The World of Yellow Sky

"According to the evaluation of Eagle Wolf Guard, the reliability is above [-]%."

"After Yuan Xi became the shepherd of Youzhou, he has always been the same with Wuhuan's policy in the three counties, and he is relatively contemptuous. Among the Wuhuan tribe of the three counties, there is a spy from the Eagle Wolf Guard who also confirmed this point."

In fact, Xu An has already determined that Ta Dun really wants to belong to him. Taking all the information into consideration, it is only normal for Ta Dun to react like this.

The Wei army was defeated on the battlefield. In four years, only Luoyang was expanded. Other than that, it lost troops and lost an inch. In these four years, Wuhuan, the three counties, suffered losses on the battlefield. Many soldiers.

Moreover, Yuan Shaoke didn't pay any money, it was completely oppressive.

Wuhuan, the three prefectures, was sandwiched between Xianbei and Wei in the east, so they had no choice but to submit to Yuan Shao.

If it is said that this is Wei Guo's strategy, it has been planned for four years, all details have been considered, and it has been completely hidden from the secret agents of the Eagle Wolf Guard. Xu An will never believe that the fake show has really achieved this level.

"For the sake of safety, Lu Bu can be asked to delay the time as much as possible, at least to stabilize the situation in Mobei until next year."

Compared to Xu An who is a little more radical, Yan Zhong is still much more conservative, and his countermeasures should be more cautious.

"The more stable the situation in Mobei is, the better it is for us. After all, our army now occupies the land of the four states, and it is the time of development and growth. It is the Han and Wei countries that are in war, not us."

"I also agree with Yan Gong's opinion."

Xu You thought for a while, and agreed.

"Even if Wuhuan of the three counties sincerely surrenders, but the impact of the famine this time, as well as the previous use of troops in Yizhou, the household department still has some money, but the granary has almost bottomed out. This time, General Lu Bu led the Xiaoqi Battalion, and In the original southern Xiongnu, recruiting volunteers will consume a large amount of food, and our army's food reserves are no longer able to afford large-scale army mobilization."

Yan Zhong considered the overall situation, while Xu You considered logistics and internal affairs. After all, he is now the official of Zhongshufu.

The present Taipingdao is indeed at its poorest time. The powerful families in Yizhou killed a group, but there are still a group that were saved by Xia'an for the sake of stability to stabilize southern Xinjiang.

Although Yizhou has obtained some food reserves, the mountains in Yizhou are high and the roads are far away, and the water is difficult to quench thirst. It is okay to mobilize food from Yizhou to Chang'an, but it is definitely impossible to mobilize military rations from the mountains of Yizhou to Bingzhou , so the loss on the road has been several times more than that.

"The situation in Mobei should be kept as stable as possible. Over the past few years, various parts of the state have built water conservancy projects and reclaimed wasteland. It only takes a year or two to hoard a large amount of food for military use."

"A letter from Dunhuang County some time ago, General Guo Tai has led the army through the Yumen Pass and entered the territory of Shanshan."

"After the commercial roads in the Western Regions are established and the financial situation of our army is eased, it is the right time for our army to send troops. At that time, our army can exchange for the greatest benefit at the smallest cost."

Xu You is the official of the Zhongshu Mansion, although he is not the Minister of the Household Department, but he is still in charge of the finances. Xu You was born in a powerful family. When he was in Jizhou, he was always lavish and didn't care about expenses.

But since he became the official of Zhongshufu, Xu An forced him to become extremely thrifty.

Because it is really necessary to be diligent and frugal, it is really not alarmist that the army marched on the silver pavement.

Seeing that Xu An wanted to fight again, Xu You couldn't sit still.

"Building high walls and accumulating grain widely are the policies established by the Ming Dynasty shortly after the Opening of the Kingdom. At this time, it is not appropriate to resort to swordsmanship. It is not the Mingjun's actions to change the order of the court. Please think twice."

If you are not in charge, you don’t know that money is expensive. Xu An has been fighting north and south, building water conservancy projects, repairing roads, building workshops to build military equipment, and learning workshops, all of which are big spenders.

Although through the confiscation of the family property of the powerful family, as well as the huge amount of money that Dong Zhuo left behind during his lifetime, and a lot of gold, silver and copper mountains, Taipingdao's finances are still a little tight at times.

If it weren't for the fact that Taipingdao still implements the franchise of salt, iron and wine, and there are materials such as cattle and sheep in the southern tribes, and the business has also prospered because of the replacement of work, and various measures have prospered a lot.

The commercial tax collected in the Ming Dynasty is extremely considerable, and I am afraid that such expenses of Taipingdao have already gone bankrupt.

From the founding of the country to the present, due to the impact of the famine, most of the food reserves have been consumed. Although the money has also been consumed, the remaining three states have still collected a lot of business taxes. Now they have finally gained some wealth and must keep it. in case the emergency.

"Now it's really not appropriate to go to war anymore, and you should cultivate with the people. Most of the years of war have exhausted the soldiers and the generals. Now the place is still stable, and the weather is smooth. Minggong may consider letting the soldiers of the armies go back to their hometowns to visit their relatives. It was fine when we were away from home for a long time and were fighting everywhere, but now that we have settled down, I am afraid that the homesickness among the armies is becoming more and more serious."

Yan Zhong also disagreed that there was an accident in Mobei regeneration at this time, and the main thing should be to maintain stability at the moment.

Moreover, the Yellow Turban Army has indeed not rested for too long. In the past ten years, most of them were on the way to fight. Emotions are bound to slowly superimpose.

Although Yan Zhong doesn't manage politics very much, and he doesn't know the specific situation of each army at present, the soldiers of the Yellow Turban Army are all mortal bodies and have their own emotions. They are also human beings, and they all feel tired and miss their hometown.

"What Yan Gong said is reasonable, I really forgot..."

Xu An was slightly taken aback. All kinds of heavy affairs had been pressing on him all this time, causing him to ignore many details.

"After so many years and walking for so long, I really should take a good rest..."

7Chapter 17 Chang'an Shengjing

The autumn breeze rises, white clouds fly, and the vegetation falls yellow, and the geese return south.

In October of the fifth year of Chuping (194), autumn gradually deepened.

After several years of construction, today's Chang'an City is several times larger than the Chang'an City built in the Han Dynasty.

Chang'an City is now divided into inner and outer cities. The inner city is mainly composed of the government offices of the central government agencies of the Ming court, such as the Three Mansions and Six Ministries, and the Eagle and Wolf Guards, as well as public buildings such as the Mingguang Palace used as a theater.

The outer city is mainly a living area and a commercial area, and the general plan is to build it according to the Chang'an City in the Tang Dynasty.

Today's Chang'an City is no longer a palace group that was only used by the royal family in the Han Dynasty, but has become a real city.

Now the scale of Chang'an City has far exceeded the heyday of the Han Dynasty. According to the statistics of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Jingzhaoyin had 28 households with a total of more than 30 people, but now Chang'an City alone has a population of nearly [-].

According to the advance plan, Chang'an City will accommodate a population of more than 50 in the future.

According to the design, the newly built Chang'an City can even accommodate millions of people.

Three years to plan, all nations tend to Heluo,

Historically, during the Tang Dynasty, the population of Chang'an City exceeded one million, making it the largest and most prosperous city in the world at that time.

The high platform builds the clouds, and overlooks Zhou Zhouyin.

Xiongdu Dingding land, according to the power of all nations.

All nations come to court, and the guests of the world are served.

When later generations described the Tang Dynasty, they mostly called it the "Prosperous Tang Dynasty".

Xu Anding's capital is Chang'an. In fact, he also hopes that Taiping Dao will have the same achievements as the prosperous Tang Dynasty in the future.

All nations come to court, and the world is honored by guests, how majestic and magnificent.

Naturally, the purpose of establishing a country is not limited to this land of China. What Xu An wants to do is to reverse the fate of future generations of China. From then on, he will stand firm among the nations of the world and will always be number one.

Far away from the Han and Tang Dynasties, governing the Tang and Song Dynasties, the real world came to court, and the guests of the world were served.

The population in Chang'an City accounts for almost one-tenth of the entire Guanzhong area.

Now the entire Guanzhong area, that is, the total population of Yingtianfu, Zuofengyi, Youfufeng, and Hongnong counties in the Zhongzhou area will exceed 300 million after the migration. Now the total population of the four states controlled by the entire Taiping Road is tens of millions. The mark is not far away.

A considerable part of the population is freed slaves, and there are hidden populations.

After Dong Zhuo forcibly moved the population of the Luoyang area into the Guanzhong area, a large number of people flooded into the entire Guanzhong area, among which Chang'an City had the largest population influx.

Although Huang Fusong, Wang Yun and others later rebelled and took away part of the population, and the impact of the war, when Xu An entered Chang'an, the entire population of Jingzhao Yin was still more than [-].

After Xu An took over Chang'an, in order to ensure stability, he moved [-] households from the former Taiping Road in Bingzhou and entered the Guanzhong area.

Xu You's family was one of them, and Liangzhou also selected [-] households to move into Guanzhong.

After capturing Yizhou, Xu An selected another [-] households from Yizhou to move into Guanzhong.

At the same time, [-] households were relocated from Guanzhong to Yizhou, filling in Mianzhu and Chengdu, as well as Jiangdu, Nanjiang and other areas.

Most of the people who moved out of Guanzhong were poor households, while those who moved into Guanzhong from Liangzhou and Yizhou were mostly wealthy households, and those who moved into Bingzhou were mostly Taipingdao believers and military dependents.

This large-scale population migration is mainly for stability and better control of the four states. Although it costs a lot and makes Taipingdao's financial further, it is all worth it in the end.

Today's Chang'an City has more than one hundred Lifangs, East and West, and there are many watchtowers in the urban area, also known as guard towers.

The inside of the tower is controlled by the army of the Yellow Turban Army, and orders are passed on to each other. The soldiers on the watchtower cannot be hidden from the affairs of the city. Once there is a commotion, the soldiers will immediately beat the drums on the top of the tower.

There are 50 soldiers on duty in the tower. A whole team of well-armed and well-trained Yellow Turban soldiers is enough to deal with any situation in the city. After all, people entering Chang'an City are not allowed to carry standard knives. is to be condemned.

Next to the watchtower is the police station. Usually they are alone in the city to maintain order. The army is usually only used in situations that the police cannot handle. The police in Chang'an City are equipped with standard knives, but they don't Equipped with a crossbow.

Today's Chang'an City does not look like it has experienced earthquakes and famines at all.

Although the population is dense and there are many people coming and going, it is orderly. There are lanes for cars, roads for horses, and paths for people. They do not interfere with each other. It is not chaotic, but orderly.

On the street, there were people wearing felt hats and fur coats, who could be seen from the nomadic tribes of the Northland, leading the horses carrying the goods, walking on the road, walking towards the market, and After entering the city, the shock in their eyes never disappeared.

They have been in the bitter cold north for a long time, never have they seen such a magnificent city, never have they seen such a bustling street, never have they seen such a bustling scene.

The majestic walls of Chang'an City, the spacious streets, and the flow of people, vehicles and horses made it difficult for their eyes to see.

The Yingtian Mansion built in Longshouyuan made them even more awed.

On the watchtowers in the various cities, those soldiers with strong bows and crossbows and yellow scarves on their heads were always watching the scene in the city. When their sharp eyes swept over them, they dared not even have the slightest intention of overstepping.

On the driveway, a four-wheeled carriage pulled by two horses slowly drove on it. On the four-wheeled carriage, the flag of Taiping Road was erected, and at the same time, the name of its caravan business was erected.

Taipingdao’s household department has a special department called the Commercial Department. All merchant teams and large-scale merchants need to go to the Commercial Department to register and pay commercial taxes on time every year based on their income.

Nowadays, commerce is encouraged in Taipingdao. The Han court has always implemented a policy of emphasizing agriculture and suppressing commerce. Now most of Taipingdao has been abolished, and the status of merchants has also recovered.

For the most basic merchants in Taiping Road, only one tax per ten is collected, but this commercial tax is collected according to income and scale. The larger the scale, the greater the surplus, the more commercial tax is collected.

Those peddlers who sell some small things, or farmers and hawkers who carry a few crops grown by themselves, do not need to pay commercial taxes, and they are not included in the ranks of merchants.

Because Monan was pacified by the Yellow Turban Army and placed under the rule of Taiping Dao, many businessmen sensed business opportunities and went north to exchange the special products of the Han region for the fur and meat in the hands of the northerners.

After Yizhou was captured, there was another commercial route into Shu. The silk from Shu was popular in the Western Regions, and it was still popular in Zhongzhou. Of course, not only silk was best-selling, but also ceramics from Shu, and Tea, mountain goods.

Because of Xu An's reason, the method of drinking tea has become easier.

From the original boiled tea and porridge tea, the tea leaves are directly baked, and then poured into boiling water to make tea directly. The process is much simpler and cheaper.

Therefore, tea has officially begun to be drunk by nobles, and it has been accepted by many people.

There are also some goods that are more popular, but ordinary merchants have no way to get them.

Because of the prosperity of commerce, the monopoly prohibition system has also been adjusted. In addition to salt, iron, and wine, several materials have been added. Alum, iron, coal, and precious goods are all within the scope of the prohibition.

The income from spices in the Western Regions is also very huge. Xu An originally wanted to ban it, but this will undoubtedly greatly discourage the enthusiasm of merchants to go to the Western Regions, so Xu An just increased some taxes on spices. Spices will charge some additional taxes, which are not included in the scope of the ban.

As the southern main gate of Chang'an City, Yongning Gate naturally had a lot more population exchanges than Zuo'an Gate and You'an Gate.

Chang'an City not only has people in the city, but also many residents outside the city, most of which exist in the form of settlements.

At the city gate, one after another heavily armed soldiers stood guard in front of the corridor of the city gate, meticulously checking the crowds and convoys entering the city from outside the city.

Standing on the city wall of Yongning Gate, Wang Qi overlooked the continuous marching team at the gate. Even though he had been on duty here for more than a month, he could see such a scene every day, but after seeing it countless times, They will still be moved.

"Let's see when we get back."

Just after Wang Qi was fascinated by looking at the tower, a hand suddenly stretched out, hooked his neck, put it on his shoulder, pulled him to the side, and then looked cheap Tian Zhang jumped out of nowhere.

"Go, go, it's time, the brothers have been waiting for you for a long time."

Wang Qi opened Tian Zhang with a look of disgust, and scolded with a smile.

"You're really fast. You've even changed your clothes in less than half an hour."

The mustache on Tian Zhang's mouth was slightly raised, and he pointed to the horse path on the city wall, urging.

"It's not that we are too fast, it's that you are too late. Everyone is waiting for you now. You can go shopping with us in this military uniform. Lao Chen has already borrowed a carriage. Let's go to the market to buy something first." thing."

Wang Qi looked at the place Tian Zhang pointed to, and sure enough, Chen Wu, Yang Mu, and Zhong Hou were all waiting for him beside the horse path in casual clothes.

"It's late, I really can't buy anything. Recently, many parts have been on a long holiday. The market is full of people. Now I have to grab good things. I just saw a caravan of Shu brocade just entering the city. , and now we rush to the market just in time to catch up."

"I have saved so much money, but I have no place to spend it. I bought some Shu brocades and bought some clothes. Didn't you always want to bring something home? Bring some Shu brocades. I'm afraid sister-in-law's one-month vacation will be special to you." Considerate."

Tian Zhang smiled wickedly, and Tian Zhang pushed Wang Qi to walk towards the horse path. Although Wang Qi was a military lord, they had been together since the Taihang Mountains, and they had gone through dozens of battles, large and small. , have already become very familiar with each other.

During the war, Tian Zhang and the others always obeyed Wang Qi's orders, but when they were off the battlefield, there was no distinction between them, and they were always noisy.

They are the soldiers of the Yellow Turban Army, or the soldiers of the Explain Army are more appropriate.

As a high-income group in the Ming Dynasty, when the army officially began to have a holiday in batches, the soldiers of the Ming army began to embark on the road to return home.

Discipline is strict in the army, and gambling and alcoholism are strictly prohibited. Basically, there is nothing to spend.

So they have saved a lot of spare money in their hands. Since ancient times, China has paid attention to returning home with rich clothes, even if it is not rich.

Naturally, they are not exempt from customs, so these days, the flow of people in the two markets in Chang'an City is more frequent than in the past.

From silk, silk, ready-made clothes, to wine, cured meat, as well as furs from the North, mountain products from Yizhou, etc., they are all within their purchase range.

Everyone walked down the city wall noisily like this. The city defense here has already been taken over by another department, and they have completed the handover.

Under the city wall, a tall four-wheeled carriage was parked beside the carriageway.

"Get in the car, get in the car!"

Everyone happily boarded the carriage, Chen Wu was in charge of driving the carriage, and everyone sat in the back seat. They rented a carriage that was mainly used for carrying people, but there was also a special place for storing goods at the back.

Four-wheeled carriages have been around for a long time, so Xu An has also opened up the right to private purchases. Of course, there are still certain restrictions.

The roads in various places have been greatly improved due to long-term repairs, and because of the development of commerce and the gradual flow of population, merchants with a keen sense of smell took the opportunity to buy a lot of four-wheeled carriages and set up a transport chamber of commerce.