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"My son knows!"

Two days before Zhao Junsheng's departure, Pi Baozi, who had been guarding Liangzhou before, and Gao Jinzhi, who was serving as the Protector of the Western Regions, returned to Beijing to report on their duties. Zhao Junsheng met them successively on this day.

Zhao Junsheng met Gao Jinzhi first.Gao Jinzhi stayed in the Western Regions for five years. These five years can be said to be the most glorious five years of Gao Jinzhi's life. Under his leadership, he led the army to defeat the remnants of Gaochang in Beiliang and the Kingdom of Kucha. Repelled the Rouran army that invaded the Western Regions, and later led the coalition forces of the Western Regions and the Han army to defeat the invading [-] cavalry, which shocked the Western Regions.

In the past few years in the Western Regions, Gao Jinzhi not only made outstanding military achievements, but also played a great role in stabilizing the regimes and social stability of the countries in the Western Regions. He stationed troops in various countries and organized the soldiers and civilians of various countries to pave the way. The establishment of a post station fifty miles apart made the news transmission between the Western Regions and the Central Plains much faster, and also provided business travelers traveling between the East and the West with rest and shelter along the way.

"How is the situation in the Western Regions?" Zhao Junsheng asked.

Gao Jinzhi replied: "Return to Your Majesty, the court situation of other countries is relatively stable, only the political situation of Khotan is a little unstable!"

Zhao Junsheng asked: "Why is there such an unstable situation?"

"The main reason is that there is a situation where uncles and nephews are fighting for power in Khotan. The current Khotan capital Wei Yuchigui is the uncle of King Yuchihui. This Yuchigui was highly regarded by the old king when he was not dead. He has a high position. Weight, the current king, Yu Chihui, has a weak temperament, and may have formed a habit under the suppression of Yu Chigui for a long time, but other ministers in his country are naturally not easy for the king to be bullied by his uncle, so the two sides are fighting endlessly in the court, but Overall, no major issues!"

Zhao Junsheng nodded, and asked again: "How is the situation at Huhehan?"

"When I set off to return to Chang'an, Huhehan's army was still preparing in Shule. It has been more than a month now, and they should have crossed Congling and entered the land of the Yanda people!"

Zhao Junsheng asked: "I plan to move all the 10,000+ Rouran herdsmen who were settled at the western foot of Jinwei Mountain to the west of Congling to provide backup for Huhehan's army. These herdsmen may not have much combat power, but they herd horses and herd sheep. It can provide meat, animal skins, and animal tendons to make bowstrings for the Western Expeditionary Army!"

Gao Jinzhi thought for a while and replied: "I think it is possible. After all, more than half of the soldiers in the Western Expedition Army are from Rouran. If these 10,000+ Rouran herdsmen are moved to the west of Congling to follow the Western Expedition Army , those Rouran soldiers will never run away!"

Zhao Junsheng nodded: "That makes sense! It's alright, you just came back, get some rest, I'll be leaving for Liangzhou in two days, and I'll give you an order before I leave, so go back and wait!"

"promise!"

Chapter 969

"I pay homage to Your Majesty!" Leather Leopard, dressed in court clothes, bowed to Zhao Junsheng in the imperial study.

Zhao Junsheng raised his hand with a smile: "General Pi is free of courtesy, flattened! Come here, give me a seat!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Pi Baozi got up and sat lightly on the stool brought over by the waiter. He was four or five years older than Zhao Junsheng. Compared with the high-spirited and ostentatious youth, Pi Baozi's temperament is much calmer now, but he himself is full of vigor. A person with strong blood, his body is now stronger in middle age, and Liangzhou has not been idle in the past few years, practicing martial arts hard, although he is a little older, he is quite lean.

Leather Leopard grew up around Tuoba Tao, and he is more relaxed around Tuoba Tao. Although he also sticks to his dignity, he doesn't feel too restrained, but in front of Zhao Junsheng, he still feels restrained. Very soon, Zhao Junsheng was his subordinate in the past, but now Zhao Junsheng is his emperor. The status reversal and the increasing contrast between the two sides made him cautious.

Zhao Junsheng asked with a smile: "Are you still used to living in the past few days?"

Leather Leopard was very polite, leaned back and replied: "Return to Your Majesty, I have stayed in Chang'an for a long time, and I feel good when I come back. I have received the reward sent by Your Majesty, thank you Your Majesty!"

On the second day after Leather Leopard came back from Liangzhou, Zhao Junsheng sent someone to send him a large amount of rewards, including money, daily necessities, food, cloth, wine, etc. After Leopard received the gift, he knew in his heart that Zhao Junsheng had given him so many rewards and he wanted him to control himself and his family, and he could no longer accept bribes and gifts.

Zhao Junsheng waved his hand: "You have done a lot of hard work in guarding Liangzhou in the past few years. It's nothing if I reward you a little. If it's not enough, let's talk about it! Tell me about the situation at the junction of Liangzhou and Bashu. I plan to go to Liangzhou to see the specific situation!"

Leather Leopard clasped his fists: "When I set off from Liangzhou, General Lu had arrived for two days. I was going to write a memorial to report the situation outside the border pass. Later, General Lu said that since the handover was completed, he would write the memorial. I didn't Regardless of this matter, when I set off, there were not many Bashu disaster victims gathered on the border. Most of them were intercepted by the border guards of the Southern Dynasty and could not get out of the other side's territory. The buffer zone of the border forces, but it is still blocked outside our pass!

Later, on the way back to Chang'an, I heard merchants from Hanzhong comment that there were more and more disaster victims beyond the border pass. Many victims used simple tools to open mountain roads on the mountain, crossed the blockade of the Southern Dynasty and entered the buffer zone of the two sides. I heard that the pass guards in the Southern Dynasty sent many troops to block the mountain road, but they were overwhelmed by a large number of refugees. The border guards in the Southern Dynasty also lost a lot of soldiers because of this! "

Zhao Junsheng sighed: "It seems that the situation has changed a lot in the past ten days. According to the latest report sent by Lu Shuang, there are as many as 10,000+ Bashu refugees gathered outside our border, and these refugees are also using the same The method is to open a road in every mountain, and build a bridge to cross our border defense line when encountering water. Some of them even climbed the cliff and then let down the rattan ladder for other refugees to climb!

These days, after losing hundreds of lives, the refugees successfully opened a channel to enter our territory. At present, Lu Shuang has sent people to control the exit and gather all the refugees entering our territory. The next step is How to break up these refugees and resettle them scatteredly, even if they are scattered and resettled, it still brings great hidden dangers to the security of our country! "

In the past few days, the imperial court has issued an official letter, requesting the cities of Hanzhong County to open the storage granaries and transport half of the grain to the Bashu refugee concentration area. Without food, it is impossible. Once the 10,000+ refugees lose control, it may bring a devastating disaster. !

When Zhao Junsheng said this, he said to Pi Baozi: "Liangzhou is also a frontier for me. You have been guarding it for many years and you can't be idle for a moment. Now that you have returned to Chang'an, you can rest for a while. Wait for me to return from Liangzhou. When Zhou is back, arrange your errands!"

"The minister obeys the order!"

The distance from Chang'an to Liangzhou Hanzhong is not too far, but because the road is difficult, and the team led by Zhao Junsheng this time is not small, he can only walk sixty miles a day at most. They could only walk forty or fifty miles, and it took twelve days to arrive in Hanzhong.

In these years, without industrialized large-scale excavation machines, it is simply impossible to rely on manpower to build a spacious road from Chang'an to Hanzhong.

In fact, Lu Shuang only arrived in Liangzhou ten days earlier than Zhao Junsheng, but he had already controlled the garrisons in Liangzhou during these ten days. After Zhao Junsheng arrived in Hanzhong, he sent more troops to control the refugees from Bashu. The speed of Hanzhong is to avoid a large number of refugees entering Hanzhong suddenly, which will bring hidden dangers to safety, especially during the period when the emperor arrives, which is very sensitive; on the other hand, increase patrols and sentry posts in Hanzhong City, and order all county soldiers and county soldiers in the city's yamen to be on standby In this situation, all the arresters and servants of the Yamen were also mobilized to patrol the streets to frighten the little ones.

At this time, Hanzhong City was Nanzheng City, where county, county, and prefecture-level government offices worked in the same city. In Nanzheng City, the state-level government offices were not only the governor's office, but also the governor's office.

At this time, the governor did not have military and political powers at the same time as in the Sui and Tang Dynasties, but only had the right to supervise, examine and question matters.In the Dagan Dynasty, the prefects of each state were nominally affiliated to the Yushitai, but actually had the power to report to the emperor alone.

The Dudu Mansion governs the military affairs of a state, and controls the garrison troops, county soldiers, and county soldiers within the territory. Military expenses, ordnance equipment, military uniforms, shoes and socks are allocated by the Imperial War Department, and the military rations and other materials needed are purchased by the Dudu Mansion from the private sector.

There are not many garrisons in Liangzhou. Even counting the county soldiers and the county soldiers, they are less than [-]. However, the terrain of the passages leading to the outside world in the Hanzhong Basin is complicated and the roads are difficult. Be vigilant, these troops are not small.

Outside Nanzheng City, Lu Shuang, Hanzhong Prefect, Liangzhou Governor, Nanzheng County Magistrate and other officials waited eagerly for Zhao Junsheng and the accompanying guards to finally arrive.

"My ministers welcome you, Your Majesty!"

Zhao Junsheng jumped off his horse, walked up to the officials who were kneeling on the ground, raised his hand and said, "Get flat!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Zhao Junsheng asked: "Where is the place you prepared for me to stay?"

According to the consistent principle, the emperor has to build a special palace every time he visits, but Hanzhong has just poured in a large number of refugees from Bashu, so it is really inappropriate to build the palace outside the city. The high-level officials quarreled all morning, but in the end Lu Shuang resisted all opinions and set up the palace in the city, expropriating the largest house in the city.

All the officials looked at Lu Shuang, and Lu Shuang bowed and clasped his fists and said, "Your Majesty, because there are a large number of refugees from Bashu settled at the foot of Dingjun Mountain not far from Nanzheng City, it is really inappropriate for me to consider setting up the palace outside the city." Safety also increases the pressure on the guards and soldiers, so I decided to set up the palace in the city without authorization, and requisitioned the largest house in the city, and please Your Majesty to live in it with peace of mind!"

Zhao Junsheng said: "Isn't expropriation of houses a nuisance to the people? I'm not here to have fun, but to learn about Bashu refugees and Liangzhou's frontier defenses! Yang Lie, according to my order, the whole army will set up camp on the south bank of the Han River. Don’t build it anymore, the handsome tent is a palace!”

Yang Lie clasped his fists and agreed: "Observe the order!"

After the decree was conveyed, under Yang Lie's command, the guard army camped by the river.

Wen Bozhen, the prefect of Hanzhong County, bowed and said: "Since Your Majesty insists on camping outside the city, I will not persuade you any more. However, Your Majesty and the accompanying ministers and ministers have been exhausted all the way, and I have already prepared a few simple meals in the city. , Your Majesty and ministers are invited to enter the city to enjoy it!"

Zhao Junsheng nodded and agreed: "That's fine, since I've come here, it won't make sense if I don't even enter Nanzheng City! Li Bao, take the Dragon Guards with you! As for the soldiers who stay outside the city, they can make their own fires and cook their own meals." , don’t increase the burden on the local government!”

"As ordered!"

The officials of Liangzhou breathed a sigh of relief after hearing Zhao Junsheng's words. Now that there are so many refugees in Liangzhou, there is a great demand for food and other supplies. If they still have to pay for the emperor's guards and generals The food, this pressure is too great.

In all dynasties, there has never been such a careless emperor as Zhao Junsheng. No matter which dynasty or generation the emperor went on tour, if the local government along the way did not do a good job in reception, he would be severely punished. He was afraid to hang himself for doing the reception.

It’s just modesty to say that it’s a simple meal. No matter how many refugees come in Liangzhou and need more supplies, the officials of local governments at all levels in Liangzhou still have something to entertain the emperor and the accompanying ministers. Well, it is impossible for them to bring good wine and meat to the refugees. If there are officials who give their own good wine and meat to the refugees, then it is really not ordinary love for the people.

In the rectangular hall, Zhao Junsheng sat on the main seat, with eunuchs, maids and other servants standing on both sides, and the accompanying ministers and local officials sat on both sides.

Zhao Junsheng asked while eating and drinking: "How many refugees have entered Liangzhou today?"

Qin Chuan, the governor of Liangzhou, put down his chopsticks and quickly got up, bowed and said, "Return to Your Majesty, after discussion, I have set up several resettlement centers for refugees in several counties and counties in Liangzhou near the Southern Dynasties. The largest one is at the foot of Dingjun Mountain." The centralized resettlement point, after being recommended by officials at all levels in Liangzhou, I temporarily acted as the liaison officer for the resettlement of refugees from various armies, and was in charge of the allocation of grain, grass, and other materials and the scattered resettlement of refugees!

According to yesterday's latest estimate, the total number of refugees who have entered our territory in Liangzhou has reached 12, and the number of refugees who have been housed and resettled by our side has reached 3. In the border area between Jianmen Pass or other military buffer zones!At present, there are as many as [-] refugees resettled at the foot of Dingjun Mountain! "

Qian State and Song State controlled Jiameng Pass and Jianmen Pass respectively, and the middle of these two passes was the military buffer zone of both sides.