Through these summary news, Zhang Yue learned that with the successive wars in the northwest and Huainan in recent years, grain prices in Kanto and Kansai have risen, and there has been no downward trend for the time being. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

The Huainan battlefield continued to store grain, and after the Northwest War, the four new towns of Hehuang were engaged in urban defense construction on a large scale, and the army was reclaimed for famine, plus Huainan Zhang Yongde returned to Beijing and brought back 30 commanders and soldiers to be transferred to Hehuang for resettlement, and the Yongxing Military Government and Zhang Yue's trading houses were like pumping machines to transfer grain to the northwest endlessly, and it is estimated that it will not be until next year that the grain prices in the northwest will stabilize and then fall.

The Third Division had long been aware of this situation, and sent people to Shuzhong several times to trade and purchase grain, and reduced the expenditure on Hehuang, plus the compensation after the war of Qin Feng in the second year of Xiande, stabilized the grain prices in the northwest and Kanto, and prevented the grain prices in Hebei from rising with them.

However, the scope of military intelligence secrets is quite large, and there are a total of 40,000 soldiers stationed in the four towns and prefectures of Hehuang and the four towns of Hehuang, which is not a large amount, but it is still very expensive to eat food and pay for the reorganization of township soldiers and the resumption of construction in prefectures, counties, and localities.

There are also Songpan prefectures, that remote place, even the officials in Beijing are reluctant to go there to take office, Zhang Jianxiong and Zhai Congen have complained many times, but the court has no surplus money and food to transfer to him. It was Zhang Yue who opened his mouth, and Bian Ji was coming to support from Jingzhou, and there was no need for them to return, on the condition that a large number of officers trained from Lanzhou and Huining training camps were stuffed over.

Zhang Jian's ambition is tacit, although Zhai Congen has the intention to oppose it, there is nothing he can do, these things are being carried out in an orderly manner, and the two places will not be able to stabilize until next year.

"The Zhenyuan Army of Huizhou has always been a cantonment construction corps, as a model, Lanzhou Jianwei Army Xuan Chongwen, Gongzhou Huaixin Army Shi Deyuan two towns are neighbored, Gongzhou and Lanzhou are both defensive states, by the end of this year will be self-sufficient, what is lacking is just ordnance."

After Zhang Yue listened to Song Yaozhu's report on the situation in the northwest, it was estimated that the Guangxiang Military City was busy, and there was no news from Huining Li Liangbi recently, but this is not an important secret, and there is nothing to worry about.

"There is an iron mine in Shanzhou's thirsty donkey ridge, and the refined iron produced is plus the dilapidated equipment after the war, and some generals sold it to Ganzhou and Shazhou without permission, I heard that you instructed it?" Song Yaozhu asked.

"Yes, Cao Yuanzhong entered Beijing last month, and asked for the recovery of Ganzhou, but was rejected by the Zhongshu Sect, but His Majesty personally received him, and the kind words appeased me, but he did not summon me to go, so it can be seen from the bottom of his heart that he does not want to start a war in the northwest again." Zhang Yue smiled and nodded, Song Yaozhu was thoughtful and showed a meaningful smile.

"Because of this, a caravan found the Zhe Ge Zhi in Ganzhou, I heard that this person has a grudge against the loss of Liangzhou, and repeatedly asked the Uighur Jingqiong Khan to raise troops to annex Shazhou, but Jingqiong Khan refused to listen, but instead sent an envoy to Jinggong Ma, and expelled the Zhe Ge Branch, it is said that this person has now fled to Xiazhou, and further news will be reported back after the investigation of the Guanbei Branch."

"Oh? Xiazhou? Zhang Yue was surprised when he heard this, and his face looked thoughtful. This is also reasonable, during the Hehuang War, after Ying Chengsky was captured, he interrogated Wen Fan's envoy to find foreign aid, but at that time, the overall situation was basically decided, Zhang Yue did not take it to heart, and Wen Fan was not asked after the war.

"What? Is this important? Song Yaozhu understood Zhang Yue's thoughts, so she asked with a smile.

"Of course! Very important! Later, I will send someone to send an urgent express to Xining, and ask Sun Yanshou and Zong Jingcheng to summon Wen Fan, Hante and his son to inquire carefully, don't have an accident in the northwest, we are still in the dark, and we will be caught off guard by then! Zhang Yue's mind became active, thinking that this might be a good opportunity to solve Xia Sui and Li Yiyin.

Immediately let Song Yaozhu write, Zhang Yue opened his mouth to report the content, waited for the thin silk to dry and put it into a small bamboo tube, and when he took Song Yaozhu out to go home, let Li Duoshou send it to the Shan Ji leather shop on the east side of Pan Lou in Jingmingfang, Liangmen Street, and handed it over to Shan Baozhong to send to Shanzhou.

Then take the carriage all the way home, to the Xiangguo Temple Bridge when I heard someone shouting outside, Zhang Yue opened the curtain to see, a team of forbidden soldiers around two or three palace attendants, sitting on the tea stall under the willow tree at the head of the bridge to drink tea and enjoy the cool, see Zhang Yue's carriage flag and wave his sleeves to greet.

"Captain Zhang, stay! The official family has summoned you to meet you! The chamberlain trotted forward and arched his hand.

Zhang Yue let go of Song Yaozhu who was snuggling beside him, smiled apologetically, bowed down and got out of the carriage, and saw that the young waiter was a little familiar, so he asked with a smile: "Why are you waiting here, have you been to my house?" ”

"Exactly! first went to the Xuanhui Academy, and then to the Taiwei Mansion, but it was a stop. The chamberlain was clever and explained with a smile.

"Okay! Lead the way! Zhang Yue asked Yang Xuanli to take a few entourages to follow, and followed the inner servant all the way to Xuande Gate on horseback, and then dismounted on foot, not wanting to enter the palace to the Jinxiang Palace, the inner servant still kept walking, and he didn't know where the emperor summoned him.

"In this year's newly expanded Guangzheng Palace, it was originally called Yongfu Palace, and the official family thought that it was small and unorthodox, but now it is spacious and magnificent." The chamberlain seemed to understand Zhang Yue's question, so he explained.

But Zhang Yue rarely enters the palace, and the most to the Jinxiang Palace, the Chongyuan Palace, which was only opened in the rest of the dynasties, the Zide Hall where the queen lives in the back, the long live hall where the emperor lives, the Yongfu Palace, the Yanhe Palace, etc., are all forbidden places for foreign ministers, and Zhang Yue has never been there.

Bypass several palaces, along the way are green willows covering the towering vermilion palace wall, people walk in the tall corridor seems very small, seven bends and eight turns out, see the field of vision is broad, the paving white marble brick ground extends to the high pedestal, the scale of the Guangzheng Hall is obviously smaller than the Jinxiang Palace, but the pattern and style do not lose at all, because the new completion is not long, it is more majestic and magnificent.

Turning along the long stone steps and going up to the side hall, when he arrived at the door of a hall room inside, the attendant made a loud voice, and then bowed down and motioned for Zhang Yue to enter by himself. Zhang Yue tidied up his robe and appearance, and walked in slowly to see that the interior was very decorated, it was actually empty, and there was a huge map hanging on the wooden frame in the middle of the inside, and Guo Rong was standing under the map with his back to the outside.

"Chen Zhangyue greets Your Majesty!" Zhang Yue bowed down from afar and saluted.

"Excuse me! Come and see! Guo Rong turned around and beckoned, and said slightly: "This is a map of the territory of 10,000 miles redrawn by the Privy Council recently, adding Hehuang and Songpan, and sure enough, it is much larger, but it was a blank over there before." ”

"Congratulations, Your Majesty! With this map, the situation in the world can be seen at a glance, except for the Liao region in the north, which does not seem to be detailed enough, and the sixteen states of Youyun are also drawn ......" Zhang Yue didn't know what to say, in fact, this map was drawn very abstractly, without a scale, and it must be very different from the actual situation.

"What? This is a masterpiece, Yuan Zhen doesn't seem to be very optimistic, is it a step ahead? Guo Rong said with a smile.

"If Your Majesty has an order, the Privy Council will provide archival information, and the Minister is willing to draw another picture on this basis." Zhang Yue was full of confidence and sympathy, the map used by the emperor was like this, and he couldn't see the actual size of the state and county at all, which was really shabby.

"Oh? I don't want Yuanzhen to really have this ability! Guo Rong was greatly surprised, in this era, the people who could draw maps were generally painters, and a few civil officials could also, but the works were simply miserable.

However, as soon as I thought about it, I realized that it was normal for a high-level military general to be able to draw a map, so Guo Rong smiled again: "I have decided to march south again in October, in order to make contributions in one fell swoop, and I will order the forbidden army to assemble on a certain day, and then Yuan Zhen will select the elite and form a camp to conquer Huainan." ”

"The minister is hereby ordered!" Zhang Yue was shocked in his heart, it seemed that he couldn't avoid it, and he would be a staff officer at most with a high position, picking up and filling in the gaps, but this was fine, at least there was something to do. (To be continued.) )