Chapter 1092 Dispatching
Chapter 1092 Dispatching
Leisurely time always passes quickly, and the summer solstice is almost here.
On this day, Shao Xun was sitting in Hualin Garden reading memorials.
After the chieftain of the Qifu tribe, Wu Zhen, led his troops back to Longxi, he said that he had suffered heavy losses, received little reward, and was unable to make ends meet, so he cried to the chieftain Qifu Shuyan.
Shuyan was angry and wanted to rebel. Wuzhen sent people to Hezhou and Jincheng to report Shuyan's illegal activities.
Jin Zhun and Xin Yan dispatched more than 10,000 troops to raid Qifu Shuyan's pasture, beheaded more than 1,700 people, arrested Shuyan, and sent him to Luoyang in prison.
Shuyan's son Li Dahan surrendered, and Wuzhen took advantage of the chaos to take over some of the Shuyan clans and gradually restored its strength.
After watching it, Shao Xun just felt it was weird that there was such an operation!
Looking at the comments of Prime Minister Wang Yan, Qifu Li Dahan succeeded to the throne, demoted Shunyi Marquis to Shunyi Earl, fined 3,000 households, and moved to Jiangxia. Qifu Wuzhen was made Guiyi Earl, and was given 500 pieces of silk, two wolf-head banners, and a number of ceremonial flags and drums.
It was still Lao Deng’s usual approach, which was actually not bad, so Shao Xun agreed.
The Qifu alliance thus became a two-party alliance, and it was a difficult one to deal with.
The leader of the Yifu clan, Yifu Mohe, was originally the Earl of Muyi, but was later renamed the Marquis of Muyi and was given a number of ceremonial weapons, money and silk.
The leader of the Zheju tribe, Zheju Muluotou, was conferred the title of Zhaoyi Earl.
Liang Malian, the great chieftain of the Qiang people in Hezhou and the leader of the Jimuqie tribe, was demoted to the rank of Yiyongbo because his tribe looted on their way home.
Juqu Zha, the leader of the Lushui Hu in Wuwei and the Earl of Wisdom and Bravery, was conferred the title of Marquis of Wisdom and Bravery.
Shi Tong (Shi Wu's nephew), the leader of the Jie people in Qinzhou, was conferred the title of Earl Gongshun.
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Basically, they are all about the adjustments of titles of the leaders of the Hu people in Helong.
Some were demoted, some were promoted, some were canonized for the first time, and some were even stripped of their titles, a total of more than twenty people.
Wang Yan was still reliable in these matters, and Shao Xun made almost no adjustments.
After dealing with these things, Shao Xun picked up another one.
Yang Nandi was defeated again!
The situation was originally going smoothly, but a tribal leader in Guanxi rebelled in anger because of the heavy losses in the southern expedition to Xiangyang.
Jin Zheng escaped from the siege, and after suppressing the rebellion, he headed south again.
As a result, the Hu people in Qinzhou rebelled again, also because of the southern expedition to Jingzhou. Not only did many young men in the tribe die, but a son and a nephew also died of illness, so they raised an army to rebel.
The Qinzhou army, which had just been formed, was defeated and fled back to Tianshui. Wen Qiao personally went to the city to supervise the battle and tried his best to protect the city.
Yao Yi Zhong led his army to rush to Tianshui, defeated the rebels and put down the rebellion.
After these troubles were settled, the two men rested for more than a month and decided to go south again in June or July to attack the Qiuchi Di.
Guanzhong is indeed a powder keg, prone to rebellion at any time.
However, according to Shao Xun's observation, the rebellion was mainly concentrated in the western part of Guanzhong or Qinzhou, while the central and eastern parts had become much more stable.
The reasons are nothing more than two.
First, there were garrison troops, government troops, and hereditary troops to suppress the rebellion;
Second, the level of civilization was relatively high, the leaders were not ignorant, and they had a sense of awe towards the Daliang Dynasty.
On the contrary, the Hu people in the western part of Yongzhou, Qinzhou and Hezhou are much more ignorant and have more violent tempers. They will rebel against you if they are unhappy.
Jin Zheng submitted another memorial: forcibly relocate the tribes to the south to open up wasteland.
This sentence actually has a subtext: the previous battle was too fast and too smooth, and the various tribes surrendered upon hearing the news, but their strength still remains. Moreover, there are tribes further west that are migrating eastward, which is constantly squeezing them and bringing about a bad atmosphere. It would be better to mobilize all the heavy troops in the country, gather in Guanlong, and supervise the forced migration of the various tribes.
Shao Xun rejected it temporarily. After all, the slogan of "peace between the barbarians and the Chinese" still needed to be shouted. Moreover, the time was not yet ripe.
There have been too many mines since the end of the Han Dynasty, and he was destined to spend his entire life as a bomb disposal expert. All national resources had to be poured into repairing three hundred years of accumulated problems rather than development.
This is the background of the times.
After dealing with these memorials, he sent them all to the previous dynasty. He continued to stay in the later dynasty to recuperate until his third son Shao Xu rushed back from Yecheng in response to the imperial edict.
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"You're much calmer now than the last time we met." Shao Xun looked at his son carefully and said with a smile.
Nian Liu smiled shyly and said, "After going through all this, I understand how difficult it is for my father."
"What's difficult about it?" Shao Xun asked with interest.
Nian Liu seemed to have been troubled for a long time, and said directly: "When I was cleaning up the household registration of the fiefdom in Zhao County, there were always people who colluded with each other and concealed the truth. Or they pretended to obey but secretly disobeyed, and delayed. I couldn't help but execute them several times."
"Did you kill anyone?" Shao Xun asked.
"No." Nian Liu said.
"Do you think killing people is bad?"
"I always feel like there are better ways than killing people, but they're just too slow, too energy-consuming, and endlessly annoying."
Shao Xun hummed, and then asked: "If the crime is punished according to the law, what do you think will happen?"
"It may cause unrest, which is not good."
"What if someone takes advantage of you and does something illegal?"
Nian Liu was silent for a long time, and finally said: "Then punish him."
Shao Xun smiled and said, "Never mind, at least I have made progress. As for you, if you tell others, I am afraid that no one will believe that you are my son. Some people ridicule me for being 'kind on the outside but evil on the inside', but you haven't learned anything from that."
Nian Liu was stunned at first, then embarrassed.
"You have been in Sangziyuan for quite some time now, so you should resign from this position." Shao Xun said, "Get married first. After you have a family, you can be appointed as a market supervisor (sixth rank) in the Shaofu and take charge of commercial affairs."
"Yes." Nian Liu was somewhat delighted, but also slightly disappointed. He was promoted, but the scope of his responsibility was actually narrower.
Although the Sangziyuanling had a low position, he was in charge of both the military and the people, similar to a county magistrate, in charge of both military and political affairs.
The market supervisor can only manage the market in the neighborhood, and cannot manage all the markets because there is more than one market supervisor.
But what can I say? It was given by my father, so I should just accept it. I can’t bargain for it, or I’ll lose too many points.
"Do you know how to manage the market supervision?" Shao Xun asked again.
"Provide convenience to merchants and attract them to come to the market to trade, and the court will take its share of the profits." Nian Liu replied.
"My words are a little blunt, but my point is true." Shao Xun said with a smile, "This is truly the top priority. If we do it well, commercial taxes will be the largest source of revenue for the Shaofu and the court."
"Grandpa, what should we do if important officials of the Taiwan government want to take over the commercial taxes in the future?" Nian Liu asked.
"I'm very happy that you can think of this." Shao Xun said, "The Shaofu is the source of the royal family's finances. The income goes into the palace treasury and the inner treasury, not the national treasury. To govern the country, money, people, and the military are all indispensable. The Shaofu must have his own income, the more the better. Even if the court is short of money in the future and has to borrow money and grain from the palace treasury, it can also use this to bargain with court officials, which is a lot of good."
"I understand, son." Nian Liu said.
"Go see your mother first." Shao Xun waved his hand and said, "She is old, and her children are the only ones she cares about. Spend more time with her, coax her, and make her happy. If she is not happy, I will not let you be happy. Go."
"Yes." Seeing that Shao Xun really had nothing to say, Nian Liu took his leave and left.
When leaving Hualin Garden, he took a deep breath and finally came back.
Although Sangziyuan is beautiful, it is not my hometown after all.
My eldest brother was already the Junior Supervisor of the Ministry of Finance (rank five) more than a year ago, in charge of woodblock printing. Now he has barely succeeded, although it may seem like he is taking advantage of others, but merit is merit, and maybe in a year or so, he will get a new good job.
Before returning from Yecheng, the officials of the royal palace made a serious analysis and believed that all the kings should start by managing a garden. The emperor would observe quietly, find out their shortcomings, and then transfer them to a new government office to continue training.
The King of Qi was appointed Shanglin Garden Magistrate seven years ago, transferred to Zuo Jinwu Guard Chief Clerk five years ago, and became Shaofu Shaojian more than a year ago. He has been a local official (county magistrate, garden magistrate), military officer (civilian position), and yimen (technical bureaucrat). Where will he go next? Everyone thinks that he might be assigned to military affairs or become the governor of an important place.
This is not conjecture, because the emperor has publicly said "send the kings to do things" (abbreviated as "assignments").
After all, the eldest brother has gone ahead, so he needs to cheer up more.
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In fact, Nian Liu guessed correctly.
May 15th, summer solstice.
Shao Xun invited the King of Qi and his wife into the palace.
Princess Liu of Qi went to help Le Lan Ji prepare rice dumplings, while Shao Xun took his son for a walk and chatted.
"How long have you been the Junior Supervisor of the Ministry of Finance?" Shao Xun asked.
"I took office in the first month of last year."
"It's been a year and four months." Shao Xun nodded and said, "There are still a few months left this year. Dalang, you must accomplish one thing."
"Please give me your instructions, father."
"Each of the five cities of Luoyang, Bianliang, Chang'an, Yecheng, and Taiyuan will have a bookstore." Shao Xun said, "This bookstore has nothing else to do but print books. We will need a group of craftsmen for knives, pens, wood, ink, paper, and mounting, and recruit smart young men as apprentices to start the business as soon as possible. The first book to be printed by the bookstore will be "Fengtu Diseases". You start the preparations, and the plate making will take a few months. There will be additions and revisions to the book "Fengtu Diseases" around the end of the year, and the new edition will prevail at that time."
"I understand, son." Jin Dao replied.
"This is the last and most important thing you will do during your tenure as the Junior Supervisor of the Imperial Household." Shao Xun looked at his son and said in an encouraging tone, "You must do it well."
"Yes."
Shao Xun nodded and was about to say he was going to eat zongzi, but then he remembered something and asked, "Jin Dao, you have been the Shaofu Shaojian for more than a year, have you never thought about setting up a bookstore to print books?"
"I have thought about it." Jin Dao glanced at Shao Xun and said, "But we still need to wait for father's order."
Shao Xun was silent.
As a prince, it is a good thing to have strong subjective initiative and execution ability, but sometimes it seems not to be a good thing. It all depends on how the emperor understands it.
But Shao Xun has come to this point today, and he is quite proud inside, even conceited.
He is not afraid of anyone challenging his position because he is not yet at that age.
"Be more proactive next time." Shao Xun patted his son's shoulder and said, "If I think it makes sense, I will naturally approve it."
"Yes." Jin Dao replied.
The father and son walked slowly and soon arrived in front of the Nine Dragon Hall.
Shao Xun stopped and said, "There is a rumor that you haven't taken a concubine yet because you are henpecked. Is that true?"
Jin Dao's expression changed slightly.
"You haven't learned any of my skills." Shao Xun scolded with a smile, then put his hands behind his back and went straight into the hall.
Uh, when I first entered the palace, I saw Princess Liu of Qi standing behind the door.
For a moment, both of them felt a little awkward.
Liu probably came to call the father and son to eat rice dumplings, but when she suddenly heard some words, she hid herself.
Shao Xun was thick-skinned, and acted as if he had not said anything. His expression did not change at all, and even his pace did not change. He left calmly and leisurely.
Liu and Jin Dao looked at each other in bewilderment.
Some things are of no weight at all if they are not weighed, but they weigh more than a thousand pounds if they are weighed.
(End of this chapter)