Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

Chapter 1490 Worry
In November, Chang'an is filled with lanterns and festoons, full of joy.

Princess Yongkang Shao Xian sent out the general of the Forbidden Army, the military envoy of Tianxiong Army, the son of Zang Dubao, and the military supervisor of Xidu, Zang Zhu.

Princess Yongkang was born in October of the fifth year of Dashun (894). She is 19 years old this year, and her biological mother is Xiuyi Pei Zhenyi.

Wuzang Dubao started his career as a leader of a vassal tribe who assumed the surname of Muzang. He has repeatedly made military exploits, and his entire life experience can be described as inspirational.After his rise, the Wuzang Clan was a bit divided, and many people joined him. Although they could not stand against each other even though they had become friends with Wuzang, they had already become a force of their own, and their appeal should not be underestimated.

Anyone with a discerning eye can see that Wuzang Dubao is actually more sacred than Wuzang Jieming. The saints have been vigorously cultivating him, such as entrusting him with the command of the war to destroy the eight tribes of Khitan, and ordering him to set up an order to destroy the eight tribes. The merit of the country.

The reasons for this are self-evident.

On the seventh day of November, in the Duting Station on the west side of Zhuque Street in Chang'an, there was an endless stream of officials welcoming and sending them off.

Dachang and Guobuxie (Qingping official and prime minister) Duan Yizong and his party packed their luggage, left the post station, and prepared to return home.

The Xia people didn't ask for their gifts and let them take them away.Duan Yizong had no choice but to send people to Chang'an West Market to sell—mainly cotton cloth.

"Nanzhao weaves are particularly fine. The white ones are also the morning glow. The king wears white cloth, and the king's wife wears the morning glow."

鰎 (dié) refers to fine wool or fine cotton cloth.Baijijibei means white fine cotton cloth, and Jibei is the name of cotton in Tang Dynasty.

Those that can be called 氎 generally have reached a very high level of textile technology, and the textile level of the Western Regions and Nanzhao is still very high.The batch of goods brought by Duan Yizong sold for a very good price.

It was already winter, and after going out, the cold wind blew hard, and Duan Yizong's bald head felt a little cold.So he asked his entourage to fetch a monk hat and put it on, chatting to relieve the chill.

Of course, a monk cannot be a prime minister, and Duan Yizong is not a serious monk. In fact, he was ordained temporarily before entering the Xia Realm, because he did not want to worship the emperor of the Central Plains.

Helplessly, after more than three months in Chang'an, I failed to see the Great Xia saint, so I had to go back disgruntled.

"The second time I entered the Central Plains, I didn't get anything, what can I do." On the street, Duan Yizong sighed.

Yes, this is already his second mission to the Central Plains.The last time I went to Chengdu, I begged Zheng Renmin, the son of the monarch Zheng Maisi, to marry the daughter of Li Maozhen, but returned without success.

This time they had a bigger appetite, so they directly asked Princess Daxia to marry them, so naturally they got frustrated again.

To be honest, Duan Yizong felt ashamed and didn't want to do this job.

The majestic lord of a country seems to be unable to find a bride, asking for marriage everywhere, what does it sound like?The most outrageous thing is that the prime minister was also sent out to propose marriage to the lord. As a Confucian who is familiar with ancient and modern times and is familiar with the meaning of articles, Duan Yizong was forced to shave his hair and become a monk, which is even more embarrassing.

In history, when Zheng Renmin attacked Qianshu, he was defeated by Wang Jian and killed tens of thousands of soldiers.In order to save the situation, Duan Yizong went to Chengdu as an envoy to marry the former Shu princess, but was left in Shu.After living for several years, when he said goodbye and left, the masters of the former Shu and the later masters worried that he would understand the internal situation in the middle of Shu, provide information for the Dachanghe Kingdom, and kill him with poison.

Of course, Jung In-min's marriage proposal tour is not over yet.

After Duan Yizong was killed, he sent his younger brother Zheng Zhaochun to the Southern Han Dynasty to marry the princess.

Zhaochun loves to learn diction, composes poems at banquets, and all the officials of the Southern Han Dynasty can't write him (this is so low...), so the proposal is successful, and Liu Yin's daughter, Princess Zengcheng, is married to Yunnan.

I finally married a princess, and I am satisfied!
"Bu Xie, I'm afraid there's no need to do this anymore." Yang Ganzhen, the governor of the East River, smiled and said, "Shao Shude wiped out all the heroes. In this world, besides the Shao family, where is the princess? His Majesty was hesitant to find Li Maozhen, and his status was not qualified. Now that the Xia people refused, His Majesty should give up, right?"

Duan Yizong smiled wryly.

Your Majesty has this problem, the queen must choose a woman of status, preferably a foreign princess.Duan Yizong was very speechless, but he could understand it and stabilize the overall situation.

"Forget it, let's go back to the country." Duan Yizong said: "Compared to running around, I would rather go back to the country to govern."

"The Jinlang River and Gaohe water conservancy facilities have been in disrepair for a long time, so I have to go and see for myself. Each is related to the irrigation of tens of thousands of hectares of land, so I dare not be sloppy."

"There are more and more fugitives from the Lishui Gold Mine. I don't know what happened. I have to go and see."

"The Pyu people were plundered by the Bagan people, and they went to the Shan Chan Mansion to beg for help, and they don't know what happened."

"All ethnic groups in the country..."

Duan Yizong babbled on and on, and every sentence was inseparable from important military affairs.

Yang Qianzhen yawned when he heard this, he only knows how to fight and kill, and is not very interested in these internal affairs.

What hussy?With that time, it is better to plunder the Central Plains in the north.

The Pyu people are an ethnic group living in the middle reaches of the Irrawaddy River in Myanmar. They used to have a country.During the reign of Emperor Dezong of the Tang Dynasty, the Piao State sent envoys to the court to perform dances, and Emperor Dezong named his prince Taichangqing.

But 30 years later, Nanzhao expanded into Burma, broke through the capital of the Pyu Kingdom, and plundered more than [-] royal families, officials, and monks who returned to the country and placed them in Tuodong City (now Kunming).

After this blow, the Pyu Kingdom was split into several small Pyu regimes, which were completely devastated.The Burmese took advantage of the situation, and hundreds of years later completely annexed the territory of the Pyu people and became the rulers of the middle reaches of the Ayeyarwady River.

For now, the small regimes of the Pyu people are all vassals controlled by the Dachanghe Kingdom, and some sites are even directly managed by the Dachanghe Kingdom.

Yang Qianzhen is really not interested in the south where transportation is inconvenient.Pyu people, Bagan people, and Brahmin people, if they are interested, they will go to plunder a few times. If they are not interested, they might as well train at home and look for opportunities to go north to the Central Plains.

After Duan Yizong said a lot, seeing Yang Qianzhen just looking around, he was a little angry.When he was about to question him, he saw Yang Qianzhen wave his hand.

Duan Yizong looked in the direction of his finger, but saw that it was a wine shop, a few scholars who came to Chang'an from other places seemed to have drunk too much, talking loudly.

"The Zang family has also become relatives of the emperor, which is very interesting."

"What did you say? I would like to hear more about it."

"Zang Dubao is likely to become the commander-in-chief of the Western Expedition and preside over the overall situation."

"Is it really going to go west?"

"Then it's fake? A blind person can't see such a big movement, right? The preparations started two years ago. The saint probably won't conscript himself, but choose a general to lead the army. This person is likely to be Zang Dubao."

"Is Zang Dubao still in Liaodong?"

"I don't know where. Anyway, he is the commander of the Western Expedition. I said so. If I am not right, I will propose marriage to Butcher Zheng."

"Ha ha!"

"Madam Zheng sat on your ass to death!"

Butcher Zheng's daughter is tall and thick, so she can deal with one or two strong men, let alone scholars like them.

Yang Qianzhen shook his head with a smile, then looked at Duan Yizong.

Duan Yizong dragged him away, and after walking for a while, he said in a low voice: "Yang Shuai, from your point of view, is it very possible for the Xia people to go west?"

"A lot of people say that, so it can't be fake." Yang Qianzhen said, "Speaking of it, this is actually an opportunity."

Duan Yizong hesitated to speak, worried.

Yang Qianzhen glanced at him and said nothing.

He has a rough appearance, loves to kill, and has a strong martial spirit, but he is also a little cunning.

Zheng Maisi usurped the power and took over the position, so Yang's can't do it?In fact, he has been waiting for the opportunity.

But even if the Zheng family is defeated, he will not act rashly.Because there are hundreds of people in the Zheng family, many of the children are officials everywhere, and their influence is not small.The best way is to push a family to the foreground, let them be villains, and first cut off the remaining forces of the Zheng family.After this work is completed, he will destroy the family again. At that time, he will either ascend the throne and proclaim himself emperor, or become a powerful minister below, and he can advance and retreat freely. Wouldn't it be beautiful?
There are not many big families in the country who hold this view. For example, the Gao family in Xi'erhe has this idea, and a fool jumps to the front to become the emperor. Of course, compared to the Gao family, Yang Qianzhen is still so interested in the throne. We'll see the situation then.

"Alas. I have been advising Your Majesty to expand to the south, completely annex the Pyu kingdoms, and then destroy Bagan and Chenla." Duan Yizong said: "How can you lightly commit a big country in the Central Plains? You will suffer big losses."

"Bu Xie is wrong." Yang Qianzhen said: "What's wrong with Piao people? They are poor and stupid. What good is it to bully them? Going north to the Central Plains is different. If you can plunder some scholars and craftsmen and go back, It is of great benefit to the country. Let's put it this way, ten Pyu people are not as good as one Central Plains person."

"Hmph, Li makes you stupid." Duan Yizong sneered and said, "If you send troops to the north, would Yang Shuai be willing to be the vanguard?"

Yang Qianzhen avoided answering, laughed and fooled the past.

Duan Yizong's face became more and more serious.

Of course he knew how attractive the Central Plains was to Nanzhao, Dachanghe Kingdom.As for himself, he is very good at poetry and prose. After he came to the Central Plains, he also left a few poems.

The emperor's younger brother, Zheng Zhaochun, is also a seed of reading, proficient in all kinds of poems, songs, prose and classics.

Even the Meng family of the former royal family also studied poetry more.Meng Longshun once used the words in "Spring and Autumn" to show off in front of Xu Yunqian, although the result was not good.

The situation of Nanzhao and Dachanghe reminded him of a country in the northeast of Tang Dynasty: Bohai.

It is heard that people from Bohai State come to Chang'an to study every year, and there are constant people who pass the Binggong Jinshi examination.Nanzhao is a bit poor in this aspect. Most of the nobles' children study in Chengdu, and few of them take the examinations and tribute Jinshi. The cultural atmosphere is much worse than that of Bohai Kingdom.

It is an exaggeration to say that Datang was once the spiritual and cultural mother country of neighboring countries.The upper classes of all countries regard studying, taking exams, and being an official in the former Tang Dynasty as the highest pursuit, and they are proud of being recognized by the local people-Duan Yizong has five poems included in "Full Tang Poems", and Nanzhao, who was killed by Gao Pian's suggestion, welcomes his relatives The envoy Yang Qikun and others also have "Poems on the Way", each with its own words.

Emotionally speaking, Duan Yizong was unwilling to attack the Central Plains.

Rationally speaking, he is also unwilling to attack the Central Plains.

However, Xia Xia is mainly going to conquer the Western Regions. Many people in the country should think it's a trick, right?Considering the delicate situation between North Korea and China, Duan Yizong felt that war might be inevitable.

This realization frustrated him.Once the Northern Expedition fails, God knows what will happen!
The Meng clan has left the stage, but there are Gao clan, Yang clan and even their Duan clan in the country. What will these big clans do?
Zheng's Guozuo, it's not been a few years, right?

Snowflakes are fluttering, the north wind is blowing, and the world is vast.

Duan Yizong took heavy steps and set foot on the way home with deep worries.

(End of this chapter)