Han Hai Tang Ergui

Chapter 869 Little Aunt's Decision
The little aunt is older than Zhang Ji, and she is 44 years old this year.

People say that when you are old and look bad, you love to run, but this rule can be said to be completely invalid for my aunt.

Because he is a beauty like Yasuko Sawaguchi!Not to mention 44 years old, Yasuko Sawaguchi is 57 years old and still looks very good, and my little aunt is not too far behind.

And people's aesthetics will really adapt to their own age as they grow older.

When you are in your teens and 20s, when you see women in their 40s and [-]s, you will only feel that they are already old women.

But when I was in my 40s and [-]s, I suddenly discovered that among the women of the same age who I used to despise as old women, there are still many beauties with good looks and figures that are still online.

On the contrary, those teenage and 20-year-old girls I liked before will look immature and lack charm.

So Zhang Tie still likes his little aunt very much.

The little aunt is also very good at meeting her preferences. She has a group of beauties from the Western Regions under her command. When the emperor wants to change his taste, he can dazzle Zhang Shengren without leaving her bedroom.

And the unique advantage of being able to raise beauties by herself in the harem is determined by the unique status of the little aunt, because in addition to the title of Concubine Shu, the little aunt also has a position of real power, the wife of Shanshan County.

The so-called Shanshan County is the Zhongyun Kingdom where Zhang Tie fought his first battle after leaving Dunhuang, which is probably equivalent to a part of Jiahami City in Ruoqiang County in later generations.

Back then, after Zhang Kai killed Zhongyun King San Poba here, he handed over the entire Zhongyun Kingdom to his little aunt.

Afterwards, the little aunt has been ruling the country as Queen Zhongyun. Even if she later became Zhang Tie's concubine, the Zhongyun Kingdom was not disbanded, but changed from Zhongyun Kingdom to Shanshan County. A place named after a county.

In the past, Zhongyun State had 13 to 2 people, which was not considered rich, but after these years of unimpeded commercial routes, the oases in Shanshan County have basically been developed, and the population has grown to [-]. In Shanshan City alone, there are [-] people. many people.

Although the commercial tax in Shanshan County is collected by the state, and only a small part, about 5.00%, is given to my aunt, other taxes in Shanshan County basically go into my aunt's pocket.

So she can support the Western Region Beauty Dance Orchestra with hundreds of people, and her appearance is also very online.

Of course, there is the original Loulan Kingdom in the area under the jurisdiction of Shanshan County, and there are still a large number of Canwei people belonging to the ancient Loulan. This ethnic group is very capable of producing beauties.

It's just that today Zhang Yu didn't touch any Loulan beauties, but fought with his little aunt for 30 rounds. He has hundreds of resources. There are more than [-] famous concubines and beauties who have more than [-] saints Zhang.

After the clouds collected and the rain was resting, the little aunt was half leaning on the bed, holding a luminous cup made of jasper in her left hand, and observed through the moonlight. In the jasper cup, there was a kind of bewitching vermilion chilled purple wine, and then gulped He drank it all in one gulp, and then let out a satisfied sigh.

After drinking the wine, the little aunt stretched out her hand naturally, and held the emperor's head on her plump thigh.

After enjoying the rare initiative, the little aunt sighed. She knew that the emperor's hospitality was not so easy to bear.

"Tell me, my Mr. Zhang Erlang, what the hell is he planning?"

Zhang Tie moved his head so that he could lie down more comfortably, then closed his eyes and said slowly:

"The Han people in Jiaozhou can't be allowed to stay any longer. If they stay any longer, these guys will turn themselves into Yue people for profit."

My aunt has always paid attention to politics, so of course she knew about Jing Haijun's situation, but she said indifferently:

"What does it matter? Let's break up and move inland. Now Hebei, Andong, Lelang, and North Korea are all short of people. Didn't Nobunaga write a letter saying that they want to manage and develop the Kanto Plain, and they also need a large number of Han people who can farm."

After finishing speaking, seeing that the emperor didn't say anything, the little aunt went on to say: "If Erlang doesn't want to move them inland, he can only kill them. If he kills one hundred and eighty thousand people, he will naturally be honest."

Zhang Ting smiled wryly, "Relocating people can only make it cheaper for more and more real Yue people, and it is even more difficult to resist the encroachment of the Champa Kingdom.

Killing people can only solve temporary problems, not permanent problems. "

The little aunt understood that Zhang Tie was not dissatisfied with the two methods of relocation and killing, but was worried that it would not last long.

She suddenly came to her senses, with an unbelievable look of joy on her face, "Erlang doesn't want the third brother to go to Annan, does he?
No, no! "

Speaking of which, my little aunt Li Ruoliu shook her head vigorously, "If the third brother goes to Annan, it will be a good thing I can only wish for, and I should let this servant serve you. The emperor is eyeing this coffin of this slave!"

The third brother is Li Ruoliu's third son, Zhang Xianzhao, who is currently fourteen years old and is studying in Longtao Academy.

As my aunt said, although the climate in Annan is hotter, it is still much better than Tocharian. Although the locals like to make trouble, they are not as non-human as Tocharian, and the difficulty of ruling is not lower. few.

What's more, Zhang Xianzhao's elder brother Zhang Xiancun's Chu Kingdom is just to the north. When Zhang Xianzhao goes there, the two brothers can watch and help each other. It is definitely [-] times better than Zhang Xianzhao going to Tocharian.

Thinking of this, the little aunt's face brightened, and she said very generously, "30 guan, no! I will give 40 guan."

"You have so much money?" Zhang Tie looked at his aunt in surprise.

Shanshan County looks quite big, but it only has 10,000+ people. Some places are not as poor as the Central Plains, and they are still very poor.

Therefore, the annual tax is only [-] to [-] guan, and after deducting the salaries of officials in Shanshan County, it will not exceed [-] guan.

This seems like a lot of money, but the little aunt has to maintain her huge Loulan beauties, and she also needs to help her natal brothers, nephews and nephews.

Some time ago, when Zhang Xiancun got married and became a fan, the little aunt spent hundreds of thousands more. It should be almost squeezed out!
The little aunt smiled slyly, "Has Erlang forgotten the bank meeting? I can use the future tax revenue of Shanshan County as collateral to loan out the money!"

That's right, Zhang Tie rolled his eyes speechlessly. His mind was tied up by the fact that he could no longer issue more bank notes. He didn't expect that although the bank could not issue more bank notes, the bank would still carry out the business of absorbing savings, lending, and exchanging money in different places.

The tax revenue of Shanshan County can be said to be very high-quality collateral, not to mention 40 guan, 80 guan can be loaned out, and the interest rate can be much lower than ordinary people.

However, my aunt still didn't realize the danger of Zhang Xianzhao going to Annan.

Because Annan is different from Dali, although Annan often makes troubles, but from the beginning to the end, this land is a piece of Jin'ou, and has never been conferred by the king.

If Zhang Xianzhao is entrusted to Annan now, there is no guarantee that the crown prince who succeeds in decades will not attack Zhang Xianzhao.

At the same time, even if Zhang Xianzhao can follow his father's will and govern Annan loyally and diligently, what about his descendants?It's hard to say whether there will be completely independent ideas.

Therefore, the advantage of being a king in Annan's place is that it can be quickly controlled, at least for decades to ensure that Annan is on the right path.

But the downside is that with a king title and a legitimate vassal state, in the imaginable future, when the blood of the Annan royal family and the Central Plains royal family are thin and the relationship is indifferent, there is a high probability that there will still be troubles.

The reason is that the Southwest where the Chu feudal state is located needs the support of the imperial court in many aspects, including material aspects.

But Annan is self-sufficient even in culture, so it is naturally full of independence.

The little aunt became short of breath. On the one hand, the second son can be with his elder brother, sitting on the temptation of a country with a population of one million;

It's really hard to choose!

Not only the little aunt had a hard time making a choice, but Zhang Ting actually had a hard time making a choice. This is his own son. If something happens, he, as a father, can't live with it.

But the situation forced Zhang Tie to make another choice. He sighed a long time and said:
"According to my judgment, the reason why Annan always makes troubles is a matter of interests.

It is too far away from the Central Plains, not enjoying the benefits of the imperial court, but being plundered by the imperial court, and everyone will be dissatisfied.

To solve this problem, the only way is to have a thriving maritime trade like the Tang Dynasty.

If the navigation technology was developed a bit more, sea ships could sail freely in Dashi and Tianzhu, and if the Central Plains were a little richer and could afford Kunlun slaves, then Annan people would be able to benefit from these sea trade routes and would not be so against the court.

And it will take at least three to fifty years to become a trend, so the best way at present is to seal a prince and go to Annan.

But I'm not sure whether other things will happen to Annan in these three to fifty years. "

What Zhang Ting said actually gave the right to choose directly to the little aunt. Zhang Ting had already fully explained why he wanted to seal the king to Annan now.

Isn't Annan dissatisfied with being sucked blood unilaterally, so the court stopped sucking blood and used a vassal king to suck it instead.

The vassal king replaced the role of the imperial court and distributed this part of the benefits to the civil and military high-level officials in Annan, forming a distribution model in which the court got [-]% through the vassal king’s contribution, the vassal king himself took [-]%, and the high-level civil and military officials of the vassal king received the remaining [-]%. Suppress the dissatisfaction of the civilians below together.

In this medieval era, as long as local knowledgeable and capable people are brought into the ruling group, the dissatisfaction of the lower levels can basically be completely ignored, at least it is no problem to ensure stability for decades.

The only risk is that as time goes by, whether the feudal king will be coerced, and whether his loyalty will be problematic.

The two were silent for a while, and the little aunt slowly opened her eyes. She resisted the temptation, but she didn't seem to be able to resist completely, because she said to Zhang Chen:
"Then they won't be called great kings, they won't open houses, they will only be given titles to princes, and the meritorious officials from Wang Nan will not be titled princes, uncles, inspectors, etc., but will only be given the command of the guards and small inspectors.

After the third brother left, he only took care of military affairs, and the civil affairs still belonged to the court. "

Since Zhang Zhou had inspection envoys both at home and abroad, he called the inspection envoys in the vassal state as the lords the big inspections, and the domestic inspection divisions that were only eighth-rank military officers were called the small inspections.

Zhang Tie thought about it carefully, isn't this the way the Mu family of Duke Qian of the Ming Dynasty guarded Yungui.

That is to say, the military power and the political power will be separated. The provincial capitals, prefectures and counties will still be governed by officials sent by the imperial court, and the emperor will control the military affairs as the largest armed leader in the local area.

It's just that Duke Qian is the leader of the chieftains of Yunnan and Guizhou. After the canonization, the Mu family is the largest chieftain of Yunnan and Guizhou in name.

And Li Ruoliu's proposal was to let Zhang Xianzhao be the leader of the commanders of the entire Annan Guard Army.

Maybe there is a way, Zhang Tie nodded slowly, then let Zhang Xianzhao become the king, and then set up thirteen guards in Annan Thirteen Prefectures.

These guards were not under the command of Pingzhang of the province, nor under the Ministry of War and the Privy Council, but under the management of Zhang Xianzhao.

"That's okay, then let the third brother be the king of the Tang Dynasty, with 39 households in the city, and the three guards from the left, middle, and right of the king of the Tang Dynasty as guards, and [-] households in each of the [-] prefectures, and [-] inspections. Control the key, they are all under the control of the third brother."

This 5000-household food town is sealed off, and there are almost 3000 people, and there can be more than [-] soldiers if one out of ten is drawn.

The following thirteen guards and 39 inspections can also have [-] to [-] households, and a total of more than [-] troops can be dispatched.

These more than 5 households will become Annan's masters, whether it is internal suppression or external rebellion, it should be enough.

But the little aunt was obviously dissatisfied, she pushed Zhang Shengren up from her numb thigh, then stretched out five fingers to shake Zhang Chen and said:

"I will give 50 guan to [-] households, and then I will give the old Jiaozhi City of the Han Dynasty to the third brother."

Thirty thousand households is a population of about 15, but Zhang Tie thought about it carefully and thought he could give it.

Because Annan originally had a lot of people. Taking the main ten envoys as an example, the small ones have two to three thousand households, and the large ones have tens of thousands of households. On average, there can be about 30 households, which is 10 people. It may still control about [-] households and [-] people.

This is 40 people, but it is only the situation of the most core four states. If you count the rest of the Kyushu that the Jinghai Group has no time to take back, the entire Jinghai has at least 70 people.

Therefore, in history, the Jinghai Navy was quite afraid of the attack of the Southern Han Dynasty, because the Southern Han Dynasty had 30 million people, and the Jinghai Navy had only 40 core members.

However, the Southern Han Dynasty could not win the Jing Navy steadily, because the distribution of the 40 people was relatively concentrated, and tens of thousands of people could be drawn out at any time.

15 households with [-] people, this scale is equivalent to one-fifth of the current population of Jing Haijun. It is not a lot, but it is by no means a small number. It can be regarded as a relatively appropriate number.

But now Zhang Xianzhao is only 14 years old, if he wants to join the feudal clan, he has to go up and down no matter what.

In the four or five years, there must be a competent minister to replace Zhang Xianzhao to guard the sea, and he must be willing to take good care of Jing Haijun for Zhang Xianzhao.

The little aunt obviously also thought of this question, she looked at Zhang Ting and asked, "Erlang, how old is Zhang Cheng's eldest daughter?"

Zhang Ke's eyes lit up, and he happened to think of Zhang Cheng, "Should be nine or ten years old."

Zhang Ting still had a little impression of Zhang Cheng's Huniu. The last time she had a fight with Hu Guang's daughter Hu Jie in the palace, no one could break it. In the end, Zhang Ting personally went to mediate.

"Four or five years younger, it's not a big problem. Let the slave write a letter to Zhang Cheng." The little aunt said with a smile on her face.

Human society!This is how politics works in bed. With Zhang Cheng's status, letting him stay in Jinghai for four or five years must be regarded as a reprimand.

But if it is changed to playing for his daughter, son-in-law and future grandson, he will become happy again.

. . . .

Once the model of how to govern Annan is determined, the battle to regain Annan will be much easier.

Because the Wu family of Jing Haijun plus the ten envoys, there are only four 10,000+ people in total.

With this scale, if you try your best, you can dispatch [-] to [-] soldiers, of which there are only five or six thousand elite teeth soldiers, and the rest are similar to the soldiers of the Central Plains Inspection Department.

In the tenth year of Shaoming, 955 AD, at the end of the first month.

Zhang Xiancun, who had basically mastered the Chu Fan Kingdom, followed the orders of his father Zhang Shengren, and began to send 4000 soldiers from the Northern Army of Chu Fan, 7000 from the Southern Army, and 5000 members of Zhang Cheng's relatives and imperial troops who were still in the territory of the Chu Fan. Focused on Jia Yongbu.

Jia Yongbu's step should be this port, which means the key point of the water and land terminal.

In ancient times, this step was often used instead of port in remote areas, which means that when you come here, you will almost reach the end of traditional Han culture, and it is time to stop.

The specific location of Jia Yongbu should be more than ten miles northwest of Hekou County in later generations, which can be regarded as the transportation hub of the upper reaches of the Red River at this time.

In order not to startle the enemy, Zhang Xiancun made a big statement to the outside world, specifying that he was going to crusade against the Tang Mobu and the Niuhouman who had not surrendered, that is, the barbarians who later lived in the Dien Bien Phu area in northwest Vietnam.

In fact, it is not a big problem if Zhang Xiancun does not issue this statement, because the Ten Envoys of the Jinghai Navy and the Wu family have long lost their rule over the upper reaches of the Red River.

This is a natural danger that concerns whether Jing Haijun will be attacked by the upper reaches of the Red River. It turns out that some Baiyue people who seem to submit to Jing Haijun are guarding it.

Chu Jun pretended to be in Jia Yongbu for a long time, and frightened the head of the Tang Mo tribe with snot and tears to come to Jia Yongbu to bow his head and admit his mistake. Niuhouman even burned the village and ran to the deep mountains to hide.

The Chu army suddenly went south along the river, making everyone dumbfounded.

The army went down the Red River and easily broke through Linxi Prefecture (Lao Cai, Vietnam) and Duoli Prefecture (Yanbai, Vietnam), which were held by the Jinghai Navy.

In just six days, 3 civilians rushed to Xinchang County, Fengzhou.

This place is near Yongfu City in later generations of Vietnam, and it is only about [-] miles away from Guluo (Hanoi). It is Wu Riqing, one of the Ten Envoys, who is entrenched here.

Wu Riqing is Wu Quan's nephew, and he can be regarded as the clan of the Wu family. Among the Ten Envoys, he is more sympathetic to the Wu family. Therefore, he is stronger and controls about [-] households under his command.

Wu Riqing was only in his teens at the time, and although he was one of the Ten Envoys, the power was in the hands of his mother and uncle.

Facing the menacing Chu army, his mother and uncle hoped to give up Xinchang and retreat to Tanglin County while the Chu army was still in the village.

Because Tanglin County is the old nest of Wu Riqing's family, it is surrounded by mountains and rivers, and the city is strong enough to hold on.

But Wu Riqing, who is in adolescence, feels that this is a good time to regain his power.

Therefore, he strongly opposed retreating to Tanglin County on the grounds that although Tanglin County was the old nest of the Wu family, it was much poorer than Xinchang County.

Xinchang County is densely populated, and most of the Wu family's wealth is in Xinchang County. If they withdraw this way, the loss will be heavy.

Wealth is touching!Wu Riqing quickly persuaded the Wu family, and they unanimously decided to stick to Xinchang County.

As a result, Wu Riqing actually regained some power by the way, but in this way, the whole family lost the only chance to escape.

In mid-February, Zhang Cheng ordered [-] Chu troops to surround and attack on all sides.

The Wu family had only [-] defenders in Xinchang County. In addition, Xinchang County was built on the Honghe Plain, so there was no danger to defend it. After only five days of attacking the city, the Chu army smashed down the east part of Xinchang County with a cart. city ​​walls.

Then the army entered the city and settled down in Xinchang County. Wu Riqing, who thought he had used a clever trick to win back his property, and dozens of people including his mother, uncle, and uncle, were all captured by the Chu army.

After Zhang Cheng entered the city, he began to use Xinchang County as a logistics base to prepare for the next attack.

(End of this chapter)