Chapter 251: The Great Week with All-out Efforts
Guo Wei wanted to personally expedition again, but all my husbands were helpless, but they had no choice. Restoring Yan Yun was also the ambition of all of them. It was reasonable for His Majesty to lead the army to personally expedition. They could only speed up preparations and make every effort to ensure the victory of the Northern Expedition.
Chai Rong had already brought 30,000 troops north, and Guo Wei planned to prepare 70,000 troops to go north with him. In this way, the Political Affairs Hall would do its best to ensure the use of 100,000 troops north. There is no doubt that this is a huge astronomical figure.
After leaving the palace, Ye Hua went directly to the Political Affairs Hall.
"I think all my husbands should know the priorities and will not pull the back of His Majesty's legs on military and national affairs, right?" Ye Hua said with his legs crossed.
Lao Fan, Lao Wei and Lao Li stared at Ye Hua fiercely, as if he was about to eat him!
"Champion Hou, you are too underestimating our mindset. Restoring Yan Yun is my lifelong ambition!" Wei Renpu said seriously.
Ye Hua buckled his ears, "How can I remember that your ambition is to hold the seal of the Political Affairs Hall in your hand!"
Wei Renpu was so shameless that his face didn't turn red. "I have lofty ambitions, so how can you guess!"
It's so shameless!
Ye Hua was speechless.
Fan Zhi smiled and said, "I have been an official for decades and have been exhausted. If I could restore Yanyun and prosper the Great Zhou, I would rather hope that Lao Yu would enjoy his grandchildren under the forest. However... before the success of the Northern Expedition, who dares to cause trouble for the court, will never be polite!"
At this time, the Prime Minister was domineering and unparalleled!
Li Gu nodded and agreed, "San Si is doing his best. Even if he is scolded for exploiting the people and scolded me for sucking bones and marrow, I will do my best! In short, everything is for Yan Yun!"
The three husbands stared at Ye Hua, and their eyes looked like six daggers, which was so sharp.
"Tell you, we are in the back, and you must work hard in front, squeeze out all the bad water in your stomach, and try to flood the Khitans. Did you hear it?"
Ye Hua rolled his eyes. I know more about Yan Yun than you. What do you think of me for the country and the people!
"I want to remind everyone that if the money for war is not enough, you can issue national debts!"
"Treasury bonds? What's the matter?"
"It's just borrowing money, borrowing from rich people!" Ye Hua explained.
As soon as he finished speaking, Li Gu reached out and said, "Champion Hou, if you want to talk about it, you are the richest, take it out!" The old guy twisted his fingers, looking salivating, which made Ye Hua get goosebumps!
"My little money is spent on investment, and not much can be used... You should go to the local rich man. There must be jars of gold and silver hidden in their cellars, and it is a waste to put them there. It is better to take them out and do something good for the people of the world, especially Daxiangguo Temple, which has a rich foundation, so you can't let them go!"
Ye Hua instigated several men to do bad things, and Li Gu nodded, "I am not afraid of being scolded. If I really don't have enough money, I will try your bad idea!"
"Can't delay!"
Ye Hua said anxiously: "I mean you should move as soon as possible. I need money, a lot of money."
"What are you going to do?"
"Let the Khitan get messy!"
Ye Hua used the numerous labors in Cangzhou to purchase grain on the market and quickly scatter the prices of grain. However, if he wanted to push up the grain prices throughout the Great Zhou Dynasty, he had to help the Political Affairs Hall.
Ye Hua came up with an idea to ask several ministers from the Zhengshitang to issue national bonds on the one hand, purchase grain on the other hand, establish grain reserves on the other hand, and raise the price of grain. As long as the grain price is higher than that of the Khitan, it can attract the Khitan grain outflow.
Barbarians can eat beef and mutton, but Yanyun's Han people were not successful. The food was out of stock and they could not afford the price of food, so they would have to escape from famine... More and more Han people escaped from Yanyun, and the power of the Khitan would become weaker and weaker. This is a major event that concerns whether the Northern Expedition can be successful and cannot be careless!
After figuring out Ye Hua’s plan, the few people were speechless. This guy didn’t have to squeeze the bad water at all, and he was full of all his stomach!
They nodded together.
Anyway, the Great Zhou Dynasty issued a land grant order, and more than 90% of the people have land, and the food is sufficient and the food is self-sufficient. The food price is more expensive, which will only give farmers more benefits.
As for citizens, at most, just use the position to close, and in short, people will not starve to death.
Ye Hua returned to Beijing this time, and he went north again without even returning home.
He knew very well the power of economic warfare. No one was sure what it would turn into once it started, especially on the Khitan side, which had been established for decades. If there was really a genius and saw through his plans, it would be a big deal.
You must be careful. The more you win, the more you must be humble and cautious, and be careful... Ye Hua kept reminding himself along the way.
Wait until he returns to Cangzhou.
The first good news is that the Cangzhou city wall has been repaired, and the craftsmen are building the castle outside!
"Fast enough!" Ye Hua exclaimed: "It was almost a month ahead, right?"
"It's 37 days!" Zhao Kuangyin curled his lips and showed his aura.
The canal transportation has been cleared, and the Yongji Canal can pass through large ships.
Taking advantage of the rise of the spring flood river, Zhang Yongde used thirty large ships to carry cement to Cangzhou. In addition, the reconstruction project in Kaifeng was progressing rapidly, and Zhao Pu drew 500 skilled craftsmen to support the front line.
In this way, Cangzhou was the first to be built, and within one month, the Qianning Army's city was completed ahead of schedule.
After the two cities were repaired, the fleet could immediately transport 500,000 stones of military rations to the north to support the consumption of war.
There are also the Guanjunfang in the capital, the Dou family workshop, and Li Chongjin's workshop, all of which are working quickly, armor, swords, gunpowder, crossbows, and nothing is missing!
Another thing is that Guo Wei decided to release Li Guangrui!
That’s right, it’s the Young Master Dang Xiang.
Guo Wei was not on a whim, he also knew that Dangxiang people were capricious and could not believe it.
But everything is focused on the Northern Expedition!
As long as Dangxiang people can provide 30,000 cattle and horses, Li Guangrui can go home.
Don’t worry about what will happen to them in the future. Take Yan Yun back first!
Ye Hua told Zhao Kuangyin the news.
Zhao Dada was stunned, "Good, you're really trying hard!"
"Well, this time the court has bet on all the capital. If Yan Yun cannot be taken back, it will at least be seriously damaged!" Ye Hua sighed: "So we have a very heavy burden now. What is the situation when I went to Beijing?"
Although Zhao Kuangyin was responsible for supervising the construction of the city, he had many friends and was very smart.
Now there are 12,000 people running from Yingzhou and Mozhou. In addition, people from Youzhou and other places have returned one after another, with more than 20,000 people.
The Khitan's levies and taxes finally aroused civil unrest.
In less than a month, dozens of conflicts occurred, and many people died in the Khitan.
"Did they notice it?" Ye Hua was very worried, afraid that the Khitan would become alert.
Zhao laughed and said, "The Khitan talents are not that smart! They only said that the Han people were in chaos and plotted against each other, killed all the people who revolted, razed the village to the ground and turned it into a ranch."
Ye Hua thought for a while, "Since that's the case, let's tell the merchants to continue purchasing and purchase more! You must pay a deposit first so that the Khitan nobles can see real benefits and not worry about their lives!"
Zhao Kuangyin has learned the power of money. No matter how much you say or how many conspiracies you use, fools will not do the thing of digging their own graves. But if you spend money, people will see the benefits, and immediately countless people will become short-sighted blind men, running forward with their heads on their backs, and they can't stop them.
Witnessing all this, Zhao Da could only keep reminding himself that gentlemen should not be greedy, gentlemen should not be greedy!
Unless you can play with others like Ye Hua and applaud others, don’t fall into it. Otherwise, you won’t even know how to die!
Zhao Da even strengthened his thoughts. If he had money in his hands in the future, he would definitely not keep it and lose it completely! If he had no money, he would live his life honestly, which was the most reassuring. He didn't want to become a slave to money like a Khitan noble.
There are not many people as casual as Zhao Da, and most of them are willing to be controlled by money.
A tiger is one of them.
He received strict military training from the Cavalry Guards and was working hard to become a qualified soldier, but Chai Rong suddenly found him.
"I need you to return to your old career!"
A tiger was stupid. He really wanted to refresh himself. He had a rare honor on his chest. He strictly demanded that he be a man who stood up to the top. But in the end, it was still in vain. How dare the court use it with the descendants of Wei Boya Bing?
He lowered his head, very lonely and helpless. The old man said that the prodigal son turned around, but who would have the chance to turn around? A tiger gritted his teeth and tried hard not to collapse.
"The prince told me to do whatever he asked me to do, I have nothing to say!"
Chai Rong smiled, "I know that you are a good soldier who respects military orders. Go and take your people deep into the heart of the Khitan to help those people who fight against the Khitan. If you can fight, you can fight, but you can't fight. You must take them back to the Great Zhou! Remember, bring back 10,000 people, and I will ask you to be the Duyu Marquis and bring back 100,000 people. I will give you a military governor!"
A tiger was stupid, what does it mean?
Don’t you dislike yourself and let yourself be a bandit? Why are there any officials?
Seeing his stupid appearance, Chai Rong even doubted how this guy had fought with the Khitans for more than ten years.
"You haven't understood what I mean yet. You can't let the imperial guards go directly to the Khitan territory to make trouble! You have fought with the Khitan people for so long and have experience. Let you cause trouble for them. You understand!"
"I understand, I understand!"
A tiger then understood and immediately burst into laughter. He said that as a bandit, he is a veteran with long fingernails!
An excellent bandit must know himself and his enemy. It is not a skill to just fight, kill and kill. He is a native of Daming Mansion and has been dealing with the Khitan for many years. He is really smart and clear-headed.
Half a month later, a tiger found out that there was a powerful man named Yue Yuan in Yijin Pass. Because he could not bear the Khitan exploitation, he was preparing to take action.
Yue Yuan had hundreds of people under his command, all of whom were capable of fighting, and his power was not small. What they lacked was just weapons!
Chapter completed!