Brocade clothing as the country

Chapter 1031

The morning and evening of October in Songjiang Mansion is already quite chilly, and the single clothes can no longer withstand it, and the news from the north is also spread here one by one.

The town of Liao was changed to Liaoning, and a province was set up. The name Liaoning was bestowed by the emperor, and the government and the public praised the uniqueness of the Sacred Heart. This name is really good, but Wang Tong has a vague impression that he once mentioned this name in front of Emperor Wanli. , Maybe it was just used by the donkey down the slope.

The border town was abolished, and three commanders were set up, Sun Shoulian, the commander in southern Liaoning, Li Rubo, the commander in western Liaoning, Ma Lin, the commander in eastern Liaodong, and Li Chengliang became an official. The era of Li Chengliang outside the pass was over.

Among the Li family's children, several younger ones have resigned from their official positions, but they brought their family's soldiers and servants to cultivate and open up wasteland outside the side wall and build farms. Everyone understands that the Li family wants to concentrate on making a fortune. up.

Liaoning Province established counties, prefectures, governments, and chief ministers, and the governor of the overall situation was selected from Henan Zuo to participate in politics Xu Guangguo, who was selected as the governor. This is the second example after Hai Rui. Xu Guangguo is not necessarily in Henan. There is no good official voice, and it is not once or twice that the police impeach corrupt ink.

But this Xu Guangguo also has the title of capable minister, which cannot be denied by everyone in Henan. Xu Guangguo knows all about the methods used in the officialdom, and he understands it very well. It is very difficult to conceal him, even the masters around him are very difficult. What kind of tricks, and Xu Guangguo is not a mean man, he has a good grasp of the advance and retreat, and the subordinate officials dare not hide it, but they can't generate any resentment, they are all doing things with heart.

There is no other reason. Xu Guangguo was born in Juren, and he came up from Zhizhou step by step. He has done a lot and seen a lot. He is naturally proficient in practice, and no one can hide it from him.

He was able to go to Liaoning to be the governor, and unlike the governors in ordinary places, he was only a peace officer elsewhere. He went to Liaoning to be the first post, but in order to open up the situation, it will be of great use in the future. Many people in the capital are sour It is said that he attained the Tao by himself, and he ascended to heaven with chickens and dogs, but he was only in the light of Wang Tong, but there are also smart people who can understand that Xu Guangguo was promoted by Wang Tong, but what he was doing later was watching Lu Guangguo in Weihui Mansion. Wang, this errand will always be kept in mind by Long Live Lord. To be able to have today's status is because the other party's errand is well done, and Jane is in the emperor's heart.

The reclamation farms outside the side wall have been established one after another, and there are many uncultivated wasteland outside the side wall, and manpower is needed to go up the mountain to log. The poor people recruited from the pass may not be able to fill their own territory in Liaoning Province. The first ones to go out were the relatives of the frontier generals in the military town, and they immediately started to plunder the Jurchen villages, sell slaves to Liaoning, and then recruit civilians.
Large merchants from Beijing, Tianjin and Shanxi also set up shop bases outside the side walls to purchase various specialties, and followed the example on the grasslands to organize armed caravans to expand to various places, sell goods and prepare for colonization.

In Liaoning Province, in the past in late autumn and early winter, northern Liaoning was the most tense time. The autumn is high and the horses are fat. Most of the Mongolian grasslands are ready to go south.

But this year is different. The Horqin and other coalition forces were severely injured in the battle of invading Liao Town. Before recovering much, the armed forces of the Naturalized Merchant Group, which had already established a foothold in Duolun, launched battles one after another. The purpose of the battle was simple. , that is, to rob livestock and plunder people.

Inside and outside the current Liaoning border wall, a large number of people and livestock are needed, and these things can be sold locally to obtain huge profits
At this time, the Eastern Expeditionary Army had returned to the pass, and everyone suddenly realized that it was difficult to behead dozens of heads in the past, but now it is very simple to decapitate hundreds of heads. When the Horqin tribe was defeated, everyone was surprised that the prairie tycoon who was feared like a tiger in the past was such a local chicken and tile dog?
After returning to the capital, according to the rules, there should have been a grand military parade, and ceremonies such as the Taimiao's victory ceremony, but Emperor Wanli did not hold any of them.

As for why, there was also news from the capital that Emperor Wanli said in private that without Wang Tong, I would find it boring to parade even if he was not there, so let's save some money!
At present, three troops have been decided, Tan Bing will go to Shanxi, Li Tao will go to Shaanxi, Sun Xin may go to Ningxia, and then special arrangements will be made for Guihua City, and Qi Wu will be sent there.

Some things are quite strange to say. When Wang Tong was in control of the army, people inside and outside the court were suspicious and wary, lest he had a different intention, but when Wang Tong demoted himself to Songjiang, Emperor Wanli and the ministers of the court chose to stay in the vicinity of the capital. When the various regiments of the Tiger's Mighty Army were in charge, it was the other way around.

Naturally, we should choose the most reassuring ones. Although Li Tao, Sun Xin, Tan Bing and others are also the emperor's cronies, they also have various backgrounds behind them, such as Li Tao's relationship with Xuanfu and Jizhen, Tan Bing and the merchant group's armed forces. The relationship between Sun Xin and Jingying, these cannot stay in the capital.

But Han Gang is different. Han Gang is Wang Tong's brother-in-law, and he has such a close relationship with Wang Tong. Such a person will be loyal to Long Live Lord in the future, and he must be retained.
The Tiger's Mighty Army was dispersed and distributed to various places. This was originally expected. Many people thought that after this, the Tiger's Mighty Army would collapse, and Tianjin Wei would become fat. However, Cai Nan became the Imperial Horse Supervisor. The admiral eunuch, Li Hutou was named Marquis, and the two are still in Tianjin Wei. This attitude has dispelled the delusions of many people. Of course, the Yumajian is constantly being virtualized in various yamen in the palace, and has become a military eunuch. A yamen with a title exists, and its functions are shifted from military to economic, managing internal treasury, operating Huangzhuang Huangdian and other royal industries.

All eyes are on the next move of Huwei Army, how the border town will be abolished, the changes after Liao Town was changed to Liaoning, and the corresponding personnel arrangements.

However, few people noticed that after several court meetings, the imperial court decreed that the harvest in the north is now abundant. In order to reduce the burden on various places in the south of the Yangtze River and reduce the amount of grain, naturally the corresponding silver taels will not be allocated.

However, the river from Tongzhou to Tianjinwei has begun to be dredged and widened by large-scale expropriation of civilians. Tianjinwei is building a port again. Several shipyards in Tianjinwei have received orders to build blessing ships. The government will purchase grain in Tianjin Wei.

This is actually because the imperial court wants to transfer part of the grain supplied from the south to the north from water transport to sea transport. Water grain costs a lot every year. Apart from its own expenses, all aspects benefit from it. There is a huge interest group, so Naturally, it is impossible to eradicate all the interest groups in one fell swoop, but it can still be done gradually.

Moreover, with the victory outside the pass, the prestige of the imperial court has also risen unprecedentedly, and everyone's attention has been attracted to it. Many people will not care too much about a slight change.

The taxes collected in Guihua City and the surrounding areas are all included in the internal treasury. This time, the Ministry of Households outside the Liao Town’s border wall is no longer willing to let it go. Now is not the time to collect taxes and be wise. I can only make up my mind on business and tax everywhere, and some big heads are in the inner palace, and Emperor Wanli is holding on and refuses to let go. The Songjiang Mansion says it belongs to the treasury of the Ministry of Households, but Wang Tong is watching over there, and It won't work for a while, so I can only make a fuss outside the customs.

The Ministry of Households sent a group of people there, but the farmer outside the wall was either the troops of the Liaoning army or the servants of the nobles in Beijing and Tianjin. Both sides were at odds with each other, but neither could overwhelm the other. Under the circumstances, it can only be a balance, but pay according to the rules and regulations.

When this news was sent back to the capital, many people were surprised. They probably figured out how to collect taxes.

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Many things that happened in the capital are nothing unusual to Wang Tong. Although most of them did not come to him until 20 days or even a month or so after the occurrence, they were generally predictable. They were all part of the series of resignation memorials. In terms of direction, it is just a more or less deviation.

Although Songjiang Mansion in autumn is getting colder and colder, Shanghai County and its surroundings are becoming more and more lively. Not to mention anything else, several large warehouses have been built first, and the warehouses are filled with alkali and other substances transported from the north. Fur goods, ships from the north are still coming in a steady stream.

Calculating the time, it should be too late to rush back before sealing the sea. They came to Songjiang Mansion, unloaded various special products from the Northland, and then filled them with various goods from the south of the Yangtze River. They only needed a canal to communicate with those inconvenient land routes. , far from meeting the needs of both the North and the South.

What's more interesting is that many of the large ships coming from Tianjinwei used granite stones as ballast. As a result, Songjiang Mansion lacked these stones, and these stones were sold at a pretty good price.

Alkali, leather goods, ginseng, pine nuts from outside the customs, etc. These goods are all beautiful goods in Jiangnan. It is rare to come in such a large quantity, and the price must be cheap, and fortunately, they can sell their own goods. Two benefits and two conveniences, why not do it, it was really crowded with businessmen for a while, and it was very lively.

Originally, Songjiang Mansion was the same as everywhere else. The goods were taxed once when they passed through the card. This time, the rules were changed. The goods entering Songjiang are not taxed, and the goods leaving Songjiang are only taxed. This seems to be less money. But in fact, it attracted more businessmen to come. The people sent by the Ministry of Household Affairs and the Yuma Supervisor to Songjiang Mansion were soft on collecting money. Reminiscent of the deserted situation when the Duke of Liao didn't come to Songjiang, he really admired and admired him.

Liao Lang's job of catching thieves and thieves in the rivers and lakes of Taihu Lake and Jiangnan is still going on, and people are sending them over in batches, but the law and order in Songjiang Mansion is very good, and Wang Tong is also used to going to the streets every day. Walking around the Shanghe construction site, seeing the style of Jiangnan and seeing the construction in full swing made him feel quite happy.

On the second day of November, Wang Tong received a report from the guards, saying that someone around the house was spying on him.——
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