Ji Tang

Chapter 301 Someone coming to the court
Everyone made concessions, and Ji Song did not disappoint everyone. In addition to tax concessions, he did not impose restrictions on some large tribal leaders and small nobles.

These people were all wealthy people, with many cattle and sheep under their hands, as well as a lot of other things, including a lot of copper coins, gold and silver. Ji Song was not so polite to them.

He only benefits ordinary herdsmen and defrauds these large households.How much money can the herdsmen have? These people are the big ones, and they won’t cheat you.

Based on his understanding of the people in the court, it was impossible to let these people stay in the grassland. Sooner or later they would be deceived into going to Chang'an.

While he still has some power in his hands, Ji Song will not be polite to these people. These people are the most active in going south to plunder the Central Plains and get the most.

They had a lot of gold and silver jewelry, copper coins, and even calligraphy and paintings on their hands. I wonder what they were doing with these things?
January has passed like this, and it will soon be late April. Shanshan, the talent from Chang'an, is late.

On this day, Ji Song was listening to the accounts reported during this period by his subordinates. He was drinking tea and holding a book in his hand.

There really wasn't much fun on the grassland. At first, he could still be fascinated by the magnificent grassland scenery, but as it happened every day, he was bored no matter how good it was.

Fortunately, he had a lot of books to pass the time, otherwise he really wouldn't know what he could do.

"The market has been open for a month now. There have been more than [-] large-scale transactions, tens of thousands of transactions of less than [-] yuan, and more than [-] transactions in total."

Sun Deng raised his head and glanced at Ji Song. Seeing that he didn't express anything, he continued: "The tax is divided into ten, and a total of 23 guan was collected."

Looking at Lord Hou who had put down his book and looked at him, Ma Ta said excitedly: "The stall fee totals more than 120 guan, plus [-] million guan from the cattle and sheep seized by our army."

He had saliva in his eyes and said in a harsh voice: "In total, I have won nearly 150 million yuan."

"Master Marquis, we are rich!" Sun Deng couldn't help shouting anymore.

Ji Song took out his ears and said dissatisfiedly: "You are so happy. Is this money yours? Why are you so excited?"

"But my subordinate is happy!" Sun Deng said sternly.

"Okay, okay, you're happy, as long as you're happy!" Ji Song held his forehead and smiled bitterly.

In fact, he didn't expect there to be so many. He originally thought it would be good to have 50 guan in the three markets, but now the Tieshan market has nearly 150 million guan.

This shows that over the past few hundred years, the Turks have become extremely wealthy.This retaliatory consumption can already explain a lot of problems.

This is a powerful hegemonic force that spans thousands of miles. Although it is divided into eastern and western parts, its background is indeed not bad.

When it came to the accounts, Ji Song took a quick look and understood what was going on.The bulk of this lies with these leaders and nobles.

The transaction records of other herdsmen are quite normal. Although they have no cash, they have quite a lot of cattle and sheep, in fact, a lot.

But in previous years, most of them were eaten, and a lot of them were supplied to the upper class nobles.

Among the items traded this time, Ji Song found that the grains were very popular among herdsmen, so he also added a small amount of grain to the transaction.

Don't think that grassland herdsmen don't eat food. They don't value food as much. Eating too much meat will make them very greasy. Over time, they will suffer from some diseases.

Therefore, these herders may seem very poor, but after including cattle, sheep and other livestock, they are actually richer than the people of the Central Plains.

However, for a long time, the livestock on the grassland could not be effectively used and there was no convenient way to trade them. In the end, they could only become their food, which was a helpless move.Therefore, Ji Song was not surprised at all when he saw that ordinary herdsmen had hundreds of dollars of property. After all, meat was not cheap, and furs such as sheepskins were also worth a lot of money.

Tieshan has gained a lot this time, but this is because the materials seized by the army are the main reason.

The other two markets, firstly, do not have such a large population, and secondly, they do not have a large amount of seized materials. It would be good to have 20 guan each.

"How is the situation now? How long can this peak period last? Also, you have to carefully observe and ask the herdsmen when is the best time to hold the festival every year? You must know these things."

"This is related to our next arrangements. It is best to hold it at a fixed time. This will not only reduce everyone's time, but also focus on forming a big herd mentality."

Ji Song said a lot. He wanted to fix this kind of transaction, just like the market in the Central Plains, so that everyone can be more fully prepared, which would be beneficial to everyone.

Otherwise, it will be difficult to manage in scattered pieces, and a lot of manpower and costs will be wasted.

"Master Hou, someone is coming from Chang'an and wants to see you!" At this moment, the soldiers outside suddenly came in and said.

Ji Song was stunned for a moment, but then he counted the time and found that the officials from Chang'an were almost here and said, "Let them in!"

"promise!"

Soon, an official who looked to be in his thirties came in with a few people. Ji Song was a little puzzled. He didn't know this person. It seemed that his official rank was not low.

No matter what Ji Song thought, the visitor did not dare to be negligent at all. He quickly saluted and said: "I am in charge of the official Zhongshu Supervisory Censor, Ma Zhou, pay your respects to the Marquis!"

"Ma Zhou? King Ma Bin?" Ji Song didn't expect it to be him. Wasn't he sent to Sinong Temple by the emperor?Why are you here?

"It's the subordinate."

Ma Zhou was also helpless. He was originally sent to Sinong Temple by His Majesty. He first passed the assessment and then became the deputy chief. However, he did not expect that he would offend several prime ministers and the eldest grandson's family.

Within a month, I was almost kicked out.

In fact, this is why Li Shimin is a little impatient. Although Sinong Temple has not been established for a long time, the cake that should be divided has basically been divided.

Moreover, the people here are not easy to mess with, not to mention people like Changsun Chong and Fang Yiai, and there are countless officials from other branches of the big and small families.

The relationship inside is even more complicated. After Ji Song left, the chief Bo, Si Cheng, Yao Chang and Liu Zhan were in charge, but these two people could not control them.

Now that the emperor has driven Shaoqing away, do you think you can do whatever you want?
It's a beautiful thought. Everyone sees the potential of Sinong Temple. As long as it continues to develop, Sinong Temple will definitely be a behemoth in the future.

Even if it is split in the future, old people like myself will definitely get high positions.

But now the emperor randomly sends an unknown person and wants him to be in power?That doesn't make sense!
So, after knowing that the imperial court was going to send officials to the grassland, Ma Zhou asked for the order without thinking. He could not stay at Sinong Temple any longer.

Li Shimin was helpless. He didn't expect those people to react so strongly. When he saw the Sinong Temple getting bigger and bigger, he didn't stop those people from stuffing people inside. He didn't expect that he would be tricked in the end.

When Ma Zhou took the initiative to ask for help, he just agreed. If he was really kicked out, he would not look good.

(End of this chapter)