Chapter XXIV: The First Military and Political Conference

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Perhaps, in the intervening years or two, there will be some very special changes. However, for Zhang Jiashi, this matter does not need to be ignored for the time being.

You can't predict what will happen next, you can only plan as much as you can. This sentence is also very suitable for the current Zhang Jiashi.

Because there are many things, although the trajectory of history has not changed, but it itself is the biggest uncertain factor. Therefore, Zhang Jiashi can only take precautions as much as possible.

Zhang Jiashi is also very helpless about such things, but he has no better way to decide many things.

That's the reality.

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After Zhang Jiashi sat behind a desk in the center of the north side of the big house in the front yard, he looked at the civil and military personnel under his command, and he suddenly felt that the expressions of these subordinates seemed to be a little strange.

What is strange, Zhang Jiashi can't say.

He slowly glanced at Gonggong Xi, who was standing beside him, nodded, and said, "Everyone, please sit down." The main reason why General Ben gathered everyone this time was to discuss some ...... with you Well, quite an important thing. ”

Zhang Jiashi said this, and after glancing at Chen Ping and a few others, he continued:

"Mr. Chen, you are the Sima of General Zuo's Mansion, so let's first talk about the general situation of General Zuo's Mansion now. ”

Faced with Zhang Jiashi's words, Chen Ping had already prepared. He slowly stood up again, took out a bamboo slip, and read out the situation recorded on it:

"My lord, and all of you, Liaodong County is in ...... After the first emperor moved in a large number of personnel and materials, the data in many aspects have been greatly improved. As far as the population, money and grain are concerned, the statistics that can be obtained in Liaodong County are as follows: there are more than 363,000 people in Qianshou, and the grain stock is more than 1.53 million stones. ”

Next, Chen Ping also read out a lot of data that was not too important. But after Zhang Jiashi heard these words, he had to be silent.

Because according to his assumption, this income, especially in terms of money and food, is indeed very low, but he himself knows very well that with the current situation in Liaodong County, this income is completely a drop in the bucket, and it is completely impossible not to give him a financial deficit.

"It's completely impossible to make ends meet...... Zhang Jiashi couldn't help but whisper such a sentence.

And after hearing this, Father-in-law Xi couldn't help but look at Chen Ping. Because he didn't expect that the situation in Liaodong County, which Zhang Jiashi is now managing, would be so miserable.

However, he was quickly relieved, after all, in some aspects, Liaodong County itself was in a weak position, and it was not surprising that the sudden rise of a large population would bring such a heavy financial pressure to Liaodong County.

After all, although Liaodong County is not the worst county in the Great Qin Empire, it is originally vast and sparsely populated, but Liaodong County, which has experienced several years of vigorous development of the Yan Kingdom, is obviously deficient in many places.

Back then, the remnants of the Yan Kingdom in Liaodong County were not limited by the situation in Liaodong County, and they had not been able to recover their vitality, but they were easily destroyed by the tiger wolf warriors of Great Qin?

He couldn't help but wonder why Zhang Jiashi chose this remote place to develop his strength.

However, Gonggong Xi didn't think too much about it, because Chen Ping had already finished reading the content of the bamboo slips.

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Zhang Jiashi listened to Chen Ping's recitation, and at the same time thought about ways to effectively improve these problems.

Although he comes from the afterlife, there are some things that cannot be done at the snap of a finger.

Just like in terms of food, the land of Liaodong County is fertile and has a certain degree of foundation, but the current farmland of Liaodong County cannot make up for the food gap of more than 200,000 people.

In the end, Zhang Jiashi, who decided to solve the problems one by one, said slowly after letting Chen Ping sit down: "According to this year's harvest, the grain production of our Liaodong County should not be able to effectively supply most of the Qianshou who have migrated over. I wonder if you can solve this problem that can't be improved in a year?"

This thing, as Zhang Jiashi said, in a year's time, nothing can be done at all.

It is not that the land of Liaodong County and the corresponding water conservancy facilities have reached saturation. On the contrary, the effective use of land in Liaodong County is still very low, which is a complete waste for Liaodong County, which is basically a fertile plain area.

It's just that even if Zhang Jiashi starts to do it right now, let the civil and military forces under his command vigorously open up new fields and build a corresponding water conservancy infrastructure, it will be too late this year.

Although some places have been able to harvest two grains a year, these places do not have the name of Liaodong County.

Liaodong County, where almost all crops can only be harvested once a year, limits the possibility that Zhang Jiashi wants to fundamentally solve the food shortage within this year.

Faced with such a situation, Zhang Jiashi could only make a decision: "We will open up new fields, although we can effectively change the food problem next year." But this will not be done within this year. I don't know if you have any effective suggestions?"

Of course, Zhang Jiashi did not expect that Chen Ping and the others had already found a solution to the problem, that is, after the autumn harvest, they would send people to sell the mountain of fine salt produced by the salt works belonging to Zhang Jiashi, and use the money they earned, or directly barter, in exchange for the grain harvested in Jizi Korea and the Shandong counties in Daqin.

Chen Ping didn't know that Yingxi and others, who knew the truth, did not say this. So after Chen Ping glanced at Xiao He, Xiao He slowly stood up: "My lord, Xiao He has a way, that is, for a period of time, when the grain is harvested, use the salt that the adults have to trade with other counties and Jizi Korea in the east. ”

"Salt?" After Zhang Jiashi heard what Xiao He said, he couldn't help but be slightly stunned.

Because he didn't think about this aspect at all.

And after Xiao He saw Zhang Jiashi's reaction, he realized that there seemed to be something wrong, but in this case, Xiao He knew that he couldn't just give up halfway.

"Yes, my lord, in the past, we sent the five hundred lords of Qin to lead a fleet to trade with the counties of the homeland of Qi with the fine salt produced by the salt places under the command of the lords. Got a lot of profits and a considerable amount of food. ”

After listening to Xiao He's words, Zhang Jiashi was quickly relieved.

He didn't blame Xiao He for mobilizing these fine salts that should have been his private property. Instead, he was very happy with Chen Ping's eagerness.

After all, after hearing the records that Chen Ping said, Zhang Jiashi knew how long Chen Ping had been busy with him. He didn't care where these fine salts went, after all, these fine salts were placed in the current environment, and it was indeed a kind of profiteering trade that was almost baseless.

In Zhang Jiashi's eyes, these fine salts are naturally not as good as the sodium chloride fine salts with a purity of more than 96% in later generations. In a sense, these fine salts are just a product of indiscriminate filling.

However, in the current Great Qin Empire, the trade of these fine salts is completely capable of building a golden way of money.

After pondering for a while, Zhang Jiashi looked at Xiao He and showed a smile: "In this case, Xiao Gongcao, in the future, this matter and the salt field will be handed over to Xiao Gongcao to be fully responsible." ”

Zhang Jiashi's words made many people, including Xiao He, stunned.

Because of Zhang Jiashi's words, it completely subverted their understanding.

And Zhang Jiashi didn't expect that his words would have such a big impact, he smiled slightly, and after hiding his embarrassment, he said slowly: "What General Ben is talking about is the output of this salt farm, which is completely under the responsibility of Xiao Gongcao. ”

Hearing Zhang Jiashi's words, many people's expressions of surprise slowly recovered. As for Chen Ping, he was even more relieved to see Xiao He.

Because in Chen Ping's heart, it was very clear that Xiao He was frightened by Zhang Jiashi's words.

There is no way around it. If the two princesses are investigated, it is naturally not Zhang Jiashi who is unlucky, but only Xiao He alone.

However, Zhang Jiashi's words made Chen Ping feel that Zhang Jiashi didn't care about this aspect at all. He didn't know if it was his delusion. Now, since Zhang Jiashi has said so, then many things have been solved very well.

In the deliberations of these high-level officials, who were considered to be the civil servants of the Left General's Office, the fine salt produced in these days alone could effectively solve many problems related to food and some financial expenditures.

Don't underestimate the demand for these fine salts, in Chen Ping's calculations, even if the output is increased by ten times, the class with a certain purchasing power can completely digest it.

This only refers to the situation of the Great Qin Empire.

Although Jizi Korea is far behind Daqin, and even inferior to the remnants of the Yan State that were originally entrenched in Liaodong County, if these stored salt are only transported to Jizi Korea for sale, maybe it will be sold out in a few days.

And with Zhang Jiashi's current assurance, Chen Ping and Xiao He and others should not be worried about who to sell, but in terms of safety.

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Next, Zhang Jiashi raised several civil affairs problems that were not very important, and they were all solved accordingly.

Although Chen Ping is a person, for this aspect, probably only Xiao He and Cao Shen are relatively proficient, but in the past few days, Zhang Jiashi, who has almost become the shopkeeper, also relied on Chen Ping's waste of sleep and food to handle the corresponding affairs of Liaodong County.

Therefore, many aspects of the problem, for Chen Ping and others, is no longer a smear.

Next, Zhang Jiashi focused on military affairs.

Su Jiao, who was recommended by Zhang Jiashi as the county guard of Liaodong, slowly stood up after glancing at his own lieutenant Ruan Weng Shao.

Such a position arrangement, to be honest, is a compromise between Su Jiaojian and Zhang Jiashi's lineage.

The post of Liaodong County Keeper is actually dispensable, because Zhang Jiashi, who nominally governs the military and political affairs of the seven counties, lives in Dingxiang City.

And the county guard mansion has long been used as an office space by Chen Pingxiao and others. When Su Jiao was also sent to meet the First Emperor Yingzheng by Zhang Jiashi, he was arranged to the periphery of Liaodong County to be responsible for the defense of the Great Wall area.

It can be said that Su Jiao, the county guard of Liaodong, is more of a real position.

And Ruan Weng Shao's Liaodong County Lieutenant is a compromise between Zhang Jiashi's lineage and the original officer and soldier system of the Northern Xinjiang Army.

In fact, Ruan Weng Shao knew very well that he, the lieutenant of Liaodong County, was also a nominal thing.

Of course, in the eyes of outsiders, Su Jiao, Ruan Weng Shao, Chen Ping, and Xiao He are the four pillars of General Zuo's Mansion in Liaodong County.

On this occasion, Su Jiao also took out a bamboo slip record and read it aloud slowly:

"The troops of Liaodong County, after this period of integration and reorganization, have a military strength of more than 23,500 people. Among them were 15,000 officers, 3,000 knights, 500 chariots, and 5,000 crossbowmen......"

As Su Jiao's voice read aloud, which was much louder than Chen Ping's, Zhang Jiashi understood a situation, that is, the troops of more than 23,000 people were real regular troops and not those indiscriminate replacement county soldiers.

Moreover, Chen Ping's rather dark instructions were accurately completed, and the 6,000 temporary reinforcements that did not belong to the Liaodong County were basically all broken up and mixed into various units.

Of course, not only these reinforcements, but also the light charioters and crossbowmen who were previously transferred by Zhang Jiashi, also made such adjustments.

Zhang Jiashi can clearly understand a situation, these troops who took over can be regarded as Liu Bei's borrowing from Jingzhou but not repaying.

According to Bai Qi's original idea, these borrowed troops are very untrustworthy. However, Bai Qi had to say this suggestion after knowing the battle losses of the troops under Zhang Jiashi's command at the beginning.

Not to mention that more than 23,000 troops are a lot, and the necessary defense force spread evenly on the Great Wall is enough to need about 16,000 people.

The remaining troops have to maintain the internal security of the entire Liaodong County area, and even tear down the east wall to make up the west wall......

Well, if Zhang Jiashi didn't know, in this case, the rioters would undoubtedly dig their own graves, and Zhang Jiashi wouldn't mind letting his troops be more numerous.

Soon, Su Jiao had finished finishing the contents of the bamboo slips.

And Zhang Jiashi expressed three opinions on the content of Su Jiao.

The first is that those mixed troops, especially those participating in a large number of borrowed soldiers, change the garrison area once every three months or six months with the troops in other regions.

This suggestion, of course, was made in vain. He knew that with Zhang Jiashi's current military strength, once there was any internal problem, Zhang Jiashi would have no chance to cry.

The second point, which is also a more important aspect, is that Zhang Jiashi plans to regularly concentrate in a certain area, or transfer a part of the military officers to the soon-to-be-built military academy palace for training.

This situation is an aspect that Zhang Jiashi thinks is very important based on Bai Qi's suggestion.

Zhang Jiashi didn't expect that Bai Qi would be very interested in the kind of brainwashing with a certain nature in later generations.

He himself didn't have any thoughts about it, after all, for him, he didn't think there was anything wrong with such an arrangement.

Although it is said that such a military academy palace is more inclined to those national defense universities in later generations than to military academies without that nature, what Zhang Jiashi should be worried about now is the problem of teachers.

Because what Zhang Jiashi lacks is a mentor who can serve for a long time. Asking an active-duty officer to accomplish such a thing is putting the cart before the horse.

Zhang Jiashi was even worrying about whether he should take another risk and go to a county in the mainland.

Because, he knew with his knees that the Mo family and the soldier family, the rivals, could be said to be inseparable from each other in a sense, and he counted on the Mo family to give hints in this regard...... Well, Zhang Jiashi had to give up this unrealistic idea.

Therefore, Zhang Jiashi added at the end that before the construction of the Military Academy Palace is completed, you don't need to worry about this matter for the time being.

And Han Xin can be said to be very interested in this aspect, he asked Zhang Jiashi: "My lord, I don't know what kind of military academy palace it is, when will it be built?"

Zhang Jiashi looked at his beloved general, the future god of war, and asked Bai Qi puzzled: "Why is there such a situation?"

Bai Qi was silent for a while, and said in a tone that seemed to be helpless: "I also underestimated the yearning of people like him who want to open a sect. ”

After hearing Bai Qi's answer, Zhang Jiashi then seemed to regret it, of course he was reluctant to let Han Xin be a lecturer at this time, wasting talents.

So after pondering for a while, Zhang Jiashi looked at Han Xin and said, "This...... In such a period of time, General Ben will make further considerations depending on the situation. ”

After Han Xin heard this, he didn't say any more, after all, he himself knew very well that a leading officer like him would not be able to "not do his job" for a long time.

Moreover, he is also more eager to obtain meritorious service on the battlefield.

The third thing is what Zhang Jiashi did in Xianyang before.

"Given that Liaodong County also has a certain number of border prisoners...... General Ben decided to form another unit of about 1,000 convicts in the same way as the convict army. ”

As for Zhang Jiashi's decision, it was originally Zhang Jiashi's lineage, or military personnel, they didn't think it was strange. Because in the offensive and defensive battles of the Great Wall, the combat effectiveness of the area where the prisoner army was stationed was not much weaker than that of their regular army. And after Li Cang heard this, there was a trace of gratitude in his eyes.

Because of the previous incident, although he is not qualified to participate in the conference now, the newly formed convict army, not only him, but even Tu Bu will nod in agreement.

Although they are not regular troops, the formation of the convict army is completely a new life for them.

Li Cang then said: "My lord, the representative of the subordinate has had a similar experience, thank you. ”

After Zhang Jiashi heard this, he smiled slightly.

He didn't do it entirely for the sake of the prisoners. Because under Bai Qi's persuasion, once the convict army has formed combat effectiveness and a correct understanding of its new identity, it will do many things that are difficult for others to do......

Zhang Jiashi has some guilt in his heart, but as Bai Qi said: "Some things, if you want to change, you have to give everything." ”

What Bai Qi said makes a lot of sense. Because in Zhang Jiashi's vision, didn't these members of the convict army use their own efforts and everything they have paid to make themselves a soldier?

Bai Qi didn't say the next words, that is: "If you want to be taken seriously, you also have to work hard." If they give up this opportunity, what else can they do?"

It's not that Bai Qi thinks these prisoners are superior, but he can understand some of the effects of the current environment.

If Zhang Jiashi's convict army can set a positive example, then the dead knot in this aspect may be easily untied.

However, Bai Qi doesn't know if this thing will come true......

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With the passage of time, many of the issues that Zhang Jiashi believes need to be solved have been resolved at the meeting.

However, Zhang Jiashi knows that some things cannot be done by giving orders.

Therefore, after a simple banquet, Zhang Jiashi let his subordinate Wen Wu leave.

And he, silently in the study, caressed the back of the white wolf, thinking about what he needed to do......

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