It starts from Guohuang Town and Bailongdui (today's west of Hami, in Turpan) in the west, to Zhuoxie Mountain, Junji Mountain, and Nantang Mountain (all in today's Mongolia) in the north, to Qilian Mountain in the south, and to Lunshan in the east. It reaches three miles from east to west.
More than 1,200 miles away, nearly 2,000 miles from north to south, they are all in the territory of Liangzhou.
It's big, but there's no one there.
The area is five or six times that of Guanzhong Road, but Dingkou is less than one-tenth of Guanzhong Road.
Take Wuwei, the capital of the past five Liang Dynasties, as an example. Now it has reached the point where it has "two counties, five counties, and only 747 households." Can we see the decline of the population?
However, in order to guard against powerful enemies such as Rouran, Gaoche, and Tuyuhun, quite a few military towns were set up.
There was Dunhuang in the west, Bogulu (now Lingwu in Ningxia) in the east, Wuhan (now Linxia in Gansu), Shanshan (now Ledu in Qinghai) in the south, and Gaoping (now Guyuan in Gansu) in the north.
It means that the entire Liangzhou is almost empty except for the soldiers on all sides.
There were no extra Ding households to move, and the imperial court regarded Liangzhou as useless. Over time, it became the back garden of small tribes such as Tuyuhun, Gaoche, Lushuihu, Clan, Qiang and other miscellaneous Hu tribes.
The herdsmen of Tuyuhun all put their horses at the foot of Guzang City, where the former Wuliang capital, the former Liangzhou government seat, and the Wufu town government were located.
If Liu Huiwang hadn't rebelled, Rouran, Tuyuhun, Gaoche, Dangxiang, and several other Southern Liang countries were collaborating on Liangzhou's plan and were exposed, the imperial court would have turned a blind eye and only concentrated on attacking Nanliang. p>
The court and the emperor were horrified, and they came up with the idea of re-governing Liangzhou. However, because the Wei Dynasty was using troops from all sides, the court had to fight hundreds of battles every year, and almost all the generals who could be used were sent out, and there were not many.
suitable for use.
Not only being able to lead troops is not enough, you also need to be able to govern the place, and you need to be both civil and military. So in the end, it fell to Uncle Zang Li Shao.
Who allowed Liangzhou, which is millions of miles away, to have a fiefdom all by himself? If he doesn’t go, who will?
From then on, Liangzhou was divided into two, with Zhangye as the boundary, Dongliangzhou in the east and Xiliangzhou in the west. Li Shao was the governor of Dongliangzhou, Zhijie, and oversaw the military affairs of the two states.
At most, he will have to take office in more than a month...
It is better for Li Shao to be the governor than for an outsider to be the governor. At least if the whereabouts of Li Song and others are leaked, Li Shao can help cover it up.
At this time, Biao Shi County should be under the jurisdiction of Xiliang Prefecture.
It is located between the Qilian Mountains and the Heli Mountains. The distance between the two mountains is only 200 miles. It has always been the pastoral residence of Lushuihu, Uighur and other small tribes. It is also far away from Wuwei, the administrative center of Dongliang Prefecture, and the administrative center of Xiliang Prefecture.
All the wine springs are not close. So even if Li Shao takes office, he will not take care of them for the time being.
You can ask Li Shao to make it easier. For example, if you transport a large amount of grain into Liangzhou, there will definitely be no trace. If you don't take care of things along the way, you might cause big trouble...
Li Chengzhi thought about it and said calmly: "Today, your Majesty ordered me to brew strong liquor as soon as possible for the Ministry of War to use for making kerosene. Because the amount required is large and the time is urgent, it is necessary to find a dry place.
Ground-dried grains are brewed into mash.
The younger generation was still hesitating whether to place the drying ground and mash pond in Xiazhou (northern Shaanxi), Gaoping, or Pingcheng (today's Datong, Shanxi). Now that I think about it, if Shibo moved to Hexi, would it be placed in Liangzhou?
Isn’t it more appropriate?”
Just making wine, why do you have to go so far?
But it is not unreasonable: the wine in the south is mellow, while the wine in the north is clear. When it comes to strong taste, the north is better. The reason is that the south is humid and the grain used for making wine cannot be dried in the sun.
, because the wine contains too much water.
Besides, this wine is used to set fire, so the stronger the better.
However, although the thing is easy to use, it is not easy to popularize: according to Li Chengzhi, it takes ten or twenty kilograms of grain to produce one kilogram of fire-inducing liquor. It is equivalent to half a month's ration of a strong soldier, and it is really a bit extravagant. During today's discussion, the emperor also consulted the ministers for their opinions, but most of them felt that it was not cost-effective. Don't you think it only took half a day for His Majesty to change his mind?
No matter what you think, why do you think the emperor is trying to make Li Chengzhi make money?
Li Shao's heart moved, and he thought of the orb that Li Chengzhi threw in the palace, and how the emperor summoned him several times and asked insinuatingly about some of Li Chengzhi's personal affairs...
If this continues, given time, there is no guarantee that Li Chengzhi will not become the second sixth uncle (Li Chong), and the Li family in Longxi will naturally rise with the tide.
But it happens that this is extremely troublesome?
Li Shaoke never forgot that Li Chengzhi had more than two battalions of soldiers hiding in Hexi.
It is very thought-provoking that he insisted on choosing the farthest place in Hexi to make wine.
To think that relying on these two battalions of soldiers would dare to have any thoughts is undoubtedly a dream. Therefore, Li Shao also thought that this was just a way for Li Chengzhi to prepare for a rainy day and prepare for a fallout.
If he can't write two characters "Li" in one stroke, the Li family should really prepare some means. Otherwise, they will be like the family of the third uncle (Li Fu), who won't even have a place to escape when a disaster strikes?
That’s all...
Li Shao sighed secretly, just not knowing, and said slowly: "It's okay to place it in Liangzhou. If you are impatient, you can first send your retainers to Hexi to choose a location. I will inform the counties..." p>
Li Chengzhi was ecstatic.
But after a moment's thought, he muttered again: Could it be that Li Shao saw his intention?
Otherwise, why would he bring me a pillow as if I just fell asleep?
But how could he dare to ask such words?
And how can an old fox like Li Shao, who has been in high and low officialdom for decades and is accustomed to strong winds and waves, show any clues on his face?
Li Shao laughed and pointed to Beiyuan: "The tofu is made there, right? Since we are here, let's take a look..."
Li Chengzhi nodded: "You entered the house in a hurry, but you haven't greeted your wife yet?"
Li Shao waved his hand and said calmly: "I think I have some close friends to talk to your mother. Even I have paid for it, so how can I allow you to disturb me? Don't worry, if you finish talking, I will send someone."
Come and call..."
Words from a close friend?
They should be discussing Zhang Luo's marriage to Zhang Jingmo, right?
You also have to go to the government to ask for gifts, which is the most troublesome thing.
In the whole capital, the only ones with sufficient kinship and weight with the ancestral Li family are the Li Shao brothers. However, the Li family in Longxi has always been a mortal enemy of Gao Zhao?
As a result, Li Chengzhi still hasn’t figured out who to hire as a matchmaker...
Thinking about it, Li Chengzhi followed Li Shao down the turret.
……
In the central hall, Guo Yuzhi and Zheng were separated by a table and seated at opposite ends.
Although Mrs. Zheng takes good care of herself, she is still in her fifties after all, and her hair has already turned gray, showing her old appearance.
On the other hand, Guo Yuzhi has icy muscles and jade bones, bright eyes and white teeth. When the two of them sit together, people believe that they are ancestors and grandchildren.
Mrs. Guo was half leaning on the couch, holding a silver spoon, and tasted the smoothie quite comfortably. She also chatted about some gossip as if talking about everyday things.
"On that day, after the court meeting, after leaving the city, my husband met King Yingchuan by chance. The two chatted for a while, and King Yingchuan mentioned the orb that Chengzhi had broken. Yiyang beat his chest and stamped his feet, and cursed endlessly.
Then he joked: There are only two orbs left, and Gao Sikong will definitely find it too frivolous. If not, if I give them to him, I will seek His Majesty's permission to give Chengzhi a princess... He also calls his two or three marriageable princesses.
When it comes to positions, there are direct concubines and concubines. Even if Chengzhi is still the direct concubine, that’s fine..."
Guo Yuzhi's heart skipped a beat.
No matter how miserable King Yingchuan is, he is still the most respected prince. No matter how greedy he is for money, he is still the richest in the world. How could he say such ridiculous and crazy things again and again?
Is he still shameless?
Recalling the solemn look on Li Shao's face when he recited the ceremony when he first entered the palace, Guo Yuzhi felt something in her heart: What Zheng was talking about was not idle talk, she was clearly entrusted by someone to deliver a message to her.
Did Yuan Yong really mean this?
Guo Yuzhi didn’t know whether to be happy or worried.
It sounds like a great good thing. As long as you marry the princess, you will reach the sky in one step, and glory and wealth will be just around the corner.
But don’t forget, no matter it is the emperor’s princess, a prince, or a county king’s princess, as long as you marry, you can only marry this one for the rest of your life.
As long as there is something wrong with the princess, Li Chengzhi will most likely be divorced.
Just like Gao Meng, he has been married to Princess Changle for nearly ten years, but he has never had a boy or a girl. He had no choice but to raise an extra room. Although he gave birth to a son, he never dared to let anyone know... p>
Considering this point, Guo Yuzhi will never agree.
Furthermore, Li Chengzhi and Zhang Jingmo have completed the first five of the six rites and are just waiting to be married (marry home). If Li Chengzhi regrets at this time, will Li Chengzhi still be a human being, and will he still need the face of his ancestral home, the Li family?<
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Not to mention that the treacherous son and Gao Wenjun were privately engaged for life...
After pondering for a moment, Guo Yuzhi pretended to be full of regret: "Chengzhi and Jingmo were about to get married. Even if King Yingchuan accepted it by mistake, Chengzhi would not be so lucky. What a pity!"
"Who says it's not the case? That's why we say King Yingchuan is a joke..."
Zheng smiled and treated it as just gossip. Seeing that Guo Yuzhi refused so simply, she didn't care and just took a sip of the smoothie and savored it carefully.
After a while, she said again: "That day at the kitchen party, I went back to my parents' house on a whim. I met my sister-in-law and invited her relatives to a banquet. It happened that Huirong was also at the dinner. During the dinner, we talked about interesting things in Beijing, and they talked about Chengzhi.<
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Hui Rong was still very apologetic, saying that Chengzhi risked his life to save Xiao Yu'er. But when Wei brought his daughter to thank him, he was not at the house...
The day before yesterday, my husband went to the house of Yan Shi (Li Chong's son and Li Shao's younger brother). It happened that Wei Gishishi was playing chess with Yan Shi. He also mentioned this matter: If Chengzhi is free one day, he will definitely come to visit again...
…”
After only hearing the first half of the sentence, Guo Yuzhi didn't react. It wasn't until Wei Yu and Wei Zijian were mentioned that she realized that Zheng was talking about Wei Zijian's wife Cui Huirong.
Don’t blame her for not being able to figure it out for a while, it’s really that the in-law relationship between the five high-ranking families and the royal family is too complicated.
Cui Lu Zheng Wang Li Wu and the Yuan clan have been intermarried with each other for a long time. Li Shao's uncle Zheng Shigong married the daughter of the Cui family in Qinghe. With Wei Zijian's wife Cui Huirong, Zhongshu Ling Cui Guang, and Xuanbu Shangshu Cui Liang
They are all from brothers and sisters.
Zheng Shigong's cousin married the daughter of Li Chong (Li Shao's sixth uncle), and his nephew married the daughter of Yuan Yong. And Yuan Yong's second wife, Cui Shi, was Cui Guang's niece by generation...
…It’s just a bullshit relationship where I am your uncle and you are my uncle.
Anyway, don't count the seniority, otherwise the Confucianists will be confused when they come. Just like Emperor Xiaowen, the two queens before and after were both nieces of Empress Dowager Feng. In terms of seniority, they were all his aunts... Guo Yuzhi had an intuition that Zheng mentioned Li Chengzhi both before and after, and both of them were related to marriage, so the words should have a certain meaning.
It's not that Wei Zijian never came to thank him, but when he returned to Beijing, Li Chengzhi was banned in the palace, so he just missed it. He also left many gifts when he left, which were not unimportant. So there was no need to make a special trip to thank him again.
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As expected...
For some reason, Guo Yuzhi felt that Wei Yu was the most pleasing to the eye and that he should be a good match for Li Chengzhi...
When thinking of Wei Yu's round face and sweet voice, Guo Yuzhi felt as if he was drunk and dizzy...