Chapter 299: The Red-Eyed Man
For several days in a row, Li Xin was convening officials from all sides to discuss matters, and anyway, whenever he thought of a major or minor matter, he would bring it up and discuss it with them. If it is timely, and it can be executed in this era, then let them execute. If you can't implement it, then naturally it's better to treat it as if you haven't said it.
"Alas, if you want to talk about our general, there is nothing to say! Although he has only been in office under him for less than a month, judging from the situation these days, the general is really the master! You and I are a rare blessing to be able to work under the hands of the general! One evening, Liang Ping and other officials went home, and they couldn't help but say on the way.
Li Xin is still relatively humane to the civil and military officials under his command, and each of the six ministries has three chief officers, so it is just enough to leave one on duty in the ministry every day. In this way, each department ensures that one-third of the people are on duty at night in case something unexpected happens.
According to him, every day at about six o'clock, everyone can go home from work. Now, everyone has slowly understood the meaning, and the word off work has begun to spread among the mouths.
The officials at this time were not like the officials of the Song, Ming and Qing dynasties in later generations, who would not be able to walk without a sedan chair. Whether it is civil and military, horseback riding and saber, that is a basic skill, otherwise it is embarrassing to come out and become an official?
It's just that due to the lack of horses in the Huashan Army now, and the place where everyone lives is not far from the General's Mansion. Therefore, every day after work, everyone simply walked together and went home together. This kind of sight is very rare for people in other places.
"There are relatively few things in your criminal department, and the general usually summons less! For example, our household department, especially the military department, is summoned almost every day. I don't know how the general reads and learns, anyway, every time I listen to him, it is refreshing. Many of the ideas are greatly beyond our expectations, but when we think about it, they make sense! "Master Xu has dealt with everyone a lot now, and he is much more familiar with each other, so he naturally has more words.
"The strangest thing is that the general seems to know everything. Whether it was the military, the affairs of the Ministry of Officials, the Ministry of Households, or the Ministry of Works, or even the teaching of the law, he was able to express his true insight. Such an all-rounder, I can't do it yet! The left attendant of the Ministry of Justice, Quan Yi, sighed on the side.
"The most rare thing is that the general can be described as a ghost on the battlefield, and no one can stop him. But he is approachable to us, never putting on a show and never losing his temper. Although the general's words can decide our life and death, he is good at accepting advice, as long as what we say is reasonable, we will basically adopt it. If you and I don't put on our hearts and souls and serve loyally, I'm afraid that heaven will not tolerate it! Ren Qun, the left attendant of the Ministry of Rites, also said.
As soon as he said this, everyone present couldn't help but feel the same way, and they only felt that they had found a place where they could give full play to their talents and show what they had learned. After getting along with each other for this period of time, these subordinates finally began to agree with Li Xin, the new master, from their hearts.
Especially for Liang Pinglao and those who have just surrendered from Fu Sheng, Fu Sheng and Li Xin, they are simply two extremes. Compared with the two, their hearts are more deeply touched.
Of course, they don't understand that these are nothing to Li Xin. After all, the society he once lived in, everything he had been exposed to since he was a child, was completely different from the people of this era.
Therefore, some things that Li Xin thought were natural, in the eyes of everyone, were really too rare. For example, respect for each of them, in Li Xin's view, this is just an equal interaction between people. But in the eyes of everyone, this is the supreme kindness.
A group of officials can go home from work, but for Li Xin, it is impossible. After all, there are still people in the officials who can rotate, and he, a general, does not. Fortunately, with the six parts, this thing is much easier.
Every day, all he had to do was to read all the official documents sent by the six ministries, and then approve them. Unless there is something special, everything is already slowly on the right track, just follow the established procedures.
"General, this is the situation summarized by the Commerce Department before. Judging from this situation, if we want to transport the goods to the land of Sichuan and Shu for sale in the future, or buy things from the land of Sichuan and Shu, I am afraid it will not be so easy! It was already time to hold the lamp, and in the lobby at this time, there were only Li Xin and Du Kai, the right attendant of the household department.
"It looks like it's been a while. Why didn't you tell me until now? Li Xin took the official document in his hand and looked at it, and couldn't help frowning.
What is written above is about the trade operations of the Department of Commerce. Since the establishment of the Ministry of Households, the Department of Commerce has been officially placed under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Households. Because of the importance of this department, although Wu Hui served as the left attendant of the household department, he also held this position.
But a few days ago, Wu Hui and Peng Lin rushed to Qinzhou, so the affairs of the Commerce Department were temporarily managed by Du Kai. No, in the evening, he took an official document and came to Li Xin. This is a summary of all the things that happened in the Commercial Division in the first half of the year.
This thing is basically equivalent to a report. On the surface, this profit is considerable, and it is an important source for today's Huashan Army. But when you look at some of these spending, you can see the problem.
One of the expenditures, which was normal in the first two months of the start, but in the following months, it almost climbed, and in the most recent month, it almost doubled compared to the previous month. And this fee is the cost of opening up trade routes in various places.
Today's world is not the time for unification after all. The world has been divided, and in addition to a few powerful forces, there are also large and small, large and small, bright and dark separatist forces and mountains.
If the Department of Commerce wants to sell its own things to these places, the closer places can take advantage of the prestige of the Huashan Army unimpeded. But in farther places, you have to rely on interests to open the way, especially those forces that are not so afraid of the Huashan Army, and can only use money to open the way.
And among them, Liangzhou is obviously such a place.
Liangzhou has eight counties, located in Hanzhong south of the Qinling Mountains, and further south around Chongqing and northern Sichuan. This scope is not small, especially controlling the road from Guanzhong to the land of Sichuan and Shu, which is very important.
If the goods in Guanzhong want to go south, the most direct way is naturally to cross the Qinling Mountains to Hanzhong first, and then go to Chengdu and other places. It can be reached from other directions, but it is more than a little bit farther.
In the early years, most of these Liangyi two states were in the hands of the Li Chenghan regime, and they were opposed to Jiangzuo. But a few years ago, Huan Wen led the army into Shu and destroyed Cheng Han in one fell swoop, so that the Liangyi Erzhou returned to Jiangzuo's hands.
And it is precisely because of this great achievement that Huan Wen became the Duke of Nanjun and grasped the power of Jiang Zuo.
The Liangzhou Governance Office is in Nanzheng County, Hanzhong County, which is both a county and a state. At the same time, because the terrain in Hanzhong is relatively flat and there are relatively few wars, it has a large population and is relatively prosperous.
For the Department of Commerce, this is also a relatively large market. Of course, on this side, the main market is Yizhou, which is further south!
The land of Yizhou has not had a major war for more than ten years, and the population there is large, and the land of abundance is rich in products. As a result, it is not only a huge market for sales, but also one of the main sources of goods for the Department of Commerce.
This problem lies here in Hanzhong County, because it is located just south of the Qinling Mountains, so basically the main road from Guanzhong to Sichuan and Shu must pass through here. All caravans departing from Guanzhong~, inevitably, will be affected by the forces of Hanzhong.
The caravan of the Department of Commerce has been seriously affected. In the past few months, the rising expenses have been used to deal with the forces in Hanzhong!
Otherwise, these goods will not be able to pass the customs at all, they will not be able to leave Hanzhong, and they may not even be sold locally, and they can only be smashed in their own hands in the end.
Today's Liangzhou Thorn History is Sima Xun of the Jiangzuo Clan! This man is said to be very brave, and at the same time, he was recently promoted to the position of general of the conquest, and he also received the title of Marquis of Tongjiting. Originally, in history, he should have also had the position of military supervisor and captain of Xirong.
Maybe it's because Guanzhong is now in Li Xin's hands, and Jiang Zuo doesn't want to tear his face with him, so he didn't award these two positions to Sima Xun. But in any case, in Liangzhou, Sima Xun is the person who holds the highest power, and the military and political power are in his hands.
"Hmph, this Sima Xun is not so ambitious that he even dares to stop the goods of our Huashan Army! I'm really impatient! After reading it, Li Xin couldn't help but snort coldly and said.
"Judging from the following officials, in the first few months, he didn't make much movement, and our trade routes were quite smooth. Later, the other party suddenly set up a checkpoint, which increased our toll a lot, and under the heavy inspection, it was a lot of money to take care of the people guarding the pass. In this way, we will not have much profit after buying and selling! Du Kai said below.
"That guy, he must have seen that our business was booming and making more and more money, so he was jealous of us. This man has a tyrannical temperament, a greedy nature, and most importantly, he has long had the ambition to divide one side, and he is afraid that he is preparing for this matter by collecting money! Hearing this, Li Xin sneered and said lightly. Take a hundred plating to read the latest chapter of "Eastern Jin Dynasty Tang Wang's Claw Book House" for free for the first time.