Changfeng Thousands of Miles End Han Song

Chapter 718

The time was pushed back half a month, when Emperor Lu was inspecting the Huaihe River in Sizhou, Huainan, in Jingzhou City, the land of Yanjing, Guo Yaoshi, Huilibao, Yelu Dashi and others had a frank and honest talk.

Helpless.That Hua Rong's army is ready to go, but Jingzhou City can't stay any longer.Although Guo Yaoshi felt that it would be a disaster to return to Libao's tens of thousands of Khitan soldiers and Xi soldiers, he had already missed the good time to do it—the news of Emperor Tianzuo had already reached Jingzhou, so there was no need to worry about it.

Anyway, Emperor Tianzuo is an incompetent idiot, even if there are more than ten thousand direct descendants, he will not be able to turn the sky.

"Ming people don't speak dark words. Someone Guo had such a heart that shouldn't be there earlier. Then Ma Wudu unified and surrendered the Qi army, His Royal Highness King Wei and Marshal De Zhongdu surrendered, and the descendants of Taizu And that's it, can the two of you, Ann, use this to convict me?"

"Yaoshi thinks that he is devoted to his duty to Daliao." Guo Yaoshi said this without any guilt, and his troops fought bloody battles with Jurchen soldiers, which is well known by the world.

"This time when the news of His Majesty spread to Jingzhou, the pharmacist reined in his horse from the cliff, and he didn't have the slightest intention of surrendering. Otherwise, why is there no violence in Jingzhou today?" His control over the soldiers and horses is obvious.

"To invite the two generals to meet today is to open up our hearts and be honest. Yanjing is about to move, and the Qi army is about to come. Our army will fight or leave without knowing what to do. We are wary of each other and don't trust each other. What is the reason for this?" The image of the incident? Therefore, today, I will narrate it with the two of you, just to clear up the suspicion!"

Yaoshi Guo is so eloquent.

Huilibao and Yelu Dashi looked at each other, and naturally they didn't believe in Guo Yaoshi completely in their hearts, but on the surface they both made a wish to reunite.And the two of them are conceited, if Guo Yaoshi had the slightest rebellion, the inner city of Jingzhou would not be what it is today.

Immediately, the three of them called together the army and generals to talk about Jingzhou affairs.

That time Libao and Yelu Dashi naturally tended to leave, they had no foreign aid here, and neither had a strong city to rely on, would they die if they didn't leave?As far as the troops in Jingzhou fought hard with the Qi army, it was just an egg hitting a stone.

Moreover, although Emperor Tianzuo regained his momentum, his army mostly relied on the assistance of Udiri, Mogeshi and other ministries, and he did not have many trusted soldiers and horses to rely on.Of the [-] cavalry troops in the city today, one of them died, which is a pity for both of them.

Guo Yaoshi also tended to leave, and said: "Everyone should hear about your Majesty's resurgence of troops and his haunting of Monan. If we are loyal to the king, restore Zhongjing and Shangjing, and welcome your majesty to return to the east, in order to revitalize, then we will occupy the northern part of the Great Wall. By resisting the Central Plains, the Daliao Kingdom can be rejuvenated."

Then A Gu was defeated in the battle outside the city of Yanjing, and how much the loss was, everyone present has a rough estimate in their minds, after all, they are in Yandi.

"The Jurchens are indeed strong, but they were defeated first by Yanjing, and then by Sangganhe twice, and the main force is gone. Now we are returning to the homeland of Daliao, Shangjing and Zhongjing, and everyone responds, and the other generation will return again. What are you afraid of!"

Immediately, the [-] cavalry in Jingzhou City walked cleanly, and when the report from the Yanjing Left Guards was delivered to Emperor Lu of Yangzhou, Yelu Dashi had already led [-] cavalry to attack Zezhou northward and succeeded.

That maiden soldier had no choice but to lure a small number of people to settle in Dading Mansion, and the [-] Liao troops marched north, but the tiger broke into the flock.When Emperor Lu received the report from Yanjing, Yelu Dashi led people to capture Yuzhou again.

This place is only a hundred miles away from the old Liao Zhongjing Dading Mansion.

Huilibao led his troops to capture Bei'an Prefecture to the west, then went up along the Luanhe River, and then along the dividing line between Xijing Road and Shangjing Road, all the way west to find Emperor Tianzuo.

In the history of this time and space, after the loss of Yanyun, Emperor Tianzuo took his exit from Jiashan as the dividing line, and the subsequent Daliao was not recognized by historians as Daliao, but as Northern Liao.

It's like losing the party item Li Ganshun after the Xingqing Mansion, then Xixia is no longer Xixia, but a party item.

Specifically, Emperor Tianzuo was better than his son-in-law Li Ganshun.After the latter was lost in Xiliang Mansion, he completely lost contact with the remnants of the North Party led by Brother Li Cha. The vast Gobi and desert cut off the connection between Xuanhua Mansion [Ganzhou] and Helan Mountain.

Its existing power and strength are reduced to Xuanhua Prefecture, Suzhou, Guazhou, and Shazhou.Just like a dying little flame, it may be destroyed by the strong wind blown by Monk Hua at any time.

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Emperor Lu had a good rest in Yangzhou city for two days.The emperor decided to stop at Tianning Temple when he was going.

This is a temple with some years and origins. It was built in the first year of Wu Zetian Zhengsheng (695). It was named after the year name and was originally called "Zhengsheng Temple".

Not only in Yangzhou, but also in the entire Central Plains.In the fifth year of Zhenzong Dazhong Xiangfu in the Northern Song Dynasty, Zhengsheng Temple was renamed "Xingjiaoyuan".In the second year of Zhenghe, the great artist, that is, two years before Emperor Lu crossed over, he named it "Tianning Temple".At the same time, [-] yuan was allocated to repair and reorganize the temple.

Less than ten years ago.The Zen room in the courtyard is new and the courtyard is deep. Emperor Lu stayed here when he visited Yangzhou.

Yangzhou City is still the No. 1 county in Huainan, although the current Huainan provincial capital was set in Huai'an by Emperor Lu, which was the earlier Chuzhou.That place is at the east end of Hongze, where the Canal, Huai River and Surabaya River meet.However, the prosperity of Yangzhou has not been diminished.

Yangzhou is the entrance to the North Canal, and as mentioned above, Zhao and Song Dynasty opened four canals for water transportation for Tokyo, and among them, the Huaibian Canal, which was responsible for the six southeast roads, was the main one.The millet in Huaibian enters the Huai River from the south of the Yangtze River, and enters Tokyo through the Bian River. This canal is still in use today.

In addition, it runs through Huainan to the north, connects Qilu, and even Emperor Lu will re-excavate the section of the canal north of Jishui along the Sui and Tang canals in the coming year. Even if the sea transportation is to be greatly promoted, the inland waterway transportation cannot be completely ignored, right? Shipping in the 21st century is far from being able to replace railways.

——In Emperor Lu's eyes, today's inland river transportation is a bit like railway transportation in later generations compared to land transportation.

Therefore, this Yangzhou city cannot be left behind anyway.Only one canal that communicates with the North China Grand Canal determines its lower limit, and no matter how low it is, it will not be able to reach Yangzhou in later generations.

The governor of Huainan, Zong Ying, naturally accompanied Yu Jia, and also settled in Tianning Temple.When Emperor Lu was patrolling the river defenses in Huainan, Zong Ying must have followed him, and his role and expenditure on river defenses and river works in various places were also open-mouthed, and various figures were precious.Emperor Lu was very satisfied.

Who wants their feudal official to be a loser who deceives superiors and deceives subordinates, and only commits fraud?Since Zong Ying took office in Huainan, he has been very effective in internal affairs.

In a side courtyard of Tianning Zen Temple, the father and son of the Zong family lived here.Zongze is not only an important minister in the retinue, not only the second mascot that Emperor Lu will take to Jiangnan, but the first mascot is of course Fang Jinzhi, he is also Zong Ying's father.Zong Ying is still his only remaining youngest son.

If Emperor Lu waved his hand, and let him stay with Zong Ze after Zong Ying was driving, it could be regarded as reuniting his father and son.

"Your Majesty, everything in Shanghai and Hong Kong is fully prepared, and the governor of the south of the Yangtze River, Chen Wenzhao, has written to see you."

Emperor Lu, who had just had breakfast, was about to call in Zongze Zongying and the important ministers accompanying him to continue discussing the future of the salt industry.When he went south from Yidu, there was never any word on the salt industry in the articles of association, but when he arrived in Yangzhou, facing the rapid decline of Huainan salt merchants, he had to face up to the huge impact of the new salt drying method on China's salt industry.

Without the Yellow River diverting the Huaihe River into the sea, the northern Jiangsu coastline hundreds of years later will definitely be very different from the northern Jiangsu coastline in the new century.After all, the sand content of the Huaihe River is far from comparable to that of the Yellow River.Before the Yellow River took the Huai River and entered the sea, the main channel of the Huai River was wide and deep, and there were no embankments along the Huai River.After the Yellow River seized the waterway of the Huaihe River, it didn't take long for the rolling silt to flatten the entire Huaihe River estuary at Yuntiguan in Lianshui County.

By the time the Yellow River changed its course from Shandong to the sea in the fifth year of Xianfeng in the Qing Dynasty (1855), Yunti Pass was already 100 to [-] miles away from the sea.What is that concept?In later generations, China's coastline in northern Jiangsu shrank inward by more than [-] miles! !Shocking.

Why did salt merchants in the Ming and Qing Dynasties concentrate in Lianghuai in history?That's because the sediment brought by the Yellow River piled up on the coastline little by little, and at the same time, it also formed a vast and endless reed field in the coastal area of ​​northern Jiangsu.

In the history of China, all sea salt was boiled, and the cost of fuel determined that only Lianghuai could be the leader of sea salt in the world.The Changlu saltworks in the north of Hebei was inferior after all.Because there are endless reeds as fuel here, this is like the ground fire frying salt in the Zigong Salt Field in central Sichuan, which directly involves the cost of salt production.But now the skill of drying salt has been widely spread in the north and south of the river, which makes Huainan salt merchants lose their greatest support.

With the sun-dried salt technology, even the warm, humid and rainy land of Lingnan can produce large amounts of salt.In the past one or two years, in a short period of time, the price of salt throughout China has been declining step by step and continuously.The price of salt across the country has generally dropped to around eight cents per catty, and in state capitals near the sea, the price has dropped to five cents per catty.

This is a heavy blow to the salt merchant group in Huainan Province.

And the contribution of this salt merchant group to Huainan Province is not small.As early as Guo Yong's era, when Yang Zhiqie was still in Yangzhou, salt merchants and the salt industry were an accelerator for the revival of Huainan's economy, and they made contributions to Huainan.It's just that this contribution period seems to be too short. In just two years, the prosperous Huainan salt merchants suffered a precipice-like heavy blow.

"Ask Zongze Zongying and his son to come here."

Emperor Lu's discussion mood was interrupted. He didn't have so many ingenious ideas to solve the troubles of Huainan salt merchants. He was more concerned with the entire salt industry.Everything in this world can't escape the words "survival of the fittest", and Huainan salt merchants are among them in his opinion.

Just like after the re-opening, a large number of iron rice bowls were smashed, and state-owned factories went bankrupt due to profits. This is an irreversible trend brought about by social changes.It's like when a large number of private companies were merged when the public-private partnership was established.

The father and son of the Zong family were smart people, and when Chen Wenzhao handed him a request to see the son, he knew that Emperor Lu was going to go south.The day when the father and son were reunited was coming to an end, and Zong Ying couldn't help but have reddened eyes, which made Lu Qian's teeth sore.

Lu Qian himself didn't pay attention to the servant's thoughts, but Zong Ze and his son knew it very clearly, because Zong Ying knew it best.

Everyone knows that the focus of Emperor Lu's southern tour is obviously on the south of the Yangtze River. Just look at the two mascots Fang Jinzhi and Zongze to know a thing or two.But even so, as the chief of the secondary Huainan land, he led people to wait in Xiapi early, hoping that Emperor Lu would come to Huainan as soon as possible.

With the same mentality, the emperor had already inspected the river defense works in Huainan, but Yujia stopped in Yangzhou City, which was only across the river from the south of the Yangtze River. It seemed that he had some plans to stay for a few more days.Then how can we not make the officials, gentry and merchants in Jiangnan anxious?
At that time, the officials, gentry, and businessmen in Huainan heard where the Emperor Lu was today, summoned local officials and fellow villagers, or filial sons and grandsons, or rural talents, and gave them some praises and praises. But they are all envious.

That is a great honor to the officers and men of Qilu.But for the soldiers and civilians in Huainan, they are just envious and jealous.

Now that the highlight of Emperor Lu's southern tour is coming, how can all walks of life in the south of the Yangtze River, who have made all the preparations, be better off waiting for the rain after a long drought?
Fang Jinzhi also received a greeting from Lu Qian, and was about to go south.The latter's "killing monsters and upgrading" all the way is practice makes perfect, and he has already been familiar with Emperor Lu's routine.

Every time Emperor Lu stayed in a place, he had to summon local civil and military officials, local gentry and celebrities, and even good merchants and merchants. He also gave banquets to local villagers and sages. It was left behind in the field, and it was only used after the amount was used, and some people in it were appointed to official positions.There are also veterans and wounded soldiers in Enhui, survivors of military martyrs, and lonely old people...

As the empress, Fang Jinzhi's role was to meet his wives, and if there were officials who were favored by Emperor Lu, Fang Jinzhi would give his wife a high regard.Then summon the virtuous wives and mothers who are well-known in the local area, and regardless of their status, they will all be praised and rewarded as usual.Then he walked around the local shantang, and rewarded him with money.

In this way, the reputation of the empress duo will rise like Qiqiwen met Dafengtui.

In fact, that is just a routine.Just because of the special status of the empress, such an ordinary routine can also play an extraordinary role - it is very, very popular.

(End of this chapter)