Chapter 1122: Arrangement of chairs in the Juyi Hall, Su Mingzhe sets the rules

September.

More than a dozen Liangshan leaders led the Liangshan army to sweep across Qingzhou, Zibo and Qizhou.

Because troops from all over the country were sent by the imperial court to support Qingzhou, the defense forces in various places were weakened.

Faced with the approaching Liangshan army, provincial governments all chose to surrender or flee.

end of September.

The entire Jingdong East Road fell.

In late September.

Su Mingzhe accepted the surrender of all 60,000 captured soldiers and then completed his preparations.

Early October.

Su Mingzhe led the army back to Liangshan. When passing through Dongping Prefecture, he captured the city in one battle.

Cheng Wanli of Dongping Prefecture wanted to commit suicide for his country, but was stopped by Su Mingzhe.

Su Mingzhe doesn't care whether this old guy dies or not.

However, if Cheng Wanli died and his daughter Cheng Wan'er also committed suicide, that would be meaningless.

After capturing Cheng Wanli, Su Mingzhe took Murong Yanran into the government office.

What a coincidence! As soon as I entered the backyard, I saw three girls dressed as peasant women. There was a layer of soot on their faces, making them look dusty and dirty.

Looking at the three girls, even though they were dressed in plain clothes and had thorny hairpins, it was difficult to hide their graceful figures. Su Mingzhe smiled directly:
"Which one of you is Cheng Wan'er?"

When she heard the question, one of the girls shuddered with fear and quickly buried her head in the arms of another girl.

A courageous girl said:
"I am Cheng Wan'er!"

"That's quite courageous!"

Su Mingzhe took a closer look and found that this 'Cheng Wan'er' had regular features and a beautiful oval face. Although her skin color could not be seen clearly, her figure was charming.

"Vanilla, take these three to wash up and change into nicer clothes!"

Su Mingzhe said, "Let someone look after the back house." He returned to the front hall and began to take care of the household affairs.

At night.

Su Mingzhe returned to the backyard. After a few romantic moments, he ignored the three crying girls and lay down on the bed outside, and began to think about an imminent problem:

"Winter is coming soon, and we have an army of 100,000, but only 50,000-plus sets of winter clothing!"

"It is said that the emperor has no problem with hungry soldiers, but the problem is that they cannot stand the cold either!"

"It seems that this winter, we can only withdraw our strength and consolidate first..."

After a while, Murong Yanran's maid Xiangcao heard the noise in the house and came in to help the man clean up the mess.

With Vanilla's careful consolation and comfort, the three girls on the bed finally stopped crying.

Su Mingzhe, who was lying in the outer room, listened for a while before he understood.

Among the three women, the one who previously admitted that she was Cheng Wan'er was actually Cheng Wanli's concubine Hongxiu.

Among the other two girls, the one with skin so tender that water would come out if pinched was Cheng Wanli’s daughter Cheng Wan’er.

There was another girl, Qiuyun, Cheng Wan'er's personal maid.

As Cheng Wan'er became Su Mingzhe's woman, Cheng Wanli, who was originally imprisoned in a cell, was treated better and was transferred to a small courtyard, where he continued to be imprisoned.

After Su Mingzhe wiped out the entire Dongping Prefecture, he did not continue to attack Puzhou, but instead returned to Liangshan with an army of 100,000.

mid-October.

Except for some leaders who stayed in various prefectures, all other leaders returned to Liangshan to participate in the first "general meeting" after the Liangshan uprising.

Inside the Liangshan Gathering Hall.

More than thirty leaders gathered together, and the first thing they did was to arrange their seats.

The top spot will definitely belong to Su Mingzhe.

At Su Mingzhe's insistence, Qiao Lie and Gongsun Sheng sat on his left and right sides.

The two Taoist priests who took action were Lu Zhishen and Lin Chong.

Chao Gai and Song Jiang can only rank third in the two columns.

In fact, although Song Jiang joined Liangshan very early, he did not have many achievements. His main job was to greet and see off guests and to maintain various interpersonal relationships. Song Jiang, who had no achievements, should have his seat moved down one row.

As a result, those leaders who had made sufficient contributions did not dare to sit in front of Song Jiang.

With no other options, Su Mingzhe had to speak up and ask Song Jiang and Chao Gai to sit side by side.

Following them came leaders such as Wu Yong, Qin Ming, Yang Zhi, and Sun Li.

As for leaders like Zhu Gui, Zhu Fu, Yang Xiong, Shi Xiu, Hua Rong, Liu Bai, Liu Qing, Zhu Tong, Lei Heng, Luan Tingyu, Hu Cheng and Li Ying, they could only stay further back.

After everyone decided on the seating ranking.

Su Mingzhe asked Gongsun Sheng to summarize and report on the changes in Liangshan over the past six months.

Gongsun Sheng was not polite either. He stood up and read out a long list of data.

At present, Liangshan has occupied most of the two areas of Jingdong. Only Yingtian Prefecture, Xingren Prefecture, Guangji Army and Puzhou are still under the control of the court.

In fact, Liangshan's spies had already been lurking in various places. After the Liangshan army was ready, it could march west to take Bianliang, north to attack Hebei East Road, and south to attack Huainan East Road at any time and place.

The problem was that Liangshan’s foundation was too shallow, and it couldn’t even prepare winter clothes for its 100,000-strong army.

Now that winter is approaching, Liangshan has had no choice but to stop the war.

In addition, due to the rapid expansion of territory, the population in the territory increased by one million households, reaching about five million (this is the data from the Northern Song Dynasty court).

Gongsun Sheng has finished his report.

Su Mingzhe asked Qiao Lie to announce the appointment and dismissal of officials in various places.

Liangshan has always claimed that the purpose of establishing Liangshan is to save the poor people in the world and that it pursues fairness and justice.

Now, it’s Liangshan’s turn to make the decision. Su Mingzhe can’t go back on his word, right?
Therefore, this time when it comes to the appointment and dismissal of local officials, Liangshan’s main approach is to appoint people based on their merits.

After finishing the list of officials from various places, Qiao Lie sat down.

Su Mingzhe then took out a list of higher standards:

In the Liangshan area, there is a chief steward, whose status is similar to that of the prime minister in the imperial court, and he is temporarily appointed by Qiao Lie.

Under the chief steward, there are four deputy stewards, namely Gongsun Sheng, Lu Zhishen, Wu Yong and Song Jiang.

The four were responsible for the Ministry of Revenue, the Ministry of Justice, the Ministry of Personnel, and the Ministry of Works respectively.

Under the four departments, there are twelve envoys, each in charge of different affairs.

These general managers, deputy general managers, and envoys formed a government system.

In addition to the political system, there is also a military system.

In the military system, Lin Chong served as the commander-in-chief of Liangshan's army.

Under the Grand Marshal, there are six departments: infantry, cavalry, water, fire, engineering, and reconnaissance.

The six chief generals were Yang Zhi, Qin Ming, Ruan Xiaoer, Hua Rong, Shi Xiu and Zhu Guilai.

Under the commander-in-chief, there are seven levels: general, inspector, lieutenant, captain, squadron leader, platoon leader, team leader, and squad leader.

The leaders present had the lowest title of a governor.

After the political system and military system are announced.

Su Mingzhe sat down again, glanced at the excited leaders, and said solemnly:
"We in Liangshan are developing, but Fang La, Tian Hu, and Wang Qing are not bad either."

With the support of Liangshan and Jin State, Fang La conquered Liangzhe Road and Jiangnan East Road.

More than half of the 100,000 troops led by Tong Guan were killed and they fled back to the north of the Yangtze River in a panic to avoid the attack of Manichaeism and rest temporarily.

Tong Guan, the Grand Marshal of the Song Dynasty's army, was humiliated by Fang La, and the ten military governors on the other side naturally did not have a good outcome either.

Under the pursuit and blockade of several military governors, Tian Hu conquered Hebei West Road, Hedong Road, and part of Hebei East Road, thus doubling his territory.

Wang Qing was a little worse off. Under the siege of several military governors, he could only continue to be a bandit and make trouble near Jinghu North Road, Jinghu South Road, Huainan West Road, and Jiangnan West Road.

Su Mingzhe explained the situation to everyone, and then said with a sharp look in his eyes:

"Wang Qing and Tian Hu were born as scoundrels. Although they established their own kingdoms, they did not change their nature. After establishing their own kingdoms, they still did evil and abused the people. I think these two people are perverse and unpopular. This will not last long. I am afraid that they will be suppressed by the court within a year!"

"As for Jiangnan Fang La, although he is better than Wang Qing and Tian Hu, after conquering a piece of territory, he did not think about making progress bravely, but indulged in pleasure. With such a lack of ambition, I think he will not be able to escape the result of being wiped out."

"Tang Taizong once said: A man can use copper as a mirror to adjust his clothes and hat; he can use history as a mirror to understand the rise and fall of a country; he can use people as a mirror to understand his gains and losses!"

"We in Liangshan must learn from the lessons of Fang La, Tian Hu, and Wang Qing, and remember the foundation of our Liangshan stronghold..."

(End of this chapter)