"Farewell to Duke Ming." Outside Wancheng, headed by the shogunate military commander Le Kai, dozens of other officials saluted.
The court's actions were still very fast.
Compared with the delay in conferring officers to the commanders of Henan Wubao, the conferment of officers to "meritorious generals" personally supervised by Shangshu Ling Yu Min was very fast. The approval was completed within one day and the process began. It was issued a few days ago.
Wear official uniform, sue oneself, and seal the letter.
It is said that the emperor still got some food from the Wubao commanders.
A total of more than ten people were awarded Bingzhou, and the county magistrates of Jizhou received 600,000 dendrobium grains - 100,000 dendrobium grains have arrived so far. This amount can only be said to be better than nothing.
The Wubao commanders actually don't care much about whether they can actually become officials, and they won't go to Bingzhou or Jizhou. In fact, it's enough to have an official position. This is political status and has nothing to do with anything else.
However, the assistants of the Wancheng shogunate were able to actually manage the Nanyang counties.
This is a team that combines high-ranking nobles from Nanyang, Shunyang, and Xinye. It has great local influence and can at least control these three counties at will.
As for Yiyang and Suiguo, the influence is not so profound.
Wei Xing and other counties that have been assigned to Liangzhou are even more impossible to govern. The local areas have actual autonomy, or they are inclined to be the governor of Liangzhou.
Whether they can actually control it in the name of the court depends on the ability of Lucai and others.
Before Shao Xunlin left, he went to Little Chang'an and felt relieved after seeing that Tucheng had begun to take shape.
He has transferred Zhang Shuo (Zhang Daniu) as the Warlord of the Silver Spear Central Camp and led six soldiers to station here for training. The Silver Spear Warlord has become an official official position in the imperial court, the sixth rank, with no limit on positions.
Judging from the official positions, the imperial court was really in ruins.
More than ten years ago, the official seal was strictly controlled and refused to be released easily. When Sima Yi was captured in Shao Xun's palace, Sima Yue had no choice but to ask Donghai to promote filial piety and integrity. He got an eighth-rank lieutenant Sima, which was a huge reward.
Now, it's like wholesale.
A while ago, the imperial court even invented an unheard-of position: deputy governor.
It makes people feel burnt on the outside and tender on the inside.
This also reflects the current situation of the Jin Dynasty from the side: the situation is declining.
Generally, only a court that is about to die will have so many troubles.
After all inspections were completed, Shao Xun set out from Wancheng and returned to Xuchang on April 18 along the Wanye Corridor ancient road.
It took a few days longer than expected because Le Lanji was pregnant and couldn't stop vomiting, so she stopped several times to rest.
Some lands are really fertile, but farmers are too lazy to cultivate them properly.
Without this family visit, we still wouldn’t know the year of the monkey and the month of the horse.
Lan Ji happily said that she must have been conceived in the old house where she lived as a girl.
Shao Xun was convinced because he hit it too hard and exploded inside it many times.
The Princess of Chengdu made new contributions to the growth of the Shao family's descendants.
In late April, Shao Xun came to Xuchang Palace to inspect the mulberry garden and vegetable garden, and at the same time convened a meeting with the shogunate officials.
General Pingdong's shogunate chief Shi Pei Kang, left Sima Chen Yougen, right Sima Yang Chen, Zhonglang Mao Bang, Liu Anzhi...
Most of the senior staff of General Longxiang's shogunate overlapped with General Pingdong's, but there were also new ones gradually, such as: Zhonglang Xi Jian, Zheng Long, Supervisor Yang Hui, Record Office Supervisor Lou Xiu, Chief Bookkeeper Jing Chan, etc.
Zheng Long was a student soldier and served successively as the master of Jinmen Dock, the master of Yunzhong Dock, and the magistrate of Mi County. He was the third student official to enter the shogunate after Mao Bang and Wang Hui.
Yang Hui is the owner of Yanggongwu in Yiyang, and he was born in the Hongnong Yang family (self-proclaimed).
Lou Xiu was born in the Lou family of Yongqiu (Chen Liuguo), and had the same clan as the generals Lou Quan and Lou Bao. This was a family that was relatively good in the Later Han Dynasty, but the dynasty gradually declined.
Jingchan was introduced to Jingchan by Yu Chen, the lieutenant of Sili School, who praised him for his outstanding literary talent and thoughtful thinking. He was from the Dunqiu Jing family, a small noble family in Hebei that was struggling at the bottom of the stream.
The reason why he can be the chief clerk is entirely for Yu Chen's sake. Jingchan knows this very well. He is a member of Chen Gong and also a member of the Yu family.
This shogunate structure is healthier!
Shao Xun was very satisfied after seeing it. The big family, the small noble family, the local tycoons and his disciples came together to work together. Isn't it better than the famous shogunate of Sima Yue and others?
Some celebrities really don't like to work.
Yang Zhun, a famous scholar in Sima Ying's shogunate, "didn't care about official affairs and lived happily all his life." Ying regarded his famous scholar as "cherishing but not taking responsibility".
There were also many such people in the Sima Yue shogunate.
They didn't work, but they were very famous and powerful. Those who were willing to work were influenced by them or ran against them. In short, they ruined the atmosphere of the shogunate and made many stupid operations.
The atmosphere of officialdom is a very important thing, and Shao Xun has been working hard to maintain it.
He has now recruited many highly motivated and ambitious Hansu and powerful "Kings" who are determined to reshape their family status, which makes those members of the family who were ready to lie down feel very uncomfortable and are forced to follow the rolls. The atmosphere of the officialdom has been greatly changed.
Well, as soon as he raised the issue of food, grass and military resources, Yu Liang joined the army, and Mao and Bang got up to report.
"Yongrao Ye mobilized a group of craftsmen and brought the equipment north to Yetie City. The hotel now has more than 53,000 arrows, 20,000 spears, 7,200 rifles, and 3,900 sets of armor.
Three hundred armors..."
After the report, Shao Xun nodded in approval.
Yuan Gui didn't mess around, he still did something, and he didn't give me a big blow.
"Are there still shortages of craftsmen, apprentices, and laborers?" he asked.
"Always missing."
"I'll make up for you after this battle," Shao Xun said.
There are now more than 6,000 people in the Hotel Yetie City, including the prisoners sent from the Battle of Fangtou.
Among the six thousand people, most are miners, and the rest are various craftsmen and apprentices.
This military industrial base also has the potential for further expansion.
Yongrao Ye, located in the south of Wancheng, is the second largest military industrial base under the rule. Its scale is slightly smaller than that of Hotel Ye, but its output is higher than that of Hotel because it has been in existence for many years and has mature operation.
Luoyang is considered the third largest military industrial base, but its output mainly supplies the Forbidden Army. Moreover, after Wang Mi seized Hongnong, they lost a large raw material mining and smelting base (Xin'an), and their production capacity plummeted. Currently, they only rely on Gong
The county produces a small amount of iron materials to maintain production.
Xingyang originally had an iron smelting center, but it was abandoned in the early stages of the Eight Kings Rebellion because except for a small amount of raw materials that were mined locally, most of the raw materials needed to be shipped from Bingzhou. Bingzhou was in constant war and was later captured by the Huns. Xingyang's craftsmen were scattered.
Most of them were obtained by Wubao commanders and manor owners.
The same is true for the iron smelting workshops in Wen County, Hanoi. The craftsmen were either captured by Marshal Wubao or plundered by the Huns.
In fact, there are many iron-producing places in Henan.
In addition to the above-mentioned places, Luyang, Liangxian, Yangcheng, Fangcheng, Langling, Yiyang and other places have more or less iron ore output.
These are all minerals with no mining value in later generations, either with small reserves or low grade. However, in ancient times, they were mined and smelted day after day, and they were still valuable - some iron ores with very low reserves were even completely mined.
Mine was empty.
The situation is similar in other states. Many counties and counties have small iron mines to support local smelting businesses - these mines are either in the hands of warlords or controlled by local wealthy families.
As far as the shogunate of Shaoxun is concerned, for a long time to come, it will mainly rely on the two major mining and smelting areas of Runan Xiping and Nanyang Wancheng. This is a very important foundation.
"Ming Gong, the Kaocheng shogunate has prepared 400,000 dendrobiums of millet and beans and 200,000 bundles of hay. They are on their way to Xingyang and Puyang. They will arrive at Dige in mid-May at the latest and to Fangtou Nancheng in early June." Yu Liang
After it was over, Mao Bang stood up and said: "Yuzhou has allocated 600,000 grains and beans and 200,000 bundles of hay, but they have not yet been shipped. We should be able to harvest another 50,000 bundles of hay this month, and another 100,000 bundles in May."
"If a man eats a horse and chews it, this little food is only enough for four or five months, which is not enough. Once the army is defeated and the city is fortified, who dares to say how long it will take?" Shao Xun said: "Luonan counties, Guangcheng
Ze will raise another 200,000 husks of grain and 100,000 bundles of hay."
"Ming Gong, the land transportation in Luonan counties will cause great losses." Mao Bang reminded.
"Try to raise as much money as possible." Shao Xun refused to give in and said, "We will lose to Puyang in a few days."
Of course he knew that transporting bulk goods such as grain was very difficult and caused great losses along the way.
Even in the 21st century with developed transportation, many grain depots are still built across the country to store grain harvested in surrounding areas.
In ancient times when transportation was inconvenient, it was difficult to transport grain from one area to other places without water transportation, unless you were mentally prepared that ten carts of grain would only reach half or even two or three carts.
Since the Han Dynasty, the taxes collected by the imperial court often only existed in the accounts of the capital, while the physical goods were in warehouses in various places. The reason was that transportation was difficult.
Shao Xun had better not expect to use grain from Nanyang and other places when he was attacking Hebei. The cheapest way was to raise it nearby, so Mao Bang reminded him that the grain and grass collected from Luonan counties need to be transported by land to Xuchang, and then shipped
Transport it north, unload it, transport it by land, and then load it onto a ship - when you get to the other side of the Yellow River, you have to change ships.
Or it could be transferred to Luoyang by land, then enter the Yellow River through Yishui, and then go down the river to Fangtou.
In short, the cost is higher than collecting in Yuzhou and Yanzhou.
But he still asked the local government to raise funds as much as possible. The land transportation distance was not very long and the cost was acceptable. In order to have more military supplies, it was acceptable to pay these prices.
"Chief Pei, the personnel needed to transport military supplies, food and grass need to be discussed with the officials of the three states of Yu, Yan, and Si. You can make arrangements." Shao Xun looked at the shogunate chief Shi Pei Kang again and said.
"As ordered." Pei Kang responded.
It's a hard job, but it's also extremely empowering.
Which county is very particular about how many people, how many ships, how many carriages and horses are sent out.
As far as county officials are concerned, they definitely hope that there will be fewer services and less goods in their jurisdictions.
But if you give out less, others will give out more, which is a bunch of nonsense.
But everything has advantages and disadvantages, and this is also a good opportunity to exert his influence. If it works well, he can gain a lot of people of his own, and he knows this well.
After Cao Fu died, the entire Henan Yansi, three states and dozens of counties rested on my shoulders.
"The troops stationed in various places and the soldiers from all over the world should not slack off, and be careful to prevent civil unrest when the service is launched." Shao Xun looked at Liu Shan again and said: "This matter will be left to the camp army for coordination."
"No." Liu Shan stood up and responded.
"Next is the matter of military intelligence, the assassination of the traitor..."
Shao Xun called the names one by one and went through them one by one, finalizing all the preparations before the war.
Chapter completed!