Chapter 737: Heading South (Part II)
The restoration of production in the Guangfu area was very important to the Han State, and before the resumption of production, the Central Plains was a huge burden on the Han State.
The resumption of production in the Central Plains means a lot, minus the delivery of grain to the Central Plains from the south, and more importantly, the resumption of production in the Central Plains can play a nearby role in supplying the Han army that is out of the Central Plains.
For example, now, Lu Zhe's ability to use 200,000 troops outside the Cypriot is already the limit, and no amount of transportation capacity can support it. However, if the south could transport supplies to the north and all parts of the Central Plains could provide grain and straw, Lu Zhe would be able to send more troops out of the fortress.
Only when logistics allowed that the Han army could start a major battle with the Hu people on the grassland, which is why Lü Zhe sent troops outside the fortress and the initial goal was only to regain control of the Hetao, rather than to move north of Yinshan immediately after the recovery of the Hetao.
The conversation with Li Zheng was not in vain, what Lu Zhe saw was that the locals did not have a change of ruling class...... Well, he also knew that even if there was resistance, Li Zheng would not dare to show it in front of him. However, as he continued to walk south, his eyes could see that the local Qianshou was indeed trying to restore his homeland, and that was enough.
After arriving at Julu, Lu Zhe saw Jia Ping, who was sincerely frightened.
Jia Ping naturally had a sincere reason for fear, but he knew very well that his king had been learning about the details of the people along the way, so he must have also found that some places had received government decrees and some had not.
"You are the county guard of Julu County, and according to the Han law, there will be judges who will evaluate your administration." Lu Zhe said in his heart that it was impossible not to be angry, but his system was not such a thing as a king who could deal with officials according to his own conditions when he was angry, just as he said to Jia Ping, whether it was merit or merit, there would be a ruling by the Han law.
Jia Ping wiped the sweat from his forehead and didn't dare to say more, took the document from his subordinate officer and made a gesture of respectfully handing it over, and kept his posture still.
What is written in the document is some of the recent administrative records of Julu County, and it is also the latest situation in various places, Lu Zhe looked at it very carefully, and frowned when he saw that there was a petition incident on the Guanjin side because the Han State stopped using civilian power on a large scale.
The Guanjin petition is not an isolated case, and many areas in the Central Plains are petitioning because the government has stopped using civilian power on a large scale, and Lu Zhe's bad mood has a lot to do with this.
They are heartily happy that the large-scale cash-for-work program allows people to have something to eat, and at the same time they can dispose of the ruins and build the foundation of their hometown.
Lu Zhe's cessation of large-scale cash-for-work is naturally related to the lack of transportation capacity to guide the inability to deliver materials on a large scale in the south, but it is not a complete stop to cash-for-work, but only a large-scale project.
What is a large-scale project? Naturally, it is the construction of roads, after all, the consumption of the body is large, and the food consumption increases. Obviously, it is not only Julu County that has misinterpreted, but many counties have this phenomenon.
Lu Zhe, who was angry, also knew that the wrong interpretation of the people was not to blame the county guards, that the next level did not explain clearly when issuing the decree, but the county guards were too slow to respond to the situation control and rescue.
Although there were already academies for training officials, the time period of five or six years was still short, and the rapid expansion of the Han Kingdom had always brought about a shortage of administrative personnel at the grassroots level, which was why Lu Zhe left so many old officials after acquiring a land.
Those old officials are difficult to get used to the administrative rules of the Han State in a short period of time, they are basically the original set of things, and the countries have their own administrative rules, the administrative officials of Qin and Qi, Yan, Zhao, Chu and other countries is an obvious difference, compared to the pragmatic and capable officials of Qin, the atmosphere that the countries have cultivated for a long time is full of looseness and irresponsibility.
Lu Zhe has done a survey, and those places where there are misinterpretations of government decrees are basically from places where no local officials have been appointed, that is to say, there is no interpretation from local officials, and the old officials have basically messed things up. If the responsibility is really pursued, the county guard's involvement is not big to be honest, that is, a slow response, and no one is most responsible in such a matter, in fact, the state has insufficient training and reserve officials.
"The minister has urgently dispatched some officials to remedy the situation," Jia Ping kept wiping the sweat from his forehead: "I believe that once the decree is clearly explained to the head of Qian, the situation will be stabilized." ”
Lu Zhe nodded and asked about the situation on Zhao Di's side, after all, Julu was relatively close to Handan County, and he also issued an order for Jia Ping to pay attention to later.
Jia Ping's answer was that except for a Zhao army of about 50,000 people some time ago, it was no different from usual.
There were 50,000 Zhao troops marching north to Taiyuan County, and the order came from Lü Zhe. Jia Ping's so-called no difference from usual is that Zhao Di is also taking the Han State's work-for-relief measures, but the grain is produced by the Han State.
The remaining Qin and Zhao are extremely dependent on the material support of the Han State for various reasons. In the past few years, the Qin State has basically emptied the labor of the people, and if there is not enough manpower for production, there will naturally not be much output; The Zhao side first experienced the invasion of the Qin army, and then was swept away by the Huns and other Hu people, and even Handan was once caught in the flames of war, and it was basically broken.
Lü Zhe proposed that the basis for the merger and establishment of a great empire was that the people's livelihood of the two countries had collapsed, and without the support of the Han State, the Qin and Zhao states had no material support even if they wanted to resist, and the two countries knew very well that the resistance might last for a while, but it would eventually perish. On the one hand, it is a merger with favorable conditions, and on the other hand, it is the destruction of the Han army, and the ending is the same but the end is different, so it becomes easier to choose.
Zhao Wang Xie simply received a request from Lu Zhe to move half of the 100,000 defenders in Handan to the north, and he himself did not stay in Handan City, but moved out of Handan City to the northeast for more than 40 miles, and arrived in Quliang to wait for Lu Zhe's arrival early.
For the simplicity of one of the old fathers-in-law, Lu Zhe secretly received the news that Chen Yu and Zhang Er advised, Zhang Er and Chen Yu told Zhao Wangxi very truthfully, Zhao Guo obviously can't go down, it's better to be obedient, that would be better for everyone.
Chen Yu and Zhang Er also had their own reasons for exhorting hard, one was naturally that it was difficult to resist in the face of the powerful Zhao State shown by the Han State, and the other was that the national conditions on the Han side deeply attracted the two.
Zhao State can't even resist the weak Qin State, let alone the strong Han State, if it is said that Zhao State can't even bear Qin State and wants to carry the Han State with more military strength and stronger national strength to maintain Guozuo, after the Han army eliminated Qi State within half a year and forced Yan State to surrender, no one in Zhao State dared to say such a thing.
What was the national condition of the Han Kingdom that attracted Chen Yu and Zhang Er? It is not entirely because of Lu Zhe's generous treatment of his ministers, but more because of the Han State's set of national policies of unlimited rewards for meritorious service. The so-called "no upper limit" refers to being able to become a king with a different surname because of merit, and at the same time, the Han State also adopted a feudal system. Although the feudal system of the Han Kingdom is not exactly the same as the feudal system of the ancients, it undoubtedly has a fatal attraction to those who have confidence in themselves.
Chen Yu and Zhang Er are definitely not the only two people who are attracted by the national system of the Han State, a group of Qin civil and military forces such as Wang Ben and Xu Yan, a group of Yan civil and military forces such as Zang Di and Wei Man, a group of Qi civil and military forces such as Tian Guang, and many other figures are basically related to the national system policy formulated by Lu Zhe.
In fact, Lü Zhe's improvement in the ancient feudal system is one of the reasons why the group he led was able to rise rapidly and there were few contradictions in the rise.
The division can win the hearts of the people and is also conducive to stabilizing the hearts of the people, but Lu Zhe's so-called division will definitely not be like the Zhou royal family, it is a kind of division based on the unification theory, and this needs to be further maintained, simply because he is still very young, and there is time to explore.
When Lu Zhe approached Quliang, the first thing he saw was not the city wall, it was Zhao Wangxie who personally greeted him in the suburbs, and what was more interesting was that he could not see any flags related to the Zhao State flag except for a royal flag.
Zhao Wang Xie learned that when Lu Zhe led the army to approach Quliang, Chen Yu and Zhang Erjian went out of the city for twenty miles to greet him, and there was nothing to say without Zhao Guo's banner, and Zhao Xie did not lead the army to fight with Lu Zhe, according to the current rules and habits, it is true that there is no need to welcome the enemy but to welcome relatives.
Lu Zheying married Zhao Xin, the daughter of Zhao Wangxie, so of course he was related to Zhao Xie. Therefore, from a distance, Lu Zhe did not have too much hypocrisy, and he had already dismounted, and walked forward with open arms to make a saluting posture. And Zhao Xie was also walking forward, and he also made a posture of stretching his arms, but compared to Lu Zhe wearing armor, he was wearing a crown robe, so when he stretched his arms, the two big sleeves were vertical downward, which looked much more beautiful.
Lu Zhe called: "Weng Zhang! ”
What Zhao Xie shouted out of his mouth was: "King Han! ”
The two titles made the people present have different moods, the smile on the face of the courtiers of Zhao Guo was more relieved, and the civil and military forces of Han Guo were also very satisfied. Lu Zhe's call "Weng Zhang" is a kind of respect for Zhao Xie as a relative, and does not show the domineering attitude of the decline of the strong Zhao State of the Han State, because some people think that Lu Zhe will naturally treat Zhao Xie well; Zhao Xie called Lü Zhe "King of Han" to show that he understood what kind of position he should take, and it was a statement of recognition of the strength of the Han State.
Zhao Xie asked about Zhao Xin and his granddaughter after a few greetings, and his expression was quite concerned.
Oh, Zhao Xin was pregnant before Lu Zhe led the army north, and gave birth to a baby girl before April, which was also Lu Zhe's second daughter.
Lu Zhe actually didn't know much about the situation of Zhao Xin's mother and daughter in Nanling, he just picked out some previous things to do the family, but when he was talking, he found that Zhao Xie's eyes were constantly looking at the eldest son Lu Yi and the eldest son Lu Qi who were not far away, so he smiled and waved to the two sons...... R1152