Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

On the first day of June in the 12th year of Jianji, after the Great Court Meeting, Chu Shenyi, Yao Ji, Zhang Shensi, and Wei Dingli faced the Holy Spirit alone, then received the flag and official seal, and took a group of entourages, and went south to Lingnan to take up their posts.

Chu Shenyi served as the governor of Lingxi Road, and Yao Ji served as the governor of Lingdong Road.The latter two were General Tu and General of the Jinglue Army. Because of their advanced age, they were released as commanders of the Lingxi and Lingdong capitals, and used their rich experience to suppress the localities.

Of course, they can't do it on their own.

The imperial court also recruited a group of veterans over the age of 40 who volunteered to go south to serve as grassroots military posts in the Second Army of the Suijiang General and the Economic Strategy.The Shanzhou Academy and the Yunzhou Academy also selected a group of recruits who were willing to go south. A total of several hundred people went south to Yongzhou and Guangzhou in a mighty manner, declaring the imperial court's sovereignty over the five-managed land.

The six prefectures of Run, Su, Chang, Hangzhou, Hu, and Mu under the jurisdiction of the Zhenhai Navy, and the seven prefectures of Yue, Ming, Wu, Qu, Chu, Tai, and Wen under the jurisdiction of the former Zhedong Observatory ( Zhiyue Prefecture), merged into Jiangdong Road.There are a total of thirteen prefectures in this road, governing Hangzhou.

The three prefectures of Xuan, She, and Chi under the jurisdiction of Xuanshe Jiedushi were assigned to Jiangxi Province.The road governs eleven states and governs Hongzhou.

Henan Province originally governed [-] prefectures, and today Gwangju and Shouzhou were divided into Huainan Province.

Huainan Road governs Yang, Chu, Hao, Chu, He, Lu, Shu, Shou, and Guang Jiuzhou, and governs Yangzhou.

Although the place is small, its population has slowly recovered in recent years and its economic strength has been increasing day by day. It is the best developed area in the south.Many officials don't try to grab the official positions in Jiangdong, Jiangxi, and Huguang, but they try their best to go to Huainan, which can be seen.

There were originally seven prefectures in Hubei Dao, which were later divided into Jing and Lang (Lang and Li prefectures and six counties merged into Lang prefecture), Xia prefectures, and Gui prefectures, which belonged to Jingnan Town, with a total of eleven prefectures.

Because Hunan is too small, with only seven prefectures, and the populations of Hunan and Hubei are too small, with one less than one million and the other more than a million, they were simply merged together, and Huguang Road was established to govern eighteen prefectures.

The population of one group is equal to the population of one state such as Weizhou and Songzhou in the Central Plains. The eighteen prefectures of Huguang sound nice, but that is actually the case.The economy, population, transportation, and cultural undertakings are so far behind that the average grade of officials in each state and county is lower than that of the Central Plains—the number and grade of officials in the upper, middle and lower states, and upper, middle and lower counties are obviously not the same. the same.

After such operations, there are Huainan, Jiangdong, Jiangxi, Fujian, Lingdong, Lingxi, Huguang, Qianzhong, and Jiannan nine roads in the south.In the north, there are ten roads in Zhili, Henan, Huaihai, Hedong, Hebei, Liaodong, Guannei, Guanbei, Longyou, and Hexi.

A total of nineteen across the country.

After finishing these trivial matters of administrative division, the rest is to fill the officials.

Every old official has to pass the assessment of the Ministry of Officials, and everyone passes the test—except for those who need to unite the front.

Kansai and Henan economics students got a large number of chances to be awarded officials.

Everyone understands that this is the last big opportunity in the early days of the dynasty. After passing this village, there will be no such shop, so they will no longer pick and choose. If they have a chance, they will go there, even if they go to the hot and humid south to be an official. of.

Everyone knows that Guochao will always develop the south in the future.Go ahead, occupy a favorable position first, take advantage of the good opportunity with less competition now, and strive to develop a place where the powerful will grow out. After the development in the future, they will be the first to pick the fruits.

Of course, this is what they deserve.

Do you think developing hot and humid areas is an easy task?Don't look at the development of Run, Su, Chang, Hu, Hangzhou and other states in the south of the Yangtze River, but it cost a huge price.

Mosquitoes breed in swamps, and there may be various poisons.When you go to develop, the first thing is to clear the swamp and cut down all kinds of fast-growing shrubs, weeds, and reeds. There is no loss in the process?Maybe you are fine today, but you will be sick tomorrow, and you don't know what kind of disease you have.

Even if you spend your life to get through this stage, the next step will be difficult.So much water, you have to sort it out, where to fill up for farmland, where to dredge rivers, where to make reservoirs, where to use as post roads, houses, markets...

If the weather is not beautiful, if there is a flood, all your efforts will be in vain.

In short, the development of Jiangnan and Jiangxi was forged by the flesh and blood of generations of ancestors.The bustling cities you see now, the canals extending in all directions, the blue lakes and the endless rice fields did not exist many years ago.

At that time, there were not even many post roads, and you had to take a boat to go out.

It is now called Jiangnan Water Town, but it used to be swamp sludge.

The place I developed at a huge cost naturally has to take advantage of it, or is it not for nothing?

The imperial court also acquiesced to these, and even allowed big families to live together.Just like Yang Woyi's family of hundreds of people went to Xianzhou, there are also big families in the north who go south——

Zhou Ze, the former judge of the Zhenzhou shogunate, took his family and more than a thousand farmers who were attached to them to the south to settle in Qianzhou (now Ganzhou), Jiangxi, to open up wasteland, and cultivate and study his family.

The nephew of Luo Hongxin, the former Wei Bo Jiedu envoy, also brought more than 500 members of the Wang family to Langzhou south to clean up the ruins devastated by the war, clean up the abandoned farmland, and take root in Wuling County.

Li Sizhao, who had just served as the deputy envoy of the Golden Sword Army, and more than [-] members of his branch family went south to Tingzhou, Fujian Province, where he served as a local county official and competed with Changting Dongman for land.

This is how the Chinese ancestors developed.

You can call it assimilation or colonization, but the vast south was indeed ground down bit by bit in the process of family migration.

The whole process lasted for 2000 years, and it was relayed from generation to generation, which can be called an epic undertaking.

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On the tenth day of June, Shao Shude received a group of Huainan demoted officials headed by Xu Wen and Zhang Hao in Xiyuan, Chang'an.

"Xu and Zhang Erqing acted decisively, which surprised me very much." Shao Shude said while playing with a hard bow, glanced at the densely packed crowd.

Xu Wen was startled.

He is a little worried about gains and losses now because he thinks too much.With such a personality, there is no way.

200 people do such a big thing, what will the saint think?
It seems to be nothing, because since the Tang Dynasty, the old Jiedu envoys have left or died, and the new Jiedu envoys may not stand up after staying, and there are many things that have been overthrown by hundreds of soldiers.

But it seems that there are many problems.Because that era has passed after all, and it is a bit garish to still do these things now.Don't even think about it, how many years has this happened?
What's more, the situation in Huainan is somewhat similar to the Central Court.Isn't the rebellion of the left and right teeth the rebellion of the imperial army?Now in his 50s, will he be afraid of this?

Xu Wen's mind is sensitive and delicate, sometimes like a woman, the more she thinks, the more frightened she becomes.

He glanced at Zhang Hao again, and suddenly sighed secretly.

If there is no such a behemoth as Daxia in the north, he feels that he can play Zhang Hao to death and control Huainan alone.This rammed goods, it is estimated that there are only a few taels when the brain is dug out. After doing a big thing, but to make money to play with women, and then happily wait for the court to deliver.

He was even praised a few words by the officials of the Xuzhou camp, saying that he is sensible and quick, and I really don't know what to say.

Fortune favors fools.

"Your Majesty, the world is about to be unified, and I am eager to make contributions, so I will do something decisive to ensure the peace of Huainan." Xu Wen said.

Zhang Hao opened his mouth, and stammered: "Yang Wo resisted the heavenly soldiers, and death is not a pity. I will give him a ride, so as not to get in the way."

Shao Shude laughed.

The officials and generals who followed him also laughed.

"In the past, Xu Qing served as a regiment training envoy in Shuzhou. He was good at fighting and defending, and he also had the skills to appease the people." Shao Shude said: "How can I not pay for such great achievements? It just so happens that the position of Longyou Dao Transit Envoy is vacant." Come out, Xu Qing will go to Hezhou to take office next month."

"Thank you, Your Majesty Long En." Xu Wen felt relieved.

This position is actually not bad, better than he imagined.Longyou has been stable for more than [-] years, so it should not be too poor.The transfer envoy is in charge of one's wealth, although it is laborious and laborious, but the power is quite large, and there is a lot of money.He has nothing dissatisfied with this arrangement, so thank you immediately.

"Don't be in a hurry to thank you." Shao Shude said: "Since last year, Longyou Road has been renovating post roads, hoarding supplies, and transporting them to various nodes. After the meeting, Xu Qing can go to the Zhongshu Province to learn about the tasks, and then go Call on the governor. Do your best, I will not treat meritorious ministers badly."

"I obey the order." Xu Wen responded.

"Zhang Qing..." Shao Shude's eyes turned to Zhang Hao again.

Zhang Hao watched eagerly.

"Guanneidao Prison Envoy Li Qing has just taken up his post, so I will temporarily take this position for you." Shao Shude said.

"I obey the order... I thank Your Majesty for your kindness." Zhang Hao responded immediately.

Slightly disappointed, but not unacceptable.

Compared with governor envoys, transit envoys, and capital commander envoys, prison envoys are actually not that important.But how should I put it, he is a fourth-rank official anyway, and his rank is very high, so it is impossible to guarantee him a decent and rich life.What's more, I've made so much money already, that's enough, let's just hang out the rest of the day, and it seems good to settle the case and clear up the wrongful lawsuit.

"Other descendants from Huainan..." Shao Shude's eyes swept over the crowd.

I didn't see Tuoba Renfu, and I heard that he disappeared.Shao Shude didn't bother to look for it anymore. He had a ghost in his heart and always felt that he had to deal with him, but he was overthinking it.

"Zhu Qing!" Shao Shude looked at Zhu Jin with a complicated expression.

"Your Majesty." Zhu Jin stepped forward with some embarrassment, and bowed in salute.

Although the world is big, there is nowhere to escape, so there is nothing to do.

Shao Shude suddenly thought of the Qi family, and felt slightly regretful.

This woman was still a palace official, and he had been lucky a few times, but she almost forgot about it later.

He once analyzed himself why he likes wives so much.

Then one day, he found that he liked to see the secrets of these noble women with his own eyes after Liang Princess Zhang Hui, former Tang He Empress, Bohai Queen Gao Shi, Khitan Ke Dunyue Liduo, and the secrets of these noble women flowed out of him. The children and grandchildren of these women, and wished to write their former identities on the top of these women's heads, only then did they know that this was a perverted desire derived from conquest.

But he came to the Qi family purely to vent his anger, it's not worth it.

"Zhu Qing is in his prime, would you like to serve me and fight on the battlefield?" Shao Shude asked.

With so many people, he only looked at Zhu Jin, and the others didn't bother to pay attention.

Zhu Jin sighed, and others looked sideways.

"Some thoughts have faded away." Zhu Jin said: "Treat me secretly as a guest of honor, but it is only a gift of a guest of honor. When there is a need to fight, I am temporarily allowed to lead troops, and even send people to monitor and restrain me."

Having said that, he turned his head and glanced at Xu Wen.

Xu Wen smiled back.During Yang Xingmi's time, he did often act as Zhu Jin's assistant and monitor him by the way.

"But today the world is unified, and I have no other thoughts." Zhu Jin said, "I would like to serve His Majesty before the army."

"Okay!" Shao Shude said happily, "Zhu Qing can go to Fengguo's army to seek the post of a cavalry general, and go north to sweep the Tatars for me."

"I obey the order." Zhu Jin replied loudly.

There are tens of thousands of soldiers in the national army, and Xia Luqi, the military envoy, recently transferred Li Cunxu as the deputy envoy, and Zhu Jinke took the post of the Youyi envoy of the capital, which just made full use of his expertise.

The training time of this army is not short.Next, they can be sent out to practice, first take the Tatars in the Qibei grassland.