"Song Du, a member of the Ministry of Officials. www.biquge.info"Seeing Jiang Feng dressed up casually and coming in, Cui Shang couldn't help frowning, "My lord, according to the regulations, we will newly set up Huzhou, which belongs to Zhongzhou, and the history of the assassination is from the four grades, and it is selected by the Ministry of Officials, so it is reasonable for the outsiders to come to this Ministry of Officials." ”

Jiang Feng didn't care too much, and half-jokingly said: "Huzhou is newly established, how many people are still in Shengtang and Huoshan counties, we still can't tell, Yincheng is only tens of thousands of people, and Gushi is only a hundred thousand people, even if it is now plus a large influx of displaced people, it is not much better, and it is too difficult to be Shangzhou." ”

Jiang Feng's words also made several other people laugh.

According to the Tang system, Shangzhou needs 100,000 households, and the newly established Huzhou will not exceed 400,000 people, that is, 60,000 or 70,000 households.

In fact, since the Great Liang Dynasty expelled the Tang Dynasty, Chang'an's prestige has declined, and its edicts from the central government have become more formal, and the selection and appointment of officials has no longer been as strict and cautious as it was in the Tang Dynasty.

If it were to be followed by the previous standards, the mere question of qualifications would be enough to block out the position of assassin that most of the current feudal lords held concurrently.

People like Jiang Feng are neither from the imperial examination nor from the martial arts, and they are not even qualified to be a county lieutenant, let alone the history of a state assassination?

But now the situation is like this, the martial arts are in power, the butcher who doesn't know a few big characters can also be the envoy of the festival, and the person who sells smuggled salt can also be crowned the king, the kings who have been divided in the previous decades, Zhu Wen, Li Keyong, Yang Xingmi, Qian Miao, which one is from a noble background, and which one is literary and elegant?

In contrast, the Xu and Ju families are famous families, but the result is the death of the clan, in this era when strength is king, can you say that Jiang Feng, who is good and has been in the academy, can't be a state assassin?

"My lord, you have to respect Chang'an, at least people are also giving you an official title, but I haven't heard of Gwangju, what does this mean?" Yang Kan, as a military general from Daliang, has never been very interested in Chang'an, and his words are even less respectful, and the ridicule is heavier.

"Hmph, I don't believe that anyone can take Gwangju away from us now!" Ding Man was as imposing as a rainbow, "Nanyang? or Caizhou? They can't take care of themselves, can the Du family still reach out?"

"Aman, don't talk too much, if you want to talk about strength, Nanyang and Caizhou are more than enough to take Gwangju, but the gains outweigh the losses. ”

Zhang Ting is still wearing the same high-haired black robe, which seems to remain unchanged all year round, and so far, Jiang Feng has not arranged a position for him for the time being, and he will probably have to wait until the matter in Huzhou is finalized before he will consider it.

"Anyway, can you stop singing the opposite tune for the rest of your life?" Ding Man and Zhang Ting are also very familiar, after all, they are both from the Bianliang Jiangmen family, but Zhang Ting's personality is indeed too annoying, not only is he a loner, but he also speaks sharply, and he loves to be a villain.

"Aman, I'm telling the truth, it's just that you don't like to hear the truth. Zhang Ting ignored Ding Man's displeasure, "The Du family is unlikely, they are too fragile, let's think about whether Nanyang will vent their anger on them after they recover in the future. ”

The 1,000 cavalry army of Hubei and Huang quietly disappeared from the city of Gwangju, and then Xinxi to the Nanyang grain road on the first line of Baigou City was frequently attacked by cavalry and local gentry private army, and the Nanyang army did not react at the time, but after the incident, the suspicion naturally fell on the Du family.

In particular, the Xiao family in Xiangyang and the Du family in Ehuang jointly spoke out against Nanyang's annexation of Anzhou, and then there was a rebellion in Anzhou, and the Du family has become the most hated in Nanyang's heart.

Although Liu Xuan's power has been greatly reduced now, and he is unable to fight with the outside world in a short period of time, but once the second Liu is reconciled as before, the Xiao family and the Du family will not be better, the Xiao family is not weak, and the terrain is advantageous, and Nanyang has been fighting for so many years, but the Du family has to weigh it.

"Anyway, it's not a pit, right? They are happy enough, just the grain team that has just arrived on the front line of Baigou City, they have ambushed it three times, and they beat the Nanyang grain truck so that they dare not leave the city, and we don't dare to be as presumptuous as them. ”

Qin Zaidao's complexion was excellent, especially when he learned that Guanzhong intended to fulfill his promise and promised to send two thousand Xiazhou war horses, Qin Zaidao's enthusiasm in his heart was even higher.

This time, the northern crossing of Huaishui assisted the Hubei and Huang cavalry to attack the Nanyang grain road, which can be regarded as allowing the Gushi cavalry to finally get a decent exercise.

More than ten ambushes and raids along the line from Xinxi to Baigou City and then to Zhenyang, coupled with that sneak attack on the Nanyang military camp under Zhenyang City, it can be said that the Gushi Army also paid a painful price.

Of the eight hundred elite cavalry, less than five hundred people remained in Gushi, and the loss was also the heaviest in these battles.

If it weren't for Guanzhong's side making it clear that he would fulfill his promise, Qin Zaidao would have been ready to really find Jiang Feng to theorize, and he would have to allocate money to buy war horses, even if it was Nanyang or Daliang's side, how good or bad it was, he would have to buy Qian'er 800 war horses back.

"It's about their life and death, can they not be unsatisfied?" Zhang Ting responded, "Du Li is still very wise at this point, and understands what it means for their two states of Huangzhou and Qizhou if both Gwangju and Anju fall into the hands of Nanyang." ”

"I've always heard of the Du family's mediocrity in Daliang, so it seems that there are still a few talents in the Du family. Ding Man said with some contempt.

"Du Men Sijun, Du Li's mind is acceptable, but his martial arts skills are average, I heard that his two brothers have good martial arts, and there is also a Du Ling, but I heard that it is quite mysterious, it is rare to see it, Shenlong sees the head but not the tail, but it is always a little childish. Zhang Ting also got to know the Du family.

"But the combat effectiveness of the Du family's army is worrying, and more importantly, I always feel that the Du family lacks the courage to dare to fight and fight, and the same as the Li family in Guanzhong, I always hope that others will charge forward and block the wind and rain for them, but I am afraid of a war. ”

The words were mean and sharp, but in one sentence, even Yang Kan and Ding Man had to admit that Zhang Ting's analysis pointed to the key point of the Du family.

Cui Shang couldn't help but give a thumbs up, Jiang Feng also felt that this guy was indeed a hateful guy, and his words were full of contempt, and a family was criticized by him as worthless.

Chen Wei is also getting more and more accustomed to working with these martial artists, at least he was not used to attacking his opponent with all kinds of contemptuous and sarcastic words with these martial artists, and now he can deal with it peacefully.

"The Du family still has some of our food, I'm afraid we need to ask for it back as soon as possible, Nanyang is estimated to be a little hanging, their losses after this battle are too great, it is said that Liu Xuan has not yet gotten up, and all the things in Sanzhou are led by Liu Tong. ”

"Well, we have to take the trouble to ask for it, as I said, since the Du family is cowardly in a war, then let's help them all fight to death, and they should also make up for what they owe us. Xu Ziqing also answered, "At present, our situation is also very serious, and a large number of displaced people have poured into Gushi and Gwangju to eat, and this spring famine is much more serious than imagined." ”

Xu Ziqing's words also resonated with Chen Wei: "My lord, this is indeed a problem, Shouzhou is just that, ant thieves are raging, but now even the displaced people from Caizhou, Yingzhou, and Bozhou are running to our side, it turns out that there is still the support of Nanyang and Ehuang, and now the money and silver on the Nanyang side have long been broken, and the Ehuang side also has a feeling of wanting to repay the debt, but the number of displaced people is so large, even if it is transferred to Yincheng, Shengtang and Huoshan, it will also require a lot of food and money, otherwise how can these displaced people reclaim the famine?" Don't become a thief as soon as you get there. ”

I'm afraid no one thought that the biggest impact of this Central Plains War on Gushi would be the sharp increase in the number of displaced people.

In addition to the continuous influx of displaced people from Yingbo and Erzhou, the Northern Expedition of the Nanyang Army in the past few months has also brought a huge group of displaced people.

The Nanyang army attacked from Xinxi to Zhenyang, and the Daliang Longxiang army swept through the three counties of Wufang, Xiping and Langshan, this battle created hundreds of thousands of displaced people, and the rumor that Gushi was very good to treat the displaced people also made a large number of displaced people in the entire Caizhou war to cross the Huaishui and march to Gushi.

So much so that Jiang Feng, Cui Shang, and Chen Wei all had to review whether the policies issued by Gushi before were too preferential to the displaced people, even if there was support from Nanyang and Ehuang, they could not withstand such a large-scale pressure from the displaced people.

For Cui Shang and Chen Wei, they naturally knew that the influx of displaced people to Gushi was a double-edged sword.

Like Shengtang, Huoshan, Yincheng four counties are vast and sparsely populated counties, far from being able to compare with Caizhou, the hinterland counties of the Central Plains, the arrival of these displaced people, on the one hand, can bring relatively advanced farming experience and a large number of labor, for the reclamation of these three counties is undoubtedly a big help.

But huge consumption expenses have skyrocketed.

At first, the people still had the feeling of picking up the treasure, but soon they realized that they were in trouble.

Fortunately, the support given by Nanyang and Ehuang together because of the war has been in place one after another, and they can barely maintain it.

But as soon as the war entered the later stage, Nanyang's support was cut off, and Ehuang's support began to slow down, which immediately became a big thing, and it can be said that this also became the top priority that troubled Cui Shang and Chen Wei.

If there is no accident, Jiang Feng intends to appoint Chen Wei as the governor of Huzhou, which can be regarded as a reward for his great contribution to the coordination between himself and the Chen family and the Tan clan during this period. (To be continued.) )