"By the way, it is said that the two nobles of the Tatar people have minted coins privately, and from now on, in the land of Liaozhou, like other jurisdictions of the Xiaoguo Army, except for Huitong Qianzhuang, no individual or government is allowed to mint coins privately. If you are worried about violators, you will be killed. Zhao Xun explained coldly.

Although it is illegal to mint money, it is simple to mint it. Except for the fact that Xiaoguojun's Huitong coins are difficult to imitate, the rest of the coins are not very difficult. This thing can be cast by people with a bit of power, as long as there are a few sets of money furnaces and a few sets of fan money, then as long as there is copper, the money will be cast like water.

Zhao Xun is not afraid that someone will mint coins privately, but he is afraid that someone will use privately minted coins to deceive the people. You must know that most of the people have the heart to take advantage, if they are deceived by people with various price differences, although it has no impact on the Xiaoguo Army, but it has a great impact on the governance of the Xiaoguo Army. In addition, Zhao Xun did not want anyone to attack the copper, silver and gold mines in Liaozhou.

In addition to recasting the old currency, the gold, silver and bronze utensils of Liaozhou and Liaozhou are also re-minted, especially those things that can represent the famous family and the royal family of the Yaozhou people, all of which are returned to the furnace to make money.

It is this kind of exchange business and storage business that makes money while making money, and at the same time, it is constantly expanding, making the coins of Huitong Bank the most recognized currency for all merchants. Copper coins, gold and silver from all over the Central Plains flowed into the hands of the Xiaoguo army with the merchants, and as a result, they were gathered into the minting house by Huitong Money, where all kinds of miscellaneous money were melted down and turned into Huitong coins again, and then flowed into the Central Plains and various places overseas.

In Liaodong, mining, copper melting, coinage, circulation, such a circle, Xiaoguo Military Mansion not only standardized the unification of coins and promoted commercial trade, but also had a more critical point is that coinage is not only high-risk, but also a profiteering industry. Minting a thousand copper coins, in fact, the capital only needs about 700 copper coins, and the profit of gold and silver coins is small, but it can't resist his value. I can't resist the speed of the flow of gold and silver in the world. In addition, mining is self-made, but the profit is higher. Under the rule of the Xiaoguo Army, such a lucrative industry is naturally directly governed by the Xiaoguo Military Officer's Office.

It can be said that every time a coin is made, it is equivalent to making a lot of money, and it plays an incomparable role in the dispatch expenses of the Xiaoguo army.

In Zhao Xun's memory, there are two strange things in the history of China's economic development that are different from those of other countries in the world. First, it has not developed from the silver standard to the minting of silver coins, and even at the end of the Qing Dynasty, it was still a currency for business. But China entered the silver standard about the same time as Europe, but Europe soon established coinage, but China never did. I have to say that the storage of currency is indeed much more convenient than the flow of broken gold, broken silver and ingots.

Second, the price of gold and silver has always been on the low side. At that time, the ratio of gold to silver in Europe was normally above 15 or even higher, but in China it was generally 7 to 1, and the highest was only about 10 to 1. In the last years of the Ming Dynasty, there was a large influx of silver, and it was also a very important reason for Europeans to come to China to exchange silver for gold and go back to make a fortune.

Of course, in addition to China, there is also one country in the east of China that has this kind of problem, and that is Japan, which has less copper and more silver. Therefore, many Chinese merchants used copper coins to exchange for huàn silver, and then transported the silver back to exchange huàn copper coins, and then went to exchange huàn silver. If you exchange huàn repeatedly, you will also get great benefits. Of course, this is also related to the reason why Japan was backward in all aspects at that time.

The monetary system is related to the lifeblood of the country, and Zhao Xun does not want to be constrained in this aspect, nor does he want to be hindered in this aspect, allowing others to take advantage of it and make himself suffer. Besides, the simple business of minting money and exchanging money is an extremely lucrative business, and it is a business that does not require risk. Such a good thing, how could Zhao Xun not master it himself, but throw it aside.

Speaking of which, this minting currency is the same as the issuance of paper money in later generations, and it must not be minted privately, otherwise, it will be unfavorable to the country and the people. Of course, in the case of this precious metal as currency, it has not yet reached the consequence of making paper money privately in later generations. However, Zhao Xun will never let the gold and silver in the jurisdiction or the country flow out.

Perhaps, in the future, gold and silver coins can also be converted into paper money. Zhao Xun couldn't help but think so. Of course, this idea is not feasible at this time. Although the credibility of the Xiaoguo Army is high, the Xiaoguo Army does not dominate the world, and it trades with the Xiaoguo Army, not just the merchants under the Xiaoguo Army. Without a strong backing, others won't buy it.

However, speaking of which, the money bills circulated by the Huitong Money Bank under the jurisdiction of the Xiaoguo Army are sometimes the same as paper money and can be traded directly. Of course, this is the kind that is bearer and can receive money with money tickets. Many wealthy people will go to the money bank to exchange for some such money tickets, which are not only easy to carry and hide, but also convenient to give gifts. You don't have to carry a big box or a small box. There are also some people who want to move and directly exchange their savings into this kind of money ticket, set up a good place, and then take it out. Of course, many people directly save it as a long-term account. In this case, Huitong Bank naturally welcomes it.

"Report ...... The lord, the southern flying pigeon passed the book, and the emergency military situation. At this moment, Han Meng walked in quickly, followed by a personal guard, holding a secret letter in his hand.

Zhao Xun smiled and said to Yang Wangqing: "It must be that there is a big change in the contest between Murong Cheng and Situ Lei. Although Zhao Xun had a smile on his face, Yang Wangqing still saw caution in Zhao Xun's eyes.

Zhao Xun took the secret letter in his hand, opened it, and the cautious expression on his face gradually disappeared, and a faint smile began to appear.

Seeing that Zhao Xun finished reading it, Yang Wangqing smiled and said, "It seems that this is another good thing for us." ”

"Oh? How do you know? Zhao Xun asked with a smile.

Yang Wangqing said with a smile: "From the smile that can't be hidden on the lord's face, it can be seen that his subordinates should not have guessed wrong." can make a smile appear on the lord's face, which shows that Murong Cheng's coalition army has not captured the important place of the two passes. ”

Zhao Xun handed over the information in his hand and said with a smile: "You guessed it, this time, this Murong Cheng has suffered a lot of losses." In addition, we have also taken advantage of the land of Yanzhou. Since the battle of the Central Plains has reached a stalemate stage, then, in the short term, my Xiaoguo army does not need to participate in it, in this case, I will bring the Khitan Eight Banners and the Eight Banners of the Yan Ya to prepare to enter the Turkic steppe, and completely fight the Turks, even if they cannot be completely expelled, they must let the Turkic tribes retreat for 300 miles. ”

Yang Wangqing was slightly stunned and said, "The intention of the lord is to personally conquer the Turks in the west this time?" Aren't there four towns fighting in the grassland? Why should the lord go out in person, the gentleman does not stand under the dangerous wall, let them do it. ”

Zhao Xun shook his head and said, "With more of them, I am naturally relieved." This expedition to the west of the Turks, the four towns of more than 100,000 soldiers, plus more than 200,000 young and strong people and more than 100,000 pack horses, carts, can be said to be very expensive, this time we must let the Turks know the strength of my Xiaoguo army, know the strength of our Han people. ”

"I ordered 80,000 cavalry to advance rapidly, and my goal was not to join the soldiers of the four towns, but to march westward from the Murwei Division, plus 20,000 Murwei cavalry, and directly attack the enemy's royal court. Nowadays, the Turkic armies are all gathered in the northern part of the state, and some of them are still entering the land of the state to cause trouble to the people. Because of the combination of cavalry and infantry of the Four Towns Army, under the surveillance of the Turks, Dao = Pour was also more aware of the movements of the Four Towns Army. As a result, its royal court is not well guarded now. I took this opportunity to talk about the royal court. In this way, even if the Turks at the front line are not chaotic, they will not be much better. When the time comes, more than 100,000 cavalry will take advantage of the situation to sweep south, holding the vessels of the king's tent. ”

"However, this matter must not be leaked out, especially our movements, and we must not leak them to the outside world at will. For the sake of the secrecy of this operation, the cavalry had already been quietly transferred from Dingzhou to the Murowei tribe, and the Khitan Eight Banners had also entered the border of the Murowei tribe from the northwest of Liaozhou. This time, it's going to be a surprise. ”

Yang Wangqing said: "What about the war in the Central Plains? ”

Zhao Xun said with a smile: "The war in the Central Plains will not be able to distinguish between the superior in the short term, since this is the case, let the two sides fight." However, our people got the news that since the coalition forces were attacking fiercely at Tiger Pass, Situ Lei's temper was much more irritable, and coupled with the hard work day and night, he was already over fifty and half years old, so that his body was slowly failing. Now it seems that Situ Lei's body is really a little bad, and Murong Cheng will definitely take advantage of this opportunity. Perhaps, there will be fewer battles below, and there will be more secret battles. I have already handed over the Shanyang army in the land of Jizhou and Yanzhou, and I will not lightly participate in it, when necessary, and this watch and help each other, you can send troops to help. ”

Zhao Xun quietly entered the Murwei Department from the land of Liaozhou, assembled a large army in the Murwei Department, divided the troops into multiple routes, and quietly moved into the grassland, and then assembled in the grassland. In order to maintain secrecy and speed of action, the rest of the army, except for the cavalry of the 5,000 personal guard battalion, are cavalry of all ethnic groups, and they are all cavalry adapted to grassland warfare. They will fight and fight at a very fast speed to enter the Turkic court, so there is no minfu to prepare supplies for them. Their supplies were to go to the Turkic tribes with the sharp blades of their guards......

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In mid-May, all the Wuwei troops withdrew from the land of Yanzhou and hurried to the land of Zhongmu to join Murong Cheng's army to resist the Yong army that had been killed from Bishui Pass. And when the Wuwei army withdrew, the Shanyang army followed closely to accept the land of the three prefectures.

Like the old rules, the new policy was implemented to forcibly suppress the uncooperative gentry in order to stop the killing. At the same time, it also relieved those displaced people who were stranded here due to the war, so that the Sanyang Army was quickly welcomed by the common people. Coupled with the unification of commerce and taxation, it also received the support of many enlightened merchants and some big gentry, and in less than a few days, the Shanyang Army had fully taken over the land of Sanfu. For this reason, the rearguard army led by Ye Xuan was stationed in these three prefectures to stabilize the place.

The actions of the Shanyang Army and the rapid withdrawal of the Wuwei Army caught the Xuzhou Army and the Tang Army off guard, and they did not react at all and found that the Shanyang Army had taken back the land of Sanfu from the Wuwei Army, that is to say, the territory under the jurisdiction of the Shanyang Army had expanded a lot. Except for the land of Sanfu occupied by the Tang army, the Shanyang army had already taken all the rest of the land of Yanzhou.

The actions of the Shanyang Army not only made the Xuzhou Army a little worried when they arrived, but also made the Tang Army a little panicked. After all, Li Fengnai, the lord of the Shanyang Army, is the governor of Yanzhou, and now the land of Yanzhou is in the hands of the Shanyang Army except for their Tang Army. In other words, their Tang Army may be the next target of the Shanyang Army, and they can't panic.

However, whether it was the Tang Army or the Xuzhou Army, they were very puzzled why the Shanyang Army was able to take back the land of Sanfu from the Wuwei Army. You must know that at the beginning, the Wuwei Army fought hard for many days with the Yanzhou Mansion Army and the Xuzhou Army, allowing the Wuwei Army to kill another main general, and almost all the soldiers of the Wuwei Army were replaced from beginning to end. Even so, the land of the three provinces was not abandoned. However, why is it honestly handed over to the Shanyang Army now? Could it be that the Shanyang Army and the King of Qi have reached some secret agreement? The Xuzhou Army and the Tang Army can't help but pay attention to it and can't be careless.

However, the next news made them put aside these panicked hearts, and they also understood why the Shanyang Army was able to take the land of Sanfu from the mouth of the Wuwei Army, and take the land of the Sanfu that the Wuwei Army would not give away. At that time, because Murong Cheng was defeated at Bishui Pass, he lost.

At this time, everyone understood why, after a steady stream of troops were being drawn from Bishui Pass recently, the offensive was not as fierce as before. Why haven't I seen His Royal Highness the King of Qi for many days, why did these reinforcements arrive without any plans to leave the camp, and why the Wuwei army is in a hurry to evacuate.

It turned out that this so-called mobilization of the troops of Bishui Pass was just a plan by Murong Cheng, the king of Qi, to divert the tiger from the mountain. It's a pity that the plan to divert the tiger from the mountain did not succeed, but instead fell into the other party's plan. A fire burned more than 100,000 troops of the King of Qi, and retreated. They were short of troops, so they were in a hurry to withdraw the Wuwei Army from the land of Yanzhou, instead of the Shanyang Army to recapture the land of the three prefectures from the Wuwei Army.

Of course, Tang Bin, the general of the Shanyang Army, who was outside the Tiger Prison Pass, also explained the situation in Yanzhou to Li Yu and Meng Zhao, and directly stated that this was a notice sent to the Shanyang Army when the Wuwei Army was withdrawn, so that the Shanyang Army would take over. After all, this is still the land of Yanzhou, and the governor of Yanzhou is the rightful administrator. Therefore, it is not a matter of course that the Shanyang Army can forcefully use force from the hands of the Wuwei Army, or reach any agreement to complete the unification of Yanzhou. Besides, there is no need to reach any agreement with the Qi army on this matter, they are forced to do so, even if we ignore it, they still have to leave in the end, which is unavoidable.

After Li Yu and Meng Zhao listened to Tang Bin's words, they couldn't help but sigh at the good luck of the Shanyang Army, they got the land of Sanfu for no reason, and they didn't have to bear any responsibility. As soon as the coalition army went to war, except for the eastern counties of Hugao Pass, they did not get any great benefits from the Yong army. And this Shanyang Army has now obtained such obvious benefits as the land of Sanfu. That is to say, up to now, in addition to the things of the Shanyang Army, the Xuzhou Army and the Tang Army have not obtained substantial benefits from sending troops. For what happened to the Shanyang Army, how could they not rush to envy and jealousy.

After the Wuwei army withdrew from Yanzhou in time and joined Murong Cheng's army, Situ Tai did not continue to march towards Zhongmu. First, the men and horses in his hands are equal to those in Murong Cheng's hands, if they fight, the outcome is unpredictable, and it will also make Murong Cheng's troops from Jingzhou and Yangzhou take advantage of the loopholes. At that point, his big win may be problematic. This is also the situation that his Yongjun is in now, after all, their Situ family is now being condemned by the princes of the world. I don't know how many people have bad thoughts in their hearts in the land under the jurisdiction of King Yong.

Second, the Tiger Prison Pass, which is not worse than Bishui Pass, has been intensified by the coalition forces, so that he can't just take care of his own side and ignore the place of the Tiger Pass. is the same as Bishui Pass, if the Tiger Prison Pass is broken, what is the use of him even if he guards Bishui Pass? Compared with Murong Cheng, he Situ family is now weak in the name of righteousness, and weak in Murong Cheng has three princes to help, it is said that this time the three princes each added 30,000 troops for the army to conquer the Tiger Pass.

The most important reason is the news from the rear, that is, Situ Lei has the intention to choose an heir among the princes. The news forced him to shift his focus here. What did he Situ Tai fight here for? It's not for the throne of King Yong, if there is no throne, and if he can't get the inheritance of the Situ family, everything he does will have no effect.

Situ Lei is in poor health, and Situ Tai knows this very well. In addition to his old age and hard work day and night, because of the death of Emperor Xuanwu, he led the world to jointly crusade against Situ Lei, the thief who killed the king. Originally, under Situ Lei's plan, he and Murong Cheng fought each other, and they had already gained the upper hand, even if it was the Xiaoguo army, they were also restrained by the Yan Ya and Goguryeo people.

However, it was the sudden death of Emperor Xuanwu that made Situ Lei's plan fall short. First, Murong Cheng turned over and became the master of righteousness, and designated Situ Lei as a traitor who killed the king and usurped the throne, and everyone was punished for it. Even the civil and military officials who worked for Situ Lei were also condemned as fellow thieves and would be remembered for 10,000 years. As a result, many civil officials, especially some civil officials above the local level, have resigned from illness one after another, so that many places under Situ Lei's jurisdiction have a shortage of officials, and for this reason, Situ Lei has been really busy for a while. It took a lot of effort to make the place calm down, but it was only slightly smoother.

Secondly, the Xiaoguo army in the north suddenly forced down the road of the Ya tribe, and completed the unification of the Ya tribe at a very fast speed, freeing up the hands and feet of the Xiao Guo army. Moreover, the Goguryeo people who had just prepared to act immediately shrank back and no longer dared to make any changes.

You must know that in order to convince the Goguryeo people, Situ Lei took a lot of effort. But what about the result? Overnight, the world was turned upside down, and it had no effect. In this regard, Situ Lei was very angry. Although the Xiaoguo Army simply conformed to Murong Cheng, they did not directly send troops to the land of Yongzhou. However, the declaration of the Xiaoguo Army has already designated Situ Lei as a traitor who killed the monarch and usurped the throne as Murong Cheng said. Moreover, the juxtaposition of the two princes has already made the military officials under his command begin to make their own small calculations. For this reason, Situ Lei could not help but worry.

was old, worked day and night, and was constantly worried, and as a result, Situ Lei really fell ill. Older people are different from young people, and once they get sick, it's not a trivial matter. In addition, the rapid offensive of the Tiger Prison Pass made Situ Lei, who was sick, also have to sit in the center and dare not be negligent.

Therefore, to say that Situ Lei is seriously ill and ready to choose an heir, Situ Tai believes it. After all, it is better to choose an heir now than to wait until Situ Lei dies. Now that the princes have their own supporters, each of them holds real power, if there is no Situ Lei's pressure, even if the heir is determined in the future, I am afraid that after Situ Lei's death, it will be difficult for the heir to shock the scene.

Situ Tai saw that it was not a good way to move forward, and there were things that needed to be decided by himself, so he simply withdrew to Bishui Pass and stationed here to resist the Qi army's attack on Yongzhou. As long as the water is not lost, there will be no problems here. As for himself, he will report the situation to Luoyang. Of course, for the military power of Bishui Pass, Situ Tai is very tight. At this moment, he knows very well that having soldiers in his hand is the biggest hole card.

Situ Tai did not continue the pursuit, and Murong Cheng, who retreated to Zhongmu, also breathed a sigh of relief. Although he was supported by the Wu Wei Army, the soldiers and horses in his hands were not less than Situ Tai. However, when it comes to morale, the soldiers and horses in his hands are too far from those in Situ Tai's hands.

Now, Murong Cheng has 80,000 intact soldiers and 50,000 armed guards in his hands to conquer Bishui Pass. Among them, the Qi army at Bishui Pass was defeated at Bishui Pass, and their morale plummeted, and they wanted to restore the old scene. There is no more than a month of time, and it is not possible at that time. really has to fight against the same number of Yongjun, Murong Cheng believes that in the end, it may be himself who will be defeated.

As for the Wuwei Army, the Wuwei Army around here is no longer the Wuwei Army of the past, and it is not the Wuwei Army led by Ding Qiang to enter the land of Yanzhou. After the combined forces of the Xuzhou Army and the Yanzhou Prefecture Army raided the Wuwei Army, the main general Ding Qiang was killed, and in the following period, the original surviving 35,000 Wuwei Army was expanded and killed successively.

Although the current Armed Guards are also 50,000 people, most of them are newcomers, and although they have experienced bloody battles, they are still far from the systematically trained Armed Guards. For them, Murong Cheng didn't dare to pin all his hopes on them. These armed guards may have combat strength, but they are really poor in terms of troop arrangement and military discipline and military discipline. If you want to restore your combat strength, you still have to force training, and as for now, you can't allow it to participate in large-scale head-to-head battles. Especially when the strength of the two sides is compared, and the other party is slightly superior, he will not dare to do so.