CHAPTER XVII
Sun Shixu asked, "Did my father have any other instructions that day?" ā
Baili Wuji said: "Ling Zun only told me two things that day, one public and one private. The official business is that the Ming Kingdom has now unified the world, and Sun Xiang wants to warn me to pay attention to the arrogant generals in the army who will cause trouble again; The private matter is to hope that I can forget the things that he embarrassed me from time to time in Gangneung Mansion, and entrust Siming to me. ā
Sun Shixu was a little surprised, he hesitated for a while, but still asked: "Since my father knows that I have returned to China, how can I entrust Siming to Ziqing again?" ā
Baili Wuji sighed and said: "Sun Xiang doesn't believe that you will come back suddenly after all, and blame me for keeping this matter too secret, and suing him after Sun Xiang fell into a coma, with Sun Xiang's cleverness, he naturally thought that I was just comforting him and making up a fake news to comfort his heart." ā
Sun Shixu choked up and said: "It should be so, my father is too shrewd, it is true, but because of this, he misunderstood it as coaxing him, hey......." ā
Baili Wuji said: "On the day Sun Xiang left, I had already taken Siming to the palace, and now that you are back, you can enter the palace to take him home, and it is good to reunite flesh and blood." However, in my opinion, in the future, let Siming enter the palace every day and read and have fun with Jingbei, so that the two can deepen their relationship, and it will be in vain for you and me to have a relationship. ā
Sun Shixu nodded and said, "Lao Ziqing is bothered." ā
Baili Wuji said: "Yuanzhi don't be sad anymore, thinking about the next year, you still have to be taken care of by your relatives, as a father, you must not mess up." ā
Sun Shixu responded: "Yes." ā
Baili Wuji said: "You first recuperate at home for a period of time, and enjoy the joy of family with Siming." After the day of Sun Xiang's sacrifice, I will come to the palace again and talk about my future plans. ā
Sun Shixu responded: "Yes." ā
The so-called back waves of the Yangtze River push the front waves. Wang Pu, one of the three prime ministers of the new Ming Kingdom, showed his edge.
He submitted a note to Baili Wuji, which was built on it.
First, in order to strengthen the integration of the people of the original Zhou State and the people of the Ming Kingdom, after more than a year of Wang Pu's efforts in Kaifeng Mansion, the people of the original Zhou Kingdom have gradually agreed to be the people of the Ming Kingdom. However, the people of the Ming Kingdom had a natural sense of pride in treating the people of the original Zhou Kingdom, which hindered the integration of the people of the north and the south.
Wang Pushang folded and built yƬ, and rewarded the marriage of the people in the north and south with the court. In this way, the integration between the people of the north and the south was promoted, and Wang Pu even listed the amount of rewards.
Wang Pujian yƬ, who married the people of Jiangnan and the people of Jiangbei. Ten taels of silver.
At that time, ten taels of silver was enough for a wedding banquet.
According to conservative estimates, the number of people in the north and south who are suitable for marriage will not exceed 100,000 pairs, so. The reward silver taels used by the imperial court for this should be within one million taels.
Baili Wuji quickly approved this construction. Let Wang Pu have full authority to deal with this matter.
Wang Pu's discussion quickly promoted the integration of the people of the north and the south, so that the domestic situation of the Ming State quickly stabilized, and the southerners no longer looked down on the northerners, and the northerners also recognized the identity of the Ming people more.
Wang Pu's second establishment was to quickly purge the remnants of the local army of the former Zhou State in order to stabilize law and order and demonstrate the prestige of the central court.
There were as many as 30 knots in the original Zhou state, and these knots made them more or less armies in their hands. However, if the army is not withdrawn and reorganized, I am afraid that there will be endless troubles in the future.
Baili Wuji had this plan in his heart. However, not long after the territory of the Zhou State was incorporated, Baili Wuji did not dare to lightly include this matter in the imperial court's to-do matters, for fear that it would intensify the contradictions and cause unnecessary trouble.
And Wang Pu's method is very simple, that is, to exchange power for power and buy power with money.
The political power of each state and the territory should be exchanged for military power, and the financial power should be exchanged for the army.
In other words, since the state of Zhou has died and the new monarch is on the throne, there is room for discussion about the right to rule in various places.
The so-called once a son of heaven and a courtier.
Chai Rong's feudalism may not be recognized in Baili Wuji.
But if the military power can be returned, then the compensation will be that Baili Wuji will issue an edict to confirm their status as a feud, so that these "soil emperors" can sleep in peace and no longer have to worry about one day the imperial court taking back their feudal land.
After all, it is a fact that everyone knows that the Ming army is strong, and it is probably an egg to hit a stone with their motley army alone.
And Wang Pu's next step of "buying power with money" made them not have to suffer the loss of heartache, that is, all the towns that handed over the army according to the edict would receive a tax holiday for the corresponding number of troops, and depending on the number of troops, the tax holidays would be three, six, and nine months respectively, and the longest would not exceed one year.
After Baili Wuji reviewed, he agreed to Wang Pu's performance, and ordered Wang Pu to handle the matter with full authority, the only change is that the official position of Baili Wuji's canonization is no longer the official name of "Jiedu Envoy", but is called "Governor Envoy".
Wang Pu's ability to do things is indeed capable.
A few months later, except for Li Yun, the envoy of Zhaoyi in Luzhou, all the envoys of Jiedu responded to Baili Wuji's edict, handed over their troops, and accepted Baili Wuji's canonization order, involving more than 130,000 troops.
Baili Wuji sent people to select these troops, and the strong ones were supplemented into the Imperial Forest Army and the New Army as Ding Zhuang, and the rest were all disbanded as people, and those who had families returned home, and those who had no homes were divided into fields, and they were scattered in various states and counties of the Ming Kingdom.
But Baili Wuji didn't expect that he hadn't decided how to deal with the nail in Luzhou, Li Yun made his own choice, and he rebelled.
In the name of Chai Zongxun, Li Yun claimed that he had received the great favor of the Guo family and wanted to restore the Zhou Kingdom.
So, Baili Wuji immediately made a decision to pull out Li Yun's nail by force.
In fact, Baili Wuji does not feel bad about Li Yun, Li Yun was captured by Zhao Kuangyin in the Yellow River when he fled north, and was imprisoned in Kaifeng, or Baili Wuji was released back to Luzhou after entering Kaifeng.
Now Li Yun is not grateful, but goes against himself, and it just so happens that Baili Wuji needs someone to kill chickens and police monkeys, and Li Yun has become the best choice.
Baili Wuji handed over the matter to Xu Shouren, because Xu Shouren controlled 30,000 iron cavalry.
The official roads from Jinling Mansion to the state capitals of the former Zhou State have been unimpeded, and it is only a few days to investigate the chaos in Luzhou.
Ten days later, Xu Shouren led 30,000 iron cavalry and 5,000 miles of Wuji's Imperial Forest Army to encircle Luzhou.
It took only one day to defeat Li Yun's 60,000 Zhaoyi army, and took advantage of the situation to break through Luzhou and capture Li Yun alive.
Li Yun can be regarded as a loyal minister, loyal to Guo Wei and Chai Rong, because the two of them have the grace to carry him.
But if the character is not good, his insistence on not handing over the army is actually very simple, waiting for the price to sell.
In fact, Li Yun still has the idea of making chaos in the previous festival in his heart.
He thought that since Guo Wei and Chai Rong were dead, then he could rely on the Zhaozhou Army to establish his own power, at least be a "soil emperor", and the edict of Baili Wuji directly shattered his illusions, so he had to rebel. (To be continued......)