Chapter 80: Xining

Orthodoxy in the autumn of the twentieth year.

Yu Qian and his entourage passed 10,000 soldiers, traveled from Lanzhou, and came to Xining.

From Lanzhou to Xining, it is not too far.

It's just that Yu Qian prepared a lot before he came.

Qiu Jun is very valued by the emperor, and it is even rumored in officialdom that today's Qiu Jun is tomorrow's Liu Dingzhi. In addition, Qiu Jun served as the imperial historian again, although the grade was low, neither Sichuan nor Shaanxi dared to underestimate him.

Not to mention, he also put down the Songpan Rebellion.

It is true that Qiu Jun's contribution to pacifying the Songpan Rebellion has some water. But at least it shows that Qiu Jun is still quite capable.

Therefore, Yu Qian also had the heart of cultivation.

Yu Qian also has expectations for his political future, and it is estimated that it will be difficult to be like the cabinet in his life. In this way, Yu Qian's heart of fame has faded a lot.

The heart of fame is weak, but the heart of being a good teacher is born.

In the past few days, Yu Qian showed Qiu Jun most of the information documents about Xining.

This time, on the swaying carriage, Yu Qian asked half-chattering, half-examining: "What do you think of Xining?" ”

Qiu Jun didn't dare to ignore the important minister in front of him, he was recognized by the world, although he was not in the cabinet, he was a minister whose power was not under the first assistant.

It's a big guy in politics.

Qiu Jun naturally held the disciple ceremony, which can be described as extremely respectful, and listened to Yu Qian's question. After pondering for a while, he said: "Xining is a frontier land, in the middle of the town, choking Fanqiang, the place where the ancient people came to fight, the place where the Han, Tang and Song dynasties used troops, and the army of this dynasty was prosperous. ”

"Xining a guard, more than 5,000 troops, more than 10,000 people, under the jurisdiction of thirteen tribes, and there are the West Sea, the land of the West Sea, the water and grass are abundant, the heaven gives the court a horse breeding land, this year the court uses force in the north, especially the lack of horses, if you can get the land of Qinghai to herd horses, you can solve the worries of the monarch's father, the difficulty of the family and the country."

Yu Qian nodded and said, "Is there anything else?" ”

That's not bad.

Qinghai is a famous horse in the world, and the land of Qinghai is also a first-class horse breeding place. It's just that after Yu Qian deeply understood the Northwest Ma Zheng, he had to admit that Daming was a place where there was a shortage of horses?

No.

In the northwest, Ningxia, Gansu, Shaanxi, maybe the cost of raising horses is not as low as the grassland, but if you can't raise horses in the northwest, it is a big joke.

The reasons for this are complex.

Establishing a horse farm in Qinghai may not be a good idea, but it doesn't seem to be a priority right now.

Qiu Jun pondered for a while and said: "The land in Huangzhong is conducive to farming, and during the Han and Tang Dynasties, there were many tun farming, and in this dynasty, Taizu Taizong took tuntian as the top priority. The land of Xining, in the last years of Taizu, has been able to self

Give self-sufficient. And it can transport grain to the northwest. ”

"It was only in the orthodox years that the Wei Institute was corrupted, and the grain produced by Xining Wei became increasingly scarce. If Xiningwei can be rectified and the old outlook can be restored, the people of the northwest will definitely be able to get a little rest. ”

Yu Qian sighed in his heart and said secretly: "Courage is commendable. ”

It's just that Xining can be self-sufficient in grain production and can supply the outside, but when the health center system was in its heyday, which place in the tuntian could not be self-sufficient?

Most guards can.

Huangzhong can produce grain, but other places in the northwest will not produce grain?

Yu Qian arrived in the northwest to know that it is true that the northwest is dilapidated and arid, because of water sources, weather and other reasons, many places only harvest more than one stone per acre.

With the average yield per mu in the north is more than two stones, and the average yield per mu in the south is more than three stones, and there are already some land in the south of the Yangtze River with a yield of three or five stones, which is as much as seven or eight stones, and cannot be compared at all.

This is a natural environmental limitation.

But Yu Qian went deep into the civil investigation and discovered another fact.

It is one thing to have a small grain output, and there are a lot of health centers in the northwest, and a large part of the grain production in the northwest is in the health center system, and now the health center system is not as good as it was at the beginning.

It's not that the land didn't produce food anymore.

It was the grain produced by the land at the beginning, which was not in the hands of the imperial court.

Even Yu Qian's biggest feeling was that the four kings of the northwest moved into Beijing, which greatly relieved Shaanxi's finances, because Zhu Qizhen transferred the fields of the four kings to the political envoys of Shaanxi.

That's what made the past two years a little looser.

Therefore, the problem of Xining Weisu is a common problem in the northwest region, but because Xining is isolated in the south of Helan Mountain, and it is really the emperor who is far away. The interior is mixed with mud flows, and the manifestations are particularly serious.

Qiu Jun saw that Yu Qian was still not satisfied, and said: "Xia Guan thinks that after arriving in Xiningwei, he should pay special attention to Lamaism. ”

"Xining natives, believe in Lamaism, this is also the reason why the imperial court has canonized lamas many times, although the lama is not orthodox, but can guide people to goodness, adhering to the meaning of loyalty and patriotism, the lower officials feel that it is also necessary to be more enveloped."

To be honest, Qiu Jun's instinct as a scholar is very indifferent to these Lamaism.

The lamas here don't have any six pure roots or anything, and even have any joy meditation, which is simply difficult to get into the hall of elegance. After all, this is not the era of the late Ming Dynasty, where you can talk about the art in the room in a grand manner.

But it doesn't matter what Qiu Jun thinks personally.

What is important is the role of the lama in the imperial court.

During the orthodox years, the "Tripitaka Sutra" and "Orthodox Taoist Collection" compiled and printed by the imperial court, these things were implemented by Yang Shiqi and approved by Zhu Qizhen, which were used to entrap lamas, monks, and Taoist priests.

Especially lamas.

After Zhu Qizhen ascended the throne, he generally did not like to build temples

The temple, only Lamaism, Zhu Qizhen was not only built in Beijing, but also approved all those reported to Xining, and asked for local financial support.

Zhu Qizhen is naturally not a fool. Instead, he saw the effect of the lama in helping the imperial court govern Xining and even Tibet. This is a special grand treatment.

Yu Qian said: "Not bad. You've done your homework, but what do you think you should pay attention to this time in the Tea Horse Market? ”

Yu Qian and his entourage are more than 10,000 people, why are there so many? It is a collection of many tea merchants.

Even the tea merchants behind Yu Qian were not all, from other roads, like Songpan, there were also to Xining.

This time, Yu Qian estimated that Xining's tea was about 10 million catties.

It seems that it is also because the official has straightened out the path of the tea and horse trade this time, and the growth has exploded.

Selling tea in Daming can only make a hard money, and only selling it to Qinghai can have a big price. This time, the behavior of the imperial court that has been brewing for a year has made many people see opportunities, and even among these tea merchants, there are also people from Jiangnan.

According to the traffic of this era, it is estimated that he will not be able to get off for a year after this trip.

Qiu Jun said: "It stands to reason that there should be nothing? Illicit tea has been investigated and dealt with in various places, and the seven seven or eight that have been blocked, the adults have set up inspection departments everywhere, and there are no restrictions on merchants, no matter where merchants can report. ”

"I don't think there will be many people who have private tea."

Yu Qian listened, and said secretly in his heart: "If Qiu Jun's knowledge only reaches this level, the future future will end with the six Shangshu." ”

Qiu Jun seemed to see what Qian was thinking, leaned forward slightly, and said: "There are still some things that the lower officials speak lightly, but they are not something that the lower officials can say, and the lower officials dare not say anything." ”

Yu Qian's eyes flashed, and he said, "If you want to say it, you can say it." ”

Qiu Jun said: "Yes, Xia Guan thinks that the biggest problem is in Xining City, after all, it is impossible for adults to be resident in Xining, even if I am the imperial historian, I may not be able to say anything here." ”

"So, if you want to do something, you have to clean your room first."

Yu Qian shook his head slightly and said, "What do you think of them?" ”

Qiu Jun said: "Compared to adults, they are naturally nothing. It's just a little bit of Ning Bo, if Ning Bo was still there, he wouldn't dare to be presumptuous in front of adults, but now it's just a side branch, what is it? ”

Yu Qian said: "You can see a little, but the Li family in Xining is not just a Huiningbo. However, the No. 1 family in Xining, if you want to do things in Xining, you can't miss the Li family. ”

Qiu Jun said: "Aren't you prepared? Otherwise, he would not have brought Fan Guang's department here. ”

Only then did Yu Qian know that Qiu Jun had long known the joints of this trip to Xining, yes, that is, the biggest beneficiary of smuggling tea horses was the largest land snake in Xining, the Li family of Huiningbo.