"There is news from the Jiuyuan Governor's Mansion that the Wuyuan County Ironmaking Workshop plans to cut down the trees in the Yinshan Mountains and burn charcoal to make iron."
Secretary Zhang took the official document from the Governor's Office and handed it to Feng Duhu.
"Oh, finally enlightened?" Feng Duhu took it, glanced at it, and threw it on the eucalyptus.
"We are one year behind Pingcheng. We have used a lot more coke, but now we realize that we can still use charcoal to make iron?"
The right lady glanced at Feng Duhu with some annoyance:
"What weird words are you talking about? At least you have decided this matter. If you didn't remind them earlier, you are still in the mood to make sarcastic remarks."
Feng Duhu chuckled:
"How many years has it been? Do you expect me to carry them with me for the rest of my life?"
To be honest, with Feng Duhu's current reputation and status, he could retire immediately and stay at home with peace of mind.
The achievements he made in the first half of his life and the capital he saved were enough to last him a lifetime.
Not to mention that now his focus is on Ji Han's military and political affairs.
For him, the white glove of Xinghanhui has been kept for so many years, and it is the time to use it.
Instead of asking him to worry about teaching them how to do things.
When the right lady heard this, she laughed and said:
"That being said, it is true as A Lang said. Over the years, the big man has been using coke to make iron, and he is used to it."
"Suddenly there was no coal, and it was dark for a while. I was looking for coal instead of cutting down wood, burning charcoal, and making iron. It's understandable."
After saying that, he paused and looked at Feng Duhu again:
"Besides, after so many years of promoting the Han Dynasty, who doesn't know that Feng Hui's leader has never missed anything?"
"Since you asked people to look for coal there, no one would doubt that there would be coal mines there. Who would have thought that even after searching for so long, we couldn't find it."
It cannot be said that they have not been found, but they have found one or two small coal mines, but the quality of the coal is not very good.
It is enough for the local soldiers and civilians to boil water for heating, but it is not enough for making iron.
"Furthermore, the forests at the border fortress have always been used as checkpoints. They didn't get permission, so naturally they didn't dare to cut them down at will."
Don’t think that the ancients didn’t have the awareness to plant trees.
In fact, judging from historical data, there have been records of "Sui Ren" and "Feng Ren" since the Zhou Dynasty.
"Sui Ren" is the executor of border forest construction, and "Feng Ren" also has the responsibility of constructing and managing border forests.
During the Warring States Period, "Xunzi·Jiangguo" recorded that during the Warring States Period, there was a "fortress of pines and cypresses" in the border forest between Qin and Zhao.
After Qin Shihuang unified the six countries, he built the Great Wall for the security of the northern border.
At the same time, elm trees were planted along the Great Wall to form a green Great Wall, which was the first border forest in the history of our country.
"Book of Han·Biography of Han Anguo" states:
"Meng Tian invaded Hu for Qin and opened up thousands of miles of land. He used rivers as the base, piled stones as cities, and elm trees as barriers. The Huns did not dare to drink from the rivers."
After the Han Dynasty conquered the world, it repaired this border forest many times. It was called "Yuxi Stop" in history, also known as Yulin Stop.
"Historical Records: Biography of General Wei":
(Wei Qing) Then he settled the land of Henan to the west, pressed on the old fortress of Yuxi River, cut off Zi Ling, Liangbei River, attacked Pu Ni, broke Fuli, killed the weak and sharp soldiers, and ambushed the listeners for three thousand and seventy-one levels. He was sentenced to death.
Ugly, there are more than a hundred thousand horses and cattle and sheep to drive.
(The Hetao area was called Henan during the Qin and Han Dynasties)
Calling the forest a fortress shows that the status of this border forest was comparable to that of the Great Wall in the eyes of the Han Dynasty people.
Although the main purpose of Yulinsai is to prevent the barbarians from riding south at will.
But objectively, it also plays an important role in preventing wind and sand, conserving soil and water in the Hetao and northwest regions.
It is related to border defense, and at the same time, I have become well aware of the protective effect of forests on cultivated land in recent years.
Especially in Henan, where precipitation is scarce, the amount of food produced by the cultivated land determines the stability of the morale of the border troops and the people.
It makes sense that the iron smelting workshops in Wuyuan County did not dare to immediately consider felling wood and burning charcoal.
It is precisely because the forests in Henan are related to national defense that Feng Duhu has kept silent about the fuel for the iron smelting workshop in Wuyuan County.
Otherwise, given his status, if he takes the initiative to speak out about felling wood and burning charcoal, he will be scolded to death.
Even if you are not scolded to death, you will still be accused of being self-interested and disregarding the country's borders for personal gain and so on.
Fortunately, Liu Liang and Xu Xun did things fairly safely this time.
Along with the official documents, there was also Li Xu’s logging plan.
There is a detailed plan for the cutting and planting rotation of forest trees in Henan.
Without this planning document, this official document is just useless paper.
But with this plan, it’s hard to say whether there will be any objections, but it’s at least worth discussing.
Even though Li Xu is a female, her influence on agriculture is not small.
She is present in the terraced fields in Nanzhong, the double-cropping rice in Shuzhong, the bean sprouts in Longyou, the rotation of alfalfa and grain in Liangzhou, and the reclamation in Henan.
Although there is some invisible big hand pushing these things, she still has to rely on her to truly put the theory into practice.
Of course, Li Tong, who can accompany her everywhere without any regrets, also deserves some credit.
Now some people have started calling Mr. Li Xu "Master Xu".
The so-called everyone refers to women who made outstanding contributions in a certain field in the Han Dynasty.
To show respect, the world calls him "Master So-and-so".
"Where's the Chancellor's Desk? What's the term?"
Feng Duhu asked.
"What can the Chancellor say? Isn't this where I turn to ask for your opinion?"
Mrs. Right curled her lips, "Maybe they don't understand this plan at all."
Feng Duhu smiled:
"It's possible that you can't fully understand it, but to say that people can't understand it at all is to underestimate them."
Jiang Gongyan was a gentleman, magnanimous and magnanimous, but he did not like to compete with others for power.
If you don't understand something or something you can't grasp, you won't jump to conclusions easily, but take the initiative to ask.
You will not feel embarrassed because you feel that asking others is showing cowardice.
The prime minister may not have taken a fancy to him when he appointed him as Shangshu Ling.
"That's right. After all, it's a matter related to the frontier. Jiang Gongyan may want to ask you for a guarantee."
The right lady nodded and agreed.
Feng Duhu glanced at her but said nothing.
People who play politics have a bad heart, and Feng Duhu naturally understands that.
Of course, what the right lady said is not impossible.
Over the years, the Xinghan Society has built many workshops in various places, and also opened up pastures and farms.
The taxes paid every year are not a small amount.
Otherwise, where would Adou have the confidence to reduce taxes?
The significance of the iron smelting workshop in Wuyuan County, Bingzhou, is not only to supply ironware to the military and civilians of Bingzhou in the future, but also to consolidate the border fortress and educate the Hu people.
Especially when it comes to educating the Hu people, it is not just a verbal education, but a real education.
Have you not seen how much the Di people in Yinping, Wudu, the barbarians in Basi County, and the Qiang people in Liangzhou support the Han people now?
Therefore, it is a matter of choice between the workshop and the forests in Henan.
"Guarantee, just guarantee. The barbarians in the desert are not a threat now. The workshop just thinks there are not enough manpower. How can it be that the barbarians can't come over?"
Feng Duhu didn't care.
After all, it is about the Xinghan Society, and you still have to take responsibility.
And throughout the Three Kingdoms era, the surrounding barbarians were not a big problem.
They are all tools to improve the performance of various countries.
On the contrary, after the unification of Sima and Jin, the tool man actually turned into the master, which is strange.
"But it's best to set rules. In addition to replanting, you also need to set the price of the trees and collect some taxes such as car and boat traps."
Feng Duhu thought for a while and said, "After all, the mountains, lakes and seas all belong to the country, so it is appropriate to pay more taxes to the court."
Anyway, as long as the Wuyuan County workshop can be started, how much money can be made back.
It is important to obtain policy support.
Probably because she had been talking for a long time, Mrs. Right felt a little thirsty.
She walked towards the Bingjian, skillfully took out a plate of sliced cold melon and placed it between the two of them:
"Want to eat?"
"Let's have a piece."
Feng Duhu said reluctantly.
This is a new variety planted this year on the high plateau north of the Weishui River in Guanzhong.
The skin of the melon is still very thick and there are still many seeds, but the taste is better than last year.
The flesh of the melon is not so fresh, and it has a vague appearance of later generations.
It's still acceptable to take a few bites to cool down.
Mrs. You's mouth is not big, but she eats very quickly. Before Feng Duhu finished one piece, she had already started to eat the second piece.
"By the way, the palace has decided to establish a governor's office in Hedong."
The right lady said with a smile on her face while eating.
When Feng Duhu heard this, he was slightly startled.
"Hedong Dudu's Mansion?"
"right."
The right lady swallowed a mouthful of melon and nodded.
The current structure of the Han Dynasty's court is that government affairs are handled by the Shangshutai, but Feng Duhu has the right to participate in the affairs.
The military affairs were handled by the Central Protectorate, but Wei Yan also had the right to participate.
The two people in the palace made the final decision.
This is the general process.
Like this time, the palace suddenly said that it would establish a Hedong Governor's Palace without consulting the Central Governor's Palace in advance, which naturally surprised Feng Duhu.
Feng Duhu did not speak immediately, but chewed the pulp of the melon in his mouth carefully, and finally raised his head and asked:
"What's the reason?
The Central Protectorate is the governor of the Chinese and foreign military affairs. Even if it is a decision made in the palace, as long as it does not meet the actual situation, the ban will still be dismissed.
If he takes this position, he will one day have disagreements with the palace on certain matters, and Feng Duhu has already been mentally prepared.
After all, the struggle between prime ministerial power and imperial power was an important political thread in China's feudal era.
Although Feng Duhu did not have the name of prime minister, due to his status, he actually had some power as prime minister.
But he hoped that the battle between Ji Han's imperial power and prime minister's power would come as late as possible.
After all, Little Fatty is still a very good person.
It's just that public is public and private is private, not to mention that this idea is not like the little fat man's style.
Because the little fat man is not the kind of person who likes to make random changes in state affairs to show his existence.
"Hedong belongs to neither Yongzhou nor Bingzhou, it belongs to Sizhou."
"Now, our Han Dynasty's Sizhou only has one county like Hedong."
As Mrs. Right explained, she lowered her head to gnaw the melon, thinking that Feng Duhu couldn't see the expression on her face.
It's just that they have been sleeping together for so many years. No matter how cunning Mrs. You is, there are some things that she cannot hide from Feng Duhu.
Of course, it's possible that you don't want to hide it.
"Now that the capital of the Han Dynasty is in Chang'an, it is called Sizhou instead of calling the capital of the Wei thieves Sizhou."
Feng Duhu sneered, "Besides, when the Han Dynasty first established the Thirteen Prefectures, the area around Luoyang belonged to Yuzhou, and the east of the river belonged to Sizhou, where Chang'an is located."
The big Han mentioned by Feng Duhu naturally refers to the former Han Dynasty.
The former Han Dynasty divided the world into thirteen states, but the Later Han Dynasty just inherited and modified it according to its own conditions.
Emperor Guangwu re-established the Han Dynasty and established the capital in Luoyang. Only then did he divide Henan, Henei, Hedong and other places that originally belonged to Yuzhou and merged them into Sizhou.
Moreover, there is something wrong with what Feng Duhu said, because the place of capital in the former Han Dynasty was not called Sizhou, but Sili, which was the same as Zhou.
The land of Sili belongs to Yongzhou among the divisions of Kyushu.
Now that Ji Han really wants to restore the thirteen states of the former Han Dynasty, no one can say that he is wrong.
It cannot be said that the later Han Dynasty could change it, but the Ji Han Dynasty could not change it?
So Feng Duhu could tell that the queen was applying eye drops to herself. It could also be said to be a warning.
"Then what do you think we should do?"
When Mrs. Right heard her Alang say this, she knew that he must have understood the meaning, and then she raised her head:
“We can’t merge Yongzhou and Liangzhou together anymore, right?”
Feng Duhu couldn't tolerate her, so he said angrily:
"Longxi, plus the three counties on the right side of Longxi, and Anding County, what's the problem with dividing such a big place into one state?"
"Jingzhao, Feng Yi, and Fufeng are the lands of the three auxiliaries. Together with Beidi County and Hedong County, they are the lands of Sili. Isn't it just right?"
The right lady’s voice was dull:
"Then what are you going to do? Oppose the palace's decision? Redigate the territory of Yongzhou?"
"The divisions must be re-divided."
Feng Duhu spat out a few seeds and replied.
The land of Sili is under the jurisdiction of Yongzhou, so the central government is within the scope of local management. Is this reasonable?
But it may be difficult to prevent the palace from establishing the Hedong Governor's Palace.
"Is the Governor of Hedong Governor's Mansion Wei Yan?"
This time, Mrs. Right was really surprised: "How does Alang know?"
Feng Duhu snorted.
Besides this old man, who else in the Han army would dare to accept this job?
Although in the past three years, in order to better coordinate operations, the military has continued to undergo restructuring.
However, the Central Foreign Army guarding Hedong was reorganized based on the Liangzhou Army.
The person who takes over must first worry about what Feng Duhu will think in his heart. He can't really think that Feng Duhu is a kind person and is kind to others, right?
Secondly, if you look at the entire Han Dynasty, if you just go there alone, who dares to say that you can definitely lead the proud soldiers of Hedong?
The most disciplined army in later generations, even after conquering the world, there are still various mountains in the army.
Can you expect that the Han army at this time will be more ideologically aware than later generations?
If there is no war, it is easier to say. If you use some means to take your time, you can always make the soldiers accept it.
However, Hedong is a strategically important area, and Hanoi and Henan, which face the Wei thieves, may clash at any time.
When you go to the battlefield, you have to be aware that you may die at any time, but survival is a person's instinct.
Even emperors want to live forever!
The soldiers below want to have a little more hope of survival before the battle. What's wrong with that?
Therefore, they must be willing to follow a commander they are familiar with and trust, preferably one who is invincible and invincible.
That way the chance of survival is definitely higher.
Once a war breaks out, with Feng Duhu's treasure at the front, no matter who becomes the governor of the Hedong Governor's Mansion, they will feel great pressure.
Except Wei Yan.
After all, when the late emperor was still alive, he dared to pat his chest and say that he could use Hanzhong to resist the Wei thieves with the whole country's troops, and if there were only a hundred thousand invaders, he could still swallow them.
This is why Feng Duhu knew that he could not prevent the palace from establishing the Hedong Governor's Palace.
If Wei Yan agrees with this and is willing to serve as the governor, what else can the Central Protectorate do?
They are an old married couple, and Feng Duhu just scoffed like this, and Mrs. Right understood what he was thinking.
She sighed slightly.
In fact, there is a tacit understanding between the two.
That is, the soldiers of Hedong were indeed too arrogant, but Feng Duhu's influence on them was extremely huge.
Therefore, the real purpose of the man in the palace was to weaken Feng Duhu's influence on the original Liangzhou Army.
It is simply instinct for those who play politics to do this.
As for using this to express dissatisfaction with a certain marriage, that's just a way of doing it.
"I also think it's inappropriate for my sister to do this. After all, it's a military and state matter. What if General Wei..."
The right lady was about to speak but stopped.
Feng Duhu was open-minded, shook his head and said with a smile:
"You have to face it eventually."
The purpose of the restructuring in the past three years is to bring the Xiangfu Army and Liangzhou Army under the central government.
How could the queen let the Liangzhou Army change the soup without changing the medicine?
Feng Duhu has already taken charge of the Chinese and foreign military affairs. It is normal for the former Xiangfu Army and Liangzhou Army to change their commanders.
In later generations, there will be swapping of military regions.
"It's better to let Wei Yan go than to let someone else go."
Over the years, Dahan has won many battles, which has inflated the mentality of many people.
I think the Wei thieves are just mediocre.
After all, Wei Yan was also a veteran general. He had been fighting for many years. If he went to Hedong, Feng Yong could feel more at ease. With his status as a left hussar general, he could serve as the governor, which is enough to show his weight.
At least it shows that the palace is not making random adjustments just for its own sake.