Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

Chapter 1430 Aggressive
"I'm going to Yongguan. The mountains are high and the road is far away. I don't know when we will meet again. Come and drink this cup."

"Full drink!"

In a certain farm courtyard in the southeast of Ji County, a group of officials in green robes were drinking to bid farewell.

Some of them are Jinshi, who serve as secondary officials such as county lieutenants, county magistrates, and chief bookkeepers in various states, or hold positions such as Cao Shen military, doctor of classics, and doctor of medicine in the state.

To put it bluntly, they are all low-level officials of the eighth or ninth rank.

Now their fortune has come.The imperial edict set up Fujian Road and Lingnan West Road, and selected officials from all over the country to go south to take up their posts. These are the people.And as soon as you go, you can become a county magistrate, which can be regarded as a high promotion.

Of course, not everyone wants to go to these places.Some people would rather be a doctor of state economics under the ninth rank in the Central Plains than go to Lingnan to be a county magistrate of the seventh rank or the seventh rank—even if they are promoted to several levels.

And some people are not willing to go, and naturally some people are willing to go.

You have a background, but I don't, so I can only give it a shot.

Hanging around in the Central Plains, it is very likely that you will not be able to pass the hurdle of the seventh rank in your entire life. Now that you have the opportunity to go straight to the seventh rank, why not go?Everything in the world is risky, and everything depends on fate.

In addition, there are Sandu Guozijian, outstanding economics students in various prefectures, and old officials at all levels of government. They also have the opportunity to serve as ninth-rank officials in Lingnan, Fujian, and central Guizhou.

From officials and students to officials, for them, this is a qualitative leap, a goal that was difficult to achieve in a lifetime, and it is completely worth fighting for.

Their attitude is much more positive than those low-level officials. They packed their bags and set out on the road early, and went to their posts happily.Because they know very well that this is a benefit that only existed in the early years of the dynasty.Is it possible to want to be an official without fame after decades or 100 years of Taiping?
The dynasty is rising like the sun, and the bureaucracy is in various forms.

"In a few days, Lingnan Dongdao will be taken down, right?" After drinking a cup, everyone sat down, and someone said.

"I'm afraid Jing Haijun is about to quit town."

"Sooner or later, after the beating of Liu Yin is over, the town will be dismissed in a short time."

"The places of the five managements, Jiaozhou and Guangzhou, are not bad, and the others are not good."

"If you don't go there, where can you go? Let you be Henan Yin?"

"Haha. If I can be Henan Yin, Jingzhao Yin, and Beiping Yin in this life, I have to go back to my hometown to worship my ancestors and repair their graves."

"Speaking of Fu Yin, An Dongyin Du Guangyi's appointment as the governor of Fujian Province is not a small step."

"What is his identity? He has been accumulating in Anton Mansion for many years, sooner or later."

"In the future, you may be admitted to Zhengshitang. Those of you who go to Fujian Road, you should visit more often. If you miss this opportunity, you will regret it for the rest of your life."

The low-level officials sat and chatted together, and there were definitely two atmospheres with the high-level officials.

Generally speaking, they dare to say that they also have considerable expectations for the future at this time, after all, they are not very old overall.

As for those over forty, that's another idea.They will seriously consider the feasibility of taking root in the south, rather than thinking about being promoted and then transferred back to the local area.

Since the end of the Tang Dynasty, Fujian has become a place where many northern scholars escaped from the war. The local literary style has gradually flourished, and it is actually a good place to settle down.If it is managed well, after several generations, it is easier to become a local wealthy family in the absence of strong competitors.

This is more attractive to older low-level officials.They no longer have unlimited possibilities in their careers, and they place more hope on their younger generations.

And their subconscious thoughts are actually an important part of the development of the South by the Chinese people for thousands of years.A family of northern scholars has amazing driving energy, and assimilation is often completed inadvertently.

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When Xiao Dilu, Qian Chuanjuu and others arrived at the end of the canal, the officials who went south had just finished their gathering.

Xiao Dilu was okay, but Qian Chuanjuan sighed again and again.

The northerners have come to grab their power and resources. Even if they can straighten their minds, they will still feel a little uncomfortable in their hearts.

But so what?Such is the general trend.

After all, Guanzhong, Henan, Hebei, and Hedong are still the center of gravity of the world.

Guanbei and Helong have the advantages of salt and livestock, and the people can endure hard battles.

Bashu is not inferior to the rich places in the south of the Yangtze River. As long as it recovers, it will definitely be a place where people gather together.

Even rising stars such as Jinghu and Liaodong have their own characteristics and their potential cannot be underestimated.

Huainan and Jiangnan, what can we use to fight against them?

There is no play to sing!Qian Chuanjuan knew in his heart that it was just difficult to accept for a while.

"Thanks to the general's warm hospitality along the way, if you have time in the future, you can go to Hangzhou for a while, and I will definitely do my best as a landlord and make the general return home happily." Before parting, Qian Chuanyu bowed his hands and saluted.

"It's easy to say, easy to say." Xiao Dilu laughed and said: .

He had to pick up a group of people, more than 500 Khitan, Uighur, Xi, and Bohai warriors sent from Liaodong Road.It was even heard that there were some people in the Shiwei Department who were lured by money and goods, and planned to go south to work for their lives.After repeated persuasion by the envoys, the chieftains of various tribes also planned to go to Beijing to pay tribute and accept the canonization of the imperial court.

Judging from these measures, the imperial court's strategy for the Liaodong Road was consistent, that is, to recruit its strong warriors to go south.

There are three major advantages to doing this.

One is to reduce the survival pressure on the grasslands, so that the remaining people can survive without taking risks.

The second is that I can get a group of brave warriors who endure hardships and stand hard work.After these warriors have lived in the Central Plains for several generations, they will be assimilated by the huge population base, and they will not be able to make waves.

The third is to be able to close the relationship between the Central Plains and grasslands.

People who come to serve as soldiers and work hard always have relatives and friends in their hometown, right?Regardless of those who died in the battle and failed to work hard, those who made contributions and succeeded in living a good life will subconsciously contact their hometown, which can eliminate a lot of strangeness and even form a stable channel. There is nothing on the grassland. More people will use this channel to go south to the "lighthouse" of the Central Plains to serve the court.

If one of them goes away, the local chieftain and headman will lose a bit of strength.When you want to rebel, you find that there are crooked melons and dates, and you can’t do anything—this is not a joke. People who are tall, strong, strong-willed, hard-working, smart and brave will also take away the best qualities Even the bloodline, for an ethnic group, has the meaning of deteriorating and degrading the whole race.

After Xiao Dilu left, Qian Chuanjuu went directly to Honglu Temple without much delay.After setting the next holy date, he was arranged to go to the post house again, where he unexpectedly met Wang Yanbin, the governor of Quanzhou and Wang Shenzhi's nephew.

"Wang Shijun."

"Qian Ya Nei."

After seeing the ceremony, he didn't know what to say for a while, and finally Qian Chuanjuan spoke first: "I heard that Quanzhou's maritime trade is booming, and the saint loves it the most. If you come to Beijing this time, you will be in the heart of the emperor."

"I've accepted your auspicious words." Wang Yanbin said with a smile.After finishing speaking, he raised the wine bottle and offered a toast to Qian Chuanjuan.

The two drank it all in one go.

"Speaking of which, when I entered Beijing a few years ago, there were only a few big inns where Shuofang Shengyao was available, but now it is everywhere." Qian Chuanjuan said: "There is also this salmon, at least in this part of Beiping Prefecture, every inn has it." The sage has gone all the way, and his preferences have really become the preferences of the whole world."

"I actually like this wine quite a bit. It's strong enough. However, it's called Shuofang, so it may not be really produced by Shuofang." Wang Yanbin said: "At least in this part of Beiping Prefecture, most of them are locally produced and brought over by Kansai immigrants. They have I have the habit of raising cows, and I heard that the residue after wine making can promote milk, so I planted grapes to make wine."

"It's true that one side supports one side of people." Qian Chuanjuan sighed.

During the Sui and Tang Dynasties, land was granted to the common people, and house gardens and cultivated land were stipulated, that is, house gardens were house gardens and cultivated land was cultivated land, and they should not be confused with each other.

It is no problem to use cultivated land to grow food, it is the same everywhere.

But the home garden is very different.Except for a small number of houses, the houses of Henan and Hebei people are mostly used to plant mulberry trees, also known as "mulberry gardens".The houses and gardens of the common people in Kansai are relatively diverse. Some use them to grow mulberry trees, while others use them as orchards, such as plums, apricots, and dates from the famous Ma Sui family in Chang’an.

There are many kinds of grapes in the gardens of the people in Guanbei.In the past, some people made raisins and sold them, but now they basically make wine. After experiments in Liangzhou, it was found that when wine-making residues are mixed with forage, the milk production of cows can be greatly increased. Seeing the benefits, the common people will naturally gather together follow suit.

Nowadays, most of the cheese that fills Guanzhong is produced in Guanbei.The people in the Central Plains originally did not have the habit of eating dairy products, but after 30 years of evolution, fresh milk, physalis, cheese, milk dregs, milk skin, milk powder, milk tofu and even kumiss have become the daily food of the people. Indispensable things in life.

Cheap, plentiful, and satisfying hunger, who doesn't like it?In short, the eating habits of the people in some areas of Great Xia have been permanently changed.

It now appears that as the people of Kansai migrated across the north, this eating habit is also spreading.People in Henan may not be willing to cut down mulberry forests and turn them into vineyards, but the people in Daibei and Yanshan did not hesitate.Because you let them grow mulberry and weave thick fabrics, they are inferior to the Central Plains silks and satins represented by Beizhou in terms of output, quality and technology.

If you can't compete with them, it's better to find another way, learn from the Kansai people to raise more livestock, make more wine, and make more dairy products.

"However, Shuofang Raw Roast is not the same as salmon." Wang Yanbin said again: "I heard that there are not so many salmon, but the sage distributes them through post stations, in fact, it is to make passing generals, officials, and envoys gradually like this thing. .Look at this station, if you want to eat beef and mutton, it may not be available. If you want to eat salmon, it is really available. Oh, there is more venison today.”

There are reception standards in post stations. Officials of different ranks have different board and lodging standards. If they are of a higher rank or are more important, they can eat meat.But in fact, they don't have much choice. What to eat depends on what the post station provides. In fact, it is a kind of "strong buying and selling" in disguise.

But salmon is a rarity, and the sages say it's good, and the officials don't mind having one.Even those who are not eligible to eat the free salmon provided by the station are willing to pay for one themselves.In fact, it sold very quickly. As for the reason, it is probably because the officials want to improve too much.

"Venison is rare in the Central Plains. Even if you and I are in this position, you can't eat it casually. It depends on whether the hunters catch it." Qian Chuanjue said with a smile: "It is said that at the beginning of this year, there was a Chinese envoy to Hangzhou, Recruit 300 shipbuilders and [-] people who are good at sailing boats, and say they are going somewhere in the Bohai Sea off Tokyo..."

"It turns out that I am not alone in Quanzhou!" Wang Yanbin picked up the wine bottle, took a sip of wine, and said with a wry smile: "In February, a Chinese envoy also came to Fuzhou to recruit craftsmen and sailors. My uncle didn't dare to refuse, so he asked someone to accompany the Chinese envoy. In Quanzhou, 500 people were finally taken away, and the whole family moved to Liaodong. Because of this—oh, I was scolded miserably.”

Even though Wang Yanbin is only 24 years old this year, the father and son have guarded Quanzhou for more than ten years since his father Wang Shenguo.

The two had the same idea, vigorously recruiting literati from the Central Plains to seek refuge in Quanzhou, improving the local literary style, and at the same time supporting maritime trade to earn huge profits.After coming and going, Quanzhou's local shipbuilding, navigation, and trade talents have grown explosively, and they have already accumulated quite a lot.

The imperial court saw this, and began to pick up the wool.But they were powerless to resist, so they could only admit it by pinching their noses—you were not allowed to enter the court as an official, but only for some people. You have to evade such a trivial matter, is it possible to tear your face?
When Qian Chuanjuan heard the words, he also laughed, and the two toasted each other and drank it down in one gulp.

"I haven't asked why the envoy came to Beijing..." Qian Chuanjuan asked after hesitating for a while, and then added: "If it's inconvenient, then forget it."

"It's nothing inconvenient or inconvenient." Wang Yanbin poured wine for the two of them, and said, "I came to Beijing this time as the envoy of the Quanzhou court. After attending the Zhengdan court meeting, I will go to Muzhou at the latest in March Be the governor."

"Muzhou?" Qian Chuanjuan thought for a long time before he remembered that this was the newly established Zhengzhou in Liaodong. It turned out that the post of governor had been vacant.

"It's Muzhou." Wang Yanbin said, "Actually, it's not just me. Several cousins ​​have their own appointments, and they all left Fujian."

Qian Chuanjuan felt sympathetic when he heard this.If the Wang family is like this, how can the Qian family be spared alone?In other words, I have to leave Hangzhou to work in other places.

As far as the heart is concerned, of course it is not very happy.But if the general trend is like this, how can we resist?

Not to mention, Wang Shenzhi has already set an example.His own son was transferred from Fujian to work, he is still fighting for the court, and he did not rebel, which means he has accepted his fate.

Wang Shenzhi has made such a head, if Hangzhou Qian's does not follow suit, it will inevitably be compared with others, then it will be very ugly, and maybe he will be punished.

Alas, today is really aggressive!
(End of this chapter)