The World of Yellow Sky

Although the celebration is coming to an end, the past few days in Chang'an City are still very lively.

On the west side of Yingtian Mansion and Taiping Temple, under a grand ceremony, a new building complex began to be built.

This new building complex is called the Palace of Heroes, but it is said to be a palace, but it is actually more like a park for later generations.

Lingyun and Mingguang pavilions are on the center line of this new building complex.

In addition to Lingyun and Mingguang Pavilions, there are also gardens, squares and rest places around them. Surrounding Lingyun and Mingguang Pavilions, they surround the two pavilions like stars holding the moon.

There is one Duke, twenty-three Marquises and forty-eight Earls enshrined in Lingyun Pavilion, a total of seventy-two people.

There are two hundred viscounts enshrined in the Mingguang Pavilion, and there are a total of two hundred and seventy-two people in the two pavilions.

Everyone who entered the pavilion was personally inscribed with praise by Xu An, and his forehead was inscribed by Yan Zhong, and a famous painter was hired for his special portrait.

After the Lingyun and Mingguang Pavilions are completed, their portraits will be placed on the pavilions, and their achievements and contributions will be written under the portraits, including their lives, hometowns, and official positions for the world to look up to. .

In addition to rewarding himself, there are also rewards for his wives. The wife of a duke is awarded the first-rank lady, the wife of a marquis is awarded the second-rank, the third-rank earl, and the fourth-rank viscount.

Taiye pool, on the gradual platform.

Xu An leaned on the railing with both hands, looking at the Palace of Heroes, which was in full swing and under construction in the distance.

The Liangfeng Terrace is on the north side of Jianzhang Palace, facing Taiye Pool, and the building blocks are buildings.

There is a gradual platform beside the pool, which is more than [-] feet high. Because the water waves gradually soak into the rocks, it is called gradual platform.

Both Liangfeng Terrace and Jiantai were destroyed in the flames of war. Today’s Jiantai has been renovated. When Yan Zhong supervised the construction, he consulted ancient books and asked the craftsmen to restore the original Jiantai as much as possible. original appearance.

The construction of a palace takes several years or even ten years, and the establishment of a city takes decades or even hundreds of years. Countless skilled craftsmen spend their efforts and energy.

But destruction only takes an instant.

The fire that Dong Zhuo put down in Luoyang made Luoyang City, which was extremely prosperous in the past and had countless palaces and pavilions. It cost countless people to build for hundreds of years, has become history.

Until now, Luoyang has also recovered from the pain. Luoyang City has only cleared the ruins, and the rebuilt Luoyang City on top of the ruins is less than half of the original size.

The cities around Luoyang recovered well. After the Luoyang area was stabilized, Xu An moved the people from Jizhou and Zhongzhou to Luoyang. These people have now lived in Luoyang area.

After observing for a long time, Xu An finally withdrew his gaze, turned around and sat down on the seat placed on the platform again.

"What happened in the palace yesterday must have spread throughout Chang'an. How is the reaction in the market?"

Xu An picked up the tea bowl on the table in front of him and took a sip of the clear tea, then asked Liu Pi who was standing beside him.

"As soon as the news spread to the market, it became a hot spot. Today's morning newspaper has been sold out, and thousands of copies have even been ordered."

Liu Pi stood aside, wearing a light yellow eagle-wolf suit, bowing his head to report.

In addition to the ordinary college construction, night schools were also built in Chang'an City and various places. The night schools provided free education for artisans and farmers, teaching the simplest Chinese characters, listening, speaking, reading and writing.

But it is a night school, not really teaching at night, but a school opened during the period from work to dark.

The teachers of the school are actually the teachers of Mengxue, and the learning place is in Mengxuetang. At that time, the students of Mengxuetang have returned home, and the boarding students have also entered the inner courtyard to rest. Mengxuetang is actually idle. , which happens to be used to run night schools.

With the improvement of literacy rate, the sales volume of newspaper publications is also increasing year by year.

"The verses my lord read in the hall yesterday have spread throughout Chang'an, and the people in Chang'an have more respect for our soldiers."

"The number of people who go to worship in Chang'an Taiping Temple is also increasing day by day. The incense money collected these days is already enough for the maintenance fee of Taiping Temple for several months."

The Taiping Temple in Chang'an City is the main place to worship the martyrs. No matter whether you enter the temple or pay homage to the martyrs, you don't need to pay.

The reason for the output of incense money is entirely the income in the donation box in Guannei, and the people who came to pay homage to the martyrs spontaneously sent money into the donation box.

Jia Xu also said in a timely manner at this time.

"All the generals and schools in the army are full of fighting spirit. Please order that there are countless people who want to go to the Western Regions and southern borders. The desks of the Chinese Army Mansion are already filled with letters of request. The officials of the Chinese Army Mansion are urgently counting, but please order Books keep coming in, I’m afraid it’s not easy to straighten them out.”

Xu An leaned forward a little, and picked up a document that was placed on the table.

This document was placed on the table by Liu Pi before, and it was one of the petitions sent to the Chinese Army Mansion.

The letter of request is full of names, and the words and expressions are all impassioned. There is even a poem he just read yesterday written on the paperwork.

"Why don't men take the Wu hook and take all the millions of states in the world."

"Please come to Lingyun Pavilion for a while, if you are a scholar with thousands of households?"

After reading several other documents, basically every one of them contained the poem he read.

Obviously, what he said in the hall yesterday ignited the fighting spirit in the hearts of most generals.

Although fighting on the battlefield is dangerous, countless people are attracted to open up territories, leave a name in history, worship generals and seal marquises, and seal wives and sons.

"The affairs of the military region are not urgent for the time being. The work will never be finished. We should combine work and rest. There are still a few days left for the celebration. The affairs of the military region are not urgent for the time being. There is no need to work overtime."

"The domestic war is over, and no extension of working hours will be allowed in the future unless it is an emergency."

Xu An was a little helpless, he had been in a state of war for a long time, and the officials of the three government departments and six ministries were all under heavy workload, and it was not common to work overtime.

This is necessary in wartime, but it is not necessary now.

The general war has ended, and the foreign operations of the Anxi and Nanyang military regions are only partial wars and will not affect the mainland.

"Let the Chinese Military Mansion put aside this task for the time being. After the celebration is over, they will count the personnel and draw up a list. Then they will be dispatched to the two military regions of Anxi and Nanyang to choose from among them."

"promise."

Jia Xu agreed.

There are priorities, and the establishment of the Anxi and Nanyang military regions is for future expansion.

However, the whole body needs to be prepared for foreign battles, and he naturally knows that he should not be anxious about these things.

Xu An flipped through the documents on the desktop, and the situation in the country is very stable now.

The five prefectures originally occupied by the Han court were under comprehensive military control, which would last for two years before being gradually lifted.

The property and fields of the aristocratic and powerful families in the five states have all been gathered up.

Zhang Ji is now leading the Wolf Guards in Chen County, and is in charge of the five prefectures' public trials.

Those aristocratic families who are found to have committed crimes will be sent to the southern border, and will stay in the southern border to open up new territories in the future.

The remaining aristocratic families are powerful and deeply entrenched, and those who lost the most were also relocated to their hometowns, either to the frontier or to Luoyang.

The same is true for powerful families such as the Cai family in Jingzhou, the Sun family in Jiangdong, Ruyin, and Yingchuan.

Luoyang is dilapidated, filling rich households can just rejuvenate Luoyang, and going to the frontier can also expand the territory and stabilize the boundary.

After all, although the powerful claws and fangs of these aristocratic families have been pulled out, they were still fierce tigers once.

Originally, Xu An didn't know what was going on in the minds of those tyrants from aristocratic families who voluntarily surrendered, and Xu An didn't know how to deal with it, but after learning about it, he chose to directly move those tyrants from aristocratic families into Chang'an.

Since there are policies on the top and countermeasures on the bottom, they should be placed directly under the nose and under the supervision of the wolf guards.

To be honest, it has been more than ten years since the establishment of the Eagle Wolf Guard, and the control of Chang'an City has reached a rather terrifying level. Almost all the big and small things in Chang'an City cannot be hidden from the eyes and ears of the Eagle Wolf Guard.

The main problem now is actually still in the eight provinces that serve as barriers.

The population composition of the eight provinces is extremely complex, with different beliefs, different languages, and different cultures, and there is almost no uniformity in all aspects of habits.

Not to mention the eight provinces, even the original fourteen states were somewhat chaotic.

After Qin Shihuang unified the six kingdoms, the books were written in the same way, the carts were in the same track, and the weights and measures were unified. However, there were still some deviations in many places, and they were not completely cleaned up.

There are actually two purposes for implementing night schools, one is to improve the literacy rate, and the other is to promote Mandarin.

Although the official language already existed during the Han court period, the language of the whole country was not completely unified in fact, and many people still spoke dialects.

To be honest, there are some dialects that are really incomprehensible, even like foreign languages.

The north is okay, but there are many mountains in the south, and there are even cases where the pronunciation is different for ten miles, and the customs are different for hundreds of miles.

Of course, the promotion of official dialect does not only rely on night schools, all college teachers, officials, soldiers, and Taoists must be able to speak official dialect, and they must use official dialect as much as possible in daily life to promote official dialect.

First of all, the population base for speaking Mandarin must be increased. Only with a language environment can Mandarin be accepted and learned by more people.

In the Mainland, the promotion of Mandarin is gradual.

However, in the eight barrier provinces, the promotion of official language has become somewhat compulsory, and Ming court official language is defined as the only common language.

All those foreign countries must also learn Mandarin and write Chinese.

"After the establishment of the three military regions in Anxi, Nanyang, and Beiyu, the 'influence' plan will be implemented immediately."

When it is broken, it is not subject to chaos. For these things, it is necessary to cut the mess quickly.

Xu An has already made up his mind. Although he will inevitably encounter resistance, this is something that must be experienced.

No matter how strong a country is, there will always be a period of weakness. If the eight provinces serving as a barrier have no recognition of Chinese culture and are still the same as before, then independence, rebellion, etc. will inevitably occur frequently in the future.

The Impact Program was born out of this.

The foundation of the current Ming Dynasty is the fourteen prefectures originally occupied by the Han court.

As a barrier, there are eight provinces including Mobei, Western Regions, Southern Xinjiang, and Haidong.

And that's just for now, there will be more provinces in the near future.

Except for these provinces and regions that serve as direct control barriers, the current Ming Kingdom also has a large number of vassal states inside and outside the province.

The individual military strength of these vassal states is not strong, but together they are not a small force, and they have extremely strong control over the local area, and they are deeply rooted and difficult to pull out.

All of this will not be a problem in the country, but the problem is that these vassal states are thousands of miles away from Chang'an, or even thousands of miles away.

The influence plan was drawn up jointly by the Chinese Army, Zhongshu, and Zhongdao to manage the vassal state.

The first is to divide the country into four classes according to the size of the national power, and then divide its titles and responsibilities according to the region.

Some countries that are adjacent to the fourteen inland states mainly provide taxes, food and some special products, and only provide a small army.

On the other hand, countries close to the border mainly provide military service, and the troops they provide will fight with the main force of the Ming army and stay in the fortress of the Ming army.

If the number of military service provided is insufficient, high taxes will have to be paid. If you resist military service and taxes, you will be punished by the Ming army and other countries.

Once a war breaks out, as long as the Ming army is recruited, the vassal state must send troops to cooperate in the battle.

Its country is not allowed to be called emperor, emperor, king, or marquis, nor is it allowed to use guards of honor that exceed the specifications.

The highest level of country is only the earl, who is named honorary earl.

The actual status of the Honorary Earl is lower than that of the Earl, but slightly higher than that of the Viscount, so he is naturally not eligible to enter the two pavilions of Lingyun and Mingguang.

At the same time, all the nobles of the vassal state need to learn the official language of Ming Dynasty, and the heirs of the vassal state master must enter the academy specially set up by the Ming court.

All vassal states must also expressly declare that they regard the Ming Empire as their suzerain state, and sign an alliance agreement and promise an oath.

And at this time, Xu An set it at the end of this Chang'an celebration.

This time, the Chang'an celebration has been prepared for a long time by relevant officials, and all the vassal states and vassal states have already sent envoys of the highest standard to gather in Chang'an City.

On the last day of the Great Court Meeting, they submitted a form to ask for a seal.

Zhongshufu has already completed the statistics, sorting and setting the ranks of all the vassal states.

Compared to the price paid by these vassal states, the price Ming Court has to pay is actually insignificant.

The Ming country must guarantee their rule. If the country is stolen, the Ming army will send troops to help them regain the country.

And this price is actually beneficial to the Ming Dynasty.

All successors to the throne must have the canonization of the Ming Kingdom and be recognized by the Ming Kingdom.

In other words, if the head of a vassal state is not recognized and canonized by the Ming state, he cannot even inherit the state.

In fact, although these vassal states were states in name, they were actually officials of the Ming state, possessing a certain degree of autonomy, and were still subject to the jurisdiction of the Ming state.

The vassals have no sovereignty, and some vassals that are close to the landlocked are not even allowed to keep armies.

The conditions are very harsh. Although Ming Ting's arrival has brought them a lot of wealth, provided a safe environment, and improved their lives, it is not without complaints from the country and people.

What they have to offer is much more than what they receive.

They have no choice.

That's all they can do.

this era.

don't belong to them...