Zhao Gou stood in front of the window with his hands behind his back. He almost stayed up all night last night, thinking repeatedly about the failures of these years. Whether it was Chen Qing's separatist rule and Liu Guangshi's or Zhang Jun's rebellion, it was all because he betrayed Taizu.
The teachings should not allow military generals to take over military power, which would lead to the expansion of military generals' ambitions and cause disaster.
But if civilians are allowed to command the army, it seems that they cannot be reused. This contradictory mentality tortures Zhao Gou, but the key is to have a general who can fight. Liu Ziyu seems to be good, but Liu Ziyu's two sons and nephews are in Chen Qing
His subordinate has been appointed as an important civil and military minister, how can he be used again?
Zhao Gou thought of Han Shizhong again. Han Shizhong was good and very loyal to him, but Han Shizhong's two disastrous defeats on Jiangnan East Road made Zhao Gou begin to doubt his ability. If his ability is not good, what is the use of being loyal?
He really needed a general who could fight. At this time, Zhao Gou suddenly thought of Yue Fei. He was a general who had fought in hundreds of battles and had never let him down on the battlefield. If he were to train troops and lead them to fight.
Zhao Gou was really moved, but he didn't know that Yue Fei's eldest son Yue Yun was also a fierce general under Chen Qing.
He thought for a long time, pulled the rope, and a guard outside quickly walked into the imperial study, bowed and said: "See your majesty!"
"Go to Zhangzhou and learn more about Yue Fei's situation in Zhangzhou, especially whether Yue Fei continues to have contact with the Western Army, and report to me the truth!"
"Those who are in humble positions must understand the facts and report them truthfully!"
The guard bowed and left in a hurry.
Zhao Gou knew very well that if he re-enabled Yue Fei, Qin Hui, Zhang Jun and others, they would definitely oppose it, so he had better go and investigate first.
Chen Qing had been rectifying the civil service in Hebei during this period. At the same time, Zhou Kuan and Zhang Miao also rushed to Hebei with more than 200 officials from the Finance Department, the Personnel Department and the Supervision Department.
Hebei Road is different from other places. The Jin Kingdom has carried out in-depth cultivation of Hebei. Almost all state and county officials are from Yanshan Prefecture. Although they are all Han, they are deeply influenced by the Liao Kingdom and have no sense of identification with the Central Plains Dynasty.
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On the contrary, the oppressed people at the bottom have a sense of identification with the Song Dynasty. These scholars are basically the benefited class, and they identify more with the Jin and Liao Dynasties.
Therefore, the first thing Chen Qing did after seizing Hebei was to clean up the officialdom. He did not force or harm these officials. All officials who were unwilling to be loyal to him were sent out of the country with courtesy, and their families were sent across the Juma River.
On the contrary, Chen Qing paid more attention to the noble families with profound heritage in Hebei states. The newly appointed general judges of each state were basically famous noble families in each state, such as Cui Yuan, general judge of Daming Prefecture, Cui Li, general judge of Enzhou, and Gao Qu, general judge of Cangzhou.
Zhao Sinan is the general judge of Hejian Mansion, Bai Jingran is the general judge of Zhending Mansion, etc.
There are advantages and disadvantages to reusing these famous nobles. The disadvantages are visible. These prestigious nobles will form official interest groups. Combining power and money, they will control local government. But the profit is also very clear, that is, Chen Qing will get the benefits of the Hebei nobles.
It was universally supported and fundamentally consolidated Chen Qing's rule over Hebei.
The advantages and disadvantages are relative. At least for now, the advantages outweigh the disadvantages. When the rule is stable in the future, the official group in Hebei will be slowly dismantled.
In Daming City, soldiers were carrying a large amount of material wealth onto ships. This time they captured Hebei and wiped out more than 200,000 enemy troops. They also seized a large amount of property, including 240,000 taels of gold, 3.8 million taels of silver, and copper coins.
Twenty million strings, two million pieces of cloth and silk, and a large number of precious jade, copper, porcelain, lacquerware, playing stones, spices, wood, pig iron, crude copper, medicinal materials, tents, armor, weapons, bows and arrows,
War flags, drums and other supplies.
The bountiful harvest was beyond Chen Qing's expectation. The reason is that a lot of the wealth here was plundered from Bianliang back then, including the accumulation of the two generations of Hebei lords Wanyan Zonghan and Wanyanchang. The ability of the Jin Kingdom to create wealth was very weak.
, resulting in the plundered gold and silver wealth being unable to be used and remaining in the warehouse, ultimately benefiting Chen Qing in vain.
Pieces of ornamental Taihu stones were wrapped in thick straw and carried onto the boat. Zhou Kuan directed the soldiers to move the boat and shouted: "Be careful! Don't bump into it."
Hu Yanlei, who was in charge of escorting the ship, smiled and said, "Don't worry, old man! We will ensure safe transportation to Jingzhao."
Zhou Kuan blew his beard and said: "Not only must it be safe, but it must also be intact and cannot be damaged. If a piece is broken, I will beat you to death, little bastard!"
At this time, Chen Qing came over and said with a smile: "Since when did Lao Zhou like to play with rocks?"
"Every stone here is money. If a stone is transported to Lin'an, it can range from several thousand guan to as many as tens of thousands of guan. There are thousands of pieces here. Think about it, how much is it worth?"
Chen Qing was shocked, "So expensive?"
Zhou Kuan said with a smile: "These are the Taihu stones that were plundered from the imperial palace in the past. Emperor Huizong's favorite in his life was this stone. It is said that there were tens of thousands of high-quality stones back then. Unfortunately, most of them were smashed by the Jin soldiers.
These more than a thousand pieces were collected by Wan Yanchang, I have seen them, and they are all exquisite pieces."
"Is Lin'an still playing with rocks now?"
"Why not play? Fighting tea, playing with stones, reciting poems and painting are all the hobbies of noble literati. Even the emperor of the Song Dynasty loved Taihu stones very much."
"It would be great if it can be cashed in. Converting these stones into food will have a huge impact on restoring Hebei's social economy."
Although Chen Qing didn't like playing with stones, he liked the fact that stones could be exchanged for food. For him, winning the hearts and minds of the people in Hebei and consolidating his rule was the most important thing.
"Your Highness, are you following the same rules this time?"
Zhou Kuan said with a cheeky smile: "The money exchanged for these stones will be included in the temple treasury. Your Highness has no objection, right?"
Chen Qing smiled and said: "Half of the money exchanged will be put into the temple treasury, and the other half will be purchased as grain. I have announced a tax-free tax for Hebei for three years, and there are still a large number of victims to be rescued. You can't be a brave man, you can only get in but not get out."
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"I have calculated that the Hebei salt tax alone can support the expenditure of the Hebei government. Their salt price is 300 Wen per catty, while ours is 120 Wen per catty. This is a tax reduction in itself."
"I understand, let's follow the old rules! The temple treasury and the treasury will be divided into half, and then the food in the warehouse will be used to relieve the victims first. You are the God of Wealth, and it is up to you to decide how to do it."
Zhou Kuan sighed, "Your Highness will be the hands-off shopkeeper again."
"What kind of hands-off shopkeeper?"
Chen Qing smiled and said: "I am responsible for both military and political affairs. I was talking to Zhang Miao about the administration of Hebei officials before, and now I am talking to you about finance and military matters. I am going to Juma River to arrange defenses. You can do more work here, right?
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Zhou Kuan was just joking. King Yong is the monarch. The monarch only needs to express his position in principle. The rest will be done by the following. King Yong has already expressed his position that the temple treasury and the treasury should be divided in half. This is enough.
We can't let King Yong lie in the pile of money counting money!
"The job will be arranged, Your Highness, don't worry!"
At this time, two soldiers came over carrying a box, "Your Highness, Counselor Zhou gave this to us."
"Lao Zhou, is this also a rule?"
"Of course, after any war, the best treasures are not chosen for His Highness. To be honest, this rule is criticized!"
Chen Qing said calmly: "You mean, I shouldn't have a reward?"
Zhou Kuan was shocked. King Yong was the monarch. How could he, a minister, interfere with what he wanted?
He actually forgot, and he wanted to give himself two slaps. He quickly made up for it: "Your Highness's status is different. The humble position means that the rules are established between equals, such as the division of wealth between the temple treasury and the treasury.
It can be said in terms of rules, but what your Highness gets is not a rule, but a system. Once the system is established, no one will dare to discuss it. Your Highness's status and treatment should also be established."
Chen Qing's dissatisfaction dissipated and he smiled and said: "What the counselor said makes sense, it's time to establish some systems."
