Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

August [-]th is the day of Mid-Autumn Festival reunion.

A huge motorcade drove up outside a farm in Yongxin Township, the eastern suburbs of Dizhou.

"Uh-" the leading driver shouted, and a green-robed official jumped down.

A group of people came out of the farm.

"Zhang Sima."

"Li Changshi."

After the greetings were completed, Shi Lidong, the head of the Le'an County Prince's Palace, looked at the motorcade stretching to the woods in the distance and asked: "But the summer tax?"

"Exactly." Zhang Sima nodded and said.

To be honest, he felt a little unhappy.

It's really disappointing that the imperial court still spends a lot of tax money to support the former Emperor Tang Xun who has expired.

He was born in the late Tang Dynasty, and he doesn't have much memory about the Tang Dynasty. He is basically a new generation of Xia people.With a background in Confucianism in Jingzhao Mansion, he came to Dizhou from Kansai and served successively as county captain, county magistrate, county magistrate, and prefectural Sima. It has been ten years now, and his official career has been smooth, even very smooth.

Because of this, he had no feelings for the former Tang Dynasty.Everything he had was given by the new dynasty. He was very grateful to the late emperor and had deep feelings for the Great Xia Dynasty, which was established on behalf of the Tang Dynasty. He particularly looked down upon "worms" like Prince Le'an - other nobles had made meritorious deeds, and Le'an was very grateful. Prince An's so-called "credit" is indeed questionable.

But the imperial court wanted to treat this person preferentially, so he had no choice but to escort the five thousand households of Le'an County Prince's food and property to deliver the goods.

The delivered items are mainly physical objects, which is what Huaihai Road and Dizhou are willing to see.

Physical goods are not conducive to long-distance transportation, especially materials such as grain and cloth, which can be used to offset this expense.It is distributed twice a year, in mid-August and early November. Today is the first batch of delivery.

Li Changshi also saw that the state's attitude towards them was not very good, so he didn't say much and only called the servants and accountants to move and count.

The most abundant food is grain, mainly wheat.If it's autumn harvest, a lot of corn and other grains will be mixed with it.

Wheat cultivation is not widespread enough.

Li Changshi sighed while counting.

Silk, woolen cloth and linen are the second largest items.At the beginning, most of the people sent were silk.Now, low-value cloths such as woolen cloth and linen account for more than half.

It's useless to ask. The Dizhou governor replied that this was the tax collected.Anyway, as long as the number of "cloths" is correct, it doesn't matter whether it is silk, linen or other types of cloth!
There are very few copper coins.

More than ten years ago, you could see more than 1000 copper coins, but now they only amount to a few dozen coins.Instead, there was a large amount of "discounting", that is, Dizhou used physical objects to offset cash.

This year's offset items include salted fish, dried meat and a dozen skins.

Li Changshi pinched his nose and opened the lids of the smelly wooden barrels one by one. He looked at the neatly stacked dried fish inside and sighed.

The skins were okay, a few seemed to be sea otter and beaver skins, which were relatively valuable.The Dizhou Prefecture finally had some conscience and didn't commit any crimes.

After taking a rough look around, Li Changshi entered the palace and reported to the study.

Li Ye, the king of Le'an County, was writing an article. After listening to the report, he put down his brush and burst into laughter.

His smile was exaggerated, even a little crazy.

Li Changshi saw him at the side and hesitated to speak, not knowing how to persuade him.

"Thief Shao has this day too!" Li Ye lowered his voice and gritted his teeth.

After saying this, I couldn't help but burst out laughing, laughing so hard that tears came out.

Dog thief!Did you think about dying suddenly when you occupied the He family?I couldn't bear to let go of that bitch He's wife...

It turned out that it was good for you, and you let her give birth to evil offspring one after another without stopping.

Shu Niang is such a virtuous and virtuous child, but she is also taken over by you. What a beast.

There is also the Tang Dynasty, and there is obviously a possibility of recovery, but in the end you insist on taking it away.

Such unfaithful, unjust and disobedient beasts should die well!
"Your Highness!" Li Changshi advised.

Li Ye ignored him at all. After laughing, he sobbed and cried for a long time. Finally, he sat there calmly and panted for a long time.

"Will there be commotion in the world after Shao Er succeeds to the throne?" Li Ye suddenly asked.

Li Changshi shook his head and said, "I've never heard of it."

"What a pity." Li Ye sighed.

"Actually..." Li Changshi hesitated again and again and said, "Shao Shude treats the Li family fairly well and is decent enough."

"Humph!" Li Ye glared at him and said nothing.

"His Royal Highness is crying and laughing, there is no guarantee that any servants in the mansion will notice..." Li Changshi said again.

Li Ye was shocked and felt that he had indeed lost his temper just now.

How could Wang Si not listen to the huge Le'an County Prince's mansion with hundreds of servants?Forget it, even if it was a small matter, even if it was heard, with Shao Shude's temper back then, which was to just laugh it off, it would probably be fine if it were his son. After all, the identity of the former Emperor Tang Xun was still very sensitive.But if Shao Erlang knew what he said just now, it would be very difficult.Even if he doesn't die, he will most likely be deprived of his title, and a few unlucky people in the palace will definitely die.

Li Changshi was from a clan, and many positions in the palace were held by clan members. He lived a comfortable life. He really didn't want to see this happen.

Seeing Chang Shi's panicked look, Li Ye waved his hand and said nothing.

Li Changshi observed him quietly and found that the prince seemed to have suddenly become much older.

He was a little puzzled.It was only half a cup of tea, and this skin was definitely not like this. After thinking about it, it was probably because of the relaxation and aging of the mind.

"Alas." He sighed secretly.

After Shao Shude died, the prince was overjoyed and let out a sigh of relief.

He is also 60 years old. The worried princess Li Jianyi and Yang Kezhen, who was released from Yeting, have died of illness in recent years. How long can he live?

Some eras come to an end.

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Yunnan Road, Yaozhou, Xiaoyu.

The mourning envoy Yang Zhao came out of the post.

The rain was not heavy, and it fell on people's faces, bringing with it a slight chill.

As the connecting point between Nanzhao and Beijing, Yaozhou's transportation is very convenient. Except for the newly built Rongzhou Shimen Road, the other two post roads from the Central Plains all pass through here.

Yang Zhao came from Shimen Road in Rongzhou, passed through Quzhou, entered Kunzhou, and then headed west to Yaozhou and Dali Prefecture.As for Tengzhou and Baozhou, which are further away, he will not go there. He will just send his men to visit them.

Along the way, I was filled with emotions.

Quzhou has been completely dealt with...

This once stronghold in Dongcuan was ravaged by various armies of the imperial court, and eventually the last flame of resistance was extinguished.

After Yang Zhao saw it, he couldn't help but sigh.

The land of Tiannan will basically lose its will after being smelted in the furnace of the Great Xia Dynasty for a hundred years.

The common people will forget who they are, and the wealthy families will compromise with the court and enjoy being an official in Beijing.As for those barbaric tribes, after their leaders are canonized and manipulated, there will only be small chaos - the most embarrassing thing is that most of the soldiers who suppress these small chaos are from Yunnan itself.

"It's over!" Yang Zhao was walking on the post road, looking at the rice grains on the roadside that were gradually turning golden, with a complicated expression.

The tribes of the Western Erhe River have been continuously weakened by the imperial court in the past ten years, and their strength is no longer as good as before.The rest have also been divided into several parts. For example, their Yang family was split into two five years ago. The people of Xi'erhe River are called "Dayang" and "Xiaoyang".

For now, the relationship between Er Yang is relatively harmonious.But what about a few decades from now?Conflicts are bound to occur, and they accumulate over time, and are finally manipulated by the court.

But so what...

Yang Zhao smiled to himself. He had long since given up hope of fighting against the imperial court and could safely serve as an official.His generation cannot do it, let alone future generations.

There is a huge convoy heading north on the far side of the post road.

Yang Zhao knew that he was from the Dian Prince's Palace.According to the sage's decree, each prince's palace only needs to send his heir apparent to attend the state funeral, and the princes and princes do not need to come in person.

The Prince of Dian was sent by the King of Dian, traveling north with more than a hundred carriages.

"The King of Dian has increasingly become Yunnan's talisman, but I don't know if he will be too big to lose his tail in the future." Yang Zhao thought silently in his heart.

In the last three years of the late emperor's reign, the number of Dian soldiers more than doubled to more than [-].Shao Liulang's drastic reforms greatly increased the strength of the vassal state. Later, through political marriage and military conquest, the situation in the country became more stable and gradually became a rope.

Such methods are not much worse than those of the late emperor.

Moreover, he was quite talented in business. He not only opened up the Annan trade route, but also used Baozhou to connect with the Pyu countries and even the Brahmans further away. His business flourished and he gained a lot of profits, and even Even Dali and Kunzhou have heard about it.

But it doesn't stop there.

Yang Zhao knew very well that Yunnan's strength was limited and could not cause any trouble.This is no longer the era of separate vassals and towns. It is not feasible to fight against the world with one corner.It would be fine if the imperial court did not pay attention to Yunnan, but now that mine supervisors are being established one after another, more and more gold, silver, copper and tin are being mined, coupled with the establishment of Yunnan trading companies, it is a bit fanciful to want the imperial court to give up this territory.

Do not believe?Look at the immigration wave that even national mourning cannot stop.

Immigrants from Hebei and Henan are still moving south in batches.

They first occupied the territory vacated by the three prefectures of Li, Ya, and Si, then crossed the Lu River southward and entered Yaozhou, Kunzhou, and later Quzhou.

Especially Yaozhou, as the middle node between the two capitals, has a very large number of people from Hebei, and the accents of Weizhou, Zhenzhou and Cangzhou are everywhere.They brought advanced agricultural technology from the north, which greatly increased Yaozhou's household registration, and the output of grain, fruits, livestock, and silk also increased significantly.

After these people come, it is impossible to leave. They will only "Centralize" Yaozhou, Kunzhou, Quzhou and other places step by step, and eventually turn them into relatively respectful and familiar places, just like any state or county in the Central Plains.

Of course, all of this takes time.

But will Xinjun stop immigration?It seems unlikely.

"Why are you thinking so much!" Yang Zhao shook his head and thought to himself: "Among the new territories of the country, Liaodong and Yunnan are the most difficult to leave. In comparison, the Western Region is a bit dangerous."

Thinking of this, he subconsciously looked to the west, as if his eyes had crossed the mountains and rivers and landed on that distant land.