The palace is quiet, and the empress of the cold palace is acting as a demon

Chapter 511
After Shuying recovered completely, she left Tongmen Pass and arrived at the foot of Qinan Mountain on the grounds of going out to relax.Xidi has now changed his name to Longzhou.

After many years, Shuying "again" came to Fangyuan City next to Wusu Haizi, looking at the once glorious and rich but now dilapidated old city, the warm light of the setting sun dimmed in her eyes.

At this time, Longzhou State Shepherd Qin Fengde obsequiously led his subordinates to welcome Shuying.

Seeing Shuying, Qin Fengde immediately knelt on the ground and knocked his head three times: "My minister Qin Fengde, the state shepherd of Longzhou, sees Qin Niangniang."

"Your surname is also Qin?" Shuying asked.

Qin Fengde nodded: "Yes, it is a blessing in my life to have this surname."

"Very good at talking," Shuying smiled, "Get up and answer while standing."

Qin Fengde immediately got up from the ground, and stood aside respectfully with his hands down.

Shu Ying watched and guessed that Qin Fengde was a person who did nothing practical with the imperial salary, maybe stupid, maybe incompetent, maybe greedy, maybe lazy.But that's fine, she just needs him to be an obedient and sensible person.

"Take me to visit the current Fangyuan City." Shuying said.

Qin Fengde flatteringly sent Shuying to board the carriage. She opened the curtain and looked at the cold city street scene outside the car window, with a plan in mind.

She wants to rebuild Fangyuan City, and take advantage of Ning Xizhao's upcoming Salt and Iron Order to take over all the salt lakes on the northeastern high platform of Fangyuan City. It is operated by the state in name, but in fact it is controlled by her.In addition to the salt lake, she also wanted the iron mines in the land of Longyuan under Qinan Mountain.

With the two things of salt and iron, she has enough financial resources to take root outside the Northwest Pass and restore Fangyuan City to the prosperous scene when she came here.

……

Peijun, Yingcheng.

"Shuying went to Longzhou?!" Qin Wan was surprised and speechless when he saw the secret report that Li Yu secretly sent to Yingcheng.

Lie Xie nodded and said: "It is said that Shuying Xiao felt depressed after giving birth, so she wanted to visit the Longzhou Desert to relieve her mood."

"She will never go to Longzhou if she wants to evacuate her mind. She will only feel more depressed when she arrives in Fangyuan City."

Qin Wan asked Lie Xian to find a map and hang it on the wall, and carefully observed the Longzhou area.

She crossed her arms and pondered, the more she thought about it, the more dignified she became.

Looking at the map for a while, Qin Wan seemed to understand, she said to Lie Xie: "I see, Shuying must use the Yantie Order to control the resources of the Western Regions, and transfer all of Ning Xizhao's financial resources and troops to the Western Regions , to avoid court disputes."

After hearing this, Lie Xie asked in confusion: "Isn't this very good? Your Majesty has been thinking about how to let King Zhao hand over power. Now if they go to the Western Regions, won't they be able to threaten His Majesty no longer?"

"No, it's not that simple." Qin Wan frowned, "Shuying's thoughts are mine. If I were her, it would definitely be more than just letting Ning Xizhao leave the court. Because if Ning Xizhao surrenders power , then those political enemies will complain and complain about revenge in the next moment. What Shuying wants is that Ning Xizhao can get rid of the court and maintain his strength so that no one dares to touch him, then she will not let go of Ning Xizhao. The military power in Xizhao's hands and the wealth of the Western Regions. She will definitely hold on to money and soldiers tightly, so that Ning Xizhao can be both the biggest supporter of the court and the biggest threat to the court. Let the two of them Always have absolute initiative in the Kyushu situation."

Hearing what Qin Wan said, Lie Xie widened his eyes and said, "Your Majesty, Shu Ying is the one who made yourself an enemy with the same wisdom!"

Qin Wan smiled and said: "Don't worry, the Chongli Lantern is in my hands. Even if thousands of mountains and rivers are separated, as long as the wick is re-lit, the original lamp shadow will disappear. However, I am not in such a hurry to let Shuying die now. On the contrary, I think her idea of ​​retiring to the Western Regions is very good, so let her toss about it. Because in the eyes of others, she is me, and after she disappears, everything she got during this period will be mine."

What Qin Wan said was calm and reasonable, but Lie Xie really admired it.

In Qin Wan's eyes, Shuying is not a person, but just a shadow of her, who can live or die, and has no mercy for her.

"Liexiu, you are sending people to Longzhou now. In addition to monitoring Shuying, you must also use the power of Anyousi to help her with all your strength. Then inform Bai Zixian and Yuan Ying that no matter what reason Ning Xizhao uses to go to Longzhou, it is just a pretending." Pretend to stop it, and finally let him lead the troops out of the customs."

Lie Xie: "Mother, are you going to kill King Zhao after he arrives in Longzhou?"

Qin Wan nodded: "At first, I was still worried that Ning Xizhao would threaten the safety of Miaomiao and the two children in Cold City. Since they found their own way to leave Cold City, it just saved me this worry. As long as he arrives in Longxi Du Yueer's husband will take the lead in impeaching Ning Xizhao with all the ministers, and accuse Ning Xizhao of treasonous intentions to the court. Then Bai Zixian will use the post of prime minister to advise Miao Miao to arrest Ning Xizhao and return. At that time, if Ning Xizhao comes back, he will be punished and executed. If he does not come back, he will be convicted of supporting troops in the Western Regions with the intention of rebelling. At that time, apart from Qingchi and Yuan Ying's troops, And Peijun Luqian's troops will launch an attack from Tongmen Pass, while the Xishu and Yuheng troops will enter Longzhou from Xiaoguan. Ning Xizhao will not be able to escape from the north and the south."

After hearing all Qin Wan's strategies, Lie Xie asked, "Mother, why did you go to kill King Zhao so complicatedly?"

Qin Wan sighed softly: "Miaomiao can accept Ning Xizhao's betrayal of her feelings, and begged me not to kill her. If I directly send someone to kill Ning Xizhao, Miaomiao will definitely be in great pain. She is the kind Xizhao is alive, she can bear anything, even if he falls in love with her, she can bear it."

"Then why don't you just tell Your Majesty that it was King Zhao who harmed the late Emperor?" Lie Xie asked.

"Liexiu, among the two options of Ning Xizhao being a traitor and Ning Xizhao killing his father and enemy, which one do you think Miaomiao is more acceptable?" Qin Wan asked.

When Qin Wan said this, he was enlightened.If Ning Miao knew that her beloved husband was the murderer of her father, such a blow would be fatal.

"Miaomiao can kill Ning Xizhao to avenge Ning Yi, but...she still has two children, if she knows the truth, how will she face them." Qin Wan sighed deeply, "So Let Miaomiao feel that Ning Xizhao was sentenced for treason, I think it hurt her the least."

"Your Majesty is far-sighted, Lie Xie understands." Lie Xie clasped his hands.

……

In the late spring, the three government decrees of Rong Guochaotang's salt and iron, coinage, and transportation, also known as the "Three Policies in Late Spring", caused an uproar in the entire Kyushu once they were announced.

Among them, the Salt and Iron Order stipulates that the Salt and Iron Supervision shall be set up under the Dasinong in the court to take charge of the national salt and iron business, and salt officials or iron officials shall be set up in local counties and counties to manage the production and sales of salt and iron.Recruiters can bring their own production costs to cook salt, and the government provides the main production tool, the pan, to indirectly control its production, and the salt produced is purchased by the government.On the other hand, the official control of iron is even tighter. The local government directly organizes mining and smelting, casting utensils and sales, and controls the entire process of production, purchase and sale.

Since then, Shuying has used Ning Xizhao's money to purchase the salt field in Gaotai, Longzhou at a very low price through Qin Fengde, and recruited the people to mine it, and sold the finished product to the Longzhou government at a relatively suitable price, making a fortune .

After that, she stared at Qin Fengde mining iron ore.According to the new policy, the iron mine is directly operated by the government, so she can't get involved in the business, but designs a lot of daily necessities, draws them into drafts and gives them to Qin Fengde, who then casts them according to the drafts she drew, and asks Qin Fengde to transport these products through official roads It is sold all over Kyushu.Because they are practical and cheap daily necessities, they are very popular, and the Longzhou government earns a lot of money. After the income is handed over to the national treasury, she began to urge Qin Fengde to start rebuilding Fangyuan City.

However, in half a year, the Longxi taxes received by the state treasury have increased by more than five times, and the national operating and tax revenues have also increased by more than a little bit.Miao Peng calculates the revenue of the treasury every day, and announces the good news to the court every day.

Even if all officials in the court were not optimistic about Ning Xizhao's reformers, they all had to bow to the financial data played by Miao Peng and admit the beauty of the New Deal.

At this time, Ning Xizhao proposed to Ning Miao to personally inspect the implementation of the Longzhou Salt and Iron Order.After Ning Miao agreed to his request, he transferred his [-] troops to Longzhou in units of battalions.And he himself got on his horse, led Wu Ya and others to set off westward, and went to Fangyuan City to meet Shuying.

(End of this chapter)