Xu Ping and Fan Zhongyan walked together in Shengzhou City, and Tan Hu accompanied him with his guards to see the situation in the city.

At this time, the city was extremely lively. Dangxiang people paid a large amount of rewards and would soon return to their hometown. Everyone came to the city to buy some rare things. Although most of the money was deposited in the bank and withdrawn on a monthly basis, the first time it was still generous, and everyone still had 10 or 20 stakes in their hands. The big head was actually not a reward, but their arms and horses. When Dangxiang was in Dangxiang, these were official goods they paid for and maintained by themselves. The Song Dynasty bought them from them now, which was equivalent to giving them a lot of money for free.

Of course, severance payments are to be paid in the aftermath, but it is just in the name of what kind of money is used to pay for it. Everyone is more able to accept it. This is also a common practice in the Song Dynasty.

This area is a nomadic area, with the city mainly military cities, and there are very few civilians inside. When Dangxiang captured this place, no population was left, and those who were not killed fled. Because of business opportunities, Sansi Shop first opened and followed many small merchants. Sansi Shop mainly operated in this era that can include luxury goods and bulk goods. Generally, business still depends on merchants. Business has costs, and different businesses have different costs. Shop only builds goods with cost advantages.

The small town is not big. There are several main roads near the yamen in the center of the city, with vendors on both sides of the road, and the streets are bustling with people.

Fan Zhongyan said: "The soldiers of the Dangxiang army were thinking about leaving, and they drank a lot, and they were all put into the city. We must strictly prevent any accidents."

Xu Ping looked at the pedestrians who were buying and selling goods on the roadside and said, "So now they are allowed to enter the city, with a limit of 5,000 people every day. Only when they are lined up can they enter the city. After entering the city twice, they pack up their packages and go to the place where they should go. When they go to every place, they will be assigned to escorts and guided them. Whenever they arrive, the local government is responsible for resettlement. The placement is correct, and the escorts can only come back after taking the back text. By the way, the escorts are now the Protectorate Mansion. When they come back, the Protectorate Mansion is no longer there, and they are under the Duli Inspection Department."

Fan Zhongyan nodded. Xu Ping was in charge of the matter now, so he should take over the next step. The Strategic Department was not equipped at this time, and all the middle and lower-level officials, public officials, and generals and soldiers from the school were coming from the Protectorate's Mansion. Now there is no list.

Xu Ping said again: "Liang Lu has not yet gone to Zhenwu County. Who are you going to the Management Department and several inspection departments? You discuss with him and decide the list as soon as possible. When I leave, the Protectorate's Office will be removed and you can take over as soon as possible."

Looking at the crowds of people in front of a wine shop in front of him, Xu Ping couldn't help but frown. In this place, wine is a very important bulk material, and the drinking style is very popular. Sansi shop only sells very expensive wine, and the wine in di jià is only pi fā, which is retailed by small merchants. How many people can buy high-priced good wine? Most of them come to buy these cheap wines.

After looking for a while, Xu Ping said: "The business in the city should be transferred to the Jingliu Department as soon as possible. The Jingliu Department will discuss with the supervisors of several Sansi shops and the venue. There are too many people and concentrated in these days when entering the city, something will inevitably happen. You must order one of them to be inspectors, and I will assign some soldiers to you. It is not good to sell wine like this, so it is best to restrict it. First, don't let people harm the wine and cause trouble, and save gossip. Don't let people say that the court has issued a reward and sell more wine to take back the money. What's the use of taking it back?"

"I have asked Di Qing, the North Metropolitan Police Commander of Fuyan Road, to come to Shengzhou, Quan took the inspector here, and waited for the official imperial edict."

Xu Ping nodded. Fan Zhongyan valued Di Qing very much and brought it here again. Di Qing did not choose to be transferred to Qin Fenglu Xu Ping's men and missed the opportunity to destroy Dangxiang. I wonder if I could seize the opportunity given to him by Fan Zhongyan here in the future.

Fan Zhongyan said again: "As the guru said, it is best not to sell wine in the city. The three departments will sell it to each department, and they will go to the military camp to drink it themselves. But in this way, the small merchants in the city will lose their business."

"Don't sell it to various departments, or to these small merchants. Just ask them to sell it to the headquarters of each department, and don't do this in the city, otherwise something will happen. Go to various departments to sell it, and let the leaders of each department take care of it. If something happens, they can suppress it themselves."

Fan Zhongyan agreed and did not ask again. Why should we not sell it directly to various departments or to small businessmen? He actually couldn't figure it out, so he just thought that Xu Ping cherished the jobs of small merchants. In fact, Xu Ping did not mean that. Business has a chain. The three departments directly sold it to various departments, and the chain was broken. It seems that each department saved money like this, but it was not good for the commercial chain. The economy should try to open the commercial chain as much as possible, and then talk about cost and efficiency on this basis. Selling to various departments will not cost less money. It is just to transfer part of the profits of the commercial chain from the businessmen to the leaders of each department.

The Sanshi must grasp the upstream of the economy and bulk goods, and try to relax the end of the business as much as possible to make the economy active. Let the business chain be completely closed and society cannot get involved, and business behavior will lose its amplification effect. The most important thing about the vitality of the economy is at the end, and cost and efficiency are at the front end. The Sanshi must take care of what it should be, and don’t want to hold everything in your own hands.

At this moment, several soldiers rushed from outside the city with one or two dozen horses and headed straight towards the Protectorate Mansion.

Xu Ping saw it and said to Fan Zhongyan: "There is another thing. Now the court is buying the military weapons of the Dangxiang people. The powerful crossbows and iron armor are all included in the armies. The poor crossbows, bows, swords and guns, etc. must be transferred to the inspection department under your control. Of course, the horses are selected first by each army, and the good horses are included in the cavalry of each army. You can pick the remaining ones for the inspection department and then pick them for the cavalry of the inspection department. The rest will be transferred to the Third Office and the Post Office. However, swords, guns, bows and arrows can be selected at any time, but each army will not use them anyway. It is best to send people to pick out the ones that are used in time. After a few days, you will be directly transported to the inspection department."

Fan Zhongyan smiled and said, "The Protector is right. I thank you for being so considerate. By the way, why don't the troops come to pick and use swords and guns? I think there are many excellent weapons in the Dangxiang Army, which are not worse than those used in the army."

"The army is different from the inspection department. All their military weapons are equipped by the Privy Council and cannot be carried by themselves. The swords and guns used in the army have their own standards, and they are remembered and cannot be used as other equipment. Even the powerful crossbows collected will be received from the Privy Council as a court, and they will be rebuilt and sent to the army again."

After hearing this, Fan Zhongyan nodded with a smile. Xu Ping wanted to completely separate the troops directly close to the Privy Council from the local inspection department, and form a system in the army. This area began to take the lead in this general principle of military reform. Fan Zhongyan was not an old-fashioned person. The Longyou army had already proved this approach with his military achievements, and gradually he also figured it out.

The division of sections and blocks is the place where counties replace feudalism. The ancients argued many times about the differences between them. As for Liu Zongyuan's "On Feudalism", it basically eliminated the soil for feudal resurgence. Now the military reform is essentially to destroy feudalism and establish counties in the army. Fan Zhongyan may not be very familiar with the specific military affairs, but it is easy to understand this great principle. As a great scholar of the generation, he did not read so many books in vain. Establishing each army means establishing the management of the army, and enclosing the central court in terms of military power. Establishing various inspection departments means leaving military power to local blocks to facilitate handling of local affairs. The inspection military power can be adapted to local conditions, and different places have different military forces, only looking at the tasks they face. Fan Zhongyan understands this very well.
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