Han Hai Tang Ergui

Taiyuan, this is a majestic city. Since the first year of Lu Zhaogong, that is, 541 BC, about the fourth year of King Jing of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, Xun Wu of the Zhongxing family of Jin State led the army to attack Chidi in the north and seized this place. This is Huaxia The pearl of the northern land of farming civilization.

From the Eastern Zhou Dynasty to the present, more than [-] years ago, many places have changed their names, but no matter how the city changes, there are always only two names, either Taiyuan or Jinyang.

Of course, the Xinmang period can't be counted. Wang Mang is probably a map control guy, and he can always come up with some new tricks on the map.

When Zhang Zhao arrived in Jinyang, it was dusk, and Zhang Zhao was fascinated by the majestic Jinyang City.

He suddenly discovered that the source of confidence for Liu Zhiyuan, Guo Wei and others was this Jinyang City.

What a majestic city this is!

The circumference is at least eighty miles, that is, the city wall on one side is more than ten kilometers long, with eight main gates and sixteen auxiliary gates.

There are six big and small urns, 77 city blocks on the city wall, 61 enemy towers, and countless other horse faces and traps. The widest part of the city wall can accommodate eight horses in parallel without being blocked.

The highest point of the city wall is about three feet, and the moat below the city is more than one foot deep. The wall is made of sandstone and stones.

The moat is wide and deep, and the surface of the river is sparkling. You can tell at a glance that if you want to drain such a big river, the amount of work will be unimaginable.

In addition to this outer city, there are also two inner cities in Jinyang City, the Tang Palace based on the Jinyang Palace and the Jiedu Office of the River East. The same city has high walls and thick walls, and stores a large amount of grain and grass.

In such a powerful city, even if the outer city is captured, if the inner city people fight desperately, the time will have to be calculated on the basis of half a year, and the outer city may be calculated on the basis of years.

Zhang Zhao looked up and saw that the towers at the head of Jinyang City were illuminated by the golden light of the setting sun, giving people a sense of coercion as if Mount Tai was flying in front of them.

Zhang Zhao looked left and right, and the civil servants and generals around him were all shocked. If he really led the army to fight, he probably didn't fight. The soldiers would think that the city would be difficult to break through, and their morale would drop by three points.

"What a majestic city! It is connected to Zhoushan in the north, Taihang in the east, Luliang in the west, and Pingchuan in the south. It can collect [-] stone millet, and it is a key point with four frontiers, and it controls the capitals of Wuyuan.

The ancestors of the great dynasty, the Zhuangmiao of the later dynasty, including Shi Jingtang, the lord of the Jin Dynasty, all went south from here to Dingding Central Plains, which is amazing! "

Zhang Zhao said with emotion, he remembered that in history, the power of Jinyang City was brought into full play in the early Northern Song Dynasty.

Liu Chong is a rascal, and his descendants are all mediocre, so he can rely on the city of Taiyuan to resist the Later Zhou Dynasty and the Northern Song Dynasty for more than [-] years.

But later, such a majestic city was destroyed by Zhao Guangyi's hands.

The God of Chariots was afraid of Jinyang Xiongcheng, and resented the long-term and tenacious resistance of the soldiers and civilians in Jinyang City. He said that "if it is prosperous, it will be conquered later, and if it is declining, it will be the first to rebel."

Zhao Er first moved the rich gentry and wealthy households in the city to Luoyang, Kaifeng, and then set fire to the city. What is particularly vicious is that the Song army burned Jinyang not planned, but on a temporary basis, without notifying the people of Jinyang.

When the fire spread, the people didn't even know that there were countless people in the city who were burned to death or trampled to death when they fled.

Then Zhao Guangyi conscripted tens of thousands of people to flatten the top of Xizhou Mountain in the north of Jinyang, which was called "Pulongjiao".

He also ordered that the Fen River and the Jin River be flooded to irrigate the ruins of Jinyang City, prohibit anyone from living there, and completely destroy Jinyang.

This dog thing!Why wasn't he killed by the Liao army in Gaoliang River?

Thinking of this, Zhang Zhao became angry, and suddenly said to Zhang Cheng beside him, "Today is holding a feast of donkeys, and I want to have a good meal of donkey meat!"

Zhang Cheng: . .

Li Fang over there didn't hear the emperor angrily said that he wanted to eat donkey meat, but thought that the emperor was overwhelmed by Jinyang's power, so he cupped his hands and said to Zhang Zhao.

"Although the most heroic city in the world, it cannot stop the most benevolent lord in the world! Your Majesty obeys the sky and responds to people, and benevolence spreads all over the world. Heroes of the world will bow down after hearing this, so why be afraid of this mere city!"

After hearing this, Zhang Zhao immediately felt a lot more relaxed. He laughed and continued to walk forward. To be honest, he actually had the slightest thought just now, whether it was the idea of ​​destroying Jinyang City.

The geographical location of this place is simply invincible, there is a majestic city, and the people nearby are aggressive. In addition, in the past few decades, it has become a common practice to go south from Jinyang to be the emperor. Brings a lot of pressure.

But as soon as Li Fang said these words, Zhang Zhao couldn't help but burst out laughing.

I am not the car god who barely managed to control the country after going through many dangers in history, so I don't need to use such low-level tricks.

Jinyang South Gate, Ying'en Gate, Liu Zhiyuan's wife Li Sanniang and son Liu Chengyou knelt at the front, and the officials of Hedong knelt at the back.

Among them, Liu Chengyou, who was not yet 16 years old, was leading a fat sheep with his bare upper body, and he was shivering outside the city gate. It was not cold, so he should be afraid.

As soon as Zhang Zhao arrived, Liu Chengyou was even more terrified, and even swayed like he was suffering from malaria, and he couldn't even speak.

Li Sanniang was so miserable that she could only take two steps on her knees instead of her son, kowtowed on the ground, and said in a mournful voice.

"Your Majesty, the wife of Liu Zhiyuan, the former king of Beiping in the Jin Dynasty, Li Shi, and his second son, Liu Chengyou, knelt down to welcome His Majesty, and here is the album of the Twelve Prefectures of Hedong. Please forgive me."

In a broad sense, Hedong is roughly equal to the vast majority of Shanxi Province.

But in fact, generally speaking, Hedong is Hedong in a narrow sense, that is, the prefecture of Taiyuan and its subordinate Jinyang, Taigu, Qi, Wenshui, Yuci, Yu, Shouyang, Leping, Guangyang, Qing The twelve prefectures and counties of Yuan, Jiaocheng, and Yangqu.

Zhang Zhao casually opened it and looked at it. There were more than 190,000 households in the twelve prefectures and counties of Hedong.

This figure is far lower than the 28 households at the peak of the Tang Dynasty, and of course higher than the [-] households at the end of the Northern Han Dynasty.

Moreover, the actual population must be more than the household registration, because in this household registration, there are only a little more than two people in one household, which is definitely not normal.

If we look at the normal situation of a household with four to five members, there are still more than [-] people!
Good guy, in a place as big as Hebei, not counting the six prefectures of You, Yi, Mo, Ying, Ji, and Tan, there are only more than two million people left who have been ravaged by Khitan and disasters.

But in Hedong, there are more than 1 people in the twelve prefectures and counties of Hedong alone.Then the entire Dahedong, I am afraid that there will be no more than [-] million.

It seems that I still took advantage of my age. If Liu Zhiyuan was about the same age as him, who would win, it would be a real fight!

In fact, Li Sanniang has a bit of a young lady's charm, and she is not very old, just the same age as Zhang Zhao, but Zhang Zhao has no interest in her.

It doesn't mean that he is not interested, how can I put it, Liu Zhiyuan can be considered a hero, not a playboy like Meng Chang and Li Jing, so there is no need to insult him.

Besides, although Li Sanniang has charm, she is far from the best of eighteen or nineteen years old like Mrs. Huarui.

So Zhang Zhao just nodded his head lightly, waved his hand, "Get up! Although Liu Zhiyuan is ignorant of the weather and has an arrogance, but your mother and son are not to blame.

Thinking of Liu Zhiyuan and the soldiers and civilians in Hedong's fight against the Khitan in the past, the mother and son went to live in Luoyang, granted Liu Chengyou the title of Marquis of Shunyi, and gave him a house and an annual salary of [-] guan. Take good care of your mother! "

Li Sanniang was overjoyed when he heard the words, Zhang Zhao's statement meant that he would not embarrass their mother and son, and immediately kowtowed again.

Liu Chengyou, who was so frightened and foolish, also came back to his senses at this time, kowtowed to Zhang Zhao, and repeatedly shouted: "Thank you saint for not killing me."

Zhang Zhao didn't go to live in Liu Zhiyuan's Beiping Grand Palace in the Yamen of Jiedu Office in Hedong, but directly lived in Jinyang Palace, which is known as the Tang Palace.

It was here that Li Yuan was instigated by his second son Li Shimin to go south to Dingding Central Plains and start the Tang Dynasty for 300 years.

Of course, this is no longer the Jinyang Palace of the Sui Dynasty in Li Yuan’s time. The original Jinyang Palace has long been dilapidated. Now the Jinyang Palace, which looks quite suitable for living, was rebuilt by Li Keyong and Li Cunxu’s father and son.

As soon as Zhang Zhao saw Jinyang Palace, he liked it very much. It is magnificent and majestic, and it also lives at the end of Tianlong Mountain Range. To the southwest is the famous Tianlong Mountain Grottoes.

Although the Tianlongshan Grottoes are not well-known in later generations, that is because in the 20s, they were devastated by cultural relic robbers from great powers. Later, Tianlong Temple was burned down by fire, and the grottoes were basically destroyed.

But now, through the excavations of Gao Huan, Gao Yang and his sons in the Northern Qi Dynasty to Emperor Yang Guang of the Sui Dynasty, the Tianlongshan Grottoes are more beautiful than the Mogao Grottoes in Dunhuang, and are as famous as the Longmen Grottoes in Luoyang.

Different from that at this time, that is, the sculpture style of the Tang Dynasty is rigorous and exquisite, while the Longmen Grottoes are famous for their lifelike, realistic images and full of life, which are more likely to make people feel peaceful.

After entering the city, of course there will be a feast for the heroes. Looking at the Tianlong Mountain Grottoes and Tianlong Temple in the distance, Zhang Zhao said to Li Fang beside him.

"The scenery here is majestic, the climate is cool, and the Tianlong Temple is solemn and beautiful, it is a good place to escape the summer heat.

Send people to Tokyo quickly to invite the two empress dowagers, noble concubines, the King of Jin and the eldest princess of Wei to Jinyang. "

Zhang Zhao was still a little apprehensive towards Jinyang, so after thinking about it, he decided to get his mother and children to live in Jinyang for a while, so as to strengthen the relationship between Zhang Zhou's royal family and the people of Jinyang.

After thinking about it, Zhang Zhao still felt that it wasn't enough, so he stopped Li Fang who was about to draft an edict.

"Let the empress come to Jinyang as well, and the secret decree tells her that when she comes to Jinyang, the people of Jinyang, Taigu and other twelve counties will be exempted from salt and iron tax, silk tax, agricultural implement money and other miscellaneous taxes for three years.

Ding Kouyin, who has been exempted from the people of Hedong for three years, will be handed over to the virtuous concubine Cao to handle the important task of staying behind in Tokyo. "

The types of taxes at this time are the same as those in the mid-Tang Dynasty, and the two-tax system of spring and autumn is still implemented. However, in addition to the basic tax on farmland, there are a large number of surcharges such as farm implement money, quqian, cowhide tax and interim tax levied along with the land tax. Tax.

In addition, there are miscellaneous taxes such as Dingkou money, salt and iron tax, and silk and silk tax levied on a per-person basis.

At this time, the burden on the common people was very heavy, even ordinary wealthy households and local tyrants in Xiaowubao were heavily taxed.

Because the court is full of unreasonable warriors, other things are easy to say, laws and regulations are often not strictly enforced, but if you dare not pay taxes, you must be beheaded.

In order to fight against Zhang Zhao, Liu Zhiyuan collected a shocking [-] types of taxes in Hedong, and the burden on the residents of Hedong was too heavy.

Hearing this, Li Fang thought of Zhang Zhao's suggestion: "The sage has just entered Jinyang, and his people's hearts are not yet stable. Why don't the sage first call Ding Kouyin from Hedong, Yunzhou and other places to calm people's hearts and wait for the queen on the grounds that Liu Zhiyuan has harmed the people in Hedong too much?" When you arrive in Jinyang, you will be exempted from miscellaneous taxes for another three years."

Zhang Zhao nodded after hearing this. It really should be like this. One is to stabilize people's hearts, but to give grace gradually. The two superpositions can deepen the impression in the hearts of the people.

Therefore, Zhang Zhao immediately announced to the outside world that Dingkouyin would be exempted from the 27 prefectures such as Hedong and Yunzhou this autumn.

The reason why there is no one-time exemption for three years is still taking into account fairness and financial pressure.

But it was Ding Kouyin who had been exempted for one year, and immediately made Jinyang City thunderous with cheers. Zhang Zhao even heard cheers in Jinyang Palace far away from the city.

After Li Fang went out, Guo Rong, Guo Jin, Wang Yin, Liu Ci, Li Tao and other generals from Hedong were brought in. Guo Rong was a little embarrassed, but Zhang Zhao hurriedly beckoned him over.

"Sanlang, why are you so born? Come here quickly!"

Guo Rong showed emotion on his face, walked more than ten steps in front of Zhang Zhao, and suddenly prostrated himself on the ground, weeping uncontrollably.

"I have failed His Majesty a lot, and I have also failed the robes of the past. Under the city of Fuyang, I also killed and wounded a general of the Zhou Dynasty. Although nine deaths cannot atone for his sins, I really feel ashamed to see the saint again."

Guo Rong was not acting, but showing his true feelings. When he was in Fuyang City, the Zhou army outside shouted loudly, and the two sides fought hand-to-hand in the damaged Fuyang South City many times.

Although Guo Rong was not soft on his hands, he still felt very guilty in his heart. Seeing Zhang Zhao now, his heart almost collapsed.

Zhang Zhao also let out a long sigh, "You, Guo Rong, heard that your mother was seriously ill, so you didn't covet high officials, generous salary and great prospects, and you rushed back thousands of miles to show your filial piety.

Fighting hard in Fuyang City, not betraying Liu Zhiyuan because of the special relationship with Zhen, it is loyalty.

At this moment, I am in pain because I still have righteousness in my heart.Such loyal, filial and righteous ministers, what do you call seeing me without face? "

Guo Rong raised his head and looked at Zhang Zhao with tears streaming down his face, "No matter how loyal and filial you are, but I always kill more than a hundred former robes, it's really uncomfortable."

Zhang Zhao stood up and pulled Guo Rong up, "It's not your fault, Guo Rong's, it's the fault of us warriors killing each other for hundreds of years.

The warriors of the country did not die in the battles with foreign enemies. Instead, many heroes died in the hands of their own people.

I set up the Great Zhou and resumed the rituals of the Zhou, so that we will no longer kill each other, but can be like the Great Dynasty, when the heroes of the world all fight for the country! "

Zhang Zhao was speaking the truth, and naturally he was speaking with deep affection.

Guo Jin, Liu Ci, Wang Yin, Li Tao, etc. all prostrated themselves on the ground with a lot of emotion, Guo Jin especially seemed extremely moved.

"I wish I could have known the heart of a saint earlier, otherwise I would never have suffered today."

Zhang Zhao let go of Guo Rong, and said to him, "Since you feel ashamed and uncomfortable, you should go home and rest for a while. I heard that you just had a son, so enjoy the family happiness."

Historically, Guo Rong had two sons with Liu Shi and one son with his concubine before his wife Liu Shi was killed.

However, it has not yet reached the year 951 when Guo Wei and Guo Rong's family were killed, so Guo Rong just got the eldest son Chai Zongyi.

But Guo Rong shook his head, and said to Zhang Zhao: "I won't go to rest, because my lord is still in She County, and I want to go south to persuade my lord to come and join me."

Speaking of Guo Wei, Zhang Zhao also nodded, and asked a group of generals from the Hedong army in the hall: "Guo Wei, Bai Wenke, and Guo Congyi gathered [-] troops in She County, but they haven't come to Jinyang to plead guilty, what is the order? What are they trying to do? Do you know?"

Zhang Zhao originally intended to ask Guo Rong, but Guo Jin who was behind Guo Rong suddenly stepped forward and said to Zhang Zhao: "Since the King of Peiping has passed away, Guo Wei and others, as subjects, definitely do not have the heart to resist him.

The minister thought that Guo Wei, Guo Congyi, and Bai Wenke were just afraid of killing and wounding the generals of the Zhou Dynasty, and they didn't know how His Majesty would deal with them, so they withdrew the army and stood firm.

Now that His Majesty has entered Jinyang, he has done nothing to the families of the officers and men of the Hedong Army. If the crimes of the three people can be pardoned, only one messenger will be needed to disarm the army of Shexian County and surrender. "

Guo Jin understood what Zhang Zhao meant. He asked Guo Wei and the others what kind of rules they had, and he was asking whether these people still had the heart to continue to resist.

The main reason is that Guo Wei also became emperor in history. Although they have long since come to an end, what if Guo Wei has other thoughts?

However, in the eyes of Guo Rong, Guo Jin and others, Guo Wei would only dare to do this unless he was crazy. Now there are tens of thousands of people in Shexian County, all of whom are still in Jinyang, and they dare not resist if they are killed.

The reason why they didn't come to surrender now was probably because they were afraid that Zhang Zhao would take revenge on the warriors of Hedong. If Zhang Zhao entered Jinyang and plundered and killed their family members, then the three of them would definitely fight to the death.

But now, Zhang Zhao has entered Jinyangqiu without any crime, so their worries don't exist at all, and they can be recruited only by a messenger.

Zhang Zhao nodded with a smile, and said to Guo Jin, "I heard that Guo Qing once mourned Liu Zhiyuan for three days in Fuyang?"

Guo Jin knelt down with a thud, "Reporting to the saint, I am from Jinyang, and I am from the same town as King Beiping. In the past, I served as a general under the Emperor Mingmiao of the later dynasty, and I have been kind to my minister, so I should mourn for three days. "

Zhang Zhao knew very well in his heart that now people all over the world gradually felt Zhang Zhao's liking, so they all tried to pretend to be a loyal minister, so that they could be simple in the emperor's heart.

Zhang Zhao is not very sure that Guo Jin is pretending, but this kind of thing, regardless of his deeds, even a loyal minister who pretends to be a loyal minister can be transformed into a loyal minister.

"Also a loyal minister! Then I will appoint you to go south to She County with Guo Rong, and persuade Guo Wei and the other three to come to Jinyang.

Let's just say that this battle is between me and Liu Zhiyuan, they are loyal to the Lord, as long as they disarm and return, they will forget the past. "

After making arrangements, Guo Rong and Guo Jin went to persuade Guo Wei and the others. Zhang Liecheng and Zhao Pu came in again before Zhang Zhao had a drink.

The thing to report is also very simple, that is, to make the big shots in Hedong bleed a little.

The mansions of Liu Zhiyuan and his close relative Liu Chong and others were searched, and the work of counting the treasury of Jinyang was still going on, but it was expected that there would not be too many treasures.

Because Liu Zhiyuan had bet everything on the decisive battle with Zhang Zhao, so he would not leave much property behind.

Then Zhang Zhao spent so much to enter Jinyang City, it is impossible to get nothing, the soldiers below are still waiting for rewards.

Although Zhang Zhao is ready to lose money, he must not lose too much.

Therefore, those big families in Hedong who supported Liu Zhiyuan, as well as Liu Zhiyuan's confidantes like Guo Wei, Bai Wenke, and Wang Jun, would inevitably lose their money.

It's just that Zhang Zhao can't do this matter, it has to be handled by Jin Yiwei and Du Zhisheren from Zhongshu Province.

Zhang Liecheng, the commander of Jinyi's personal guards, and Zhao Pu, a member of Duzhishe, came to report the list of "blackmail" to Zhang Zhao.

Zhang Zhao looked at it, only crossed out Guo Jin's name, and then focused on the two names Su Fengji and Liu Zhu.

"These two have been interrogated repeatedly, and their family property has been exhausted. If there is any concealment, their heads will be lost!"

Su Fengji, this person is deeply trusted by Liu Zhiyuan, and he is especially cruel. On his birthday in the past, Liu Zhiyuan asked him to go to the prison to interrogate the case. The original intention was to ask him to release some prisoners and pray for blessings.

As a result, when Su Fengji went to the prison, he killed all the prisoners regardless of whether they committed minor or serious crimes. Then he clapped his hands and reported to Liu Zhiyuan refreshed, "The prison is quiet!"

Liu Zhu is similar, cruel and easy to kill. In history, Guo Wei's family and Guo Rong's family did not spare even babies, which is his handwriting.

What's even more strange is that these two are still Liu Zhiyuan's cronies, so cruel and easy to kill, Liu Zhiyuan thinks that they are decisive and relies heavily on them.

And this time Liu Zhiyuan raised his troops and scraped the ground three feet east of the river. Most of them were done by the same two people. Killing them just happened to anger the common people.

Zhang Liecheng understood the meaning of Zhang Zhao's words in seconds. Zhang Zhao usually did not easily say that he must kill someone, but as long as he said that the head was lost, he would definitely be executed.