Liaodong Chapter 2
In the afternoon, the warship slowly docked, and the three thousand kings' division disembarked.
The three hundred warriors led by Xu Lang stood here, and the military appearance and military posture were already unbeatable on the spot. Now a full three thousand equally elite and brave Wang Shi soldiers are arrayed in front, and the sense of oppression brought by it is even more violent. Especially when Hurun, the governor of Pingliao, landed on the shore surrounded by his own soldiers, the soldiers of the king and the army shouted mightily, and the aura of slaughter filled this world.
The people of Liaobian, who had been waiting on the shore for a long time, also stepped forward to greet them at this moment under the leadership of Chang Shi Wen Fangzhi. Seeing Wen Fang's trip from afar, Hurun didn't dare to be lazy, and walked a few steps quickly to cross his hands as a courtesy, Wen Fangzhi also returned the courtesy, and said with a smile in his mouth: "The people of Liaobian are looking forward to the governor of the capital for a long time." The tiger will go north, and you can worry about side affairs! ”
"Yangqu Gong praised, before leaving, the sage earnestly asked me, Yan is the humerus of the principality, the virtuous court and the strong heir, the tree of righteousness Liaobian, Xuanwei country, if you can achieve one or two things here in the future, you need to rely on Yangqu Gong to rule first!"
Hurun and Wen Fang don't have a deep friendship, but in this far away, it has a bit of a taste of old people's sympathy. Hurun, the one-eyed dragon, looks more evil than elegant, and his demeanor is really not handsome, but in the eyes of Wen Fangzhi, who has been guarding Liaobian for many years and has not returned to the sky, it looks very cute at this moment.
As a protégé of the saint and a general of the Northern Expedition, Hu Run is now a well-deserved backbone representative of Wang Shi, but he also does not dare to be arrogant in the face of Wen Fangzhi. Even if you don't talk about Yu Ze, the door of Wenfang's family, and his father's name is prominent, he alone has done many grand deeds in Liaobian with a few weak people, walking among tigers and wolves, and plotting to become a state of wind and thunder, which is definitely worthy of respect.
"I'm here to introduce the Liaobian Shiliu Zhujun to the Metropolitan Governor."
When they met each other, although there were many topics to discuss, the current occasion was naturally not suitable for a deep conversation.
In the face of Wen Fangzhi, although Hurun was polite, when facing others, he did not have any modest posture. He was appointed as the governor of Pingliao, and in the future he was the military chief of Liaobian. Backed by the Great Liang Empire and holding the authority of Bian Town, Hurun naturally no longer needs to rely on his pleasant face to invite the favor of the public.
At this moment, all the Huayi people present, no matter what their intentions are, what is revealed at this moment is a warm welcome gesture. Although it was only the first time they met, these people could also clearly feel that this evil Hu Dadu Governor was obviously different from the princes and ministers they had contacted before, such as Wen Hongzu.
"The only eye of the plan, only the king's edict, in the future, Liaobian will work together, and I will encourage you with all the kings. There are occasional negligence in human relations, and I hope that all the kings and seas will endure each other for the country, and do not resent. ”
Hurun's words are not polite, and with that slightly hideous appearance, people can't help but feel awe-inspiring, making the atmosphere a little embarrassing and dull for a while. Since then, this feeling will become more and more obvious, and with the arrival of Hurun in Liaobian, the style of the Liang court for Liao's border affairs has changed dramatically, and it is no longer the old.
Under the guidance of Wen Fangzhi and others, Hurun arrived at the newly built official residence in Lilinkou, and after a brief handover, he officially took over the military here.
Liu Qun, the assassin of Youzhou, did not greet Hurun in person, not because of the university, but because he walked in western Liaoning, contacted and contacted the Hu chiefs on the Liaobian borders, and arranged for the return to the country and the court to report on his work. However, even if Liu Qun is not here, there is Wen Fangzhi's auxiliary handover, which does not affect Hurun's quick understanding and takeover of Liaobian affairs.
This time, the imperial court sent Hurun into Liao to create the Pingliao Metropolitan Governor's Office, and Liaobian will also make adjustments in government affairs, Liu Qun continued to serve as the assassin of Youzhou, but the jurisdiction of Youzhou was greatly reduced, and the counties of western Liaoning and Beiping that were originally under their jurisdiction were no longer led, and they were officially seated in Jicheng.
Wen Fangzhi no longer served as the governor of Youzhou Assassin Prefecture, but officially served as Pingzhou Assassin Governor, in charge of Liaobian government affairs and civil affairs. The scope of the Hurunping Liao Metropolitan Governor's Mansion basically coincides with the jurisdiction of Wenfangzhi, starting from Linyuguan near Qinhuangdao in the west, and the northeast region is within the jurisdiction of the Metropolitan Governor's Office.
The adjustment of the imperial court is of great significance. One of the most important points is to officially reclaim the title of Pingzhou Assassin History, which was stolen by the Liaodong Murong clan after the Yongjia Disaster.
Of course, this is just the attitude of the imperial court, at least the forces of the Murong Department in Liaobian have not yet learned about this. Wen Fangzhi's appointment as the assassin of Pingzhou was only established in internal and external correspondence, and was not explicitly announced to the public like Hurun's appointment as the governor of Pingliao.
This is also to avoid excessively irritating the Murong Department of Liaodong, if they learn that they have been excluded from the northeast order of the Great Liang Court, they may temporarily put aside their disputes and join forces to resist the imperial court's operation against Liaobian.
In this regard, the princes of the imperial court have a tacit understanding, and they are happy to see that the blood relatives of the Murong tribe continue to fight for life and death, and do not want to let the imperial court's edict arrangements disturb their internal fighting. Therefore, the news of Wen Fangzhi's appointment as the assassin of Pingzhou will not be announced to the public until a suitable time.
In short, Hurun and Wenfang are one army and one government, and they are matched with each other, and the future of Liaobian is where their respective achievements lie. For the arrival of Hurun, Wen Fangzhi is also sincerely happy, and once again feels the joy of leaning against the big tree to enjoy the shade.
Hurun entered the town on this trip, although he only brought 3,000 Wang Divisions, but this was not all the troops of the Pingliao Metropolitan Governor's Mansion. Originally, there were tens of thousands of land and water garrisons in western Liao, which were all under the Pingliao Metropolitan Governor's Office, which was a basis for formally establishing the use of force to balance the Liaobian region.
Before Hurun's departure, His Majesty the Emperor had already revealed to him the details that the future Pingliao Metropolitan Governor's Office would not only stop at recovering the Liaobian border, but also destroy Buyeo, Goguryeo and other countries, repeating the order of the northeast in the Han Dynasty was also a phased goal, and even the Korean Peninsula was included in the deterrence of the royal division.
Of course, it is useless to think about these long-term goals at the moment, and the task that Hurun is undertaking at the moment is to let the Pingliao Metropolitan Governor's Office establish a stable position in the Liaobian as soon as possible, and organize a force network to threaten the Liaobian as soon as possible.
In this regard, Wen Fangzhi did not hide his selfishness, and in the next period of time, he not only told Hurun about the current situation in Liaobian in detail, but also personally took Hurun to patrol between several strongholds in Liaobian.
I have to say that Wen Fangzhi has been operating in Liaobian for several years, and it is by no means a waste of time, and the situation that Hurun has taken over now is far better than the situation when Wen Fangzhi came to Liaodi at the beginning of the year.
In addition to Lilinkou, an important place in Liaobian, in the past few years, Liaobian has also been explored. At present, the areas under the control of Wang Shi, including Qinhuangdao, Tuhe, Lilinkou, Mashijin and other places, have initially established a system to check and balance Liaobian.
"After all, Liaobian is still cold and bitter, manpower and material use are insufficient, and everything is external, and it is inevitable that it will be difficult......"
When explaining these circumstances, Wen Fangzhi was not arrogant, and he still had regrets. In the last years of Qitai, after facilitating Murong Jun to kill his father, they not only got rid of the hostage of Murong Ministry, but also formally put forward a grand plan to pass through Liaobian.
At present, the influence of Wang Shi is still only at the extent of encroaching on the strongholds on the edge of Liaodi, such as the plan to seize Pingguo City in Liaodong to divide southern Liao, but due to the opposition of several forces in the Murong Department is too fierce, and Wen Fang's hands are really weak and available, so far there has been no major progress.
The predicament faced by Liaobian is very realistic and helpless. As Wen Fangzhi said, everything looks outward, and it is difficult to make a big difference without the investment of a large number of character resources.
Although the Murong Department is stronger than Liaodong, it has been operated through the efforts of several generations, especially Murong Diao, Murong Hao's father and son, who are cunning and ferocious, and they are all rare heroes in Huzhong. This side has been eroding for a long time, and it is far from a short-term success to catch up with the old state of the strong man.
For example, the 3,000 troops led by Hurun went north, and in order to provide sufficient provisions, they have been continuously transported by sea since the opening of this year, which has allowed them to reserve a sufficient base of goods and goods. If it is necessary to continue to increase troops, the logistical pressure is far from being able to bear by the new Liang Dynasty, which has not been established for a long time and the border affairs have not yet been decided.
The cold and hardship of Liaobian is also a helpless practical problem, and even such a key business area as Lilinkou has achieved considerable results, but it is still far from reaching the level of self-sufficiency.
There is a lot of wasteland suitable for reclamation and cultivation here, but due to the weather and season, it is extremely difficult to reclaim, and the income from the acres of land is really limited. At present, Lilinkou can maintain the scale of more than 2,000 households, which is already the limit of what can be maintained, even if there is still a steady stream of Han people attached to it, it can only be transported to Hebei through water and land channels, and the lack of manpower available in Liaobian is still not changed.
On this point, Hurun also has deep feelings after on-site inspections. He walked between the farmlands on both sides of the Liaoshui River near Lilinkou, and although there were many farmers in the farmland who sowed cold-tolerant wheat crops, the peasants' faces were mostly sad.
Compared with rice, although wheat can withstand cold winter, the climate of Liaobian is really cold, under the freezing and snow, seven or eight out of ten wheat seeds are directly frozen to death in the soil layer, and there is little harvest. The reason why we still insist on sowing is mainly to raise fields, and if we only rely on the short sowing of spring and summer crops, the maturity of barren fields is even more far away.
There are also some rice grains that have never been husked and eaten in the warehouse, and the ears are small and deflated, which is not the same as the grains that are abundant in Jiangdong. Because it is currently produced in Liaobian, it is mainly based on miscellaneous mushrooms and the like, and it is widely planted and harvested, once too many people are gathered in the region, it is difficult to maintain self-sufficiency by relying solely on the acres of land.
Relatively speaking, there is also no shortage of fertile land abandoned in various realms of Hebei, and at the same time, there is an urgent shortage of manpower to resume production, and the return on land reclamation per mu is much higher than that of Liaobian. Therefore, although there is still a lack of people available in Liaobian, out of practical considerations, the Liaobian people who have been appeased can only arrange to return to the west and go to Hebei and Bohai to reclaim and produce.
In the final analysis, if the imperial court wants to recover the Liaobian and carry out effective governance, the military guarantee provided by the royal division is only a premise, and it is more fundamental that the people are diligent.
Previously, His Majesty the Emperor put forward the statement that the cold current invaded southward and the glacier hurt the peasants, and the Tianzhong Engineering Institute has recognized this fact after collecting evidence and conducting in-depth research. When Hurun was preparing to take up a post in Liao, he also knew a lot about this, and he knew very well that in such a climate, if Liaobian wanted to enter the government for a long time in the future, it would be a very inefficient practice to focus on agriculture and mulberry.
Although Hurun's main job is military affairs, the maintenance of the armed forces also requires a rich material base. Therefore, on this point, he and Wen Fangzhi also had an in-depth discussion, and the consensus reached by each other was that although agriculture and mulberry could not be abolished at all, the maintenance of the situation in Liaobian in the future still needed to rely more on industrial and commercial matters.
At present, the imperial court is unable to take into account multilateralism, but after the war in the southwest is over, it will naturally devote more energy to Liaobian in the future. However, there is no return on the benefits of opening up the border and expanding the land after all, not to mention that the new dynasty of the Great Liang Dynasty was established, and all kinds of waste are waiting to be rebuilt, and in terms of governance and affairs, it is necessary to act more prudently according to what we can to avoid falling into the predicament of reckless military force.
The Han Emperor emphasized martial arts and rejoiced in his achievements, and repeatedly prospered side affairs, and a strong Han Dynasty was still made to the people poor, and he had to turn Taiwan to commit crimes. Now that the new dynasty of the Great Liang has been established, although the monarchs and ministers are united and want to open the border and restore the frontier and cast the golden ou again, if they really ignore it and raise troops without restraint, even if it is prosperous for a while, it will be difficult to last.
Therefore, Hurun and Wen Fangzhi, the military and political leaders of Liaobian, in addition to completing their own work, also have a more important mission, that is, to dig as deep as possible into the value of Liaobian, so as to achieve a state of nurturing war and maintaining it for a long time.
Because it was Hurun's trip, in addition to the 3,000 royal divisions, there were also a large number of technicians from the engineering academy and private businessmen. Under the protection provided by Wang Shi, they will visit and explore all parts of the Liaobian region in depth, and strive to tap the value of the resources existing in this area.
In this regard, the support provided by the imperial court is not insignificant. Similar to Guanzhong and Shanxi, including the middle of Shu that is about to be recovered, the Shanze official camp is a basic operation.
However, in the white mountains and black waters of Liaobian, the imperial court relaxed its control and encouraged the influx of private capital into it, such as mineral deposits, water power, wood and stone, grass and many other resources, no matter who has a unique vision and can dig out the value of it, the imperial court will not compete with the people for profit, and even support them to occupy the mountains and wilderness.
This is also a very simple account, relying solely on the power of the imperial court to develop Liaobian, the investment is large, the results are slow, and the imperial court cannot invest all its energy in Liaobian.
In the last years of Cao Wei, Emperor Xuan of the Jin Dynasty Sima Yi gave up on Liaodi after the annihilation of the Gongsun clan in Liaodong, which also made Liaobian Hu plague breed and endanger China. Even without mentioning the current growth of the Eastern Hu Xianbei tribes, the future Goguryeo directly triggered the collapse and collapse of the Sui Empire.
Rather than letting the Liaobian border be deserted and become a happy land for Zhuhu to wreak havoc and grow, it is better to loosen the control and enjoy the benefits with the people. No matter what kind of operation it is, as long as it can strengthen the interaction between Liaobian and the Central Plains, it will be able to solidify this connection and integrate it for a long time.
And the so-called Xiaoice River influence is not forever. As long as it is possible to ensure that the people of Zhuxia occupy a dominant position in Liaobian, with the return of the time of day, with the innate diligence of the people of Zhuxia, it is only a matter of time before the large-scale and in-depth development of Liaobian can be achieved.
Of course, these are only future affairs, and at present, with the arrival of Hurun, the primary issue in front of the Pingliao Metropolitan Governor's Office is to establish the military superiority of Wang Shi in Liaobian as soon as possible.
PS: First of all, I apologize to everyone.,There's been some private things at home in the last few days.,Plus the state is hard to put away.,It's a little slack.,The extra update is not very powerful.。 In the past two days, I have adjusted my state and finished writing these extra articles as soon as possible. Thanks to the alliance leader Huang Maoyuan's love, and push a book I was reading recently, "Reborn South Africa as a policeman", I am chasing it, and I am used to seeing the story of the princely generals, this foreign exotic style feels very interesting, I recommend you to try it...