The officials have discussed the reward, and the ministers need not say much, they will definitely comply with it.
Nowadays, the atmosphere between the monarch and his ministers beside Jinming Pond is completely different.
This afternoon spring rain is also particularly fun, and the pattering of rain makes people feel particularly comfortable.
Halfway through his words, Wu Chong said: "Your Majesty, Zhang Yue and Wang Shao jointly submit a letter to the emperor to propose a plan to pacify the West!"
"Ping Xice?"
What is this when everyone hears it?
If Wang Shao had Pingrong Ce in front of him, what was Pingxi Ce?
The official thought for a moment, with a look of perseverance in his eyes. If the official just now was still a little hesitant, but now that Zhang Yue and Wang Shao were victorious, his words began to have the tone of a hero. confidence.
I can also take care of the affairs of the Han Wu and Tang Sects.
When he came to the throne, Wang Shaomiao's Pingrong policy had already achieved some success. Will Pingxi policy go further now?
"Come to me!"
After a few short and crisp words, Wen Yanbo signaled Wu Chong to speak.
Zhang Yue, as Wang Shao said in Pingxi Ce.
First serve Mu Zheng, and then take Dong Fe. The Tibetan people are always afraid of subjugating the big tribes, and Mu Zheng is the big tribe of the Tibetan tribe. If Dong Zhan refuses to accept it, he can make Mu Zheng the master of Tubo. Taking advantage of this great victory, he can seize the states and finally force the Tibetan tribes in the territory to surrender.
The official shouted a good word from the bottom of his heart and continued to listen.
Feng Jing objected: "Your Majesty, Han Jiang, the Xuanfu envoy, spent seven million guan to pacify Xixia this time. Although he killed a lot of Xia people, he did not gain an inch of land, which greatly damaged the vitality of this dynasty. If Zhang Yue is ordered again, Wang Shao continues to drive away, but I don’t know how much money and food will be spent?”
Wang Anshi said: "When Wang Shao opened the border with the ancient Wei Dynasty, he used market transactions and salt banknotes to supply military supplies and appease the Tibetan tribes. The money and food consumed per year did not exceed 5,000 guan. Even if he continued to open the border, it would consume 10,000 guan per year." So what about Guan?"
The official said: "Don't say 10,000 guan, I will give him 100,000 guan too!"
Feng Jing added: "But this dynasty is managing Xixia, and if the Liao Kingdom raises troops to invade again, what should we do?"
Wang Anshi said: "In the past, I was sent as an envoy to the Liao Kingdom. Although the Liao Kingdom was large and vast, it was full of disadvantages and restrained each other. What's more, the leader of the Liao Dynasty, Yelu Hongji, was a mediocre lord. He was only happy all day long. As long as our country maintains peace with the Liao Kingdom, the Lord of the Liao Kingdom will not dare to invade the south."
The official nodded and motioned for Wu Chong to continue.
After Zhang Yue, Wang Shao went to Shu to promote Hanization with Weiyuan as the center, set up lectures, and asked various tribes to accept pledges, teach them Chinese language and customs, and then award them officials based on their loyalty and obedience.
For the subordinated Tibetan tribes, the imperial court must conduct an inventory of the population, the number of households, the location and resettlement, and analyze the strong ones into several tribes.
At the same time, the scale of the Municipal Yi Department was expanded, and a branch reference office and a quality library were established in Guwei.
After the ministers heard this, Zhang Yue and Wang Shao had just won a great victory, so they offered Ping Xi Ce, which shows that they are never satisfied with the achievements in front of them.
After Wu Chong described the strategy of pacifying the West, he said: "Your Majesty, I would like to make the ancient Weizhai a state, and set up an economic strategy and pacification department in Huizhou, Lanzhou, and Linzhou (Lintao), and then select good ministers and famous generals to manage Western Tibet. A plan that will last a hundred years will be a hard-earned achievement!"
Wu Chong's words suddenly raised the establishment of the Economic and Strategy Department to a certain height.
But anyone with a discerning eye can see who this is for.
The new establishment of the Economic Strategy and Appeasement Road means independent financial and personnel rights, giving the generals more room to display their talents.
The official was very happy and agreed wholeheartedly, but he said verbally: "What Wu Qing said is reasonable. This matter will be discussed in the political hall and reported to me!"
"We will also discuss the rewards for meritorious soldiers. Report them to me quickly!"
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In the political hall the next day, Wen Yanbo, Wang Anshi and others discussed the rewards and the construction of roads.
It is an official's instinct to speculate.
It goes without saying that the officials emphasized the rewards for meritorious soldiers three times in front of the emperor.
As for the next priorities, they are the implementation of Wang Shao and Zhang Yueping's western strategy, and the establishment of the Economic Strategy and Appeasement Department.
This is also a very big issue, and it is difficult to reach consensus in a hurry. However, the officials are very anxious and asked them to discuss it today.
After some discussion, the ruling officials reached a preliminary consensus and went to Chongzheng Hall to report to the officials.
The official was so excited that he didn't sleep all night. Although he was a little tired now, he was still in high spirits.
The first thing is to set up a road. When we discussed this matter today, Wen Yanbo didn't agree with it, and Feng Jing didn't agree with it either. It would be difficult to add another establishment for no reason. Doesn’t building roads at the same time mean that we need to open up roads on a large scale?
Such conservative disapproval would also arouse the vigilance of Xixia and Liao.
However, after Wu Chong's proposal of setting up a Taohe pacification department was met with opposition, he again proposed the establishment of a Qinfeng Road edge pacification department, but the Linfu road army became independent.
Junmasi on Linfu Road is located south of Hetao and has jurisdiction over the three prefectures of Linzhou, Fuzhou and Fengzhou, which are known as the three prefectures outside Hewai.
Although Linfu Road Junma Division is nominally under the jurisdiction of Hedong Road, it is actually a separate road.
The same was true of Wu Chong's plan. The soldiers and horses would not pass through Qinzhou to meet each other, so that local officials would not be controlled by Qinfeng Road. Therefore, it was finally named Qinfeng Road Yuanbian Appeasement Division.
Qin Feng Lu is named in the name, but in fact it has nothing to do with Qin Feng Lu. Of course, it is not completely irrelevant. Money and food still need to be allocated by Qin Feng Lu.
When the official heard this, he smiled and said, "That's right, let's do it accordingly."
Wu Chong said again: "Since we want to use the ancient Wei and Weiyuan to pass through the northwest, it is inappropriate to use the name of the village again."
Feng Jing said: "Wang Shao has repeatedly asked to set up a Tongyuan Army, so I'll just ask you to set up a Tongyuan Army."
The officials nodded and upgraded the ancient Weizhai to Tongyuan Army. At the same time, the four villages of Ningyuan in Qinzhou were cut off and placed under the rule of the Tongyuan Army, which also strengthened the strength of the Qinfeng Road Yanbian Appeasement Division.
The subsequent controversy was whether to use Tongwei Fort or Tongyuan Army as the center for the northwest strategy.
Shen Xiang and Wang Shao have been operating in the ancient Weizhai for a long time. They are the basic management here, so of course it is stable. However, Zhang Yue and Wang Shao advocated moving the headquarters of the Yanbian Appeasement Division on Qinfeng Road to the Weiyuan Fort that had not yet been built.
This is very risky.
But it is also very strategically determined. From Weiyuan Fort and past Mobang Mountain is Didao. Didao is the way Di people travel. There is Tao River in the territory, which can lead to Hezhou, so it is also called Lintao.
From now on, you can go deep into the hinterland of the Qiang people and Qingtang City, the headquarters of Dong Fei.
However, Didao still has Mu Zheng entrenched here, which is very dangerous.
But the benefits are easy to see. Placing the All-Road Administrative Office at the forefront and the most dangerous place is a disguised form of "the emperor guarding the country's gate".
Therefore, Zhang Yue and Wang Shao suggested that Weiyuan Fort should be directly jumped over the village, city and army, and be promoted to a state in one go, so as to manage the western He, Tao, Min, Hui and Lan states.
Upon hearing this, the official made the decision: "That's it, let's call it Xinzhou. As for the name of the state, you don't want to come up with Minzhou or Taozhou. I think it can just be named Xizhou!"
Xizhou is the Xi with the reign name Xining!
This move seems quite meaningful.
At that time, all the officials said so, and no one could dampen his interest. The governors immediately decided to rename Lintao Xizhou and temporarily govern Weiyuan.
A new fort named Qingping Fort was built next to Weiyuan. It was at the horns of Weiyuan and served as the base camp for future strategies to advance into Hehuang.
(End of chapter)
