On the seventeenth day of the first lunar month, the excitement of the Lantern Festival is still lingering, but the lanterns on the streets have begun to be removed, and every shop has officially opened for business. Jingzhao City has quickly switched from festive leisure to usual busyness.
Chen Qing also came to his official room early in the morning. Half an hour later, in the meeting hall next to him, five cabinet ministers arrived one after another.
Pavilion is the new name this year. The main building of the Interior Hall is called Baofeng Pavilion. It is usually the place where five senior officials of the Interior Hall discuss military and state affairs. In addition, the five senior officials are relatively old, all over fifty years old, so the officials
So the five senior officials were colloquially called Ge Lao.
However, their official official position is to handle official affairs in the Internal Affairs Hall, which is equivalent to participating in political affairs of the imperial court.
Today is the third meeting of the Internal Affairs Hall. Jiang Yanxian is in charge of daily government affairs, Zhou Kuan is in charge of civil affairs, Guan Shigu is in charge of military affairs, Zhao Kai is in charge of finance and taxation, and Zhang Miao is in charge of supervision and intelligence.
Under the Xuanfu Envoy Department, there are one Changshi, one Sima, and three deputy envoys, that is, the five senior officials who serve as the internal affairs ministers of Tidian. They also serve as the chief officials of the five departments, the central government affairs department, the military department, and the household transfer department.
Department, Department of Personnel Affairs and Department of Supervision, and then there are sixteen departments below which are subordinate to these five departments.
Many discerning people have noticed that this is actually a sign of the Xuanfu Envoy Division, but is actually another team. There is no problem in saying that they are actually independent.
The first two meetings of the Internal Affairs Hall were to discuss support for spring plowing on Jinghu South Road and the promotion of 218 generals. Three commanders of the Western Army appeared. Yang Zaixing, Liu Cui, Zheng Ping, and Chen Qing were promoted to Taiwei.
marshal.
"I invite you all to come here today to discuss two things!"
Chen Qing said slowly to everyone: "I believe everyone has read the report of the Supervision Department. Wang Xingmi, the governor of Tongzhou, and Han Sangnong, the magistrate of Heyang County, were so bold that they sent relatives to pretend to be farmers and used fake land deeds to claim 5,300 acres of land. In addition,
When Wang Xingmi became the magistrate of Heyang County four years ago, he arranged for his wife's brother to pretend to be a landowner in northern Shaanxi and purchase 3,000 acres of farmland. He also forged records on how Jin Bing received money and occupied 3,000 acres of grain fields without paying a penny.
The two are still suspended and detained, and the Supervision Division is still investigating other officials in the same state."
Jiang Yanxian said: "In fact, we have discovered this problem a long time ago. At that time, the introduction of farmers from northern Shaanxi to farmland was very loose and hasty. As long as the locals paid a little bribe, they would be recognized as northern Shaanxi people to farmland. This was very strict throughout Guanzhong.
Generally speaking, the real people from northern Shaanxi were forced to go south and could not benefit from the officials. The officials only gave them a few acres of thin farmland and they could not support their families. They had to rent and cultivate fields from local people. On the contrary, many local big families gave benefits to the officials, regardless of their aunts or wives.
, they are all identified as farmers in northern Shaanxi and given hundreds of acres of farmland, which is too common."
Zhou Kuan also said: "This problem is difficult to solve. The law does not punish the public. If such a thing is punished, it will definitely trigger a civil uprising in Guanzhong. But if it is not punished, it will be too much."
At this time, Zhao Kai raised his hand and said: "I have some ideas."
"Zhao Sizheng, please tell me!"
Zhao Kai bowed slightly and said: "Actually, it's what Zhou Sizheng said is excessive. We only need to punish the excessive part. I have also seen the pseudo-Qi State's recruitment order at that time. If we strictly follow the method of the recruitment order,
If you do, it won't be a big problem.
We can handle it this way. First, I don’t care if you are a local or a farmer in northern Shaanxi. Each household has 100 acres of land. The extra land will either be confiscated or you will pay to buy it. Second, if you are a local and take advantage of a loophole to get 100 acres of land,
We also accept that the acres of land should be planted, but those who should grow wheat must grow wheat, whether they grow it themselves or rent it to others, it is fine, but it cannot be left unused. If it is left unused for three consecutive years, it will be confiscated. This is reasonable.
If there is evidence, it will not attack a large number of people."
Zhao Kai's idea was very clear and simple, and everyone agreed with it. Chen Qing was also very satisfied. He made complex things simple and reasonable. This was the right-hand man he wanted.
Chen Qing nodded and said: "Please ask Zhao Sizheng to write a report. After approval, a special Qingtian Nuclear Production Group will be established. This is what Zhao Sizheng said. We will retain what is reasonable and correct what is excessive. At the same time, we must maintain the political situation.
Stablize."
After a pause, Chen Qing said again: "I may go to Tongzhou for inspection in a few days."
Jiang Yanxian smiled and said: "In fact, it is enough to escort Wang Xingmi and Han Sangnong back to Jingzhao for trial. There is no need for the county prince to go to Tongzhou in person."
Chen Qing smiled slightly and said: "Everyone also knows that I have deployed a hundred thousand troops at Pujin Pass in Tongzhou. Everyone thinks that we should attack Hedong! I guess the Kingdom of Jin thinks so too, but in fact I want to make a false statement.
To destroy Guo, take Shaanzhou and Guozhou first."
"Brilliant!" Guan Shigu blurted out.
Chen Qing smiled at Guan Shigu and said: "Guan Si is a senior military strategist. You should know the strategic value of Shaanzhou and Guozhou better. Please introduce them to everyone!"
Guan Shigu quickly leaned forward and said: "The king of the county thinks too highly of the humble position. In the face of the strategic planning of the county king, the humble position is nothing. However, it is true that the humble position knows Shaanzhou and Guozhou better. He once stationed troops there for many years. Let me briefly explain to you.
explain."
Chen Qing took out a map from the cupboard and spread it on the table. Guan Shigu pointed at the map and said: "Shaanzhou is the iron armor of Guanzhong. Only by capturing Shaanzhou can Guanzhong be safe. Otherwise, just relying on Tongguan will not be enough."
It may not be possible to defend Guanzhong. To put it simply, Shaanzhou is one city, one road, and one pass.
The city refers to Shaanxi County. The city is tall and solid, easy to defend and difficult to attack. Wanyan Loushi once led an army of hundreds of thousands to attack Shaanxian County, and it took tens of thousands of people to die before they could capture this strong city.
The road refers to the ancient Weihan Road, which stretches for five hundred miles, with mountains on both sides. It is the only road that connects the Central Plains and Guanzhong. As long as heavy troops are sent to block this road, the Jin soldiers will not be able to kill them.
The third pass refers to Hangu Pass. Everyone knows its dangerous and strategic position, but what I want to say is that many places on the Xiaohan Ancient Road can build passes, and its dangerous and important status is no less than that of Hangu Pass, so the history has
There are several Hangu Passes, but the key is the Xiaohan Ancient Road."
"What's the importance of Guozhou?" Zhao Kaixiao asked.
Guan Shigu said with a smile: "Guozhou is not as important as Shaanzhou, but it also has two advantages. One is that you can take a boat to Luoshui to reach Luoyang, and the second is that there is a small road through Xiong'er Mountain to reach Dengzhou.
Or the southern part of Henan Prefecture."
"Seki Sizheng said it very well!"
Chen Qing took over the topic and said to everyone: "Logically, I shouldn't hide it from everyone, especially the Military Department, but I'm afraid that the news will leak out, and Wanyan Wushu will massively increase its troops in Hangu Pass and Shaanxi Province. Now
Wanyan Wushu's attention is on Jianghuai, Song and Jin are in peace talks, but Wanyan Wushu will not admit it. He should prepare for the Jianghuai war with all his strength. At this time, if we capture Shaanxi and Guozhou, it will make him uncomfortable, but he
I have no choice but to admit it, so I want to keep it absolutely confidential. Currently only the six of us know about it, and I don’t want the seventh person to know about it."
Everyone nodded silently, this is really an absolute secret!
"Is the prince worried that the Jin Kingdom's intelligence point in Jingzhao will be known?" Zhang Miao asked.
Chen Qing nodded, "This information point is well hidden and cannot be found at the moment. The internal guards suspect that someone within the Xuanfu Envoy Department has been bribed by them. They cannot find out who it is at the moment, so I have to borrow the land."
Go to Tongzhou and raid Shaanzhou and Guozhou."
Everyone stood up and left, but Guan Shigu stayed and smiled at Chen Qing and said: "The military envoy of Shaanzhou is Kong Yanzhou, who is in charge of the puppet Qi capital. Does the prince know about this person?"
Chen Qing nodded, "I dealt with this person in Jingxiang. He is a despicable and shameless person, but he is still capable of leading troops."
"He led 20,000 elite puppet Qi troops to guard Shaanzhou. It is not easy to attack, especially in Shaanxi County, which has 8,000 troops. Kong Yanzhou is in Shaanxian County. Does the prince have a plan to seize the city?"
Of course Chen Qing knew that Guan Shigu would not stay and talk to him about this for no reason.
He smiled calmly and said: "At present, we can only act according to the opportunity, but if Guan Si Zheng has a good strategy to attack the city, I will be happy to ask for it."
"Although Shaanxi County is difficult to attack, the most feared thing is internal intelligence. I can introduce someone to the king of the county. He will definitely help the Song army capture Shaanxi County."