Chapter 290: No soldiers to recruit, no food to raise
Yujuluo originally wanted to mention Duan Da in front of Yang Guang to remind Yang Guang that after leaving Beijing, he also had a period of Weifu private practice in the hands of himself and Duan Da, wanting to ask Yang Guang to at least avoid the crime of leading his army to defeat the Turkic war, who knew that Yang Guang didn't think in his heart that Weifu private behavior was what kind of handle, not only did he deprive him of his military power, but also ordered him to go out of the city today to make meritorious service. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
"The last general, obey." Yu Juluo spit out four words with difficulty, turned around and strode out of the council hall, turned over outside the courtyard gate, carried his cloud sweeping broadsword, and went straight out of the north gate of Bingzhou, and went out of the city to find the Turkic leader who led the army to attack Lingshi Fort last night.
Yang Guang was furious, and sent Yu Juluo to ride out of the city alone to atone for his crimes, but there was still anger in his heart, but looking at the people in the council hall, there was no one who could be angry for himself, so he had to say to Zhang Wei stupidly: "This king is a little tired, let's talk about it here today." ā
Zhang Wei glanced at Yang Guang with a little timidity, and said with a cautious smile: "The lower officials and others have already chosen the next place for the prince in the city, which will lead the prince to the next place to rest." ā
Seeing that Yang Guang nodded and said nothing, he turned around and retreated from the hall, and Wang Shao personally led Yang Guang out of the conference hall and stopped in front of a large mansion just one street away from the Hebei Road Xingtai Office.
"Lord, this is where the Jinyang Palace was located during the Qi Dynasty, after consultation with the lower officials, please ask the prince to stay here for the time being. The entourage and others had already settled in. Zhang Wei stopped in front of the gate of Jinyang Palace with interest, and did not mean to accompany Yang Guang into the palace.
"Youlao, two servants, shot."
Yang Guang absentmindedly hugged Zhang and Wang, and was about to enter Jinyang Palace to rest when he raised his feet, but unexpectedly, Wang Shao, who was following Zhang Wei, opened his mouth again.
"Zhang Fuji, please take the first step, in the lower body is the long history of the King of Jin, and there are a few words to mention to the prince."
Yang Guang frowned, didn't say anything, and took the lead in entering Jinyang Palace.
In the gate of Jinyang Palace, An Ruoxi has changed into the costume of a maid in the palace, wrapped a blue handkerchief around her head, covered the top of her head, and was standing beside the road with Xiao Xiao and Cersei, waiting for Yang Guang to return to the palace to rest, seeing that Yang Guang was still followed by Wang Shao, they mistakenly thought that the two of them were still discussing official business in the palace, so they led them to the main hall of Jinyang Palace to sit down and talk.
"I don't know what else the king servant has to teach?" As soon as Yang Guang walked into the main hall, he deliberately yawned, turned around and asked Wang Shao.
Wang Shao ignored Yang Guang's actions, and casually ordered An Ruoxi and the others: "Wait and retreat first." ā
Even Fu Peng Yuzan, who had followed him for many years, did not dare to easily open his mouth in front of him to withdraw the maid, Yang Guang saw that Wang Shao was so big, and his heart was even more unhappy, and he reluctantly walked to the upper seat in the center and sat down, seeing An Ruoxi and the two maids all exiting the main hall, only staring at Wang Shao with cold eyes, waiting to hear what he had to say to him.
"The prince has been working hard all the way on a saddle horse, and the words of the lower officials should not have been mentioned to the prince today, but when he saw the prince in the government office, he was eager to lead the army north to invite the Turks to fight, and the lower officials were afraid that they would be entrusted by the saint and spoil the prince's great affairs, so they had to act like this, if they were presumptuous, they hoped that the prince would forgive." Wang Shao finally took into account Yang Guang's face, slammed Yang Guang to the ground, and calmly apologized.
"The king's servant is also the head of the palace, and he is different from other subordinates, so in the future, there is no need to be too polite in front of this king." Yang Guang's anger in his heart was a little smoother, and while talking to Wang Shao, he asked him to sit down and talk.
"The maid who led the prince and the lower officials to the main hall, if the lower officials are not mistaken, should be a monk who has only recently returned to the world." After Wang Shao sat down, he was not in a hurry to cut to the chase, but opened his mouth to ask Yang Guang about An Ruoxi.
"Hmm, Wang Changshi has something to tell this king, but please say it directly." Yang Guang deliberately avoided telling Wang Shao about An Ruoxi's name and origin, stretched his waist, and said a little impatiently.
Wang Shao touched a soft nail at Yang Guang's place, pursed his lips a little unwillingly, and then turned to Yang Guang and asked: "When the prince first arrived in Bingzhou, do you know what Hebei lacks the most?" ā
Yang Guang tightened his eyebrows and shook his head.
"One is soldiers, and the other is food." Wang Shao stared at Yang Guang with burning eyes and said word by word.
"Didn't the 'open emperor five-baht coinage furnace' that my father rewarded to this king be handed over to Zhang Jianping to bring and merge with the state? Before the king left Beijing, the queen mother rewarded 8 million yuan for the conscription of Hebei Province, and it will be transported to Bingzhou soon, right? The meaning of Yang Guang's words is very clear: with enough troops, how can anyone who is not a soldier not be able to raise enough grain and grass.
Wang Shao smiled disapprovingly and said, "This is the key point that Xia Guan is anxious to remind the prince to pay attention to. A coin-casting furnace, plus 8 million yuan, should be able to supply tens of thousands, or even 200,000 troops, for daily use, if it is calculated ordinarily, but according to the current situation in Hebei Prefectures and Counties, I am afraid that there is nowhere to spend it. In the more than a month before the prince arrived in Bingzhou, nearly 200,000 yuan had been transferred from the Xingtai treasury, but only 3,000 people and horses were able to raise grain and grass for a month; Before King Wei went north to unify the army, 100,000 government troops were originally stationed in Youhe and other places, and so far, there are no more than 1,000 newly recruited soldiers. If this development continues, the lower officials are worried that once the 400,000 iron horsemen of the five Turkic khans come south to attack, Hebei will be in danger. ā
When Yang Guang heard Wang Shao's words, he was so shocked that he immediately jumped up from his seat, stared at Wang Shao with his eyes, and asked in a hurried tone: "Why did you come here?" ā
Wang Shao hurriedly followed Yang Guang to stand up, and Zhengse arched his hand to persuade: "The prince is a little restless, please sit down, and listen to the officials one by one." ā
"Wang Changshi, when I was in Chang'an before, I heard Mr. Changsun tell me that Kanto and Hebei have always been prosperous places for people and rich in grain and grass, why have they become the way they are now?" After Yang Guang was taken aback, he couldn't help but ask Wang Shao in confusion.
"What the prince said is not bad. A few years ago, Emperor Wu personally led a large army to destroy the Northern Qi Dynasty, and collected 3.89 million households. Even today, according to rough estimates, the total number of households in the nineteen prefectures and counties under the rule of Xingtai in Hebei Province alone should not be less than three million, and if one is drawn for every three households, one million people should be recruited. However, this is far from the case. The reason for this is actually that after the previous dynasty conquered and destroyed the Northern Qi Dynasty, it was only reoccupied and not re-occupied, so that the people of the old Qi land deviated, and no one was willing to serve the imperial court. And to turn the people into people, it is by no means a work that can be achieved in a year and a half, and the difficulty lies here. ā