The Changping warehouse outside Zhongwei Bridge in the northwest of Chang'an City; the torrential rain that blocked the sun all day washed away the large ruins that had just been burned; from the ruins here and there, streaks of gray and black threads rushed out There are large and small currents; there are also floating coke and blackened grains.
As one of the officials who stayed in the capital, Dou Xiaochen, the current Shaoqing of Sinong Temple, did not care about his pampered appearance. He stepped in the flowing sewage in the rain, and his heart was filled with coldness and confusion; it was like being hit by the cold rain above his head. It rushes to the soles of the feet, and then soaks from the soles of the feet to the top of the head.
There are six main types of granaries used in the Tang Dynasty: Zhengcang, Taicang, transfer warehouse, military warehouse, Changping warehouse and Yicang. These six types of warehouses constituted a huge grain reserve system in the Tang Dynasty; they also maintained The daily operation of tax collection and treasury disbursement in the world.
First of all, there are official warehouses in prefectures and counties that collect land taxes and centrally store and transfer them. They are generally called Zhengcang. The main warehouse set up in the capital was Taicang; it was dedicated to the daily needs of members of the royal family and was also responsible for distributing the salaries of civil and military officials. Therefore, Taicang also belongs to the treasury system.
Transfer warehouses are generally turnover dispatch warehouses set up along traffic arteries. The waterway transfer warehouse is called Aocang, and the land transfer warehouse is called delivery field. Through various boats and bridges, a transshipment network is formed all over the world, but the daily reserves are at the minimum.
Military warehouses, as the name suggests, are daily war preparation storage for military purposes; there are three main sources: grains purchased regularly by the imperial court in the mainland, and allocations from the main warehouses in various places; and various military government and Yanbian athletes, through self-produced and cultivated grains. The share of grain turned over.
But the most important one, the one with the largest reserve scale, is the Changpingcang, which is used to adjust the annual harvest and stabilize grain prices; that is, in good years when the grain prices are low and hurt farmers, the government purchases large amounts of grain at a fair price, and waits for large amounts in bad harvest years. The history of selling can even be traced back to the Western Han Dynasty.
Finally, there is Yicang, also known as Shecang. In the fertile years when the grain harvest is abundant, the local government comes forward to collect one stone of millet and wheat from each household and concentrates it in one place; it is used for on-site preparation when floods and droughts occur. , disaster preparedness, or local storage for relief and local lending.
Among them, the main warehouse and the righteous warehouse are managed by the governors and cangsao of various prefectures and counties. The transfer warehouse is managed by the imperial central government and the officials of the Dao and prefectures. The accounts of these three warehouses are "County Benli Shen Shangshu Sheng", which is managed by the Ministry of Household Warehouse. Supervised by the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and interviewers conduct regular inspections.
The Changping Cang belongs to the Changping Department of the two cities in the east and west, that is, under the control of Taichang Temple/Sinong Temple; whether it is the Changping Order, the left and right prime ministers, and supervisors under the Changping Department; or the Cangbu envoys who guard various places. , the inspector and the servants were all under the supervision of him, the young minister of Sinong Temple.
Therefore, when the Hekou Warehouse outside Jungweiqiao, one of the Changping Warehouses in Gyeonggi Province and the largest, was burned down by a sudden fire. Dou Xiaochen, who was having a banquet and singing and dancing with his guests at home, woke up from his drunkenness almost instantly and ran over.
As the surname of concubines/relatives that has been inherited since the Northern Dynasties, Dou Xiaochen is a member of the Dou family in Fufeng Pingling (now Xianyang City, Shaanxi Province); Dou Xiaochen's family origins can even be traced back to the Dou family, the wife of Gaozu and the biological mother of Taizong's sons. When it comes to his branch, there is only a little shadow left.
His father, Dou Dan, served as Sima of the Prince of Qin and Taichang Qing in two dynasties; he left most of the family's resources after his death to his brother Dou Xiaoci. Therefore, Dou Xiaochen was able to be awarded the relatively noble position of Sinong Temple Shaoqing among the Five Prisons of Jiu Temple; it was still because he had an outstanding and good daughter.
Among many ladies from good families who were selected to enter the palace, she became the favored attendant of the eighth son Wang Dan. Only then did he go to the family and appoint him as one of the young ministers of Sinong Temple. Of course, as one of the many Dou clan members who came from the descendants of his maternal relatives, he is also quite self-aware.
My own talents are not outstanding, I just relied on my daughter's brilliance to become this peace officer. Therefore, when he is in office, he basically pursues the principle of being kind to others, and doing more is worse than doing less; but if there are official duties that cannot be avoided, he will consult his supported staff or leave them to experienced subordinates.
Only in this way can he hide in Chang'an safely and enjoy wealth and comfort; instead of being "lucky" to accompany him to the Eastern Capital and face the turbulent court; of course, he also maintained his attitude towards the various actions of the prince who stayed in the capital to supervise the country. Enough respect and caution, but still unable to prevent something from happening.
It would be fine if the Hekou Warehouse caught fire in the past; there actually wasn't much storage in it, and with his inaction attitude and style, the most he would receive was reprimand and a fine. But things are completely different now. Grains from Shannan, Jianchuan, and Hedong have just been transferred to the Hekou warehouse.
In order to prepare for the war against Tibet and to train the new army, nearly 100,000 shi of rice, wheat, and bean fodder were stored in the warehouse under the name of the Changping Department, waiting for further allocation and transportation; in the end, they were burned to the ground. , this is an earth-shaking relationship!
Especially when he was informed again and ordered to search the scene, the soldiers found more than 20 charred corpses near a warehouse; among them were suspected of being a trusted agent he relied on, Changping Department Zuo Cheng Gu Yuanzhou When he saw his body tag and other relics, he became even more devastated.
Because this also means that this extremely serious fire incident was not the result of dereliction of duty or negligence in the usual sense; it was a deliberate conspiracy and sabotage incident, which is comparable to dereliction of duty or laziness. A much more tragic end.
At the same time, it also means that the raging political strife in the Eastern Capital Court will also spread to the land of Chang'an, which is relatively stable under the maintenance of the prince and the elders. Although, as the young minister of Sinong Temple, Dou Xiaochen is likely to escape most of the culpability.
But it is also more likely that he will be involved in the confusion and inexplicable turmoil between the two saints, the emperor and many foreign ministers, and the emperor and the prince. A little carelessness can lead to personal death and tragic consequences for relatives and family members.
He could still remember how not long ago, Zhao, the former concubine of King Zhou (Li Xian) who hated the Queen of Heaven, was tortured to death in a claustrophobic place after being forced to abandon her. What's more, is Dou's daughter now just the concubine of King Xiang (Li Dan)? He seemed to have lost all control for a moment?
Even though the subordinates who were accompanying him informed him that the person in charge of the matter from Beijing had arrived at the scene and began to seize, interrogate, and question relevant people, he was still worrying about gains and losses and could not come to his senses; until In despair, he was also picked up and brought to the other party.
The next moment, Dou Xiaochen's feet were covered with mud and black ash, and his body was already soaked. Then he seemed to have come to his senses, and as if he had grasped a life-saving straw, he begged in a hoarse voice to the visitor: "Di. Dacheng, Di Dacheng, you are here, then everything will be easier to handle."
Because the person who came was obviously a very popular minister in the East Palace nowadays, and he was also a capable minister and official who was favored by the Right Prime Minister Zhang Shizhong; he was recommended as Di Huaiying, the Zuocheng of Dali Temple and the acting agent of Jingzhao Mansion. And only during the more than half a year that he acted as Jingzhao Mansion, he dared to make drastic reforms to eliminate shortcomings.
The situation in Jingzhao Mansion and the two counties of Chang'an and Wannian in the city was lifted up from the long-term sluggishness and people's confusion. It also used this to clean up and solve at least dozens of old cases, which made people in the capital become famous. He became famous; he also captured many groups of foreign spies who were among Hu merchants.
Among them is Songdanan, an important member of the Gar clan who came from Lingqin, the Prime Minister of Tubo. This person pretended to be a monk from the Western Regions who came to the East to teach Buddhism. He was proficient in Buddhist Dharma, diction, and eloquence. He visited various monasteries in the name of preaching scriptures and discussed Taoism, and stayed in Chang'an City for several years.
Not only was he well-known to wealthy families and eunuchs, but he was often treated as a distinguished guest; he even accepted several Chinese disciples who worshiped him as his disciples. As a result, it is said that he was discovered by Di Huaiying not long after they met; the plan on the spot exposed his flaws and tricks, and he fell into the law.
Therefore, the Prince Supervisor, who was always kind and kind to others, could not help but rarely utter a stern voice in front of the elders; he ordered that these snakes and rats hiding under the eyes should be completely uprooted. For this reason, all the guards from the East Palace were sent out of the whole city of Dashuo, and many noble families were also implicated.
So much so that children's songs were heard in the streets of Chang'an: "Grand Duke Di, Grand Duke Di; people come to judge ghosts by day and night; all monsters and demons see sorrow." Despite this, many wealthy families in the capital are also optimistic about the successor of Zhang Shizhong, who is regarded as the one who solves hundreds of cases every day.
Many families, including Dou Xiaochen, had thought of marrying their daughters to him, with a large and generous dowry. Even if Dou Xiaochen doesn't have a daughter of the right age, he can still adopt one from his own clan, and then become the prince of the prison country. Is this an option?
Anyway, the Dou family, like the Yuwen, Yang, Dugu, etc. families, all come from the same lineage as concubines and relatives; the most indispensable thing is the daughter of the boudoir who has been nurtured and taught since childhood; through this, many marriages are formed At the same time, this was also used to maintain the wealth and wealth of the past dynasties outside the court.
It is a pity that they were all declined by Di Huaiying; because, according to him, in his hometown in Taiyuan, Hedong, there was a wife who had been married since childhood; they had known each other for many years, and it was true that they had known each other for many years. I dare not let him down...but his appearance also means some kind of turning point.
Is this a sign that the prince overseeing the country does not want the matter to be overly expanded? It would be even better if this matter could be characterized as sabotage by an enemy country in an external area. Therefore, at this moment, Dou Xiaochen stepped forward without any regard for dignity or avoidance of suspicion, and continued to shout loudly: "Di Dacheng, you can make the decision for me!"
However, Di Huaiying, who was dressed in a silk-patterned scarlet robe and black trousers, looked at this Sinong Shaoqing with some surprise and astonishment. Her disheveled hair was soaked all over, and she suddenly rushed forward. He pulled the hem of his sleeve, which covered a large area of wet stains, whether it was rain or something else.
At the same time, a carriage parked in the open space outside in the rain was also watching this scene from a distance, which was a slightly funny farce.
(End of chapter)
