Great Warriors of Sui and Tang Dynasties

Chapter 987

Baham Road, Berkshire.

The water of the Western Han Dynasty and the Yangtze River converge here, so it is a rock salt production area, so it has always been rich, and the river water transportation is convenient, which made Bacheng, a small county, prosper rapidly after the end of the turmoil at the end of the Sui Dynasty.

Ba County (Chongqing), this place was originally the land of Puyi, Puyi had no kings and heads, and each of them gathered by town, so it was called Baipu.

Luo Cunxiao stood on the deck of the ship, looking at the city of Baxian as it gradually entered.

"Your Majesty, during the Warring States Period, the Ba Kingdom moved south from the Han River Valley to the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, and successively established capitals in Zhi, Jiangzhou, Dianjiang and other places. Later, Ba and Chu fought fiercely in Jingmen. Lost and returned. Ba and Shu fought, but in the end the winner was Qin.

The Qin State conquered Bashu and unified its territory. After unifying the world, the world was divided into 36 counties, and Bashu was divided into one county each. "

Standing next to Cunxiao was a boat boss who ran the upper reaches of the Three Gorges. He knew the history of this place very well.

"After the Qin Dynasty destroyed the Ba Kingdom, they stationed troops in Ba and built the Ba County City. The site of the city was near the confluence of the Yangtze River and the West Han River (Jialing River). This was also the beginning of the construction of Ba County."

Ba County was once established as Jiangzhou. It took hundreds of years from the Han and Wei Dynasties to the Southern and Northern Dynasties, and until the beginning of the Sui Dynasty, the city was surrounded by Yushui and changed to Yuzhou. This is also the reason why Chongqing was later called Yu for short. Refers to the lower reaches of the Jialing River.

During the short-term control of Bashu in the Tang Dynasty, Yuzhou was subordinate to the Kuizhou General Manager's Mansion and included in Shannan Road.

Then Daqin attacked Li Tang, and set Hanshui Badi as Bahan Road, which was a single road.Because Bajun is connected to Jiannan Road in the west and Hubei Road in the east, it occupies an important node in the middle and upper reaches of the Yangtze River. Therefore, it is valued by the imperial court. It specially stationed more soldiers in Bacheng, and even had a special inland river navy.

At the same time, with the help of the two golden waterways of the Yangtze River and the Western Han River, especially because Jiangling is still in Xiao Xian's hands for the time being, the commercial center that was originally the middle and upper reaches of the Yangtze River has changed from Jiangling to Bacheng.

In particular, the opening of another important land commercial road has made Bacheng the center of Southwest industry and commerce.This overland commercial road goes north to Jincheng County by the Han River, goes west to Hanzhong County, and then goes north to Chang'an through Sanguan.And from Jincheng County, go down the Han River, go east to Xiangyang, Nanyang, and then go to Chang'an, Luoyang, Jiangnan and other places.

From Bacheng to the south, it goes southwest to Ziyang County (Zizhong), Qianwei County (Yibin), and Shu County (Chengdu).

The southeast goes straight to Yelang County (Zunyi), down to Yunnan and Guangnan.

When Cunxiao entered Lijiang, Yunnan from Luoyang this time, he first traveled by land from Luoyang to Xiangyang, Nanyang, then took a boat by water, went upstream along the Han River to Jincheng County, then went south by land to Tongchuan County, and then changed to a boat by water. Take the West Han River to Bacheng, and then go ashore in Bacheng and change the land route south to Yejun County, and then turn west to Lijiang.

Although it requires constant water and land transfers, the road is generally smooth and very convenient.

"How do you feel that Bacheng is built on a mountain?" Cunxiao asked.

In fact, Bajun, like Shujun, is a basin, but the Bajun Basin is not as big as the Shujun Basin, and Baxian is the place where two great rivers meet, so Bacheng, which was built in the Qin Dynasty, was built on a strategic point. The terrain is not particularly good here.

"There are many mountains in Bashu, but there are more mountains in Yunnan."

Cunxiao remembered that his fief was at the foot of the Shenwailongxue Mountain, which was probably even higher than this.

"Let's go into the city and see if we can recruit a group of people here to follow me to Lijiang." Cunxiao looked at the fleet behind him, coming all the way from Luoyang, Cunxiao recruited craftsmen from the common people along the way, and recruited scholars everywhere. Said to go all the way all the way.

However, the effect is not very satisfactory, especially in the Henan area of ​​Luoyang, where the central plains are stable, and most of the poor have already migrated to the four corners.

However, after entering Bahan, he recruited more people, and the situation here was even worse, but some people were very moved by his conditions.

Cunxiao intends to enter Bacheng to recruit some more people, and by the way, purchase another batch of needed materials from here.It would be even better if we could negotiate some cooperation with local business firms and pull them to develop in our own fief.

The boats docked, and the pier was busy.

Just as Cun Xiao jumped off the boat, someone came over from the pier.

It was a green-robed official leading a group of red-robed soldiers.

"The next official pays homage to the King of Lijiang."

Cunxiao was a little surprised, "Is there something wrong?"

"My subordinate, Li Cheng, is the Chancellor of the Jiangjin Post Station. I have a court order to pass on to the King."

After verifying his identity, he took over the official document.

Cunxiao frowned after reading it.

The order came from Chang'an, but it was issued by the Zhengshitang, requiring him to speed up his journey and arrive at Lijiang as soon as possible, and he should not delay on the way.

This tone made him puzzled.

"Did any major event happen in court recently?" Cun Xiao asked.

Li Yicheng shook his head.

"The station should have the latest newspapers, right? Show me all the newspapers from the last month." Cunxiao said bluntly.

The station seemed a bit embarrassed, but he didn't dare to resist, so he finally had to accept it.

Cun Xiao followed Yicheng directly to the post station. He read all the newspapers published in the past month, mainly Dongfang News, Luoyang Daily, etc. These big newspapers are widely distributed. The issues are also sent along the post station, and there are many issues in one issue.

After reading it carefully, Cun Xiao frowned even tighter.

Liu Ji was a staff member recruited by Cun Xiao in Nanyang. He was originally Xiao Xian's servant of officials, but after seeing that Xiao Liang was still fighting in a peaceful corner, he simply hung up his crown and returned to his hometown in Nanyang.When Cunxiao passed by, he visited him specially, hoping to be his staff.It just so happened that Liu Ji was also unhappy in his hometown, so he agreed to go to Yunnan with him.

"What is your majesty worried about?"

"Something happened to the court, to be precise, something happened to the emperor."

Cunxiao sensitively noticed many things by flipping through the newspapers of the last month.

The emperor hadn't shown his face for a long time. In the past, if the emperor attended any important ceremonies or made important decrees, it would be published in the newspapers, and even where the emperor went hunting or playing polo, there would be reports.But during this period of time, the emperor had no news at all.

Combined with the recent fact that the crown prince actually went from Luoyang to Chang'an, and became regent and supervisor of the country, it is even more strange.

In this regard, there is only one sentence in the newspaper, the emperor has a minor ailment, he is resting in the palace, and the prince is in charge of the country, and the prime ministers are assisting.

In addition, he received the decree when he first arrived in Bacheng, and then there was a series of teachings from the prince after he arrived in Chang'an as the regent and supervisor of the country.

Amnesty to the world, rewards to all the officials, and all the clan kings were entrusted in one go, and they were immediately entrusted to the feudal domain, all of which revealed many abnormalities.

Liu Ji pondered for a long time, and then said something astonishing, "Could it be that His Majesty has passed away? Look at the teachings after the crown prince's regent, which is very similar to the will of the new emperor after he ascended the throne."

Cunxiao was stunned.

"The emperor died? How is it possible, the emperor is still so young, even if the emperor dies, he must immediately announce the death of the world?"

"Your Majesty, there is a word called "Secrets without mourning!"

(End of this chapter)