After drawing the pie, Shao Shude also knew that this matter would have an motivating effect in the short term, but in the long term, it still had to be implemented as soon as possible.
He was now crossing the river with Zhu Quanzhong in his arms, and at the same time he had a deeper understanding of him.
This is not derogatory, it is sincere.
The Houliang dynasty founded by Zhu Quanzhong was the first dynasty in the Five Dynasties. He can be said to be the pathfinder that ended the separatist situation of vassal towns since the Middle Tang Dynasty.
For many things, there were no precedents at the time, no mature solutions, and strong trends and habits. It was very difficult to fight, and we could only take one step at a time.
Zhu Quanzhong took a detour and a dead end. Later Tang Dynasty learned his lesson and continued to move forward. Then he took a detour, a dead end and perished.
The Later Jin Dynasty learned from the lessons of the Later Liang and the Later Tang Dynasty, further explored, and then perished.
This cycle continued until the Northern Song Dynasty. When the vassal towns were separated and the habitual momentum of the warriors in ruling the country was exhausted, what Zhao Kuangyin wanted to reduce was actually the power of the head of the Forbidden Army. The vassal towns had been leveled by the previous five generations of relays, and the stubborn warriors also died.
It's almost done.
Later Tang Dynasty could still cross the river by touching Hou Liang. Who could cross the river by Hou Liang? It was not easy for Zhu Quanzhong.
If we don't go to this step, our understanding of some things will only be superficial.
When he was twenty, Shao Shude could not think of these things. When he turned forty, his understanding suddenly deepened and he began to think about problems that he had not encountered back then.
But Zhu Quanzhong's wool has almost come to an end here.
After defeating Er Zhu, Zhu Quanzhong took another path, which was different from the path Shao Shude wanted to take.
Sometimes I hesitate and doubt, why not just follow Zhu Quanzhong’s old path?
But there is a huge problem that needs to be solved on this road. Can you ensure that you can defeat Li Keyong, Yang Xingmi and other military leaders while you are still alive, and then take back the power of the imperial army and reduce the local vassal towns?
If we attack Li Keyong, we may be able to win next year, maybe we can win in five years, maybe in ten years, or we may not be able to destroy him in our lifetime. Who can guarantee military matters?
In 901, Zhu Quanzhong first defeated Li Keyong in Hezhong, annihilated a large number of his elite troops, and then besieged Taiyuan in six directions. General Shi Shucong led the main force of the Liang army, 50,000, from Zelu north, and Hou Yan led his troops from Hezhong to the dangerous Diguan.
, Wang Chuzhi led the Yiwu army to attack Yuzhou, Zhang Guihou led Xingming's Ci soldiers out of Malingguan, Ge Congzhou led Yun, Yan soldiers and Chengde's army from Zhenzhou, passed Jingxing, and Wei Bo's army left Xinkou of Cizhou.
Xuanwu, Hezhong, Weibo, Chengde, Yiding, Zhaoyi and other towns joined forces with 100,000 troops, and they were fierce. Li Keyong lost a lot of his main force due to his new defeat. The Shangdang was in the hands of the Liang people again, so they retreated across the board, solidifying the walls and clearing the country.
The Liang people were put under Jinyang City, but in the end the Liang people failed due to lack of food and the special rainy weather in Taiyuan.
While retreating, they were pursued by Jin soldiers and suffered heavy losses.
This was the pinnacle of Zhu Quanzhong's strength, and he failed to conquer Hedong.
Those highways in Taihang can only support the logistics of so many soldiers and horses. Once it rains, even the 100,000 troops divided into six routes will not be able to supply.
Moreover, he had not yet joined the party, so there was no need for Li Keyong to give up dangerous terrain such as Danger Pass, which would be even harder to penetrate. In the later weeks, if the Northern Song Dynasty did not have the party in hand, they would not know how to gnaw on the turtle in Hedong.
In this case, it is better to leave your son a clean territory without vassal towns. Even if he cannot conquer Hedong, he will not be overturned.
"Send Zhao Yan back to Xuzhou. I don't want to see him anymore. Let Zhao Jue deal with him, so that everyone will look good." Shao Shude ordered: "If Zhao Jue doesn't want to, I will deal with him. It depends on him.
How to do it."
"As ordered." Li Yixian immediately sent someone to convey the message.
"I then sent an order to Ding Hui, and the Youguo army agreed to send Cai south and return to Shouzhou to camp."
"Zhao Sima, please do the math for me. If the imperial court decrees that the sixty-five prefectures of Shuofang, Hexi, Longyou, Xuanwu, Dongdu, Fengguo, Heyang, Tianping, and Jinshang Jiuzhen will be the Xia Kingdom, I will
Lord, are there any rules to follow?" Shao Shude asked again.
"Your Majesty, during the reign of Emperor Taizong, he tried to make the princes feudal, but it only cracked one state, and the regulations were not perfect, and they were quickly cancelled." Zhao Guangfeng said, "Moreover, as soon as this move came out, the towns would not be the same.
Follow the example. Wang Rong established the Zhao Kingdom on his own, Yang Xingmi established the Wu Kingdom on his own, Luo Hongxin probably couldn't do it. If Li Maozhen could unify the two Sichuan, or establish the Shu Kingdom on his own, the world would be in chaos."
The emperor is still in Chang'an, but there are a lot of "kings" in the local area. On the surface, they are still Tang ministers. In fact, it is estimated that the dragon chairs, dragon robes, etc. are ready. On weekdays, when used, the ceremonial guards are no different from those of the emperor.
, just downgrade the official letter and claim to be the ruler of the country.
Here you can actually touch Zhu Quanzhong and cross the river. Historically, the imperial court granted him the territory he occupied for the Liang Kingdom, and Quanzhong "was angry and refused to accept it." Although it was a bit pretentious, he did not dare.
"This is no different from proclaiming the emperor. It's just that the time is not ripe yet." Shao Shude smiled and said: "Let's do this for now. We don't even have the Henan Road, there are Zi, Qing, Deng, Lai, Yan, and Hai.
, Yi, Mi, Xu Jiuzhou was not captured, I’m embarrassed.”
After asking Zhao Guangfeng and Xie Tong to act "confidentially" quickly, Shao Shude thought for a while and decided that it was not appropriate for his father-in-law to rely on "confidential information". It would be best to let the princess pass on the message.
Zhe Fang'ai is so smart and knows how to talk. My father-in-law's family has two towns, Tang and Guang. If he is willing to hand over power, Shao Shude is willing to make the wealthy Beizhou the food seal of Zhe's family: the prince of Qinghe County will be granted a real seal of 5,000 households.
Counting from the beginning of the clan, the title was not reduced for three generations, but was reduced to the rank of Duke in the fourth generation. However, it was only "reduced by two from ten". In fact, there were still 4,000 households with food entitlements, and then each generation was reduced by 20%. As for whether it is a hypothetical
There is a guarantee, for example, it will not be reduced if it drops to 500 households. After further research, he even doubts whether his dynasty can be passed down to that time.
With so many vassal vassal towns, the strongest ones are most likely to seize power. This makes...
Of course, if Shao Shude deposes the queen and the prince, things will be complicated again. But he has no such idea, because he is still a little ashamed of the princess, unless the prince is really incompetent.
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"Smoke drying method!" When Shao Shude walked into the built wood drying kiln, he suddenly understood its principle.
The kiln is very small, it can even be said to be a small earthen kiln, with a height of only about three meters.
The drying method is actually very simple. Stack the wood together, then burn it on a small fire at the bottom of the pile, and use the heat of the smoke generated by the combustion to dry the wood.
However, this method dries slowly, does not dry evenly, and can easily cause fires, which is not ideal. Not to mention the thick smoke billowing during drying, not to mention environmental pollution. No one cares about this at this time, but it makes people uncomfortable nearby.
ah.
"Can we not let the wood come into contact with the open flame?" Shao Shude asked: "Build a flue through which the smoke will flow and dry the wood?"
When the craftsmen heard this, they felt that this method seemed feasible. In fact, it was just a matter of thinking, and the design was not difficult.
Shao Shude even figured out a way.
Many rectangular brick flues are set up around the inside of the drying kiln wall, and the top of the flue is covered with holes. During production, fuel is put into the flue to burn, and then the wood is smoked and dried by the burning smoke. In this way,
The wood pile is completely out of contact with the open flame, and the wood is heated and dried by the humid air acting as the medium in the heating kiln, greatly reducing the possibility of fire.
"By the way, there is so much waste heat and smoke produced when firing bricks and tiles, it can be used." Shao Shude made another suggestion: "Brick kilns and drying kilns can be built together. I call it 'joint production'. Bricks
The exhaust gas produced by the Wall-wheel kiln is very hot and can be used to dry wood. At least it can reduce the use of coal. You can think about it again and redesign it."
A brick wheel kiln normally produces 6,000-8,000 cubic meters of waste gas per hour, with a temperature of about 80-100 degrees. The ignition point of wood is 250-300 degrees Celsius, which can be used for drying.
This flow of waste hot air is more than enough to dry two kilns with a capacity of 50 to 60 cubic meters (referring to the capacity of wood). Based on the average time it takes to dry a batch of wood of six days, more than 5,000-6,000 cubic meters are dried every year.
There is nothing wrong with the wood.
Of course, the above are all illusions, and it is impossible to do it at this time, so we can only do our best.
"Your Highness does have a wonderful idea." The foreman listened for a long time and was very impressed.
Everyone knows that the flue gas coming out of the brick kiln is very hot. But it was discharged directly before. If the flue gas is introduced into the wood drying kiln by exhaust like the porcelain kiln, it can indeed be used.
"There is a lack of big blowers and exhaust fans." Shao Shude sighed.
If these two things are available, the brick wheel kiln can be built very large, the output will be high, and the cost will be very low.
Another major constraint is the lack of an artifact: an automatic brick making machine.
The current bricks can only be made by manpower, and the efficiency is too low. Add up all the small wheel kilns in Henan Prefecture, and Shao Shude doubts whether they can produce one million bricks a year. There is no figure yet, and it is probably not reached, dozens of
It's overwhelming.
But it costs more than 20,000 pieces of bricks for a sergeant to build a brick house, which is enough for fifty families of sergeants.
Even the inconspicuous small earthen kilns built in rural areas in later generations have more than this amount of output. Those small earthen kilns look very shabby and have no technical content. They could be built in ancient times, but if you look deeper, you will find that they have systems.
With brick machines (not necessarily available in every kiln), reasonable kiln body design, deeper and scientifically built chimneys, and transportation means, the cost of a brick can be astonishingly reduced to a few cents, which is completely unmatched at this time.
Shao Shude recalled the chimneys of small earthen kilns in rural areas. They seemed to be quite high. There were iron frames on the outer layer for people to climb up and clean the dust. This thing was not something that could be built at this time. Maybe it could be built, but it would cost a lot of money.
Not a small cost.
Therefore, do not despise the small earthen kilns in rural areas. Those were the small earthen kilns of the 20th century. Even in the ninth century, you might not be able to build them.
"Whoever can make a brick-making machine, whether pedal-operated or animal-powered, doesn't matter. I will reward you generously. Money, official position, everything you need. Keep your word, and you should encourage him." Shao Shude announced to the craftsmen.
Shao Shude can only think of so much to give ordinary people more channels to make money and make use of rural resources.
The improvement of the production efficiency and the reduction of the cost of the most basic bricks and tiles and wood actually means the improvement of the productivity of the whole society and the reduction of construction costs.
Many people don’t take this benefit seriously, but when you need to explore, you’ll know how wonderful it is.
