A Thousand Hills

Chapter 177

Xie Moru has always been upright and upright, and he has spoken out his selfishness righteously. The difficulty that the conscription is about to face is not just a matter of fighting for power and profit.

Xie Moru said softly, "The defeat of the army is declining. In such a critical situation, His Highness will do his best to turn the tide."

The fifth prince persuaded his wife in this way. In fact, he often persuaded his wife. The main reason was that his daughter-in-law was broad-minded and far-sighted.Therefore, being persuaded by his wife, the fifth prince is still very convinced.

In fact, the fifth prince himself also understood that if he wanted to be a powerful vassal and control the entire fief, he had to be somewhat selfish.

The fifth prince is a serious vassal king, so he naturally has his own team.

For example, among the two chief historians, Zhang Changshi is in charge of the appointment of officials in the vassal prince's mansion, which is equivalent to the errands of the Ministry of Officials.Xue Changshi was born in the Ministry of Rites, and now he continues to manage the affairs of culture and education.It stands to reason that Xue Changshi's errands are somewhat repeated with the state government's literary affairs, but they are not the same. One is that Xue Changshi's desire to win has faded at a young age. The possibility of promotion, together with the fifth prince, is based on a kind of kindness.Furthermore, Xuezheng is mainly in charge of the imperial examinations in Fujian.As for Xue Changshi, the fifth prince discussed with him about the establishment of an official school. Besides, the disciples of Mr. Beiling invited by the fifth prince also had to be looked after by Xue Changshi, and exchanged feelings from time to time. They are aggrieved or something.Therefore, there is no conflict between Xue Changshi and Literary Affairs for the time being.Li Jiujiang became Lang Zhongling and helped the fifth prince manage the military supplies of these personal guards.Liu Fufeng is in charge of books, and he is in charge of money and food.The rest, like Xie Zhi and others, are doing odd jobs under these people.

Of course, everyone has to serve as the fifth prince's staff.

The fifth prince first decided on the matter of Haimin's relocation, and directly appointed the person responsible for this matter. Mingchun is Liu Fufeng's errand, and asked Liu Fufeng to discuss it with Governor Su.Then when Fang talked about conscription, Zhang Changshi first said, "If your Highness wants to conscript, you must first ask His Majesty for instructions, so as to comply with the rules."

The fifth prince said, "It's natural, but we have to make a prediction first, so this prince can give us a good example."

Zhang Changshi was the material for the chief history of the prince's mansion in the imperial capital, and, if he had to be capable, he had planned to go to the prince to do the long history.Zhang Changshi's assignment to the Fifth Prince's Mansion is a testament to his own ability.Zhang Changshi is in charge of the prince's mansion, and it is enough to help write memorials and so on. Others, the important political decisions of the five princes in the past few years from the division of the mansion to the enfeoffment were all made by Xie Moru, and Zhang Changshi followed. The fifth prince was doing odd jobs, and the big event didn't happen much.When the fifth prince talked about conscription, he had neither a plan nor a plan.However, Zhang Changshi also had a little cunning, he simply didn't speak, and listened to others first.

Xue Changshi has always been a civilian, and he is good at building an official school, so conscription will fail.

Therefore, Liu Fufeng first said that this is not Liu Fufeng stealing the limelight from Li Jiujiang, in fact, the more self-confident a person is, the last to speak.Liu Fufeng's face was still a little pale, and before the twelfth lunar month, he was wearing a sable fur and holding a stove in his hand. He said in a clear tone, "There is no one out of ten in the navy. Your Highness should conscription to make up the balance. Regarding this matter, my minister I thought about it in my spare time. Your Highness wants to recruit soldiers. There are three difficulties: First, Fujian has already been conscripted once. After the defeat, the people are panic-stricken. Free conscription, I am afraid it will be difficult to recruit. Second, at this time, there is no demand for recruitment, and Fujian's local finances, the imperial government's household department may not be able to transfer much money. Therefore, it is best not to replenish the source of troops at one time, Your Highness. You can recruit troops in batches and recruit first. Five thousand, practice slowly, and requisition later. Third, the navy was damaged first, not only the soldiers, but also the generals. We are all concerned with civil affairs, and there are not enough generals in the hands of Your Highness."

The fifth prince thought to himself, when Liu Fufeng persuaded him to maintain stability, how could he be so sensible when it comes to conscription.Little did they know that even though Liu Fufeng did not encourage wars, he could see that the fifth prince's personal guards were not enough.As for the local soldiers in Fujian, they all perform their own duties, so they can't bring one to serve as the fifth prince's personal guard.Thinking of this, Liu Fufeng complained in his heart, each vassal king only gave 5000 personal guards, and he still had to guard the Tuwei Kingdom, what was [-] people enough for, these people in the court really didn't hurt their backs when they stood and talked.

After Liu Fufeng finished speaking, Li Jiujiang said, "What Fufeng said is reasonable, and there is one more thing. I am afraid that it will be difficult to recruit soldiers with the reputation of Marquis of Yongding. Please also recruit with the reputation of Your Highness."

The fifth prince hastily declined, "How does this make it possible that Marquis Yongding is the general of the new army appointed by his father?"

In fact, this is a trick, Xie Moru and the Fifth Prince have just reached an agreement on this matter.It's just that, there are some things that the fifth prince cannot bring up first, even if the husband and wife have discussed it.As the vassal king of a locality, the fifth prince can't just say that I'm here to be a conscription general or something. This is too immodest and doesn't conform to Confucian aesthetics.The thing is this, but it cannot be done this way.Even for Li Jiujiang, the Fifth Prince did not show up. It was Xie Moru who told Jiang Xingyun to mention it tactfully.Therefore, Li Jiujiang made a trust.

The fifth prince is well aware of this matter.

Li Jiujiang is entrusted, so naturally he knows it well.

Liu Fufeng and the others really didn't know, Liu Fufeng couldn't help but look at Li Jiujiang after hearing Li Jiujiang's words, thinking, I'm still a little behind, how could I have neglected such an important matter!

I was negligent in the past, but now I can't be negligent, Liu Fufeng immediately said, "What Master Li said is very true, although Marquis Yongding is His Majesty's official general, His Highness is in charge of the military and political vassal of Fujian, besides, Marquis Yongding is after all In the event of defeat in the war, the people will be uneasy if they are recruited in the name of the Marquis of Yongding. Your Highness is sympathetic to the people and loyal to the court, so don’t mind such trifles. Even the Marquis of Yongding is also a man with a big heart, and he will definitely understand the current difficulties in Fujian.”

Zhang Changshi said in his heart, what this kid said is really poisonous, if Marquis Yongding is not happy, he will be narrow-minded.Of course, Zhang Changshi would also like to see His Royal Highness in charge of the army, he said, "Your Highness is like this, and it is also for the completion of Yongding Hou." In this season, Yongding Hou will naturally not have any opinions.

Xue Changshi is the fifth prince's old subordinate, and he hangs around with the fifth prince. He hopes for the fifth prince's well-being, and said, "The minister seconded the proposal."

It can be seen that the subordinates are not in the same mind.

Now that everyone is of the same mind, we will discuss the specific conscription.Don't think that conscription is easy, it's a huge expense, Liu Fufeng has long gone to Governor Su to inquire about Fujian's finances, it's tight, it's tight.Conscription requires money, even if five thousand soldiers eat and drink every day, pay every month, and each person's clothing, armor and weapons, from head to toe, are all money.

What's more, the fifth prince still needs to win people's hearts and build an official school.

The fifth prince said, "Don't worry about officials and students. This king is selfishly giving money out of the treasury. Also, the governor's mansion originally prepared [-] silver in the Jianfan prince's mansion. This money has already been raised and can save [-]. Although it is a drop in the bucket, You can save some money."

The Fifth Prince is really not an extravagant person, and he doesn't have any bad habit of burning money in his life. The Prince's Mansion is so frugal, and the officials feel sad when they hear it.But being poor is really being poor. It’s true that a drop in the bucket is a drop in the bucket. Fifty thousand silver is probably not enough compensation for each household due to conscription.

Liu Fufeng was murderous, "The matter of money should be put on hold for now. It is really helpless, and I have a way. Let's draw up the regulations for conscription first, and His Highness agrees to do it in advance to make up for the supply of troops. When the new year is drafted, I will keep it. Don't miss your Highness's business."

Seeing that Liu Fufeng's bloodless lips were drawn into a line and his face was cold, the fifth prince didn't ask him what he could do, thinking it's better to discuss it in private.Since Liu Fufeng agreed to pay the money, everyone discussed the specific regulations for conscription.

To discuss the specific regulations, you have to invite Marquis Yongding, Governor Tang, Governor Su, etc. to come and discuss together.

Marquis Yongding has no objection to conscription, even if he is deprived of the title of general, Marquis Yongding has no objection either.In Yongdinghou's view, there is nothing wrong with giving this title to the Fifth Prince.Even if you don't give it to the fifth prince, you will implicate the fifth prince in the future in terms of merit and failure. If that's the case, it's better to give it to the fifth prince.What's more, the fifth prince doesn't know how to lead troops to fight, so he still has to come.

Marquis Yongding has been in the court for many years, how could he not understand the matter, and he said, "This matter, even if His Highness doesn't mention it, the old minister will have to confront His Highness. The prince is in charge of the military administration of Fujian. Forgive the old minister, after all, the prince has just entered the feudal domain. As for the people and officials, the prince still needs to show up more, let the people know the prince's benevolence, let the officials understand the prince's benevolent government. With all the rivers flowing into the sea, the prince will live up to your majesty's expectations."

Know why people can be Marquis.

The Marquis of Yongding had conscripted soldiers, so how to conscript troops, how to conscript in batches, and what batch method to use.In addition, there are quite a few opinions on how to select generals and set up martial arts examinations.Everyone felt that the fifth prince's idea of ​​the martial arts test was a very good idea.

The fifth prince was very modest and said, "It's just picking up the wisdom of the predecessors."

Governor Tang said, "Not everyone can see the wisdom of the predecessors. Even if they can see it, not everyone has the heart of a prince." At least it shows that the fifth prince is not nepotism, and he will only act on his talents in serious affairs.

Everyone is confident that they have some abilities, and it is not free food, so, as a subject, they are naturally willing to see a fair chief official.Especially Marquis Yongding, his family was born as a general, and his children all practiced martial arts.It is inconvenient for Marquis Yongding to arrange military positions for those children who came here, so it is better to take the exam, and let the fifth prince see the abilities of Cui's children.If his own children fail the exams of others, Marquis Yongding will be convinced and have nothing to say, which will save them from dying on the battlefield.Marquis Yongding has noticed that the fifth prince has already been thinking about conscription as soon as he arrived in Fujian, and there will be wars in the future.

Regarding the matter of conscription, because there is a familiar hand like Marquis Yongding, Governor Su of the Tang Dynasty is all capable ministers, and the fifth prince has no mediocre subordinates, so the discussion is almost the same in one day, and the rest is left to the fifth prince.When the fifth prince wrote the memorial, apart from the detailed rules and regulations for conscription, he also had to include the budget for conscription, which was extremely detailed.

This memorial can be written, and it will be sent to the imperial capital by an urgent courier eight hundred miles away.

The matter of conscription was kept secret for the time being, and the fifth prince asked his wife how much money we had in our family's private treasury, thinking that a good reputation is easy to earn.In addition to having an IQ, you must also have money.

Xie Moru said, "This matter, I expected His Highness to worry about money, we still have 10,000+ in our private treasury."

The fifth prince was startled, "Blind, why is there so much money?" After thinking about it, he understood, and said, "Your private house is also in it."

"Man, why are you so wordy." Xie Moru pulled him to sit down, and said with a smile, "If I don't join hands someday and want to use your private treasury, you don't ask me to do it. Besides, I don't intend to If I give you a white envoy, you will have to pay interest."

The fifth prince stopped being pretentious, and talked about using private treasury money to build an official school.

Xie Moru thought it was because there was no money for conscription. It turned out to be a matter of building an official school. A few random rooms are enough, and they look respectable. With this money, it’s better to build a temple for the sage of Confucius.”

The money is tight, so naturally it has to be used wisely, the fifth prince said, "It's just a matter of making arrangements now, and when the palace is built next year, school can start."

The Fifth Prince said, "I'm thinking about giving some subsidies to the families of the fallen soldiers during the Chinese New Year."

"This is a benevolent government. His Highness just needs to do it. However, His Highness's benevolent government must be in the hands of the people."

"That is, if anyone dares to reach out to this money, I will peel off his skin." The fifth prince gritted his teeth, he was so poor that he wanted to use his daughter-in-law's private house, and the fifth prince could no longer let others stretch out his hand indiscriminately.

"The dead are dead, and some disabled soldiers can no longer fight, so they should be properly settled."

"Yeah, I'm thinking, take advantage of the end of the year, give some things to those who died in the war. Those with disabilities will be sent home, farmers will be exempted from land taxes, merchants will be exempted from business tax within five years, and reduced within ten years." Half, if there is a shop hired, reward the shop." Later, he learned from Governor Su, and the Fifth Prince felt that Governor Su was very good at appeasing the people.

Talking about benevolent government, the fifth prince was too busy to touch the ground. Li Jiujiang still had something to ask for advice. Li Jiujiang was the first to say, "My lord has long wanted to visit the whole territory of Fujian. Has my lord decided on a time?" I didn't hide it from Li Jiujiang. He is a person who does practical things. He told Li Jiujiang long ago, "In Min'an City, what you hear and see comes from the officials. You have to see it in person to know what it is."

The fifth prince had long intended to make inspections, but he was so busy with other matters recently that he couldn't take care of it for a while.The fifth prince said, "The palace will be completed in February next year, and the matter of Haimin's relocation should be settled in March. Let's wait for March."

"I think it's inappropriate." Li Jiujiang said, "My lord, you have only 5000 personal guards directly under you. When the palace is built, the palace will not be full of personal guards. Your Highness is patrolling Fujian. If you don't have your own guards to accompany you, forgive me At that time, the ministers must oppose the prince's inspection. Prince, you go to Fujian, build stele pavilions, commemorate the fallen soldiers, open government schools, rebuild Confucian temples, all are virtuous policies. If the prince wants to inspect the fief, it must be done before the prince is completed. "

The fifth prince looked serious, and said, "What Jiujiang said is true, but this king was negligent." It's not that they don't trust the local garrisons, and it's true that they can't fully trust them because they came here for a short time.What's more, going on tour is not a matter of a day or two, and the fifth prince himself is not at ease without his personal guards by his side.

Li Jiujiang said, "Since the lord came to the fief, he has never spent a single day. The safety of the lord is the responsibility of the ministers."

The Fifth Prince was also a decisive person, and said, "It's the New Year now, and the sacrificial offering must not be delayed. If so, we will leave on the first day of the Lunar New Year, starting from the garrison in Min'an City, and patrolling the whole territory!"

In Li Jiujiang's opinion, the Chinese New Year is not an important matter at all. If he loses his fiefdom, the Fifth Prince will spend the rest of his life spending the New Year slowly in Fujian.Li Jiujiang said, "Your Highness is in charge of the fiefdom's military administration. His Royal Highness must be aware of the shortcomings in the military and political affairs. Take advantage of this opportunity to re-establish new regulations, which will shock Fujian!"

Enough has been given, it's time to establish prestige.

(End of this chapter)