Chapter 112: The Governor's Thoughts
Since Wu Wei has made such a big concession, it will be much easier to distribute the spoils of war next, and the left and right are just a matter of how to divide the cake, which is complicated to say, in fact, in the final analysis, it is related to the comprehensive strength of all parties, and it is not the first time that everyone has done this kind of thing. And now the statistics have not been reported, so there is no need to be too anxious. This is the first time since Yang He took office that he has so many resources in his hands, and he must think clearly about how to get the most political benefits from it.
Of course, the Governor General is not so high that he does not eat the fireworks of the world, he also has his own higher political ambitions, the highest ideal of Chinese scholars from ancient times to the present is to enter the prime minister, Yang He was originally the governor of the three sides with the respect of the imperial history of the capital, if there are considerable places in the military, political and civil affairs, then the honor will return to the dynasty, it is time to go further! When the time comes, who will cheer for you if you have no money?
It's just that there is one thing quite worrying, after this war, the pacification of the surrender of the thieves is also a ** annoyance, this time the "two kings" gathered a crowd called 100,000, in Yang He's opinion, there are always 5 or 60,000, except for the dead and those who escaped, most of them surrendered, and it is estimated that there are no less than tens of thousands. Most of these people were coerced into being thieves, and according to the old rules, since they had laid down their arms, they could no longer kill, and the common practice was to give them a ticket to return to their homeland.
But the death free ticket is not a food stamp, you can't eat it, now Yang He is still clear about the situation of Shaanxi in this red land for thousands of miles, not to mention that after returning to their hometown, these people have no food to eat or rebel, that is, he can't get the food needed to send these hungry people back to their hometown!
Yang He is not a sour Confucian who can only read dead books, he has been an imperial historian for many years, and he is also well versed in the world, and he still understands the truth that if this person has no food to eat, he will flee and rebel. Therefore, the key is to solve the livelihood problem of these displaced people, and naturally everyone will not rebel when they live and work in peace and contentment.
Based on this concept, Yang He has been crying to Emperor Chongzhen for silver, and he strongly said to the emperor that it is useless for the rebellious homeless people to rely on suppression, and they still have to fight if they can't solve their food problems. Since you want to caress them, you must caress them sincerely, with real money, so that they can eat, wear clothes, live happily, and are full of longing for a happy life, then it is over! Therefore, it is not enough to just put your lips together and say that you are not guilty, you have to buy cattle, buy seeds, repair water conservancy, restore agricultural production, and do a lot of things.
If Wu Wei knew Yang He's proposition, he would have to burst into tears, at least he would have to ask Brother, did you also cross over? In this era, there are still people who understand.
It's a good idea, but there is a key problem here, the court has no money! Emperor Chongzhen's logic is extremely absurd and extremely realistic, that is, the imperial court now owes too much military pay to Jiubian, and as of the first year of Chongzhen, Jiubian's arrears have exceeded 5.2 million taels! Even Liaozhen, which is much more important than yours, still owes more than four months of salary, and not long ago forced a governor to death because of the trouble, and the governor's own brother is still a household secretary! You see that the court is honest enough, saying that if there is no money, there is no money, and there is no brother to talk about. Now everyone is in arrears, knowing that the court has no money, there is no problem, and they can still maintain a fragile balance, if they know that even the rebel refugees have received resettlement fees, it will not be a big mess in the world!
If there is no money, the Fu Bureau will naturally not be able to continue, then the only thing left is to suppress, but Fu must have money, and there must be soldiers to suppress, in the final analysis, there must be money! Besides, even if it is suppressed, it still has to be resettled after the suppression, and there is still money! It's a dead loop, and without money, you can't go on for a single thing. Money, money, it's really a good thing, Yang He has never felt that he is so short of money, these days he has been thinking about where to get money all day long, and even his pupils are about to become square.
It's easy to fight hard and ask Emperor Chongzhen for 100,000 taels of silver, but when you really use it, you know that it's still overstretched! Mobilize troops to suppress thieves, it's always embarrassing to let people do it for nothing, the common people have said it, the emperor is not a hungry soldier. The arrears can be temporarily not settled, and the left and right have been in debt for so long, and there are many lice that are not itchy, and there are many debts. But for the New Year, does the opening fee have to be paid a little? Otherwise, it would be too chilling for the brothers.
Fortunately, he could still use the looted property of the thieves as bait, and the authority of the imperial court had not been lost in these years, so Yang He invited everyone to send troops awkwardly. Just this 100,000 taels of silver, what kind of promotion fee, first-level merit, and thief placement fee are all included in it, about how to distribute this silver, Yang He is almost worried along the way!
On the one hand, the thieves were almost defeated by Wu Wei by himself, and the officers and soldiers of the brigade almost did not spend a single shot, so the number of casualties was naturally less, and the boss was saved a sum of money, which was all silver for nothing. And listening to the battle situation he said earlier, he is not a person who loves to kill, most of the thieves are taken prisoner, so in this way, the first-level merit will naturally be less, and a lot of money will be saved! Also, the most important thing is that he is not greedy for merit, and even handed over the spoils that his family had already fallen into his pocket, and handed them over to himself in an informed and interesting way. Although most of the reason is Mingzhe's self-preservation, Yang He must receive this favor. Hehe, the children can be taught, the children can be taught, although he is just a Liaodong talent, in the end, he is a scholar, and he knows where to put his ass at a critical time.
With money, all his measures are easy, and even the generals look at him differently, obviously with a hint of eager flattery. Yang He was in a good mood, but he still said with a straight face: "Although the battle has been won, the northern part of Shaanxi is still not peaceful, and there are still many thieves in various places. After speaking, he glanced at Zhang Yingchang intentionally or unintentionally, Zhang Yingchang's head was lowered, just like a schoolboy who made a mistake, the thieves who slipped through the net escaped with the rout of Ningxia Town, not to mention that some of the Ningxia soldiers almost hit the Governor's own formation, speaking of which, this time he was not guilty of a small crime, and he really had to thank Wu Wei for escaping the catastrophe!
The Governor's summary is also the proper meaning of the question, and the generals listened to it and agreed with a bang, as for how much it is true, I don't know, anyway, in this cold winter, the officials, soldiers and thieves will have a cat winter, even if it is to exterminate the thieves who have slipped through the net, it will be after the beginning of spring. The weather is so cold, most of these thieves can't survive this winter without eating or drinking in the wilderness! If the year improves after the beginning of spring, those mud legs who were lucky enough to survive will all go back to farming. Hey, it's still far from home anyway, why do you want to do so much, for now, it's better to cheer up, it's serious to get the benefits first!
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