On the tenth day of the tenth month of the seventh year of Jianji, outside Yique Pass in Luonan, there were carriages and horses like dragons.
As one of the three passes in Luonan, Yique Pass has lost its military significance. Except for a few local men who were sent to guard the city in rotation, there is no military atmosphere here. Instead, there are tax collectors, tax police, and tax collectors.
Merchants' taxes.
The imperial court has been fighting wars for many years and is in urgent need of money. It cannot be done without collecting it.
In addition to the smell of copper, Yique is actually a place with a strong Zen spirit - it has three aliases: Yumen, Zhongshan and Longmen. Yes, it is the famous Longmen.
During the Later Wei Dynasty, the Buddhist statues in the court and the public were carving Buddhist statues in Yungang on the outskirts of the capital as early as Nahui. After Duluo, Yique was actually a scenic spot in the suburbs of Luo, with steep cliffs and hard rocks.
, is an ideal place to carve stone statues, so a large Buddhist temple was built and Buddha statues were carved.
Tang Dynasty adopted it, and the regulations went even further, gradually forming the famous group of Buddha statues in Longmen Grottoes.
The combination of the scenic spots, the Longmen Grottoes, and the temple jungle was incredible, and it completely scratched the itch of the scholars at the turn of the Tang and Xia Dynasties. Therefore, this place was also a gathering place for literati, and it was very lively.
On this day, Wu Guangzan, a Jinshi of Bingong in Daxia, received news from Beijing on the Bohai Sea: his father Wu Zhengdu was imprisoned, and he was immediately devastated and filled with sadness.
In fact, he is already an official of the Xia Dynasty: the Prime Minister of the Department of Water Supervision and Canal Administration, the ninth grade. He has been supervising the construction of Pichi in Wanye Corridor. He was recently transferred back to Luoyang. Today, he took a rest and came to Longmen to play.
, I don’t want to hear this bad news.
There are several people resting in this pavilion.
Zhao Kuangming and Yao Jie came from Jingnan, as well as Zhao Guanli, the shogunate judge who came from Lingnan West Road.
"Actually, why should the young man be so upset?" After Zhao Kuangming understood the whole story, he comforted him softly: "Your Majesty has been the prime minister for many years, and his relatives and friends are all over the government and the public. There are definitely not a few people interceding for him, so I expect everything will be fine."
Yao Jie agreed: "That's right. From what Xiao Langjun said, there seemed to be two things that annoyed the new king. First, the king's younger brother Dashuxian was under suspicion, and your father had a lot of contact with him because of his attack on Khitan.
, so they are suspected of collusion. This matter is actually very easy to verify. How can it be that Ling Zun is a member of the Great Shu Xian's party when he is the prime minister? If there is a collusion, Ling Zun is the former king's assistant in government. He is conscientious in his work and has no money left in his family. His actions are obvious to all.
, definitely not the case. Secondly, the Xia was sent down secretly. This is even more nonsense. Your Majesty just opposed the Khitan and advocated joining the Xia Dynasty to destroy the pact. What is the crime? Now there is a slight dispute between the two countries, and your Majesty has been slightly implicated.
It’s understandable. When the situation improves, your father will be able to come out.”
Wu Guangzan's face improved slightly after hearing this, but he still asked worriedly: "Is it getting better? What does this mean?"
Yao Jie gently stroked his beard and smiled without saying a word. He only said, "Don't worry, young man. The more fierce the attack by Master Wang, the safer your majesty will be." Zhao Kuangming also smiled without saying a word.
He didn't know whether Wuzhengdu had sent summer, but as Yao Jie said, this man had been Prime Minister for many years, and his party members were all over the government and the public. The Wushi family was also a big family in Bohai, and he heard that the leader of the Bohai Kingdom was not a one-size-fits-all person. There were many clans in the country.
So it's not that easy to do in Uzhiddu.
Putting him in jail was already the limit. The more Xia troops approached the city, the harder it was for Wu Zhidu to die. Even if the leader of the Bohai Kingdom wanted to kill him, someone would stop him.
Alas, this small border country looked like it was in ruins. Inside and outside the court, there were people who were greedy for life and afraid of death. There was no way to save them. Thinking of this, he turned his attention to Zhao Guanli.
This man was from Guizhou, but he was an official in Lingnan West Road and was an aide to Ye Guanglue, the Jiedushi envoy.
If he only had this level of status, Zhao Kuangming would not think differently. But Zhao Guanli had an elder brother named Zhao Guanwen, who was the number one scholar in the former Tang Dynasty. He had taught the prince and princess of Daxia for many years, and had just left the Hanlin Academy and served as the governor of the Central Guizhou Province.
This identity is awesome.
The governor is already a leader, and most importantly, he has taught the prince, and has accumulated a lot of affection. Coupled with his aura of being the number one scholar, it may not be impossible to become prime minister in the future.
Zhao Guanli noticed his gaze and saw that Yao Jie was still comforting Wu Guangzan, so he came over and whispered: "Is Zhao Yanei going to Luoyang? Beiping?"
"Go to Luoyang first, then go to Peking." Zhao Kuangming replied.
"Yesterday said
During the period, I saw many barbarian chiefs heading north, has the imperial court got through to them?" Zhao Guanli was still very conscientious, and at this moment he started to inquire about the proprietor.
"Are you talking about the Zangzhao Barbarian Chief?"
"It's not just the Zangzhao barbarians, there seems to be Kunming tribes as well." Zhao Guanli said.
"Judge Zhao is asking when Master Wang will enter Annan via Yongzhou?" Zhao Kuangming asked.
"Exactly." Zhao Guanli said: "If all the tribes in southern Guizhou surrender, then this road will be open. Not only is it open, but you can also get food and meat supplies along the way, so you no longer have to worry about the road."
There is a post road from central Guizhou to Annan.
To put it simply, start from Bozhou, Zhengzhou, the most southwesterly part of the Central Guizhou Road, and walk 70 miles southeast to Bajiang Town in the Zangzhou Manchu territory. This is the former Tang Army Town and has been abandoned, but it has developed into a settlement and is densely populated.
Quite a few, suitable for supply.
There are two roads starting from Bajiang Town.
The first one starts from Zangzhou and goes south along the Beipanjiang River, enters the Western Zhaoman territory - the territory that has just been pacified and merged with Zhengzhou - enters the Youjiang River and goes down to Yongzhou, then goes up the Zuojiang River and goes southwest to Jiaozhou.
The second one went southeast from Zhangzhou, along the Beipan River, then went down the Hongshui River, crossed into the Longjiang River, and reached Yizhou (now Hechi Yizhou District). Then it went east to Liuzhou and Guizhou, and then went south to Jiaozhou.
These two roads were excavated by Hou Hongren in the early Tang Dynasty.
"In the sixth month of summer in the thirteenth year of Zhenguan (639), Hou Hongren, a native of Yuzhou, opened a road from Zangke, passed through Western Zhao, and left Yongzhou. In order to communicate, Gui, Man, and Li surrendered more than 28,000 households."
It is said that there are two roads, but in fact we can only take the first one.
This road goes from Zhangzhou to the west for about 600 miles to Nanning Prefecture (now Qujing), which has been the base area for the Central Plains Dynasty to manage Yunnan from the Three Kingdoms to the Tang Dynasty. It also goes west for about 300 miles to Kunmi State, where Kun was established in the Tang Dynasty.
Prefecture, Nanzhao established Tuodong City and Shanchan Mansion.
In central Guizhou, Wu Guan seems to be full of savage beasts, but it is actually not that scary.
Before the Anshi Rebellion, the Tang Dynasty and Nanzhao fought many battles, and most of them came here to supply supplies and pass troops. Even before the establishment of the Tang Dynasty, they also detoured through the barbarian territory in central Guizhou to enter Hunan.
At this time, I heard that Ma Yin was also developing westward. Historically, the barbarians in central and southern Guizhou had surrendered to Ma Xifan on a large scale. A Hunan separatist warlord could attract barbarians to join him. This shows that he is not a vicious person. To be honest, they are all
He is just a local bully who wants to be a hereditary official.
As long as you don't move their interests, anything can be said.
"Can Ye Shuai still be able to withstand it?" Zhao Kuangming asked in a low voice.
"If it hadn't been for the envoys coming to Yongzhou to express their condolences, Ye Shuai would have been unable to bear it." Zhao Guanli said. Zhao Kuangming laughed dumbly.
This Judge Zhao is honest, but when he thinks about his identity, hey, there is no telling who Zhao Guanli is serving as an official. "Liu Yin brought his own death." Zhao Kuangming sighed.
If a good Jiedushi envoy offered his land and surrendered like them, could the court treat him badly? Impossible. In the end, he still wanted to expand, thinking that the sky was high and the emperor was far away, so it would be difficult for the court to take care of him.
Alas, Khitan and Bohai have been attacked, why can’t Guangzhou be attacked? What are you thinking?
"Everyone on the west road of Lingnan is looking forward to the arrival of Master Wang to relieve me of the crisis." Zhao Guanli said: "On the way, I heard that Master Wang had defeated the Khitans and immediately sent his followers back to Yongzhou to tell them. The soldiers and civilians in the town must have great morale after hearing this.
Zhen, vow to fight to the death with Liu Yin."
"If Marshal Ye really does this, he will be rich and powerful." Zhao Kuangming praised.
Zhao Guanli nodded and said: "There were people in the town who wanted to surrender. As soon as this news came, everyone knew that the power of Daxia was booming. Liu Yin was a withered bone in the grave. No one dared to propose surrender anymore. Now I only hope that Wang Shi will go south, but I don't know when.
also."
Zhao Kuangming thought for a while, then turned around and asked, "Wu Xiaolangjun has been living in Luoyang for a long time. Do you know when the imperial court will send troops to go south to Wu Guan? Is there any news from Luoyang?"
Wu Guangzan had just been comforted by Yao Ji, and his mood improved. Hearing this, he said: "There are some rumors. After King Mianren of Wei attacked Zangzhou, the imperial court recruited palace servants in Beiping Mansion, pardoned their crimes, and ordered them to be sent to Guizhou.
In the middle, we turned to Lingnan West Road and headed for the border of Jinghaihai. Last month, a group of more than a thousand people passed through Luoyang and headed south, but now they don’t know where they are. By the way, these soldiers will bring their families with them, and most of them speak with Hebei accents, which is obvious.
There is no doubt that they will surrender, but I don’t know if they will cause rebellion.”
"With the little ones following us, there's no need to cause trouble.
So easy." Zhao Kuangming smiled and said: "It seems that the imperial court is serious about it."
"Actually, there are also people going to Shuzhong." Wu Guangzan added: "I have a close friend who is on duty at the Nanya Privy Council. According to him, the 5,000 soldiers from Shu have been reorganized, and they may have gone south by now."
"Did Judge Zhao hear this?" Zhao Kuangming turned around and said, "Although Wang Shi is heading to Annan, when passing through Yongzhou, he may join forces with Ye Shuai to attack Liu Yin. Even if there is no fight, when he hears that the Zangda Road is opened,
Liu Yin will also be afraid and will not dare to attack the West again."
Zhao Guanli breathed a sigh of relief, with a big smile on his face, and said: "It is true. Liu Yin relies on his large number of soldiers and is arrogant and domineering. If he hears that Wang Shi has arrived in Yongzhou, he will definitely be frightened out of his wits."
"Don't worry." Zhao Kuangming was like a "Xia Chui" at this time. He only heard him say: "To pacify the Khitan, after the Bohai Sea, they drove their young soldiers southward, hundreds of thousands of soldiers, and every one of them could kill Zhong Kuangshi and Ma
Yin, Qian Luo, Yang Wo, Wang Shenzhi, Liu Yin and others drowned. Uh..."
Wu Guangzan's face turned gloomy, and his mood dropped again.
"Haha." Zhao Kuangming smiled awkwardly and said: "Don't worry, little man. Today, I am generous and kind, and have the world in mind. No place, no family view, both Tibetan and Han are the same. Bohai Wushi, there may be more to come in the future
What about good fortune?"
What he said was not nonsense.
During the former Tang Dynasty, they also treated the Fanhu chieftains and royal family who were destroyed by the enemy.
Gaozang, the last monarch of Goguryeo, was captured. Emperor Gaozong of the Tang Dynasty believed that he was held hostage by powerful ministers and that he could not control his own affairs, so he did not pursue the case. Gaozang also married the niece of Empress Wu Zetian, served as minister of the Ministry of Industry, and was named King of Joseon.
After he became the governor of Andong, he secretly communicated with Mohe. He was recalled by the Tang court and exiled to Qiongzhou. After his death, he was buried in Bashang, next to the Turk Jieli Khan.
The Xia Dynasty also looked like this. A lot of saints were defeated both inside and outside the court. Among the Tibetan people, there were also those who were traitors. If Wu Zhengdu did not die, there would be many references for the imperial government to govern the Bohai Sea in the future.
As long as Wu Shi is honest, he will really have no worries about wealth.
Wu Guangzan bowed his hands and said with a wry smile: "You don't have to be like this in the Yamen. In fact, I didn't know that Bohai was going to die. All eight Khitan tribes were defeated. Abaoji fled to the desert. How could the small country of Bohai stop it? In fact, as far as I know, the country in the middle
There are many people who are discouraged. The saint's attack on Khitan was upright and impeccable. He used the secret of war to be invincible first and wait for the enemy to be victorious. Such tyrannical strength really frightened many people.
, there are not a few people who resign and do not work. Bohai, time is running out, I know it in my heart, but I am just a little sad."
Hearing this, Zhao Kuangming patted his shoulder and said, "Let's go down the mountain. I'll drink with you."