Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

After the two brothers chatted over wine, they parted soon.

The prince will go to Jiangning Mansion in Nanjing for inspection, and then he will even go to Hangzhou and Mingzhou before returning north.

Shao Mianren had to go back to Luoyang first, and then go to Beijing to take up his post after the sage arrived in Tokyo and finished his work report.

On the evening of the eighth day of the lunar new year, the boat continued north along the Caoqu.

The scenery along the way is very pleasant.

There is no doubt that the people in Huainan are hardworking.They are not afraid of floods, worked hard to develop, and organized a piece of land, creating the myth of a land of fish and rice.

Rivers, lakes, and swamps were greatly dredged and deepened, forming a dotted lake.

The black silt is piled up layer by layer, allowing the rice and wheat to absorb nutrients and thrive.

Among the Jiangning Fuzhou soldiers who guarded Shao Mianren going north, some had been to Liaodong, and they bluntly said that this is the best fertile ground.

Initiated by Shao Mianren Xingzhi, people excavated a piece of land, but after digging for a long time, it was still dark lake bottom mud, and I don't know how long the local people piled it up.

All in all, this is really a livable and fertile land, when it is not flooded.

Thinking back to the time of the Anshi Rebellion, the rebels intended to go south and take Huainan directly, and seized a money and food base that was not affected by the war. They failed in the end, but it can also be seen that at that time, people had a deep understanding of the prosperity of Huainan.

After the Anshi Rebellion, Huainan ushered in wave after wave of immigrants, and the degree of development has deepened. Now it can basically be described as Shudi, although there is still a lot of potential to accommodate the population.

In mid-March, Shao Mianren arrived in Xuzhou and stayed outside the city.

On this occasion, he saw a large group of warriors heading south.

I asked someone, and it turned out that there were more than 3000 people from the Beiwei Army, stationed near Xuzhou.

Saints really started doing that.The forbidden army took turns to guard the three cities in Mobei, and the prairie soldiers went south to guard Han. Xuzhou should not be the only garrison, there are other cities.

"After the opening of Haizhou, the prosperity of Xuzhou has become even more prosperous than before." Shao Mianren looked at the continuous stream of horse teams and motorcades traveling eastward, and silently compared it with his previous impressions. He concluded that there were more businessmen selling goods. up.

Wang Zhenbai looked at the powerful draft horse, struggling to pull the carriage piled up like a hill, all the way east, feeling a little uneasy.

The reason for his uneasiness is that this world makes him a little unfamiliar, and it is different from the simple society described in the sage books, which naturally makes people feel insecure.

Shao Mianren had a panoramic view of his expression.

Traditional scholars, these years should have been greatly impacted, right?Especially after the sage returned from conquering the Western Regions, a series of reforms and frequent actions made people dazzled.

The seeds of more reforms were actually planted many years ago.With the passage of time, their influence on the entire world has become more and more obvious, and the last few years have only been a period of concentrated outbreaks.

But this is the general trend, and the momentum has not seen the possibility of being reversed.Down to the common people in the head of Guizhou, up to the relatives of the emperor and state, they are all in it, engulfed by the torrent and rolling forward.

Someone who learns to swim is like a fish in water.

There are those who have learned not to drown and are able to get by.

Someone gradually sank to the bottom of the water, unwillingly looking at the water surface that was getting farther and farther away from him.

Correspondingly, every time there is a change, some people will benefit, some will not make or lose money, and some will lose their old bottom.

And their joy, numbness and even hysterical hatred together constitute the notes of an era, independent of anyone's will.

Wang Changshi still has good writing skills, so he won't starve to death.

Shao Mianren smiled, feeling a little calm.

But in fact, he couldn't see the way forward.

In this world, perhaps only my father can see a little farther.

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The boat stopped and went, and when it arrived in Bianzhou, it was already late March.

Bian and Song states are really the core hinterland of this country.

The old Xuanwu Jiedu envoy governed the four prefectures of Bian, Song, Bo, and Ying, and raised 5 warriors. He was superior to the surrounding towns. He was the number one thug in the Tang court's clampdown on the towns in Hebei and the Huaixi rebels—the second thug was [-] The river east of people and horses.

Its dense population is still amazing even after the chaos of Huang Chao and Qin Zongquan.

But after the founding of Daxia, the population growth in these places became very slow, and even regressed.

The reason is not complicated, emigration.

Especially in Songzhou, when Shi Yanci was the governor, whenever he issued an edict to "recruit" immigrants, he was always the first to go to Shu, saying that the people of Songzhou were "happy to move".Ever since, people from Songzhou scattered to Yingzhou, Andongfu, and Liaodong states, to Xiangyang and the empty Huguang, and some were even sent to Yunnan.

Shi Yanci's reputation is so bad that people avoid him.

But his official position has grown bigger and bigger. He first served as the prison envoy of Jiangxi Province, and then succeeded Su Junqing, who had retired from office, as the transfer envoy of Hebei Province. It has been more than three years now.

Because Feng Wei, the governor of Henan Province, died of illness last month, Shi Yanci is likely to go to Bianzhou and become one of the great officials in Fengjiang.

Although he was born in Xuanwu, but Shi Yanci really understood how to be an official, and he was responsible for countless blames, and he did not change his original intention, so that he has achieved today's achievements.

When Shao Mianren stopped in Wansheng Town in the northwest of Bianzhou, he saw a large number of Bianzhou people helping the old and the young, staggering westward.

The state soldiers looked unbearable, but still resolutely carried out the order.When encountering rioters, they directly slaughtered them without showing any mercy.

"Twenty years ago, with this kind of immigration, when the people cried, the warriors wept, and then they made trouble together." After Wang Zhenbai went out to inquire, he came back and said vividly: "But those state soldiers, even if they are scolded by the villagers, still don't Dare to let them run away. When you encounter slow-moving ones, you will use the scabbard to lash them out. The sage really took care of these Qiuba, and they have to obey orders even if they hold their noses."

At the end, Wang Zhenbai's face turned red again, with a very happy expression.In his opinion, the sage did the right thing in this matter, making the warriors fearful and no longer unscrupulous - of course, other things, such as the agricultural science examination being taken, are still open to discussion.

"Are you going to inquire about this?" Shao Mianren urged the children to do their homework, and came over, a little dumbfounded.

"One more thing." Wang Zhenbai said: "The servant is in Bianzhou. I heard that King Han has been transferred to stay in Nanjing and Jiang Ningyin. The king of Chu will take over the post of King Han."

"Seventh brother going to Zangzhou?" Shao Mianren was taken aback, then sighed slightly: "Those cave masters and barbarian chieftains are afraid that they will suffer."

Han Wang Shao Huixian served as the left-behind in Nanjing, and he had expected this.

The fifth brother worked in Liaodong for several years, and then went to Zangzhou to serve as the governor and lead the pacification envoys of several nearby states.

Before that, Shao Mianren did this job.

Half of the seven counties in Zangzhou were acquired by conquering the natives.Afterwards, the land was changed, and the disobedient family was sent to Liaodong. At the same time, the people in Henan and Hebei were relocated to build earthen villages and cultivate fields.

Of course, this process cannot be peaceful.

In fact, there are as many as 5000 soldiers in Zangzhou, mainly from Chengde and Yiwu towns.This number is very appalling. I have searched all over the country, and I can't find a few places to raise [-] state soldiers, and they are also fierce Hebei warriors.

They're here to do the dirty work.

The imperial court has no intention of reforming the whole of central Guizhou, but it is still possible to concentrate on some prefectures and counties.

Under the relay of the two princes, the reform of the seven counties of Zangzhou has achieved great results.Although due to geographical factors, there are still a large number of tribal chiefs in many cottages and valleys, but at least formally it has been completed.From a certain point of view, Zangzhou is even more like Zhengzhou than the Zhengzhou with a long history in the north of Qianzhong Road.

"Seventh brother is going to attack Bozhou this time, right?" After sighing, he said again: "When I was in office, Luo Taiwang was actually very obedient, leading the nine troops of Bozhou to fight for the imperial court. The fifth younger brother has been in office for several years, and I heard that in Bozhou, there were repeated turmoil, which was quelled by Luo Taiwang and Zangzhou state soldiers. The seventh younger brother's temperament has changed a lot in the past few years, and I don't know what happened. He went there I'm afraid there will be frequent turmoil."

The seventh younger brother, Shao Shenli, was originally a pleasure-loving person, but somehow he was stimulated by something, and suddenly became angry.Not to mention studying military strategy hard, but also practicing martial arts hard to keep fit.When the sage conquered the Western Regions, he even took the initiative to ask to serve in the army, and he really went, and even fought with the thieves several times.

Shao Mianren was both gratified and heartbroken that the seventh brother became like this.

However, now it may be time to grieve for the cave masters and leaders of Banzhou.A few years ago, when Wang Shizheng and the Golden Spear Army were stationed in Banzhou, they were a little unhappy.The leaders of the various ministries are actually a bit wait-and-see, this is the way to kill.

"Did the seventh brother lead the troops there?" Shao Mianren suddenly remembered this question.

"Yes." Wang Zhenbai said: "I heard that some troops were transferred from the three armies of Fengguo, Tianwei, and Shengjie. A total of 700 people were moved to Bozhou with their families.

"There are more than 5000 state soldiers in Bozhou, and most of them are soldiers from central Guizhou." Shao Mianren said, "That's [-] people. Where did you find these?"

Wang Zhenbai was a little terrified when he heard the words, and said: "During the Qianning period at the end of the Tang Dynasty, I was admitted to the Jinshi together with Shen Song from Fujian, and we were inseparable. Later, he was appointed as the secretary of Jiedu by Qian Yu, and I returned to my hometown to live in seclusion. It was also a few days ago that I just heard that he was transferred from Wenzhou governor to the north and served as Bianzhou governor, so I went to catch up on the past, but I didn't report it in time."

Shao Mianren glanced at him and said, "It's okay."

I was a little dissatisfied in my heart.

This Wang Zhenbai, after the fall of the Tang Dynasty, resigned and returned to his hometown, unwilling to become an official.After seeing the prosperity of the new dynasty, he might become more active again, so he accepted the appointment of Wei Wangfu and became the chief historian.

I heard that after he passed the Jinshi examination, he waited for several years before he was interviewed by the King of Le'an County and granted him an official position.The other people who were admitted together have been officials for several years.

Zheng Gu, who is also from Jiangxi, wrote poems to comfort him because of this incident.

After becoming the school secretary, Wang Zhenbai was still cynical and repeatedly criticized his colleagues.Although what is said is true, it is really not very humane.

This man, alas!Make the most of his strengths.

His mind quickly turned to matters in central Guizhou.

The seventh brother served as the appeasement envoy of several states, and he was determined to go to war in Bozhou and other places. On the one hand, he sent the disobedient natives to Liaodong, and on the other hand, he relocated the people of Henan to settle there.

There is not a few years that cannot be stabilized.

In the middle of Guizhou, three princes came out of the town in a row, and nearly ten thousand warriors from the Central Plains went south to "pacify", what a blessing!

He suddenly thought of his second brother again.

The brothers are all working hard for you.In this world, you must be stable.