Datang: Angry at Li Er, he still begged me to come out of the mountain

Chapter 218
"I have told you a lot, and my throat is burning, but there is nothing in these edicts."

What Gao Shilian did was too mysterious. Jiang Yunqing quickly poured some wine for Gao Shilian, "This way, during this period of time, I won't treat you as an enemy for the time being. Come on, let's do it."

The four counties in Hexi were established during the Han Dynasty.

Before the Silk Road was officially opened, the Hexi Corridor, which originally belonged to the Central Plains, became the territory of the Huns, and the tribes of King Xiutu and King Hunxie of the Huns all grazed there.

In the second year of Yuanshou of the Great Khan, in 121 BC, King Hunxie of the Huns killed King Xiutu, and brought together more than 4 people from both sides to surrender to the Han Dynasty.

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty established these territories as Wuwei and Jiuquan respectively.

In the sixth year of Yuanding, in 111 BC, the Han Dynasty had successively established four counties in Hexi, namely Jiuquan, Wuwei, Dunhuang, and Zhangye, referred to as the Four Counties of Hexi.

The establishment of the four prefectures in Hexi also strengthened the approach and unification of the Han Dynasty to the Western Regions.

The Han Dynasty also continued the tradition of the Qin Dynasty and built the Great Wall. It extended the Great Wall built in the Qin Dynasty from Lingju to Yangguan and Yumenguan. Its beacon tower penetrated deep into the Luntai to prevent attacks against the Xiongnu.

This area belongs to the south of the Great Wall, and it is also a farming area for immigrants from the Han Dynasty. After the establishment of the four prefectures in Hexi, it also cut off the practice of the Xiongnu and Xiqiang people, and made the farming countries south of the Tianshan Mountains, such as the Han Dynasty and Wusun, form an alliance. In the overall situation, it suppressed you even more.

Since then, the Hexi Corridor has become a necessary channel for communication between the Han Dynasty and the Western Regions. It is also an important gathering place for exchanges between the Chinese civilization and other civilizations, and it is also an important transfer station and trade center for China's foreign trade.

With the help of the Silk Road, the entire four counties in Hexi have become a gathering place for Chinese culture and foreign cultural exchanges, as well as an important transfer station and trade center for Chinese trade, which is famous in later generations and the world.

But the four counties in Hexi are also places that must be contested by soldiers.

When Cao Cao coerced the emperor to command the princes, he established ten counties: Jiuquan, Qilian, Liangxing, Liangning, Kuaiji, Guangzhi, Jinchang, Dunhuang, Jiankang, and Xihai.

In 421 AD, it was destroyed by Juqumeng, and the state of Beiliang was established.

Then during the Southern and Northern Dynasties, Northern Liang was destroyed by Emperor Taiwu of the Northern Wei Dynasty and put under the control of Dunhuang.

When the Sui and Tang Dynasties changed, Jiuquan became Suzhou, and the state government was located in Fulu County, so this place was also called Suzhou, and Fulu County was later renamed Jiuquan County.

This means that the only dozen or so vacant territories in Datang's hands today are Jiuquan County, where Tumen is closed, and there are only three state capitals, Xizhou, Yizhou, and Tingzhou.

"That means that the place I want to stay is not Yumenguan, Xizhou, Yizhou, Tingzhou, should I choose?"

"Yes." Gao Shilian nodded and said, "Then where do you want to choose? I have to go back and tell His Majesty."

Jiang Yunqing looked at the map, thought for a while, and said: "Sometimes, the most dangerous place is the safest place. The vicinity of Xizhou is full of Turks, Xue Yantuo, Tuyuhun, Tubo, and Gaochang. Can be attacked, easy to defend but difficult to attack, I choose this place, but..."

"But what?" Gao Shilian quickly asked, "This is not asking you to go to war, but to harass you from time to time. Don't mess around. You only have 3000 troops, and Xizhou only has 5000 defenders. You But don't make a big fuss, what should you do if you don't want to stop?"

"However, if that woman really dares to make Gao Chang turn against Tang, then I'll go and get back some face for Datang, okay?"

"As long as it's not a war to destroy the country, it's fine."

"Then it's fine, Xu Guogong, you should go." Then he said, "Others want some rewards for reading the imperial decree, but Jiang and you are both officials of the Tang Dynasty. If you just give money , I’m afraid it’s also humiliating Xu Guogong, so I will give you six jars of good wine to show my heart.”

"Okay, the old man is not welcome anymore." Gao Shilian came happily and left happily.
After Gao Shilian left, Jiang Yunqing sat there and thought, is this also considered to be exile for him?

This means that he will be exiled to the frontier.

Outside the Yumen Pass, there are no military or civilian fish or fish, but there are only polished and uninhabited places.

If you really want to find some psychological comfort, it is cantaloupe, grapes, and roasted whole lamb.

Obviously, Li Er has some money on hand now, and his whole body is starting to float up. Before conquering Goguryeo and using troops on a large scale, he must solve all these neighbors near his home, just in case the backyard on fire.

Although Jiang Yunqing went there this time, he was going to attack them and harass them.

But if you want to take the initiative to take action against them, you still have to have your own reasons. If the name is not upright, then the words will not go well, and the upright name is the teacher of justice. Jiang Yunqing went this time to let Li Er find an excuse to send troops to the Western Regions.

"There is some trouble." Jiang Yunqing murmured to himself, but after a while, Jiang Yunqing thought about it again, "Never mind, anyway, just leave the trouble-making to Cheng Chuliang. He is the best in these matters. I'm familiar with it, and I have grown up since I was a child. If you want to talk about the ability to make trouble for no reason, these members of the Cheng family are definitely the masters of champions."

Gao Shilian was very happy to see Li Ai, but he turned back before leaving Jiangjiazhuang.

"What else do you want to do? I have already given you what should be given to you, and there is nothing more." Jiang Yunqing said with a gloomy face, very displeased.

"There is one more thing I want to ask you." Gao Shilian walked in on his own, and sat beside Jiang Yunqing.

Jiang Yunqing helplessly asked his servants to prepare tea, and sat with Gao Shilian.

"You see, I am one of the prime ministers of the current dynasty. I have a troublesome matter recently. I have discussed it with Fang Xiang and Du Xiang for a long time, and I can't discuss the result and why."

"In the final analysis, it is still a matter of money."

"Yeah, but I've heard people say it before, and you said that there is a way before, which is commercial tax. How do you think it's better to collect vegetables?"

"The national treasury has no money now, not because your income is relatively small. Why do you collect agricultural taxes when you collect taxes? The common people serve the crops, and they depend on the sky for food. You have no money and still want to collect agricultural taxes. Isn't that the government forcing the people to rebel?" Jiang Yunqing laughed.

"But there are not many people like you. If you know how to care about the food of the common people, then I will forcefully talk to you, but I don't know what to do with my own opinion, but you guys These civil servants are still high-ranking officials, each of them has a dark heart, your thoughts are much wilder than mine."

"Taxation, the main revenue of the Tang Dynasty's national treasury is agricultural tax, but no matter what, your eyes are only focused on that agricultural tax, how much more money can your treasury get? And once the agricultural tax increases, will the people want to fight back? No way, I can’t survive at all. In the final analysis, you can collect agricultural tax, but as the main income, commercial tax is better.

If you can really make more money in the future, maybe you may even look down on that little agricultural tax and cancel it directly? "

(End of this chapter)