"It's raining?"
In the rain in Lili, Gao Renhou, who had deep eyebrows and described heavy and heavy, also boarded the Qixingdu outside Yuzhou city with moisture.
Then I saw a group of officials wearing green robes in the rain curtain, led by an official in a light scarlet robes and greeted them with an umbrella; behind him were several topped Zhanzi (carrying a rack).
"The lower officials have seen the envoy..."
"Thanks to the envoy to bring in soldiers to rescue, really..."
However, at this moment Gao Renhou was putting on a big picture, turning a blind eye to him and passing by the crowds, and went straight to the gate of the state with Jiang Bian and relatives; he immediately sent these local state officials to the gate of the state. The embarrassment was left on the spot.
However, the leading official gritted his teeth, wiped the rain splashed on his face, and pulled out his legs and quickly followed. He is the Yuzhou governor Tian Hui, but Tian Lingzi, who forcibly clung to Chengdu, became an official.
It's just that the talent and luck are not very good. It didn't take long for the official to meet the Fuzhou Han Shengxiu rebellion, and he was helpless to sit by. Even when he succumbed to the lead troops and marched westward, he abandoned the city and fled to the upper reaches of Luzhou for refuge;
As a result, almost all of Yuzhou fell into the hands of the insurgents, except for the Baxian city, which was backed by a city wall. Yixing was able to connect villages and villages everywhere, and built many water villages along the river, and gathered many boats to guard against the crusaders from the upper reaches.
As a result, the upper reaches of the crusade army hadn’t waited yet, but the fundamental ground of Fuzhou was attacked by the Jingnan army who followed Song Hao into Shu; Yixing hurriedly sent a boat to the south to rescue, but Song Hao took advantage of the momentum to ambush and smash it outside Fuling. The Baima Salt Field, escaped into Fuling City alone.
Then the people who stayed in Yuzhou naturally dispersed without fighting; Tian Hui hurriedly ran back from Luzhou before the arrival of the crusade army in order to fight for the credit of quelling the thieves and protecting the territory.
Then again from the scattered pawns who fled from Fuzhou, I heard that the Jingnan army in the lower reaches was also defeated by the thieves from the Xiajiang. I couldn't help but became frightened and restless again; but this time I didn't have time to run, and finally waited. Here comes news of the arrival of the Xichuan army with high benevolence in the upper reaches.
Thinking of this, Tian Wei gritted his teeth and said loudly to the officials behind him:
"You guys have seen it too, this Gao Chou is not a good friend; now he is coming with a great victory to pacify Shuxi, I am afraid that the swords and guns in his hands are not sharp enough, and his actions are not decisive enough."
"For self-ranking colleagues and bureaucrats, let's look back and calculate how to show enough sincerity to move through the current difficulties..."
Then in the palace where the birds occupy the nest,
"This Song Hao is really not worthy of trouble... The Jingnan Army had a total of 20,000 horses, and the danger of the Xiajiang River, so it was defeated."
Gao Jingcheng also complained loudly
". What is the origin of this Taiping thief, who dare to violate my Jiannan land... The defeat of 100,000 corpses in the battle of Kuimen was not enough, isn't it enough..."
"Don't underestimate the enemy... Although the Jingnan Army is a recruited division, but the loyal soldiers under Song Jieya are one of the few in the Central Plains; now there are still most of the thieves in the Guan..."
Gao Renhou interrupted him in a serious manner, and then he asked another army officer to borrow Liu Cunyi to say.
"Regarding the pacification of the place, you still need to pay more attention to it, to prevent someone from taking credit for women, children, the old and the weak to conceal the evils of pretending to be false... Tell the soldiers, if you can kill less, you can kill less, and if you don’t, you won’t. Kill."
"It's really well-intentioned to ask for a blow... Certainly, I will try my best..."
The army wanted to take advantage of Liu Cunyi to immediately accept the Dao.
"It's not that I am a strong person, but that the people of this world are already suffering enough; even the thieves are often coerced and deceived, or they are involuntary generations who are powerless to survive..."
However, Gao Renhou sighed with some helplessness and embarrassment.
"However, since I have been deeply favored by the emperor and have to use swords and weapons, then I can judge the situation and reduce the unnecessary killings, and it is okay to have as few people as possible..."
Hearing this, all the subordinates present couldn't help but look at this Gao Chong with full of respect. After all, he was a general of Bohai Gao who came from a family of the Forbidden Army; he had studied war books since he was a child and mastered all the skills of horse riding and shooting, he was appointed as the superintendent of the martial arts "knowledge, strategy and strategy" subject.
At that time, he was ordered by Tian Lingzi as a general of the Shence Army to escort Chen Jingxuan into Shu to serve in Xichuan Town. Because of his achievements in holding a knife and standing tent to suppress the situation, he became a cronie general, and awarded it to one of the army's Shenji battalion envoys.
However, this Gao Bohai, who has a close relationship with the "Guild Minister" Gao Bohai, is also a true character in daily life; in addition to his outstanding martial arts in combat and peace, he is also good at not fighting the defeated soldiers. Solicitation
At the beginning, the rebellion in the west of Sichuan was quelled in several prefectures, and tens of thousands of roaring rebellion troops were mobilized; only six people were officially killed by pinching the heads and tails. Among them, in addition to the five thieves headed by Qian Neng who were abandoned in the city, that is, one who was afraid of thieves was killed and sacrificed to the flag, which made Bai Wen appear with a barrier that shocked the military's mind.
It is based on the proverb of the world: "High benevolence, true benevolence; if you encounter benevolence, you can live."
"But where and how should Chen Shijun and Tian Gong explain it? At first, I said it was to let all the expedients be dealt with, but this time, I have explained the number of respects that need to be paid additionally..."
The door gun will be Gao Jingcheng and then a little worried again.
"I can only think of some ways from these places. Since there is no desire and the petty people, I am going to fall between the local officials and the gentry. I have kept those hands and tails outside the city. Isn't it for this plan? ..."
Gao Renhou smiled as ringer Wen Wei.
"This generation is also to blame for this situation under the incumbent. It is necessary for them to cut a large portion of their wealth to account. In addition, there are some rewards and gains in my account that are not used, it is okay. Hand it in to recharge one or two;"
"It's really too bad and demanding of yourself... I'm afraid that those people may not be able to understand the painstaking effort, but they are going to slander your reputation..."
The army wanted to borrow Liu Cunyi also worried.
"As long as you can have a clear conscience in yourself, what is a little infamy and defamation afterwards..."
Gao Renhou shook his head and sighed.
"Because the world is so unbearable, my generation has to insist on setting an example for a while. Now when the country is in danger, people will see the hope of the court and the future of the country."
"This is simply a clear stream from the chaotic world."
Liu Cunyi couldn't help but sigh from the bottom of his heart.
However, he immediately became worried and anxious about it again. Such a rare and upright person from a family background, but he didn't know where he could go in this world of filth.
However, at this time, a jagged noise suddenly sounded in the outside room, followed by vague shouts of killing, which made Gao Renhou unconsciously vigilant. After all, as the first crew to come with the same boat, now there are only five in this city.
As he rushed out of the mansion with his clothes fully clothed, he boarded the nearest gatehouse in the inner city and left. I noticed the corresponding shouting noises, mainly from outside the Waiguojiaomen in the northeast. Someone immediately reported:
"Suspected thieves have attacked the Fangshi outside Zhenanmen...just as they were brought into the city..."
And in the rain, Wang Qiu, who was splashed with mud and blood on his body, looked at the city gate in the rapid restoration of order without regret, still blew the whistle and sent a message to retreat.
It was originally just a temporary armed reconnaissance, but I didn't expect the officers and army forces guarding the city to be so empty and weak; they almost collapsed and turned into a spontaneous fleeing crowd.
However, this gradually dense rain provided some convenience for their sudden attacks and armed reconnaissance, but it also greatly weakened the effects of corresponding fire attacks and other destructive methods.
On the river boat in another place, someone complained loudly in front of Yang Maoyan, who was in charge of raising Ziyong along the way, who was the deputy of the Xichuan army.
"He is not so kind at all. He usually thinks about inviting reputations, but he trades our sons' good and future..."
"We are not allowed to kill more people, and we are not allowed to snatch things on our own. What can we do to reward the sons and men along the way... Can we deal with it by supplying a few meals of wine and meat with the little things offered and donated by those big households? ."
"What are the days I am waiting for in Xishan Camp, and what are the days when I am guarding the saint... What are the days when I am on the way to soliciting over from this way... Not only do we not let us take it? The food, clothing, and livestock of the messy thieves, on the contrary, still have to give them the land and materials to use..."
"Since he doesn't follow the rules, should he still drag us together to suffer and be tired... This time you can't let him get it easily... When you get to the place, you should let the brothers take good food and eat." That's right..."
"But, after all, we are officials of the imperial court, so we still have to pay attention to our conduct and conduct..."
Yang Maoyan, who seemed to have moved on, hesitated.
"The praise and word-of-mouth of those ant-like lowly people are also useful, but they can't do anything if they are dragged down and bound. They also need to waste money and food. Isn't this a trouble for yourself... "
—I am the dividing line —
In the city of Xiangyang, Zhou Huaian once again dealt with a sudden foreign affairs. But it was General Zuo Jinwu from the court of Qianzhou (now Pengshui County, Chongqing). Did the Qianzhong observation make Gaotai send someone to contact Taiping
This Gaotai is also one of the members of the Gao family in Bohai; just like the former Jiaozhou provincial governor Gaoyuan who is working as a public residence in Guangfu, he belongs to the pro-party elected and commissioned by Gaopian Town after Ping Shuzhong and Annan. One.
However, this observatory in central Guizhou (now southwestern Hunan, northern Guizhou, and parts of northeastern Yunnan) is located on the edge of the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau; although the possession of Qianzhou, Fuzhou, Yizhou, Sizhou, Guanzhou, Nanzhou, and Zhenzhou, Qinzhou, Bozhou, Chenzhou, Jinzhou, Xuzhou, Xizhou, Shizhou, Jinzhou and other fifteen prefectures and counties, but there are only roughly fifty-two counties.
In addition, most of the counties are squatters, poor people, barbarians mixed with middle and lower, lower and lower counties; the local production is mainly dansha and other minerals and soil salt; coupled with the relatively mountainous closed geographical environment, The end of Tang Dynasty is really a fringe area that is easy to be ignored and ignored.
It is even more remote than Annan Duhu Mansion, which is located at the southernmost tip of the Tang Dynasty. Compared with Guiguan, Huguan and other places where the surnames of the wild caves in Lingxi are all over the place, the only advantage of Guizhou is that the local Tu people are more fragmented and scattered, and it has been under the long-term influence of the Tang Dynasty since the first governor Zhao Guozhen. , The degree of civilization and centripetal force is higher.
This time, Gaotai, as an observer, took the initiative to send people to contact the Taiping Army, a rebel force; however, it was to discuss the mutual access from the Wu, Chen, and Shi Zhuzhou regions adjacent to Jinghu Lake, and even reopened the ancient trades. Road, which is the need of the ancient tea-horse road in the southwest inland in the traditional sense.
The reason is also very simple, because this line has been cut off and stagnated for a long time due to the obstruction of the war; and as an observant of Central Guizhou, the direct land output and population are limited, and they cannot support too many troops. .
Therefore, a large part of the financial and material resources required to maintain the local government and the military and civilian personnel depend on the tax collection and other additional income of the transit commercial roads. As the starting point of the ancient road, there are two most important tea-producing areas in this era, one is Jiannan Sanchuan Road, and the other is in Hunan (the tea plantation of Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau has not yet risen).
Today, the tea produced on Jiannan Road is mainly from Yazhou, Songzhou to Tubo, East Tianzhu (Sichuan-Tibet Road), and the traffic to the Nanzhao territory through Yaozhou and Qianzhou to the south. Along the Zhubo River (Ayeyarwady River) drainage area into Piao State (Myanmar) and Southern Tianzhu (Bangladesh).
The Taiping Army’s act of moving up the Xiajiang River to invade Shuzhong also amounts to a disguised threat and cut off the waterway between Qianzhong Road and Shuzhong; in addition, since Tang Xizong’s journey into Shu, Tian Lingzi has been a native of The inner name requires a lot of enlistment from the surrounding counties and counties; Qianzhong Road is also inevitable.
Therefore, the current general Zuo Jinwu, observation in the middle of Guizhou, made Gaotai's position faintly unstable; because he was originally lacking in financial resources and was unable to enter the service, Lingwai is still the Huainan Gaopian family who is at odds with the court, and it is possible at any time. He was replaced by a continuation from Shu.
It's not surprising that he even ventured into the world to try to come secretly with the rebel forces. Coincidentally, however, the imperial forces that secretly communicated with the Taiping Army were not far behind his family and had long since been dedicated to the United States.
For example, the biggest buyer of imported goods and various treasures and luxury goods imported from the South China Sea to Guangzhou and trafficked to the southeast is actually Yangzhou, where Huainan Town is located. This can't help but take it for granted.
Moreover, the benefits of opening this ancient tea-horse road, in addition to the gains and profit markets along the way brought about by caravan trafficking, can also secretly squeeze and compete for the sources and profits of Shu in the province.
It is equivalent to a trivial investment (relative to the place of origin) to open up a commercial channel that can generate income and weaken the imperial court's financial resources in disguise. Why not do such a good thing.
Even if there are repetitions and vacillations afterwards, it is only a test of water with limited losses. On the contrary, the situation in the southwestern states and counties can be further explored and some new species can be brought back.
For example, Zhou Huai'an is very interested in the mountain horse breed of this era-Qianzhong horse, as well as a large amount of tribute to beeswax, dansha, gold bran, crude medicine, rhino horn, and cowhide. This is also the production system that Jinghu is establishing No less supplements. It can be said to be a conclusion drawn by several means.
Therefore, Zhou Huai'an decided to call the great Guanzhong tea merchant Wang Po first; at the same time, the Cantonese Tea Merchants Association also nominated a representative to jointly manage and develop such a new route. (End of this chapter)