my wonderful zoo

Chapter 113

"Actually, the Western Army is pretty good. It has been fighting Xixia in the northwest, and there are constant frictions with the Liao Kingdom. Its combat power is not low. The army just encountered pig teammates and was tricked to death." Chen Xun commented on this topic. Said the final words.

For this kind of war, if you want to learn lessons, you don’t know where to start.

Teammates and superiors are all holding back, and it doesn't help to put the immortal in the position of the master.

"According to the estimates of the Hebei Intelligence Station, Taiyuan City will not last long." Pei Ren said.

As of today, Wanyan Zonghan's troops have been besieging Taiyuan City for more than 230 days. For more than half a year, the only thing the Song Dynasty has succeeded in is to send off the army besieging Kaifeng to the Kingdom of Jin as his nephew. It has no idea about the situation in Taiyuan. Change.

The Taiyuan city defenders were able to persist for so long, which was beyond Chen Xun's expectations.

After so many years of understanding, Chen Xun already knew that the Song Dynasty's military strength in Hebei and northwest was not weak, and there were many capable generals. But the bad thing was Kaifeng. The stupidity and weakness of the old Zhao family was simply inexplicable and unimaginable.

"Yes, it won't last long and the city will be destroyed years ago." Chen Xun nodded and approved Pei Ren's analysis of the intelligence.

In Chen Xun's memory, the Jingkang disaster occurred in the second year of Jingkang, and at the beginning of the second year of Jingkang, the Northern Song Dynasty perished.

It is already August of the first year of Jingkang. Counting the time it took for the Jin army to march to Kaifeng after breaking Taiyuan City, and then break Kaifeng City, it is estimated that Taiyuan City will be broken soon.

By then, the situation in Hebei will be completely corrupted, and the Song Dynasty will no longer have the energy to take care of the small rebellion on Guangnan East Road. Even the imperial troops on Guangnan East Road will be mobilized on a large scale to move north. At that time, the Chen family army will be strong. It's time to move forward.

"Liu Yu, how do people in various counties in Guangzhou react to the Land Law?" After chatting about military affairs, Chen Xun began to ask about government affairs.

Liu Yu was originally responsible for the logistics work of the Chen family's people's livelihood, such as the purchase and sale of grain and oil, the production and distribution of daily necessities, etc. He was considered to be the person with the strongest ability in civil affairs among the managers with a foreign surname in Chenjiazhuang.

In order to balance the power balance between Chen and foreign surnames in the military government, Chen Xun promoted Liu Yu to the position of Minister of Political Affairs of the Guangzhou Military Government, referred to as General Political Affairs.

Since the capture of Guangzhou City, Chen Xun has been sorting out the military government. After three months of adjustments and promotions, it has basically been sorted out.

The capital of the Guangzhou Military Government is located in Guangzhou City. Chen Xun, in the name of Governor, serves as the highest officer and directs the military and government affairs of the military government.

The military government has four jurisdictions: military order, military affairs, staff, and political affairs.

The Military Command Department is responsible for commanding operations, dispatching troops and generals, etc. All combat-related orders are issued by the Military Command Department, which is equivalent to the commander in later generations.Chen Xun himself was appointed as the head of the Military Command Department.

The Ministry of Military Affairs is responsible for the recruitment and training of new soldiers, the supply of military logistics equipment, etc., which is equivalent to the General Logistics Department plus the General Equipment Department in later generations.The Minister of Military Affairs is headed by Chen Shou (Chen Xun's third uncle), referred to as General Affairs.

The staff department is responsible for formulating combat plans, training and promotion of officers, rewarding military merit records, etc., which is basically the same as the staff department of later generations.The Chief of Staff is concurrently held by Chen Xun, because currently there is no suitable person who can serve as Chief of General Staff.

The Ministry of Political Affairs is the Ministry of Civil Affairs. Chief Liu Yu is equivalent to the Prime Minister of the country in later generations. He is responsible for all matters other than Chen Jiajun, including civil affairs, finance, personnel, commerce, construction, justice, education, transportation, etc.

At present, the military government is in short supply. The most lacking thing is talents. Chen Xun wants to divide the suitable people into eight parts and use them. Therefore, it is not possible to establish detailed departments. The management of different categories can only be grasped by Liu Yu.

Fortunately, the military government currently only manages six counties in Guangzhou. The existing grass-roots team can still support it. When the territory becomes larger in the future, it can be adjusted and expanded. “Since the early rice matured in July, the military government has not started collecting taxes and has been waiting for the promulgation of the Land Law and the establishment of the tax system.” Liu Yuhui reported: “So, the current response of the people to the Land Law is still It’s mainly a wait-and-see approach.”

"However, some landowners have already collected land rent from tenants. They basically collected it according to the proportion of previous years and did not comply with the provisions of the Land Law."

In previous years, the minimum land rent for landlords was [-]%, far exceeding the maximum [-]% stipulated in the Land Law.

"How about the fulfillment status of the large households who signed futures contracts with Chenjiazhuang and have expired?" Chen Xun continued to ask.

"In May, the military government occupied six counties in Guangzhou. The gentry and wealthy businessmen in the six counties were very careful. In the past three months, more than 100 large households were punished for illegal crimes. Other large households either escaped from the jurisdiction of the military government or became very serious. Be obedient." Liu Yu looked at the account book at hand: "None of the large households that are still within the six counties have defaulted, and those who have defaulted have fled outside the six counties. The defaulters of large households outside the six counties have reached [-]% of the expired contract. .”

"Okay, we will confiscate all the properties of the large households that escaped and defaulted in the six counties. Remember those large households that escaped and defaulted. We will settle the accounts if we catch them in the future." Starting the incident in advance made the hole dug for the large households less important.

"As for the major defaulters outside the six counties, we will keep track of them all. By next year at the latest, we will make them all miserable."

Kaifeng has not yet been conquered by the Jin Army, and the prices of various materials on the market have not skyrocketed yet. The large investors who signed futures contracts with Chenjiazhuang can still make some money if they fulfill their contracts.

If they choose to default in this way, they are simply not optimistic about Chenjiazhuang and Chen Xun, and they are betting that Chenjiazhuang will be wiped out by the government.

Since you choose to go to the gambling table, you have to bear the risk of losing all your family property.

"Everything has been counted. As long as the debt can be collected, we will immediately arrange for debt collection." Liu Yu responded.

Debt collection will generate millions of taels of revenue, so this work has a very high priority in the Ministry of Government Affairs.

Up to now, officials in the military government system admire the bureau that Chen Xun set up before.As of August, this bureau has provided the military government with a large amount of supplies, allowing Chen Jiajun to sort out the six counties calmly without worrying about money and food.

"I guess you have accumulated a lot of cash in your hand now, right?" Chen Xun asked.

"Yes, the Financial Secretary's cash reserves have reached 90 taels, and this does not include the fixed assets that have been returned to the military government." Liu Yu replied.

"Don't pile up the money in the treasury, keep some for the salaries of the military and political system and the cost of production research and development, and keep some for emergency backup, and throw the rest out to buy food." Chen Xun arranged: "In the six counties, outside the six counties Send people there, and as long as the price of food is not higher than [-]% of the market price, unlimited purchases will be made."

"Okay." Liu Yu also knew that the world would be in chaos soon, and food would become the most difficult asset, and he would not be able to buy more. "What if there are big households hoarding them and still competing with us?"

"Simple, the "Land Law" stipulates that private large-scale purchases and hoarding of food are not allowed within the jurisdiction of the military government, and food is not allowed to be sold outside the jurisdiction of the military government. If someone goes against the military government, just deal with it in accordance with the law." Chen Xun replied, by the way. He added: "Grain collection and tax collection are carried out together. I asked Chen Jiajun to fully cooperate with you, and it happens to liquidate those who are not convinced."

The three thousand recruits recruited last time have been trained for three months. According to the intensity of Chen Jiajun's training, they are already considered elite.

With political power emerging from the barrel of a gun and military power in hand, Chen Xun is not afraid of any force turning against him.

As long as you stand in front of the interests of the majority, it will be impossible for a few people to make waves.

(End of this chapter)