back to ancient times to be emperor

Chapter 195 Taiyuan Royal Family
Taiyuan Mansion, located in Hebei Road, is a famous historical city.In ancient times, it belonged to Jizhou, and it was one of the nine states in China.After Qin Shihuang unified China, he divided the world into 36 prefectures, and set up Taiyuan County, which was governed by Jinyang.In the Han Dynasty, there were thirteen prefectures in the whole country, and Jinyang was established by the Ministry of Governors of Bingzhou, which was also the beginning of Taiyuan being called Bingzhou.

Since the Jin Dynasty, until the former dynasty, Taiyuan has been called Jinyang City for more than 700 years.At the beginning of the Dashun Dynasty, in order to distinguish it from the previous dynasty, a system of state capitals was established, and it was first called Taiyuan Prefecture.

Taiyuan Mansion has always been a battleground for military strategists. Since ancient times, there has been a saying that "the key point of the four frontiers controls the capital of Wuyuan". It was an important military town in the ancient north.Because many emperors in history started from Jinyang, it is considered by the world to be the place where dragons dive, so it is also called Longcheng.

A Fengshui master once said that Zhoushan is the "dragon horn", Longshan and Tianlongshan are the "dragon tail", and Jinyang is the center of the dragon, so there are often "true dragon emperors".Fearing that someone would rise up to compete with them again, the former court set fire to Jinyang City, and then diverted Fen River and Jin River to irrigate the ruins of Jinyang City.Later, due to foreign aggression, the former dynasty had to build a new Jinyang City in Tangming Town.At that time, in order to break the "dragon vein" so that it would never stand up forever, only T-shaped streets were built in the whole city, and cross roads were not built.Since then, there has been no real dragon emperor in Taiyuan, which is why the royal family in Taiyuan is declining day by day.

Thinking about how prestigious the Taiyuan Wang family was, it was listed as one of the five surnames and seven clans together with the Longxi Li family, Zhaojun Li family, Qinghe Cui family, Boling Cui family, Fanyang Lu family, and Xingyang Zheng family.These five surnames and seven clans are united, and even the emperor will give them a little face.

Unexpectedly, yesterday's prosperity has turned into smoke and smoke, and today's Wang family is nothing but an empty shell, and the hearts of the people have long since dispersed.The huge mansion has long been divided into several houses, all of which are under the command of the head of the Wang family in name, but in fact each house does its own thing, and the head of the Wang family is just an empty title.

However, an aristocratic family is an aristocratic family after all, and even a bad ship has a three-point nail. After the decline of the Wang family's official career, they moved to the shopping malls and achieved great achievements.There was no such thing as a salt tax in the previous dynasty. Only after the establishment of the Dashun dynasty, due to the difficulty of taxation, did the sale system be implemented.Salt, wine, tea, etc. are included in the sales ranks to enrich the treasury.This made the Taiyuan Wang family, who was already a little bit depressed, see hope, and their vision was extremely vicious, and they immediately took a fancy to the salt that everyone needed.Relying on the salt banknotes he obtained through clearing his joints and secretly selling private salt, he gradually amassed a huge amount of money and became the biggest salt lord in Dashun.

The good times didn't last long, and the Wang family's glory again, but it lasted for more than a hundred years.Perhaps Taiyuan's feng shui really failed, and the imperial decree once again plunged the Wang family into the abyss: the little emperor who had not been in power for a long time actually decreed to cancel the official salt and sell it!This is tantamount to a thunderbolt from the blue, which made Taiyuan Wang's eyes dizzy.

The little emperor had already tidied up the officialdom before, and it was rare for him to clear up the atmosphere in the officialdom.But for Taiyuan Wang, who aims to get the salt money, this is not good news.When the Patriarch of the Wang family kept talking about the bad business, a bigger blow came suddenly and knocked him out: "Is this little emperor really not giving people a way to survive?"

Looking at the mountains of well salt and green salt in stock, the Patriarch of the Wang family thought for a long time, then gritted his teeth and stomped his feet, and quietly gathered several other salt lords who were very close to the Wang family to discuss the way out.

These families all agreed that, according to the wishes of the head of the Wang family, while inciting armed salt bandits who sell private salt to cut off the transportation of sea salt along the coast, they planned to undermine the little emperor's New Deal.Their original intention was that once the little emperor's new deal was broken, they would have to go back to the previous official salt business, and they would be able to sit and collect money again.It really complied with that sentence, it is easy to go from frugality to extravagance, but difficult to go from extravagance to frugality.Accustomed to making money every day, who is willing to go back and eat cornbread to live a miserable life?

These businessmen, they only have money in their eyes, how can they control the life and death of others and the rise and fall of the country?Lu Chengqi's new policy is good for most people, but it is not good for them, so they have to oppose it.The purpose of doing those little tricks secretly is to return to the original official salt system.

They thought they had acted cautiously enough, and they also knew that this was an act of ransacking their families and exterminating their families.But people die for money, birds die for food, they still decided to take the risk.They really underestimated the inspectors. In less than two months, they had already appeared on Lu Chengqi's imperial table.

Needless to say, Lu Chengqi was furious and sent nearly [-] imperial troops to encircle and suppress these aristocratic families.The Wang family also had a source of news in the court, so they got the news first.At this time, the patriarchs of these aristocratic families in the outskirts of Chang'an City, upon hearing the news, have long been scattered like birds and beasts, and went back to their respective homes, each looking for their own mothers, seeking good fortune for themselves.

If Lu Chengqi didn't make this matter a court discussion, maybe they could really be caught off guard, just like the imperial decree before, it came quietly.But once it was put on the court discussion, the result was that some officials quietly spread the news, so that these aristocratic families got wind of it and fled back home long ago.

At this moment, the Patriarch of the Wang family, who was rushing back to Taiyuan non-stop, urgently held a family meeting to discuss how to deal with it.As soon as they heard that the emperor had sent out the imperial army, these old fellows were so frightened that their legs went limp, and they couldn't even speak smoothly.

One of them was quite calm and said: "I think it's better to plead guilty as soon as possible, so that the green hills remain, and there is no need to worry about no firewood. The little emperor is not a bloodthirsty person. He even let corrupt officials go. Does he still care about us?" ? Big deal, donating all the hoarded salt to the court, won’t the problem be solved?”

Everyone here is silent, this method is the best method at present.The Patriarch of the Wang family slowly raised his head, he no longer had the childlike face and hair, and now he looked as if he was more than ten years old.The head of the Wang family is Wang Yuanshi, who is already in his sixties this year.The ancients did not live long, and people over the age of sixty are rare.Only such a family can keep Wang Yuanshi so well maintained.

Wang Yuanshi previously invited the family of salt peddlers and several gangs of smuggling salt leaders to discuss in secret how to undermine the New Deal.Unexpectedly, in just over two months, the matter had already been revealed.He just rushed back to Taiyuan Mansion from Chang'an just to find the last chance of survival.

After hearing what the man said just now, Wang Yuanshi was noncommittal.He knew that time was urgent, and he didn't know where the imperial army was now. He rushed back all the way without changing horses, and held this family meeting without even taking a sip of water.The Wang family is so big, he can't sum up life and death in one word.

At this time, a person laughed and said: "Yuanfeng is worrying too much. In my opinion, the so-called officers and soldiers are nothing more than local chickens and dog ears. With three thousand armored men in the mansion, they can beat the forbidden army. Besides, there is still a man in the mansion." With [-] bows and crossbows, how can it be compared with the officers and soldiers? I am a man from Taiyuan, and I am strong in nature. I am used to military horses, so how can I be afraid of the officers and soldiers? Dashun has no morals, so it is better to take this opportunity to raise the flag of rebellion, and the four sides will surely respond When the time comes, the Dashun Building will collapse, and we don't know who will win!"

(End of this chapter)