Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

The days of Changchun Palace are more memories.

Shao Shude suddenly remembered that he had collected many papers here.At that time, the scholars who submitted papers, as long as he took a fancy to them, basically had power, and the worst was a governor.

This is the importance of betting.

If the bet is right, even if the ability is average and you can't be a high-ranking official, you can still be an official in a local state or county.

Betting on the wrong treasure, the stronger the ability, the worse the end will be, just like Jing Xiang, Zhu Quanzhong's counselor.

Life is faced with choices again and again.It turns out that choice is the most important thing.

On February 300th, Shao Shude met with local tyrants, gentry, and elders in Yao, Fu, Fang, Yan, and Dan.

This is Shao Sheng's old operation.

In troubled times, local tyrants, wealthy businessmen, and children of military academies are generally skilled horse archers, and their families are also very influential in the local area. Recruiting them into the army is not only the need of the United Front, but also a good source of military supplements.

Zhu Quanzhong recruited the children of powerful and rich merchants in Bianzhou City to form Tingzidu, and he was extremely brave.

The sons of merchants who have been looked down upon in the past dynasties are actually powerful people in this era. It can only be said that this is a deformed Spartan society for all people.There is no opportunity to be pampered and pampered, and the rich second generation must also be involved, and their fate must be involved, otherwise they will die and their family will be wiped out.

And once they don't roll up and start to lie down and enjoy themselves, the Bianliang Forbidden Army will become a superficial generation, the Battle of Baixiang will become a laughing stock, and the glory of others will be achieved.

The group of people Shao Shude recruited was basically cultivated at the end of the introverted society, and their fighting qualities are still good.

In another 20 years, he would not dare to accept the children of wealthy businessmen into the army, for fear of being tricked.

On February [-]th, Shengjia went south to Huazhou, and then went west.

Shao Shude got out of the carriage, got on a steed horse, and walked side by side with Wang Bian, the deputy envoy of the Nanya Privy Council.

In Daxia official circles, Wang Bian is definitely an eye-catching figure.

Although the Shence Army is messy as a whole, it is not all parallel imports.When conquering Li Guochang and his son, the 10,000 Shence Army that Li Zhuo brought to Hedong was quite capable of fighting, but most of them were the only ones among the [-]+ army that could put on a show.

Wang Bian was born as a Shence general.Because Qi Bizhang couldn't afford the expenses of the Zhenwu Army, he was forced to step down by the warriors. Wang Bian took the military reward collected by the court and took office, and finally surrendered during Shao Shude's annexation of the four towns in Guanbei.

It can be seen that he does not have much ambition.After leaving the Zhenwu Army, he served as the governor of Huazhou and the defense envoy of Tongguan, and secretly surrendered to Shao Shude.

From then on, he was quite trusted, but he also did a lot of dirty work and offended many scholars.The post of deputy privy envoy is a well-deserved reward for him.

"Wang Qing was attacked by Hao Zhenwei in the past, and the army was defeated like a mountain. If Hao Mou really succeeded and united with the two prefectures of Hua, it would be a big feudal town." Shao Shude looked at the wide and straight first-class national road and smiled. road.

In the past, when we entered eastward from Chang'an and passed Zhaoying County, there were overturned vehicles and dead and wounded soldiers everywhere on both sides of the post road.The elite Wang Bian was able to fight was basically destroyed in a battle during the march, and he was forced to ask Shao Shude for help.

Thinking of this, Wang Bian also laughed, and said: "Actually, Hao Zhenwei has made up his mind to help the minister. If he doesn't make a surprise attack, the minister may have to wait and see and hesitate for a while. If he makes a sneak attack, the minister will lose all his capital. Knowing that his ability is limited, it is embarrassing." The great responsibility can only be surrendered to His Majesty, but if you don't want to, you will hit it right, and you will be rich today."

What Wang Bian said was playful, but it was also true.

Shao Shude couldn't help laughing when he heard this, and said: "Twenty years have passed, and the dilapidated Liangjing Post Road in the past has changed. I don't remember exactly how Hao Zhenwei died. It seems that he died in the middle of the river or in Heyang. This person is really..."

"He just can't hold back his face." Wang Bian said, "If he can return to His Majesty without hesitation, the position of minister will probably be his."

Hao and Wang stabbed Tongzhou once and Huazhou once, and their strengths were similar, while Hao Zhenwei was stronger.

Shao Shude occasionally recalls the truth about Li Guochang's Eastern Expedition at the end of Qianfu.

Hao Du led more than 5000 soldiers and horses, majestic and majestic. He first calmed down the restless Zhenwu army, and then entered Daibei to occupy the Zhelu army, making Li Keyong return without success.

Later, he went back to serve as an envoy of the Tiande Army, but refused to surrender. From then on, he became a bereaved dog. He fled all the way, but he was used by Zhu Quanzhong.
As the old saying goes, choice matters.

"Do you think Yang Wo knows current affairs?" Shao Shude asked.

"Your Majesty, he is just a dandy, and he will agree to everything if he is scared. Besides, he is worthless." Wang Bian said.

As the long river of history entered the late Tang and Five Dynasties, the value of the descendants of the princes of one party was really low to the point of being dispensable.

In ancient wars, the descendants of the defeated party are actually very useful, but also very dangerous.Either kill them all, or treat each other with courtesy, so as not to rebel in the newly conquered land.

But at this point, you can kill or not, it doesn't mean that someone will stand up for you.

The vicissitudes of life have changed, and the speed of climate change is too fast.To put it bluntly, the social foundation is still undergoing drastic changes.

The Anshi Rebellion was a turning point of civilization.

When Wufu becomes a country, it is a turning point in the social and economic foundation.

From now on, society will become more and more atomized, and local organizational capabilities will become weaker and weaker.Correspondingly, centralization has been continuously strengthened.

But Shao Shude didn't intend to kill Yang Wo, it was unnecessary.There are hundreds of people in this big family, and he plans to take some time to meet them, and then send them all to settle in Liaodong.From now on, as long as they don't commit suicide, no one will interfere with their lives.

In fact, it has been treated very tolerantly, and it should be regarded as the virtue accumulated by Yang Xingmi for his descendants.

The same young monarch, Da Chi Zhuan is still a prisoner, running around with the holy driver, so far there is no clear explanation.His wife, Mrs. Gao, is still lying in a carriage in Shao Shude's carriage, her delicate and tender places are in a mess.

With such treatment, have fun secretly.

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On February 22, Shengjia arrived in Zhaoying County and stayed at Huaqing Palace in Lishan Mountain for three days.

Zhaoying ordered Li Xie to have the spirit of being an ancestor, and he was very clever. He cleaned up the Huaqing Pool in advance, and let Shao Shude and the two pregnant women Xiao and Du have a good time in the pool.

On the 28th, Shengjia arrived in the east of Chang'an City, and entered from the first gate of Tonghua Gate in the north of the east.

When entering the city, Shao Shude stopped for a while.

At that time, the armies camped near Chang'an to encircle and suppress Huangchao.He and Zhuge Shuang's more than [-] troops were successively attached to the east and northeast camps.

When Huang Chao withdrew from Chang'an, all the camps rushed into the city to plunder, and he was the only one to pursue.

Times have changed, the changes are really big.

This time, he came to Chang'an as the master.

This is Daxia Xijing, his city.

"After all, it is the old foundation of the Sui and Tang Dynasties. The scale of Chang'an is not comparable to that of Luoyang." The streets have been taken over by the forbidden army who arrived earlier, and they have been cleaned up repeatedly. Memories flooded my face, but quickly faded away.

Chang'an today is different from ten years ago, and even more so from 20 or 30 years ago.

There are fewer people, and there is a look of decay everywhere.

Fangshi teenagers who were once more ruthless than Huangchao thieves were sent to Hubei Road to open up wasteland in batches.

There are also fewer businessmen and scholars, because this place is far away from the political center.

The Shence Army has long been wiped out, and the family members of the sergeants either emigrated or supported themselves, struggling to survive.

The "Wuling boy" was nowhere to be seen.

Shao Shude suddenly thought of the cities in the later generations that were struggling to transform after the resources were exhausted.

Job opportunities have plummeted, and it is impossible to support so many city people who do not do farming. The goods and funds circulating in the market are decreasing day by day. The whole city is trying to maintain its "Godhead", but it still declines uncontrollably until it hits the bottom rebound and then stabilize at a certain level.

This is the inevitability of history, and it is also Chang'an's helplessness.

The economic center of gravity is from west to east, unstoppable.Not only the Central Plains of the Kanto is thriving, but even the Northeast Hu people who are closely related to the Kanto are rising day by day, gradually surpassing the Northwest Hu people in strength.

Shao Shude felt that he had done his best.

He is not a god, and he cannot go against the general trend.The decline of Kansai is inevitable, all he can do is to preserve as much energy as possible for it, so that the result of the decline will not be so tragic.

The appearance of wool cloth injected a booster into the Kansai economy and greatly delayed the process of decline.Even in some commercial cities, prosperity surpassed that of the former Tang Dynasty.

But Shao Shude knew that this was all an illusion.A wool cloth cannot support Kansai's economy, nor can it bring Chang'an back to the heyday of Tianbao.

In recent years, the coal industry in Tongzhou and other places has gradually prospered, and it is even transported by the Yellow River to the downstream Hedong Road and Zhili Road for sale.But they are also facing fierce competition. Xiuwu and Liang counties are also major coal producing areas, and Hedong also has its own coal industry. The Tongzhou coal mine is destined to only get a small part of such an increasingly prosperous market, and it is difficult to take the lead.

The trade with the Western Regions is another way, and the scale has been growing year by year in these years, and Kansai has made a lot of profits.However, with the deepening of maritime trade, the overland Silk Road is destined to be inferior to the Maritime Silk Road, and the cost of the two is no longer at the same level, and the failure of the competition is almost inevitable.

Shao Shude thought about it, and it seemed that only the Western Expedition and the complete restoration of the former Tang's Western Regions could improve Kansai's economy a bit.After all, there are some things that cannot be replaced by sea trade, such as trade with neighboring countries that are close at hand.

"Long live my emperor!" The people of Chang'an were temporarily imprisoned in each workshop, but after seeing the yellow umbrella cover, they still cheered enthusiastically behind the low wall of the workshop.

Shao Shude withdrew his thoughts, looked around, and suddenly smiled.

What are you thinking so much about?Do your best with a clear conscience.

It is only a little bit that can be changed, and the accumulation of a little will make a lot, maybe there will be a qualitative change in the future?
Shao Shude stayed in Daming Palace that day.

On the first day of March, the Shuowang Dachao Meeting was held in the Hanyuan Hall, and all the nine-rank civil and military officials in Beijing participated, officially announcing the transfer of the political center of Daxia.