Qian Song

Chapter 349 Great Unification (Ask for a monthly pass!)

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As soon as the Fuping decisive battle was won, Liu Kai sent someone to report victory to Bianliang City in Tokyo.

The Dagan Dynasty has always attached the most importance to the transmission of information, so the post system of the Dagan Dynasty extends in all directions. The total number of post houses, post stations, and post kiosks in all parts of the country is as high as 700, and there are hundreds of people who specialize in post services. There are as many as 10 of them, including nearly [-] post soldiers, and this is not counting the large number of spies mixed in with the post staff. ) as the center, radiate in all directions, and reach the border areas directly. There is roughly one posthouse every thirty miles, one posthouse every ten miles, and one posthouse every five miles, which is nearly ten times that of the most prosperous period of the Tang Dynasty.

The difference from the earlier post stations is that although the post houses, post stations, and post stations of the Dagan Dynasty were purely official, they were not like the previous post stations, which were only used to convey government orders and military information, and civil communication could not be used. .

The post system of the Dagan Dynasty was much more developed and flexible.

First of all, the post system of the Dagan Dynasty changed from the previous situation that it was only used to convey government orders and military information and civilian communications could not be used, but it became not only for the delivery of letters for civilians, but also for the delivery of parcels for civilians.

Of course, neither delivering letters nor posting parcels for civilians is free. On the contrary, because the transportation cost in this era is too high, the price is very high for ordinary people to use the postal system of the Dagan Dynasty to send letters. , if you use the postal system of the Dagan Dynasty to mail the package, the price will be higher (it will be determined according to its weight and price).

In addition, according to Li Cun's highest instructions, all post houses, post stations, and post pavilions must set aside a part as "hotels", that is, to provide food and rest for people (whether they are officials or civilians) who come and go. The place.

——Official officials are free of charge, others pay at their own expense, and the price is relatively high (you can refer to the service area of ​​later generations).

Let's put it this way, the post post system advocated by Li Cun is an official self-operated mechanism that integrates many service items such as post office, logistics, and chain hotels.

Needless to say, the main purpose of the Dagan Dynasty’s postal system was to convey government orders and military information for the court, to inquire about intelligence, to assist the flying slave delivery network to deliver messages, and to facilitate the travel of officials of the Dagan Dynasty. It must be under official control.

As for self-employment, that is, the income of all post houses, post stations, and post kiosks is based on post houses, post stations, and post kiosks, and the accounts are divided [-]-[-] with the imperial court.

In other words, although the basic wages of post staff were paid by the imperial court, most of their income depended on sharing the share they obtained from running post houses, post stations, and post kiosks.

In this way, well-managed posthouses, posthouses, and posthouses will naturally earn more for the staff engaged in postwork, while those posthouses, posthouses, and posthouses that are not well managed will be replaced by the Ministry of Officials. personnel.

And because the post houses, post stations, and post kiosks have become the purses of the personnel engaged in post work, they naturally have to manage them carefully.

Some well-developed post houses, post stations, and post kiosks provide seasonal vegetables, fresh fish, fine wine, and good service to the people who come and go without the need for others to teach them. They also send post soldiers to maintain public order and escort important items.

Otherwise, people passing by can go five or ten miles longer to choose the next post house, post station, or post pavilion to rest.

Due to its competitiveness and a perfect and fair reward mechanism, the post system of the Dagan Dynasty is currently developing very well.

And because the Dagan Dynasty had a very well-developed post system, it also greatly increased the convenience of the movement of personnel in the Dagan Dynasty, thereby promoting the development of commerce.

In addition, this also created a large number of jobs for the Dagan Dynasty. It can be said that the Dagan Dynasty could easily digest the millions of soldiers and more rebels and bandits in the Zhao and Song Dynasties. The postal system of the dynasty contributed a lot.

The key point is that after doing this, the Dagan court not only does not need to invest money in the post system of the Dagan Dynasty, on the contrary, the post system of the Dagan Dynasty can provide a lot of financial income to the Dagan court every year.

The key point is that due to the highly developed postal system of the Dagan Dynasty, the government orders of the Dagan Dynasty were smooth and the information was transmitted very quickly.

To put it simply, the post stations of the Dagan Dynasty were divided into three types: land stations, water stations, and waterway mergers.

The imperial court of Dagan has express regulations on the itinerary of the post post. The fast horses of the Lu post station can travel 180 post stations a day, that is, 150 miles, and they can travel [-] miles a day, and the fastest requirement is [-] miles a day; people on foot can travel [-] miles a day; At that time, the river travels forty miles, the river travels fifty miles, and the other sixty miles; when the water is flowing, it is stipulated that one hundred to one hundred and fifty miles are required.

By the way, the Dagan Dynasty is now preparing to provide bicycles for various post houses, post stations, and post stations, which will definitely further increase the speed of post stations.

At present, the fastest express delivery in the Daqian Dynasty is that there are copper bells tied to the post horses. When galloping on the road, the bells are rung during the day and the fire is raised at night. It is not responsible for killing people.Every posthouse, posthouse, and posthouse are replaced by the fastest and best horses, and each posthouse is replaced by a person, rain or shine, day and night.

The great victory in Fuping was related to the great victory of the Daqian Dynasty in completely destroying the Zhao and Song Dynasty. Naturally, it was passed to Bianliang City in Tokyo in the fastest way.

It took more than two days from Fuping to Bianliang City in Tokyo for more than 1000 miles, and the good news was sent to Bianliang City in Tokyo.

The postman who delivered the newspaper carried a bright red flag on his back. As soon as he entered Bianliang City, Tokyo, he whipped his horse and galloped towards the palace, shouting loudly: "Fuping great victory, Liu Xuanfu defeated Zhao Song Shangbai!" Wan Dajun, I am going to unify them!"

It can be seen that the postman who reported the victory was a little too excited, and then played a few words on the spot.

As a result, the people in Bianliang City, Tokyo, heard the words of this Baojie postman, and they all exploded!
Yes.

Everyone thinks that the Western Song Dynasty is only a tiny place like Sichuan and Shaanxi, and its emperor Zhao Gou was captured by the Dagan Dynasty. In all likelihood, it will be wiped out by the Dagan Dynasty, and then Li Cun will complete the unification .

It is completely different to think that this thing actually happened.

You know, at the beginning of the war, some well-informed people had already spread the news. This time, the Dagan Dynasty took this opportunity to defend the Jin and Xia countries from invading the territory of the Dagan Dynasty. Because of the rush of time, they only dispatched There are 10 horses, and the Song Army is conservatively estimated to have 50, and there may even be millions.

More importantly, it is not Yue Fei, Han Shizhong, Wu Jie, Wu Lin, Zhao Li, etc. who have proven themselves to lead the army to attack the Song Dynasty this time, but Liu Kai and Li Yanxian, two people who have just returned from the Western Song Dynasty. Surrendered generals who surrendered.

Therefore, it is still uncertain whether the Daqian Dynasty can successfully conquer the Song Dynasty this time.

Now, the millions of main forces of the Song Army were defeated by Liu Kai, so it may only be a matter of time before the Dagan Dynasty regained the Sichuan-Shanxi area.

And if the Dagan Dynasty regained the Sichuan-Shanxi area, then the territory of the Dagan Dynasty would far exceed the territory of the Zhao and Song Dynasties in their most prosperous period.

In this way, although the territory of the Dagan Dynasty cannot be compared with that at the peak of the Han and Tang Dynasties, it is not an exaggeration to say that the Dagan Dynasty recovered all the territory inherent to the Han people and completed the great unification.

——With the Great Wall as the boundary, except for a small piece of territory that was still occupied by Xixia, Li Cun has recovered all the territory when Qin Shihuang unified the six kingdoms.

Moreover, don't forget that Li Cun has not recovered the small piece of territory occupied by Xixia, but Li Cun included Liuqiu into the territory of the Daqian Dynasty, and recovered Annan and Champa.

In terms of land area, the Dagan Dynasty has surpassed the territory of the Han people during the Qin Dynasty.

The birth of such a great dynasty is enough to make any loyal subjects excited and excited.

Moreover, this has not only symbolic significance, but also practical significance.

——After the Dagan Dynasty wiped out the Western Song Dynasty, the war that lasted for ten years that everyone hated may finally come to an end.

How can this make these people who have been tortured by the war not excited? !

Li Cun and his ministers were also very excited when they learned that the main force of the Song Army was defeated by Liu Qi and the others.

At the beginning, Li Cunli chose Liu Qi and Li Yanxian, two generals who had just surrendered from the Zhao Song Dynasty, as the coaches of the Song Dynasty. Many people were worried, and some even thought that the wise and wise Li Cun Maybe he made a big mistake this time, and some people who secretly hated Li Cun were preparing to watch Li Cun's jokes.

Who would have thought, the facts have once again proved that Li Cun's vision of seeing people is unmatched by others.

Both Liu Kai and Li Yanxian lived up to Li Cun's expectations, and they perfectly completed the important strategic tasks assigned to them by Li Cun.

At the same time, Liu Kai and Li Yanxian also proved to the world that they are generals, and it was Zhao Gou who didn't know how to cherish talents.

More importantly, looking at it now, Li Cun's move to use Liu Kai and Li Yanxian is really wise and wise.

This is not difficult to see from the moment Liu Kai and Li Yanxian arrived in the Sichuan-Shanxi area, people in the Western Song Dynasty, especially the soldiers of the Song Army, competed to abandon the Song Dynasty and join the army.

It can be said that only Liu Qi and Li Yanxian are enough to match the 20 army of the Daqian Dynasty.

Therefore, at the beginning, what Li Cun dispatched was not an army of 30 at all, but an army of 50, no, an army of [-].

——Don’t forget, this is a trade-off.

This time, everyone, one counts as one, once again really convinced Li Cun.

Many people couldn't help but think: "Either Your Majesty can complete the great unification and become the co-lord of the world. It's really amazing. In the midst of strategizing, we can win a decisive victory thousands of miles away!"

The ministers of the Daqian Dynasty rushed to congratulate Li Cun, and some ministers asked Li Cun to give a music banquet, and the monarchs and ministers drank together to celebrate the unification of the great unification, and some ministers asked Li Cun to give an amnesty to celebrate.

Li Cun could understand the excitement of these ministers.

Li Cun, who is about to complete the great unification achievement, why doesn't he want to celebrate it?
But now after all, things are still undecided, if something happens, it will be a slap in the face.

Therefore, Li Cun asked everyone to calm down first, and don't make any mistakes at the last moment, so as to give Xi Song an opportunity.

Next, Li Cun did not give the Western Song Dynasty any chance to make additional appointments to the personnel in the Sichuan-Shanxi area, and sent a large number of elite officials to the Sichuan-Shanxi area to support Liu Ziyu, Tang Zhong, Zhan Du and others to conquer and govern the Sichuan-Shanxi area , And asked Chen Kuutong to send heavy troops to escort Zhao Gou and other remnants of the Zhao and Song Dynasties back.

In order to prevent Liu Kai, Li Yanxian and others from being dazzled or slackened by the victory, Li Cun also specially sent Zhang Shiwei, the imperial envoy, to the Sichuan-Shaanxi area on his behalf. People must not be careless.

Seeing that Li Cun was still extremely calm at this time, and did not give Xi Song the slightest chance, everyone couldn't help but respect Li Cun even more.

Afterwards, Zhang Bangchang, a Hanlin scholar, reminded Li Cun: "Now the general situation has been settled, and His Majesty can see the envoys of Jin and Xia."

The Dagan Dynasty's attack on the Song Dynasty this time, because of its extremely decisive action, not only caught the Western Song Dynasty by surprise, but also caught the Jin and Xia countries who really thought that the Dagan Dynasty would rest and recuperate for three years.

As a result, when Jin and Xia learned that the Dagan Dynasty had once again attacked the Song Dynasty, it was already two months after the Dagan Dynasty sent troops.

——At that time, Zhao Gou had already been captured by Chen Kuutong and the others, and the Gan army had already entered Shaanxi.

The top leaders of the Jin and Xia countries immediately realized that something was wrong, so they hurriedly dispatched troops to threaten the border of the Dagan Dynasty to encircle Wei and rescue Zhao, and at the same time immediately sent envoys to the Dagan Dynasty to threaten that Li Cun could not be wiped out. Western Song Dynasty.

Unexpectedly, as soon as the envoys of Jin and Xia arrived in Bianliang City, Tokyo, they were detained by Li Cun, who was determined to destroy the Western Song Dynasty.

Now that the overall situation has been decided, the armies of the Jin and Xia countries are constantly attacking the border of the Dagan Dynasty. As Zhang Bangchang reminded, it is time to issue an ultimatum to the Jin and Xia countries.

Therefore, Li Cun sent someone to call the envoys of Jin and Xia.

The envoys sent by the Jin and Xia countries this time are very unusual.

——The envoy sent by the Kingdom of Jin is General Wanyan Yinshuke, and the envoy sent by Xixia is King Shu Li Renli.

Wanyan Yinshuke and Li Renli kowtowed to Li Cunxing, and presented the letter of credence, the list of events and the draft affidavit one by one.

On the way to the palace, Wanyan Yinshuke and Li Renli had already heard that the Daqian Dynasty had defeated the Western Song Dynasty's million-strong army. .

Therefore, Wanyan Yinshu and Li Renli coincidentally launched the alternative plan they brought, that is, each represented their own country and expressed their willingness to establish an eternal friendship with the Daqian Dynasty, that is, negotiate a peace.

On behalf of Wanyan Wu Qimai, Wanyan Yinshu expressed that the Kingdom of Jin hopes that the two countries of Qianjin and Jin can sign an alliance similar to the "Chanyuan Alliance" like Song and Liao.

Wanyan Yinshu also said that as long as Li Cun is willing to return the daughters of the Jin Kingdom royal family and clan daughters of Wanyan Zongwang and Wanyan's mother to them, or give them the same way as the Song Dynasty rewarded the Liao Dynasty coins If the Kingdom of Jin rewards the old coins, the Kingdom of Jin will immediately withdraw its troops.

Li Renli said that he proposed marriage to Li Cun on behalf of Li Qianshun, and hoped that Li Cun could marry a daughter to their Xixia as the queen. He intended to eliminate the estrangement between the two countries through marriage and consolidate the relationship between the two countries. Relationship.

After listening to Yan Yinshuke and Li Renli's request, many ministers of the Dagan Dynasty showed ecstasy on their faces.

The reason why these ministers of the Daqian Dynasty were ecstatic:
First of all, Jin and Xia made such a statement, which means that Jin and Xia have recognized the current situation and will no longer help the Western Song Dynasty. In this way, the Daqian Dynasty completely wiped out the Western Song Dynasty Unification will be completely a foregone conclusion.

——Without the help of the Jin and Xia countries, the Western Song Dynasty, which lost the emperor and was defeated by the main force, would definitely never recover.

Secondly, the terms of peace proposed by Jin and Xiagan this time can be said to be quite sincere.

Some people may say, is this sincere?The Kingdom of Jin wants old coins, and Xixia wants a princess, is this a shame, okay?
wrong.

At least in the eyes of many ministers of the Dagan Dynasty, with the Dagan Dynasty's extremely strong national power of [-] million annual revenue, it is simply too cost-effective to reward the Jin Kingdom with hundreds of thousands of years of coins every year in exchange for permanent peace between the two countries.

As for Li Cun marrying a daughter to Li Qianshun, this is even more a great thing.

First of all, Li Cun had hundreds of daughters, and the number of daughters who died prematurely every year was in double digits. It was really nothing to marry one to Li Qianshun.

Some people may think that Li Qianshun is already 36 this year, his son Li Renai will be almost [-] if he does not die, and Li Cun's daughter is not even ten years old. Isn't this a big loss?
The accounts between the two countries are actually not calculated in this way.

To put it simply, if Li Qianshun married Li Cun's daughter, then the Dagan Dynasty and Xixia would become a father-son country, and Xixia would also be a vassal state of the Dagan Dynasty.

In addition, when Li Cun's daughter married, she was the queen of Li Qianshun and the mother of Xixia, just like Yelu Nanxian back then.

As for the trivial matter of inappropriate age, it is easier to handle. Xixia can marry one of Li Cun's daughters first, and then raise them until they are 14 years old, and then consummate the marriage with Li Qianshun.

In fact, there is another kind of operation here, that is, Li Cun can find a woman at will, say that it is a woman from his own family, and take it as a daughter, and marry him to Xixia, and he does not necessarily have to send his own daughter.

In other words, as long as Li Cun recognizes this daughter.

In short, the fact that Xixia and Li Cun proposed marriage itself is not important, what is important is the political significance behind Xixia and Li Cun's proposal.

The point is that the Dagan Dynasty has just completely annexed the Zhao and Song Dynasty. No, it should be said that the Dagan Dynasty has not completely annexed the Zhao and Song Dynasty. It needs to stabilize the two evil neighbors, Jin and Xia, and free up hands, feet, financial and material resources , so that the Dagan Dynasty can completely recuperate for a period of time, and the Dagan Dynasty will be completely settled down.

The key point is that the Dagan Dynasty can fully agree to the Jin and Xia countries' peace proposal first, and then tear up the treaty when the Dagan Dynasty is ready to destroy the Jin and Xia countries or one of them in the future.

Therefore, after listening to the requests of Jin and Xia, many ministers of the Dagan Dynasty immediately gave Li Cun winks, signaling that Li Cun must agree...

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