Great Warriors of Sui and Tang Dynasties

Chapter 592 Qin Wang Ling

In Chinese, the word cheng literally means city wall and market, which is also characteristic of an ancient city.

Every city in the Sui Dynasty had city walls and markets.

But in a remote place outside the customs.

In Liaodong and Liaoxi of Andong Road, there are only a dozen cities with city walls and markets. The rest are either castles with only cities but no cities, or villages or villages with no walls but only wooden fences.

In Liaodong, there is no distinction between cities and villages.

That high wall did not separate the city from the countryside, but the high wall was only for protection, protecting the government offices, warehouses, market shops and various handicraft workshops in the city.

Outside the city is the field.

In the Central Plains, a city is often the center of a local economy, attracting wealth from surrounding villages, and concentrating wealth through market transactions and taxation.

But outside the customs, the city's most important thing is its original function, which is defense.

More than a dozen cities outside the pass are built on the banks of the big river. Liucheng, Luhe Town, and Liaoxi City are built along the Bailang River, Wanghaidun Town is built along the river and next to the sea, and Huaiyuan is built on the Liao River. Town, Tongding Town.

In Liaodong, there are Liaodong City on the edge of the Daliao River on the Liaohe River, Xincheng on the edge of the Xiaoliao River, Anshi on the edge of the Haihe River, and Beisha by the sea.

And those Goguryeo mountain cities in the mountainous area became Yingyang military mansions or military towns, garrison forts, or villages for the Sui army stationed in the Liao Dynasty at this time.

In spring, the ice and snow in the northern country melted, and the river surged, turning the river into a canal, but at the same time it began to threaten the villages and fields on both sides of the river.

The rainy season is coming soon.

Countless young people are struggling to build cities and villages. They use the simplest method of rammed earth to build walls. They put the treated soil between two wooden boards and ram them into walls.Then they felled the trees and built the roofs with wood and bark and thatch.

Everyone is busy and no one is idle.

Luo Cheng also set up markets in various cities, and also set up ferry grass markets near some big river ferries.

But Luo Cheng also stipulated that it is strictly forbidden to climb over the wall.

"Over the wall of the county seat, ninety sticks. Over the wall of the county seat, one year of hard labor. Over the wall of the fortress of the army town, death!"

He is still in the six counties of Liaodong, each with three counties, and stipulates that people are not allowed to leave the county at will, and they must go to the government to go through the process before entering and leaving the county.

He allowed the people of Liaodong to carry swords and encouraged them to practice riding and archery. Even as long as they became a village hero, they were eligible to own a set of armor, but they had to be registered with the government, and they had to be purchased at the government. Private manufacture was not allowed.

Not only did Luo Cheng have soldiers stationed at the city gates in every city, but he also set up checkpoints, guard posts, and patrols on all roads and river crossings.

The government soldiers, county soldiers, and township braves staggered to form a tight network.

At night, Luo Cheng implemented a curfew system. After dark, the gates of each city, castle, and village were closed, and it was forbidden to walk outside the house, make noise, and not enter the castle.

In Liaodong, the most surprising thing is not the transformation of the original Goguryeo city and fortress.

The most amazing thing is that in Liaodong, you can't see a single idler, let alone a beggar or a refugee.

Luo Cheng forbids beggars, and the way to deal with beggars is very simple, instead of driving them away, let them go to farm.Even those who are disabled and unable to work are taken into special camps. The Jiedu envoy government provides them with the minimum food and clothing guarantee, but at the same time, they will also be given some of the simplest manual work, so that they can work within their ability in exchange for .

And if it is a beggar who is good at hands and feet but refuses to work, if he finds out once, he will be sent to farmland.If you run away and beggar again, if you find it again, you will be sent directly to the hardest and most tiring mine labor.

In addition, Luo Cheng brought all the markets under the management of Jiedushi, and changed the practice of no business tax in the Sui Dynasty.

There is a market entry tax for entering and exiting the market, and a transaction tax for transactions. It is also stipulated that large-value transactions must be signed, stamped and filed by the government, and the corresponding deed tax will be charged.

Basically, the merchants have to collect a sales tax, which is a tax of [-], which is also the city tax.

As for the merchants, the tax that can be collected is still one of the thirty taxes.

In addition, there is a tax on the transfer and valuation of the transaction, and a deed is required. It is a transaction tax with a deed tax nature, which is one of the twenty taxes.

However, Luo Cheng also stipulated that in the eleven counties outside the customs, those who have broken goods less than a hundred dollars will not be taxed, and the customs duties for merchants are only allowed to be collected once in the eleven counties.

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Luo Cheng also stipulated that in the eleven counties outside the customs, grain is prohibited from leaving the customs, and locally produced grain can only be purchased by the government, private sales are prohibited, and all grain stores are uniformly operated by the government, and the prices are also set by the government.

If private individuals want to operate grain business outside the customs, they can only transport grain from outside the customs. Luo Cheng stipulates that foreign grains are exempt from customs duties, city taxes, and transaction taxes.

In addition, Luo Cheng also stipulated that the common people should purchase food in a limited amount according to their status, and if they purchased food exceeding the limit every month, they would implement a tiered food price. The more the excess, the higher the price.

Moreover, Luo Cheng also prohibited usury in Liaodong, and he also prohibited private trading of land in Liaodong.

He also forbade the people in Liaodong to drink and sell wine without permission, and forbade the slaughter of cattle, horses, camels, mules, donkeys and other animals that could help in production.

From the spring of the 11th year of Daye to the summer of the [-]th year of Daye.

Luo Cheng launched the Great Reclamation Movement in Liaodong.

For more than a year, he did not launch a war against Yuan's North Korea, but devoted himself to reclaiming wasteland and farming.He not only recruited refugees from the Central Plains, but also let them build villages and farms.

On the other hand, Luo Cheng also built water conservancy projects, built castles, trained government soldiers, county soldiers, and village warriors, built military equipment, herded war horses, and built ships during the slack season.

The Yuan family still controls the land of the four counties, and Yang Wanchun still controls the Lelang County in Pyongyang.

Yuan Taizuo tried to send troops to conquer Yang Wanchun, but Luo Cheng warned him.

After Yang Wanchun felt the pressure from the Yuan family, he had no choice but to surrender to the Sui Dynasty. Luo Cheng sent troops to send Qi Wang Yang Hao to Pyongyang, and built a new Pyongyang city on the old site that had been razed. It is not as big as the thousand-year-old Pyongyang in the past, but the flag of the Sui army is flying above the city.

In the north of Pyongyang City, there is a Chang'an Palace, which is the palace of King Qi. The north gate of the palace is stationed with two thousand troops in the tent of King Qi.

To the summer of Daye's 11th year.

Three harvests have been harvested outside the pass. Liaodong's government soldiers are still [-], but the county soldiers have reached [-], and the number of township warriors is still [-].

The entire six counties outside the pass have a population of 120 million, which is quite astonishing.Although the combined population of the six counties is not as large as the population of one county in Qinghe County, Hebei.

But before Luo Cheng served as Jiedushi, the entire six counties in Liaodong, including the military and civilians, did not exceed 20 people. Even in the five years earlier, the population of Liaoxi County was only 2000 households, and Liucheng County had only more than [-] households. population.

However, these 120 million people are not calculated according to the household registration law of the imperial court, but all the population is included. There is no distinction between good and bad. Those who live in the six counties for a long time are considered to be the population of Andong Road under the guard of Zhongwu Festival.

The summer of 11 was a bumper year.

The army station of the Zhongwu Army harvested 60 shi of grain, which was enough for the Zhongwu Army to eat for a year.And the grain harvested by the people in the fields was also abundant. The family members of the government soldiers could keep [-]% for themselves, while the relocated refugees could keep [-]% for themselves. The rest of the grain went into the granaries of the Jiedushi in each city.

August [-]th, the Mid-Autumn Festival.

Just as the soldiers and civilians of Andong Road were preparing for the coming autumn harvest, a galloping gallop came.

The knight sent a shocking news.

"The emperor was trapped in Yanmen by Shibi Khan of the Eastern Turks leading hundreds of thousands of cavalry in Yanmen."

"There are 41 cities in Yanmen County, and 39 cities have been captured by the Turkic cavalry. Your Majesty urgently ordered soldiers and horses from all over the world to King Qin. Please Luo Shuai quickly send troops to King Qin to rescue him!"

This edict was issued by the emperor when he was retreating to Yanmen City, before it was besieged. The first thing the emperor thought of was Luo Cheng.

(End of this chapter)