From Deng Xiang's exchange to Shao Heng's defense zone, the situation was completely different.
The rebels occupying the two states of Yongchen seem to have 20,000 to 30,000 troops. However, even if the rebels completely collude with the Jing Haijun who occupies the Lingnan Province states to the south, their strength is far from being comparable to that of the Liang army in the north.
To be honest, the main reason is that Da Chu has not been able to free up his hands in the years since the founding of the country.
Otherwise, the first one to deal with next will not be Liang Jun or Sichuan and Shu, but will choose one of the two major forces of Lingnan and Eastern Fujian to conduct conquests and expand the territory of Chu.
Jing Haijun was not very ambitious. Even during the Jinling Incident, Jing Haijun had frequent contact with the Yongzhou rebels and intended to take advantage of the civil strife in Dachu to annex the two states of Yongchen and Chen. However, after Emperor Yanyou regained Jinling and ascended the throne, Jing Haijun
The navy quickly became honest again and couldn't wait to cut ties with the Yongzhou rebels.
For the Zheng family, if they can regain the two prefectures of Yong and Chen, they will not only achieve dazzling achievements, but more importantly, taking over the two prefectures of Yong and Chen, they can completely manage them as their Zheng family's territory.
Not to mention that in the future, you can also expand your power through Guizhou to the Lingnan Province states occupied by Jing Haijun in the south...
As for the late Honglou lineage, the Zuo Shenwu Army led by Chai Jiansuo can be said to be the Changguo Gongfu lineage that branched off from the Late Honglou. The Changguo Gongfu had been defeated and the Zuo Shenwu Army moved to Dengzhou and Xiangzhou.
, can strengthen the control over it, and can almost gather the remaining forces of Xinchanghou (Chang Guogong) Mansion again under the banner of Wanhonglou.
And by moving some troops from Shuzhou to Suizhou, in addition to turning the entire northern Jingxiang and Dengxiang into their sphere of influence, they could also win over Zhang Wei, who was stationed in Jingzhou in the southwest.
It's no wonder that Lu Qingxia has no reaction at all to Tangyi, Huaidong, and Prince Shou's Mansion negotiating peace these days.
After all, they have their own wishful thinking.
At this time, they chose to tolerate the peace talks between Tangyi, Huaidong, and Prince Shou's Palace. Of course, they also hoped that the Han family and Prince Shou's Palace would not obstruct them when they made their wishful thinking; or when the time was right, they might directly
Find the Han family and Prince Shou's Mansion to discuss this matter as a bargaining chip?
Otherwise, even if Zheng is willing to exchange defense zones, the hope of doing so is extremely slim.
Will Han Qian, the Marquis of Qianyang, just sit back and ignore it?
Yun Puzi was thinking about something in his mind. When he came back to his senses, he saw Lu Qingxia still staring at him. He realized that Lu Qingxia was still waiting for him to repay him, so he said:
"Perhaps your Majesty is still eager. Today, I said a few words about 'strong soldiers and strong horses' to Wang Guifei, and your Majesty mentioned the Shuzhou petition to me, an unrelated outsider. It is strange to say that your Majesty did not ask Shen Yang.
Yang En asked about the method of strengthening soldiers and horses, but he talked nonsense without following the old ways, which is really strange."
Lu Qingxia frowned slightly, and upon careful consideration of Yun Puzi's words, there were several layers of flavor in them. They corresponded to the information obtained from other channels, were more detailed, and could accurately capture Yang Yuanpu's subtle state of mind at this time.
"Does the Concubine Wang have any expectations for the Marquis of Qianyang?" Lu Qingxia asked.
"..." Yun Puzi smiled and said nothing, but was unwilling to tell the truth about Princess Qingyang's thoughts and thoughts.
"Liang Emperor Zhu Yu rebuilt the old capital. I heard that Elm Alley has generally maintained its old appearance. Have you ever thought about stepping into Elm Alley again in your lifetime, holding an oil-paper umbrella on a snowy afternoon, and meeting a man under the hooves of bandit soldiers?
A panicked girl?" Lu Qingxia seemed to be addicted to the past, looking at Yun Pu Zishuang's white hair, and asked quietly.
"The past is like smoke, why are you talking about it?" Yun Puzi twitched the corner of his mouth twice, sighed, and then opened the car curtain in a panic, signaling the driver to stop the car.
Yao Xishui didn't know about the grievances between the older generation, and he didn't even know why his wife asked Yun Puzi to retire to Maoshan. At this time, he just watched Yun Puzi staggering out of the carriage and heading to Chongfu in the snow. Walk in the viewing direction.
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Although Han Qian would directly welcome Wang Jun to Liyang City to get married and would not hold a grand wedding banquet in Jinling, the Han Mansion had already decorated the house with lanterns and colorful decorations to show that good things were coming soon.
Dozens of bright-horned lamps illuminate the courtyard in front of Mingju Hall as bright as day.
Although Yun Puzi only learned about the letter from Shuzhou today, he was in the Chongfu Temple in the imperial city, and the source of information was blocked. However, Han Daoming, as the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, was involved in political affairs, and had already seen the letter yesterday. Original.
Today, Feng Liao came across the river to discuss matters on behalf of Han Qian, and Han Daoming directly handed him a copy of Shuzhou's memorial letter.
"If Shuzhou can submit such a memorial, it must have secretly communicated with the Zheng family, right?" Feng Liao read the copy, put it on the corner of the table, and speculated to Han Daoming.
His judgment on the whole matter was more direct. After all, they had been pondering the movements of Lu Qingxia, Li Zhigao and others for a long time. They were even paying attention to the Queen Mother Wang Chan'er's several consecutive summons to Zheng Yu.
As for what conditions Lu Qingxia and the others can exchange with the Zheng family, it is not difficult to guess.
Han Daoming nodded and said: "For such an important matter, if Lu Qingxia and Li Zhigao did not secretly talk to Zheng and directly submit a memorial letter, it would be tantamount to giving up the initiative and easily fall into great passivity. "
"We currently have our own most important things to do and have no time to hold others back; and Mr. Hou's consistent attitude and attitude is that he doesn't bother to hold others back,"
Feng Liao said,
"Cotton planting in Xuzhou has not continued to expand this year, but 300,000 acres of new cotton fields have been reclaimed in Tangyi. In the coming year, up to six million pieces of cotton will be exported, and tens of millions of kilograms of ginned lint will be exported. Follow up in Xuzhou , Tangyi's cotton textile industry, even if its foreign trade maintains this scale and does not expand, it can still directly contribute millions of dollars in taxes every year; not to mention that it can increase a larger scale within Xuzhou and Tangyi, and can continuously We will continue to invest in the financial resources to expand production. However, if we want the common people in Jiangdong, Huaidong, Jiangxi, Jingxiang and other places to be familiar with and recognize the benefits of cotton batting and cotton cloth, it will take a process, which may take three to five years. A longer period of time - at present, the states in Hunan and the states and counties in central Guizhou have been exposed to cotton for a little longer, and their acceptance level is higher. What the Marquis means is that outside of Xuzhou and Tangyi, what we have to do , we still need to do everything possible to speed up this process..."
"What can I do in court?" Han Daochang asked.
"What the Marquis wants is that if the Ministry of Revenue can successfully include cotton cloth, cotton batting, linen, and silk fabrics in the autumn tax collection this year and next year, the conversion with silk, silk, and kudzu will be slightly improved. The price comparison of cotton cloth can make many subsequent things relatively easy. At that time, the Chishan Association will also further lower the price of cotton exported to Jiangdong, Jiangxi, Hunan and other places. Someone in the local area will see that there is an opportunity to take advantage of it. There is enough motivation to drive them to buy cotton cloth and cotton batting at low prices to replace silk fabrics and pay the autumn tax."
Feng Liao talked about his purpose of crossing the river into Jinling City on behalf of Han Qian this time and said,
"Second, we need two adults to try our best to try our best to get the uniforms of the imperial guards and the generals of the imperial guards to change from the early kudzu to cotton and cotton padding. Cotton cloth and cotton batting are important in various aspects such as keeping warm.
The performance is much superior to fillings such as kudzu, hemp and straw. The two adults can be upright in the political affairs hall and loudly appeal to the ministries and departments to sympathize with the generals and promote the reform of military uniforms and cold clothes. And wait until the prefectures and counties are escorted
A large amount of cotton cloth and cotton wool came to Beijing as a kind of tax to offset the annual income of the central government. The central government should first think of how to use these cotton cloth and cotton wool instead of hoarding them in the warehouse. "
Han Daochang, who served in the Duzhi Envoy Department, nodded and praised: "This is a wonderful strategy. Hundreds of thousands of forbidden troops and bodyguards have several sets of military uniforms, cold clothes and bedding every year. It is said that one million pieces of cotton cloth and two to three million kilograms of cotton batting are needed in a year.
It is enough. And if the imperial court rewards officials and eunuchs with salaries and includes cotton cloth, it will further promote the export of cloth from Qianyang."
Feng Liao said: "When I crossed the river, I felt that these two things needed to be dealt with slowly and there was no rush. But when I saw the letter from Shuzhou, I thought to myself, what if Lu Qingxia, Li Zhigao and the others had no deal with the Zheng family?
, if there is a deal, the Prime Minister and the Second Master can take the opportunity to file a memorial and raise these two matters. If these two things can be accomplished before the end of the year, even if it is just a opening, life will be easy for Tangyi next year.
many."
Not to mention Xuzhou, Tangyi has newly reclaimed 300,000 acres of cotton fields. If half of them can be successfully exported, it means that Tangyi can be exchanged for various materials equivalent to 780,000 to 800,000 tons of grain.
Chutangyi can cultivate more paddy fields next year.
Xuzhou has now formed a relatively mature system of continuous cropping of cotton and wheat and beans in dry fields, and replanting of paddy fields with rice, oil crops, and wheat and beans.
This year, Tangyi will focus on guarding the Chu River and Fucha Mountain. The abandoned fields on the inner side will be restored to cultivation, mainly dry fields with higher terrain. There is no extra money, food and manpower to build dams, canals and other water conservancy facilities.
Therefore, the fields to be resumed in the early stage are mainly cotton, which is resistant to flooding and drought. After the autumn harvest, a new crop of wheat and beans will be planted, and the harvest will be ready next spring.
However, with the deepening of subsequent construction, the construction of polders, excavation of canals, etc. have been carried out one after another. There is also room to build more waterwheels, low-lying areas, and reclamation of paddy fields that are conducive to growing rice. Now the scale is gradually expanding...