Recreating the prosperous Tang begins with summoning players

Chapter 143 The Mission of the New Chief

Li Yan saw the report sent by Cui Tao, and Gaochang was really different from Shazhou and Guazhou.

Li Xiuzhang, the governor of Xizhou, was an old magistrate who had served in Xizhou for a long time, and he was deeply rooted in Xizhou. At that time, he imprisoned the mission of Shangbo.

Compared with Zhang Mi, who took the initiative to join him, and Jia Sishun, who was semi-passively under his command, Li Xiuzhang obviously did not let Li Yan feel at ease.

Li Yan simply confessed Li Xiuzhang, and sent a team of players to take him out.

However, Li Xiuzhang was quite sensible, knowing that he was not liked by Li Yan, he simply handed over all the power of the governor's office to Cui Tao, and he went to meditate at home behind closed doors every day.

If it weren't for Li Xiuzhang's good reputation in history books, when Tubo invaded Longyou and died for his country, Li Yan would only think of him as a slippery officialdom veteran.

However, those who can become the governor of a state in the Tang Dynasty must be top-notch talents.

The situation in Xizhou is really complicated. Cui Tao was devastated when he took over, and he sent a message to Li Yan asking for help. There were only two words - "important person".

No wonder Li Xiuzhang, the old governor, handed over power so simply. There are too many problems in Xizhou.

The old aristocrats of Gaochang Kingdom, when Emperor Taizong destroyed Gaochang Kingdom, moved the Gaochang royal family to Xijing to be Anlehou, but left behind the old nobles of Gaochang.

At that time, they had to compete with the Turks for Longyou, so Taizong won over the old nobles, kept their territories, and even allowed them to keep private slaves.

Today, more than a dozen old noble families inside and outside Gaochang City have raised thousands of slaves, and they are a force that cannot be underestimated in Gaochang City.

In addition to the old nobles, Gaochang is known as the city of thousands of Buddhas, and Buddhism also has a huge influence.

Moreover, the Buddhist gate in Gaochang City opened the door to welcome King Jianning in. This group of monks did not violate the laws of the Tang Dynasty. It is impossible to exterminate them like Leiyin Temple. King Ning's future development is unfavorable.

In addition, the problem of Gaochang's tyranny is similar to that of Shazhou and Guazhou. The common people's land was annexed and became tenants of the rich and powerful.

It's just that in addition to being powerful, Gaochang also has temples and old nobles who will annex land.

In addition, the Beiting and Longyou armies all had their backyards in Gaochang.

Liuhouyuan is the permanent organization of each Jiedushi outside the jurisdiction, which is equivalent to the offices of military towns in important areas.

The major Jiedu envoys all have backyards in Xijing, which is equivalent to the Beijing office of each Jiedu envoy.

Gaochang was an important hub for the transfer of military supplies to the military towns in the northern part of Longyou. The military supplies of the Jiedu Mansion and Duhu Mansion such as Beiting had to be transported from Gaochang, so all armies had their backyards in Gaochang.

As soon as Cui Tao took over the government affairs of Xizhou, he was blocked several times by the officers in the backyard of these arrogant Jiedu envoys. Every time they asked for military rations and ordnance.

No wonder Li Xiuzhang, an old fox, immediately handed in the seal of the governor's office. The governor of Xizhou is really not made by ordinary people!
Xizhou is one of the most prosperous states in Longyou Road, with a population of nearly [-] households.

This population is even larger than that of Shazhou and Guazhou combined. Various problems are complicated and make people feel overwhelmed.

In Cui Tao's letter to Li Yan, he said that the biggest problem in Xizhou is the issue of slavery.

The old aristocracy kept slaves, and the descendants of slaves were still slaves.

In addition, the old nobles also accepted the common people who sold themselves and turned them into slaves.

Although the prefects of Xizhou in the past have been cracking down on this kind of behavior, the scale of slaves kept by the old nobles of Xizhou is getting larger and larger.

Cui Tao's work of counting the acres of fields in Xizhou was strongly obstructed by the old nobles.

These old aristocrats are connected by fields and fields, and there are strong servants in their families as private soldiers. Generations of in-laws have watched and helped each other. They are comparable to the powerful families in the Central Plains, and can be said to be an important force influencing Gaochang City.

In Cui Tao's advice, he put the abolition of slavery in the first place. He proposed that in order to stabilize Gaochang, the problem of the old aristocrats keeping slaves must be solved.

But how to solve the slave problem in Gaochang?

Li Yan opened the player forum, and Gao Chang's question really aroused a lot of discussion among the players.

It is difficult for players living in modern times to understand the backward system of slavery, let alone why there is still a market for slavery in Gaochang.

Jiang Lun, who sentenced the case of salt and iron, explained in a post on the forum that most of the slaves were not willing to be slaves, they just had to do it because they couldn't survive.

Although Gaochang is rich, all the land that can be cultivated has owners. If they don't join the big family as slaves, these people can't survive at all.

Jiang Lun also wrote in the post that the abolitionist movements in many Western countries arose along with industrialization.

Because the factory is short of manpower, more freemen are needed. At this time, slave owners with a large number of manpower have become the object of hostility from the whole society.

And it was also because of the factory that slaves could live without slave owners, which led to the outbreak of a large-scale fleeing slave movement.

This is why slavery basically died out after entering the industrial age.

For Datang at this time, farming was still the means for most people to make a living.

After reading Jiang Lun's post, Li Yan had a new idea about the problem in Xizhou.

That being the case, the slave problem is a development problem. As long as slaves can live without slave owners, then the slave problem in Western States can be solved easily.

As for how to develop Xizhou, those players who have accumulated contribution points and are ready to become lords must have their own ideas.

There are [-] households in Xizhou, and there are [-] workshops in Gaochang City alone. Near Gaochang City, there are also near-old nobles who mostly live in Gaochang City and places near Gaochang City. There are also nearly [-] villages near Gaochang City.

These are the places where the forces of all parties are intertwined and the forces of the old aristocracy are entrenched.

Li Yan decided that these places should still be under the jurisdiction of the Governor's Mansion, not the head of the player.

Next is the farther away from Gaochang City, the more remote li, so there are a total of two hundred li.

As expected of Shangzhou, Xizhou has a much denser population than Shazhou and Guazhou, with an average of about [-] households in each ri.

But at this time, Li Yan discovered that although there are already 1450 players in his hand, luck points have been credited this month.

[County King title: 100 points per month]

[Restraining Longyou: 100 points per month]

[Control Guazhou: 100 points per month]

[Control Shazhou: 300 points per month]

[Preliminary control of Xizhou, 200 points per month]

[Leopard Wenshan victory, get 300 luck points]

Counting the balance from February, Li Yan now has another 1200 luck points in his hand.

But the territory is big, but the players in hand are stretched.

There are 90 Lichang players in Guazhou, Shazhou, and there are also many official players in the shogunate and the governor's office of the two states.

There are more than 700 players in the army, and the remaining players are scattered in all walks of life.

Li Yan decided to select a group of well-performing village chiefs from among the district chief players in Shazhou and Guazhou, and grant them a new territory in Xizhou.

Then take out some territories and recycle the contribution points in the hands of the players.

But this time, the mission of the player leader in Xizhou is to promote production and breeding!
(End of this chapter)