Han Hai Tang Ergui

Chapter 79

Yaotougang, this is a small town about [-] miles away from Khotan City. Before the Kaiyuan period, the Bisha Governor’s Mansion had a large-scale garrison here.

The name Bisha comes from Buddhism. In the 22nd year of Zhenguan, Xue Wanbei frightened Khotan with fifty riders. Under his "persuasion", Yuchi Fujaxin, the king of Khotan, went to Chang'an to worship in person.

However, after Yuchi Fujaxin arrived in Chang'an, Tang Taizong had already passed away, but Emperor Gaozong Li Zhi who succeeded him was very happy. One of the four towns in Anxi.

But now that time has passed and the Great Tang no longer exists, the formerly famous Anxi Tang army garrison has also become a small castle.

The residents in the city either died in the troubled times, or they have moved to Khotan City to live. Those who are still here have become thirty or forty families of Khotan civilians.

"Mr. Erlang, all the household registrations in the city are here. The emperor has decreed that this will be the residence of Mr. Erlang's servants from now on!"

Next to Zhang Zhao, an official in a green robe handed Zhang Zhao a flimsy account book.

As he said that, the official, who was obviously of mixed blood, asked Zhang Zhao with some emotion.

"Mr. Erlang, do you know what kind of holy family this is?"

Zhang Zhao signaled Zhang Zhong to take over the household register, and bowed his hands solemnly.

"I have just arrived in Dajin Kingdom, and I don't know how to measure it. I am going to ask Mr. Tian for advice!"

When the green-robed official heard Zhang Zhao calling him Tian Gong, he couldn't help squinting his eyes and showing joy on his face. He was just a small household Cao who was in charge of the household register in the city of Khotan, so he was not qualified to be called a public man.

And as soon as Zhang Zhao finished speaking, he quickly asked Zhang Zhong to present a wooden box.

"I heard that Tian Gong's ancestor was also an official of the Tang Dynasty in Yanqi's Dudu Mansion. This box of lard honey cake is a delicacy in the Central Plains. Give it to Tian Gong to comfort his homesickness!"

At this time in Khotan, the king of Khotan changed his name from Yuchi Seng Wubo to Li Shengtian. If there is a good one, the bottom must follow suit. It is popular among the nobles and officials in Khotan to call themselves Han. There is a trend of fame, but anyone who can have a little relationship with Datang will say that they have the blood of Datang.

For example, the Tianhu Cao in front of me originally had the surname of Khotan, but in order to cater to the higher-ups, he also found a Han ancestor for himself and changed his surname to a Han.

Officially, his surname is Tian, ​​and he can speak Chinese that he needs to listen slowly to understand, but he can also communicate with others. After returning home, he naturally turns back to a native of Khotan.

However, judging by the appearance of this Tianto Cao, maybe he really has the blood of the Han family, or it may not be known.

Tato Cao smiled lightly, what kind of lard honey cake can travel thousands of miles across the vast sea and desert?Definitely just rhetoric.

Sure enough, after Tianhu Cao gently opened the wooden box and took a look, the smile on his face was even more satisfied, because there were three high-quality silver collars lying inside, equivalent to at least five months of his income.

"Mr. Erlang's kindness is hard to refuse, so I accepted it with the audacity. Someone said that the emperor is the holy family of Mr. Erlang. It is because my Dabao Jin Kingdom has not given any land to any ministers for almost ten years since the 11th year of the same celebration. It’s still so close to the royal city.”

Khotan's political system, as far as Zhang Zhao has learned so far, is a very strange combination.

In the area close to the royal city of Khotan, Li Shengtian set up Taifu, Taiwei, and six departments and hundreds of officials, which seemed to be a centralized country.

But in fact, Khotan has a very strong feature of the enfeoffment system. Since the king Li Shengtian, the Khotan Kingdom except Anjun Prefecture where the founding capital Khotan City is located, the other nine states have been enfeoffed.

The governor of each state is the biggest feudal lord.The various areas below the governor were also controlled by other feudal lords, large and small.

When a war broke out, the feudal lords would lead their private soldiers to the capital, and then they would go out under the leadership of the generals directly under King Khotan.

In other words, Li Shengtian actually completely controlled only Anjun Prefecture, the capital of Khotan, and Ya'erkan (Shache) in the north, and the rest of the places were under the control of feudal lords.

Zhang Zhao suddenly thought, if Li Shengtian is so obsessed with Tang culture, is it because he intends to introduce the county system in the Central Plains and weaken the power of feudal lords in the country?
Then, in this way, he will definitely not increase the scale of feudal lords with territories. It seems normal that they have not been canonized for ten years.

But now that Li Shengtian gave this Yaotougang to Zhang Zhao, it can indeed be said that the holy family is quite strong.

"Also..." A gleam flashed in Tato Cao's eyes.

"Someone asked someone to remind Mr. Erlang that there are some things that he must report to the emperor in time. This is his way of being a minister. Please forgive me, Mr. Erlang!"

Watching Tian Hucao walking briskly away with the wooden box in his arms, Zhang Zhao stroked the beard that had begun to grow on his chin, thinking quickly in his heart.

The old Zhang Zhong beside him was full of doubts, "What does this Tianhu Cao mean? He took our thirty pennies and said such cloudy words?"

'Ahem! Zhang Zhao coughed dryly, determined in his heart that Lao Zhang Zhong must not be allowed to participate in any political affairs in the future.

The person that Tianhu Cao said had to report to the emperor all the time was undoubtedly Li Ruoyu with a somewhat sensitive identity!

Li Ruoyu was asking Tian Hucao to tell him that Li Shengtian already knew what he had done in Muni City, including the fact that he bestowed Queen Zhongyunyou to his general!
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Yaotougang's castle is obviously in disrepair. It is a fortress built according to the large and powerful docks in the Han Dynasty.

Only a place on the right side of Wubao is still relatively complete, with many low houses built of mud, stones, branches, etc. closely next to each other.

When Zhang Zhao walked in through the wide main entrance, there were tall and short men, women, and children kneeling on both sides of the gate. Men and women stood halfway, but there were more children and adults, and fewer elderly people.

Zhang Zhao originally wanted to make a speech to win over the hearts of these "subjects" under his command. As a result, his Uighur dialect was basically incomprehensible, let alone Chinese, and his Khotanese dialect, Zhang Zhao was even more incomprehensible. Such as listening to the bible.

Zhang Zhao was a little dazed to win people's hearts, and Zhang Zhao laughed at himself. He has no martial skills and has never eaten the rice of the military, so it doesn't take much effort to attract people.

So Zhang Zhao handed over the account book in his hand to Zhang Zhong, which was the register after they unearthed King Zhongyun's treasure in Muni City.

"Loyal old man, we have quite a few people now, and you have to take care of the logistics for me all the time.

That Wu Yuan'er came to me yesterday and said that he didn't want to go back to Dunhuang, but was willing to follow me, you go and talk to him, and from now on you will be the master and he will be the deputy. "

"Here!" Old Zhang Zhong joined in and sang, his face beaming with joy, "This old man is the steward chosen by the emperor for Erlang Jun, and now he can finally come in handy!"

"Okay, Zhongweng, after you go to Wu Yuan'er, discuss a plan to clean up and repair Yaotougang Fort, and you can use money to find some instructions!"

But Zhang Zhao pointed to the city wall that had almost completely collapsed, "But there is no need to rebuild the city wall, just build some fences to keep out the beasts."

As he said that, Zhang Zhao seemed to have thought of something, and pointed to a tall, relatively well-preserved earth wall in the distance.

"Find someone to reinforce that section, and build it according to the strictest city wall standards!"

The city wall is not built because it is close to the capital of Khotan. Your nephew brings hundreds of brave soldiers and builds a fort as soon as he arrives. What do you make Li Shengtian think?
And to strengthen the far part, Zhang Zhao suddenly thought, without such a part of the city wall, how could he show Li Shengtian the power of his black powder!

　I wish all book friends a happy New Year's Day and good health in 2022!Wealth is abundant!
　　Thank you for the reward from some book friends in the circle!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)