In fact, this gathering was also a gathering to redistribute interests. As the commander of the Jinyi Guards, Lin Zhao served as the emperor's personal army and carried the emperor's will. Although his rank was not as good as that of a governor or commander-in-chief, he was already the supreme being in Guihua City.
Tumochuan is a place where rivers gather, and it is very convenient to irrigate the fields. Although the fields only produce crops for one season, they can still be called fertile fields. This place has another advantage than other places on the grassland, because it is close to the mountains and there are
There are several coal mines that are easy to mine, so there is no shortage of fuel. The livestock excrement can be used to fertilize the fields. With fertilizer and water, there is a lot of natural production.
If you have land and grassland, once you stand up and start a business, within three to five years, you will accumulate wealth that is as big as the sky.
At that time, Tumut Khan occupied Guihua City and relied on transactions with the Ming Dynasty to accumulate huge wealth. Anda Khan also had the capital to penetrate the Ming Dynasty's Great Wall defenses and move across the capital.
Taizu Taizu and the Supreme Emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty also came to Guihua City many times and saw that the fertile land here was no less fertile than Hetao, so they firmly occupied it and constantly allocated the positions of the six major Mongolian tribes.
But knowing that Lin Zhao led 500 soldiers in golden uniforms to occupy this place and gather the morale of the army, he was confident that the vast hectares of fertile land here would be returned to the imperial village.
In fact, even if Lin Zhao defeated the Khovd family with only 500 elite soldiers, he still might not be able to occupy a dominant position.
The key is that when he set out, he had already sent a letter to Yangzhou, ordering the local wealthy merchants, and all business travelers who had passed through the northern part of the Great Wall to proceed to Guihua City.
By this time, Guihua City not only had the military power controlled by Lin Zhao, but also had nearly a hundred wealthy businessmen gathered there. Not only that, but also the White Lotus Sect, the Cao Gang, and the Salt Gang, all organizations that had been suppressed and dealt with by Lin Zhao in Yangzhou.
, also sent people here.
Because during the years in Yangzhou, although Lin Zhao suppressed them, it was also the period when their industry developed on a large scale under Lin Zhao's arrangement and leadership.
He has numerous "pro-Lin factions" among major business groups.
In fact, the Lin family business group he formed is the most powerful business group in Great Zhou.
It's just that it has been kept low-key and few official people know about it.
This banquet is to tell many powerful and powerful business groups that, in addition to the imperial village, there are fertile fields suitable for irrigation on the grassland. They are allowed to open farms, and at the same time, they are required to establish armed business groups. Every household must organize a village warrior group to practice.
, soldiers and soldiers must provide their own supplies, this is very vague. Without this, no one is allowed to cultivate wasteland and set up villages on the grassland.
For those who followed the Jinyi Guards, Lin Zhao organized manpower and sent them to knowledgeable people to train and equip them, and sold them weapons at low prices.
The businessmen spoke very carefully, and many people pragmatically asked about how to arrange the field production. According to Wang Tong, the fields in Guihua City may become public land, which means that the production will be left to farmers for their own use.
Apart from that, everything else was handed over to the palace.
But in fact this is impossible.
Guihua City is far away from Chang'an, and there is no smooth waterway. It is impossible to send hundreds of thousands of grains from the land to Chang'an.
Therefore, according to Lin Zhao's plan, there will be no grain in the annual donation to the palace. Every year, only the most abundant grain will be selected and sent to symbolize the surname. The grain in Guihua City will be purchased by grain merchants in Shanxi and Shaanxi, and trade
The remaining silver will then be sent to the capital in proportion.
However, merchants who are qualified to do business in Guihua City must register with Jinyiwei. Only registered merchants can do business in Guihua City and seek protection from the Jinyiwei garrison in Guihua City. Otherwise, they will be
Considered illegal.
If you want to register in the register, you need to pay a deposit, and then you have to assume obligations, such as relief for certain things, such as merchants' guards being drafted in emergencies.
Of course, this is just a preliminary plan.
If the general soldiers arranged by the imperial court are skilled in the military, are not repelled by industrial and commercial matters, and are not too greedy, then the relevant policies will also be tilted towards the general military office.
Thinking about how much fertile land there is here, the production must be purchased and sold in huge numbers. If this business can be done well, there will be a large amount of monetary profit flowing in it. Everyone is interested in this.
All in all, Lin Zhao established a relatively complete industrial and commercial system to ensure that all those who were close to the imperial court and related to Jin Yiwei could make money and receive benefits.
Only in this way will there be more and more Han people, and they will be able to suppress the Chahar tribe and the Tumote tribe enough to ensure the absolute rule of the Suiyuan area by the Great Zhou Dynasty.
According to Lin Zhao's memorial to the emperor, if everything goes well, this principle can be promoted to other border areas, and maybe it can expand the territory of the Great Zhou Dynasty.
On February 18th, the imperial decree arrived, accompanied by the newly appointed governor of Suiyuan and the commander-in-chief of Suiyuan.
He was just the governor of Suiyuan, but Lin Zhao, the new commander-in-chief of Suiyuan, knew this person.
Although I have never seen it, it has been famous for a long time.
He is Sun Shaozong's elder brother, "Zhongshan Wolf" Sun Shaozu.
He originally served as a guerrilla in the Black Liao Army, but because he was on vacation in Beijing, he was noticed by Emperor Xiaode and was directly promoted to Suiyuan Commander-in-Chief and took office as soon as possible.
This was a good time, but he was just taking a vacation. As a result, he jumped from the fourth rank directly to the second rank general soldier. It was a rocket promotion. Sun Shaozu was overjoyed and expressed his deep gratitude to Lin Zhao for his indirect assist.
That night, Lin Zhao held a private banquet and invited Sun Shaozu, the commander-in-chief, to come over for a chat and to inquire about news from the DPRK and China.
"Lin Dutang is truly a gifted man. The whole court highly appreciates your various actions in Guihua City. Especially the rumor that Kobdo sang and danced at the banquet became popular throughout the city. Many storytellers also
We compiled this incident into a joke and told it in various church meetings. Many theater troupes are rehearsing this show."
"It's just a matter of luck, relying on His Majesty's divine power. But speaking of it, it's really rare that the high-ranking civil servants in the court didn't criticize our military men for being silly and talking about profit in vain!"
Lin Zhao shook his head and sighed.
Sun Shaozu laughed and said: "Let me tell you, we warriors are born to stand opposite the literati. When will they be happy with us? However, Your Majesty is wise, Guihua City belongs to the border. If these literati are talking in vain, if they are sent here
Come, wouldn’t life be worse than death?”
"What Brother Sun said is absolutely true." Lin Zhao smiled and nodded.
The two of them laughed for a moment. Sun Shaozu stopped his smile, stood up and cupped his hands to Lin Zhao and said, "Speaking of which, Sun has one more thing to thank Lin Dutang for."
Seeing that he was so aware of etiquette, Lin Zhao also stood up and returned the salute, smiling and saying: "Mr. Sun, you are so polite. Your brother and I have the same interests and we have a close relationship. We, the Sun and Lin families, should also communicate more, so there is no need to be so rude."
Sun Shaozu ignored him, bowed his hands and saluted, sat down again, and sighed: "To be honest with Lin Dutang, my Sun family was once in a state of decline. I was lucky enough to have a good wife, but my younger brother was still wasting his life in his twenties, and no one had to worry about it.
This matter, because I am a humble wife who is also weak and sick, will delay my younger brother's life even further. If Lin Dutang hadn't taken it seriously and promoted this matter, I'm afraid my younger brother wouldn't have known how long he would have been single."
"Brother Sun, you're welcome. Brother Shao Zong and I are good friends, so we should worry more. What's more, with Brother Sun's knowledge, you should know that I am also trying to drag my cousin out of misery. I also want to thank Brother Shao Zong for his generous intervention."
Lin Zhao smiled.
The two looked at each other and laughed together.
At the same time, he made a judgment about the other party in his heart: "Old fox!"