Speaking of King Jing and Master Huacai, we have to mention the second group of people that Changkong and others met in Shendu, which was Tianchu Kingdom, the immediate boss of Fengmang Pass, because Wang Jingtai, the prince of Tianchu Kingdom, was
The father of Khan Jingyu, the daughter of the Golden Wolf Kingdom.
If Fengmangguan is the sharp edge on the tip of Shangguo's sword in the Celestial Dynasty, then this long sword called the Great Wall is in Jingtai's hand.
After Tianchu Mansion was upgraded to a vassal state thirty years ago, the first generation king of the Jing family passed away soon. Jingtai was the second generation head of the Tianchu Kingdom. The Jingtai family was famous on the surface, but who knew about him?
What a hardship.
It is said that Tianchu Kingdom is an important border town, and it is the largest and most important one among the ten major military towns. It has been guarding the Great Wall for the empire for thousands of years. According to the usual regulations, not only does there not be any taxation and corvee here, but theoretically there are still
It would be a huge sum of 500,000 yuan for military expenditure, 1 million for two years and 1.5 million for three years.
And this is only when there are no major wars. If there is a major military situation, the money can be spent endlessly. And this does not include the money needed to restore production in the severely damaged north after the raging wild cavalry.
Well, if you add this, the number will be even more terrifying.
But even so, Tianchu Mansion, a bitter and cold place, is also the poorest place in the empire. As the saying goes, poor mountains and harsh waters breed unruly people, and this refers to their Tianchu Mansion and the Beiliang Mountain next to them!
It wasn't until the emergence of Fengmang Pass, the three great alliances of the Great Wall joined hands with Long Teng, the Tianchu Mansion became the Tianchu Kingdom, and the Jing family became the vassal kings, that the situation suddenly changed.
Fengmang Pass is indeed powerful. It blocked the wilderness, fed the Great Wall, and preserved the stability and peace of the Celestial Empire for thirty years. But the problem is that fighting has its disadvantages, and peace has its fatal disadvantages!
There is a sharp edge along the Great Wall, and people inside it can't see anything, but the Jingtai family, who is so aloof, is about to be roasted on the fire by the imperial court!
Originally, it was a good thing that the Tianchu Kingdom no longer needed pity and charity, but the problem was that it could not handle anything but poverty, inequality, envy, jealousy and hatred.
In the past, the empire was responsible for collecting taxes and disbursing money, and the Tianchu Mansion was responsible for fighting and dying, and both sides felt at ease. But after the war gradually died down, the men in the rear suddenly discovered that the Great Wall was as safe as they were, and even more alive than they were.
After being safe and comfortable, the family cannot bear to feel unbalanced.
Money is a bastard, and everyone is greedy for it. In the eyes of the imperial court, Prince Jing's hand is soft when it comes to taking money, and his temper is so stubborn. Therefore, it is not difficult for the person in charge of this key point to blame them.
But who can believe it? In recent years, the military expenditures of the Tianchu Kingdom have been reduced to 300,000 yuan a year by the corrupt officials in the Imperial City of Shendu, and they have not been able to do so for three consecutive years.
I gave Jingtai a dime.
Everyone knows that in the Celestial Dynasty, the nine kingdoms of Shangguo are kings and one person is the emperor. In other words, since Emperor Shangwu founded the Celestial Dynasty, in the "fertile land" of Dongzhou, there has been a rule that the nine kings of the ten kingdoms share one emperor.
When Emperor Shangtian came to power, he granted nine vassal states and nine vassal kings as usual, including Jingtai, a king with a foreign surname. However, Jingtai's father, Jing Wen, was very knowledgeable. Although he established a government office and founded his own family, he did not
He never dared to claim the title of king or country, and he treated other colleagues equally, and he never dared to rely on his status to use his superior status to suppress the inferior ones.
Jingtai also knew the principle of one emperor and one courtier, and understood that as long as Emperor Shangtian died, his family would have to go through life and death trials during the change of dynasties.
But no matter what, the Jing family is still a prince with a foreign surname. Even if they don't arrange the honors of those princes, it is assumed that his family will not be short of money.
Before the emergence of the Sharp Army, the relevant bureaucracy had a history of taking kickbacks. After the Tianchu Kingdom became one of the Nine Kingdoms, the Jingtai family fell into the position that if they wanted to get 300,000 yuan of silver, they had to first pay nearly ten thousand filial piety to all parties.
To the extent of ten thousand silver coins.
Moreover, after the money was approved, after being exploited by all parties, the money that finally fell into Jingtai's hands was definitely less than 200,000! And after all these reductions, the remaining 100,000 had to be turned around and changed hands.
, and then pay tribute to the superiors.
If it weren't for the Tuntian District launched by Fengmang Pass, which almost took on the maintenance of the Great Wall, and the Feng family father and son were always good at raising money for everyone, Tianchu Kingdom would hardly be able to support this line of the Great Wall.
Even if Jingtai endures it for a long time, the people who take over the job in turn still feel that the oil and water in Tianchu Kingdom can still be grasped.
The fact that everyone is hostile to Tianchu Kingdom is, in a sense, the fault of Emperor Shangtian, because he planted this hidden danger when he upgraded Tianchu Mansion to Tianchu Kingdom.
Ancient sayings of the Celestial Dynasty: If the nine kings and one emperor do not meet, the envoys from the nine kingdoms will not come to court; men and women of ten families will not marry, and they will not hear from each other for ten generations - the princes and kings are good, but they have come to an end; the princes and kings are powerful, but they are
Isolated.
From the beginning of the founding of Emperor Shangwu, the Celestial Dynasty considered the dangers of enfeoffing the nine vassal states for the sake of the national economy and people's livelihood, and formulated relevant restrictions.
So in the first few years, people from the Tianchu Kingdom could still go to the emperor sporadically to report military information. However, as the peace progressed, even the people from the Tianchu Kingdom had to follow the ancient precepts of the old system and turn away all those nonsense.
Went to the military plane.
Ever since people from the Tianchu Kingdom's office in the imperial city of Shendu actually entered the offices of the princes, things have become even more embarrassing. The meaning of those officials in the capital is very clear. If you obey, you will be given a bone to chew, if you don't obey, you will be hungry.
Hold on to you beast!
People from Tianchu Kingdom came to ask for money. Before the chief official could say anything, the people around him started biting.
"We are all waiting here. We haven't been given any salary. Why should we give it to you first?"
"Is your Tianchu Kingdom particularly short of money? How many years has it been since there has been a war? Why are you still licking your faces to ask for military expenses?"
"I heard that all the barbarians have died a long time ago. Tianchu Kingdom drinks and eats meat every day and has plenty of money!"
The Tianchu Kingdom is pitiful. Not only did they not get this year's military expenditure, but they also had to pay the one hundred thousand taels of filial piety money for the second year in a regular and quantitative amount!
Moreover, these 100,000 filial piety cannot be topped up by the 300,000 military expenses that Tianchu Kingdom owed last year. They have to pay them real money, otherwise they will not even be allowed to enter the office in the future!
The Tianchu Kingdom, which is already at the end of its rope, originally counted on this year's military expenditure to extend its life, but who would have thought that it would have to cough up another hundred thousand taels, otherwise it would not even think about 600,000!
There is no way, there is really no way. A penny is too much for the heroic man, and the impoverished Jingtai family has no choice but to mortgage the manor to borrow money.