Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

Chapter 1043 The Towns
In Tonglifang, mansions were built at a speed far exceeding that of other fangshi, and they were rented out one after another in June.

In the northwest corner of the square, the former Shangshe Zhichang Xue's house was repaired and given to Jing Haijun as a playhouse.

Since the sage came to Luoyang, Chang'an's large number of feudal towns, Jinzuoyuan, would naturally also move here.

Jing Haijun Jinzuo Academy was originally located in Chongrenfang, Chang'an. After moving to Luoyang, it settled in Tonglifang. It is located in the north of Nanshi, a very lively place.

On this day, the entrance officer Jiang Zhiwei left the entrance hall, and after exiting the square gate, he went all the way south and turned into Nanshi.

Nanshi should be the most prosperous place in Luoyang.

First, more and more ships moored in Xintan, forming a cargo distribution and wholesale center, and then naturally, many merchants poured in, forming a trade center.

Logistics center-trade center-financial center, generally speaking, is such a development path, but the last step is very difficult, even impossible, unless there is sufficient money supply.But no matter what, it is indeed a trade center now, compared to before.

The catering and entertainment industry is naturally indispensable for the development of the trade center.This is the place where the scholars who take the exams like to gather, just like the Chang'an scholars who waited for the news of the rankings in the brothel.The prostitutes talk very well, they are so talented, and they speak nicely. Scholars like to come here.

The officials of various feudal towns actually like to gather here—generally speaking, there is no problem with the personal safety of the officials, and their status is relatively detached. No one will touch them. If I really have to force an analogy, they are like the future Diplomats with criminal immunity.

Jiang Zhiwei chose a teahouse to sit down, and after a rough scan, he saw many acquaintances.

Li Yao, an official in central Guizhou, Zhang Jiexu, an official in the Qing Navy, Sun Jianzhong, an official in Chengde, Wang Fagan, an official in Cangjing, and Zhuge Ke, an official in Shannan West Road...

In fact, regardless of the fact that the towns are fighting to the death, the relationship between the officials in Beijing may not be bad.They need to exchange information, need to help each other, often eat, drink, whore and gamble together, and they can still be regarded as friends with wine and meat.

Jiang Zhiwei is a descendant of the Jiang family in Aizhou, and also a post-prime minister. On weekdays, he often gives some Annan local specialties as small gifts, so as soon as he came in, everyone greeted him one after another.

The attendant Liao Huan stepped forward first, opened the table and chairs for Jiang Zhiwei, and asked what he wanted to eat and drink.

Liao Huan is also a son of an official, and his native place is Jiaozhi County, Jiaozhou.The ancestor Liao Youfang once passed the Jinshi examination in the Yuanhe period, and was awarded the official school scholar, and had a close relationship with Liu Zongyuan and others.

Annan's writing style and enlightenment are much better than those in the northwest where many Tibetans gather.

"The people of Wei fought well this time. Guan Kairun attacked Weizhou, and the two sides fought in arrays. As a result, the Jinglue army was defeated and had to retreat to Xiangzhou. I think Guan Kairun has given up the idea of ​​​​attacking Weizhou." Qing Haijun advanced After exchanging pleasantries with Jiang Zhiwei, the official Zhang Jiexu continued the previous topic, only to hear him say: "However, King Xia won the battle in Huainan, or he may send his army back north, and there is still a fight to be done."

"Where is the difference between Wei soldiers? In terms of years of service, they are longer than Xia soldiers. In terms of martial arts and military formation, they are not inferior to Xia soldiers. In terms of equipment and military equipment, they are better than Xia soldiers. In terms of military tactics and military strategy, they are all from a family of generals who have passed on for more than a hundred years." , everyone who should meet." Li Yao said: "Everyone also understands the battle of battles, that's all. In the past, the Wei soldiers won less and lost more. One reason. The second is that morale has dropped a bit. In the century-old feudal town, there are more people who slipped in the first battle. The veterans are unwilling to fight to the death. If these two problems can be solved, I don’t think Wei Bo will Easy to fight, [-] to [-] warriors, almost all of them are veterans, with excellent equipment, even the Xia people will lose a few teeth."

This is true.However, there were also people who disagreed. If Wei Boneng was united internally, the sun would rise from the west. The 100-year-old feudal town is stable, but there are also many things going on inside. How can it be so easy to unite?If the people of Xia know how to do it, don't put too much pressure on Wei Bo, don't push too hard, and learn from Cao Gong's tricks against Er Yuan, and there will be chaos among them.

"What's going on with Jin Bing this time?" Zhuge Ke asked suddenly.

The Jin soldiers were not as brave as the Wei soldiers, and they were not as brave as they fought to the death. This is surprising, and everyone can see this.Hearing that Li Keyong was furious, he was ready to come to Xingzhou to supervise the battle in person.

"There are rumors in Xingzhou that King Xia cares about the brotherhood with King Jin and is unwilling to kill his nephews. In the battle of Lu County in the past, Li Siben was captured. He ate, drank, entertained, and gave him a brocade robe , and said a lot of words, King Xia’s joy was beyond words. Looking at the other generals, Mi Zhicheng was beaten up quite a bit. Brother An, oh, how miserable!” Li Yao sneered and said: “In this case , who wants to fight hard. Only when the Prince of Jin comes to rectify the army and morale can we improve."

"This..." Everyone was speechless.

"Shao—King Xia is playing all these tricks." Sun Jianzhong said disdainfully.

The Chengde army also sent troops, more than ten thousand cavalry, currently stationed in Weizhou.

Wei Bing's victory gave them a lot of confidence, thinking that Xia Jun was no different.Both have two shoulders and one head, who is worse than the other?

"Unfortunately, this time the Huai army fought too badly." Wang Fagan's face was not very good-looking.

This time, Cangjing Town only sent a small number of people to Weizhou to participate in the great alliance of Hebei towns. The main force is still fighting against the Xia people in the De and Di areas.

Ashamed to say, they were entangled by the Xia people's state army, and they were even faintly at a disadvantage.Especially a general named Wangjiao is the most troublesome, charging into the battle, setting up an ambush, sneaking around behind and so on, he has a lot of tricks, he can do everything, and beats the soldiers of Cangjing Town to shame, and they dare not go south to Dizhou to plunder Yanchi even gave up directly, not daring to ask for it.

Heng Haijun is almost ashamed in the towns of Hebei, and his playing is really bad, not much better than Yang Xingmi.

"The land of Huainan might as well be occupied by Sun Ru, at least he can defeat Pang Shigu." As soon as Wang Fagan said this, everyone sighed almost at the same time.

The 10,000+ Huai army is more than the total number of Yamen troops in Chengde, Cangjing, and Yiding towns. It makes everyone feel a little uneasy.

You know, Yang Xingmi Group is still on the rise.The veterans who have fought for many years are still there, and most of the generals are from the north with rich experience.You can't win, so what do you expect?

I heard he is not in good health.If it dies, no matter who wins the power of Huainan and Xuanshe, this group will go downhill, the internal friction will become more and more serious, the efficiency will become lower and lower, and the combat effectiveness will become weaker and weaker. In the city, the field combat ability will be lost.

The existence of the Huai army is very important to the anti-Shao forces in the north.Because he can contain a large number of Xia soldiers and prevent them from concentrating on heading north.Yang Xingmi's failure undoubtedly dealt a blow to the morale of the towns of Hedong, Weibo, and Chengde.

Fortunately, they still kept the bottom line, using the navy to defend the Huaihe River, and even bullied the Xiashou, Qi, Huang, and Hubei directions, but after all they lost their aggressiveness and the threat was greatly reduced, that's all.

The towns in Hebei still have to rely on themselves after all!

"I said, this time the war in Hebei is over, I'm afraid there will be a good show to watch?" Zhang Jiexu said in a low voice.

Liu Yin, who represented the Qing Navy Jiedu, did not pay special attention to the northern war, but he attached great importance to the possible change of dynasty in Luoyang, and has been working hard to collect information in this regard.

The Qing navy is naturally the most powerful among the five, and its desire to expand is very strong.If Shao Shude is going to change the dynasty, then the Guangzhou side will have to think carefully, whether to continue to obey the Tang Dynasty, or to submit to Shao Shude, or simply to become king on its own?
In short, the Emperor Tang is here, and they will not oppose it.When Emperor Tang abdicated, they would have to make their own plans.

"Are you in a daze?" Li Yao scolded softly, and said, "It's nothing to talk about war, don't talk nonsense."

Zhang Jiexu laughed, drinking tea to cover it up.

Jiang Zhiwei chatted casually while eating snacks.

The town officials are closely related to the town, and to some extent, represent the extension of the will of the feudal town.He could see that with the end of the Huainan War, the pressure on the warlords in the north increased sharply. If they suffered another big loss in Weibo this time, the situation would become even more difficult.

The Jinzuo officials eat and drink on weekdays, laughing and laughing, seemingly chic, but in the end you are still a member of this town, and it is impossible to be without pressure.

He reckoned that if the coalition forces of Hebei and Hedong were defeated this time, the marching officials in front of them would be ordered to try to contact King Xia.If the King of Xia is willing to accept them as the governors of the new dynasty, the whole country will basically be unified. There may only be a few powerful feudal towns that refuse to submit, and military strikes are still needed. Others should be proclaimed and paid tribute. , Haiyan Heqing.

If King Xia insisted on asking them to hand over their power and not allow hereditary succession, they would still have to fight.

Yang Xingmi's failure had a considerable impact.

Jiang Zhiwei sighed, from his own heart, of course he didn't want King Xia to cut down the vassals successfully, even Jiedu Envoy Mo Zaisi's thoughts were hard to say.Who doesn't want to be the emperor?
If Mo Shuai was on King Xia's side, then he would lose the support of the big clan in Annan.If he stood on Annan's side, he would face the wrath of King Xia's punishment for traitors.

It's so hard!
From the current point of view, Mo Shuai should not have the intention of betraying King Xia, because he has never made up his mind to merge with the Annan Tu people and localize the Mo family, which can be seen from the fact that he married his nephew a bride from the Central Plains.

The Jiang family is from a scholarly family in Aizhou, and they don't like the local tyrants in Annan very much.

Vulgar and illiterate, ignorant and backward, brutal and bloodthirsty, but also has a morbid obsession with Jiang's family of farming and education, and wants to marry a woman from their family to improve his status.

Bah, who wants to marry a savage like you?Ever since Jiang changed her surname to Han and established the rules of farming, studying and inheriting the family, she no longer wants to deal with such people.

They prefer to remain part of the court if possible.So far, what Mo Shuai has done is quite in line with their wishes.

He will continue to pay attention to the war in Hebei, hoping that King Xia can win a big victory.

(End of this chapter)