Chapter 410 Conquer the Guang'an Army

Looking at the thoughtful Jia Taishi, Xie Daoqing then said: "After all, the official family is still a young man, young people, they have their own young people's ideas, which are different from the ideas of our older generation, this is not a bad thing, judging from the results of the past two years, the signs of the great Song Dynasty Zhongxing have appeared, Jia Aiqing, you are the elder of our dynasty, you have rich political experience, and you should support the new policy of the official family together with this palace, so as to live up to the trust of the emperor on his deathbed." Of course, when encountering something inappropriate, it is also necessary to mention some points, so as not to lead the official family into a misunderstanding. ”

After hearing this, Jia seemed to be relieved, and said respectfully: "Yes, the Queen Mother, the old minister respectfully obeys the Queen Mother's decree." ”

Xie Daoqing nodded slightly: "Time flies so fast, in a blink of an eye, you and I are in our fifties, these decades, the political situation has changed frequently, seeing that the Jin people were destroyed, I flashed the opportunity, but there was a more powerful and barbaric Mongolia, and the court and China have never been peaceful, when the first emperor was in power, first Shi Miyuan was in power, and then there were Yan, Ma, Ding, Dong chaotic government, the government is difficult to be clear, fortunately, the official family is fighting, now the Great Song Dynasty is thriving, the weather is thousands, we can also rest assured that we have retreated to the background, this palace believes, The day of the revival of our dynasty will surely be realized in the official dynasty. ”

Speaking of this, Xie Daoqing personally poured a full cup of tea for Jia Rudao, and said with a smile, "The official family said that when advancing with the times and looking forward, this palace thinks that this sentence is very good, although we are old, we must keep up with the development of society and progress with the times." Let the past pass, what is the struggle between the imperial power and the power after the power, has become a bygone history, Taishi, any unpleasant things between you and the official family in the past have also passed, and there will be only the Song and Mongolian disputes in the future, and there will be nothing else. Take 10,000 steps back, there is this palace, and you can be protected. ”

Xie Daoqing's words are full of words from later generations, although they are all learned from me, but it can also be seen that she is not a queen mother who eats the ancients.

After the historical Jia Yidao was exiled, Zheng Huchen, the county lieutenant of the escort official Huiji, repeatedly forced him to commit suicide, saying: "The emperor promised me not to die. "Maybe it's from today's conversation.

At the court meeting on 24 February, I received a memo from the Sichuan Military Region. Since February, since we implemented the policy of giving priority to military affairs, we have been the first to discuss matters related to military affairs at our daily court meetings.

Lu Xiufu said: "Your Majesty, the Military Affairs Yuan received a letter from the Sichuan Military Region in the early hours of this morning, General Gao, the deputy envoy, General Zhang Jue, and the Sichuan pacification envoy and the commander of the capital, Lord Zhan Wanshou, to start Your Majesty, and our army will recover the entire territory of the Guang'an Army in mid-February. ”

Guang'an Army, originally belonging to Tongchuan Fu Road, is located between Chengdu Fu Road (Chengdu City) and Kuizhou Road (Chongqing), the jurisdiction is about equivalent to Guang'an, Huaying City and Yuechi County in Sichuan Province in later generations, and the governance office is Qujiang County (now Guang'an City), in the north of Chongqing, east of Chengdu. Qujiang Mansion in the north of the Guang'an Army was occupied by the Mongols seven years ago, and Shunqing Mansion in the central and southern part belonged to the Great Song Dynasty.

For decades, the Song and Mongolian troops invested in the Guang'an Army were not very large, but there were repeated wars, and in the past two years, it has become the most frequent place for Sichuan to fight, and small frictions have always been continuous.

I was quite excited: "There is good news early in the morning, Lu Aiqing, I will read out the folds, so that everyone is also happy." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty." Lu Xiufu read, "Your Majesty, Chen Gaoda, Chen Zhang Jue, and Chen Zhan Wanshou Qi Gong, our army conquered Qujiang on February 17, the third year of Xianchun, and recovered the entire territory of the Guang'an Army, in this battle, a total of more than 2,000 enemies were annihilated, 125 people were captured, and our army suffered 896 casualties, the details of which are recorded in the battle report. ”

"It seems that the Mongols have nothing to fear, Lu Aiqing, submit the battle report, and I will review it immediately after the court meeting."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

"The Guang'an Army has been in the war for a long time, and now it has to be recovered, and I will pass on my will to change the name of the Guang'an Army to the Ningxi Army to congratulate the joy of recovery."

After dealing with military affairs, I asked Ruan Deng Binh: "Ruan Aiqing, how popular is the Great Song Huaxia currency?" ”

"Back to Your Majesty, the people of Lin'an City and the surrounding big towns have fully accepted it, and there is also the large-scale transactions between merchants in our dynasty are basically using Huaxia currency, it is expected that before the end of March this year, the branches of Yinzhuang will be sound in the seat of all the state capitals in our dynasty, and before the end of the year, it will be sound at the county level, and at most in another year or two, Huaxia currency can be popularized in our court."

"Okay, Ruan Aiqing, remember not to make the mistake of proliferating the issuance of Jiaozi, Huizi and other banknotes, we must ensure the credibility of Huaxia coins in the field of circulation, increase publicity through the media, let the people of the dynasty all know, and at the same time Yinzhuang must also ensure the free exchange of Huaxia coins and other currencies such as gold, silver and copper coins, and then cancel the circulation of other currencies after all parts of the country basically accept Huaxia coins."

"Yes, I understand."

"Wen Aiqing, how is the reform of the provincial system progressing?"

Wen Tianxiang said: "Back to Your Majesty, there are currently seven regions that have completed the reform of the provincial system, these seven regions are Fujian Province, Jiangxi Province, Guangdong Province, Guangxi Province, Hunan Province, Jiangsu Province and Anhui Province, and the remaining Sichuan Province, Hubei Province, Zhejiang Province and Guizhou Province will be completed before the end of this year. ”

"Well, in the early stage of restructuring, the problems encountered should be summarized and corrected in a timely manner, so as to improve the speed of subsequent restructuring. In addition, the reserve work of the reserve envoys in various places should also be prepared, once the north is recovered, the imperial court needs a large number of capable feudal ministers. ”

"Yes, Your Majesty." Wen Tianxiang continued, "Your Majesty, in the restructuring of Jiangsu and Anhui provinces, because the name of the highest official of the province is suspected of duplicating the name of the highest official of the military region, for example, the administrative region where the Yangzhou Military Region is located is Jiangsu Province, and the official title of Lord Li Tingzhi is the envoy of the system, and the highest administrative official of Jiangsu Province is also called the envoy of the system, so the Government Council proposes whether the name can be changed uniformly. ”

"Of course you can, the title is for convenience, how do you think the government affairs yuan should change it?"

"Your Majesty, after discussion, the Government Council has decided that the easiest way is the name adopted by His Majesty in the Imperial Forest Army, army commander, division commander, etc., so can the provincial envoys be called governors, and the pacification envoys can be called vice governors? In the following states, you can be called governors, and in counties, you can be called county magistrates. ”

This is the same as the name of later generations, I said: "Wen Aiqing, your government affairs will make a detailed plan first, and then I will discuss it with you." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty."

"Jiang Aiqing of the Ministry of Education, are you ready for this year's Science and Technology Month activities?"

Jiang Wanli said: "Back to Your Majesty, the preparations have been completed, and with last year's experience, this year's science and technology month will definitely be more successful." ”

"Very good, Liao Aiqing of the Ministry of Commerce, what is the situation of the state-owned commercial banks?"

Liao Yingzhong, the secretary of the Ministry of Commerce, said: "Your Majesty, according to the year-end statistics, last year, almost all the state-owned commercial banks in our country were in a state of capital protection, and even the state-owned commercial banks in some places were in a state of loss, the main reason is the rise in the cost of goods and labor costs. ”

I thought for a while and said: "For the daily necessities sold in the state-owned commercial banks, the original price will be maintained for the time being, and the household department will allocate funds to subsidize those who have losses, and only when the economy of our dynasty has reached a higher level will we consider adjusting the price. ”

"With the development of the economy, prices will definitely show an upward trend, but this increase should not exceed the growth rate of the people's income, otherwise, the people will not feel the immediate benefits of economic development. At the end of last year, the Government Council set up a new department called the Economic Department, which will start calculating the price index every quarter from this year onwards, and gradually transition to monthly calculations. ”

"Yes, Your Majesty, the ministers obey."

"Ladies and gentlemen, there is a book to play, and there is no book to retreat."

After the next court, I called Hideo Shanglu and returned to the imperial study together, and carefully read the battle report of the Sichuan Military Region on the recovery of the entire territory of the Guang'an Army.

In late November last year, after General Zhang Jue recovered Daliang City of the Guang'an Army, the area around the Guang'an Army was calm for more than two months. On the third day of the first month of February, the Mongolian army of about 3,000 people raided Yuechi County of Shunqing Prefecture of Guang'an Army, Yang Lizheng, the garrison general in the city, was sick, and the deputy general Han Peng led 800 guards and the regimental defense in the city to bravely meet the enemy, and fought fiercely for two days, wounded more than 700 enemies, and nearly half of our army suffered casualties.

After receiving the report, the Sichuan pacification envoy Zan Wanshou, who was inspecting the area of Shunqing Mansion, informed Zhang Jue of Chongqing while leading the three thousand elite soldiers of Shunqing Mansion to immediately go to Yuechi to support, and met Yang Li and Han Peng halfway, and interrogated several prisoners captured by Han Peng, quite coincidentally, one of them was a centurion in the Mongol Han army, the centurion's hometown was in Shunqing Mansion, his grandfather had been a horseman under the famous general Cao Youwen in Sichuan, and the main general of the Shunqing army was Cao Youwen's descendants, and he learned from the centurion's mouth, The Mongol army attacking Yuechi is the garrison of Qujiang Prefecture, Qujiang Prefecture has a total of 4,000 Mongolian defenders, of which 3,500 belong to the mixed soldiers of the Han and Jin Dynasties, and only 500 are the Mongolian army in the Western Regions.