Recreating the prosperous Tang begins with summoning players

Chapter 217 Fang Guoshoujun's political gains and losses in the Han Dynasty

However, Li Yan's car did not go directly to Tingzhou where Beiting Duhufu is located, but to Luntai County under the rule of Tingzhou.

Fang Guoshou, Cui Tao's mentor, happened to be inspecting Luntai, so Li Yan summoned Fang Guoshou and accompanied him to inspect Luntai County.

In addition to guarding the [Inner Guard] players, Li Yan also brought along a group of young native officials such as Yang Yan.

The Beiting in summer is quite hot, Fang Guoshou is a wanton and free-spirited person, so he simply shaved his head.

His bald head was very eye-catching among the entourage, Yang Yan wondered why this bald head was able to accompany King Jianning so closely because it was rumored that King Jianning hated Buddhism and Taoism.

When Fang Guoshou heard Yang Yan's name, he also looked at Yang Yan with piercing eyes, as if he was about to swallow him alive.

This also made Yang Yan shudder, could it be that this monk is as good as Long Yang?

Fang Guoshou looked at Yang Yan, he was an expert in the study of Sui and Tang history, and the most difficult thing to bypass in the study of Sui and Tang history was Yang Yan and his two-tax law.

It can be said that Yang Yan's reform of the two-tax law was as significant to the Tang Dynasty as Zhang Juzheng's reform in the Ming Dynasty. Historians all believe that Yang Yan's two-tax law gave the Tang Dynasty a continuation of the country for a hundred years.

There are not many records of Yang Yan's youth in the history books, only that he was born in a family of swordsmen and officials in the Hetao area.

According to the normal historical development, Yang Yan had already defected to the emperor at this time.

Unexpectedly, King Jianning, a butterfly flapping its wings, also changed the course of many historical figures.

Yang Yan has now defected to Jianning Wang Ba's Mansion and has become a secretary in charge of the Ba Mansion.

But Fang Guoshou sighed secretly, at this time Yang Yan was just a petty official, although he was very capable, he was not the one who proposed the two tax laws, nor was he the prime minister who would be in charge of Tang's financial plan in the future.

So Fang Guoshou only paid a little attention to Yang Yan, and then focused on King Jianning.

Fang Guoshou also wanted to earn contribution points.

Yes, Fang Guoshou, an expert in the study of Sui and Tang Dynasties, simply loves this game to death.

Now he has published several papers in a row, all of which have caused quite a stir in the industry.

Fang Guoshou is going to move his laboratory into the game, where he can have a younger body and countless research materials. This is simply a paradise for academic research.

However, Fang Guoshou still needs more test qualifications to move the laboratory into the game.

There are still three doctoral students in his laboratory, and a bunch of graduate students are waiting for accounts.

Now, on the black market, a test qualification has been sold to five figures. Although Fang Guoshou's laboratory has funds, he can't explain to the principal why he needs to buy a game test account to study the history of the Sui and Tang Dynasties.

Therefore, the task of earning an account fell on Fang Guoshou himself.

Only by earning more contribution points can you exchange for test qualifications, so that both teaching assistants and students can be pulled into the game.

Li Yan raised his head and looked at a large lake surrounded by poplar trees not far away. He said to Fang Guoshou, "Old Fang, let's sit by the lake, the weather is too hot."

The scorching sun was in the sky, and the accompanying attendants were sweating profusely. The group came to the edge of the Populus euphratica forest. The lake surface absorbed a lot of heat, and the cool breeze blowing from the lake brought a cool breeze.

Fang Guoshou pointed to this lake and said: "Your Highness, this Huyang Lake is the largest lake in Luntai County. It has not dried up after thousands of years, nourishing the land of Luntai County."

Yang Yan also looked at this large lake curiously. Luntai County is located on the edge of the vast sea, surrounded by deserts. The reason why the Han Dynasty set up a county here was because it was a large oasis on the vast sea.

Surrounding Huyang Lake, Luntai County has the conditions for farming, and only then has it become a human settlement.

Li Yan raised his head and saw that there was a beacon-like building not far away. He asked curiously, "Old Fang, what is that?"

Fang Guoshou looked up and said, "This is the site of the Beacon Tower in the Han Dynasty. Since Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, Luntai County has been operating in the Western Han Dynasty."

Unexpectedly, Luntai County has such a long history.

Fang Guoshou said again: "The most famous place in Luntai County is the "Luntai Edict" written by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty."

Li Yan's had also heard the reputation of the Luntai Edict, and he said in surprise: "Could it be that Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty also came to Luntai?"

Fang Guoshou said with a smile: "Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty has never been to Luntai in his life. The reason why the Luntai Edict is called Luntai Edict is because this edict discusses the issue of Luntai's garrison, so it got this name."

"So that's the case. Is this round of Taiwan edict an edict of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty?"

On the Internet of later generations, the "Luntai Edict" is also called "The Edict of Luntai Crime", which is considered to be the reflection of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty on his policies during his reign, and it is also an important edict to change the foreign policy of the Han Dynasty.

After Emperor Wu, the Han Dynasty shifted from offense to defense, and gradually stopped its external expansion.

Fang Guoshou said: "Ban Gu first put forward the statement that Luntai is guilty of self-crime, but I think that Luntai is only an edict to discuss the frontier army and the policy of garrisoning land, and there is no such thing as an edict of guilt."

"What did Emperor Wu of the Han discuss about the frontier army and the policy of garrisoning land?" Li Yan immediately became interested. For Emperor Wu of the Han, a talented and strategic emperor, and his ancestor Li Shimin, who is also known as a famous emperor in history, he The discussion on frontier policy must also inspire Li Yan.

Fang Guoshou said: "The Han Dynasty inherited the Qin system, and it is the same as the Qin Dynasty's Imperial Guard system of the Grand Army."

"The imperial guards in the Han Dynasty were all from the good families of Gyeonggi, Sanfu and Fufeng. Every time the Han Dynasty conscripted soldiers, they had to draw people from here."

"The system of the imperial guards has many advantages. They are loyal enough to the empire, their military discipline is better than that of the frontier troops, and their combat effectiveness is stronger. Therefore, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty achieved great results in fighting against the Huns."

Li Yan nodded. The most powerful army in the Tang Dynasty was also the soldiers of Liangjing and Gyeonggi Province.

However, during the Wu and Zhou Dynasties, the Fubing system was destroyed, and the Imperial Guard system in the Tang Dynasty that emphasized internally and externally lightly also gradually disintegrated.

During the Anshi Rebellion, none of the guards had the courage to fight the Anlushan rebels, so the troops from the border town had to be mobilized to put down the rebellion.

Fang Guoshou changed the subject and said: "However, there is also a disadvantage of using the imperial guards to fight. These imperial guards are all the people near the capital. Long-term battles must be homesick. The long-term foreign wars during Emperor Wu's period also made the people bear an extremely serious burden. , and also created a huge burden on the empire's finances."

Li Yan nodded, raising soldiers is very expensive, but compared to fighting, the money for raising soldiers is nothing.

Soldiers need to replenish their war horses, repair their weapons, eat their food, and graze their horses when soldiers are away. It takes a lot of manpower to send these supplies to the front line.

In this era when there were no motorcycles and cars for logistical guarantees, the number of civilians was twice that of the regular army, which was also a common occurrence.

Li Yan asked: "Then how did the Han Dynasty solve the problem of border problems?"

Yang Yan pricked up his ears, this kind of answer is very precious, the summary of the history of the previous dynasties, non-academics can't do it.

Seeing that Fang Guoshou is not very old, but his insights are so profound, Yang Yan is sure that King Jianning has a lot of talents under his command!

Fang Guoshou said: "The two ministers in the early Han Dynasty, Chao Cuo and Jia Yi, proposed a plan."

Chao Cuo, Jia Yi?
Li Yan only knew that Chao Cuo was a minister during the period of Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty, and the slogan of the Rebellion of the Seven Kingdoms was "Put Chao Cuo on the side of the Qing emperor".

And Jia Yi is a poem from his student days, "Qu Jiayi is in Changsha". Apart from that, Li Yan doesn't know much about these two people.

Fang Guoshou said: "Chao Cuo and Jia Yi are both famous officials in the early Han Dynasty. They had a great influence on the policies of the Han Dynasty. Let alone this, their method is to 'use the barbarians to control the barbarians'."

"Using barbarians to control barbarians?"

"During the time of Emperor Wudi, many Hu tribes attached to him had already been allowed to help the Han Dynasty guard the frontier. Through the methods of splitting up and luring, these Hu tribes were divided, and then they were moved to the vassal states of the Han Dynasty. Deal with aliens and stabilize the border situation.”

This method is good, Li Yan said: "This method is good, but why doesn't future generations use this method?"

Yang Yan also pricked up his ears, this is a once-in-a-lifetime learning opportunity!

He has already determined that this Fang Guoshou is a well-educated Confucianist, and a great historian!
Political history has never been divided into families. Fang Guoshou who can sort out the political gains and losses of the past dynasties is definitely a great Confucian who founded a school!
Moreover, the issue he discussed with King Jianning was the country's border policy, which was the most important policy of the imperial court.

The reason why young ministers who are close to the emperor are easy to be promoted is that they can learn the methodology of dealing with national policies from the discussions between the emperor and ministers on court policies. This is one of the reasons why the emperor's close ministers are easier to promote.

Fang Guoshou said: "In addition to the powerful imperial guards in the Western Han Dynasty, the local army also maintained considerable combat effectiveness. The Western Han Dynasty was martial, so it was able to subdue these foreign legions on the border."

"But in the Eastern Han Dynasty, the local army was exhausted, and relying on foreigners to defend China, instead made the people of the Central Plains become lambs to be slaughtered."

"Since Emperor Mingdi of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the Qiang in the northwest continued to be in chaos, and finally exhausted the national power. The Yellow Turban Uprising broke out, and the Eastern Han Dynasty perished."

"Furthermore, the use of barbarians to control barbarians also left hidden dangers for later generations. These alien races who surrendered to the Central Plains still maintained the characteristics of the Hu tribe. The Wuhu Luanhua in the Jin Dynasty was the rebellion of these inland Hu people."

Li Yan asked sincerely: "Since the strategy of using barbarians to control barbarians doesn't work, how can we stabilize border troubles?"

Yang Yan also looked at Fang Guoshou, waiting for his answer.

Fang Guoshou did not answer Li Yan's question directly, but said: "The issue of Tang's vassal towns also complements border troubles. Bohai, Koryo, Tubo, Uighur, Nanzhao and other border troubles are frequent, so it is necessary to set up Jiedu envoys to coordinate the strength of the army and the people. But these frontier feudal towns supported their own self-respect, and there was a rebellion in An Lushan."

Fang Guoshou paused for a moment and said: "To solve the border troubles and the self-respect of the military supporters in feudal towns, we still need to rely on development!"

(End of this chapter)