Chapter 439 Lin'an Prefecture Delusion
Xie Wuhui, the general manager of Shunfeng, was standing at the door with Chu Yuxuan, waiting to see him.
Zhao Yulin invited everyone to come in and sit down. After the guards served tea, he went straight to ask Xie Wuhui how to explain the damage that occurred in the Yangtze River when the official ships of General Meng and General Yu almost sank.
Xie Wuhui said harmlessly that he was also surprised. Shunfeng was investigating the matter and Manager Chu knew it clearly.
Oh, this guy is really smart. He thought Chu Yuxuan was Zhao Yulin's man, so he pushed all the responsibility away, as if the shipwreck in the river had nothing to do with him.
Xie Wuhui even asked Zhao Yulin in return: The garrison troops in the city are being replaced. I heard that all the original garrisons in the city will be transferred to Suzhou to guard the border. Is this true?
Zhao Yulin nodded and said that it was true, but he had been very busy recently and had not had time to inform Lord Xie.
Xie Wuhui was frustrated, and after a pause he said that the generals of the garrison might be unstable. If they were suddenly transferred to the border at this moment, he was worried that it would provoke a rebellion and then surrender to the Northern Barbarians.
Zhao Yulin hummed twice, thinking he had heard something truthful. He said: "This is something that should be handled by Mr. Xie. It will take at least five days for the army to march to the border. Is that enough?"
Xie Wuhui immediately replied that it was enough.
He picked up the tea bowl and drank tea. Seeing this standard gesture of seeing off a guest, Xie Wuhui immediately stood up and said goodbye, leaving with Chu Yuxuan.
Outside the government office, officials from Jiankang had already started discussing.
After the meeting, some officials went to the streets in groups of three or five to drink tea, drink wine and chat, while others gathered in the office to talk.
Some people happily said that the Third Young Master was very understanding of the hardships we faced as civil servants, and that those who cursed the Third Young Master as being like the Black and White Impermanence were wrong. We have all seen that the Third Young Master had an approachable smile and looked like a handsome and elegant gentleman, but that was not the case at all.
Some said with a hint of reproach: Those colleagues were too disrespectful to the Third Young Master. When the Third Young Master showed up for a meeting for the first time, the people from the Xie, Zhao and Yang families dragged their feet and refused to meet him. They completely ignored the Third Young Master.
The Third Young Master was really able to hold back. After all, he was still the son-in-law of the emperor, the King of Han bestowed by the emperor.
Haha, these officials of the previous dynasty still regarded Jiankang Prefecture as the Jiankang Prefecture of the previous dynasty, and the officials were still the official ranks appointed by the emperor of the previous dynasty. They did not take Zhao Yulin, the deputy director of the Central Council of the New Song Dynasty, seriously at all.
The Xie, Zhao and Yang families they mentioned were all royal relatives of the previous dynasty. Most of the officials in Jiankang City were in-laws and close ministers who were placed nearby by the emperor and the empress dowager. In their minds, they still regarded Jiankang Prefecture as the Jiankang of the Song Dynasty, their own kingdom.
Jiankang, also known as Jinling, is the ancient capital of the Six Dynasties. There are countless dignitaries When the Jin people and the Mongols came south to plunder, they were the first to get the news. They fluttered across the river and hid like a group of sparrows. After the war, they returned to the city and lived a life of luxury. It was so comfortable.
The Lin'an court in the south of the Yangtze River seemed to have nothing to do with them. The court was constantly filled with palace fights between the emperor and the empress dowager, and the emperor and ministers. To them, these things seemed far away across the river. After the dust settled, they still drank and received their salaries.
In this way, Jiankang Prefecture became a paradise for this group of people. They continued to work as officials and received money. It was only in recent years that they were a little tight on money because Chengdu did not transfer taxes. However, they would not blame the envoys and ministers in Lin'an, because Lin'an clearly told the officials of Jiankang Prefecture that it was Chengdu that did not pay taxes, so they could not pay.
Zhao Yulin looked at the new currency allocated by Chengdu to Jiankang Prefecture last year. Meng Gong distributed more than half of the silver and money to this group of officials as salaries.
He was thinking about what to do with these zombies, but he heard the guard report: The Minister of War, Lord Miao, has arrived.
A little later, Miao Gui came in hurriedly and shouted, "Greetings to the Commander."
Zhao Yulin laughed and said, his wife wasn't around, so why was his brother cheering so exaggeratedly?
Miao Gui immediately said cheerfully: The brothers are used to it, and they also reminded each other that they must shout from a distance when they come to see their brothers.
He didn't respond to Miao Gui's words. Instead, he took the tea bowl handed to him by the guard and handed it to Miao Gui.
Haha, these brothers knew that Zhao Yulin and his wives casually showed their affection and love, and they were afraid that if they rushed into the house rashly, they would disrupt the good atmosphere of their deep communication, so when they wanted to see him, they would shout and .
He saw that Miao Gui had finished his tea, and then he asked what Lord Miao was here for.
Miao Gui quickly said, "I'm sorry to bother you, brother. He came to visit Brother Yulin on the orders of Madam Chen Chen to see if he was well and how he was eating."
Zhao Yulin was drinking tea when he burst out laughing.
Miao Gui laughed when he saw this, and then he talked about business, telling him that the people were preparing the land for spring ploughing and irrigation, and the troops turned to local reclamation and consolidation. At the beginning, General Meng's Jinghu Army and General Yu's Jiangdong Army exposed many problems.
Zhao Yulin nodded and told him that the garrison troops of Jiankang had just left the city and were to be taken to Yingzhou for training. It was discovered that many generals had violated regulations and laws in the downwind area, so they had to be careful of mutiny.
Miao Gui said that he had received the news. He sighed to Zhao Yulin: These troops did work for the country in resisting the Mongols in Jiangdong, so it will be a bit difficult to investigate and deal with them.
If we follow the rules of our Shenwei Army, I wonder how many heads will fall?
However, if he wanted to enforce the law strictly and arrest a large number of military generals, he was afraid that General Meng and General Yu would become suspicious, which put him in a dilemma.
Zhao Yulin said that both generals took the initiative to go to Chengdu to work, and it was very likely that they had considered this place.
He asked Miao Gui to inform Generals Meng and Yu of the actual situation in detail, and those who should be punished should be punished according to the law. However, they should be careful about the degree of punishment.
For crimes that are not punishable by death, we should relax the leniency appropriately. The purpose of our training is to cure illnesses and save lives, and to rally the military's morale. We should pay attention to this point when investigating suspects in the military in the future.
Miao Gui told him that it would be better to transfer Sister Fenghuang back to the Military Affairs Commission to do the job. When Sister Fenghuang goes down to handle cases, no one will disobey her and no one will dare to act rashly.
He laughed and said that Fenghuang was busy in Fuzhou, and his wife had to go there to do everything, so he didn't know how many more wives he would have to marry.
Miao Gui immediately laughed and teased him that he was in the prime of his life and it would be no problem for him to marry three or five more sisters-in-law.
Zhao Yulin pretended to be angry and glared at him, then picked up the teacup and drank his tea.
Miao Gui told him seriously that he was extremely busy with various affairs, and he really thought that Fenghuang would be the best person to handle the military discipline.
Zhao Yulin told them to leave it alone and talk about it later. He thought there was something more urgent at the moment and wanted to take over Hongzhou.
Hongzhou in Jiangnan West Road is located on the bank of the Yangtze River. It considers itself the largest shipbuilding site with abundant tax revenue. It even sends patrol boats to the river to arbitrarily intercept and search passing ships in the name of checking taxes.
Not long ago, they actually blocked the military supply fleet of the Shenwei Army. How could this be tolerated?
Miao Gui said that he was just about to discuss this matter with his brother. Ever since Zeng Yaozu sneaked into the city, the militia of Hongzhou was determined to side with the envoy of Lin'an Prefecture and completely threw themselves into the arms of the Liangzhe Group, becoming a complete bridgehead for Lin'an facing the west.
The surrounding bandits and criminal officials also fled there, making it a country within a country that was resisting our New Song Dynasty.
Zhao Yulin nodded and told him to find a reason to capture Hongzhou in the name of arresting the bandit leader Zeng Yaozu, so as to eliminate the barrier in the west of Lin'an and make Shi thief realize the situation and wake up sooner.
Miao Gui agreed immediately. He said that Zhou Ping's navy was bored. After the foundation of the Cunjin Dike on the Yellow River was laid, the melted ice and water from upstream almost flowed to Daming Prefecture and Zhending Prefecture. There was no water in Henan and only small boats could be used. Zhou Ping was worried about having no place to use his navy.
Zhao Yulin told him to prepare well and let the navy take the lead and capture Hongzhou in one fell swoop just like they did Zhengzhou.
After careful planning and discussion, the two of them decided to set off immediately.
Zhao Yulin hurriedly sat in the study room and picked up the brush to write a secret report to his wife, the king Zhao Feiyan. The situation is different now. The new Song Dynasty has been established and there is a central government in charge. He must report the military strategy to the king according to the rules.
Otherwise, if future generations continue to act as they please, won’t the New Song Dynasty be in ruins?
Before he could get busy, Ke Zhenxie outside the door reported: Lord Xie of Lin'an wants to see him, and he has a letter from Madam Feiyan.
After Zhao Yulin came out and met Xie Lingyun, he sat down to drink tea. After reading Zhao Feiyan's letter, he knew that this person had just returned from Chengdu. The Central Council had already notified Liangzhe that all matters should be handled in Jiankang Prefecture, and Zhao Yulin had the convenience of making full decisions.
Liangzhe must return to the new Song Dynasty unconditionally.
Zhao Yulin didn't want to waste time with him, so he asked his aide Zhen Debin to meet with him and told him that all the issues raised by Shi Gong were off the table, as the Chengdu Central Council had not yet officially appointed Shi Gong as the Pacifier of Liangzhe.
He said: Since Xie Gong went to Chengdu and then came to Jiankang, it shows the sincerity and determination of the people of Lin'an to seek the unification of the new Song Dynasty and return to China. This is a blessing for the people of Liangzhe.
However, those in charge of Liangzhe should show enough sincerity. The Central Council has made it very clear that Liangzhe must hand over all its troops to the Ministry of War. Some time ago, the patrol boats of Liangzhe openly provoked the South China Sea formation of the Shenwei Army, which was a blatant betrayal.
As for employing people, Shi Gong can recommend himself, and Shi Gong himself can also serve as the pacification envoy of Liangzhe, but the Imperial City Office in Lin'an must be transformed into a favorable place for the new Song Dynasty.
All officials who are not heavily involved in blood debts, sell out their country for personal gain, or are guilty of heinous crimes can remain in office, but they must follow the new rules of the new Song Dynasty's civil service system and be assigned to one position. Surplus officials must be assessed by the Ministry of Personnel before being assigned to work.
Liangzhe must surrender their land and household registration and re-determine taxes. Stop printing money and implement the laws of the New Song. In simple terms, the military, finance, and administration must be unified on the land of the New Song. It is absolutely impossible to be independent of the New Song.
Zhao Yulin didn't say a word , and Xie Lingyun was deafened and dumbfounded. Damn, this doesn't give Shi Xiang the right to independent self-government.
He said: Xie Gong has worked hard to travel back and forth between Liangzhe and Chengdu for the return of the two Zhejiang provinces, and his contributions are great. I asked Zhen Debin to bring 5,000 strings of new currency to Xie Gong as a gift for his past travel expenses and future expenses.
