Chapter 69 Foreplay (monthly ticket plus 2 updates)
Throughout the twelfth lunar month until the first day of the lunar month, Shao Shude has been making personnel adjustments.
Bei Ya Privy Envoy Zhe Silun had just passed away, and his post was taken over by Deputy Envoy Ren Yuji. Xu Hao, the envoy from Youyi, the capital of Tielin Army, was also transferred to Bei Ya as Deputy Privy Envoy.
Zhe Zongben died six years ago at the age of seventy, but Zhe Silun only lived for more than fifty years. After Silun's death, he became the governor of Jingzhou. His eldest son Zhe followed his studies and became the prince of Qinghe County.
It's the third generation.
The governor of Huaihai Road Zhang Yanqiu passed away, and the transfer envoy Song Yao took over his post. The governor of Luzhou, Guo Chongtao, was transferred to the post of transfer envoy of Huaihai Road.
Zhang Yanqiu is the former coach of Hedong Town.
More than thirty years ago, when Shao Shude went to Hedong to participate in the war, he met Zhang Yanqiu several times in Jinyang and consulted him on the art of war. Zhu Shuzong was also recommended by Zhang Yanqiu.
During the time when Huaihai Town was newly established, veteran Zhang Yanqiu guarded it for more than ten years, greatly stabilizing the local situation and making great contributions to the attack on Youzhou, Khitan, and Bohai.
When Zhang Yanqiu passed away, he was about sixty-eight years old, which was considered a long life.
Huang Tao, the governor of Guanbei Province, requested to become an official because of his illness. Shao Shude agreed, and Chen Qi, the transfer envoy of Huguang Road, was appointed as the governor of Guanbei Province.
Li Yu, the former Tianxiong Army judge and Xinzhou governor, served as the transfer envoy to Huguang Road.
Huang Tao is a good friend of Feng Wei. He is seventy-four years old this year and has lived two years longer than in history. It seems that lifespan is lifespan. Even though he has lived a stable and pampered life for the past ten years, he still cannot hold on anymore.
Li Yu can be regarded as a direct descendant. He was a civil servant in the Tianxiong army. He climbed up to the position of military judge and was transferred to other places. He did an impressive job. Considering his age, it is not impossible to become Zhongshu in the future.
Wang Tuan, the governor of Hedong Province, also asked him to become an official, and Shao Shude appointed Chen Su, the governor of Pingzhou, to replace him.
Wang Tuan was an old official of the former Tang Dynasty. His departure meant that the power of a group had dissipated a bit.
Duan Ning should be disappointed that he didn't get the position of governor. However, Chen Su is too old and won't be able to work for a few more years, so he can still wait.
An Jinquan, the governor of Yanzhou, was appointed as the commander of Yunnan Daodu.
Sun Dian, the governor of Yizhou, served as the envoy of Yunnan Road.
General Zhang Shensi of the Forbidden Army was old, retired from active service, and became the prison envoy of Yunnan Province.
Duan Yizong took up the post of Yunnan Taoist scholar.
An Jinquan was a general from Hedong. He surrendered during the attack on Xingmingci and later served as the governor of Yanzhou. After a long period of research, he found that he was trustworthy and capable, so he was sent to Yunnan to form state troops.
Sun Dian, the governor of Yizhou, surrendered even earlier. He was originally the governor of Fangzhou. He surrendered when Zhe Zongben attacked the Zhongyi Army. He then moved around various states and was good at persuading farmers to teach farmers. This time he was transferred to Yunnan to take charge of the local economy.
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Zhang Shensi was a demoted general from Zhu Quanzhong. He was too old to command operations on the front line, so he took up a local post.
Duan Yizong was outstanding in diction and had great influence in Yunnan. This scholar of politics was recommended by the King of Yan, so Shao Shude believed in him for a while.
After this personnel transfer is completed, there will be no need to make major changes during the Western Expedition, and the country can be kept calm. Unless there is unrest in the local area, the prince will lead the army to quell it.
Shao Shude thought about the situation in various places again.
On the Yunnan side, Li Tangbin had just captured Iron Bridge City, killed the entire family of Jiedushi Zhao Chaozheng, and captured and executed more than 20,000 people.
Shao Shude was also shocked when he saw it. How could a small Jianchuan town have so many soldiers and horses? Could it be that Li Tangbin killed a good man and took credit? When he looked at the troops he brought over, they had a complicated composition, and he immediately figured it out.
King Shao Mingyi of Yan has arrived in Kunzhou and is organizing troops to quell the rebellion in Tonghai Dudu Mansion. There should be no big problem.
After these two places are settled, Yunnan will probably stop for a while.
But it's hard to say - after the imperial court established Quzhou, the barbarians in the south central area were in turmoil, and they would rebel if something went wrong.
Shao Shude saw the military report sent back yesterday, and he was so angry that he hit Mrs. Wang one more time - Mrs. Wang is the wife of Zheng Maisi and the mother of Zheng Renmin. She is forty years old this year.
Zheng Renmin had many concubines, who were quite beautiful, including a Kunlun slave. Several of his sisters were young and lovely, with outstanding appearance, but Shao Shude was not very interested in them.
Wang is the great-granddaughter of Wang Cuodian, a powerful official in Nanzhao. To be honest, she is only of average appearance, and she is forty years old. Although she has been well-dressed and well-fed since she was a child, she is still far less beautiful than those young women. But when I think of his Queen Mother,
Shao Shude was very stubborn about her identity, and finally made her unclean.
In the direction of Yunnan, we can only continue to use tactics as they see fit.
To the northeast, the situation in the Bohai Sea has obviously stabilized.
Perhaps in the past few years, almost all those who were capable of rebellion have been killed. The local wealthy families have also given up and began to seriously consider how to operate in the Xia Dynasty and gradually improve their family status.
Another point is that Liaodong Taoism and political education actually played a considerable role.
Not to mention anything else, this man's conduct is really noble. He has accepted many local disciples from aristocratic families and taught them carefully, never discriminating against their status as Bohai people.
Zhang Quanyi is also a capable official, and he knows the local situation very well, so he will not over-squeeze and lead to large-scale rebellion.
Therefore, hiring people is a very important part, especially in these non-traditional Han areas, so we must be cautious.
"How can I win?" After reading a bunch of memorials from Liaodong Road, Shao Shude was in a good mood.
As long as we persevere and implement the right policies, everything will be on the right track.
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"Although there are still a few days left to celebrate the New Year, the accounts have already been closed. After all these days, have you finished calculating?" In Penglai Hall, Shao Shude looked at Zhao Zhi and Chu Zhongye and asked.
There are several people present here, all of whom are famous big businessmen in the country, such as Zhao Zaiqing, the leader of Zhao's trading company, Kang Qin, the most famous wealthy businessman in Hexi and Guanbei, Zhuge Zhongbao of the Zhuge family, and Tuoba of the Tuoba family.
Moment - Most of them are the second generation.
"Your Majesty, Bohai Trading Company's profit this year is about 70,000 yuan, which is 18,000 yuan more than last year." Zhao Zhi said happily.
Zhao Zaiqing and others listened on the sidelines, secretly envious.
It is worthy of being an emperor's money bag. It can make money, make so much profit stably every year, and there is a certain increase every year. It is really coveted.
Of course, this is their fixed mindset. This is obviously a joint-stock enterprise, how can it be the emperor's pocketbook?
"Why are there so many?" Shao Shude had a vague idea, but still asked.
"First, the situation in the Bohai Sea is becoming increasingly stable. There are more and more wealthy Mohe families cooperating with us, so it has increased." Zhao Zhi said: "Second, someone captured another whale last year. The proceeds from this whale have not yet been sold out.
, part of the profits will be included in next year. I would like to congratulate Your Majesty. In the thirteenth year of His Majesty's reign, a whale fell from the sky and captured two whales. This has never happened before."
I can make a lot of bras again! Shao Shude is very happy.
"Are there more whalers now?" he asked.
"More!" Zhao Zhi said in an exclamation tone: "Those people are really brave. After encountering a whale on the sea, they put down the boat. The desperadoes rowed the boat close to the whale, shot it with a strong bow and a powerful crossbow.
Stab it with a spear."
Isn't this the way the Basques hunt whales? Shao Shude was also very emotional.
When Europeans first started hunting whales, they were so bold. They rowed boats close to the swimming whales and directly stabbed them with spears. The thrills during this process are unimaginable unless you have been there.
However, isn’t the crossbow a contraband? Why are there even whale hunters? Could it be a second-hand item bought from Weibo?
"Whales can be met but cannot be sought." Shao Shude said: "The interest of 70,000 yuan is a bit unexpected. Next year it will reach 65,000 yuan. I will consider you to pass the test."
"According to the order." Zhao Zhi said.
"Have those Mohe and Jurchen leaders robbed your goods?" Shao Shude asked again.
"No." Zhao Zhi replied: "They have made a lot of profits from dealing with the Ministry of Internal Affairs, so there is no need to plunder goods. They also understand the principle of normal business and long-term business."
"Mohe, do the Jurchen people have any complaints?"
"Not yet. The goods in their hands could not be sold at high prices before. Now that there is the Ministry of Internal Affairs, life has improved a lot. Even if some people have contracted the bad habit of drinking, they are generally grateful to us."
"That's good. It seems that this business can continue." Shao Shude nodded happily and said: "You recruit more people this year and try your best to select them from Huangzhuang's children. I will also allocate some to Confucianism, Engineering, and Agriculture.
, give you arithmetic students, take them with you and let them know how to run a trading company."
"Your Majesty means..." Zhao Zhi made a guess.
"Yes, I want to build Annan Trading Company." Shao Shude said: "Now we need to reserve talents, and it depends on you."
"Yes." This would obviously increase the cost of Bohai Trading Company, but Zhao Zhi could not refuse.
"Everyone." After Shao Shude discussed with Zhao Zhi, he looked at Zhao Zaiqing and others and asked: "I asked each of you to gather a thousand camels and five hundred carriages. How are you preparing?"
Several people looked at each other, and finally Zhao Zaiqing replied in unison: "Your Majesty, we are all ready. We have set up warehouses in Liangzhou, Ganzhou, Suzhou, Guazhou, and Shazhou to hoard grain and rice."
"How big is the warehouse?"
"They vary in size. The smallest one can store more than 38,000 hu of grain, and the largest one can store nearly 50,000 hu of grain."
"You have a lot of heart." Shao Shude praised.
It is indeed not easy for the private sector to build such a large warehouse. At the same time, it can be seen that these companies are indeed very powerful, and generally state-level governments cannot compare with them.
"I have made it clear to you that we will march to the west next year." Shao Shude said: "If there is no food stored in the warehouse, hurry up to buy it and transport it there. I know that in order to save money, the warehouses may not be all full, so hurry up."
"Yes." The four of them responded in unison.
Shao Shude thought about it silently again.
An army of 10,000 people will consume 9,000 hu of grain a month. If draft animals are included, it will be more than 10,000.
The grain and grass provided by these merchants may not seem to be a lot, but as a supplement to the government's transportation, it is already quite good.
In the Hexi prefectures, since Guzang County bought 70,000 sheep and put them on pastures three years ago, various places have followed suit, buying many cattle, sheep and even pigs, and finding places to raise them to serve as military supplies for the army passing through.
Three years - Shao Shude gave them three years, and next year will be the fourth year. If there is a shortage of food and grass by then, people will really be killed.
Of course, he didn't think anyone would dare to do this. Because the secret would inevitably be exposed, so why bother?
Based on this calculation, the army marching from the Central Plains to Shazhou is basically equivalent to an internal march. Moreover, the warehouses at Dunhuang are the largest. When the army sets off from Shazhou to Yinzhou, there will be no problem with food and grass.
From Yinzhou to the west, the journey is very long, and the transportation cost will be extremely high. It is impossible to spread the cost over the past three years like the points along the Hexi Corridor.
It's really painful to hunt down a Gaochang Uighur and hoard food, grass and supplies for three or four years.
It's like that, two hours of foreplay, two minutes of end--hopefully two minutes of end.