The rise of the prince

Chapter 540 The Emperor's Inexplicable Appointment

When the grass grows and the warblers fly, the time for dispatching troops is getting closer and closer, and the whole Jingguo is busy, especially the north.

The emperor appointed a large number of people, such as Tong Guan, the commander of the infantry of the guards who had been demoted before, and Wu Zhengqing from the empress's natal family, as the transfer envoy of the Chengdu government.

Of course, the three armies have not moved, food and grass go first, and the army's northward movement of food and grass is the biggest problem.

Set up transshipment envoys in key areas to solve the problem of food supply for the army.

Of course, Jingguo's transfer power is not as good as that of the previous life, because there are still Jiedu envoys, and Jiedu envoys are in charge of one or several routes of military affairs.

The transfer envoy is called the water and land transfer envoy of a certain road, and its official office is called the transfer envoy, commonly known as Cao Si.In addition to mastering one or several lines of wealth, the transfer envoy also took responsibility for inspecting local officials, maintaining law and order, counting criminals and prisons, and recommending talents and talents.

However, due to the existence of Jiedushi, the duties of the transfer envoys such as "inspecting local officials, maintaining law and order, counting prisons, and recommending talents" are limited.

Therefore, the biggest role is to control the financial and taxation of one or several routes, so that it can provide logistical supplies for the army.

For this expedition, there are Chengdu Fu Road, Hedong Road, Jingbei East Road, Jingbei West Road, Yanmen Road, Guanbei Road, Jingxi Road, Jingxi East Road, and Jingdong East Road. Fundraising from these channels.

In the south, Huainan East Road, Huainan West Road, Jiangnan East Road, Jiangnan West Road, Liangzhe Road, Fujian Road, Jingbei Road, Jingnan Road, Jiannan Road, etc. will increase the tax.

And the road responsible for the supply of the army needs to set up a transfer envoy to be responsible for it.

Of course, some transshipment envoys are responsible for several routes of transshipment, such as Li Xingzhou’s Jingbei transshipment envoy, this Jingbei actually includes three roads: Jingbei West Road, Jingbei East Road, and Yanmen Road. The emperor directly added him as the transfer envoy to Beijing.

However, it is clearly written in the printed document that he is in charge of the finance and taxation of Jingbei West Road, Jingbei East Road, and Yanmen Road, and also leads the three places to inspect local officials, maintain law and order, count prisons, and recommend talents. able.

That's why he is so important as a Beijing-North transshipment envoy, which makes many people fearful.

In addition, the transshipment envoy on Chengdu Fulu was Wu Zhengqing, and many people in the court were arguing about this matter, because Wu Zhengqing was directly airborne, because he was from the Queen's family, and he was still a close relative to Li Xingzhou.

But Li Xingzhou knew it well, not only because Wu Zhengqing was his cousin, but also because the Wu family had promised the court a large amount of money and food.

As for Hedong Road, Yang Wenguan was also in charge. Wei Chaoren of Guanbei Road was originally a Jiedu envoy, and his power was greater than that of a transfer envoy, so there was no need to set up a transfer envoy.

The transshipment envoy on Jingxi Road is Tian Helin, an old man who used to be a doctor of Zijin Guanglu.Because Tian's family is everyone in Jingxi, no one knows Jingxi Road better than Tian's family, and no one can handle affairs in Jingxi Road better than Tian's family, not even the emperor.

As for Jingdongxilu and Jingxixilu, the candidates were finally confirmed after several days of debate.

The transshipment envoy of Jingdong East Road is Lu Da, the former deputy envoy of Duzhi Division, and his elder brother is Lu Jie, the envoy of Yantie Division.

The most unexpected thing is that the transfer envoy of the East-West Road in Beijing is actually He Zhao!
The emperor has always listened to the opinions of the aggregators. Hedong Road, Guangbei Road, Jingxi Road, and Jingdong East Road were all candidates discussed by the ministers. As a result, when it came to Jingxi East Road, the emperor made a decision at once, and it was still He Zhao. , It's really unbelievable, even He Zhao himself was dumbfounded after hearing it.

But the emperor didn't mean to explain, and the ministers couldn't say anything, because the previous candidates were all discussed by them, and now the emperor suddenly appointed them, so it's hard for everyone to say no.But I always feel that the emperor did it on purpose?

Although the Beijing East-West Road is adjacent to the Kaiyuan Mansion, and the distance is not far, He Zhao is the governor of the Kaiyuan Mansion, which is related to the operation of the entire central area of ​​the country. Now that he is added to the Beijing East-West Road transfer envoy, can he be busy?

Of course, these are not his worries. What he doesn't want to worry about is He Zhao's daughter, not He Zhao.

As for the emperor's intentions, he couldn't figure it out, and didn't continue to guess, because he had his own business.

At the beginning of February, the turmoil of the wedding gradually subsided, and He Qian finally didn't have to avoid suspicion, and started running to the palace again.The palace is interesting, and there are people to play with her. She and Yue'er can play together best, because the two little girls are very lively and active.

The burden on Li Xingzhou's shoulders also gradually increased, and he had to escape from the gentle hometown of Gillian and Shiyu.

He has a lot of things to do as a transfer envoy to the north of Beijing. Fortunately, Wangfu has a wide network of contacts, and his business is all over Jingbei West Road, Jingbei East Road, Yanmen Road, Guangbei Road, Hedong Road and other places in the north.

To raise military rations, you only need to order the magistrates, prefectures, and counties. Whether they do it or not, how to supervise is the big problem. But for Li Xingzhou, who does business everywhere and has business partners all over the north, it is not a problem at all.

His information and intelligence work is better than that of the Privy Council. To put it simply, many products are only available in the Palace. Thousands of businessmen, big and small, who want to make money from the wholesale goods of the Palace will naturally want to please the Palace subconsciously, and the Palace will take the initiative. .

Just a little reminder, even if they don't say it clearly, many merchants will voluntarily serve as the eyes and ears of the Wangfu, and the Wangfu is responsible for providing higher priority supplies. This is a transaction, but it is not currency, but information for convenience.

Many businessmen are very willing. For them, they have seen and heard along the way in business, but it is a useless addition, which is useless except to brag in restaurants and brothels.

As a result, it can actually be exchanged for real benefits now, and it is not for fun.

For the palace, the information collected by businessmen from all over the world was processed and immediately looked like a huge network, allowing Li Xingzhou to see the general trend of the world clearly and intuitively.

Business and trade are always the most deceitful. The rise and fall of each family, the national strength of each country, and how to cover up the eggless surface can be clearly seen from their trading transactions.

Based on the information sent back by the merchants across the sea, Jin Guo is buying a large amount of grain, and the price remains high, almost three times that of Jing Guo!It shows that they are strong on the surface, although they seem unstoppable, but the continuous battle for more than a year has reached the end of their strength, and it is difficult to support the large-scale use of troops. They may start to correct after capturing Xijing, stop the attack, and the Liao Dynasty will be able to breathe.

This is not a good thing, so it is best for Jing Guo to attack Nanjing before Jin Guo captures Xijing, otherwise Liao will have a breathing space and can concentrate on dealing with Jing Guo's attack.

Xia Guo bought a large number of luxury perfumes, general brews, and southern silks and satins, and they were basically traded by imperial merchants. However, the average price of food among the people was constantly rising, which showed that Xia Guo seemed to be blooming like a brocade, and even used troops to win a big victory against Jing Guo. , Captured the important town of Tang Long.

But under the superficial prosperity, the upper class is extravagant and corrupt, and the lives of the people are becoming more and more difficult day by day.

Li Xingzhou even wanted to set up an intelligence department of the palace to analyze the information provided by the whole country, domestic and foreign businesses, and see the world with a clear vision.

But he couldn't find anyone who could do such a thing.

At the beginning of February, Li Xingzhou transferred Qifang from the south to the north to assist Yan Kun in raising military rations. Thanks to Wang Tong's help, things went smoothly, and he was in charge of handing over to Yang Hongzhao. Army rations.

Transferring Fang to the north to share Yan Kun's pressure, after all, it is actually a three-way place, and secondly, it also allows her to experience more experiences and exercise, such opportunities only come once in decades.

As for the business in the south, let my sister-in-law, Princess Qing'an, take care of it for the time being.

(End of this chapter)