The green birds on the river are more than white, and the blue flowers on the mountains are about to burn.
This spring has come and gone again, when will it be the return year?
——"Two Quatrains" by Du Fu
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Another scholar surnamed Yan deeply agreed, saying: "After the fall of Yu Wenrong, Wei Jian, Wang Jian and others were also those who plundered the people's wealth. Wei Jian was capable and agile, and supervised the transportation of grain in the Jianghuai River. He earned tens of thousands per year and was promoted.
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In the second year of Tianbao, Jianghuai South rented Wei Jian, the general envoy, to dig river channels and guide the Chan water to the Royal Forest Garden, where it gathered into a lake, which is today's Guangyun Lake, and was used to park grain ships from the Jianghuai River. This project was huge.
It was diverted from the Yangtze River and the Huaihe River and connected to the capital Chang'an. It took two years to complete. During this period, countless civilian craftsmen were driven to dig out the ancestral graves of the people along the way, which led to boiling public dissatisfaction and economic depression.
In the fourth year of Tianbao, Wang Xian was promoted to be a doctor in the Ministry of Household Affairs and a household registration officer because of his proper handling of land taxes and taxes.
After the king came to power, he reciprocated the favor. He tried his best to exploit the people, please the emperor, and do what he wanted. The annual tribute amounted to more than 10 billion to provide rewards and banquets in the harem.
Where did these tens of billions of dollars of money come from?
Wang Shangshu proposed to levy transportation taxes to increase financial resources; in order to plunder and exploit, he thought that the soldiers who had died in the battle but still had household registration were guilty of tax evasion. The families of these fallen soldiers not only could not receive government pensions, but were instead
Forced to pay heavy taxes, sad and resentful."
Before the scribe surnamed Yan could finish his words, several strong men beside him were already sobbing, crying: "Both my grandfather and father died in the battle. Not only did we have no merit, but we were bullied! If we don't avenge this, we will never be human!"
The scribe surnamed Yan continued: "Wang Zhi caused a huge disaster. Not only was he blameless, but he was promoted to the imperial censor Zhongcheng by Li Longji Yao and also served as the envoy to the capital.
Yang Guozhong, the brother of Yang Guifei, followed the same pattern and exploited the people through various methods to collect money for Li Longji for him to squander, so he was promoted quickly.
In the seventh year of Tianbao, Li Longji promoted Yang Guozhong to the position of imperial minister and imperial minister, specializing in handling the national finance. His favor increased day by day. To this day, Yang Guozhong concurrently holds more than 20 official positions of third rank or above.
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At this time, several Hu men also stood up. The leader of the group was dark brown hair, with deep-set eye sockets, a high bridge of nose, and fair skin. He spoke in a thick Hu accent and roared angrily: "Li Longji is so happy with his success. The Tang Dynasty he appointed
The border commander acted arrogantly in our Western Regions, killing and plundering wantonly. This seriously damaged the relationship between the Tang Dynasty and other countries in the Western Regions, causing the situation on the border to be extremely unstable.
Our Shi Kingdom was respectful and humble to the Tang Dynasty, and we have been paying tribute continuously. In the second year of Tianbao, we sent our son-in-law Tai Ran Burian, the leader of the Kang Kingdom, to offer gifts. In the fifth year of Tianbao, we sent an envoy to offer fifteen celestial horses. The deputy king of Shi Kingdom, Yi Natu,
Tunqu also sent envoys to offer gifts; in the sixth year of Tianbao, he sent envoys to offer Tianma again; in the eighth year of Tianbao, he also sent the crown prince Yuanen to the pass for pilgrimage.
King Naju Chebishi of the Shi Kingdom was even more loyal to the Tang Dynasty. He was conferred the title of King Huaihua by Li Longji and was given preferential treatment and an iron book of alchemy for immunity.
Our Shi Country is located on the Silk Road, has developed agriculture, is good at doing business, and is as wealthy as the West. Your Jiedu made Gao Xianzhi covet the wealth of our Shi Country and wanted to plunder it for himself. In the ninth year of Tianbao, Gao Xianzhi falsely accused our king of "nothing"
"Fan Chenli", led the troops to attack.
Gao Xianzhi pretended to send people to make peace with our country first, and then took advantage of our soldiers' unpreparedness to send troops to cover up the attack and captured our king Naju Chebishi and his tribe.
After invading our country, Gao Xianzhi obtained a total of more than ten dendrobiums, five or six camels of gold, and the remaining horses and groceries, all of which went into his home..."
Several barbarians nearby were also furious, waving their fists and shouting: "We Tuqishi are also one of the countries closest to the Tang Dynasty among the countries in the Western Regions.
On the way back from Shiguo, Gao Xianzhi slandered Tuqishi for rebelling, attacked Tuqishi, and captured our transfer Khan. Seeing the resistance of the local people, the Tang army suppressed them vigorously. In addition to the old, weak, women and children, there were also people in Shi
Hu Shang with the ninth surname of Zhaowu is a trader in the country."
One of the tall and burly Hu men, with red eyes, cried: "What's even more hateful is that Gao Xianzhi not only robbed property, but also set up soldiers to kill, rape and plunder, and even refused to let go of the old, weak, sick and disabled. I
A whole family of more than 30 people, including young and old, died under his iron heel. When I rushed home, there was not a single person alive in the entire village..."
Thinking of his white-haired parents, his beloved wife and children, the burly Hu man covered his face with his hands and burst into tears.
The leader of the dark-brown-haired Hu man continued: "In the tenth year of Tianbao, Gao Xianzhi entered the court and presented the captured Tuqi to Shi Khan.
When he went to Chang'an to travel far away, he was killed by Li Longji. The transferred Khan was also beheaded.
It would be fine if Li Longji didn't know the truth, but after he found out the details of Gao Xianzhi's Western Expedition, he still chose to shield Gao Xianzhi and did not punish him.
Gao Xianzhi committed such a heinous crime and caused a huge disaster, which greatly reduced the prestige of the Tang Dynasty in the Western Regions. Li Longji did not take it seriously and neither punished Gao Xianzhi nor sent envoys to appease the countries in the Western Regions. Relying on national strength
, bullying the weak.
Well, it’s not polite to come back and not go back, we the countries in the Western Regions will never surrender to the Tang Dynasty again!”
Just when everyone was impassioned and denounced Xuanzong, Mr. Gao took out his compass and carefully surveyed the terrain, chanting as he walked:
"If it falls like a chain, it originates from the sky, like the waves of water, like the galloping of a horse, it comes like a gallop, it stops like a corpse, it is like a swallow carrying thousands of treasures, it is like a clean house with all kinds of goodness. It is like a drum.
It is like a storage vessel, like a dragon or a luan, soaring or sitting in the sky, a bird crouching and a beast crouching, and like a noble of ten thousand chariots."
"The momentum is like thousands of horses descending from the sky, burying the king; the momentum is like huge waves, mountains and mountains, and the burial of thousands of horses; the momentum is like a descending dragon, water flowing around the clouds, three princes with great honors; the momentum is like a heavy house, lush grass and trees, opening a mansion
The founding of a nation; the momentum is like a frightened snake, bending and slanting, the home of the kingdom of heaven; the momentum is like spears, fighting to the death; the momentum is like running water, all living beings are ghosts."
Half an hour later, he pointed to a place and said firmly: "This is it."
One of the people accompanying him took out his cinnabar pen according to his instructions, marked it on the ground, and drew a long red line on the fish spine of Canglong Ridge.
Seeing Mr. Gao take action, many people from the caravan came over to watch and see the methods of this expert in inspection.
Later, Mr. Gao came to another place, where the terrain was sunken, like an apple nest. Mr. Gao pinched his fingers and said:
"I want the power to come, but not to go; I want it to be big, not to be small; I want it to be strong, not to be weak; I want it to be different, not to be constant; I want it to be specialized, not to be divided; I want it to be rebellious.
, don’t want it to go along with it. When the momentum comes, the energy will follow it. When the momentum is strong, the energy will be deep. If the momentum is not divided, the energy will not disperse. If you want it to be different, you want it to be strange and flying, full of vitality. If you go against it, it will stop.
Whether you want it to be rebellious or not, you want it to gallop and not crouch like a dead dragon."
Mr. Gao said: "This is the heart of the Canglong. As long as this place is dug, the Canglong will die immediately!"
Seeing the crowd watching, Mr. Gao said loudly: "Li Longji has been in power for decades. He has been arrogant and extravagant. He has given endless rewards. He regards gold, silver, silk and satin as dirt and squanders them at will. If this person is not eliminated, he will really be a great harm to the world. Li Longji is Li Longji in Canglong Ridge, Huashan Mountain."
Longji's dragon vein, the cinnabar line I just drew is the dragon's tendon, and the cinnabar circle encloses the heart of the Cang dragon. If we dig out this cinnabar line and the cinnabar circle today, we can break it.
Dragon Vein!"
Everyone laughed, made loud promises, and took out hammers, iron picks, hammers, axes, and chisels from their backpacks, and started digging in full swing on Canglong Ridge.