Guo Rong wanted to vigorously promote Juntian, but the prime ministers did not approve of it, and the money and grain collected this summer were all smacked into the Huainan war, and after the war, it was rewarded, and the court's finances were still not rich. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info and the battle of Qin Feng in the second year of Xiande, Shuzhong paid money and grain until the end of this year, which was another loss of income.

Not long after the completion of the Southern Tang peace talks, and the handover would not begin until after the autumn harvest, Guo Rong sent Feng Yanlu, Xu Wenzhi, the general of the left prison guard, Bian Hao, the general of the right Qianniuwei, and Zhou Tinggou, the commander of the Wei Weiqing, and other prisoners of war and demoted officials back to Jiangnan.

But now it is a little green, and he is going to prepare for the Northern Expedition, Guo Rong put his mind in Shuzhong again, and this morning after the court summoned Wei Renpu, Wang Pu, Zhang Yue, and Bian Guiyan several important ministers of the Privy Council to the Guangzheng Palace to senate the military plane.

The Guangzheng Hall seems to be the place where Guo Rongmou is military, and it is still empty and very simple, except for the huge sub-territorial map hanging in a conspicuous position, there are a table and a low couch in front of the screen inside, and there are books on the bookshelf next to it, and a bunch of scrolls are inserted in a large vase of blue and white porcelain, and there are almost nothing else.

The four of them stood and waited for a while, and Guo Rong came in surrounded by several chamberlains, and greeted with a smile: "A few Aiqing, sit down!" ”

Several people bowed down and sat down, but Guo Rong walked to the map next to the case, turned around, stretched out his hand and gestured on the map: "Zhuqing, please look!" Relying on the power of Yuanzhen, the battle of Qinfeng in the second year of Xiande was a complete achievement, capturing the four states of Qinfeng and Xingyuanfu, and then recovering the two strategic places of Hehuang and Songpan. ”

Zhang Yue was a little surprised when he heard this, Guo Rong actually had the idea of destroying Shu, of course this is a good thing, and it is feasible, but there is a problem, if the forbidden army is the main force, I am afraid that there will be no money and food to mobilize. And if you fight with town soldiers, only Zhang Yue's Northwest Army can have this combat effectiveness, and I don't know when I will fight when I change to other towns.

"Your Majesty! At this time, the use of troops in Xishu, I am afraid that the great opportunity of the Northern Expedition will be delayed, and now that the sleeping emperor of the Liao State is in power, it will be difficult to take Youyun if he does not take this opportunity, and it will be difficult to use troops when he recovers from the trauma of civil strife. Wang Pu did not approve of it, he always advocated the north first and then the south, stabilized the northern border defense and then carried out the battle of reunification, and then there was no need to worry about the future. And he also thought of the problem that Zhang Yue thought of, but of course it was not easy to say it clearly.

"I also know that the forbidden army has now expanded to 150,000, and the number of war horses has increased greatly in recent years, and the military expenditure is becoming increasingly huge, but the finances of the three divisions have not improved, and even if they don't use soldiers, they will spend countless dollars." Guo Rong frowned.

Wei Renpu also advised: "Meng Chang, the lord of Shu, is arrogant and corrupt in government, but he still refuses to be a minister, if he really uses soldiers, he will resist to the death, which will lead to a protracted war." The minister thought that he could let Jingnan Gao Baorong persuade the lord of Shu to surrender and send Tokyo merchants to Shuzhong to pass on wealth and goods. At the same time, troops were dispatched to the southwest to make the illusion of cutting down Shu."

"This can be done!" Guo Rong was helpless, turned his head to look at Zhang Yue and said, "Yuanzhen doesn't have any suggestions?" If you use the soldiers, how long will it take? ”

Zhang Yue smiled bitterly, thinking that the emperor's trust was undiminished, and he was moved in his heart, and hurriedly got up and replied: "If the logistics are sufficient, we should be able to hit Chengdu in half a year!" ”

Zhang Yue is still vague, conservatively estimating that if the Northwest Breaking Frontier Assault Cavalry is the main force, he will be able to get down to Chengdu in three months, but this is already impossible. Guo Rong asked him for his opinion, but it was impossible to let him command the troops of the northwest towns to go out on the expedition, and if he used the troops, he would also bring the troops of other towns, so the combat strength would not meet the requirements.

"I missed the opportunity of the Northern Expedition in half a year, I don't want to wait any longer, I will prepare the logistics grain and straw equipment in place this winter, and the Northern Expedition will be officially launched in the spring of next year, and I will give a few people a chance in advance and prepare as soon as possible." Guo Rong saw that it was still unrealistic to send troops to destroy Shu after all, and strengthened his will to go on the Northern Expedition, so he turned his head to Zhang Yue and said: "Yuan Zhen returned to Beijing and rested for some time, and went to Hebei to supervise the harvest of autumn grain on the first day, and gathered in Cangzhou and Shenzhou. ”

"Your Majesty's will!" Zhang Yue replied with a salute, it is better to go out of Beijing to do some practical things, although he is in Tokyo to consult the Privy Council, but for military generals, he always feels unsteady without soldiers in his hands.

"I heard that in the Northwest Army, the Jingzhou soldiers and the Huizhou Zhenyuan Army have the strongest combat power, and 10,000 troops are stationed in Shenzhen and Hebei in advance. Although Guo Rong didn't care about the rumors some time ago, he began to be wary in his heart, and took advantage of the Northern Expedition to transfer part of the Northwest Army, so as not to concentrate the strong troops brought out by Zhang Yue too much.

"Jingzhou Assassin Shi Xue Wenqian is from Jizhou, and Ming Jinpeng, the governor of Diezhou, is from Zhenzhou, both of which are more suitable, and one leading the infantry army and the other leading horse army also complement each other." Zhang Yue reported the candidate in one bite, in fact, he wanted to report to Zong Jingcheng, but he was in charge of the Xining Army in Shanzhou, and it was not suitable to lead the Zhang Yi Army.

In this way, there is a vacancy in the history of Jingzhou and the governor of Diezhou, and it is estimated that the emperor will gradually change civilian officials, but as long as the soldiers are still in hand, there is nothing to worry about.

"So be it! Call them to Beijing for an audience on a certain day, and the army can be transferred directly to Hebei via Hedong. "If it is another marshal, transferring him to his people like this is tantamount to demolishing the stage, and it is inevitable to oppose it on the spot. Guo Rong was slightly surprised when he saw that Zhang Yue agreed so happily, and he was immediately quite relieved, and even a little reluctant in his heart.

On the same day, Guo Rong issued an edict: he ordered Gao Fang, the head of the household department, to be the envoy of the southwest water and land system, and Li Yu, the doctor of the right Zanshan, to be the judge, and to use the Xiangzhou Shannan Dongdao Jiedu envoy to train and assemble troops, with great fanfare, pretending to attack Shu.

Soon, Jingnan Gao Baorong sent an envoy and accompanied Zhou Chong, a wealthy merchant in Tokyo, with a large number of gold cakes paid by Sansi Bafu, to Chengdu to persuade him to surrender, but Meng Chang sternly refused, and the envoy was driven back. However, as a merchant in Jingnan, Zhou Chong went to Chengdu to purchase grain with the gold cakes issued in Tokyo, but it went very smoothly, and finally by August and September, he obtained nearly one million stone of grain.

In fact, this is a certain degree of financing, Shuzhong and the Southern Tang Dynasty are short of copper, and the gold cakes issued by the Great Zhou in recent years can be circulated in Jiangnan and Shuzhong, but the Great Zhou can only use money to take away a large amount of grain from Shuzhong, although the expensive point is still a big profit, as long as it is not too malicious short, Shuzhong also acquiesced to the normal trading of businessmen. So it's actually official trade, but it's done as private traders by sending agents.

Seeing that the autumn harvest was approaching, he ordered 34 people, including Yang Xucheng and Ai Ying, to branch the prefectures and supervise the state and county to set the land rent. Subsequently, Yang Xucheng, Ai Ying and others reported that the number of households in many villages in the local area was insufficient, but there were still townships, so the tax amount was also insufficient.

Based on this, Guo Rong issued another edict, ordering the prefectures to merge with the villages, simplify the grassroots management below the county level, and set up a group of 100 households, and the group placed three elders. In order to show the importance of agricultural affairs, there is a statue of the cultivator and the silkworm woman carved by the priest, placed in the palace, and sacrificed at four o'clock.