Qian Song

Chapter 160 Everyone is Happy (Ask for a monthly ticket!)
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In the past few months, Li Cun has been very busy—much busier than during the previous wars.

political.

personnel.

Economic.

educational.

People's livelihood.

military.

It was as if everything came rushing up all of a sudden.

Only then did Li Cun clearly understand what it means to "attack the country is easy, but defending the country is difficult."

Let me talk about politics first.

In the past, Li Cun used a vague six-part system to manage his territory. In fact, the Zhongshu Province and the prime minister were abolished, and the power of the Zhongshu Province was divided into six departments. For some auxiliary officials who possessed political power, Li Cun was directly in charge of the government affairs of the six ministries and one hundred divisions.

To put it bluntly, Li Cun's set of things is the prototype of the cabinet system.

This set of things was used by Li Cun before, but there was no big problem.

It was wartime again, and everyone was just getting along.

But now, the battle is over and won, and Li Cun has actually divided the Six Routes, which is tantamount to establishing a small country.

Many people, especially those who have made great contributions, will inevitably have expectations.

For example, when Li Cun was fighting, General Lu, who had been helping Li Cun to sit in the rear, was looking forward to the position of prime minister.

This is also normal.

Back then, Mr. Li, you and Song Jun fought on the banks of the Yangtze River for several months, and the big and small things in the family were all saved by General Lu.

Now, Mr. Li, your company is listed, and Lu will want to be a CEO, isn't it too much?
Not only General Lu, but also Zhang Shi.

Back then, when Mr. Li didn’t have any soldiers, Zhang Shi would follow you, shouting for you, and running around to recruit employees to join the team. The girl will pick the most beautiful one for you. Now that our business is getting bigger, what do you want to do for Zhang Shi to make Zhang Shi look good?

Such people abound, and to be honest, Li Cunming said that he does not consider enthroning and proclaiming himself emperor for the time being, otherwise Li Cun must have added a yellow robe to his body long ago.

The expectations of his subordinates made it impossible for Li Cun to continue to implement the cabinet system, because it would easily chill the hearts of his subordinates.

The point is, the world has not yet been conquered, Li Cun began to think about limiting and restraining the power of heroes, and even killed the donkey, so who would continue to work with Li Cun?

In addition, Li Cun always "conquered in person" or something, without a serious leadership team, which is really inconvenient sometimes.

Li Cun didn't worry too much about the fact that the cabinet system might be a bit more advanced than the two-government and three-division system, but chose the two-government and three-division system without hesitation.

There is no other reason. This system is currently the most acceptable and most anticipated by the Li Cun Group.

As a result, General Lv, the Pingzhang official of Tongzhong Shumen, and Zhang Shi, the privy envoy, also went online, and all other meritorious personnel were promoted and made regular posts, and everyone was happy.

What?
Li Cun has not yet ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor, so he dares to blatantly appoint a prime minister or a privy envoy to his subordinates?

Why?
Just because I, Li Cun, is willing, just because I am in Li Cun's six-way land, no one can control me, Li Cun, no one can control me, Li Cun, just because Zhao Ji and his ministers know about these things, they can only pretend not to see them , otherwise what can they do, put on their wings and fly across the Yangtze River to bite me, Li Cun?
In other words, do you want to cut Li Cun into pieces, destroy his bones and ashes?Otherwise, they could have recruited a hundred thousand sailors in one go, and practiced in that bathtub every day. Any fool would know who it was for.

In other words, everyone in the world knows that the Zhao Song Dynasty will deal with Li Cun sooner or later.

In this case, does Li Cun still care about Zhao Song Dynasty's attitude?To put it bluntly, Li Cun didn't directly announce that from now on, I, Li Cun, will be the emperor. Even if I left enough fig leafs for Zhao Ji and his ministers, I guess Zhao Ji and his ministers don't expect anything else, and the key point is that Zhao Ji and his ministers can't control it. Now Zhao Ji and his ministers are concentrating on training the navy and building warships. They will definitely come and do it again with Li Cun when Zhao Ji and his ministers are ready in the past three to five years.

Now, the two are developing their own, and when they fight in the future, they will have a showdown.

That being the case, how could it be possible for Li Cun to chill the hearts of those who fought against him because of Zhao Ji's attitude?
Needless to say, Li Cun was promoted to the rank of ministers so happily, and those who fought with Li Cun were greatly encouraged, and their hearts were also settled down. Li Cun's cheap father-in-law and cheap uncle never mentioned it again Let Li Cun accept the Zhao Song court's recruitment.

On personnel appointments.

In his official position, Li Cun is a merit-based appointment.

As for the deputy, Li Cun was appointed on a merit basis.

In addition, there are many problems left over from history.

That is, on Li Cun's territory, there are still many old officials and officials of Zhao and Song Dynasties.

As a result, Li Cun didn't know if he didn't check. After checking, he gave Li Cun a lot of surprises.

There are many great talents hidden in Li Cun's territory.

First of all, a great talent is Li Gang.

It turned out that three years ago, when the city of Bianliang in Tokyo was flooded, Li Gang asked the court to pay attention to internal and external troubles. Zhao Ji thought that the discussion was inappropriate, and he was exiled to taxation in Sha County, Nanjian Prefecture.

In other words, Li Gang was born in Fujian.

Li Cun sent people to investigate and found out that when Kong Lengzi led people to attack Nanjianzhou, Li Gang led people to resist, but was defeated and arrested, and then thrown into a labor camp by the criminal Cao at that time It's been remodeled.

Li Cun didn't talk nonsense, and he directly transferred Li Gang to his side with an order, and asked Li Gang to accompany Yuwen Huangzhong and Chen Yu.

Because of the example of Li Gang, Li Cun searched carefully again.

It turned out that Li Guang was there.

It turned out that it was also three years ago that Li Guang accused the scholar-bureaucrats of flattery and treachery, and even quoted Xun Qing's words of "obedience, no remonstrance" to block the way of speech;Wang Fu hated Li Guang, so he ordered the Ministry of Officials to appoint Li Guang as the county magistrate of Yangshuo, Guizhou.

Needless to say, there was another sightseeing group beside Li Cun.

Afterwards, Li Cun found many other names he had an impression of, such as Chen Jiao and Yang You.

But unlike Li Gang and Li Guang who were unwilling to serve Li Cun, many people including Chen Jiao and Yang You were already serving as officials in the Huben Army.

There is nothing to say, Li Cunyi transferred all these people to departments suitable for them, and most of them were promoted.

economically.

Li Cun vigorously developed a number of ports in the territory, encouraged commerce and trade, and gave the green light to commercial activities as much as possible.

Even, in order to facilitate commercial activities, Li Cun also introduced paper money using gold and silver as the standard currency.

——At present, there are no small-denomination banknotes. The smallest is one string, and the largest is one hundred strings.

Since Li Cun does not have a lot of gold and silver in his hands, at the current stage, Li Cun only issued 500 million mint banknotes to test the waters, and at the same time only established banks in the capital cities of the states and several major port cities for Carry out exchange and deposit and withdrawal between gold and silver and banknotes.

In fact, Li Cun knew that there were hidden dangers in the gold-silver bistandard system he created—the exchange ratio between gold and silver was not fixed, which would put the banknotes issued by Li Cun at risk of losing their value.

In fact, the first thing Li Cun wanted to implement was the gold standard, and the second choice was the silver standard, but Li Cun didn't have enough gold or silver.

In this case, it would be difficult to popularize it on a large scale if the gold standard or the silver standard were used alone, so Li Cun could only choose the less stable gold and silver bistandard, and gradually transition to the gold standard in the future according to the situation.

But then again, even though the gold and silver bimetallization system has problems such as relative instability and confusion, it also has its own advantages:

Because it is a double standard, its material source can be either silver or gold, and the source is sufficient;
Gold can be used for large transactions, and silver can be used for small transactions, which is flexible and convenient;

The two standard currencies can complement each other;

It is more convenient to stabilize the exchange rate with other currencies;

It can not only trade gold coins with European countries whose main currency is gold, but also trade silver coins with Asian countries whose main currency is silver.

In addition, Li Cun also reissued copper coins.

——In order to help Zhao Ji get money, Cai Jing made all kinds of copper coins and even iron coins. Harvesting his own wealth here, so Li Cun simply recast copper coins with better quality and higher value.

In the future, good money will drive out bad money, and the messy money issued by the Zhao Song Dynasty will surely disappear slowly from its own territory. One day, Li Cun may even launch a trade war against the Zhao Song Dynasty.

It's not impossible.

First of all, Li Cun stipulated that only copper coins issued by himself can be exchanged for banknotes issued by himself, that is, exchanged for gold and silver.

Secondly, Li Cun stipulated that several kinds of special products in his territory, such as some silk and some tea, must be traded with his own banknotes or copper coins issued by himself. Of course, if you are willing to trade with gold and silver, there is no question.

Thirdly, Li Cun stipulated that tariffs must be paid with banknotes issued by himself or copper coins issued by himself. Of course, gold and silver can also be paid directly.

At present, all of this is actually only in the stage of experimentation and development. On the road of currency reform, Li Cun's government still has a long way to go.

It must be mentioned that while vigorously encouraging the development of commerce, Li Cun’s taxation on merchants has also been greatly increased. The tax on some luxury items is as high as [-]%. Give Shiboshi half of it.

You businessmen don't want to.

In this era, it is a time for scholars, farmers, businessmen, and I have created such lucrative business conditions for you. What’s the matter with charging you more money? I love doing things and don’t like to get out. I hold the largest market in my hand and create the best business conditions. Environment, still worried that no one is willing to come to my place to make money?Besides, the wool comes from the sheep, and the money cannot be paid by the merchants. In the end, it all has to fall on those who want to buy luxury goods. Do you need to consider these people? Those who are capable should not be extravagant, do not compare, do not show off what.

Also, no matter who you are, if you dare to evade taxes, I will kill you, ransack your home, and seize your boat.

In addition, considering that the current generation is not particularly rich in resources, this era should still be dominated by agriculture. Without agriculture, everything is empty talk.

Therefore, Li Cunyi pushed out the agricultural policy of "dividing the population into the mu", abolished the poll tax (small tax) that had been implemented in China for more than two thousand years, and shouted that "breeding people will never be taxed" slogan.

As far as the facts are concerned, although this policy cannot be said to be particularly advanced, and the Han people did not get much benefit from the Manchurians.

But it is fair to say that this policy, at least in the initial stage, has lightened the economic burden of landless and landless peasants, promoted population growth, and enabled laborers to have greater personal freedom, which is conducive to social and economic development. Simplification reduces the possibility of arbitrary tax hikes by the government.

Anyway, this policy must have benefited the people more than the land policy of the Song Dynasty.

The most direct manifestation is that the implementation of dividing Ding Ding into mu directly led to the explosive growth of China's population. From Qianlong's six-year population exceeding 57 million, Qianlong's population exceeding 14 million in Qianlong's [-] years, and Daoguang's [-] years, the national population exceeded [-] million, accounting for The world's population exceeds forty, laying the foundation for China's populous country.

Of course, there are also credits from sweet potatoes and corn.

Slowly try to figure this out.

education.

Li Cun also practiced Taixue in the Zhao and Song Dynasties. However, the difference is that Li Cun launched a few pilot projects of free three-year education to see if he could come up with a mechanism for sending students to Taixue, and for the poor at the bottom. A chance for children to excel.

People's livelihood.

In addition to the establishment of livelihood security institutions such as nursing homes, Anjifang, and Louze Garden, Li Cun also vigorously developed the use of machinery to replace labor.

Remember, Li Cun asked Qian to help him build those things?
Those are not weapons or anything, but agricultural tools that can save manpower, such as deep plows, substitute tillage frames, large windmills, seeders, lawn mowers, grass balers, harvesters, steam-powered tractors (three wheels agricultural machinery, that is, there are two large wheels at the back to carry the boiler, and a small wheel at the front for guidance.) etc...

Li Cun doesn't know how to farm land, but he knows that these agricultural tools are mainly powered by cattle and horses, so he doesn't care whether these things are useful or not, he asks Qian to make them for himself as much as possible, and then hand them over to the officials under him to practice .

As for the steam engine, it was Li Cunjia's private work. This kind of thing has a long way to go.

In addition, Li Cun improved the current fishing technology and "invented" the net board, which greatly increased the efficiency of fishing.

All in all, if Li Cun can think of anything, he arranges people to implement it. Moreover, Li Cun has a good habit, that is, he never thinks the benefits are small. Even if there is only a little improvement, Li Cun will send people to implement it immediately. It can be said that It is to improve people's livelihood as much as possible.

As for the military.

The first thing Li Cun did was disarmament.

It turns out that with the Lian Shui Army, the recruited Fang Layi Army, the captured Song Army, etc., Li Cun really has almost 100 million troops.

It is too difficult and too wasteful to raise 100 million horses in a small six-way land.

Therefore, Li Cun re-divided the defense area and divided his territory into four major military regions, namely: Northern Military Region, Western Military Region, Southern Military Region, and Central Military Region.

In the northern military region, Li Cun finally decided to hoard [-] troops, with Zhao Haner as the governor of the capital, Sun Sandai as the governor of the capital, and Su Dong as the deputy governor of the capital.

In the Western Military Region, Li Cun finally decided to stockpile [-] troops, and the second officer will be the chief of the capital, Liang Jin will be the supervisor of the capital, and Zhang Goudan will be the deputy chief of the capital.

In the southern military region, Li Cun finally decided to hoard [-] troops, with Kong Lengzi as the governor of the capital, Sun He as the governor of the capital, and Fang Qifo as the deputy governor of the capital.

In the Central Military Region, Li Cun finally decided to hoard 20 troops and manage them himself.

In addition, the navy is Li Cun's only army that has not been reduced. It is still [-], divided into the Beihai Navy, the East China Sea Navy and the South China Sea Navy.

The Beihai Navy has a staff of 4 people, more than [-] warships, and more than [-] large and small ships.

The East China Sea Navy has a staff of 5 people, more than [-] warships, [-] large ships, and several small boats. It is responsible for the defense and transportation of Hangzhou Port, Xiuzhou Port, Mingzhou Port, Quanzhou Port, and Liuqiu Port. Stationed in the port of Hangzhou, the remaining [-] were stationed in several other ports.

——The Donghai Navy also retains an establishment of [-] auxiliary troops, which are mainly responsible for transportation at ordinary times. That is to say, the actual establishment of the Donghai Navy is [-].

The South China Sea Navy has a staff of 1 people, [-] warships, [-] large ships, and several small ships. They are stationed in Guangzhou Port and Qiongzhou Port respectively, and are responsible for the defense of the South China Sea.

In terms of politics, personnel, economy, education, people's livelihood, and military affairs, they are all in full bloom. General Lu and Zhang Shizhi are not top talents. It is conceivable how busy Li Cun will be.

Not to mention anything else, just a currency reform, a stipend into the mu, and a military reorganization can beat Li Cun to the back of his head.

However, at this juncture, internal strife and foreign aggression broke out in Li Cun's territory...

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(End of this chapter)