Zhenguan Crown Prince Li Chengqian

Chapter 602 New Year in Shenzhou Mansion
Compared with the joyful celebration of the New Year in Chang'an City, although Shenzhou in Huainan Road is a small place, it also has its own unique way to celebrate the New Year. Happy show.

On this day every year, there are all kinds of juggling troupes and food stalls on the square in the center of the city from morning to night, and the common people come here in their most decent clothes to have the happiest time of the year. day.

Of course, all of this is for the most distinctive event organized by the local government—the silk cloth competition. This competition not only tests the weaving skills of the ladies, but also tests the calligraphy and painting ability of the scholars.No matter which one succeeds in winning the championship, women can get a thousand gold rewards, and men can get a post recommended to the Imperial College.

Under the lure of money and fame, a large number of talents come here every year to participate in the competition. Even if they don't get the famous invitation from the Imperial College, it would be a great blessing in life to marry a beautiful girl with ingenious means, wouldn't it?
Shenzhou began to establish prefectures and counties in the Northern Zhou Dynasty. In the second year of Sui Daye, Shenzhou was changed to Yizhou, and later named Mingyang County.Unified five counties: Yiyang, Zhongshan, Luoshan, Lishan, Huaiyuan.After the founding of the Tang Dynasty, Shenzhou belonged to Huainan Road, with jurisdiction over Yiyang, Zhongshan, and Luoshan counties.

The reason why Shenzhou can be so prosperous is mainly because it is located on the edge of the Huai River and has convenient transportation, and it is also because of the land transportation extending in all directions.From here, it is 710 miles northwest to Chang'an, and 940 miles northwest to Luoyang.It is 260 miles from Gwangju in the northeast and 260 miles from Anju in the south.It is 260 miles to Tangzhou in the west, 230 miles to Suizhou in the southwest, and 280 miles to Caizhou in the north.

With such an advantage in water and land transportation, merchants can store goods here, and then transport them to any place they require according to the different needs of different customers. This also promotes the unusual development of commerce, river transportation, and handicrafts. The richest state in Huainan Road, its taxes accounted for half of the entire Huainan Road.

With the development of commerce, the people here are naturally richer than those in other places, and the bandits in the nearby poor mountains and rivers also very naturally regard their place as a place to seek wealth, and the people here have also become their "parents for food and clothing".

If we want to talk about the bad results brought about by the developed transportation, I am afraid we have to talk about these bandits. From the former Sui Dynasty to the present, they are robbers when they gather, and merchants when they are scattered. They take advantage of this convenient advantage to rob merchants.

Those bandits are also smart, and when the time and place are right, they will do this business of killing people and stealing goods. If the government really checks them strictly, they will stop doing some business and wait for the opportunity.These guys who are as difficult to catch as mosquitoes make the local government and military government a headache.In the past two years, they also summed up their experience in the struggle and formed a large number of escorts, mainly retired soldiers, to help the caravan transport goods.

Yes, having a guard composed of these veterans has greatly curbed the arrogance of the bandits, reduced unnecessary losses of many passing merchants, and saved a lot of energy for the local government.But it still can't solve the fundamental problem, especially last year, here came a tough horse bandit, nicknamed - Xiao Guan Gong, who became the most famous number one near Shenzhou in an extreme time.

Of course, since this is a place where merchants gather, restaurants, casinos, brothels and other industries have also prospered. The place of amusement can be described as a mixed world of three religions and nine streams.

In order to regulate these smoky places and not affect the lives of the local people, the Shenzhou government specially opened up a street for them. Anyway, it is full of rotten fish and shrimps, which makes them stink.

In Shenzhou City, in a secluded courtyard, Li Daoxing was lying on the couch with his legs crossed. Sitting below were Shenzhou Inspector Wu Fang, Chang Shi Fang Tong and Zhechong Captain Han Jun.According to common sense, if an ancestor like Li Daoxing came to Shenzhou, a "small place", how could he be received according to high standards, and how could he stay in such a broken yard all day? This is too disrespectful.

But there is no way, when the king of the county came, he not only brought the documents of the Shangshu Province to control Shenzhou's military affairs, but also the prince's handbook, which stated that they should fully cooperate with Li Daoxing and the internal guards in Shenzhou. Action, even if it is to abandon the city, the court will naturally take all the responsibilities for them.

"My lord, today is the New Year. The talents and beauties of Shenzhou Mansion are all competing here. The common people are watching the excitement in the center of the city. Don't you also go to see it? It's lively. Such a day is in our There is only one day in Shenzhou every year, if you miss it, you will have to wait another year."

Inspector Wu Fang accompanied him and carefully asked, this Changle King is a well-known bastard in the clan, a master who does not know how to do things, no one knows about the messy things between him and Li Jing's family, who knows that such an unreliable guy, What will happen to Shenzhou?

Besides, I am the supervisor of Shenzhou, and now there is such a "supreme emperor" on his head. He can't sleep all day long. If he dares to live in such a good day today, we have to inquire about him from the side. What the hell are you trying to do here.

In order to embolden himself, he also attracted Fang Tong and Han Jun, for which he got a lot of favors.These two guys have never held full-time jobs, and they are on errands with everyone, so of course they don't care who is sitting on top, and they don't understand how anxious they are.

"Yeah, my lord, you said that you've been here all day, you're already tired, and it's good to go out for a walk." Chang Shi Fangtong quickly took the call, and he didn't want to come. , but there is no way, who let the official rank crush people to death!
Hearing what the two local leaders said, Li Daoxing sat up, dusted off his robe, and then looked at Zhechong Captain Han Jun who had not spoken the whole time. He wondered if the generals in the military mansion were also so short-sighted, What I miss is my official hat and political achievements.

Listening to the sound of speaking, listening to the sound of gongs and drums, Li Daoxing has two knives in fighting and two knives in politics. He can talk about the way and observe his words. They are the frogs at the bottom of the well, where is his opponent, the old fox who has been in the court for more than 20 years.It's just the small ninety-nine in their stomachs, which reveals their appearance when they open their mouths, and they think they are quite smart.After being stared at by Li Daoxing like this, Han Jun was completely overwhelmed, and he groaned for a long time, but he didn't say anything.

"It's a lively place today, and not only talented scholars and beauties who have crossed the state and the government, but also people who the king cares about come here to gather. Don't disturb other people's New Year's Eve. You each give orders, no matter what happens tonight , all the sons of the government office have been left to be honest by the king, and the guests have been shocked, and the three of you will not be officials.".
(End of this chapter)