A thousand-year-old family that began with the Battle of Makino

Chapter 541 Xuanhua County established six new towns to complete the rule of Beiding.

In the eyes of some people, the construction of Huguo Temple and Xuanhua City is a waste of taxes and large-scale construction projects.

But Bai Shu knew very well that Xuanhua City was established not only to take over the Huguo Temple, but also to take over part of the cultural functions of Qiyang in Kyoto.

Qiyang is the cultural, political, economic and military center of the Xia Kingdom. In recent years, due to overpopulation, it almost caused famine and food prices soared. Fortunately, the court discovered it in time and Bai Shu personally allocated military supplies to suppress it.

Since the founding of Daxia, the population around Qiyang (including the army, monks, and merchants stationed in Qiyang) once exceeded 500,000, which put great pressure on the imperial court.

Because unlike the Jin Dynasty, which dominated the world, the Xia Kingdom had the advantage of water transportation and transportation from various wealthy states and counties in the world.

What the Xia State only had was the advantage of its navy, the smooth transportation of the Yellow River, the continuous blood transfusion of Si and Ji states, and the newly developed maritime transportation.

But these are just a drop in the bucket. Hebei alone cannot support the capital's population of 500,000.

In order to solve the problem in Qiyang, Bai Shu and other ministers studied for several months and searched for good solutions.

Finally, I found a way from a censor's suggestion.

After court deliberation, the imperial court issued the "Edict for the Disciples of Qiyang to Leave Six Towns in Northern Xinjiang".

Among the children of various families in Qiyang, they recruited the common sons of various families who had not inherited the title and were under great pressure in life, or ordinary people from Qiyang, organized and trained them into an army, and went to the six newly established towns in the north to cultivate and garrison.

The imperial court would give great benefits to the Qiyang children who left the town, including rewards for their achievements in cultivating land, promotions for their meritorious service in killing enemies, and policy priorities for promotions.

And they are allowed to resettle their Qiyang relatives there and reunite them after they stabilize themselves.

This move was not only to solve the population problem in Qiyang, but also to completely guard northern Xinjiang and prevent the You and barbarians from causing rebellion.

The effect is also very obvious. By December of this year alone, the population of Qiyang has been reduced to 400,000, and is expected to reach Qiyang's optimal population of 350,000.

On the other hand, due to the continuous rise of Daxia's national power in recent years under Bai Shu's civil and military skills, and the victory in the battle against Yan, Xia's military reputation has penetrated into the hearts of the northern tribes.

In the battle between the Tuoba clan of Dai Kingdom and the Yuwen tribe, the Tuoba clan lost consecutive battles and eventually lost control of Monan and Mobei, leaving only the core territory of Daijun.

Especially after the final decisive battle between Yuwen and Tuoba, the "Yuwen-Tuoba Zimengchuan Battle", with the help of Daxia, Yuwen's tribe won a great victory, and Dai's troops suffered heavy losses.
There were only more than ten thousand Tuoba cavalry who escaped from Zimengchuan, and even Tuoba Yihuai himself almost died.

Tuoba Yihuai, who returned to the capital of the dynasty, knew that with the current strength of the dynasty, he could no longer maintain the title of king and title, and this would bring trouble for him sooner or later.

And because he failed in the battle, there were already rumors in the country of overthrowing him and establishing a new leader.

In order to save his life and preserve the Tuoba family at the same time, Tuoba Yihuai said that news had arrived that Xia State would launch a northern expedition at the beginning of the year while Dai State's strength was damaged, and proposed to surrender.

It just so happened that at this time, the cavalry of Xia She Dongyi Xiaowei and the Northern Xianfu cavalry broke through the previous "Xia Dynasty Contract" and appeared in the buffer zone of both sides, putting great pressure on the monarchs and ministers of Dai.

Under internal and external pressure, many Xianbei adults compromised. After Tuoba Yihuai killed several Xianbei adults who had dissent towards him and who did not agree to surrender.

In February of this year, he surrendered his status to the Xia Kingdom, declared himself a vassal, and voluntarily accepted any adjustments that the Xia Kingdom made to him. His attitude was extremely low.

But the actual situation is that Bai Shu is now focusing all his energy on domestic political construction and has no time to look north. The Xia army's appearance in the buffer zone was only an order from the captain of Dongyi and the general manager of Northern Xinjiang.

At least under the domestic policy of focusing on repairing literature, there is no intention to use military force to replace the country.

But Bai Shu never refuses unexpected surprises, and he doesn't mind showing his kindness to the outside world in order to weaken the enemy's will to resist.

In the end, Tuoba Yihuai was conferred as Duke of Dai, Xianbei Youxian King, Grand Administrator of Daijun, and was given a Duke's Mansion in Qiyang.

(In order to control the rebellious Xianbei people, the Xia Kingdom established three positions: the Great Chanyu, the Zuo Xian King, and the You Xian King, which were held by Yuwen Yi Dougui, Murong Xuan, and Tuoba Yihuai respectively. This is also what Bai Shu played checks and balances.)
So far, Daijun has been peacefully recovered. As for how to peacefully transfer Daijun from the hands of the Tuoba clan to the imperial court, Bai Shu believes that the Xianbei people still cannot defeat the Han people.

After the recovery of Dai County, there was only the Yan State in the northern part of the Xia Kingdom, the Yuwen Department that dominated the south of the desert, and the nomadic tribes scattered in the vast south and north of the desert.

Among them, the Yuwen tribe has clearly pledged its surrender to Daxia, and the scattered tribes have a combined population of hundreds of thousands, but they are scattered in various places, and the price to be paid for unification is too high.

If they are all handed over to the Yuwen Department, maybe another Tuoba Department will be raised.

So in order to guard against the nomadic tribes in the north and some tribes with dissident intentions, Bai Shu ordered to merge the vast grassland areas outside the Qin and Han Great Walls in the northern border areas of Youzhou and Han Dynasty.

Choose a long and narrow area with abundant water and grass, suitable for building a city, close to the summer border, and establish six towns:

Woye Town, Huaishuo Town, Wuchuan Town, Fuming Town, Rouxuan Town and Huaihuang Town.

Six towns were used to suppress the northern border, as well as the scattered Hu people in southern and northern deserts. They belonged to Beijiang Prefecture and obeyed the orders of Bailin, the king of Dongwu, the general manager of Beijiang Prefecture.

(Tian Zhen died in the fifth year of Beiding because of his old age. The vacant position was filled by Bai Lin, the king of Dongwu and the governor of Youzhou. The position of the governor of Youzhou was taken by Bai Tie, the king of Guangning.

Bai Tie is the third son of Bai Shu and the brother of Bai Kai. They are known as brave in the clan commentary. )
The final establishment of the six towns also coincided with the implementation of the "Edict on the Disciples of Qiyang to Leave the Six Towns in Northern Xinjiang".

Since then, the Xia Kingdom has completely controlled the vast northern border through the three kings of Six Towns, Beijiang Prefecture, Dongyi Xiaowei, and Xianbei.

From then on, there were few wars in the north. Beiding ten years
Under Bai Shu's continuous and stable governance for several years and the implementation of many effective measures, Xia's politics were clear and clear, its people were happy, and its political culture reached its peak. The world called it the "Government of Beiding."

Under the governance of various means such as the filial piety promoted by the Daxia royal family, the construction of Huguo Temple, and the establishment of official schools in various prefectures and counties, all aspects of the Xia Kingdom were restored to what they were before the fall of the Jin Dynasty.

(Before Sima Rui, it was called the Jin Dynasty, and after Sima Rui, it was called the Jin State)

(Filial piety can be reflected in the fact that the first thing every emperor of Daxia did after he ascended the throne was to observe mourning for the late emperor for one year. No matter what important matters he had, he could never leave the imperial mausoleum.

However, it is still possible to control the government affairs simply. This is to imitate the rule of Han Dynasty. It is not only to set an example for the world and promote filial piety, but also to provide a rare one-year rest period for the people. )
The culture and customs of Hebei are gradually recovering from the damage they have suffered since the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty.

At the same time, other aspects of the Xia Kingdom have also developed greatly.

Because the Bai family has collected many classics in the past dynasties, many of them have been learned throughout their lives by farm masters and Mohist masters.

In addition to promoting the "Book of Pan Sheng" written by the farmer sage Fan Shengzhi and using many of its methods to increase the yield per mu, he also appointed a large number of farmers' disciples as agricultural officials to go to local areas to teach farmers and mulberry farmers.

Among them, a large number of farmers' disciples emerged who were innovative, the most famous of whom was the rising farmer Jia Sixie.

Jia Sixie's ancestral home is Qingzhou. His ancestors have been farmers for generations, farming and studying. His family escaped from the disasters caused by the war and crossed the river to Pingyuan County. After many twists and turns, they finally came to Qiyang and settled down.

Because of his talent and reputation, his father was recruited and served as the county magistrate of Qiyang County, and Jia Sixie entered Qiyang Dongxiangli Academy to study.

Because of his excellent grades, he was eventually recommended to enter Bai Xue, then Bai Shu, where he became a disciple of a master farmer and learned the art of wall farming.

Later, he went out to serve as a county magistrate, and then entered the field of Shangshu Province as an agricultural official, up to the seventh rank. Being influenced by the domestic custom of "progress in troubled times, and hiding in prosperous times", and tired of the officialdom's schemes, he resigned and retired to seclusion, focusing on studying books at home.

Soon, Jia Sixie borrowed the theory of "timing, location, and harmony" from military circles, and proposed that not only in military affairs, but also in farming, we should pay attention to the three elements of heaven, earth, and people. Manpower and food harvest are abundant.

Relying on this theory and many years of research in the fields, Jia Sixie, at the age of over 40, directly surpassed other people's lifetime achievements. He was hired by Baishu as an agricultural scholar and began to teach disciples.

People often call him Jia Shi. After Bai Shu heard about it, he sent Prince Bai Kai to personally invite him to ask him to be a farmer envoy, leading a group of agricultural officials to guide agricultural production in various places.

In addition, thanks to the large amount of open-pit iron ore discovered in Cheorwon County and the improvement of the iron casting technology of the Daxia Craftsmanship Institute, the agricultural tools of the people of Daxia have been greatly improved.

Under the influence of many factors, Daxia's grain output increased rapidly. The taxation of a county under Sizhou and Jizhou alone could reach the taxation of a barren prefecture in Zhao State, which was comparable to that of Jin State with fertile land. .

In addition, the Xia State inherited the Bai State's policy of "paying equal attention to agriculture and business, with government and business leading". Under the leadership of the Daxia Commercial Bank, Xia State merchants attacked everywhere.

Throughout the world, from the desert grasslands in the north to Korea and even the Japanese country in the east, to the Zhao Kingdom, Jin Kingdom, and the Nanhai Islands in the south, and to the Liang Kingdom, the Western Regions, Kangju and other countries in the west, there are merchants from the Xia Kingdom.

Among them, stemming from hundreds of years of technology accumulated in the Bai Kingdom, mature Taibai wine, white paper, jade pens, inkstones, mulberry silk, Cizhou porcelain and other high-end products are sold overseas.

With the decline of doctors' offices and the successive emergence of peerless medical books such as "Book on Epidemics", "Twelve Treatments of Golden Needles" and "Treatise on Febrile and Miscellaneous Diseases", the level of doctors in various places has been greatly improved.

There was also peace in the Xia Kingdom for several years, and wars were almost kept out of the country, which made the survival rate of the people continue to increase.

According to statistics by Yousi, the population of Daxia has increased from 400,000 households and more than 2 million people during the founding of the People's Republic of China to 500,000 households and more than 3 million people today.

Although some of them increased naturally, most of them came from other areas, such as Zhao and Yan, to avoid disaster, or they had previously escaped disaster in the mountains and returned to their countryside after hearing that the world was peaceful.

In addition, a very rhythmic literary form appeared in Daxia. Compared with the traditional Fu of hundreds or thousands of words, it was extremely short and could only contain a few crosses on a single small piece of paper.

Because the genre is similar to the Book of Songs, the world calls it poetry, or long poems. However, compared with fu, poetry at this time was not as marketable, at least officially, it was not as noble as fu.

Most of them are sought after by people with less profound literary skills and less noble status.

One of them, a man who excelled in both poetry and writing, single-handedly brought the genre of long poetry to the world, especially to the people of Qiyang.

He is Bai Lin, the King of Dongwu and the general manager of the Northern Xinjiang Prefecture.

Bai Lin, who is over fifty years old, has seen too many wars through his experience as the general manager of Northern Xinjiang and his previous military career. "Taking Song".

It describes the scenery of the northern part of the Great Wall, the heroic spirit of the military, and the rigorous calligraphy education Bai Lin received from his family.

Although each article was only a few dozen words short, it was able to arouse the enthusiasm of the people of Qiyang. Many people signed up to settle in the six towns because they were inspired by Bai Lin's long poems.

It greatly promoted the imperial court's policy of immigrating to the six towns, making the population of the six towns reach tens of thousands. Bai Shu even praised Bai Lin at court meetings many times, saying that he was the Confucian commander of Daxia and a role model among the Bai family. , made great contributions to the country, and fed thousands of households.

In addition to Bai Lin's long poems, in the past few years, there have been masterpieces such as "Huguo Temple", "Linyuan Journey", "Beiding Prosperity Picture" and "Qiyang Fu".

The [Seven Sons of Beiding] led by Bai Lin appeared:
Bai Lin (Daxia clan, King of Dongwu, a master of both poetry and calligraphy);
Bai Ming (son of Bai Lin, the eldest son of King Dongwu, who was very good at poetry and calligraphy, and wrote "Lin Yuan Xing");

Zhang Daozhi (Taoist priest of Huguo Temple, good at debating, Taoist scriptures, and a great thinker);
Lu Qiucheng (Master Bai Zong, Xiuwu Lu Qiu family, good at painting, master of Confucianism in "Baizhuan", author of "Beiding Prosperity Picture");

Liu Zai (a descendant of the Liu family in Zhuo County, a master of Bai Shu, good at music);
Cui Qian (a descendant of Cui family of Qinghe, son of Situ and Qinghe Gong Cui Yue, good at calligraphy);
Wang Qing (a descendant of the Wang family in Taiyuan, a Yuefu collector, secretary and assistant minister, "Huguo Temple" and "Qiyang Fu" are all his works).

(End of this chapter)