Chapter 174: On the eve of the martial arts

Ouyang smiled: "I'm afraid this can't be caused by the county king." The lower officials know. After the First World War in the Northwest, the emperor intended to set up a military aircraft department in the Privy Council. ”

"Military Aircraft Division?"

"yes. It's mainly a matter of strategy. For example, it was used to consume the Western Xia at that time, and the national strength of the Western Xia people was exhausted. But this trick didn't work for the Liao. So what about the Liao people? Look at the county king, the people in this privy council have either never been on the battlefield. Those who have been on the battlefield are not familiar with the Hebei region, but those who are familiar with the Hebei region have no strategic vision, and often just seek a victory. Ouyang said: "The emperor said that this war is to plan. Just like building a house, you must first decide how big the house will be, how high the pillars will be, how big the beams will be, where the living room will be, and so on. If you take a step by step, you will get the pillar first, and you will find that the pillar is crowded into the living room, and the living room can only be moved backwards, and you will find that there is a beam behind it, so it is really difficult to do it. Looking at the past wars, this road goes out of this way, that road goes out of that way, and several roads are making a concerted effort, but are there any goals for these roads? Do you see an enemy kill one, or do you see a city occupy one? ”

Tong Guan nodded: "Reasonable, the emperor is wise." For example, judging from the battle between the northwest and the Western Xia, this king feels that there are still many lucks. If you had a plan from the beginning, you don't need to guard the county. The defense of the two states of Guasha is weak, and they can occupy these two places, and the Western Xia army will come to the rescue and let them run long distances. Of course, the emperor's decision to occupy Tianyi County cannot be said to be a wonderful move. ”

Ouyang arched his hand and said: "In those days, if there was a county king in the court, I am afraid that this will not be just seven states, and it can completely drive the Western Xia people to the desolate land in the north." ”

Tong Guan hurriedly said politely: "Lord Ou lifts." ”

Ouyang sighed and said, "It's a pity, the emperor has not been able to find a suitable person to form this military aircraft department." The emperor said that the Military Aircraft Department is related to the national fortune of the Great Song Dynasty, and there are only three people in the world who can receive it here. The first is General Han Shizhong, but in order to open up the Silk Road, the imperial court has to maintain this road, and General Han can't ***, and the northwest is rough, and he doesn't dare to change generals easily. The second is the old general in the division, but unfortunately the old general is old, and even the thick line map is not clear. And the third person is ...... You're the king. ”

"This king?"

"Yes, the king of the county is in the middle of his thoughts. The king of the county led the general in the Zhenghe period, and sent troops to Western Xia in four ways. Knowledgeable about military routes. He also knows a lot about the terrain to the north. He saw the temperament of the Liao people thoroughly, and then increased his prestige in the army, so he would not be the second choice. ”

"Military Aircraft Division, it's kind of interesting." Tong Guan nodded, this is a strategizing department. What does he covet as a eunuch? Money? Woman? Neither, nature is a right. According to Ouyang's description, the power of this military aircraft department can command the three armed forces. Let you go wherever you want, it's impossible not to be impressed. Of course, it is not as good as being the emperor of the soil in the Western Army, but Tong Guan also understands the meaning of what Ouyang said earlier. It seems that even if I want to return to the Western Army, I am afraid I will not be able to do it. Tong Guan said: "Tong has been favored by the emperor for decades, and where the emperor says to go, Tong will naturally go." ”

"I have heard that the king of the county is loyal. Xia Guan admired. Xiaguan toasted the king of the county with tea instead of wine. ”

"Slow, it's boring to drink tea." Tong Guan greeted: "Come on, prepare a banquet, this king wants to have a drink with Lord Ou." ”

It's rare to be confused, in fact, that's what it means, knowing that the court wants to attack him, this pretending to be confused, and being grateful to Dade is not a bad thing. Besides, it's called the first salute now, and if you don't agree or whatever, you can only be a soldier. Besides, according to Ouyang's meaning, not only will the king not be withdrawn, but even the officials will not be lowered. The only thing is that it is really gone.

Ouyang Liquor was not as good as Tong Guan, and he was put down before noon. Tong Guan smiled when he saw this, and asked Zhang San and Li Si to help Ouyang go back to rest. As soon as he left the Tong Mansion, Ouyang woke up: "MD, it's good to pretend to be dead early." This guy is not generally able to drink. ”

Zhang San said with a smile: "The soldier is treacherous, the adult won a game of Tong Guan in this ordinary wine field. ”

"Not necessarily, he was skeptical, but he didn't want to doubt it. Since I'm drunk, whether I'm pretending to be or not, I'm as if I'm drunk. Tong Guan is not bad, and it can actually be seen from this. If you want to change a few of you, you won't let others go if you don't drink down. ”

"Really. Drinking a few years ago, Wang Wu used the excuse that his wife was at home alone, and what children were sick. In the end, we were anxious to say that the house was on fire, but we refused to let it. Later, Wang Wu suffered a lot and was kneeling on the floor for three days by his wife. Come to think of it, we pretended to be stupid at that time, and since he didn't want to say that he was afraid of his wife, we took his excuse as true. In this way, both sides will be able to step down. ”

"So, I didn't win this game, he didn't lose." Ouyang still said a little top-heavy: "This Tong Guan is also a talent." The emperor is also an understanding person. Help the people below find the right position. I still drank too much, and the stamina is really great. After saying this, Ouyang spit out when he was blown by the wind.

A horse came from afar, Ouchi was dressed, and after dismounting, he said: "The emperor has invited Lord Ou." ”

Ouyang smiled: "Look at me like this, can you still go to see the emperor?" Who are you? Take out your ID card and take a look? ”

Zhang San hurriedly said: "My lord, my family really can't see the emperor like this, it's better to talk about it after I wake up." ”

"It's fine."

Li Si saw that the internal guard was leaving: "The adults still lose to Tong Guan, and they are black-handed, and they specialize in wine." ”

"I guess early on he guessed that the adults would pretend to be drunk, and he turned out to be really drunk. I guess I'm still proud. Zhang San said: "Lift it up and go." ”

Zhao Yu smiled and looked at Ouyang in his temples: "Drunk? ”

"Yes, I have a headache and want to throw up." Ouyang hates this feeling the most, this is because it will only appear when he drinks and hurts his body.

"How's it going?"

"According to Weichen, Tong Guan should have no problem. Otherwise, I won't borrow the wine table to play this little trick with Weichen. Ouyang began to pretend to be drunk as soon as he got up, but he didn't think that people were making old wine, and he politely said that the year was not enough, please bear more. As a result, the more I drank, the more I felt better. Damn Tong Guan was kind enough to open the window to let himself blow the wind a little sober, didn't he know that people who drank too much couldn't blow the wind the most?

Zhao Yu nodded with satisfaction: "I feel that I can't do without you anymore." You really don't want to go to court? ”

"Weichen is now a magistrate, and His Majesty will not care too much about others no matter how much he favors others. Once he goes to court, what Wei Chen said will be misunderstood as His Majesty's meaning. Either the group will join it, or the group will attack it. If Weichen has Cai Xiang's qualifications, of course it doesn't matter. But Weichen's age seems to be too early. ”

"Makes sense, too." Zhao Yu agreed that many officials were still good when they were released when they did not enter the court. However, after entering the DPRK, interpersonal communication is complicated and political views are not uniform, and there will always be many changes. It's good to be like Ouyang, no one in a county is difficult for him, and he doesn't have to deal with any ministers. Yang Ping is close and there is something to say hello to.

"Your Majesty, this good official also needs a good environment to make achievements. For example, Master Zongze said that when he went out to a poor county to be a magistrate, the quality of the officials was low, and no one was literate. And the master bookkeeper is a drunkard, and he has no one in his hands who can be used at all. Although a county is not big, it is definitely not small. In addition to the county seat and the countryside, he had no choice but to do it himself. Ouyang Dao: "Weichen feels that it is most important to improve the quality of grassroots officials, after all, these people are directly dealing with the people. And His Majesty also knows that since the founding of the Song Dynasty, there have been hundreds of mobs, and if the people below can do things in place, Weichen thinks that such a thing will not happen. ”

Zhao Yu asked, "What do you think?" ”

"The first is to raise the salaries of the officials. Nowadays, in some places, the government officials only pay seven times a year, and if they drag their families and families, they have no way to live, and they can only collude with officials or bully the market. But in a vicious circle, so that the environmental businessmen dare not come, the place is getting poorer and poorer. Your Majesty saw that the several states and counties where the life of the Great Song Dynasty was still acceptable, which one of them privately improved the treatment of the officials. Or direct payment, or additional subsidies. ”

"I'm discussing whether you will enter the court or not, but let you go around to the official service." Zhao Yu said: "I'm not afraid to tell you directly, this servant and Kuaishou are all cheap jobs." Even if you Yangping's family does it, everyone else will do it behind their backs. Know why? Because there are three, six, nine, and so on. Even you, Ouyang, think so. Those who are illiterate do not even have the right to settle down, and the government does not subsidize taxes for women with small feet, and they do not even enjoy the benefits of your government when they have children. Although you are trying to facilitate these two things, don't forget that you are also giving people a grade. It's the same with the imperial court, do you know why the imperial court wants *** monks? ”

Ouyang thought about it and said, "Respect the Dao, right?" ”

"That's not right! Because monks do not pay taxes and do not labor. If not, where will the Xiang army be recruited? Who will reclaim the land? Who do you think wouldn't want to get something for nothing? Zhao Yu said: "As you said, the quality of the government is low, but if you fill a high-quality person like you as a government service, do you feel that it is a waste?" Did you know that there is a shortage of high-quality people in all walks of life? If you are peaceful, it is indeed good. But you Yangping can contribute talents to the Great Song Dynasty? In the past three years, there has been no Yangping forbidden army, no Yangping army, but the population has doubled every year. But you don't pay a penny of taxes. Do you know why Yangping is so wealthy? It's not that you Ouyang are capable, it's Yang Ping who is robbing. How many industries have you squeezed out of Tokyo and Shoushu, and how many benefits have been taken into your pocket. Don't you really understand? ”

Ouyang said: "Your Majesty, Weichen disagrees. Wechen did instruct everyone to buy the property. However, His Majesty knows that in the past, each person produced one product per day, but now each person produces an average of three goods per day. Reduced production costs, coupled with technical improvement. The quality and price are unmatched before. Of course, it is true that some people go bankrupt and commit suicide. But without annexation and competition, there is no progress in society. ”

"I know, and I also know about Yangping's contribution to the Northwest War and the Yangping Chamber of Commerce after the war. But businessmen's contributions are all in return. ”

"......" Ouyang was silent for a while: "It's not profitable, it's not early, it's not just about businessmen." Even if Yangping's officials didn't have that attractive salary, they wouldn't be self-disciplined. ”

"When it comes to the point, it's a good word." Zhao Yu sighed: "Merchants seek profit through the ages. And you are making the people of the entire Song Dynasty start to pursue profits. Driving others with interests, do you think there will be people like Zong Ze and Li Gang in this court in the future? ”

Ouyang knew that what Zhao Yu said was the truth. Because of the radical pursuit of profit, the moral level will inevitably decline. On the one hand, there is the progress of society, and on the other hand, the decline of morality. Is it really inversely proportional? How did the indifference of modern man come about? A lot of news has said that someone was wronged by someone because he helped someone. Why should you be wronged, of course, it is a good word. And as soon as there are so many things, the moral standard of the whole people declines. Not long ago, an aunt was hit by a car, and the foreigner got out of the car to help, but the Chinese assistant who was traveling with him stopped him, and the assistant got out of the car and took photos of the scene as evidence before treating the aunt. In the Song Dynasty, Ouyang tried the case, and the two sides of the dispute were confronted, and the thief must be weak-hearted. Why is that? It's because there is an invisible force of morality that restricts it. In modern times, most of them are legally constrained, everyone understands the law, and everyone plays the game.

Seeing that Ouyang didn't speak, Zhao Yu softened his tone and said, "I also know that you still have a heart." The Yangping Chamber of Commerce has internal regulations that even if it swallows other people's properties, there is an appropriate compensation standard. Or buy shares, or buy out with money. There has not yet been any collusion with the government and unscrupulous bullying with money. But have you ever thought that one day when you are gone, do these businessmen still take these rules seriously? Chen Dong said on the table that for example, Tokyo chicken is all produced by one family, once the price of chicken is increased tenfold and the pursuit of huge profits, will the people buy it? ”

Ouyang naturally knows the disadvantages of monopoly, but if he does not monopolize, he will not be able to make rapid social progress. Ouyang Dao: "Your Majesty, Wechen will draft a commercial law in the near future, and use this means to restrain Your Majesty's worries." ”

"Well, there is a tea method for tea, and there is a salt method for salt." Zhao Yu said: "I still have to say something to businessmen." You've got someone to send it after you've written it. I've seen it myself. ”

"Yes!" Thirty years in the east of the river, thirty years in the west of the river. Ouyang found that Zhao Yu was getting more and more sophisticated. It's also becoming more and more logical to think about things. And he has not made progress at all, he is eating the old book, and the means he uses are all borrowed from modern society or historical practices. How can the ruler not know why there are so many mobs, but sometimes they are helpless. For example, in the 800 miles of Shuibo in Liangshan, because of the uncontrolled profligacy of Song Huizong, the imperial court could not supply the grain and money of the Western Army and the Eastern Army at all, so it could only collect the Shuibo as public property.

Of course, Zhao Yu also saw the benefits of commercial development, the treasury was full, and the people were healthy. It was not that no emperor had ever thought of establishing a sailor before, but the cost was quite huge. After the productivity increases, the cost and other problems are reduced. But there are pros and cons. How to find a balance from this is what Zhao Yu, the ruler, wants to know the most. And Ouyang Li's commercial law can put businessmen with a certain amount of ***, which is definitely a good thing for the balance.

A few days later, Tong Guan went to the court, saying that he was old and begged to resign from the post of superintendent of the Western Army. After the imperial court agreed, it issued a decree appointing Tong Guan as the governor of the Military Aircraft Department of the Privy Council, and the official residence was secondary. At the same time, Hebei West Road and Hebei East Road were merged into Hebei Military Road. The three horns can be attacked, retreated and defended, and the general military structure in the north that guards each other is undergoing a major transformation. All details are the responsibility of Zhang Xuanming.

A few days later, the imperial court and the royal newspaper promulgated the Great Song Commercial Law at the same time. Some *** was carried out on the merchants. For example, hoarding is prohibited for some commodities, and some commodities are forbidden to be bought and sold outside the county. Inter-county commercial cases are the responsibility of the state criminal and commercial divisions, and the state and county governments no longer interfere in such disputes. It also stipulates that once the price difference of a certain commodity exceeds 20%, the household department has the right to send someone to inquire about it, and if there is no legitimate reason for raising or lowering the price, it will be punished. And so on, in general, as if to strengthen the centralization of power, the imperial court strengthened the centralization of surveillance over commerce. Weaken the magistrate's control over commerce. At the same time, the law also protects the interests of some merchants. In general, this time the interests of businessmen are not only not sacrificed, but also beneficial. It is the local interests that have been sacrificed greatly, and the power of the central government has been strengthened.

The Yangping Chamber of Commerce previously had regulations on people's livelihood products, and there were also regulations on price hikes. When businessmen saw this law, they knew that they did not interfere much with their own business. Moreover, once there is a businessman in distress by the local government, he can directly go to the state criminal department to appeal, and even directly submit the pleadings to the household department. Of course, in this way, it also weakened the influence of the Yangping Chamber of Commerce and the Southeast Chamber of Commerce. However, the shareholders were confident, because Ouyang had no intention of solving one of their big concerns. There have been many people who have worried about the fact that the Chamber of Commerce has too much authority and too much influence. Now that this decree is issued, the court adopts a more moderate way, although it has lost some rights, but the merchant is not a *** family after all, and it is still a benefit after all.

And the magistrates who sacrificed the most were also sensible, and they began to take a stake in the industry. No corruption, no bribery, only *** red every month. There is little management and money to take, and the introduction of this commercial law is not without any benefits for them.

Wuju is still half a month, and Ouyang is looking at a silver ticket model in the study, shaking his head while reading: "No!" The cost of this silver ticket is high, but most of the money we print is hundreds, and the cost is very low in comparison. But the cost of counterfeiting is too low, go back and tell Su Qian, let the master of the printing house step up research. Silver tickets are used for circulation, and they must be people with a little anti-counterfeiting knowledge who can recognize the real and fake silver tickets. This silver ticket has to be recognized for two days of classes. ”

"Yes!" The person who came brought a model to say goodbye. No one likes to go out on the street with a big bag of copper. The Jiaozi denomination is small and the circulation is small, and copper coins are still the main means of circulation. Silver tickets were originally the solution to this problem, but the technology is not mature, and it is easy to imitate, so it cannot be done. At the very least, Ouyang can't imitate it, so it can be considered a success.

Bai Lian reported: "My lord, Wan Yanlan asks to see you." ”

"She's coming to Yangping? Still asking to see you? Ouyang didn't say that he couldn't see it, but read a few royal newspaper bulletins, which wrote that with the help of Yelu Dashi and a large number of rocket vehicles, the Liao people connected the three cities last month. Now the war is approaching Huanglong Mansion. The bilateralism seems to have returned to before the Battle of Bulgonda . Of course, now the Jurchen's military strength will no longer be 20,000, but 300,000. Ouyang probably guessed what was going on. Putting the briefing away, he said, "Please." Kindness...... I will invite my wife to tea later. ”

"Yes!" Bai Lian seemed to want to say something, but in the end she didn't speak.