Neon Clothes and Iron Clothes

Chengdu, Jiannan Zhidu Yingtian disposes of military and horse economic strategy and envoys.

"Sanlang! This Jiannan Road will be handed over to you now, so I can rest assured!" Li Jin patted a few cases on the side, on which there were official seals, confessions and related objects, and he twisted a bit With a wry smile on his neck, he said with a wry smile: "This heavy burden is on my shoulders, my old bones can finally be light!"

"Don't dare!" Wang Wenzuo stood up and bowed respectfully to Li Jin: "Jiannan Road is a vast area, where Hu and Han people live together, and I am really guilty of being in this position all of a sudden. "

"Forget it, you don't have to be humble!" Li Jin laughed: "As the saying goes, it's better to meet you than to be famous. If you said that you were famous when you were in Liaodong, but the old man really thought you were just a martial artist. Forget it, it’s not enough to be the lord of a town; but you have seen everything you have done in Songzhou for more than a year. Fuyi is also a good player. Those Dangxiang, Baima Qiang, and Tubo people have all been dealt with properly for you. If you don’t give the old man this position, who would you sit for? Originally, if Dafeichuan did not lose this battle, the imperial court would let you As a deputy economic envoy, letting the old man stay in office for another two years with a white salary can be regarded as a favor to the veterans of the former court. But after the battle in Dafeichuan, it is unreasonable to let the old man stay in this position for a vegetarian meal , abdicating the throne and giving way to the virtuous is the right thing to do!"

Wang Wenzuo smiled. Although this Li Jin is very old, his mind is still clear. After the First World War in Dafeichuan, his position as the commander of military affairs in the Jiannan Zhidu Yingtian has become a hot iron. Pot, it's not the kind of old-age place in the past.Not to mention anything else, just hearing about the disastrous defeat of the Tang army, the various local forces who heard the news and made troubles are very troublesome. Among these local forces, there are powerful Han people, as well as barbarians such as Qianghu and Liao people. The forces are intertwined. , although it is not as deadly as Tubo, but if you sit idly by and ignore it, the consequences will be disastrous.

"Please don't worry, Mr. Li. I have already dealt with the arrow furnace. Unless Qinling sent troops south from Qinghai to take Songzhou, it is unlikely that Tubo will use troops against Jiannan for the time being!" Wang Wenzuo said with a smile: "As for other Territory, soldiers come to block, water comes to cover, if someone is overwhelmed, I will naturally send troops to attack, let them know how powerful it is!"

"Okay, okay!" Li Jin nodded: "Since you have already made preparations, the old man has nothing to say. After all, as long as there is no accident in Xichuan, there will be no shortage of brocade taxes sent to Guanzhong every year, and other There are some losses in the prefectures and counties, and the court will not blame them, as long as Saburo can grasp this matter!"

"I have been taught!" Wang Wenzuo nodded. The Xichuan mentioned by Li Jin was a rough division of Yizhou at that time. Hanzhong was Dongchuan, and Xichuan was probably the part of Yizhou ruled by Liu Yan and his son during the Three Kingdoms period. The fertile Chengdu Plain is part of Xichuan.Under the political system of the Tang Dynasty, Jiannan Road was the imperial court’s purse. Li Jin’s meaning was very clear. No one could guarantee that all the states and counties would be free from problems with a territory as large as Jiannan Dao. There is no shortage of taxes, and the court can forgive other things.

"Okay, I won't say much about the rest!" Li Jin said with a smile, "I'm going back to Guanzhong in a few days. The road to Shu is dangerous, and I really have a headache!"

What a smart man Wang Wenzuo is, he knew the meaning when he heard Xiange: "There is no need for Mr. Li to worry about this, I will naturally arrange everything!"

"Okay, okay, then please trouble Saburo!"

Sending Li Jin out, a mocking smile appeared on Wang Wenzuo's mouth. This old man has been an official in Sichuan for almost 20 years. Part of it is to be kept in the local area, and local officials have a considerable say in this wealth.Basically, as long as you don't stuff it directly into your pocket, it won't be considered corruption.For example, use it as office expenses to support staff, play dragon boats, entertain brothels, engage in public construction and repair pavilions, gardens, and so on.Therefore, even an official who was considered to have a good official reputation in history, it is not difficult to accumulate a wealth far exceeding the amount of his salary in office.Naturally, Li Jin was no exception. His hometown was in Guanzhong. If he wanted to transport such a large amount of money back to his hometown, there was no bank transfer in the Tang Dynasty. It was not an easy task, and Wang Wenzuo's cooperation was needed.

"Sancho!"

"exist!"

"You take 200 people and escort Li Gong back to Guanzhong!" Wang Wenzuo said in a deep voice: "Also, after you arrive in Chang'an, go to Chang'an and present a gift to His Royal Highness through Murong Mu's relationship!"

"As ordered!"

Returning to the case, Wang Wenzuo played with the seal of Jiannan Zhiduyingtian for disposing of the envoy of Bingma Jinglue twice, and threw it aside.His current official position is the predecessor of the Jiedushi of the later generations, with military power and financial power. What is worse than that is the lack of an interview envoy, and he has no administrative supervision power to supervise Jiannan Daozhou and counties.In this position, the credit for personal ability is still secondary, and what is more important is the trust of the core of power. Without this, let alone promotion, it is difficult to even keep an official position. No matter how you look at it, it is not wrong to walk around frequently , Sancho, as his own domestic slave, is perfect for this.

"Duke Ming!" Cao Wenzong's voice came from outside.

"Is it Wenzong? Come in!" Wang Wenzuo laughed: "What's the matter?"

"It's news from Yangzhou!" Cao Wenzong came in from the door and presented a letter with both hands. Wang Wenzuo took the letter and said with a smile: "I guess it's about money and spending again. This is why Cao Sengnu is so wrong." Alright, if you are thousands of miles away, you have to ask for instructions on these trivial matters, he can decide on his own, and I didn’t listen to him even after I said it a few times, there’s really nothing I can do about him!”

"Mr. Cao's doing this is also the benefit of his prudence!" Cao Wenzong said with a smile: "After all, the business in Yangzhou is getting bigger and bigger. If I change it, I don't dare to make my own claims!"

"Occupying the intersection of the Yangtze River and the canal, such a treasure land of geomantic omen that can connect the world, and overseas gold and silver mines, and a large territory, if he can't make his business bigger and bigger, he is really a pure idiot Already!" Wang Wenzuo snorted coldly: "Compared to Yangzhou, this Yizhou is far behind, and it's even better than Yangzhou. I really don't know how this Yizhou was assigned to the second place!"

"In fact, Yizhou is also good here, especially Chengdu, which is definitely no less than Yangzhou!" Cao Wenzong said with a smile: "The name of Jinguan City is not for nothing. Hundreds of thousands of Shu silk are paid to the imperial court every year. Hey, the West Mansion of the Son of Heaven!"

"Hey!" Wang Wenzuo sighed: "I'm not talking about the present but the future, do you understand? The future! Maybe Chengdu is similar to Yangzhou now, but it will be different in the future. Yangzhou will be ten times and a hundred times as big as Chengdu, do you understand?" ?”

"Ten times a hundred times?" Cao Wenzong was frightened by Wang Wenzuo's words. Although the Tang Dynasty did not have gdp rankings for cities like now, there must be similar things. Chengdu is definitely in the top five in this ranking. In addition to the two capital cities of Luoyang and Chang'an, in terms of economic aggregate, there is no Datang city that can stabilize Chengdu, let alone ten or a hundred times.

"You don't believe it?" Wang Wenzuo immediately saw the other party's thoughts from the faces of his subordinates: "Wen Zong, water transportation is much cheaper than land transportation. In the long run, cities located at the mouths of big rivers will be the wealthiest." .Yes, there are rivers next to Chengdu, but after all, it is not close to the sea, and the navigation conditions are not comparable to those of the Yangtze River and canals! So—”

Wang Wenzuo opened the letter while talking. He had just read two lines when his voice suddenly stopped. Cao Wenzong saw that something was wrong, so he hurriedly asked, "What's wrong?"

"It's not from Cao Sengnu, but from Fujiwara Bubi and He Bayong. It's the Silla people who are causing trouble!" Wang Wenzuo threw the letter on the ground: "The whole Haidong is not peaceful!"

Cao Wenzong picked up the letter from the ground, and saw that it was in the official script that Fujiwara was no more familiar with than that hand: "Some people in southern Kyushu and Shikoku rebelled, and the number of rebels was tens of thousands. Among the rebels, armored weapons from the peninsula were also found. !"

"How could this happen! What are He Bayong and the others doing?" Cao Wenzong was surprised and angry. He knew that various rebellions had always occurred in Wa Kingdom, but under the suppression of Fujiwara Bubi and He Bayong, these rebellions had no effect. big picture.Wa country is regarded as its own rear area by Wang Wenzuo's military and political group. Many members regard buying and building farms locally as a place to multiply and live for future generations. Cao Wenzong is no exception. Tens of thousands of rebels suddenly appeared. No wonder he I couldn't stretch myself any longer.

"It can't be blamed for Fujiwara's failure to compare with He Bayong!" Wang Wenzuo snorted coldly: "The Wa country is not small, and there are many mountains, so the transportation is inconvenient. In fact, our people are mainly in Nara, Omi, Owari, and the United States. Nong, Iwami, Izumo, and parts of the Kanto region, and other places are just subject to nominal surrender. At most, a few samurai will serve as the local state secretary. If the external situation changes, it is not surprising that people who are dissatisfied with us will jump out. Just defeat it!"

"The external situation has changed? Are you saying that the Silla people are playing tricks?"

"It's not just people from Silla!" Wang Wenzuo sneered: "Let's put it this way, when the water is full, it overflows, and the moon is full, then it loses. The expansion of the Tang Dynasty has come to an end. The Tubo people pierced this layer of window paper in Dafeichuan , the momentum is about to turn around!"

"The momentum is about to turn around?" Cao Wenzong's face became ugly: "Then, what should we do?"

"What should I do? It's not easy, keep what you can keep, give up what is meaningless, what you can't keep, work hard on internal affairs, and wait for the next opportunity?" Wang Wenzuo said with a smile: "Otherwise, you still want to go all the way west , to the end of the world?"

Cao Wenzong laughed at what Wang Wenzuo said.In fact, from the Battle of Dafeichuan in 670 AD as a watershed, the expansion history of the Tang Dynasty before the Anshi Rebellion can be divided into two. The Battle of Dafeichuan was probably the peak of the expansion in the early Tang Dynasty. , Tang’s foreign wars won less victories and more defeats. Not only was he defeated many times by Tubo, his old enemy, he completely lost control of the surrounding areas of Qinghai Lake, and even the Hehuang Valley became the focus of contention between the two sides; , came up with the post-Turkic Khanate and lost control of the Mongolian Plateau; in the northeast, the Silla Kingdom controlled most of the Korean Peninsula, and the establishment of the Balhae Kingdom and the rebellion of the Khitans made Tang’s line of control retreat back to Yingzhou On the front line, even the hinterland of Hebei has been invaded by the Khitans many times, basically discarding the fruits of victory in the Northeast from the Tang Zhenguan period to the early Tang Gaozong period.

It was not until Xuanzong ascended the throne that the Tang army changed its original decline and began to expand outward again.Many people attribute it to the chaos of upper-level politics from the middle and late period of Emperor Gaozong to the reign of Empress Wu, and the killing of outstanding military generals. Some people simply attribute it to Wu Zetian being a woman.Of course, these are indeed one of the reasons. For example, both Heizhi Changzhi and Cheng Wuting died at the hands of Wu Zetian, but the political struggles in the upper echelons of the Xuanzong Dynasty were also extremely fierce, and many outstanding military generals were killed, but this did not hinder Xuanzong. The victory of the Tang army in foreign wars during this period.

The author believes that the main reason for Tang Jun's military operations during this period is the decadence of the Fubing system and the formation of the recruit system.As we all know, the Fubing system in the early Tang Dynasty gradually collapsed in the middle and late period of Gaozong. Honored officials are worthless, and the land of honor cannot be honored. The original merits can not be implemented to offset labor taxes. There are more and more casualties, and the willingness of the government soldiers to participate in the war is getting lower and lower, which undoubtedly greatly reduces the combat effectiveness of the army.

Wang Wenzuo’s own experience in Baekje is a clear example. He came to Baekje as a soldier, but the reason why he was able to defeat the restoration movement of Baekje and conquer the Wa Kingdom and Goguryeo; On the other hand, he used the resources of the host country to rebuild a military aristocratic group with himself as the core. Many people in this military aristocratic group indeed came from the Tang Dynasty's Fubing system, but in reality In fact, they have nothing to do with Fubing.

Take Cui Hongdu, He Bayong, Shen Faseng, Yuan Aolie and others as an example. Although they are all generals of the Tang Dynasty in name, they also hold official positions in military offices in various places.

But their main source of income is the large farms in Baekje and Wa, as well as the private gifts they received from Wang Wenzuo. Among the soldiers and officers under their command are groups of Baekje, Wa, Mohe, and Goguryeo. They were from the Tang Dynasty, and many of them were lumpen proletarians in Chang'an City, and the few remaining government soldiers had already changed their appearance.

Although such an army still bears the banner of the Tang Army and bears the name of a military mansion of a certain place, in fact it has nothing to do with the mansion. Fu and their general were tightly bound together.They no longer want to be the respected "emperor's servants", but only want to become professional warriors who follow Wang Wenzuo to conquer and get rich. (end of this chapter)