Chen Songze guessed that the production department might not consider taking over the defense of Shangzhou at all, and only thought about taking over the private salt matter in order to plant deeper eyes and ears in Shangzhou. Jiang Ping just smiled and said:
"If Brother Chen wants to know the answer, I'm afraid he won't be able to leave my sight until the four of them are recalled..."
"Please give me some advice from Mr. Jiang!" Chen Songze said with cupped hands.
Xu Huai, Shi Zhen, and Han Gui all admired Chen Songze, but they could not free their hands in a short period of time to conduct a deeper investigation of Chen Songze; the investigation and later appointment of Chen Songze, and even the investigation and purge of Xichuan official |
They were all handed over to Jiang Ping.
"Since the Chihu invaded the south, the Dukes of Han, Gu, Ge, and Gao have all led their troops to fight many tough battles. Even Zheng Huaizhong, Zheng Cong and his son were not without merits in fending off the enemy, but what the Chihu people were really afraid of was Chu.
Mountain, this is no boast,"
Jiang Ping broke the wheat cake into small pieces, stuffed it into his mouth slowly, and said,
"At the Battle of Ruying, the mountains were dug to divert the Ru River to the north, so that all the four prefectures of Xu, Chen, Cai, and Ying became marshes. Zhisi's back was backed by Jishan (the southern vein of Songshan Mountain), and it extended from east to west to the Yishui. The defense line constructed by the Ruying River
Even if it is not as solid as a rock, it is extremely difficult for the enemy in the west of Beijing and Heluo to break through in a short period of time. However, in the land of Nanyang, Xiangyang, and Jingzhou, where millions of refugees were resettled, the Chihu people could not
Maybe they don't know, and they can't just sit idly by. Therefore, opening a third front against us has become more urgent for the Chihu people. Even if they don't expect to really be able to break into the west wing of Nanyang Mansion from Wuguan Road,
But as long as we can force us to invest more people, horses, and grain in Xichuan, we can also achieve our goal of consuming and weakening us..."
Chen Songze nodded, indicating that he understood why the production department had no plans to take over Shangzhou's defense.
After all, once Lantian is lost, the Chihu people can attack Shangzhou from the northern section of Wuguan Road and Luoshui respectively. If the Dongchuan Road troops have no intention of defending Shangzhou, and Jingxiang takes over the defense, the price will be too high.
In particular, the Chihu people intend to open a new front to consume Jingxiang.
The living environment for the millions of refugees that Beijing and Xiangzhou have just admitted is still extremely difficult, and a large amount of food and fodder needs to be continuously invested for resettlement.
It will take more time to transform hundreds of thousands of troops into military potential into real military strength.
Not to mention other things, how much cost and resources would it cost to create tens of thousands of sets of armors, weapons and corresponding weapons and equipment?
What the production company lacks now is time, and it must try its best to avoid being dragged into a war of attrition that gets weaker and weaker.
Therefore, this winter, Xu Huai not only ordered that the three front lines of Ru, Caishen, and Shenzhou would only rely on the existing defense lines to defend with all their strength, and would never allow the generals to attack easily. The west wing of Nanyang Mansion would also choose to rely on the narrow terrain and steep Danjiang River in Xichuan.
and Chongyang River Valley to build a defense line, and will never move forward to take over the Shangzhou defense line easily.
Considering that Lantian and Shangzhou are likely to fall to the enemy this winter, on the one hand, it is necessary to deploy eyes, ears and spies in Lantian and Shangzhou that can hide deeper and cannot be easily dug out by the enemy. On the other hand, it can make Xichuan faster and more powerful.
Completely entering a state of full military mobilization.
According to the agreement between the Secretary and the imperial court, the three prefectures of Ru, Cai, and Shen were used as war zones to contact the enemy, and the military management of the prefectures was implemented with camp control. However, the previous Chushan camp was changed to the three major camps of Ruzhou, Caizhou, and Shenzhou; in addition,
In other prefectures and counties, it is only allowed to implement limited tenancy and clear land, and use the cleared land to build villages and implement military camps. The rest must continue as usual.
At this time, Lantian and Shangzhou had not been lost, and Xichuan had not yet engaged the enemy, so it was not counted as a war zone. Officials such as Yu Lian and Zhou Li refused to cooperate, and the rural gentry strongly resisted. The chief wanted to launch a military attack on Xichuan faster and more thoroughly.
Mobilization requires some extraordinary means.
And all of this needs to be carried out within the regulatory framework of the imperial court, and cannot become a basis for the Secretary to be criticized.
As a local leader in Xichuan, Chen Songze has been deeply exposed to all aspects of Xichuan for a long time, so he can obviously play a greater role.
"If you really need to use extraordinary measures, Lu Ji cannot be ignored!" After listening to Jiang Ping's explanation, Chen Songze named a person.????????????????p
"Oh, what's so special about Lu Ji?" Jiang Ping asked.
It was only after September that the Military Intelligence Department began to collect detailed information on Nanyang and Xiangyang Prefecture in a more comprehensive manner. Even though Zhufengtang's grain depot had been set up in Xichuan earlier and was responsible for purchasing grain from Xichuan, it really had no control over Xichuan County.
Little is known about the collusion between rural gentry and officials.
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Lu Jinai is the head of the Lu family in Lujia'ao, Xichuan. In addition to annexing eight or nine thousand acres of land on the east bank of the Xishui River and renting it out for rent, Lu Jinai also operates shipping and grain stores. He seems to be no different from ordinary rural gentry.
But his younger brother Lu Fangnai is the inheritor of Hufang in Xichuan County.
If Yu Lian, Zhou Li and others are trying to exploit the common people in Xichuan and abuse the law, the two brothers Lu Ji and Lu Fang are a good starting point, but the reason behind it is not something that outsiders can figure out immediately, and
Caught in hand.
Chen Songze said: "Yu Lian was cautious when he first came to Xichuan, but not everyone can stop himself when he falls into this big dye vat. Yu Lian was no different, and even became more and more courageous. In the end, he even donated money and food.
The late Emperor ascended the throne in Xiangyang. After that, countless people fled south and lived in Nanyang, Xiangyang and other places. The late Emperor issued an order for local relief. Over the years, Xichuan has recorded more than 80,000 shi of relief grain, but the amount of relief
In addition to passing off the food as good and shoddy, there are also a lot of false reports, and outsiders have no way to get any clues. However, the relief grain is mainly offset by the grain collected from Xichuan County, whether it is substandard or false.
Okay, it's still a false report. If there is no one to take care of the food that has not been produced, Yu Lian and others can't just say that they will transport thousands of stones and grain and grass away when they leave office, right?"
Taxation in Dai Viet mainly consists of actual land tax, Ding tax, exemption money, etc.:
Prefectures and counties near the canal thoroughfares will escort grain and other levied land taxes to Beijing, and keep the Ding tax and exempt money for daily expenses; while those prefectures and counties with inconvenient transportation will use Ding tax and exemption money.
Money and other silver and copper currencies were escorted to Beijing, and the levied grain and tax were kept for daily expenses.
But if there is a surplus, it will form a "trap" in state and county finances.
After Emperor Jianji ascended the throne in Xiangyang, he not only ordered all localities to take part of the "Ji Min" to be taken to Xiangyang to make up for the shortage of military resources, but also ordered that the remaining Ji Min be used to provide relief to the victims; later, he also instructed local governments to use part of the additional levy.
Food was brought out to provide relief to the victims.
Over the years, Xichuan has spent more than 80,000 shi of grain in relieving victims. Accounts from prefectures and counties to the Ministry of Household Affairs can be checked, but how much grain have the local officials embezzled? If you want to dig deeper, there are also
In order to dig out the tangled roots and reveal them to the world as soon as possible, we must seize the key links and kill them with one blow.
Jiang Ping first took Chen Songze to the military intelligence department's base in Xichuan to clarify some details, and then wrote a letter and sent someone to Xixia to report the matter.
After receiving Xu Huai's personal instructions, Jiang Ping personally accompanied Chen Songze and secretly detained four people from the salt trafficking team who knew Chen Songze's identity to prevent Chen Songze's identity from being leaked.
Salt Team.
A few days later, Fan Yong arrived in Xichuan secretly and took charge of the investigation into the serious case of Xichuan officials embezzling money and food.
Xu Huai was appointed as the Chief of Appeasement to oversee the military and political power of Jingxiang Road. Logically speaking, Xu Huai could also recommend the transportation envoys, promote criminal and prison affairs, advise on Changpingcang affairs, deploy troops and horses, and assign the transportation envoys department (referred to as the transportation envoys department).
There are four supervisory departments: the Financial Secretary or the Cao Secretary), the Military and Horse Deployment Department (the Military Secretary or the Marshal Secretary for short), the Changping Cangsi (the Cangsi for short), and the Tiju Criminal and Prison Department (the Xiansi for short).
However, there are too few senior generals in Chushan. Shi Zhen, Su Laochang, Xu Wuqi, Xu Wujiang, Guo Junpan, Pan Chenghu, Fan Yong, Xu Wukun, Xu Wuliang and others either hold multiple positions or have senior ranks.
If it was not enough, he was recommended, but was dismissed by the court.
At present, the transfer envoys, criminal and prison affairs, Changpingcang affairs, and military and horse deployment are temporarily vacant. The authority of the supervisory department has been merged into the Changshiyuan, and the Sima Yuan is in charge. Specific functional supervisory departments have also been established.
In order to ensure the normal operation of the production department, each functional supervision department is temporarily led by the military officers.
At present, the Department of Production has merged the functions and powers of supervising prefecture and county officials into the Department of Penal and Prison, under the temporary leadership of Fan Yong.
Now we have to dig a hole to clean up the official premises of Xichuan. Although we can dispatch personnel from the Military Intelligence Department to handle it, the Department of Criminal Affairs and Prisons still has to take charge.
"We need to dig an opening as soon as possible. We no longer have to worry about alerting the enemy. We need the Criminal and Prison Department to immediately send troops to arrest Lu Ji and the Lu Fang brothers for interrogation. In order to prevent Yu Lian, Zhou Li and others from transshipping and burying their property, the Military Intelligence Department has blocked Xichuan from the outside world.
In addition to the water and land channels, manpower has also been arranged in advance to monitor the county government..."
After Fan Yong arrived in Xichuan, Jiang Ping took Chen Songze to report the plan they had drawn up to Fan Yong, who then came to make the final decision.
"The Criminal and Prison Department has less than a hundred people. They are new here and are not familiar with the situation. The Military Intelligence Department has to take the lead in everything, and the Criminal and Prison Department sends personnel to participate. Now let's think about these things again. If there are no problems, we will do it tonight.
First capture Lu Ji and Lu Fang, seize and seal all the houses, farms, and corresponding accounts, and main managers under the Lu family's name, and strive to obtain documentary evidence and oral confessions within two days..." Fan Yong said.
