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Chapter 137 Xiao Guan

Lu Jialing received the resolution, got the right to act cheaply outside, and when he went out, he was ready to go. The full-text and ad-free novels are all biquge.info on Aishang Novel Network

He was born in Shule Jokhang Temple, Shule Jokhang Temple has a very peculiar tradition - the Lu family usually marries a wife and has children and then becomes a monk, and then abides by Buddhism after becoming a monk, which is a custom formed by continuing the bloodline of Shule Town in Anxi during the special period, so Lu Jialing has married a wife at the age of fourteen, and has two sons and a daughter when he became a monk at the age of seventeen. He discussed with the presiding monk of the Jokhang Temple and gradually abolished the custom - some monks returned to the government and entered the government, and Lu Jialing was one of them.

After returning to the world, Lu Jialing successively rebuilt his family in Qiuzi, Gaochang and Liangzhou, but his wife has also converted to Buddhism, although he has not become a monk but also practices at home, the two get along very lightly, and Lu Jialing also maintains the simple living habits when he was a monk, and it is very simple to go out, pack a few bags, and leave with people.

This eastward Xue Fu sent two teams of sweat and blood cavalry as escorts, although the number was only 100 people, but the BMW was light and very powerful, Li Yiyin's envoy had been to Liangzhou several times, and he knew Lu Jialing's status as the three ministers left behind in Liangzhou, and he was very in awe of his heart or face. Along the way, he flattered and often inadvertently curryed favor with Lu Jialing. After leaving the city, he pointed to the merchant flow of people coming and going, and said: "The people who live in Liangzhou are all blessings from the previous life. It's a paradise on earth. ”

Lu Jialing said with a smile: "It has only been a few years since Liangzhou rebuilt the market, and I am afraid that you will not be able to deserve such a title." ”

"It's only been a few years, but where is there like it today? If Liangzhou is not a paradise, where is it? ”

Lu Jialing nodded slightly, he is the head of the Tiance Army who controls the intelligence, he is well-informed, and he knows the situation in Chengdu, Luoyang, Jiangnan, and Khitan, although he knows that this envoy is currying favor with himself, he feels that this praise is too much.

The Liangzhou area has been operating since the Han and Tang dynasties for hundreds of years, and the foundation is very strong, although there have been many disasters in the past hundred years, but the foundation is still there, and the Tiance army is not rebuilt in a wilderness after entering, and it is often found that many trunk canal bases still exist in the water conservancy reconstruction - and these are precisely the biggest and most difficult places of the project, and the soldiers of Tuntian often only repair, clean up, or rebuild the broken part and then reactivate.

As for the official roads built by the Tang Dynasty, not to mention, Gu Yanwu inspected various places at the end of the Ming Dynasty, and found that many places are still using the traffic arteries of the Tang Dynasty, and now it is not far from the demise of Li Tang, the official road facilities are basically not damaged, water conservancy is the guarantee of agriculture, and the official road is the guarantee of commerce.

However, these foundations are still only hardware, and what really makes the Tiance regime stand out from the crowd is the military and political system and atmosphere established by Zhang Mai and his subordinates.

Among today's major powers, the Khitan is part of the Tang civilization, and the Later Tang and Later Shu inherited and restored the various systems of the Tang Dynasty, but even in the Later Tang Dynasty, its military and political systems were much more coarse than those in the heyday of the Tang Dynasty, and compared with the Tang Dynasty, they were strictly degraded. As long as the monarch does not collect taxes so that people cannot live, and the warlords do not kill people to the point of emptiness, the common people will burn incense and worship the Buddha, not to mention the officialdom atmosphere -- the officialdom atmosphere during the Five Dynasties period was extremely bad, and there were first-class figures like Feng Dao at the highest level, but the bureaucrats who controlled the entire executive part of the government were rotten to the core. And Li Congke's army, where is it possible to be called to Tuntian to build water conservancy? Even if they go to war, they must first negotiate the price (reward).

As for the Tiance regime, under the leadership of Zhang Mai, on the one hand, it introduced some more advanced concepts from later generations, on the other hand, with reference to the advantages of the countries in the Western Regions, and at the same time, combined with the specific conditions of various places, the tax system, the household registration system, the public security system, the conscription system, and the security system have all invented and innovated compared with the system of the Tang Dynasty.

Shi Jingjiao claimed to be diligent in government and love the people, but it was just less exploitation and policy encouragement of agriculture, where was Zhang Mai so active in investing in agriculture, setting up special departments to carry out research on seed selection, fertilizer making, insect control, weeding, etc., and vigorously dispatching all kinds of farmers and herdsmen who were old in agriculture and animal husbandry to popularize all kinds of achievements

Therefore, under the rule of Tiance, not only did commerce benefit from the Silk Road and had rapid development, but its agriculture was also thriving, on the one hand, the people got the guidance of agricultural technology, on the other hand, they obtained relatively sufficient fields and grasslands, and felt that the tax system was reasonable, there was no warlord division in Tiance, and the proportion of corrupt officials and corrupt officials was far smaller than that of the Central Plains, so every household worked hard to cultivate, and today, a few years later, its agricultural harvest has been enough to make the Central Plains envious. But I don't know how much sweat has been shed, and how much effort and sacrifice has been made by the soldiers and civilians of this emerging country behind this

Even Li Congke envied Hexi, not to mention the party members of the Dingyan Army, and Li Yiyin's envoy's flattering words were actually sincere.

Soon after the mission left Liangzhou City, he saw a large group of people approaching in front, and the front came to report that it was Cao Yuanzhong, and Lu Jialing's heart moved: "It's him back"

Cao Yuanzhong is a relative, but Lu Jialing is also a descendant of Shule Town, the four towns of Anxi, each with its own faction, Cao Yuanzhong is a general, but Lu Jialing is also a left-behind minister, and his status is comparable.

The two sides met on the road, and Lu Jialing said: "The general has returned from a long trip, and he has worked hard all the way. ”

Cao Yuanzhong suffered this ordeal, walked thousands of miles of road, handed over to Houshu and other foreign monarchs and ministers, and his bearing was a little calmer, he came back, although he had heard that he was listed in the new left-behind group, but he did not dare to snub Lu Jialing, who had just come out of Liangzhou, and said after returning the salute: "Where is Lu Shumi?" ”

On the same day, Zhang Mai accepted the proposal of Zhang Yi and Wei Renpu, and changed the history of the governor of Tiance Prefecture to the Zhongshu Order, with Zhang Yi as the Zhongshu Shilang, in charge of the government, and set up the Privy Council, in charge of the military, Lu Jialing is also subordinate to the military system, as the deputy envoy of the Privy Council, in the Tang Dynasty, this position is only responsible for military intelligence and confidential intelligence, but now he is a civilian official with a very high status within the military system. This position is also considered a new officer.

As soon as Lu Jialing heard it, he knew that although Cao Yuanzhong had just come back, someone had already informed him of the situation here, and said with a smile: "The general is from outside, but I just want to go out." ”

Cao Yuanzhong said: "Are you going to Luoyang?" ”

"It's not." Lu Jialing said: "This is on the road, it's hard to say much, the general will know after he enters the city." ”

Cao Yuanzhong didn't ask much, but just wished: "Lu Shumi has a good journey." ”

After walking a distance, Wuzhen, who was accompanying him, said to Lu Jialing: "The Cao family is back, but don't make waves when we go out." I knew he was coming, and my uncle shouldn't have come out this time. Maybe something will happen to Liangzhou after we leave. ”

He is also a descendant of the Lu family, older than Lu Jialing, but a generation shorter than Lu Jialing, although not vulgar, but the Tiance Army has used many monks since the merger of Shule, so there are some bald people in the government, which is also a wonder in a special period.

Lu Jialing said: "Otherwise, although I don't know that Cao Yuanzhong is here today, I also know that he came back recently." In fact, there is no need to worry, now that Liangzhou has become a trend, even if Cao Yuanzhong comes back, he can only follow the trend. But something could happen to the east. I am young, and I don't have such outstanding military exploits as Yang Yidu, although I have the background of the Lu family, this privy deputy envoy is also a little reluctant. If we can make a contribution to the eastward journey this time, it will be of great help to our clan to stabilize its foothold in the future. ”

Wu Zhen nodded yes, although he is not yet vulgar, his son is about to become a * person, although the Lu family is not as good as Guo and Yang, but it is also a first-class family, and it has a deep foundation in the field of religion, and it is slightly weaker than the Zheng family, but the status of Lu Jialing, the representative of his family, is not as good as Zheng Wei.

After the mission left Liangzhou, it did not go to Lanzhou, but walked along the old site of the Great Wall to the edge of the Yellow River, all the way there were military defense stations of the Tiance Tang Army, after crossing the Yellow River, it was the junction of Shuofang, Dingnan and Hexi - this kind of three-regardless area was originally the most chaotic, but since the party members secretly ministered Tiance, the Tiance army here has an absolute advantage, although Xue Fu did not send troops and horses to cut off the connection between Shuofang and the Central Plains, but if necessary, the Tiance army is fully capable of turning Shuofang into an isolated island.

However, this qiē was only in the "may" and did not happen, the military minister left behind in Liangzhou understood Zhang Mai's intentions, and took measures to win over Zhang Xichong, and did not take the initiative to provoke, but also extended an olive branch to this side, so there was a trade route from Liangzhou to Shuofang Lingzhou City, which was incorporated into a side branch of the Silk Road, and merchants from Hexi even went further, and some ventured into the area to trade with the grassland tribes.

Zhang Xichong is a good hand in governing the frontier, and his power is not strong, but he is more eager for a life with a richer cultural atmosphere, and in the case of failing to return to the Central Plains, he can not refuse all kinds of books and antiques from Liangzhou, and the input of Hexi commercial power is also helpful to improve Shuofang's economy and people's livelihood, so he will follow the trend in this matter.

Zhang Xichong is a military and political talent, Shuofang was a mess, these years under his governance agriculture and animal husbandry have become very prosperous, so in the triangle between Shuofang, Dingnan, Liangzhou, a tacit trading field for the three governments to save zài, here is a tributary of the Yellow River - the middle reaches of the water like water, the merchants called this market without a city to do Xiaoguan - the Tang Dynasty Xiaoguan is not far from here, but it has long been abandoned.

Although Xiaoguan cannot be compared with Lanzhou Jincheng, it is also a lively and prosperous place.

Lu Jialing had just crossed the river, and Li Yiyin had already received the news that Lu Jialing was one of the ministers left behind, Li Yiyin didn't expect that Tiance Army would attach so much importance to this matter, so he brought more than 20 followers and rushed directly to Xiaoguan to greet him.

The law and order in the Xiaoguan area is maintained by the three local civil gangs and five families, and the three gangs and five clans naturally have the support of Tiance, the party, and the forces of the Later Tang Dynasty, Lu Jialing and Li Yiyin have their own local snakes to guide after entering, the two met in an inn in Xiaoguan, Li Yiyin performed a Tiance-style military salute, Lu Jialing was happy to see it, but said in his mouth: "Why should General Li be so polite?" The affairs of the victims in northern Jinbei are tiring. ”

Li Yiyin said: "Speaking of which, the grain and grass are all from Liangzhou, and we just have the strength to carry it." Madame and your lords are so benevolent and righteous, which is admirable, although our party is the last clan to rise, but you do such a righteous act, how can Li Yiyin not attach to the tail? ”

Lu Jialing said: "The Dingyan army has been in China for a long time, and the old and young people in the clan have a lot of Tang dialect, in fact, they don't have to pretend to be foreigners all the time, as long as the general does not see our marshal, our marshal will naturally not see the general." As for the people of northern Jinbei who belong to the same clan as us and have compatriots, they have encountered disasters, as long as we do our best, how can we not do our best? ”

Then he explained his intention to go to Fuzhou by the way, and said: "This year's harvest in Liangzhou and Lanzhou is good, and it is expected that the surplus grain in stock will be able to support millions of people, but we can't send out such a lot of grain and grass without paying attention to it after all, so we have to go to Qinbei and ask Fuzhou and Linzhou for their opinions." ”

Li Yiyin praised Lu Jialing's benevolence and righteousness, and even said that he would do his best to cooperate, and immediately accepted him into the country, and his attitude along the way was like a border general greeting the minister. Although the mission disguised itself as a caravan, but still could not hide from Zhang Xichong's ears and eyes, Lingzhou assassin Yang Zezhong came to discuss with Zhang Xichong, Zhang Xichong said: "Tiance is not without ambition for Shuofang and Hetao, but now Zhang Longxiang has not returned to the west, according to the latest information, it seems that Zhang Longxiang will continue to move westward, it stands to reason that Tiance Army will not use troops to the east at this time." There is no need to overreact to this matter yet, and let's see how we talk about it. ”

Yang Zezhong said: "This year, Tiance has ushered in another bumper year, and the weak period after they opened up their territory has passed, and their momentum is three points higher. I'm afraid that the Tiance Army will have some tricks, and the party members will secretly play tricks and cut off the road between Shuofang and the Central Plains, then we will be trapped by them. ”

Zhang Xichong said: "I don't expect Xue Fu to dare to attack me on his own strength - although he is also a general of the Western Domain, he has soldiers and food in his hands, but the place where he is deployed is much larger than mine, and he may not be able to draw enough strength to attack my Shuofang." And the meaning of today is that it is still necessary to collect the stone horses first. Until the great problem of the stone horse is solved, we will not be able to support our big fight in the northwest now, so whatever we do can only be slowed down. ”

Shi Jingjiao's people have been out of Lei Gongkou, this period of time is known as constantly winning and losing with the Khitan attack, is in a tug-of-war, smoke and dust are billowing outside, Li Congke sent people to be killed by the Khitan rangers, and the Khitan rangers have approached the north of Jin several times, and then were forced back by Shi Jingjiao's men and horses. Although Li Congke believed in his heart that Shi Jingjiao was playing ghosts, he could not get definite evidence, so although Shi Jingjiao did not return to the court, he continued to ask the court for food. And there are many people in Hedong who believe that the stone horse is out of the fortress to defend the enemy, if it is not for the stone horse, I am afraid that the Khitan people would have entered Hedong long ago.

Regarding this environment, Yang Zezhong naturally understands in his heart that at present, from northern Jin to southern Jin, Li Congke and Shi Jingjiao are still in the midst of a political struggle, and Zhang Xichong's status is not as good as the two of them, so there is no way to intervene in this matter, so he can only try to maneuver under this premise.

At the moment, Zhang Xichong sent spies to monitor the movements of the Tiance Army Mission, and at the same time prepared soldiers and horses to wait for changes that might happen at any time

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