Chapter 421: Seize the Opportunity

The people who came to Lingzhou to investigate were divided into several completely different parts, some of them were from the East Mansion, or from the three divisions, they were mainly to investigate, after the Weizhou Cattle and Horse Conference, the flow of funds was more to monitor, after all, such a large amount of money, if you stretched out your hand in the middle, it would not be tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands, that is millions, or even more.

This part of the people, when they saw the Lingzhou Water Conservancy Project, already knew that the money was used in practice, as long as the project was established, the annual income alone, or even to put it mildly, simply because of the national tax brought by farming, would be a huge proportion.

Not to mention 150 million stones, even if the northwest can increase production by 80 million stones, the increased tax revenue will exceed 8 million stones, which is almost the entire Northern Song Dynasty tax, one-third of the grain tax, not to mention the increase in production brought about by others, such as the increase in human tax, the increase in commercial tax.

These officials may not know any economic laws, but grain is the foundation, and with food, there are people, villages, and cities, and only then can they develop step by step.

In the past, the south, known as the land of miasma, was guided out of its own superior environment after human activities and development, and finally became the granary of the current Northern Song Dynasty.

It is precisely because of the gradual development to the south, first in Hubei, then in Hunan, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Guangzhou, so many people's eyes are gradually southward, not realizing that there is such a place in the northwest border of the north.

That's right, the Northwest and Western Xia, in the eyes of the vast majority of the Northern Song Dynasty, are a bitter cold land, full of wind and sand, everywhere is drought, in these places, can there be land, no?

Not to mention that the people of the Northern Song Dynasty thought so, I am afraid that Han Qi did not expect that the action would be so big and the effect would be so good at the beginning, that is, in a series of coincidences, the Northwest Water Conservancy Project finally formed was destined to change the world.

Giving every peasant family a cow is a good governance in the eyes of these officials, and this cow, even in the Central Plains, is more important, whether it is arable land or farm work, it is very important, especially in the northwest.

Even if a lot of irrigated land is reclaimed, there is still pasture and so on, there is still a lot of wasteland, especially some near mountains, hills, or some are not suitable for large-scale development, and this is their direction.

The people of the Northern Song Dynasty were particularly industrious, even when the storage was solid, they would consider more, and a cow could be said to be of great help.

After the Weizhou Cattle and Horse Conference came out, the most powerful jumpers were the representatives of the conservatives, who hated the reformers, and after beating a Fan Zhongyan, they almost acquiesced in Renzong, and knocked all the reformers to the dust, and seemed to have the upper hand, but they knew that this was not all.

The status of the conservatives in the court is not high, the highest is the relatives, there is no prime minister or privy envoy, openly on his side, at that time against Fan Zhongyan, Jia Chaochang and Zhang Dexiang also shot, but they shot, it is a battle for status, not really for the conservatives.

If you have lost, you will feel the preciousness of the present, and they will not allow another such thing to appear, conservatives, be wary of the emergence of a new reformer, and prevent the return of the previous head of the reformer.

Han Qi, as Fan Zhongyan's assistant and strong supporter, is also recognized as the most likely leader of the Fa Reform Sect after Fan Zhongyan, and he himself is also the focus, and when they came to the northwest, they also had stumbling blocks.

But I didn't expect that after only a long time, Han Qi couldn't hide, and he couldn't stop it even if he made great achievements.

As a member of the law change faction, the conservatives know Han Qi very well, and even specially investigated some of his characteristics, without the indecisiveness of Fan Zhongyan's literati character, but with the decisiveness and ruthlessness of the military commander, usually it can be plain, once in some places, contrary to his opinions, then I'm sorry, decisive and ruthless.

The mistakes made by Fan Zhongyan can never be reversed, this is not only clear to the conservatives, but also very clear to the reformers, under the premise that Fan Zhongyan has no hope, if the reformers want to return and reopen their dreams, they must have a leader.

Perhaps, this leader needs a lot of competition, and even a lot of chaos, but when Han Qi rises strongly, he is almost indisputable and becomes the leader.

The coming to power of such a person is not good news for conservatives, in fact, after knowing the changes in Western Xia, there is also the Lingzhou Peace Conference, and the conservatives already know that they can't suppress Han Qi.

Han Qi's original level, coupled with the great achievements he made this time, is almost impossible to ignore, and it is imperative to rise.

They didn't plan to pull Han Qi off the horse, they just prepared, delaying the speed at which he entered the center, and giving them enough time to prepare, this was the key.

The strength of the Fa-Chang faction is not only Fan Zhongyan alone, a Fan Zhongyan can play a very small role, the key is to include Han Qi, Fu Bi, a large number of young talents, and backbones, they joined the Fa-Chang faction, so that the Fa-changfa can be spread on a large scale.

From the ruin of Fan Zhongyan to the present, the law-changing faction has been almost defeated, but once Han Qi rises again, he will gather a group of people, which the conservatives do not want to see, and even now Han Qi is the privy deputy envoy, once he jumps, at least he is also the privy envoy, or even the head of the Eastern Mansion, such a position, it is impossible to deal with Fan Zhongyan in the same way.

On the premise that they couldn't shake Han Qi, their idea was very simple to find fault and find faults, and delay the time for Han Qi to return to the center as much as possible.

Hearing Han Qi's immigration policy, these officials, they won't see that what Han Qi has done for immigrants and ordinary people, what they see will always be a problem, yes, a problem.

This part of the officials from a variety of sources, at first came to investigate the Weizhou Cattle and Horse Conference, a cattle and horse conference, sold almost 500,000 cattle and horses, sheep have long been ignored, there are too many of them, such a huge number, there must be some unclear points, this part may eventually be found to be unsubstantiated, they will also muddy the waters, may not be able to pull down Han Qi, but can make his credit discounted, the Weizhou Conference is essentially a bit of a violation.

A water conservancy project in the northwest has plugged the entire loophole, and how much will it cost to spend on such a huge water conservancy project that may have a total irrigation area of more than 50 million mu.

Hundreds of millions are possible, but Han Qi only used tens of millions, and it has already been completed, benefiting a huge area, as long as it takes two or three years, the entire tax can recover the cost, and the derivative effect is higher.

In this case, those illegal operations have become Han Qi's most shining place, even if there is some corruption in the middle, even chaos, there is no evidence, and there is no evidence to investigate Han Qi's problem on this, it is no result.

It is not easy for them to get empirical evidence, and in a huge project with tens of millions of dollars, to investigate the cost of tens of thousands, or even hundreds of thousands, and the huge expenditure will be offset in minutes.

When they thought that this time they were going to return in vain and could no longer suppress Han Qi, Han Qi went and gave them a chance.

Give each household a cow, this is different, they are in this field, as well as Han Qi's previous requirements, it can be seen that it is conservatively estimated that Lingzhou can absorb 3 million people, according to 3 people in a family, this is 1 million families.

What does 1 million families represent, that is to say, at least 1 million cattle should be released, which is still less, really as Han Qi said, 6 million people, 2 million to 3 million families, that is, two or three million cattle.

It's really not a small number, where do these cattle come from? Needless to say, it must be from the cattle and horses of the Lingzhou Peace Conference, isn't this a naked encroachment on resources, or the kind that is a certainty, as long as this problem is grasped, then Han Qi either needs to give up this method, or there is a huge suspicion of encroachment, no matter which one it is, it is a great thing for them.

An official stood up, asked the question sharply, and buckled his hat to Han Qi's head.

This is a hat of corruption, and it is directly said that Han Qi has ill intentions and intends to be corrupt.

1 million head of cattle, according to the level of 11 guan per head, is 11 million guan, this money is used on immigrants, these officials do not say anything, but directly entangled in where these cattle come from.

There are some lively scenes in themselves, and in an instant, the people who can come to Lingzhou, which one is not a human spirit, they are very clear about each other's purposes, but they do not affect each other, and there is no competitive relationship, and now when the conservative officials take the initiative to find out this problem, these officials wake up and Han Qi has encountered a hurdle.

I wanted to dissuade Han Qi with two sentences, but looking at the momentum of the conservatives, these officials all flinched, and even the huge reformers were under their attack, fragmented, starting from Fan Zhongyan, how many celebrities were deposed and left the political arena, their roots are not thick enough, at most five or six grades, how can they stop these crazy conservatives.

The first one stood up, the second, the third, and the fourth stood up one after another, frantically attacking Han Qi, this is the purpose of their coming, and now they finally seize the opportunity and can let it go.

For a while, from harmonious chatter, to Shura Field, no one dissuaded, but the voice became higher and higher, but he didn't press the top of his head to let Han Qi admit the charge.

Han Qi looked at the official who was frantically scolding him, but there was no expression on his face, but there was a trace of sarcasm in his eyes.