Recreating the prosperous Tang begins with summoning players

Chapter 673 Arriving in East Zhejiang
Zhedong observation made Zhang Duanyang finally arrive at Kuaiji, the governing place of Zhedong.

Kuaiji, a famous city in the south, has been the capital of Wu State since the Spring and Autumn Period and Warring States Period.

During the period of Emperor Li Longji, Kuaiji County was re-established. At that time, Kuaiji refers to the land of a state.

Now after the reign of Emperor Li Heng, the counties established by the emperor have been changed to prefectures again. Now the name Kuaiji refers to Kuaiji City.

Re-changing a series of counties that were randomly established during the emperor's period to states, this is what Li Heng has been doing since he took office.

Datang's administrative system has always been very chaotic.

In fact, strictly speaking, the Tang Dynasty only had a three-level system of court-state-county.

The size of the state is similar to the current prefecture-level city, and the highest governor of each state is the governor, also known as the prefect.

The size of the county is similar to the current county. The county magistrate is the county magistrate, and there are county magistrates and county lieutenants under him.

These two used to exist in the Tang Dynasty from the beginning of the Tang Dynasty to the end of the Tang Dynasty. Even if the boundaries of the prefectures and counties were adjusted, the second and second levels of prefectures and counties were permanent.

Zhang Duanyang didn't care about the unwelcoming attitude of the official circles in Eastern Zhejiang. He said to Luo Yun:

If it is the three towns of Hedong, it is today's Northeast, Pingjin, Shanxi and other regions.

"Five thousand."

So Zhang Duanyang said that he had brought five thousand private soldiers, which made Pei Di's face pale from fright.

Zhang Duanyang said: "After the Battle of Pengcheng, some soldiers were unwilling to be integrated into the imperial army or return to their hometowns, so they became private soldiers of this observer."

However, players like Zhang Duanyang and Luo Yun don't care about the official position of the court. Anyway, as long as the court gives the position, how to perform next depends on the player's own performance.

Zhang Duanyang raised five fingers, and Pei Di said relaxedly, "Five hundred? That's easy to say."

After seeing Pei Di, Zhang Duanyang first asked:
"Is there an abandoned military camp outside Kuaiji City?"

The chaotic administrative geographical structure also caused a lot of confusion.

When Zhang Duanyang entered Kuaiji City, he also felt the prosperity of the city.

Pei Di was stunned for a moment, he looked at Zhang Duanyang and stammered:

This has already explained the attitude of the official circles in eastern Zhejiang.

Just referring to Hedong Township, that is the area near Taiyuan, Shanxi.

A town often governs several prefectures. For example, Zhedong Town, where Zhang Duanyang took office this time, has Yuezhou, Minzhou, Wuzhou, Quzhou, Muzhou, Wenzhou, Taizhou, Fuzhou and other eight states under it. province today.

Where did Pei Di dare to ask Zhang Duanyang for rent, and said quickly:
"These barracks have long been abandoned, and they are just used for observation. What rent are you talking about?"

"Five thousand? Private soldiers?"

Towns set up Jiedu envoys to supervise the military and political affairs of the whole town. Towns in inland areas generally set up observer envoys to manage the town's government affairs.

Five thousand or private soldiers?

Only in that era when the world was uncertain, would there be an important minister of Taoism, the governor.

However, except for the governor of Yuezhou who had no escape, none of the governors of the other seven states came to see Zhang Duanyang.

Zhang Duanyang said:
"Since they are my personal soldiers, I will naturally pay for their expenses. Please ask Prefect Pei to find a larger barracks, and I will also pay for the rent."

Kuaiji City, in today's Shaoxing area, has experienced the Millennium War and is the most important strategic location in the south of the Yangtze River.

At this time, a player came out from behind Zhang Duanyang and said to Zhang Duanyang:
"Mr. Zhang, it seems that the officials in eastern Zhejiang don't welcome us very much?"

I don't know what the imperial court thinks, but a military general like Zhang Duanyang appointed him to East Zhejiang as an observer because of his proficiency in writing.

Only when Tang Taizu Li Yuan had not pacified the world, would he use the administrative unit of "Tao". For example, Li Shentong, the cousin of Taizu, once served as the consolation ambassador of Hedong Dao, and was in charge of all affairs of Hedong Dao.

Most of the nobles who can stay now have turned into civil servants, and what to spend money to support these private soldiers, why not raise some disciples to write poems for themselves.

After all, it takes money to raise private soldiers. More than 1000 people need to eat, which is a lot of money, and weapons and armor training are also required. It will cost a lot of money in a year.

Now the entire officialdom in eastern Zhejiang is waiting to see Zhang Duanyang's jokes. Jiangnan is a place where the style of writing flourishes. There are many rich and powerful families here.
The governors of the other seven prefectures in the eight prefectures of Zhedong Town can read Zhang Duanyang’s jokes, but Pei Di, the governor of Yuezhou, cannot, because the governor of Yuezhou is also in Kuaiji City. Pei Di wants to work with Zhang Duanyang in one prefecture. You can treat Zhang Duan with yang and yin, but Pei Di can't.

For example, the word Hedong has many meanings. If it is Hedong Road, it is now part of North China and Northeast China, including some areas in Beijing, Tianjin and Inner Mongolia.

This is just like Li Longji asking the ministers to call him a saint and enshrining Zen Taishan. It is a kind of performance art performed to show that he is the greatest monarch in the ages.

However, the salt institutes in eastern Zhejiang are all under the management of Yuan Zai, the salt and iron envoy of Jianghuai.

Zhang Duanyang is the observation envoy of Eastern Zhejiang. According to the official rules, all the governors of the eight states in Eastern Zhejiang should come to greet him.

The towns established in the early Tang Dynasty were all temporarily established. Frontier areas were set up for a special military operation, while inland areas were often set up for disaster relief or a large-scale project. The initial Jiedushi was only a temporary errand. , will be returned to the imperial court after completing the task, and the temporarily established town will be disbanded again.

Hearing that it was Zhang Duanyang's private soldiers, Pei Di breathed a sigh of relief, but there is no problem in arranging some private soldiers. He asked casually:
"I don't know how many private soldiers the Observation Envoy has. When the time comes, the Observation Envoy will choose a satisfactory military camp."

When the power of the nobles of the Guanlong Group was still very strong, the private soldiers drawn by several nobles were enough to launch a palace coup.

When the emperor Li Longji was in power, he liked to restore some ancient counties and counties ingeniously, and changed some states to counties in the Han Dynasty. This change not only made the already extremely complicated administrative geography of the Tang Dynasty more complicated, but also Make all kinds of paperwork more complicated.

Datang's management of private soldiers was far less strict than that of later generations. It was common for the founding generals in the early Tang Dynasty to raise thousands of private soldiers.

Now Pei Di, governor of Yuezhou, is also full of anxiety about Zhang Duanyang, a great general of the Tang Dynasty who has made great achievements in Pengcheng.

Zhang Duanyang arrived in Kuaiji City on an official ship. Hearing that the East Zhejiang Observer had arrived, all officials stood on the pier to welcome Zhang Duanyang.

But after the middle of the Tang Dynasty, towns in many places gradually became permanent, and the authority of Jiedushi also expanded day by day, and some Jiedushi even worked for decades.

Pei Di looked at Zhang Duanyang suspiciously and said:
"There are indeed a few abandoned military camps outside Kuaiji City. I don't know what the observation envoys are for."

After the war, Luo Yun was also included in the list, and was awarded the post of Salt and Iron Envoy of East Zhejiang by the imperial court.

However, since the Tang Dynasty pacified the south of the Yangtze River, the eastern Zhejiang region has not encountered any wars. Today, the prosperity of Kuaiji City is second only to Yangzhou City, Zhenjiang City, and Hangzhou City, and it is the fourth most prosperous city in the Jiangdong region.

The player who spoke was Luo Yun. That day when Zhang Duanyang was training troops in Pengcheng and was short of food, Luo Yun, who was in the food business in Yangzhou, sold his property and sent all the food to Pengcheng to support Zhang Duanyang in training the new army.

Pei Di took Zhang Duanyang to the mansion of the observer, and waited until Zhang Duanyang's mansion was sorted out before saying goodbye.

Next is the town. The town is actually a special kind of regional planning. It is generally used in frontier areas and is a temporary establishment. However, many towns become permanent institutions after long-term establishment.

Above the town is the Tao. Administrative planning at the level of the Tao generally only appears on the maps of the Tang Dynasty, or the regional divisions of the people of the Tang Dynasty. It is more like a geographical concept than an administrative concept.

Li Tan was able to supervise the Longyou one because Longyou was the least developed province in the Tang Dynasty, and Longyou was sparsely populated, and the combined population was not as good as a town in eastern Zhejiang.

Since Li Heng came to the throne, he has been cleaning up these areas that were renamed counties. Kuaiji County was renamed Yuezhou, and Kuaiji now refers to Kuaiji City alone.

Different from the northern cities, the southern cities have a more commercial atmosphere. Kuaiji City is also on the edge of Taihu Lake. The pier is crowded with people and peddlers.

"This time I took office in a hurry, so this festival's envoy came to the east of Zhejiang first, and these private soldiers will arrive soon, let's arrange them to live in the abandoned barracks for the time being."

"Don't worry, these governors will be crying to see me in a few days."

However, since Xungui's power was weakened during Gaozong's reign, the number of private soldiers supported by Xungui has gradually decreased.

In the next few days, the "private army" brought by Zhang Duanyang gradually arrived in Kuaiji, and the people of Kuaiji City had never seen so many well-dressed soldiers. These days, they gathered around the wharf of Taihu Lake to watch these newly appointed soldiers. Observe the private soldiers of the envoy.

The news that Zhang Duanyang had brought five thousand "private soldiers" quickly spread among the eight states in eastern Zhejiang. Sure enough, as Zhang Duanyang expected, not long after his private soldiers arrived in Kuaiji City, the governors of the other seven states suddenly gathered together. They gathered in Kuaiji City and asked to see Zhang Duanyang, the newly appointed observer.

Luo Yun was surprised by Zhang Duanyang's "foresight", he couldn't help asking:

"Mr. Zhang, why did these governors suddenly change their temperament?"

(End of this chapter)