Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

Chapter 1273 Looking Ahead

Lu Yan stayed in Wenshan Hall of Linshuo Palace until the next day, and hurriedly read the official documents, most of which were about the two battlefields of Yiding and Chengde. Seeing that there was no "news", he got on his horse and went straight to Deng Huichuan Township. Village mansion - take a bath tomorrow, don't go straight, why don't you go home?

Lu Yanzu was born in Anci, Youzhou, and he was from the same town as Han Yanhui. He was a lower-level bureaucrat of the Youzhou shogunate.After Daxia captured Youzhou, as one of the few local officials who remained in office, Lv Yande served as a soldier of Beiping Prefecture and was still a minor official.

Lu Yan has been an official in Youzhou for many years. He has a house in Tongmafang in the city, and he also set up a villa in the outskirts of Jixian County. He is already a complete Fucheng native.

Huichuan Township is eight miles southeast of Fucheng, and Deng Village is on the edge, and we will arrive in a while.

After reaching the village, he got off his horse and led him on foot.When I met people in the village along the way, they all smiled and greeted me without any airs.

"Guard Lu." When he was approaching his door, a new owner from the next door came out to say hello.

"You are?" Lu Yan looked up, and the house that had been built for several months seemed to have been completed. The owner hadn't appeared before, but he finally saw it today.

"No villain Tulu, Khitan people." The master replied.

"Tulubu? Could it be that he is a member of the Tulubu tribe of the eight tribes of the Khitan? Why is it named after the tribe?" Lu Yan wondered.

"No." Tulu Bu smiled bitterly: "The villain lost his parents when he was young, and his elder brother didn't care about him. He went out to survive hard. Later, he learned Chinese characters and laws with a Bohai scholar, so he had time to practice some martial arts and become a stick master for others. , Barely making ends meet. This name was also randomly chosen, and over time, it was just called that."

"Do you have a surname?" Lu Yan asked.

"The villain once went to Yingzhou for Augu Yulu to see my entourage, and was given the surname Yelu." Yelu Tulu didn't reply.

Lu Yan looked at his age, he seemed to be about fifteen or sixteen years old, sighed secretly, and said, "Now you have settled down in Ji County?"

"Exactly." Yelv Tulubu said, "Aogu has been conferred the title of Jieyu by the sage. She was honored by her own relatives, and all her sins were pardoned. She was released to Ji County and settled down as a citizen."

"Since you have studied literature, you should choose a serious name." Lu Yan was a little sympathetic.

He lost his parents when he was young, but he didn't give up on himself.On the contrary, while making a living, I try my best to practice literature and martial arts. With such determination, why can't I succeed?Lu Yan appreciates this kind of motivated young man, no matter if he is a fan or a Han.

"Don't dare." After holding back for a long time, Yelu Tulubu uttered two words.

"Why?" Lu Yan persuaded: "If the young man still wants to make progress in the future, he will not be able to do so without the name Yelu Tulu."

Tulu Bu was silent for a long time, and finally sighed: "Actually, I already have a name. Aogu gave me the surname Yelu, and the sage gave me the name Quanzhong."

"This..." Lu Yan was a little surprised: "Unexpectedly, you have seen a saint."

The expression on Yelu Quanzhong's face was very tangled, Lu Yan never thought that a fifteen or sixteen-year-old boy would be so sentimental.

"Yes." Yelu Quanzhong said desolately: "The medical officer of the imperial medical office took the pulse of Yelu Jieyu and confirmed that she was pregnant. The saint was very happy, and Yelu Jieyu took the opportunity to intercede for us. The saint summoned me during the banquet Give me the name Quanzhong."

"So that's how it is." Lu Yan nodded, then looked at the newly built house next to him, and said: "The emperor's kindness is mighty, and he has bestowed you with a lot of wealth."

The house is actually pretty good. Although there is only one entrance, it has three rooms, and there are kitchen, firewood room, and livestock shed on both sides.

In the livestock shed, there were actually two cows and a dozen sheep tied up.

The door of the house is open, and some furniture can be seen faintly, which is quite complete.

This is a great reward!It seems that the saint loves the new Yelu Jieyu very much, and even her followers are rewarded—well, maybe only a few people are rewarded, after all, not everyone is eligible to be named by the saint.

Hearing Lu Yan say "the emperor's kindness is mighty", Yelu Quanzhong smiled wryly.

This is actually a disgrace!

In the Battle of Yingzhou, more than ten thousand troops were beaten to pieces by Li Cunxiao, and they were defeated for hundreds of miles.The brothers of the Gao family turned against each other, killed Jiedu envoy Xiao Shilu, and sacrificed Yingzhou.

Killing commanders and rebelling is common in the Central Plains, but for Khitan, it was too shocking.Many people are unwilling to explain the deep-seated reasons, but Yelu Quanzhong has already figured it out: Han people look down on Khitan at all, and even if they defect to Khitan, it is a temporary expedient measure, and they will return to Khitan again as long as they have the opportunity.

Isn't it shameful enough to have these two?
Well, if that's not enough.So the great shaman Yu Lu Jiangu, as A Baoji's own sister, was taken over by the Emperor of the Xia people, sleeping day and night, and even pregnant with the enemy's child, isn't that shameful enough?

Yelu Quanzhong is a Khitan after all, seeing his hometown and compatriots mixed up like this, it would be a lie to say that he doesn't feel sad.

Lu Yan seemed to understand Yelu Quanzhong's distress, and said: "The road is still long, Mr. Xiaolang takes care of it."

The Khitan people feel sad for the decline of their own tribe. As a Yan people, why isn't Lu Yan not?But as he said, there is still a long way to go, and people have to look forward.It doesn’t look like he’s going to go against the grain today, on the contrary, he’s very cunning, and he’s already showing his favor to the scholars in Cangjing and Youzhou towns. Lu Yan can’t hate it, and even wants to join...

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The sky is high and the clouds are light, and the autumn wind is just right.

After breakfast, Lu Yan led the horse and walked side by side with his 11-year-old son Lu Qi.

When Zhong Jinxian, the governor of Yingzhou, passed by Dengcun, he loved children very much and was willing to accept him as a disciple and teach him carefully.

It was a great fortune for his son to be favored by Mr. Zhong who is famous in Weibo and Cangjing.Therefore, even though his son was still young, Lu Yan made up his mind and asked his servants to escort him to Liucheng to worship under the sect of the Immortal Immortal.

Today we are about to leave.

Yelu Quanzhong got up early in the morning to repair ditches in the field.

He worked a lot and was very tired. He sat on the ridge of the field to rest after working until the sun was up.

Seven or eight families of immigrants from Xiazhou came to the village.They also didn't come out, calling Yelu Quanzhong "Little Khitan", joking with him, and sometimes lent him farm tools to teach him new farming methods.

"Xiao Langjun has so many livestock in his family, so things are easy." A black-faced man patted him on the shoulder and said, "One mu of land can raise more than ten sheep. If you feel tired, plant pasture Afterwards, drive the sheep directly to graze. It is not a problem to raise more than ten sheep. If you work hard and mow the grass and feed them, you may raise fifteen sheep. Don’t underestimate the difference between the five sheep. After five or ten years, you How much more do you earn than others? You will marry a daughter-in-law in the future, so you should work harder now."

Yelu Quanzhong listened silently.

The big black-faced man was named Yue Sanlang, he was dressed as a Han Chinese, and he also spoke Chinese, but the huge earrings said everything: this guy who regarded himself as a Han Chinese was actually a party member.

When Yue Sanlang talked about farming, Yelu Quanzhong had never heard of many things, so he was skeptical.Then look at the thick calluses on Yue Sanlang's right hand tiger's mouth, palm, left and right index fingers, and middle fingers. If he is not a martial artist who has played bows for many years, no one will believe him.

Is it reliable for this kind of person to tell you how to farm and raise livestock?
"Why? Don't you believe me, Mr. Yue?" Yue Sanlang talked for a long time, and when he saw that there was no movement, his black face was filled with anger, and he said: "This is a sage who meets an immortal. He has to pass on the immortal law and then teach it to everyone. I I have helped my father and brother at home for many years. I have seen and experienced it with my own eyes. In the bitter cold land of Xiazhou, how much food and meat could be harvested? It was not enough to eat. What about now? Kicked out by my brother and sister-in-law, I don’t even want to leave Xiazhou.”

Yelu Quanzhong froze, he was afraid that this black-faced man would beat him.

Judging from his many years of struggle and survival experience in Khitan Babu, this guy has definitely killed people, he is not a good person, but he is in awe of Jinshang, and he calls him a god.

"Little Khitan doesn't believe it, I believe it." Tu Er came over and said with a smile.

Yue Sanlang glanced at Tu Er, and patted his big fan-like hand vigorously to show his appreciation.

Tu Er is a Mohe man.It is said that the people who moved out from the mountains of Zhuozhou were from the Mohe Tudiji tribe in the early Tang Dynasty.

Back then, Liu Heitai started a rebellion in Hebei, and he was unstoppable.Taizong Li Shimin led the army to conquer, and it was difficult to win for a while.So he sent someone to contact Sumo Mohe Tudiji Babu, who had moved inland during the Sui Dynasty, and ordered him to go south from Youzhou to Dingzhou to harass Liu Heita's grain road and make great contributions.

The chieftain was given the surname Li, and he was granted the title of Duke.The second generation of Li Jinxing has "thousands of child servants" in Youzhou, and his momentum is already very huge.

Daxia aggressively invaded Youzhou, and some descendants of Mohe surrendered, some were wiped out, and some were forcibly moved to Hubei Road.There are also five or six families of Mohe people resettled in Deng Village, and most of them don't even have a famous name.When making up the household of Qimin, it was not allowed to use "Tutiji" as the surname, and ordered to take the Chinese name.

The officials who checked the household registration thought it was troublesome, so they uniformly recorded the surnames of Tu and Tu, and then asked about the ranking of the family, and the job was done after writing it down—this is how Tu Er came.

"Okay!" Yue Sanlang was overjoyed, and said, "In the future, how I grow wheat, pasture, and raise livestock, you just follow suit, and you won't lose money in keeping them. If you see benefits in the future, just treat me to a bowl of wine."

"Definitely, definitely." Tu Er replied hastily.

He believed in Yue Saburo, there was no other reason, this fellow could fight.Those who can fight must be capable, and it is true to believe him.

"Actually, Yue Sanlang is right." Lu Yan's voice suddenly rang out.

I saw him get off his horse, stepped on the field ridge and went down to the field. He looked around and said, "A piece of good land. The imperial court tried every means to connect everyone's land into one piece, just to push some new land. Stuff. I met a lot of students from Kansai Agricultural School in Fucheng, and they will soon go down to the counties to set up agricultural schools and supervise production. This year, they raided Yingzhou and Shanhou and plundered a lot of livestock, and it is estimated that they will be distributed over time. .Yue Sanlang, since you are familiar with the three-crop crop rotation system, you should teach it to everyone, so don’t use your broom to cherish yourself.”

"What are you talking about, officials?" Yue Sanlang said with a smile, "Deng Village is my home, so naturally we have to help each other. In the future, when we go into battle, we will have to fight for our lives together. We are all on our own."

"After a while, five Khitan households from Yingzhou will be resettled in the village. Don't bully them," Lu Yan said again.

Yelu Quanzhong's heart was shocked, and he hurriedly asked, "Yingzhou Khitan?"

Lu Yan glanced at him, and said: "That's right. The imperial court issued an edict to inform that the Khitan captives moved to Yingzhou and behind the mountain into Linyu Pass. Ten prefectures of Lulong and three prefectures of Cangjing were resettled. Sanzhou, Fuzhou, and Anzhou are all within the scope of resettlement, with a total of more than [-] households."

"In this way, won't there be no Khitan in Yingzhou?" Yelu Quanzhong asked.

"There will be no more." Lu Yan nodded and said: "Yingzhou is the Zhengzhou of Daxia. The imperial court has a decree to send poor people from the four prefectures of Cao, Song, Hua, and Bian to register in Yingzhou. In the former Tang Dynasty, Yingzhou except Outside the military town, there is only one county in Liucheng, and there are five new counties in Daxia, so it is natural that the household registration needs to be filled."

Zhengzhou is Zhengzhou, and it is not comparable to Jimizhou.In the area of ​​Yingzhou, it seems that the imperial court is going to make a serious move. They have sent a famous civil servant like Zhong Jinxian as the governor, and they have immigrated a lot, and set up new counties and townships. They have done more thoroughly than in the previous Tang Dynasty, and they are very determined. obvious.

"In the early Tang Dynasty, there was only one county in Yingzhou with thousands of registered households. What is the sage going to do..." Yelu Quanzhong murmured.

Lu Yan glanced at Yelu Quanzhong with some pity, and said: "Ying Prefecture borders Andong Mansion on the southeast, and Bohai State on the northeast. Andong Mansion has been renovated for several years, and the people are happy. It is very deep, and the city is full of land, densely populated, and even Youzhou has heard of the rice it produces. The young man is a smart person, so you should know what it means."

In short, Bohai State has five capitals, ten prefectures and three prefectures, with a population of more than 100 million people with household registration, which is actually unknown.There are different degrees of Sinicization in various parts of the country. The overall focus is on farming, supplemented by grazing and fishing. The Yiying system is also copied from the former Tang Dynasty, which has good conditions for abolishing feudal vassals and setting up counties.

In agricultural areas, the imperial court will send officials to manage them.Grasslands and pastures should be released as soon as they are needed, and they will not be held directly in the hands - as soon as the King Fengsheng came out, Lu Yan figured it out.

As the connecting channel between Bohai State and the customs, Yingzhou must be well managed.The conditions may not have been available before, but now that Liaoze is gradually silting out of the land, it is possible to try.

"Actually, quite a few Khitans from Hedong have escaped recently and begged for surrender from the imperial court. They are all from Wukai, Tuju and other tribes. They were stranded in Hedong back then, but now they can't stay anymore." Youtian Khan has the ambition to regard him as a child, so he moved to Xiangyang and settled in various counties. Mr. Xiaolang is very human, and he should look forward. I think you are diligent and diligent. If there are any unclear points in the scriptures in the future, You can ask me, and I will definitely not refuse. There are still some books at home, if you want to borrow them, just come and get them. After a few years of farming, you may try to take the exam. In the Qingming Dynasty, the exam for ordinary scholars is not as difficult as it was in the previous dynasty , there is still a chance."

"Thank you, officer." Yelu Quanzhong bowed solemnly and said.

Lu Yan accepted it calmly without saying a word.

Lu Qi looked curiously, then turned his head away again, his thoughts had already flown to Liucheng.

(End of this chapter)