On the occasion of rebirth Zhou Sui

Chapter 128
It is true that Cui Che asked Yang Jian for the decree of grace, and Yang Jian agreed to exempt Qingzhou and other places for this year's rent tax, and it really went through a lot of inner struggle.

It stands to reason that a one-year tax exemption after the disaster is not too much to request, but the time is not right. This year, during the spring plowing and irrigation period, Guanzhong experienced another minor drought, and the autumn grain harvest is destined to fail.

Under such circumstances, Yang Jian still agreed to Cui Che's request, naturally because of profit.

With the development of salt trade with Turks, Nanchen, Tuyuhun, Goguryeo and other countries, the financial pressure was effectively relieved, and even Su Wei, Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, had much less gray hair.

Amidst the praises of Cui Che by the people of Qing, Jiao, Guang, and Ju states, in September of the fourth year of Kaihuang (584), a famine broke out in Guanzhong, and even Yang Jian and his wife had to leave Tongguan to Luoyang for food. .

Of course, this scene has become the norm in the Tang Dynasty. Now it is not the Qin and Han Dynasties. The water and soil conditions in Kansai have long since changed, and there will be famines from time to time.

In the north, the great Turkic Khan Shetu finally lowered his proud head. The princess Yuwen, who had instigated Shetu to send troops to avenge the Northern Zhou Dynasty, made a petition to the Sui Dynasty, requesting to change his surname to Yang and recognize Yang Jian as his father.

Yang Jian then changed the title of Princess Qianjin to Princess Dayi, which is considered to have recognized this father-daughter relationship.

The two countries exchanged envoys, and the Turkic attitude was humble.

Yu Qing, who was on a mission to the Turks, forced Shetu to kneel and accept Yang Jianxi's letter.

Taking the picture with the seal book on his head, he felt ashamed afterwards, and wept with his subordinates.

Yu Qing asked the Turks to submit to the Sui Dynasty.

I didn't know what it meant when I took the picture, so I asked my cronies, who said bluntly:

'The so-called professing a minister is to be a servant. '

The dignified Turkic Khan, but he can only be servile when taking pictures:
"I can be the servant of the Emperor of the Sui Dynasty, and it is all done by Yu Pu!"

In order to thank Yu Qing, he made him a servant of the Emperor of the Sui Dynasty as he wished, took pictures and gave him a thousand horses, and married his cousin.

Compared with the majestic and heroic appearance when he claimed to avenge Bei Zhou three years ago, he was a completely different person.

The reason is naturally that Shetu has been at a disadvantage in the contest with Datou Khan and Abo Khan, and has gradually lost support. Shetu has even decided to move the tribe to Monan, completely attached to the Sui Dynasty.

In politics, there are no permanent enemies or friends, only permanent interests.

At the beginning, there were a lot of photographs, and the Sui Dynasty united Datou Khan and Abo Khan. Now that the situation has reversed, Yang Jian began to support the photographs again. Naturally, he wanted to let the Turks get tired of internal fighting, and also free up the Sui army to prepare Kill Chen.

Yang Su also saw exactly this point. After being dismissed, he imitated Cui Che and offered to flatten Chen Ce after being unemployed at home, which was in line with Yang Jian's heart.

Yang Jian then used Yang Su again, appointed him as the governor of Xinzhou, governed 13 states in western Hubei, eastern Sichuan and other places, and ordered him to build ships to prepare for the future southern expedition.

Knowing that Yang Su was appointed again, Cui Che also sent a letter to congratulate him.

During Yang Su's absence, Brother Che wrote to him frequently to comfort him. After all, Yang Su did help him a lot in the past, and Cui Che also knew that Yang Su was only temporarily frustrated, so it's okay to be artificial like this.

The Sui Dynasty had already made preparations for the destruction of Chen Zai, and the Chen Dynasty south of the Yangtze River had also done great things.

Chen Shubao, the emperor of Nanchen, built three pavilions in Linchun, Jieqi and Wangxian in front of Guangzhao Hall.

The pavilions are each tens of feet high, and there are dozens of rooms in succession.

Windows, wall belts, hanging lintels, railings, etc. are made of agarwood and rosewood. Whenever the wind blows, the fragrance will float for miles.

It is also decorated with gold, jade, pearls, and emeralds, which are exquisite and exquisite.

Your Excellency piled rocks into mountains, diverted water into pools and mixed exotic flowers and plants.

Chen Shubao lives in the Linchun Pavilion, his concubine Zhang Lihua lives in the Jieqi Pavilion, and the two concubines Gong and Kong live in the Wangxian Pavilion.

The prime minister, Mr. Jiang, ignored government affairs, and served Chen Shubao with more than ten literati, including Kong Fan, the governor of the capital, and the king of regular servants, and served Chen Shubao to play and feast in the harem.

On November 24th, another morning, Cui Che, escorted by his bodyguards, went to the general manager's mansion.

Cui Che has formed a personal guard since he took office as the governor of Qingzhou.

He didn't have many enemies in the past. When he was in Daxing and Jinyang, Cui Che always led a few relatives to walk around the streets.

But today is different. Last year, a large number of officials were executed. Who knows if there will be family members of the deceased who will avenge their father and husband. They have to be careful about their own safety.

Surrounded by the guards, Cui Che waved to the people on both sides of the street, showing a gesture of being friendly to the people, and the response from the people along the street was even more enthusiastic. Many women even threw melons and fruits at Brother Che, Eyebrows.

When the carriage drove outside the governor's mansion, Cui Che under the canopy was already full of melons and fruits.

After entering the general manager's mansion, whenever he met a staff member, Cui Che would take a melon from his bosom and throw it to him, and said with a smile:

"It's all a gift from the common people. It's fresh. Let me give you a taste."

When he walked to the wing where he was working, he was finally empty-handed.

Cui Che is in a good mood these days. The heroic promise he made to Yang Jian at the end of last year has been realized. The [-] mu of beach fields in the four prefectures earned more than [-] million hu of salt.

At first, the salt had to be transported to Daxing for Yang Jian to have a look at, but later he believed in the output of the salt, so he ordered Cui Che to transport the salt to various places according to the quota set by the court.

The last batch of salt this year has been shipped and will be sent to Yingzhou, Youzhou and other places for sale to Koguryo.

After winter, there are often snowstorms. Cui Che simply gave the salt workers a holiday, so that they could have a good rest after a whole year of work, reunite with their families, and regroup after the new year.

Cui Che's good mood is not only because the amount of salt produced has reached the standard, but also because the salt workers and soldiers have completely returned to their hearts.

I am afraid of comparison in everything. After Cui Che deliberately reduced the expenses for the morning and evening meals and subsidized the lunch provided by him, not only the salt soldiers, but even the salt workers all gave a thumbs up when they mentioned Director Cui who paid for them out of their own pockets. Compliments.

If it weren't for the fact that Yang Lihua's delivery date was approaching, Cui Che would have struck while the iron was hot, inspecting the beach fields, condolences to the lives of the salt workers and salt soldiers, and took the opportunity to find out that their breakfast and dinner meals were poor, and then he, Cui Manager, would sell his ancestral property. Subsidize the cost of two meals in the morning and evening for everyone.

This trick eats both fish and fish, naturally it will not really use Cui Che's ancestral property.

This year, he and Wei Yi's salt sales business has gained a lot. Wei Yi used salt to exchange for special products in overseas countries, and then brought them back to China for sale.

The Sui Dynasty did not levy commercial taxes, and even commodities such as iron, wine, and salt that other dynasties tried their best to control, the Sui Dynasty neither monopolized nor levied taxes.

Yang Jian did not ban private salt, but the life of salt dealers is really difficult.

Due to the low cost of Cui Che's sun-dried salt and the large output, Yang Jian implemented a policy of small profits but high sales in the country, which formed a dimension-reducing blow to private salt in terms of price.

(End of this chapter)