"You are willing to give it up?"
Throwing Xia Abacus' memorial aside, the empress looked at Hong Shangshu who had not spoken.
Jiuzhou is connected by land, and the natural chasms are nothing but insufficient benefits. If the benefits are enough, the natural chasms can be turned into smooth roads, not to mention that the Qing, Xu, Yang, and Yan four continents are just some mountains.
The three countries are in confrontation, and their troops are pointing at each other. There is not much communication on the surface, but they can't stand it. The three parties are holding on to what they want. There should still be private trade, and this area is controlled by different forces in various countries.
Wu Chao knew it, but had no way or control.
The daily military pay is not enough, and people are not allowed to take care of themselves. Isn't this forcing people to rebel?
The only solution to this is to expedite the exchange of border generals with military attachés from North Korea and China. This will benefit everyone. The military still belongs to the Wu Dynasty, but the main interests are always with the officials from Qingzhou.
The person who represents the interests of Qingzhou in the DPRK is the current Minister of Rites, Hong Dashan.
"The Qingzhou frontier army has always been loyal to His Majesty. I believe that since our dynasty can cooperate with the Ming Dynasty, why can't we cooperate with ourselves? We have the channels and personnel. The Song Dynasty frontier army does not know the plan for the time being. It only needs a little support from the court. Get a lot of food and fodder to delay the Song people’s military preparations!”
Hong Shangshu stepped forward and knelt in front of Long's case, while Da Sima acted as a lobbyist.
"..."
The empress looked at Shangshu Hong who was kneeling on the ground. After some thought, she said, "People's hearts are driven by profit. What is the government thinking now?"
Regarding smuggling on the Qingzhou border, the local government and the court have formed a tacit understanding.
With this trio appearing in front of them, the officials have obviously reached a new tacit understanding regarding the problems existing in the Qingzhou border army.
Da Sima is the lobbyist, Xia Abacus is the witness, and Hong Dashan represents the Qingzhou official.
It has to be said that the timing is just right. The only question now is, what will she pay on behalf of the Wu Dynasty?
"Yan Yin!" Xia Abacus said.
Among the specialties of the Wu Dynasty, apart from war horses, salt was the only thing left.
It’s not that other countries don’t produce salt, it’s just that the quality is not good and the quantity is not enough. The Wu Dynasty that monopolized Qingzhou did not lack salt at all.
"Can!"
After some thought, the empress finally agreed, "Before next year's autumn harvest, I will see an additional one million stones of rice in Okura, Beitongzhou. In addition, I will not supply Qingzhou when the war starts next year, so I will not pursue Qingzhou's past."
Jeju Island has been released, and Qingzhou will be released as well.
The key is food!
It is necessary to make up the difference caused by the Song people's food shortage!
According to the summary of the Office of Documents, the Wu Dynasty needed to import 130,000 stones of grain and grass from abroad every year to make up for the shortage of domestic grain production.
Of the 13 million shi of foreign food, 800 to 9 million shi passed through the hands of the Song people, while the amount that flowed in through the North-South Canal was about 7 million shi.
If the deal with the Ming Dynasty can be completed, from February to autumn next year, the sea channel can support approximately 400 to 5 million shi.
If the Qingzhou frontier army can support one million stones and meet its own needs at the same time, the gap will be narrowed to about two million stones.
If you save a little more through work-for-relief, you can save a lot.
In the end, each person gets a bite of the remaining portion every day.
Of course, this is just a plan. To ensure stability, Wu Dynasty still needs more food channels.
"The demand for one million stones of rice is a lot of pressure, but if bygones are bygones and Qingzhou's salt warehouses are opened, there should be no pressure on Qingzhou!" Da Sima looked at Hong Dashan.
Under abnormal operation, the Qingzhou border army was the biggest interest group of the Wu Dynasty.
Earlier, there was no liquidation just for the sake of stability, but acquiescence is not legal. Now let's forget the blame, Da Sima believes that the Qingzhou border army will make the right choice.
Hong Dashan, who was kneeling on the ground, saw the look in his eyes and immediately said, "I am willing to add an additional five hundred thousand dan to the one million dan!"
Watching the interaction between the two, the empress smiled slightly and said, "Let bygones be bygones?"
She said not to pursue the matter, while Da Sima said to let bygones be bygones, which seemed to mean the same thing, but in fact Da Sima was further pursuing legality for the Qingzhou border army. How could the empress not know about this?
But this is a good thing!
The empress is not afraid of people making deals with her, but she is afraid of people hiding her!
The royal family had long wanted to intervene in Qingzhou's abnormal interest group, but they didn't give it a chance, so the royal family could only ignore it.
"I want attitude, and more importantly, results. Only when this matter is handled well can we discuss everything!" the empress said in a deep voice.
It was unpleasant to be forced to make a decision, but Qingzhou's choice this round did not disappoint her.
Qingzhou doesn't say anything. Should Qingzhou sell grain next year? It will be able to take advantage of the sharp rise in grain prices.
Now that I'm giving you attitude and claiming benefits, why doesn't she accept it?
"On behalf of the Qingzhou officials, I would like to thank Your Majesty!"
Hong Dashan kowtowed continuously and let out a long sigh of relief.
Everyone knows how Bingzhou's century-old problem was solved four years ago.
It's not that the court can't solve the problem in Qingzhou, but it wants to find a more secure way.
There was a problem with the equation yesterday, and related issues spread to high-level officials. The Qingzhou officials didn't know yet, but the Song people would really do that next year. They were the knives in the hands of the Song people!
The people of Qingzhou just love money and have never thought of rebellion or treason, but they can't help but be jealous.
If you are not active today, you will take the blame next year, and you will not be able to enjoy the incense after your death.
"They are all very clever!"
Seeing this scene, the empress also understood everything before and after the contact, "I hope you can always be smart!"
Equation is really her lucky star!
Not only did he reveal the Song people's plot, but he also helped her solve the hidden dangers in Qingzhou. What is this if not a lucky star?
"I must be smart!" Hong Shangshu felt reassured.
"Didn't you say there are two strategies?"
Looking away from Hong Dashan, the empress looked at Xia Abacus aside.
"The rations are not only rice and noodles but also meat. In order to monopolize the leather benefits, this dynasty has been guarding the grassland. I think it is time to let them in. One pound of meat and ten jins of rice. This dynasty will keep the meat in transit to pay for it next year. Warriors must not only eat well, but also eat well!”
Xia Dachuan has settled accounts all his life, so naturally he can also settle accounts with people.
The grasslands are the real big producers of meat. Whatever the price of leather is now, and how the Song people plotted against them, they can plot against the aliens on the grasslands.
"The grassland white disaster has appeared, and herdsmen have begun to slaughter sheep and cattle. The meat cannot be wasted!" Da Sima said.
In the past, the Wu Dynasty was like Pixiu, eager to get all the benefits. It mostly beat the aliens on the grassland if they refused to accept it. If you want to make money from them, don't say anything, they won't even give you a hair.
Now that the Song people are planning, the Wu Dynasty will definitely fight back hard, use food and grass to stabilize the territory, and imitate the Song people to stabilize the border.
How did the Song people let them fall into a trap in the first place, and now they are doing it to trap the aliens on the grassland.
"It's up to you to take care of this matter!" the empress agreed readily.
The problem of raising cattle was mentioned by Fang Fang yesterday. If the directions coincide, let’s work on it first and talk about the details later.
