Late Tang Dynasty: I

Chapter 292
It is in the interests of the imperial court that the battle of Yunzhou will be stalemate.

And the war in the south of the Yangtze River is still going on.

In January Wuji, the Anfujiang army came to Raozhou, Jiangxi. The defense envoy Zhong Chuan placed [-] soldiers in a pocket array at the mouth of Poyang Lake.

An Fujiang sent his troops straight to Huanglong, entered Hongzhou, won two battles in Qingjiang and Yichun, beheaded thousands of enemies, and then surrounded Hongzhou. In only three days, he broke through Hongzhou, and Zhong Chuan was beheaded by his general Jiang Pingyu , Hongzhou City fell.

Liu Chongwang spread his message to all states, Yuanzhou, Jizhou, Fuzhou, Xinzhou, Jiangzhou, etc. all surrendered, and Jiangxi recovered.

An Fujiang did not stop, but sent Liu Zhijun to Tanzhou, Hunan, and Wang Zhong's troops into Guizhou.

In the beginning of February, there was almost no resistance from Hunan and Guangxi-administered states. Of course, they could not resist. , There is no opponent who can wrestle the wrist.

In February Wuchou, at this time, the full [-] Shu army arrived in Langzhou, and Zhao Kuangning's [-] Jingxiang army arrived in Ezhou.

In March Jiashen, Lei Fu, the defense envoy of Langzhou, and Lu Jian, the governor of Ezhou, surrendered. The two armies totaled 5 people, and then they entered Yuezhou. Du Hong immediately announced that he would be called into the court without hesitation. , Qianzhou (now Guizhou), Guiguan (part of today's Guangxi), and Eyue (now Hubei) are all flat.

Southeast, Fujian.

Chen Yan, the Fujian observation envoy, entered the court in response to the edict. Niu Hui, Ge Congzhou, and Hua Hong led an army to Fuzhou, and spread the call to Jianzhou, Tingzhou, Quanzhou, and Zhangzhou, and called the governors of various states to enter Fuzhou.

Quanzhou Inspector Wang Chao embraced his own self-respect and refused to obey orders. Ge Congzhou led his troops into Quanzhou. In the first battle at Daiyun Mountain, he attacked the enemy's front and killed hundreds of enemies.

At the beginning of April, soldiers encircled Quanzhou, and Wang Chao fell.

In June Wuji, Li Zhiluo, the envoy of the Lingnan Festival, and Liu Yinying, the commander of the Yaya capital in Guangzhou, recalled the army. Since then, the war in the south of the Yangtze River has ended.

From October of the third year of Dazhi to June of the fourth year of Dazhi, it took eight months, with more than [-] troops, sweeping all the soldiers and horses in the south of the Yangtze River.

The imperial court ordered Ge Chongzhou to lead Zuoyi Shengjun to station troops in Guangzhou, and Hua Hong led Zuozhenwu troops to station in Fuzhou.

Zuo Shenwei Army Anfujiang garrison Eyue.

Zhao Kuangning led a part of the Jingxiang Army to garrison Hongzhou.

Mancun's department went south to Guizhou, Wang Zhong's division stationed in Tanzhou, Hunan, and Liu Zhijun's department went south to Yongzhou.

Call Chengrui to enter the court.

Most of these troops are to be transferred back. The main purpose of stationing troops in various towns is to stabilize the current situation. More importantly, after the chaos, the states are seriously affected by banditry.

In the south of the Huaihe River, except for the Huainan East Road, Huainan West Road, and Jiangnan East Road established at the beginning of the year.

Also set:
Jiangnan West Road (now Jiangxi), governing Jiangzhou, Raozhou, Xinzhou, Fuzhou, Yuanzhou, Jizhou, Qianzhou, Hongzhou, a total of eight states, the government is Hongzhou, and Yuan Huatang, the former governor of Tongzhou, is Jiangnan Xidao Chief Envoy.

Hunan Road, which has jurisdiction over Tanzhou, Shaozhou, Hengzhou, Yongzhou, Binzhou, Daozhou, Lianzhou, and Shaozhou, a total of eight states. chief envoy.

Hubei Province, which governs Yuezhou, Ezhou, Huangzhou, Jingzhou, Langzhou, Lizhou, Fuzhou, Mianzhou, Guizhou, and Wanzhou, a total of ten states. Yuezhou is governed by Lu Guangqi, a former member of the Ministry of War. Taoist envoy.

Fujian Road has jurisdiction over Jianzhou, Fuzhou, Quanzhou, Tingzhou, and Zhangzhou, a total of five states.

Lingnan East Road (now Guangdong), governing Chaozhou, Xunzhou, Guangzhou, Duanzhou, Xinzhou, Enzhou, Yazhou, Qiongzhou, Leizhou, Luozhou, Gaozhou and other sixteen prefectures. Yuanwailang Lu Jian was appointed as the chief envoy of Lingnan Dongdao.

Lingnan West Road (today's Guangxi), governs Zhaozhou, Liuzhou, Rongzhou, Guizhou, Hezhou, Fuzhou, Rongzhou, Dangzhou, Baizhou, Hengzhou, Qinzhou and other [-] prefectures. Wang Pu, the former governor of Fengzhou, was appointed as the chief envoy of Lingnan West Road.

Annan Road (a part of today's Yunnan Province) governs twelve prefectures including Yongzhou, Binzhou, Chengzhou, Fengzhou, Jiaozhou, Aizhou, and Yanzhou. make.

Qianzhong Road (today's Guizhou), governed the prefectures, Qianzhou, Xizhou, Chenzhou, Sizhou, Nanzhou, Bozhou, Jinzhou, Yizhou, Feizhou, Prizezhou, Guanzhou, Xingzhou, Luozhou, a total of ten The land of five states is governed by Qianzhou. Zhu Pu, the former right minister of the Ministry of Industry, was appointed the chief envoy of Qianzhong Road.

All roads follow the old system, the state official system, the chief minister, the third rank, the same post as Mu Yin, don't drive two people, follow the third rank.

There are three Changshi, four ranks, record affairs, Si Gong, Sicang, Si Hu, Si Nong, justice, Si Xue, Si Shang, Si Tian Si Bing, one each, four ranks, and several subordinates.

The Minister of the Ministry of Officials, under the same door of Zhongshu, Pingzhang Shi Niu Hui, was granted the observation envoy of various ways in the south of the Yangtze River, and sat in Fuzhou to supervise the administration of officials and political affairs in the south of the Yangtze River.

Liu Chongwang, the left servant of the Ministry of War, sits in Hongzhou, and is appointed as the defense envoy of various ways in the south of the Yangtze River. He supervises the military affairs in the south of the Yangtze River, suppresses bandits, and reorganizes the state army.

As officials took office one after another, the establishment of the administrative structure was completed, and the various government offices were operating normally, and gradually entered the right track.

The urgent task of all states and counties is to check the registers of farmland and mu in the territory, and conduct the Datang census and farmland census in accordance with the imperial government's decree.

As for the redundant soldiers in each state, the old and weak are removed, and they are unified and reorganized according to the division of the soil.The extra people were assigned to various armies to serve as auxiliary troops. Those who were willing to go to Huainan, the court distributed money, food, and land.

For a time, tens of thousands of military households moved to Huainan, and the military rations that Luzhou worked so hard to accumulate were all gone.

But the court didn't panic at all.

July Wuji
Li Ye was spending time with Li Youtong in the backyard when he suddenly heard about Xiao Huang's newspaper.

"Your Majesty, great joy, Your Majesty, great joy!"

Zhang Chengye lost his composure and ran into Xuanwu Jiedushi's mansion, holding a handful of ears of rice in his hand.

"Your Majesty, the rice in Runzhou, Changzhou, and Xuanzhou has been harvested, and it will mature in three months!"

Li Ye looked at the ears of rice, and found that the grains were full. Although the grain size was not large, but fortunately the ears were long, the yield should not be low.

"How much is the yield per acre?"

"Return to Your Majesty, the low one weighs a hundred catties, and the high one weighs one stone!"

One stone in Datang is more than 100 catties, which is equivalent to [-] catties per mu in later generations, which is a fraction of the output of [-] to [-] catties per mu in later generations.

But for Datang at this time, it was a remarkable yield. You must know that there are no chemical fertilizers or super rice seeds now, and the normal yield of one mu of land is only half a stone, sixty to seventy catties.

"How about Luzhou, Shuzhou, and Yangzhou?"

"It will be harvested in the next few days. The seedlings are being cultivated in various states and counties, and they can probably be planted for two seasons!"

(End of this chapter)