Guide to Traveling through the Northern Song Dynasty.

Chapter 29 0028 [On History]

The little fat man's name is Zheng Hong, and there is no official in his family, he is just a wealthy businessman in Yangzhou.

The old white member's attitude is so respectful, only because Zheng Hong's brother-in-law is the confidant of the working officer of the Lizhou Road Tea Horse Division....

Today, in Sichuan and Shaanxi, the highest tea-horse organization is the "Du Da Tea Horse Department", which is in charge of tea-horse affairs in Sichuan, Shaanxi, Gansu and other places. Generally, the Xihe Road Transit Envoy will take up this post concurrently.

The Lizhou Road Tea and Horse Department under its jurisdiction has more than a dozen event officers and writers, who are in charge of the tea and horse affairs of the entire Lizhou Road.

With only a dozen or so officials, how can they manage them?
It is the officials who really do the work.

A confidant of the official of the tea horse department is enough to decide the life and death of the tea plantation owner in the country!
"This way please, little official." The servant of the Bai family led the way attentively, wishing he could kneel down like a dog, bowing his body all the time, so he dared not stand up straight and walk.

After walking in mud and water for a while, Zheng Hong looked at the muddy mountain road, wiped the sweat from his forehead and asked, "Where is Li Erlang? How long will he go?"

The servant of the Bai family quickly replied: "Sanlang and Li Erlang should be drinking tea at Biyun Pavilion, and they will arrive there after two or three quarters of walking (14.4 minutes in Song engravings)."

"Two or three quarters to go?" Zheng Hong felt his legs trembling.

He is chic and happy in Yangzhou City, but his father insists on him coming here.For no other reason, Li Hanzhang came over, and the Zheng family sent him to play with Li Erlang.

In the eyes of old white members, the Zheng family is heaven.

Not only because the Zheng family's son-in-law is a senior official of the Tea Horse Department, but also because the Zheng family is a big tea merchant in Yangzhou.

In the eyes of the Zheng family, it was the genius who judged Li Xianggong.

Because the general judge holds the financial power, the business tax and agricultural tax are grasped.Although the state judge has no right to intervene in the tea tax, but the Zheng family has other taxes, and it happens that the son is studying in the academy with Li Hanzhang, so why not hurry up to curry favor with the son of the state judge?
"I'm exhausted, sit down and rest for a while." Zheng Hongsheng was obese, and walking on the muddy mountain road was too strenuous.

The servants of the Bai family quickly took off their clothes and spread them on the stones by the roadside, for fear that the mud and water would stain Zheng Xiaoguan's buttocks.

Panting for a while, Zheng Hong suddenly asked: "Is there no Zhuyu (sliding pole)?"

The servant of the Bai family explained: "After the rain, the road is slippery and the mountain road is steep. I'm afraid that the little official will fall."

Zheng Hong was helpless, patted his buttocks and stood up: "Let's go."

He really didn't want to come, even going to the academy was arranged by his father at his expense, just to be a classmate with Li Hanzhang.

But this little fat man doesn't like reading, and he can fall asleep listening to the lectures.With his ignorant appearance, he couldn't catch Li Erlang's eyes at all. He was a classmate for more than half a year, and he said dozens of words in total, and he always used his hot face to stick to his cold ass.

Zheng Hong has had enough of this kind of life!

He knew what his father was thinking, it was nothing more than Li Hanzhang's wife died, and the Zheng family was looking forward to marrying a daughter to remarry, so they would marry Zhou as their son and daughter.

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Inside the Biyun Pavilion.

Li Hanzhang tasted the country-made fruit wine, and couldn't help admiring: "The dry wine is fragrant in the village, and it is full of gold and richness. Yangzhou's fine wine is really the best in Sichuan and Shaanxi, and even the country's wine is so sweet."

Bai Chongyan said with a smile: "The mountains are remote, and there is nothing else, only good wine and fragrant tea."

"It is enough to have these two!" Li Hanzhang laughed loudly.

There were four major commercial centers in the Northern Song Dynasty, and the commercial tax of Xingyuan Mansion (Hanzhong) once ranked second in the country.

And Yangzhou is next door to Xingyuan Mansion. Regardless of the fact that the registered population is only about 20, it sits on the Hanshui River, a commercial artery. Although the agricultural tax cannot be collected, the commercial tax is second only to Xingyuan Mansion. .Even though the borders of Hehuang were opened, tea from Sichuan and Shaanxi was banned, and the business in Hanzhong area was sluggish, but the emaciated camels were bigger than horses.

There are three specialties in Yangzhou: fine wine, tea, and gold!
Zhenfu County under the jurisdiction of Yangzhou was directly called Huangjin County in the early Song Dynasty.Even after the founding of New China, some place names were retained: Huangjinxia Town, Jinshui Town...

In Xixiang County, where Zhu's father and son are currently located, there are people panning for gold sand in the northern mountainous area.

"I heard that brother Zhu is from Guangnan, is there any good wine in Guangnan?" Li Hanzhang asked Zhu Guoxiang.

Zhu Guoxiang didn't know this, so he said vaguely: "Guangnan is remote, no matter how good the wine is, it can't compare with Yangzhou."

Zhu Ming didn't say a word, and was buried in his food.

Dried fruits and dried meat were placed on several plates, and finally they were able to make a tooth sacrifice.

After drinking a few glasses of fruit wine, Li Hanzhang started bragging: "If I become an official in Guangnan, I must rectify my military equipment and teach those cochin barbarians a lesson!"

"It's time to learn," Zhu Ming echoed, chewing preserved fruit, raising his glass and shouting loudly, "Some barbarians who have transformed themselves dare to call themselves Little China, and even ran to the Song Dynasty to plunder them. Let's drink this cup full, and sacrifice to Su Xianggong from afar. The spirit under the fountain!"

"As it should be!"

Li Hanzhang first filled a glass of wine, poured it on the ground towards the south, and then drank after refilling: "Sacrifice Su Xianggong from a distance!"

More than 40 years ago, the Vietnamese regime was prosperous. It called itself Huaxia internally and Tiannan Little China externally. It sent 20 troops to invade Guangnan Road in the Song Dynasty.

Su Yan led the army and the people to defend the city to the death. He only had 2800 state soldiers, and recruited more than 1000 town soldiers. He defended Yongzhou (Nanning) for 42 days and killed more than [-] enemy soldiers.

It could have been defended, because the enemy army was not good at attacking the city.

The reinforcements from the Song Dynasty who came here were defeated by the Vietnamese army. Not to mention defecting to the enemy, they actually taught the Vietnamese how to attack the city.All kinds of methods were deciphered by Su Yan. The Vietnamese army was planning to withdraw, but the Song army who surrendered to the enemy refused to leave, and taught the enemy to build a pile of soil several feet high, and entered Yongzhou City through the mound.

Su Yan fought desperately in the streets, and 37 members of his family were killed. Only the eldest son who broke out and asked for help survived.

Of course Zhu Ming knew about this, because it was so embarrassing, more than [-] soldiers and civilians in Guangnan were massacred (some say hundreds of thousands), completely tearing up the fig leaf of the Song court in the south.

After drinking and paying homage to Su Jian, Li Hanzhang talked about the situation in the northwest: "Now that Hehuang has been settled, after the establishment of Xi'an Prefecture (Ningxia Haiyuan), the Fan and Qiang people dare not invade again. In my opinion, the imperial court will have a decisive battle with that Xixia Now, if I can't pass the Jinshi exam by then, I will simply go to the Northwest to join the army and kill the enemy!"

This guy is pure nonsense, he is the son of a state judge, even if he is willing to join the army, his father will break his leg.

"It's better not to fight," Bai Chongyan sighed. "If the river is opened, the people in Lizhou will have a hard time. If we really want to fight against Xixia again, how can the common people bear it?"

The country gentry and local tyrants are also ordinary people, and they also have to face war apportionment.

Li Hanzhang shook his head and said: "Brother Juncai's words are wrong. Only when Xixia is completely subdued can the Northwest Territory be stabilized, and the court can save countless military expenses every year. With military expenses saved, the people of the world will naturally be rich."

"Perhaps." Bai Chongyan smiled wryly.

Li Hanzhang is the kind of keyboard warrior of the student party. He is passionate about military affairs, and he seems to have studied the battle map. He may be the same as Zhu Ming when he really fights.

This guy was full of wine and chatter. After talking about Xixia, he talked about Liao Kingdom. He wished he could take back Yanyun himself.

Bai Chongyan was not interested in fighting, so he took the initiative to change the subject and asked, "Since Da Lang is familiar with classics, has he ever studied history books?"

Zhu Ming chewed the jerky and replied: "I have read the "Historical Records" thoroughly, and the rest of the history books, I just flipped through them casually."

"Is it like the word 'public and private', which is unique to "Historical Records"?" Bai Chongyan tried to teach.

Zhu Ming said, "I have some experience."

Bai Chongyan said enthusiastically, "Why don't you come and drink with me?"

Zhu Ming said: "The Benji of the Overlord of Chu and the Benji of Emperor Gaozu of the Han Dynasty, Taishi Gong contradicts itself in some places."

Hearing this, Li Hanzhang also asked: "Where is the contradiction?"

Zhu Ming swallowed the meat in his mouth, and said eloquently: "Let's talk about the battle of Pengcheng. Liu Bang first retreated west to Xiayi, and then went south to fight Xiang Yu between Suishui and Lingbi. Then he joined forces with Lu Ze, and finally withdrew. to Xingyang."

As he spoke, Zhu Ming dipped his finger in the tea and drew on the stone table: "This is Pengcheng. Peixian County is to the north, Xiayi is to the west, and Lingbi is to the south. Tai Shigong recorded in Xiang Yu's Benji that Liu Bang only brought dozens of horses. He escaped and went back to Pei County to look for his family and found two children. In order to escape, he pushed the two children out of the car several times. The direction of escape was wrong, not only wrong, but completely reversed. Liu Bang ran to the north, thinking To lead troops to retreat to Xiayi, one must go through or bypass Xiang Yu's army."

Bai Chongyan and Li Hanzhang both thought seriously after hearing the words.

Zhu Ming continued: "As recorded in Gao Zu's Benji, Liu Bang did not return to Peixian County. He sent people back to Peixian County to look for his family when he withdrew his troops to Xiayi, and only found his son Liu Ying. Since only one son was found , and where did you push the two children out of the car several times?"

"It seems... that's true." Li Hanzhang suddenly sobered up, and now he just wanted to go back and read "Historical Records" carefully.

Zhu Ming stuffed another candied fruit into his mouth, chewed and said, "Even if Liu Bang really returns to Peixian County, how much will the two children weigh, do they need to be pushed out of the cart several times? What's more, with the pursuers behind, Liu Bang can't bear it several times." After pushing the child out of the carriage, Xia Houying carried the child back several times. How much time would this take? Liu Bang is not a fool! When fleeing for his life, the carriage must be speeding, and the two children were pushed down several times. I was crippled!"

"Haha, yes!" Bai Chongyan clapped his hands in praise.

Li Hanzhang was completely convinced at this moment, he cupped his hands and said, "Your brother is really a great talent, and Tai Shigong can't lie!"

Bai Chongyan raised his glass and said, "If you get this wonderful theory, you should be able to tell the truth."

"Drink!" Li Hanzhang poured the wine himself.

While everyone was raising their glasses, someone suddenly shouted: "Li Erlang, Bai Sanlang, here I come!"

Li Hanzhang turned his head to look, suddenly felt a pain in the head, and muttered: "Why is this fat man again? I can't get rid of it anywhere."

(End of this chapter)