"The enthusiasm of the elders in Guanzhong..." Shao Shude, who was stationed in Changchun Palace, looked at the gentry and elders who had just dispersed and said with emotion.
This western tour gave him a very good feeling. Perhaps it was because he had not visited Guanxi for a long time, but as soon as he entered Tongguan, he received a warm welcome.
Officials, generals, warriors, gentry, merchants and people of all kinds came one after another to pay homage. Even though Shao Shude was always very thick-skinned, he could not bear to pay homage to him.
He observed carefully and felt that even though the words these people said were meant to please, they were also somewhat sincere, probably 50/50.
This relieved him of many worries.
The Kuo Chao's mass base in Kansai is indeed very good, not only because this regime is from Kansai, but also because Shao Shude has brought tangible benefits to the people of Kansai, which is particularly important.
He also enjoys running Kansai.
After the crisis, the country was roughly divided into five major regions: Kansai, Henan, Hedong, Hebei, and the South.
Among these areas, Kansai and the south are areas under relatively stable control by the Tang court. One of their major features is that there are few military conflicts and wealth can be sent to the court. Relatively speaking, the atmosphere in these two areas is also better -
Compared to Kanto.
If there is any region in Daxia that can be the first to reform its ethos and become less domineering and more deferential to the court, it must be Kansai.
Next is the south. And the south can be subdivided. In the former Tang Dynasty, Shuzhong was relatively deferential, so it should be the south that innovated faster.
After the south, it may be Henan, Hedong, and Hebei should be very late.
As for Liaodong, there is no problem with warriors ruling the country.
The current turmoil is not because of its rebellious nature, but because most of the area was originally an enemy country, which is completely different from the motives of the Hebei rebellion.
"The emperor's feet are the best place." Zhao Guangfeng, the servant of the sect, said: "Your Majesty, the former Tang Dynasty's control over the towns in the northwest of Beijing was generally quite good. Compared with the Guandong vassal towns, it was quite good. The fundamental reason is that
Because Chang'an is nearby. The state and dynasty have three capitals, and these are the three best places. Using these three capitals to radiate to the surrounding areas and change them little by little should be a relatively safe strategy."
"Zhao Qing wants to invite you to Nanjing again?" Shao Shude sat on the dragon chair, took the tea cup from Du Shi, and asked with a smile.
Du's face was full of maternal glory, because she was also pregnant.
Xiao and Du became pregnant one after another, which shows that it was not that they were infertile, but rather that someone had been inactive for a long time.
"Your Majesty, your Majesty," Zhao Guangfeng said after sitting down, "I ask that Guangling be Nanjing."
"What's the reason?" Shao Shude asked.
"First, Guangling is the administrative center of Huainan. Although it was burned and looted by Sun Confucianism, time has changed and Yang Xingmi painstakingly built it. Now the household registration is gradually restored, the houses are gradually completed, and business travel is gradually flourishing. It has a bit of the majestic atmosphere of Yangzhou in those days.
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"Secondly, His Majesty is very concerned about sea trade, and Guangling is a good port. During Yang Xingmi's time, Persians, Dashi, and Brahmin merchants came here to settle and trade. After the situation stabilizes, it will definitely reach a higher level.
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"Thirdly, the counties around Guangling have a good foundation and are all well-developed lands. Although they have been exposed to wars many times, as long as the people are relocated and settle in wasteland, within a few years, grain, salt, fish, tea, and silk will flourish, and the treasury will be full, and wealth will increase.
A mountain of goods accumulates, sincerity is a good place."
"Fourth, Yangzhou is the birthplace of His Majesty, and it is the southern capital of the country."
In fact, there is one point that Zhao Guangfeng did not mention.
Although Jingzhao Prefecture, Henan Prefecture, and Beiping Prefecture are each affiliated to Guannai Road, Zhili Road, and Hebei Road, they are extremely independent because of the existence of left-behind people, and the yamen at the road level can basically not control them. They can be said to be areas directly under the jurisdiction of the imperial court.
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In today's social climate, the more areas directly under the jurisdiction of the imperial court, the greater the power of the central government. It can even use the three capitals to influence Guan Nei, Zhili, and Hebei. The benefits are many.
If another Nanjing is established and the eastern half of Huainan is included, then the imperial court will control an area rich in tea, silk, salt and prosperous trade - you know, when the Huaixi rebellion occurred, the rebels were very eager to march eastward to Huainan
, to obtain the wealth there.
Zhao Guangfeng is the prime minister, and from his perspective, this is very in line with the interests of the central government.
He also felt that the Sui and Tang Dynasties were a little stingy.
Three hundred years have passed since Nanchen's demise. There is really no need to "suppress the king's energy" anymore.
I would like to ask how many people in the south today still remember Nanchen? It would be better for the imperial court to step in and take charge of it themselves, and seize this essential area in their hands.
Zhao Guangfeng said so much, Shao Shude just drank tea, and after a long time he asked: "Why not Shengzhou?"
Shengzhou was the Nanjing of later generations.
This place is very interesting. It was the capital city during the Southern Dynasties.
After the fall of the Chen State, Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty ordered "the city of Kang be built, the palaces leveled and cultivated," and Nanjing was destroyed.
Of course, Yang Jian was not targeting anyone, he was just that kind of person. Yecheng was also destroyed. Now it is just a county, incomparable to the grand occasion back then.
After Jiankang was destroyed by Yang Jian, there were "secluded paths" and "ancient hills" everywhere, such as——
"The flowers and plants of the Wu palace are buried in the secluded paths, and the clothes of the Jin Dynasty become ancient hills."
In addition to destroying city walls and converting them into farmland, there was also administrative suppression.
Whether in the Sui or Tang Dynasties, Nanjing's status was very low. It was once reduced to a county and was under the jurisdiction of Yangzhou in the north of the Yangtze River.
As mentioned in "If you go to Shangyuan to reminisce about the past, you will sit and ponder under Xie An's grave", Nanjing in the Tang Dynasty was already a county, with a similar status to Yecheng, the former capital of the Northern Qi Dynasty.
The so-called suppressing the king's energy is what people at that time believed.
The Sui and Tang Dynasties were the imperial court in Guanxi, and they were also afraid of the reappearance of separatist regimes in Hebei and Jiangnan.
Until the reign of Xizong Guangqi of the former Tang Dynasty, 400 warriors from Xuzhou Wuning Army went to the south of the Yangtze River and successively captured Suzhou, Changzhou, Runzhou and other major counties. For the sake of recruiting security, Shengzhou was re-divided to Feng Hongduo, who was under his jurisdiction.
The status of the four counties of Shangyuan, Jurong, Lishui and Liyang and Nanjing has finally risen a little.
But this place is not good whether it is population, economy or anything else.
After Feng Hongduo surrendered, Yang Xingmi once sent people to rebuild the Shengzhou city wall, which was only a few miles around the city and was not large in scale. The local people were also very sparse. After experiencing two disasters caused by Xuzhou warriors, Sun Ru and Cai thieves, the population dropped sharply. Yang Wu's
The focus of business has always been in Huainan, so the development of Shengzhou has been extremely slow.
This time the Daxia king's army marched eastward, and Shengzhou was going to experience war again, so it was inevitable that it would suffer some devastation.
The real development of this place actually depended on Xu Wen. Historically, he imprisoned Yang Xingmi's descendants in Guangling, and went to Shengzhou to establish a tyrant, making Nanjing the de facto political center of the Huainan regime. This continued for decades, and finally made Nanjing the de facto political center of the Huainan regime.
It achieved great development and achieved the grandeur of Jinling in the Southern Tang Dynasty.
"Your Majesty, are you interested in Jiankang?" Zhao Guangfeng asked, somewhat surprised.
Shao Shude did not answer directly and asked: "How is the war in Huainan?"
Today is February 14, the twelfth year of Jianji. The war in Huainan has been going on for more than three months. Now there is only the last obstacle left. He is a little anxious to wait.
"Xu Wen and Zhang Hao gathered their troops, crossed the Yangtze River and went south, joined the Wu and Yue troops, and attacked Runzhou. They were defeated first and then won, and they have captured it." Zhao Guangfeng said: "The remaining defeated troops in Huainan gathered in Shengzhou.
The troops of Li Siyuan, Zhou Dewei, and Zhao Kuangning are heading towards Shengzhou. More than 100,000 troops from the three parties have gathered together. Sooner or later, Shengzhou will fall."
"There are only Haozhou and Xuyi City in Sizhou left in the north of the Yangtze River. The King of Qin is besieging them with troops and horses, and will not defeat them."
"Are there many casualties among the armies?" Shao Shude asked: "If the delay continues, the rainy season in the south of the Yangtze River is coming, and there may be epidemic diseases in the army."
"The army north of the Yangtze River is still good. I heard that the King of Qin sent Luo Yan's army to cross the Yangtze River south. The army was not accustomed to the climate and the soil, and there were many casualties." Zhao Guangfeng glanced at Shao Shude secretly and said.
He always felt that the saints seemed to want to see epidemics occur, especially those troops composed of Jin people, Khitan people, Bohai people, Mohe people, and Uighurs.
There is no reason for this feeling, but he just feels that there seems to be such a thing, especially when the King of Qin transferred the Luoyan Army from the Haozhou battlefield and sent it to the south of the Yangtze River. The reason was that the Guangling Yamen Army, most of the town army collapsed to the south of the Yangtze River.
The thieves are strong and need support.
Thinking of this, Zhao Guangfeng was also frightened.
It’s better not to speculate on the little calculations of the Shaw Brothers and Sons, as it will do no good.
"No one will die in a war." Shao Shude said, seemingly unfazed by this.
Zhao Guangfeng didn't want to say anything anymore, he already knew it in his mind.
"Let's talk about returning to the Southern Capital. We will make a decision after we capture Shengzhou and check the household registration and farmland." Shao Shude said: "The Jiankang ruins of the Southern Dynasties also need to be inspected. This matter is not urgent. We will discuss it later."
"Yes." Zhao Guangfeng responded.
He could tell that the sage didn't particularly care about his ancestral home in Yangzhou, but that he cared more about rebuilding a prosperous society.
Come to think of it, how many years has it been since the defeat of King Zhen of Yue during the reign of Wu Zetian, how many years has it been since the Shao family was exiled to Fengzhou? How could he still care about his hometown in Guangling?
Suddenly, he remembered something funny.
After hearing that the king's division had captured Chuzhou and Yangzhou, more than ten Shao clans suddenly appeared in Jiangdu, Hailing and other counties, and were related to the King of Qin. The people below did not dare to deal with it without authorization, so they reported to the King of Qin. As a result, the King of Qin had these people tortured.
After a scolding, one person was whipped three times, and they were all shot away.
From Zhao Guangfeng's point of view, those people might have really been relatives of saints two hundred years ago. But times have changed, and the Fengzhou Shao family is also a peasant family without a genealogy. Now it is difficult to identify relatives if they want to be related.
After Zhao Guangfeng left, Shao Shude climbed to the highest point in Changchun Palace and overlooked the river and mountains.
For a moment, he seemed to have returned to March of the fourth year of Dashun in the former Tang Dynasty (893).
Before that, he had completely taken control of Guanzhong and went eastward for the first time. Although he returned without success, he successfully captured the two states of Shaanxi and Guozhou when he returned.
Wang Chongying was seriously ill and did not dare to challenge him, so he swallowed his sigh of relief.
At that time, Ren Yuji, the governor of Weibei, repaired the Changchun Palace, which was first built by Yu Wenhu and added to by Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty.
Shao Shude and his wife and family stayed in this palace. They climbed up and looked into the distance, overlooking Taihua and Zhongtiao Mountains. He was already plotting in his mind how to conquer one prefecture and four states in the river.
In February of the twelfth year of Jianji's reign, he once again climbed high and looked far into the distance. At this time, he was already planning the Western Region, which was thousands of miles away.
