5. Seven ports of trade
Under such circumstances, orthodox Confucianism, which was originally overlooked during the prosperous Tang Dynasty, has encountered challenges from all sides, and its authority has further lost. The theories of Guanzi, Xunzi, Liezi, Han Feizi, Sunzi and even Guiguzi have emerged one after another.
This east wind was exactly what Gao Yue wanted to rely on. In order to appease the lower class, he let Huguo Temple open a "Qizhifang" to help ordinary people learn to read. But he also supported Xingyuan's Taoist temple and allowed Taoists to study the sayings of Laozi and Zhuangzi, because the Emperor of the Tang family was surnamed Li after all.
Then, we use Taofen Academy to cultivate orthodox and new officials. What is the new style? Take the mathematics in the Academy as an example. Not only do we use the ten classics of "Zhou Feng", "Nine Chapters", "Island", "Five Caos", "Sunzi", "Xiahou Yang", "Zhang Qiujian", "Five Classics", "Jiao Shu", and "Jiao Gu" as textbooks, but we also specially edited the parts closely related to life into simplified books, and combined with arithmetic to popularize the people and help the development of Xingyuan's industry and commerce.
Gao Yue also had an idea, that is, after having the opportunity to completely open up the Western Regions in the future, he would not only trade wealth from the West, but also introduce some Western mathematical works to translate them to fill in his own weaknesses and shortcomings. Because he understood that most of his country's mathematics was still at the practical level of "calculation", which was far from enough to promote the prosperity of science.
Knowledge needs to be practical, but it needs to be raised to a philosophical level.
The same is true for thought and culture. Gao Yue knew that short-term chaos and colorfulness were necessary, but sooner or later it would be unified with the unification of the political territory. The key is how to seize this period that can be corrected and prevent it from reaching a dead end in the future.
Then, Gao Yue visited the Martial Arts Palace, and the students inside were more like soldiers. They lined up their formations on the school ground, first learning simple flag language and command of the banner team.
There are two sources of this group of students. One is that they were drawn from the Dingwu and Yining army for training, and the other is that they learned from the people. In addition to understanding the flag language and the basic teams, they also had to learn cannons, vehicles, riding skills, veterinary medicine, etc. Of course, there are also mathematical sciences and military techniques, namely the so-called three gates of stance, cavalry, and cannons.
The martial arts palace run by the imperial court and other towns has not yet escaped from its old consciousness. It is still taking the exam for archery, carrying loads and old-school military books, so the martial arts palace in Xingyuan is still the most new in the world.
What made Gao Yue a headache was the lack of textbooks. For this reason, he also sent a document to search for books. There was a Taoist priest named Wang Zhen in Zhongliang Mountain in Xingyuan Prefecture. He claimed that he had experienced the mysterious military strategy in the Tao Te Ching and wrote a book "The Essentials of the Military on the Tao Te Ching" and presented it to Ji Gong. However, Gao Yue looked through it and found that he couldn't understand it, but he still rewarded Wang Zhen with thirty sections of Shu brocade to encourage him.
It seems that we can only organize professionals in the army to compile textbooks in a unified manner immediately.
Ten days later, Gao Yue finally handled all the matters in Xingyuan and headed towards Chang'an City. He tied the reins at Tangkou. He said angrily and amusedly to Biluo, the icing in the bamboo cage carried by the mule next to him, "I'll take you to the capital of the Tang Dynasty, are you not happy?"
The icing frosting Biluo rumbled twice, his eyes turned twice, and he turned his back angry, obviously still holding a grudge.
The key is that during this period, you have been so arrogant for more than one night...
Soon, when Gao Yue came to the guest province of Daming Palace, two envoys from Xifan, Wei Zannuo and Niang Xia Mi were still there, and they were constantly negotiating with the Tang family.
But what's poorly is that both the monarchs and ministers of the Tang Dynasty knew that Xifan was completely bluffing at this time.
Munizanpu, who was more logical, actually, also included Chisong Dezan. Later, he sent a Tang envoy to tell Wei Heniang that the situation was not optimistic now. Some of the things we could give up in Liangzhou, Moudizanpu from Liangzhou had already given all of the things we could do to the Tang family, so we had no value to give in. The road was blocked, so you might as well be tough and see what the Tang family reacted.
In this regard, Jia Dan, Lu Zhi and Du Huangshang's suggestions are different.
The emperor can only wait for Gao Yue and Wei Gao to come to Beijing to listen to the opinions of these two people to make a final decision.
In Zichen's palace, Gao Yue and Wei Gao proposed the plan basically the same after meeting the emperor:
You can stop the war with Muni Zanpu;
The two sides define the boundary. In Jiannan, Pingrong and Gansong Ridge are used as the boundary. The Wuyou City in Victoria must be occupied by the Tang family, which can ensure that the soldiers from the tens of thousands of cities below Mangre retreat safely to the foreign boundary;
In Hehuang, Chiling is naturally bounded. In addition, all the Western Fan forces must withdraw from Anxi, Beiting, Hexi and Longyou;
Muni then became "Logic Zanpu" and Mudi later became "Liangzhou Zanpu", and both must be enthroned by the Tang family. The former was the "big nephew" and the latter was the "little nephew";
In the end, Xifan was asked to give the Tang family "year-old monies" every year to maintain peace.
As a result, when the emperor heard the "annual monies", his eyes lit up and said, "Okay, this method is good. According to the two dear ministers, how much is the amount of the annual monies? In addition, should the annual monies be hidden in the national treasury, or should it be my envy to enter the Great Ying Qionglin?
Gao Yue smiled and said to the emperor, "Your Majesty, this so-called annual monies is just a bargaining space for Xifan to send Tang envoys to the Tang envoys. If they are unwilling to pay the annual monies, they will argue. At that time, I will pretend to abolish the annual monies. In this way, let Xifan send Tang envoys to the Tang envoys to go back and explain to the logic Zamp, which is just a big deal."
"But the annual monies can be at least 200,000 to 300,000 guan a year..." The emperor was very heartbroken.
At this time, Wei Gao said: "Your Majesty, you can establish a mutual transaction. As long as there is a mutual transaction, don't say that 300,000 guan a year, a million guan can be obtained."
"You said it to me." When it comes to money, the emperor was full of energy.
Wei Gao suggested that if the war with Xifan was stopped, seven ports for trade and trade, which seven? For Qingxi Pass and Shimen Pass in Nanzhao, there were Lingwu Road, Tiande Juncheng and Zhenwu Juncheng in the Uighurs, as for Xifan, the "Tongzhi Army" could be reset in Victoria, and the mutual markets between our Jiannan (Wei Gao bluntly said to us) and Xifan. In addition, a mutual market was reset in Chiling Sun and Moon Mountain at the junction of Hehuang and Qinghai. For Nanzhao, there was no need to say much about Uighurs. They mainly traffic tea, cotton cloth, cloth, paper, ink, etc. to Xifan, and then import gold and silver, musk, sheep, horse, cattle, etc. from the plateau, allowing merchants to trade freely. The mutual market only costs the past tax money, and the profits will be abundant every year.
In addition, now that Helong is revived, the trade routes between the Western Regions and Chang'an are smooth again. In addition to the income from the camp and land, the garrisons in various places can also allow them to withdraw taxes from the exchanges between Hu and merchants, so that the army can gain a foothold.
The emperor agreed, and then he asked Gao Yue again, talking about the military deployment of Helong, I want to hear what your plan is. In addition, the scale of the barbarian change in Lingnan is very large, and both of them are Yuanrong who are skilled in using martial arts. I also need to consult in detail on how to resolve Du You's matter.
Chapter completed!