Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

Chapter 1392
The mist wraps around the spruce, soft as a ribbon.

The dew soaked the petals, crystal clear like jewels.

The vegetation is luxuriant, the mountain flowers are blooming, and the air is fresh. Every time I take a breath, I feel refreshed.

Shao Shude's eyes were fixed on the lake.

The breeze picked up, and ripples appeared on the lake.After a while, the golden sunlight fell down, adding a sacred meaning to the lake.

Huhanhai, later called Jingbo Lake.The surface of the lake is like a mirror, just right.

"I really want to build a palace here, so I can come and live here. There are mountains, forests, and water. The scenery is better than that of Shangyang Palace." Shao Shude sighed.

But it's just a sigh.

It is not easy to come here without a plane and a high-speed rail.Shao Shude always felt that this was the first time he came to Beijing, and it might also be the last time. Who will live in the palace?It would be better to live in the house of Da Xuezhuan, sleep in his bed, play with his wife, and beat his children.

"Your Majesty, the exquisiteness and splendor of Shangyang Palace are not comparable to the rough Huhanhai." Chen Cheng said, "Everyone has its own merits."

Shangyang Palace is based on the natural landscape and artificially decorated. It is actually a pretty good waterscape palace group.It's just that the inherent conditions are limited, and it cannot be compared with the uncanny workmanship of nature.

"Your Majesty is in a happy mood, so naturally everything looks beautiful." Zhao Guangfeng said with a smile.

Shao Shude laughed loudly, how could he not be happy when he conquered the enemy country?

After laughing, he rode up a gentle slope and watched the chariots and horses heading north in column.

From Huzhou to Bozhou, this area should be the middle reaches of the Huhan River (Mudanjiang).The river has more than [-] tributaries, large and small, with abundant water.

The basalt blocked the riverbed due to volcanic eruption and formed the magnificent Huhan Sea.

The lake is shallow in the south and deep in the north, in a northeast-southwest direction, with steep mountains on the west side, relatively gentle mountains on the east side, and low and gentle platform areas on the north side.

Huhanhai is surrounded by densely populated cities, including county towns, military towns, and small stockades made of earth and rocks.Some of them have already been captured by the Xia army, some voluntarily surrendered, and some did not fight or surrender, guarding behind closed doors, with a strong sense of waiting and watching.

The mountains and cities are densely covered to control the main traffic roads and defend Shangjing in the north of Huhan Haibei.It's a pity that the people guarding the mountain city couldn't do it, and most of them dispersed in a herd, allowing the Xia people who marched from south to north to easily advance to the city of Shangjing.

Almost all the valleys between mountains and rivers have been opened up for farmland, vegetable beds, and orchards.On the slightly gentler hills, there are also people grazing cattle and sheep—well, it used to be the Bohai people grazing, but now it is the Xia army’s auxiliary soldiers grazing.

Shao Shude directly lamented that the Bohai Sea is vast and sparsely populated, but the use of land is sometimes crazy.

Well, it's not really their fault.There are defenders in the mountain city military village, and their families naturally have to live nearby, so they can only renovate the nearby hillside and open up farmland.

Shao Shude walked up for a while, raised his eyes to the north, and could already see the majestic and majestic Shangjing City in the distance.

Shangjing Longquan Prefecture is the most developed area in Bohai State, with a large population and a prosperous economy. It has eight counties under its jurisdiction: Yongning, Fuli, Changping, Fengshui, Fuluo, Zuomu, Sushen, and Yongping.

These eight counties, plus Bozhou in the north, are actually a basin surrounded by mountains.

The basin has sufficient water sources and fertile soil. People in Bohai planted rice extensively and obtained sufficient food.

In fact, Shao Shude was very curious. What is the reason why the Fuyu people are so keen on rice that they plant it on a large scale in cold places?Compared with the Bohai Sea, millet and wheat are widely planted in the Central Plains, which has a warmer climate. The difference between the two is so huge that the only explanation is probably water resources.

In this regard, Liaodong is indeed blessed with unique conditions.

On July [-]th, Shao Shude arrived in the south of Shangjing. Dozens of generals headed by Fu Cunshen and more than a hundred relatives from Bohai came to greet him.

Behind them are the soldiers of various ministries standing in armor.

"Leave the army in March, destroy the country in July, you guys are so strong!" Shao Shude changed into a military robe and rode his horse through every army formation.

"Long live my emperor!" Hundreds of thousands of people shouted one after another, echoing in the valley, lasting for a long time.

Fu Cunshen and the others were fine, they didn't think it was a big deal since they were used to battle formations.

The officials, concubines, and palace people of the Great Xia are also used to it, because their saint really loves military parades, and even they passively followed and witnessed many big scenes.

The descendants from Bohai, headed by Pei Qi, looked ashen.

The stronger Xia Jun's momentum became, the more uneasy they became, because it meant that the chips in their hands were faintly depreciating.

Bohai big family, do you really have the capital to bargain?Some even whispered to each other.

Pei Qiu coughed lightly, and the hum stopped slightly.

His luck was better.When the surrender was negotiated, he went to the summer camp with a lot of things, because there were a lot of things to be delivered, inspected, and conditions to be negotiated, so he couldn't return to Beijing in time.But it was just such a delay that allowed him to escape the disaster of killing himself-the number one surrender faction, in the eyes of the Bohai main combat faction, is there any reason?

Now the main combat faction has passed away, and the capitulation faction has become the mainstream again.As one of the few surviving high-level officials, Pei Qi has now become the leader of Bohai's demoted officials and generals.

"Don't give up on yourself, there is still a chance..." Pei Qiu secretly encouraged himself in his heart.

Going to the capital is finished, but Bohai has five capitals, fifteen prefectures, and three prefectures, so the place is huge.Places like Dongping Mansion, Nanhai Mansion, Tieli Mansion, and Subin Mansion still need them to come forward to appease them.

People, I'm afraid of being worthless.Da Xiazi is a smart person, and he can definitely see their value, that's enough.

Shao Shude finished the review, rode his horse back to the front of the formation, looked at the demoted officials and generals, and said: "If you can abandon the dark and turn to the bright, open the city and please surrender, you will have lost your way, sincerely do good, and don't ask about past crimes. But if you If you want to be rich, you have to do something.”

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your innocence." Everyone breathed a sigh of relief and said one after another.

Pei Qi secretly speculated in his heart.

Lord Xia's attitude was lukewarm, neither enthusiastically recruiting them nor overly blaming them, why?
Pei Qiu was secretly a little worried. It seemed that he had to work harder. There was still some old relationship with Shibin Mansion, so he had to make good use of it...

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The city of Shangjing has been cleaned up.

Especially focusing on Miyagi, the guards searched repeatedly several times to ensure that nothing was missed.

When the grand guard of honor of the Son of Heaven entered the city, every Bohai native knew that a new conqueror was coming.

They tremblingly hid behind the door of their house, not daring to peek a little.

A few days ago, the whole city was mobilized, and I don't know how many people were arrested.Many of them were high-ranking officials from the Six Departments and Nine Ministers, as well as members of aristocratic families. Seeing these high-ranking people in the past reduced to dust, everyone felt complicated.

On the one hand, they have an indescribable pleasure in the plight of the nobles and the rich.

On the other hand, there was a feeling of sadness in the bottom of my heart.

After all, when the country is subjugated, everyone's situation will become worse, not just the aristocratic family.The fate of ordinary people like them actually hangs in the balance.

On this day, there were still a few people who committed suicide in despair, most of them were old scholars of the Imperial Academy.They have studied the Central Plains for 200 years, and they have a kind of heartfelt admiration for the Huanghuang Dynasty, but when the heavenly soldiers and generals came and destroyed the country they were in, these people felt disillusioned, and their lifelong beliefs collapsed.

But no matter what Bohai people think, they can't change the fact.The long river of history is rolling forward, and everyone is just an inconspicuous splash in this river.

On the seventeenth, Shao Shude held a court meeting in the Taiji Hall.At the meeting, the decision to appease the remaining states and counties in the Bohai Sea was made. This is the forte of the demoted officials and their only chance to make meritorious deeds at this stage.

In addition to persuading surrender, Shao Shude was also ready for conquest.

Meng Zhixiang has already counted the goods in the Bohai surplus warehouse, including 19 coins of "Kaiyuan Tongbao", more than a thousand coins of Japanese currency, and even thousands of coins of "Jianji Tongbao" minted after the founding of the Great Xia. Powerful - Bohai is rich in copper and exported a large amount to the Tang Dynasty, but they did not mint their own currency. They mainly used copper coins made in the Tang Dynasty, plus rice, silk, fur, gold and silverware, etc. The currency system is similar to that of the former Tang Dynasty.

In addition to copper coins, there are more than 31 pieces of cloth.

This "cloth" is a collective term, including silk from the Central Plains, Bohai tussah silk, and white cloth (linen cloth). In history, the Khitan destroyed the Bohai Sea and established the Dongdan Kingdom. Dongdan white cloth was one of the tributes.

More than 4 furs.

The furs vary in size, appearance, and category, and the prices vary widely, so you have to make a good estimate.

In Beiyuan and Xiyuan, there are also many pigs and sheep raised, which are also goods.

As for gold and silver wares, pearls, works of art, etc., they have to be valued slowly, and it is difficult to calculate clearly in a short time.

Overall, the harvest is still very large.

This is still the surplus treasury in Miyagi. There are still some goods in the government treasury, state treasury, and county treasury, but not much. It is said that they are all used to purchase military supplies and recruit soldiers-this part has to be copied a lot , Let the soldiers spit it out.

The goods in the surplus treasury are actually enough for two military rewards.At present, a batch has been distributed as a reward for conquering the Bohai Kingdom.In the future, we have to dig deep into the potential of the rich families in Bohai and the treasuries of various places, and strive to spend more goods to make up for part of the expenses of sending troops.

The warriors who received the rewards naturally had high morale and were eager to send troops to wipe out the remnants of the enemy.

Shao Shude made it clear to Pei Qi and the others that if he did not want the people of Bohai to suffer, he had better persuade the officials of the states to come and surrender.

This is a threat, but it is also the truth, so Pei Qiu naturally understands it.

After the matter of recruiting the Bohai people was settled, another matter was also brought to the fore, that is, what to do with Heishui Mohe?
These people were summoned by Shao Shude himself, and they cooperated with Xia Jun to attack Bohai from north to south.

But Shao Shude didn't expect that the war would go so smoothly, Bohai Sea would be wiped out within a few months. If he had known this, he might not have urged the five black water divisions to go south.

Things still need to be faced.Now that the Blackwater Five Divisions are going south in a big way, it is a joy to snatch it, and it seems that men, women and children have come together, even with the idea of ​​occupying the land of the Bohai people.

What kind of attitude the Great Xia court should use to treat "allies" is a question.

On the [-]th, Shao Shude moved to Xiyuan, Beijing, and held a meeting with Yanying on the small island in the middle of the river to discuss this matter.

(End of this chapter)