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Chapter 160 The Ambition of King Jianning
At the beginning of April, the emperor of Fengxiang Mansion ordered that Guo Ziyi, who was an important military officer in Pingzhang, held several positions and had made great contributions to the military. Fang Guan, the prime minister.

Although Fang Guan Pingzhang's title was not deprived, the appointment of the prime minister as a Jiedu envoy is already tantamount to dismissing the prime minister.

It's just that this is a more decent exit than directly dismissing the appearance.

Emperor Li Heng still had some kindness towards Fang Guan, an old minister who persuaded the emperor to abdicate. Temporarily retaining his title of Pingzhang can be regarded as giving Fang Guan a little sweetness. If he can perform well in the post of Hexi Jiedushi, It might not be possible to return to the center of the court as a prime minister.

The most paradoxical thing is that the jurisdiction of the Hexi Jiedu Envoy is mainly Longyou Dao, and the imperial court has just named Jianning King Li Yan as the chief officer of Longyou Dao, and he is responsible for the military affairs of Longyou Dao.

Now he turned around and appointed Fang Guan, who had been a prime minister, as the Jiedu envoy of Hexi, that is to say, there are two top leaders in Longyou Dao.

Obviously, everyone from the emperor to the officials kept silent about such a strange decision, while the officials from the Eastern Palace faction showed smiles on their faces. King Jianning was far away from Longyou, and he had half withdrawn from the battle for the throne. Now the emperor sent Fang Guan to Hexi served as Jiedu envoy, apparently also suppressing King Jianning.

It is a decent way out for Fang Guan to leave the center safely. He made way for the new prime minister, and many ministers praised him for his integrity.

However, Fang Guan, who had not participated for a long time, insisted on participating in the imperial meeting the day before Fang Guan left Fengxiang Mansion, and offered a national policy of changing horses to mulberry in front of the emperor.

This national policy is very simple. It is to replant the abandoned court racecourses from Jiuquan to Wuwei with mulberry trees, raise silkworms and spin them, and then sell them to merchants in the Western Regions.

Secretary Supervisor Li Mi objected on the spot: "The racecourse in Liangzhou, Suzhou, is an important place of origin for our army horses in the Tang Dynasty. If the horses are changed to mulberry, how will the horses needed by the front line be supplied?"

Fang Guan, who had been prepared for a long time, said immediately: "Nowadays, the horse administration in Liangzhou, Suzhou, has long been corrupted. The states and counties in the Hexi Corridor are all buying war horses from the Uighurs to supply the front-line war. Anyone with a little understanding of politics knows that.”

"Instead of abandoning the racecourse, it is better to change it to Sangtian, then the court can use the money from selling silk, or directly use silk to exchange horses with Uighurs."

This time Li Mi was also very surprised. Fang Guan was a man with great ambition and lack of talent, but this time he was able to talk eloquently, obviously he had made sufficient preparations.

Then Li Mi said: "If you want to build a horse farm in Liangzhou, Suzhou, you need to buy mulberry seedlings. The imperial court and Hexi Jiedu Shifu have long been unable to make ends meet. Who can pay for this money?"

Unexpectedly, Fang Guan was also prepared this time, and he said: "Don't worry about Mr. Bi. Hexi Jiedushi can guarantee the trustworthy people, buy mulberry seedlings first, and pay back the money for the mulberry seedlings after they are made into silk. If the people If you can’t give it, then the Hexi Jiedu Envoy’s Mansion will send it out.”

Li Mi asked again: "If the racecourse is changed to a mulberry field, is this field a grant field, or is it an official field of the imperial court?"

Li Mi's question is the most critical question.

Datang's mines and racecourses are directly owned by the imperial court, and they do not participate in the granting of local land, nor can they be granted to honorable officials as permanent land.

But once the racecourse is changed to mulberry field, it becomes a private field that can be granted, and it will not be controlled by the court.

Fang Guan said: "Of course the racecourse is awarded to the people as mulberry fields, but as I said earlier, mulberry fields need to be planted with mulberry seedlings, so we must strictly select people who are capable of farming, and then grant them mulberry fields."

Li Mi immediately said to Emperor Li Heng: "Saint, I oppose the policy of changing horses into mulberry! It is easy to grant the horse farms from the imperial court, but it will be difficult to get them back from the people in the future! The horses in Hexi are related to the imperial court's centuries-old horse policy. Move lightly!"

Now Li Heng was also a little hesitant. When Fang Guan played to him in secret, Li Heng still felt that changing the national policy from horse to mulberry was a great strategy.

The imperial court rejuvenated the abandoned horse farms, and the people got the best mulberry fields. This is a way to get the best of both worlds, and it can also increase taxes in Hexi.

But now that Li Mi said this, Li Heng hesitated again.

Fang Guan immediately said: "Saint, I am willing to issue a military order. After changing the horse to mulberry, Hexi will supply the imperial court with a lot of war horses! It can also increase by [-]%! If you can't do it, please cut off Fang Guan's head!"

Hearing what Fang Guan said, the emperor immediately said: "Changing horses to mulberries is the best of both worlds. Fang Aiqing must take charge of this national policy!"

The next day, the emperor personally bestowed on Fang Guan the Hexi Jiedu Envoy with double festivals and double banners, and then bestowed the Jiedu Envoy's seal on Fang Guan, ordering him to be in charge of the civil affairs and military affairs of the Hexi states.

Fang Guan took the newly appointed Hexi Jiedu Envoy's judge Dou Shen, and the Hexi Jiedu Envoy's officials he had just recruited, and went northward to Liangzhou to take office.

However, a young official of the former Hexi Jiedu envoy resigned and left the Jiedu envoy's mansion before Fang Guan took office.

The secretary of the Jiedu envoy's mansion named Yang Yan, three generations of his family have been commended by the court for their filial piety.

However, Yang Yan was quick-witted and gorgeous in diction when he was young. He was conscripted to the Hexi Jiedu Mission Mansion as the secretary in charge at a young age, and was responsible for drafting the documents of the Jiedu Mission Mansion.

Walking with Yang Yan is a friend he just met.

This scholar is slightly older than Yang Yan, and he also has a gentle appearance.

His name is Liu Yan, and he is a well-known child prodigy.

When Liu Yan was just eight years old, Emperor Li Longji granted Zen to Mount Tai, and Liu Yan, as a representative of the people, presented the Jiang Festival to the emperor.

When Emperor Li Longji heard about Liu Yan's magical deeds, he deliberately made his beloved concubine Yang Yuhuan "dress up like a towel" and dress up properly.

The emperor looked at Liu Yan and asked, "Correct characters, how many characters are correct?"

Liu Yan replied: "All the characters in the world are correct, but the characters for friends are not correct."

This remark is a pun, which not only expresses the character structure characteristics of the character "friend", but also profoundly points out the current disadvantages of crony parties colluding with each other.

Admonishing the emperor with words, Liu Yan soon became famous all over the world, but Liu Yan was unwilling to become an official, and still studied in his hometown.

Anlu Mountain rebelled, and at the end of the first year of Deyuan, Liu Yan was invited by Fifth Qi to assist Fifth Qi in handling Jianghuai salt and iron affairs.

Originally, Liu Yan was ready to answer the call, but encountered the rebellion of Yongwang Li Lin. Under the turmoil in Jianghuai, Liu Yan was unwilling to serve in Jianghuai, so he set off for Lingwu Xingzai.

Unexpectedly, when he arrived at Lingwu, Yu Jia had already gone to Fengxiang Mansion.

Liu Yan thought for a while, saw the border scenery of Lingwu, thought of Wang Zhihuan's "Liangzhou Ci", and decided to go out to Anxi to have a look.

Liu Yan continued to travel westward, and met Yang Yan, who was also famous as a young man in Liangzhou.

Yang Yan resigned on the spot and decided to go out of Yumen Pass with Liu Yan to see the scenery beyond the Great Wall.

Yang Yan and Liu Yan, who had just left Yumen Pass, heard a big news from the caravan.

Jianning Wang Li Yan is going to hold a big debate in Shazhou City to discuss whether the forest and pastures should be controlled by the government or run by the people.

Both Yang Yan and Liu Yan are interested in the art of wealth and wealth. This debate aroused their interest, so they decided to go to Shazhou City.

Yang Yan and Liu Yan sat in a strange carriage. The wheels of this carriage were extravagantly made of iron, and the carriage was not bumpy at all, and the speed was much faster than ordinary carriages.

The coachman was sitting on top of the carriage, and the three horses were pulling the carriage. The forward speed was almost the same as that of riding a horse, but it was not as hard as riding a horse.

The wooden carriages can not only resist the wind and sand, but also the people sitting in the carriages can chat with each other. The originally difficult and boring travel has become much more comfortable.

Hearing that this kind of carriage was invented by the artisans of King Jianning, both Yang Yan and Liu Yan were amazed. If this kind of carriage can be popularized throughout the country, then long-distance travel will no longer be a difficult task.

"Yang Sanlang, I didn't expect that after leaving this Yumen pass, he would be more prosperous than inside the pass." Yang Yan ranked third in the clan, so people close to him called him Yang Sanlang.

Yang Yan looked at the continuous caravans on the official road through the window and said, "Yeah, I didn't expect there to be such a scenery outside this pass."

From Yumen Pass to the west, this is the territory controlled by King Jianning, and a large number of merchants flocked to Guazhou City.

At the age of seven, Liu Yan acquired supernatural powers, read a lot of books, and knew very well about mountains and rivers and geography.

Liu Yan said puzzledly: "There are no special products in Guazhou City, why are so many businessmen going to Guazhou?"

Yang Yan was also surprised. He could understand the prosperity of Shazhou, but Guazhou was just a capital city of Xiazhou, why so many businessmen went there.

But soon Liu Yan and Yang Yan's doubts were answered. When the carriage entered the Dashui Gorge, there were huge chimneys emitting white smoke, and the tinkling of iron tools was everywhere.

The carriage stopped at the rest area near Dashui Gorge. Yang Yan and Liu Yan got off the carriage and looked at the ironworks that had gathered into a small town not far away, showing horrified expressions.

Liu Yan has also traveled to many places, and he praised: "I have only seen so many blacksmith workshops in Nanyang. I never thought that there are such prosperous blacksmith workshops outside Heguan!"

Yang Yan also said in shock: "Nanyang has been an important iron smelting town since the Han Dynasty. Emperor Guangwu of the Han Dynasty restored the Eastern Han Dynasty by relying on Nanyang ironware. The iron factory in Guazhou is even larger than Nanyang. How did King Jianning do it?" of?"

In the rest area, the villagers brought hot water, and some villagers came to the service to sell delicious bento.

Yang Yan and Liu Yan asked about the smell of the bento, and the gluttons in their stomachs were about to come out. Yang Yan immediately called a kid selling bento, and bought two bento.

Liu Yan is older than Yang Yan, but although he became famous in his youth, he has never been an official, so he is naturally not as rich as Yang Yan, who once served as the secretary of the Jiedu Envoy.

The expenses along the way were basically paid by Yang Yan, which made Liu Yan a little ashamed.

Yang Yan didn't care, he handed the lunch box to Liu Yan and said, "Liu Lang, I didn't expect this small Guazhou to have such an interesting place."

Liu Yan secretly decided that if he becomes rich in the future, he must repay Yang Yan.

He nodded and said, "It seems that His Royal Highness King Jianning has a good management."

The next morning, the merchants in the rest area started to set up stalls. Yang Yan and Liu Yan decided to continue to rest for half a day to see how the quality of the ironware in Guazhou was and why the nearby merchants flocked to it.

When they saw the strong and durable Guazhou ironware, the price was even lower than that of Guannei ironware, both of them were a little shocked.

They heard a businessman say: "Nowadays, merchants in Guanzhou come to Guazhou to buy iron wares. I'm afraid the two gentlemen don't know that this Guazhou iron wares are not only good looking, but also durable, even better than those produced by the Guannei Ordnance Supervision All weapons are hard."

Now Yang Yan and Liu Yan were even more surprised. The Ordnance Supervision is an institution set up by the imperial court to manufacture weapons in various places, but many Ordnance Supervisions also secretly manufacture and sell weapons.

The kitchen utensils and agricultural tools produced by the Dashuixia Iron Works are actually stronger than the weapons of the Ordnance Supervisor?
But seeing the long line in front of the Dashuixia Ironworks Town, Yang Yan and Liu Yan had to believe that the products of the Dashuixia Ironworks were really good, which attracted so many merchants to rush to buy them.

The two set off again, and when they were about to reach Guazhou City, they found that there were more scholars coming and going.

After asking, I found out that these scholars were also planning to go to Shazhou City, and they were also going for the great debate in Shazhou City.

In a restaurant where scholars gathered, the two finally understood why King Jianning wanted to hold this big debate in Shazhou City.

"I heard that this debate started in Gaochang City. More than 20 village chiefs wrote to Xizhou Governor's Mansion, asking the Governor's Mansion to take back the forest and mines in the hands of the old Gaochang clan in the name of barren land. In front of Mr. Li, the governor of Xizhou, Mr. Li asked the old Gaochang family to debate with the officials of the governor's mansion in front of the whole city."

"The Gaochang old family also hired many scholars for their ancestral property. It is said that the Governor's Mansion set up a place at the gate of the government office. The two sides debated for three days and three nights, but they were unable to discuss this matter clearly."

"Master Cui can only report this matter to His Highness King Jianning, so His Highness will hold another debate in Shazhou City to discuss whether the mountain forest mine should be opened or not."

King Jianning is so ambitious?
Different from these Longyou scholars who have no family education, Yang Yan and Liu Yan are both well-read scholars. In addition to Confucian classics, they also read history books. It should be open, isn't this the same as the Shiqu Pavilion meeting?

The Shiquge Salt and Iron Conference was a political and cultural conference held by Emperor Zhaodi of the Han Dynasty to convene the world's virtuous literature and important court officials on the matter of salt and iron official operations.

At the end of this meeting, what was discussed was not only the issue of salt and iron, but also the national policy of the entire Han Dynasty.

After the meeting, Minister Huan Kuan sorted out the content of the Shiqu Pavilion meeting and formed a book "On Salt and Iron".

This book is still the theoretical source of fiscal law in the past dynasties. It can be said that the pros and cons of the collection of wealth and taxes by the imperial courts of the past dynasties were discussed at the Shiquge Salt and Iron Conference.

King Jianning wanted to hold such a meeting. Yang Yan and Liu Yan looked at each other, and they could see the shock in each other's eyes.

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