Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

On the tenth day of October in the seventh year of Jianji, outside Yique Pass in Luonan, there were horses and chariots like dragons.

As one of the three passes in Luonan, Yique Pass has lost its military significance.Except for a few Tutuan peasants who were collected by rotation to guard the city, there is no trace of military atmosphere here. Instead, there are tax collectors and tax police who collect taxes from businessmen.

The imperial court has been fighting wars for years, and money is urgently needed, so it is impossible not to collect it.

In addition to the smell of copper, Yique is actually a place with a very strong sense of Zen—it has three aliases: Yumen, Zhongshan and Longmen.

Yes, it is the famous Longmen.

In the late Wei Dynasty, the government and the public were sycophants. As early as the meeting of Daidu, they carved Buddha statues in Yungang in the suburbs.After Duluo, because Yique was indeed a scenic spot in the suburbs of Luo, with steep cliffs and hard stones, it was an ideal place to carve stone statues, so a large Buddhist temple was built and Buddha statues were carved.

Tang Chengzhi, and even more regulations, gradually formed the famous group of Buddha statues in Longmen Grottoes.

The combination of the scenic spots, the Longmen Grottoes, and the temple jungle is incredible. It completely tickled the itch of the scholars at the turn of the Tang and Xia dynasties, so this place is also a gathering place for literati, very lively.

On this day, Wu Guangzan, a Jinshi of Great Xia Bingong, received the news from Beijing in Bohai: his father Wu Zangdu was imprisoned, and he suddenly lost his soul and felt sad.

In fact, he is already an official of the Xia Dynasty: Du Shuijian Hequ Department Cheng, Zheng Jiupin.He had been supervising the construction of the Pond in the Wanye Corridor before, and was recently transferred back to Luoyang. Today, he was taking a rest and came to Longmen to play. He didn't want to hear the bad news.

There are still a few people resting in this gazebo.

Zhao Kuangming and Yao Ji from Jingnan, and the shogunate judge Zhao Guanli who came from Lingnan West Road.

"Actually, Mr. Xiaolang, why should you be so troubled?" After Zhao Kuangming understood the reason, he comforted softly: "Your father has been prime minister for many years, and relatives and old friends are all over the government and the public. There are not a few people who plead for him. It is expected that nothing will happen."

Yao Ji echoed: "That's right. From what Mr. Xiaolang said, your father seems to have annoyed the new king with two things. First, the king's younger brother Da Shuxian was suspected, and your father had a lot of contact with him because of the attack on Khitan. , so it is suspected that there is a connection. This matter is actually very easy to verify. If you are the prime minister, how can you be a party of Da Shuxian? If you talk about connection, your father is the former king. The second is to secretly drop the summer. This is even more nonsense. Your father is only against the Khitan and advocates the joint Xia to destroy the contract. What is the crime? Now there is a slight dispute between the two countries, and your father has been a little implicated , is also understandable. When the situation improves, your father will be able to come out."

Wu Guangzan's face improved slightly after hearing this, but he still asked worriedly: "Is it better? What do you mean?"

Yao Jie lightly stroked his beard, smiled without saying a word, and said, "Don't worry, Mr. Wang. The harder Master Wang attacks, the safer your father will be."

Zhao Kuangming also smiled without saying a word.

He didn't know whether Wuzangdu had fallen in the summer, but just as Yao Ji said, this man has been a prime minister for many years, and his party members are all over the government and the public.Wuzhi is also a rich family in Bohai, and I heard that the ruler of Bohai is not a one-size-fits-all person, and there are many powerful people in the country, so it is not so easy for Wuzhendu to do so.

Putting him in prison is already the limit.Xia Junyue's soldiers approached the city, and Wu Zendu couldn't die.Even if the Lord of Bohai wanted to kill him, someone would stop him.

Alas, this small border country looks like a subjugated country.Inside and outside the government and the public, there are people who are greedy for life and afraid of death, and there is no way to save them.

Thinking of this, he turned his attention to Zhao Guanli.

This person is from Guizhou, but he is an official in Lingnan West Road and is the staff of Ye Guanglue, the Jiedu envoy.

If only this layer of identity is only available, Zhao Kuangming should not look at him differently.However, Zhao Guanli has a clan brother named Zhao Guanwen, the number one scholar of the former Tang Dynasty, who had taught the prince and princess of Daxia for many years, and had just left the Imperial Academy to serve as the governor of Qianzhong Road.

This identity is powerful.

The governor is already a leader, and the key point is that he has taught the prince, so he has accumulated a lot of affection.Coupled with the aura of his number one scholar, it may not be impossible to become a prime minister in the future.

Zhao Guanli noticed his gaze, and seeing that Yao Ji was still comforting Wu Guangzan, he leaned over and whispered, "Zhao Yanei is going to Luoyang? Beiping?"

"Go to Luoyang first, then go to Peiping." Zhao Kuangming replied.

"During the Dao yesterday, I saw many barbarian chieftains go north. Has the imperial court opened up their joints?" Zhao Guanli was still very conscientious, and now he started to inquire for the proprietor.

"Are you talking about the chief of the barbarians?"

"Not only the barbarians, but also the Kunming tribe." Zhao Guanli said.

"Judge Zhao is trying to find out when Master Wang entered Annan through Yongzhou?" Zhao Kuangming asked.

"Exactly." Zhao Guanli said: "If all the tribes in southern Guizhou surrender, then this road will be open. Not only will it be open, but you can also get food and meat supplies along the way, and you will no longer be afraid of the road."

There is a post road from central Guizhou to Annan.

To put it simply, start from Bozhou, Zhengzhou, which is the most southwest of Qianzhong Road, and walk seventy miles southeast to Bajiang Town, which is in the territory of Zangman.This is the former Tang Army Town, which has been abandoned, but it has developed into a settlement with a lot of people, suitable for supplies.

Starting from Bajiang Town, there are two roads.

The first one goes from Cangzhou to the south along the North Panjiang River, and enters the territory of the West Zhaoman—that is, the land boundary that has just been flattened and placed in Zhengzhou—enters the Youjiang River and descends to Yongzhou, and then follows the Zuojiang River to go up to Jiaozhou in the southwest .

The second is to go southeast from Zangzhou, walk along the Beipan River, then go down the Hongshui River, enter the Longjiang River, and arrive at Yizhou (now Hechi Yizhou District).It also goes east to Liuzhou and Guizhou, and then goes south to Jiaozhou.

These two roads were excavated by Hou Hongren in the early Tang Dynasty.

"In the summer and June of the 13th year of Zhenguan (639), Hou Hongren, a native of Yuzhou, opened the way from Zangke, passed through Xizhao, and left Yongzhou. More than [-] households descended from Tongjiao, Gui, Man, and Li."

It is said that there are two paths, but in fact we can only take the first one.

This road runs from Cangzhou to the west, about [-] miles to Nanning Prefecture (now Qujing), which has been the base of the Central Plains dynasty's management of Yunnan since the Three Kingdoms to Tang Dynasty.It is about [-] miles west to Kunmi Kingdom. In Tang Dynasty, Kunzhou was set up, and in Nanzhao, Tuodongcheng and Shanchanfu were set up.

Qianzhong and Wuguan seem to be full of savages, but they are actually not that scary.

Before the Anshi Rebellion, Tang Ting and Nanzhao fought many times, and most of them were supplied and sent troops here.

Even before the establishment of the Tang Dynasty, it also detoured into Hunan through the barbarian border in central Guizhou.

At this meeting, I heard that Ma Yin is also developing westward.In history, Man Liao in central and southern Guizhou had surrendered to Ma Xifan on a large scale. A Hunan separatist warlord could attract Man Liao to join him. It can be seen that they are not vicious people.

As long as you don't move their interests, you can say anything.

"Can Ye Shuai still stand up?" Zhao Kuangming asked in a low voice.

"If there hadn't been a Chinese envoy to Yongzhou to spread comfort, Ye Shuai would have been unable to hold back." Zhao Guanli said.

Zhao Kuangming laughed dumbfounded.

Judge Zhao is honest, but when he thinks about his identity, hehe.It's hard to say who Zhao Guanli is serving as an official for.

"Liu Yin committed suicide." Zhao Kuangming sighed.

A good Jiedu envoy, if he dedicates his land to surrender like them, can the court treat him badly?impossible.

In the end, he still thought about expansion, thinking that the sky was high and the emperor was far away, and it would be difficult for the court to take care of him.

Alas, Khitan and Bohai have been fought, so why can't Guangzhou fight?What are you thinking?

"Everyone in the west of Lingnan is looking forward to the arrival of the Master Wang to relieve my crisis." Zhao Guanli said: "I was halfway there, and when I heard that the Master Wang had broken Khitan, I immediately sent my followers back to Yongzhou to tell the truth. The soldiers and people in the town heard their morale. Dazheng, vow to fight Liu Yin to the death."

"If Shuai Ye really does this, he will know how rich he is." Zhao Kuangming praised.

Zhao Guanli nodded and said: "There were people in the town who wanted to surrender. As soon as the news came, everyone knew that the Great Xia Kingdom was booming. Liu Yin was a dead bone in the tomb. No one dared to talk about surrendering. Now I only hope that Master Wang will go south, but I don't know why. Time also."

Zhao Kuangming thought for a while, then turned his head and asked, "Mr. Wu Xiaolang has lived in Luoyang for a long time, do you know when the imperial court will send troops south to Wuguan? Is there any news from Luoyang?"

Wu Guangzan had just been comforted by Yao Ji, and his mood improved. Hearing the words, he said: "There are some rumors. Since Wei Wang Mianren assassinated Cangzhou, the imperial court has recruited Gongcheng servants in Beiping Mansion, pardoned their crimes, and ordered Guizhou In the middle, turn to Lingnan West Road and go to Jinghaijun. Last month, a group of more than a thousand people passed through Luoyang and went south, but now they don't know where they are. By the way, these soldiers will drag their families with them, and they speak Hebei accents, which is obvious. There is no doubt that the troops will be surrendered, and I don't know if they will cause chaos."

"It's not so easy to cause trouble if you have a family member following you." Zhao Kuangming said with a smile: "It seems that the imperial court is serious about it."

"Actually, there are also people going to the middle of Sichuan." Wu Guangzan said again: "I have a close friend who is on duty in the Privy Council of Nanya. According to him, the five thousand soldiers of Shu have been reorganized, and they may have already gone south."

"Did Judge Zhao hear that?" Zhao Kuangming turned his head and said, "Although Master Wang is going to Annan, when passing through Yongzhou, he may join forces with Ye Shuai to attack Liu Yin. , Liu Yin will also be afraid, and dare not go west."

Zhao Guanli heaved a sigh of relief, with a big smile on his face, he said: "Indeed. Liu Yin is arrogant and domineering because of his large number of soldiers. If he hears that Wang Shi has come to Yongzhou, he will be scared out of his wits."

"Don't worry." Zhao Kuangming is like a "Xia Chui". He only heard him say: "After conquering Khitan and Bohai, drive their young and strong men southward. Hundreds of thousands of soldiers will kill Zhong Kuangshi and Ma Yin, Qian Liu, Yang Wo, Wang Shenzhi, Liu Yin and others drowned. Uh..."

Wu Guangzan's face was gloomy, and his mood sank again.

"Haha." Zhao Kuangming smiled awkwardly, and said: "Don't worry, Mr. Xiaolang. Today, he is generous and benevolent, and has the world in his heart. There is no distinction between regions and clans, and both Han and Han are the only ones. Bohai Wushi, there may be more in the future. Good luck."

What he said was not nonsense.

In the early Tang Dynasty, they also treated the defeated Fanhu chieftains and royal families kindly.

Gao Zang, the last monarch of Goguryeo, was captured. Emperor Gaozong of Tang believed that he was held hostage by powerful ministers, and he was "involuntary in politics", so he did not pursue it.Gao Zang also married the niece of Empress Wu Zetian as his wife, served as Minister of the Ministry of Industry, and was named King of Joseon.

After becoming the governor of Anton, he secretly communicated with Mohe, was recalled by the Tang court, exiled to Qiongzhou, and was buried in Bashang after his death. The tomb was next to the Turkic Jieli Khan.

The Xia Dynasty also looked like this, defeated by a bunch of saints inside and outside the court.Among the Tibetans, there are also high-ranking officials. If Wu Zendu survives, the future imperial court will have a lot to borrow for governing the Bohai Sea.

As long as Wushi is honest and honest, he really doesn't worry about being rich.

Wu Guangzan cupped his hands and saluted, and said with a wry smile: "Yamei doesn't have to be like this. In fact, I don't know that Bohai is about to perish. The eight tribes of Khitan have been defeated, and Abaoji has gone to the desert. How can the small country of Bohai stop it? Actually, as far as I know, the middle school There are not a few people who are discouraged. The saint's attack on Khitan was upright and impeccable. He used the art of war to be invincible first and wait for the enemy to be victorious. This kind of tyrannical strength really frightened many people , There are not a few people who resign from office. Bohai, time is running out, I know it in my heart, but I am a little sentimental."

Upon hearing this, Zhao Kuangming patted him on the shoulder and said, "Go, go down the mountain, I'll drink with you."