Heavy cavalry operations have strict requirements for the terrain, like the flat grassland in Mobei, which is suitable for heavy cavalry to charge into battle, while the Gobi terrain is complex, strictly speaking, it is not suitable for heavy cavalry to fight. Jiang Anyong said nonchalantly: "The heavy cavalry is not fast, and if you lead them to the sand casually, the heavy cavalry will be wasted." Rong Mi people are really funny, it's not good to spend so much money to do something, but if you want to do something heavy, you can't see it. ”

He Xigui said: "The Rongmi people are more familiar with the terrain of the Gobi than we are, although the Gobi has a lot of sand, gravel, and erosion rocks, which is not conducive to horse travel, but there is also flat hard land. ”

The guerrilla general Guo Weizhong reminded: "Not only the Rong Mi army, but also we have to guard against the sneak attacks of other Western Regions countries, and it is really too difficult for more than 30,000 soldiers to deal with the entire Western Regions." "Guo Weizhong is not a general of the Jiang family, and he is not clear about Jiang Anyi's layout in the Western Regions, and he is alone and surrounded by strong enemies, so he is really a little worried.

Zhang Keji stood behind Jiang Anyi as a staff member and said: "Heavy horses are not necessarily horses, if the Rong Mi people put armor on camels and fill them with heavy horses, then the terrain of the Gobi will be a smooth road for them." The spy reported that the strength of Rong Miguo was twice that of ours, and three of the four major pro-guard armies were dispatched, and their strength was not weaker than our army. ”

Even Jiang Anyi was also said by Zhang Keji, he fought with the flying camel army in the Western Regions, the speed of the camel running is no less than that of the war horse, and it is like a fish in water on the Gobi. There were neither heavy cavalry nor slashing squads on this expedition, and it was really hard to imagine how to break the enemy if you faced the heavy cavalry of flying camels wearing armor.

The handsome hall was quiet, the sound of breathing became heavy, and Zhang Keji coughed lightly, reminding Jiang Anyi that at this critical juncture, the coach needed to speak out to give everyone confidence. Jiang Anyi understood and chuckled: "Rest assured, Jiang will never treat the lives of all the soldiers as a child's play, when the 30,000 Western Regions Alliance Army occupied half of the Huazhou in the Chinese New Year's Eve, but was defeated under the new catapults, heavy horses and slashing knives. In recent years, a number of new ordnances have been carefully developed, and Jiang's westward expedition is the time when these sharp weapons are exalted. ”

Everyone turned their eyes to Li Laigao, who was sitting on the right side of the Hundred Engineering Administration, after he appointed the Hundred Engineering Administration, the scale of the hundred engineering department doubled, Jiang Anyi specially set aside a large area in the west of the city as the test site of the hundred engineering department, the hundred engineering department was well defended, in addition to the four hundred government soldiers on duty all year round, there were also masters of the dragon guard inside, it is said that Jiang Daren also sent a lot of his own personal guards to help defend inside.

A few days ago, the army passed through the military town and saw that the outer walls of the military town were all made of green bricks, which were much stronger than wooden walls, and the residences of the soldiers in the military town were mostly made of green bricks. According to the soldiers who returned from the military town, the entire camp was also built with bricks under the ground, and a kind of black oil produced in the Gobi was used as fuel, and even in the cold winter, the military town was as warm as spring.

Li Laigao saw that everyone looked at him with inquiring eyes, shook the folding fan and said with a smile: "It's not that Li doesn't say it, the art of war: the deep can't peep, the wise can't plan, the way to win." Now the baggage battalion is under the control of General He, and I can't get close without the commander's order, so I can't tell if I want to. Anyway, Li assured that these ordnance were developed by hundreds of colleagues in the 100 engineering department for several years, and they would never be

It's going to make you suffer. ”

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, most of the generals had followed Jiang Anyi to participate in the battle to expel the Western Regions coalition forces, and had seen Jiang Anyi's bravery, more than 20 people here, half of them were related to Jiang Anyi, and even Jiang Anyi's personal guards, these more than 30,000 people were full of trust in Jiang Anyi, believing that the Lord would lead them to victory after victory.

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Beijing, May, acacia flowers are fragrant.

The war in Mobei and the chaos in the south of the Yangtze River did not affect the mood of the young ladies of the sons.

Yang Quandong, the secretary of the household department, lived like a year, and the treasury had no money, but the military salaries at the border gates, the expenses of the Ministry of Industry, and the expenditure on disaster relief could not be less, and the east and west walls were demolished, and there was nowhere to move, so Yang Quandong could only let a few wealthy states pay taxes in advance and barely spend them. As for the Son of Heaven's intention to let Jiang Anyi loot wealth in the Western Regions, it is already far from quenching his thirst.

The Son of Heaven obviously disliked Yang Quandong more and more, and reprimanded him mercilessly for his incompetence many times, and his intention to replace him was obvious. Yang Quandong can't say that he has suffering, the war in Mobei, coupled with the rebellion of the Anxi Tun Army and the Heavenly Army, nearly half of the state capital suffered from military disasters, and last year's tax was only sixty percent of that of previous years, and the Son of Heaven could not save the spending, can he be blamed for the emptiness of the treasury?

There was really no way, Yang Quandong had to resign.

Shi Chongwei thought that Yang Quandong was the household secretary he chose after he ascended the throne, so it would be disgraceful to his family, so he ordered the world's virtuous people to seek financial strategies for an economically rich country through the copper sparse. The edict declared: Once the financial management strategy is first selected by the court, the person who provides the policy will be awarded the title of Household Financial Management Langzhong (from the five products), specializing in the financial management of the country, and if the policy is effective, another reward will be awarded.

For a time, the offerings in the copper box could not be put down, and every day there were more than ten carts loaded with the selected music and sent to the supervisor. Wei Huaichao is already the assassin of Suzhou, and Wang Kefu is the uncle of the Son of Heaven, Shi Chongwei promoted him to Taichang Temple Qingzheng soon after he ascended the throne, and the original Zhou Qingzheng went home to retire. The Likuan supervisor became a cold yamen, and the left and right supervisors were combined into one, and Shi Yu, the former Shaoqing of the Taifu Temple, was promoted. Shi Yu is a servant of the Son of Heaven, and the Son of Heaven was the commander of the East Palace when he was in the East Palace, and he can be regarded as a trustworthy person of the Son of Heaven.

Shi Yu knew that the Son of Heaven attached great importance to the world's meritorious advice and financial management, and urged the officials of the Likuang Prison to sort out the suggestions sent to them, and personally brought them into the palace every three days to present them to the Son of Heaven. One person's wisdom is short, and everyone's wisdom is long, Shi Chongwei really turned out a few usable strategies from the mountains and seas.

One of them: wine and tea franchise. Zheng Guo's salt and iron were officially owned by the state, and wine and tea were heavily taxed. During the reign of Emperor Su, agriculture developed rapidly, grain harvested every year, and the wine-making industry developed rapidly and profited a lot; After Emperor Su opened the border market in Huazhou, the number of tea transactions with the Western Regions surged, which promoted the number of tea farmers in the south of the Yangtze River, and many merchants went to the south of the Yangtze River to buy tea and traffick it to the North Desert and the Western Regions, and the profits were more than five times.

Zhao Liqi, a person from Qizhou, said in his article that the business travelers trafficked wine and tea, and did not pay taxes in accordance with the law, and the court received less than one of the five taxes, and suggested that the court set up a special wine and tea court to control the production and flow of wine and tea

It is not allowed to brew alcohol without permission, and business travelers selling alcohol and tea must be issued by the government before they can be purchased. Zhao Liqi said that after the monopoly of wine and tea, the court can increase taxes by at least 8 million taels per year.

Second, increase the commercial tax. Zhou Dakuan, a native of Weizhou, believes that when the merchants are rich and the farmers are poor, the Su Emperor Dynasty is too generous to the merchants, so that the world's wealth and goods are accumulated in the hands of the merchants, and now the treasury is empty, and the conquest is endless, but these merchants have no return heart, and they accumulate strange goods, raise prices, and are not benevolent for the rich. All kinds of merchants shall be compiled by the government according to the amount of their assets, and an additional tax shall be levied on their property, one for every twenty; The carriages and vessels of the merchants' families were taxed at three hundred yuan per carriage, and one hundred and fifty yuan for boats over five zhang. If there is a person who refuses to hand over or conceals the family property, all the family property will be confiscated, and the people are encouraged to sue the illegal businessman, and the person who complains can be rewarded with half of the family property.

Third, donations are encouraged. The nine products of the household department made Shi Yan Kaihuai sparsely said, "Since ancient times, there has been a system of donating to help the country, the Great Wei Dynasty donated a thousand taels, no official can be awarded the nine officials, there are officials can move to the first order, two thousand taels are moved to the second order, and people can donate more than one thousand taels to award the best officials in advance", "Yuan Tianjiao is in turmoil, the treasury is empty, Emperor Zhao ordered the disciples of the sect to donate, a thousand taels can be a benevolent and brave captain, and five thousand are awarded the official Xuanjie captain", and now the country is in turmoil.

Fourth: Guantian tenants. In addition to the officials' professional fields, there are still a large number of idle official fields, and the idle official fields can be rented to the landless peasants, and the peasants can be charged rent and tax according to the field tax stipulated by the court, so that the court can not only get the field tax but also appease the landless homeless. Guanglu Temple and Taichang Temple have many abandoned official fields, and the land in the royal garden and garden can be rented to the people, so that the landless homeless people can support themselves and relieve the pressure on the court. At the same time, we should vigorously encourage the people to reclaim wasteland, open up more financial resources, and increase taxes.

In addition to these four articles, Shi Yu also sent a note that confiscated the wealth of corrupt officials, set up checkpoints, and atonement with money. Shi Chong is very happy, these are all good ways to make money, any implementation can bring millions of taels of revenue to the treasury, if all can be implemented, the tax of the treasury will be doubled.

As the Son of Heaven, he couldn't make a decision in one word, so Shi Fangzhen convened Kong, Duan Erxiang, and the officials of the Six Ministries and Jiuqing in the Zichen Hall to discuss. When Zhang Jin finished reading the financial management strategies one by one, Shi Fangzhen smiled and said: "Brainstorming, I didn't expect that there are so many capable people in the world, I think these financial management strategies are all good, everyone discusses them one by one, which ones can be used, which ones can't be used, and which ones can be changed." ”

The introduction of the new deal will inevitably touch the interests of some people, take the wine and tea franchise as an example, the operation of wine and tea is mostly in the hands of the family officials, Mingyuexiang is the industry of the Wang family, Biluoxiang is under the control of the king of Anyang, Qiongzhou liquid is the background of the Annan Metropolitan Protectorate, Huang Shudrunk is the industry of the Son of Heaven, and the gold and jade liquid has been squeezed into the ranks of famous wine in recent years, and everyone in the world knows that it is the handiwork of the Jiang family. In addition to the five famous wines, there are countless large and small wineries in the world, most of which have a deep background, and the same is true for those famous teas.

Above the court, the voice of controversy rose.