"Zhu Ming, the county governor of Hanyuan, has seen Yuwen Taishou!" Zhu Ming bowed.

"Success doesn't have to be formal," Yuwen often smiled, "please take a seat." ”

Yuwen Chang is very young, just turned thirty years old, he is not a non-commissioned officer, but an en-yin officer.

His father, Yuwen Changling, has served in ethnic minorities and border areas for a long time. Even if he was promoted to supervise the imperial history, he still took the initiative to ask for transfer to the frontier, and then was promoted to the household servant and Kaifeng Mansion Yin.

Cai Jing ascended to the throne, Yuwen Changling was immediately demoted, and successively became the governor (prefect) in Qingzhou, Hangzhou, and Yuezhou.

A few years ago, he died of illness in Yuezhou.

Because his father offended Cai Jing, Yuwen Chang Enyin became an official, and after he became an official, he had nearly ten years of qualifications, but he was thrown into Lizhou, where this bird doesn't.

is the same as the end of the world is degraded, why should we have known each other when we meet.

Although they hadn't met before, Yuwen Chang naturally felt that Zhu Ming was close: "The words in the Di newspaper are unknown, but I only know that I was banned from studying and banning books, how did I offend the official family?" ”

"Maybe it's related to the Flower Stone Class." Zhu Ming explained briefly.

"Alas," Yu Wenchang sighed, "it was precisely because of the obstruction of Huashigang that my father was demoted from the prefect of Hangzhou to the prefect of Yuezhou. When my father was the Yin of Kaifeng Mansion, because he offended the traitorous party, he became a household servant. He also offended the traitorous party in the household department, and it was difficult to return to Beijing from this place. ”

Zhu Ming arched his hand and said: "Ling Zun is for the country and the people, and I admire it to the fullest." ”

In history, Yu Wenchang's experience was much worse than that of his father.

He made great achievements in Lizhou and was promoted to the Chengdu Fulu Tea and Horse Division. He also made great achievements in the Tea and Horse Division, but he cut off the financial route of some people, and was thrown to Kuizhou, which was full of barbarians, and died of illness directly in Kuizhou.

Yuwen often doesn't like to play fiction and goes straight to the point: "There is only one county in Lizhou, and it is inevitable that there will be disagreements between Zhizhou and Zhixian." It's better to manage the civil affairs successfully, and I try not to intervene. As for the rest, success also tries not to intervene. If there is a conflict, it will be resolved through negotiation. How is it? ”

This shelf is low enough, as a Zhizhou, he doesn't need to greet Zhu Ming at all.

"According to what Taishou said," Zhu Ming thought it was feasible, and said, "When I first arrived in the next year, I don't know the feelings of Lizhou, and I ask Taishou to give advice." ”

Yuwen Chang couldn't help but sigh: "Alas, the affairs of Lizhou are nothing more than appeasing the barbarians and buying horses in the mutual market. ”

Zhu Ming asked, "Why do you sigh too much?" ”

Yu Wenchang explained: "Lizhou originally used cloth to buy horses, with an age of 2,100 yuan, and Zhizhou was responsible for this matter. Later, the tea field was replaced, and it was changed to tea for horses, which belonged to the Chengdu Fulu Tea and Horse Division. Zhizhou was not allowed to interfere, and the age was also increased to 4,000 yuan. Lizhou bought horses, more than 1,000 horsemen, and spent a lot. The Tea and Horse Division bought horses with empty coupons, and the people were also resentful. ”

The "horsemen" mentioned here are not soldiers who fight on horseback, but van troops who specialize in escorting tea and horses.

They are like people, and they have no fighting power to speak of. And all kinds of empty salaries, there are really one or two hundred people who will reach the sky.

A few decades ago, the new law was reformed, and 520,000 yuan was borrowed from the Transit Department and 200,000 yuan was borrowed from the Changping Division, which was specifically used for the purchase of horses in Lizhou. Now I haven't returned a penny, and it's a complete mess. Even, even the money for buying horses is often not given, and the white slips are directly handed over to the barbarians to make up the number.

At the same time, tea plantation owners in Sichuan have been bankrupted in large numbers.

Tea and horses are eaten on several sides, after eating the imperial court to eat the tea household, after eating the tea household to eat the barbarian.

Again, where did Qian Temo go?

This kind of thing, Zhizhou has no right to interfere, and it is all managed by the tea horse system.

Yuwen often said: "The barbarians sell horses, but they can only receive white coupons, so they are naturally dissatisfied, and the plundering of Han people is increasing day by day." That's why I reorganized the box army, full of combatable soldiers, and guarded against barbarian rebellions. ”

Zhu Ming said: "If the Tea and Horse Division is not rectified, no matter how much you take precautions, it will not help. ”

Yuwen often said: "I have gone to the imperial court, maybe I can make a difference." ”

Chengdu Tea and Horse Division went too far, Yuwenchang's performance was sent to the imperial court, and Shu officials took the opportunity to promote it in tandem. So in history, Yuwen Chang was really transferred back to his hometown to manage the Chengdu Fulu Tea and Horse Division.

After his rectification, the results were remarkable, but he was soon transferred again.

People go to politics, and in just a few years, they rot again.

Yuwen Chang also said: "Dali State requested to build a city south of the Dadu River, and the city could be built by Lizhou. I had rejected it, and they sent an envoy to Tokyo to revisit the matter through the succession of a new king. I received an inquiry from the imperial court a few days ago, and I have already stated my interests, maybe the imperial court will send an envoy next year, and if I successfully meet the envoy, I must strictly refuse. ”

Zhu Ming asked: "Isn't it good to build a city and a mutual market?" It can not only increase the taxation of Lizhou, but also expand the government and the power of the Han people to the area south of the Dadu River. ”

"Who wouldn't want to expand their territory?" Yuwen Chang shook his head again and again, "If the Great Song soldiers are strong and strong, there is no need for Dali to ask for it, and I will go to the south of the Dadu River to build a city myself." But now that the soldiers are tired and the people are lacking, the battle of Western Xia has not yet been completed, and I heard that the traitorous party is attacking Liao again. In the southwest, how can there be border troubles? ”

Zhu Ming said: "That's true. ”

Yu Wenchang continued: "Once the government builds a city south of the Dadu River, it will inevitably make the barbarians like a great enemy, and there will be constant friction from then on. And Dali can also use the mutual market to explore the reality of Lizhou, and sooner or later it will invade the north on a large scale. The barbarians in the south are the barrier against the Dali country, and the construction of cities and mutual markets will not only anger the barbarians, but also attract the covetousness of the Dali country. If this is done, it is very likely that the barbarians and Dali will merge, and they will make an appointment to attack Lizhou together! ”

Today's Sichuan officials are taking the initiative to provoke a barbarian rebellion, and then quell the rebellion and make meritorious contributions.

Yuwen Chang can fully accept Daliguo's request, build a city and a mutual market to gain political achievements, and then pat his ass and be promoted and leave. As for the future troubles, that is the matter of the successor, and it has nothing to do with him Yu Wenchang.

But Yu Wenchang did not do this, he was thinking about the long-term of the country.

There is really no other good way, and there are hundreds of Xiang troops in Lizhou who can fight, but there are hundreds of thousands in Shengyi in the south. If they are provoked and pushed into the arms of Dali, the southwest region will not be at peace from now on.

It was Yu Wenchang who determined the strategy for dealing with Shengyi and Dali, and the entire Southern Song Dynasty did not make trouble.

Therefore, a hundred years later, there are still people who write poems: The border west of the Jade Axe River is quiet, and the people of the state are partial to Yuwenchang.

"Take care of your subordinates, don't let them harm the people," Yu Wenchang reminded, "There are not many Han people in Lizhou, but the exploitation of the government is becoming more and more serious. ”

Zhu Ming said: "I will take care of the county officials, but what about the tea and horse division?" Surely they will exploit the people. ”

Yuwen Chang was speechless, and could only shake his head secretly.

There is a dispatch agency for the Tea and Horse Division in Lizhou, and neither the prefecture nor the county can manage it. When they were short of horsemen, they would order the local officials to forcibly recruit people.

After being silent for a long time, Yuwen often said: "Just do what you do." ”

Zhu Ming said yes.

Yu Wenchang suddenly smiled and said, "Gather your entourage, and I'll take you out of the city to have a look." ”

Zhu Ming called Bai Sheng, Zhang Bo, and Li Bao and waited in the state government on four horses.

Not long after, Yuwen Chang also led the horse out, followed by a few relatives.

The group drove south, and soon came to a riverside town.

Yuwen Chang immediately outside the town and said: "This is Hanyuan Town, there is a Tongwang Town in the east, and Shengyi from the south will buy and sell in the two towns. As for the five tribes in the west, they went directly to the state capital to trade. ”

Zhu Ming asked, "What is the origin of the five tribes?" Why do they all have Han surnames? ”

Yuwen often said: "I can't say clearly, but it's definitely not Han, and the customs and habits are completely different." During the Tang Dynasty, they were called two-faced Qiang, probably Qiang people who learned to speak Chinese. The five tribes are extremely cunning, and if I have an army of 5,000, I will definitely destroy the five tribes first. On the side of the couch, how can you allow others to sleep soundly! ”

The five tribes are really on the side of the couch, which is closest to the Han settlement, and there is no natural barrier of the Dadu River.

"Are the five barbarians extremely brave in battle?" Zhu Ming asked.

Yuwen often shook his head: "They wear leather armor, and their weapons are only earthen bows and spears, and they are not strong in the field." But most of them live in the mountains, and the rocks are bunkers, and there are often several forts in a village. Those forts were not difficult to attack, but there were inevitably casualties. If I capture a village, I have to kill or wound one or twenty people, how can I have more troops to consume? ”

This is a bit embarrassing, the five tribes are quite turtles, and when they encounter officers and soldiers, they hide in turtle shells and don't come out.

Those simple small stone forts, you can teach them how to behave with artillery. There is no need to use heavy artillery, one or two hundred pounds of field artillery, a few shots can crush the pillbox.

Zhu Ming asked, "Can I use a stone throwing car?" ”

Yuwen often asked rhetorically: "Will success build a rock-throwing car?" ”

"You can try it, it shouldn't be difficult." Zhu Ming said.

Yuwen Chang said with a smile: "Then you can build a few planes, and in the future, the five tribes will dare to loot again, and they will use the stone throwing cart to smash their stone forts." ”

Zhu Ming asked again: "Rice is planted by the river?" ”

Zhu Ming asked about the Han River, that is, the quicksand river. The county seat of Hanyuan in the Song Dynasty was not on the edge of the Dadu River, but in the middle reaches of the Han River.

Yuwen often said: "Rice and rape are grown by the river, and corn and sorghum are grown on the dry land. ”

Zhu Ming said: "I brought some corn and sweet potatoes, which can be grown in dry land, especially in mountainous areas. ”

"Corn sweet potato, I have also heard a little, and it can be planted in Lizhou next year." Yuwen Chang was quite happy.

The crowd continued to ride south, until they came to the Dadu River, and Zhu Ming asked: "From Hanyuan Town to here, the people seem to be dressed differently. ”

Yuwen often said: "They are all familiar with Yi, they can already speak Chinese, and they have also learned to grow rice." There are more than 2,000 households here, who have been prepared to protect their armor and are willing to obey the government's decrees. But they have been exploited by officials for a long time, and they have long complained, and I tried my best to appease them after taking office, but there are always officials who disobey the yang and the yin. ”

"Can you change your Chinese name and surname?" Zhu Ming asked.

Yuwen often said: "Only Li Zheng and Baojia Chang have Han names and surnames, and they pay taxes according to a fixed amount every year." ”

Zhu Ming knew what to do in the first step, persuaded the ripe Yi here to plant corn and sweet potatoes, and at the same time punished the officials who exploited them. After obtaining the approval of Shuyi, they were given a Han name and surname, and then they were organized into households.

(End of chapter)