Chapter 119: The Great Pilgrimage 44

readx;??? The rise of the Wang family is of course directly related to the gradual weakening of imperial power among the emperors of the Great Qin Empire. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 But there is no doubt that if this situation is allowed to deteriorate gradually, even if the Wang family is ultimately unable to replace the imperial family of the Great Qin Empire, it will lead to the expansion of the local system, and then the emergence of relatively extreme forces such as warlords and even feudal towns.

In the history known to Zhang Jiashi, China's warlord secession actually had corresponding clues at the time of the peasant uprising at the end of the Qin Dynasty.

Among them, the rebel Huiji County Taishou who was killed by Xiang Yu is one of the representatives.

This brother can be said to have created a precedent for a profession.

The traditional meaning of warlordism refers to the appointment of administrative, judicial, educational, taxation and other government agencies and subordinate officials in the normal state system by forming military groups of their own factions to divide the territory of the country into spheres of influence, using military means to divide one side, and controlling the administrative, judicial, educational, taxation and other government agencies and subordinate officials in the areas where they are divided. Warlords are the product of the weakening of the country's central government and centralized power. Warlords generally ignore the existence of the central government, and some even oppose it. Its military bloc is subordinate only to the military chieftain and not to the central government.

The end of most dynasties in Chinese history has seen warlords or warlord melee battles, the more famous ones are the warlord melee at the end of the Han Dynasty, the end of the Sui Dynasty, and the end of the Yuan Dynasty, and the Beiyang warlords in the early years of the Republic of China, as well as the warlords of the Zhi, Anhui, and Feng lines.

The first warlord recorded in Chinese history comes from the "New Tang Dynasty Book": "Guo Qianjun, a native of Licheng, Qizhou, a warlord in the early records of the Kaiyuan Dynasty, moved to the right Xiaowei general and the deputy chief of Jinshan Road in Beitingdu. ”

The record of "Jade Sea" is more detailed: "Guo Qiang, the warlord of the first record of the Kaiyuan Dynasty (Gengshen in April of the second year), the general of the left Xiaowei and the Beiting were given clothes to wear Xue Ne, and the emperor ordered the Zishe people Ni Ruoshui to be the military merit of the army and the merit of the left (one as the right) Yulin General (one cloud and October Guiwei)" The records of the two historical materials are slightly different, but they both show that the so-called "warlord" of the Tang people is from a military point of view, which means military merit, but it has a lot to do with the upper status of society. This is obviously related to the social environment and cultural factors of the time.

This description of a warlord is more of a representative of the power of a clan of gate lords with military power.

And the emergence of this kind of warlord has a lot to do with the family.

After all, in terms of the situation in this period of history, especially the warlords represented by such a large family, they occupy a large part of history.

Among them, Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu, who were among the warlord representatives in the late Han Dynasty, can be regarded as representatives.

The emergence of such warlords may change the social status of the Shi and Shu clans due to the social system at that time.

However, during the Tang Dynasty, the imperial examination system only opened a road to the upper echelons for the Shu people, and the Shi clan, relying on the advantages of family lineage, cultural traditions, and long-established relationship networks, relied on the imperial examination Shi clan to reach the political upper echelons The chance of being in the political upper class was much greater than that of the Shu people. Therefore, the concept of gate valve in society did not die out because of this, but continued. The Shu clan, who had risen to the upper echelons of society mainly by virtue of their disdainful military exploits, were also keen to cultivate pedigrees in order to gain the approval of the privileged class in order to improve their fame and political status. It can be said that the "warlord" of the Tang Dynasty was of military significance in the direct sense and political significance in the indirect sense, but in any case, "warlord" was a condition for people to become a special class in the Tang Dynasty, which is also the reason why the meaning of the word "warlord" later evolved into a military or military group with a special status by virtue of power.

And this kind of warlord in the middle and late Tang Dynasty gradually evolved into one of the extremes of a warlord system - feudal towns:

Fan Town, also known as Fang Town, was a military town established in the middle and late Tang Dynasty. The Tang Dynasty court set up military towns, originally to protect their own security, Tang Xuanzong in order to prevent the invasion of different races in the border area, a large number of military towns, set up a festival envoy.

The military system of the Tang Dynasty is notable in inheriting the previous dynasty's establishment of governorships in important locations. During the time of Ruizong, he set up ambassadors for festivals, and Xuanzong began to expand the powers of ambassadors for festivals, and set up ten ambassadors on the border, collectively referred to as "feudal towns". As a result, the so-called feudal towns were formed.

This kind of feudal town does not seem to have a direct relationship with the warlords of the time, but many of the feudal envoys of these feudal towns had some relationship with the clans of the time.

And the festival made this official position one of the most important symbols of the feudal town.

In the Tang Dynasty, since Gaozong and Empress Wu, the Juntian system has gradually been destroyed, and the displacement and runaway have become serious social problems, and many methods have been used to try to solve them during the Xuanzong period. The first is to reiterate the Juntian Decree and strictly prohibit exile, the second is to check the customers and listen to their nationality, and the third is to recruit displaced customers to serve in the army. Of these methods, the first two failed, and although the method of recruiting displaced customers as soldiers could induce "fugitives" to "compete for recruitment" and temporarily solve social problems, it gradually made these people become hired professional soldiers and could not be killed. As a result, due to the collapse of the Juntian system, the Tang military system evolved from the conscription system of government soldiers to the conscription system.

The beginning of the festival system is the edge of the festival made from the Tang Kaiyuan Tianbao period. This was inseparable from the frontier situation at that time. Prior to this, after Tang defeated ****** with strong troops, he had actually maintained a vigorous expansion and offensive with foreign troops. At the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, he successively defeated the ****** and Xue Yantuo, subdued the Mobei tribes, and set up the Governor's Office; after that, he defeated the Western Turks, destroyed Gaochang, and set up prefectures and counties in their places to govern, laying the vast territory of the Tang Dynasty. However, the pace of the offensive has not stopped, and during the Xianqing period, he leveled the Western Turkic Helu and set up two capitals to control the territory. In the area west of Xinjiang and east of Persia, there were 16 prefectures, 72 prefectures, and 110 counties.

And the extent of the power of the festival envoy can be seen from the description of this aspect:

"New Tang Dynasty Book - Hundred Official Chronicles IV" contains: "Jiedu envoy is in charge of the general army and killed. The first award, with the command of the soldiers, the military department resigned, and the observation envoy was the same. Farewell day, give double festival and double festival. The line is to build a festival, the tree is six, the official ancestor is sent, and the next post is heard. Entry, the state and county build the festival building, welcome the drum horn, the yagong is in the front, the building is in the middle, the general is Mingke, the golden cymbal drum horn is in the back, and the state and county seal is in the left of the road. ”

This situation also describes in a sense that there is a certain commonality between the feudal towns and the warlords.

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Although the Wang family does not have the conditions to be a warlord at the moment, for Yingxiu, although he does not quite understand the actual meaning of a warlord and how much impact its appearance has on the Great Qin Empire. However, this does not mean that Yingxiu, who believes that the core interests of herself and the Great Qin Empire have been challenged, will reach a consensus of peace with the Wang family, whose strength is gradually declining.

Yingxiu believes that a sentence handed down from Zhang Jiashi's time is not unreasonable:

"Whether it is between forces or between countries, there will never be a loyal and trustworthy friend, nor will there be an enemy who will always be hostile and irreconcilable, and there is only a basis for the two sides to have a connection of interests. Because everything can change because of interests, maybe no one can predict it. ”

Perhaps, it is because of this that Yingxiu will clearly understand the serious threat posed by the Wang family to him and even the entire royal family of the Great Qin Empire.

After all, if it weren't for this situation where fundamental interests were touched, Yingxiu would not have been too hostile to the Wang family at the beginning. Of course, this situation can be said to have set an irreconcilable tone since the unexpected death of Yingxiu's brother Ying Boyan.

Whether Ying Boyan was killed by the conspiracy of the Wang family or not is not too important for the current Yingxiu.

Because of Ying Boyan's death, Ying Xiu became the biggest beneficiary. If it weren't for Ying Boyan's accidental death, I'm afraid that the throne of the Great Qin Empire would not have fallen into his hands.

Of course, Yingxiu does still have the corresponding idea of investigating the truth about Ying's death, but after Yingxiu accepted the proposal to cooperate with Zhang Yuan and other family forces, the truth of Ying's death may be more of a dispensable addition.

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After marrying Guo Shengtong as a concubine, Yingxiu also waited for the news from the east to be delivered.

It's not just Yingxiu, it can be said that people, including Zhang Yuan, are waiting for the results of Ma Yuan's actions.

As a key figure, Ma Yuan officially launched the corresponding action on September 29.

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Because this cottage is more than sixty miles away from the area where the Wang family is located.

Ma Yuan did not plan to directly lead all the personnel under his command to launch an offensive against the core area of the Wang family, because this approach would easily expose his whereabouts, and secondly, it might allow the nearby county soldiers to find signs and intercept them.

As for Ma Yuan, no matter what the situation is, he doesn't want to see it. Therefore, Ma Yuan chose a more "stupid" way to "disguise".

That is the good hand under the command of Ma Yuan, pretending to be a business traveler, transporting the corresponding supplies to the destination.

The reason why this method is stupid is because it is easy to lose your whereabouts due to some unexpected circumstances. For example, if such a caravan encounters a greedy county patrol, there may be problems due to some details.

But this kind of thinking can also be said to be one of the best things he can think of.

Because in order to deal with the strong defense system in the core area of the Wang family, Ma Yuan had to use a large number of heavy equipment as a way to deal with it. And business travel is obviously one of the best arrangements to disguise this situation.

Moreover, although the Great Qin Empire had a fairly strict system for weapons and equipment, for professionals, the restrictions in this regard can be said to be relatively relaxed.

After Zhang Jiashi once again pacified the chaos of the Great Qin Empire, he made corresponding arrangements in accordance with the policy of confiscating the world's weapons during the period of the First Emperor.

However, thinking about the Great Qin Empire in this world, there is a certain difference between the world and the world he knows, so Zhang Jiashi integrated some of the ideas and policies of later generations in terms of confiscating the world's civilian weapons, and determined the corresponding provisions of the weapon ownership license system.

Zhang Jiashi's arrangement made the holders of civilian weapons in the Great Qin Empire have corresponding restrictions, that is, those who do not have the corresponding documents hold the corresponding equipment, then this person will inevitably be severely punished by the corresponding decrees.

When Zhang Jiashi formulated the corresponding rules, he defined the situation of the four types of people.

The first category consists mainly of regular officers and soldiers on active duty.

The weapon carrying system for this type of person is naturally permitted in the post and the corresponding task. During non-post hours, these people are not allowed to carry restricted weapons, and they are classified according to the corresponding ranks.

The second type of people are mainly professionals.

These individuals are able to carry and use unrestricted weapons, such as light crossbows or light armor. Zhang Jiashi set this specification mainly to think about the existence of professionals in the Great Qin Empire and the corresponding comparison.

In this world, the existence of professionals can be said to have its inevitability, that is, with the existence of professionals, many things that cannot be handled by the official or even some things that cannot be handled by the official at all have been properly solved accordingly.

It's like fighting against monsters or even professionals who harm the place, and the regular army or the local garrison may be able to solve such a problem. But more, it would undoubtedly be a waste to use a large army to deal with such a situation because of a small number of dangers.

Besides, because Zhang Jiashi himself is a professional, he also knows very well that in terms of average situation, the strength distribution of professionals is relatively more reasonable than that of the military or the government in dealing with some things.

Therefore, in this regard, except for some weapons and equipment that are expressly restricted, the professional is the person who carries the corresponding certificate after the military.

The third type of certificate is mainly awarded by official personnel.

Among them, students from county schools are used as a dividing line, and those above this level can obtain a certificate to wear a sword. Below this level, certificates are not granted.

The last one is the level of the award of proof by foreign envoys and related personnel.

Although Zhang Jiashi has clear regulations in this regard, he does not impose unrealistic restrictions on other groups of people. For example, for folk knives, especially kitchen knives or something, Zhang Jiashi thinks that the utensils related to people's livelihood are also subject to corresponding restrictions, is it too funny?