On the occasion of rebirth Zhou Sui

Chapter 128 North and South Matters

Author: He Tiantian from Lotus Picking

Chapter 128 North and South Matters

It was indeed Cui Che who asked Yang Jian for the favor, and Yang Jian agreed to exempt Qingzhou and other places from rent and taxes this year, after a lot of inner struggle.

Logically speaking, asking for a one-year tax exemption after the disaster is not an excessive request, but the timing is unlucky. During this year's spring plowing and irrigation period, Guanzhong has experienced another minor drought, and the autumn grain harvest is destined to be poor.

Under such circumstances, Yang Jian still agreed to Cui Che's request, naturally because of the profit.

With the launch of salt trade with Turks, Nanchen, Tuyuhun, Goguryeo and other countries, financial pressure was effectively relieved. Even Su Wei, the Minister of Civil Affairs, had fewer white hairs.

Amid the praises of Cui Che from the people of Qingzhou, Jiaozhou, Guangzhou, and Juzhou, in September of the fourth year of Kaihuang's reign (584), famine indeed broke out in Guanzhong. Even Yang Jian and his wife had to leave Tongguan east to eat in Luoyang.

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Of course, this scene had become the norm in the Tang Dynasty. Now it is not the Qin and Han Dynasties, the water and soil conditions in Guanxi have changed a long time ago, and famines occur from time to time. If it is not easy to defend and difficult to attack, it is really difficult to call it a land of overlords.

In the north, the Turkic Great Khan Shetu finally lowered his arrogant head. Princess Yuwen, who had instigated Shetu to send troops to avenge the Northern Zhou Dynasty, petitioned the Sui Dynasty to change her surname to Yang and recognize Yang Jian as her father.

Yang Jian then changed the title of Princess Qianjin to Princess Dayi, thus recognizing the relationship between father and daughter.

The two countries exchanged envoys, and the Turks' attitude showed a humble attitude.

Yu Qing, who was on an envoy to the Turks, forced Shetu to kneel down and accept Yang Jian's seal.

Taking the picture, he held the seal book on his head. Afterwards, he felt ashamed and gathered with his subordinates to cry.

Yu Qing then asked the Turks to surrender to the Sui Dynasty.

I didn’t know what the picture meant, so I asked a close friend, who said bluntly:

'To be called a minister means to be a slave to others.'

The mighty Turkic Great Khan can only take pictures in a servile manner:

"If I can be the servant of the Emperor of the Sui Dynasty, it will be all because of Yu's servants!"

In order to thank Yu Qing for letting him become the slave of the Emperor of the Sui Dynasty as he wished, he took pictures and gave him a thousand horses, and married his cousin.

Compared with his majestic appearance three years ago when he claimed to avenge the Northern Zhou Dynasty, he was completely different.

The reason is naturally that Shetu has been at a disadvantage in the competition with Datou Khan and Apo Khan and has gradually become exhausted. Shetu has even begun to move the tribe to Monan and completely rely on the Sui Dynasty.

In politics, there are no permanent enemies or permanent friends, only permanent interests.

In the beginning, the Sui Dynasty united with Datou Khan and Apo Khan to take pictures. Now that the situation has reversed, Yang Jian began to support the picture taking. Naturally, he wanted to make the Turks tired of internal fighting and free up the Sui army to prepare.

Destroy Chen.

Yang Su also saw this clearly. After being dismissed from his post, he followed Cui Che's example and offered peace to Chen Ce, which was in line with Yang Jian's wishes.

Yang Jian then appointed Yang Su again as the general manager of Xinzhou, with jurisdiction over 13 states in western Hubei, eastern Sichuan and other places. He ordered him to build ships and prepare for the future southern expedition.

After learning that Yang Su had been re-appointed, Cui Che also sent a letter to congratulate him.

During Yang Su's downtime, Brother Che frequently communicated with him to comfort him. After all, Yang Su had indeed helped him a lot in the past. Moreover, Cui Che also knew that Yang Su was only temporarily frustrated, so there was no harm in doing this kind of favor.

The Sui Dynasty had already made preparations to destroy Chen Zai, and the Chen Dynasty south of the Yangtze River also did great things.

Chen Shubao, the emperor of Nanchen, built three pavilions in front of Guangzhao Hall: Linchun, Jieqi and Wangxian.

The pavilions are each tens of feet high and stretch for dozens of rooms.

Windows, wall strips, lintels, railings, etc. are made of agarwood and rosewood. Whenever the wind blows, the fragrance will float for miles.

It is also decorated with gold, jade, pearls and emeralds, making it extremely exquisite.

Your Excellency built a mountain of rocks, diverted water into a pond, and mixed it with exotic flowers and plants.

Chen Shubao lived in Linchun Pavilion, his concubine Zhang Lihua lived in Jieqi Pavilion, and two noble concubines, Gong and Kong, lived in Wangxian Pavilion, which were connected by Fudao.

Prime Minister Jiang ignored government affairs, and more than ten scribes, including Kong Fan, the governor of the capital, and Chang Shiwang, served Chen Shubao in the harem for entertainment and entertainment. They did not pay attention to the order of superiority and inferiority between kings and ministers. People at that time called them "offers".

On November 24th, it was another early morning. Cui Che was escorted by his guards to the General Manager's Mansion.

Since taking office as the general manager of Qingzhou, Cui Che has formed a personal guard.

He didn't have many enemies in the past. When he was in Daxing and Jinyang, Cui Che always led a few of his followers through the streets.

But today is different from the past. A large number of officials were executed last year. Who knows whether there will be family members of the deceased who are fathers and avenging their husbands. They have to be careful about their own safety.

Surrounded by the guards, Cui Che waved to the people on both sides of the street, showing his closeness to the people. The response from the people along the street was even more enthusiastic. Many women even threw melons and fruits at Brother Che.

Eyebrows convey affection.

The carriage arrived outside the steward's house, and Cui Che under the umbrella was already full of fruits.

After entering the general manager's house, whenever he met a staff clerk, Cui Che took a piece of fruit from his arms and threw it to him, smiling and saying:

"They are all gifts from the common people. They are fresh and ready for you to try."

When I walked to the side room where I was working, I was finally empty-handed.

Cui Che is in a good mood these days. The grand promise he made to Yang Jian at the end of last year has come true. One hundred thousand acres of beachland in four states has produced more than ten million hu of dendrobium.

At first, the salt had to be transported to Daxing for Yang Jian to see. Later, he became convinced of the salt production and ordered Cui Che to transport the salt to various places according to the quota set by the court.

The last batch of salt this year has been shipped and will be sent to Yingzhou, Youzhou and other places to be sold to Goguryeo.

There are often snowstorms after winter, so Cui Che simply gave the salt workers a holiday so that they could take a good rest after a whole year of work, reunite with their families, and regroup after the new year.

Cui Che is in a good mood not only because the quantity of salt produced reaches the standard, but also because of the salt workers, the salt soldiers have completely returned to work.

Everything is afraid of comparison. After Cui Che deliberately reduced the funds for morning and evening meals and subsidized the lunch provided by himself, not only the salt soldiers, but also the salt workers all gave a thumbs up when they mentioned Manager Cui who supported them out of his own pocket.

Compliments.

If it weren't for the fact that Yang Lihua was about to give birth, Cui Che would have struck while the iron was hot and patrolled the beach fields to express condolences to the salt workers and salt soldiers. He also took the opportunity to find out that they had poor meals early and late, and then he, Manager Cui, sold off his ancestral property.

Supplementary expenses for morning and evening meals for everyone.

This trick eats two fishes, so Cui Che's ancestral property will naturally not be used.

This year, his salt selling business with Wei Yi made huge gains. Wei Yi used salt to exchange for specialties in overseas countries, and then brought them back to the country for sale.

The Sui Dynasty did not levy commercial taxes. Even iron, wine, salt and other commodities that other dynasties tried to control were neither monopolized nor taxed by the Sui Dynasty.

Yang Jian did not ban illegal salt sales, but the life of salt dealers was really difficult.

Due to the low cost and large output of Cui Che's sun-dried salt, Yang Jian implemented the policy of small profits but quick turnover in the country, which caused a price-cutting blow to private salt.

(End of chapter)