Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

Xianzhou is a newly established Zhengzhou based on Xiande Mansion in Zhongjing, Bohai Sea.

Xiande Mansion originally governed 25 counties in six prefectures, but now they are merged into seven counties, namely:

Xiande County, now Gucheng Village, Xicheng Town, Helong City;

Shanlu County, now Dongshengyong Town, Helong City;

Weicheng County, present-day Musan, North Korea;
Shengji County, now Erdaobaihe Town in the southwest of Antu;

Rongshan County, now Yanji Beida Ancient City;
Lingfeng County, now northwest of Dunhua;
Tongshan County, now northwest of Wangqing County.

In seven counties, there are more than 22700 households and 10 mouths according to rough statistics.

This is the figure after going through the war. It is a bit miserable, but there is still room for digging...

"The Bohai Kingdom has no skill in governing the country, and has no way to manage the government. As a result, the fertile land has been trapped by tigers and wolves, and thousands of miles of people have become thorns. Right now, there are orphans, women and widows, ten houses and nine empty houses, people and cattle are all lost, and silkworms are not harvested. The ancients said, "The words of Huang Lao are based on tranquility." The situation finally calmed down. If we continue to go against the law, the people may suffer from swords and soldiers again. I really can't bear it." A group of officials in Xianzhou prefectural yamen kept admonishing them.

"At the beginning of Yangchun capital, the east will flourish, the rain and snow will be timely, and the plowing will be promising. There must be no turmoil."

"Soldiers fight together, there are bandits and robbers, soldiers and horses pass by, and the population is completely wiped out. Is this what the saint wants to see?"

"The mobs are always chaotic, spying on the vassals, and the scholars and the people are all angry. It is better to call all the people to gather disciples, and the court sergeants to focus on the crusade, or the household registration will be greatly increased."

Listening to the noise of these officials, Gao Shanben almost frowned.

If you want the family to release the hidden population, it is more uncomfortable than killing them.

In fact, the people are there, and the elites can't cover them with a piece of cloth, but it's just there.The government's household register has been updated for a round, but there are still too many people who have not been registered.

"Everyone!" Gao Shanben slapped the table suddenly, startling everyone.

"The sage didn't send me to Xianzhou to play tricks on you." Gao Shanben pulled his face and reprimanded: "After a winter of chaos, everyone must have understood. The famous king and the majestic conferred the head. Even the head of Mohe Tuji was chopped off a dozen times. Is it possible to beat it? Is it necessary?"

A young general standing behind Gao Shan himself scanned the crowd and sneered.

As Gao Shanben introduced just now, this man is called Li Congke, who used to be a general of Wansheng Yellow-headed Army.The Wansheng Army shined brilliantly in the war against Khitan and was indestructible.After the war, Jing Zhuang was selected into the Forbidden Army, and the rest were reorganized into local government soldiers.

As a senior general of the Wansheng Army, Li Congke was idle for a period of time, and then he was appointed as the commander of the Xianzhou State Army. , Lu Erzhou recruit envoys—1000 people are indeed not many, but there is no way, out of a total of 3000 and thousands of people from the Qingsai Army and Weisheng Army waiting for the land distribution, only about [-] to [-] people were persuaded, and they were assigned to East, West and South Beijing.

In addition, Luzhou is a prefecture of Liaodong Province under construction, mainly based on the former Yalu Mansion in Xijing, Bohai Sea.

"It's not a good habit to give up good fortune." Li Congke snorted, and said: "The aristocratic families in the Central Plains also have to pay taxes, and they are not allowed to hide their household registrations. The former Tang Dynasty grand master Xiao Yu volunteered to donate Huazhou other people at the end of the Tang Dynasty." Courtyard, Zhuang Ke, can’t you learn from such acts of righteousness?”

Everyone looks at me and I look at you, bowing their heads in silence.

Bohai has been around for more than 200 years. Under the powerful family politics, there is me in you and you in me. If you want to do something, you must wait for the overall thinking to change.

Now Bohai has lost its country, but it is the country of the Da family, not their Li family, Yang family, and Zhang family...

"The Shuangyan He family is willing to donate one hundred hectares of land and four hundred households." When the atmosphere became more and more dull, the former governor of Rongzhou of Xiande Mansion and Sima He Shao of Xianzhou said.

Shuangyan is a county of Luzhou, which has been abolished into Shanlu.

Gao Shanben was overjoyed, and said: "He Sima's righteous deed, he will surely be able to reach the heavens."

He Shao glanced at Gao Shanben with a complicated expression, sighed slightly in his heart, and said in his mouth: "We are all Xia Chen, and we will no longer count on the past. Now the Holy Son of Heaven is in power, generous and benevolent, appoint me Waiting to be an official is already a fluke. It should be, it should be."

In fact, what prompted him to make this decision was the fact that Gao Shanben served as the governor.

The Gao family has been a top family since the Goguryeo era, and it is still favored and powerful in Balhae.Gao Shan's instinct to become the governor, he must have already lost his sincerity, and people like him have succumbed, so why insist on a family like the He family that doesn't even count as a "right surname"?

"He Sima has a deep understanding of righteousness, and he is really extraordinary. After I get down straight, I have to find you a few drinks." Li Congke left his right hand from the hilt of the knife and said with a smile.

"I can't ask for it." He Shao also smiled.

"Actually, do you know that the sage is planning the imperial examination rankings?" Gao Shanben said suddenly.

"What is the ranking of the imperial examination?" He Shao asked.

"For example, if we scholars in the old Bohai Sea want to take the exam, due to various reasons, we may not be able to pass the exam in Kansai and Henan, where the style of writing is more prosperous." Gao Shanben explained: "But if a separate list is drawn for Liaodong and the quota is set, Then no matter how you take the exam, there will be a certain number of Liaodong scholars in high school every year, wouldn't it be great?"

He Shao's heart moved, this is indeed a good thing.

When others heard it, their emotions seemed to be ignited all of a sudden, and there was a buzzing sound.

Gao Shanben coughed heavily, and said: "Everyone, the sage has a broad mind, he regards the world as one family, and has the demeanor of Emperor Taizong of the former Tang Dynasty. Bohai is a small country with a household registration of less than one million, and there are at most ten prefectures in the world. There are more than three hundred states, which one is big and which one is small, which one is more important and which one is more important, all of you are smart people, so I don’t need to say more.”

Gao Shanben has actually said a lot and made it very clear.

The Bohai Sea is just a corner of the world.Beyond this corner, there is a wider world.The emperor gave you places in the examination, so that you can go to the Central Plains to be an official through the imperial examination.If the management is successful, how do you know that the family cannot be allowed to go from Bohai Sea to the whole world and grab greater benefits?

"Liu Chonggui, the Prime Minister of the former Tang Dynasty, was originally from the Huns. Bai Minzhong was from Kucha. Luo Shaoquan was from Tocharo. Bi Cheng and Cao Que were all from Sogdia." Tang Wuyi has a broad mind, even surpassing it, and we all look like Chinese people, so it is easier to make progress than the people of Qiucha, Sogdian, and Tocharian?"

Liu Chonggui, Bai Minzhong, Luo Shaoquan, Bi Cheng, Cao Que, and others, all of whom were from Tibetan origin, had all served as prime ministers in the former Tang Dynasty, and they were also prime ministers after the Anshi Rebellion, which has already explained everything.

In terms of appearance, the Bohai people are "more Chinese-like", and indeed have greater advantages than them.

"Gao Gong's words are justified." He Shao sighed: "I heard that during Tang Dezong's time there was Jiang Gongfu, a prime minister, who was from Aizhou in Annan. The mind of the Celestial Dynasty is indeed unmatched by anyone."

In fact, Jiang Gongfu's ancestral home is Tianshui, but there is no need to elaborate on this matter.

"What about you?" Gao Shanben turned his attention to other officials.

"Jin Dewen is willing to donate [-] hectares of land and [-] households of farmers."

"Cui family in Weicheng, wish..."

Others also expressed their opinions one after another.

Gao Shanben laughed out loud, and after comforting them with gentle words, he let them perform their duties and do things with peace of mind.

After the room was over, Gao Shanben invited Li Congke to the backyard to sit and drink.

"Grandpa Gao will go out, the event will be settled, and the general will admire it." Li Congke said with a smile, playing with the wine glass in his hand.

"Actually, it's not." Gao Shanben shook his head and said, "Today, where General Li went to stand, the most important thing is that he overwhelmed the audience."

Li Congke listened comfortably, but was not modest, and offered a toast to Gao Shanben.

Gao Shanben drank it down in one gulp, with a smile on his face.

He didn't talk nonsense, today's success in persuasion is inseparable from Master Wang's brilliant record of defeating invincible opponents all over the Bohai Sea.

First obtain a fundamental victory in the military, get rid of everyone's fluke mentality, and then throw out bait to persuade people, so that it is easier for people to obey.

Saints are good at drawing cakes, and it can even be said that the ability to draw cakes is at its peak.But he never speaks empty words, but actively implements them.Giving the Bohai family the opportunity to be an official in exchange for them supporting the new dynasty and handing over some people and land is essentially a transaction, and the Great Xia Imperial Army is the guarantor of this transaction-without a guarantor, the risk of the transaction is It will magnify infinitely, or even break.

As a result, Gao Shanben admired the saint even more.

He knows how to fight, he also knows how to trade, and he knows how to pull everyone into his boat to make a fortune together.

The combination of interests is the most stable. After the Bohai family boarded the ship and settled down for decades, the desire to resist became weak.Even at the end of the dynasty, when the Great Xia fell apart, these people in Liaodong would rush to enter the customs to fight for power, instead of separatist and independent country.Because some of them are in the Central Plains, and their interests are in the Central Plains. The moment they received education from a young age, their elders told them to study hard, practice martial arts, and go to Luoyang, Beiping, and Chang'an to become officials.

Perhaps, this is the real intention of the saint.He stands taller than everyone else, and he is not limited to any family or surname.

How could there be such a genius in the Central Plains!

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In Longquan Mansion in the middle and late March, although it still sees rain and snow from time to time, but if you count carefully, you will know that the weather is really getting warmer, and the steps of spring are approaching.

On March 21, Shao Shude issued a German tone: Zhao Kuanglin, the governor of Tangzhou, was the governor of Liaodong Province and Longquan Yin; The deputy commander of the battalion capital, and Mei Zang Jieming, the envoy of the Yicong army who was still on his way, was the deputy commander of the camp capital in Longquan.

In the end, the sage still didn't hand over all the power of Liaodong Dao to one person.

However, Zhao Kuanglin, Chu Shenping, and Wuzang Jieming are all warriors, and Shao Huixian is even the prince. It can be seen that there will be bloody storms in Liaodong Road this year, and it is impossible to delay the work of registering Qimin.

And this order, everyone knows that the sage will return to the court in class.

In this regard, some people are happy and some are worried.

Those who are happy believe that if the situation in the old land of Bohai continues to be turbulent, Lord Xia may follow the old example of the Tang Dynasty, release the king of Bohai, and quickly stabilize the situation by using the strategy of restraint. The old minister's thoughts.

Those who are worried are more realistic, thinking that the warriors will be more unscrupulous when Lord Xia is gone, which is not a good thing.

But no matter what they think, the matter has been settled, and the sober people will avoid the disadvantages and make the right choice, and the people who are not clear-headed will die as soon as they die.