Chapter Ninety-Five: An Important Town in the North
The Khitan in the north was not a loyal ally, they went to Qin and Chu, and whoever gave more benefits would follow him. The pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info the six towns in the north kept rebelling, so that Li Keying had to fight on two fronts for a long time, and he was miserable.
"The Khitan tigers and wolves must not be allowed to sit big; You can't fight a war with the Central Plains people! ”
Li Keying used half of his life experience to hold Li Yuexu's hand, left this last word, and died.
Li Yuexu learned the lesson of his father, temporarily stopped the attack on the south, and turned to the north to pacify the important towns in the north first. Killed all the northern towns who hooked up with the Khitan, replaced them with their own descendants, and took a respectful and distant attitude towards the Khitan, strengthened the city defenses, dug deep trenches, and kept the enemy out of the city walls.
Most of these henchmen are the Zheng family and the Zhao family who started the incident with him, in order to win over these henchmen and tie them firmly to his chariot, one of the most important measures taken by Li Yuexu is marriage. The three families of Li, Zheng and Zhao are getting closer and closer due to their in-laws.
In the south, he began to deliberately absorb Zhu Liang's subordinates and generals, reuse Hanchen, use Han people to fight Han people, and ordered his descendants to learn Chinese. Learn the advanced management and technology of the Han people. Due to the emperor's admiration, in the entire Shatuo circle, the living customs of the Han people have become more and more fashionable, and they are more and more accepted by the younger generation of Shatuo people.
Therefore, princes and grandsons like Li Chengsi, Zheng Chengyong, and Zhao Boyong, although they are the second generation of Shatuo people to enter the Central Plains, they are almost the same as the Han people in terms of appearance and heart.
However, in the circle of Shatuo people in Hedong Town, far away from Luoyang, the customs and habits of the Shatuo people are still retained. However, although Hedong Town is the birthplace of Li Xuan, it is not the hometown of the Shatuo people. In Hedong Town, there are a very small number of Shatuo people and most of the Han people, and the privileges of various Shatuo people who have been banned by Li Yuexu in the Central Plains are still prevalent here. The undercurrent of contradictions on both sides is turbulent and on the verge of erupting.
The leader of this very small number of Shatuo people is Zhao Haohai, who is the envoy of the Hedong Festival. Zhao Haohai is the younger brother of Zhao Haocang, he only trusts the Shatuo people, and the staff around him, and even the civil officials at all levels, are all Shatuo people with high noses and deep eyes and curly hair. But after several riots in Hedong Town that resisted donations and taxes until the killing of officials and rebellions, Zhao Haohai had no choice but to ask Zhao Boyong, who was far away in Luoyang, for help.
Zhao Boyong recommended a young Han scholar named Shi Jingyang to help this clan uncle manage the Han people. The reason why this Shi Jingyang can be recommended by Zhao Boyong is because this Shi Jingyang is the brother of Zhao Boyong's newly married Mrs. Ru.
Zhao Boyong's wife is named Shi Anhui, who was matched by Hu Lingjun and married to Zhao Boyong as a side room. This Shi girl's family was also rich, when Hu Lingjun was down, the Shi family also funded Hu Lingjun, and when the Shi family fell into the middle of the road, only this pair of brothers and sisters remained, they got Hu Lingjun's recommendation and met Zhao Boyong. Shi Jingyang became a strategist beside Zhao Boyong, and won Zhao Boyong's appreciation and trust with his ability to do things.
This Shi Jingyang arrived with his own group of attachés. Strange to say, after these Han people took office, there were no similar riots in Hedong Town, and the common people returned to the township and went to work honestly. Not only that, but there are also more taxes than usual, except for Shi Jingyang's proposal to cancel the privileges of the Shatuo people according to His Majesty the Emperor's will, which was vetoed by Zhao Haohai, everything else seems to be very in line with Zhao Haohai's wishes.
Another big town in the north is Hexi Town, which is separated from Hedong Town by Lulong Town. Hexi Town was appointed by Zheng Chengyong's uncle Zheng Anzhou. Hexi Town borders Dangxiang, and there are not many Han people in Hexi Town, most of them are slaves of Shatuo and Dangxiang nobles, and the situation is not as complicated as Hedong Town.
The two towns of Hedong and Hexi are the two eastern and western passages arranged by the Shatuo Li clan for themselves to escape back to the grassland in times of crisis.
Lulong Town is separated by Lulong Town between the two towns of Hedong and Hexi, and Li Jiangyuan is Li Yuexu's godson, he is not surnamed Li Wei, he used to be Li Yuexu's personal soldier, and was appreciated by Li Yuexu for his bravery in battle, and was accepted as a righteous son, changed from Wei Jiangyuan to Li Jiangyuan, and was Li Yuexu's ironcore. Lulong Town is the most determined town in the six towns in the north to carry out the emperor's order. Walking on the streets of Lulong Town, sandwiched between Hedong and Hexi Towns, it seems that this place is not in the same area as its neighbors, the streets are full of Han people, the market is orderly, and most of the people in the yamen are Han faces.
The other three towns of the six northern towns, Woye and Wuchuan Town, are guarded by Li Yuexu's cousin Li Yuelin and Li Yuexu's nephew Li Chengyun respectively, and there is also a Longxi town bordering the Northern Han Dynasty, which has always been the Zheng family's sphere of influence, and is guarded by Zheng Ange's henchman, his son Zheng Fengshou.
In contrast, although these three Zhao families control the largest town, they are also the weakest town in military strength, in order to hold Hedong, especially to fight against the powerful Khitan, most of the descendants of the Zhao family stay in Hedong, and their power in Luoyang is much worse than that of the Zheng family. In addition, the Zhao family is already small, and when it comes to Zhao Boyong's generation, there are even fewer available talents.
Zhao Boyong knew this situation, so he hoped that his witty sister could marry into the palace and be a person who influenced the emperor and the political situation. Let the power and wealth of the Zhao family continue to be maintained, and even surpass the current Empress Zheng's mother's family, becoming a new generation of relatives and magnates.
Let's say that Shi Wen'er and Zhao Lili's carriage stopped in the backyard of the palace, and when Shi Wen'er got out of the car, he saw Li Yuehua, who was wearing a moon-white practice uniform, leading Li Chengyu, who was also wearing a practice uniform, and walked in from outside the second gate.
Shi Wen'er stepped forward, bowed and saluted, "Lord Wang." ”
Li Yuehua glanced at Shi Wen'er, and then at Zhao Lili who got out of the car. Zhao Lili has changed into a water-blue gauze skirt, which looks particularly cool in the hot summer of Guangzhou. The little face that used to be as smart as an elf is now a little more charming and graceful, with a natural appearance and a full range of grace.
Zhao Lili walked forward slowly, and Yan Xue and the two palace grandmothers followed behind her. Zhao Lili blessed Li Yuehua, and Li Yuehua nodded slightly as an answer. He frowned and looked at the two people in front of him, and said to Zhao Lili: "Brother Ling has written several letters asking me to send you back, and tomorrow you will go back to Luoyang by land." ”
He didn't listen to what Zhao Lili said, and said to the grandmother who was following her, "Send their master and servant to rest." He said to Shi Wen'er again: "Jia'er gave birth to a daughter, and now it is inconvenient for her to see you, wait for you to come back next time, come and see her." Come with me. ”
Shi Wen'er replied: "Yes." "I have to follow Li Yuehua and Li Chengyu to the outside of the second gate.