The county prince's palace has obtained such a huge amount of wealth all at once. Of course, it will not dig a cellar and bury it in the ground. Instead, it must spend it as rationally as possible and transform it into real strength. This is the top priority.
For this reason, the prince's palace convened many public hall meetings to discuss the matter. The concubine even went out of the palace to the prince's palace again and summoned Shen Yang, Chen De, Zheng Hui, Han Qian and Zhang Ping to personally inquire about the matter.
The Longque Army captured a large number of war horses, swords, bows, and armors in the bloody battle of Xichuan. At present, it is more important to increase investment in the garrison military mansions; especially the four major military mansions in Junzhou, which currently need to invest a large amount of money and food.
After the Jingxiang War, households recruited from Jiangtan and other places as well as prisoners exiled for crimes have been moving into Dengjun and Dengjun in a steady stream.
Junzhou has to receive more than 5,000 relocated households from Jiangtan and other places, and more than 6,000 military households that have been relocated from Taowu. At the same time, it has to move some households who have fled from the village into relatively open areas. resettlement in the area.
The four military camps will take over a total of more than 15,000 military households and must reclaim at least 600,000 acres of land to ensure that in addition to being self-sufficient, these military households can also bear part of the land tax and repair costs of weapons and equipment. .
In the past, there were not too generous conditions. In addition to providing necessary rations, the other tasks were to make the camp military government find ways to overcome difficulties. Now that the county and prince's government has obtained such a huge amount of wealth, the first thing to solve is naturally this problem.
Shen Yang led the Cao Cao and calculated that the four military governments in Junzhou needed to allocate approximately 200,000 yuan to purchase cattle, farm tools and seeds, so as to ensure that the military government's farming could be carried out in an orderly manner as soon as possible and that the military households could be properly resettled.
The simplest method is to allocate 50,000 yuan to each of the four military prefectures of Xichuan, Jingzikou, Canglang, and Jingyun to purchase cattle, farm tools, and build cities and towns on their own.
After the imperial concubine personally inquired, the final decision was for the four military governments to allocate 20,000 yuan of public funds to each, and another 200,000 yuan to be concentrated in the hands of Shi Chaijian, the governor of Jun.
In addition to the unified purchase of cattle, farm tools and other land reclamation materials, in the end, the Junzhou garrison's weapons, armor, horses, and even the preparation and construction of war equipment were centralized in the hands of Chai Jian.
Yongchun Palace Manor will build river embankments and ditches after autumn so that 20,000 acres of fertile land can be added before next spring reclamation, and Yongchun Palace Manor will build a permanent barracks that can accommodate 3,000 elite cavalry. The money was allocated one hundred thousand yuan, and at the concubine's suggestion, Zhang Ping took charge of the matter.
Chai Jian and Zhang Ping took charge of these two things, which was commensurate with their duties. However, because the third prince had not yet restored his trust in the Xinchang Hou Mansion, he deliberately suppressed them in charge. This time, it was under the personal intervention of the concubine. ,On track.
Shen Yang didn't know about Concubine Shi's involvement with Xinchang Hou Mansion and Wanhong Mansion, but she thought it should be like this.
After the bloody battle of Xichuan, although many people in the Longque Army were given official titles and honors, the treasury was empty and the county and prince's palaces were also short of money, so there were no monetary or material rewards.
In early October, in time for the concubine's birthday, the county prince's palace also allocated an additional 100,000 yuan, and some of the scattered fields privately owned by the Feng family were distributed to everyone.
Han Qian got a little compensation this time. Like Shen Yang and Li Zhigao, they all received rewards of up to twenty yi gold, while the next-level people like Zhou Fang, Chen Jingzhou, Gao Chengyuan, Zheng Hui, Guo Liang, Chai Jian, and Zhou The monetary and material rewards for several major generals with outstanding military exploits are half lower than those of Han Qian and Shen Yang.
Twenty yi gold had a net weight of thirty kilograms. After receiving the reward, Han Qian still had things to deal with, so he asked Xi Fa'er to put the gold into a cloth bag and follow him to Jinyun Tower.
When they arrived at Jinyun Tower, Xi Faer stared nervously at the cloth bag containing gold, not daring to look away for a moment, as if he was afraid that if he blinked, the gold would be stolen.
Han Qian laughed and scolded: "You really are a guy who has never seen money - Xi Fa'er, let me give you a question. If these golds were exchanged for copper coins, how many days would it take you to carry them from Jinyun Tower back to Yandangji alone?"
Xi Fa'er practiced boxing, kicking, swords and bows when he was young, and was sold into slavery. He continued to practice secretly, and did not become a waste. However, he was not taught how to read, let alone arithmetic. This is the biggest shortcoming. Currently, Han Qian takes Xi Fa'er with him.
Mainly urge him to make up for his shortcomings in this area.
"One tael of gold is worth twenty-four taels, one tael of gold is worth twelve taels of gold, one tao of Tianzhen Tong Bao has a net weight of six jins and four taels, and thirty yi gold coins converted into copper coins weigh about 36,000 jins. Walk from Jinyun Tower
On Fengxiang Street, go out of Donghua Gate, cross Jinpu Ferry, and then turn north to Yandangji, thirty miles away. Xi Faer can only walk two round trips a day, carrying a weight of 200 kilograms, which takes almost 180 days to carry out.
All the copper coins are carried back to Yandangji - Darling, no wonder they say that being an official for thousands of miles is for the sake of wealth. With such a reward like this, it will take Xifa'er half a year to move back to Zhuangzi." Xifa'er smacked his lips and exclaimed.
"When you talk about these, do you have to consider our feelings?" Feng Yi sat aside and said resentfully.
In order to avoid suspicion, Han Qian sent Feng Liao, Feng Yi, and Kong Xirong to the county prince's house for confinement. They were all Jiang Huo for almost half a month, and Yuan Guowei personally arranged for them to be detained.
Although the Emperor of Heaven decreed that all the Feng family members and his party members should be demoted to common people, Feng Wenlan, Kong Zhou's wives and concubines, several concubines, nephews, and family soldiers, and about 500 of the main officials in the house were imprisoned until October.
In the first ten days of the month, people continued to be taken away for interrogation by people from the Internal Affairs Bureau.
It can be seen that the wealth seized by the Feng family this time was so shocking that the palace was always worried that the Feng family had something to hide.
It was also the day before yesterday that the three princes returned from entering the palace again and ordered that Feng Liao, Feng Yi, and Kong Xirong be released. Han Qian requested that they be allowed to go to Jinyun Tower to sort out the collection of books and classics, so that at least no one would embarrass them.
Feng Yi and Kong Xirong suffered a catastrophe, and they both became extremely thin. They were frightened when meeting outsiders. Only in front of Han Qian did they feel more at ease.
Outsiders may not know it, but Feng Yi knew that the reward Han Qian received this time was actually the confiscated family property of his Feng family, and he felt even more depressed.
"You still have the nerve to complain. If you hadn't been duplicitous, why would we have ended up like this? I almost harmed my family and got implicated by you!"
host.
Seeing Feng Yi's stern expression, Han Qian waved his hand to tell Xi Fa'er to stop saying a few words.
"Master Han, can you help us find out when the Third Division will lift the ban on Feng Mansion? Can my mother and the others move back to Xuanzhou?" Feng Liao asked.
"I asked Mr. Jiang that your mother, aunt and brothers will have to be detained for a while. The others will probably be able to move out of Feng Mansion in the next few days. At that time, I will ask His Highness if you can live in Yandangji.
Go." Han Qian said.
"Why did I, Feng, choose to believe in the king? Is it possible that Emperor Tianyou is really determined to support the third prince to ascend the throne?" Even though he encountered a catastrophe, Feng Liao still breathed a sigh of relief and asked Han unwillingly.
Modesty.
Han Qian glanced downstairs and said to Feng Liao: "Your Majesty may not be interested in His Highness. If you didn't come to me and went directly to the Chuzhou Pavilion, the situation would be better than it is now. It's really bad for your Feng family to be in trouble."
In terms of half-heartedness, this half-heartedness is not a half-heartedness towards His Majesty the Third Highness, but a half-heartedness towards His Majesty. And whether it is His Majesty the Third Highness, or Chuzhou, or even Shouzhou, they can only act in accordance with His Majesty's wishes at this time.
You haven’t figured it out yet, right?”
Feng Yi and Kong Xirong were both dandy sons, and they lived in confusion until now. However, Feng Liao was regarded by Feng Wenlan as the successor of the Feng family. He went to work in prefectures and counties very early, and started from the grassroots level.
The only pity is that, like his father, Feng Liao was too gloomy and never thought that he would eventually be betrayed by the slaves around him and almost die without a burial place.
At this time Tian Cheng walked in and said: "Your Highness is here."
Just as Han Qian was about to go downstairs to greet him, the third prince Yang Yuanpu walked straight upstairs.
"If your Highness needs anything, just send someone to call Han Qian over." Han Qian said.
Seeing that Feng Liao, Feng Yi, and Kong Xirong wanted to avoid them, Yang Yuanpu waved his hand and told them to continue doing their business in the room. There was no need to avoid them. This was because he wanted to show a more humane tone.
"The Dragon Bird Army should have an elite cavalry battalion. Who do you think Master Han should choose as general?" Yang Yuanpu sat down and explained his intention.
The fine cavalry of the Xuanjia Army under Zhu Yu, King Yong of Liang, walked like the wind during the Jingxiang War, leaving a deep impression on everyone. At that time, the entire Jingxiang Eastern Front had no time to adjust its deployment, and was cut into pieces by Liang Jun.
mess.
The Longque Army only has a small number of cavalry. In the past, it lacked military resources and had never thought of forming a large-scale elite cavalry.
After receiving this money and food this time, it is impossible to expand the scale of the Dragon Bird Army for the time being, but everyone is determined to transform the soldiers and horses into cavalry. Even the Yongchun Palace has begun to build a Yongchun Palace that can accommodate two to three thousand elite cavalry.
Preparation camp.
At this time, Yang Yuanpu also fully understood the principle that soldiers are not expensive but elites are more valuable. Some of the Longque Army's active troops must accompany Li Zhigao. They were stationed in Junzhou for several weeks to guard against Liang Jun's Guanzhong troops coming out of Wuguan.
There are not many standing troops and horses that can be directly mobilized in Jinling. Now that the conditions are more generous, he certainly hopes to have an elite cavalry force.
"Zhou Fang or Chen Jingzhou! Your Highness can choose one of these two to entrust him with important tasks." Han Qian said.
Feng Liao sat aside and sorted out the books, and also listened to the words of the third prince and Han Qian. At first, he thought Han Qian would recommend Guo Liang or Gao Chengyuan to take charge of the cavalry camp, but he did not expect that Han Qian actually recommended Zhou Pan, who was a Junzhou copycat general.
Or Chen Jingzhou.
If you think about Han Qian's recommendation more carefully, it is indeed more profound than what he thought.
Zhou Fang and Chen Jingzhou were Shanzhai generals with relatively simple backgrounds. They had to be closely related to someone, and that meant they were closer to Han Qian. But if one of them really wanted to be transferred to Jinling, they could only be loyal to
The third prince.
By using this, a group of military attachés and disciples from Shanzhai can be transferred to Jinling. On the one hand, the direct lineage available to the third prince will be greatly increased, and on the other hand, the third prince's control over Junzhou will also be further enhanced.
"I will go to the palace to see my father at night. Master Han, please accompany me to the palace." Yang Yuanpu did not comment on Han Qian's recommendation, but directly asked Han Qian to accompany him to the palace at night.
Feng Liao was even more shocked at this time. The third prince directly asked Han Qian to accompany him into the palace. The question the third prince asked just now was actually asked by Emperor Tianyou. Did Han Qian give the answer that was in line with Emperor Tianyou's wishes?