Han Hai Tang Ergui

Chapter 350: September [-]th, Double Ninth Festival

At the end of August 937, shortly after the peace talks at Maweipo, Li Congzhao led the Fengxiang Army to give way to Xingping, and gave the small county town to Zhang Zhao as a station.

At the same time, part of Fengxiang's army was still besieged near Maweipo, and Li Congzhen was also taken to Xingping County by Zhang Zhao.

Li Congzhao told Fengxiang to raise supplies, and Zhang Zhao would not release them until the 35 guns they had promised were all in place.

An Shenqi's speed was much faster than Fengxiang's army. Zhang Zhao only waited in Xingping County for three days, and 180,000 guan worth of cloth, gold and silver wares, copper coins, and tens of thousands of stones of grain and grass were all sent to Xingping county.

However, there was something wrong with Guo Tiance's expression. He found Zhang Zhao with a thick stack of classified lists. This list was used by Zhang Zhao to count the various goods and materials sent by An Shenqi.

"Sikong! Among the 180,000 guan, except for the gold and brocade silks worth more than [-] guan, most of the other materials should have been collected from the people.

Many of the cloths and silks also have paintings and notes collected by each household. Judging from the degree of wear and tear, the copper coins are not stored in the treasury, but are often used. "

Guo Tiance used a very peaceful word 'acceptance', but Zhang Zhao knew that this was not an acceptance, but An Shenqi snatched it from the people.

In other words, it is called apportionment, and it is divided into hundreds of dollars for everyone in the vicinity of Chang'an.

Don't think that this money is not much, in fact it is a lot. For those poor families, there are five or six people in the family including the old and the young. Now they have lost two or three times, and it is not an exaggeration to say that they have gone bankrupt.

Moreover, in the current bureaucracy, it is normal to exploit one level after another. The rich don't pay much, and the poor often make the most of it.

What's more, given Zhang Zhao 180,000 guan, those corrupt officials are not allowed to do anything, and get another [-] guan for themselves?
Zhang Zhao pondered for a moment, this An Shenqi was indeed an old fox, he legally made the Jinchang Army raid a wave of civilians, and won the hearts of the Jinchang Army.

He also put the shit bowl on Zhang Zhao's head, and the hearts of the people he had won over the past few months disappeared in an instant.

"Tiance, you spread the word, saying that you want to return the [-] pennies of poor money from the people, and reward yourself with [-] pennies, let's see what the soldiers think?
If the soldiers don't have much resistance, and even think that someone is doing the right thing, then you should quickly organize your people, and organize the villagers, village chiefs, and elders in Chang'an and the surrounding counties.

Let's return the [-] guan to the people of Chang'an according to the proportion of payment! "

"Sikong is truly benevolent and righteous, and on behalf of the people of Chang'an, I thank Sikong!" Guo Tiance was so moved that he knelt down and gave Zhang Zhaoxing his first salute.

"Okay, get up! Go down and make arrangements."

Zhang Zhao understands Guo Tiance's feelings, the Guo family is also considered to be from Chang'an, and the tombs of their ancestors are all near Chang'an.

After Guo Tiance went out to make arrangements, Mrs. Han Qi and her husband Zhao Jinfang were called in. After these days of recuperation, Zhao Jinfang's body has fully recovered.

Zhang Zhao found more than [-] helpers for him, yes!It is said to be a helper, but it is actually an apprentice.

Moreover, Zhang Zhao also appointed Zhao Jinfang as the medical supervisor of Cong Bapin and the supervisor of the military doctors who accompanied him. Zhao Jinfang was also in charge of the twenty or so doctors that Zhang Zhao brought from Liangzhou.

But this time the couple was called here not to discuss medical matters, but to discuss the affairs of Shu.

Bashu is located in the southwest. Compared with the war-torn Central Plains, especially after the establishment of the Meng family's Houshu, it has become a paradise.

According to the statistics of later generations, there were more than 5 counties in more than [-] prefectures in Mengshu at this time, with a book population of more than [-] million, including hidden households, at least [-] million or so.

Central Sichuan is rich and prosperous, and it is a land of fish and rice, known as the land of abundance.

There must be a lot of wealthy households in such a site, and such a paradise will definitely be extravagant and the consumption power will be overwhelming.

Compared with the Central Plains, which has a population of more than [-] million, but has been fighting all the year round, and the people are trying to hoard food and dare not consume it, they are the big customers of rock sugar and white sugar.

Moreover, brocade silk, tung oil, tea, and raw lacquer in Sichuan are also urgently needed commodities in Longyou, Hexi and Anxi River.

The development of economic and trade exchanges with Houshu has become Zhang Zhao's most concerned thing.

Thinking about it this way, Zhang Zhao didn't hate An Shenqi so much anymore, because even if it was just to open up business routes, he would have to fight Li Congzhen who was entrenched in Fengxiang and held the passage to Shu.

However, to open up the commercial routes of the Shu Kingdom and allow Hexi merchants to enter Shu, Meng Chang, the leader of the Later Shu Kingdom, must give the nod.

But although Zhang Zhao is about to get the official position of Longyou Jiedushi, he can even be called the king. Hexi Longyou has a population of more than one million to two million.

But compared to the Meng family who occupy the wealthy land in central Shu, Zhang Zhao's status is also a bit lower.

What's more, he is still a courtier of the Central Plains Dynasty after all, and it is not appropriate to send envoys to communicate with Shu with great fanfare.

After knowing this situation, Mrs. Han Qi took the initiative to find Zhang Zhao.

Only then did Zhang Zhao recall that Mrs. Han Qi was from Zizhou (Santai, Sichuan), the envoy of the Wude Festival in the middle of Sichuan, and more importantly, his elder brother was Han Baosheng, a famous doctor in the middle of Sichuan.

Han Baosheng is a famous Confucian doctor in history. Based on "Xinxiu Materia Medica", he compiled the book "Shu Materia Medica", and Li Shizhen's Compendium of Materia Medica is often cited.

He is proficient in medical theory and well aware of the properties of medicines. At that time, people praised him as "the medicines used in the treatment of diseases do not stick to the local prescriptions, and the clinical application of medicines has magical effects." '

Moreover, Han Baosheng has a good relationship with Meng Chang, who is proficient in medical science. He is Meng Chang's Hanlin scholar. The preface of the illustrated classics (illustrations) he made for Shu Materia Medica was written by Meng Chang himself.

With such a relationship, it was very convenient for Zhang Zhao to take the route of Meng Chang and expand the trade route to central Shu.

Zhang Zhao immediately asked his second uncle Song Shanrong to be a secret envoy, and asked him to take the family letter written by Mrs. Han Qi to her elder brother Han Baosheng, and go to Shuzhong to see Meng Chang.

The next day, Guo Tiance came to report that all members of the Guiyi Army supported Zhang Zhao's move to return [-] guan to the people of Chang'an.

Zhang Zhao immediately appointed Guo Tiance and Guo Guangsheng to be fully responsible for this matter. The two called together hundreds of village chiefs and elders from the six counties of Chang'an Prefecture, and made a detailed return compensation plan.

This plan stunned An Shenqi from Chang'an City.

This is not as simple as simply refunding [-] guan. It also shows that Zhang Zhao has a very efficient administrative team.

He originally wanted to hit Zhang Zhao's reputation, but instead, Zhang Zhao gained another wave of reputation.

Moreover, during the process of returning the organization, the officials of the Guiyi Army went deep into the townships of the counties, collected a lot of information on the local townships, and even started to draw a map of the vicinity of Chang'an to grasp the information at the grassroots level.

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The ninth day of September is the Double Ninth Festival, which is one of the most important festivals in the Tang Dynasty. People at that time have to climb high to pray, worship gods and ancestors, reunite with family members, and have feasts and gatherings.

The Double Ninth Festival is not popular in later generations, because half of its functions are allocated to the Mid-Autumn Festival and half to the Spring Festival, so it becomes neither awkward nor awkward.

But in this era, the Double Ninth Festival is extremely important, so Zhang Zhao simply chose to return one hundred thousand guan of goods to the people of Chang'an on this day.

For Zhang Zhao, holding the Silk Road Small Cycle, the Buddhist Bank, and the three big killers of white sugar, rock sugar, and tea bricks, he does not lack real money at all.

One hundred thousand guan and 200,000 guan are both numbers. If he is not afraid of causing inflation in Hexi, he can casually make hundreds of millions of guan.

What he lacks are real goods, smooth trade routes, and great prestige. He wants everyone in the world to know the benevolence and righteousness of Zhang Erlang in Hexi.

For this reason, Zhang Zhao spared no expense on the [-] guan of wealth, and even prepared four gifts of rice, flour, meat and candy on the day of the Double Ninth Festival. Anyone over fifty and under five who came to the scene would be rewarded.

Well, it looks bold, but it really doesn't cost much.

In this era, there are not many people who are over 50 years old. Even if they are rich and powerful, it is not bad to live 50 years old. Many people generally live to be in their thirties.

And although there are many five-year-old children, there are few rewards!

After a day of vigorous work, among the voices of Sikong Lord Wandai and Sikong Daren who were all over the mountains and plains, what Zhang Zhao paid was not even [-] guan.

And this also created a very good unexpected effect, that is, a large number of people who suffered from military disasters and could not survive, or wanted to leave this sad place. Seeing Zhang Zhao's benevolence and righteousness, thousands of people expressed that they would follow Zhang Zhao on the spot. Go to Hexi.

In addition to the people in Qian, Bin, Ning, and Jing prefectures that he had rescued before, Zhang Zhao could at least bring back tens of thousands of Tang'er.

At the same time, he also ordered Mrs. Han Qi, a local, to search for elders with skills in the folk for him.

If the land is well planted, the land will be distributed when they reach Hexi, and if the land is particularly good, they will be given the status of an agricultural officer, not only the land will be allocated, but also rewards will be given.

The same is true for those with decent medical skills. As for other carpenters, stonemasons, bricklayers, masons, boatmen, butchers, who can build houses, dig canals, and even peasant women who are good at weaving cloth, as long as they are willing to go to Hexi, they will all be rewarded.

If there are literate scholars, that would be even better. Generally, Wuguan's settling allowance will be given first.

"Boy, what you want is so big! If Emperor Zhuang Miaomin had had the heart to do these things, the Tang Dynasty would have been unified long ago!"

Kang Fu has been following Zhang Zhao these days, but he only drinks tea and eats braised pork with rock sugar, and has never said anything. Until this moment, he couldn't help but speak.

Zhang Zhao recovered and looked at Kang Fu, "Taiwei, the situation is unpredictable now, who knows what will happen in the future?
To be honest, what I want to be great is nothing more than the unification of the country, the surrender of the barbarians, and the cleanliness of Haiyan and Heqing.

If it is such a prosperous age, it is very likely that I, Zhang Zhao, will not appear here. "

Only Zhang Zhao understood this sentence, but Kang Fu half-understood and thought of going elsewhere.

"The country is unified, the barbarians surrender, Haiyan and Heqing, what a beautiful picture! If the world is really like this, I, Kangfu, should be at ease in Kaifeng Mansion, Tokyo now!"

After finishing speaking, Kang Fu took Zhang Zhao's hand, "Since Sikong is so generous, if you give me [-] guan, I will sell the Xiongwu army to you, and then pull you into Daibei Wuxun!"

Zhang Zhao looked at the old fox and laughed. Kang Fu must have been frightened by the fact that the Song family ostracized him this time, and he was in his fifties, and his desire to return to Kaifeng, Tokyo, to enjoy his old age was getting stronger.

"The granddaughter of the Taiwei, what color is it?"

"Are you still thinking about the granddaughter of the old man? That's [-] guan. Let me tell you, the old man has eleven granddaughters, all of whom are beautiful and beautiful. Keeping them will make you picky!"

Kang Fu spoke in a joking tone, but his eyes were serious.

"Is Kang Weng really going back to Tokyo?" So Zhang Zhao also asked seriously.

"I'm going back. After you return to Liangzhou, take Weizhou (Longxi) as soon as possible. The old man will stay in Qinzhou for half a year at most. After half a year, Enzhun's decree to retire and return to his hometown will definitely come."

Zhang Zhao nodded, "The [-]-guan silver bill will be delivered to the Taiwei tomorrow, and all Buddhist temples in Tokyo can accept it!"

(End of this chapter)