Early Tang Dynasty: forge ahead

Chapter 245 Smooth implementation
  Regarding Di Renjie's suggestion, Chen Qingsi added: "On the premise of following the Sanjia Uniform Market Law, we can also promote the Kaiyuan Tongbao of the Tang Dynasty. While pricing according to the Sanjia Uniform Market Law, we can also promote Tongbao transactions... prohibiting merchants from exchanging goods for goods." Bartering. If the grassland people don't have Tongbao, they can arrange for them to sell goods first. With Tongbao coins, they can then trade. With one more process, unnecessary troubles and disputes can be avoided, and the court's monetary policy can be promoted to the grassland people. "

People's livelihood has been regarded as a top priority by those in power since ancient times. Price control has been managed by dedicated personnel in all dynasties, and the earliest can be traced back to the Zhou Dynasty.

But the systems that really played a decisive role in the world were the Yue Ping System of the Han Dynasty and the Sanjia Uniform City Law of the Tang Dynasty, which was improved in accordance with the changes of the times.

The Yueping system in the Han Dynasty was still used until the Tang Dynasty. It was not until the emergence of the Sanjia Municipal Law that it was withdrawn from the stage of history.

The Sanjiajun Municipal Law was still in use until the Ming and Qing Dynasties.

The so-called Sanjiadu Municipal Law means that the city secretary needs to conduct a price evaluation of the goods in the trade market every ten days, and classify them into upper, middle and lower grades according to quality and other standards. Finally, after it is produced into a book Submit it to the superior government for record.

Both the private sector and the government conduct market transactions based on the prices set in Sanjiadu City...

Any specified goods shall not exceed the official list price.

The Sanjia Municipal Law sets prices every ten days, which is time-sensitive. The three different product grading systems of upper, middle and lower make prices more accurate. Moreover, the prices set by officials will be compiled into documents and reported to superiors, which can effectively prevent some officials from cheating and cheating, and provide strong evidence for subsequent accountability.

The economy in the east, west and south of the Tang Dynasty was prosperous, and the existence of the Three Jia Municipal Laws played a decisive role.

However, the Sanjiajun Municipal Law has not been extended to border areas like Lingzhou. After all, the border environment is complex and the changes are too great.

The core of the Sanjiajun Municipal Law is the credibility of the court. Once something goes wrong and causes trouble, it will also affect the credibility of the court.

After all, in a borderland, the sky is high and the emperor is far away, and it is difficult for the court to control it with one hand.

But Monan and Mobei can be this exception...

With the existence of the Qinzhi Road and the towering Khan Road, it is not too far from Chang'an to Lingzhou, Monan, and Mobei. In addition, the imperial court has just won a great victory and its prestige is at its peak. Three more people were frightened by the surrender of the city and took the opportunity to deepen trade. connection with each other.

Di Renjie obviously understood this.

Chen Qingsi goes one step further here.

There is no shortage of visionaries in this era, and there are not a few who can see through the beauty of Sanshoujiang City. But which step can be achieved and what the effect will be is unpredictable.

Even Zhang Renyuan, the founder of the Sanshou Jiangcheng System, didn't know it himself.

Zhang Renyuan's military exploits were not weak, but he was not ranked among the bright generals of the Tang Dynasty, but later generations ranked him as famous as Li Jing and Guo Yuanzhen. After death, people set up temples for him and offered sacrifices at all times.

It relied on the Sanshou surrender system to prevent the Turks from grazing in the mountains, to protect Hetao from nomadic attacks, and to save hundreds of millions of military expenditures every year.

Because Sanshou's surrender to the city was too important, the tribes in Monan and Mobei simply gave up their intention to be enemies and turned to doing business with the Tang Dynasty. They didn't know how to bargain, so they specially invited a large number of Sogdian barbarians from the Western Regions to help them do business with the Tang Dynasty.

Even at the end of the Tang Dynasty, the feudal vassals and towns within the imperial court were seriously divided and the national power was greatly damaged. There was rarely any unrest in Hetao.

People in the Monan and Mobei grasslands who were accustomed to making money peacefully became unwilling to fight.

The Sanshoujiangcheng system exerted a subtle influence on the peace of Hetao for nearly two hundred years.

Therefore, Zhang Renyuan had a very high status in the middle and late Tang Dynasty.

Chen Qingsi knew this effect in advance, and naturally planned to adapt to the current conditions to further let the nomadic people in Mobei and Monan accept the transaction methods of the Central Plains, let them recognize the value of Tang Dynasty currency, and use the economy to deeply bind their interests with the imperial court. Together, we strengthen integration. Whether they can become Chinese in advance, Chen Qingsi doesn't know, but a stable northern border means a steady stream of military and horse resources, without spending more military expenditures, and there is no harm.

Seeing that Chen Qingsi had such courage, Di Renjie also secretly admired him. In the past, Marquis Wu of Zhuge used Shu brocade and Shu straightforward five-baht to play with Wei and Wu.

If Kaiyuan Tongbao can be pushed to the grassland this time, another situation will surely open up.

Chen Qingsi and Di Renjie spent two and a half months to build a large market between Zhongshoujiang City and Dongshoujiang City. They persuaded some businessmen in Lingzhou to move here to maintain the normal food, accommodation and hygiene in the market. operation.

The implementation of currency transactions was also surprisingly smooth.

In addition to Chen Qingsi, Ashina Zhong, and Xue Rengui, who played the style that the Tang Dynasty should have, the Tibetan general Qibi Heli also played a decisive role.

It turned out that Qibi Heli, after being ordered to appease the tribes in Mobei, arrived at his own tribe first, selected ten warriors, went to the depths of Mobei, and summoned Ye Hu from other Tiele tribes.

Qibi Heli expressed the benevolence of the court to the shocked Ye Hu, and re-divided the pastures of the rebellious Five Tieles to express the court's grace first.

Then he also mentioned Li Zhi's request that the five tribes who defected from the clan could not be held accountable. However, those at the level of Ye Hu, She, Special Service, and Commander will not be treated lightly. If anyone is found to be covering up, they will be punished with the same crime.

As a result, more than a hundred heads were placed in front of Qi Bi Heli, including Ye Hu, She, and Special Qin from the Beye Ancient Department.

At that time, Ye Hunizhi of the Yegu tribe was dispersed by Huang Heshou. He fled into the desert in a panic and hid in the desert. Then he sent people to inquire about the situation of other tribes. He did not believe that [-] to [-] troops were killed like this. Broken up.

As a result, they received reinforcements from Zheng Rentai and fled north, seeking help from the Bai Lin tribe and signing a series of unequal treaties.

However, Ye Hu from the Bailin tribe learned that Li Zhi did not forgive the conspirators as generously as Li Shimin in the past, and would severely punish those who protected him, so he immediately sent the heads of Ni Zhi and all his followers.

Li Shimin's generosity was able to gain die-hard loyalists such as Qibi Heli, Ashina She'er, and Zhi lose Sili.

Similarly, Li Zhi's ruthlessness can also make various tribes fear him.

There is nothing more convincing than a good fight and then some reasoning.

Under this trend, the grassland people fully accepted all the systems that were born because of the Monan Market.

As for the Central Plains merchants, they already used the Kaiyuan Tongbao of the Tang Dynasty as a means of trade, so naturally they did not exclude the use of Tongbao for trade.

After the autumn harvest was over, Chen Qingsi started the construction of Sanshoujiang City.

Recruitment of corvees began in Lingzhou, Xiazhou, and Yanzhou, and people from the three states gathered to respond.

In just one day, all the required corvee work was collected.

Chen Qingsi cherished the people's power and avoided recruitment during the late summer and autumn harvest seasons, and was rewarded at this moment.

The people were willing to go north to Monan to serve as corvees led by Chen Qingsi.

(End of this chapter)