Tang Qi Tan

Chapter 140
"Grass grows and warblers fly to the sky in February, and the willows are drunk with spring smoke when brushing the embankment," ah no, it should be "there is a lot of rain during the Qingming Festival, and the passers-by on the road want to die"; it is not right, because the day of going out during the Cold Food Festival is a good spring Sunny day.

The cool and not biting morning breeze blows the swaying vegetation in the countryside, and the fields that have been newly filled with water not long before the seedlings are planted; and it is sent one after another, which is different from the smoke and fire of urban life, and is exclusive to the countryside. The fresh taste of the wild mountain forest.

In fact, Gyeonggi-do and even Guannai-do have been highly developed; now there are only a few mountain tombs built in the past dynasties, and in Beigaiyuan, which is the forbidden garden of the emperor, there are still a large number of wild animal prey that reproduce naturally.But it has also created many settlements for poaching and wandering spontaneously in order to obtain fur and meat for profit.

The so-called "the grass is shallow and the animals are fat, hunt with courtesy, the bow is not in vain, and the arrow does not hit in vain" ("Tang Huiyao" Volume 28 "Souhou").This is because when Duke Liang was alive, he fully promoted the conversion of firewood to carbon charcoal, and at the same time further banned the development of forests to farmland. This preserved the large forests and pastures in Gyeonggi-do from Taibai Mountain to Louguan Mountain.

According to the memory of Jiang Tian's predecessor, it is used as the basis for rebuilding the new Fubing system.In fact, the plains of Qinchuan, which is known as eight hundred miles away in the pass, have already been fully occupied by dividing the large and small government soldiers and villages; but the new system actually imitates the way of later state-owned farms, carrying out collective labor and organization. operate.

In this way, labor production efficiency can be greatly improved, and the internal circulation and complementary effects under the macro-planning can be greatly improved; it can also avoid the unbearable embarrassment of government soldiers (small landlords) who operate land on their own and provide their own equipment and rations under the original bantian system. Endure the result of fleeing one after another, or being annexed by local tyrants and big households.

After all, according to the relatively successful experience of later generations, under collective labor and organized production, the ability to resist unexpected risks is stronger, and it is also more united and cohesive.At the same time, because it maintains the tradition of military training in slack farming and the tacit understanding of collective labor, it is also a high-quality source of reserve soldiers for the imperial court.

Therefore, if someone in the local area dares to violate the greatness of the world and infringe on the interests of these collectively owned government soldiers, it is because the iron fist from the imperial court is not strong enough, or because they are afraid that many reserve or active military families will not dare to gather together to give Are your parents good-looking?

However, this created a new problem.It was built along the eight rivers surrounding Chang'an, and dams and embankments were built step by step. Many government and private hydraulic workshops and workshops; they competed with the irrigation water sources needed by these military mansions; It's meat.

Although the Xinjun Mansion is the cornerstone of the military center of the imperial court, a large number of hydraulic factories along the water are also a source of additional value and tax revenue for the imperial court in addition to waiving land taxes.Therefore, after many years of court games, the final result was to adopt a compromise plan of letting the meat rot in the pot.

That is to say, within ten miles of the coastal areas of the eight runoffs, the construction and production of water conservancy factories are given priority; at the same time, in other places, the irrigation of military farms is given priority; thus, a relatively clustered factory area in the upstream and a contiguous area in the downstream are formed. The existing pattern of government army camps spread all over.

At the same time, although in order to avoid the vicious expansion and superfluity of the new military government, since the Lianggong era, the quota of the original military government has been strictly limited in the form of hadith/ancestral system; that is, each household that enjoys tax exemption In a family of soldiers, only one son/son-in-law can inherit the iron law of the family.

Only after the family is cut off, or the status is transferred to generals, and the status of military officers is not listed, can the original status and qualifications of military soldiers be transferred to the nearest male relatives.As for other adult heirs, apart from requesting to be transferred to the border guards or to go out to open up the feudal domain, they are given priority to be recruited into government-run factories.

Because these children from military families are relatively well-nourished and healthy, and they are more organized and obedient than ordinary people.At the same time, they are also beneficiaries of the imperial system and the mighty grace of the emperor. Once something happens to the country, they are even more loyal and reliable.

Therefore, Emperor Taixing, who was also a teacher and friend with Duke Liang, once proudly said during the east tour: "I don't add a penny to the people, but I support hundreds of thousands of troops; but when the country is in trouble, tens of thousands will wear armor." , day and night.Then, in the loyal Eastern Capital, he was attacked by traitors/old forces.

Although the rebellion was successfully quelled, the root cause of his untimely death was also overcome.It also became the reason why Liang Gong stayed in the court for 30 years, and then went away to establish a country and set up a great summer; and in the chaos of the court after Liang Gong left, Ruizhen Yuanming Empress Dowager helped the five generations of emperors and re-stabilized the world of Li and Tang. sequence of events.

But in any case, some farmlands lost enough water for irrigation and were relocated to abandoned villages; although they are no longer suitable for farming, they can be used for other purposes.For example, in these large wildernesses overgrown with wild grass and bred by birds and beasts, there are outings, hunting, competitions and feasts in spring and autumn every year.

And this time the range of hunting is in Xianyang County in the north across the river from Chang'an, on Wuling Plain.There are nine imperial mausoleums from Emperor Gaozu of the Han Dynasty to Emperor Ai, lined up along the Wei River.Although the national law prohibits hunting and disturbing the mountain tombs, the tomb of the former emperor is not limited to this, as long as you don't directly dig the mound of human seals.

After meeting up with Da Ya and his party, they rode their horses lightly across the river at the Xiwei Bridge; when they arrived at the intersection camping as the gathering point, they could hear the sound of dogs barking everywhere among the curtains and tents from a distance. strange sound.Then Jiang Tian saw the source of these voices clearly, and couldn't help but blurted out "good guy".

Because he saw at least a dozen cats of different colors among the crowd waiting for orders on horseback; among them were short-tailed lynxes, caracals, and bobcats on the saddle, and some hung on the side of the horse's back. Cats and leopard cats in baskets; let alone large species such as cheetahs and leopards kept in cages on carriages.

There is even a snow leopard, apparently found in high-altitude mountains, known for its long, shaggy tail.Therefore, for a while, the cadence, high and low thickness of the meow meow chorus, one after another in the team of tall horses.Let many small dogs, mastiffs and di dogs that can only run in groups of three or four on the ground, those who are envious and jealous can only bark even more, thinking that they are competing.

Jiang Tian saw with his own eyes that the upper-class figures in the murals of the Tang Dynasty considered it fashionable to hunt with cats.In addition, there are special servants holding a wooden frame, squatting a few birds of prey such as golden eagles, peregrine falcons, and falcons; although they are all covered with heads and mouths, but between the slight turns of their heads, they fully show the food chain in the sky Top Wech style.

It can be said to be a realistic portrayal of "leading the yellow on the left, holding the blue on the right, and a big cat on the back saddle."Of course, this is also a very important social occasion and public event in the contemporary era; therefore, even though Koda Ya’s face was full of reluctance, she was dragged away by the elder sister who came with the carriage, and participated in the various events that came one after another. Between the family and children, the social activities of dating relatives and discussing stories.

Of course, according to Jiang Tian, ​​he vaguely heard complaints and reprimands coming from the wind; it seems that Sister still took this opportunity to find him a disguised blind date partner who could close his eyes temporarily and be equal to his family.Afterwards, Koda Ya got out in a hurry, and attracted some children of the same age who were usually friends or had a close relationship with the family, and introduced them to Jiang Tian.

Among them, the one who impressed Jiang Tian most was Bai Duolu, who was a good friend/hunting friend of Koda Ya; he was slightly fat and had a baby face, but he had a shy smile, but he had been married for several years.He is also a 91-year-old longevity man, the former prime minister Bai Xingjian, and the great-grandson of the younger brother of the famous Lotte Layman Bai Juyi;
According to the historical common sense that Jiang Tian knew, although this Duke Xingjian did not have the legendary name of his elder brother Bai Juyi in the poetry world, his corresponding popularity in later generations is not inferior, even after going through the Internet age. Bad luck, because he is the author of the so-called classic house guide "Heaven and Earth Yin and Yang Intercourse and Great Compassion Fu".

There is another pair of Shen brothers and sisters; the elder brother, Shen Yizhi, is currently an assistant teacher in the Simen Hall of the Imperial College, and he describes it as a gentleman with a gentle and decent style, while the younger sister, Shen Xin, is a female student, with a quiet and elegant personality and a smile Sweet, but rarely speaks.They are all contemporary clansmen of the Empress Dowager Ruizhen Yuanming who is known as Yaoshun among women.

Because the Empress Dowager Shen vowed that if she lived for one day, the relevant relatives would not be allowed to be in the official court or be in charge of the local government.Therefore, as she was born in the Wu Xingshen family, she can only be an academic official for generations; therefore, over the years, no matter in the traditional Taixue and Guozijian; .

However, since Empress Dowager Ruizhen passed away, in order to thank her for protecting and supporting the five generations of emperors.From the emperor down to the princes of the Zhengshitang, the Manchu dynasty almost unanimously passed a resolution to cut off a corner from Dadao in Yizhou and set up a Shijue Ruifan as the raising town of the empress dowager's natal family.Therefore, the two brothers and sisters are also the children of the current feudal lord.

In addition, there is a tall and handsome scholar with a loud voice.It is Yang Guoguan, the contemporary privy envoy, Yang Su, the nephew of Xiao Guojiu, who is the secretary of the three provinces.It's just that when he talked and laughed happily and described decently in front of everyone, Jiang Tian vaguely felt that there seemed to be a trace of vigilance and an indescribable hostility.

The last one is Geng Shuai, the nephew of Geng Jingzhuo, Shangshu of the Ministry of Justice, who is also a rare fan of manual camping.He keeps talking about the terminology and theories of his equipment, so in this small circle that has been playing since childhood, he seems to be a bit of self-entertainment.However, Jiang Tian, ​​who is knowledgeable per capita at station B, has some common topics that he can chat with.

For example, thanks to the legacy of previous generations of traversers, in this era, there are already exquisite humanoid dolls in various materials, from gold, silver, copper, iron, jade, ceramics, bone and wood.Even in terms of exquisiteness and beauty, it is not inferior to the high imitation landscape products of later generations, but in terms of imagination and scale, it still needs to be further explored.

Therefore, Jiang Tian just gave him a few suggestions, as if he met an old acquaintance in a foreign land, and wished to pull people back on the spot to appreciate his achievements in production and collection over the years.

(End of this chapter)