Chapter 182: See Ding Daquan Again
Zhao Yun's edict once again aroused endless undercurrents in Lin'an City.
Although Meng Gong's promotion to the rank of General of the Assistant Kingdom (the second rank) was very out of order, it was still within an acceptable range. After all, in the current military generals of the Song Dynasty, except for Meng Gong who was able to cause some damage and trouble to the mighty Mongols on local battlefields, it would be good for the commanders of other war zones to ensure that they did not lose too many cities under the Mongol offensive, let alone regaining the city occupied by the Mongols. Of course, the cities that the Mongols took the initiative to discard and were picked up by them did not need to be counted as it was included.
The Mongols' attack on the Song Dynasty was at least at present and at the strategic level of consumption caused by the rich Song Dynasty.
Many people in the government and the country know about these things.
Therefore, in the Lianghuai War Zone, the Jinghu War Zone, especially the Sichuan War Zone, which suffered the most attacks by Mongolia, most of the local soldiers and generals resisted for their lives and did not resist. They ran away with their soldiers and families of old and old gold, silver and soft gold, and threw the people all over the city and the city without soldiers to the Mongols.
Anyway, the Mongols will withdraw after the robbery, so they will keep their soldiers back then. This is the most real idea in the hearts of a considerable number of generals in several major war zones, especially those Song army generals who are close to the Mongolian defense line. They can not only save their lives, but also use the city they have picked up to seek credit from the court after the Mongols retreated. Why not do it?
Such a thing was actually an open secret in the Song Dynasty. It is precisely because of this that Meng Gong and the Jinghu War Zone performed even more precious in this battle in Xiangyang.
However, Jia Sidao, who was in great positions, was sent by the emperor to Xiangyang City to reward the army at such a time. The smell revealed in it is really hard to understand.
What is Xiangyang City? It is the most dangerous place in the Song Dynasty today. Hundreds of thousands of troops were eyeing each other. At this time, Jia Sidao was sent to reward the army. The chance of accidents was not just about one, but about ten thousand possible. As the emperor's favorite minister, it seems that he should not go to such a dangerous place, right? This is not in common sense, right?
Another thing that puzzled the ministers was that the edict did not make any arrangements for the ownership of the positions of real powers such as the prefect of Lin'an Prefecture and the helmsman of the General Administration of Maritime General Office, which everyone was most concerned about after Jia Sidao left.
It’s okay for the Lin'an Prefecture Priest to be said. Most people who are qualified to take this position actually come with the Lin'an Prefecture Priest in the presence of gilding. No one really thinks that they can be as prosperous as Jia Sidao in the position of Lin'an Prefecture Priest. For many people, Jia Sidao can still be as stable as Mount Tai in the Lin'an Prefecture Priest in the case of the Lin'an famine. It can only be said that it is an anomaly like his promotion.
What really touched some people in the court was the newly established Maritime General Office, especially the bank office of Maritime General Office, which has not yet been opened but has been circulating in Lin'an City.
The Bank of the Maritime General Office has not officially appeared in the Marine General Office. However, since the banquet of the Sixiu Prince of Longshou Mountain, news about the Bank of the Maritime General Office has begun to spread throughout the court and the country in Lin'an City.
Wen Lianggong, Qian Hengduo, Wen Shannan and others deposited a total of 4 million stones of grain worth 20 million taels of silver into the General Administration of Marketing. In addition, King Zhao Shimi of Sixiu announced that he would also symbolically deposit one-third of the books of the property under the royal palace into the General Administration of Marketing, which even added a big fire to the General Administration of Marketing, which has not yet appeared in people's eyes.
Immediately afterwards, more than ten Lin'an wine merchants and drug dealers, led by Zheng Mingxuan, also revealed in various public or semi-public occasions that they would deposit all the money in the shops into the Bank of the Maritime Corporation. They also revealed that the Bank of the Maritime Corporation will open semicolons in various cities in the Song Dynasty at the appropriate time. The bills issued by the Bank of the Maritime Corporation can be obtained and deposited in various cities. This caused a huge stir in Lin'an City.
Even a fool understands that if he really told Zheng Mingxuan and others, then the ambitions of the Maritime Corporation Bank will probably be more than what he has shown now.
Everyone seemed to have seen a huge monster that surpassed the Ministry of Revenue rising slowly.
How can such a Maritime General Office not make people jealous? Even if the Maritime General Office bank does not open a semicolon in various cities as Zheng Mingxuan said, just the annual commercial tax and 20 million taels of grain from the Maritime General Office is still an existence that is enough to make everyone jealous, right?
Jia Sidao left, but the things he had in his hands had not yet settled. For a moment, the ministers in Lin'an City swarmed like sharks that smelled blood.
Compared with Lin'an City, which is surging undercurrents, Jia Sidao's Jia family is much quieter.
In the lobby of Jia Mansion, Jia Sidao sat upright in the main seat, and in the guest seat where he was the blue-looking middle-aged man who dared to sit half his butt. Who was Ding Daquan who was promoted to Dali Temple Shizhi?
Now Jia Sidao is no longer the Lin'an Prefecture magistrate who dared to come to the door with a small county magistrate like Ding Daquan, but a third-rank official with the title of Jin Zi Guanglu Dafu. Many people in the court actually understand that if it weren't for Jia Sidao's promotion in the past six months and his qualifications were too shallow, then with his contribution to perfectly solving the Great Famine in Lin'an City, a six-department chief would not be able to escape.
As for Ding Daquan, he is still a small sixth-rank Dali Temple Sizhi. The gap between the two sides is already a difference between heaven and earth. Not to mention Ding Daquan's age, he is more than ten years older than Jia Sidao. Who has a brighter future? It seems that as long as he is not a blind man, he can see it.
With Ding Daquan's current status, it is naturally impossible to see Jia Sidao. There is no traffic in front of the Jia Mansion. At least, his small sixth-grade Dali Temple Sizhi was not worth enough to let Jia Sidao condescend to see him. The reason why he was able to appear in the Jia Mansion today was that Jia Sidao called him.
After chatting casually for a few words, Jia Sidao looked at Ding Daquan and said with a smile: "I will go to Xiangyang to reward the army on behalf of the emperor. There are too many things in the Lin'an Mansion and the General Office of the General Office of the Maritime General Office, so I want Brother Ziwan to come and help me. I wonder what Brother Ziwan wants?"
Chapter completed!