Prosperous Tang Blood Blade

Chapter 801 The so-called schemes will be overshadowed
Chapter [-] The so-called schemes will be overshadowed
Li Xiuning fell into a deep sleep, but Chen Ying did not feel sleepy at all.

People have no intention of harming others, but tigers have the intention of hurting others.Chen Ying had to beware of open and dark arrows from within the court.At this moment, Chen Ying's mind flashed, and he suddenly had an idea.

Seeing Li Xiuning sleeping deeply, he got up gently, covered Li Xiuning with a quilt, and tiptoed out of the bedroom.When Chen Ying walked into the courtyard, Zhou Qing, who was on duty, appeared in front of Chen Ying with a few guards and bowed, "My lord, what is your order?"

Chen Yingdao: "I'll go to the study and invite Ma Mengming to join the army to meet him in the study. Also, immediately send a team of messengers to inform Sima Ma Zhou to come to Shule to discuss matters!"

Zhou Qing bowed and said, "I understand, humble!"

Just as Chen Ying was whispering to Zhou Qing outside the door, Li Xiuning's eyes suddenly opened.

Don't look at Li Xiuning pretending to be disapproving on the surface, in fact she is more caring than Chen Ying.Born into an imperial family, some things are innate, such as a keen sense of politics.

Li Xiuning coughed lightly and said, "Yue'er!"

He Yueer quickly came in through the window, He Yueer looked at Li Xiuning and said, "Your Highness, what are your orders!"

"People have no long-term concerns, but they must have near-term worries!" Li Xiuning said with a wry smile: "Chen Lang's appointment as Da Sikong by my father is a sign. If Chen Lang is trusted, he can be named the Taibao of Chen Lang's crown prince instead of Da Situ!"

He Yue'er sighed and said, "One leaf knows the autumn, not to mention such a big move, the twelve guards are in the hands of His Majesty, the prince only has four guards in the East Palace, King Qin and King Wu form an alliance, but..."

"There are very few allies in the court and Liang Guofu." Li Xiuning lamented in her heart: "If you don't plan for a rainy day at this time, it will be too late to regret in the future."

He Yueer said: "What does the princess mean?"

"Chen Lang must have greater power in Chang'an, otherwise, people will be swordsmen, and I will be fish!" Li Xiuning got up, stroked her belly, and said, "Even if you have protection, the officials and assistants in Duke Liang's mansion may not escape disaster." , the thousands of soldiers under Chen Lang's command will inevitably die!"

When He Yue'er heard this, she agreed with Li Xiuning's judgment very much.

Now that Li Yuan is ready to deal with Chen Ying, people like Luo Shixin, Zhang Shigui, Duan Zhigan, Zhang Huaiwei, including Su Dingfang, Guo Xiaoke, and others around Chen Ying, will probably find an opportunity to deal with them, or find an excuse to transfer them away from Chen Ying. should be around.If you don't make preparations early now, when these arrangements are completed in the future, even if Chen Ying wants to resist, he will lose his chance.

He Yue'er said: "What Her Royal Highness said is very true, but I don't know what kind of clever plan Her Highness has?"

"Miao can't be counted, but there are several countermeasures!" Li Xiuning said lightly: "The ministers of Shangshu Province have high positions and weight, but these positions are too eye-catching. Pei Ji, Xiao Yu, Chen Shuda, Yang Gongren, Feng Lun and the other prime ministers, even if they think that Chen Lang is justifying, they will definitely attract criticism. Moreover, they have no way to bribe them!"

He Yueer nodded in approval.

Li Xiuning went on to say: "The positions of prime minister and minister are not desirable, but the subordinates of the six ministries, the 24 ministers, can be managed.

He Yueer nodded thoughtfully.

Li Xiuning smiled lightly and said: "These officials are all cumbersome and humble positions. If the palace recommends people, whether it is the prince or your majesty, it is not easy to make excuses. If allowed, we can make these specific The power to handle affairs is in your hands.”

He Yueer said: "24 Division, there are no vacancies now, not to mention, it is impossible to hold all the princesses in your hands, if you start the layout now, will there be a critical throat?
Li Xiuning nodded and said: "Among the 24 divisions, the position of Bibu Langzhong in the Ministry of Criminal Justice is very important. This position is in charge of the audit and write-off of Datang's finances. If I can control this position, I will be able to control the finances of the entire imperial court." Expenditures are well understood.”

"The key position is a sharp sword hanging over the heads of most officials in the Tang Dynasty. Anyone should impeach Chen Lang before!" He Yueer paused and said, "They must think about it and make people angry." The consequences of Her Royal Highness!"

Li Xiuning said noncommittally: "As you said, the person who will be in charge of this position must be a careful, cautious and self-restraining person, and must be proficient in arithmetic..."

He Yue'er added: "It still needs to be [-]% trusted by Her Royal Highness the Princess."

Li Xiuning looked at He Yue'er and smiled wryly: "You are actually the most suitable candidate for this, but unfortunately, you are not a man!"

He Yue'er looked at Li Xiuning meaningfully and said, "Your Highness thinks you have a competent person in your hands?"

"My palace never likes to meddle in those trivial matters in the court!" Li Xiuning patted his forehead, and said with a depressed face: "The most important thing under my command is generals who can lead troops to fight. If generals are needed, my palace The sect can fill up all the Twelve Guards' Mansions and 24 Generals' Mansions, but this is Bibu Langzhong!"

He Yue'er rolled her eyes and said with a leisurely smile, "The princess doesn't have any suitable manpower, but Chen Lang's mansion does!"

"Oh!" Li Xiuning said with a twitch in his heart, "You mean Sima Mazhou, the protectorate of the Western Regions?"

Speaking of this, Li Xiuning shook his head and said: "No, no, it's not that he's not capable, but that the position of Chief Sima of the Western Regions Protectorate is very important. Presumably, in the near future, Dad will send a Deputy Governor of the Western Regions Protectorate , long history, but Ma Zhou's Sima controls all the soldiers and horses of the Western Regions, the rewards and punishments of generals and schools, the distribution of food and supplies, the distribution of supplies, the enforcement of military laws, and the organization of training. Only Ma Zhou is in charge of this post. Chen Langcai It will not be easily dismissed.”

He Yue'er smiled and said: "Your Highness, you misunderstood, the meaning of this servant is not to recommend Ma Sima, but Xu Jingzong and Chief Xu!"

"What?" Xu Jingzong's appearance appeared in Li Xiuning's head by coincidence. Li Xiuning naturally knew that Xu Jingzong was Chen Ying's retainer and someone Chen Ying trusted very much. The son of a son is also regarded as the son of an official.

If Xu Jingzong is recommended, it is easy to break through the preliminary examination of the Shuan Xuan Department of the Ministry of Officials.

Thinking of this, Li Xiuning said: "Now I will write a letter of recommendation with my own hand, and you will send your most capable people to Chang'an, and send someone to tell Xu Jingzong that if he dares to betray my trust, I will make him life and death difficult! "

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When Chen Ying arrived at the study, the moon was already in the sky.Not long after, Ma Mengming entered Chen Ying's study.Ma Mengming also knew about Chen Ying being granted the title of Da Situ. As the former Lingyin of Gaochang, Ma Mengming knew very well what this meant.

This imperial decree means that Chen Ying is about to lose power, and the pattern of the Western Regions will be reshuffled, and he already has Chen Ying's imprint on him, so the future may not be good.

Ma Mengming came to Chen Ying worriedly, bowed his head and said: "Your servant sees the chief protector!"

Looking at Ma Mengming's worried face, Chen Ying laughed and said, "Ma Mengming, what are you worried about? They are playing their tricks, and don't care what they have in mind at this time. As long as the Western Regions can establish a solid foundation in two or three years Stable, able to support 20 elites, and the Metropolitan Guard has millions of soldiers to drive at any time, at that time, in the face of absolute strength, the so-called machinations will be eclipsed!"

Ma Mengming said with a wry smile: "The more than fifty countries in the Western Regions all have a foundation of tens of hundreds of years. When the forces of the more than fifty countries are combined, the Dingkou and territory they control are roughly equivalent to the territory under the jurisdiction of the Western Regions. There are only a hundred thousand elites. , if the chief protector speaks out such an ambition, probably no one will believe it!"

Chen Ying smiled and said nothing.

I'm afraid Ma Mengming won't understand that in the agricultural era, it takes ten households' taxes to support a light infantry, and if it's cavalry, it needs thirty households to support it. A heavy infantry like the Modao Army needs fifty households to support it. rise.

However, in the era of industrial society, production efficiency and costs have been greatly reduced. Under such circumstances, Chen Ying has too many resources at his disposal. Ordinary ore mined by a mine is worth a day's worth of a hundred farmers. One year's income, even if the necessary expenses are excluded, the profit in it is very terrifying.

Nomads need 300 mu of grassland to reduce the work of raising livestock enough for a herdsman. However, under large-scale planting, one mu of alfalfa can produce [-] kilograms of alfalfa, and high-yields can reach [-] kilograms. A horse eats ten kilograms a day, and one mu of forage can feed a horse for at least [-] days.The grassland originally needed by a herdsman can feed a small tribe.

That's the difference.

Chen Ying promoted alfalfa planting, cotton planting, grain planting, and large-scale breeding of poultry and livestock in the Western Regions.

At the same time, now that Shule has just been occupied, Chen Ying has taken a fancy to the large amount of fertile and fertile land here. Unlike the wastelands in Jinman, Gaochang, and Yiwu, there are tens of thousands of mu of fertile land and tens of millions of mu of grain that can be developed. field.

Chen Yingdao: "Today, the Metropolitan Protector of the Metropolitan Government came to you, and we are planning to let you take charge of the operation of reclaiming wasteland and land. In Datang Tongli Bank, we will cooperate with the local government to transfer all the nineteen prefectures and more than 100 counties in the Western Regions. Open the Tongli Bank, and before the arrival of spring plowing next year, the Datang Tongli Bank will bloom everywhere, so as to ensure that the people will have money to cultivate wasteland next year!"

"It is a good thing to issue flying tickets for merchants to facilitate settlement with money." Speaking of this, Ma Mengming smiled wryly: "It seems that there is something wrong with giving usury money to the refugees to reclaim wasteland..."

"What's the problem?" Chen Ying asked suspiciously, "This is good governance no matter what!"

"It is beneficial to the people of all ethnic groups in the Western Regions, but it is not beneficial to the banks!" Ma Mengming said: "The prospect given by the Dadu Protectorate is to reclaim 50 wastelands in three years, and plan to resettle 30 households... The wasteland is spread all over the Western Regions. In more than [-] counties in the prefecture, how many people does the bank need to invest in order to put the usury in the hands of the floating households? Every year, it is necessary to receive the money and interest from so many floating households in a timely manner, and finally ensure that the principal is recovered. How many people are invested? Too many people are invested, and the expenses of labor and food, foot expenses, shop money, food money, and mule money are astonishingly high. If the money and interest are set low, there will be no profit at all. If the money and interest are too high If the height is set, the displaced households will not be able to pay the money and interest only by cultivating wasteland and farming, and in the end it will be procrastination. The Western Regions have finally resettled the displaced households, so how can they allow the bank to force the displaced households to demand debts and cause public resentment?"

When Ma Mengming was the governor of Gaochang State, he was in charge of money and food management, and also issued loan sharks, so he knew the way of it very well.

Listening to Ma Mengming's analysis, Chen Ying really felt that it made sense, but he didn't take it seriously, and said, "It's good if it can benefit the Western Regions. The matter of the bank is still worth doing..."

The ass determines the head, and the head determines thinking.

Chen Ying and Ma Mengming were in different positions, so the same thing had to be seen from different angles.Ma Mengming considered the income within three years, but Chen Ying took a longer-term view.

The so-called politics is the distribution of interests.In the Western Regions, people of all nationalities have been used to suffering for a long time. They may not care who is the king of the Western Regions, but they care about the person who can make them live a good life.

Chen Ying's purpose is to kidnap people of all nationalities in the Western Regions, to breathe with them and share their destiny!

(End of this chapter)