Chapter 682: All of them belong to the imperial court
Zhao Yulin nodded and said: We support our subordinates, and there is no guilt as long as there is no transaction. You all have the responsibility to select talents for the country, and you are all Bole.
As for what to do with the woman? She is already paralyzed on one side, which is a punishment. We punish You Gong to take good care of the woman to offset the responsibility of not supervising her in the past.
How about the Ministry of Personnel fine You Gong's salary according to the rules?
Hua Yue immediately thought it was a good idea, and all the gentlemen had no objection.
You Shi looked at Zhao Yulin with gratitude and thanked the king for his leniency.
He said earnestly: The country is getting bigger and bigger, and it still depends on the concerted efforts of all the people. He told Youshi not to carry any burdens and to do things boldly. As long as we have an open mind, we will not be afraid of any difficulties.
Then, Zhao Yulin told everyone that his family would set an example in how to make a living among the people. Ma Ling would personally take charge and ask the Ministry of Works to supervise the establishment of the top construction team in the new Song Dynasty. They would independently manufacture the top carts in the new Song Dynasty. They would go to Yibin to contract hills and dry land to grow peppers, and hire the people to grow peppers to try to make money through large-scale crop planting. They would go to Guizhou and Yunnan to lease large tracts of dry land from the people to grow tobacco leaves, and make cigarettes to make money for the country. The Zhao family would only take the social average profit of the funds they occupied, and the excess income would belong to the country.
Everyone's eyes widened when they heard this.
Such a grand gesture, such a novel approach, and such frank communication really opened everyone's eyes.
He said: The current system of the court is still very imperfect, we should make changes while we work, so that it is easier for the people to earn money to support themselves. As the saying goes, those who are close to the water get the moon first. We are all people with high positions and power, and we should think more about the court...
When he got back, the children were waiting for him.
Zhao Yulin looked at Wu Jing lovingly and said: She is the eldest sister, the eldest princess, and she must follow her younger brothers and sisters. If there are people who do not follow the rules, they must be pointed out and corrected. Only then can she be a good sister. Our family has enough food and clothing, and making money is not the main thing. We must find a way to make the people live a good life and let more people have money to spend.
The children all nodded.
He told Ma Linger to hand over the tobacco business to Guangqing and Duan Yu. Guangqing was responsible for tobacco planting in Guizhou, and Duan Yu was responsible for tobacco planting in Yunnan. Guangqing was responsible for the production of cigarettes, and he and Duan Yu were working together, and no mistakes were allowed.
Zhao Guangqing and Duan Yu nodded again.
Ma Linger said: Tobacco is the most profitable business. We must abide by the rules of the court and spend all the money we earn wisely.
She told Zhao Yulin: Jinzhu’s Korean kimchi is delicious, and the restaurant in Qiongzhou is doing very well. Everyone recommends Jinzhu to manage the Zhao family’s catering business.
Zhao Yulin nodded and told the children that there was no distinction between the two in our family. They could speak out whatever they thought and go to Ma Ling for help if they had any difficulties. If they wanted to be an official, they could go to Zhidi, and if they wanted to be a soldier, they could go to Fenghuang. As long as it complied with the court's rules, he believed that the three mothers would fully support them.
The children were delighted.
Ma Linger laughed and said that his father was ruining her plans. It was clearly a mobilization meeting held by the family to make a living, but he was trying to ruin her plans here.
A group of children were amused and laughed.
Ma Linger said with a straight face: Don't underestimate our business, it is very profitable. But the silver is not just piled on the ground, you can just bend down and pick it up, you have to work hard to make it...
Tehelan and Hubili from the Western Regions also convened all the officials in the palace to discuss matters.
The Shenwei Army retreated when they reached Wuchu River, and both sides deployed defenses along the banks of the river. In addition, the New Song State also sent letters through the people and merchants who came and went, expressing its willingness to reopen fair trade in the past passages and ferry crossings to ensure the freedom of business travel.
Hubili asked the civil and military officials in the hall: Has the New Song Dynasty decided that the Wuchu River is the border between the two countries and will no longer be at odds with our Yuan Dynasty?
Everyone looked at each other in confusion. They didn't expect the emperor to ask such a question that would make them question their lives.
Wulianghe hesitated for a moment and reported to Hubili: The Shenwei Army is building defenses along the Wuchu River, adopting a strategy of light defenses in the front and heavy defenses in the back. They have set up a large number of camps and garrisons in places with convenient roads in the rear, and it seems that they will not retreat.
Dong Qinwei has been promoted to prime minister. He is very familiar with the history of the Han Dynasty. He said with a bit of ease that your Majesty is wise. We have finally gotten rid of the entanglement of the New Song Dynasty by moving here. The Shenwei Army will no longer chase us as vigorously as before. We can finally take a breath and free up our hands to discuss how to make money.
Hubili nodded, glanced at the whole audience and said confidently that Dayuan could finally have a good rest.
However, we must not take it lightly. We must keep a low profile, show weakness to the New Song, strive to gain the support and assistance of the New Song, and continue to expand our strategic living space westward.
Mr. Yao, who is also a prime minister, is very familiar with this and calls it a great virtue. The emperor also issued an edict to all the subjects in the world, asking them to come to Teheran. There are so many empty houses in this city that can accommodate tens of thousands of people. Only a city with people can have the atmosphere of life and bring wealth to the emperor.
Then this guy stepped on Shi Tianze, who was also a Han Chinese, and cursed him for being treacherous, selling out his master and joining the New Song Dynasty, which caused the Yuan Dynasty to lose tens of thousands of officers and soldiers and countless subjects in Shamalkand, and his crime was unforgivable.
A number of civil and military officials immediately echoed Mr. Yao's proposal and strongly recommended that Hu Bili recruit people from all over the world to live in the capital.
The city of Tehran has a long history, but it became famous only after Xu Liewu came here.
Xu Liewu marched westward, killing and slashing all the way. He demolished and burned down many castles that resisted. The city of Teheran also failed to resist the attack of the steppe people. Xu Liewu entered the city and burned, killed and looted. He dragged the surrendered people out and lined them up by the river to be beheaded. The young women were all assigned to the soldiers for fun. Naturally, many houses in the city were vacant and no one lived there.
When Hubili arrived, he massacred pagans again, and there were more vacant houses in the city.
Mr. Yao gave him some advice: he should still allow pagans to exist in an inclusive manner, otherwise he would have to massacre all the people in the city.
Hubili nodded, praising Mr. Yao for his reasonable words.
He received news that the New Song Dynasty was clearing out pagans in the controlled areas, and anyone who did not declare allegiance to the New Song court and did not agree with the New Song Dynasty's fairness, justice, and equality for all would be escorted out of the country.
He believed that the Yuan Dynasty should at least do the same thing as the New Song Dynasty, and said to his ministers: The Yuan Dynasty must also establish rules to attract those who support our Yuan Dynasty to Tehran, let those stubborn pagans go on their own, and stop killing innocent people.
Because his guard Shi Tianze was slow in action, the door to escape from Shamalk was blocked by the quickly infiltrating Shenwei Army. Shi Tianze suffered heavy losses in the face of Zhang Guoan's intensive heavy firearms attacks. He no longer wanted to see his soldiers bleed and die, so he took the initiative to surrender to the Shenwei Army.
As a result, the only ones who escaped from Shamalk were the troops that Wulianghe had deployed in advance. At least 50,000 newly recruited soldiers and Shi Tianze's 8,000 Han troops became prisoners.
Therefore, Prime Minister Yao wanted to severely criticize his colleague Shi Tianze and ask him for the crime of losing soldiers and population. It was Shi Tianze who failed to plunder the population that led to Tehelan becoming a deserted city.
This guy was carefully drinking and chatting with Gao Jin, and didn't want to listen to the nonsense of Hubili and his gang who fled the royal court. He asked to take his old subordinates back to Hebei.
Gao Jin agreed that those who were willing to stay could settle down in Hamarhan, and after five years of supervision by the imperial court, they could be changed into local civilians, or join the Shenwei Army, or participate in the imperial court's military reclamation. If they returned to Hebei, the imperial court's disposal strategy was similar.
Shi Tianze and other surrendered generals were grateful to the court for not killing them. They cried and cursed themselves as inhumane and vowed to mend their ways and be honest citizens ...
At that time, Badu of the Golden Horde suddenly became seriously ill. When his sons learned about it, they immediately led their troops back to plan to fight for the position of Khan. This winter, Hubili finally had a rest. The Western Yuan Empire quickly settled the grassland people who followed him to various places, established large areas of grassland to graze cattle and sheep, opened a large number of new workshops for construction, and did everything possible to manufacture military equipment.
In Suiye City, Wu Qian also realized the importance of religious belief for the local people. Although the grassland cavalry massacred a large number of pagans as they marched westward, the foundation of the sect still remained.
Wu Qian first summoned the leading abbots of temples from all over the country to give them a speech, explaining the new Song Dynasty's way of governing the country and emphasizing the court's freedom of belief. However, he did not allow temples to force people to believe in religion. Regardless of their religious beliefs, they must love their country and family and abide by the laws and rules of the court.
Wu Qian emphasized that although various religious sects have no borders, their believers and followers have nationalities. As people of the New Song Dynasty, they must abide by the laws of the New Song Dynasty. He asked abbots from all places to discuss together and establish temple management committees to delete or block the content in their own doctrines that do not conform to the laws of the New Song Dynasty.
Anyone who does not support this will be required to leave the country within a certain period of time, no matter who they are.
Although this rule seemed harsh, it was much milder than that of the grassland people. These missionaries knew that the grassland people were still slaughtering pagans in the west, so they dared not leave the country. They promised to delete and block the doctrines that were inconsistent with the laws of the New Song Dynasty court and then do good deeds in a disciplined manner.
Wu Qian then took the second step and extended an invitation to the Potala Palace on the Tubo Road, encouraging Tibetan Buddhism to spread the Dharma in the Western Regions.
During this westward expedition of the Shenwei Army, a large number of soldiers and civilian workers from the Tubo Road followed along, including many Buddhist believers, who just happened to need the blessing of Tibetan Buddhism.
The Basi of Lhasa City were extremely happy to receive the call from the imperial court. They immediately selected one hundred eminent monks to form several temple management committees and set off to preach in the Western Regions.
In order to support this cause, Gao Jin looked for suitable courtyards among the confiscated houses and handed them over to the temple to be used as a place of practice, which greatly facilitated their settlement there.
Basi and his master were drinking tea in a leisurely manner on the basilica of the Potala Palace. The master said with a smile that God is truly merciful, and he never thought that they could go to the Chagatai Khanate to preach.
Ba Si carefully corrected him: That place is already the territory of the New Song Dynasty, the Western Region of the New Song Dynasty. The master was so happy that he couldn't help but think that area was the Chagatai Khanate.
