Chapter 1173 Pingliang Prefecture Policy (two updates in one)

After Wang Shao left, Zhang Yue immediately ordered someone to pass Fan Yu's visit to the palace. He put on his clothes and wrote a memorial. Just then he had a long talk with Wang Shao. He also had some ideas about how to make progress on Xihe Road in the future.

Zhang Yue wrote that if Xihe wants to take Liangzhou, the first priority is to have well-trained troops and sufficient food supplies. After the implementation of the general strategy, Xihe Road and all roads in Shaanxi will have soldiers as generals.

The refinement of the soldiers is actually better than before.

When writing this, an outsider reported that Fan Yu had arrived at the house, and Zhang Yue immediately summoned Fan Yu to see him.

Fan Yu came to visit and only bowed and said nothing. He knew that he often commented on politics and touched on Zhang Yue's politics, which made the other party unhappy.

It was night, and he was going to go to bed early to rest, but unexpectedly, Zhang Yue suddenly called him to the house.

Fan Yu thought that he would be criticized by the other party, so he made preparations in his heart.

Zhang Yue glanced at Fan Yu and wondered what this person was like. He had an impression in advance that he was probably a Kuang Sheng type of person. Zhang Yue didn't have a good impression of Kuang Sheng. Not only Zhang Yue, but even the officialdom rejected Kuang Sheng.

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But then again, arrogant people usually have talents.

Confucius said that if you can't find first-rate talents who can practice the middle way, then you need to find second-rate talents such as crazy people. Mad people make progress, while stubborn people don't do anything.

"Did I come to you all night to consult with you about Shaanxi affairs? It was the prince who recommended you. There is no need to be restrained, just speak out!"

When Fan Yu heard this, he suddenly realized that Zhang Yue was not looking for him to put on his shoes.

Did he blame Zhang Yue wrongly? The so-called prime minister can hold a boat in his heart, how could Zhang Yue hate himself because of his daily opinions on government affairs?

Maybe I am judging a gentleman's heart with a villain's heart?

Fan Yu's expression was caught by Zhang Yue's eyes, and he said as if he knew what Fan Xiang was thinking in his heart: "Of course you know the truth about your private remarks about government affairs."

"But the truth is not that no one is allowed to speak. Criticism must be based on true knowledge and insights, and be beneficial to the government. Such nonsense interferes with the government's agenda!"

Zhang Yue is not a provocateur. Our association allows healthy criticism, but those who complain and set the pace below must be dealt with.

However, Fan Yu was irritated by Zhang Yue's words and immediately said: "Is this a low-ranking official who complains? He has something to say to the prime minister."

Zhang Yue said: "This is true knowledge and insight. I am all ears."

Next, Fan Yu spoke truthfully one by one, and Zhang Yue listened carefully for a long time.

After Fan Yu revealed everything he had in his mind, he felt a little uneasy, but he still maintained a bit of a wild attitude.

This Fan Yu is really talented. He even thought of some things before me... Zhang Yue thought for a while and said, "How about I ask you to be the transport envoy for Qin Feng Road?"

Jumping from the supervisory censor to the Qinfeng Road transfer envoy in one breath? Such a high-ranking official in the border area? It is simply a blue sky. This is something Fan Yu never dared to dream of.

Fan Yu's face changed drastically when he heard this and said, "Does the Prime Minister really mean what he said?"

Zhang Yue raised his eyebrows when he heard this, and Fan Yu's expression changed on the spot. He immediately prostrated himself in the tunnel and said, "If the Prime Minister has any mission, Fan will die without mercy!"

It has changed too fast. I still like your arrogant and unruly look just now... Zhang Yue said: "The truth is that I have used your father's legacy and benefited a lot, so I want to give you a chance."

"I believe in Wang Zichun's vision, and I believe in my own vision. And what you just said, I will carefully implement it when I get to Xihe Road in the future."

After Fan Yu left, Zhang Yue wrote what he said into his own statement.

The next day.

Zhang Yue walked into the main hall, and Wang Gui was already waiting here.

Zhang Yue and Wang Gui chatted after saluting.

After Wang Zhongxiu's incident, Zhang Yue respected Wang Gui more and more.

Before telling the truth, when Wang Gui and himself had a private disagreement in Zhongshu, Zhang Yue did have the idea of ​​overthrowing Wang Gui.

But now that he thought about it carefully, Zhang Yue gave up this plan and instead took the initiative to make amends with Wang Gui.

Why?

Because one Wang Gui left, another Wang Gui will come. In order to check and balance, the officials will definitely not let Zhang Yue dominate the power alone.

You want to drive Wang Guizhen away and replace him with someone more powerful than Wang Guizhen. What should you do?

Wang Gui is different from Yuan Jiang. Yuan Jiang is more arrogant and contradicts himself many times and opposes his own opinions in front of the emperor. Wang Gui is still careful to deal with the areas where he disagrees with him.

The most important thing is that Wang Gui doesn't have any opinions. After all, the other party is from a "ruling pen and ruling" background, unlike Zhang Yue, who comes from a local and hard-working background. As the prince of the three edicts, Wang Gui seems to be so at a loss when encountering major events and has no opinions.

, and at this time, everything was decided by Zhang Yue, showing that he was so wise and capable.

What a great foil.

Of course, although Wang Gui has no opinions, it does not mean that he has no opinions on political matters. The other party has a tight grasp on personnel matters, and even tit-for-tat to avoid being ignored by Zhang Yue in this regard.

Now that Zhang Yue had something to restrain Wang Gui, he took the initiative to reconcile with Wang Gui.

A big shot once said that when interacting with others, you should first show your value, then draw a clear line, and finally release your goodwill.

Zhang Yue was also like this, always seeking unity through struggle. There was no conflict among the ministers in the court, and there were often conflicts between himself and the emperor. This was inevitable.

As long as the processing costs are relatively high, everyone will be relatively tolerant.

Zhang Yue said: "Teacher, the students are planning to set up a cotton business on Qinfeng Road."

Wang Gui asked: "What kind of regulations are they?"

Zhang Yue said: "Now the imperial court is promoting the planting of cotton in various areas of Shaanxi. People are intercropping cotton with grain, such as planting five acres of sorghum and planting one acre of cotton. Since cotton planting can be tax deducted, the court's purchase price is not bad.

Therefore, the people are still happy about it."

"But this is not a long-term solution. Because cotton fields are cultivated by family units and cannot be scaled up, I plan to set up a business to do this. However, there are very few idle fields in Shaanxi, and almost all of them have been cultivated.

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Wang Gui smiled and said: "Yes, as the saying goes, if there is no one to cultivate the wasteland, there will be competition for it."

"When people cultivate wasteland, they must first prepare enough food for one year to eat it for a year before harvesting the next year. If the wasteland becomes mature land, it will be easily taken over by local big families and the government, so the people do not like to cultivate wasteland.

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Wang Gui said, and Zhang Yue smiled in agreement.

"Let's not talk about Arakada. The same goes for doing business. As long as there is profit, people will definitely pay attention to it."

"So the reclamation of cotton fields is still done by the imperial court. Just like the beji cloth spun from cotton, it will be better than silk in the future. That is a tax."

Cloth is a natural currency. For example, the court paid taxes in silk instead.

Wang Gui asked: "Where can I find idle fields?"

Zhang Yue said: "Among all the roads, only Xihe Road is full of idle fields."

Wang Gui asked: "We need manpower to open up wasteland. Where will the manpower come from?"

Zhang Yue said: "We have more manpower, and the ripe ones are already being taught how to cultivate them. As for the raw ones, we can let the ripe ones use incentives to get them to go down the mountain."

"As long as they come down from the mountains, they can cultivate the cotton fields. The imperial court not only obtains quite cheap labor, but also can further organize the people into households."

Wang Gui said: "This is actually a good business."

Zhang Yue said: "I plan to set up a cotton business on Xihe Road according to the design of Farujiaoyin, based on shares. It's still the same story as before."

Wang Gui's annual dividends from the Stock Exchange and Xihe Road Stock Exchange are as much as his income as prime minister, and these are his future pensions.

Now he is happy to add another cotton company.

Wang Gui nodded and said: "As long as it is beneficial to the country and the people, we will do it."

Official palace.

Zhang Yue came out first and said: "I have written the memorial all night, and now I present the policy of Pingliang Prefecture to Your Majesty!"

The officials had been waiting all night for Zhang Yue's memorial, and now they felt very encouraged when they heard the name of Pingliang Prefecture.

As soon as Shi De was presented to the officials, the officials immediately began to look at it impatiently.

"Is it necessary to implement household registration to equalize the people on Xihe Road?"

Zhang Yue said: "Exactly."

"The number of students in Xihe Road is at least two million. If we want to pacify Liangzhou, we must first fully mobilize Xihe Road."

This was Fan Yu's advice to Zhang Yue.

The Han people who moved to Xihe Road, including the garrison, officials, and prisoners of war, are now less than 300,000.

After ten years of development, the number of Shufans on Xihe Road has exceeded 500,000. Shufans are people who accepted the household registration of the Song Dynasty and received land grants at the same time. They can be recruited as archers or directly incorporated into the Song army at any time.

In addition to the Han people and Shufan, there are nearly two million Shengfan scattered in the mountains. For the Song Dynasty, it was impossible to control them all because Xihe Road was so big, as long as they occupied key points.

In the middle area, Shufan and Han people live together. As for the mountains and remote places, Shengfan live. Shengfan is still a tribal system. They listen to the tune but not the propaganda. They go down to the mountains to do trade with the Han people on weekdays.

Now Zhang Yue wants these students to come down from the mountain, accept the policy of establishing households and equalizing the people, and become subjects of the Song Dynasty from then on.

If it was the farming method before, and some mature farmers were recruited. Now, through the reclamation of cotton fields, Zhang Yue used the appearance of commercial operations, and the mature farmers came forward to recruit raw farmers to work in the mountains. The court promised that the profits from the acquisition of cotton fields would be sold to Qinzhou.

Weavers and dyers earn the price difference.

These matters were completed by the newly established business company mentioned by Zhang Yue and Wang Gui just now, which was also held by the imperial court and local Han people. At present, the entire Shaanxi Road, Qingtang, Uighur, and Dangxiang all have savings in cotton.

As long as there is a stable output of raw cotton, it will be sold through cotton cloth.
To be continued...