Chapter 389 The Yancheng Dispute

Author: Gongsun Wujiu

Chapter 389 The Yancheng Dispute

Liu Yi, Du Ling, Fu Jiezi and Feng Fengshi also participated in the salt and iron discussion as representatives of the Western Regions.

As in the original history, representatives of all forces at the meeting tried their best to fight for the rights of their own forces.

Prime Minister Che Qianqiu hoped to use this meeting to suppress Huo Guang's power.

Sang Hongyang hoped to strengthen the salt and iron monopoly system and expand his power.

The virtuous literature hoped to first abolish the salt and iron monopoly; secondly, abandon the expansion policy of the Han Dynasty since the previous emperor, and abandon Korea, Jiaozhi, and the land in the river; thirdly, take back the power of running libraries and schools.

Liu Yi and others hoped to maintain the status quo and restore Zhuya and Zhan'er counties.

Huo Guang planned to suppress Sang Hongyang and reduce Sang Hongyang's power.

The emperor hoped to maintain the balance of the court and maintain his aloof status.

The king of Yan and other princes hoped to provoke internal fighting between the officials of Chang'an and restore their own power.

At the beginning of the meeting, representatives from all parties had a heated debate.

After more than a month of debate, the meeting ended in mid-August.

The outcome of this meeting was not satisfactory to all parties.

The emperor originally hoped that this meeting could balance the forces of all parties and maintain the status quo of the court, but instead it broke the original balance.

Except for the elimination of the liquor monopoly and the ironware monopoly in some areas, nothing actually changed.

Only Sang Hongyang was truly affected.

Che Qianqiu hoped that this meeting would limit Huo Guang's power, but instead it strengthened Huo Guang's power.

Xianliang Literature’s request to change the national policy of the Han Dynasty also failed to materialize.

The proposal to restore Zhuya and Zhan'er counties also failed.

With the support of Huo Guang, Liu Yi, Shangguan Jie and others, the Han Dynasty would continue the policies of the former emperor.

However, Huo Guang also made some promises in order to appease Xianliang Literature and the Guandong Group.

The Han Dynasty will not launch a large-scale war against the Xiongnu within three years.

After the discussion of salt and iron, and with the persuasion of virtuous literature, the emperor issued an edict to change the Yuan Dynasty to Yuanfeng in September of that year.

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Half of my life has been windy and rainy, and half of my life has been cold. A glass of turbid wine is a toast to the passing years. Looking back on the past half of my life, I feel seven parts bitter and three parts sweet.

The sunrise in the east wakes people up, but it is not as understanding as the sunset. I say goodbye and never see each other again, and I end up spending the rest of my life alone.

The breeze gave me a pot of wine, and I lay drunk among the flowers in the moonlit building. The clear moonlight was there at the right time, and it disappeared in a blink of an eye.

The low strings stir in my heart, the high strings resonate again, and the wonderful sound makes my eyes cry. Who will I spend the rest of my life with?

When the Yao Qin plays and falls on the maple road, who is crossing this bridge? It cannot be crossed! The road of no return! The sound of Zen curls around the space, like the dew that bathes the heart.

Life is a bumpy road, but if you let it happen and your mind is calm, you will be a fairy. The sunset has already taken over half of the sky, who can give me another youth?

After Zhang Yue paid homage to Han Dynasty, he stood on the high mountain north of Jingbian Village and couldn't help but sigh.

"Junhou, come back!"

Zhang Zhan appeared behind him at this time.

Zhang Yue nodded and looked back at Han **'s tomb again.

Then we walked down the mountain first. At this time, everyone was already waiting at the foot of the mountain. Just waiting for Zhang Yue to board the car, they would continue their journey back west.

Zhang Yue looked at the people waiting for him and the group of personal guards, and he felt heroic in his heart.

He shouted towards the green mountains and grasslands in the distance.

"Ten thousand years is too long, seize the day!"

Then he jumped on the imperial chariot and led everyone westward.

When the results of the Salt and Iron Debate were delivered to him, he had already returned to Luntai and had begun a new round of reforms in the entire Western Region.

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After the coalition forces led by Li Ling captured the city of Nissa, they carried out a planned and organized looting of the entire city.

Four days later, Li Ling issued an order to retreat.

At this time, the governors of the Parthian Empire around Nissa had barely assembled an army of 40,000.

If the Parthians took the initiative at this time, they might be able to regain a lot of population and wealth.

It is a pity that several governors have the attitude of seeking no merit but no fault, and no one is willing to take the initiative to send troops to attack the coalition forces returning from the north.

Everyone was waiting for the army sent by Ctesiphon.

It's a pity that the traffic conditions in the Parthian Empire are terrible.

When the army arrived in the Nyssa area, the coalition forces led by Li Ling had already retreated to the northern part of the Caspian Sea.

Faced with such a situation, Gortarzes I, as a generation of heroes, naturally found it unbearable to face the looted city of Nissa.

He vowed to take revenge on the barbarians.

Unfortunately, most of the unsatisfactory things in life are the same as being an emperor.

Just when Gortarzes I was preparing to launch a war against the barbarians in his mouth.

The Romans in the west first launched an eastward invasion.

To the Parthian Empire, the west was more important than the east.

In order to deal with the ambitious Romans, Gotharzes I had to temporarily stop his actions against the barbarians and turned his main experience to the west.

The Parthians and the Romans once again launched a protracted war over Egypt and Palestine.

The coalition forces that retreated to the northern areas of Caspian Sea and Atami used this time to quickly digest the results of this battle.

This time the coalition invaded the Parthian Empire, not only gained huge wealth, but more importantly, gained a large population.

Although a large number of people died along the way, the number of people brought back to the headquarters by the coalition forces still amounted to 70,000.

After excluding the more than 10,000 people assigned to Amancai, Li Ling, Nimi, and Wujiutu, there were still more than 60,000 people left.

After some discussion, the three people distributed the population.

As the commander-in-chief of the coalition forces, Li Ling obtained more than 14,000 men, including more than 1,000 craftsmen.

Ni Mi, who sent the largest number of troops, obtained more than 20,000 ordinary people and more than 300 craftsmen.

Wujiutu was allocated more than 16,000 people and more than 700 craftsmen.

After the three people were divided, there were still more than 10,000 people left.

These people were given to various Xiongnu tribes according to the plan, among which King Youxian naturally had the largest number, and he received half of the population.

As for the wealth obtained, Li Ling received 20%, while Wujiutu and Nimi each received 15%.

The remaining 40% belonged to the Han Dynasty according to the agreement. The remaining 10% was given to King Youxian of the Xiongnu.

Just as the three of them had finished dividing the spoils, King Youxian also sent someone to deliver the 6,000 original Xianbei tribesmen that Shanyu had given to the Jiankun tribe.

Li Ling was overjoyed to receive these people. Originally, he was still having a headache on how to digest the newly acquired population.

The Jiankun tribe originally had more than a thousand tents and a total population of less than ten thousand. It was impossible to absorb such a large number of people.

Now that we have these six thousand original Xianbei tribesmen, it will be much easier to handle.

The Xianbei people originally belonged to the Donghu people, and were not much different from the Xiongnu Jiankun people.

After Li Ling accepted 6,000 tribesmen, he immediately announced in public that these original Xianbei tribesmen would henceforth be Jiankun people and have the same power and status as the original Jiankun people.

As for the population plundered from the Parthian Empire, except for the more than a thousand craftsmen who received slightly higher treatment, the rest were all beaten into slaves.

As for how to treat these slaves, Li Ling was determined to fully learn the policies implemented by Zhang Yue in the Western Regions.

Ni Mi and Wu Jiutu naturally followed Zhang Yue's approach in the Western Regions.

If nothing unexpected happens, I will update it tomorrow with 10,000 words, divided into two big chapters!
Chapter completed!