Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

"The enthusiasm of the elders in Guanzhong..." Shao Shude, who was stationed in the Changchun Palace in Tongzhou, looked at the gentry elders who had just dispersed, and said with emotion.

This trip to the west gave him a very good feeling.Maybe it's been a long time since I visited Kansai, but I received a warm welcome as soon as I entered Tongguan.

Officials, generals, warriors, gentry, merchants and people of all kinds came to see them one after another.Even if Shao Shude has always been thick-skinned, he can't stand the praises.

He observed carefully, and felt that although the words of these people were flattering, they also had a bit of sincerity, which seemed to be [-]-[-].

This relieved him of many worries.

Guochao's mass base in Kansai is indeed very good, not only because the regime was born in Kansai, but also because Shao Shude brought tangible benefits to the people of Kansai, which is particularly important.

He also enjoys running Kansai.

After the hardships, the country was roughly divided into five major regions: Kansai, Henan, Hedong, Hebei, and the South.

Among these areas, Kansai and the South are relatively stable areas controlled by the Tang court. A major feature is that there are few military chaos and wealth can be sent to the court.Relatively speaking, the ethos of these two sections is also relatively good—compared to Kanto.

If there is any area in the Great Xia that can be the first to reform the atmosphere, become less domineering, and more submissive to the court, it must be Kansai.

Next is the South.And the south can be subdivided. Shuzhong was also relatively submissive in the former Tang Dynasty, and it should be the one that innovated faster in the south.

After the south, it may be Henan, and Hedong and Hebei should be very late.

As for Liaodong, there is no such thing as a martial arts country.

The current turmoil is not because of the nature of rebellion, but because most of its areas were originally enemy countries, and the motives for the rebellion in Hebei are completely different.

"At the foot of the Son of Heaven, the most benevolent place." The servant Zhao Guangfeng said: "Your Majesty, the control of the towns in the northwest of Beijing by the former Tang Dynasty is generally not bad. Compared with the Guandong Fanzhen, it is quite good. The root cause is that Because Chang'an is on the left. The three capitals were set up by the state, and these are the three best places. It should be a relatively safe strategy to use the three capitals to radiate the surrounding area and change it little by little."

"Zhao Qing wants to invite Nanjing again?" Shao Shude sat on the dragon chair, took the teacup from Mrs. Du, and asked with a smile.

Du's face was full of maternal brilliance, because she was also pregnant.

Xiao Shi and Du Shi got pregnant successively, so it can be seen that it was not infertility, it was because of someone's long-term inaction before.

"Your Majesty is wise." After Zhao Guangfeng sat down, he said again: "Your Majesty, please take Guangling as Nanjing."

"The reason?" Shao Shude asked.

"First, Guangling is the ideal place in Huainan. Although it was burned and plundered by Sun Ru, time has passed and Yang Xingmi painstakingly built it. Now the household registration is gradually restored, the houses are gradually completed, and business travel is gradually flourishing. "

"Secondly, Your Majesty is very concerned about maritime trade, and Guangling is a good port. In the Yang Xingmi era, there were Persian, Dashi, and Brahmin merchants who settled here and traded here. After the situation stabilizes, it will definitely improve to a higher level. "

"Thirdly, the counties around Guangling have a very good foundation and are all familiar land. Although they have been repeatedly attacked by war, as long as the people are relocated and settled in wasteland, within a few years, grain, salt, fish, tea, and silk will prosper, and the treasury will be full. A mountain of goods accumulates, and sincerity is a good place.”

"Fourth, Yangzhou is the hometown of His Majesty, which is exactly the southern capital."

Actually, Zhao Guangfeng didn't say anything.

Although Jingzhao Mansion, Henan Mansion, and Beiping Mansion are respectively affiliated to Guannei Road, Zhili Road, and Hebei Road, because of the existence of left-behinds, they have strong autonomy, and the yamen at the road level can basically not control them. It can be said that they are areas directly under the jurisdiction of the imperial court. .

In today's social atmosphere, the more areas directly under the imperial court, the greater the power of the center, and even the three capitals can be used to influence Guannei, Zhili, and Hebei in turn. There are many benefits.

If another Nanjing is set up and the eastern half of Huainan is included, then the imperial court will control an area rich in tea, silk, salt and prosperous trade-you know, when Huaixi rebelled, the rebels were very eager to enter Huainan eastward , to get the wealth there.

Zhao Guangfeng is the prime minister. From his point of view, this is very in line with the interests of the central government.

He also felt that Sui and Tang were a little stingy.

It has been 300 years since the demise of Nanchen, and there is really no need to "suppress the royal spirit".

How many people in the south today still remember Nanchen?It's better for the imperial court to intervene and manage it by themselves, and hold this elite area in their hands.

After Zhao Guangfeng talked so much, Shao Shude only focused on drinking tea, and asked after a long time, "Why not Shengzhou?"

Shengzhou is the Nanjing of later generations.

This place is very interesting. During the Southern Dynasties, the world was the capital.

After the demise of Chen State, Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty ordered "to build the city of Kang, and the palaces to be cleared and cultivated", and Nanjing was destroyed.

Of course, it wasn't who Yang Jian was targeting. He was that kind of person. Yecheng was also destroyed. Now it is just a county, which is incomparable to the grand occasion.

After Jiankang was destroyed by Yang Jian, there were "quiet paths" and "ancient hills" everywhere, such as——

"Flowers and grass in the Wu Palace buried a secluded path, and the clothes of the Jin Dynasty formed ancient hills", "Spring grass grew when the country was destroyed, and there were no ancient hills in the Li Palace".

In addition to destroying the city walls and turning them into farmland, there is also the suppression of administrative divisions.

Whether it was the Sui or the Tang Dynasty, Nanjing's status was very low. It once fell into a county and was under the jurisdiction of Yangzhou in the north of the Yangtze River.

As said in "If you go to Shangyuan to cherish the past, Xie An's grave and meditate", Nanjing in the Tang Dynasty was already a county, similar to the former capital of the Northern Qi Dynasty, Yecheng.

The so-called suppressing the king's spirit, people at that time believed it.

The Sui and Tang Dynasties were the imperial courts of Kansai, and they were also afraid of the reappearance of separatist regimes in Hebei and Jiangnan.

Until the reign of Emperor Xizong Guangqi of the former Tang Dynasty, [-] warriors from the Wuning Army of Xuzhou went to the south of the Yangtze River and successively captured Suzhou, Changzhou, Runzhou and other large counties. In the four counties of Shangyuan, Jurong, Lishui, and Liyang, the status of Nanjing has finally risen a little.

But this place, whether it's population, economy, or whatever, isn't OK.

After Feng Hongduo surrendered, Yang Xingmi sent people to rebuild the city wall of Shengzhou, but it was only a few miles around the city, and the scale was not large.The local people are also very few. After experiencing the two scourges of Xuzhou Wufu and Sun Rucai, the population has dropped sharply, and Yang Wu's business center has always been in Huainan, so the development of Shengzhou is extremely slow.

This time the Great Xia king's division is going east, and Shengzhou will go through war again, and it will inevitably be devastated.

The real development of this place actually depends on Xu Wen.In history, he kept the descendants of Yang Xingmi in Guangling, and he went to Shengzhou to establish a hegemony, making Nanjing the de facto political center of the Huainan regime. This continued for decades, and finally made it develop greatly. This is how Jinling in the Southern Tang Dynasty came into being. grand occasion.

"Your Majesty intends to build health?" Zhao Guangfeng asked in surprise.

Shao Shude didn't answer directly, but asked, "How's the Huainan war going?"

Today is February 12th, [-]th year of Jianji, and the Huainan war has gone through more than three months, and now there is only one last obstacle left, so he is a little anxious to wait.

"Xu Wen and Zhang Hao recruited and descended, crossed the south of the Yangtze River, joined Wu Yue soldiers and horses, and will attack Runzhou. They will be defeated first and then won, and they have conquered it." Zhao Guangfeng said: "The remnants of Huainan will be gathered in Shengzhou. The troops of Li Siyuan, Zhou Dewei, and Zhao Kuangning are marching towards Shengzhou, and more than [-] troops from the three parties have gathered, and sooner or later Shengzhou will fall."

"On the north side of the river, there are only Haozhou and Xuyi City in Sizhou left. Qin Wangzheng is besieging the governor with troops and horses, and he will be overcome soon."

"Is there a lot of casualties in the army?" Shao Shude asked: "If it continues to drag on, the rainy season in the south of the Yangtze River will be approaching, and there may be epidemic diseases in the army."

"The Jiangbei army is fine. I heard that the King of Qin sent the Luoyan Army to cross the south of the Yangtze River. The troops were not acclimatized, and there were many casualties." Zhao Guangfeng said with a sneaky glance at Shao Shude.

He always felt that the saints seemed to want to see the outbreak of the epidemic, especially those troops composed of Jin people, Khitan people, Bohai people, Mohe people, and Uighur people.

There is no reason for this feeling, but he just feels that there seems to be such a thing, especially when the King of Qin transferred the Luoyan Army from the Haozhou battlefield and sent it to the south of the Yangtze River. The thieves are strong and need support.

Thinking of this, Zhao Guangfeng was also shocked.

It's better not to speculate on the little calculations of Shao's father and son, it's useless.

"There is no one who is immortal in a war." Shao Shude said, as if he didn't care about it.

Zhao Guangfeng was inconvenient to say any more, he already knew it in his heart.

"Let's talk about the matter of the southern capital again. We will make a decision after conquering Shengzhou and inspecting the household registration and farmland." Shao Shude said: "The Jiankang ruins of the Southern Dynasty also need to be inspected. There is no rush on this matter, and we will talk about it later."

"Yes." Zhao Guangfeng replied.

He could tell that the sage didn't really care about Yangzhou, his ancestral home, but Jiankang.

Thinking about it, how many years has the Shaw family been exiled to Fengzhou since the defeat of Yue Wangzhen in Wu Zetian's reign?How could he still care about his hometown in Guangling?

Suddenly, he remembered a funny thing.

After hearing that Master Wang captured Chuzhou and Yangzhou, more than a dozen clans surnamed Shao popped up in Jiangdu, Hailing and other counties in an instant, and became relatives with King Qin.The subordinates didn't dare to deal with it without authorization, so they reported to the King of Qin. As a result, the King of Qin scolded these people severely, took three whips for each of them, and sent them all away.

From Zhao Guangfeng's point of view, those people might have been relatives of saints 200 years ago.But time has passed, and the Shaw family in Toyosu is also a farming family without a family tree. Now it is difficult to recognize relatives if they want to make acquaintances.

After Zhao Guangfeng left, Shao Shude climbed to the highest point in Changchun Palace, overlooking the rivers and mountains.

In an instant, he seemed to be back in March of the fourth year (893) of Tang Dashun.

Before that, he had completely controlled Guanzhong and went east for the first time.Although he returned without success, he took the two states of Shanxi and Guozhou smoothly when he returned to the teacher.

Wang Chongying was seriously ill, so he didn't dare to challenge him, so he swallowed that breath.

At that time, Ren Yuji, the governor of Weibei, repaired the Changchun Palace, which was first built by Yuwen Hu and added by Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty.

Shao Shude lived in this palace with his wife and family, climbed up and looked far away, overlooking the Taihua and Zhongtiao Mountains, and was already plotting in his heart how to eat the four prefectures in Hezhong.

In February of the 12th year of the establishment of the pole, he once again climbed high and looked far away. At this time, he was planning the Western Regions thousands of miles away.

At this moment, just as at that moment.

The martyrs are young and strong.