Chapter 302 Choices
Wang Jinghui is more practical in cultivating successors. At least he believes that a person must be comfortable in this society first. It is hard to imagine that a person who has not been able to work hard for his ideals. Of course, there are many poor people who are born to fight for their ideals in life, but not everyone can do what Fan Zhongyan is, at least he, Wang Jinghui, cannot.
Whether it is Nirvana or Yansheng, these two aide-type apprentices are completely following the path of Su Qin and Zhang Yi. Of course, the difference is that they have a profound national and national concept - this statement is now a "big defense for China and the barbarians". Wang Jinghui himself hates such people who completely pursue interests, but he just stays away from them. There is no deep hatred, but he doesn't want his successor to be too straightforward and force himself and his opponent to a place where he can't retreat.
On the way, the only thing left is the life-and-death struggle, which is what he dislikes the most. He can still protect his successor when he is alive, but if he is gone one day, who will protect them? This task is left to Yansheng and Nirvana. They are the brains of the disciples. In addition, these twelve disciples have suffered from suffering since childhood. When they have been fully grown up, the role they can play is unimaginable.
Nirhin's plan made Wang Jinghui feel that his future was broader. Although it was more complicated and troublesome to operate, there was a lot of room for rewinding in the middle, and the probability of success was also very high with his own influence. However, it might be that he had to open up and expand the enrollment of 100,000 troops and scared the emperor. He actually tortured such a group of people to jointly inquire, which would be a bit difficult.
Most of the complaints Wang Jinghui handed to Zhao Xu were done by Nie Xin in Hebei. Although he didn't understand the relationship between these numbers, there were talents next to him to explain it clearly, especially the super expert Li, who was a super expert to tutor him. In the book of information for Wang Jinghui, it was very clear, but Wang Jinghui did not copy them completely. If the emperor and ministers read the things in them directly, they would have to take a re-tutoring math class. Even Nie Xin himself hated numbers and economy very much. He didn't understand why his husband was so good at these two things, and as a disciple of his husband, he was like an idiot in this regard?
After seeing this memorial circulated among the ministers, Wang Jinghui said: "According to the current situation in the disaster area, it seems that there is no need to recruit so many xiang troops. The first step to recruit xiang troops is to recruit about 50,000 in the past two months. After the influence of the disaster is revealed, the enrollment will be expanded again by 30,000 to 50,000, and even more!"
"It is understandable to expand the enrollment of the Xiang army. It did this before, but the grain reserves in Hebei are far from so tight. Once the Xiang army is naturalized, it will have to spend the imperial government's finances to support it. I think it is not impossible to expand the enrollment of the Xiang army, but the number must be limited. I think the 30,000 Xiang army mentioned by the King of True Master is enough!" Yang Hui said. Before Yang Hui entered the post of the post, he served as the censor in the Censorate. Sima Guang was still the chief censor at that time, and could be regarded as his old boss. Even after establishing his own office in the post of the post, Yang Hui respected Sima Guang as usual, and still called him "student" when he visited the prefecture in private.
Wu Kui stepped forward and bowed and said, "I also think that the true master is enough to recruit 30,000 troops!"
After hearing this, Wang Jinghui's face showed no expression on his face, and he was still standing beside him and listening to everyone's statement. Wu Kui was in charge of the Three Sessions. He was the Minister of Finance of the Empire. Although scholars in the world looked down on the position of Three Sessions, they thought that it would be a disadvantage to those who spoke every day and kept saying "profit" every day, but Wu Kui was quite competent in this position. Of course, this was only in the eyes of others. In Wang Jinghui's eyes, Wu Kui was enough to be the Minister of Finance, but the foundation was really bad. In comparison, Shen Kuo's qualifications were a little bit tender, but his basic qualities were far better than Wu Kui. Unfortunately, Shen Kuo was "requisitioned" by himself. The Three Sessions in Wang Anshi's heart turned into the Supervisory Supervision Bureau, which really made Wang Anshi feel depressed for a long time.
Wu Kui's thoughts Wang Jinghui knew very well that if the Three Sessions envoys had to have money in their hands. From the late Zhenzong to the time when Emperor Yingzong succeeded to the throne, the Three Sessions envoys were an unavoidable position. Faced with the increasingly declining imperial finance, any "capable official" in this era would be helpless. It is very difficult to do some eye-catching performance and promotion in this position. It is already Amy Toffer who can ensure that the imperial finance does not continue to deteriorate. The expansion of the enlistment army is the biggest threat to the financial stability of the empire. Since Sima Guang has spoken to recruit, Wu Kui believes that this is inevitable. It is only the first time to see the prince consort's meaning.
One step, the remaining 100,000 is probably not enough to be able to fight. This number is really terrible for Wu Kui. The current stadium is very stable. If people in various positions do not have any accidents, it will be fine if they work for two or three years. In other words, he will have to be in the position of the Sansi Envoy for a long time. How can he survive in the remaining days with such a heavy financial burden? Sima Junshi's 30,000 is better than the 100,000 yuan of the Prince Consort. After a simple comparison between the two, he tried his best to control the scale of the recruitment of the Fang Army at 30,000 yuan. Although the Prince Consort is his largest engine in the position of the Sansi Envoy, friendship is due to friendship, and decisions must be made for the future good days!
After Yang Hui and Wu Kui made their statements, everyone began to reveal their trump card and make the final stand. It is conceivable that Wang Jinghui's situation was relatively bad at this time. However, what is surprising is that Wang Anshi, one of the two giants in the court, and Guo Kui, also the deputy envoy of the Privy Council, actually stood on Wang Jinghui's side. This not only surprised everyone, but also Wang Jinghui himself was also surprised.
The reason why Guo Kui agreed to Wang Jinghui is very simple - because of the abnormal mobilization of troops in the Liao Kingdom, I think of the prince-in-law who made a few months ago that the Liao people would take advantage of the disaster of the Song Dynasty to coerce the Song Dynasty to coerce the Song Dynasty, either seeking land or taking the opportunity to increase the annual monies. The military pressure of the Liao Kingdom on the Song Dynasty was an important reason for the change of Guo Kui's attitude. Wang Anshi's reason was to try to extend the service life of Hebei's grain station. If recruiting 50,000 troops was a foregone conclusion, the most obvious change was that the grain prices in Hebei would rise by one in a short period of time.
However, the increase is hard to say - Wang Anshi wanted to take advantage of this to implement the Market Yi Law to Hebei and use administrative means to forcibly calm the grain prices in Hebei. The Market Yi Law is the most reflective of other places' economic thoughts in Wang Anshi's reform. Wang Shao established the Municipal Yi Shi in Xihe to pilot the Market Yi Law, which was very effective, which also stimulated Wang Anshi to implement the Market Yi Law to the entire Song Dynasty, so as to attack the big merchants and landlords - especially those who hoarded and made huge profits, which was within his strict crackdown.
After Wang Jinghui understood Wang Anshi's idea, he felt a cold sweat behind his back. The Shiyi Law was a very advanced economic idea in this era, and used state administrative means to interfere with social and economic operation. This is one of the two aspects of later generations' praise for Wang Anshi's economic thoughts. Unfortunately, Wang Anshi's Shiyi Law not only benefited the officials who presided over the implementation of the Shiyi Law, but also greatly damaged the business of the Song Dynasty. If merchants did not bribe the officials who presided over the Shiyi Law, then the business could not be done at all. And under the malicious destruction of the lower-level officials, the businessman would not only not be able to maintain his business.
Even the property was seized by officials, and even fell directly into his private pockets. The famous historical landlord Lu Jiawen relied on this to collect and accumulate amazing wealth in a short period of time. This was nothing, but the most terrible thing was that Wang Jinghui recalled an important figure, Lu Huiqing's deadline for Dingyou was already here. Now he was probably on the way to Kaifeng, Biandu. If Wang Anshi inserted it horizontally and brought the Shiyifa to Hebei. As Wang Anshi's "good friend" and "good student", Lu Huiqing would probably be responsible for presiding over the implementation of the Shiyifa in the north.
The name of Lu Huiqing, Wang Jinghui, was already well-known in later generations. From relying on Wang Anshi to starting his family, he finally betrayed Wang Anshi and betrayed Wang Anshi, this character is very not simple. In history, this guy had ulterior motives about Wang Anshi very early, and retained a lot of evidence when he contacted Wang Anshi. It can be seen that this guy had been prepared for his rebellion. Lu Huiqing's behavior was long alert to Sima Guang. When Sima Guang advised Wang Anshi, he even used "There will be those who sell public orders in the future." To put it bluntly, he refers to Lu Huiqing, but later generations also reversed the case for Lu Huiqing, and described Lu Huiqing as a reformer who fearlessly respected the old forces.
Historical research is full of contradictions, which is not uncommon. Wang Jinghui cannot distinguish Lu Huiqing in history. But this guy gave him a very bad impression. With Lu Huiqing's political skills, even after losing the emperor's favor, it turned out that Deng Wan of the new party, Cai Que, did not dare to put him back to Kaifeng, Bian, but obstructed him in every possible way and let him die in another place. Just from Deng Wan, Cai Que was still so afraid of Lu Huiqing, who had lost his lethality, and Wang Jinghui also knew this
The guy is a tough guy. In order to deal with Lu Huiqing, Wang Jinghui sent a lot of power to monitor Lu Huiqing's every move. His brothers' property was a little bit small. Wang Jinghui investigated clearly here, even more clearly than himself. In order that one day, Wang Jinghui could not hold back and thought that Lu Huiqing was the biggest stumbling block on his way forward, he shook out all the unclean records of this guy, making this guy become famous directly.
Although history has changed a lot now, Lu Huiqing returned to his hometown before Wang Anshi's reforms, but "no matter is big or small, Anshi must plan with Huiqing." Such a person is absolutely free from worrying about not having an official position. In fact, Wang Jinghui also vaguely remembers that the Emperor Shenzong in history praised Lu Huiqing, believing that "Lu Huiqing talks about farming and doing things very well, but he has not yet completed five points. If he is a farmer, the world will be settled." This made Wang Jinghui feel very afraid of Lu Huiqing, whom he had never met. However, he also understood that since Lu Huiqing was young enough to make Wang Anshi around him and Emperor Zhao Xu could praise him, which itself shows that Lu Huiqing was very capable.
"Cai Jing, Qin Hui, Yan Song... These infamous guys in history are not capable, but are just negatives that later generations deliberately promote their lives. In terms of their true talents and knowledge, they are far more capable, more capable, and even more visionary than those "capable officials" of the same period. Lu Huiqing is just one of them. He uses his abilities in the wrong direction. Even if this person has a strong ability, it is just a disaster!" Wang Jinghui thought secretly in his heart.
Ability and action, many people in history have made various annotations on this with their lifelong actions. The most famous topic is that if Huo Guang and Cao Cao were all transferred, what would the ending be like? Will the Han Dynasty be over?! This question is full of wisdom and paradoxes. Wang Jinghui cannot answer this question. In fact, who can make a real explanation in ancient times? But it all depends on the individual's nature. Wang Jinghui does not think he can control Lu Huiqing, and even Wang Anshi advocates "power and strategy" like this.
"The characters can't be. Why can he do it?! He doesn't know how powerful his opponents are, but he is very clear about his ability. He will never force himself to do things that cannot be done. Especially for people's problems, if you can't control them, you can't control them, just like Wang Rong, who is also a very talented person. But this kid is full of cleverness, but Wang Jinghui wisely abandons Wang Rong and instead cultivates talents by himself - there is only a line between cleverness and great wisdom!
The camp in Funing Hall was finally in line. Since Wang Anshi unexpectedly stood on Wang Jinghui's side, Emperor Zhao Xu was also happy - he could see if his brother-in-law had three heads and six arms to deal with these opponents.
"If the Song Dynasty is about the strong customs of the people, it will definitely be no longer more powerful than the people in Daizhou, Zhending Prefecture and other places in Hebei. Although the peace of Song and Liao have been for decades, the border guards of Liao have never stopped doing things like "grass valley". They have been deeply involved in the Song Dynasty and have been harassed by the people. The people have to use swords and arrows. They are skillful in martial arts, which is really a rare and excellent source of troops. As Master Guo said, although the military mobilization of the Liao people is very mysterious, there is no accurate information to confirm its true scale, but there is no doubt that the Khitans want to take advantage of the disaster of our Song Dynasty. The Duke of Wei has already prepared in Hebei, but it is still slightly insufficient in terms of military strength. The first batch of 50,000 fang troops were recruited from Daizhou and Zhending Prefecture. As long as they are trained for a little combat effectiveness, they cannot be underestimated!" Wang Jinghui said.
"I also think it is more appropriate to recruit Xiangjun from Daizhou. Daizhou has always been a must-have place for conflicts between Song and Liao. Daizhou is also the most severely affected area. Recruiting Xiangjun from there can also greatly stabilize the people's hearts. The troops stationed in Daizhou are only more than 30,000, of which the imperial guards are more than 10,000, which cannot meet the needs of preventing Liao. Zhending Prefecture is even worse than Daizhou, so recruiting 30,000 xiangjun is still a little less in my eyes. It is best to be able to be in these two places.
Recruiting 50,000 xiang troops on the spot can meet the needs!" Guo Kui continued Wang Jinghui's words, making people think that the two people had agreed long ago, but no one believed that the two would discuss this matter in advance. During this period, Guo Kui had too many conflicts with Wang Jinghui on the issue of the northwest, so that the already very good personal relationship between the two was greatly affected. In addition, recruiting so many xiang troops, the relationship was very large. It was not just a personal relationship that could allow Guo Kui to stand up with the prince consort.
"If the first batch of troops is to be recruited as discussed by the prince-consort, the government's finances will be OK in the short term, but once this army becomes a military citizen, it will be a heavy burden on finances in all aspects, so it cannot be made easy!" Sima Guang said.
"Mr. Junshi forgot that the Xiang army's military farming that started two years ago, as long as it was included in this part of the Xiang army, the land of the military farming was determined to be owned by the reclaiming Xiang army according to the effect of the military farming?!" Wang Jinghui said lightly. He knew that although the court's finances were still relatively tight, the surplus of nearly 10 million yuan per year had already made the Song Dynasty much more relaxed. Even if he alone supported the 100,000 Xiang army proposed by him, there was no problem. The fundamental reason why Sima Guang wanted to lower the number of people who expanded the enrollment of the Xiang army was that Sima Guang was unwilling to see the war. The collegial between the Song and Liao clearly stipulated that the towns and cities on the border of the Song and Liao border could not be renovated, and only after the need was made to inform the two sides, the renovation could be started.
The already tense relationship between Song and Liao will worsen the situation because the Song Dynasty expanded its troops at the opponent's doorstep. This is not just what Sima Guang is worried about. Hebei officials are more anxious than Sima Guang - their industries are all in Hebei. Let's not talk about the victory or defeat in the war. The accumulation of their family over the past hundred years will soon be gone!
"Daizhou is often harassed by the Khitans, and there is a lot of barren land. It is the best choice for the Xiang army to farm. The Daizhou Xiang army just responded to emergency responses to threaten the Khitans in a short period of time, and eventually returned to the Xiang army's military farming organization. The same is true for the Xiang army to be recruited one after another. Although the finances of the court seem to be relatively tense now, there is no problem to support these newly expanded Xiang army. When the threat from the Khitan passes, their military farming will first appear, and the court will make a profit from it much greater than what it needs to pay now!"
"Recruiting the Xiang army on the spot, but Hebei's grain reserves are still the same. Recruiting so many Xiang army will not have any impact on disaster relief, and it will even make Hebei's grain prices higher in the short term." Sima Guang said.
Chapter completed!