Empress Zhou thought for a while and said: "Now that the imperial court is financially strapped and has no way to reward him, why not give Yang Fan a promotion?"
"I think so too. The commander of Zunhua Guard makes him old and fatuous, fearful of enemies. I want to replace him, but Yang Fan is too young and lacks qualifications. It is not a good thing to be promoted too quickly. I am planning to promote his Qianhu official to
As a Qianhu officer, you can take charge of three Qianhu offices, but the rank is not too high, and you can also serve as the command officer of the Zunhua Guard. This can be considered as a two-level promotion."
In the Ming Dynasty, there was a Guard Command and Envoy Department under the Capital Command and Envoy Department (one of the three departments in the province, responsible for the military affairs of a province). The chief officer was a commander and envoy, with a third rank, and the deputy chief was two commanders and commanders, with a third rank;
The subordinates include 4 commanders and ministers, the fourth rank; 2 Zhenfu and Zhenfu (respectively in charge of justice and military discipline), from the fourth rank, experience and experience, from the seventh rank, governor, from the eighth rank, official head, from the ninth rank, warehouse
One ambassador and one deputy ambassador each.
The rank of Qianhu is the fifth rank, and the command of Qianshi is the fourth rank. Yang Fan was promoted to guard Qianhu, commanding 3,500 troops, and his rank was promoted from the fifth rank to the fourth rank.
It was a quick promotion.
Considering that Yang Fan was still a Hundred Household two months ago, a Hundred Household was a regular sixth grade. Being promoted to a Thousand Household was already a two-level promotion, surpassing the Deputy Thousand Household from the fifth grade.
Guard Qianhu Station, referred to as Yu. A special establishment in the Ming Dynasty guard system. It is not affiliated with the guards, but is directly under the command of the capital. It is rare. In other words, the Zunhua Guards cannot control Yang Fan, only Beizhili
Only the commander of the capital can take care of Yang Fan.
For example, at this time, Yunnan Province had 14,000 households and three imperial offices.
Reducing the command level will also make it easier for Chongzhen to issue orders in the future when he has arrangements. In the future, when the emperor comes to Yang Fan, he can directly issue orders to the Commander-in-Chief of Beizhili through the Fifth Army Governor's Office, and then the Commander-in-Chief will pass the order to Yang Fan.
The declaration of the imperial edict these times is a special way of handling special circumstances, mainly to keep confidentiality. Otherwise, a sixth-rank official would not be qualified to receive the imperial edict. Below the fourth rank, the camp troops are ordered by the Ministry of War. The guards are ordered by the Fifth Army Governor's Office.
Just order it.
Although Qianhu was promoted by the emperor as compensation for Yang Fan's military exploits in the Battle of Rock Beach, in such a short period of time, Yang Fan actually rose to the fourth level, from Baihu guarding Qianhu to commanding Qianshi. He was promoted to the sixth level.
It has only been more than two months since I was promoted to the fourth rank. This is already shocking.
Empress Zhou nodded, this was a very appropriate way to deal with it. Otherwise, Yang Fan would be promoted too quickly, which would not be a good thing for Yang Fan. He would be destroyed if he was as good as Lin Feng. This would be flattering.
The guard of Qianhu is also Qianhu, so he is not conspicuous. Moreover, he is directly under the jurisdiction of the provincial capital, which is relatively free and avoids a lot of trouble. After all, Zunhua Guard cannot control him. At the same time, he has a command officer in Zunhua Guard.
It also makes it easier for him to work in Zunhua so that his colleagues will not be squeezed out.
Chongzhen was completely in control of the situation at this time, and he was in a good mood. He said with some regret: "Yang Fan's actions are very in line with my wishes. He is decisive in killing and never drags his feet. I feel relieved to leave the matter to him. He has prepared many things in front of me."
, I didn’t expect that he was prepared in advance, but his qualifications are too junior, and he is also a bit too conservative.”
Queen Zhou was a little surprised and asked: "I think he is very courageous. He didn't show any fear when he confronted Madam Feng Sheng. He didn't show any fear at all when he went against Wei Yi. Those people sent to destroy Donglin before
The three thousand bandits are also showing no mercy."
Chongzhen explained: "Yang Fan has the courage to do things without procrastination. This is an advantage, but I can see that if you push him, if he moves, if you don't arrange something for him, he will simply
I'm just messing around. And I'm very cautious when talking to me. I usually only say 30% when I'm 70% sure."
Empress Zhou thought for a moment, and it turned out that Yang Fan was like this, as she learned from Tu Shanyue, but he said that it could be done, and he was generally very reliable.
"I once asked him how many years he would be able to pacify Liaodong with his talent if he were made governor of Jiliao. Guess what he answered."
Empress Zhou smiled and said: "Your Majesty is just joking with him. He was still a hundred households two months ago. Although he can fight, train troops, and is good at running businesses and making money. But if you say this, he will definitely be frightened. In one sentence
I don’t dare to say it anymore.”
"Hahaha, I thought it was funny that he had to keep a straight face all day long at such a young age, pretending to be old-fashioned. It was really a joke at the time." Chongzhen said with a smile: "He was growing up then.
It covered my mouth and covered my face directly. Hahaha."
Empress Zhou smiled and said: "Your Majesty is really making fun of honest people."
"But after being dazed for a while, he still answered my question."
Queen Zhou became interested and asked, "What did he say?"
"Five years to gather together, five years to train troops, five years to fight, and five years to pacify the Liao Dynasty." Chongzhen said.
Queen Zhou recited it several times and said slowly: "Although twenty years is a long time, it is still a mature man's words to seek a country. Yang Fan is an honest man. He would rather talk more than not be able to fulfill it by then. This is also in line with
His cautious character."
Chongzhen sighed and said slowly: "The Ming Dynasty is now suffering from internal and external troubles. The situation is getting worse every day. I am very anxious. I just want to put down the foreign troubles as soon as possible so that I can concentrate on solving domestic problems. I really can't wait twenty years."
ah."
Queen Zhou also sighed and said: "I took over the inner treasury and found out that there were only 390,000 taels of silver left in the inner treasury, 700,000 pieces of cloth of various colors, 150,000 pieces of silk, shipping warehouse, Beixin
The total grain and rice in the seven warehouses of Cangcang, Nanxincang, Old Taicang, Xingpingcang, Fuxincang and Lumicang is only more than 1.8 million tons. This grain is enough to pay salaries to officials, soldiers and civilians, and to feed the people.
We still have to rely on private grain merchants. If grain prices continue to rise this year, there will be no grain to stabilize grain prices. This time Yang Fan bought land for 200,000 taels of silver, which is the largest internal treasury income this year."
Two hundred thousand taels of silver can solve a big problem, which is equivalent to increasing the internal silver inventory by half.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! "However, the silver that Yang Fan sent to the palace is of very special quality." Queen Zhou said.
"If the quality is poor, don't worry about it. After all, it is not easy for him to come up with so much silver. Don't chill the hearts of loyal ministers." Chongzhen thought that the quality of the silver was not very good, so he advised.
"It's not bad, it's great. When the silver coins came, I saw they were one or two silver coins. I don't know how they were made. They were very delicate. Each one weighed the same. I used a scale to pick out the coins.
I bought a hundred coins, all of them are exactly the same. And the silver is shining like a mirror." As she said that, the queen took out a silver coin and handed it to Chongzhen.
Chongzhen was also surprised by the exquisiteness of this Xinghe silver coin. I don't know how it was minted. This silver coin is probably less than an inch in diameter. It is round and has jagged outer edges.
Seeing Chongzhen touching the serrations of the silver coin with his fingers, Queen Zhou said: "Tu Shanyue said this to prevent someone from using a knife to scrape the silver powder. She said the purity of this silver coin is three nines, which means ninety-nine percent. What is it called Qianzu?
I don’t know how silver is purified, and how much firepower it costs.”
Chongzhen looked carefully and saw that the outer ring on the front of the silver coin was a little higher. The writing and patterns on the inside were all engraved. He didn't know how they were cast. The small words on the outside said Xinghe Bank, Zunhua County, North Zhili, Ming Dynasty.
Cast lettering.
In the middle is a peony flower relief with the word "One Yuan" written underneath. In turn, behind it is a relief of a sun and a moon. The small characters on the outer circle read: Silver content is 90% ninety-nine thousand pure silver. There are horizontal inscriptions on the bottom
Four words: the first year of Chongzhen.
Queen Zhou said: "This silver coin can also prevent counterfeiting. You can hold it between your fingernails, take a breath, and then put it to your ear to try."
Chongzhen's curiosity was aroused and he thought it was fun, so he held it between his nails and blew on it, then put it to his ear. He clearly heard the buzzing sound.
"It's so strange, how is this done?" Chongzhen asked curiously after testing it several times.
"I don't know, I asked the manufacturing office to make a copy, but there is no such buzzing sound."
Chongzhen was very busy, so in his free time today, the two had a rare conversation. Then they began to review the memorial.
I even read several memorials, all of which were about rising food prices and insufficient stocks.
Chongzhen was also worried. Now that the canal was frozen, food could not be transported in. He was so worried that his hair fell out.
This is why when Yang Fan said he would open a supermarket to sell grain at low prices, he immediately approved it. No matter who was willing to transport the grain to the capital to sell it, he would support it.
Judging from the current storage of grain, it won’t take too long to be consumed, and there will be a grain shortage in the beginning of this spring.
When the emperor was worried that there was not enough food in the capital, General Manager Zhao Fu of Zunhua was buying food.
According to the instructions in Yang Fan's letter, Miss Yaoguang presided over the opening of three new grain stores in Zunhua, Dongcheng Xinghe Grain Store, Xicheng Xinghe Grain Store, and Beicheng Xinghe Grain Store, one in each area.
These three Xinghe grain stores bought millet at high prices and sold old grains shipped from Hyundai at low prices.
Zhao Fu didn't know what kind of mystery the master was up to, but the master's troubles proved to be profitable in the end, and everyone was convinced by this.
So this time it was handled according to the master's wishes without any persuasion from anyone.