Han Zuo Gaomen

Chapter 317
It was April, and the battle here at Daye Pass was still calm. Zhang Jian's troops fought to no avail, so they simply built a fortress outside Daye Pass, as if they had planned a long-term confrontation.

As soon as Shen Zhezi returned to Jingkou, he was summoned by Yu Yi.

"Weizhou, do you think it is possible that the journey is dangerous and the messenger has not yet reached Jingzhou?"

When he said this, Yu Yi was very worried. He probably didn't believe this statement himself, so he could only use it to comfort himself.The Xingtai stands at Jingkou, and Jingzhou does not send people to see it. The influence is too bad.Not only will it affect the legitimacy of his ruling, it may even destroy the situation he won earlier.

Shen Zhezi can also feel the hesitation and anxiety in Yu Yi's heart. Whether the suppression of the rebellion goes smoothly is related to the lives of his family, young and old, and Jingzhou's attitude affects the process of the suppression of the rebellion.In history, Yu Liang risked his life to meet Tao Kan. Now Yu Yi's reputation and qualifications are far inferior to that of his brother. Although the empress dowager summoned him behind him, is Tao Kan willing to accept this fact? , is really in between.

"Don't worry, uncle, there is absolutely no possibility that Jingzhou will be absent, and he will definitely come before the agreed time."

Shen Zhezi can only comfort Yu Yi like this now, but this is indeed what he really thinks in his heart.

It is true that Jingzhou is the key place to divide Shaanxi, and Fangzhen is no more important than this.But at the same time, the situation in Jingzhou is also the most complicated. Even regardless of the conflict between the north and the south, there are many powerful people in Jingzhou alone. The various ministries disobeyed the order, and even bordered on the enemy's country. It was not a closely united and happy environment.

Tao Kan sits in this position, and his situation is somewhat similar to that of Huaibei Xijian, even worse than Xijian.It is true that he is a veteran of many battles and can be called the old man of the country, but in fact he does not have absolute prestige and power to completely suppress all parties. The focus is still to appease and balance.

Being in such an environment, the great righteousness conferred by the imperial court is particularly important.Once this status is gone, it will be absolutely difficult to maintain the original balance.For example, Shen Zhezi has received many letters of submission from the Huaibei refugee commanders, many of whom have the ambition to replace Xi Jian, but Shen Zhezi also knows that these people are not qualified to control the situation in Huaibei regardless of their fame, talent or strength. If they are allowed to cause trouble, the situation in Huaibei will be corrupted and out of control.

This should be the case in Jingzhou. Because of this, it is conceivable that Tao Kan is dissatisfied with the central government. Even Wenqiao in Jiangzhou has the name of assisting the government, and his sub-Shaanfang town cannot be included in the list.To him, this is not only a humiliation, but also a kind of persecution, forcing him to spend a lot of money and energy in order to stabilize all parties in Jingzhou.

Today's Jiangdong has two political centers, one is in the hands of Sujun, Gyeonggi, and the other is in Jingkou. There is no doubt that the latter political center has greater legitimacy.Unless Jingzhou does not make a statement, once it wants to make a statement, it must choose Jingkou.If not, I'm afraid that his followers will attack him first and drive him away.

But if you express your position too obediently, it is not in Tao Kan's interest.Based on this understanding, Shen Zhezi feels that there may be some twists and turns in Jingzhou, but the final result will not change.

For the next few days, everything was in the fast lane.First of all, the matter of the Kuaiji division of the prefectures, which Wu people had been eagerly waiting for, was finally issued with a formal edict and circulated to all parties.The newly established state was named East Yangzhou, with Zhejiang as the boundary, including the seven counties of Kuaiji, Xin'an, Yongkang, Linhai, Yongjia, Jian'an, and Jin'an.

Shen Chong, the former internal historian of Kuaiji, became the general of the town army, the governor of Dongyangzhou, opened the third division of Yitong, supervised the military affairs of the four prefectures of Dongyang, Jiaozhou, Guangxi, and Ningxia, and added ministerial affairs at the same time.The last item is what Yu Yi insisted on adding, because in his opinion, the current center is really weak, and Shen Chong's addition of Lu Shangshu can supplement his authority to a certain extent.

The establishment of a new state was originally accompanied by a lot of tedious work. The original administrative structure had to be sorted out, the registers between the states and counties had to be handed over, and the most important thing was to review the Ding registers and carry out land cuts. It would not be completed in a year or a half of.But now it is expedient and the national crisis is the first priority, regardless of other things. The most important thing is that the military team must be quickly established.

At present, Jiangdong's military system is still dominated by the Shibing system, supplemented by the Family Brigade.However, the army is about to be raised, and it is too late to divide the military households and recruit soldiers.What's more, including Kuaiji, soldiers in these counties are scarce. If there is a strong division of military households, people's grievances have to be considered.It should be noted that once a person becomes a military household, he will have to undertake military service for generations, and it is definitely not a decision that can be made in a whim.

Therefore, after several rounds of discussions between the northern and southern families, they finally decided to give Dongyangzhou the tenth army's banner and drum formation, and the state government recruited volunteers to form an army.However, this is only a nominal right to control, the empress dowager and King Langya fled lightly, and now Xingtai has no income at all, and in the end they have to rely on donations from Wuzhong people.

But these are not a problem. The court is willing to make concessions and allow Wuzhong Lizhou, which is already a great victory for the Wu people.In the past, even if they didn't have this title, they still had to give people and money.Now that they are using money and food to support the soldiers of Wuzhong's children, naturally there is no complaint.

Shen Zhezi was also very enthusiastic about his family's first grasp of the military advantage. Based on the atmosphere that had been paved earlier, taking advantage of the fact that all the families in Jingkou had gathered here, they were running around in many ways, and money and food were no longer a problem.On the first day when the edict was issued, the Xia tax of the three counties of Wuxing, Kuaiji, and Linhai had already been escorted to Jingkou in advance, which greatly filled the gap in money and food for Xingtai.

At the same time, the Wu Xing family, represented by the Shen family, donated 5000 million yuan in money, 20 dendrobium of grain, thousands of sets of armor, and countless supplies to Xingtai.Now is the spring tide, and it didn't take long for these materials to arrive at Jingkou.Kuaiji also made donations, but was ordered by the central government to suspend Yuhang, and send envoys to allocate military funds to East Yangzhou after the inventory was completed.

The Wu people's enthusiasm for this matter not only shocked the princes of Jingkou, but even Shen Zhezi was greatly touched.As soon as the East Yangzhou military recruitment order was issued, the entire Wuzhong was in a commotion.Shen Zhezi still doesn't know what is going on in Kuaiji and Wuxing farther away, but in the nearby Wujun, almost a whole family of children went south to join the army.What's more, even the children of Wuzhong, who had already entered official positions here in Jingkou, abandoned their official positions and went south to join the army.

People's enthusiasm is difficult to lose consideration of political interests, and Shen Zhezi had expected the eagerness and urgency of the Wu people to have their own soldiers, but he realized that he still underestimated the enthusiasm of the villagers. .Since the fall of the old Wu, although the Wu people have always had a reputation of being volatile, they have never had a formal military force to protect their homeland. The establishment of the Kuaiji Military Prefecture has completely broken this gap!

Less than ten days after the establishment of East Yangzhou, Shen Chong led 5000 people from the Xinlizhou Army to the north, and arrived at Jingkou before Xingtai was established.

Shen Zhezi went out of the city with the others to meet his father, and saw with his own eyes many old people in Wuzhong standing tremblingly on the pier of the canal with the support of their children and grandchildren, looking far into the distance, showing impatience inappropriate for their age.And the entire pier was already overcrowded, and many people were even pushed into the river by the crowd.

The large troop transport ship was slowly approaching from the south of the canal, and the first thing that caught the eye was the East Yangzhou flag waving in the wind at the bow. This scene alone made people overwhelmed with excitement.

Amidst the sound of the rolling waves, the big ship moved from far to near, and as far as the eye could see, there were already dense figures of people on the big ship lined up in battle.Suddenly, there was a rapid sound of military drums on the boat, followed by singing voices that resounded through the sky: "Jianghan Tangtang, Wufu Guangming. Manage the Quartet and succeed in the king..."

When Shen Zhezi heard the singing, he felt joy in his heart. The poem sung by Dongyang Army comes from the "Book of Songs"."Daya", it is about Zhaohu who was ordered by the king to destroy the Huaiyi, as if he had already regarded himself as the master of the king, and denounced the Liyang tribe as Dongyi.However, the Liyang army earlier crossed the river with King Yiqin as their teacher, and the Wu army was probably the real barbarians.Today's change of position between loyalty and rebellion is really paradoxical.

But soon Shen Zhezi couldn't laugh anymore. As the big ship got closer, the singing became more and more majestic, and many Wu people on the shore joined in the singing.Around Shen Zhezi, there were many people who were singing and singing, tears pouring down their cheeks, and many elderly people, covering the corners of their mouths, weeping like children.

The man is covered with golden armor, and the sharp edge is cold.There are many righteous men in Wu, let's try it with you!Since the fall of China and Korea, there have been so many disasters in Wuzhong. It can be said that every inch of the country has been soaked with the blood of the villagers!Frequent acts of righteousness, bloody battles in the hometown, but in the eyes of the court officials, Wu people have always been unrighteous and untrustworthy!
"Unexpectedly, in my lifetime, I can still see the prosperity of my son's armor!"

Standing not far from Shen Zhezi was Xu Cheng, an old man from Xu's family in Wucheng, Wu Xing. This old man was already over sixty years old, and his life could be traced back to the old Wu.At this moment, his tone was trembling, he was already too excited, if not for the support from his family members, he would almost have been unable to stand still.

Hearing this voice of emotion, Shen Zhezi was also filled with emotion.His family has traveled all the way from a rebel to the present, and has become a real force in Fangzhen that can affect the direction of the current situation. Looking back on this process, it is not a microcosm of the Wu people in the current situation.

Gao Menying Yinggou Gou Su has no responsibility, seeing the Wu people being suppressed all the way, unable to raise his ambitions and remains indifferent.His family started from the end of Wu Zong, and now it can finally be said to be able to take care of the interests of some villagers in the current situation!
"Tiger Bai Jishou: The Son of Heaven is ten thousand years old!"

With the impassioned singing, the big ship docked steadily at the pier.

The people along the river retreated spontaneously to make room.The well-armed and heavily armored Dongyang army disembarked slowly and lined up on the shore. Facing the excited villagers, their solemn faces shone with a holy light.

Shen Chong was covered in heavy armor, wearing a tiger head pocket on his head, a long sword hanging from his waist, and a festival in his hand. Surrounded by his own soldiers, he went down to the shore. Recruiting troops, now ten armies have been assembled! In the future, we will fight bloody battles, and don't let the thieves invade my homeland!"

(End of this chapter)