Crowned the New Han Dynasty

Chapter 755: Training troops to sweep the county, gathering wealth and relocating the people

The information was taken off the pigeon's leg and fell into the hands of Su Liao through a special transmission channel. The spy chief of Dai County immediately took it personally and came to see Chen Zhi.

After Chen Zhi had read the information, he nodded and said: "It's also a coincidence that Wang Jun's people and Jiangdu Wang's people met together, and they conspired together to replace the county's money and goods, and even more so with their swords. You know, now they are acting independently in private, which is enough to show that this so-called Jiyou Alliance is actually only superficial and will fall down at the first push."

Su Liao complimented: "These things are all in the master's plan. They think they are secret, but they don't know that they have already been leaked. It's just that Zaosong is also talented and learned. He has been known as a literary talent since he was a child, but he didn't do it for him." Wang Jun is so important that he cannot be prominent, but looking at this person's coming to the west, testing him back and forth, and waiting for opportunities to recruit the gentry to build momentum, his methods are actually quite profound."

"Yes, this person has a way of doing things," Chen Zhi listened with some interest and asked: "In your opinion, this person is not valued by Wang Jun. If I recruit him, can I win his trust?"

Su Liao was stunned when he heard it, and felt that he couldn't keep up with Chen Zhi's train of thought. That Zao Song was an envoy sent by Wang Jun, with malicious intentions. He had already attracted a group of gentry within a few days after entering Dai County. A local tyrant, who looks like he wants to ruin Chen Zhi's reputation, why does this guy in front of him want to recruit instead?

However, since there was a question, Su Liao still replied respectfully: "This man is Wang Jun's son-in-law, and he comes from a well-known family. I'm afraid it's not so easy to recruit." This is very euphemistic, and the literal translation is that this man cannot recruit at all. If you don’t come, don’t think too much about it.

Chen Zhi smiled and didn't dwell on it. He changed the subject and asked, "If that's the case, then that's it."

Su Liao followed up and said: "The top priority is to think about how to deal with the squires he incited. Once these people come, it will be difficult to deal with, and they may shake the minds of many aristocratic families in Dai County."

At this point, he couldn't help but said: "My lord, you inspected Guangchang before to set the tone, and you have seen these people. They have benefited from the stable situation, businessmen have made money, and their family wealth has increased. He said that he would be loyal to the affairs of the country and act as your leader, expressing his indignation towards some of the clansmen who had previously defected and fled into exile, but then he turned his back and started making trouble again, which is shameless."

"This is not surprising," Chen Zhi was not angry. "Before things happened to them, most people were concerned about the country and the people, and they all wanted the country to prosper. But if it happened to them, their interests would be harmed." , then you must put yourself first, and the ideals of family and country will be forgotten, and you and I are no exception. This is human nature, so I don’t think there is anything wrong with what Hong Qian and others did."

When Su Liao heard this, he opened his mouth to say something, but then Chen Zhi waved his hand and said, "Don't worry, I understand, but I won't let them go because of this. This reduction of land rent is an established policy and cannot be changed." , not only cannot it be changed, but it will continue to be reduced in the future, and at the same time, the commercial tax commission must also be put on the agenda, let’s make some plans below.”

"I'm afraid there is still a problem," Su Liao said worriedly when he heard this, "it stands to reason that as soon as the business has improved, they are eager to ask for it, and they may drive people away. Well, complaints are inevitable, and it might be detrimental to the reputation, so it’s better to wait a little longer and wait for some time to truly stabilize, then it won’t be too late to implement it.”

"Wait until it stabilizes, and if you change it, others will think that you are greedy for profit and have changed the rules that have always been there, so you should set the rules now before it is too late, so that other people will not have any doubts, and Now that the affairs of Daijun have just started, it is the time when the profits are the highest, even if there is a small commission, merchants will not stop coming, it is the most convenient time to establish rules."

Hearing this, Su Liao also felt that there was some truth. The profitable business in the current generation county can be said to be one after another, which attracts merchants from the Northland and further afield. He had been reluctant to do so for a while, so he retreated. Doing so would inevitably damage his reputation, but since the superior had already decided, he could only implement it.Later, Su Liao skipped this topic and once again mentioned the group of squires who were coming to "petition" and asked how to deal with it.

"If these people want to come, let them come. Blind suppression may not be effective." Chen Zhi smiled, and suddenly brought up another seemingly irrelevant topic, "I asked Ran Zhan to train a battalion of troops. How's it going?"

Although Su Liao was confused, he still responded based on his information: "These people eat multiple meals of meat every day and have enough rice and flour. Now they have strong soldiers and horses. They can be the leaders of all armies. They can be called elite soldiers. There is no problem."

Chen Zhi shook his head and said: "The leaders of all armies must be soldiers and horses who can fight and win battles. And among these soldiers and horses, from the top to the soldiers, there are only a few who have actually fought in battles, so they are said to be elite soldiers. It’s still early.”

"This..." Su Liao was a little unsure of Chen Zhi's thoughts, but he still said tentatively: "Under the current situation, I am afraid that all parties in the North will not easily come to trouble Dai County. I am afraid that it will happen soon." There is no place to use troops, and besides..."

After careful consideration, Su Liao finally spoke up about the current problem: "It was Chen Jun who should have informed the lord of this matter, but he was currently patrolling by the Sanggan River and might not be able to come back for a while, so he could only tell his subordinates. Two sentences."

"Are you trying to say that the money and food are not enough?" Chen Zhi glanced at the subordinate and asked with a smile.

Su Liao sighed and said: "That's it. Nowadays, money is used everywhere. The main ones are city building, military training, reclamation, and repairs, especially the last one. My lord, you require that the following counties and cities should be in accordance with this. Planning renovations and improving sanitation also consume a lot of money. Even though the daily income from paper mills, kilns, merchants, etc. is quite large, they cannot support it anymore, and I am afraid that they are about to die. At the end of the day, now we are building cities on both sides and resettling the refugees. Once we actually do this, I am afraid it will be consumed even faster!"

"Your worry is necessary, that's why I asked Ran Zhan and the others." Chen Zhi nodded, still smiling, "I know that there are still many bandits in and out of the country, and there are also a few rebels coming and going abroad to kidnap merchants. Some people have reported this to me, but I couldn’t spare any time before, but now it’s time, and I can train troops.”

When Su Liao heard this, his eyes lit up: "My lord, you want Ran Zhan to lead the army to wipe out the bandits in the territory?"

"Yes, there were wars and refugees everywhere. Many of those who became bandits were hiding in the mountains and rivers, and there were many who brought their families with them. A bandit village is a village, with as few as 500 people, and as large as [-] people. Thousands of people, these civilians are wandering outside, not only threatening merchants and intruding on the mountain roads, but also a waste, so we should lead the army to quell it, confiscate the stolen property of the cottage, and organize the people who have fallen into the grass into households!"

(End of this chapter)