On October 15th of the first year of Hengsheng, after a debate at the court meeting, merchants could pay 30% of the tax and 70% of the copper coins and gold and silver. The courtiers had no objection to this, but they had some objections to the issuance of banknotes.
Many officials objected.
However, Zhao Yun, Qiao Xingjian, Yuan Shao, Cheng Jue, Zhen Dexiu and others have reached a consensus on this matter, and if banknotes are not issued, Jiaozi's matter of offsetting taxes may also be stranded. Under this situation, Qiao Xingjian,
Cheng Ju, Zhen Dexiu and others would not object and all agreed to issue banknotes.
Zhao Yun promoted it, and several important ministers agreed, so no one could stop it, so the court meeting successfully passed the resolution to issue banknotes.
Banknotes involve many details such as paper, anti-counterfeiting, encryption, archiving, etc. Zhao Yun leaves it to Zhen Dexiu to handle it with full authority.
Zhen Dexiu solemnly accepted the order, and immediately started research with Yousi to formulate various matters for the printing and issuance of banknotes.
The problems encountered in printing and issuing banknotes were all encountered when printing and issuing Jiaozi, and they were all handled well in the end. Therefore, Zhao Yun did not worry too much and left it to his ministers to do it. He only focused on the general direction.
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After the court meeting ended, the news spread that Jiaozi could be offset against taxes. Seeing the profit, many officials took their gold and silver to buy Jiaozi, hoping to earn the difference.
But at this time, how could they capture Jiaozi? Someone had already taken advantage of them.
"Oh, my Jiaozi."
Those who sold Jiaozi a few days ago regretted it. If they had kept it until now, the value of Jiaozi would be directly the face value. Who would not feel distressed by such a big price difference?
While the merchants were crying and regretting endlessly, Zhao Yun was already at the New Army camp, visiting the soldiers who were training.
Zhao Yun, under the leadership of Meng Gong, inspected various places.
When the soldiers saw Zhao Yun, they all had eager eyes and full of energy. Seeing the dragon's face with their own eyes made them feel extremely honored and they could brag about it for decades to come.
"What's your name? How's the food in the army?"
"Hui Hui Hui,,,"
Zhao Yun walked up to a group of soldiers and chatted with them cordially. He cared about his younger brother like the brother next door, and the soldiers were moved by his words.
"Hehehe,,,"
Seeing that the soldier was nervous, Zhao Yun laughed a few times to ease his nervousness. Then he patted his shoulder and said, "Don't be nervous. You are a soldier and a warrior. You must have the courage to move forward. Don't shrink back."
"Shut up, no matter who you see, you must straighten your back and speak loudly and forcefully. Only such a soldier is a good soldier."
The soldier was deeply affected, and he immediately summoned up the courage to reply loudly and forcefully: "Yes, Your Majesty, I am reporting to Your Majesty. My name is Wang Dashun. The food in the army is very good. We eat meat once every two days. Every day is like a Chinese New Year."
"Very good, train well, train hard, sweat more in peacetime, and bleed less on the battlefield. I'm waiting for you to report success on the battlefield in the future."
"Yes, Your Majesty."
After an inspection, Zhao Yun looked at Meng Gong's camp of 10,000 soldiers inside and out. The soldiers were trained hard and the generals were dedicated to their responsibilities. Zhao Yun was very satisfied.
Walking in the military camp, Zhao Yun said to Meng Gong beside him: "How does the Qing family feel about this cross-river battle and the battle against the Kingdom of Jin?"
Meng Gong raised his hand and said respectfully: "The soldiers of the Jin Kingdom have always been as brave as tigers and as fast as rabbits, but this time I feel that they are not much different from our elite soldiers of the Song Dynasty. I even feel that they are slightly inferior to our army."
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Zhao Yun had a confident smile on his face and said: "It's not surprising. The Jin Kingdom has occupied our Central Plains for a hundred years and has long been fascinated by the colorful world. How can it be compared with what it was back then.
Once upon a time, the Mongolian grasslands were firmly ruled by the Jin Kingdom, without the slightest resistance. But now, the Jin Kingdom has been driven out of the grasslands by the Mongols, and even the current Central Plains is almost beyond its capabilities."
Having said this, Zhao Yun turned back to look at Meng Gong and said, "So Qing family, you have to train your troops well. When the opportunity comes, we will also go around."
After saying that, Zhao Yun went to Cao Youwen's military camp next door, leaving only Meng Gong there in a daze.
"Are we going to go for a walk too?"
Meng Gong murmured to himself, and soon his eyes became extremely eager. Looking at Zhao Yun's back, he looked up even more humbly, as if looking at the residence of a god.
Zhao Yun spent the next month in the New Army barracks, and only returned to the palace during the court meeting.
During this period, Zhao Yun often discussed the training methods of the new army with Meng Gong, Cao Youwen, Jiang Wanzai, Peng Yibin, and Xia Gui.
Zhao Yun discussed with them everything from training items, training duration, training intensity to folding quilts and how to place daily items, and finally formulated unified standards and implemented them one by one.
The military camp is an exciting place. When Zhao Yun was in it, he felt full of energy and heroic spirit. In the end, he even transformed into an ordinary soldier, eating and training with the soldiers of each battalion, and experiencing the long-lost feeling.
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Zhao Yun received training with the soldiers. This behavior was so shocking that the soldiers felt incredible and at the same time felt a huge sense of honor.
They no longer look down upon themselves because they are soldiers, they understand what respect is.
"ah."
The training was very enthusiastic. Suddenly, a scream broke the rhythm of the training. Zhao Yun subconsciously followed the sound and saw that it was two soldiers practicing spear thrusting. One of them accidentally broke because of the spear.
He was stabbed in the thigh by another soldier, and blood immediately flowed out.
The military medical officer arrived quickly and took the soldiers down to stop the bleeding and apply bandages. Zhao Yun didn't pay too much attention. After all, in a team of tens of thousands, minor accidents were common. However, Meng Gong frowned while holding a long spear.
Then, Meng Gong came to the armory and checked the spears, knives, shields and other weapons one by one. The more he checked, the uglier his face became.
I saw that all these weapons were of poor quality, and the heads of many of the spears were even rusty.
As for the shield, it was stained with rust and varied in thickness. Meng Gong kicked it and directly penetrated it. It was not even as hard as a wooden shield!
"What did you do? Why are this batch of weapons so inferior, yet they are so openly put into the warehouse?"
Meng Gong was furious and sternly questioned Xu Yousi, the magistrate who managed the armory.
Xu Yousi hurriedly explained, "General, calm down. This was all sent from the imperial armory. The junior officials didn't know it at the time. They found out later, but they had already signed and deposited it in the warehouse. It was too late, and there was nothing they could do about it."
"Nothing to do?"
Meng Gong raised his eyes and looked at him. He felt as if he had been struck by lightning. His whole body trembled and his hair stood on end.