After the mango planting, it is the summer solstice, and it will be ambushed in a few days, and the climate in Jiangning City is already sultry.

With the overnight banquet, Lin Lian accompanied Gu Wuchen to the back garden to rest and talk, and Lin Tingli and Zhao Qinmin accompanied each other.

The world situation is chaotic, the sea is sinister, from the eighth winter of Chongguan into Jiangning, it has been less than four years, but so many things and changes have happened, everyone has a lot of emotion in their hearts.

Four years ago, the Dongyang Township Party was still insignificant in Jiangning City, so the Dongyang family also had a pivotal position in the government and the opposition.

"In addition to Chen Zhihu's southern transfer, there is also a major event that will be announced at tomorrow's meeting," Gu Wuchen sat at the stone table, asked Lin Lian, Lin Tingli, and Zhao Qinmin to sit down, and said, "I also summoned to King Ning's Mansion today, and I saw the secret decree ......."

"What's the matter?" Lin Jian sat down and asked.

"In view of the fact that Dong Yuan's troops in northern Zhejiang are too weak to suppress the strength of the luxury family in eastern Zhejiang, the imperial court decided to abolish the two Zhejiang county divisions, and set up a northern Zhejiang system envoy under the Jianghuai Governor's Palace," Gu Wuchen told Lin Jian and others in advance of the secret decree that would be officially announced tomorrow, and said, "However, Pingjiang Mansion will be placed under the jurisdiction of the Northern Zhejiang Envoy, and Dong Yuan will be the right attendant of the Jiangning Military Department and lead the Northern Zhejiang Envoy, and Meng Yishan will be the deputy envoy......"

"It's sure to move the capital!" Lin Tingli took a breath and said with emotion.

Lin Jian secretly said in his heart: Before the Yanbei defense line was completely destroyed, it was difficult for the imperial court to make up its mind to move the capital, after all, it was too much involved, and said: "Even if the imperial court does not have the intention of moving the capital immediately, it also knows the benefits of firmly grasping Jiangdong County in its hands, as long as King Ning can manage Jiangdong well, the Dayue Dynasty will naturally have a chance to prosper." ”

Although nearly two-thirds of the land in Zhejiang fell into the hands of luxury families, it still retains the essence of Jia, Hangzhou and Hu. This time, the two Zhejiang county divisions were cut and the northern Zhejiang envoys were set up, which was to merge Jia, Hangzhou, and Hu into Jiangdong County. In addition, the imperial court clearly stipulated that Henan's envoys would also be under the control of Jiangdong County, and Jiangdong County suddenly added two major essence areas.

Jiangdong County was originally a large county with a population of more than 10 million, but Huaisi, Huaixi and other places were seriously devastated by the war, and although the population loss was serious, the exiles still had to go to the east and south of Jiangdong County. In addition to the displaced people who have gathered from Zhongzhou and Shandong in recent years, the population of Jiangdong County has not only not been lost, but has also increased to a considerable extent. If northern Zhejiang and Henan are subsumed into Jiangdong County, the population will increase by another three to four million.

Above the temple, not all are incompetent. Even though Zhang Xie, Hao Zongcheng and others are very selfish, they still have basic judgment ability. Da Yue Chao has to work hard to support it at the moment, and Jiangdong County is particularly important.

King Ning sits in Jiangdong, and the symbolic significance is greater. Under the circumstance that the Cao family and the Liang family both have self-respecting troops and the imperial court is difficult to control, no one would want to see the power of Jiangdong County fall into the hands of one person or a small group of people.

Between the governor's office, the county department and the prefecture and county, the establishment of a wide range of envoys is also an option for the balance of power.

In fact, this is also the need to cope with the current war situation.

The scale of the war is getting bigger and bigger, the area is getting wider and wider, and the time is becoming more and more protracted, and the combat strength of the town army cannot stand the test, and it is more and more unable to keep up with the development of the war with the town guard and leading the army.

Compared with the town guard, the most fundamental difference is that they have the power to control all the soldiers and horses in the area under their jurisdiction, not only the town army, but also the government soldiers, county soldiers and archers, and even the township soldiers and village soldiers. In this way, it will be possible to fully mobilize and organize the military resources in the area under its jurisdiction to quell the war.

Of course, the power of the envoys is much greater than that of the traditional town guards and town generals, and the phenomenon of a large tail cannot be lost, but it is always much better to divide a county's defense area into three or five envoys than to concentrate military power in the hands of a single governor.

The above are all things that everyone in the government and the opposition can generally think of, and Lin Jian thinks about it more.

In later generations, as long as they have studied the history of junior and senior high schools, almost no one does not know the history of the secession of feudal towns in the middle and late Tang Dynasty.

The imperial court set up such a wide range of envoys and granted regional military and political powers, even if the Yuan clan could restore the rule of Zhongxing, it would not be able to avoid the end of the division of the feudal towns.

On the face of it, it seems that the system has only military and political power and cannot interfere in civil affairs and financial affairs, but as long as it has the authority to mobilize all troops and horses in the region and mobilize military forces, it will not be difficult to penetrate into the field of civil affairs and financial affairs.

Whether it is the Cao family repairing a long canal in Guanzhong, or Lin Tie building a seawall in Huaidong, while benefiting the people's livelihood, it also helps them to infiltrate the influence of military and political affairs into civil affairs and financial affairs.

However, very few people can see the consequences.

The Liang family and the Cao family should be able to see that it is probably they who are behind the push.

As long as a separatist situation is formed, the Cao family and the Liang family will also be able to openly divide Western Qin and Shandong.

It turns out that the Cao Liang family has no ambition to win the championship, after all, the Yuan family has more than 200 sources in the Central Plains, which are deeply rooted, and it is not a simple matter for others to take it instead.

Rather than raising troops to take a risk, which is likely to lead to the destruction of the clan and the loss of the family, it is better to divide one place and slowly plan it.

These people are stupid, but unfortunately they may be too smart.

Lin Jian sighed slightly in his heart, before coming to Jiangning, Chen Zhihu was surprised when he was transferred to Henan as the envoy. The establishment of the Northern Zhejiang Establishment Envoy Division, the merger of Pingjiang Mansion into Northern Zhejiang, and the news that Dong Yuan was the right attendant of the Jiangning Military Department and concurrently led the Northern Zhejiang Establishment Envoy was even more surprising to him.

Jiangdong County has now set up Henan, Xuzhou, Huaidong, Huinan, northern Zhejiang five system envoys, Luzhou, Haozhou, Shouzhou three prefectures are the jurisdiction of the Changhuai Army, is Yue Lengqiu to Jiangdong after the main business of the sphere of influence, set up Huaixi system envoys, little significance, in addition to the remaining Dongyang, Weiyang, Danyang, Jiangning is relatively independent.

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"Dong Yuan should be on his way to Jiangning," Gu Wuchen said, "This time the government and the military department are summoned to Jiangning, in addition to adding an envoy to northern Zhejiang and discussing the war arrangements between Huaisi and Zhejiang, there is also a matter of discussing the levy of taxes and grain and the apportionment of military funds, which is also the main ......."

“…… The longer you are in the eunuch journey, the more you can understand that silver is fundamental," Gu Wuchen continued, "Jiangdong County's summer tax and autumn grain has not increased since Emperor Gaozong, with a total of 5.2 million stones, and after deducting 1.2 million taels of silver, the summer tax and autumn tax that can be used locally is only 3.2 million stones. Henan was almost disabled, and the grain tax could not be collected, and the three prefectures of Jiahang Lake were able to use about 1.2 million stone in the summer tax and autumn after deducting the silver. 4.4 million stone grains is the total amount that Jiangdong County can use locally in the future. At present, Dongyang's military rations are self-raised, but the 4.4 million stone grain is not enough for the ......seven families of Henan, northern Zhejiang, Huaidong, Xuzhou, Huinan, Changhuai Army, and Jiangning garrison army."

"The summer tax and autumn grain are set from the time of Emperor Gaozong. However, in addition to the regular levy, the additional exorbitant taxes levied from peasant households are two or three times that of the regular levy. Even if there is no more distribution, there is still room for digging in the local area," Lin Jian said, "Take the grain as an example." After the salt and silver grain were guaranteed, the three million Shicao grains needed in Beijing were all started from Huaidong into Beijing. Jiangdong County previously set 1.2 million stones, and the cost of silver plus feet was only 1.2 million taels. If the prefectures and counties were to organize their own transportation of grain to Gyeonggi and deliver it to the warehouse, they would not be able to do it without two million taels of silver. Salt and silver to protect grain is equivalent to a reduction of 8.9 million taels of silver to the local government of Jiangdong County every year. If the county secretary has the ability to collect this money from the prefecture, he can solve a considerable part of the problem......"

"Well, Zhang Xitong, Yue Lengqiu, Wang Tian and others also know about this," Gu Wuchen said, "If it weren't for this, the matter of salt and silver to protect grain would not have been so smooth in the first place—it's just that the silver reduced by the prefectures and counties would not be honestly handed over to the county department, and it would be difficult to collect it." Moreover, with the meaning of Ning Wangfu and Yue Lengqiu, it is not enough to add one million taels of silver to Jiangdong County alone......"

"It's already good to have an extra million taels of silver," Lin Jian smiled and asked again, "What is the attitude of the others?" ”

There are only a few people who can be summoned to King Ning's Mansion in advance.

Cheng Yuqian doesn't care, the increase in money and salary of the various armies cannot be missing his share. Wang Tian also forced the dog to jump off the wall in a hurry, shouting all day long to return to his hometown. The newly established Northern Zhejiang Establishment Embassy, Pingjiang Mansion is the area with the most concentrated Wu Party forces, and the Pingjiang Mansion is under the jurisdiction of the Northern Zhejiang Establishment Embassy, which has greatly touched the Wu Party, when King Ning took out the secret decree and read it, Yu Xinyuan was stunned for a long time and did not speak, Wang Xueshan was different...... Gu Wuchen said.

Lin Jian took the herbal tea in front of him, and thought in his heart, this military and political conference, to put it more vividly, should be a spoils sharing conference. The money and grain that the county division can raise will eventually have to be distributed to the five system envoys and the Chang Huaidong and Jiangning garrisons, and judging from the current situation, Dong Yuan's Northern Zhejiang Military Division should take the biggest advantage, and Huaidong is very disadvantageous this time.

There is another point that Lin Jian must also consider now.

Huaidong built a defensive line on the Shengsi Islands and received financial and food support from the Haiyu Chen family. After the entire Pingjiang Prefecture was included in the Northern Zhejiang Military Division, the soldiers of Haiyu County were all under Dong Yuan's control, and it is difficult to say whether Huaidong could receive additional financial and food support from Haiyu. This money and grain is not much, but it is not too much, and there are almost 50,000 yuan of supplementary posts every year, which is still extremely important to Huaidong's current embarrassing finances.

"There is no unanimous opinion on how to levy this money and grain," Gu Wuchen said: "I estimate that Yue Lengqiu and Zhang Xitong will start to work from the prefectures and counties below. Liu Tingzhou came to Jiangning the day before yesterday. As soon as you enter the city, invite Yue Lengqiu to come over for a secret talk, Huai'an Mansion and Weiyang Mansion may be the first to recognize the number, and then things will go more smoothly......"

Lin Tingli smiled helplessly and said, "The other prefectures and counties have all bowed their heads and recognized the numbers, and Dongyang Mansion can only follow the trend." In any case, Dongyang's military rations are self-raised, and the extra money and food that can be taken out are also very limited. ”

Lin Tie is even more helpless, although he is the envoy of Huaidong, but now he can't manage the finances of Huaidong and Huaidong, and the decision is still in the hands of Liu Tingzhou and Liu Shidu, depending on the situation, Liu Tingzhou has no intention of discussing with him at all; However, he was more concerned about how much benefit the Huaidong Military Division could get this time.