Five Dynasties River Mountains Fengyue

Chapter 257 money money money

"The commander-in-chief must be popular in the army, he has no chance." Luqiu Zhongqing said anxiously.

"The commander-in-chief must not go north. Now the capital needs the commander-in-chief to be in charge. There are many things that need to be handled by you personally."

The brazier in the hall of the Shi Mansion was red, and everyone sat around at will. It was full of people, about 50 or [-] people. Come and sit with your chin resting on the arm of the chair.

The people below were in a mess, yelling one after another.

Shi Congyun was very annoyed, and said impatiently: "Shut up, everyone, come one by one if you want to speak, raise your hand first if you want to speak."

As a result, almost everyone raised their hands in an instant, and Wang Zhong, who imitated him and sat on the stool backwards, almost jumped up from the chair.

"You talk too much, so talk less!" Shi Congyun said impatiently, and then looked at Wang Shenqi, who was relatively calm. Wang Shenqi was promoted by him to be the governor of the three towns of Heyang. , but has not yet taken office.

"Tell me."

Wang Shenqi cupped his hands and got up to speak, but the generals below were still in a mess.

Shi Congyun couldn't bear it anymore. He was already very irritable by the messy trivial matters these two days, and he didn't even have time to play games with Zhao Shijian, Zhou Xian, Fu Liu and others, "Shut up! Is this a pigsty?" , What are you yelling about?"

"That handsome guy is a pig!" Someone yelled, and everyone in the room was holding back their laughter. Shi Congyun was so angry that his liver ached, but he didn't bother to care about it, "Go away, tell me the business. Otherwise, I will die if I let you have a mess today.

Who dares to interrupt Wang Shenqi's words, someone cut his tongue! "

During the special period, he really didn't want so many people to come to the Shifu for nothing, but it was a big deal for Li Chongjin not to cross the Yellow River. The situation was urgent, and the country might be on the verge of splitting, so he had to be cautious.

It was a little awkward for the prime ministers to sit on it. They were obviously not used to such an atmosphere. This was a major event in the court, so Shi Congyun not only invited the prime minister, but also the queen, but the queen was in the back hall, separated by a curtain. Listen to them discuss things.

Li Chongjin's approach somewhat reminded him that Xiang Yu asked to be singled out like Liu Bang in front of thousands of troops. He was naive and naive, but it also echoed his character.

Li Chongjin is a very straightforward military general. When Zhang Yongde participated in his rebellion in Huainan, he rushed directly to his camp and said that what you did was not good for the war. You should stop spreading rumors.
Wang Shenqi cupped his hands, "Commander, Li Chongjin is leading the Hu Jie army, and he is also an elite soldier, but he can't last long, without imperial orders, the states and counties along the way will soon not provide him with food.

Moreover, a certain man felt that the commander-in-chief would naturally be able to recall all the officers and men with an edict from the empress, and the hearts of the officers and men under him were no longer on his side.Moreover, most of the soldiers are from the Central Plains, and their families are all near Daliang, so they don't want to stay in the north for a long time.

Even in the worst case, the general has just defeated the main force of the Liao army, captured and beheaded more than [-] main forces of the Liao army, and his power shakes the world. As long as he gives an order, who would dare not obey?Would the Northern Han Dynasty dare to take him in?Does the Liao Kingdom dare to take him in?

The commander-in-chief only needs to send troops to guard the ferry, and don't care about the rest. "

After Wang Shenqi finished speaking and sat down, many people raised their hands to express their opinions, but Shi Congyun suppressed him, "Let Guo Tingzhi speak."

Many people were unhappy, Guo Tingwei cupped his hands, got up and said: "Commander, Li Chongjin is a simple-minded warrior, he did it capriciously, he thought things too simply, in my opinion, the matter is not that serious, completely Don't worry too much."

"Are you looking down on warriors!" Someone yelled loudly in disbelief, Shi Congyun gave him a glare, and immediately shut up.

Guo Tingwei went on to say, "He just put himself in an unrighteous place. The world has finally settled down and people's hearts are at peace. If Li Chongjin really dares to resist the river and stand on the top of the mountain, he will definitely make the people of the whole country cast aside, and all the soldiers will be alienated from morality. .

In fact, at this time, the commander-in-chief could already declare to the outside world that Li Chongjin disobeyed the imperial edict, disrespected the new emperor's order, and was a traitor. "

"I think these generals have thought of it a long time ago. They just have a heart for the people of the world, and they can't bear to let their own people suffer from civil strife, so they temporarily tolerate him and come to us to discuss countermeasures." Guo Tingwei said quite moved: " The commander-in-chief is different from those in the past, he always thinks about the people in war, this is the blessing of the world."

Everyone cast all kinds of eyes, Shi Congyun looked at Guo Tingwei, feeling a little confused, huh?Did I think of it? I really didn't expect it. After Li Chongjin refused to cross the river, he really panicked. He didn't send troops because he was afraid that Li Chongjin would influence him too much and his prestige would be too high.

Seeing everyone looking at him, Shi Congyun got up immediately, his mind turned quickly, and he followed Guo Tingzhi's words and said sadly: "Oh, there is no way to do this.
That's right, I did think of what you said, as long as the imperial court issued an imperial edict, Li Chongjin could be designated as a traitor and traitor, and there was absolutely no chance of turning over.

But there are [-] to [-] soldiers of the imperial army around him, and they are also brothers who fought with us in the south and north. If the imperial court issued an edict, they would also become rebellious officials and thieves. Many of them did not know what happened, but were just deceived.

I really can't bear it."

The generals were quite moved and stopped shouting.

Immediately someone jumped out, "Commander, I will take someone across the river to explain the whole story to the brothers on the other side, it doesn't matter where they die!"

"Marshal, someone has led soldiers in the Hujie Army, I'll go and convince them!"

"The commander-in-chief now has an army of 10,000+, so what if they all cross the river to kill Li Chongjin, that fleshy man?"

"." For a while, some people were willing, and some people clamored to clean up Li Chongjin.

For a while, the atmosphere in the hall was very lively.

Seeing the general's reaction, Shi Congyun secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and at the same time began to think about how to settle Li Chongjin, and now he couldn't afford to delay, he had to settle the domestic affairs immediately, and then turn his head to deal with foreign affairs.

The most important point is that the treasury is out of money.
In the battle with the Khitans, 10,000+ troops were dispatched in four directions, with about 40 logistics personnel. After he came back, the Department of Household Affairs told him with trepidation that there were only 96 cash left in the treasury!
In the end, the scale of this battle was too large, and it was unexpectedly long, and it was not a profitable war, which was a headache.

96 yuan, excluding officials' salaries and official funerals, the rest is not enough to reward soldiers.

Therefore, the Household Division, Li Gu, the Minister of the Sansi, and several prime ministers and empresses were all frightened to death, and their faces were pale.

This is the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms. The rewards promised to the soldiers were not in place, and there were many cases where the soldiers immediately turned against each other. The soldiers mutinied on the spot, and they might have killed the emperor who had just ascended the throne.

So they were terrified to death, fearing that there would be trouble again, and they didn't dare to publicize it.

Shi Congyun was both distressed and happy. What he distressed was that the money he saved from corruption and bribery was finally useful, and he could temporarily fill in the vacancies to distribute rewards to the soldiers.

The happy thing is that if you have money, you are the uncle. At this time, money is life, and if you have money, you have the right to speak; when he pays, the queen and several prime ministers even bow to him and obey him.

However, Shi Congyun also knew in his heart that his little money was to quench his thirst temporarily, and it could not solve long-term problems. Now he must put money and food in the first place.

There are only two ways to get money in the world, one is to accumulate slowly, and the other is to grab!
Obviously, under the current circumstances, it is impossible for Shi Congyun to slowly manage this country with only four provinces for decades, make it rich, and then send it to the Liao Kingdom in waves.

To put it bluntly, there is only robbing, only annexation. It sounds ugly and barbaric; but what is certain is that human beings have been doing this for hundreds of thousands of years. If you don’t rob, you are ready to be robbed.

It is impossible to influence the enemy with morality, unless he can't beat you.

When the scale of plunder and mergers has expanded, Shi Congyun likes to call it "profitable war", which sounds much more civilized and advanced.

It is very simple to fight a profitable war now, and it is also limited by geographical conditions. The territory of the Han Dynasty at its peak was almost all suitable for farming and semi-farming areas, but it may be strange to look at some places in its territory, such as Han Emperor Wu even built the fortress to Inner Mongolia, why didn't he occupy the grassland?

Because of the restrictions of production and lifestyle, according to the words of the officials of the Han Dynasty at that time, it was a "useless place". In order to fight a profitable war, in fact, we only had to fight along the original territory of the Han Dynasty.

The Han Dynasty has included all farming areas and semi-farming areas into its territory, just follow the footsteps.

However, among these lands, there are also high and low points, but when it comes to places that serve as warehouses for money and grain in the world, Bashu must not be avoided.

Qin, Han, and Tang ruled the world with Bashu as the rear.

Now that money is urgently needed, naturally the first thing that comes to mind is the Kingdom of Shu
(End of this chapter)