Chastity Layman 2

Chapter 543
A Xiqing mountain was once the holy mountain of the Di people, and it is opposite to the Jishi mountain, the holy mountain of the Qiang people. The Di people called the Xiqing mountain the holy mountain of holy water.

This mountain is not only the source of the Tao River, but also the source of the Qiang River, but it is amazing that one mountain and two rivers run in opposite directions from north to south.The Qiang River flows southeast and becomes the Yangtze River system, while the Tao River flows northeast and finally flows into the Yellow River.

The Dieshan Mountains became the watershed between these two major river systems, and also became the boundary between Diezhou and Minzhou Taozhou.

Yile City.

The Tao River runs from west to east, and here it suddenly turns a [-]-degree bend and turns to the north.

Jiaodong Gong Li Daoyan stood on the top of the city, watching a horse team slowly approaching.

"Is that the caravan from Diezhou?"

A long-clothed staff member immediately said, "Well, since the last Qiang invasion, this is the first caravan from Diezhou. Someone came to report yesterday, and the full load of furs, grease, felt blankets, and butter is still there. There is musk, and there is also a lot of copper. There are many good things, and the quantity is also large. I have arranged for people to eat all the goods after they are ready to inspect the goods, and then send people to Chang'an as soon as possible. You can make a lot of money by changing hands.”

Li Daoyan just frowned. As a dignified clan, although he also valued money, he would never take money too seriously.Li Daoyan is the eldest son of Li Shentong, King of Huai'an, the nephew of the Supreme Emperor, and the cousin of the current emperor.

At the beginning, Li Yuan raised troops against the Sui Dynasty in Chang'an, and the Sui officials searched for Li Yuan's family members. In order to avoid being hunted down, Li Shentong and his son fled all the way south from Chang'an and hid in the valley for dozens of miles. In honor of their sick father, they later joined forces with Shi Wanbao and others to respond, and they supported Li Yuan and his son to enter the customs.

After the establishment of Li Tang, the clan was established everywhere, and Li Shentong was named king, and more than ten brothers, nephews, and nephews were all named kings. Li Daoyan was named king of Jiaodong County. After that, he successively served as governor of Longzhou and governor of Xiangzhou.In the first year of Zhenguan, the new emperor demoted the clan kings to be dukes. Li Daoyan was considered meritorious. His father retained the title of king of Huai'an, but he was only demoted from the county king to the Duke of Jiaodong.

Soon after, he was appointed governor of Minzhou.

When he first came to office, Minzhou Metropolitan Government was in charge of Min, Tao, Die, Fang, Dang, Xu, Wen, Wu and Fu Kyushu.

But first Wenzhou and Xuzhou were abolished at the beginning of the year, and then Fuzhou and Wenzhou were included in Jiannan Road.

But now Fangzhou is merged into Diezhou, and Diezhou has another Dudufu.

He, the governor of Minzhou who was originally the governor of Kyushu, now only has the three states of Mintao and Dang, and Wuzhou has been drawn out again.

His father, King Huai'an, wrote in a letter, saying that the imperial court originally wanted to transfer all four states of Diefang and Dangwu to the governor's office of Diezhou this time.

Although Li Daoyan is young, he also has some ambitions. He also wants to be king like his brother Li Daozong.However, the side branches of the clan did not have any solid credit, so how could they have a chance to be crowned king again.

The last time the Qiang people invaded the country, Li Daoyan, the governor of Minzhou, was also a little excited. He felt that the opportunity was coming, and immediately summoned people to prepare for the Qiang to make meritorious service.

But who knew that the governor of Diezhou, surnamed Liu, only listened to Qin Lang's orders, not his, and it was the same in several states of Wudang.

When he brought more than [-] people, he felt anxious from Minzhou to Dangzhou, and the day lily was cold. He was one step behind Tang Jian and the others. Did not drink.

Originally, he also wanted to go to Diezhou to join in the fun and get some credit, but in the end, Qin Lang ordered him to lead his troops back to Minzhou and disband directly in his capacity as prime minister and marching commander.

This made Li Daoyan so angry.

Anyway, he is also a dignified governor, and he didn't get anything from the wars that happened on his territory.

After the war, he did not have half of the credit for his merits, and he did not remember him for his hard work. Even the states under his jurisdiction were dismembered by the imperial court. As a result, he changed from managing nine states to governing three states.

There are only 2 households in Minzhou, with a population of more than 2000. There are more than [-] households in Taozhou, and there are also many households in Dangzhou. In the end, Minzhou is not as good as Diezhou.

Diezhou also set up the Zhenxi Army alone, but Taozhou and Minzhou did not.

"Let me ask you something. It's only been a short period of time since Qin Lang resigned as the governor of Diezhou. How did Diezhou recover so quickly? I heard that Qin Lang recruited An Qiangdi in Zhangtian, Qing's registered permanent residence in Diezhou, and made up soil groups. , went very smoothly, and even opened a border market, set up a beacon fort and built an army city at the Xiudao Jianyi Station, and is still engaged in army garrison and animal husbandry, how did Qin Lang do it?"

The staff didn't know how to respond.

Speaking of the states in the Taoshui River Basin, they are much stronger than the states in the Qiangshui River Basin, at least in terms of land and household registration, but now Diezhou is in full swing and very prosperous. However, affected by the last Qiang invasion, it has not recovered yet.

"Qin Lang robbed the party members last time. Diezhou's treasury is very rich now. Besides, Xifeng and many other party members are now doing business with Qin Qiong from Songzhou and Qin Lang from Diezhou. And Our Taomin prefectures mainly do business with the Tuyuhun people through the Taohe Valley, but now the Tuyuhun people are frequently harassing our borders, we were forced to close the border market, and most of the merchants turned to Diezhou to do business. "

Li Daoyan was not satisfied with this result, and he asked again, "Then why did the Tuyuhun people dare to attack my Taozhou side instead of Qin Lang's side? Could it be that I, Li Daoyan, seem so easy to bully?"

The staff thought to himself that Qin Lang scared the Tuyuhun people and the Dangxiang people, so they naturally dare not go to his territory easily now, but this kind of thing can't be said, so he laughed, "After all, it takes a long way for Tuyuhun to go to Diezhou. They come directly to Taozhou to be closer."

Li Daoyan's face was dark.

"Taozhou on the border is dead and quiet now, and Minzhou, which used to be lively, has faded now. Merchants are all running to Diezhou, and even some Qiangdi tribes in the territory have gone there, saying what's going on there. The policy is good and the treatment is good, so if this goes on, is it okay?"

As a governor, that is to have the duties of herdsmen and also the duties of guarding the border.

In addition to guarding the frontier and fighting wars, it is also very important to persuade sang to teach farmers, and the household registration population is an important indicator of assessment.Qin Lang became the governor of Diezhou, and in a short period of time, he brought more than a thousand households and thousands of people in Diezhou to more than 5 people on the account.

Although there are Zhechong government soldiers and their families newly established by the imperial court, as well as the border troops of the newly established Zhenxi Army, and the barbarians who have been naturalized by sweeping the Qiang and Di, but anyway, the registered population of Diezhou is quite high. ten times.

For this alone, Qin Lang's achievements are already extraordinary.

And now not only has the number of states under his control dropped from nine to three, but the population in the states is still losing, the number of caravans in the border cities has decreased, and tax revenue has also decreased.

Staff advance policy.

"Why don't we reopen the border market and recruit Dangxiang people and Tuyuhun people to trade. As long as the border market reopens, we have a geographical advantage. The border market will definitely be stronger than Diezhou and Songzhou, and the merchants will return. We The tax revenue will also be able to go up.”

"The problem is that both the Dangxiang people and the Tuyuhun people are still harassing the border. How can we open up the border market at this time? Wouldn't that mean opening the door and inviting thieves into the house?" Li Daoyan asked back.

"Party people are interested in profit, it is better to send someone to bring Jinbao to bribe..."

"If it doesn't work, let's lead our troops to attack and plunder the party members. Anyway, after the last invasion, the party members are now seriously injured. We happened to catch him by surprise and took advantage of him."

Hearing about the dispatch of troops, Li Daoyan became a little worried. He is not a military general, and he has never led soldiers or fought in battles. Although he has served as governor and governor for several times, he has never actually commanded troops on the battlefield.When I heard about the war, I was still a little hesitant.

The staff then put forward several suggestions.

"Let me think about it!"

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At the foot of Jishi Mountain.

Tuoba camp.

A black falcon spread its wings on a large white flag.

The Tuoba tribe worships white and falcons.

The falcon is the symbol of the Tuoba tribe and their totem.

A scribe in a white shirt was invited into Tuoba Chici's big tent, and the scribe presented a gift list.

"My lord, the governor of Minzhou, belongs to the imperial family of the Tang Dynasty. He has always admired the majesty of the king. This time, I sent someone to visit the king. He wanted to persuade the king that a good bird should choose a tree to live in. Only those who know the current affairs are heroes. Attached to my Tang Dynasty, he was immediately granted the title of governor of Guizhou by Tian Khan, and he was granted the title of Marquis."

"If the king is willing to abandon the darkness and turn to the light, my lord is willing to recommend him in the middle, and guarantee that the king will get the position of governor, and the prince of the county will definitely be much better than Xifeng Bulai."

Tuoba Chici didn't even look at the gift list, he took a knife to cut the meat off the sheep bone, and said disdainfully, "The lord is my father-in-law, he treats me with confidence, I will not betray him, you Hurry up, lest I get angry and dirty my treasured sword."

"Why don't you think twice, Your Majesty?"

"see a visitor out!"

Tuoba Chi resigned, and suddenly several Tuoba warriors came in and invited him out.

in the account.

Tuoba Sitou couldn't help asking, "Why did Uncle reject this emissary's proposal? Since Li Daoyan, governor of Minzhou, is willing to make a connection, this is a good opportunity."

Tuoba Xigan also nodded in agreement.

After the last battle of Songzhou and the retreat of Diezhou, Tuoba Chici was also seriously injured. Not to mention the defeat of several vassal tribes such as Li and Dangchang, Tuoba headquarters was also seriously damaged, and Qin Lang The harassment in the hinterland also made the Tuoba tribe worse.

The whole clan was mobilized, and as a result, not a single blade of grass was fished, but tens of thousands of vassals were lost, and the headquarters also lost thousands.

Now the tribe is full of complaints.

Tuoba Sitou and Tuoba Xigan, the two leaders who had lost a big battle, were even more ashamed to see others all day long.

Xifengbu Lai and others belonged to the Tang Dynasty, and after being awarded the title of governor, many people such as Sitou also changed their views. They couldn't beat them again and again.

Tuoba Xici took a knife to cut the bones and meat of the lamb, "Who is Li Daoyan? He is also worthy of my Tuoba department to belong to him?"

"Then why don't we send people to Diezhou? It is said that Qin Lang was demoted by the emperor to be the governor of Diezhou, and he was dismissed." Sitou asked.

Chi Ci still disdainfully said, "Have the warriors of the Tuoba family lost their courage? Wherever we fell, we got up from where we fell, and surrendered without a fight, that's a coward!"

(End of this chapter)