Chapter 955: Removal of Malpractice and Innovation
The manager of the warehouse ordered someone to get a list and handed it to Guo Song: "The Tibetans took part of the supplies in the warehouse, mainly tea cakes and cloth. In addition to 200,000 shi of salt, there are also 120,000 shi of grain.
About 30,000 shi belong to the official warehouse, 300,000 dans of tea cakes, 250,000 pieces of cloth, and 200,000 barrels of oil are all belonging to private warehouses."
"What about the official warehouse?"
Guo Song asked: "Aren't there twenty official warehouses? Besides salt and grain, what else are there?"
The manager of the warehouse was a little embarrassed and said: "Reporting to your highness, most of the official warehouse is empty. In addition to two hundred thousand rock salt and thirty thousand shi of grain, there are also some groceries, tens of thousands of shi of black beans to feed the livestock, tens of thousands of logs of wood, and
There are some herbs, but not others."
"Are these private warehouses owned by the four major families?" Guo Song asked again.
"It's all theirs! Some warehouses themselves may not be, but the materials inside are."
Guo Song nodded and said: "From now on, all the materials in the warehouse will be confiscated, and the warehouse will be temporarily under military control. When the situation stabilizes, the warehouse will be handed over to the authorities."
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At noon that day, dozens of temporary street shops appeared on the streets of Chengdu. Each street shop had a sign with the four characters "salt sold at official price" written on it.
According to the price unified by the Jin State, it was sold at a price of 140 wen per dou. The news spread like wildfire, and the city was filled with joy. Countless people came from all directions to buy salt, and there were queues in front of every salt selling point.
There was a long queue. Although each household could only buy one bucket for the time being, the people of Chengdu still cheered. They finally enjoyed the happiness of Chang'an people.
Guo Song struck while the iron was hot and posted notices all over the city, announcing that Bashu's taxes would be unified with those of Chang'an. Salt, flour, coarse cloth, and soybean oil, the four most basic livelihood necessities, would also be priced at the same price as Chang'an. This meant that
The extremely unpopular house tax, tea and wine tax and rent tax will be abolished, while the high business tax, household tax and field tax will also be significantly reduced.
As soon as this announcement came out, the hearts of millions of people in the entire Chengdu Prefecture were completely won over by Guo Song. Every household was celebrating the beginning of a new life, and no one missed the imperial court who fled to Yuzhou.
Two days later, counselor Wen Ji led more than a hundred officials to Chengdu. He was appointed by Guo Song as the pacifier of Jiannan, and was temporarily in charge of the government affairs of Jiannan states.
The imperial palace has been burned down, and the imperial government offices and government offices in front of the palace have also been burned down. Temporary government offices have been arranged in the Imperial College and the Imperial College. The Imperial College covers an area of 300 acres and has many buildings. It is currently closed and serves as a temporary military and political office.
In the official room, Guo Song was explaining to Wen Ji some of the things he should focus on next.
"Next, we still have to focus on buying people's hearts and minds, but buying people's hearts and minds requires a lot of resources. Our own resources have to be used in the war with the Tibetan army, so we can only tap the potential from within."
Wen Ji pondered for a moment and said, "Your Highness, you mean that there is still great potential among the people?"
Guo Song nodded, "I told you that the four major families of Wang, Huang, Wu, and Wei actually have thirteen grandsons and thirty-seven younger grandsons under them. These are a group of people who are dependent on the eunuchs to suck the blood of the people.
Cancer, they have a lot of wealth and materials in their hands. This time they fled to Yuzhou with the eunuchs in a hurry. They only brought gold and silver, but they could not carry food, cloth and other people's supplies, and they must still be stored in their respective warehouses.
Some of these warehouses are inside the city, some are outside the city, and some are in other nearby counties. We need to search out all these materials."
Wen Ji smiled and said: "You can use a reward method to expose the property. As long as the property of the eunuch and his accomplices are exposed, a heavy reward will be given. I believe that all the hidden materials can be found in a few days."
"This is a good idea and can be implemented. In addition, I have an inventory here for you to refer to."
Guo Song handed him a list, "These are the houses of eunuchs and their companions in the city. There are one hundred and thirty-four houses in total. The army has sealed them. There are still many domestic servants who stayed to look after the houses.
They are likely to know and we can break through them and find useful clues."
Guo Song has not harvested anything since he confiscated dozens of large warehouses along the Minjiang River a few days ago. He knows that there must be a large amount of goods that have not been discovered. Those private warehouses belong to the four major families, so the following four major families
Those distributors, that is, the grandchildren and great-grandchildren of several eunuchs, must still have a huge amount of salt, grain, cloth and other goods in their hands.
When the Tibetan army came to kill them, they had no time to transport the supplies, so they hid the supplies. The Tubo army had no time to search for them, but left the treasure hunting game to Guo Song.
Guo Song also had no time to hunt for treasures, so he left the task of searching for the remnants of the eunuchs to Wen Ji.
Wen Ji took the inventory and looked at it and said: "I understand, I will start implementing it this afternoon. I plan to do it with both hands, combining my own search with encouragement to expose it."
Guo Song said happily: "I will send five thousand troops to cooperate with you. I hope to hear your good news as soon as possible."
At this time, Wen Ji suddenly remembered something and said: "Tubo has temporarily withdrawn its troops, and Yuzhou should also get the news. How do you think they will react?"
Guo Song pondered for a moment and smiled slowly: "It is not so much the imperial court that cares, but the Eunuch Party's concern. In fact, the Eunuch Party does not care much about Tubo. They are more concerned about me, when will I leave Bashu, or in other words, my future plans.
What should we do? I think they will send a court official to question us in the name of the Queen Mother."
"Then how should I reply?"
Guo Song said calmly: "Just tell the visitor that we are just here to help the king. After driving the Tubo army out of Bashu, we will naturally return to Chang'an."
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That night, Guo Song once again led an army of 50,000 people to leave Chengdu and attack Yazhou in a mighty manner.
This time, Pei Xin only led 3,000 cavalry as the vanguard. Their duty was to detect the enemy's situation first and prevent the enemy from ambushing the main force halfway. Of course, they also had to clear roads across mountains and build bridges across rivers. However, Yazhou is located on the edge of the Bashu Basin, so here
Alternating between mountains and plains, with lush forests and sparsely populated areas, it is indeed easy to ambush an army.
Pei Xin was not walking fast. He kept sending out a large number of scouts and then taking them back. The journey was relatively smooth.
Early the next morning, the vanguard cavalry entered Linqiong County, Qiongzhou. Soon Pei Xin received news from the scouts that a Tibetan army of about 2,000 people was found in the front. This news made Pei Xin very happy.
Pei Xin was not afraid of the Tubo army. He fought fiercely with the Tubo army many times in Longyou and Anxi. Although the Tubo army was powerful, it was by no means invincible. Moreover, the Tubo army was at an obvious disadvantage. They lacked pig iron and generally used short swords and shields.
, there are not many long weapons and the equipment is relatively poor.
If they were fighting on a plateau, they might have the advantage of adapting to the plateau climate, but this is Bashu. Apart from the fighting will to fight without fear of death, and the physical advantages of endurance and endurance, they are not as good as the Jin army.
Pei Xin immediately decided to annihilate the Tibetan army. This was his right. Unless he encountered the main force of the enemy army, the vanguard general had the right to decide to participate in sporadic battles.
But Pei Xin still sent his men back to deliver a message to the commander-in-chief, telling His Highness the King of Jin that they encountered two thousand Tibetan soldiers in Qiongzhou.
At this time, Pei Xin suddenly remembered something and immediately sent someone to find the school captain Zhou Junyu. Zhou Junyu was Guo Song's nephew and had come out of the martial arts hall. He performed well and was appointed as the school captain and assigned to the rapid emergency response under Pei Xin's control.
In the army.
Zhou Junyu doesn't have much actual combat experience. He only followed Kang Bao in the Hexi Corridor to exterminate the horse bandits last year and killed several horse bandits. However, he has never fought a fierce battle with the regular army. Pei Xin is still a little worried. The Tubo soldiers are strong. What if this guy makes a mistake?
, I couldn’t explain it to King Jin.
At this time, Zhou Junyu galloped forward on horseback, clasped his fists and said: "I'm sorry to see you, General!"
Zhou Junyu is wearing a bright helmet and looks majestic. Unfortunately, this is what Pei Xin values the least. If Zhou Junyu's armor is stained with blood, then he is a warrior.
Pei Xin said gently: "There are two thousand Tibetan troops in front of us. You should go back immediately and report to His Highness the King of Jin. Tell me that I will lead my army to annihilate this Tubo army."
Zhou Junyu's face immediately turned red. He was not a messenger, but General Pei asked him to report the news. Obviously, he did not want him to participate in the battle. He suddenly felt a sense of shame and humiliation. He bit his lip and said, "General, why do you want to be so humiliated?"
A humble position?"
Pei Xin was stunned, "Why did I humiliate you?"
"What is it but a humiliation to let a low-ranking officer run away in battle? Am I, Zhou Junyu, just an embroidered pillow in the eyes of the general and cannot be used for anything else?"
Next to him, Yang Xuanying advised: "General, there is a first time for everything, let him participate in the battle! If His Highness the King of Jin pities him, he will not let him follow us."
Pei Xin glanced at Zhou Junyu and saw that his eyes were resolute and filled with the desire to join the battle. He secretly praised in his heart that this boy is a malleable talent.
Pei Xin said happily: "Since you must participate in the war, then I will make it happen. If unfortunately you die in battle, it will be your life!"
Zhou Jun said resolutely: "Being able to die in battle is also the highest honor of a humble position!"