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Chapter 272 I Want Second Saint!

In the historical slice where Zhao Haiping is located.

Dongping.

"General, these are all the household registration books of Pseudo-Chu. With these, the taxation situation of the household registration population in the hometown of Pseudo-Chu will be clear!"

Zhao Haiping nodded and asked his subordinates to properly arrange these books.

Since the second victory in Zhuxian Town, the situation among the Qi, Jin, and Zhaoyi armies has changed several times.

First, Qi Gaozong relented on the spot, and issued an edict to appease General Han Fuyue, and at the same time expressed the meaning of recruiting peace, probably because he was afraid that he would really fight there;
Wan Yansheng suffered heavy losses from the beating, and the Jin people were unable to fight any more, so they had to temporarily withdraw and sign a peace agreement with the Qi Dynasty;

As for the Zhaoyi Army led by Zhao Haiping, they continued to move around on the land north of the Huaihe River.

Although emotionally speaking, Zhao Haiping wanted to go directly to the south and kill Emperor Gou and Qin Huizhi directly, but from a rational point of view, this idea is obviously not realistic for the time being.

The Qi Dynasty at this time, after all, still has the legal principles of rule, and there are still a large number of people and troops in the south who are loyal to the Qi Dynasty.

General Han Fuyue, played by Zhao Haiping, did not really rebel at this time, but only established the Zhaoyi Army, in a state of being obedient and disobedient.

Qi Gaozong asked him to retreat, and he stayed to continue the war and defeated the Jin army. The morality was on Zhao Haiping's side.

But if he really left the Jin people alone and raised his troops to fight south, he would lose his morality, not to mention the odds of winning on the battlefield, these soldiers might not be able to mutiny.

So, it's time to slow down.

During that time, Zhending Mansion followed Zhaoyi Army, basically doing two things.

The first is to distribute all the land acquired according to the original agreement to the people who provided the Zhaoyi army with rations, as well as the soldiers who made military exploits.

Seventh, it is to continue to follow the pseudo-Chu's territory and pursue it fiercely.

Puppet Chu was a puppet regime established by the Jin army in the north of Qi and Jin a few years later, and the emperor was Liu Yu, the original Jiang Jia's surrender.

The puppet Chu was originally set to be in Xiaomingfu, one of the seven capitals of Qi and Jin, but because of fear of resistance from the soldiers and civilians of Xiaomingfu, it came and moved to Dongping, and established its rule there.

The ruling territory of the Puppet Chu started from the Shaanxi roads bordering the original Jiangjia and Xixia in the west, to Shandong in the east, and to the Huaihe River in the south.

A small part of the old lands of Qi and Jin brought up by the Jin people were all controlled by the puppet Chu regime.The Jinren themselves ruled the Hedong area including Qi Gaozong and Xiaoming Mansion.

Of course, there is no reason for the golden man to do that.

At that time, the Jin people were still in a slavery society. Compared with Qi Jin's rule, it can be said to be brutal, and the level of governance is very high.

Of course we can use the military power of the world to conquer those lands, but if we want to establish a long-term and stable governance, we cannot do it in a short period of time.

Therefore, the Jinren decided to support Liu Yu to establish a puppet regime, and help us temporarily manage those areas and digest them quickly.

In real history, a year before the establishment of the Pseudo-Chu, it did not achieve the desired effect of the Jin people.That puppet regime was the only one that could share the worries of the Jin people, but was beaten violently by Qi Jin's major generals in turn. The Jin people had to send troops to rescue and became a small burden.

Thus, the Jin people abolished the pseudo-Chu and ended their own rule of that area.

At this time, the Jin people actually still have time to abolish the false Chu, because we were beaten by the Zhending Mansion to the north.

The Zhending Mansion will first use the false Chu.

The rule of the puppet Chu was originally popular, but at this time it was already precarious, and there were seven rebels, and the Zhaoyi army was fighting in that area, which was almost equivalent to fighting at home.

Moreover, Pseudo-Chu is not only food, but also very rich.In order to support the Jin people, they gave many horses, and those horses were naturally captured by the Zhending Mansion.

At this time, the Zhending Mansion had already led the Zhaoyi Army all the way to Dongping, and Liu Yu, the emperor of the puppet Chu, had already fled to the Kingdom of Jin.

Naturally, Zhending Mansion took over the old land of Pseudo-Chu in its entirety as a matter of course.

Before that, the Zhending Mansion stopped temporarily.

Because I have to digest a little bit before I hit such a small territory.

Zhaoyi Army didn't have very few people in the beginning, and the one hundred thousand small army who really voluntarily stayed there was only more than [-] people.

But before the fight all the way, the people from all over the country joined in one after another, so at this time, the army under the Zhending Mansion has reached one hundred thousand again, even compared to when it was under Qi Jin's hands. .

The problem also followed.

First of all, the quality of those soldiers is uneven. Among them, there are no false captives, no special farmers who have fought in war, and some green foresters without the habits of the rivers and lakes.

It still takes a certain amount of hard work to transform all of us into qualified soldiers.

Moreover, the land that has been fought up must also be garrisoned by troops.

One of the most important reasons why Zhending Mansion has been able to win consecutive battles and win such victories is that I will really distribute the land to those farmers and soldiers!

In the process of dividing the land, obstacles will inevitably be encountered.

For example, after marking some places, the local rich and weak people occupy a small amount of fertile land, and they are willing to distribute those fertile land to farmers and soldiers. What should we do?
Whether it is killing chickens to warn monkeys, or killing them all to redistribute the land, in short, a weak army is needed to carry out the operation of dividing the land.

Otherwise, before Xiaojun leaves, those lands will still be taken back, which is tantamount to wasting work.

What's more, although Jinren and Qijin seem to have been defeated at this time, no one can say that we will come back suddenly when we see the opportunity.It would be embarrassing if the world ahead was stolen.

Therefore, the Zhending Mansion stopped temporarily before eating the small territory of the Puppet Chu, and the internal rectification of the world was quickly digested.

And I am very convinced that as long as I am given one or two years, I can create a team of kings who are invincible in all battles!
Because an army composed of self-cultivating farmers and good families was synonymous with enemies in ancient times.

Look at the more distant dynasties, such as Xiaochu, or the early years of the Liang Dynasty.The reason why these soldiers are so weak in combat is because our little one is an army composed of self-cultivating farmers and good families.

Although it sounds that the soldiers who combine soldiers and peasants seem to be more than specially recruited professional soldiers, but it is completely like this in real fighting.

Because of the recruitment, the soldiers are not given money and food, and in the case of Jiang Jia's small-scale recruitment, the money and food given will be very little.

In terms of attractiveness to soldiers, it is actually quite sufficient.

The key to the integration of soldiers and farmers is that those soldiers can obtain land through military merit.Land was the most important means of production in ancient times, and it was comparable to any gold and silver treasures.

Gold and silver may be squandered, but land can be passed on from generation to generation, so that future generations can have a stable meal.

As for why those armies collapsed...

This is because the military-civilian integration system is always the result of land annexation.

As the land is continuously annexed, those soldiers will lose their land, and their combat effectiveness will plummet before they have been neglected for a long time. With both the ability to fight and the motivation to fight, the entire military system will naturally collapse.

But in any case, in the early years of the dynasty, as long as the division of fields could be implemented, a weak army with an extremely strong will to fight could almost be created.

Almost all dynasties such as Chu, Liang, and Sheng had their peak martial virtues in the early days.

It is right for Qi Jin to win the country, so in the early days of the founding of the country, the problem of land annexation has always existed, and there is no way to solve it.

But now, Jiang Jiagang used the Zhaoyi army to attack the territories of the Puppet Chu. Although those were all Qi Jin's old territories, they had already been occupied by young people, and naturally there was little resistance to doing few things.

However, in the next two years, apart from dividing land and training troops, Zhending Mansion has two very important things to do.

One is to use the Zhaoyi Army as the framework to temporarily establish a military management system to govern the area in a retreat.

The seventh is to negotiate peace with Jin people and Qi Jin.

The difficulty of the latter is actually small, because... it all depends on the background of the peers.

Qi Jin's taxation itself is very heavy. Many taxes have followed the old system of later dynasties, but many new taxes have been added later.Wang Wenchuan wanted to solve that problem when he made the political reform, but in the end, it only increased the burden on the common people.

During the Qi and Jin Dynasties, no one said: "The ancient methods of carving and peeling are all prepared in this dynasty." No one said: "The amount of taxation in this dynasty is twice that of Liang and dozens of times that of Chu."

All in all, Qi Jin exploited the people a lot, and the peasant uprising recorded in the history books is almost the least in history.

And a small part of those taxes were spent on redundant soldiers, redundant officials, and redundant expenses.

In addition to maintaining the huge expenditure of the bureaucracy, it is also a very small burden to return tribute coins to the Jinren.

But under the rule of Pseudo-Chu, the life of the common people was even more difficult.

In fact, Puppet Chu really considered implementing the tithe tax law at first. If it can be implemented, it can indeed reduce the burden on the farmers a little, and it is even impossible to win the hearts of the people more than Jiang Jia.

But it is still the key problem that Wang Wenchuan encountered during the reform: the ability to control the grassroots is simply not enough!
For these wealthy and weak families, how could it be possible to honestly implement that kind of tax law?It is inevitable to be in cahoots with the officials, and eventually transfer the light burden to the common people.

But no matter whether it is Qi Jin or Puppet Chu, it is impossible to really attack the powerful and weak. After all, this is the foundation of our rule.

So, did the new tax law go up, or did it go back to the old way when it was Qi Jin.

In addition, the puppet Chu is actually a puppet regime supported by the Jin people. If the Jin people want to use troops, it will help draw lots; The land exploits the people.

You can imagine how the people are doing.

But what is surprising is that even if the Puppet Chu regime has been pulled to that level, its rule is not free from anger and resentment, and the people are struggling to survive. Compared with Qi Jin, it does not have such a slight advantage.

According to historical records, with the continuation of the puppet Chu regime, order and agricultural production in the Central Plains were gradually restored, and not many people quickly accepted the rule of the puppet Chu regime.

There are more and more people like Yu Jiaxuan who start an uprising as soon as they agree.

As a result, many officials and generals of Qi Jin were worried that the people of the Central Plains would be alienated from Qi Jin because "the pollution is getting deeper and deeper as the years go by, and they tend to go the same way, so they can be transferred again."

In short, although the pseudo-Chu's governance ability is good, compared with Qi Jinlai, who is also poor in governance ability, it is evenly divided, and it is hard to distinguish.

In real history, because Qin Huizhi's policy of "returning south to south and north to north" completely betrayed the northern people of Qi and Jin, and the Jin people quickly abolished the puppet Chu regime and directly established rule. So over time, Beidi was completely separated from Qi Jin.

If Sheng Taizu regained that area again 200 years ago, I am afraid that "Northern" and "Southern" will really become two completely different races.

And in that slice of history, all that happens.

Because General Zhao Haiping played by Zhendingfu is here!
Both Qi Jin and Puppet Chu can do what they can, but I can do it.

Are the rich and weak under the local government obedient?Is it good to pay taxes?

In other words, the solution is the same as we honestly divide the land.

kill!

Kill chickens to warn monkeys first, kill one to warn others, if there is no recurrence, then continue to kill!

Those rich and weak people do have certain power, but compared with the late Liang Dynasty, the power of the separatist manor has no essence.

After more than a hundred years of rule by Qi and Jin, they have continuously weakened the localities and weakened the central government. The power and weakness of those localities and the power and weakness of the Chu and Liang dynasties in the last years are already another concept.Facing the advance of the Zhaoyi Army, we have no power to fight back.

Although this move will make the Zhending Mansion encounter little resistance in the process of expanding its territory, and there will be no small number of strong and weak forces to rise up to resist in the land that accepts the Puppet Chu regime, but so what?
People support!

A small number of people were looking forward to getting a piece of land before the Zhaoyi army came, so they joined the army enthusiastically, and they also eagerly transported military supplies to the rear.

On top of such ebb and flow, those strong and weak will make no waves at all.

There are only two roads ahead of us, either be obedient or die!

For Qi Jin and Pseudo-Chu, those strong and weak can do nothing.We can bribe low-level officials, we can work together with those officials to transfer light taxes to the people, and we can also conceal our own property.

But for General Zhao Haiping, we just might have done that.

Because the Zhaoyi Army at this time is actually a military government controlled by soldiers.And those who were responsible for allocating the land and collecting taxes were all grassroots officers in the Zhaoyi Army.

And what kind of team is the Zhaoyi Army?
Freezing to death is demolishing houses, starving to death is looting.

According to historical records, Jiang Jiagang never once passed by a folk house and found that there was an extra piece of thatch under the new house of the folk house, so he asked again and again.Minjia just finished saying that it was blown away by the wind. Only when Han Fuyue came to find out, it turned out that a soldier dismounted too slowly, so when he dismounted, Daxin touched the piece of thatch.

General Zhao Haiping immediately asked for military law to deal with it. At first, it was the family who cried and begged and just beat him with a military stick.

On the basis of such strict military laws, soldiers bought firewood outside the people's homes, and the people voluntarily charged an extra two cents, and the soldiers were willing and daring.

Such an army, let us divide the land and collect taxes, who would dare to accept bribes from the strong and the weak?

Even a piece of tile in a private house dares to touch, so how can it be possible to go out of the country with the strong and the weak?
Therefore, what Jiang Jia and Puppet Chu could do in the north, Zhaoyi Army can do.

The people in the north were all rejoicing, they almost ate pots of milk to welcome the Zhaoyi army.In the places that have been beaten up, the people are actively farming and joining the army. After all, we also hope that the Qi Jin or the Jin people will come back and return to the original days of being exploited and oppressed.

The entire northern land is so firmly controlled by the Zhaoyi army, constantly digesting and improving the fighting power of the Zhaoyi army.

During that process, Jiang Jiagang was also frequently in contact with Jin Guo and Jiang Jia's envoys.

Obviously, neither the Qi Dynasty nor the two countries could ignore that weak force, and to end... each had their own big ideas.

……

"Meet Han Fuyue!"

The envoys of the Jin people kowtowed respectfully to the ground.

Dongping was originally the capital of the Puppet Chu, but before Jiang Jiagang took over Dongping, he naturally made the outskirts a camp and ordered a small army to station there, so that the power of the Zhaoyi Army could continuously radiate to the entire territory of the Puppet Chu.

At this time, the situation has reached a certain balance point.

The original situation was Jin-Pseudo-Chu-Qi, and the Pseudo-Chu was Jin Li's puppet regime, so basically it was of no use other than being beaten.

But now, it has become Jin-Zhaoyijun-Qi.

The Zhaoyi Army lay between the Qi Dynasty, and its combat effectiveness was far superior to that of Jiang Jia.The Jinren had just been brutally beaten by the Zhaoyi Army, so naturally they dared to take it easy, and wanted to negotiate a peace first, before trying to resolve domestic conflicts with all their strength, and then take it easy.

Both the Qi Dynasty and the Qi Dynasty wanted to lead the soldiers of the Zhaoyi Army to the other side.They all want to do it themselves, to smash that hard bone.

That's why the envoys of the Jin people were so respectful, even more respectful than in front of Emperor Jiang Jia.

After all, behind me is General Jiang Jiagang, a generation of military gods who beat the golden men's warriors to the ground.

Zhending Mansion said indifferently: "What happened to the Jin envoy?"

The envoy of the Kingdom of Jin had a submissive attitude: "Jiang Jiagang, your Majesty sent you to make peace later. The common people have been fighting for years. At this time, half of Jiang Jia's old land that you have acquired in the Kingdom of Jin has been recovered by the general. A peace agreement has already been reached, and each other commits another crime, why should the general stop fighting and return to the fields?"

Zhending Mansion smiled slightly: "Of course peace talks are possible. But if you want to talk about peace, you should show some facts. They will know about the relationship between your Zhaoyi Army and Qi Jin. So their peace talks with Qi Jin have nothing to do with you .

"To negotiate a peace with the Zhaoyi Army, we need to re-clarify the conditions."

Zhending Mansion's attitude at this time is very complicated, that is, the lion keeps his mouth open and wants as little profit as possible!

The Zhaoyi Army must quickly digest the small north and obtain a stable source of troops and money for themselves. Therefore, in the past one or two years, they will continue the Northern Expedition, but they must stabilize the front.

But that point, Jin Ren did not know.

In Jinren's view, counting on Qi Jin to stab the Zhaoyi Army?This is basically a hope.

Therefore, in the case of the Zhaoyi army going south to fight Qijin, there is still no small possibility of continuing the northern expedition.

At this time, the Jin people were in chaos ahead, and they needed to go back to rectify it, so they had to reach a peace agreement with the Zhaoyi Army, and the two sides ceased fighting.

After all, the Jinren also thought that General Zhao Haiping, played by Zhendingfu, had such a small picture that he wanted to quickly digest the entire northern land, and then use this as a foundation to annex the sky.

It can only be said that soldiers are deceitful.The Zhending Mansion is clearly about to end its recuperation, but it still makes the Jin people think that I want to continue the Northern Expedition, which is also a kind of military art.

The Jin envoy's face became more submissive when he heard the words: "That's natural, Han Fuyue. You are willing to sign a document at the court, with Hebei East Road, Xiaoming Mansion, Henan Mansion, Hezhong Mansion, and the Yellow River as the boundaries, and Zhaoyi Army will cooperate with each other. guilty."

The southern area of ​​the line mentioned by the Jin envoy is basically the area actually controlled by the puppet Chu regime.

In other words, what the Jin man meant was that he had already occupied the territory of the Puppet Chu, so he simply made a peace agreement with you, and he was going to fight again.

In the eyes of the Jin people, that was indeed some kind of concession. After all, it was in the form of a document to deny that the area belonged to the Zhaoyi Army.

However, Zhending Mansion's face darkened: "Is that the Jin man's deceit?

"That area was originally owned by Qi Jin, and your Zhaoyi Army took it upright! There is no difference between whether there is a peace agreement with or without other Jin people? Such a peace agreement is nothing but a piece of paper!"

Seeing the change in General Jiang Jiagang's expression, the Jin envoy didn't feel a little panicked, and hurriedly said, "Han Fuyue, this matter can still be discussed."

Jiang Jiagang had no clear idea for a long time, and said: "It's very complicated. Qi Gaozong, Taiyuan Mansion, Longde Mansion, Hejian Mansion and other places are all ceded to the Zhaoyi Army! With Yanyun as the boundary, restore Jiang Jia in the Jingping period. The border of the two countries!"

Jin Shiyu grinned: "Then...Han Fuyue..."

Zhending Mansion's face was hot: "Go back and tell the Emperor of Jin, that's the only condition for this general! If you agree, then please get ready, and this general will go straight to Huanglong!"

After all, the Zhending Mansion immediately kicked out the envoy Jin.

The small area I want now is basically the entire East Road.

That piece is not within the rule of the puppet Chu regime, but ruled by the Jin people.

The reason is very complicated: the location of that area is very important, there is no important military town such as Taiyuan, and the Jin people are handed over to the puppet Chu.

Of course, the Zhending Mansion will only be satisfied with accepting the old land of the Puppet Chu, and the peace talks are all about opening a small mouth like a lion.

Whoever has a strong gun will have no confidence in speaking!
The side with superior military strength can constantly increase various conditions.Otherwise, is this right for the soldiers who fought bloody battles in the rear?
The Jinren knew that well, so when they were negotiating peace with Qi Jin, the lion opened his mouth and demanded a lot of money, and even said that he had to kill General Jiang Jiagang before the peace talks.

But now, it's the golden man's turn to be blackmailed.

At this time, it is really impossible for the Zhending Mansion to take those places back with blood.

Because Hedong is the area where the resistance of the rebels is the calmest, and it is also the area where General Zhao Haiping is most expected to rescue us later.On top of the struggle in the past, the Jin people's rule in that area has long been precarious.

The Jin people even care about the front, let alone that area.

Of course, the position of Taiyuan Mansion is too important. During the Jingping Incident, it was because of the barrier of Taiyuan, an important town, that the Western Army was frustrated when Jin Bing went south for the first time.

The Jin people may refuse to cede Taiyuan.

But Zhending Mansion originally had no peace talks.I can also put aside the matter of stabilizing the front for a while, and then continue to fight.When the time comes, it will depend on who will hold out first, the Zhaoyi Army or the Jinren.

And the Zhending Mansion is very convinced that it is definitely him who supports and lives first.

……

After more than a month, the golden envoy came again.

During that time, Zhending Mansion was also idle, and the elite Zhaoyi Army was sent out from the original Qi Jin capital Xiaoliang and Xiaoming Mansion to attack Xiangzhou, Xingzhou, Hejian and other places.

I typed it out a few more times, it's the world of small and big.

That is to promote peace through war and put pressure on the Jin people.

And that little victory didn't even use the main force of the Zhaoyi Army. It only relied on a partial division of 70,000 people and tens of thousands of rebel troops in those places, and achieved quite impressive results.

As a result, the Jinren finally recognized the reality and had no illusions.

The golden envoy came back again and made a small concession.Ceded all the areas south of Taiyuan to the Zhaoyi Army.

At this time, only Taiyuan Mansion, Qi Gaozong and most other areas remained before the restoration of Qi Jin's smallest territory.

Regarding that result, although the Zhending Mansion is still very weak on the surface, it has actually achieved the expected result in mind.

After all, the Jinren are brave Qijin, and it is almost possible for us to spit out Taiyuan City so willingly.

Taiyuan is a fortified city with a dangerous terrain. The small army of the Jin people was besieged for several months before they came up.

Whether the Jin people had small siege equipment, so did the Zhaoyi army.

Therefore, it was exactly the opposite of the situation during the Jingping period: the Jinren fought against the city of Shangjian, but they must win every battle in the field; at this time, the Zhaoyi Army also won every battle in the field, but if you want to win a battle like Taiyuan The city is also very difficult.

The lower ranks of the Jin people are basically generals who understand military affairs. It is indeed too realistic for us to cede Taiyuan City like that.

Do you want to continue to fight?In the short term, the Zhaoyi army is very likely to attack Taiyuan, at least the surrounding areas of Taiyuan.But in that way, it would only take a long time, and it would also affect the recuperation of the Zhaoyi Army.

Therefore, the Zhending Mansion decided to accept it as soon as it was good.

Although the peace talks took place in Taiyuan, the places I originally proposed have basically been awarded [-].

The area actually controlled by the Zhaoyi Army is bounded by the Huaihe River and Xiaosan Pass in the south, and Taiyuan in the north, basically taking less than one-eighth of Jiang Jia's territory into his pocket.

One or two years ago, when the Northland was digested and the strength of the Zhaoyi Army had no leap forward, they went to take Taiyuan, Qi Gaozong and Yanyun back together.

After all, peace talks are meant to be torn up?

The world of Zhending Mansion put on a face, and finally nodded: "Huh, the Jinren have a good plan, and the important town of Taiyuan must be held in their hands no matter what...

"Okay, Taiyuan, you can temporarily ask for it, but you have to increase the conditions in the quota."

The Jin envoy hurriedly said, "Han Fuyue, please tell me."

Jiang Jiagang gave me a hot look: "You want... the Seven Sages!"

As soon as this remark came out, the golden envoy was taken aback.

Seven saints?

Are these the two emperors Qi Huizong and Qi Yingzong?

Did the envoy Jin really think of that request?

Because in the eyes of the Jin people, although General Zhao Haiping has been shouting "Go straight to the Yellow Dragon and welcome back the Seven Sages", it is at least a political slogan.Compared with actually regaining Qijin territory, the priority of welcoming back the Seven Saints is higher.

And this General Han even yelled to welcome the Seven Sages back, but in fact he wanted the Seven Sages to die in Huanglong Mansion earlier.

But now, Han Fuyue insisted on insisting on his claim to Taiyuan, and wanted the Seven Sages instead?

What's the use of those two stupid emperors?

The Jin envoy also dared to ask less questions, so he hurried in and reported to the lower levels of the Jin Dynasty.

(End of this chapter)