I studied in modern times

Chapter 411 Credentials and Report

When Zhao Xu returned to Funing Hall from Jiying Hall, Shi Deyi was already waiting.

"Everyone, the credential of the Lord of Liao has arrived in Bianjing today and requested to allocate another 100 million guan to be used for procurement with Yeluju, the Liao envoy."

"This is the official document of the Lord of Liao."

Zhao Xu took the letter of credence and laughed. Without even reading it, he said: "I will issue an edict to the capital and Jiaoziwu and deliver it to Jiaozi immediately!"

Zhao Xu has been looking forward to the Liao people's credentials for a long time.

After all, in order to support Zhang Dun's war, he had already asked Yongxingchang and Censhuichang to send all the newly minted money this year to Guangxi to support the war expenses.

Without the money-making lubrication of these two big money supervisors, the North may fall into a crisis of lack of currency.

At this time, shouldn’t we point to Song and Liao Jiaozi to lubricate finance?

After speaking, Zhao Xu opened his credentials.

Looking up is this: The great uncle of the Khitan Emperor wrote a letter to the Emperor of the Great Song Dynasty...

First, it describes the past of Song and Liao engagements.

What does it mean to seal the names of two different countries, and record the beauty of one family in a square book? What does it mean that although the two countries are separated by borders, they can maintain harmony and be as righteous as one family, thinking together for eternity. '

Then he talked about the current situation, saying that since Zhao Xu came to the throne, the friendship between the brothers of Song and Liao has become increasingly profound.

The diplomatic relations between Song and Liao will definitely lead to Yidu's family, and they will swear to pass on the good news. '

He also said that the grandson of the Emperor of Daliao, the grandson of the Emperor of Liao, had been studying hard day and night since he received the book from the brother of the Song Dynasty, trying to catch up with his brother's homework. He hoped that the brother of the Song Dynasty could give more advice to the grandson of the Emperor of Liao in the future.

It seems that the Song Dynasty and the Liao Dynasty really have some kind of brotherhood, and may even be related to each other.

This is the consistent position of the Liao people towards the Song Dynasty - the north and the south are one family.

At the same time, it is also the main theme of the Khitan people's propaganda to the Han people within their territory - Han and Qidan are one.

I, the Yelu family of the Liao Dynasty, are descendants of Han Gao, and later accidentally ended up living on the grasslands.

According to the historical materials of the Liao Kingdom that Zhao Xu saw in modern times.

The Liao people never gave up on unifying the Central Plains in the south.

Moreover, they also learned the lesson from Yelu Deguang's extortionate expropriation and then being driven away by Han warlords.

The imperial examination, Han system, and Confucianism were all replicated by many Liao people.

It just so happened that Zhao Xu also wanted to achieve unification.

Therefore, when he looked at the credentials of the Liao people, he was not as angry as his father and ancestors, thinking that the Khitans were trying to tamper with porcelain, but he admired them very much.

Han and Qi become one?The North and the South are one family?
Your national policy is good!

I believe you don’t mind if I plagiarize, right?

At the end of the letter of credence, the Lord of Liao ended the letter of credence with an understatement: I would like to ask the Emperor of the Song Dynasty to allocate 100 million yuan from Jiaozi to the envoy Yeluju in accordance with the previous agreement to facilitate the purchase.

Zhao Xu put together the letters of credence and said to Shi De, who was still waiting in the hall: "Let the academy prepare a word for me to reply to the Lord of Liao."

"No." Shi Deyi bowed.

Zhao Xu then ordered people to fetch the imperial edict paper and personally approved the imperial edict to Jiaozi, the envoy to Liao.

After writing this, he raised his head and saw Shi Deyi still in the hall, so he asked, "Is there anything else?"

"Everyone has some idea of ​​what I asked you to do a few days ago."

"Huh?" Zhao Xu asked, "Which thing?"

He asked Shi Deyi to do a lot of things!

"We almost have some clues." Shi Deyi replied: "People from the Detective Department know the inside story of Han Jie's case."

"Let's see..." Zhao Xu became interested.

So, Shi Deyi told Zhao Xu the ins and outs of the case.

It's similar to what Zhao Xu guessed, but there are differences in details.

In this matter, Han Jie was not misled or seduced.

Maybe he was instigated by some people, but all decisions were made by him.

Especially after Shi Deyi cooperated with the Tongjian Division and reviewed the report received by Zuma Lu in Chengdu.

It can be basically confirmed that Han Jie did those things in order to get promoted.

Squeeze the farmers, exploit the merchants, use the big name to collect tea, and the small name to give money.

Raise the price of local low-quality official salt and restrict foreign salt.

Zhu Ma accepted the report and said directly: Since the promotion official (Han Jie) took office, because of various measures and the dissatisfaction of the people in Luzhou County, Chengdu, some people advised him not to be too eager to avoid being impeached by the censor. As a result, he directly He said: My ancestor was the prime minister of the dynasty, and my uncle was the minister. Who dares to impeach me?

Even after he was impeached and the imperial court ordered that Guo Xian, a prison official in Chengdu Prefecture, be promoted, he did not stop.

Instead, he arrogantly said to Guo Xian: My ancestral prime minister Kang Guogong is an elder of the late emperor, and he is a veteran minister whom today's society relies on... It's just a matter of people's discussion, how can you touch me?

The standard image of the stupid and bad second generation ancestor comes to life on the page.

And Zhao Xu knew that although they were the emperor's eyes and ears, local officials had already found ways to deal with these people over the years.

Either bribed, coaxed, or coerced.

Therefore, basically, most of the troikas would not directly describe the evil deeds of local officials in their reports to the emperor.

And once he did.

It can only mean one thing - it is absolutely impossible to bear it on a horse. This person is hopeless, and the pills are probably cutting him off.

After listening to Shi Deyi's report, Zhao Xu also read the materials Shi Deyi brought.

He looked at Shi Deyi in silence, and then asked: "Why didn't anyone send me the report of Zouma's acceptance?"

This is the crux of the matter.

There's a problem on Tongmiji's side!
This was Zhao Xu's first reaction!

"Is Guo Zhongxiao protecting Han Jie?" Zhao Xu asked.

This is a heartbreaking statement.

Tong Jian Si should have sent this text from Chengdu Prefecture directly to him.

As a result, Shi Deyi had to go to Tongjiansi to get the text that Zouma accepted.

For Zhao Xu, this problem is much more serious than Han Jie's misdeeds in Sichuan.

This is isolating China from the outside world!
If you go above and beyond, Han Jiang and Guo Zhongxiao will both have to answer questions!The entire Tongjian Division had to be washed once.

Because they dared to hide the truth from Zhao Xu today and prevent him from knowing what was happening in Sichuan?
Tomorrow, he would dare to directly conceal the report from the front line and the local disaster situation, so that Zhao Xu could be immersed in the illusion of "Fengheng Henan University".

The last person who was kept secret like this was named Yang Guang.

In the end, Yang Guang was forced to hang himself miserably.

The most famous person is Qin II - Chen Sheng and Wu Guang are almost fighting in Guanzhong. The people below told him that the world is peaceful, but a few clowns are causing trouble.

And in the end, Qin II died in such a useless manner, which is recorded clearly in black and white in the history books.Damn it!
Zhao Xu almost cursed.

Shi Deyi lowered his head and replied: "Your Majesty, I have investigated. Guo Jing, who has taken over the official affairs of Sichuan Province, has reported to Bianjing three times the illegal promotion of Han rank since the first month of this year, and Tong met with the Secretary. As usual, only the relevant text was copied to the two palaces."

Zhao Xu narrowed his eyes and looked at Shi Deyi coldly: "Really?"

In Zhao Xu's heart, this was even more alarming than the Sichuan report that Tongjian Si had hidden from him and deliberately concealed!

why?
Have you clearly defined your position?
Do you know that I am the emperor? ?
Shi Deyi was startled by Zhao Xu and quickly knelt down: "Your Majesty, please calm down. This is the Queen Mother's decree. Your Majesty is young and still growing. He needs to rest his dragon body. Therefore, it is not an important matter for the military and state. Do not chatter." His Majesty."

Zhao Xu's expression softened a little.

Also!

If he really wants to take care of everything.

During the Song Dynasty, at least hundreds of people were deployed in all the prefectures and counties to take over official duties.

Each person sends back one or more reports from local military states and officials every month.

It would probably take him a lot of time just to read these words.

So, don’t think about sleeping in.

Don't even think about having time to rest.

Be busy dealing with these things every day!
Thinking like this, Zhao Xu turned from anger to joy: "My mother does love and protect me."

Shi Deyi swallowed his saliva and didn't dare to answer the question at all.

"Shi Deyi!"

"The minister is..."

"From now on, Tong Jian Si will tell me to take a closer look."

"If you have anything important to report, please tell me."

"Then, everyone knows that in my name, I have issued an edict to all the people in various places. From now on, in addition to the usual things that need to be reported, they must also report on a monthly basis the rain, snow, weather, rice prices, salt prices, and cloth prices in their locations. Prices and oil prices, please tell Guo Zhongxiao, and ask the Tongjian Department to compile monthly statistics on the above matters, make a table, and send a copy to the capital, the two palaces, and me."

Most of the walking horse bearers are no longer suitable for use.

Even the ministers who were released from the palace have been corrupted and have become complicit with the local officials.

This is impossible.

Even the later Manchu and Qing Tatars put a bunch of slaves in various places to monitor places.

But the emperor would still be deceived by the coat servants and local officials working together.

Moreover, this kind of thing even happened during the reign of Qianlong, who was recognized as the purest, most extreme, and most authoritarian and ruthless emperor in history.

Zhao Xu has no way to deal with this kind of thing for the time being.

We can only treat the symptoms first.

Let these horses bear the responsibility of reporting local weather and local people's living prices.

At the very least, let’s first have an understanding of the states and counties in the world.

As for other things?

We can only rely on it. After the development of Bianjing Xinbao and Bianjing Yibao in the future, gradually all major cities in prefectures and counties across the country will have their own newspapers.

In this way, you can know the real situation of the place by collecting local newspapers.

If you want more details, you have to wait for technological advancements.

There were railroads and the existence of wire telegraph along the railroad lines.

That is probably at least 50 years from now, or even a hundred years from now.

so far away!

Zhao Xu had no illusions anymore.

"No!" Shi De bowed before bowing.

"Everyone..." He raised his head and continued to report: "A few days ago, everyone ordered me to send someone to contact the Xuzhou businessman surnamed Huang to explore his character and details. Now it has been confirmed that this person is secretly communicating with Jiyang The prince of the county and several other relatives and noble family members wanted to use the method of fighting for new coins to jointly earn money and use Jiaozi as a guarantee to do the quick money business between Xuzhou and Bianjing. It is said that they will do that in the future. Flying money transactions in Jingdong, Jingxi, Hebei, Hedong and even Huaihe and Zhejiang."

"Good taste!" Zhao Xu gave his own evaluation.

"What is he like as a person? What is his background?" Zhao Xu asked.

"It is said that he was generous and generous, and often used his wealth to help scholars from all walks of life." Shi Deyi answered.

Zhao Xu understood immediately after hearing this. This person was a moneylender. No wonder he was so smart!
why?
Just listen to the sentence in Shi De's words, "He is generous in his righteousness and helps the scholars from all over the world."

In Bianjing City, the most suitable and high-quality targets for lending are scholars.

However, this business is very difficult to do.

Requires sufficient vision and judgment.

It's the same as gambling!
The bet is that the person you choose will definitely be able to go to high school in the future.

Otherwise, there is no hope of getting a return on the loans extended.

Losing money is the norm.

This is the same as modern venture capital.

Venture capital talks about investing in people, and lending money to scholars in Bianjing City means investing in people.

Zhao Xu's interest in this person suddenly became even greater.

"He wants to use the method of fighting for money to attract money?" Zhao Xu said: "It's a good idea, we can really see it."

"Everyone knows the arrangements!"

"I will meet him tomorrow afternoon at the Meihua Hall Side Pavilion in Kaifeng Mansion."

Such an interesting person with a business acumen must be met in person before he can make a judgment.

At the same time, he must also be asked to submit a certificate of merit.

Otherwise, if he messes around and causes trouble, wouldn't Zhao Xu have to wipe his ass?

However, if he does well, Zhao Xu will naturally be rewarded!

For example, in the future, a beautiful daughter from his family will be selected to enter the palace as a concubine.

Do not laugh!

Since ancient times, it has been a great honor for a daughter of a family to be able to sleep with the emperor in the palace or even give birth to a child for the emperor. It is a step towards honoring the ancestors and even changing the fate of the entire family.

One of the emperor's responsibilities is to save the country through the harem, marry into powerful families, and unite people's hearts.

Therefore, the queens of the emperors of the Song Dynasty were basically descended from meritorious officials.

It was only in the generation of Zhao Xu's father that he turned to scholar-bureaucrats.

(End of this chapter)