I am Li Shimin of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 76 Recuperation
In Jinyang City, the whole city is plain, and every household is wearing sackcloth and filial piety for Zhang Yi. When he was in office, he gave more benevolent government, diligently loved the people, and the people of Bingzhou always respected and loved him. When they learned that he died at the hands of Hu people, they spontaneously To keep his filial piety for him.

Li Shimin also arranged to set up several mourning halls in the city for the condolences of the people in Jinyang City, and state officials, gentry and even some traffickers and pawns came to see him off for the last time.

Li Shimin stayed with Zhang Rui in the mourning hall for several days, completely treating himself as Zhang's son-in-law.

Although Zhang Rui had an ominous premonition before, when he really heard the news, he was still like a bolt from the blue, unable to accept this cruel fact.Weeping until the sky was dark, her face paled, and she passed out for a while.

Li Shimin hugged her to comfort her, and solemnly promised, "Rui'er, don't worry, I will kill Ding Yuan to avenge my father-in-law. From now on, I will take care of you. As the world will bear witness, I will never betray you."

With Li Shimin's company, Zhang Rui's condition improved obviously. Knowing that the dead cannot be resurrected, Zhang Rui began to take the initiative to deal with Zhang Yi's affairs.

The court's actions were not slow, and soon Liu Hong sent his confidant eunuch Zhao Zhong to deliver the decree.

The whole court naturally recognized Zhang Yi very much, and the ministers all felt that he was a man of integrity. At the suggestion of the ministers, Liu Hong posthumously awarded Zhang Yi the title of Marquis of Jiexiu County, with the posthumous title of Wenzhong, which was also regarded as the official respect for him in his life. Loyalty is highly praised.

At the same time, Li Shimin was promoted to be the pastor of Bingzhou, led the military administration of Yizhou, and became a real official of the frontier.

Zhao Zhong flatteringly congratulated Li Shimin in front of him. Although Li Shimin hated Shi Changshi in his heart, he was still hypocritical on the surface.These people were not enough to accomplish anything, but more than enough to dismantle the stage and set up seedlings. Before leaving, Li Shimin still gave him 5000 taels of yellow scarves, and Zhao Zhong returned home satisfied.

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In the next year, it will be a vigorous "production self-help". The war-torn land of Bingzhou ushered in a rare opportunity to recuperate after Li Shimin's administration.

Peaceful development requires a stable external environment, and a strong military force to wipe out bandits everywhere is a prerequisite for construction and development.

Therefore, the first thing Li Shimin did was to eliminate banditry and establish a stable and orderly order.The military power under his command has also expanded rapidly, and he has enough strength to neutralize all threats in the territory of Bingzhou.

Under his command, there are six main armies, three "special warfare battalions", and one garrison, with a terrifying strength of 20.

Li Shimin re-planned the army under his command based on the current military situation and the upcoming warlord melee, expanding the Shence Army from the original [-] fine cavalry to [-] cavalry, and continued to be under his personal command, with Gan Xinhan and Cao Wenbao as lieutenants. Soldiers are given priority to replenishment from other armies.

The remaining Longwu Army, Longxiang Army, Shenwu Army and the newly formed Baotao Army have an average formation of 5 soldiers, of which the cavalry formation is less than [-].At present, these main armies have not yet been fully formed. Among them, the Longwu Army, Longxiang Army, and Shenwu Army have an average strength of [-], the cavalry is only about [-], and the Baotao Army has only [-] infantry, which is the weakest.

In addition, there are about [-] Hun cavalry under the command of Prince Buxugu of the Southern Huns. Li Shimin named him the Tiger and Leopard Army.

There are three special armies, one is the [-] camp under the command of Gao Shun, and the other is the [-] Modao camp under the command of Gao Lan.The five thousand iron wall guards belonged to the guards directly under Li Shimin. These are the elite in the footsteps, and Li Shimin spent a lot of money to build them.

There are still about 2 garrison troops in Yanmen County, led by Hao Zhao, defending Xianbei and other aliens.Although the north is restrained by Mount Qian, Kebineng is still entrenched in the northern part of Youzhou, always threatening the safety of Bingzhou.

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Li Shimin sent Zhang Liao to clean up the banditry in Yunzhong Mountain and Luliang Mountain, and ordered Zhao Yun to garrison Pingyang, and together with the government and army, they wiped out the Baibo army and prevented them from attacking Taiyuan County.

At the same time, with Guan Yu as the commander-in-chief and Zhang Yun as the deputy general, he led the Longxiang Army, Baotao Army, [-] Yanmen Garrison Army, and [-] Shence Army, a total of [-] troops, to attack Zhang Yan's Black Mountain Army.At this time, Zhang Yan was entrenched in the intersection of Bingzhou, Youzhou, and Jizhou. At the beginning, it was claimed to be hundreds of thousands, but in fact, most of them were refugees, women and children, and there were less than [-] regular troops.

For the rogues and the remnants of the Yellow Turbans, Li Shimin adopted the strategy of suppressing and appeasement. For the cottages or rogues who did not commit any serious crimes, all their crimes were pardoned, and they were resettled nearby.

Of course, he would not be polite to some gangsters who were full of crimes, and all of them showed their heads to the public as an example to others.

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While the army wiped out bandits and bandits, Li Shimin's measures to restore people's livelihood were also carried out simultaneously, which can be said to complement each other and bring out the best in each other.

On the other hand, Li Shimin also planned the future political direction in advance.

Led by Xi Zhicai, he is responsible for the internal administration of Bingzhou, and establishes a set of internal evaluation indicators. The prefects and county magistrates from all over the country are all included in the evaluation of Bingzhou Governor's Office. The evaluation indicators mainly focus on a series of dimensions such as population, taxation, business development, and public security. Go up, the mediocre go down, and the mediocre let go.

It was Tian Feng who acted at the same time as Xi Zhicai. Tian Feng was upright and upright. Li Shimin asked him to be responsible for the supervision of officials within the state and the criminal and civilian review. Officials who broke the law and discipline were dealt with severely and quickly.Retry the criminal case files within three years in the state, rehabilitate unjust cases, and punish lawbreakers.

Xu Shu was in charge of Bingzhou's internal civil affairs and finance, unified allocation of Bingzhou's finances, and supported the production and self-help work of counties and counties. At the same time, he bought tens of thousands of cattle from Xianbei and distributed them to the counties as cattle for farming.

Li Shimin vigorously encouraged the development of handicrafts and commerce, and he promised businessmen who were willing to cooperate with him to obtain greater benefits in the future. Therefore, big merchants from Bingzhou like Li Jue all fell into Li Shimin's arms.

The Han Dynasty has always emphasized agriculture and suppressed commerce, so the status of merchants was extremely low, but Li Shimin knew that commercial development would promote the country's economy, so he strongly supported it.

The three counselors are all talented in the world. They not only have to assume the responsibilities of their own staff and make suggestions, but also act as agents for internal affairs, which can be said to be a heavy responsibility.

In order to reduce the burden on the three of them, and at the same time to meet his long-term talent needs, Li Shimin personally wrote the "Order of Seeking Talents" and promulgated it in all counties and counties of Bingzhou.

Under the implementation of a series of military and domestic policy strategies, Bingzhou is thriving. After the war, the people lived a stable and peaceful life, resumed production, and helped each other.

The remnants of the Yellow Turbans and bandits around Bingzhou collapsed under the crush of Li Shimin's army.

Zhang Yan of the Black Mountain Army was also attacked by Guan Yu and Zhang Yun, and suffered heavy losses. Zhang Yan was cut off by Guan Yu. Guan Yu took most of the refugees back to Bingzhou and resettled them.

(End of this chapter)