0844 Two Years Later (One)
After this incident, Jingshi calmed down! On the one hand, everyone is busy doing their own thing, and on the other hand, it is also due to Zhang Juzheng's suppression! Zhang Juzheng's reform is nearing the end, and at the final moment, he will not allow anyone to mess around!
As for Liu Haojia himself, he was busy digesting the Nanzhen Fusi, and at the same time, he was also paying attention to the construction of the salt factory in Shandong, and he had no intention of doing other things.
Now Nanzhen Fuji has straightened out a lot after a few of his Liwei! Especially those nobles who care about those who have a relationship with them, they must support Liu Haojia! So it made his whole training a lot easier!.
At the same time, Liu Hao's family also paid attention to the construction progress of Shandong salt works from time to time. As for the salt works in Tianjin, he has completely given up. And what made him secretly proud was that after those civil officials took over the salt works, they really began to reap the benefits as soon as possible, and the planned fourth phase of the project was only advanced by a third of the way and stopped! These things were written down by Liu Haojia one by one for future use.
Time flowed like water, and more than two years passed in a blink of an eye. During this time, Daming can be said to be calm, without even a trace of waves! Because Zhang Juzheng used his strong wrist to suppress all opposing voices and completely completed his change!
In the past few years, thanks to his efforts, the contradictions of all social strata have been reconciled to a certain extent, especially the country's finances have been greatly alleviated! A year ago, there was already a large surplus in the treasury of the imperial court! As for this year's situation, it is even more gratifying, and it is estimated that after removing all expenses, the national treasury can achieve more than 1.5 million taels of silver! And it is foreseeable that this number will continue to grow!
As a result of the abundance of the state treasury, the officials were also repaid their arrears and received a lot of subsidies. This made the whole court rebuke the words "gentlemen and virtuous ministers", a harmonious scene!
In the same way, it is a thriving scene among the people! With the money available in the national treasury, water conservancy projects and road repairs in various places were finally put on the agenda. And it has been implemented in the past few years! This led to a further increase in the output of the fields and a greater prosperity of trade!
Because there is money in the treasury, the government is willing to spend money when the people are served. So the treatment of the people is much better! At least you can eat enough! This reduced the number of casualties among the people when building rivers and roads, and made the government gain great praise!
Moreover, Zhang Juzheng also accepted part of Liu Haojia's ideas, and tried to imitate the appearance of Tianjin's salt factory and paid a small amount of wages to the people! Although these wages were embezzled by the officials, there was still a certain amount of money in the hands of the people! That money can make a big difference!
When the people have money in their hands, they must buy some household things, and even if they are not good, they must buy some food and salt! Therefore, they have also played a role in stimulating the consumption in Daming, and there has been a certain increase in tax revenue!
Especially in the past two years, God has been particularly face-saving, and the wind and rain have been smooth, and there has been no catastrophe in the entire Ming Dynasty! Even the small floods and droughts have been dealt with quite quickly under Zhang Juzheng's supervision, and the people have also been well resettled! Therefore, the common people also respect Emperor Wanli and Zhang Juzheng, thinking that they are models of virtuous monarchs and famous ministers!
As for the border towns, it is much quieter than usual. Because Liu Haojia used his own business name to restart the "Open China Law", not only did he buy a large amount of wasteland in the border area, but also drove other businessmen to follow suit! Therefore, in the past two years, the price of grain in the border towns has continued to fall, saving a lot of military spending!
And not to mention anything else, just because the food is cheap, the army and the people can eat a few more bites, and the morale of the army is different! Even when there is a war, he who is full of food in his stomach has the strength to cut people!
In particular, Qi Jiguang, with the support of Liu Haojia, turned the grassland from defense to attack, and constantly sent small groups of cavalry to attack and harass! It doesn't require much damage, as long as they can kill people, or even require them to be able to kill each other's cattle and sheep, it can be counted as meritorious service!
Moreover, Liu Haojia also generously passed on to them the sixteen-character mantra of "the enemy advances and I retreat, the enemy is stationed and I disturb, the enemy is tired and I fight, and the enemy retreats and I chase"! This sixteen-character mantra was exerted to the extreme by Qi Jiguang, who was like a treasure! Even the first few times he went to the grassland, he personally led the team, just to show the soldiers how to use this sixteen-character mantra!
Moreover, Qi Jiguang equipped his soldiers with extremely luxurious equipment! Not to mention one person and three horses, each person is also equipped with two Dongchang, as well as iron armor steel knives! It can be said that everyone is heaped out of silver! But it works very well!
From the first time they went out and brought back a lot of horses, the team began to snowball! It soon expanded from the original three squads to seventeen squads. The *** tribe outside the border was so annoyed that they had to retreat north, giving up a lot of space!
In particular, he also bought Mongolian prisoners of war at a high price according to Liu Hao's suggestion. Instigated the Mongols to fight among themselves. They also exchanged silk and other luxuries that were useless for the development of the steppe for the cattle, sheep and horses of the Mongols! In short, all kinds of tricks have been used by him!
The reason why Qi Jiguang didn't have much success when he helped the people in the past was because he was not the main general of a town at all, and he had to be constrained by others to do anything! Now that Liu Haojia has helped him operate and become the chief officer of Datong Town, this old general has brought all his abilities into play!
Now Datong Town, not to mention anything else, the scope of his cavalry squad alone has covered the scope of the surrounding three towns. From this point of view, you can see how much effort he has put in!
As for Liu Haojia's busy business, it is Nanzhen Fusi. After the whole training, the Jinyi Wei of Nanzhen Fusi mentioned Liu Haojia in awe! In particular, some people with family backgrounds have received warnings from their families. The core idea is one sentence, be obedient!
Therefore, Liu Haojia's action to rectify the Fusi of Nanzhen was quite smooth. After some training, many capable and capable people emerged, and were discovered by Liu Haojia and gradually promoted. Those who eat and wait for death are thrown directly into the bottom. Now the entire Nanzhen Fusi can be said to be full of vitality!
In particular, Liu Haojia really used the authority of Nanzhen Fusi to inspect Jinyiwei. Jinyiwei has been monitored in all aspects! This is a big move, in the early days, almost all the cells were stuffed, and dozens of beating sticks were discounted!
However, he didn't target the middle and high-ranking officers, but still made a move on the low-ranking brocade guards. One is that these people are the most direct oppression of the people, and the second is that they are waiting for the opportunity. However, his actions did confuse Liu Shouyou and the others, thinking that he was nothing more than that, and he had a lot less precautions against him!