Da Zhou, Zhili, Kaifeng Prefecture, Huazhou.
Zhang Zhangzheng took Queen Cao Yanxi to inspect the Yellow River.
Although Zhang Zhi began to plant trees in the Mu Us Desert, northern Shaanxi and northern Shanxi to restore the ecology after he ascended the throne.
But it has only been a few years now, and the effect is not very obvious. Instead, the old problem of the Yellow River has begun to show its other side.
Starting from the first month of the eighth year of Shaoming Dynasty (953), the Yellow River broke out in almost the entire period from Hezhongfu to Huazhou.
The so-called freezing flood refers to the appearance of large areas of ice in the river blocking the river channel.
These icicles are not easy to melt and are solid. They are huge in size and have many irregular sharp corners. They can easily break and squeeze through the fragile river embankment at this time.
Of course, the scariest thing is that ice blocks the river downstream, but spring has already begun upstream.
At this time, a large amount of ice melted upstream, and the river brought a huge amount of water downstream, but the downstream was still blocked.
Such a huge contrast can easily cause a large flood downstream and cause the embankment to burst if there is no rain in the entire river section.
Therefore, starting from the first month, the entire court was mobilized.
Fortunately, some artificial lakes for flood diversion have been built in various places along the river in the past few years, and they are just in use at this time.
The Ministry of Industry sent people to divert the river water, and at the same time used warships to smash the ice with sticks, and even asked fishermen and sailors to drive small boats to the big ice to chip away the ice.
The person who performed outstandingly in dealing with the Yellow River floods this time was not an official from the Ministry of Industry, but Chen Chengzhao, a surrendered general of the Southern Tang Dynasty who was captured in the Battle of Shouzhou.
This man was very talented in preventing and controlling floods and constructing water conservancy projects. Zhang Hao had quickly promoted him from a naval commander to the right minister of the Ministry of Industry and the capital water supervisor. Even the emperor Zhang Hao came to the Yellow River. To be under his command.
It lasted until the beginning of March. The danger of Ling Xun passed, and Zhang Hao breathed a sigh of relief and prepared to return to Luoyang, the sacred capital, to rest for a few days.
A bowl of white porridge, a stack of pickles, and three multigrain steamed buns. Zhang Yan likes delicious food, but he can handle it quite well. He has a high upper limit and a low lower limit.
Especially after experiencing the dark cuisine cooked by Wen Da and Wen Zhong's father in Tianshui, the lower limit is even lower.
Queen Cao Yanxi couldn't. She lowered her head, slightly avoided Zhang Yan's sight, and pinched the multi-grain steamed bun with her small green hands.
Every time I pinch a little bit and throw it into my mouth, it doesn't look like I'm eating, but like I'm eating this multi-grain steamed bun.
As for the two boys next to him, the eldest son Zhang Xiancun and Zhang Yan had experienced Tianshui Wen's dark cuisine together. The multi-grain steamed buns in front of him were simply child's play for him, and what he ate was even more delicious than Zhang Yan's.
As for Zhang Xianjing, the fourth prince who was raised as a prince, although the little guy obviously didn't like to eat, he was still able to force himself to swallow in big mouthfuls and was careful not to let the food fall under the table.
After eating a few mouthfuls, the sound of drums came from the distance. This was a big drum that would be beaten only in emergencies. Zhang Yan immediately pushed the bowls and chopsticks away, and took the whole family to Huazhou City without waiting for the waiters around him. And go.
Halfway through, before even seeing the Huazhou City Wall, the envoy with three red flags on his back had already arrived.
Zhang Hao laughed loudly. The envoy who came in such a hurry should have no other choice but to send back the battle report from the Japanese country.
Sure enough, the battle report handed over by the urgent envoy was sent back from Japan by Murong Nobunaga.
Although Zhao Kuangyin had not yet finished the Battle of Sendai when the battle report started, the previous results were enough to make Zhang Hao ecstatic.
"Nobunaga fought well! He defeated nearly 200,000 Japanese soldiers in three battles and defeated them. He killed tens of thousands of Japanese soldiers in formation and captured and killed his master. Hmph!"
As he spoke, Zhang Hao snorted coldly, as if he knew for the first time that the Japanese king claimed to be the emperor, "How dare you call yourself the emperor, a little barbarian? How treasonous!"
Cao Yanxi was also happy. Nobunaga'er finally lived up to expectations, and the better Murong Nobunaga was, the more secure her and Zhang Xianjing's positions were. Seeing Zhang Xian's happiness, she said with some emotion:
“In the past, the Japanese king wrote to Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty, calling himself the emperor at sunrise and the emperor at sunset, which was extremely arrogant. However, Goguryeo was still there in the past, so the Sui Emperor could only endure this arrogance and rudeness.
Today, the saint who destroyed his country and killed his arrogant master can become the holy master of China! "
Zhang Yan was extremely happy in his heart. He captured the Japanese kingdom. In the long run, he eliminated the second Goguryeo that could pose a certain challenge to Chinese civilization, and eliminated a scourge for future generations.
From a close perspective, if Murong Nobunaga captured the Japanese country so quickly, then going to America to find crops and get gold and silver could be achieved faster.
Zhang Shengren still doesn't know that Yanshou has entered the dark tide, but he is still a little anxious in his heart.
Compared with Zhang Yan's secret happiness, Zhang Xiancun was even happier, because after Murong Nobunaga's Eastern Campaign ended, most of the court's manpower and material resources could finally be used on his side.
Just when Murong Nobunaga was killing people in Japan, Zhang Xiancun and Guo Rong were not fighting well in Dali.
Although Jianchang Prefecture (Xichang) and Wumeng City (Zhaotong) were captured at the beginning, soon the Zhou army moving south from Jianchang Prefecture was blocked by the Dali army at Dukou Pass, which was later known as Panzhihua City.
This is the intersection of Lushui (Jinsha River) and West Lushui (Yarong River). The mountains are high and the rivers are steep. The Dali army blocked the pass with 5,000 men and could not get out, so it blocked the 20,000 Zhou army.
At the same time, although the army moving south from Wumeng City (Zhaotong) successfully broke through the dangerous pass of Dongchuan County, Dali mobilized the whole country to mobilize an army to deploy defenses along Wumeng Mountain. More than 60,000 people occupied the favorable location. Guo Rong only had There are more than 20,000 people, and they can't get in at once.
As for the Eight Xishan tribes and other Tibetan and black and white barbarian troops in the north of the Hengduan Mountains, they only have more than 10,000 troops and are still besieging Yufu City.
Therefore, we can see a problem from here. Dali is also a big country with a population of one million, and the only real elites Zhang Zhou mobilized to attack were the pro-army Youbao Taowei and the forbidden army Nanxi Town in Guo Rong's hands. Liu Zaisheng held the Forbidden Army Wuping Town and Wude Town.
The combined total strength of the three Wei towns is only more than 14,000. If we include the other 30,000-plus Weishou troops and levied troops from Tubo, Xishan Qiang, etc., we can only reach 50,000.
It can be said that the one responsible for attacking Dali was actually a province of Sichuan.
Not even the whole province of Sichuan, at least the forces of Fuling and Kuizhou in eastern Sichuan, which Zhe De was willing to guard, were cooperating with Guo Wei's military campaign to win over and attack the Zangzhou barbarians in order to regain the Central Guizhou Road.
So, where did the power of the imperial court go? Naturally, he went to support Murong Nobunaga’s Eastern Expedition!
When Murong Nobunaga was conquering the Japanese state, the Zhang Zhou court transferred the elite Jinwu Guards of the left and right soldiers to the peninsula, mainly participating in the military operation to annihilate the remnants of Goryeo.
Because Murong Nobunaga's rule in North Korea was not stable, many people below him rose up to resist.
Since Murong Nobunaga's conquest of Japan, there have been at least hundreds of attacks on vassals, more than twenty of which resulted in casualties, and three inspectors even died in the line of duty.
It can be said that the reason why Murong Nobunaga was able to conquer the Japanese country with peace of mind was that Zhang Shi, his father, would wipe his ass behind.
In addition to the left and right Jinwu guards entering North Korea, in order to stabilize the situation in Anton after Murong Nobunaga left, Yan Jin also took away tens of thousands of elites from the two guards and four towns.
At the same time, in order to protect Murong Nobunaga's supplies in the Japanese country, starting from the sixth year of the Shaoming Dynasty (951), the Great Zhou Dynasty sent more than 2,000 large and small transport ships to North Korea and the Japanese country, transporting nearly 500,000 shi of grain and tens of thousands of tons of supplies. .
Just for this support task, more than 40 transport ships were capsized due to wind and waves, hundreds of naval forces and sailors were sacrificed, and almost the entire maritime power of Jiangnan and Jiaodong provinces was mobilized.
The manpower and material resources consumed in transporting so much materials to North Korea and Japan are even more numerous. It is far from the hundreds of thousands of stones of grain and tens of thousands of tons of materials that appear on the surface.
This can be regarded as a good reincarnation in the way of heaven. Back then, Zhang Yan was fighting all over Anxi, almost wiping out all the wealth accumulated by the four generations of Li Shengtian's family.
When he arrived at Zhang Yan's place, he almost used most of the world's power for Murong Nobunaga.
Of course, the final reward Li Shengtian and the Khotan Kingdom received was at least ten times more than what he provided. The territory alone more than doubled, and they also received the fertile Fergana Basin, the chosen land.
Zhang Yan believes that his current investment will bring returns to Chinese culture that are far more than ten times or a hundred times the investment in the years to come.
However, all this is not of great significance to Zhang Xiancun. On the contrary, because Murong Nobunaga occupied most of the country's power, his dream of entering Yangju City and becoming the king of Dian has never been realized.
The current situation is that to defeat the Duan clan in Dali, it is definitely impossible to defeat the more than 10,000 elites and more than 30,000 second-line troops, and the ordnance is not enough.
But if the elite can be increased to about 50,000, combined with 70,000 to 80,000 second-line troops and more than 100,000 civilians, Dali will definitely not be able to withstand it.
Therefore, Zhang Xiancun was even happier than Zhang Yan. Murong Nobunaga's conquest ended successfully, and then it was his turn to conquer the southwest.
. . . .
In the divine capital of Luoyang, in the Ziwei Palace, Zhang Zhou's current court and most of the yamen have been moved to Luoyang.
However, Zhang Zhou's Luoyang City did not reach the scale of the Tang Dynasty. The inner and outer cities combined were more than one-third smaller than the Tang Dynasty.
Located in Zhangzhou, Luoyang, the divine capital, plays more of a political role. In addition, it is also a fortress group with strict defenses and a relatively small population.
Therefore, if you want to understand the citizen economy, you should look to Kaifeng Prefecture in Tokyo to the east.
Sanniangzi is forty-eight years old this year, and Zhang Yan is also turning forty this year.
The Sanniang who used to be a bit milky and baby fat has slowly transformed into a rich and gorgeous person. When she wears formal clothes, she looks like the Guanyin Bodhisattva in the temple.
Sanniangzi held in her hands the battle report sent back by Nobunaga'er, as well as a private letter home to her and Zhang Xuan. While her face showed pride and happiness, tears were falling in series.
After a long time, Sanniang Zi personally held Zhang Yan's hand and asked him to do it on the bed. Then Sanniang Zi arranged her clothes and made a bowing ceremony to Zhang Yan.
Zhang Yan didn't stop her either. Although he didn't know why Sanniangzi did this, there must be her reasons.
After a while, the third lady raised her head from the ground, knelt in front of Zhang Gao, put her head on Zhang Gao's knees, and said quietly:
"Even five years ago, when the saint wanted to send Nobunaga'er to Korea and Japan, I was very unhappy.
I am just a son who has made extraordinary achievements, yet he has to be sent to the wilderness.
But today I learned that these two places are not barbaric. On the contrary, as the sage said, they are important territories that must be included in China as soon as possible. This gave Nudu the idea of going to take a look.
Since ancient times, stepfathers have treated their heirs better than their own sons. In the emperor's family, the saint is the first. This great ceremony of kneeling three times and kowtowing nine times was performed by the concubine to kowtow to the saint on behalf of Murong Yandao. His Majesty has devoted so much effort to cultivate faith. The eldest son is his blessing throughout his life. "
Zhang Yan looked at Madam Cao Sanni, and for a moment he didn't know whether to nod or shake his head. She said this because she wanted to visit the Japanese country, but she was afraid that Zhang Yan wouldn't allow it, so she took advantage of Murong Xin's immortal father Murong Yandao Say it when you have the chance to bow down and bow down.
"The sea is rough and rough, and even a veteran sailor cannot guarantee that there will be no accidents. This is no joke."
After thinking about it, Zhang Hao had only this reason to stop her. Of course, he could have said no in a firm manner, but that was not Zhang Hao's temperament, and it was also an apology for the relationship between him and Sanniang who had shared weal and woe since childhood.
"Of course I will not go to Mingzhou and take a boat to the Japanese country. Instead, I will go to North Korea by land first, and then go to the Japanese country from Busan Port. This way, although it will take a few more months, the safety is still guaranteed."
Naturally, Sanniangzi had already thought of a countermeasure, and Zhang Hao could only let out a long sigh.
For Yan Nai, the third wife who was a woman, Murong Nobunaga was not only her only son, but also the man she wished she could rely on.
She has carefully cultivated this son who is both civilized and virtuous since childhood. Everything he does is a big thing that the third lady wants to do but is unable to do.
Now that Nobunaga'er has conquered a huge empire, how could Sanniang not want to go and see it?
With thousands of thoughts going over and over in his mind, Zhang Hao thought about it again and again. Although he was reluctant to part with it, when he thought about it from Sanniangzi's point of view, it was not incomprehensible.
In the quiet silence, there was only the gentle beating of the candlelight and the occasional crackling sound. After a while, Zhang Yan stroked Sanniang's hair and nodded gently.
"Take Yingying and Hutou with them. Yingniang is still young, so let her stay in Shendu with Lingniang. When she is older, she can go to Japan to visit her father."
Murong Nobunaga's official wife, the British princess, and his eldest son Hutou, as well as the concubines Kang and Pugu were all still in Luoyang. Since the third wife was going, she might as well let them go together.
Ying Niang is Murong Nobunaga's youngest daughter. She is only six years old now. As this child is prone to die in infancy, and Zhang Yan has just lost a three-month-old daughter, it is really inappropriate to follow her across mountains and rivers and seas.
Lingniang is the fourth daughter of the emperor Chen Guogong, who was born to Sanniangzi and Zhang Yan. She advocated Qiling. Sanniangzi can go to the Japanese country, but Zhang Qiling definitely cannot go, so Zhang Qiao said this.
When the third lady heard Zhang Yan's agreement, she raised her head from his knees, stepped back a few steps, and then gave him a big salute.
"I am really a bit arrogant because of my favor. It is a great grace for all dynasties to allow the imperial concubine to go to the imperial city to meet her relatives after leaving the palace. I actually want to be thousands of miles away from your majesty. Fortunately, your majesty is magnanimous."
Zhang Yan originally wanted to wave his hand to show that he was still generous, but suddenly he was speechless.
Sanniangzi is already forty-eight years old. Although he takes good care of himself, he looks similar to the forty-two or thirteen-year-old women in later generations.
But this is ancient times after all, an era in which even if there are no natural or man-made disasters, one can basically live for more than fifty years. At Sanniangzi's age, she still has to cross the river and the sea to go to the Japanese country. By the time she gets there, she will be five or six years old. Months later.
Even if he went to the Japanese country to meet his son, he would not be able to return immediately. He would have to stay there for a few years.
Zhang Yan once again experienced the inconvenience of transportation in this era. This one is not good. What Zhang Yan will see again is the ashes of Sanniang Zi. It is never an exaggeration to say goodbye.
"Sanniang, after this, can we meet again?" Zhang Hao took a breath and asked.
Sanniangzi was also very sad at first, but when she saw Zhang Yan was so reluctant to leave, she suddenly became happy again.
"Don't worry, saint, I will definitely take good care of my body and come back from Japan alive to see the saint again."
The two were cozy for a while, and then the conversation began to turn to the handling of the Japanese country.
Murong Nobunaga's family letter asked Zhang Yan for his opinion on how to deal with the Japanese country, and also asked Zhang Yan to rename the Japanese country.
Zhang Yan had actually considered this issue a long time ago. Just like how he dealt with Wang's Goryeo, the Japanese country must also change its name.
Moreover, Zhang Hao also thought that in the future, for example, Murong Nobunaga's Yan country would not be able to survive forever. After all, the meaning of the Yan country's existence was that the Xia monarchs and the Yi people were.
But if in a few hundred years, when telegraphs, ships and other things begin to appear, Yan State will have completed its historical mission, and Korea and Japan will naturally become provinces instead of feudal states.
So Zhang Yan's current idea is that he wants to divide North Korea and Japan into four provinces.
The northern part of the peninsula is the Rarang Province, the southern part is the Korean Province, the Honshu Island of Japan is the Asahi Province, and Kyushu Island and Shikoku Island form the Horai Province.
There are no officials in these four provinces for the time being, and Lelang Province will be governed by the vassal state established by the sons of Yelu Abli in the future.
Just as Murong Nobunaga requested, the province of Korea will be guarded by his son born to him a hundred years later by Qian. It is very likely that a separate Yue Kingdom will be established in the future.
This is the dividend that the Qian family and the original Wuyue Kingdom deserved after they sent troops, grain, and ships to conquer the Japanese country and accounted for 50% of the imperial court.
After explaining all this to Sanniangzi, Sanniangzi took the family letter and asked: "Nobunaga wants to give you something in return as a father, and wants to dedicate the land of Settsu Prefecture to you."
Zhang Yan smiled and shook his head, "Nobunaga is interested, Settsu is close to Osaka and rich, but I don't need it.
After you go to Japan, tell Nobunaga that you don't want Settsu Kingdom, but you want him to offer Shimane County of Iwami Kingdom. "
Sanniangzi blinked her eyes twice. She knew that Zhang Hao never had the target in mind. There must be a reason for deliberately mentioning Shimane County in Ishimi Country at this time.
Zhang Hao chuckled twice, "Stop guessing, I tell you, there is a silver mine in this place, a very big silver mine.
When the time comes, he tells Nobunaga not to seal this place off, but to send people there himself. After finding the mineral veins, most of them will be escorted to the court, and he can get a small part. "
Sanniangzi's eyes lit up when she heard that the silver mine was a very big silver mine as Zhang Zhi said personally, because Zhang Zhou was so short of silver now. She helped Zhang Zhi manage the accounts of the following parts of the inner government, so it was very difficult for her to do so. clear.
At present, Zhang Zhou has no shortage of goods, because the weather has not been as unpredictable as in the past, the world is peaceful, the economy and population are recovering rapidly, and a province can often pay tens or millions of dollars in taxes.
But these tens of millions of coins do not refer to money, but various kinds of physical objects.
There are countless rice grains, cloths, etc., but the copper and silver needed for circulation are very scarce, and the market has always been in a state of money shortage.
Even the imperial banks no longer dared to issue silver notes and limited-use military notes because there were too many goods of equal value on the market and the reserves of precious metals such as gold, silver, and copper were very insufficient.
The gold and silver that Zhang Zhang obtained from Tianzhu and Samampos in his early years could not support the denomination of the banknotes long ago. If Pei Yuan had not confiscated a large amount of gold and silver from Buddhism, it would not be able to support it now.
If Shimane County, Iwami Province, as mentioned by the sage, really has very rich silver deposits, Sanniangzi, who already vaguely understands some financial rules, knows that the world's economy will really start to develop more rapidly.
The Japanese country will also be more closely connected with the Central Plains because of this silver mine.
(End of chapter)
