The rise of the prince

Chapter 852
In fact, how to drive the Yuan family out without letting them know that he did it, Li Xingzhou also found it a little difficult, but he made Fang Fang all at once, and he continued to play chess with Wu Zhengqing completely leisurely.

At noon the next day, Li Xingzhou saw Fang again, took her to a quiet place and asked, "How is things going? Do you want to help?"

But Qifang gave him a strange look, and then said: "What's the difficulty? Tell the prefect of Chengdu that I have a problem with the Yuan family and ask him to drive the Yuan family out of Sichuan. But it's not convenient for you to know at this time, so keep it secret." act."

It took Li Xingzhou a long time to say: "Yes?"

"Otherwise?" Qi Fang asked back, and then said: "Yesterday afternoon, Yuan's family asked Wu Zhifu to send someone to drive out of the city. I am the city near you, or your mistress. No matter how you say it, I have a reputation. Wu Zhifu Don't dare not give me face."

Li Xingzhou was speechless for a moment. He thought it would be a more complicated operation, but it was so simple and rude here.

Qifang saw his surprise: "Your Highness thinks that complicated is nothing more than caring for the wings. If you only want to deal with them, you can just let the new army arrest and kill them. Whoever dares to say anything just cares about the hearts of the world.

But I, a little girl, don't care, neither my reputation nor the tongue of the world's people. "

Li Xingzhou joked on the surface: "When future generations look back at history, you will probably be another witch who will bring disaster to the country."

"That's not bad, at least it will be famous through the ages."

Just kidding, Li Xingzhou was very moved. Qifang did things for him, always disregarding his own situation, and he didn't even care about the honor that people value most in this era, especially as a woman.

Most history books are written by literati, and they are easily mixed with subjective emotions, so they are extremely rude to women, eunuchs, and foreign relatives.

People like Wei Qing and Huo Qubing were scolded because they were relatives.

Not to mention women.If you look at the history books, you will find that as long as the master makes a mistake, the historians always blame women and eunuchs in various ways.It is not surprising that such a situation has existed for thousands of years, but the sameness is very suspicious.

The tone of the historian was that it wasn't the monarch's fault anyway, it was all the witches around him that brought disaster to the country and the people.

According to this logic, in future history books, people like Qifang will definitely be classified as "temptresses", and all the bad things Li Xingzhou did are attributed to her instigation or directly added to her head. He skims clean.

So Li Xingzhou is very grateful. If there is no Qifang, many things will be difficult for him. After all, he is the grandson of the emperor. He is no longer the son who has no power and power and no one cares. He must start paying attention to his methods and reputation. .

"Thank you for your hard work. Without you, many things would not be possible."

"Your Highness, are you flattering me?" Qifang smiled triumphantly.

"Yes, yes, there is no one in the world who wants to please me except you Qifang." Li Xingzhou smiled and didn't mind joking with her.

"Hmph, don't say that, Your Highness, think about Concubine Yu (poetry)."

Li Xingzhou quickly told her to stop, not to talk anymore, and then discussed with her the next layout.

Then Li Xingzhou prepared for the next thing, and in the next few days, accompanied by Wu Zhengqing, the prefect of Chengdu and some officials, he traveled all over Chengdu.

Outside the city of Chengdu, Yuan Chengwang looked a little confused. A few days ago, he knew that the grandson of the emperor had come to Sichuan. Although he was a little nervous, he didn't care.

The emperor's grandson didn't know his plan, and he had thought that it would be better for the emperor's grandson to be in Shuzhong. If he could persuade the Wu family to let Empress Wu help to speak, the less the emperor's grandson was in the court, the more power the queen would have to speak.

But Haomeng didn't wake up, and just arrived at Wu's house, but was clearly rejected by the head of Wu's family. They have some business dealings with Wu's family, and they have met several times before. It's not very good, but it's not so bad. Give me some face!

What's more, he brought so much money and treasures. In his memory, Wu Zhengqing was a money-grubbing person, so he shouldn't be so decisive. Maybe the doorman didn't explain how many carts of treasures he brought?
Yuan Chengwang couldn't figure it out for a while, so he had to find an inn to stay temporarily, settle down, and was ready to think of other ways.

As a result, what he often didn't expect was that in the afternoon, the Chengdu government came to the yamen and said that there had been a major criminal case in the city recently. In order to ensure the safety of the emperor and grandson, and at the same time facilitate the search for criminals, outsiders could not be left behind, so they should pack up and leave quickly!

Yuan Chengwang knew the reason was made up as soon as he heard it, and it was aimed specifically at him. He didn't understand how he offended someone, so he had to retreat and ask to see the prefect of Chengdu Prefecture to explain the reason.

He knew the prefect of Chengdu prefecture, and even gave gifts to others, so that one day he would be able to talk about something.

But at this time, it didn't work. The yamen servants urged them to leave one after another, and if they didn't leave, they would be forced to do so.

Yuan Chengwang understood very well that if he left by himself, with his identity and his knowledge of the magistrate, he would still be able to escape unscathed. If he dared to do anything unreasonable, he was afraid that his few carts of treasures would also be seized. At that time, the magistrate would not be able to reason with him. If he made a mistake, everything would be confiscated!

This is the difference between an official and a businessman. In the end, he could only grit his teeth and leave the Chengdu mansion, and slept outside the city for a night, and then went south, but all the way to the prefectures and counties, the attitude was similar to that of Chengdu. .

Yuan Chengwang is not a fool, he understands that there may be some omissions, and the alienated attitude of officials from all over the country treats him like a bastard, making him feel that he has missed something?Where did something go wrong, so that his life was lost, and it was a big deal!
The more he thought about it, the more anxious he became, and the more he thought about it, the more frightened he became, and finally fell ill on the way home.

In fact, he didn't know, it was just because it was rumored in the official circles in central Shu that Yuan Chengwang had offended the emperor's grandson's mistress, Qifang, and the Wu family was closed behind closed doors. His actions are equal to the attitude of the emperor's grandson, which made the officials afraid to take him in and not give him face.

After all, the pillow wind is much more powerful than the memorial, and the officials say a thousand words and ten thousand words, maybe it is not as good as a word from the person next to the pillow.

However, because of this matter, and some people privately began to discuss that Fang is a chaotic seductress, and sooner or later she will harm the emperor's grandson and the like.

Just when Yuan Chengwang was sick and couldn't afford to lie down, staying at the riverside and unable to go eastward, the emperor officially ordered to worship heaven and earth, and change Yuan Zhangwu!

At the end of February in the first year of Zhangwu, Di Zhi and Yelu Dashi led four cavalry battalions of the new army to escort the envoys of the Kingdom of Xia back home and return gifts at the same time.

Wei Chaoren, Yang Wenguang, Zhe Weizhong, Gu Lichuan and others left the capital and returned to their defense line.

On the other side, General Huaihua, Deputy Commander of the New Army Navy, Shen Lin, was ordered to lead the First Division of the New Army Navy to the east to wipe out the bandits in the coastal areas. The court asked the coastal states to cooperate and open ports for the army to supply supplies.

Afterwards, the mighty army went eastward from Kaiyuan to the sea and disappeared from people's sight.

Next, the recruiting of the new army began again.

With the recovery of graphite supply in the Kingdom of Jin, the palace resumed production in an all-round way, new guns began to be produced in large quantities, and there was no obstacle to the expansion of the new army.

And whether it was Jingguo's victorious new army that began to expand its recruits, or the emperor of Jingguo changing his name to "Zhangwu", all signs indicated that Jingguo was still preparing to fight a war, and a big one at that!

This made many envoys from small countries tremble.

Many surrounding countries have begun to express concern, especially Goryeo, Xia, Jiaozhi, Dali and other countries have sent people to add tribute.

Many people have begun to realize that the world is no longer the world of the past, the days of peace may be fewer and fewer, and Jing Guo is very likely to return to the old path of a strong man.

The Department of Mint under the Ministry of Household Department also encountered troubles. As Jingguo's business became more and more prosperous, and the people became more and more prosperous, the copper coins issued by the imperial court every year began to be insufficient!
In addition to the large amount of private reserves after the people became rich, with the continuous development of trade with neighboring countries, the trade surplus is getting bigger and bigger. People in many countries even regard the Jingguo currency as the official currency.

The reason is simple, the currency issued by their country may not be able to buy things, but the currency of Jingguo can be used most of the time!Because Jingguo has a large number of goods from other countries, and they buy special products from various countries at low prices and sell them domestically.

Therefore, people in many neighboring countries have the habit of hoarding Jingguo currency, because Jingguo currency is valuable.

Among them, the Jin Kingdom, Mongolia, Wa Kingdom, and Dali were the most serious.

Because these four countries rely heavily on Jingguo products.

Needless to say, the newly established Mongolian country in the north lacks salt and iron, grain, and brocades on the grasslands. Almost most of Jingguo's commodities are easy to sell on the grasslands.

The Kingdom of Jin was originally self-sufficient, but since it was beaten half to death in a battle last year and lost all the rich land along the coast, it has also become very dependent on the Kingdom of Jing.

Dali is the boundary of colorful Yunnan in later generations, but at this time, it is difficult to develop because of its high mountains and dense forests.

But the country of Wa is actually more serious. As early as decades ago, the common currency of the country of Wa was Jing Guo’s copper coins, because at this time the country of Wa was also full of parties, attacking each other, there was no unified government, and some small local governments issued coins. Money has no credibility at all.

The people of Japan also found that only the currency of Jingguo could guarantee the purchase of goods from Jingguo merchants who came across the sea. Naturally, the currency of Jingguo became the currency in circulation among the people.

Represented by the four countries, plus some other countries, such as Xia Guo, Tubo tribes, Western Regions, Koryo, etc., there are problems with the use of Jingguo currency to varying degrees, resulting in a large amount of currency minted by the court. The point where copper isn't enough.

This leads to a continuous increase in the value of private currencies, which is very detrimental to economic development.

Fortunately, when the imperial court was overwhelmed with copper, the emperor's grandson and concubine Yushi went to the palace to meet the queen and emperor, and the problem was resolved.

The ministers all praised the emperor's foresight and foresight, and his ability to predict things like a god. He thought of these things as early as a few years ago.The emperor and queen were very happy.

When Li Xingzhou blackmailed Li Ji, the lord of the Xia Kingdom, he didn't want precious gold and silver, but searched a lot of copper for this day.

Historically, the Song Dynasty had encountered this problem, and Li Xingzhou estimated that as Jingguo's business became more and more prosperous, and the people became more and more prosperous, this problem would appear sooner or later.

At that time, he made two plans, one long and one short. In the short term, he obtained copper from neighboring countries through various methods such as extortion and demanding tribute.

This can not only solve the currency crisis, but also further reduce the copper reserves of neighboring countries, so that Jingguo coins can be further promoted.

The long-term plan is to wait until the mainland is stable in the future and the Quartet surrenders, then lead the fleet to the country of Wa to fetch it. The country of Wa is short of other materials, but there are indeed a lot of gold and silver reserves, but people have not discovered it yet in this era.

In mid-March of the first year of Zhangwu, Huaihua General Shen Lin, who was originally going to "fight pirates", led a mighty new army fleet to dock in Hangzhou, and then made a mighty move to Mingzhou.

At the beginning, the people along the way were afraid and avoided everything. After a few days, they found that the new army had strict military discipline and did not disturb the people or loot, so the people felt at ease.

At the end of March, Shenlin met with the magistrate of Mingzhou, and the two talked overnight. Two days later, Shenlin summoned the officials from the coastal states, and then revealed his identity.

As soon as this remark came out, the south was shaken. At that time, not only the officials, but also the powerful families in many places jumped up instantly.

However, the so-called political power came out of the front, and a division of the new army that defeated the Liao Kingdom and the Jin Kingdom was always at the disposal of Shenlin. A platoon marched forward with arms and was responsible for counting the number of acres of fields in each village.

When encountering a county town, a company was sent to ask officials from all over the country to cooperate. Wu Huisheng served as a staff officer to provide information for Shenlin, and Fang Xin continued to adjust strategies according to the actual situation as the mastermind.

Fang Xin is mainly responsible for publicity. He has more than 100 right-hand assistants brought from the capital, and spends money to recruit some articulate people from the local area.

He instructed these people to keep writing and pasting notices in words that the common people could understand, and at the same time sent people to the streets and alleys, fields and fields to publicize that the emperor's grandson's move was to distribute land to ordinary people, mobilize everyone's enthusiasm, and reduce civil obstruction.

Under these various strategies, coupled with the military discipline and efficiency of the new army, things moved forward very quickly.

By the beginning of April, Mingzhou and its three counties had been completely counted, and then moved to the neighboring areas.

However, Patriarch Yuan, the biggest opponent of Mingzhou, is not at home, but still on the way.
The other big clans were scattered, and most of them knew what to do, and hurriedly distributed the surplus good land to relatives, and sold some at a low price to ordinary people if they could not be divided.

However, there was a family that was going to die, and the new army came to count the acres of the family’s fields. As a result, they closed the house and incited the long-term workers of the family to gather around Dazhai to prevent the new army soldiers from entering.

After Shen Lin heard about it, he went to inspect it himself.

Shen Lin usually looks like a scholar, he is older than the others in the new army, and he speaks with the elegance of a scholar, but he was born in the army.

He immediately dispatched five companies of soldiers from the surrounding area, a total of more than [-] people, and surrounded the entire village, and then began to persuade the people inside to come out and confess their crimes, so that they would not die.

In the end, more than 40 long-term workers came out and surrendered one after another. Shenlin didn't charge them, and let them go after verifying their identities.

At dusk, the big clans in the village resisted stubbornly, Shen Lin directly ordered to fire, and then the new army fired with both light and heavy firearms, and the [-] guns sent the gate they thought was strong to the sky with one shot, and then there were more than [-] people in the family. Men, women, and children all died in the artillery fire.

The firepower of the new army of five companies may not be able to withstand even thousands of troops, not to mention a large compound. After more than half an hour of firepower preparation, the compound was directly razed to the ground.

When the new army entered later, there was nothing to breathe.

Such a terrifying method, which has never been seen or heard before, has completely suppressed other big clans who are about to make a move. Since then, no one has dared to be soft-spoken, do not cooperate, and do not take the initiative.

People finally remembered that Shen Lin was like a scholar, but he was a warlord all year round. He was not afraid of killing people when he came to do this!

(End of this chapter)