan Juma, Huan Juma is a relative of the Son of Heaven, and he must be loyal to the Great Jin Dynasty, and he has both civil and military skills, which is enough to be competent for the military ability of the governor of Yizhou." ”
Cai Mo smiled when he heard this, and said softly: "Huan Juma has both civil and military skills, and is loyal to the Great Jin Dynasty, and this official does not oppose it, but its main force needs to guard Xiangyang and Wuchang to resist the powerful Zhao State, so as to ensure the safety of my Great Jin Jingzhou, which is beyond the reach of Yizhou at all, and this time Deng Ding, Kui Wen and others rebelled, and the main force of the Jingzhou army could not be rescued, which is the best proof." (To be continued......)