I Xiaoxiong

Chapter 358 As usual
In Chengdu, as the deputy envoy of Jiedu and the king of Shu went to Shangjing successively, the turmoil of the previous period finally gradually subsided.

The officers and troops outside the Dujiafang finally withdrew, and Du Heng was sentenced to exile for three crimes: handing over to bandits by mistake, ineffective supervision, and privately buying military settlements.

The Du family and the Yanting Li family took the lead in paying the salt tax and land tax of millions of guan, and then the Yan family, the Yang family and other big families in central Sichuan also started to make up the payment.

The final total reached tens of millions.

"The money is enough to support a hundred thousand troops for several months, enough to fight a big battle."

Sitting in the festival hall, Fu Jinchuan looked at the accounts that the staff would pay, and couldn't help sighing.

Xu Yinglong who was on the side laughed and said: "Jie Shuai's calculation is pretty good, but this tax is probably going to be filled by the imperial court."

Fu Jinchuan also nodded after hearing this. Now that the imperial court's wealth is not sustainable, it is normal to live without food, and even the expenses of the palace and the East Palace have been reduced several times.

I heard that the salary of the imperial army was delayed by a month.

"Although it is said that the imperial court is in a difficult situation, it is difficult to calculate the cost of supporting the [-] troops in Jiannan Road every year and year after year. Does the Jiefu have to withhold part of the tax money now?"

At this time, Cui Fengyi, the chief bookkeeper in charge of money and food in the Jiefu, suggested.

"Then follow the old rules."

Fu Jinchuan also understands that even if such a large sum of money is turned over to the household department, it is inevitable that some people will use their hands to enrich their own pockets.

And the staff and officials of the Jiefu have worked hard for the money for a long time. If they can't get any money, they will inevitably be a little unreasonable.

Although some old rules are bad habits, in the officialdom, even generals still have to face them.

For example, after the siege, do you share the money in the treasury or not?

If there is no distinction, the army will even have to mutiny.

The generals ate meat, and the soldiers drank soup.

Even the imperial court will not ask where the property in the treasury went after you attacked the city. This is an unwritten rule.

The same goes for taxes.

It is also common practice to profit a little bit from top to bottom.

As soon as the words here were finished, a messenger hurriedly sent two battle reports.Opening the first copy, Fu Jinchuan couldn't stop laughing after reading it.

"Is this a gift to leave the country?"

Here, Liu Xianke also laughed after reading the battle report: "Maybe this benevolent wish will say that Jiannan Jiefu did just that."

It turned out that ten days ago, the more than ten thousand Red Lotus Army who had fled to Longyou, after a few battles with the Longxi Frontier Army, turned to Qingtang territory.

The Longyou Army won consecutive battles and beheaded hundreds of
With the elite of the Longyou army, they fought several battles with the Honglian army. There were only hundreds of beheads and no prisoners. Can Fu Jinchuan, who is already an old army, understand the result of this battle?

It was nothing more than Zhang Ren's unwillingness to contribute, so he arranged the battle line, let go of his mouth, and directly drove the red lotus bandits out of Longyou, and let them enter Qingtang directly.

After reading the battle report, Zhang Gao, who joined the army, put forward another opinion, "Compared to Longyou, he also has too many scruples. After all, which old army god in Qingtang Dynasty praised Zanpo and went to the north again to serve as the commander-in-chief. Among the many tribes in the northern part of Qingtang, Zhang Jieshuai probably felt that if he mobilized heavy troops to encircle and suppress Honglian, it would give Lun Zan an opportunity to break."

Fu Jinchuan said with a smile: "Just mobilize thousands of elite cavalry, and wipe out all these more than ten thousand red lotus bandits in Longyou. It's not Sichuan and Shu, the mountains are high and steep, and it's not easy for cavalry to drive. He sat and watched the red lotus bandits escape. Just thinking that the red lotus thief ran from Sichuan to his jurisdiction. The red lotus thief who was not wiped out by the Jiannan Jiefu ran out from the Longyou Jiefu. What can the court say? This benevolent wish became a Jiedu So that in the future, the gas will not increase."

Zhang Renyuan and Fu Jinchuan are also old acquaintances. When Fu Jinchuan followed Fu Maoxiu to take office in Hexi in the 14th year of Xuanjia, Zhang Renyuan was the deputy envoy of Jiedu at that time.

Later, Longyou Jiedu envoy He Baguangsi moved to Hexi Jiedu envoy, and Zhang Renyuan, who was originally the deputy envoy of Hexi Jiedu, was promoted to Longyou Jiedu envoy. Make it difficult to make.

After Zhang Renyuan arrived in Longyou, the situation has been relatively stable in the past few years, with only small-scale conflicts.

Last year when the Qingtang army gathered, both Longyou and Hexi were ready for a big battle, but they didn't expect that the place where the Qingtang army invaded was Songzhou.

At that time, the imperial court asked Longyou and Hexi to send troops to contain them, and these two places were also put on display, sending troops symbolically to threaten the Xihai Plateau, which had almost been depleted of troops.

But these Fu Jinchuan can also understand, as a flank, it is not bad to be able to put on a show.

After all, the imperial court did not have enough money and food to supply the hundreds of thousands of troops of the three festivals to fight a big battle.

Moreover, Hexi, Shuofang, and Hedong Jiefu must also guard against the Golden Horde on the northern border.

Although the Golden Horde did not send troops, the cavalry mobilization on the grassland was extremely frequent at that time, and there was even a tiger division that followed the Wang Ting all the way around the northern border of the two countries.

This is undoubtedly to put some pressure on Da Jin, and to see if there is an opportunity to take advantage of.

Regardless of the fact that the two countries have negotiated peace and even got married, as long as there is a chance, there is no difference between the wolf in the north and the mastiff in the west. They both want to find a chance to bite Da Jin.

You have to be careful.

"However, this Qingtang old military god is praised. This is the third time he has served as the commander of the north. This old man is estimated to be seventy, and he can still hold such an important position. It seems that this Qingtang new maharajah It's a bit courageous"

Fu Jinchuan looked at the adjustment of the Qingtang side in the battle report, and remembered which Qingtang new lord had come to the Jin army as an envoy during the Songzhou War. Strategy.

Chang Shi Liu Xianke echoed: "This new majesty is somewhat capable, much more courageous than Tuoba Chide, and the envoys who negotiated the peace have sent round after round, although they have not negotiated to come up with a ugly Yinmao."

The Shangjing side has already handed over the full power to the Jiefu to deal with the peace negotiation.

Fu Jinchuan handed over these matters to Liu Xianke, and Liu Xianke's peace negotiation policy generally has one word.

"drag".

Anyway, it was Qing Tang who begged the Great Jin to negotiate a peace.The Dajin side still has tens of thousands of captives in their hands, and the kingdom of abundance in the middle of Shu has no shortage of rations for captives.

After all, prisoners can't eat for free. After the war, the city of Songzhou was repaired, and the moat was cleaned, including the construction of a new fort outside Songzhou.
And Qingtang, who had lost a lot of young and strong, wanted to redeem these captives, which was also their biggest demand for peace.

As for the demarcation of the national boundaries between the two parties, there is nothing to dispute. The reason for not reaching an agreement is that Dajin's asking price is relatively high.

And Qingtang suffered a lot after the war, and for a while, he really couldn't get the supplies and money that the Dajin Lion asked for.

"However, Mr. Liu, we should finalize the peace negotiation with Qingtang as soon as possible. This time, we may not be able to stay in Sichuan and Sichuan for a long time at a price they can afford."

After Fu Jinchuan opened the second battle report, there was a little worry in his words.

This second battle report comes from Shannan Road. About seven or eight days ago, Fang Qiu's Red Lotus Army joined forces with Cheng Jun's troops at the junction of Jinzhou and Kuizhou.

After the two red lotus thieves joined forces, the number was nearly [-], and after long-term combat and marching experience, they were already quite powerful.

Although it is not as good as the elite of the official army, compared with the Forbidden Army who has not practiced war for a long time, it can already fight head-on.

So even if Fu Jinchuan didn't know that he was about to be transferred back to Beijing, he knew that the imperial court would adjust the deployment in the southwest.

In fact, there are not many important ministers who have the ability and qualifications to live in the 10,000+ army of the two five governors' mansions in Shannan.

It just so happened that my own father was one of them.

Or the situation in the two battles in Shannan is corrupt, and there is a possibility that he will be transferred there, but it is unlikely.

After all, he has made enough meritorious deeds in the past few years.

It is not a good thing to seal nothing.

It's better to go back to Beijing early, so that everyone can feel more at ease.

As for making meritorious deeds outside, let Fu Gong, who has enjoyed half a lifetime of happiness, go.

(End of this chapter)