Winter turned to spring, time sequence changed, and soon it was the seventh year of Jianxing.
Last year, the three families of Han, Wei and Wu continued to fight. The losers lost their troops and generals and greatly damaged the country's power. The winners also consumed the treasury and wasted money. Therefore, even if the three families were willing to fight again, they were unable to send troops due to the limit of national power, so they had to stop the war. , each recuperated and waited for the next move, so the people of the world finally ushered in a short period of peace.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, Yang Qing, who returned to Shanggui, issued a series of decrees to promote the development of people's livelihood in Longyou.
First, an order to promote agriculture was issued, which not only sent a large number of officials to the countryside to supervise spring plowing, but also introduced a series of policies to benefit the people in terms of seeds, cattle, and agricultural tools, which were either provided to farmers for free or leased to them for two years. Either the rent will be repaid with food or money after four years, or the cattle and farm tools will be bought out.
Of course, these two major farming tools, the curved shaft plow and the new turnover, were also popularized and used by Yang Qing in the five counties of Tianshui, Nan'an, Longxi, Wudu, and Lueyang, which were considered rear areas, greatly improving the efficiency of farming. Longyou After using it, the people were very happy and praised it as good governance.
Lueyang County is the original Guangwei County. The name Guangwei means the vast Wei Kingdom. Such words that add glory to the enemy country should be banned. Therefore, Yang Qing changed the name of Guangwei County to abbreviated with the permission of the imperial court. In Yang County, Liao Hua still served as the governor of Lueyang.
The second political order issued by Yang Qing was the order to promote commerce. Now that Liangzhou was restored and the trade routes to various countries in the Western Regions were controlled by Ji Han, it was natural that commerce should be promoted to supplement the country's needs.
When Liangzhou fell into the hands of Cao Wei, the countries in the Western Regions naturally surrendered to Cao Wei. But now that Ji Han has captured Liangzhou, the countries in the Western Regions have intended to return to the Han Dynasty's tribute system. After all, as long as they can obtain the exquisite silk from the Central Plains. , porcelain, tea and other items, they did not have any psychological burden to pay tribute to any force.
Just because Cao Wei occupies several states in the north and is still the largest power in the Central Plains, they are afraid that the situation in Yongliang will repeat, so they are still worried about completely turning to Ji Han. They have not yet officially sent envoys to Chengdu to meet the emperor, and only communicate with Liangzhou The governor Wei Yan had some contact.
Having said that, the trade between the Central Plains and the countries in the Western Region has not been interrupted, the business that should be done is still going on, and there is still an endless flow of caravans between the Hexi Corridor, the two foothills of the Tianshan Mountains, and the Congling Plateau.
In addition, Zhuge Liang has planned to send envoys to the countries in the Western Regions at the beginning of the year. He plans to reset the Western Regions Protectorate according to the old system and bring the countries in the Western Regions under the management of the Han Dynasty again.
Therefore, trading with the countries in the Western Regions is already one of the major policies that Ji Han will implement in the seventh year of Jianxing. Yongzhou is in power and can benefit from it. Therefore, Yang Qing decided to send caravans early to establish good relations with the countries in the Western Regions. This can Laying the foundation for future large-scale trade.
In addition to traditional silk and porcelain, the goods Yang Qing decided to transport to the Western Regions also included tea, which has become popular all over the world in recent years. Although the countries in the Western Regions are remote, their upper-class nobles still have the opportunity to taste tea in the past few years. Nowadays, tea can be said to have become a coveted commodity for them, and it can be regarded as one of the three rare goods of the Central Plains along with silk and porcelain.
The Jihan court still strictly controlled the production and sale of tea, but Yang Qing, as the devotee of the method of making tea, still had the privilege of selling his own tea. Now that he is the governor of Yongzhou, he can let the people of Yongzhou take advantage of it. Benefit.
However, whether Longyou is suitable for growing tea still needs further testing. The tea that will be sent to the Western Regions now will be shipped by Yang Qing from Hanzhong and Shuzhong.
Of course, the gold medal trust system he implemented in Wudu and Yinping areas is also planned to be implemented in the countries in the Western Regions. It is said that the countries in the Western Regions have not truly surrendered. Even if the Western Regions Protectorate is established again in the future, attention must be paid to each family in the Western Regions. The balance between forces.
By then, the gold medal letter talisman system will become an important means to check and balance the countries in the Western Regions, because this method can not only be used on tea, but can also be used on silk, porcelain and other goods.
However, after all, Yongzhou does not border the Western Regions, and the implementation of this method cannot bypass the cooperation of Liangzhou officials. Wei Yan is about to return to Hanzhong and Chengdu to report on his duties. Yang Qing will accompany him when the time comes, and he plans to take advantage of that time to discuss the matter with Wei Yan.
In addition to taking frequent actions on people's livelihood, Yang Qing has not slowed down the pace of recruiting troops in the military. Last year, the Yongzhou troops under his command suffered a lot of losses in the war. Now he has
There are only about 3,000 state soldiers in Yongzhou. Even if you add in the county soldiers from various places and some of the central and front troops under Liao Hua and Wu Yi, the entire Yongzhou Governor's Mansion only has nearly 20,000 troops.
In addition to the troops stationed in various places, Yang Qing could deploy less than 10,000 mobile troops. This number of troops was barely enough to deal with the guerrilla raids and harassment warfare like last year's Second Northern Expedition, but it was not enough to play a greater role in the next war.
Therefore, Yang Qing plans to increase the number of state soldiers to 5,000, plus the county soldiers that can be mobilized to more than 10,000. After Wang Ping leads the Wudang Fei Army to the north, he will have no less than 20,000 soldiers and horses under his direct command. By then, his role in the Northern Expedition will further increase.
It's just that the war is over, and the expansion of the army must be planned slowly. If it is done too hastily, it will waste the people's strength and cause turmoil. Fortunately, Ji Han will not initiate a war this year, so he has enough time to reorganize his troops.
"Your Majesty, Yang Biejia and Jiang Zhizhong are back." Chief Secretary Qin Kuang stood at the door of the public house and reported.
Hearing this, Yang Qing put down the letter in his hand, raised his head and said, "Oh? They came back together. Please invite them over to talk." After a while, Yang Xi and Jiang Yin came hand in hand, and the four of them took their seats after the ceremony.
Yang Qingdao: "Ji Zuogong, Wen Ran, it's been a hard work for you two to patrol the counties this time."
In order to urge the counties to do a good job in spring plowing and prevent farmers from being neglected and neglected, Yang Qing ordered Yang Xi and Jiang Yin, the second and third leaders of the governor's office, to personally conduct inspections. Yang Xi went to Anding, Lueyang, and Wudu. Jiang Yin went to Tianshui, Nan'an and Longxi.
The two of them traveled one south, one north, one east and one west. The road was wide and they were thousands of miles apart. They didn't want to but returned at the same time, so it was a bit beyond Yang Qing's expectation just now.
"It's official business for the country. How can you dare to express your suffering in such a humble position?" Yang joked.
Jiang Yin also smiled and said: "Wen Ran is right. Don't think that Jiang is old. He could bear the sun, rain, food, wind and dew back then. Patrolling the farmers is not as tiring as me." old man."
"Haha, now that Ji Zuogong is serving the country at the right time, how can Qing dare to talk about him?" Yang Qing said with a smile.
Jiang Yin smiled and waved his hand, sighing softly: "Hey, I'm old. This world belongs to you young people. We old guys can't keep up. If you work for another two years, please allow me to return to the official position. The family will take care of themselves for the rest of their lives."
Yang Qing knew that he had always been reluctant to serve Jihan, so he smiled, stopped talking, and got down to business: "I wonder what the current situation of farming in various counties is?"
"Almost all the three counties of Anding, Lueyang and Wudu have planted grain, so the spring plowing can be considered a complete success." Yang Xi replied.
Jiang Yin also said: "The same is true for the three counties of Tianshui, Nan'an and Longxi. The Nagqu pear and the new turner are really useful. Not only have the original cultivated land been sown, but also a lot of wasteland has been reclaimed. I thought that if the weather goes well this year, this year's Grain production will be much higher than in previous years.”
"That's good. Once the spring plowing is completed, a certain southern sage can feel at ease." Yang Qing nodded.
