Zhao Xing snorted and replied: "Casting private money, cutting corners, embezzling public money, deceiving superiors and subordinates, and attacking Shangguan who came to inspect...... They committed all their sins. In that environment, everyone is a victim, everyone is a perpetrator, no one is innocent!

Imagine if we had been attacked in the middle of an attack last night. Thousands of people will come and flood us, and after the government investigates, will there be a person among them who will speak out? No, I don't think they will, because they are all in the know, but they haven't seen anyone come forward. In other words, they are also involved in the evil of the treasure prison. As for now, they are reporting because I am forced to live and die......

Guangxi is not under the jurisdiction of our Economic Strategy Division, and if we supervise in the name of money supervisors, we must guard against their supervisors who buy us, from fighting guerrilla attacks on us, from concealing and concealing income, and from making false accounts...... I don't have that much administrative resources to play hide and seek with them, and I don't want to spend too much administrative cost on them, so I just punish their team and teach them how to be self-disciplined.

In this way, once the new mine supervisor tried to deceive me, he was faced with the silent monitoring of the entire miners' group and 10,000 workers. And all this, I can do without spending too much administrative cost.

I'm just giving them rules now and telling them that if they make a mistake, I'm going to punish the whole team. As a result, the money supervisors are manipulating, and he has to worry about the monitoring and reporting of the entire team of miners. And we only need to sit in Guangdong, look through their accounts, and we can manage it. ”

Shuai Fan was silent when he heard this.

Zhao Xing continued: "Cost and benefit, this is the foundation of management. Guangxi is too far away from us, and the roads are extremely difficult to travel, so we need to spend too much administrative cost to inspect once. There is still time. And my approach is the most cost-saving for administrative costs - self-discipline. The strength of the team is self-discipline. Although, some of them may be innocently killed, but to determine whether they are innocent or not, it takes too much energy, and I don't gain more than I lose.

I'd rather kill a thousand by mistake, but teach them to govern themselves, and let them know that when sin runs rampant around you, you are at least a silent helper. If you want to clear yourself, the smallest effort is to shout loudly! I don't even want to be a local. He is not an innocent.

Okay, it's time for us to visit the next general's family, Shuai Jian Si, you lead the way. ”

After Zhao Xing inspected the Baoji Prison, he did not rush to the road, he continued to maintain his speed, visiting the family of the generals in his army along the way, he walked slowly, but what he did in the Baoji Prison did not spread slowly. It wasn't until he entered the next state and county that he found out. What he did in the Treasure Prison had unexpected results. The money supervisors in various places either fled as a whole, or only the mine supervisor was left alone to greet Zhao Xing in fear, and when he inspected the third empty mine supervisor, he was surprised to find that the only intact money supervisor in the whole of Guangxi. Only the treasure prison that he had put in order was left.

"That's right, Shuai Jian Si, how much does it cost to start a clean-up war?" Zhao Xing asked with a smile: "You see, they would rather flee than see me, which shows that they dare not face it, and it shows that there are indeed no innocent people among them." ”

Shuai Fan knew what Zhao Xing was asking, and hurriedly replied: "My lord, I don't blame them." Never before has there been such draconian regulation. So they stole some copper materials from the court to do private work. No one disposed of it, and over time it became a habit. This is a mistake of supervision, a mistake of the imperial government. It's not the miners' fault. They have now become mine tyrants and mine thieves, and it is not because of the government's malpractice. And the mine supervisors did not escape, not because they were innocent, but because they were officials of the imperial court, and Shang couldn't pull his face to be a bandit.

Hehe, besides, as soon as the miners escape, they can blame the fugitive, can the adults still investigate?

However, the miners were familiar with the local geography, they hid in the woods, where they could not be found by ordinary people, and it was possible that they were sheltered by the neighboring stockades, which our people could not recognize......

In order to prevent the escaped miners from becoming bandits and thieves in the mountains and forests, and to launch an encirclement and suppression, at least 3,000 soldiers and 2,000 auxiliaries need to be dispatched. No matter how you save it, you need a million dollars in military spending—do you really want to do that? In this way, we will inevitably be dragged into a long and ineffective purge that will offend the local toast if we don't get it right......"

Zhao Xing shook his whip proudly, pointed to the surrounding mountains and forests, and reminded: "Those miners are familiar with the terrain, are they familiar with our generals - this matter can't let the regular army go out, simply add some family benefits to our generals - allocate 300,000 yuan, offer a reward for those miners who escaped, notify all the generals' families, and tell them that every miner is dead or alive, and whoever catches it will be rewarded with a bounty of five yuan......"

Shuai Fan nodded and said: "My lord, the family of a thousand generals, how can I organize a search team of six or seven thousand people, now, those escaped miners are not afraid, they will either come out and surrender, or they will be beheaded by the locals." Hehe, in this way, the general's family can also directly intervene in local affairs, and when the general retires, it is logical to take over the local inspection. ”

Generally, after the mutiny, the soldiers fled into the mountains and forests, and it would take at least 20 years to cause disaster, and Zhao Xing allocated a reward equivalent to one-third of the war cost, which easily solved this hidden danger, and he was naturally proud in his heart. After the matter of Bao Ji Jian was dealt with, he still followed the original itinerary, slowly inspecting the remaining money prisoners, and then arrived at the humble port of Qinzhou, Guangxi, a small seaside city.

At this time, it was June, and the little emperor Zhao Xu, with the help of Zhang, finally abolished Empress Meng and replaced Liu Jieyu as the queen, and then announced a general amnesty for the world - only the Yuan party members will not be amnestied.

After Su Shi and other degraded officials learned the news, they thought that the young little emperor was unwilling to pardon them for these old degraded officials, so they might not be able to return to their hometown for the rest of their lives. So they began to buy real estate in Lingnan, preparing to die here...... Fortunately, after Zhao Xing summoned 300,000 people to reclaim the land. There is a lot of fertile land in the whole Quang Nam East Road, so that the degraded officials can buy enough land to support their families at a low price.

In the same month, the second bridge of Fenghu Lake in Huizhou was repaired, and the people rushed to tell each other and kill chickens to celebrate. The "Two Bridges Poem" on the eastern slope records the grand occasion of the time. "The fathers and elders are happy, and there is no empty building in the pot. I couldn't drink it for three days, and I killed all the chickens in the West Village. ”

Since then, Huizhou Fenghu Lake has also been known as "Huizhou West Lake". or "South West Lake", the wide embankment is called "Huizhou Su Causeway". In modern times, the two West Lakes built by Fenghu Lake in Huizhou and Hangzhou and the two West Lakes built by Tran Gong Chuan in Vietnam are called the "Four Great West Lakes in the World", and those Su Causeways are also known as the "Four Great Su Causeways in the World".

Also in this month, Zhao Ji was enshrined in Duanzhou as the king of Duanzhou. Gao Yu officially became Duanwang's staff.

Zhao Xing entered the Guangnan West Road Anyuan City, that is, the modern Qinzhou Port, Guangnan West Road soldiers and horses are under the jurisdiction of the commander, the light car captain Zhang Tian is waiting for Zhao Xing in the small city, seeing Zhao Xing arrived with a large team, he stepped forward to greet with a smile on his face, and asked diligently: "Brother Zhao." I haven't been anywhere for half a year, just stay in this Anyuan City, I have already built the dock you want, when will your later payment arrive? ”

Zhao Xing waved his horsewhip and said in a leisurely manner: "Don't worry, I still owe you 100,000 yuan, this 100,000 yuan is a small amount of money, what's the hurry." ”

With that, Zhao Xing waved his horsewhip and pointed to the other side of the sea. He asked again: "Zhang Qingche, do you know what's on the other side?" ”

Zhang Tian straightened his stomach and replied: "I know, the opposite side is Jiaozhi country." ”

Zhao Xing grimaced. Sighed: "The answer is wrong - you should say, opposite is the Cochin mahogany, the best metro ore and coal ore in all of Asia, countless precious stones, grain, tortoiseshell, ivory, peacock feathers - and a large market for tea and silk." ”

Zhao Xing waved his horsewhip again, pointed behind Zhang Tian again, and said: "And under our feet, is the most suitable city for the establishment of a port on Guangnan West Road, and in front of this Anyuan City, there is a deep bay. It is the best deep-water port in this area. It has a narrow bay mouth in front of it to keep out the wind and waves. Let the ships in the harbor be able to avoid typhoons. If two forts were built at the mouth of the bay, one on the left and one on the right, the entire bay would be protected - a port would be built here. Even if our relations with Jiaozhi deteriorate in the future, we are not afraid of a sneak attack by their navy.

And what is behind us, as far as I know, is that Dali has a huge amount of copper and silver mines, and compared with the copper mines of Dali, all the copper reserves of the four major money supervisors of the Great Song Dynasty are like a child who has not grown up.

In addition to Dali, behind this port is the whole of Guangxi. You Guangxi mountains and forests are dense, there are a lot of mountain delicacies, rare treasures, because you can't transport it, you can't sell it at a good price; The countless gem mines and jade mines can only be passed to each other among the villagers to make some worthless ornaments, and once they are transported out and transported to the capital, these things are each worth tens of thousands of yuan.

The road in Guangxi is difficult to walk, the forest is dense, many small roads are not walked for three or five days, and big trees grow on the ground, and the products of Guangxi are to be transported to the capital, it takes eight months before and after, and I don't know how much manpower and material resources will be consumed. But with this port, it is different, Guangxi only needs to transport all the products to this port, load them on ships at the port, and it only takes about ten days to transport them to the capital.

Ten days, you have to walk the road of eight months in the past, which also means that the cost of your time is reduced from two hundred and forty days to ten days - a total of twenty-four times less, you say, what a great fortune. ”

Zhang Tian was leisurely fascinated: "My brother Zhang Yong controls a wharf in Mizhou, so he can make money every day, and Lord Zhao means that I can also control this wharf in Guangxi and enjoy its benefits." ”

Zhao Xing nodded solemnly: "I don't know what the situation in Guangxi is, but I am in Guangdong, and I am ready to move the Jingluo Pacification Division to Hong Kong County near the sea." After you finish building the official road leading to Anyuan City in Guangxi, I suggest that you also move the Yamen of the Economic Strategy Division to Anyuan City.

Guangxi has a large number of shipbuilding timber, Anyuan City and Jiaozhi is close at hand, this city, after the road through Guangxi is repaired, but it is a place to make money every day. And Anyuan City is a small city of 1,000 households, your pacification division yamen moved here, and everything in the city is up to you, wouldn't it be better to be controlled by various yamen in Guiyang. ”

Zhang Tian pondered for a moment and shook his head slightly: "Although your brother's sketch is beautiful, Guangxi is Zhenzhou (that is, a military state on the front line of the border). Our pacification made the yamen set up in Guiyang, so that it was convenient to deploy troops in the center to this remote place. In case something happens in Guiyang, I can't catch up. Besides, this place is really simple, the people are not more than a thousand households, and the local officials of my yamen have lived in Guiyang for a long time, how can they get used to staying in this remote county. ”

Zhao Xing raised two fingers and continued to follow the path: "The first problem, let me solve it for you: I recently surveyed the road, and the big river that flows through my Guangzhou into Haiti is called the Xijiang River. But out of Guangzhou, to your Guangxi territory, it is called something else, this river crosses the whole Guangxi into Dali country, in Dali country near the Shanyan Mansion into a lake, that Shanyan Mansion, I like to call it Kunming, the birthplace of the Xijiang River - that lake, I like to call it Dianchi.

Don't ask me where these two geographical terms come from, I like to call them that way - you can use it as a military codename. My land bridge assistant is surveying the Xijiang River. I need you to use the warrant of the Yamen of the Economic Strategy Division to cooperate with the single gong to plan the entire Xijiang. I plan to build a number of dams along the Xijiang River, in the same way that Qin Shi Huang built the Ling Canal, to raise the water level and make it possible for large ships to pass through the upper reaches of the river.

However, the times are developing, and the Qin Emperor built the embankment simply to consume money, and I built the embankment, so that it can bring a pair of hydraulic stamping equipment. In this way, each is equivalent to a money-making farm, and in order to keep the hydraulic press running, the owner of the dam will maintain the dam himself. I'm not going to spend another dollar on repairs.

The early stages of the renovation of this canal. I plan to use the name of building a hydraulic press to gradually build it against the current without attracting attention, all the way to the border of Guangxi. With this river, if there is something in Guangxi, I can send troops from Guangzhou, directly to the border of the Great Song Dynasty in Guangxi, and even go straight to Dali - how about it, are you interested?

If you are interested, the dams in Guangxi belong to you. Each dam can be stationed with a commanding soldier. The dam earns more than enough money to feed a conductor. In case something happens in Guangxi. Your soldiers can move along this river, guaranteed to be quick and unexpected. ”

Zhang Tian thought for a moment. replied: "Brother Zhao, I Guangxi is aimed at Dali, but I have nothing to worry about. The state of Dali is weak, and the domestic minister Gao Shengtai competes with the king for the throne, tired of dealing with domestic affairs, and has no power for external expansion. But the Tibetan side on the other side is unstable, and there are constant conflicts with me every year. In the past, during the war between the Qing and Tang dynasties, the Tibetans kept entering Guangxi to harass, which was tiring to deal with. But how can I hear Brother Zhao talking about Dali here frequently...... Could it be that Brother Zhao has an idea? ”

Zhao Xingyi pointed to the territory of Dali and replied: "The output of each copper mine on Guangnan East Road and Guangnan West Road is too small, and I plan to gradually abolish the money prison in the two territories in the next few years, and merge all the money minting into one money prison." In the future, the mines will only be responsible for producing ore, and the smelting will not be under their control. This Anyuan City is the Guangxi coinage supervisor I selected, and it is also the only coinage supervisor in Guangxi and Guangxi in the future.

After the merger of the money supervisors, although the cost of transporting ore increased, the cost of transporting copper coins by sea was greatly reduced, and after the two deductions, I had more money left, and there was a surplus, and all the coinage was merged into one field, so that my administrative costs were also greatly reduced. So it's imperative for me to do it.

I know that the copper mines in Guangnan East Road and Guangnan West Road are not enough, but there are a large number of copper mines overseas, such as Dali, and their copper ore is transported to coastal areas, even cheaper than our own copper mines. Therefore, in the next step, I plan to sell all the low-grade copper mines in various places to the private sector, so that they can cast bronze and other items by themselves, so as to reduce the price difference between copper and copper coins. And to do this, I have to take control of the Dali Copper Mine.

There is another advantage of taking Dali, Dali also has three rivers flowing to the sea: one is the Red River, which enters the sea adjacent to Guangxi through the Shenglong Mansion of Jiaozhi, and controlling that river is equivalent to controlling the downstream Jiaozhi country; The other two rivers, the Lancang and Nu, are even more important, as they flow through several countries until they flow into the Indian Ocean. During the Han Dynasty and the Jin Dynasty, the Great Food Merchants once entered Xianglin County, which is now Dali, through this river, and made a pilgrimage to our court. At that time, Dali still belonged to our county.

Taking Dali is equivalent to restoring the border of my Han and Tang Dynasties, and Dali is actually not difficult to overcome. The people there admired the Han and Tang cultures, and they originally identified with our rule. In the past, it was poor, and the officials appointed by the imperial court had to loot the people, making the people unbearable, but if the waterways were built and all kinds of minerals were developed, it would be a rich land.

We can use some means to let the local toast manage the local area for us. As long as the methods of ruling are slightly changed to reduce the harm caused by corrupt officials and corrupt officials, and on the other hand, the living standards of the local people will be raised, and presumably, the people will not have much resistance to our rule.

Think about it, Dali is really a piece of fat, and for Zhang Qingche, this is a great achievement to expand the territory, and there are a lot of rewards from the imperial court for this great achievement, and in the family, your status will definitely surpass Zhang Yong and Zhang Cheng. And to do all this, it's not complicated. I just want you to follow my instructions, move the Yamen of the Transshipment Division here, make an appearance of concentrating on the development of Anyuan City, paralyze the enemy, and when we are ready, we will break into Dali and complete this expansion of territory. ”

Zhang Tian blinked, and asked again: "What about Tibet, what about Tibet, what should I do if the Guangxi pacification office moves away from Guiyang?" ”

Zhao Xing waved his hand: "The affairs of Tubo let Chengdu Mansion worry about it, you leave a deputy in Guiyang, and you can only bury your head in Anyuan City in the past few years...... I think that after the battle of the Qingtang Dynasty, Tubo has not had the courage to provoke the Great Song Dynasty in three or five years, and when we take Dali, it will constitute a situation of attacking the north and south of Tubo. ”

Zhang Tian suddenly realized at this moment: "No wonder you want to recruit 6,000 Yi soldiers from my Guangxi, it turned out to be prepared for this." ”

Zhang Tian wanted to say something, but Zhao Xing waved his hand: "These people are not prepared to attack Dali, they will be used as sailors and soldiers to go to the South Seas with the ship." There are countless riches and slaves in Nanyang, and if Guangdong wants to develop, we must snatch back all the wealth in the vicinity.

In the autumn of this year, when the generals have formed an army, I am ready to test the Nanyang islands on a small scale, and then enter the Indian Ocean next year, and take a look at the mouth of the Lancang River (Mekong). ”

Zhang Tian pondered and hesitated, Zhao Xing casually drew a map of Guangxi on the ground, and continued to explain to Zhang Tian.

There is only one corner at the junction of Guangxi and Tubo, when the Tubo invaded, most of the Guangxi army was entered to assist in defense due to the requirements of Chengdu Prefecture, Zhao Xing only needs to explain the words clearly, Zhang Tian has already understood this truth, he turned around and looked at Guiyang, and finally made a heart, and replied: "It's done, although Guiyang is good, but we can call the shots in Anyuan City, as long as we manage it carefully, it will not be a problem to surpass Guiyang in three or five years......

Zhao Xing reminded meaningfully: "The key is that this place has a lot of money, and it is not noticeable. As an official of the imperial court, no one wants to stay in Lingnan, the land of fingering, for the rest of his life, so earning money is the most important thing. I am in charge of the trade between Guangdong and Guangxi and the foreign domains, and I allow you to trade with the merchants of Jiaozhi in Anyuan City, if you don't say it, I won't say it, no one on the court side knows about the opening of Guangxi's port.

I allow you to trade with Jiaozhi because I want to move a steel-making mill and a shipyard into Qinzhou, and you and I will work together to build Anyuan City into a military village, with shipyards, steel-making plants, and your trade and trade, I don't think Anyuan City's annual income of 800,000 yuan is not a problem, so the officials who come with you can't afford to treat them badly.

A few years later, we are almost done, looking for a good time, send troops to take Dali, you return to the dynasty with military merits, and you can also earn gold and silver in this land and in that war, why not. ”

Zhang Tian's blood was boiling at the instigation of Zhao Xing, he rolled up his sleeves and said: "That's it, no matter how bitter Anyuan City is, is there suffering in the barracks!" A manly man, a man who is famous but takes it right away - I'll put up with it for a few years...... How did Brother Zhao plan to plan that big battle? Can you tell me about it first? ”