Chapter 172 - Eyeing Li Maozhen
The appearance of cigarettes brought the entire high-level of the Tang Dynasty to a very strange direction, just after going to the court, Zhao Fan took the ministers to hook their shoulders and began to distribute cigarettes one by one, and then sat together on the steps at the gate of the imperial city, constantly swallowing clouds and spitting fog.
If the scholars of later generations see this scene, I am afraid that their eyes will fall, and the famous Tang Zhaozong took the prime minister and the officials of Shangshu Province on the spot, handed cigarettes to each other, and discussed various national affairs in a cloud of smoke.
Because of Zhao Fan's drive, cigarettes became the most fashionable thing in Chang'an City for the first time, and the feeling of swallowing clouds and spitting fog and fluttering immortals was simply inextricable.
And because the first batch of cigarettes was very scarce, it also led to the fact that the cigarettes that were extremely rampant in later generations became a complete luxury in Chang'an City, even if there was money, they might not be able to buy it, which made Zhao Fan feel a little crying and laughing.
With the passage of time, the political situation in Chang'an has gradually become stable, and the situation in Datang has basically been fixed.
The imperial court forces led by Zhao Fan occupied Gyeonggi Province, Dugi Province, and Shannan Dongdao, including Chang'an, Shangzhou, Jinzhou, Pizhou, Ningzhou, Gyeongju, Dengzhou, Jingzhou, Xiangzhou, Guizhou, Shaanzhou, Luoyang, Xuzhou, Chenzhou, Zhengzhou, Tangzhou and other regions.
The forces led by Li Maozhen were entrenched in Shannan West Province, Guannai Province, Gyeonggi Province, and Qianzhong Province, including Yuanzhou, Longzhou, Qizhou, Fengzhou, Xingzhou, Liangzhou, Lizhou, Bazhou, Tongzhou, Wanzhou, Hezhou, Langzhou, Minzhou and other areas.
Li Keyong is still in Hedong Province, Guannei Province, Hebei Province, and subordinate Fenzhou, Jinzhou, Luzhou, Taiyuanfu, Shuozhou, Daizhou, Yunzhou, Yizhou, Hengzhou, Yingzhou, Cangzhou, Jizhou, Qizhou, Xingzhou and other regions.
The army led by Zhu Wen, after the Hui army eliminated Zhu Jin, Zhu Xuan, and Shi Pu, occupied most of Henan Province, as well as part of Huainan Province, and subordinate Yingzhou, Haozhou, Songzhou, Xuzhou, Haizhou, Yizhou, Yanzhou, Qingzhou, Laizhou, Shouzhou, Yunzhou, Shenzhou, Gwangju and other regions.
Wang Jian developed silently in Shuzhong Jiannan Province and Qianzhong Province, and his subordinate areas were Maozhou, Hanzhou, Chengdu, Yizhou, Zizhou, Suizhou, Jiazhou, Rongzhou, Yuzhou, Hezhou, Tongzhou, Wanzhou, Fuzhou and other regions.
As for Jiangnan West Road, Jiangnan East Road, Lingnan Road, and Longyou Road, they are occupied by some small feudal towns, but they can't become a big thing, so there is no need to take it to heart.
On the whole, the entire Tang Dynasty is completely divided into five major forces, as well as some other small feudal towns, which can be said to be a general trend, and the past is gone.
Including Zhao Fan, everyone is working hard to develop their own forces, whether it is military, economic, or people's livelihood, several major forces can be regarded as going hand in hand.
However, Zhao Fan, as the orthodoxy of the Tang Dynasty, still has two advantages, first of all, Zhao Fan inherited the throne, he is the rightful heir of the Tang Dynasty, at least so far, except for Qin Zongquan, who does not know whether he is alive or dead, there is still no feudal town that dares to openly claim the emperor, not that they don't want to, but they dare not and can't.
In any case, the continuation of the three hundred years of the Tang Dynasty, although after the misdeeds of the previous generations of mediocre emperors, the people have complained about the Tang royal family, but it still cannot shake its orthodox status.
On the other hand, it is in the economic aspect, Zhao Fan also has a huge advantage, the existence of Tangbao Industry, so that Zhao Fan has a unique lead in the economy, and other feudal towns have no ability to resist in front of Tangbao Industry, you can't do what I do, and I have to buy it, but I don't need what you do, and there is better dumping for you.
In this era, is there any anti-dumping bill, Zhao Fan, who has received the full support of the Mo family, can completely play with other feudal towns, he only needs to dump the goods of Tangbao Industry into the hands of the major feudal towns, and at the same time, he can continue to make profits, hit their handicraft industry base, and invisibly continue to destroy their economic system.
With money, Zhao Fan can completely let go of his hands to do it, many things originally need to be discussed in the court, and only after passing can the money from the treasury be allocated to do, but Zhao Fan doesn't need it, because he is so rich that he doesn't need to use the money in the treasury at all, so what he wants to do, just do it directly, without discussing a lot with the ministers, and finally be able to implement it unhurriedly.
Zhao Fan's most urgent thing at present is to completely eliminate the four major feudal towns as soon as possible, so that Zhao Fan can completely let go of his hands and feet and build this world according to his own ideas.
Thinking of those things that happened in the modern history of later generations, Zhao Fan couldn't help but feel a little itchy for his teeth, those Western powers not only used guns to open the door to China and rob China's property, but also continued to suppress the development of China in later generations, which is simply a heinous crime!
In the later generations, Zhao Fan had no way to change this, but now that he had crossed over, he naturally had to find a way to change the situation and nip the threat in the bud!
There is also the evil neighbor on the island in the east, the great harm brought to the Chinese nation, Zhao Fan is also profound, and when he solves the matter at hand, he must go over and say it.
Of course, the most important thing is to solve the current problem.
After some careful consideration, Zhao Fan decided to take Li Maozhen in the west first, on the one hand, the two sides are indeed enmity, Qiao Xinchao and Xu Yong's death, Zhao Fan did not forget the slightest, and he was always eager to cut it with a thousand knives, so as to lay the souls of the two and tens of thousands of soldiers of the Heavenly Mandate Army and tens of thousands of people in Shaanzhou City!
On the other hand, if Li Maozhen is eliminated, Zhao Fan can also get rid of the current situation of being attacked on all sides, if everything goes well, and then find a way to take the opportunity to eliminate Wang Jian in Shu, Zhao Fan's activity space will be magnified countless times, and then he can attack and retreat and defend, which is far better than the current enemy on his belly and back.
It's just that this matter is very important, and Zhao Fan can't make up his mind for a while, even if this battle is to be fought, it will take enough time to prepare, food needs to be prepared, the new army needs to be trained, and the people need to be mobilized.
Not only that, Zhao Fan also needs to guard against the sneak attacks of several of his other neighbors, especially Zhu Wen, if he is given the opportunity, he will definitely bite himself hard, after all, he gave him such a big gift in Luoyang City, presumably he will never forget this matter.
As Zhang Ji said, this matter still needs to be prepared slowly.
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