Prime Minister

Chapter 657 Northwest Journey

The reputation of Wang Shaoke's boss is really well-deserved.

The two appeasement envoys, Li Shizhong and Dou Shunqing, were all pushed away by Wang Shao, and Han Zhen, as Han Jiang's younger brother, was actually mad at Wang Shao.

Although Han Zhen said that he was able to kill Wang Shao, it was a bit exaggerated, but there was definitely a reason for it. Guo Kui had reported to the Transportation Division about Wang Shao's smuggling and selling of green salt. As a result, under Zhang Yue's intercession, Han Zhen helped him suppress it.

As a result, Wang Shao turned his head and didn't recognize Han Zhen's love.

Zhang Yue said: "Emissary to appease, there are two classes of people in the officialdom, one is working and the other is a man. It seems that a talent like Huo Qubing also shot Li Gan."

"I can't read this Wang Shao wrong, it must be Huo Wei's talent."

What Zhang Yue is doing now is cleaning Wang Shao's ass.

Han Zhen was still dissatisfied and said, "That is, Duzhi helped him intercede. I couldn't tolerate him any longer if it were someone else."

Zhang Yue said with a smile, "If the chancellor is able to punt a boat in his stomach, he will not be able to reach today."

After the two finished speaking, Zhang Yue officially bowed to the seal.

When an official like Zhang Yue took office, it was a welcome feast.Zhang Yue will rush to Guwei tomorrow, which is what he wants.

However, Han Zhen said to Zhang Yue: "I have not received the wind banquet when I am in charge of the sentence, and I have not met the officials of this state, so the people of Xixia will definitely be suspicious."

Zhang Yue thought that he was right, after all, he was a judge in one state.

How can there be a general sentence to take office not to meet with the incumbent officials.

In the early Song Dynasty, the court sent officials to monitor Zhizhou. At that time, Zhizhou was generally a military general, so the power of sentencing was sometimes even above Zhizhou.

The first thing to do after the general sentence took office was to count the treasury.

Let's see if there is any problem in Zhizhou's accounts, but Zhang Yue didn't come here to control Han Zhen, so these are all ignored.

But Zhang Yue disappeared as soon as he took office, which is really strange.

At the banquet that night, Zhang Yue saw the officials who signed the books and the official affairs of the judge's hall, the military officials, and the officials who joined the army, the managers joined the army, and the households joined the army.

Qinzhou is Jiedu Prefecture, and the configuration of subordinate officials is very complete.

In addition to state officials, there are magistrates of Chengji County, Fuguo County.

In addition to the civil servants, there were also several military officers. Among the military officers, the highest official was Xiang Bao, the military capital of Qin Fenglu.

Among the military generals along the way, the military officers and the deputy commander are the highest in the military, but Han Zhen, as a pacification envoy, also served as the commander of the army, and the former deputy commander of the army, Dou Shunqing, was just forced out by Wang Shao.

And Xiang Bao, as the highest-ranking military general, is also not in harmony with Wang Shao.When Wang Shao set up the Shiyi Division, Xiang Bao objected.

Both Xiang Bao and Wang Shao dealt with the Hehuang Fan tribe, but they had different methods.

Xiang Bao thought that the Tibetans were afraid of power and not virtuous, so if he beat them and killed them, he was just asking for something.But Wang Shao made good friends with the Fans through the City Yisi, so the two fell out.

Wang Shao withstood the pressure. When Wang Shao first arrived in Qinzhou, he named him a judge. After he made military exploits, he was promoted to the official dispatcher of Jinglue Appeasement Director Guangou, and he never looked at Xiangbao's face.

Han Zhen and Zhang Yue put on a good show in front of state officials.

It turned out that Zhang Yue said that when he checked the library, he thought that some accounts were unclear, and asked Han Zhen to give an explanation.

Han Zhen became angry in the hall and said where he spent his money, but now there is no such thing.

Zhang Yue and Han Zhen quarreled in court. Qinzhou officials, big and small, were shocked when they saw this scene. As an official for many years, he had never seen a quarrel with Zhizhou as soon as he took office.

However, Zhang Yue has the title of Zhizhiwei in this general sentence, and it is normal to not take the general Zhizhou in his eyes.

But the problem is that Han Zhen is not an ordinary Zhizhou.

The two refused to give in at all, and they quarreled to the point of flipping the table over each other.

When two tigers fight, one will be injured. After this quarrel, the officials in the state are all frowning, thinking about how to stand in line between Zhizhou and Tongju in the future, or how to protect themselves in the future.

The news that Zhang Yue and Han Zhen were scolding each other immediately spread throughout the Qinzhou officialdom.

After Zhang Yue quarreled with Han Zhen on this day, he immediately claimed that he was not ill.Saying that you are not sick is an act of anger and a sign of the weak.

Even if they didn't fight, they were defeated. Qinzhou officials all laughed at Zhang Yue's move, thinking it was too much of a joke.

Where is this kind of mess in the officialdom?

In fact, the second day of the quarrel between Zhang Yue and Han Zhen was not yet dawn, so Zhang Yue secretly left Qinzhou City under the cover of darkness.

Because of the illness, officials in Qinzhou would not doubt Zhang Yue's whereabouts.

Han Zhen personally escorted Zhang Yue out of the city. He was also worried that Zhang Yue's road to Guwei would not be peaceful, so he dispatched [-] Xiangjun guards, and these people were also under the command of Han Tong.

In addition to Han Tong, Tang Jiu, Zhang Gong and others, there is one more person, and that is Qin Fenglu to take over Liu Xishu.

Liu Xixi was an eunuch, and he was the supervisor of the army. This time, he went to Guwei with Zhang Yue to supervise the army.

The sky was still dark and the wind was fierce. Han Zhen took off the big cloak on his body and put it on Zhang Yue and said, "By the way, Guwei is much colder than Qinzhou. You can wear more clothes to keep out the cold."

Walking aside, Liu Xishu sighed when he saw the two of them.

Life is like a play, and it all depends on acting. Last night, the quarrel between Han Zhen and Zhangyue was like that, and it was all acting. In Liu Xixi's heart, it was obvious that Han Zhen and Zhangyue were both able to win the golden statue.

Zhang Yue put on Han Zhen's big cloak without thanking him, but said, "Zhang Mou here went to Guwei to fight before and after the battle, and then he relied on appeasement."

Han Zhen nodded and said, "I don't dare to do it. In fact, it is my Han family who relies on it. If you have any instructions, just send someone to tell you."

It was very difficult for Han Jiang to capture Hengshan, but if Zhang Yue used a partial division to play the main force, it would be different.But once it fails, not only will the Han family plummet, but the country will also lose its vitality for several years.

Zhang Yue took out a note from his sleeve and said, "This is what Zhang wrote to the official family, and I asked Duke Han to play it for me!"

The ministers of the two systems have the power to file a letter to the official family, but Zhang Yue, as the general judge of Qinzhou, submits a report to the official family alone, which means to bypass Han Zhenyue's submission.

Now Zhang Yue simply gave the Zhazi to Han Zhen and asked him to pass it on for him.

Zhang Yue is now like a general who leads his troops to fight abroad and needs a stable rear, so he must have a good relationship with Han Zhen.

Seeing this, Han Zhen was also very sympathetic to Zhangyue.

Zhang Yue turned on his horse, said goodbye to Han Zhen, and went west.

Han Zhen watched Zhang Yue leave on a horse, and his confidants couldn't help but be amazed by this scene.

The other party asked: "When the transfer envoy came to Qinzhou, I didn't see Xianggong as so important. This chapter has only arrived for a day. Xianggong is undressing and sending each other overnight. Why is this?"

Han Zhen said: "Now my Han family's honor and disgrace are tied to him. Besides, this son is a character like Xiao He, and he will definitely be a big deal!"

"It seems that both of us brothers will rely on him in the future."

A few days later, money, grain, and weapons were transported from Qinzhou City to the ancient Wei Village in large quantities.

Zhang Yue left Qinzhou City all the way to the west, first passing through Sanyang Village, then Dingxi Village, and then arrived at Fuqiang City.

Along the way, Zhang Yue could feel the miracle of manpower.

Because the Song Dynasty was on the defensive against Western Xia and Qing and Tang Dynasties, dense fortresses were built on the border.

For those who call it a village, the big one is nine hundred steps a week, the small one is five hundred steps, and the one called a fort is one hundred steps on Tuesday and one hundred steps on a small one.This Fuqiang city is more than [-] steps, so it is called a city.

During the reign of Renzong alone, the Song army built more than 70 such villages in Shaanxi.

There are affiliation relationships between villages and forts. For example, the county and the army are the first-level administrative units, followed by cities, villages, and forts. For example, Chengji County governs 39 villages, Fuqiang City governs eleven forts, and Sanyang Village governs Wei There are fourteen forts along the coast.

After decades of operation in the Song Dynasty, there are more fortresses on the border of Shaanxi Road.

Now the Song Army has 30 regular troops stationed in Shaanxi, and there are 15 local braves. It is impossible for such a large number of soldiers to rely on the supply of the imperial court. Give two hectares of fields, and add [-] mu for those with horses.

Since the fourth year of Zhiping, each fortress of the Song army has relied on the Tibetan army to defend the enemy.

Not to mention the sky-high cost of building the fortress, but only to talk about the hundreds of thousands of troops stationed in the army, and the military rations and horses spent are also astronomical.

Therefore, the scholar-bureaucrats of the Song Dynasty said that the fundamental wealth of the world had been transported to the northwest, and Guanzhong, the capital of the Han and Tang Dynasties, was gradually depressed because of this.

Zhang Yue rested in Fuqiang City for the night. Fuqiang City knew that Zhang Yue's identity was unknown to the city, and there was no reception.

Early the next morning, Zhang Yue left Fuqiang City, and Han Tongtong's entourage became a little nervous.

After leaving the Fuqiang City, it is where the Fans and Han live together, and the security is not guaranteed.

A boxer said to Zhang Yue: "Forty miles to the west, you can rest at Yongning Village. It's best not to rest during this time."

Zhang Yue heard the words and said thoughtfully: "It turns out that Yongning Village is in front."

Yongning Village is most famous for Yongning Horse Market. From the Later Zhou Dynasty to the Zhiping Period, it was the place where the horses of the Fanbu City of the Song Dynasty were located.

It is well known that the Song Army lacks horses, and Yongning Horse Market has contributed a lot.

In the fifth year of Jiayou, Xue Xiang, a transport envoy from Shaanxi, found a business opportunity. He asked the imperial court for salt notes and horses from the Fanbu city. .

Later, Xue Xiang, who tasted the sweetness, madly opened the money printing machine to buy horses from the Fan Department with salt notes. Only then did Zhang Yue set up an exchange office to suppress the salt money that exploded the watch first with inflation and then with deflation.

However, the Yongning Horse Market is now in recession. Wang Shao set up a city exchange office in Guwei, further west of Yongning Village, which replaced the role of Yongning Horse Market.

Through the exchange of the market with the Fanren, there is the support of the salt banknotes of the Exchange.

Wang Shao got rid of the support of Qinfeng Road in the ancient Wei Village and got an independent source of money.With independent financial resources, Wang Shao's waist is very strong, and he doesn't need to look at anyone's face. Therefore, Wang Shaogan and the third Qin Fenglu have the confidence to turn their faces.

Zhang Yue heard that Wang Shao was now recruiting troops in Guwei and felt good about himself.

A few days ago, Zhang Yue also heard from Cai Jing that Wang Shao planned to print his own head on the new version of the ten-gut denomination of salt banknotes.

This is simply outrageous!
(End of this chapter)