Recreating the prosperous Tang begins with summoning players

Chapter 229 Firefighting Captain Guo Xin
The owner of the spice shop smiled and said, "Does Lang Jun want to grow spices in Longyou? Lang Jun is not the only one in Kucha City who has such an idea, but no one has ever succeeded."

"Why?" Sun Jianguo asked.

In later generations, the Longyou area was also a famous spice crop producing area. Why couldn't the Tang Dynasty grow spices?

Seeing Sun Jianguo's wealth and wealth, the owner of the shop also had the idea of ​​making friends. He said: "The spices are all grown in a warm place like Tianzhu. Although the daytime in Kucha is as hot as Tianzhu, at night, all the spices are grown. so cold."

Sun Jianguo nodded. The shopkeeper was telling the truth. In the era without greenhouses, the temperature difference between day and night was too great for the Western Regions to grow spices. However, Sun Jianguo was also entrusted by other players to buy some spice seeds back.

"Shopkeeper, I just want to buy some to go back and try. Do you have fresh spice seeds?"

Seeing Sun Jianguo's resolute attitude, the shop owner took out a pocket from the shop and said, "Here are some rosemary and fennel seeds for sale to you, maybe they can be used for farming."

Sun Jianguo immediately took out the money and bought another batch of dried spices before leaving the shop with Bo Yang.

The two did some shopping on the street, and finally rented a cart and returned to the hotel.

The players also ran out to go shopping, Sun Jianguo returned to the room and said to Bo Yang:

"It seems that the city of Kucha is also very depressed."

Bo Yang nodded and said: "Yes, when I was in Gaochang City, I used to hear from those big food merchants that every shop in Kucha City was full of people, but many shops were closed this morning. The petty officials are very exploitative."

Sun Jianguo sighed and said: "I heard that the Central Plains is in turmoil, and many big food merchants are afraid to come to the Central Plains. Kucha itself is a trading city, and its decline is normal."

Bo Yang nodded and said: "However, the decline of Kucha is also related to us. The rise of Gaochang has also attracted many businessmen, and Guazhou Iron has also defeated Kucha Iron, which is more expensive and more popular among businessmen from the Western Regions."

Sun Jianguo said: "This is also the reason why Kucha is still held in Kucha. If there are no more activities to attract businessmen, Kucha will really decline."

Bo Yang also nodded and said, "Actually, the geographical location of Qiuci is indeed better than that of Gaochang, but Gaochang City is backed by the Beiting Dufu Mansion, which is much safer than Qiuci. In addition, there are more specialties in Gaochang City, and businessmen are attracted to it." It's normal to walk."

Kucha City is more depressed than the players expected, and now the influence of the westward faction is even weaker. After all, everyone plays games to watch the prosperous Tang Dynasty, and few people are willing to go to the desert to eat sand.

Here, Sun Jianguo was also worried about how to persuade the merchant group to continue westward, and Guo Xin, who led the troops to fight the rebellion, stayed behind in the Anxi Governor's Mansion, and led the troops to Baicheng, a hundred miles north of Qiuci.

Guo Xin is the nephew of Guo Ziyi, a famous general of the Tang Dynasty. He is only 31 years old now, but his weather-beaten face looks like he is 50 or [-] years old. If King Jianning sees this old man again, he may not recognize Guo Xin.

Since taking office in Anxi, Guo Xin has been traveling between the four towns, playing the role of firefighting captain every day.

The duty of the Protector of Anxi is to maintain the safety of the four towns of Anxi and ensure that the small countries in the Western Regions remain obedient to the Tang Dynasty.

Datang established the four towns of Anxi, initially to contain the Turks.

The purpose of opening up the four towns of Anxi was to use the Western Regions to contain the Turks. However, after the disintegration of the Turks, the national power of the Tang Dynasty reached its peak, and the economic value of the four towns of Anxi began to appear.

The prosperity of the Silk Road on the road made this long series of small countries bring huge economic benefits to the Tang Dynasty. The function of the Anxi Protectorate was gradually changed from fighting the Turks to protecting the smooth flow of trade routes.

Especially after the Battle of Hengluosi, although the result of the Battle of Hengluosi was that both Datang and Dashi suffered losses, Dashi's ambition to expand eastward was interrupted by the Tang army, and the Dashi region that originally straddled Datang and Byzantium was unified. , trade has become more prosperous.

Before Guo Xin came to stay in the Anxi Governor's Mansion, the Anxi Governor's Mansion had been completely corrupted. Cards were set up to extort merchants, and ordinary people were killed for taking credit. The military discipline had been completely corrupted.

After Guo Xin took office, it took a long time to rectify the military discipline of the Anxi Protectorate, but he didn't expect that just after the rectification was completed, the imperial court ordered the Longyou army to enter the customs.

Guo Xin had no choice but to select the elite and hand them over to the magistrate of the Protectorate's Mansion to lead them into the pass, responding to King Qin's call to quell the rebellion.

The troops remaining in Anxi were tense. At this time, Tubo showed its ambitions for the four towns of Anxi. Tubo soldiers continued to incite small countries in the Western Regions to rebel against the Tang Dynasty.

This Tushiqi rebellion, in addition to the long-term oppression of Tushiqi by the military and political chiefs in the northwestern region of Anxi, also has the shadow of Tubo instigation.

Guo Xin, the firefighting captain, had just extinguished the rebellion near Khotan, and hurriedly led troops north to quell the rebellion of Tu Shiqi.

Guo Xin only felt physically and mentally exhausted, what happened to Datang?
Guo Xin was born in a family of military generals. His uncle was Guo Ziyi, a famous general of the Tang Dynasty. The Guo family in Taiyuan was also a family of generals.

But when Guo Xin became an adult, he studied military affairs with his uncle. He spent his youth in the bitter cold Shuofang City, but at that time Datang still had a huge influence on Mobei, and Tubo did not dare to provoke Datang.

After Guo Xin was promoted to stay in Anxi Governor's Mansion because of his military exploits, he thought he was following his uncle's example of loving soldiers like a son and taking the lead in everything, but the situation in Anxi was deteriorating day by day.

Guo Xin couldn't understand why the prosperous Tang Dynasty that he remembered in his youth was so far away so quickly?
Guo Xin tried his best to support the situation in Anxi, and he wrote to the court more than once, requesting to reorganize Anxi's armaments. These memorials all fell to nothing, and the court did not reply at all.

Guo Xin actually knew in his heart that the imperial palace and the tomb of the former emperor were still in the hands of the rebels. The two capitals had not been recovered, so there was no time to take care of Anxi's affairs.

What made Guo Xin even more troublesome was that King Jianning also came to Longyou, and his uncle's disciple sent letters to him many times, both inside and outside, asking Guo Xin to fall under King Jianning's domineering mansion.

Regarding the old friend of King Jianning, Guo Xin also had hesitation in his heart.

When he was in his uncle's mansion, Guo Xin admired King Jianning very much. It stands to reason that since King Jianning has an order from the court to be in charge of Longyou, then Guo Xin, the Anxi Governor's Mansion, would not have any psychological pressure to take refuge in him. .

However, the ancestral training of the Guo family in Taiyuan has always been not to intervene in the struggles in the Tang Dynasty, especially now that King Jianning has a sensitive identity and is in the midst of a storm of seizing his heir.

Guo Xin is Guo Ziyi's nephew, and he is well-informed in the court. Although King Jianning left Longyou, the voice of the emperor's dissatisfaction with the prince is getting louder in the court, and rumors have spread that His Majesty wants to change the crown prince. After leaving Fengxiang Mansion, even Guo Xin knew about it from a letter from a friend in Fengxiang Mansion.

The position of the crown prince is in turmoil. As the emperor's son, what is the attitude of King Jianning?These are all things Guo Xin needs to consider.

The risk of the Tang Dynasty seizing the heir is extremely high. After success, it will naturally be a marquis and worship minister, and it will be prosperous. However, the Guo family already has such a status. .

And if the seizure of the heirloom fails, it will be death and the family will be destroyed, and there will be no redemption.

This is also the reason why Guo Xin and King Jianning have a good relationship, but they are still unwilling to take refuge in King Jianning.

The county magistrate of Pai County had already greeted Guo Xin outside the city of Pai County. This county magistrate, who was the same age as Guo Xin, was wearing a green low-level civilian robe, and warmly welcomed Guo Xin into the county seat of Pai County.

While entering the city, the magistrate of Wei County said to Guo Xin: "After Guo Liu, the sudden horse riding was quite rampant this time. A few days ago, Pai County was almost surrounded. If you hadn't arrived as soon as possible, Pai County would have suffered!
County magistrate Wei is not very old, and he speaks a standard Luoyang accent. Guo Xin knows that he has passed the Jinshi examination in Dongdu, but the rank of Jinshi is not high, so he was appointed by the court to serve as the magistrate of Bai County, a middle county.

The starting point of Jinshi in the Tang Dynasty is very high in the officialdom. The top few Jinshi can enter Yushitai to serve as Yushi. This is also a top position in the Qingliu in Datang. It is famous all over the world.

If you are not allowed to confer the censor, you can also confer the magistrate of Shang County or Zhong County. Although the county magistrate of Pai County is only Zhong County, but because Anxi is far away, many people do not want to come, so the county magistrate of Pai County is of higher grade than Office, etc. It is the position of the seventh rank.

This county magistrate of Wei came from a wealthy family. He thought that being the county magistrate in Pai County would be gilded, and that he would be transferred to the capital as a censor after three years.

Unexpectedly, magistrate Wei's luck was not very good. Shortly after he took office, An Lushan rebelled, the two capitals fell, and magistrate Wei's return to the capital was far away.

Since he couldn't go back, magistrate Wei could only focus on making money.

Guo Xin didn't have a good impression of Wei County Magistrate, and he knew what he was doing in Pai County, but although Anxi Governor's Mansion was in charge of Anxi, Pai County was a county established by the imperial court, and the county magistrate was not appointed or dismissed by Guo Xin, so He also had nothing to do with the county magistrate Wei.

County magistrate Wei has no hope of promotion for the time being, and has devoted all his energy to making money. This time, the sudden cavalry rebellion was due to the magistrate Wei's exploitation too hard.

Obviously it was County Magistrate Wei who forced Tu Shiqi to rebel, but in the end he asked Anxi Duhufu to pay the bill.

Guo Xin held his breath and didn't have much affection for Wei County Magistrate. He just ordered the army to camp near Pai County and asked Pai County to send supplies. Guo Xin refused to live in the county town and insisted on living in the camp with the soldiers.

At this time, not far from Pai County, the Tushi rebels wearing tattered leather armor heard that the army of the Anxi Protectorate was coming to wipe them out. The leaders of the rebels were trembling with fright, and they were holding an emergency meeting in the tent to discuss Countermeasures.

(End of this chapter)