The World of Yellow Sky

Chapter 738
The founding ceremony came to an end in the sound of long live the mountains and tsunami.

However, the shock brought by the military parade still remained in everyone's hearts. Xu An knew very well that there must be spies from the Han and Wei courts hiding in the crowd to watch this military parade.

This time the military parade is not only to beat down the restless forces in Taipingdao today, but also to beat down the forces around Taipingdao, to show the military power, and to let surrounding countries know the strength of Taipingdao, and the surrounding countries , naturally including the Han and Wei courts.

After the courts of the Han and Wei Dynasties received the news from Chang'an, they would probably recruit more soldiers to increase their defenses against the Taiping Road and raise its warning value to the highest.

And the intensity of the war may rise to the strongest. They were confused by the bait Jia Xu dropped in the Luoyang area, thinking that the Taiping Dao was really powerless, and after getting a certain amount of safety, they began to fight with peace of mind.

Among the two courts of the Han and Wei Dynasties, no one thought that Xu An would enter Yizhou in an incredible way, defeat the main force of the Yizhou army in one fell swoop, and surrender all the Dongzhou soldiers.

Different from the Han and Wei courts, the Han and Wei courts governed the local area mainly by the powerful local families, and most of their officials were from the powerful families.

However, Taiping Dao now has a set of systematic means of cultivating officials, and now most of the officials in Taiping Dao are from Taoism.

This year is the fifth year of Chuping (194), and the students of the first phase of the county college are about to study for three years, and the first county entrance examination in Taipingdao will also be held.

But now perhaps it should be said that it was the first county student examination in Taipingdao, and it should be said that it was the first national examination in Ming Dynasty.

Ten years of trees, a hundred years of trees.

Education is a long-term investment, which cannot be manifested immediately, but no matter how long it takes to get the benefits, it must be invested.

The National Academy is now set to last for four years. Those who graduate from the National Academy can be appointed officials after passing the internship.

As for those county students who graduated early, Xu An also planned to arrange them to go to farms in various places to manage the farms, or train them in the Nine Ministries. After they are capable enough, they will be sent to various places as officials.

The students in the Taoist hall alone are actually not enough to manage the huge four states.

The Taoist hall recruits adults, and it is a crash course. The original one-year school system has now become a three-year school system, and the students are all learning the way of being an official and how to become a talisman.

In fact, they are only a transitional group, a group of people who are ordered in danger when the students of the National Academy have not yet grown up.

Of course, they were also given the opportunity to enter the National Academy for further study after meeting the requirements, but this is all for a later story.

Taipingdao's official selection method, and the power of local powerful families after being wiped out are unprecedentedly weak, and their control over the local area is much higher than that of the Han and Wei courts.

The officials of Taipingdao governed the place, relying on the influence of Taipingdao, relying on the swords and guns in the hands of the Yellow Turban Army, not relying on powerful families.

After all, the two courts of the Han and Wei Dynasties knew too little about Taiping Dao, so they finally bit the bait and played a real fire.

Now they are already the prey that got into the trap, and the only hope is to take advantage of Yizhou's incomplete digestion by Taipingdao, take the lead in deciding the winner, and then use the power of the whole country to fight against Taipingdao.

However, the Han and Wei courts seemed to be unable to decide the outcome in a short period of time. Tian Feng was released from prison and was ordered to guard Qingzhou when he was in danger.

Although Qingzhou only changed a person as the guard, the effect is quite different.

Xu An glanced towards the east. That was the direction of the two courts of Han and Wei. I am afraid that the entire Yellow River has now become a battlefield for the confrontation between the two armies of Han and Wei.

Xu An also remembered one thing now. Although he didn't remember it very clearly, he knew that during the period from the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty to the Three Kingdoms, there were many famines in the Central Plains.

Plagues of locusts, droughts, and diseases spring up like bamboo shoots after the rain.

The bones of the dead are exposed in the wild, there is no rooster crowing for thousands of miles, and there is only one living person, and the thought of it breaks people's hearts.

It depicts the tragedy that happened in the Central Plains in the last years of the Eastern Han Dynasty.

Now the Han and Wei courts are fighting more fiercely, and when the famine comes, their national strength will also decline a lot.

Xu An frowned slightly. Many memories had faded. He only remembered the famine, but he couldn't remember the specific time.

Moreover, he also remembered one thing.

It seems that Chang'an City experienced several earthquakes at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty.

In the fourth year of Chuping (193), there was a solar eclipse in the first month, strong winds, rain and hail in June.

When he was still in Yizhou, there were earthquakes in Chang'an City in October and December, but the scale was not large. He just felt the shock and did not cause any damage to humans or animals. However, there were some dilapidated buildings in the first place. Houses were destroyed.

In ancient times, earthquakes were called earth dragons turning over, and they were believed to be caused by underground dragons churning.

In the Han Dynasty, the interaction between heaven and man was emphasized, so many times the officials at that time might be dismissed because of this.

In the original time and space, it was precisely because of the earthquake in the fourth year of Chuping that Sikong Yang Biao was dismissed.

But now Chang'an is occupied by Xu An, Xu An is very clear that the so-called earthquake is not some kind of earth dragon turning over, but a natural disaster.

In Xu An's place, there is no sense of heaven and man, after all, in the preaching of Tai Ping Dao, Xu An is Huang Tian, ​​what sense does he want?
So Dilong turned around in the official statement of Taipingdao, and became the movement caused by Taipingdao's talisman cutting off the Hanting dragon vein.

Originally, Xu An thought it would take some talking, but he didn't expect that once the news got out, everyone would believe the words.

Even some embroidered emissaries hidden in Chang'an jumped out and assassinated the Taiping Dao Fu Zhu in Chang'an city.

Not only ordinary people, but also the Han court really believed this statement.

Xu An originally wanted to eliminate the negative effects of the earthquake, but in the end the earthquake turned out to be a good thing, which not only strengthened the orthodoxy of Taiping Dao, but also weakened the prestige of Hanting.

Calling the king and founding the country is not only the matter of Xu An, but also the matter of other people in Taipingdao.

In history, there are many cases of adding yellow robes and persuading them to proclaim themselves kings and emperors. It is because after proclaiming themselves kings and emperors, the new king and new emperor need to reward the officials. Generally speaking, they will go further. some money.

The founding of Taipingdao was naturally unavoidable.

The founding ceremony is over, but the reward ceremony after the founding ceremony will still be held.

The list of rewards has been drawn up, and Xu An is waiting for Xu An to go to the main hall of the Xuanzheng Hall to announce, but Xu An is standing in the back hall of the Xuanzheng Hall and does not take any action.

"Is the granary in Zhongzhou stocked with grain?"

In the back hall of the Xuanzheng Hall, Xu An's face was a little dignified, and he turned his head to Xu You who was beside him and asked.

Xu You is the government order of the Zhongshu Mansion, and the Chengxuan envoy of Zhongzhou. When he went to Yizhou, most of the government affairs were handed over to Xu You by Xu An.

"The ice and snow melted not long ago, and enough grain has been shipped from Bingzhou. Now the granaries in various places have been filled. Please rest assured, Minggong."

Xu You heard Xu An's question, and replied with confidence.

Before that, he was a little dissatisfied with Xu An's appointment of Jia Xu as the magistrate of the Zhongjun Mansion, but he was not promoted to a position, but with the establishment of the Three Mansions and Nine Departments, after he was promoted to be the magistrate of the Zhongshu Mansion, that dissatisfaction disappeared. up.

The Ministry of Law, the Ministry of Officials, the Ministry of Industry, the Ministry of Household Affairs, the Ministry of Agricultural Affairs, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and the Ministry of Internal Affairs are all under the management of Zhongshufu, which can be described as a real high position and weight.

Compared with the prime minister in Qin Shi, his power is not much worse.

However, Xu You also knew that Xu An's establishment of the system has always been about trade-offs, and the current arrangement is only a temporary follow-up and will definitely be re-divided.

In fact, the Ministry of Law and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs are also directly under Xu An.

But it feels good to be able to enjoy the power now, and Xu You will naturally not discount much of what Xu An explained.

"When there is great chaos, there must be a great disaster, and after a great disaster, there must be a great epidemic. Just in case, let the convoy go back and forth a few times to transport some medicinal materials to Chang'an City."

Xu An pondered for a moment, then continued.

"You should also pay attention to the investigation of official corruption, and there have been some signs of it in recent days. Although the Eagle Wolf Guard is monitoring it, you can't let it go."

"I have already notified the procurator of the criminal punishment, and they will fully cooperate with you."

"I have already arranged for Wei Lu to send someone over to try the matter in Bingzhou. This case will be handed over to him and then handed over to him for trial."

"promise."

Xu You bowed his hands and said in a solemn voice.

Regarding corruption, Xu You knew very well that Xu An was a grain of sand that could hardly be rubbed in his eyes, and he had always dealt with it strictly.

Because Xu An implements the policy of high salaries and cleanliness, and there are Eagle Wolf Guards as supervisors, and the punishment is assisted by the procuratorate, so the administration of officials in Taiping Road is still relatively clear.

But just now there was a letter from Bingzhou that the sheriff of Shangdang County corrupted the law and led to a big case, so now Xu An got a little angry and even asked Wei Lu to try it.

We must know that Wei Lv is the chief official of the Ministry of Justice, one of the nine bureaucrats, which is enough to see Xu An's anger.

Xu You hasn't taken a single point of deduction until now, and he has been involved in corruption and bribery.

After all, the Eagle Wolf Guard in Chang'an City is not just a decoration, the headquarters of the Eagle Wolf Guard is in Chang'an.

Moreover, Xu An already paid him quite a lot of salary every year, and he also distributed a lot of land outside Chang'an City to his family.

When the Dongchuang incident happened, Xu's family escaped a lot because of the timely delivery of the letter, and they fled all the way to the place occupied by Taiping Road.

After Xu An captured Guanzhong and appointed Xu You as the chief envoy of Zhongzhou, Xu You asked for the Xu family to move to the vicinity of Chang'an City.

Besides, it's just stupid to lose a high position for a little money.

Xu You could see very clearly that the status of the Sanfu in Taipingdao was equivalent to that of the Sangong of the Han court, and had a higher gold content than the other Sangongs. At least there was no need to worry about being deprived of their official positions due to natural disasters.

"How is the land reclamation in the dry swamp areas of Zhongzhou?"

Xu An's complexion was a little gloomy. His complexion couldn't get better after such a thing happened just after the founding of the country, but he still didn't forget the business.

For farming societies, the biggest disasters are drought, locust plague, and flood.

In Xu An's memory, among the three kinds of famines at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the most frequent ones were drought and locust plagues, among which locust plagues were the most serious.

Taiping Road is now building water conservancy projects in various places, and it has cost a lot of money. Floods and embankments will basically not happen.

In the case of drought, there are certain preventive measures. After all, so many water conservancy projects are not decorations. The construction team of Taiping Road has drilled some deep wells in various places, which can ensure that there is still water under not particularly extreme conditions, and temporarily tide over the crisis.

But for the locust plague, it feels a little helpless.

Flying towards the sky to cover the sky and not seeing the sun is like sifting dust with thousands of cloths.

In the evening, there are thousands of hectares of red ground, which are piled up for several feet and buried in each other.

The plague of locusts is very terrifying. It is not even an exaggeration to say that there is no grass.

How to exterminate locusts Xu An has not read systematic books, but has only heard of some local methods.

There is a method called reclamation and elimination of locusts. It is said that the places where locusts breed are all "dry marsh" areas, which must be transformed into farmland. Plants that locusts do not eat, such as mung beans and peas, are used as food preparations for locust disasters.

Another thing is to find the place where the eggs are. Wherever the eggs of locusts breed, there are often countless small holes like beehives on the ground, which must be dug decisively to eradicate them.

"The situation isn't very good..." Xu You's face became more serious, "The eggs of katydids (locusts) were found in many fields in those places. According to local reports, the eggs of katydids were dense this time. A lot."

"Although a large number of people have been organized to remove the insect eggs, it may be difficult to contain the insect disaster. After all, we have no way to turn over the entire Zhongzhou soil."

Xu You was still a little puzzled at the beginning why Xu An asked him to build granaries in various places in Zhongzhou. It was not until recently that he understood why Xu An made such a request, and this made Xu You even more frightened. It seems that Xu An had expected this for a long time. generally.

"The other two prefectures also sent some people to reclaim the dry swamp area, but they didn't find so many insect eggs. The main concentration of insect plagues should be in Zhongzhou."

"Zhongzhou..."

Xu An sat on a chair, thinking about Xu You's words.

Now there are all signs that a locust plague is coming.

If the plague of locusts comes on a large scale, the entire Zhongzhou will lose all crops.

Under such circumstances, the spies of the Han and Wei courts lurking in Zhongzhou will definitely take the opportunity to fan the flames and stir up civil uprisings, thereby shaking the foundation of the Taipingdao.

This will be a great test for Taipingdao's governance.

Xu An carefully recalled the memories that had faded in his mind.

He wanted to know how destructive this famine was in the original time and space, but it was so long ago that it was really hard for him to remember things that he didn't remember carefully at the beginning.

"The roads in Zhongzhou will be repaired, and nine more granaries will be built in various places, and grain and grass will be transported from Hanzhong and Bingzhou."

Xu An stood up, since he couldn't remember the circumstances of the disaster, he considered the worst.

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"Book of the Later Han: Emperor Xiandi Ji Ninth"

In June, Ding Chou had an earthquake in the capital; Wuyin had another earthquake.

Yiyou is dark, and there is an eclipse every day.

From April without rain to the month, Gu Yihu paid [-] yuan, and the people in Chang'an ate each other.

Bingzi in the sixth month of summer divided the four prefectures of Liangzhou and Hexi into Yongzhou.

Ding Chou, an earthquake; Wu Yin, another earthquake.

Yisi is dark, there is food every day, the emperor avoids the main hall, sleeps the soldiers, and does not listen to things for five days.

big locust.

In autumn and July, Renzi, Taiwei Zhu Jun was exempted.

Wuwu, Taichang Yang Biao was Taiwei, and recorded the affairs of the minister.

There was a severe drought in Sanfu, from April to this month.

The emperor avoided the main hall to ask for rain, and sent envoys to wash the prisoners.

At that time, there were [-] grains per dendrobium, and [-] dendrobes per dendrobium. People ate each other, and the bones accumulated.

　I have a little sense of writing, and I wrote this chapter as a transition, and I am adjusting the narrative chapter.

　　famines in history
　　In 194, in the first year of Jiaxu Xingping, Ding Chou, in the summer and June of June, suffered an earthquake; Wuyin, another earthquake.Yisi is dark, there is food every day, the emperor avoids the main hall, sleeps the soldiers, and does not listen to things for five days.big locust.There was a severe drought in Sanfu, from April to July.The emperor avoided the main hall to ask for rain, and sent envoys to wash the prisoners.At that time, there were [-] grains per dendrobium, and [-] dendrobes per dendrobium. People ate each other, and the bones accumulated.In September, mulberry grows back to fruit, and people can eat it.

　　In 195, there was a severe drought in the summer and April of the second year of Yihai Xingping.During the tenth month of winter in Renyin, at night, there is red energy running through the Purple Palace.

　　In 197, Ding Chou Jian'an 2nd year, summer and May, locusts.In autumn and September, the Han River overflows.The people in the Jianghuai area eat each other.

　　
　
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