MTL - Poor Family-v2 Chapter 1001 reunion with old friends

  Chapter 1001 Reunion of old friends

  Not long after Wang Gui and the others arrived, several other governors also arrived in the capital one after another, including Liu Guangshi and Han Shizhong, as well as Yue Fei and Zhang Jun. This was the first gathering of high-level generals after Li Yanqing became the regent queen.

At present, the Song Dynasty has 600,000 regular troops, of which 400,000 are under the control of Li Yanqing, and the other 200,000 are under the control of the four capitals. The largest number is Yue Fei, who has 80,000 troops stationed in the Jingxiang area. The least number is Zhang Jun, with only 30,000 people, stationed in the southeast of the river.

   Liu Guangshi and Han Shizhong both had 50,000 people stationed on the east and west sides of the Huaihe River.

   At dusk, in a private room in Panlou, the capital city, Liu Guangshi specially hosted a banquet for Zhang Jun, the governor of the Southern Jin Dynasty.

   "Brother Zhang Xian, we haven't seen each other for several years, right? Six or seven years?"

Zhang Jun smiled slightly and said: "The last time we worked together was the Northern Expedition in the fourth year of Xuanhe. Brother Liu was the commander, and I was Sima. I remember at that time when my brother said that the tents were not enough, the commander asked me to review it. As a result, Brother Liu treated his soldiers leniently. There are only ten people in the tent, and we had a fight because of it.”

  Liu Guangshi couldn't help laughing and said: "In the end, I won the quarrel, and Shuai Zhong finally asked you to pay me three thousand big bills. I remember my brother's face was ugly back then!"

  Recalling the past, both of them laughed. The reason why Liu Guangshi invited Zhang Jun to drink was because they had some special friendship. Zhang Jun once served as a grain logistics officer in Liu Guangshi's father Liu Yanqing's army.

And Zhang Jun and Li Yanqing also have some ties. Li Yanqing recommended Zhang Jun as the commander of the southern Jin Dynasty. Li Yanqing also gave him the 30,000 troops under his command, including the entire southern Jin territory. give him.

Although Li Yanqing's official position did not involve Hedong Road, everyone understands that Hedong Road is actually under Li Yanqing's control. Before Li Yanqing held a mobilization meeting to attack Xixia, Zhang Jun was also present at the end. Xixia has nothing to do with him, but he still needs to express his attitude.

   "My dear brother, the regent summoned us to discuss major actions this time. Is it really for the purpose of attacking the Kingdom of Jin?"

Liu Guangshi felt a little uneasy, mainly because he stood in line in the palace coup. Although he did not cross the Yangtze River in the end, he responded to the call of the Supreme Emperor Zhao Ji, which was completely opposite to Han Shizhong's attitude. If Li Yanqing hadn't sent a boat to block the Yangtze River, he would have It is likely to have killed the Yangtze River.

  Although Li Yanqing didn't liquidate him in the end, will he be settled in the fall?

Liu Guangshi was also worried about one thing, which was a little-known secret. Li Yanqing participated in the Xixia Campaign for the first time, and joined the army under the tent of a teacher. hunting.

That action was instructed by Gao Qiu, and was planned by his father Liu Yanqing. The purpose was to squeeze out Zhong Shi's way. Yan Qing knew the truth, but kept silent in the power game.

  Liu Guangshi was very worried that he would be the first person to be operated on by Li Yanqing. He didn't want to, but he didn't dare, so he was extremely entangled these days.

Zhang Jun drank a glass of wine and said with a smile: "His Royal Highness called all parties to come to Beijing. It does not necessarily mean declaring war on the Kingdom of Jin. It may also involve military system reform. I got a message from the court that Zhizhengtang strongly urges The supervisors are stationed in each army, and Yushitai is in charge of this matter."

  Liu Guangshi pondered for a while and said: "It is not impossible to send a supervisory army, it is a tradition anyway, but I am afraid that a drink of wine will release the military power!"

"That's not true. I know Li Yanqing very well. As long as you don't do anything excessive, earnestly implement his military orders, and obey the court's arrangements, you will not easily deprive the general of his military power. If Brother Liu is really worried about this matter , I have a suggestion."

   "What advice?"

   "I suggest Brother Liu to put his wife and children in the capital, so that Li Yanqing won't take you easily."

   "You mean hostage?"

  Zhang Jun nodded slowly, "If I'm not wrong, Li Yanqing will reward each of us with an official residence this year. It depends on whether we understand his good intentions."

  While Liu Guangshi invited Zhang Jun to drink, Li Yanqing also set up a banquet in Qingfeng Building, which was the original Fan Building, and invited Yue Fei, Wang Gui and Niu Gao to drink.

  Li Yanqing said apologetically: "Today we should hold a family banquet for the three of you, but my wife and children have just arrived in the capital, and the house is in a mess, so I have to treat guests outside."

  Yue Fei had just quelled the rebellion between Zhong Xiang and Yang Yao, and only arrived in the capital this afternoon to report on his duties. He seemed a little tired, always taciturn, and just smiled, expressing his gratitude to Li Yanqing for his hospitality.

Wang Gui has been an activist since he was a child, and he hasn't changed since childhood. He held up his wine glass and said with a smile: "I went to see the house with Lao Niu this afternoon, and found that the house in Lin'an was frighteningly expensive. Bianliang is still expensive, and my darling is still jumping wildly in fright!"

  Li Yanqing chuckled, "The high housing prices are mainly due to rising prices. Now the price of silver is one to five, but back then it was only one or two taels of silver. If you buy it with silver, you will find that it is actually cheaper than in Tokyo back then."

  Niu Gao also said: "There is also an increase in prices. I want to hire two servant girls to serve my mother. Back then, it was only one yuan a month, but now it takes three yuan to afford it."

Yue Fei took a sip of wine and said with a wry smile: "For several years, the officials agreed that we should raise our own money and rations to recruit soldiers, but it's not realistic at all. A soldier's monthly salary would cost eight pennies. If we recruit 10,000 people, only one soldier's salary will be paid. It costs 80,000 guan a month, and we need to pay for food and housing, armor and weapons, and more than 100,000 guan for a month to support 10,000 soldiers, where do we go to raise money and food?"

   "Didn't the imperial court subsidize you from local taxes?" Li Yanqing asked.

Yue Fei shook his head, "That's because the Jingzhao Army has been fighting, so they gave you the tax from Sanchuan to pay for your military expenses. The Central Plains Army has no such luck. It has already signed an armistice agreement with the Kingdom of Jin. The court is willing to support my current subordinates." The army is already pretty good, how could I be given local taxes and no right to do business.”

   "Then what happened next?" Li Yanqing asked again.

Yue Fei sighed, "Later we realized that the imperial court wanted to reduce our military pay and let us settle the shortfall by ourselves, so we collectively negotiated with the imperial court, and the officials finally agreed to fully pay our current military pay, and we gave up recruiting troops by ourselves." .”

  Li Yanqing didn't say much, he knew in his heart that this was because the imperial court regretted letting the local generals raise their own military expenditures, so they cut the existing military expenditures and forced everyone to voluntarily give up their right to self-raised military expenditures.

  Li Yanqing asked Wang Gui with a smile again: "Your family bought a lot of land in the capital, why do you want to buy a house?"

  Wang Gui pointed to Niu Gao, "It's Lao Niu who wants to buy it. His wife is from Jiangnan and is not used to living in Jingzhao. Seeing my wife and children move back to the capital, they also want to move back to the capital."

  Niu Gao's face was flushed, and he hurriedly said: "House in the capital is too expensive, I really can't afford it, or rent a house."

  Li Yanqing thought for a while and said, "Maybe there will be an official residence!"

  Wang Gui was overjoyed, and quickly asked: "Didn't you say that non-officials stationed in Beijing don't provide official residences?"

Li Yanqing said with a smile: "Now the permanent population of Lin'an City has exceeded 1.5 million, and it is still increasing. The living is too crowded, so I consider expanding the city eastward, four miles eastward, to the Huantang River. , now the east city has become the inner city, and then I will set aside a piece of land in the new city to build military official residences and official residences. Anyone above the control has the opportunity to be assigned to official residences or official residences, like the old cow is a first-class Under the rule of law, at least one ten-acre official house can be allocated, and in the future when you fight and make meritorious service, this official house can be converted into a private house and passed on to your descendants."

  Niu Gao grinned happily, "Then I don't need to buy a house anymore?"

   "There is no need to buy it. I have settled the housing of civil servants, so I can't ignore the generals!"

  At this time, Yue Fei couldn't help asking: "Yanqing, when will the official house system be implemented?"

Li Yanqing smiled slightly: "The city expansion plan will be announced in a few days, and the Jingzhao government will submit a new city construction plan next month. At that time, the land for the military official residence will be finalized. I estimate that the construction of the military residence will be completed before the end of the year." .”

  Li Yanqing laughed again: "The fifth brother will also send his mother, wife and children to the capital! I will arrange an official house of 20 mu for the fifth brother."

  Yue Fei sighed, "Actually, my mother never forgets her hometown. After all, her father's tomb is still there. She wants to be buried with him in a hundred years."

Wang Gui persuaded him: "Even if we recover Hebei and want to restore the previous situation, it will take at least a few decades. Let my mother move to the capital, my father and grandfather will also move to the capital, and Lao Tang's family will also come. At that time, our family will go back to the grave by boat together, and the journey will not be hard."

  Yue Fei nodded, "If there is a house in the capital, it's okay to move here. According to the usual practice, it is best for the family members of us leading generals to be in the capital, and the imperial court will not suspect us. Yanqing should have a deep understanding by now."

Li Yanqing pondered for a while and said: "The garrison in the Central Plains is not a big problem, but the garrison in the frontiers does need a check and balance. I plan to implement the system of supervising the army. At the same time, the family members of the generals in the frontier must be in the capital. This is not against anyone, but a system. , In addition, there is a general rotation system, a general can not lead the army in a certain place for more than five years, and the general will not move. The combination of these three systems can gradually reverse the disadvantages of civilian leadership."

  Yue Fei nodded silently, and after a while, he whispered again: "Yanqing, there is a lot of talk about you being the regent of the country right now!"

  Li Yanqing smiled slightly: "I know this, but you may not have imagined that the court officials are very supportive of me."

   "Why?" Wang Gui asked puzzled.

"Because the prime minister's power has increased, I basically don't care about the general government affairs of the court now. I can issue them with the seal of Zhongshumen. I only care about major military affairs, and I only care about appointing or replacing the prime minister. If the prime minister does not do well , or the reputation is too bad, I will change to a new Xiangguo, so now the Xiangguo are doing very comfortably, Fan Zhixu said that he is ten years younger."

   "But what if the emperor grows up?" Yue Fei asked again.

  Li Yanqing picked up his wine glass and said with a smile: "That will be 18 years later. Let's do the things right now and let things take their course in the future."

  (end of this chapter)