Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

"When the prince arrived in Chang'an, he inspected the Western Market, summoned merchants from various countries, and inquired about the situation of the trade routes." After the Zhengdan court meeting, Shao Shude, who was slightly drunk, sat in the Xuanzheng Hall of Ziwei City and listened to the official Qiu Silian's report on the prince's whereabouts.

"I arrived in Qianzhou at the end of August and stayed in the courtyard of the wealthy Qi family, mowing wheat with the villagers."

"During the Double Ninth Festival, I hosted a banquet for my parents in Pizhou."

Shao Shude did not speak. He closed his eyes and tapped the armrest of the dragon chair with his right index finger, seeming to be thinking about something.

Kansai is the basic base and the old base area.Not to mention that we have invested a lot of resources over the years, but we really have not treated them badly.

In the selection of officials, Kansai benefits greatly.Apart from anything else, a large group of economics students who have no "university degree" and are equivalent to those who graduated from "TV University" or "vocational high school" are actually running around the world to become officials. Even in the early years of the dynasty, it was rare to see them.

In terms of agriculture, the first batch of outstanding livestock breeds cultivated by Sinong Temple were sent to Tongzhou Shayuanjian for breeding. The people in Kansai near water towers can use them on a first-come, first-served basis.

For example, yellow sprouts were first promoted in Lantian County, Jingzhao Prefecture, and gradually expanded to other states and counties.Nowadays, soybean sprouts have become an indispensable winter vegetable on the winter tables of Kansai people.

The same is true for Wutaicai.

Even in early spring, when the bamboo shoots emerge from the bamboo shoots and the sprouts and shredded bamboo shoots are stewed, it can become a famous local dish.

Henan, Hebei, and Hedong now also have sprouts, but the spread noodles are far inferior to those in Kansai. This is the difference.

The trade routes in Kansai were also opened up.

Although the Silk Road is declining day by day, it is not as competitive as Shanghai Trade.But after all, you can still make money, and the profits are huge.This trade route, which had been greatly affected by the war, was reopened, bringing great benefits to Kansai merchants and even ordinary people.

Without business, local economies will slowly become stagnant.

The continuous construction of first-class national highways over the past decades has also prospered commerce.

As the first first-class national highway to be built, the Liangjing Post Road has long gone beyond Chang'an and Luoyang and extended to distant borders.

In the direction of Kansai, this road has been built to Huizhou.Starting next year, Wulan County on the other side of the Yellow River will recruit slaves and begin to advance towards Lanzhou.

This is a huge project, but Longyou has been at peace for many years and its population has surged, making it worthy of a first-class national highway.

In addition, there are actually many benefits, which are difficult to mention one by one - even in the imperial examination quota, Kansai did not suffer at all, and even took advantage of it.

After seeing these benefits, we can understand the feelings of the people of Guanxi towards the Shao family dynasty.

The prince's visit to these places was purely to consolidate the prestige of the Shao family and enhance its reputation.When he takes over the reins in the future, he will be more stable.

In short, a trip to Kansai is more effective than a trip to Hebei three times.The local fellows spoke so nicely, it felt like I was home.

"In mid-September, the prince led the imperial army to Qingzhou to conduct exercises with the Tibetans in Dangxiang and Jingyuan prefectures in Dongshan."

"At the end of September, I went to the Tiandu Mountain Ranch in Dongcheng City to inspect the military horses. I also trained the sergeants and rewarded hundreds of good horses."

"In mid-October, officials were summoned to the Yellow River Ferry at Huiningguan for questioning. The warehouses and shipyards were inspected and three corrupt officials were punished."

Qiu Silian continued to report.

Shao Shude continued to listen.

Gyeongju Dongsan Dangxiang has long since declined. After 40 years of fighting, too many elite soldiers were mobilized, and the bones of more than [-] people were buried in foreign lands.Afterwards, the people were organized into households and immigrated to Andong Mansion. After all this trouble, there was basically nothing left.

Hengshan Dangxiang, who is as famous as Dongshan Dangxiang, is almost in the same situation. After 40 years, they were originally under the management of the Lifan Yuan, but now they have been transferred to the Ministry of Household Affairs and have become kings.

There were no repetitions in the whole process, everything seemed to fall into place.

There were originally a large number of Tubo tribes in the Jingyuan prefectures. At the end of the Tang Dynasty, they took advantage of the opportunity of the Jingyuan Army to fight against Huangchao and once attacked the city.But now, there are only two or three big cats and kittens left that have been dealt with, which is no longer the case.

Dongshi City is a pasture established in the late Tang Dynasty. It uses the hilly pastures of Jing, Yuan and Huizhou to breed horses. Currently, there are probably more than [-] horses.Tiandu Mountain has lush vegetation and is its core horse breeding area.

Huiningguan Daku is the largest warehouse in the Helong area. It was originally owned by Sinong Temple, later under the Ministry of Household Affairs, and now under the jurisdiction of the Tax Supervisor.

The main purpose of building this warehouse city was to store taxes and grain from Longyou and Hexi Roads.

Huining Pass is also one of the most important nodes, or starting point, for water transportation in the upper reaches of the Yellow River.Going up further is very dangerous and can only be transported by sheepskin rafts and wooden rafts.

The imperial court set up a shipyard here to make use of the rich and high-quality timber resources in the Daxue Mountain (Hasi Mountain) to build inland river ships to communicate between Guanbei and Hedong.

Hearing these familiar place names, Shao Shude couldn't help but think of the prosperous days when Longyou was swept by electricity.

When many people advised him to go south to Guanzhong, he marched westward, regained the lost land in Helong, and gained great prestige. At that time, going south to Guanzhong was feasible militarily but not politically feasible. This was the main reason. .

It later proved that Tibet, which was in disarray, had long been unable to occupy these territories.After capturing Helong, the Shuofang military regime established by Shao Shude was already in the heyday of Xixia history, taking the lead in the struggle for hegemony in the world.

"It's been 40 years in the blink of an eye. I can't even remember the details of the recapture of Lanzhou." Shao Shude sighed: "I can only remember that Tian Xing was hit by an arrow and fought hard without retreating. I didn't want to let the Tubo know that the general was injured and damage my morale. And again Yang Liang fought bravely and defeated the enemy, taking the lead and killing Tubo until they fled in panic. Unfortunately..." Unfortunately, Yang Liang died in the battle, Tian Xing died of illness, and the two early heroes and generals have disappeared in the wind.

Qiu Silian stopped.

"Go on." Shao Shude continued to sleep with his eyes closed, not wanting to consume more energy.

"At the end of November, the prince went to Lanzhou to inspect the silver mines and harvest winter vegetables with the people."

"In December, he summoned officials from Hezhou, Wei, Min, Tao, Wu, Die, and Tangzhou. In the same month, he led a small number of personal followers to Wuzhou to inspect the soap workshops."

"In the first month, we have arrived in the Qingtang Dynasty and summoned the chiefs of various tribes to form an alliance."

There is indeed a silver mine in Lanzhou, and it can even be said to be the first silver mine that Shao Shude obtained in his early years.Nowadays, the output is gradually increasing, with an annual output of several thousand kilograms of silver and several thousand kilograms of copper, but it has almost reached its peak.

Further down, although there are still huge veins of minerals, they cannot be mined with the current technology.

The soap workshop has also been established for several years.

Today, the soap industry in Daxia has two major patterns: one in the south and one in the north.The south is in Baping City, which is within the territory of Dian Kingdom, and the north is in Wuzhou, which is produced using the rich local olive resources.

Not surprisingly, the sales volume of toilet soap was very good. It suddenly replaced the traditional soap soap and became popular all over the river and north and south of the Yangtze River.The Ministry of Internal Affairs has been making a lot of money from this thing, and now even the wool spinning workshops are almost closed, focusing on emerging industries such as carriages, furs, printing, inks, and soaps.

There will always be people who appreciate good things.

In places such as Taozhou, Diezhou, and Tangzhou in Longyou Road, there are many Tubo people and even more Qiang people.The imperial court relied on peaceful means to conquer these places.It is precisely because of this that local sentiments are complicated and relations are intricately intertwined.

The fact that the prince was able to summon officials and chiefs from these places to question and comfort him showed that he was awake, able to grasp the key points, and knew what he should do. This was enough.

Qiu Silian thought about this and did not continue.

This will be the first month of the year, and the news will be lost here.

After hearing this, Shao Shude opened his eyes and said: "I didn't just look at things, but I settled down to understand the people's livelihood in various states. It's very good, very good."

When patrolling the place, if there are people who are superficial, just enjoy the scenery, eat, drink and have fun, and flirt with beautiful women.Some people carefully observe local customs, people's lives, the quality of official governance, etc.

Shao Chengjie punished two corrupt officials at the grain depot and a corrupt shipyard at Huining Pass. In fact, the crimes he committed were not serious and could not be seen without careful inspection. However, his attitude was more serious, or more sincere, and he caught these people. out.

In addition, he mows wheat during the autumn harvest and harvests sprouts in the winter. Even if it is a performance, it is not easy to actually do it.

Banquets with village elders, meetings with alliance chiefs, drill sergeants, etc. are all political behaviors.

In fact, traveling westward itself is a big political act, and this big act is composed of such small political acts.The prince knew what he was going to do on his westward journey and was very serious about it, which satisfied Shao Shude.

This son has also been "on standby" for many years.Going on patrol on behalf of the emperor is an act that is closer to the emperor. He must be very happy, right?
He also thought of the Kansai elders.

The wars in the Western Regions in recent years have been a bit hard on them.The most annoying thing is not the taxes, but the corvee.

In ancient times, corvee was definitely more ferocious than tax, and it was more devastating to people's families.

The five-year war with Persia placed a greater burden on the people of Kansai.However, overall, they are still relatively happy.

During the reign of Emperor Xizong of the Tang Dynasty, the entire world was at the height of war intensity, and Guanxi had generally achieved peace.

They experienced peace more than ten years earlier than Henan, 20 years earlier than Hebei, and 30 years earlier than Jiangnan and Hedong.

To be honest, it is not too much to encounter such a large-scale war after so many years.

The prince stepped forward to comfort him and calm his heart, and that was almost enough.

"After the Spring Society Festival, I will take the prince north to Ganzhou, and then turn eastward. There is no need to go to Su, Sha and Guazhou." Shao Shude ordered: "I feel a little bit——"

Something is wrong.

But he wouldn't say this to anyone else.The prince is his child, and the world is also his child, and they are all reluctant to let go.

He quickly left the Xuanzheng Hall and climbed to a high tower, overlooking Luoyang.

The construction concept of this city is originally related to the astrology.

Ziwei is the cardinal, and Yishui is the star man. Looking at it at this time, the lights of thousands of families in Luoyang City are like the stars in the sky.

The brilliance of Xinghan, if you can see it, how magnificent!Beautiful!

Take a few more glances.This year, he is leaving the city.