"We are going to Yongguan from here. The mountains are high and the roads are far away. I don't know when we will see each other again. Come and drink this cup." "Drink!"
In the courtyard of a farm in the southeast of Jixian County, a group of officials in green robes were drinking and saying goodbye.
Some of them are Jinshi, serving as county captains, county magistrates, chief registrars and other officials in various states, or serving as military officers, doctors of classics, doctors of medicine and other positions in the states.
To put it bluntly, they are all low-level officials of the eighth or ninth grade.
Now their fortune has come. They ordered the establishment of Fujian Road and Lingnan West Road, and selected officials from various places to go south to take office. These are the people. And they can be county magistrates as soon as they go, which is considered a high promotion.
Of course, not everyone is willing to go to these places. Some people would rather be a doctor of economics in the Central Plains as a junior ninth-rank scholar than to go to Lingnan as a seventh-rank or seventh-rank county magistrate - it doesn't matter how many levels they are promoted.
Willing to go.
While some people are unwilling to go, there are naturally others who are willing to go. You have the background, but I don’t, so I can only give it a try.
If you hang around in the Central Plains, you may not be able to pass the seventh level in your life. Now that you have the opportunity to directly advance to the seventh level, why not go? Everything in the world is risky, everything depends on fate.
In addition, there are the Sandu Imperial College, where outstanding economics students from various states and senior officials from yamen at all levels also have the opportunity to serve as ninth-grade junior officials in Lingnan, Fujian, and Qianzhong.
From officials and students to officials, this is a qualitative leap for them. It is a goal that was originally difficult to achieve in their lifetime, and it is completely worth risking their lives.
Their attitudes are much more positive than those of low-level officials. They packed their bags early and went to their posts happily. Because they knew very well that this was a benefit that was only available in the early years of the dynasty. If it were replaced by a few decades of peace, a
A hundred years later, is it possible to still want to be an official without fame?
The dynasty is rising like the sun, and the bureaucracy is in various forms.
"In a while, Lingnan East Road will also be conquered, right?" After drinking together, everyone sat down, and someone said, "I'm afraid Jing Haijun will also be suppressed."
"It's a matter of time. Once we finish beating Liu Yin, we have to stop the suppression in a moment."
"The five places where we are in charge are Jiaozhou and Guangzhou, which are pretty good, but the others are not good." "If you don't go there, where can you go? Let you be the Yin of Henan?"
"Haha. If you can be the Yin of Henan, Yin of Jingzhao, or Yin of Peking in this life, you will have to return to your hometown to worship your ancestors and repair your ancestral tombs." "Speaking of Fu Yin, Du Guangyi of Anton Yin became the governor of Fujian Province. This step is
That’s quite a big step.”
"What is his identity? He has accumulated a lot of experience in Anton Mansion for many years. It will only happen sooner or later."
"Those who may be admitted to the political hall in the future. Those who go to Fujian Road, please visit more and walk around. If you miss this opportunity, you will regret it for the rest of your life." The lower-level officials were sitting together chatting, and the atmosphere was definitely different from that of the senior officials.
Generally speaking, they dare to say that they also have considerable visions for the future at this time, after all, they are not very old.
As for those over 40, that is another idea. They will seriously consider the feasibility of taking root in the south, rather than thinking about being promoted and then being transferred back to the local area.
Since the end of the Tang Dynasty, Fujian has become a place where many northern scholars have escaped from the war. The local literary style has gradually become more and more popular, and it is actually a good place to settle down and make a living. If it is managed well, for several generations, there will be no strong competitors.
Under such circumstances, it is easier to become a local wealthy family.
This is more attractive to older, lower-level officials. They no longer have unlimited possibilities in their official careers and place more hope on their descendants.
And their subconscious thoughts are actually an important part of the Chinese people's development of the south for thousands of years. A family of northern scholars
Court, its driving energy is amazing, and assimilation is often completed inadvertently.
When Xiao Dilu, Qian Chuanhuang and others arrived at the end of the canal, the officials heading south had just finished their gathering.
Xiao Dilu was fine, but Qian Chuanhuang sighed repeatedly.
The northerners are coming to snatch their power and resources. Even if I can correct my mentality, I still feel a little uncomfortable in my heart.
But so what? This is the general trend.
Guanzhong, Henan, Hebei, and Hedong are still the center of gravity of the world.
In the north of Guan and Helong there are salt animals, and the people can endure the hard battle.
Bashu is a prosperous place that is not inferior to Jiangnan. As long as it recovers, it will definitely be a place where humanity gathers.
Even rising stars such as Jinghu and Liaodong have their own characteristics and their potential cannot be underestimated.
Huainan and Jiangnan, what can we use to fight against them?
There’s nothing left to do! Qian Chuanhuang understood in his heart, but it was just hard to accept for the moment.
"Thank you for the general's warm hospitality along the way. If you have time in the future, you can go to Hangzhou for a while. I will do my best to show you the friendship of the landlord and let the general return home happily." After they were about to leave, Qian Chuanhuan cupped his hands and saluted.
"Easy to say, easy to say." Xiao Dilu laughed and said:.
He also had to pick up a group of people, that is, more than 500 Khitan, Uighur, Xi, and Bohai warriors sent from Liaodong Road. I even heard that some people from the Shiwei tribe were tempted by the money and planned to go south to work. The chiefs of various tribes,
After much persuasion by the envoys, he also planned to go to Beijing to pay tribute and accept the imperial canonization.
Judging from these measures, the imperial court's strategy for the Liaodong Road was consistent, which was to send its best warriors southward.
There are three major benefits to doing this.
One is to reduce the survival pressure on the grassland so that the remaining people can survive without taking desperate risks.
The second is to get a group of hard-working warriors who dare to fight for their lives. After these warriors live in the Central Plains for a few generations, they will be assimilated by the huge population base and cannot afford to make a splash.
The third is to close the relationship between the Central Plains and the grasslands.
People who come to serve as soldiers and work hard always have relatives and friends in their hometown, right? It doesn’t matter whether they die in battle or fail to work hard. Let’s talk about those who have made contributions and succeeded in living a good life. They will subconsciously contact their hometown. This can
It eliminates a lot of strangeness and even forms a stable channel. People who have nothing on the grassland will use this channel to go south to the "lighthouse" of the Central Plains to serve the imperial court.
They left one of them, the local chief, and the leader lost a bit of strength. When they wanted to rebel, they found that they were all crooked and couldn't do anything. This was no joke. He was tall and strong, and had a strong will.
When the hard-working, smart and brave people leave, they will also take away their best qualities and even their bloodline. For a group of people, it means that the entire race has deteriorated and degenerated.
After Xiao Dilu left, Qian Chuanqiong went directly to Honglu Temple without much delay. After setting the holy date, he was arranged to Guanyi, where he unexpectedly met Wang Yanbin, the nephew of Wang Shenzhi, the governor of Quanzhou.
"Wang Shijun." "Qian Yanei."
After seeing the ceremony, I didn't know what to say for a moment. Finally, Qian Chuanqiong spoke first: "I heard that Quanzhou's maritime trade is prosperous. The saint loves this very much. I have made you come to the capital to be a guest in the emperor's heart."
"I accept your good advice." Wang Yanbin said with a smile. After saying that, he raised the wine bottle and offered a toast to Qian Chuanqiong. The two drank it down in one gulp.
"Speaking of which, when I came to Beijing a few years ago, Shuofang Shengyaki was only available in a few big inns, but now it is everywhere." Qian Chuanqiong said: "And this salmon, at least in Beiping Prefecture, is available in every inn.
.The saint’s journey along the way has truly turned his preferences into the preferences of the entire world T°:
"I actually quite like this wine, it's quite strong. However, just because it's called Shuofang, it may not really be produced by Shuofang." Wang Yanbin said, "At least in Beiping Prefecture, most of it is produced locally and brought over by immigrants from Kansai. They have
Because of the habit of raising dairy cows, I heard that the residue after wine making can induce lactation, so I planted more grapes to make wine."
"It's true that the soil and water support the people." Qian Chuanhuang sighed.
During the Sui and Tang dynasties, land was granted to the people and stipulated in terms of residential gardens and cultivated land. That is to say, residential gardens are residential gardens and cultivated land is cultivated land. They cannot be confused. Cultivated land is used to grow food. This is no problem and is the same everywhere.
But the home gardens are very different. Except for a small number of people who use them to build houses, the homes of people in Henan and Hebei are mostly used to plant mulberry trees, also known as "mulberry gardens." The homes and gardens of the people in Kansai are more diverse.
Some people plant mulberry trees, and some people turn them into orchards, such as plums, apricots, dates, etc. from the famous Ma Sui family in Chang'an.
There are many kinds of grapes in the gardens of Guanbei people. In the past, some people made raisins for sale, but now they basically make wine. Because after experiments in Liangzhou, it was found that when the wine residue is mixed with forage, it can indeed make milk
The milk production of cows has greatly increased. When people see the benefits, they will naturally follow suit.
The cheese that is now everywhere in Guanzhong is mostly produced in northern Guanzhong. People in the Central Plains originally did not have the habit of eating many dairy products, but after thirty years of evolution, fresh milk, physalis, cheese, milk residue, milk rind, and milk powder,
Milk tofu and even kumiss have become indispensable in people's daily lives.
It’s cheap, large in quantity, and can satisfy your hunger, who doesn’t like it? In short, the eating habits of people in some areas of Daxia have been permanently changed.
Now it seems that as the people of Kansai migrate to various parts of the north, this eating habit is also spreading. People in Henan may be reluctant to cut down mulberry forests and convert them into vineyards, but people in the Yanshan area in the north are not.
Hesitant. Because you asked them to grow mulberry and weave thick silk, whether it is output, quality or technology, it is inferior to the Central Plains silk and satin represented by Beizhou.
Since we can't compete with them, we might as well find another way and learn from the Kansai people to raise more livestock, make more wine, and make more dairy products.
"However, Shuofang raw barbecue is not the same as salmon." Wang Yanbin added: "I heard that there are not that many salmon, but the saint distributes it through the post station, which actually makes the passing military generals, officials, and envoys gradually like this thing.
.Look at this inn, if you want to eat beef and mutton, it may not be available. If you want to eat salmon, it’s really available. Oh, there’s even more venison today.”
The post station has reception standards, and the food and accommodation standards for officials of different levels are different. Those with higher ranks or more important ones can eat meat. But in fact, they do not have much choice. What they eat depends on what the inn station provides. In fact, it is a kind of
A disguised form of "forced buying and selling."
But salmon is a rare thing, and the saints have said that officials don't mind getting one. Even those who are not qualified to eat the free salmon provided by the inn are willing to pay for one. It actually sells very quickly, as for what it is
The reason is probably that officials want to make progress too much.
"Venison is rare in the Central Plains. Even with your status, you and I are not allowed to eat it at will. It depends on whether the hunters have caught it." Qian Chuanhuang said with a smile: "At the beginning of this year, a Chinese envoy came to Hangzhou.
Recruiting 100 shipbuilding craftsmen and 300 people who are good at craftsmanship, we said we were going to a place on the Bohai Sea off the coast of Tokyo..."
"So I'm not the only one in Quanzhou!" Wang Yanbin picked up the wine bottle, took a sip of wine, and said with a wry smile: "In February, a middle envoy also came to Fuzhou to recruit craftsmen and sailors. My uncle didn't dare to disobey, so he asked someone to accompany the middle envoy.
Quanzhou, finally took away five hundred people, and moved the whole family to Liaodong. Just because of this - well, I was scolded miserably."
Although Wang Yanbin is only twenty-four years old this year, since his father Wang Shenjun, father and son have been guarding Quanzhou for more than ten years.
The two had the same idea. They vigorously recruited scholars from the Central Plains to take refuge in Quanzhou to improve the local literary style and at the same time support maritime trade to earn huge profits. Over time, Quanzhou's local shipbuilding, navigation, and trading talents have grown explosively, and they have accumulated considerable accumulation.
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The imperial court noticed this and began to gather wool. But they were unable to resist, so they could only hold their noses and admit it - they didn't let you join the court as an official, they just gave you some people. It's difficult to shirk such a small thing.
Do you want to break up?
When Qian Chuanhuang heard this, he also laughed. The two toasted each other and drank it all in one gulp.
"I haven't asked why the envoy came to the capital yet..." Qian Chuanhuang hesitated for a while and then asked. After speaking, he added: "If it's inconvenient, forget it."
"It's nothing inconvenient." Wang Yanbin poured wine for the two of them and said, "I came to Beijing this time as an envoy to the Quanzhou court. After attending the Zhengdan court, I will go to Muzhou at the latest in March.
Become the governor."
"Muzhou?" Qian Chuanhuang thought for a long time before he remembered that this was Zhengzhou, a newly established state in Liaodong, and it turned out that the post of governor had always been vacant.
"That's Muzhou." Wang Yanbin said: "Actually, it's not just me. Several cousins have their own appointments and have left Fujian."
Qian Chuanhuang felt sad after hearing this. If the Wang family was like this, how could the Qian family be spared? She would have to leave Hangzhou to work elsewhere.
Of course, I am not very happy about it. But if the general trend is like this, how can we resist it?
Not to mention, Wang Shenzhi has already set an example. His own son was transferred away from Fujian to serve, and he is still fighting for the court without rebelling, which shows that he has accepted his fate.
Wang Shenzhi has grown up like this. If the Qian family in Hangzhou does not follow suit, they will inevitably be compared with others. Then it will be ugly and they may even be punished.