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What is the origin of Zhang Mai, in fact, no one knows. Even the surnames of Guo Yanglu and Zhengsi, who are closest to Zhang Mai, and Shi Ba Shijian, who is the most trusted by Zhang Mai, don't know, let alone Fan Zhen Wei Renpu, who joined later.

Regarding Zhang Mai's identity as the so-called "envoy of the Tang Dynasty", in fact, Guo Shidao and Yang Dingguo all "chose to believe", Guo Luo Yang Yi and Zhang Mai are brothers, and they don't care about his identity at all.

Such as the Cao family and the Murong family in Hexi, in fact, it is not important to them whether Zhang Mai is the true descendant of the Tang Dynasty envoy, and the Zhang family in Hexi once wanted Zhang Mai to "recognize the ancestors and return to the ancestors", in Zhang Yi's view, this is a win-win plan - the Zhang family in Hexi can recognize the ancestors and climb the dragon and the phoenix, and Zhang Mai can also get an orderly, large and stable clan by recognizing the Zhang family in Hexi as the ancestor, why not? However, Zhang Mai did not respond for some reason at that time.

For the Central Plains scholars who joined later, Zhang Mai's origin is really full of mystery.

"Ordered to travel west, died halfway, passed on to his descendants, after one hundred and fifty years, and then found the old department of the four towns of Anxi in the Western Regions......"

For the people at the bottom, they like such legendary stories, but for the sensible Confucian scholars - this is a myth! Even when Wei Renpu heard this legend for the first time, his first reaction was to burst into foul language. But that holy decree really exists, and now it has become one of the most important cultural relics of the Tiance regime, which is densely collected by Guo Fen, and it is impossible to see it at leisure.

Fan Zhen and Wei Renpu have seen each other, they are both people with great knowledge, and they can naturally distinguish the truth from the falsehood of the holy decree of the Tang Dynasty, but the holy decree is true. It does not represent Zhang Mai's origin, and it is also true.

Both Fan Zhen and Wei Renpu have carefully inquired into Zhang Mai's ancestral past, and even consulted Zhang Mai himself, but their motives for inquiring about these are very pure, no traditional knowledge in China has the consciousness to contribute their own strength to historiography, and Fan Zhen and Wei Renpu both know their own status and status. Their notes will definitely become an important basis for later generations to revise the "History of the Tang Dynasty", so they will inquire in detail.

But Zhang Mai refused to say much about this.

Because that qiē is a lie!

Originally, in order to lead the old Anxi army out of the new Broken Leaf City, the Anxi Tang Army needed that lie, but now that time has passed, this lie has become one of the cornerstones of the legitimacy of the Tiance regime, and Zhang Mai will not be full and have nothing to do to overthrow it himself, but he doesn't want to repeat that lie himself.

As a result, Fan Zhen could only communicate with the people around him, especially the veterans of the old Anxi department. went to inquire about this history in detail, but the results were similar to the myth of Gaozu cutting the white snake. What's even more troublesome is that the historical inheritance of the Zhang family ancestors is not clear!

Although he himself also felt that it was ridiculous to take out the names of his parents more than a thousand years later for the ancients to pay their respects, and Zhang Mai had always stubbornly believed that his parents were "still alive"! At least in another parallel time and space, he is still alive, so he is reluctant to do something similar to hanging, but he can't help but say it, because according to Confucian tradition. Their parents and ancestors will all enter the ancestral temple in the future!

Of course, Zhang Mai knew what his father's name was and what his mother's surname was. His grandfather, his grandmother, and his maternal grandmother's name were also known, but further up, his great-grandfather also knew the name, and his great-grandmother couldn't tell it clearly. And now Zhang Mai doesn't want to fabricate names for his ancestors.

One hundred and fifty years, and the thirty-year generation is counted as five generations. The twenty-five-year generation is regarded as six generations, but Zhang Mai can only go back to three generations, and there are still two or three generations missing in the middle! And even more, up further?

When you read a certain amount of time, you will have a habit of historical research, and the quality of the book is not exempt from vulgarity. Therefore, when he thought of this, he felt a little empty in his heart.

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At this time, being stared at and questioned by Sang Weihan, Fan Zhen naturally couldn't show any timidity on his face, but he still kept his composure, with a diplomat's smile, and said: "Envoy Sang is not suspicious, our Marshal Zhang is not Han?" ”

This rhetorical question shows the wisdom of Fan Zhen in coping. Some things are true, the more you debate, the clearer it will be, the fake is false, and the more you cover up, the more revealing it will be.

Zhang Mai's origin is what Fan Zhen and Wei Renpu themselves suspect, and if they want to defend it, they are afraid that they will show their feet when they talk about it.

But Zhang Mai is a Han Chinese, and there is no doubt that Fan Zhen Wei Renpu is certain! As long as you have seen Zhang Mai, you will not doubt it! Not only because of his black head, yellow skin and black eyes, but also because of his actions and his words.

Anyone who has no great talent for language and who has become accustomed to a complex system of mother tongues will have difficulty accepting other languages, and although Zhang Mai can speak some Hu, his Hu is not accurate, only Chinese, albeit with an accent, is the most fluent!

If you want to distinguish Zhang Mai's clan genealogy, Fan Zhen is not sure, but if you want to discuss whether Zhang Mai is Han or not, Fan Zhen has absolute confidence. Fan Zhen's rhetorical question actually took the question a little off, but Sang Weihan didn't know that Zhang Mai's ancestral lineage was unknown, and his original intention was to question that Zhang Mai was not Han, so he also smiled lightly at this time: "My Huaxia is the authentic sect of the four seas, admired by all countries, the Khitan Emperor can change his surname to Liu, and Marshal Tiance Longxiang can naturally change his surname to Zhang." That's a good thing. In the future, as long as Tiance can respect the teachings of the ancestors, he will definitely be able to become a part of China. ”

This seems to be very tolerant, willing to accept Tiance and Zhang Mai, but willing to accept, the implication means that Tiance and Zhang Mai are essentially "outsiders"!

Hearing this, Fan Zhen shouted: "Sang Weihan, do you dare to take responsibility for your words!" ”

The ancients called people by name, they could not be called by name at will, the words were called between the peers, the juniors were called the juniors, the officials were called the officials, and the elders called the juniors by their names. Sang Weihan's character Guoqiao, located in the Privy Council, Fan Zhen is not called by official at this time, not by words, directly by name, is already extremely welcome!

What's more, his expression was even more fierce: "My lord Marshal Longxiang Zhang is a descendant of the Han family, the bloodline of China, you dare to insult my lord's ancestors, are you preparing for war between the two countries!" ”

When he said this, his eyebrows straightened and he rushed into the crown angrily. If Fan Zhen followed Sang Weihan around to tell whether Zhang Mai was Han or not, in the end, whether he won or lost, he was not beautiful, but at this time, he directly suppressed people with his power, this is the style of the envoy of the kingdom! And in the eyes of the literati present, it is also frank!

Oh, yes. As long as Zhang Mai is really a Han Chinese, then the bloodline inheritance of his parents and ancestors is not allowed to be questioned casually! Fan Zhen is a human minister, and the lord humiliates the minister to death, and if he is not angry at this time, it is called a weak heart!

Sang Weihan was forced by Fan Qian's momentum, but he was timid in his heart, after all, he was a slave person, not Su Wu, not Wen Tianxiang. Otherwise, he would not be so groveling in front of the Khitan, and he could talk eloquently about Fan Zhen in the Confucian group, but when he thought of Zhang Mai, he was afraid in his heart, after all, it was a man who even dared to fight the Khitan and even Mobei took it, and he questioned his ancestral bloodline, according to the importance that the Chinese attach to the ancestral hall, it was a common hatred!

In the absence of evidence, it is difficult for Fan Zhen to prove that "Zhang Mai is a Han Chinese"; But also in the absence of evidence. Sang Weihan said to Zhang Mai's ancestors that he would get into trouble!

really wants to provoke Zhang Mai to anger, and in the name of shame, he will raise troops to break the country. When the time comes, can Shi Jingjiao really protect him?

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After all, Sang Weihan didn't dare to take Fan's words, and replied in a roundabout way: "It's not that I insist on questioning the bloodline of Zhang Longxiang's ancestors, but your Tiance and the country's foundation, which is very different from my China!" This can't help but make people suspicious! ”

He didn't dare to directly question Zhang Mai's bloodline, and his tone was less aggressive and arrogant just now, but instead he asked about the origin of Tiance Datang: "Fang Cai Feng Guolao also quoted the cloud of "Hanshu": Yidi's people are greedy and profitable. It is left to be a Chinese special uniform, different customs, different diet, and language barriers. Chase grass and livestock, shoot and hunt for a living. Does this be true? ”

It has to be said that the Hanshu, which was written in 2,000 years, has a good grasp of how nations should be distinguished, and this short passage is summarized from the habits, clothing, folk customs, language, and mode of production.

Sang Weihan continued: "As Fang Cai said, the uniforms can be changed, and the words can be learned, but the habits and production are easy to change and difficult to change! My China is also China, and agriculture is the foundation! On the other hand, Ru Tiance emphasizes business and profit, and takes agriculture as the end. The prime ministers of the Khitan, such as Han Zhigu and Han Yanhui, are still Confucian bachelors and prime ministers of Ru Tiance, but they are the sons of businessmen who do not learn and have no skills! The most absurd place is to put national debts! This is to run the state as a merchant store -- this is the so-called greedy and profiteer! I, the Chinese people, take the five grains as food, such as Tiance, the people are half meat eaters, clothing and animal hair, animal milk, although it is not as good as the nomadic wool to drink blood, but speaking of which, it is from the barbarian side into China, half agriculture and half herding people! ”

If it is put in Qinxi, Fan Zhen actually has reservations about government affairs such as "releasing national bonds", but at this time, he naturally can't sit crookedly when he is abroad, and he smiled faintly and said: "How light is the peasant!" May I ask the envoy Sang, how much does one acre of wheat produce in the Central Plains? ”

Sang Weihan was stunned, these Confucian ministers, talking about the Four Books and Five Classics, thinking about national affairs, "agriculture is the foundation of the country" is on everyone's lips, but how many people pay attention to wheat farmland, how much is the yield of an acre?

Fortunately, Sang Weihan is also an important minister who can do practical things, and immediately replied: "The fields are divided into upper, middle, and lower grades, the world is Kyushu, the soil is different, the climate is different, and whether the farmer is able to work or not is even more judgmental, how can we easily distinguish the yield per acre?" ”

Fan said: "Then based on the middle field in the suburbs of Luoyang, how much is one acre?" ”

Sang Weihan said: "Gyeonggi Liangtian, the yield per mu is about two stones, and as for Zhongtian, it is about more than one stone. ”

Fan Zhen praised: "Sure enough, he is worthy of being a good minister of Shi Jin, although his style is very poor, but the government affairs are familiar!" ”

When Sang Weihan heard this, he seemed to be praising himself and belittleing himself, and he didn't know how to respond for a while. However, most of the pedantic people in the Confucian sect do not distinguish between grains and grains, and those who can know how much farmland yields per mu like themselves are afraid that there are few literati present, and they can't help but feel slightly proud.

But he listened to Fan Zhen and said: "The fertile land in Luoyang today, if the farming time is correct, it will be converted into my Tiance Tang system, one acre of wheat land, the upper field is generally about 390 catties, and the middle field is generally 280 catties!" ”

Ancient weights and measures, there have been changes in the past dynasties, every time the imperial dynasty was established, the unified weights and measures is one of the most important signs, the weights and measures under the Tiance regime have long been established, and with the Silk Road and influence the Quartet. Now it is the merchants of Luoyang, many of them also use the "Tang ruler" and "Tang Jin" - on the one hand, because the Tang ruler, Tang Jin, and Tang Dou have a wider range of applications, Shi Jin, Mengshu, Khitan and the Far West Tianfang, South Asia India all have their own Jin bucket size, if each uses its own will inevitably be confused, and there is no problem with the use of the Tiance measurement of the middle trade; On the other hand, Tiance's weights and measures system is more standardized, and the east is Qinzhou and Eilechuan. In the west to Hezhong and India, every town has at least one set of standard weights and measures, including size, bucket liter, and catty. Therefore, when merchants come and go to trade, it is more convenient to use the Tang ruler and Tang Jin of Tiance than to use the Central Plains.

The influence of the soft power of the Tiance regime actually goes further than its military strength!

Fan Zhen continued: "In the Tang Dynasty, according to Li Ao's handwriting, the yield per mu of Zhongtian was about 320 catties, which was compared to the Han Dynasty. The yield per mu increased by about a quarter of less, and under the rule of Rushi Jin, the yield per mu of Nakata fell back to the level of the Han Dynasty. ”

The scribes present were shocked when they heard this, it is not surprising that Fan Zhen was able to find out the yield per mu of medium fields in the Han Dynasty and Tang Dynasty from the historical books, and all the scribes present were scholars, as long as they were willing to work hard, everyone had this ability.

But as a "foreign envoy". is even more aware of the specific yield per mu in the suburbs of Luoyang than them, which is shocking! It's such a capable minister as Sang Weihan. The yield per mu of the field cannot be accurate to this extent!

Feng Dao, Zhao Ying and others were also all worried, and several Confucians glanced at each other, all thinking: "Zhang Longxiang is really ambitious in the world!" ”

The composition of the civil servants of the Tiance regime, as Sang Weihan pointed out, was indeed a lack of Confucian atmosphere, compared with the ministers of the central center of Liangzhou compared with Luoyang. The cultural heritage is much worse, but under the leadership of Zhang Mai, the pragmatic level is many times greater! Especially in the management mode of digital quantification, it is far ahead of the Shi Jin regime, so after the westward journey. There is less time to read poetry and literature, but there is more contact with pragmatic government affairs.

The cultural struggle between Fan and Sang is not only a competition between the two people's cultural cultivation and wisdom, but also a manifestation of the soft power of each other's regimes.

Fan Zhen said again: "However, I am Ganlong's acre, do you know how much?" Before the Tang Dynasty, Liangzhou suburbs in the field, the yield per mu is about 300 catties, after the Huhua in Hexi, agriculture is abandoned, the yield per mu has dropped significantly, to my Tang Dynasty military regulations to restore the homeland, the great development of agriculture, water conservancy, fertilizer, field cultivation, selection of good seeds, 100 craftsmen and thoughts, large farm tools, with the old farmers brainstorming, and then widely sent agricultural craftsmen, deep into the countryside, teaching field technology, so Liangzhou Zhongtian also, now the yield per mu is not less than 420 catties! In Lanzhou, the output is also more than 400 catties. The same land, the same Han farmers, under the rule of the Tang Dynasty, the yield per mu is not only better than the former Tang Dynasty, but also more than three or four percent higher than that of the Ru Jin, and your agriculture is reduced compared with the previous Tang Dynasty, and my agriculture is more advanced than the previous Tang Dynasty. ”

When these words came out, Sang Weihan couldn't help but be speechless! Although they have not verified the figures mentioned by Fan Zhen, this cannot be faked as long as they investigate, who dares to talk nonsense on such an occasion?

Fan Zhen said again: "As for accusing Wu Tang with meat eaters, it's even more funny!" Mencius Yun: A house of five acres, the tree is mulberry, and the fifty can be clothed; Chickens, guineas, dogs, and animals, there is no time to lose, and the seventy can eat meat! This is the world of benevolence that the sages looked forward to - then I am a Confucian, I am a Han, not a meat-eater, but incompetent! Under the rule of the Tang Dynasty, the meat is mixed, cotton is the clothing, the wool is the fur, the rich and noble, the middle class and above can be clothed, then Mencius if he is in the west of the river, he will praise the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty, and he will be benevolent! ”

Sang Weihan was breathless for a while. It's not that he lost to Fan Zhen because of his arguments, but because Fan Zhen used to suppress him, all of them were Tiance's real achievements! In the face of facts, sometimes words and literary talents will seem weak. If there is a huge disparity in eloquence between the two sides, it will be fine, but each other's talents are equal, and the quality of having political achievements as the confidence prevails!

Li Song snorted and said: "The wealth of the world has a fixed number, if Tiance is in a corner, how can it be possible to rule the world in the Han and Tang dynasties and in the prosperity of Mencius!" These words are either your exaggeration, or there is a deception in them! ”

Fan Zhen smiled: "Whether it is a fraud or not, I will discuss it in detail for Your Excellency." I am in Lianglan, Gansu, and six states of Shagua, Hexi, not counting military households. There are more than 88,000 households and 510,000 households. The livestock of the six states can be controlled by the government, including 600,000 cattle, 2.4 million sheep, and 980,000 pigs. In this way, there is more than one cow per capita, nearly five sheep, and nearly two pigs. In the genus of chickens and ducks, there are at least ten in each household. In this way, the half-farmer and half-animal family, why can't you eat meat? As for the production of cotton clothes, 40,000 pieces a year, and woolen robes, 20,000 collars a year. After a few years, then the land west of the river, why worry about not being able to wear clothes? Not to mention Hexi, even Qinzhou, after the post-war famine, families below the middle class must have this life. ”

He recalled Wang Renyu and said: "Old man, you can send someone back to your hometown next year to have a look!" ”

He smashed down a large number of jù again, smashing many Confucian scholars present to the point of dizziness. In my heart, it seems that everyone in Hexi can indeed get one cow, five sheep, and two pigs. Add chickens, ducks and eggs, and eating meat is really not a problem. It's just that everyone heard that there are so many chickens, ducks, cows, sheep and pigs in Hexi, and they are all envious.

Feng Dao thought of another question: since ancient times, how many people and livestock in the country have not been shown to others, so as not to reveal their own national strength, but Fan Zhen did not hesitate to say these figures in public. Is this stupid to the point of being mentally retarded, or is it confident to the point of being arrogant? Or is it something else?

But seeing Li Song's twisted beard, he snorted coldly: "There are many cattle and sheep in Hexi, and everyone knows it. That's the luck of your heavenly strategy, and it's just that you have occupied the anointed land. ”

Fan Zhen laughed and said: "This is a cold mouth!" On the land of the world, can the northwest be compared to the Central Plains? Say this. Who in the world believes? ”

Feng Dao's son Feng Ke couldn't help but say: "If it weren't for Hexi being richer, then why didn't the people of the Central Plains have such a life?" ”

"Brother Feng Shi's good question!" Fan Zhen's age is a generation younger than Feng Dao, so he calls Feng Ke the world brother, "Does Feng Shi brother know my lord Marshal Long Xiang Zhang, how much food does he have?" What kind of clothes are you? What kind of house do you live in, and what kind of utensils do you use? ”

"How do I know this!"

"Brother Shi doesn't know, wait for me to come!" Fan Zhi said: "I advocate marshal, every morning, it is a bowl of goat's milk, two sketches, go out to exercise, and after about an hour, drink a bowl of porridge." When there are no guests for lunch, one dish, one meat and one soup, when there are guests, two dishes, two meat and one soup, and then one meal for dinner, or rice or porridge, the dish is waited for at noon, and the portion is halved. Occasional drinking. Clothes or cotton clothes, in Qinzhou with the soldiers to lie down, Liangzhou has a mansion, the size is not as good as Feng Xiangzhi's mansion, no palace, no palace, a back garden, a few acres. Except for some of the gifts given by friends and some of the inner houses, most of the daily life is directly purchased or customized in the market, and the court tailors and winemakers are not raised. ”

When everyone heard this, they didn't think it was strange, neither extravagant nor frugal, Feng Ke said: "The life of this middle-class wealthy family is also. ”

Fan Zhen stroked his palms and smiled: "Exactly!" What our marshal lived was the life of a middle-class wealthy family, without the luxury of the Qin Emperor and the Han Dynasty, nor did he pretend to be poor and thrifty. It is more than enough to maintain such a life by relying on the marshal's private estate, and the marshal also receives a salary, with a monthly salary of 500 yuan, tea, wine, materials, salary, artemisia, charcoal, salt and even forage for horses, which is converted into money and hundreds of dollars. In this way, how much can one person consume? If General Yingyang, General Dingguo, and Pingzhang Zheng Xiang, their income is secondary, and dozens of civil and military ministers, how much energy does it consume? Therefore, in addition to this limited consumption, millions of cattle and sheep can be divided equally among the army and the people, and the income from taxes can be taken from the people, and used for the people in the blink of an eye, not for the king to squander! Therefore, the governance of the Tang Dynasty is also rich, and the wealth is not richer than the Central Plains, but the wealth distribution is orderly and modest. Zi said: Don't suffer from widowhood but unevenness! What a lie! ”

Feng Ke was stunned when he heard this, they naturally knew how poor and extravagant the current rulers of the Central Plains were! Shi Jingjiao had a reputation for clean government when he was in Hedong, but that was for the sake of inviting fame and as Fan Zhen said, "pretending to be poor and thrifty in lying on salary and tasting courage", he said that when he was thrifty, the actual expenditure was not much less, and it could not change the distribution of wealth under his rule.

As for the life enjoyed by Sang Weihan and the others, it is ten times more luxurious than Zhang Maina! And every wisp of it belongs to the people's fat and people's ointment! The upper beam is so, and the lower beam can be known. In the early days, the Anxi Tang army was almost equal to the division of property, and now it can share the joys and sorrows with the people, while on the Central Plains side, no matter how poor the emperor is, no matter how bitter the generals and ministers are, the people of the Central Plains can imagine the dire days.

Now that I hear that Tiance is governing the country like that, compared with Shi Jingjiao Junchen in front of him, it is really the benevolent gentleman's bearing and world-governing atmosphere contained in the sage book! Just thinking about it, it is extremely admired, and even yearning for it.

Feng Dao even thought that it was no accident that the Tiance Tang Army had been invincible in the war over the years, "The bravery of its soldiers on the battlefield is commendable, and such a good government in the rear is the foundation of its national strength to maintain long-term victory and undefeated, and the so-called victory of the ancients at home is also!" ”

Just when Feng Ke and the other young generation of Confucians lost their minds, Li Song shouted violently: "Feng Shinephew! Don't be deceived by this man! Where is it so easy to achieve the rule of the world that the sage said! Even if Tiance is really so rich now, it is also obtained by plunder! As far as I know, in the first battle of Guanzhong, Tiance won countless grains and grasses from Meng Shu's hands; The Khitan was defeated, and hundreds of thousands of cattle and horses were left behind! Therefore, the wealth of the northwest today is the wealth of robbers, not the wealth of gentlemen! ”

Fan said: "Meng Shu retreated south, and there was indeed a lot of military rations left. The defeat of the Khitan did leave cattle and sheep all over the field. ”

Li Song smiled: "You are honest. ”

Fan Zhen said: "But where are the cattle, sheep, and military rations?" ”

Li Song said: "Who knows this!" ”

"I know! Because most of the money and grain of this batch of cattle and horses are handled by me. Fan Zhen smiled: "Not only do I know, but Mr. Wang Renyu here should also know." Mr. Wang, the grain left by Meng Shu, you are afraid that the mulberry below the middle class has eaten a few bites, as for the cattle and sheep left by the Khitan, Qinzhou can survive the post-war famine year this year, and it is also a loss to those cattle and sheep! Mr. Wang, I'm right. ”

Wang Renyu couldn't speak, he didn't actually have any ill feelings towards Tiance Datang, he just pretended to be high out of the reserve of a scholar, but from the news I heard from various channels in my hometown, Tiance did share a lot of rice and grain to help the poor, and a lot of cattle and horses to help farming, and his countryside also got five heads!

Fan said: "On the battlefield, you can win in battle, this is the national prestige!" As for the looted, half of it was used to reward the meritorious soldiers, and half of it was put into the treasury, and most of it was put into the production of Qinxi, according to the words of the marshal, which is called 'taking from the enemy and using it for the people'! What a bandit? In the humble opinion of Fan Quality, those who can do these eight words are not only heroes! It is the Holy Lord of great mercy and righteousness! If you don't do this, do you still have to 'take from the people and use it for the enemy' to be called a gentleman? ”

He expounded Zhang Mai's proposition, the more he said, the more excited he became, and in the end, the sense of substitution was extremely strong, as if Zhang Mai possessed his body, he couldn't help waving his hands and said loudly: "If 'take it from the enemy and use it for the people' is called a robber, then I wish that there are robbers everywhere in China Shenzhou!" If 'take it from the enemy and use it for the people' is a robber, then I hope that China will always be a country of thieves! (To be continued......)