Guide to Traveling through the Northern Song Dynasty.

Chapter 281 0276 [Yu Wenchang]

"Ju Ming, magistrate of Hanyuan County, has met the prefect of Yuwen!" Zhu Ming bowed.

"Success does not need to be formal," Yu Wenchang smiled and bowed, "Please sit down."

Yu Wenchang is very young, just turned 30 years old, he is not a non-commissioned officer, but an official with grace.

His father, Yuwen Changling, has long served in ethnic minorities and border areas.Even if he was promoted to supervisory censor, he still took the initiative to ask to be transferred to the frontier, and then he was promoted to be the minister of the household department and the governor of Kaifeng.

When Cai Jing came to power, Yuwen Changling was demoted immediately, and successively served as magistrate (prefect) in Qingzhou, Hangzhou, and Yuezhou.

A few years ago, he died of illness and took office in Yuezhou.

Because his father offended Cai Jing, Yuwen Chang Enyin, after becoming an official, survived nearly ten years of qualifications, but was thrown to this stupid Lizhou.

The same is being demoted from the end of the world, so why meet each other before.

Although he had never met before, Yu Wenchang naturally felt that Ju Ming was close to him: "The newspaper in the mansion didn't say anything in detail, all I know is that he was banned from studying and books. How did he offend the officials?"

"Maybe it has something to do with Hua Shi Gang." Ju Ming briefly explained.

"Alas," Yu Wenchang sighed, "my father was relegated from the prefect of Hangzhou to the magistrate of Yuezhou just because he obstructed Hua Shigang. When my father was the prefect of Kaifeng, he was transferred to the servant of the household department because he offended the treacherous party. He also offended in the household department. A traitorous party, it is difficult to return to Beijing from the place where it is released."

Ju Ming clasped his hands and said, "My father is for the country and the people, and I admire you so much."

In history, Yu Wenchang suffered much worse than his father.

He made remarkable achievements in Lizhou, and was promoted to the tea horse department of Chengdu Fulu.In the Tea Horse Division, he also made outstanding achievements, but cut off some people's financial resources, and was thrown to Kuizhou, which was full of barbarians, and died of illness directly in Kuizhou's post.

Yuwen often didn't like playing around and went straight to the point: "There is only one county in Lizhou, and it is inevitable that there will be conflicts between the magistrate and the magistrate. How about this, I will try not to intervene in the management of civil affairs successfully. As for other things, I will try not to intervene in success. If there are conflicts , through negotiation. How?"

This shelf is low enough, as he is the magistrate, he doesn't need to say hello to Zhu Ming when he does things.

"According to what the prefect said," Zhu Ming thought it was feasible, and said, "I'm new here and I don't know the situation in Lizhou, so I ask the prefect to give me some advice."

Yu Wenchang couldn't help sighing: "Alas, the affairs of Lizhou are nothing more than to appease the barbarians and buy horses from each other."

Zhu Ming asked, "Why is the eunuch sighing?"

Yu Wenchang explained: "Lizhou originally used cloth to buy horses, with an age of 2100 guan, and Zhizhou was responsible for this matter. Later, a tea market was set up, and tea was exchanged for horses, which belonged to the Chengdu Fulu Tea Horse Department. Zhizhou was not allowed to intervene. The age limit also increased to 4000 guan. Lizhou bought horses, and there were more than a thousand cavalry soldiers, which cost a lot. The tea horse department bought horses with empty coupons, and the barbarians also resented them."

The "horse soldiers" mentioned here are not soldiers who ride horses to fight, but Xiangjun who specialize in escorting tea horses.

They are like civilian husbands with no fighting power at all.And all kinds of empty pay, in fact, one or two hundred people will be enough.

The new law was reformed decades ago, and 52 guan was borrowed from the Transshipment Department and 20 guan from the Changping Department, which were specially used for horse buying in Lizhou.Now I haven't returned a penny, and it has become a bad debt.Even, even the money for buying horses is often not given, and the IOUs are directly handed over to the barbarians for refilling.

At the same time, a large number of tea garden owners in Sichuan went bankrupt.

Tea horses eat all sides. After eating the imperial court, the tea households eat, and after eating the tea households, the barbarians eat.

Again, where did Qian Te go?
Zhizhou has no right to intervene in this kind of matter, and it is managed by the tea horse system.

Yuwen often said: "The barbarians sell horses, but they can only get white coupons. Naturally, they are dissatisfied, and the number of looting Han people is increasing day by day. That's why I reorganized the Xiang army and filled it with capable soldiers to prevent the barbarians from rebelling. "

Zhu Ming said: "If the Tea and Horse Division is not in order, no matter how prepared we are, it will not help."

Yuwen often said: "I have gone to the imperial court, maybe there will be a change."

The Chengdu Tea and Horse Department went too far, and Yu Wenchang's memorial was sent to the court, and Shu officials took the opportunity to promote it in series.So in history, Yu Wenchang was actually transferred back to his hometown to manage the Chengdu Fulu Tea Horse Department.

After his rectification, the effect was remarkable, but he was soon transferred away.

After a few years, people go to rest, and then they rot again.

Yu Wenchang also said: "The Kingdom of Dali requested to build an intercity city in the south of the Dadu River, and the city can be built by Lizhou. I rejected it before, but they sent envoys to Tokyo to bring up the matter again through the succession of the new king. When I went to the imperial court to inquire, I have stated my interests, and maybe the imperial court will send an envoy next year, and if you succeed in meeting the envoy, you must sternly refuse."

Zhu Ming asked: "Isn't it good to build cities and mutual markets? Not only can it increase the taxation of Lizhou, but it can also expand the power of the government and the Han people to the area south of the Dadu River."

"Who doesn't want to expand the territory?" Yu Wenchang shook his head again and again, "If the soldiers of the Song Dynasty are strong and strong, I don't need Dali's request at all. I will go to the south of the Dadu River to build the city myself. But now the soldiers are exhausted and the people are exhausted. The battle of Xixia Before the battle is over, I heard that the traitorous party is instigating to attack Liao. How can there be another border trouble in the southwest?"

"That's true," said Zhu Ming.

Yu Wenchang went on to say: "Once the government builds a city south of the Dadu River, the barbarians will be confronted with a formidable enemy, and there will be constant friction from then on. And the Dali Kingdom can also use the mutual market to find out the reality of Lizhou, and sooner or later it will invade the north on a large scale. The barbarians in the south are the barriers against the Dali Kingdom. Building cities and cities will not only anger the barbarians, but also attract the covetousness of the Dali Kingdom. If this is done, it is very likely that the barbarians will merge with the Dali Kingdom, and they will make an appointment to attack Lizhou together! "

Today's Sichuan officials are actively provoking barbarian rebellions, and then countering the rebellion for meritorious service and promotion.

Yu Wenchang can fully accept the request of Dali Kingdom, build cities and mutual markets to gain political achievements, and then pat his ass for promotion and leave.As for future side troubles, that is the successor's business and has nothing to do with Yu Wenchang.

But Yu Wenchang did not do this, he was thinking about the long-term for the country.

There is really no other good way. There are only a few hundred Xiang troops in Lizhou capable of fighting, while there are hundreds of thousands of barbarians in the south.If you provoke Shengyi and push them into the arms of Dali, there will be no peace in the southwest region.

It was Yu Wenchang who determined the strategy for dealing with Shengyi and Dali, and there was no trouble in the entire Southern Song Dynasty.

Therefore, a hundred years later, some people still wrote poems: the western border of Yufu River is quiet, and the people of the state praise Yu Wenchang.

"Take care of your subordinates, and don't let them harm the people," Yu Wenchang reminded, "There are not many Han people in Lizhou, but the exploitation by the government is getting worse. Every year, Han people go bankrupt and flee to the surrounding barbarians. Take the barbarians to plunder the Han people."

Zhu Ming said: "I will take care of the county government officials, but what about the tea and horse department? They will definitely exploit the people."

Yu Wenchang was speechless and could only shake his head secretly.

There is an agency of the Tea Horse Department in Lizhou, and neither the Zhizhou nor the county magistrate can control it.When they are short of manpower due to the empty pay of the horsemen, they will order the local officials to recruit civilian husbands.

After a long silence, Yu Wenchang said, "Just do what you have to do."

Ju Ming clapped his hands and said yes.

Yu Wenchang suddenly smiled and said, "Call my followers, I will take you out of the city to have a look."

Zhu Ming called Bai Sheng, Zhang Tong, and Li Bao, and rode four horses to wait in the state office.

Not long after, Yu Wenchang also led the horse out, accompanied by a few relatives.

The crowd drove south and soon came to a small town by the river.

Yu Wenchang immediately went outside the town and said: "This is Hanyuan Town, and there is Tongwang Town to the east. The barbarians from the south are traded in these two towns. As for the five tribes in the west, they go directly to Zhoucheng trade."

Zhu Ming asked: "What are the origins of the five barbarians? Why do they all have Chinese surnames?"

Yu Wenchang said: "I don't know, but they are definitely not Han people. Their customs and habits are completely different. In Tang Dynasty, they were called two-faced Qiang. They may be Qiang people who have learned to speak Chinese. The five tribes are extremely cunning. If I have five thousand troops , the five tribes must be wiped out first. How can others be allowed to sleep soundly on the side of the couch!"

The five tribes are really on the side of the couch, the closest to the Han people's settlements, and there is no natural barrier from the Dadu River.

"Are the five barbarians extremely brave in combat?" Zhu Ming asked.

Yu Wenchang shook his head: "They wear leather armor, and their weapons are only earthen bows and earthen guns. They are not very powerful in fighting in the wild. But most of them live in the mountains and build stone fortresses. There are often several fortresses in a village. Those fortresses are not strong. It is difficult to attack, but casualties are unavoidable. To capture a village, one or twenty people must be killed or injured. How can I have so many troops to consume?"

This is a bit embarrassing, because the five tribes belong to the tortoise, and when they encounter officers and soldiers, they hide in the tortoise shell and cannot come out.

Those simple small stone castles can teach them to be human with artillery.There is no need to use heavy artillery. A field artillery weighing one or two hundred catties can knock down the bunker with a few shots.

Zhu Ming asked, "Can I use a catapult?"

Yu Wenchang asked: "Will success build a catapult?"

"You can try it, it shouldn't be difficult," Zhu Ming said.

Yu Wenchang said with a smile: "If we succeed, we can build a few. In the future, if the five tribes dare to loot, they will use catapults to smash their stone castles."

Ju Ming asked again: "Do you grow rice by the river?"

Zhu Ming asked about the Han River, which is the Liusha River.Hanyuan County in the Song Dynasty was not on the banks of the Dadu River, but in the middle reaches of the Hanshui River.

Yuwen often said: "Rice and rapeseed are grown by the river, and corn and sorghum are grown on the dry land."

Zhu Ming said: "I brought some corn and sweet potatoes, which can be grown in dry land, especially in mountainous areas."

"I have also heard a little bit about corn and sweet potatoes, which can be planted in Lizhou next year." Yu Wenchang was quite happy.

The crowd continued to ride southward until they came to the Dadu River. Zhu Ming asked, "From Hanyuan Town to this point, the clothes of the people seem to be different."

Yuwen often said: "Everyone is familiar with barbarians. They can speak Chinese and learn to grow rice. There are more than [-] familiar barbarian households here who have established Baojia and are willing to obey government orders. But they have been exploited by officials for a long time, and they have long complained. , I tried my best to appease him after I took office, but there are always subordinate officials who are obedient and obedient."

"Can you change your Chinese name to your Chinese surname?" Zhu Ming asked.

Yuwen often said: "Only Lizheng and Baojiachang have Chinese names and surnames, and they pay taxes according to the quota every year."

Zhu Ming knew what to do in the first step. He persuaded the Shuyi here to grow corn and sweet potatoes, and at the same time punished the subordinate staff who exploited them.After obtaining the approval of Shuyi, change their Chinese names to Chinese surnames, and then register their households as Qimin.

(End of this chapter)