The next day, Fang Chongyong really summoned the envoys of the Chishui Army and the Dadou Army who lived nearby and asked them to come to Liangzhou for a meeting. Also attending the meeting were representatives of large local households in Liangzhou, and everyone had a solemn look on their faces and a lot of worries.

Fang Chongyong said that he would issue "Jiaozi" to replace silk silk and circulate in the five states of Hexi. This matter sounds very simple, but in fact, there are many rigid requirements for implementation, and local powerful forces must also work hard to cooperate.

First of all, these heroes must take out a large part of the silk in the treasury and hand it over to the side of Hexi Jiedu Mansion in exchange for a certain number of Jiaozi. This is not "shareholding", but the daily operation of the bank, similar to saving money.

In other words, they took the lead in depositing money to show their support for the policy, and objectively reduce the circulation of silk silk on the market, so as to create conditions for Jiaozi to gradually replace silk silk.

Secondly, in exchange for benefits, these people must also contribute a lot of money to exchange shares for Jiaozi's bank. This part of the money, the principal can never be returned, and you can only get a little "dividend" every year, and you can't interfere with the operation of Jiaozipu.

As for the transfer of equity, it is not a matter for the imperial court and Jiedu to worry about it.

Finally, in daily life, they are strong in these places, and they also need to take the lead in using jiaozi, so that the "gadgets" made of paper can circulate in a wider range.

However, after thinking about it for a few days, many people have also come back to it.

These local tycoons paid real money, but they got a bunch of "paper".

Hexi Jiedu seems to have proposed a new mode of wealth operation and a new means of making money.

But actually...... The government is simply an empty glove white wolf here, and nothing has been taken out!

Among them, many people realize that the so-called "Jiaozi" is a kind of "bond". It is equivalent to the money bank owes them money, and a bearer white slip is typed. Then, in their day-to-day transactions, they simply transfer the debts of the bank.

When you need to use silk and other things, take this "IOU" and go to the money bank to exchange the physical goods, which is equivalent to paying off the debt!

What do you mean by this...... It's amazing!

This Hexi Festival envoy is really a genius who makes money!

Everyone in the lobby vaguely felt that Fang Chongyong's previous idea could not be underestimated, but the arguments in their respective homes were also very fierce, and it was difficult to make a decision for a while.

I came here today to find out.

"Ladies and gentlemen, this section commander has decided to change the residence of the envoy of the Hexi Jiedu from Liangzhou to Shazhou, and has already written a memora to the imperial court.

Here is the draft of the recital, which you can all look at and circulate among others. If there is no opinion, the section commander will send it to the saint, and the saint will decide. ”

It's good that Fang Chongyong didn't open his mouth, but as soon as he opened his mouth, he shocked everyone present!

"Jie Shuai, this move must not be! An important town in the northwest of Liangzhou, the Liangzhou Mansion planned by the imperial court. Isn't it ridiculous to change the station to Shazhou instead of Liangzhou! ”

As soon as An Chongzhang heard Fang Chongyong's "suggestion", he directly stood up to refute it, and he didn't even look at the draft in the other party's hand.

"Yes, think twice. There are hundreds of thousands of people in Dingkou in Liangzhou, and the population of Shazhou is slightly more in recent years, but it is unlikely to exceed 100,000.

Hexi Jiedu Mansion is not located in Liangzhou, where else can it run? ”

The military envoy of the Great Dou Army, a large local household in Liangzhou, settled in Liangzhou after naturalization in the early Tang Dynasty, and Qi Ning, who was born in the Qibi Department of the Ole tribe, cautiously suggested.

He is not very interested in things such as opening a money bank and issuing Jiaozi, neither in favor nor against, and it is better to follow the crowd. But the station of the envoy of the Hexi Festival can't leave Liangzhou!

The seriousness of this matter is far more serious than what kind of Jiaozi or something, and it is absolutely not a joke!

"You'll see it."

Fang Chongyong waved his hand lightly and said, sitting on the main seat in the lobby without moving. Yan Zhuang took the draft in his hand, handed it to An Chongzhang, and then stepped aside.

Originally, he was a little dismissive of Fang Chongyong's "nonsense", but after watching the whole recital, An Chongzhang knew that Fang Chongyong was not fooling around, and it was actually reasonable and convincing.

Fang Chongyong directly gave an irrefutable reason for the reason why Jiedu made the yamen "move": he wanted to go on an expedition to the Western Regions!

Or to put it more simply: Hexi was heavily armed, there was no war, it was too idle, and it was just a waste of the country's grain and grass, and he was deeply disturbed.

According to the current strategic situation, a major disarmament in Hexi is inevitable! Otherwise, it will be a waste of the country's money and food.

However, once it is disarmed, it will inevitably weaken the defense of the northwest. The so-called raising soldiers for a thousand days and using soldiers for a while, we can't wait until we want to use soldiers to remember that the soldiers and horses in Hexi have been cut.

Therefore, Fang Chongyong suggested in the compromises that the station of Hexi Jiedu Mansion be relocated to Shazhou, which is only one step away from the Western Regions, and 20,000 elite expeditions from the Chishui Army in Liangzhou were sent to the west of the Green Mountains!

And who are you going to fight to the west of Green Ridge?

The answer is big and small! That is, the Kashmir region of Fang Chongyong's previous life.

In the eleventh year of Kaiyuan, King Xiao Bolu accepted the canonization of the Tang Dynasty and became a subject state of the Tang Dynasty.

But after that, the little Bolu King was forced to marry the princess of Tubo and fell to Tubo. Affected by this, more than 20 surrounding countries have turned to Tibet.

The Tang army attacked several times, but they all returned in vain under the strict defense of the Tubo people, and they were disgusted alive.

From the moral point of view of the country, Xiao Bolu is treacherous, and the Tang Dynasty is famous for sending troops.

Cleaning up Xiao Bolu is to establish authority for the countries of the Western Regions west of the Green Mountains, as well as the various Hu merchant teams active on the trade routes of the Western Regions.

Those who commit strong men will be punished even if they are far away! Xiao Bolu was treacherous back then, and now he is destroying the country to show the prestige of the Tang Dynasty!

Is there a need for an expedition of laborers?

Everyone present didn't know, but they guessed that the now aged Son of Heaven would definitely think that this move was very necessary!

Datang is now in a short period of peace with Tubo, and he has not torn his face. So Datang taught Xiao Bolu a lesson, whether the Tubo Gang or not?

Hardly.

Because this is not a key area operated by the Tubo people, if the Tang army is quick to decide, and the Tubo people find that they enter too late and have no oil and water to fish, they may not do it.

But in any case, even if the Tubo people send troops to "help the fist", they must feel very uncomfortable if they are stabbed in the back by Tang Jun like this!

They had to draw the Janissaries subordinate to Zampu from the Subi region and go to the Green Ridge region to supervise the battle.

Can this be regarded as relieving the strategic pressure on the Longyou Tang Army? That's naturally yes, Wei Wei to save Zhao.

Everyone present pondered if they put aside the fact that the army was running thousands of miles and the risk was uncontrollable. Fang Chongyong's stab in the back is wonderful!

As for the emptiness of Liangzhou's troops, it is not a problem at all. Because now the road from Liangzhou to Guanzhong is very smooth, much smoother than the road from Guanzhong to Longyou.

In case of emergency, it is also convenient for the forbidden army in Guanzhong to support Liangzhou.

From this point of view, it is very appropriate to relocate the Yamen to Shazhou in Hexi Jiedu, which means that the direction of Datang's strategy is in the Western Regions. The easternmost starting point of the Western Regions is Dunhuang County, Shazhou. Again, the establishment of the Jiedu envoy is closely related to the military strategy of the Tang Dynasty, and it is not that the place where the rich will be located.

If this note had been handed over, it would likely have two very different consequences.

If the Son of Heaven of Chang'an wants to manage the northwest conservatively, then the great disarmament of the Hexi Jiedu is inevitable. After all, Mobei is relatively calm now, and the Tiele tribes, including the Hui people, check and balance each other, and serve the Tang Dynasty as the mainstay.

The establishment of the Hexi Jiedu envoy was originally to block the alliance between Mobei and Tubo and ensure the smooth flow of roads in the Western Regions.

Now that the frontier is stable, disarmament is also a matter of course. Even if it is not disarmed, the first part of the army on the west side of the river will be transferred to the defense area of the Longyou Jiedu envoy to be stationed, and this possibility is very great.

If it really comes to that point, the local big households in Hexi and the border towns and Qiu Ba will definitely be unlucky, and it doesn't matter whether the Hexi Jiedu makes the station relocated or not.

Of course, it's very unlikely that this will happen.

Because according to so many years of experience, Li Longji, the son of the Tang Dynasty, is an emperor who is very happy, and it can be seen from his continuous increase in troops to the northwest that this person is unwilling to suffer a little loss in the struggle against the Tubo people!

Besides, controlling the Western Regions and expanding the territory of the Tang Dynasty to thousands of miles away is the direction of the opening of the Tang Dynasty for several generations since the founding of the country. The disarmament of Hexi not only carries the risk of strategic loss of control, but also makes Qiu Ba, which has been laid off, easy to make trouble, causing instability in the border towns.

Therefore, Brother Ji, who is sitting in Chang'an, is more likely to agree with Fang Chongyong's plan and let him take some of the elite soldiers of Hexi to the Western Regions!

Under this premise, the relocation of the festival degree makes such a trivial matter as the station not worth mentioning, how convenient and how to come, Brother Ji only looks at the result!

Xiao Bolu controlled the main road for the Tubo to attack the four towns of Anxi, which can be called the gateway to the Western Regions, and is now indirectly controlled by the Tubo. Everyone present figured it out a little in their hearts, and they all felt that the new Hexi Jiedu envoy Fang Chongyong, who was sitting on the main seat, really thought through the mind of the Tang Emperor.

The emperor didn't care how many people died in the border army, but he cared a lot about whether the border was safe and where the borders of the empire were.

The border army of the Tang Dynasty does not raise idlers, and now there is no war in Hexi, Fang Chongyong proposed an expedition to the Green Mountains, who dares to stand up against it?

Are you really not afraid that Brother Ji will abolish the establishment?

Since the beginning of the Yuan Dynasty, the Northwest Frontier Army has not only been upgraded from "guarding and capture" to "army", but also "army" has been downgraded to "guarding and capture", and even directly revoked its number.

The establishment of the border army is absolutely not only an expansion but not a downsizing, and it is even more common for the border army to be transferred away as a whole.

On the contrary, because of the change of strategy, the situation of changing the deployment of the Tang Army has occurred frequently.

Seeing that everyone didn't speak, Fang Chongyong said meaningfully: "Everyone, let's go all the way to the Green Ridge. Wherever our army on the west side of the river goes, this kind of friendship will be issued. Wouldn't it be nice to exchange this thin piece of paper for all kinds of rare goods in the Western Regions? ”

Hearing this, whether it was the military envoy or the local representative of Liangzhou in the hall, they all suddenly realized.

In Liangzhou, the use of Jiaozi was promoted, of course, the knife could not be put on the neck of the locals, and the local wealthy and powerful families had to take the lead in standing up and using it, and then cooperate with the government's written instructions to picket illegality.

But when you go to the Western Regions, the rules are different.

If anyone doesn't use it, Tang Jun will take a knife and let them use it! It is equivalent to looting wealth, but the means are much more clever than direct robbery!

After all, this is some kind of "IOU", and the credit is much better than the IOU!

Those rich people and Hu merchants in the Western Regions, they can still freely exchange silk silk when they come to the five states of Hexi, and they can't really exchange it!

Jiaozi is easy to carry, and it also saves the freight on the road! In this way, it is by no means without benefits!

"Fang Jieshuai, the relocation of the festival to make the yamen, in fact, there is no need.

As for the Green Ridge strategy mentioned by the festival marshal, it is very interesting. The last general thought that he could convene all the generals in the Chishui army to discuss and select 10,000 elite soldiers in case of emergency. ”

An Chongzhang saluted with Chongyong's hands crossed.

"Yes, yes, yes, the matter of Jiaozi, let's go back and discuss it with the family. This money bank for Jiaozi must be opened. ”

"Yes, yes, we have been operating in Hexi for many years, and there is still a bit of floating wealth at home, and we will put it away."

Everyone echoed the words.

They naturally understood that most of the expenses required for the army to go out on the expedition came from the inventory in the treasury of the Qianzhuang Mansion, that is, a part of the silk silk that was exchanged for Jiaozi!

If the money is for the war, then the meat is still in the pot when it is rotten, it is no big deal.

Even if you don't make friends, with the way Datang plays, most of them will still collect grain from local farmers in Hexi, and the result is no different.

"Well, since that's the case, then this section commander will remove this one, and there is no need to relocate the section envoy for the time being.

As for the expedition to the Western Regions, you are not against it, right? ”

Fang Chongyong asked with a smile.

"We all obey the orders of the marshal!"

Everyone present said in unison.

"Well, it's all gone, this section is still going to write a recital, and I won't send you on official business."

Fang Chongyong stood up, turned his head and left, leaving only a large number of people in the yamen hall, all with thoughtful expressions, and no one knew what the others thought.

They vaguely feel that the tide of the times seems to have come to their faces, and if they don't take action, they will definitely die on the beach.

……

"Jieshuai, your move is really high!"

In the study, Yan Zhuang couldn't help but give the other party a thumbs up, he was really convinced. The gang of Qiu Ba in Hexi was pinched to death by Fang Chongyong!

The relocation of the Hexi Jiedu envoy's station is just a false shot, and the voice is loud, in fact, even if it is relocated, it will not solve any practical problems at all.

Fang Chongyong's real grasp of the border army in Hexi lies in the sentence "border towns do not raise idlers".

The country's border defense policy is also constantly being adjusted. The advance and contraction of the army depend on the situation encountered.

Bai Juyi has a poem: Usually Anxi is thousands of miles away, and today the border defense is in Fengxiang.

That's what happened.

Hexi is a battleground for soldiers, and it has always been an important border town, which is indeed true.

However, due to the abundance of martial arts in the Tang Dynasty, a large strategic buffer zone was obtained, so Hexi became a large rear, just to prevent the Tibetan division.

Such a light strategic task, but the concentration of 70,000 or 80,000 elite Tang Army, is unjustifiable in any case.

In the history of Fang Chongyong's previous life, the Hexi Border Army during the Tianbao period was actually constantly mobilized to participate in the battle in the Longyou region, and the five prefectures of Hexi were extremely calm, and there was no war at all.

The death hole of the border army in the Tang Dynasty lies in the fact that if they don't find fault, if the border town is really stable, then there is no need for the Long March athletes to exist, and it is inevitable to be cut down drastically.

This is one of the fundamental differences between conscription and government soldiers, the establishment of government soldiers is flexible, and they can go home to farm when they don't need it, while conscription is obviously different.

Whether it was cut down, or was transferred to the bitter cold land of Longyou to compete with the Tubo people, or it was an expedition to the Western Regions.

Fang Chongyong felt that the main generals of the Hexi Border Army knew what to do.

"It's all useless, if there is no Jiaozi method, it is impossible for the saint to agree to the expedition to the Green Mountains.

After you go to Chang'an, remember to bribe Gao Lishi a lot. Of course, remember to send the child.

After the Jiaozi is printed, a certain person will be sent to the Hexi Jinju Academy, what officials should be bribed, and he will act when he sees the opportunity. ”

Fang Chongyong waved his hand calmly and said.

This trick is the same as the dollar cycle, if the banknotes are not released, it will not work to always wander around in your own control area, and it will only cause a lot of inflation. Especially the merchants of the Western Regions and the magnates of the imperial court, they will be the main force using Jiaozi.

Without abundant martial virtue, without the courage to be punished even if it is far away, it is impossible to suppress these cunning Hu merchants!

There are no attractive interests, and it can't attract the magnates of Chang'an to support Jiaozi.

And with Jiaozi and Jiaozi Qianzhuang, Ji Ge can't look down on the so-called smuggling in the Western Regions.

Fang Chongyong felt that no matter what business he did, he didn't print money as fast! Since you want to untie Hexi, just play a big one!

As for what will happen to Brother Ji later, that is not something he can control. Even if there is no Jiaozi, the magnates will not be soft on plundering wealth, and whether there are Jiaozi or not, it will not fundamentally change the situation of Datang.

It's like a kitchen knife that is supposed to be used to chop vegetables, but it can also kill people. Jiaozi was originally used to revitalize the economy, but it could also be used to plunder wealth.

The weapon itself is innocent, guilty, and can only be the person who uses it.

Can people really suppress the greed in their hearts?

Thinking of this, Fang Chongyong said to Yan Zhuang with a solemn face: "Do a good job is to do something else, don't think about anything else, don't do what you shouldn't do." ”

(End of chapter)