Great Warriors of Sui and Tang Dynasties

Chapter 1320 Orthodoxy
This time the emperor invited the two queens to come to Mount Tai to participate in the ceremony. It was not just the descendants of the two previous royal families, the Sui and Zhou, but the descendants of the emperors from the northern and southern dynasties. a marquis.

Northern Wei, Western Wei, Eastern Wei, Northern Zhou and Northern Qi, plus the Southern Song, Southern Qi, Southern Liang, Southern Chen, and the Southern Four Dynasties, plus the Sui Dynasty that unified the Southern and Northern Dynasties, Luo Cheng selected one of the descendants of the emperors of the ten previous dynasties to confer the title of marquis. And let them climb Mount Tai to watch the ceremony.

This time it can be regarded as a verdict for the official historians in the National Bureau of History who have been arguing endlessly for the dispute between the North and the South.

"The previous dynasties treated the two queens only as a show, but the saints followed up the first ten dynasties at once, and all of them were enshrined as marquises. It is really unprecedented."

"It's just an empty marquis title, and it's worthless. I've heard them fight for too long. This kind of orthodox dispute between the north and the south will not benefit the court or the world if it continues. No matter how the north and south were divided, it is still Returning to unity, on this land of China, there are all my sons and daughters of China."

"The saint is right."

Luo Cheng asked the palace servants to help him change into a light and casual outfit, and sat down.

"Freshly brewed tea."

"Wine is good." Wei Zheng said with a smile.

"That's fine." Luo Cheng asked someone to fetch wine, "Although the emperors of the Northern Wei, Western and Eastern Wei were from Xianbei, after all, after the unification of the north, they actively sinicized and implemented a policy of integration, rather than a barbaric policy like the Five Hu and Sixteen Kingdoms. Therefore, I have never counted the Wuhushiliu into the orthodoxy of the Central Plains."

The Wuhu went south and established more than 20 countries successively, of which [-] countries were relatively strong. Although Zhao Yanqin and other countries were strong, they only put themselves above the northern Han people.

After the Northern Wei Dynasty unified the north, it quickly began to proactively Sinicize and accept Han culture. They are Sinicized Xianbei people. Although the emperor and the upper class are mainly Xianbei, they no longer exclude Han people, but actively integrate them. This policy actually It is very common, such as Turkic Mongols, Sinicization of Mongols, etc. that are common in later generations.

The history of the Five Hu and Sixteen Kingdoms has been characterized by Emperor Luo Cheng as Hulu's invasion of China, which is an invasion.So these people can only be regarded as the history of aggression, not the history of the Han family itself.

During this period, only the Jin Dynasty was orthodox in the history of the Han family.

Here comes the wine.

Wei Zheng first poured a glass for the emperor, and then poured himself a glass.

Nose sucked.

"Good wine."

"This is the new white sheep wine, also known as lamb wine, which is made from tender lamb, millet and koji."

"Do you have to get millet?"

"Do you want to steal the secret recipe again? Your Wei's Homebrew is one of the top ten famous wines in Daqin. It is famous all over the world. Are you not satisfied?"

The name of Wei Zheng's wine is simple, just the four characters of Wei's Homebrew, but this wine has a unique taste and has gained a reputation for a long time. Now it has become a good wine with a good reputation and is extremely popular.With this wine, Wei Zheng's family opened wineries and restaurants in various places, and they didn't know how much they would earn in a year.

"People who are good at wine, when they see good wine, they can't help but want to ask."

"Haha, in fact, millet or glutinous rice can also be used for this wine. The key is to take the fat and tender mutton in the twelfth lunar month, bring the bones, add water and boil it in a pot until it is very soft and rotten, and drain the bones. Break it with silk, keep the meat sweat, and use it when cooking and steaming wine and rice. Finally, put the meat juice, wine rice and koji powder together in the urn for brewing, and it will be ready after a few days. This kind of wine has a unique flavor and is a high-end wine. It is very popular among high-ranking officials. Gentlemen welcome."

"It seems that there is no less mutton, and the cost is estimated to be quite high, no wonder it is so expensive." Wei Zheng said.

"This wine is newly developed by the Royal Winery of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. The method is actually an improved folk recipe. They set up wineries in the northern coastal areas, bought Hu people's lambs from Saibei and Guanwai, and rushed to the seaside in Guannei in winter. Then slaughter it on the spot to get fresh mutton, put it on Champa glutinous rice from Lingnan and other real estates shipped from the sea, make lamb wine, and then ship it south, and then ship it to the inland through the Yellow River and Yangtze River, and sell it everywhere.”

Wei Zheng is a shrewd person, and he immediately understood that the emperor's winery can greatly reduce the cost by doing this.The sheep outside the Great Wall and the customs are transported to the coast of Hebei or to seaports such as Liaoxi and Lushun. The distance is much shorter and the transportation is convenient.Similarly, the Lingnan Champa sticky rice, which has high grain output and low price, is transported to the northern coast. Although it is farther away, the grain can be unloaded directly at the port, which can still save time and transportation costs.

Even after the wine is brewed, it can directly board the ship and leave the port on the spot.

"When it's cold, it's comfortable to drink hot." Wei Zheng took two sips.

Wei Zheng is envious of the royal industry, doing whatever it takes to make money, but there is nothing to be jealous of. Wei's Homebrew already has a large number of loyal customers.

"There are a lot of cattle and sheep in Saibei and outside the pass, but it is not easy for the herdsmen to transport the cattle and sheep to the pass. The journey is long and the loss on the road is too great. Therefore, the price of the cattle and sheep outside the pass is not cheap after being driven into the pass. I am thinking about it and find a way to solve this problem. , not only to let the cattle and sheep of the herdsmen have a way out, but also to allow the people in the Central Plains to eat cheaper beef and mutton outside the customs.”

Now Luo Cheng has set up many border markets in the frontier, buying a large number of Hu people's cattle and sheep, and even going deep into the grassland pastoral areas, directly hiring Hu people in the local area to set up slaughterhouses, directly slaughtering the purchased cattle and sheep for processing.

It can be processed into jerky or meat floss. In addition to meat products, ghee, cow and goat milk, etc. from the herdsmen are also purchased, and processed into milk flakes and dregs, which are easy to store and transport.

After slaughtering cattle and sheep, their skins and wool can also be processed for easy transport back to the Central Plains.

A large number of dairy products and meat products were processed into military rations, purchased by the Ministry of War, and many were transported back to the Central Plains and put on the market to enrich the non-staple food needs of the people.

A big cow was transported to Luoyang, and if it survived, it would cost [-] yuan.On the grassland, such a cow may be worth a thousand or more.

Nowadays, the relationship between the imperial court and the Hu people outside the customs is good, and the merchants can safely and boldly trade in the past. Now, the number of live cattle and sheep, or frozen beef and mutton imported into the customs in winter is not decreasing, and a large amount of meat has been added. Dried milk, etc., the number of fur imports has also greatly increased.

These things have finally reached the hands of the common people, so that the common people can wear warmer clothes and eat better.

Of course, the emperor who dominated these did not make less money.

Just like the Champa rice in Lingnan, especially in Guangnan, it can be ripened three times a year, and the yield is high, but the taste is not very good. In addition, the local production is surplus, and the transportation cost is quite high when it is sold to other places. Therefore, the grain over there is extremely cheap, and the people are not very motivated to grow rice.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs transported Champa rice to the north and combined it with sheep from outside the customs to make a popular lamb wine, which not only attracted many sheep from outside the customs and Champa rice, but the key point was that the price of the two things increased greatly after the combination, and the income was very high. .

The imperial court also earned a large amount of wine tax.

It's a win-win situation.

"Sage, I have something to report. Queen Wa once again wrote a letter to plead guilty, but this time they offered to dedicate the Besshi copper mine on Iyo Island to the sage as an apology." Wei Zheng said another matter with a smile.

(End of this chapter)