Han Hai Tang Ergui

Chapter 432

Liangzhou City, after several years of Zhang Zhao's administration, although it has not yet recovered to the grand occasion of Kaiyuan.

But in the Five Dynasties, where wars were widespread, Liangzhou, located in Hexi, has become a rare metropolis.

There are about 70,000 people in Liangzhou at the moment, and this does not include the short-term stay and transit traders from Liangzhou. If you include them all, it is estimated that there will be more than 100,000 people living in Liangzhou.

And the area around Liangzhou is even more prosperous, making Zhe Deyuan, Yang Xin and others hard to believe.

In the case of Zhang Zhao's large coin distribution, the farmland and water conservancy facilities around Liangzhou are complete, and the villages have basically established a grassroots organization like the rural cooperatives of later generations.

A large number of doctorates in agriculture presided over the distribution of cattle and water sources in the countryside.

The season of sowing, the prevention of drought and flood disasters, the improvement of seed selection and breeding, and the technology of fertilizing fields and interplanting soybeans and wheat have also begun to improve.

Even the cow and horse dung that used to spread all over the countryside began to be collected uniformly.

In the past, there were not enough acres in Liangzhou, and the wilderness was unsafe. Many of these precious cow and horse manures were wasted.

After all, in Liangzhou in the past, it was the law of the forest to store grain but not guns. Your home is a granary. As long as I have a gun, there are granaries everywhere.

In that environment, only fools would do it patiently to increase yields.

You have worked so hard for a whole year, and when the harvest comes, someone else snatches it from you.

farming!Plant a yarn!
Only after the order is restored, agricultural production will reach a big level.

Zhe Congyuan came from Yanzhou with his son Zhe Dejian, and Yang Xin also brought his son Yang Chonggui.

As for the Zhaibaohao chieftains in the other prefectures and Linzhou, they also dragged their families and led their families. A group of two to three hundred people went to Liangzhou in a mighty way.

They just attended a wedding in a village in Qingxi Village.

The groom is a team leader who participated in the Hunhe battle with the Khitan people, Zhe Dejian is still very familiar with this team leader.

At that time, he was wearing cotton armor and chain armor inside, and holding two black hammers, he was almost the first to rush into the Khitan army formation.

Killed at least five or more Khitan leather troops, and they were extremely brave.

And the elder brother of the bride is even more important!
This man, who was born in the Youba forest guard, was one of the thirteen elite cavalry who followed Zhe Dejian's younger brother Zhe Deyuan to break into Yunzhou City.

One-handed archery is not even comparable to Zhe Dejian. When he went out, he was the leader of the fire, but when he came back, he was a general. He was promoted to three levels in one fell swoop.

Since they were old acquaintances, the wealthy chieftains from the two prefectures of Fulin stayed for a day in Qingxi Village to participate in this powerful wedding.

Zhe Congyuan felt a little emotional. 11 years ago, he went to Luoyang to pay homage to Emperor Mingzong Li Siyuan of Tang Dynasty.

Compared with the harsh environment in the two prefectures of Fulin, the Central Plains is of course a place rich in wuhuatianbao.

But Zhe Congyuan made a little comparison, and he found that Liangzhou was more pleasing to his eyes.

Back then, in the land of Central Plains, thieves were rampant, military generals were arrogant, and local wealthy families and officials oppressed good people.

Although the fields were rich, there were hardly many self-cultivating farmers except for the big clans who formed villages to protect themselves and the farmers who became tenants of noble officials.

And even if there were, those self-cultivating farmers were as poor as ordinary people.

They were disheveled, dressed in tattered clothes, and looked fearful. It was hard to believe that they were farmers living in the Gyeonggi region of the Central Plains.

On the other hand, the farmers here in Liangzhou are full of energy, and there are not many people who are weak, but there are no people with a disheveled face.

Most people are very talkative, and they are neither afraid of seeing foreigners, nor do they have any evil intentions to come here to take advantage of them.

At the same time, that strong martial spirit was almost visible to the naked eye.

Often a small village can produce a dozen fierce men or small officers, and with a gong, hundreds of people can be gathered in a quarter of an hour, and everyone has a bow and a horse.

A few days ago, one of Yang Xin's chieftains had a conflict with the locals, and more than [-] people were beaten to the point of bleeding.

You know, it is not a good thing to be able to get the status of the strong chieftain of Zhaibao in Fulin and Linzhou. His subordinates are all sturdy warriors, but they were defeated by farmers in a village.

Losing face, Yang believed it or not, and took six 70 people to find the scene.

As a result, when the gong rang, the whole village ran out.

Hundreds of men quickly formed an infantry phalanx, with cavalry archers wandering and harassing on both wings, and a row of cavalry in front, with five or six sets of iron armor.

In addition to the males, the women also clamored with their galleys in their hands, and the half-grown children mounted their horses and shouted back and forth with hunting bows, and even the old men took out their slings.

The two sides confronted each other for less than half an hour, and the United Archers and Yi Cong Xiaoqi from the surrounding villages all rushed over, gathering 500 people in a short time.

If the county captain Feima hadn't come to mediate, Yang Xin and the others bought dozens of sheep and treated the big guys to a meal, and they almost escaped.

Although in a real fight, the five or six hundred farmers might not be able to beat the two hundred or so regular soldiers, but they would definitely not be able to get any favors.

Amidst the laughter, Yang Xin, who had already drank a lot but was still a bit ashamed, ran to Zhe Congyuan and sighed.

"Where is this a village? How can there be a village where you can randomly find a dozen or twenty sets of armor? How can there be a village where you can pull out hundreds of men who look like they can line up with the sound of a gong?

This is not bad!There are at least 90,000 people around Liangzhou City. If you count the Liugubu territory farther away, there are even more people!
Whoever wants to fight Liangzhou doesn't need the king of heaven to send out the imperial guards and town troops. Just around Liangzhou, at least [-] to [-] brave warriors can be drawn out. They still have so many horses, which is tens of thousands of elite riders! "

Zhe Congyuan also nodded, this mobilization ability has put Liang Country in an almost invincible position, but he focuses more on people's livelihood.

"Look, Hongxin, why are there so many brave men here? The key is that they don't have any worries.

A family often owns hundreds of acres of land, all of which are good fields, with enough cattle, mules and horses for cultivation, complete water conservancy, and even the selection and breeding are organized.

The land tax is not high, and no officials dare to come down to fish. Even if the soldiers go out of the village to fight for a year, they don't have to worry about their family members running out of food or being bullied.

As long as you make military exploits on the battlefield, you will have a prosperous life waiting for you when you return home. The secret of King Liang's army being able to defeat the Li family of the Dingnan army so quickly is here. "

Hearing what Zhe Congyuan said, Yang Xin couldn't help but nodded in agreement.

"According to my elder brother, if a certain Yang Hongxin was a soldier, he would also be willing to serve the King of Liang.

This heavenly king is indeed the lower realm of the gods and Buddhas in the sky, and only under his rule can there be such a scene. "

After listening to Zhe Congyuan, he smiled meaningfully, "This is actually not the first creation of King Liang!"

After Yang Xin listened, he thought about it carefully, "Brother, do you want to say that this system is the government military system of the Great Dynasty in the past?"

"That's right!" Zhe Congyuan stood up and said with emotion.

"That's how the soldiers under the command of Emperor Taizong Wen of the Great Dynasty were like this.

When they enter, they are civilians, and when they leave, they are soldiers, and their combat effectiveness is extremely powerful.

Relying on them, Emperor Taizong Wen wiped out the heroes of the world, expelled the Turks in the desert, broke up Tubo in the west, settled the various clans of Qiang and Qiang with benevolence and righteousness, and achieved great achievements in the world. "

Yang Xin also stood up, "So, the three 400,000 people around Lianglan and Lanzhou are the soldiers of the Heavenly King?"

"Shan, He, Min, Ling, Xia, and Yin prefectures also have such villages, but the scale is much smaller.

At this time, just like the troubled times at the end of the Sui Dynasty, as long as [-] government soldiers go south to Guanzhong and east to Tongguan, the world will be settled! " Zhe Congyuan said softly.

After finishing speaking, Zhe Congyuan smiled and looked at Yang Xin, "Last time at Luotuoyan, the king of heaven liked your eldest son Chonggui very much. Although he is ten years behind my Erlang, why don't we make them a couple tomorrow?" Brother!"

Yang Xin nodded slowly, he knew what Zhe Congyuan meant, that is, according to the habit at this time, Zhe De would like to be a foster son to Zhang Zhao with his eldest son Yang Chonggui.

"In this way, when I go back, I will return the gift from Taifu Liu."

"That's the best! Although Mrs. Liu is also an outstanding person, but he didn't dare to take on someone from Yunzhou, so he lost a move.

In recent years, the talent in Hedong has been declining. Although Tuyuhun Baichengfu and other tens of thousands of people have been awarded, they are still far behind compared with the king of heaven, the Supreme Mercy Dharma King and Qingyuan Miaodao Erlang Xiansheng Zhenjun.

Even if Bai Chengfu and others were able to fight, they could not compare to Xiang Shatuo and other tribes of the Qiang Party in Lingwu, Longyou, Hexi. "

. . . .

Kaifeng Mansion in Tokyo, Guiyi Building, Murong Xinchang sat in the main seat, Zhao Kuangyin and Wang Shenqi guarded him like two generals.

It's just that the table in front of me was full of delicious food and wine, but no one sat down to move their chopsticks.

This is because they are waiting for someone, someone who is about to take the bait.

Not long after, footsteps came from the wooden stairs downstairs, a middle-aged man in a purple robe with a proud face came up, and it was Jing Yanguang, the commander of the guard Ma Buqin.

Although Jing Yanguang's official position has not changed at all since Shi Chonggui ascended the throne, in fact his power has increased greatly.

Because originally Jing Yanguang's bodyguard Ma Budu commanded only one of Shi Jingtang's guards, and it happened that he was guarding the Daning Palace that night.

But now, this position has not changed a word, but has become the supreme commander in control of the imperial army.

In addition to the greatly improved status in the army, he can enter the court and participate in political affairs in an upright manner.

A few years later, this position will have a new name-checking the horses in front of the hall.

"Did the captain see the white sail in the distance?" Jing Yanguang didn't sit down immediately, but stood by the window on the second floor.

He also took a look at the big table in front of Murong Xinchang. The way of dining at this kind of generous table is now becoming a trend under the promotion of Guiyi Building.

Nobunaga Murong didn't move, but said indifferently: "So, the Commander let Yang Guangyuan go? That's more than a hundred thousand dollars worth of money."

Seeing that Murong Xinchang didn't follow his rhythm, Jing Yanguang hesitated a little, but still walked over.

"The captain knows so clearly? Could it be that Yang Guangyuan told you?"

This sentence is a bit threatening, but also a bit taunting.

The threat is because Yang Guangyuan is a stinky shit now, whoever gets it must have a bad reputation.

The ridicule is to express that the real power faction like Yang Guangyuan has to obediently move out of town.

Shi Chonggui's position as the Son of Heaven has been firmly established, and Empress Dowager Li has completely lost her power, so there should be no more troubles for a former consort like Murong Nobunaga.

Murong Xin looked at Jing Yanguang with a deep smile, and waved Wang Shenqi to pour wine for the two of them.

"Of course I know, because Yang Guangyuan didn't take many ships of goods with me. All his money has been exchanged into bank notes in Luoyang, so I know how much property he has."

Although Zhang Zhao is currently doing a good job in all aspects of the bank note industry, for Murong Nobunaga, it is still easy for him to learn some information that is difficult for ordinary people to know.

This is the biggest problem with paper money in this era. It is difficult for rulers to resist the temptation to print money all over the sky.

Jing Yanguang stared blankly at Murong Nobunaga for a few moments, and only then did he realize that Murong Nobunaga can't just be regarded as an out-of-date son-in-law captain, nor can he be regarded as a big tycoon in Tokyo City.

Instead, he should be regarded as the Prince of Liang, as a hand extended to Tokyo by Zhang Zhao, the Heavenly King of Great Liang.

"Your Majesty is in the court, trying to persuade the emperor not to submit to the Khitan. Now that the Khitan's envoys are about to arrive in Tokyo, the commander really doesn't know that he is in great trouble?"

Murong Xinchang sneered, others saw Jing Yanguang as an impassioned, mighty and unyielding person.

But in Murong Xinchang's view, Jing Yanguang is just good at using such words to package himself.

He spoke eloquently, but in fact he was not prepared at all, and he did not have the determination to fight Khitan to the death.

The reason why he is so sure is because Murong Nobunaga has seen what kind of person is truly impassioned and takes the world as his own responsibility.

That was his father, Great Liang Heavenly King Zhang Zhao. Murong Nobunaga, who was only seventeen or eighteen years old at the time, accepted this stepfather because he was moved by Zhang Zhao's feelings.

After seeing Zhang Zhao's strong national feelings and his urgency to bring peace to the troubled times, Jing Yanguang's performances, in the eyes of Murong Nobunaga, are as fake as they are fake.

"Scaremongering! If the captain came here just to say these things, then there is no need to spend so much trouble."

After all, Jing Yanguang has experienced storms, so of course he will not be frightened by Murong Nobunaga's words.

"Then, if you dare to ask the commander, the Khitan envoy has arrived, how should we deal with it?"

Murong Xinchang took the time to invite Jing Yanguang to drink and eat, and he was not affected by the impatience on Jing Yanguang's face at all.

Jing Yanguang sneered, "Is there even a question? Naturally, it is a matter of reason. When it comes to ethics, it is a private matter for the emperor to call the Khitan king his grandfather.

But if I, Da Jin, want to surrender to Khitan again, it is absolutely impossible! "

"The Lord of Khitan is bound to be furious, so what about the cavalry going south?" Murong Nobunaga continued to ask.

Jing Yanguang raised his head in a very high spirited manner, "If you want to go south, you should use the commanders of Liu Taifu in Hedong, Du Taiwei in Yecheng, Fu Yanqing, and Gao Xingzhou to resist it.

If the Lord of the Khitan goes south in person, a certain soldier should lead the forbidden army and strike him with a hundred thousand swords! "

Although Jing Yanguang has the power of the court, he wants to command Liu Zhiyuan, Du Chongwei and other important officials right now.

I'm afraid it's not certain how well Fu Yanqing and Gao Xingzhou can obey his orders.

"Then..." Murong Xinchang dragged out his voice.

"What if Liang's army suddenly goes south to Guanzhong, and then leaves Tongguan and goes straight to Tokyo? What can you do?"

Jing Yanguang's eyes widened suddenly. After thinking for a while, he realized that there was nothing he could do to stop Liang Guo's army.

Not to mention going east out of Tongguan and approaching Tokyo, but just entering Guanzhong, the hearts of the Jin people might collapse.

"In this world, it is already a three-thirds situation. Khitan is the strongest, Jin is second, and Liang is the weakest. Besides, Meng Shu and Tang are mediocre people. The commanders want Da Jin to fight two, right? "Murong Nobunaga asked in a low voice.

Jing Yanguang managed to stabilize his mind, and he stared at Murong Xinchang's expression.

"The late emperor's father's affair with the Khitan has already stirred up excitement in the world. If Zhang Tianwang wants to cooperate with the Khitan to invade, even if he wins Guanzhong, no one will be convinced."

Ha ha!It's ridiculous that a warrior like Jing Yanguang has started talking about people's hearts!

It seems that this person is not prepared at all, and he is going to provoke Khitan.

"Let someone guess, if I, Great Liang, and Khitan act together, the emperor must have only one choice, and that is to strike and seek peace.

Commanders all have to guess, if they ask for a peace, what conditions will my Khitan father put forward?
I think, it's nothing more than killing Jing Yanguang to make peace! "

When Jing Yanguang heard the words, big drops of cold sweat began to fall from his head, his heart moved, and he began to think that he was indeed a little too reckless?

Unexpectedly, Murong Xinchang's sinister voice sounded again.

"The Commander must be thinking, or go to persuade the emperor to suspend the relationship with Khitan after returning.

But it's a pity that you, Jing Yanguang, proposed not to be a minister, and now you propose to be a minister, what will the emperor think if he can't make it up?
Besides, if you continue to be a vassal of Khitan, why should you, Jing Yanguang, be in charge?

The relationship with Khitan, the closeness to the emperor, and the ability to govern the country, are you better than Sang Weihan?
Once peace is made, the commander will inevitably lose all his current authority, are you willing? "

After Jing Yanguang listened, he finally couldn't bear it anymore, the arrogance he had just gone upstairs was gone, and he arched his hands.

"Captain won't just talk to someone about this, what's the order, please tell Captain clearly, there will be nothing against him."

Murong Xinchang raised the wine bowl, asked Jing Yanguang for a bowl of the best purple wine, and then said with a long sigh.

"I and the people of Liang, after all, are subjects of the Great Dynasty, how can we help Khitan attack our homeland?
Besides, Khitan has entered the Central Plains, and it will be of no benefit to me.

It's just that someone heard that Feng Yu, Li Yanbi and others urged the emperor to block the Hexi trade route, strictly prohibit the circulation of Hexi bank notes, and even block the Tanzheng Gorge and all the passes west of Fengxiang.

Didn't they ever think that once this happens, my Great Liang iron cavalry will definitely go south? "

Jing Yanguang actually looked down on Feng Yu, Li Yanbi and others.

The latter two, one is the elder brother of Mrs. Wu, Feng Shi, and the other is a servant of Feng Shi's mansion, so it cannot be said that they have any connection with Feng Shi.

Moreover, Jing Yanguang knew that Shi Chonggui intended to confer the title of Feng's empress, so the two of them would be named together with him, Jing Yanguang.

For a Jiu Wufu who is in command of the forbidden army at this time, it is a great shame to be named with such a person!
Everyone in the world will think that Jing Yanguang is incompetent.

So Jing Yanguang was very cooperative and told the truth.

"It's really Feng Yu and Li Yanbi who want to extort money from merchants in the west to enrich themselves. The emperor has no intention of cutting off communication with Hexi."

Murong Xinchang snorted coldly, "Those who don't know how to live and die, blackmailing Xixi to go to business is to provoke me, Great Liang!
The Son of Heaven has no intention of severing contacts with Hexi, but I'm afraid Mrs. Wu can't stand the pillow wind, right? "

Jing Yanguang also felt helpless, "Feng Yu is a timid person, maybe someone can dissuade him, but Li Yanbi is extremely greedy, so I'm afraid it's not so easy to persuade."

"Commander Du must know that this is not doing something for someone, but that it is about the life and wealth of Commander Du.

One can tell the commander of the capital truthfully that once the Hexi trade route is blocked, the iron cavalry of Liang State may arrive before the Khitan army. "

Murong Xinchang saw that Jing Yanguang was still a little confused, so he could only remind him a little.

Jing Yanguang gritted his teeth, "Can the Captain reveal what the Heavenly King wants?
Now the Son of Heaven is not willing to submit to Khitan like the late emperor, is it possible between Jin and Liang? "

Nobunaga Murong nodded slowly, "The Heavenly King respects the way the Son of Heaven does.

If the Son of Heaven was sure that he would not surrender to Khitan, it would not be impossible for the Liang Kingdom to come to court again.

If the commander of the capital wanted to solve this big problem for the emperor, Li Yanbi, a foolish man, had to solve it as soon as possible. "

Hearing this, Jing Yanguang glanced hesitantly at Zhao Kuangyin and Wang Shenqi beside Murong Xinchang.

"Jinggong, but it's okay to say, Zhao Erlang and Wang Dalang are both close to someone."

"Then Li Yanbi hid an outer room in the west of the city, and sometimes he would spend the night there.

A certain person has figured out the exact location, it is not far from Murong Yanzhao's house in the capital of the Forbidden Army, only three hundred guns are needed, and Yanzhao will surely take his life! "

Murong Xinchang finally had a few smiles on his face, "If that's the case, then I'll wait for the good news from Duke Jing."

However, right after Jing Yanguang went downstairs, Nobunaga Murong immediately said to Zhao Kuangyin and Wang Shenqi.

"Xiang Hai'er went to inform Murong Sanlang to let him kill Li Yanbi, so that Jing Yanguang would not silence him.

Well, let him go to Daxiangguo Temple, and someone will send him to Hexi.

The two of you are also getting ready, we will go to Liangzhou together at that time, why have you never seen the wind and sand in Hexi, why don’t you ride a Liangzhou Tianma! "

Murong Nobunaga still planned to go back early, so he would not contact Bai Chengfu and other Tuyuhun tribes in Hedong.

Although their family belongs to the Tuyuhun royal family, they are the direct descendants of the last Tuyuhun Khan, King Murong Fu of Qinghai.

But whether Bai Chengfu and the others still recognize it now is unknown.

Most importantly, Murong Nobunaga did not want to miss such a battle as the conquest of the Gaochang Uighurs.

Compared with intrigue in Tokyo, he also prefers to gallop on horseback, facing the wind, sand, rain and snow with joy and hatred.

　[-] characters combined into one, completed in two days and three shifts, and the missing shifts were finally completed.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)