He called over a dozen people who were blocked by the camp gate. They were indeed Zhou Yuan's wife Zhao, his concubine Tian and his two daughters-in-law, as well as his concubine's son Zhou Shengqiao who was only fourteen years old. He was the one who saw Su Hongyu and Chun Shi just now.
Sanniang shouted, which attracted Li Zhigao's attention.
Accompanied by several old servants who could not bear to abandon them until the end, Zhou's wife and others rushed to the Supervisory Mansion Prison today to visit the prison. Unexpectedly, Li Zhigao and Yun Puzi came over, and they were blocked from the prison gate and were not allowed to enter.
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Li Zhigao was not familiar with the women and children in Zhou Yuan's mansion, but Su Hongyu and Chun Shisanniang had many interactions with them.
Zhou's wife Zhao was already a gray-haired old woman, but Zhou's concubine Tian was a beautiful woman in her early thirties. She was accepted by Zhou Yuan the year after he was appointed minister of the Ministry of Works when he was in Jinling.
After Lu Qingxia, Zhou Yuan and others were imprisoned and escorted to Luoyang by Zhao Mengji, several concubines of Zhou Yuan and even his son Zhou Wen and Zhou Xing broke away from the Zhou family after receiving the divorce letters.
There is no status, so there is no way to pardon the children who are guilty of the crime, either directly naturalize in Luoyang, or take a merchant ship to and from the Jianghuai River to return to their hometown to join their families.
Only the Tian family was favored by Zhou Yuan. Before entering the Zhou family, she was an orphan. She had lived in a prostitute village since she was a child. She was very grateful to be redeemed by Zhou Yuan. At this time, she and her young son Zhou Shengqiao were still with the Zhao family and dozens of other women and children of the Zhou family.
They lived together and waited for the final judgment of the Supervisory Office against Zhou Yuan and others.
Li Zhigao called them over and walked to the prison together; however, before they could go in, they saw Feng Yi and Kong Xirong riding their horses, surrounded by several mounted guards.
"How could such a lively event be without the two of us?" Feng Yi jumped down with a smile and threw the reins to his followers.
Kong Xirong had a wry smile on his face. He rushed to Tongguan and Hejin in the past few days to determine the construction status of the first central camp army garrison. He returned to Luoyang last night and wanted to finalize the list of generals and officers for the camp army with the General Staff Office. Everything was in order, but he was still
Feng Yi forced him over.
"It's a pity that I can't drag you here, otherwise the old people of Linjiang Marquis Mansion can have a happy reunion." Feng Yi said with a shy face.
"It's not that I can't, but I don't have the guts, right?" Spring Thirteenth Lady laughed at him.
"It's not like I'm not brave. There are too many people watching in Shangyangyuan. If I'm a little more arrogant and not so disciplined, countless people will attack me with quarrels and swords. Who can withstand it?" Feng Yi said.
Han Qian broke too many rules, but Han Daoming, Gu Qian, Feng Liao, Zhu Juezhong and even Guo Rong, Yuan Guowei and others all wanted to set up rules as a demonstration. No matter how unscrupulous Feng Yi was, he would not
Don't dare to offend the public.
Su Hongyu was quite emotional, thinking that in the Linjiang Marquis Mansion back then, it was true to say that things were different and people were different. After all, Yang Yuanpu, Li Pu, Li Chong, Chen De and others were all deceased, but the left and right officials of the Linjiang Marquis Mansion and the Cheng
Many old people in the department, including Zhigao, Guo Rong, Kong Xirong, Feng Yi, Chai Jian, Anji Xiang, and Yuan Guowei, all gathered in Luoyang, while his wife, Zhou Yuan, and Xishui became prisoners in Luoyang.
That means Zhang Ping, Jiang Huo and others stayed in Jinling.
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The jailer searched the prison twice before noon to prevent the prisoners from hiding any sharp objects. Zhou Yuan realized that today was different from the past, but he counted the days and looked forward to his family coming to visit the prison today, but he didn't think too much about it.
In the afternoon, a group of jailers came over and shackled him and his sons, Zhou Wen and Zhou Xing, out of the cell.
Walking into the corridor leading to the Yamen Hall, Zhou Yuan saw Lu Qingxia and Yao Xishui being escorted from the female prison by the jailer. He felt a little guilty and couldn't help but asked with emotion: "Is it about time?"
Lu Qingxia looked up at Zhou Yuan and asked, "Are you scared?"
"..." Zhou Yuan glanced at the two sons behind him, did not answer Lu Qingxia's question, and murmured to himself, "But I don't know what price Han Qian sold us for, so he sold us at this time."
Take him to Jinling!"
They were first imprisoned by Zhao Mengji, and then escorted to Luoyang. Even if their immediate family members could visit the prison, the women and children of the Zhou family were still under residential surveillance at this time. Zhou Yuan, Lu Qingxia and others had no idea how the external situation had developed for half a year.
Already.
However, they no longer had any extravagant hopes about their fate, and they had long concluded that Han Qian did not execute them directly because their greatest role in Han Qian was to be sent to Jinling to be tortured.
Entering the prison yamen hall, Zhou Yuan and others saw Li Zhigao, Feng Yi, Kong Xirong, Yun Puzi, Chun Shisanniang, and Su Hongyu sitting in the hall; his wife Zhao, concubine Tian, and others were also standing in the yamen.
In the corner of the hall.
Zhou Yuan stood stunned, then subconsciously looked at Lu Qingxia and Yao Xishui.
He didn't know how the situation had changed, but Li Zhigao was sitting in the Yamen Hall, and the governor of the prison, who was a high-ranking official in Luoyang's official system, was only accompanying the last person. He could also imagine their fate, and maybe they were not sent to Jinling.
The trial was so miserable.
"Guanzhong was captured so quickly?" Lu Qingxia seemed to be muttering to himself, looking sadly at the clear sky outside the government hall.
Yun Puzi, Han Wenhuan, and Lei Jiuyuan are old and no longer hold any positions, but they have a high status in Luoyang. Li Zhigao and Yun Puzi sit side by side. Feng Yi, who is Han Qian's direct henchman,
, Kong Xirong was sitting at the bottom, and she also guessed that Li Zhigao would definitely give up the military power of the Liangzhou Army and be transferred to Luoyang to take up a high position.
The reason for this situation must be that Liang Jun had regained Guanzhong, making Yongzhou and Liangzhou merge into one.
"The war ended in late May," Li Zhigao said with emotion. Although he was convinced that it would not be difficult to regain Guanzhong after the victory at Zhiguanxing, he could also understand Lu Qingxia's emotion, "Your Majesty also misses the old friendship.
I have no intention of sending you to Jinling for trial, and I plan to use Liang’s laws to sentence you..."
"After regaining Guanzhong, he no longer needs to take care of Jinling's face. Or if the soldiers and civilians of Jinling become angry and provoke trouble because of this matter, they can give him an excuse to send troops to Jinling as the main force, right?" Lu Qing
Xia said.
"I say, Lord Lu, you have fallen to this point, you should put down your dignity." Feng Yi smiled and said, "When Zhao Mengji escorted you to Luoyang, if he had not Zhi Gao interceded for you with his own future,
You have been sent to Jinling to be tortured a long time ago. Why bother in Luoyang to get into trouble? What kind of bargaining chips do you think you can really count? If you could really see through Han Qian's mind, would you have fallen into today's situation step by step? Besides, before
The fall of the dynasty lasted only more than thirty years, and the world was reunited and the wars between the separatists were ended. This is what hundreds of millions of people are thinking about. Maybe this is not enough. I need to use you to provoke Jinling and provoke trouble, as a clumsy act.
An excuse? You must have an excuse. The Book of Songs says: In the whole world, are there any kings who lead the land?
Are they the king's ministers? Confucius said: One can rule the world; Mencius said: Within the four seas is like a family - among these sages who listen to the holy words, which one is not much more upright and upright than you? Of course, you can do the deeds of surrendering to barbarians.
After all, I must not understand these moral principles!"
"..." Lu Qingxia was speechless. She never thought that one day she would be silenced by Feng Yi, a libertine.
"I say that Han Qian's decision is really not wrong. You should be imprisoned forever, with a bunch of moral articles, so that you can read them endlessly every day and reflect on the bad things you have done over the years." Feng Yi came brightly.
Even if it bites someone, it will chase and beat them fiercely.
"Your Majesty is kind to others. No matter how guilty you are, you will only be sentenced to your crime, and no one else will be punished. I have been in Luoyang for a while, but I was too busy. I only got away to visit my wife today. I hope you don't take offense.
." Li Zhigao said.
"Don't worry about it anymore. The previous dynasty was destroyed and the world was torn apart. You and I, the sons of the Li family, have lost our families. At the same time, how many people are struggling in dire straits? However, the people who caused all this have already been human beings.
No. Do you think that today's Daliang is still the Daliang that caused the destruction of the old dynasty and the ruin of your family? Do you want to vent your resentment on the kings, ministers and people of today's Daliang?"
Yun Puzi advised with great emotion,
"Zhigao's face is big enough. He has already asked you to go to the Supervisory Office to sentence you two to life imprisonment. If you can hand over the list of disciples scattered all over the world in Wanhonglou, I will go out of my way to ask you.
I will provide them with proper accommodation, and I will also ask you to give me a Taoist temple so that you can cultivate your morality and nature together. Even if you have lingering resentments in your heart, you may not care about the rights and wrongs of this world..."
Although Zhao Mengji captured Lu Qingxia and others in Mengzhou, there were still some disciples who were lurking outside Mengzhou in the late Honglou and did not fall into the law.
Han Qian can give Lu Qingxia and the others some preferential treatment, such as being under house arrest in a Taoist temple for the rest of his life, which will definitely be much more nourishing than living in Zhang Yu's cell for the rest of his life, but the prerequisite is that Lu Qingxia and the others also have to pay for it.
Come with some sincerity.
Of course, only after the remnant forces of Wan Honglou are wiped out can the supervision of Lu Qingxia and others be slightly relaxed to avoid causing any more trouble.
Otherwise, if Han Qian spared their lives, it would really be a huge shame for Li Zhigao and Yun Puzi.
"..." Lu Qingxia glanced at Yao Xishui, who looked downcast, and let out a long sigh. At this time, she knew in her heart that no matter how much she struggled to resist, it would be meaningless...
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Lu Qingxia finally handed over the list of Wanhonglou's disciples lurking in other places, and whether it was to identify and pursue them, or to persuade them to surrender, he even persuaded some of the Wanhonglou disciples lurking in Heshuo and Hedong to switch sides and work for the Military Intelligence Department
Everything used is the responsibility of Xi Faer.
Lu Qingxia, Zhou Yuan, and Yao Xishui were sentenced to life imprisonment and sent to Liuyun Temple where Yun Puzi was. Although they could not step out of Liuyun Temple, they were quite comfortable in the temple and could read the Di newspaper every day.
, understand many things happening in the outside world; they can even have access to the new academic books compiled by Luoyang Comprehensive College, allowing them to understand how crude the secrets they have snooped into in the past are actually.
Su Hongyu, Chun Shisanniang, and even Ye Feiying, who was dragged to serve in the women's conservatory by Princess Yunhe, would occasionally visit them in the temple.
In the end, Zhou Yuan's second son, Zhou Wen and Zhou Xing, and some of the core disciples of the Late Red Mansion were only sentenced to five or ten years of hard labor.
After solving these worries, Li Zhigao devoted his energy to the General Staff Office, but he found that there were still too many things to learn after arriving in Luoyang.
In particular, the impact of new technologies developed by Xinxue on various combat methods and logistics and transportation supplies is indirectly or directly related to the specific details of the southern Shanxi combat plan; a clear and accurate estimate of Daliang's national power,
It is more related to the advancement method, speed and predetermined campaign goals of subsequent war arrangements.
Li Zhi was appointed by Han Qian to serve as the governor of the Second Central Bank Camp.
In addition to his second son, Li Tian, who temporarily stayed with him as his attendant, Li Zhigao also specially seconded two senior professors from Luoyang Comprehensive College to serve in the General Staff Office to assist him in developing a more comprehensive and in-depth understanding of Daliang's new academic development system over the years.
learn.
In addition to a number of new technologies formally developed by Liyang Comprehensive College and Luoyang Comprehensive College, which are not yet mature and do not have the conditions for promotion, Han Qian first started in Qiuhu Mountain in recent years, and then moved to Xuzhou, Donghu and Zen.
As the leader of the Daliang Kingdom, in the Heluo area, what he promoted on the largest scale and with the greatest intensity was various hydraulic equipment.
The types, manufacturing level, precision and scale of use of hydraulic equipment have also developed to a jaw-dropping level in Daliang.
In order to provide a stable flow of water for various hydraulic equipment, Heluo, Huaixi, Henanxi and Xuzhou have been repaired in recent years, and more than 1,200 new small and medium-sized water dams have been built.
Among them, there are many large and small hydraulic machines used on both sides of the river downstream of the barrage. Let’s not mention it for the moment. Just because after the barrage was built, the water was intercepted and stored, which raised the upstream water level and facilitated the irrigation of the fields on both sides.
More than four million acres of state-owned barren dry land have been turned into productive irrigated land.
Not to mention the promotion of a large number of new iron farm tools, not to mention the introduction of tens of thousands of livestock every year, not to mention the selection of new seeds and the promotion of reclamation technology, just such a large-scale transformation of dry land into irrigated land requires almost the same amount of labor.
Under such circumstances, the food supply can be increased by five to six million shi per year.
Hydraulic equipment is widely used in mining and metallurgical processes such as mine mining, ore crushing, blast furnace blasting, and casting forging. Coupled with Daliang's unique reverberatory blast furnace technology, Daliang's current annual iron output has exceeded an astonishing 1,800
million dan, and the cost has been greatly reduced to only one-eighty-ninth of what it was 12 years ago.
Daliang is currently dumping ironware to Jianghuai, Sichuan, Central Guizhou, Lingnan and other places at about one-third of the price of iron in Tianyou years, which has caused the iron industry in these places to be depressed. However, the various iron ore foundries in Daliang can still obtain
It can be called a huge profit.
Of course, the biggest benefit is that the various high-quality and cheap iron products in Daliang are more widely used than ever before, and the scope and depth of their applications are far beyond the traditional reach.
In addition to the level of military equipment, the level of farming, transportation, manufacturing and other aspects has been greatly improved.
Without a cheap and abundant supply of cast iron, it would be difficult to imagine that one iron beam bridge after another would be built over the mountains, rivers and ravines in Daliang.
In addition to the large quantity, the level of Daliang's smelting and casting industry is also jaw-dropping.
The hardest carved iron knife currently made can even directly engrave various hard iron materials. It is also a necessary tool for manufacturing precision instruments such as timepieces. The individual soldier's spring-arm combat crossbow with high precision requirements can be produced this year on a scale of
Breakthroughs, better materials, more precise and faster processing speeds are all key.
In addition to mining, smelting, casting and other industries, almost all manufacturing industries such as textiles, papermaking, and oil extraction, hydraulic equipment has been widely used on a large scale. Compared with traditional methods, the cost has been significantly reduced.
The most direct benefit of this is that during Han Qian's rule in Huaixi, although the territory and population under his jurisdiction were extremely limited, he was able to produce enough supplies for war consumption.
During the reign of Emperor Tianyou, in order to ensure the needs of military supplies and daily supply of supplies to the palace, the generals of the Chu court served as prison guards. At one time, the Internal Affairs Bureau had hundreds of thousands of official slaves working as hard labor in various government-run workshops.
Before Han Qianchan succeeded to the throne of Daliang, the number of workers employed in the workshops of Huaixi and Xuzhou could only be tens of thousands. However, Li Zhigao came into contact with the most core data at this time, and only then did he understand the number of workers in Tuxi and Xuzhou at that time.
The craftsman's workshop produces cotton yarn, cotton cloth, iron materials, ironware, ships, salt, coal, tung oil, paper, linoleum cloth, medicinal materials, etc. The total scale of supplies is about eight to ten times that of the Chu general as the supervisor and the inner government bureau.
times.
When Han Qianchan took over as the leader of the Liang Kingdom, it was difficult for outsiders to imagine that the most critical turning point of the situation at that time was not even Chu Ting's choice to negotiate with Han Qian, but actually the speed of the expansion of the Songnan Plank Road.
In the middle of the second year of Taihe, the Songnan Plank Road was further widened and the transportation capacity was increased several times, which had already determined the outcome of the Heluo War. If Han Qian had changed the material supply system at that time, based on the material production in Huaixi and Heluo at that time,
Ability, and even the ability to fight two defensive battles on the front and back lines at the same time.
After all, Chu Ting's naval force was too weak at that time.
In recent years, the Heluo area has been relatively fully developed. When the battle of Zhiguanxing was launched, the generals in Luoyang City no longer had any doubts about winning the battle.
At that time, a newly built large-scale mill and flour mill in the upper reaches of Yiluo used 16 pairs of large waterwheels to drive 32 large stone mills. The flour produced by this mill and flour mill alone in a year could feed 80,000 people.
Relatively cheap and sufficient food, warm clothes, a preliminary public health and medical system, and various industrial products that can significantly improve production and living conditions have greatly improved the living environment of the people in Xuzhou and Huaixi, and the population growth has also increased.
Then it increased significantly.
When Han Qianchan succeeded to the throne of Daliang Kingdom, the six prefectures in Huaixi, plus Nanyang Prefecture, Yunyang Prefecture, Junzhou Prefecture and Xuzhou Prefecture, had a total population of just over two million. Six years later, in addition to more than five people who had moved in from outside,
There are 100,000 refugees, and the new internal population has exceeded 400,000.
The population of Heluo and western Henan has also maintained a fairly stable growth in recent years.
The Nanyang Prefecture area where Dengzhou was originally located was known as the granary of Nanyang. However, when it was merged into Daliang, there were only 100,000 households and a large number of fields were abandoned.
After the fields are abandoned, shrubs and various plants grow. It only takes a few years for tree roots and plant rhizomes to become entangled in the fertile soil, which will greatly increase the difficulty of reclamation; not to mention that most of the land in Nanyang has been abandoned for several years.
After ten years, it has grown into a dense forest.
However, in the past four or five years, large-scale refugees from eastern Henan have been attracted to move inward. The population of Nanyang has rapidly increased to 400,000. With the use of a large number of new and sophisticated iron farm tools and the investment of tens of thousands of large-scale animal power, it is easier to break through
The fertile soil where tree roots and various plant rhizomes are intertwined in wastelands has created nearly four million acres of grain fields.
Nanyang Mansion has once again become a veritable granary.
According to the new tax system, after the land tax was divided into acres, the land tax was mainly used for local development and people's livelihood affairs, but it was much higher than the traditional manufacturing level and scale, as well as domestic and foreign trade. It became the center in the sixth year of Taihe
The revenue provided by the treasury has reached as high as six million silver dollars, which is equivalent to six million old money.
In terms of the scale of state revenue, there is little difference between Liang and Chu. However, grain, cloth, iron, salt and other materials are abundant in Daliang, and the prices are low and stable. Converted into corresponding materials, the central fiscal revenue of Daliang is actually more than double that of Chu Ting.
It has only been half a year since the great victory of Zhiguanxing. Even if the land taxes in Hejin, Pingyang and Jiangzhou are halved in the next three years and all will be used for local construction, the production of salt ponds in Hedong has recovered, and the salt tax and a large number of
Industrial products are imported into the three prefectures, and it is expected that in the seventh year of Taihe, they can provide the central government with an annual income of two million silver dollars.
The prefectures and counties on both sides of the Wei River, after this year's rectification, are expected to generate an annual income of at least one million silver dollars for the central government next year; and in the mountains and rivers north of the Wei River, there are rich copper, iron, coal, silver and other mineral resources. If they can be developed as soon as possible, next year
The scale of annual income that can be provided to the center must also exceed expectations.
Although the Mongolian army used to collect money and food from these areas on a scale similar to this amount, the Mongolian army's collection was predatory, resulting in extremely difficult and poverty-stricken living conditions for these people.
By implementing a new land tax and reducing it by half, the taxes borne by the people in these areas will be reduced to one-sixth of the previous level. The wealth of money and food in the hands of the people will inevitably stimulate the desire to improve their survival and living environment.
, thereby stimulating demand for many necessities and industrial products.
The relatively relaxed living environment will encourage people to use their abundant labor time to expand production or new production.
The overall material demand has expanded, and the scale of social production and commerce has also continued to expand. Daliang Center has gradually increased its annual income level from these many scale expansion processes.
Under Han Qian, managers such as Feng Liao, Gu Qian, Zhou Daoyuan, Guo Rong, Han Daoming, Zhu Juezhong and others who were in charge of the Internal Affairs Bureau and the Council of Ministers had completely changed their financial management ideas and standards.
It is different from tradition.
Even considering the most extreme situation, both Chu and Shu cut off trade with Daliang, Daliang will require local governments to borrow money, expand local construction, etc. to stimulate internal demand and maintain the current scale of manufacturing from shrinking.
Scholars from Luoyang Comprehensive College and Liyang Comprehensive College have published many discussions on division of labor, accumulation and use of wealth, and central and local fiscal revenue and expenditure.
The four simple words of "managing the world for practical purposes" have already developed to new heights in Daliang.
In the seventh year of Taihe, including loans from various savings bureaus, the disbursable budget of Daliang Center was 10 million silver dollars, of which military expenditure was 7 million silver dollars.
This is also the data that Li Zhigao is most concerned about, which directly determines the scale of troops used in southern Shanxi and the combat methods that can be used.