Horse on the World

Chapter 386 Dingzhou Internal Affairs (1)

Li Qing had deep thoughts on recruiting Tian Feng and putting him on the northern front.With the development of Dingzhou's power to this day, as a new power group, the shortcoming of insufficient talent reserves has finally been exposed. Among Li Qing's generals, not many can really stand alone.Lu Dalin counted as one, and Guo Shanfeng had the experience of opening up the second battle on the western front by himself, which could barely be counted. Even Wang Qinian, for so many years, either fought under the command of Li Qing, or cooperated with Lu Dalin. Basically, he has never commanded a large-scale battle alone, and he has never been on the sidelines alone, let alone Jiang Kui, who has just been promoted.

Tian Feng is different. His decades of military career have allowed him to accumulate considerable experience. He often leads the army and stands alone. Sending him to Jiang Kui's side can effectively help Jiang Kui to recover as soon as possible. grow up.Moreover, Dingzhou has great kindness towards Tian Feng, and Tian Feng is a latecomer. In a short time, it is impossible to compete with Jiang Kui for the control of the army in the army. On the contrary, in order to show his ability, he will do his best to assist Jiang Kui Kui, create a situation in the north that is favorable to Dingzhou as soon as possible. Once Li Qing decides to open up the northern front battlefield, the Changsheng Division can drive straight in and control the situation as much as possible.

On a deeper level, although Tian Feng broke up with Xiao Shien, in his heart, this person never wanted to confront Xiao Shien head-on. After all, he had followed Xiao Haoran for decades, and it was impossible to just break up the relationship these years, but The conflict with the Xiao family is inevitable at a certain stage in the future. This is the unanimous view of Li Qing and his advisers and ministers. At that time, although Tian Feng has the ability, it is impossible to be on this front. He entrusted him with a heavy responsibility, so Tian Feng was asked to go to Jiang Kui's side. In the event of a war with the Xiao family in the future, Jiang Kui's Changsheng division, as the main combat division, would definitely be transferred back. Will sit in town, and also prevent any changes in the northern form.

Li Qing's strategic concept is still to go north first and then go south. Before solving the problem with the Lu family in the north, he will not intervene on a large scale in the battle between the Xiao family and King Ning. In a short period of time, it is impossible to have a large-scale war with Quanzhou under King Ning's control, unless the other party takes the initiative to provoke trouble. What's more, Wang Qinian's Qi Nian division is stationed in Dingzhou, but it can also be mobilized in the shortest time and go to the front line.But in the south, Deng Peng's navy is more harassing attacks on Deng Linbo. After solving the Bozhou navy and cutting off the arm of King Ning's navy, Li Qing is not prepared to go further and challenge King Ning The bottom line is that although it is inevitable for the two sides to fight in the dark, a large-scale water battle will not happen. I believe that although King Ning has suffered a big loss, under the current situation, he will still pinch his nose and suppress this breath. Swallow it.The focus of Li Qingshui's operations is still to support the Zeng family. Although the East under the control of the Zeng family has only one ice-free port that can dock large warships, its territory is full of rivers and rivers. Three thousand warships can enter the main river. Some warships with thousands of materials on the branch roads can even enter on a large scale. Li Qing plans to let the Fuzhou navy enter these rivers to support Zeng's operations, and at the same time secretly gradually control these cities along the river and the areas that the ship-borne troops can cover. area.Compared with other places in Dachu, these cities along the river are mostly the economic lifeline of the Zeng family. Controlling these places is tantamount to taking out the lifeblood of the Zeng family.When the Lu family is completely defeated, the Zeng family will no longer be able to fight back against the erosion of Dingzhou while being exhausted. Even if they don't want to, they can only admit that the Zeng family will become a vassal of Dingzhou.

The plan was formulated perfectly, but no one knew what accidents would happen during the execution process. For example, this time Zheng Zhiyuan's fleet completely wiped out the Bazhou Navy, which greatly exceeded Li Qing's expectations, so that He was very worried that King Ning would become angry and go to war with Dingzhou desperately, but fortunately, King Ning was quite calm and took a completely cold approach to this incident. But on the bright side, on land, the two sides did not make much action except for the diplomats' verbal exchanges.It's up to people to plan, but it's up to God to make things happen. Li Qing doesn't want to be tied down by these unpredictable things. Soldiers come to block, water comes and earth floods, whatever happens, there will always be a solution.

The north is currently the focus of Li Qing's eyes. Jiang Kui's Changsheng Division has gathered the most powerful troops in Dingzhou. There are no fewer than 2000 auxiliary soldiers, and the two infantry battalions transferred from Qi Nian Division are even more experienced. In the army series, it is also an out-and-out strong army, and Li Qing is planning to transfer Chen Zeyue's infantry battalion to Jiang Kui's command. Chen Zeyue was originally the chief instructor of Jimingze. Of course, he made a lot of small moves in private. Although this battalion only went to the battlefield once, his combat ability was so amazing that Li Qing called Chen Zeyue in private, and severely reprimanded him for his small moves of using power for personal gain. After a while, the elite soldiers from the Jimingze training camp were brought together into one battalion. Of course, the price was the result of the decline in the combat power of the other combat battalions. Chen Zeyue, who got the benefits, was convinced on the surface, but he was happy in his heart , although Marshal Li taught him harshly, he had no intention of dismantling the battalion. This gave him an unexpected result of what he had been worrying about all along. Little did he know that if Li Qing hadn't planned to go to war on the northern line, he would indeed have to fight on the northern line. To strengthen the northern front, this infantry battalion will inevitably be dismantled and distributed to other battalions.

By October, Jiang Kui's troops had assembled more than [-] elite soldiers and strong generals. Tian Feng's arrival made everything ready for the northern line. When the situation was ripe, they would march northward, capture Luzhou, and attack the Lu family's territory in an all-round way up.

As an emerging power group, the officials under Li Qing's command are not as bloated and procrastinated as the old bureaucracy. The new bureaucracy is full of enthusiasm for a brighter future, and the efficiency of work remains at a fairly high level. Of course, This also greatly increased Li Qing's workload. The desk was always piled up with documents that could not be finished reviewing. Meetings were held one after another. The day's schedule was arranged from early morning to late night. Sometimes even the time for eating was squeezed out. It is quite hard work.

But seeing that the strength of the territory he controls is growing every day, besides the military, the economy and people's livelihood are also thriving, and the people in the territory live and work in peace and contentment, Li Qing is pained and happy, very satisfied.

In the past, with the power of one state in Dingzhou to support one hundred thousand troops, they were financially stretched and had to borrow money to survive. But after taking Fuzhou and merging the state, life became much better. Chu's price, and Bingzhou is a major grain-producing state. With him, the three states can basically be self-sufficient in grain, and Li Qing is vigorously cultivating wasteland on the newly expanded land in Dingzhou to develop new grain sources. Some of the original barbarians who mainly used animal husbandry have started to settle down and plant. Now, from Fuyuan Fortress to Shanglinli, the original wilderness for hundreds of miles, the area where frequent battles took place, has become fertile land. Looking from the top of the fortress, the golden wheat waves are like the endless waves in the black water ocean, rising and falling with the wind, which makes people feel elated.

Even so, Li Qing still spared no effort in stockpiling food. In his opinion, the entire Great Chu war was just the beginning. With the deepening of the war, a large number of fertile fields in the hinterland of the Central Plains would be barren, and countless farmers would be forced to join the army. Man-made disasters are certain. If you are unlucky and there is another drought and flood, the price of food will soar. Dingzhou must be prepared.Prepare in advance.

The Dingzhou Bond Issuance Department, which Fu Zhengqing is in charge of, is still in operation. This organization, which was originally established temporarily to cope with the financial crisis, has been formalized. Some merchants and officials who sold it were overjoyed, and some ordinary people who did not take back this little money in order to support the Ping Barbarian War at that time were also overjoyed, and unexpectedly made a small fortune unexpectedly.

And people like Long Sihai expressed their willingness to continue buying Dingzhou's bonds after the debt department got the bank notes on the spot. Long Sihai's purchase of bonds back then was originally a political investment, and the money could not be recovered. He didn't care at all, anyway, in the past two years, he had made an unknown amount of money following Li Qing, and now it seems that this little investment back then is completely useless.

As for a big businessman like Xiang Wenjin who has a handle being held by the Statistics and Investigation Department, as long as Qingfeng doesn't bother him, it's no big deal to use the money to buy peace.Therefore, continuing to sell fixed-term bonds has become a topic of discussion in Dingfu Prefecture, and even the common people and gentry in Bingzhou who have just returned to the state have begun to pay attention to this issue.

Regarding the continuation of the issuance of bonds, the senior management of Dingzhou discussed for several days, and finally decided to continue this policy. The temporary yamen of the Department of Bonds continued to exist and became a regular office. For Li Qing, he was very happy to do so. Among the people, there is a large amount of cash in the hands of gentry and merchants. These people earn money, and many people do not use it to expand production and business, but hide it privately and put it in the cellar to mold. From Li Qing's point of view, it is simply a waste. Money can only reflect its value if it is circulated.

It was found that the government kept its promise, and the money that could only be kept privately at home could still earn a steady interest every year. The people were also very happy and rushed to tell each other. It is a kind of trust in the regime. If you change a ruler, everyone will worry about being embezzled by him. However, Li Qing has accumulated a very high reputation in Dingfu Prefecture over the years. They were also swept away, and bonds became the most popular thing in the area controlled by Li Qing.

The Debt Department has become a hot department from the deserted yamen. There is no other reason, because the bonds issued in Dingzhou are divided into three types, one-year, three-year, and five-year, and the number is strictly controlled. This was formulated by Li Qing and his senior staff through careful research and repeated demonstrations, after confirming that no matter what happens, these bonds are capable of repaying the principal and interest after maturity.Otherwise, there will be bad debts at that time, which will lead to credit bankruptcy, which is of course unacceptable to Li Qing.

The quantity is limited, but there are many buyers, which creates a situation where there are too many monks and too few food. Fu Zhengqing's debt manager has of course become a big name.

(End of this chapter)