"Although there are many Dingkou in the Southern Dynasty, but the folk customs are weak, the physique is thin, the northern Han can be one enemy and three, our clan is prepared by Gaozu to go out of Wulun Mountain, Ding Hu is not more than 10,000, vertical and horizontal Yandong, Liaodong, and even invincible in the world in the hands of the emperor, how have you ever been afraid of the Southern Dynasty known as a weak brigade with 100,000 or millions? Today, Dayan expands the land a hundred times before, and the control of Dingkou is also a hundred times and a thousand times that of the front. ”

Yezier temporarily convened a military meeting in Jinzhou City, and Yeji Baishi made a generous speech in front of the audience.

After Jingxiang's defeat, although Beiyan was under the pressure of Yezier's strong bullets, it carried out strategic contraction; Sealing Chen Zhihu as the king of Qin and guarding the pass is to make the core combat power of Northern Yan withdraw to the periphery of Yan Ji, and take Shandong as the center of gravity to consolidate the Hehuai defense line - even if there is a lesson from Jingxiang's setback, but with such an earth-shaking adjustment in strategy, how can there be no dissent inside?

At least on the surface, the defeat of the Battle of Jingxiang was directly related to Yeji Luorong's rash advance of the enemy on the Western Front, and Yeji Luorong's strategy of taking Jingxiang directly after the Battle of Nanyang was supported by Yezier - for this reason, Yezier issued an edict to introspect himself in order to share the responsibility of Yeji Luorong, and insisted that Yeji Luorong stay in Jinnan and preside over the defense of the western end of the Hehuai and the military affairs in the Guan; Regarding the three major forces formed by the Southern Dynasties at this time, Yezier also secretly adopted a strategy of connivance.

It's just that the arrogant momentum that the Northern Yan Army has cultivated over the past decades will never be easily called a fiasco and completely discounted.

In particular, the younger generation such as Ye Ji Baishi used to shroud Ye Ji Luo Rong and Ye Ji Duodi and other old commanders under the shadow of yīn and couldn't make too much noise, but when they reflected on Jingxiang's defeat this time, they blamed Ye Ji Luo Rong and other old marshals for their sluggishness, and they would not be willing to admit that the soldiers and horses of the Southern Dynasty had undergone earth-shaking changes in just a few years.

The prosperity of the Southern Dynasties was not a sudden thing.

In the past, tens of thousands of ships walked in the Cao Road controlled by Yuan Yue all year round, resulting in the extraordinary prosperity and wealth of the cities and towns along the Cao Road, and the ordinary merchants and families accumulated thousands of gold. These things have long been known to General Yanhu, but although Yuan Yue is rich, he is still beaten to the ground.

Although Ye Ji'er, Ye Ji Duodi, Nahe Xiongqi and others are increasingly aware of the strength of Huaidong, in the eyes of Ye Ji Baishi and others, if they are afraid of the prosperity of the Southern Dynasty and are cowardly, will these years of war be fought in vain?

Although Ye Ji Baishi and other princes and generals suppress Ye Zier on weekdays, they can't wait to express different opinions when they have the slightest opportunity.

In view of the fact that Huaidong is likely to directly send a large number of troops and horses to participate in the Goryeo civil war, led by Ye Ji Duodi and Nahe Xiongqi, it is proposed that Zuo Jing, the prime minister of Goryeo, organize a defense south of Hanyang County, and they will send another 10,000 or 20,000 elites to be stationed near Hanyang City, the capital of Goryeo, to ensure that the defense line south of Hanyang is not lost, and play a role in fixing the sea god's needle.

This plan, in the eyes of Ye Ji Baishi and others, was too conservative, and it was purely Ye Ji Duodi, Nahe Xiongqi and others who were afraid of Huaidong and did not dare to go against Huaidong's soldiers, and they couldn't wait to express their dissatisfaction at the military meeting.

Yezier sat on a high chair and watched the generals who accompanied him to Shandong to see the army divided into two factions to dispute the Goryeo military affairs, and his heart ached terribly.

The history of the Northern Yan State is less than 30 years old, and both the military system and the power to decide on matters have left a deep tribal tradition, so that the newly established monarchy of the Yan State is not completely sacrosanct.

Although Yezier is high, it does not mean that no one in the Northern Yan Dynasty dares to disobey his might.

After Ye Ji Baishi grew up, he was unruly, and he had contradictions with Ye Ji Luorong and Ye Ji Duodi, but the biggest thorn in his heart was that he was dissatisfied with Ye Jier's accession to the throne until now that he did not appoint his eldest son as a prince, and suppressed his military power everywhere.

Yezir sometimes has nothing to do with this outwardly tame, rebellious, and ambitious eldest son.

Yezier's health is not good now, although he has not established a prince, but which of the princes and ministers below is not thinking about this matter? Among his sons, it seems that Baishi is the most suitable candidate, but Ye Zier knows in his heart that without the rise of Huaidong and Baishi's succession, even if there will be some chaos, it will not cause major problems.

Huaidong soldiers are prosperous, even in Yanjing City, Ye Zier can feel the pain of the heart, in this case, set up Baishi as the reserve, so that Baishi will succeed to the throne after his death, will only bring disaster to Dayan - but if you don't choose Baishi, who can you choose?

Ye Jier's mind diverted to the matter of establishing a prince, Ye Jibaishi saw that his father was silent and silent, but he only thought that he was tempted by what he said, and said in a loud voice: "The child is not talented, I am willing to send troops to help Goryeo......"

Yezier raised his head and did not look at his eldest son, Baishi, but looked at Yejiduodi and Nahexiongqi.

Ye Ji Duodi also has no plan, Ye Ji Baishi's biological mother died early, but his mother family is the third largest clan in Yandong, the Fuqu clan, is the most firm support for the establishment of Ye Ji Baishi as the reserve, nearly 20,000 elite Fuqu cavalry, only Ye Ji Baishi can command.

Qingshui County, southeast Liaodong, which was taken from Goryeo, was given Gaozu as the clan territory of the Fuqu clan, and to support Goryeo, it could only be dominated by the cavalry of the Fuqu Division, and it was really impossible to refuse Ye Ji Baishi's initiative to ask to be the commander of the reinforcement of Goryeo.

When he was replaced, Ye Ji Duodi really had no reason to hinder Ye Ji Baishi from leading the troops, but after the defeat of Jing Xiang, if he was frustrated by the attack on the enemy in Goryeo, Dayan would really be in danger; Ye Ji Duodi didn't care that the contradiction between him and Ye Ji Baishi would intensify again, and he didn't ask Ye Ji Baishi to lead the troops, but Na He Xiongqi spoke first next to him: "The old minister thinks that the eldest prince is willing to lead the troops to aid Goryeo, and he will be able to achieve success......

Na He Xiongqi's attitude made Ye Ji Duodi startled, and he actually couldn't understand when Na He Xiongqi suddenly wooed Ye Ji Baishi, and he was shocked and suspicious, but it was inconvenient to dissuade him again; Ye Zier also said with a tired face: "Then let Baishi lead the Qingshui County Governor, lead 5,000 elite cavalry from Yanjing, and the rest of the troops will be recruited from Qingshui County, and the 20,000 troops will be responsible for reinforcing Goryeo......" This matter was decided.

In the palace where he was temporarily stationed in Jinju City, Yezir decided on the reinforcement of Goryeo, and asked the ministers to retreat, and he was also deeply tired after not sleeping all night, so he returned to the ministers to rest.

Ye Ji Duodi was shocked in his heart, but when he saw Na He Xiongqi and Zhang Xie coming together, he still walked over and asked bluntly: "If Baishi goes to Goryeo, he will definitely attack the enemy, and if Goryeo is defeated again, Dayan will be in danger, why are you so hasty to echo him?" "If it weren't for the long-term affair with Na He Xiong, and Zhang Xie was present, Ye Ji Duodi would probably shout out dissatisfied.

"Lord Wang, you must have misunderstood General Nahe," Zhang Xie explained for Nahe Xiongqi next to him, "Huaidong did not transfer men and horses from the current elite combat force, but the new formation of the town division was organized under the sequence of the Haidong marching army, and it can be expected that the soldiers and horses sent by Huaidong to Goryeo to participate in the war will be conservative at first." When the eldest prince sent troops to Goryeo, he would be anxious to seek an opportunity to fight, but Huaidong would not be in a hurry to fight. When the great prince's patience wears off, how long can he stay in Goryeo, a year or two? ”

Ye Ji Duodi mō with a short mustache, thinking about Zhang Xie's words, asked Na He Xiongqi again: "That's what you mean?" ”

Na He Xiongqi nodded and said, "Before the discussion, when I met with Zhang, I was worried that the eldest prince would take the initiative to lead the troops, and Zhang Xiang said that he could ask the eldest prince to go first...... I think about it: the eldest prince is also a person who has been leading the army for a long time, even if he is impatient, there will not be much of a mistake in the early stage; Wait for the eldest prince to stay in Goryeo for more than half a year and have no patience, and then take advantage of the situation to replace an old and serious general to preside over military affairs, and it will be fine - and you can't wait for the war in Goryeo to drag on for a year and a half, and then let the eldest prince who is impatient in Yanjing go over to lead the army, then there will be big problems. ”

Ye Ji Duodi couldn't help but nodded, feeling that Zhang Xie was still very scheming: in terms of the second child's physical condition, Ye Ji Baishi, who was bent on succeeding to the throne as the new emperor, would not be able to stay in Goryeo for too long, and at most half a year would return in vain, which would also frustrate his spirit.

Nahe Xiongqi sighed in his heart, before the founding of the country, the inheritance of the Khan throne was the elder brother and the eldest son of the younger brother; If the Emperor of the Mandate of Heaven unfortunately dies, Ye Ji Duodi will inherit the throne, which is probably the most conducive to the stability of Dayan, but after the founding of the country, the tradition of brother to brother will be abolished.

Ye Jiduodi asked Zhang Xie again: "What Bai Shigang said in front of the hall still makes some sense at first glance. The Southern Dynasty was as prosperous as it was in the old days, why was it strong at this time and weak at this time? ”

Zhang Xie's face was sneering, he knew that Ye Ji Duodi was not squeezing him with words, thought for a moment, and said: "Although the Southern Dynasty was prosperous in the old days, the wealth did not enter the treasury, and prosperity nourished the wind of luxury, making the people's customs weak and unfavorable to state affairs; At present, the prosperous sea trade, merchants, and industrial manufacturing of the Southern Dynasties are in the hands of Huaidong, and the new tax policy has made more than 30 kinds of goods used for market trade in the past the source of local and central income, and naturally cannot be said in the same day. In the early years, Datong, Xuanfu, and Datong had a complete system of border army tunzhai in the three towns, and the military food and horse materials needed every year could be requisitioned from the local government. And now that Huaidong has merged the income of the Privy Council and the Household Department, a total of 20 million taels of silver, and can use five or six times as much money and food to support the army, naturally it cannot be the same......

Zhang Xie's words are very clear, if Yuan Yue appointed Lin Tie to manage finance, even if the border army generals are still the original team, it is impossible for Northern Yan to invade Yan Ji, not to mention that the Southern Dynasty at this time has undergone qualitative changes from the inside out.

Zhang Xie presided over the household department for many years before Yuan Yue became prime minister, and he was the most important financial matter in itself, and he saw all kinds of shortcomings of Yuan Yue better than anyone else, and he also had a deeper understanding of the new tax policy carried out by Lin Jian in the Southern Dynasty than others - at present, under the suppression of the Huaidong Army, the Southern Dynasty could not form a force to stand up and obstruct the implementation of the new tax policy.

Taking the tea tax as an example, in the past, only when the tea affair in Fuliang Mansion in Jiangxi Province was at its peak, the annual output of tea exceeded 5 million catties, and the tax supervisor levied 400,000 taels of silver.

The Southern Dynasties implemented a new tax policy, so that the tea tax was divided into field tax and city business tax. The field tax will be levied by the center, and when the Fuliang tea business is restored to an annual output of 5 million catties, the tea farm tax will be reduced sharply to less than 100,000 silver dollars, but the local governments and counties will be allowed to extract the city business tax from the tea merchants who enter the country for distribution, and it will generally be able to make another 1450,000 silver dollars. The sum of the two is still a cut below the old times, but the most important thing is that the municipal commercial tax becomes the financial source of the local government and county, and the sī tea will be completely suppressed.

In the past, the Fuliang tea tax was as high as 400,000 taels, but the highest tea tax that could be levied in the country did not exceed 800,000 taels of silver? Could it be that in addition to Fuliang Mansion, the total amount of tea produced in other prefectures and counties is only 5 million catties? When people drank tea became a trend, the gentry and eunuchs did not have tea and did not have a feast, hundreds of millions of mouths, there were no 10,000,000 catties of tea a year, and there were still 350 million catties.

In the data released by Huaidong, only through Heishuiyang and Nanyang Shipping Companies, the tea exported to Haidong and Nanyang last year was as high as 5 million catties; In this regard, Huaidong levied as much as 20% of the guanli.

Taking the salt matter as an example, the old system of sī salt was overflowing, so that the annual output of the two Huaiguan salt under the Lianghuai salt iron monitoring system was no more than 150,000 stones; However, Lin Lian's large reduction of salt farm tax, so that the local government participated in the distribution of profits, a small proportion of the collection of municipal commercial tax, and combined with the crackdown on sī salt, the annual output of the two Huaiguan salt soared tenfold in just two or three years. While the price of salt has continued to fall and is less than 30% of the official price in the old days, the total amount of salt profits that can be obtained by the central and local governments has actually more than doubled compared with the past.

The old forces of the Southern Dynasties could not raise their heads to suppress Lin Bin, while the eyes of the new forces were attracted to sea trade, and the benefits of tea and salt became relatively small and not so attractive,!。