Yang Chong disagreed: "It's too risky, and Rao Lecheng is not in hand, which is equivalent to going deep alone." It seems that Jieli knows the situation of the Xi people very well, so he threw this hot potato to me. If you want to find a way to lure the Xi people out and solve it outside, aren't they planting rice, or renting land from the Yan Ya, harvesting in autumn, and thinking that grain is stored under the mountain of the cellar, if we transport grain near the source of water, will they rob it? ”

Xu Shiji thought about it for a while and said: "The Xi people are half-farming and half-herding, this idea can be tried, in the name of helping the Duhuo Department, we will send two thousand troops to transport grain to camp outside Raole City, and hide the whereabouts of the army. ”

Yang Chong agreed to the plan, and Xu Shiji arranged the specific things, and Yang Chong and Cui Minshou, Xiao Yu, Wang Gong, Cui Baoshan and others continued to discuss the construction of military guards in the northeast, the promotion of the Tuntian method, and the establishment of various forms of land reclamation models such as Juntun, Shangtun and Mintun. The military continued to allocate cattle, farm tools and seeds to the imperial court, and no taxes and grain were levied on the land in the initial period, but the officers and men of the army were allowed to settle down like local residents, and the standard for dividing land was increased by 20% according to the standard of government soldiers.

Shangtun is "Yantun", calling on the people to tuntian, so that the salt merchants can use their own financial resources to recruit homeless people to reclaim the border land, replace the commercial tax with the grain produced, and exchange it for Huai salt and salt from the government. Mintun is to recruit the displaced people from the Central Plains and the landless peasants among the Hu people in the northeast, collectively cultivate official land or reclaim famine, and pay grain according to the regulations, which is still a three-year change. The government hall and the Privy Council approved Yang Chong's plan, and they also saw the dawn of the Northeast issue.

Yingzhou Tuntian wants to go further, the most important thing is Shangtun, which is related to the huge profits of the salt industry, Yang Chong personally went to Zhuo County, just to hear the local views. Cui Minshou said with a wry smile: "There is a negative problem in Tuntian, in order to ensure the harvest during the busy farming season, the manpower must be sufficient, once the field becomes its own, I am afraid that there is something in the army, and it will be uneasy. ”

Yang Chong understood, he was talking about the soldiers below, but in fact, he was talking about the generals above, Meng Rang, Ma Delai, and Hao Xiaode were promoted from Tuntian and miscellaneous affairs, and they have been criticized by their colleagues. The border town is not commercially developed, and the military discipline of the Hexi army does not allow it to go out to fight the border grass, and it is not a day or two for the border army to complain; Yang Chong nodded and said, "What if the military salary of the border army is deposited in the bank every month, with 30% interest a year?" ”

Chang'an Bank's interest rate is 12% a year, which is a disguised increase, but considering that it can save a lot of freight, it is an acceptable plan. Everyone was silent for a while, weighing the pros and cons in their hearts, Wang Gong asked in a low voice, "Does the prince have a detailed plan for Shangtun?" ”

At present, the salt business is either the nobles of the court and the central government, or the clan of the gate lords, and Yang Chong himself is a big salt merchant; Therefore, it is difficult to say substantive things in such a public meeting, and if you don't get it right, you will offend people for no reason. Wang Gong came from the Yue Palace, so he naturally knew how many times Yang Chong would discuss things in the palace every time, so instead of wasting time, it was better to listen directly to the palace's plan.

Yu Xuan took out a map and said: "According to the distance, two to five stones of grain can be exchanged for two hundred catties of salt from the government Liaodong salt, and then with the change of the situation, the price of rice, the household department led the change." In accordance with the requirements of the Privy Council, the salt merchants transported the grain to the designated granary in exchange for salt, and the salt was brought to the designated salt factory to wait for the salt, and the salt was transported to the designated area for sale. The imperial court did not allow the salt introduction as a reward, and the Liaodong salt introduction was not allowed to change hands, and any change in the salt introduction system must be jointly approved by the household department, the military department, and the Privy Council. ”

Wang Gong and the others nodded, if the salt introduction could be rewarded, then the aristocracy and bureaucracy would definitely beg for the salt quotation one after another, resell it to the salt merchants, and make a profit from it. Liaodong Yanyin is not allowed to change hands, because it is considered that these high-ranking officials in Hebei and Liaoxi are afraid that they will do tricks in it; The three departments agreed to approve it, naturally because they were afraid that one department would destroy the foundation of Shangtun for its own interests.

Xiao Yu pondered for half a stick of incense, and finally couldn't hold back and said: "King Yue, I'm not worried about you, you are a rare person with a vicious eye, what I'm worried about is the future, after you are gone." ”

How old is Yang Chongcai, Xiao Yu This is obviously a big rebellion, but Cui Minshou and the others are not angry, because this is the truth, a plan like Shangtun has to be proposed by the Wangfu, and it seems that this group of officials in Hebei is lacking. Maybe now Yang Chongneng thinks about everything for this group of officials, but the situation will always change; Yang Chong took a sip of tea and said: "People have shortcomings, but they must have strengths." I'm just interested in doing business, and it's just a little trick to carve insects. Lord Hsiao is right, so I promise you that the Goguryeo issue will be resolved within ten years, and the military cantonment will be ended within twenty years. ”

Twenty years is over, and everyone is no longer arguing; Many years later, Wang Gong described this moment to others: "King Yue didn't say any details at all, just leaned back on the chair with a teacup, and said it confidently, as if he was talking about what dishes to eat at noon and night the next day, calmly and calmly." ”

When the food arrived in Raolecheng, the Xi people were really fooled, and in the face of the small village of 2,000 people of the Sui army, they mobilized 20,000 troops for a surprise attack, but they did not expect that the 2,000 infantry of the Hexi Army was the elite soldiers trained by Xu Shiji according to the Hubu battalion, including 500 heavy armored infantry; Faced with the encirclement of the Xi people's two wings, Zhonglang General Zhang Jian ordered the infantry to occupy the commanding heights, use bows and crossbows to return fire, and once the Xi people rushed closer, they concentrated their spears and pointed outward. Zhang Jianqin led a strong heavy infantry to set up a position on the eastern slope and repelled three Xi charges in a row.

Su Zhi, the great chief of the Xi tribe, was angry and ordered the whole army to launch a general attack, and he had to take the position at the expense of casualties. The cavalry of the Xi nationality are all on the front line, and there are less than 2,000 people around Su Zhi, including the powerful guards, and some of them have not had time to get on their horses, so they were cut off by the cavalry of the Changjie battalion, and Su Zhi was stabbed to death by Su Dingfang in less than ten moves, and the banner of the Xi tribe fell to the ground.

The airship threw a thunderbolt in front of the infantry position, the whole army of the Xi people was in chaos, and the defeat was like a tide, Zhang Jian immediately ordered an attack; Coupled with the arrival of Guo Qing's cavalry, the Hexi army launched a flanking attack on a thirty-mile-long front. Under the leadership of Su Dingfang, Chang Jie's battalion killed more than 5,000 Xi people from beginning to end, the fighting spirit of the Xi people completely collapsed, the whole army collapsed, and was chased by Su Dingfang and Guo Qing for 100 miles, except for more than 600 cavalry who fled, the whole army was annihilated.

(End of chapter)