Chapter 0935. A rare reunion for the New Year
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In the days when there were no telephones, no internet, no telegraphs, every letter was a legendary journey.
Even if the letter sent by the Suez Governorate and sent to the King of Min through the Red Sea, it was delayed for several months due to climate and political factors, and then it was sent to Khorasan on the coast of the Persian Gulf and to Posis, the capital of Khorasan.
At this time, just in time for the Chinese New Year, the fifth fragment taken out of the Ka'ba also became a New Year's gift to the King of Min.
At this time, the Persis was completely different from the large-scale development of the Min people a few years ago.
Li Jie's policy towards the newly occupied areas was very similar to that of the later Soviet Union, moving some of the original local residents to Tianzhu, which had already undergone more than 10 years of Tang modernization, and at the same time transporting Tang people from Tianzhu.
Looking at the later generations of Ukran, a large number of Russian nationalities poured in, and the commonality of this ethnic group could not even be controlled by its own government, and it was difficult to make Khorasan, which is similar to Ukrainian, betray the Fujian state.
Fujian's large-scale northern tuntian is another trick, this hand almost formatted the original social structure of Khorasan, there is no strong and special, all people are tuntian households, the original land of the small family lost the soil on which they originally depended, moved to other places, and its power suddenly plummeted.
What really couldn't eliminate the impact was to seal it up in Fujian, and drag them to Nantianzhu with a larger territory and more superior economic policies.
It is also the newly conquered territory of Fujian, several times the southern raid of the Tubo people brought severe disasters here, the chaos of the Southern Tianzhu tribes are hostile to the Northern Tianzhu and even higher than the Persians of Khorasan, many heroes have gone to become the bridgehead of the Fujian army to resist the rebellion of the Lou people, the Chola people and other tribes.
Although the Persian Empire was conquered by the Arab Empire, the literate Persian upper class has always looked down on the Arabs who came out of the desert with shallow culture.
To this end, Li Jie reciprocated the favor by building large libraries in a large number of important Persian towns such as Bosis, Mulu, and Thirsty Water City, so that scholars who are well versed in culture can go to the library to study, serve, and even after taking a certain position, the library also provides them with room and board, research funds, and there are regular Confucians in the Guanzhong of Fujian to debate the scriptures.
In the great library of Posis, it is common to see the Confucians of the Fujian Kingdom holding the "Four Books and Five Classics" and the Persian scholars with long beards, wearing gray-blue silk robes, holding the ancient scriptures of Zoroastrian, and the Persian scholars of the sages and classics talking about chickens and ducks, arguing happily.
Elite scholars are enveloped in the pile of old papers, playing a hot role for the Fujian State, and the lower social system has been broken and emptied, although it is not without rebellion, but every rebellion is mostly some mountain fools, small landlords with little influence, it is easy to be extinguished, and in the general direction, it is still slowly advancing towards assimilation.
In terms of governing various ethnic groups, the Fujian State tended to be the United States of later generations, advocating Han culture as the main culture, and carrying out educational examinations to rule various regions.
Even if the Han people who moved from Guanzhong do not know a single big character, do not know anything about Chinese history, and do not understand anything about ancestral sacrifices, they will lose their identity as Tang people, and they will pay taxes when they should pay taxes.
With the saturation of Fujian to absorb Chinese immigrants and the tightening of the policy of tax-free privileged classes, this phenomenon is not uncommon.
Although the social structure of Khorasan Persia was cleaned up through Tuntian, after all, the society is constantly developing, and there will always be some people who will become rich because of their hard work and wisdom, just like the later generations of China, although the production team and the commune provided huge material support for the founding of the country, but the long-term rigid system also constrained the productive forces, and it was bound to be eliminated by history.
So from the beginning of the counterattack north of the Hindu Kush Mountains, the policy of Fujian on Khorasan began to relax, and the Persians who were admitted to the Tang Dynasty of Fujian and even gained fame were given priority to their own land, and some hard-working people began to rely on the surplus grain finance in their hands to do business, and the chamber of commerce from North Tianzhu also hired a lot of local employees.
Smart people, as a matter of course, get rich first.
In the spring of the following year, the fruits of a year's labor and a year's cultural blending were revealed in the ancient city of Posis, the year before that.
Half of the city walls were torn down, and the city of Bangshan expanded to two-thirds of the plain below, and even so, the newly built streets were full of lively and crowded people, and the Persians also celebrated the New Year, and the Tang people also celebrated the New Year, and the streets were full of workers who had been taken by the boss on vacation and went to the street to shop with New Year's rewards, or farmers who had been paid annuities in the nearby Tun Tianzhuang.
Everyone is a happy face, and race doesn't matter at this time.
Because of the collision of cultures, some New Year's customs unique to the three civilizations were revealed on the streets of Posis, becoming a unique scenery here.
Even if many people converted to Islam, the Zoroastrian tradition was not so easy to get rid of for a while, and the Persian community, the streets and alleys were full of fires, around the fire, the young men jumped over in a thrilling way, and the girls were singing and dancing, happily chanting to the fire yellow to you, red to me.
Yellow is the face is withered yellow, red is the face is ruddy, this sentence is to pray that next year's diseases and bad luck will be burned with the fire, leaving health and safety, representing the Persian people's beautiful expectations for life.
The ceremony was almost over, and the girls and children went out into the streets happily, going door to door begging for candy snacks.
It seems that later Western Halloween can find some similarities in these Persians.
Girls, the time for the children to come to the door is just right, because their neighbors, the Tang people and the Tianzhu people of Tanghua have just cooked dumplings at this time, and it is just the time to distribute the New Year's money and go out to set off firecrackers.
Gunpowder is still a military item banned in Fujian, and it is still a dry firecracker that burns, and the crackling sound in the fire caters to the cheerful laughter of the girls, and also reflects the red faces.
Not only is the streets and alleys lively, but even the palace of King Min in Bosis is also the same, and the King of Min has not gathered together for several years, but it is rare to gather this time.
Qin Qing, Li Gong, who are far away in Southeast Asia, Li Jin, the prince of the Jingshi Supervision State, Wu Meiniang, Xiao Man'er, and Hou Xianniang, who stayed in the palace, are all here.
Not only the family, but also a lot of relatives of King Min came, Xiao Man'er's relatives Xiao Sheng, Xiao Gui, Xiao Lou and so on came a dozen, Yi Si Yi III, the unlucky last Persian emperor led the second son who could not be successful, Wu Yuanshuang came back from the Suez Canal with a letter, and there were a lot of poor relatives.
It's really right to say that they are poor relatives, in the Central Plains, the kings of Gaozu who can't beat with eight poles are here, and a large number of imperial aunts, imperial sisters-in-law, imperial sisters, imperial brothers, and even imperial nephews and nephews who Li Jie doesn't know at all are here.
The New Year's dinner Min Palace does not invite foreign ministers, but with this Li Jie's large group of relatives, the palace hall is still full, the eunuchs and palace maids are busy hanging lanterns, sticking to the team, and a team of internal guards are hurriedly carrying bundles of fireworks, and there are relatives everywhere setting up banquets, which is quite lively.
"Uncle and grandpa, press the New Year's money."
A group of small children wore luxurious red dresses, both boys and girls, pulling Li Jie's sleeves and begging for New Year's money, the scene was quite gratifying.
If you rely on your two babies to be grandfathers, it is estimated that it will be early, these children are all the small characters of the royal families in the Central Plains, and now among all the imperial relatives and relatives, in addition to the emperor Li Zhi, the most developed is Li Jie, the Tang Dynasty is relatively strict with the management of the clan, even if he is appointed as the state assassin, it is also everywhere surveillance, and the slightest action will be impeached by the imperial history for a plot of misconduct.
Many royal families are not without talent, and in this case, they are forced to become gentlemen.
However, the last batch of people who were sent to Fujian, except for a small number of people who really failed, the rest were all high-ranking officials, and Fujian also needed some clan strength to fill the country, and even Li Chou sat on the general from Sanpin Zhenwei.
The most tempting is Jing King Li Yuanjing, this old boy was unlucky to be Li Jie pulled up the leader of the Luoyang Uprising at the end of the twenty-third year of Zhenguan, forced the disaster to Fujian, but also because of the blessing of misfortune, in Nantianzhu, Li Jie set aside a place to establish a new Jingzhou, and handed over the military and political affairs of the three states near Jingzhou to him.
Regardless of how anxious Li Yuanjing was by several Nantianzhu barbarian rebels, this trust alone was enough to make the princes of all walks of life red-eyed.
So, in order to curry favor with Li Jie, a large group of poor relatives hollowed out their minds, just to seek a position and do their best to curry favor with Li Jie.
However, the effect is not bad, a large group of children surrounded Li Jie with sweet mouths, but it provoked Li Jie to "dragon face and great joy", and he smiled and pulled out the gold coins from his arms.
"Don't worry, don't worry, it's all there."
Most of the royal family are precocious, and many people have their first baby at the age of fourteen or fifteen, and it is not uncommon for the kings of Taizong to have a third generation, and it is normal for many kings of Gaozu to have a fourth generation.
But the fifth generation in their thirties and forties is a little unacceptable.
One by one, the children excitedly took the gold coins and scattered, and before Li Jie finished laughing, there were a lot of wrinkles on both faces, and the uncle-level task at least thirty or forty years old was also full of flattering smiles, and respectfully called uncle and grandfather, which made people a little unacceptable.
"Husband."
Just when Li Jie's laughter was a little stiff, a loud voice with a little majesty sounded from behind, making the two uncle-level grandsons turn their heads in surprise, but they immediately lowered their heads and retreated to the sides like a snake and scorpion biting hands.
Li Jie's face also exuded a heartfelt smile......