A Millennium Aristocratic Family Starting from the Shang Dynasty

Chapter 428 The situation in Liaodong opens up
Wang Xin was a little surprised when he learned that Jizi North Korea sent envoys to pay tribute, but he didn't take it too seriously.

Jizi Chaoshan and Daqian were relatives 700 years ago. Now, 700 years have passed, and they are still relatives. Even after the Song Dynasty was annexed by the Huai Kingdom, they were only given a title.

Jizi Korea is just an ordinary country.

"Ji Zi North Korea came to pay tribute?" Wang Xin asked.

"Yes."

"Let them meet in court in three days." Wang Xin said nonchalantly.

Wang Xin has no plans to occupy Jizi North Korea now. Even the current area of ​​Yan State is still a bitter cold land, let alone Jizi North Korea.

During the time of the First Emperor, because Jizi Chao felt that the mountain was high and the emperor was far away, he was unwilling to surrender, so he enfeoffed the Yan State. Over the years, with the support of Daqian, the Yan State had expanded its sphere of influence to the vicinity of the peninsula, knocking back Jizi Chao's power. .

However, Jizi Korea is not the only family in Northeast China. There are also Fuyu, Donghu, Huns, and Sushen people in the north.

The Huns were originally the strongest, but after the attack of Daqian, they have declined.And many Huns joined the Southern Huns or became the Zhenbei Protectorate, and became herdsmen under the Zhenbei Protectorate.

With the support of the Daqian court, the Zhenbei Protectorate controlled the grassland and had jurisdiction over 15 accounts of Zahu, Huns, and Xianbei people.

The grassland is different from the Central Plains. The Central Plains is divided according to households, while the grassland is divided according to accounts. One account is equivalent to one large household.

The tax is collected from cattle, sheep and horses. One cow, two horses and ten sheep are collected per account per year.If such a tax were in the Central Plains, it would definitely be extremely high.

After all, a farm cow in the Central Plains costs at least [-] yuan. Grassland cattle and sheep are cheap and easy to breed. The court's tax is not high. What's more, after the cattle and sheep tax is levied, the court will also give food.

The grassland is bitterly cold. Although there are many cattle and sheep, they are easy to freeze to death in winter. Ordinary herdsmen need food to survive the winter, so they are willing to pay the cattle and sheep tax in exchange for food.

After collecting the cattle and sheep, the Zhenbei Protectorate will divide them into two parts, one for its own use and the other for the imperial court.

But even if the cattle and sheep tax has been collected, it still cannot offset the imperial court's investment in Mobei.As for wool textiles, because the weaving process is cumbersome and the collected wool also needs to be screened, the profits are not as huge as expected.

Three days later, at the Daqian meeting, Jizi North Korea sent envoys to pay tribute to Daqian.

The gifts he brought were also quite generous, including a bunch of Dendrobium pearls, [-]-year-old ginseng, mink skins, etc.Wang Xin asked someone to exchange the price of the tribute items for a large amount of silk and lacquerware in return.

In fact, even if it is a return gift of equal value, these Jizi North Korea will still make money. After all, Dongzhu, ginseng, and mink are cheap in Jizi North Korea, but they are not cheap in Daqian Luoyang. The same is true for silk and lacquerware.

The envoy from Jizi North Korea cried to Daqian and asked him to forgive his sins and restrain the Yan State.

You don't need to think about it to know that Jizi North Korea came to pay tribute this time. It seems that he was hurt by the beatings of Yan State and couldn't bear it anymore, so he had to come to ask for peace.

When Wang Xin came to the throne, the State of Yan came to congratulate him, saying that the relationship between Liaodong and the North was now complicated, and Jizi Korea had retreated, but the Fuyu and Sushen people went south and had many conflicts with the State of Yan.

The current strength of Yan State cannot defeat one against three.

So now Jizi North Korea surrendered, and Wang Xin felt that it was almost done, and agreed to restrain Yan State so that it would no longer harass Jizi North Korea.

However, the due vigilance will not be relaxed, and the shipbuilding yards on the ground will not stop, and they are still building large sea-going ships that can withstand strong winds and waves.After the court meeting, Wang Xin asked the envoys from Yan State and North Korea to go to Changle Palace, along with the three prime ministers on the left and right.

Wang Xin wanted to let Jizi Chaos and Yan fight together against the Fuyu and Sushen people.

When the Jizi North Korean envoy heard that they were asked to form an alliance with the Yan State to deal with the Fuyu and Sushen people, they immediately agreed.

"My lord was originally a remnant of the Central Plains. Because King Wu conquered the Shang Dynasty, he was forced to move north to North Korea. Now the Central Plains has reorganized the world. I would like to serve Da Qian as the suzerain and form an alliance with the Yan State to resist the Hu barbarians in the north."

Wang Xin was very satisfied with the obedience of Jizi's Korean envoy, so he asked people to discuss the matter of forming an alliance and fighting against the Hu people.

North Korean envoys came to pay tribute. In addition to professing vassalage and alliance, they also agreed on a three-year tribute period.Daqian pays tribute every three years. At that time, the feudal princes and kings, including the surrendered small countries, will send envoys to pay tribute.

For those small foreign countries, sending envoys to pay tribute is a good job. Not only can they see the style of the Central Plains country, but they can also make a lot of money.

The envoys will be rewarded in equal measure. These envoys will not have to pay taxes when they take them back, and they will get several times the profits when they take them back.

Kuaiji, Suzhou.

Several official ships had just sailed out of Gusu City and then headed north into the Yangtze River.The passengers on these official ships were scholars from the Academy of Kuaiji County.

The imperial court stipulated that academic scholars who came to Beijing to participate in the assessment could travel on official ships or official inns, and these trips were free. Of course, they still had to spend their own money for meals.

This was a convenience given by Emperor Wu to facilitate scholars entering Beijing for assessment. Of course, only those who came to Beijing for assessment could take the official ship for free.Other times you have to pay.

Some candidates from Jiangnan took boats down the river to Yangzhou, then went north to the Huaihe River, then entered the Bianhe River to Daliang, and then went upstream through the Yellow River to Luoyang.

There are also those who go directly from Han River to Nanyang by land and then to Luoyang.

Of course, most candidates will take this opportunity to visit the world, so most of them will go north from the canal.

Wang Xin ascended the throne as emperor, so he issued an edict to punish Enke.

Scholars all over the world couldn't sit still after hearing the news, and came one after another to participate.In order to take care of the scholars from various states and counties in the world, Wang Xin immediately decided to hold an examination at Luoyang Academy in the autumn of the first year of Yuanfeng (previously it was always in spring).

Because the Huai Kingdom originated from the Huai River, and operated in the Huai area for many years, and later moved its capital to Jinling, it is deeply rooted in the south, and because the Academy first came from here.This gave the southern scholars an advantage.

After all, the Huai Kingdom has been in power for many years and has always promoted academic palaces. People in these places have many books in their homes.

Since the implementation of the official examination at Daqian Academy, the pass rate of southern scholars has been higher than that of northern, Guanzhong and Shuzhong.

This means that almost half of the officials in the court are from Huai'an and Jiangnan. Obviously, this situation is unhealthy for the court.There are too many officials in Huai'an and Jiangnan, and they have the potential to become bigger.

Therefore, Wang Xin decided to limit the quotas in Huai'an, Kuaiji, Jinling and other counties and reduce the number of those who passed the examination.

The extra places will then be allocated to the North, Central Plains, Guanzhong and Bashu regions.Artificially balance the many forces above the court.

(End of this chapter)