Cai Yanqing, the new transfer envoy of Qinfeng Road, is the nephew of Cai Qi, the number one scholar.
When the official wanted to appoint Su Shi to write the daily notes, Wang Anshi refused, so he recommended Cai Yanqing and Sun Jue.
After Su Song's death, there was no one in the house, so Wang Anshi promoted Cai Yanqing and Wang Yirou.
Now Wang Anshi recommended Cai Yanqing as the transfer envoy of Qinfeng Road. Before Cai Yanqing left Beijing, of course he had to visit Wang Anshi at his residence, firstly to thank him for the recommendation, and secondly to listen to Wang Anshi's personal instructions.
Wang Anshi and Cai Yanqing said a few words. Wang Anshi was concerned about too many things, and Qin Feng Road was not the most important thing on his hands. He said: "The most important thing for you to go to Qin Feng Road now is the general military supplies office. I didn't have much involvement in this matter before. You need to go to the government and ask. Prime Minister Wu, please give me some advice on his strategy so that nothing goes wrong."
Cai Yanqing didn't get anything from Wang Anshi, so he left.
When he walked outside the door of Chongzheng Hall, the storyteller Wang Yu stopped Cai Yanqing.
Cai Yanqing had dealt with Wang Yu several times and knew that the other party was a very shrewd and powerful person.
Wang Yu said: "This time the officials want to attack Hezhou and completely wipe out Mu Zheng. I have asked you to take charge of military supplies. How will you do it?"
Cai Yanqing said, "I was about to ask for advice. Guo Zhongtong (Guo Kui), the envoy of Qinfeng Road, and Zhang Du, the envoy of Xihe Road, are not easy to get along with."
Wang Yu said with a smile: "What's wrong with you? Now this Xihe Road is the place where meritorious deeds are made. This time we captured Lintao City, how many people were granted official positions and favors to their children. When you go here, what will happen in the future?" It’s not difficult to go further.”
"It's just that Guo Zhongtong is the northwest general and was recommended by Han Wei Gong. Zhang Duzhi is the son-in-law of Wu Shuxiang. Gao Gongchuo (Gao Zunyu) is a relative of the official family. The official family appointed them to manage Xihe, not only to subdue Mu Zheng, but also to The intention is to check each other so that no one becomes dominant.”
"When you go to the northwest, you need to make these people work together. To fight a war, you need military supplies. Without military supplies, nothing can be done. You need to take the general in your hands and control them all. They will bow their heads and obey your orders. In this way, my father's treatment of you will not be in vain. It means cultivation."
Cai Yanqing heard this and said, "I understand."
Cai Yanqing walked out of Wang Anshi's mansion and thought about the pacification ambassadors whose duties were inherited during the Sui and Tang Dynasties in the north and south. The first pacification ambassador was Li Daoyuan. Yes, it was Li Daoyuan who wrote the Shuijing annotation.
The position of appeasement envoy was not permanent, and it was still the case at the beginning of this dynasty. The position was based on observing the customs of the province.
The person who is really in charge of local military affairs is the capital deployment (du general manager), also known as the capital deployment of the horse and infantry forces.
But in border areas like Shaanxi and Hedong, the first state is often known by military commanders. If a military general knows the state and is also in charge of the capital, he becomes a military commander again. Even if the generals do not know the state at the same time, the commanders in their hands are deployed in the border areas. The military power was still feared by the court.
This dynasty was worried about the harm caused by the feudal towns, so it was changed to a civil servant to know the state, and also to be the general manager of the capital. In this way, it evolved into an economic and strategic pacification envoy.
The pacifying envoy of Jinglue is called Jieshuai, which is the title of Jiedu envoy.
However, Zhang Yue was not granted the title of Governor of the Capital, and thus lacked the power to control troops and horses. However, he could manage the civil affairs, justice, and supervision of a state, which coincided with his powers as a transfer envoy.
Especially when it comes to the preparation and handling of military expenditures, the rights of the two conflict even more.
Overlapping powers are the source of conflicts. Why do mother-in-law and daughter-in-law always disagree? It’s because there are so many places where their powers overlap.
Conflicts between the transporter and the router often arise from this.
What Wang Yu said just now was very clear, he was using Qin Feng's status as the transport envoy of the capital to put everything into perspective. In the future Xihe Kaibianzhong, Zhongshu's orders will be thoroughly implemented.
This is also the reason why Zhang Yue does not have the general manager of the capital, that is, to prevent his power from being too great and affecting his own power as a transshipment envoy. In the final analysis, it is more secure to use his own people to open the border in Xihe.
Cai Yanqing understood these thoughts clearly. If he was a prime minister like Lu Yijian, this move was natural.
But after all, Wang Anshi is a man of action. The affairs around Xihe must be led by Zhongshu. This is the handle of power. There is no doubt. Before, Wang Shao and Zhang Yue had a small fight in Xihe. Now everyone The imperial court invested so much money in troops and horses
Once the food goes in, who will be held responsible if something goes wrong in the future?
But in order for the matter to succeed, he still needed the cooperation of the Privy Council, otherwise he would not have allowed himself to go to Wu Chong's house and ask for his advice.
"Go to Prime Minister Wu's house."
Cai Yanqing gave the order and immediately rushed to Wu Chong's residence in a carriage.
In fact, Cai Yanqing would come quietly without Wang Anshi's orders.
Wu Chong greeted Cai Yanqing with a smile. This respect made Cai Yanqing very happy.
Wu Chong took Cai Yanqing's hand and asked him to come in and sit down.
The two chatted while drinking tea, and then slowly turned to the main topic.
Wu Chong said: "This time, not only Shaanxi, but also Jingxi, Huainan, Hebei, and Jingdong Road Transport Departments have been divided into two routes."
Cai Yanqing didn't hear a few words from Wang Anshi, but he was able to express his bitterness to Wu Chong: "What the Prime Minister said is absolutely true. Shaanxi originally allocated all the wealth in one line, but divided it into two lines to give birth to children. A lot of inconvenience."
The most important thing for the transporter is financial management. Lufen is in charge of finance, and the financial management is connected with the three divisions. Therefore, the two of them can have many topics about financial management.
Wu Chong said: "You can't say that. In the past, the transfer envoys would run around all day long, stay in the house, and never skip meals. In the past, Shaanxi was so big, and the transfer envoys would have broken their legs on the road when they went to any place. I served three times The transshipment envoy knows how difficult it is."
That's right, the Road Transfer Envoy does not have a fixed administrative office and must patrol everywhere on the road. As the Governor of Jiezhen Prefecture, the Jinglui Appeasement Envoy has his usual administrative office in Jiezhen Prefecture. Apart from patrolling the border, he basically does not need to run around. .
But after analyzing the road, Cai Yanqing, as the transfer envoy of Qinfeng Road, only needs to go to Xihe Road and Qinfeng Road.
Cai Yanqing said: "When I first came to Shaanxi, I didn't know the situation of the land, so I asked the prime minister for advice."
Cai Yanqing's words were true. He had never served as a transfer envoy, and he indeed had no qualifications in front of Wu Chong, who had served as a transfer envoy three times.
Wu Chong said: "The most important thing about local wealth is two taxes and the other is levy."
"The local revenue mainly comes from two taxes (agricultural tax), while the imperial court mainly collects taxes (tea, salt, wine, vinegar, and alum monopoly)."
"Needless to say, the salt tax, the wine tax is more than 300,000 guan in Qinzhou, ranking among the top five in the country, 200,000 guan, Jingzhao, Fengxiang, Yan, Wei, 100,000 guanhua, Qingzhou, Zhenrongjun, so Shaanxi The wine tax is the highest among all the roads in the world. Tao Gu once said, Yongdu is also a sea of wine..."
Speaking of this, Wu Chong laughed.
Cai Yanqing listened carefully, and he indeed benefited a lot from Wu Chong.
However, Cai Yanqing did not forget to say in the main title: "As Prime Minister Cheng Shu pointed out, I remembered that Duke Yu Xiang (Yu Jing) once said in the past that the officials in the world who are most difficult to find talent are those in the Shaanxi Fourth Road Marshal's Mansion."
"But now that the imperial court has newly established Xihe Road, I think it is more difficult to appease the Xihe Road than these four generals!"
Wu Chong smiled slightly when he heard this and said, "Whether this is difficult or not depends on whether the transporters can help each other. Cai Caoshuai, is what I said correct?"
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