Yang Anxuan went to Suiyang from Xiayi first. Xu Chong, the prefect of Suiyang, made great contributions in the battle of Suiyang. Yang Anxuan was promoted to the prefect of Liangjun and Peijun and was given 500,000 yuan.
Liu Yu led his troops to retreat to Pengcheng, and Tang Qing, the magistrate of Ningling County, fled back to Suiyang City. When Tang Qing surrendered to Liu Yu, he was forced to do so to save the people. Yang Anxuan did not blame him, but comforted him with gentle words and gave him 100,000 yuan. As the magistrate of Ningling County.
As for the former Yu County magistrate Su Shi, he took the initiative to surrender the enemy and recruited Dong Jun to surrender for Liu Yu, which led to the fall of Xiangyi. Yang Anxuan ordered the pursuit; the Xiang County magistrate fled without a fight and was demoted and dismissed; a group of meritorious soldiers and officials Promotions and rewards received.
It lasted one and a half months, Yang Anxuan returned to Xiangyang from Suiyang through Xuchang, Xiangcheng, and Nanyang. Along the way, he inspected the people's sentiments, evaluated the officials, commended the honest and honest, punished the corrupt and perverted the law; promoted good deeds and talents, inquired about the sufferings of the people, inquired about the development of schools, and issued orders. "Punishments don't matter, they are all punished"...
Crossing the river from Fancheng, Yang Anxuan took Yu Fei ashore at Xiangyang North Pier. The boats on the river are moving like shuttles and sails are like forests, and the workers on the docks are sweating like rain. Ships of goods are being carried off the ships and onto the docks, and noisy shouts are filling my ears.
Yang Anxuan was dressed in casual clothes and led his horse off the boat. The dock was so busy that no one paid attention to this Yong Gong in casual clothes.
Looking at the busy scene in front of him, Yang Anxuan sighed: "Xiangyang City is a bit small."
In the blink of an eye, it has been fifteen years since Yang Anxuan arrived in Xiangyang. In the past fifteen years, the number of households in Xiangyang City has increased from 16,000 to more than 80,000. If students studying in the palace and the floating population are included, the entire population of Xiangyang City exceeds 500,000.
The original Xiangyang City could not accommodate such a large population, so Yang Anxuan expanded markets, villages and towns outside Xiangyang City. The north and east sides were bounded by the Han River, so there was not much room for expansion, so houses were built in the south and west of the city, stretching for dozens of miles.
Referring to the planning of Jiankangfang City, Xin He divided the south part of Xiangyang City into sixteen lanes and the west part of the city into twelve lanes, so as to accommodate the hundreds of thousands of new people in Xiangyang.
The West Market in Xiangyang City is the most lively place. The West Market has expanded again and again, but there is no room for further expansion. After asking Yang Anxuan for instructions, Xin He added a new Nanshi to the east of Xiangyang Academy, and moved the bookstores, Goulan, grain market and cloth market in the West to the Nanshi to alleviate the overcrowding and congestion in the West.
As Yong's army won one victory after another on the battlefield, more and more people were optimistic about Yong Gong's takeover of the world, and they came to Xiangyang to buy houses and land. The land price in Xiangyang City soared, and land worth 100,000 acres was still worthless.
Those who want to buy land are looking for the next best thing. Zhonglu, Yixian, Shanghuang, Yicheng on the edge of Xiangyang City, and Fancheng and Dengxian on the north bank of the Han River have also become very popular. A steady stream of aristocratic families and businessmen come to buy houses and settle down. Continuously.
Riding horses into the city, more and more people knew Yong Gong. People kept greeting Yang Anxuan warmly. Yang Anxuan handed the horses to his guards and walked to the mansion for almost half an hour.
The crown prince Yang Min, along with Xin He, Xi Pijiang, Zhao Tian and other civil and military officials, had already greeted him outside the gate of the mansion. The gate of the mansion was filled with people who came to watch the excitement.
Yang Min prostrated himself in front of his father. Yang Anxuan helped his son up, took Yang Min's hand and stood in front of the mansion gate surrounded by his assistants, waving to the people. I don't know who was the first to kneel down and shouted: " We sincerely welcome Duke Yong back."
In front of Yonggong's mansion, nearly a thousand people prostrated themselves on the ground and shouted "Welcome Yonggong back" in unison. The whole Xiangyang City was shaken. The return of the owner of this city made the entire Xiangyang City burst into laughter and celebration.
Yang Anxuan returned to the back house to reunite with his family and pay homage to his mother Yuan. Kong and Yin brought their children to pay homage to him. His new daughter-in-law Sima Maoying followed her young husband Yang Min to pay her respects.
Although Yang Min was married, she was still young. Yang Anxuan asked Kong Miao to tell Sima Maoying that it would not be too late to consummate the marriage in a few years, and asked Sima Maoying to learn to do housework with Kong Miao.
Yang Anxuan saw the sad look on Sima Maoying's face and sighed inwardly. Sima Maoying left her parents and married in Xiangyang when she was only fifteen years old. Yang Min was three years younger than her and was still an ignorant young man who didn't know how to get along with her. , even though Kong Miao was very kind to her, Sima Maoying finally felt uneasy.
Sima Dezong passed away a few days ago. Sima Maoying has known since she was sensible that the royal family was being ignored by Liu Yu. She guessed some of the reasons for her uncle's death and could not help but worry about her parents. She married into the Yang family, and her father-in-law Yang Anxuan and Liu
As Yu fights endlessly, will Liu Yu be angry with his parents?
Full of worries and nowhere to express them, Sima Maoying had a worried look on his face these days. Although Kong Miao tried to make some excuses, he could not get to the point, making it difficult to explain his melancholy.
Yang Anxuan comforted him and said: "Bride (1), don't worry, Liu Yu will not embarrass the emperor in the short term. If anything happens to the emperor, Yu will definitely send someone to rescue him and will never break his promise."
Yang Anxuan was well-known, and what he said reassured Sima Maoying a lot. Yingying bowed down and thanked her: "Thank you, sir."
The next day, he went to the council meeting and worked for three days to finish processing the accumulated documents. Yang Anxuan had a clearer grasp of the situation under his rule.
In several major battlefields during the battle with Liu Yu, the war was temporarily suspended due to the death of Sima Dezong. With the coming of winter, Yang Anxuan planned to send troops again next year, but this time Yang Anxuan placed the breakthrough point in Jiangling, Jingzhou.
Jiangling County has been recovered, and the threat of abdominal threats has been resolved; Liu Yu retreated to Pengcheng and was already on the defensive; Liu Daoshen of Dongguan County was tightly defended and it was difficult to capture for a while; Tan Daoji had the upper hand in Yizhou, and it would be difficult to reverse the situation without the support of troops and horses.
When Sima Dezong died, Sima Xiuzhi and other clan members hated Liu Yu to the core. Zhao Tian claimed that Sima Chuzhi launched successive attacks on Jinan City, and Sima Xiuzhi asked Xiangyang for additional troops.
If Jiangling can be captured, it will not only solve Jingzhou's threat to Xiangyang, but also cut off the connection between Ningyi and Liu Yu's base area. Liu Yu's main force was contained in the Pengcheng and Dongguan areas, and relying solely on Xiakou's troops to support Jiangling was of limited effect.
The breakthrough point was Jiangling. Yang Anxuan said with a smile: "The emperor is newly mourned, so it is not appropriate to send troops. Wait until next year when I will lead an army to conquer Jiangling City."
Judging from the current situation, Yonggong has the upper hand. Everyone in the hall knows that if the Wei army is not restrained, more than 50,000 light cavalry and infantry can be mobilized from Yongzhou and Sizhou in the north. It is not difficult to defeat the Song army.
If the lord can seize the world, then the people who serve as his subordinates will be in a better position. Xin He thought that he could at least be a minister, and said with a smile: "The summer grain of each state and county has been put into the warehouse, and there have been good harvests year after year. The grain warehouse is full, enough to meet the needs of three years."
Yang Anxuan asked: "How is the population growth of prefectures and counties?"
Xin He said: "Compared with the registered population registered by various states and counties a few years ago, excluding Northern Yongzhou, Northern Jizhou, Qinzhou and other places, the population still increased by 670,000, of which 430,000 were newborn children. .”
Xi Bijiang said with a face full of joy: "My lord has shown kindness and kindness, and the people under his rule live and work in peace and contentment. The number of newborns is increasing rapidly. This is a sign of prosperity in a peaceful and prosperous age."
Xin He smiled and said: "In another ten to fifteen years, the number of people under the rule will increase by at least two million, and the number of young people will increase by sixty to eight hundred thousand. At that time, the Lord will raise his arms and the world will be in order."
Yang Anxuan smiled slightly, ten to fifteen years, he didn't want to wait that long. Liu Yu is already fifty-five years old. It would be a bit more interesting if he were allowed to die of old age.
However, Liu Yu had many civilized and military men under his command, who were very loyal to him. Their soldiers and horses were also magnificent, and they were not inferior to his own army in a stalemate.
Liu Yu himself can be called a wise and powerful man, and he has made great achievements in military, political, economic and cultural aspects. The land in the south of the Yangtze River is fertile, and the land of Sanwu and Jingjiang is a land of plenty. Moreover, he has learned techniques such as Yang Jiali, forging iron, and alchemy fire from his own hands, so the gap between him and himself is not that big.
In addition, Liu Yu controlled Jiankang, coerced the emperor to order the princes, gave him a lot of points, and formed an alliance with the Northern Wei Dynasty to jointly compete with him. It was unrealistic to destroy him in a short time.
Yang Anxuan asked Xi Pijiang: "Mr. Xi, I have foolishly ordered you to buy more cotton. I wonder what the situation is?"
When Yang Anxuan decided to set up the Yiyang Cotton Bank, he told Wang Zhene, Xin He, Xi Pijiang and other confidants about his intention to influence the Jiangnan economy through cotton. They were all deeply impressed.
"More than 500,000 jins of cotton have been purchased from Jiangnan," Xi Pijiang said: "The price of cotton in the Jiangnan area has risen to more than 50 yen. In addition, the price of cotton in the Huaihe River area has also risen to more than 40 yen. More than 1.2 million kilograms are stocked in Xinxi, Yiyang, Nanyang and other places. It is difficult to see cotton for sale on the market. The scattered cotton is in the hands of cotton farmers and they are not willing to sell it easily. I estimate that this year's cotton clothes have sold for thousands of dollars. , the price of cotton cloth will exceed 10,000 yuan.”
Xi Pijiang spent the money and grain to buy cotton from Xin He's hands.
I'm afraid I won't be able to survive such an acquisition. "
Yang Anxuan laughed and said: "Just now Mr. Xin said that the granary is full, enough for three years. Mr. Xin, don't worry. People trade and barter. Cotton can also be traded as grain and cloth. Hoarding cotton is hoarding money. The government You might as well guide and encourage the people to exchange cotton for food and goods."
Xi Pijiang was deeply aware of Yang Anxuan's strategy of buying cotton at high prices. This was the strategy used by Qi Prime Minister Guan Zhong to deal with the State of Lu, and later used this strategy to destroy the State of Hengshan. Speculating on high cotton prices ultimately led to the invasion of grain by cotton and the temptation The people in the south of the Yangtze River abandoned grain for farming and destroyed the fields by growing cotton, eventually digging up Liu Yu's foundation.
"Wei merchants are also vigorously purchasing cotton, and they are also secretly seeking to purchase cotton seeds. Can my lord impose restrictions?" Xi Pijiang asked.
It seems that the Wei people knew the effect of cotton clothes to keep out the cold. Yang Anxuan said with a smile: "Intensify the investigation and ask Wei merchants to bring cattle, sheep and horses in exchange. The government will issue a barter receipt. If the cotton is purchased with money, the cotton will be temporarily withheld and asked to use livestock. Change; as for the cotton species, there is no need to restrict it, but cotton farmers must be strictly prohibited from going to Wei."
Xi Pijiang nodded and took note. Yang Anxuan asked again: "Foolishly, I allowed Yiyang Cotton Company to go to Jiangnan to buy land and build a factory, and let it secretly recruit people to settle in Yongjing. I wonder what the effect will be?"
Xin Heyi frowned and said: "The border crossing is very tightly guarded, and the Yiyang Cotton Company's report cannot lure people northward."
Yang Anxuan thought of the spy information sent to him by the Commercial Information Department and snorted: "Yiyang Cotton Store only wants to make money. The Commercial Information Department reported that Yiyang Cotton Store donated 40,000 cotton-padded clothes to the Song Army. This group of people helped Liu Yu has to deal with Yu."
Xi Bijiang knew that Yang Anyuan and even Yang Qiu and others were behind Yiyang Cotton Shop, so he remained silent.
Xin He said angrily: "These ungrateful and ungrateful people need to be severely punished."
Yang Anxuan said: "Send a letter to the head of the Yiyang Cotton Guild. Since the Yiyang Cotton Guild can purchase 40,000 sets of cotton-padded clothes for the Song Army, it can also donate 40,000 sets to our army."
Xi Pijiang reminded: "The price of cotton has soared this year, and the number of people growing cotton will increase dramatically in the coming year. The Lord wants the counties to strictly control the number of cotton fields."
Yang Anxuan smiled and said: "It is better to block than to thin out. Controlling the number of cotton fields is nothing more than worrying about insufficient grain fields. As long as the counties and counties can ensure that taxes and grains are not reduced, all free market adjustments are made. If the taxes and grains collected are insufficient, only the prefects and county magistrates can ask questions." , just dismiss him and investigate."
Note (1): The earliest term for daughter-in-law was "wife"; starting from the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, the word "bride" appeared to refer to daughter-in-law; in the late Tang Dynasty, it became "sister-in-law", and in the Song Dynasty, it evolved into "daughter-in-law". The word daughter-in-law should evolve from bride.
