The days in Changchun Palace are more of memories.
Shao Shude suddenly remembered that he had collected many papers here. The scholars who submitted papers at that time, as long as he liked them, were basically powerful, and the worst he could be was a governor.
This is the importance of betting.
If you bet correctly, even if your ability is average and you cannot become a high-ranking official, you can still become an official in a local state or county.
If you bet on the wrong money, the stronger your ability, the worse your fate will be, just like Zhu Quanzhong's counselor Jingxiang.
Life is faced with choices again and again. It turns out that choice is the most important.
On February 15th, Shao Shude met with local tyrants, gentry, and elders from the five states of Yao, Fu, Fang, Yan, and Dan. After some consolation, he accepted more than 300 wealthy and powerful children into Yin'anzhi.
This is Shao Sheng's old operation.
In troubled times, local tycoons, wealthy businessmen, and children from military schools are generally skilled in archery and horsemanship, and their families are also very influential in the local area. Recruiting them into the army is not only a need for the united war, but also a good source of supplementary soldiers.
Zhu Quanzhong gathered powerful people in Bianzhou City, and the sons of wealthy businessmen established a city of government, which was extremely brave.
The children of businessmen who have been looked down upon by people in the past dynasties are actually powerful people in this era. It can only be said that this is a deformed Spartan society for all people. There is no opportunity to be pampered and privileged, and the rich second generation will also have to take the test, and they will die.
Otherwise, it will be the end of death and annihilation of the whole family.
But once they stop curling up and start to lie down and enjoy themselves, the Bianliang Forbidden Army will become a show-up, and the Battle of Baixiang will become a laughing stock, achieving the supreme glory of others.
The group of people Shao Shude recruited were basically cultivated at the end of the involution society, and their fighting qualities were pretty good.
In another twenty years, he would not dare to recruit the children of wealthy businessmen into the army for fear of being deceived.
On February 18, the Holy Spirit drove south to Huazhou and then westward.
Shao Shude got off the carriage, mounted a sacred war horse, and rode alongside Wang Bian, the deputy envoy to the Privy Council of Nanya.
In Daxia officialdom, Wang Bian was definitely a striking figure.
Although the overall Shence Army was in shoddy condition, it was not all parallel imports. When Li Guochang and his sons were conquering Li Guochang and his son, the three thousand Shence Army that Li Zhuo brought to Hedong were quite capable, but they were probably the only ones among the hundreds of thousands of troops who could be decorated.
The ones in front of the store.
Wang Bian was a Shen Ce general. Because Qi Bizhang could not afford the expenses of the Zhenwu Army, he was kicked out by the warriors. Wang Bian took the military reward collected by the court and took office, and finally surrendered when Shao Shude annexed the four towns in Guanbei.
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It can be seen that he did not have much ambition. After leaving the Zhenwu Army, he served as the governor of Huazhou and the defense envoy of Tongguan, secretly surrendering to Shao Shude.
From then on, he was quite trusted, but he also did a lot of dirty work and offended many scholars. The position of deputy privy envoy was a deserved reward for him.
"In the past, Wang Qing was attacked by Hao Zhenwei and was defeated like a mountain. If Hao really succeeded and united with the two states of China, it would be quite a vassal town." Shao Shude looked at the wide and straight first-class national road and smiled.
road.
In the past, when he marched east from Chang'an and passed Zhaoying County, both sides of the post road were full of overturned vehicles and dead and injured soldiers. Wang Bian's elite troops were basically destroyed in one battle during the march, and he was forced to ask for help from Shao Shude.
Thinking of this matter, Wang Bian also laughed and said: "Actually, Hao Zhenwei made up his mind to help me. If he didn't make a sneak attack, I might have to wait and see for a while. If he did a sneak attack, I lost all my capital. I knew that my ability was limited and I was embarrassed.
I have no choice but to surrender to Your Majesty, but I didn't want to but did it wrongly, and I am now rich and noble."
Wang Bian said this playfully, but it is also true.
Shao Shude couldn't help laughing after hearing this, and said: "Twenty years have passed, and the dilapidated Liangjing Post Road has changed its appearance. I can't remember exactly how Hao Zhenwei died. It seems that he died in the river or Heyang
.This person is really..."
"He just can't lose his face." Wang Bian said: "If I can surrender to Your Majesty happily, this position will probably belong to him."
Hao and Wang both stabbed Tongzhou and Huazhou. Their strength was similar, but Hao Zhenwei's ability was stronger.
Shao Shude still occasionally recalls the actual situation of Li Guochang's eastern expedition at the end of the Qianfu period.
Hao Dutou led more than 5,000 soldiers and horses with great majesty. He first put down the restless Zhenwu Army, then entered Daibei and occupied the Zhelu Army, causing Li Keyong to return without success.
Later he returned and became an envoy to the Tiande army, but he refused to surrender and became a lost dog from then on. He ran away and was used by Zhu Quanzhong. What good can be said about him?
As the old saying goes, choice is important.
"Do you think Yang Jie knows current affairs?" Shao Shude asked.
"Your Majesty, he is just a playboy. He will agree to anything after being frightened. Besides, he is not worth much anymore," Wang Bian said.
In the long history of the late Tang Dynasty and the Five Dynasties, the value of the descendants of one of the princes was really low to the point of being dispensable.
In ancient battles, the descendants of the losing side were actually very useful and at the same time very dangerous. Either kill them all, or treat them with courtesy to prevent anyone from rebelling in the newly conquered land.
But at this point, you can kill or not kill, but no one will necessarily stand up for you.
The world has changed a lot, and the trend has changed too fast. To put it bluntly, the social foundation is undergoing drastic changes.
The Anshi Rebellion was a turning point for civilization.
The rise of Wufu to the country was a turning point in the socio-economic foundation.
From now on, society will become more and more atomized, and local organizational capabilities will become increasingly weakened. Correspondingly, centralization of power will be continuously strengthened.
But Shao Shude didn't plan to kill Yang Zhe, there was no need. He planned to take some time to meet with the several hundred members of his family, and then send them all to live in Liaodong. From now on, as long as they don't seek death, no one will interfere with their lives.
In fact, he was treated very tolerantly, just think of it as the virtue that Yang Xingmi accumulated for his descendants.
The same young monarch, Dachengzhuan, is still a prisoner and follows the Holy Emperor everywhere. There is still no clear explanation. His wife, Gao, is still lying in a carriage in Shao Shude, her delicate body is
,a mess.
With such treatment, you can enjoy yourself secretly.
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On February 22, the Holy Emperor arrived in Zhaoying County and stayed at the Huaqing Palace in Lishan Mountain for three days.
Zhao Ying ordered Li Xie to be very ancestral and very clever. He cleaned up the Huaqing Pool in advance and allowed Shao Shude, Xiao and Du to have a great time in the pool.
On the 28th, the Holy Spirit arrived in the east of Chang'an City and entered from the first gate on the north side, Tonghua Gate.
When entering the city, Shao Shude made a special stop.
At that time, Zhuge Liang camped near Chang'an to encircle and suppress Huang Chao. He and Zhuge Shuang's army of more than 20,000 troops were assigned to the east and northeast camps successively.
When Huang Chao withdrew from Chang'an, all the camps rushed into the city to plunder, but he was the only one who pursued him.
Time has passed and things have changed a lot.
This time, he came to Chang'an as a master.
This is Daxia Xijing, his city.
"After all, it is the old foundation of the Sui and Tang Dynasties. The scale of Chang'an is not comparable to that of Luoyang." The streets had been taken over by the Imperial Guards who arrived earlier and were cleaned up repeatedly. When Shao Shude entered the city, he looked at the familiar old capital of the Tang Dynasty, and all kinds of thoughts came to his mind.
The memory came to me, but quickly faded away.
Chang'an now is different from what it was ten years ago, and it is even more different from what it was twenty or thirty years ago.
There are fewer people and there is a look of decline everywhere.
The young men from Fangshi who were once more ruthless than the Huang Chao thieves were sent to Hubei Road to open up wasteland in batches.
There are also many fewer businessmen and scholars because this place is far away from the political center.
The Shence Army was wiped out long ago, and the families of the sergeants either immigrated abroad or relied on themselves to survive.
"Wuling Boy" was nowhere to be seen.
Shao Shude suddenly thought of the cities in later generations that struggled to transform after their resources were exhausted.
Job opportunities have plummeted, and it is impossible to support so many city residents who are not engaged in farming. The goods and funds circulating on the market are gradually decreasing. The entire city is trying to maintain its "godhead" with difficulty, but it still continues to decline uncontrollably until it hits the bottom.
rebound and then stabilize at a certain level.
This is a historical necessity and also Chang'an's helplessness.
The economic center of gravity is moving from west to east, which is unstoppable. Not only is the Central Plains in Kanto prosperous, but even the Northeastern Barbarians who are closely connected with Kanto are also rising day by day, and their strength is slowly surpassing that of the Northwest Barbarians.
Shao Shude felt that he had tried his best.
He is not a god and cannot go against the general trend. The decline of Kansai is inevitable. All he can do is to retain as much vitality as possible to make the consequences of the decline less tragic.
The emergence of Maofu gave Kansai's economy a shot in the arm, greatly delaying the process of decline. In some commercial cities, prosperity even surpassed that of the former Tang Dynasty.
But Shao Shude knew that this was all an illusion. A single Maobu could not support the economy of Kansai and could not bring Chang'an back to the peak of Tianbao.
In recent years, the coal industry in Tongzhou and other places has gradually prospered, and it is even sold to Hedong Road and Zhili Road downstream through the Yellow River water transportation. But they also face fierce competition. Xiuwu and Liang County are also important coal-producing areas, and Hedong
It also has its own coal industry. Tongzhou Coal Mine is destined to only occupy a small part of such an increasingly prosperous market, and it is difficult to take the lead.
Trade with the Western Regions is another way, and its scale has grown year by year in recent years, and Kansai has made a lot of profits. However, with the deepening of maritime trade, the land Silk Road is destined to be unable to compete with the Maritime Silk Road.
The cost of the player is no longer at the same level, and failure in competition is almost inevitable.
Shao Shude thought about it, and it seemed that only by conquering the West and completely restoring the territory of the Western Regions of the former Tang Dynasty could the economy of Guanxi be improved slightly. After all, there are some things that cannot be replaced by sea trade, such as with the nearby Chichi
trade with neighboring countries.
"Long live our emperor!" The people of Chang'an were temporarily imprisoned in each square, but after seeing the yellow umbrella cover, they still cheered warmly behind the low square walls.
Shao Shude took back his thoughts, looked around, and suddenly smiled.
What are you thinking about so much? Just do your best and have a clear conscience.
If you can change a little bit, if you add up a little, it may lead to a qualitative change in the future?
Shao Shude checked into Daming Palace that day.
On the first day of March, a meeting was held at the Hanyuan Hall, attended by all the ninth-grade civil and military officials in Beijing, formally announcing the transfer of the political center of Daxia.
