Cai Yanqing, the new transfer envoy of Qinfeng Road, is the nephew of Cai Qi, the number one scholar.
When the officials wanted to appoint Su Shi to edit the daily notes, Wang Anshi refused, so he recommended Cai Yanqing and Sun Jue.
After Su Song's death, there was no one in the house, so Wang Anshi promoted Cai Yanqing and Wang Yirou directly to the house.
Now Wang Anshi recommended Cai Yanqing as the transfer envoy of Qinfeng Road. Before leaving Beijing, of course Cai Yanqing had to pay a visit to Wang Anshi's house, firstly to thank him for the recommendation, and secondly to listen to Wang Anshi's personal instructions.
Wang Anshi and Cai Yanqing said a few words. Wang Anshi cared about too many things, and Qin Feng Road was not the most pressing thing on his hands. He said: "The most important thing for you to go to Qin Feng Road now is the General Office of Military Supplies. I have intervened in this matter before."
Not much, you need to go to the palace and ask the Prime Minister Wu for advice on his strategy, so that there will be no mistakes."
Cai Yanqing didn't get anything to say from Wang Anshi, so he left.
When he walked outside the Chongzheng Hall, the storyteller Wang Yu stopped Cai Yanqing.
Cai Yanqing had dealt with Wang Yu several times and knew that the other party was a very shrewd and powerful person.
Wang Yu said: "This time the officials want to attack Hezhou and completely wipe out Mu Zheng. I have entrusted you to take charge of military supplies. How will you do it?"
Cai Yanqing said: "I was about to ask for advice. Guo Zhongtong (Guo Kui), the envoy of Qinfeng Road, and Zhang Du, the envoy of Xihe Road, are not easy to get along with."
Wang Yu said with a smile: "What's wrong with you? Now this Xihe Road is the place where meritorious deeds are made. This time we captured Lintao City, how many people have been granted official positions and favors to their children. When you go here, what will happen in the future?"
It’s not difficult to go further.”
"It's just that Guo Zhongtong is the northwest general and was recommended by Han Wei Gong. Zhang Duzhi is the son-in-law of Wu Shuxiang. Gao Gongchuo (Gao Zunyu) is a relative of the official family. The official family appointed them to manage Xihe, not only to subdue Mu Zheng, but also to
The intention is to check each other so that no one becomes dominant."
"When you go to the northwest, you need to make these people work together. To fight a war, you need military supplies. Without military supplies, nothing can be done. You need to take the general in your hands and control them all. They will bow their heads and obey your orders. In this way, my father's treatment of you will not be in vain.
It means cultivation.”
Cai Yanqing heard this and said: "I understand."
Cai Yanqing walked out of Wang Anshi's mansion and thought about the pacification ambassadors whose duties were inherited during the Sui and Tang Dynasties in the north and south. The first pacification ambassador was Li Daoyuan. Yes, it was Li Daoyuan who wrote the Shuijing annotation.
The position of pacifier was a non-permanent one, and it was still the case at the beginning of this dynasty. The position was based on observing the customs of the province.
The person who is really in charge of military affairs in the local area is the capital deployment (du general manager), also known as the capital deployment of the horse and infantry forces.
But in border areas like Shaanxi and Hedong, the first state is often known by military commanders. If a military commander also knows the state and is also in charge of the capital, he becomes a military commander again. Even if the generals do not know the state at the same time, the commanders in their hands are deployed in the border areas.
The military power was still feared by the imperial court.
This dynasty was always worried about the harm caused by the feudal towns, so it was changed to a civil servant to know the state, and also to be the general manager of the capital. In this way, it evolved into an economic and strategic pacification envoy.
The pacifying envoy of Jinglue is called Jieshuai, which is the title of Jiedu envoy.
However, Zhang Yue was not granted the title of Commander-in-Chief of the Capital, so he lacked the power to control troops and horses. However, he could manage the civil affairs, justice, and supervision of a state, which coincided with his powers as a transfer envoy.
Especially in the preparation and handling of military expenditures, the two powers conflicted even more.
Overlapping powers are the source of conflicts. Why do mother-in-law and daughter-in-law always disagree? It’s because there are so many places where their powers overlap.
Conflicts between the transporter and the router often arise from this.
What Wang Yu said just now was very clear, he was using his status as Qin Feng Road Transport Envoy to put everything in order. In the future of Xihe Kaibian, Zhongshu's orders would be thoroughly implemented.
This is also the reason why Zhang Yue does not have the title of General Manager of the capital, in order to prevent his power from being too great and affecting his own power as a transshipment envoy. In the final analysis, it is more secure to use his own people to open the border in Xihe.
Cai Yanqing understood these thoughts clearly. If he were a prime minister like Lu Yijian, this move would be a matter of course.
But after all, Wang Anshi is a man of action. The affairs around Xihe must be led by Zhongshu. This is the handle of power and there is no doubt about it. In the past, Wang Shao and Zhang Yue had a small fight in Xihe, but now everyone
The imperial court has invested so much money and food in soldiers, horses, money and food. Who will be held responsible if something goes wrong in the future?
But in order for the matter to succeed, he still needed the cooperation of the Privy Council. Otherwise, he would not have allowed himself to go to Wu Chong's house and ask for his advice.
"Go to Prime Minister Wu's house."
Cai Yanqing gave the order and immediately rushed to Wu Chong's residence in a carriage.
In fact, Cai Yanqing would come quietly without Wang Anshi's orders.
When Wu Chong saw Cai Yanqing, he greeted him with a smile. This respect made Cai Yanqing very happy.
Wu Chong took Cai Yanqing's hand and asked him to come in and sit down.
The two of them drank tea and chatted, and then slowly turned to the main topic.
Wu Chong said: "This time, not only Shaanxi, but also Jingxi, Huainan, Hebei, and Jingdong Road Transshipment Departments have divided them into two routes."
Cai Yanqing didn't hear a few words from Wang Anshi, but he was able to express his bitterness to Wu Chong: "What the prime minister said is absolutely true. Shaanxi originally allocated all the wealth in one line, but divided it into two lines to give birth to children.
A lot of inconvenience comes.”
The most important thing for the transfer envoy is financial management. He is in charge of finance, and the financial management envoy is connected to the three departments. Therefore, the two of them can have many topics about financial management.
Wu Chong said: "You can't say that. In the past, the transshipment envoys would run around all day long, staying at home, and never skipping meals. In the past, Shaanxi was so big, and the transshipment envoys would have broken their legs on the road when they went to any place. I served three times
The transshipment envoy knows how difficult it is."
That’s right, the Road Transport Envoy does not have a fixed place of administration. He has to patrol everywhere on the road. As the governor of Jiezhen Prefecture, the Jinglue Appeasement Envoy usually has his headquarters in Jiezhen Prefecture. Apart from patrolling the border, he basically does not need to run around.
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But after analyzing the road, Cai Yanqing, as the transfer envoy of Qinfeng Road, only needs to go to Xihe Road and Qinfeng Road.
Cai Yanqing said: "When I first came to Shaanxi, I didn't know the situation of the land, so I asked the prime minister for advice."
Cai Yanqing's words are true. He has never served as a transfer envoy. He indeed has no qualifications in front of Wu Chong, who has served as a transfer envoy three times.
Wu Chong said: "The most important thing about local wealth is two taxes and the other is levy."
“The local revenue mainly comes from two taxes (agricultural tax), while the imperial court mainly collects taxes (tea, salt, wine, vinegar, alum monopoly industry).”
"Needless to say, the salt tax, the wine tax is more than 300,000 guan in Qinzhou, ranking among the top five in the country, 200,000 guan, Jingzhao, Fengxiang, Yan, Wei, 100,000 guanhua, Qingzhou, Zhenrongjun, so Shaanxi
The wine tax is the highest among all the roads in the world. Tao Gu once said that Yongdu is also a sea of wine..."
Having said this, Wu Chong laughed.
Cai Yanqing listened carefully, and he indeed benefited a lot from Wu Chong.
However, Cai Yanqing did not forget to say in the main title: "As Prime Minister Cheng Shu pointed out, I remembered that Duke Yu Xiang (Yu Jing) once said in the past that the most difficult to find talented officials among officials in the world is the Shaanxi Fourth Road Marshal's Mansion."
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"But now that the imperial court has newly established Xihe Road, I think the Xihe Road strategy and appeasement will make it more difficult than the four generals!"
Wu Chong smiled slightly when he heard this and said: "Whether this is difficult or not depends on whether the transporters can help each other. Cai Caoshuai, is what I said correct?"
