Chapter Seventy-Three: Pingzhou Mansion
Xianwu City was still frozen in the earth, and Jiang Hexing rushed back in the wind and snow, and when he returned home, he eagerly looked at his son, and his heart was overjoyed. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info stayed at home for a few days, accompanying Zhao Qingyi and Fan Jiao, and coaxing his two sons.
I stayed at home for 5 days, and on this day, the sky was gray, the snow was fluttering, the wind was blowing so hard that people could barely stand on the ground, and it felt as if they would be blown away.
Jiang Hexing was in the house, thinking about something in a daze, although there was a kang in the house, it was still a charcoal fire for the living, and it was as warm as spring. Zhao Qingyi was coaxing his crying youngest son Jiang Anwang, and Fan Jiao took Zhao Anbei to teach him to read.
At this time, He Ming walked in and said, "He Wang, Li Xiaowen and Zheng San are here." ”
Jiang Hexing said: "Please." ”
Jiang Hexing stood up, Zhao Qingyi hugged his son, and Fan Jiao took Jiang Anwang to other rooms. Jiang Hexing ordered He Ming to prepare some tea, and now he has also started to buy some tea from merchants here to entertain guests.
Li Xiaowen and Zheng San stood at the door and shook off the snow from their black mink coats, stomped their feet, walked in and said, "Hewang is so interested, I won't go to the office for a few days when I come back, we can only come home to report to you." ”
Jiang Hexing laughed: "With the two of you staring, I have nothing to do when I go, so I can only think about my next step at home." What's going on lately? ”
Li Xiaowen said: "It's not a big deal, it's just that the new spinning machine made by Wang Ke can spin with horse-pulled, and it's very fast." Recently, many families have used this kind of wool blanket, which is warm. Everything else seems to be a step-by-step thing, and it's nothing. ”
Jiang Hexing poured hot tea for both of them, turned around and asked Zheng San, "Zheng San, how is Xianwu City doing?" ”
Zheng San said: "And the king, we are here for the matter of Xianwu City. In the past two years, there have been many businessmen in Luoyang, Chang'an, and the recent Han war, more people have come, and now there are too many people, many people can't find a house, and now housing prices have been rising. There are many Wuhuan people in the past, and the ones who were later given to them also had houses, and now they are all from Pingzhou, and they have sold their houses one after another to see the high prices of Luoyang merchants in Chang'an. Some went to herd sheep again, and some followed these merchants and went on with their lives. It's just that I see that there is a big war going on in the area of Chang'an Luoyang, and I see that many businessmen, especially those in Chang'an Luoyang, plan to move here. But our Xianwu City was built early, it's not very big, and if you come again, I'm afraid there will be no place. ”
Li Xiaowen also nodded and said: "Now I see that Xianwu City is a bit small, the two of us came to tell the king of He, the expansion of the city, in the east of Xianwu City, a new city is also being built along the Liao River, the new city is bigger, and there will be a place for people to come then." ”
Jiang Hexing nodded and said, "You guys are ready, it can be built in the spring of next year." How many people are there in Pingzhou now? ”
Li Xiaowen said: "In the past, Wuhuan totaled a total of 200,000 Han slaves, about 180,000 husbands, more than 250,000 in Fuben, about 150,000 in Xianbei, about 80,000 in Wo Fuhao, and now there are about 300,000 from Qingzhou and Daijun, and about 200,000 from Chang'an Luoyang plus those from other places who work and do business, and about 200,000 new people from Dongjun. Now that adds up to about 1.8 million people. ”
Jiang Hexing looked at Li Xiaowen approvingly: "We are so big in Pingzhou, now there are only 1.8 million people, and many are herdsmen, there is a lot of fertile land, and there is a shortage of people to cultivate, I have an idea, in order to make us have more people in the north of Pingzhou as soon as possible, we all move to Changchun." Changchun City is very large, and there will be hundreds of thousands of people in the future, and I think it will be more than enough. Changchun was renamed Pingzhou Mansion, and all matters in the future were managed by Pingzhou Mansion. What do you think? ”
Zheng Yi frowned, took a sip of water and said: "He Wang, Changchun is very big, but life is far from comparable to Xianwu." Xianwu relied on the Liao River, and had frequent trade with the Han people, and everything was available. I'm afraid that many people may not want to move? ”
Jiang Hexing smiled and said: "I don't plan to let too many people move, one is the government, the other is the military, just these two aspects, the rest including research institutes, steel mills, and shipyards are still showing their strength." My goal is to promote agriculture in the north and commerce in the south. The north refers to Changchun and the Xia capital, and the south refers to Xianwu, and the two are not contradictory. ”
Zheng Yi's face softened a little, Li Xiaowen's face was calm as usual, and the two were silent for a long time. Li Xiaowen said: "What King He means is that between Jilin City, Changchun City, and Xia Capital City, agriculture will be developed, and in Xianwu and Phoenix City, which are convenient by sea, they will continue to do commerce." ”
Jiang Hexing said: "That's exactly what it means. ”
Li Xiaowen continued: "But I think many of us here don't like farming, whether it's those Wuhuan people or Xianbei people, even if they are given land, they may not be willing to plant, and most of them are willing to herd horses and sheep." The Fuyu people are relatively much better, and they love farming like the Han people, and now they are no different from us Han people. ”
Jiang Hexingdao: "It is still the Han people who prefer to farm, after all, they agree with agriculture-oriented. I have an idea, and I've been thinking about it for the past two days. In addition, our arable land still needs more immigrants, and in addition, our center of gravity must move northward, at least in the next few years, so that we will have a stable rear, a grain base, and a military source base. Now we have a population of 1.8 million here, and the total population of Han is almost 70 million, as long as we build well here and have a high standard of living, many people who have lost their land and are unemployed will continue to come. If we have a population of about 6 million, we can go to the next level. Even if he confronts Wang Mang, he can quickly settle the world, and will not make the people suffer from war for a long time. In the past, very few people knew about us, but in the future, we will also go to various places to do business, so that more people will know about us. Now the Chang'an area, the Central Plains area is in the war, next year or when the war ends, our food can go, clothes can go, more importantly, let the local people know that it is the food from Pingzhou, the clothes from Pingzhou. ”
Li Xiaowen said: "He Wang, I have a way, we will set up an immigration bureau to deal with this matter. The immigration bureau is responsible for publicizing and informing us of the immigration policy here, how the immigrants who come to our Pingzhou should integrate into our Pingzhou, what should be done, what can we give them, how to attract immigrants to come, all by the immigration bureau, what do you think? ”
Jiang Hexing patted his head and said: "I am busy every day, and I should have let someone do everything professionally, not that we are busy with this today and that tomorrow." It's busy, and there's not much to do. In this way, you are fully responsible for this matter first, this is our top priority in Pingzhou, if you need help, you can just come to me. ”
Jiang Hexing continued: "Zheng San, we still have to work in Changchun in the future, and you still have to be optimistic about Xianwu City here, you know?" ”
Zheng Sanle's face blossomed, his eyes narrowed into a slit, and he nodded his head and said, "He Wang, I still do things as hard as before." ”
Jiang Hexing turned his head to Li Xiaowen and said: "I plan to move to Changchun after the New Year, you have to be busy with the affairs of the immigration bureau here, and at the same time start to contact Liu Qing, prepare that side, and we will move there after the New Year." ”
Li Xiaowen nodded in agreement. The two said goodbye, and Jiang Hexing continued his small life.
Two days later, Zheng Yi sent someone to send the news, saying that Zhai Yi and others were defeated and killed, and now the imperial army is moving to Chang'an, and it seems that the fall of Zhao Ming, Huo Hong and others will not be too long.
Jiang Hexing thought to himself: Wang Mang's victory this time is in sight, it seems that there will be a big rebellion for a while and a half, and it is difficult for small activities to shake his foundation, and let the people suffer in vain. If the Han land is stable, business can be done again, and immigration must be vigorously carried out, can next year become a critical year?
After the New Year in a blink of an eye, the ice and snow still covered the earth, and Jiang Hexing began to migrate to Changchun with a cadre of Xianwu Mansion and his family. Because the youngest son was still young and the weather was too cold, he had to let Zhao Qingyi go to Xianwu first, and then go to Changchun when the weather warmed. Fan Jiao followed the river in the ice and snow, heading towards Changchun.
Although the road is far away, but the preparation is quite proper, all the way did not suffer anything, all the way there is a response, the carriage is very closed, the inside is warm as spring, occasionally there is a cold wind blowing the carriage, pouring in the cold wind and cold rain, immediately someone can deal with it in time.
The group walked for 8 days, and when they entered Changchun City, Liu Qing immediately sent someone to answer and connect everyone to the mansion built in advance. Of course, Jiang Hexing's and Wangfu are the largest, Jiang Hexing, Fan Jiao, and He Ming and others moved in first. It took another three days to make arrangements.
Jiang Hexing started working in Changchun again, first renamed Changchun Pingzhou Mansion, and then summoned many civil affairs officials to Pingzhou Mansion to discuss affairs.
Zhang Kai also received a notice, Ma Yuan also came, Zheng Li, Li Yuan, Li Xiaowu, Zheng San and others gathered in the new conference room. The conference room is as warm as spring, and the conversation and laughter are lively. It's been a long time since we've seen each other, touting each other's achievements and other people's work.
Jiang Hexing saw that the people had arrived, and first said: "I made my own decision, we moved to Pingzhou Mansion, because it was snowing heavily at that time, and it was very inconvenient to come and go, so I decided to do this first." The goal is mainly to develop our northern Pingzhou region, from Pingzhou to the summer capital, the number is still too small, so I want to transfer here, from the balance of all places, especially Jilin City and Xia Du, these places will be our future core hinterland, whether it is agriculture, or soldiers, whether it is industry, or commerce, the most fundamental thing is to have people, there is land to support people, and these places are the basis for us to raise people. There are large tracts of uncultivated wasteland here, and when used, our people in Pingzhou can be several times more. In this way, our business has a bigger foundation and can do other things better. Do any of you have any opinions? ”
Everyone looked at each other, Zhang Kai stood up and said, "Brother, you can do these things yourself." I think it's pretty good here, although there is no prosperity in Xianwu now, but it will definitely be more developed than Xianwu in the future. ”
Everyone agreed.
Jiang Hexing continued: "In the south, Xianwu is the core of the development of commerce, and the business conditions of Anwu and Phoenix are also good, and the development of commerce and trade is a priority. Pingzhou Mansion to the Xia Capital area, to reclaim wasteland, active immigration, now I see that the road has been repaired well, there are no people to move, in the future there are still a variety of ways to immigrate. In addition, I want to set up the Pingzhou Government to oversee all affairs in Pingzhou, and I plan to set up six subordinate departments, namely, the Department of Immigration, the Department of Finance, the Department of Intelligence, the Department of Justice, the Department of Agriculture and Animal Husbandry, and the Department of Commerce and Trade, to supervise and manage all matters in Pingzhou. Do you have any comments and suggestions? ”
Ma Yuan said: "He Wang, how do these halls work?" How to supervise and manage? ”
"We already have some bills, such as the Commercial Law, which are already being implemented, but they are all directly supervised by various localities, and there is a lack of unified management, which will lead to the possibility of deviations. There may be contradictions, so this is necessary for the Pingzhou government to unify and establish various bills separately, and these departments are required to work under the law and cooperate with the construction of various places. ”
Ma Yuan continued: "Do we have so many suitable candidates now? ”
Jiang Hexing nodded and said: "It's really not, I think immigration is the top priority now, and Li Xiaowen will do it first, don't affect immigration matters." Zhang Kai is in charge of the Finance Department, Zheng Yi is in charge of the Intelligence Department, and the Justice Department is also the trial of cases, and now Liu Qing is in charge first. The Department of Agriculture and Animal Husbandry and the Department of Commerce and Trade are temporarily idle, and there are suitable people to do them, and these tasks are now being done in all parts of your country. ”
Zhang Kai asked: "Brother, I don't understand what this Finance Department does." ”
Jiang Hexing said: "Big brother, this can also be called the degree branch hall, which is in charge of collecting money, and we will ask you for money." ”
Zhang Kai laughed and said: "This job is good, I will definitely do it well, who makes me love to deal with money the most?" ”
The crowd laughed.
Jiang Hexing asked: "Big brother, if you come here, who do you think is more suitable to take over the affairs of Phoenix Island?" ”
Zhang Kai said: "I really have to think about this, Phoenix Island has to manage the army, the people, and the business, although the sparrow is small, it is also the place where we want to harm, and we rely on him to contact the outside in winter." By the way, Xiaowu I think it's good, transfer Chen Gang to Jilin City, anyway, the navy is also very important there. Our sailors still have to walk in the river more often, and it is enough to practice in the sea."
Li Xiaowu said that he could go there, and everyone thought it was okay, so it was decided.
In this way, the Pingzhou Mansion opened the tooth and built the mansion, and the personnel went back to hand over their own matters.