On the occasion of rebirth Zhou Sui

Chapter 384
Cui Che's plan to use Yecheng as the new foundation does not mean that he will make Yecheng his capital in the future.

It's just that compared to dispatching troops from Youzhou, Xiangzhou, located in the south of Henan, is more suitable for the needs of the Central Plains.

Feng Xiaoci, who died in battle, and Li Jing, who committed suicide and apologized, were ordered to be buried alive. Lu Yu, who joined the army for justice, was also brought before Cui Che.

Cui Che asked:

"Is Lu Canjun willing to surrender?"

Lu Yu turned his head and snorted coldly:
"I am the husband. I can follow the thief, but I want to die quickly."

Cui Che was not annoyed, and motioned to Mai Jicai to grant Lu Yu's wish, and Mai Jicai pulled Lu Yu to death with a bowstring in his hand.

"Bury it together with Li Jing and Feng Xiaoci."

Cui Che ordered.

Mai Ji agreed and led two guards to carry Lu Yu's body out.

On the one hand, Cui Che sent people to send news to the prefectures in Hebei that had not yet joined him, informing them of Li Jing's defeat, and ordered people to send a message to Wei Zheng, asking him to go south with Maozhou's supplies.

At the same time, Cui Che also felt that he could not continue to rule the southern part of Hebei in the name of the You and Ying prefectures.

He sent people to Hedong to persuade Yang Liang to come in, and he also asked for an official for himself.

Of course, if Yang Liang didn't cooperate, Cui Che would make himself the governor of Hebei at worst.

The envoys who persuaded Jin set off, and Cui Che was already setting up the framework of the Hebei Metropolitan Government's Mansion on the back.

The chief governor of the Metropolitan Government is undoubtedly Fang Xuanling who is now staying in Yandi.

As Cui Che's most trusted confidant, Fang Xuanling naturally wanted to go south with him after completing the work of relocating the soldiers' families to the south.

Cui Che will use Fang Xuanling to take charge of government affairs and govern Hebei for him.

After Fang Xuanling went south, Cui Che will also start the separation of military and government in Yandi, and Zhang Wu will lead the army to stay behind, but he will not be able to interfere in local internal affairs.

The governor of Youzhou will be appointed by Shi Dongjing, the governor of Yingzhou, and the governor of Yingzhou will be handed over by Cui Che to Wang De, a close follower who once served two terms as county magistrate in Hebei.

Yingzhou is said to be a state, but in fact it only governs one county, which is more than sufficient with Wang De's ability.

The remaining governors of Yi, Xuan, Heng, Yan, and Ping in Yandi were all trusted by their relatives.

The head of the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion is Wei Zheng, who assists Fang Xuanling in handling government affairs.

As for Sima of the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion, Liu Fang was summoned from Dingzhou.

Of course, Cui Che naturally wants to firmly hold the military power in his hands. Liu Fang's position as Sima is more about assisting Cui Che in handling military affairs in Hebei.

As for the Dingzhou General Manager's Office, it will also be revoked, leaving only the governor of Dingzhou, who will be succeeded by Kong Yingda, who is later known as one of the eighteen scholars of Zhenguan.

Kong Yingda and Gao Shilian entered Cui Che's shogunate together when Cui Che was serving as Minister of War.

Gao Shilian belonged to the imperial family of the Northern Qi Dynasty, and his family members were all in Kansai. Moreover, he was trying to get on the shelf when he took refuge in Cui Che, and he was not sincere. Therefore, when Cui Che defied the imperial court, Gao Shilian parted ways with him.

After all, Gao Shilian and Li Jing are in the same situation, and their relatives are all in Kansai.

But Kong Yingda was different. He was from Xindu, Jizhou, and his family members were all in Kanto. He was picked up by Cui Che to Yandi early, so he naturally made the opposite choice to Gao Shilian.

Kong Yingda also has two fellow disciples serving under Cui Che's command, one is Gai Wenda, who is also one of the Eighteen Bachelors of Zhenguan, and his brother Gai Wenyi who is as famous as him.

When Cui Che invited Liu Zhuo, a great Confucian, to teach in Youzhou, Kong Yingda, Gai Wenda, and Gai Wenyi followed, so they had an intersection with Cui Che.

Gai Wenda, Gai Wenyi, and Kong Yingda are not only classmates, but also fellow villagers. Cui Che naturally did not forget to pick up their family members.

After Cui Che completely occupies Hebei, he will distribute all these cronies who have followed him for many years to other places, so as to completely control the southern part of Hebei.

He not only sent envoys to report the news to the states and counties in southern Hebei, but at the same time that Qin Qiong took Weizhou, Cui Che ordered Wang Dangwan to lead [-] cavalry to go northward, and united with the soldiers of Dingzhou, heading towards Xingzhou, Zhaozhou, and Luanzhou.

He also ordered the remaining [-] silver saddle Khitans to go straight to Shenzhou and belong to Mai Tiezhang. He joined forces with Jizhou and Yingzhou troops to advance eastward and forced them to surrender to the eastern states and counties.

As for Mao, Bei, Wei, Ming, Xin, and other states, the officers and soldiers still need to be reorganized, which is useless.

In the fourth year of Renshou (AD 604), on the second day of October, Cui Che was committed to building the Hebei Metropolitan Government and made a series of personnel adjustments.

Qin Qiong led [-] cavalry soldiers, and with the cooperation of the surrendered soldiers, he gave up Ji County (now Weihui, Henan) in Weizhou Prefecture, and took Liyang County (now Jun County, Henan) first.

In one fell swoop, they captured Liyang County and the Liyang Warehouse outside the city.

As part of the autumn grain had not yet been put into storage, the Liyang warehouse was not full at this time, reaching two-thirds of its capacity limit of 300 million shi.

After counting by the civil officials, a total of 200 million shi of grain was obtained.

Qin Qiong left [-] soldiers to guard Liyang Cang, while he himself attacked the counties of Weizhou one after another, and took the whole territory of Weizhou within five days.

Just as he was about to transport the grain from the Liyang warehouse to Xiangzhou, Cui Che ordered Qin Qiong not to act rashly for the time being, because he got the news that the general manager of Qingzhou came to protect his son and saw that Cui Che dispatched troops to attack all parts of Hebei. The soldiers of Qidi went north and attacked Xiangzhou.

As the saying goes, the cunning rabbit has three caves, and Cui Che also has three caves, which are Yandi, Dingzhou, and Qidi.

Although he only served as the general manager of Qingzhou for three years, during his tenure, he used disaster relief to thoroughly investigate corruption and kill people.

Cui Che single-handedly selected all the government officials in prefectures and counties in Qidi. Cui Che would know about any troubles in Qidi before Laihuer, the general manager of Qingzhou.

Now that Lai Hu'er intends to take advantage of the emptiness of Xiangzhou and lead Qi's soldiers to the north, Cui Che couldn't wish more.

On the one hand, he sent people to contact the salt soldiers and salt workers. Once he came to protect his son across the Yellow River, the salt soldiers and salt workers would start trouble south of the Yellow River.

On the one hand, he instructed Qin Qiong, Zhou Kan and others to contact the old ministry in Qidi.

When Cui Che was serving as Minister of the Ministry of War, he transferred a large number of cronies to various government and township regiments in Qidi to serve as middle and low-level officers, including a guard of hundreds of people he formed when he was in charge of Qingzhou.

Before he left office, the Guard was disbanded and its members sent to the states and counties.

For Lai Hu'er to lead such an army in an away game, it is naturally more or less auspicious.

Therefore, Cui Che deliberately told Qin Qiong not to go back to the teacher, so as not to scare the nurse away in the future.

Now that Xiangzhou said it was empty, that was compared to the army under Lai Huer's command.

Of the 5000 people who followed Cui Che to the south, [-] cavalry followed Qin Qiong to station in Weizhou, [-] cavalry followed Mai Tiezhang and soldiers from Ji and Yingzhou to march eastward, and [-] Pishi troops guarded Weizhou. Thousands of cavalry guarded Mingzhou.

Another [-] cavalry followed Wang Dangwan and the soldiers of Dingzhou to force them to surrender to Xing, Zhao and other places.

With Cui Che releasing the Weizhou soldiers as promised and the Xiangzhou soldiers temporarily unavailable, Cui Che still has nearly 5000 infantry and cavalry under his command, which in his opinion is enough to handle the guards.

　no more today
　　
　
(End of this chapter)