In the spring of the 15th year of Xuanhe, the soldiers of Dayue rushed across the Goddess Peak with an indomitable momentum and rushed into the Tubo royal city in one go.
The six small countries closer to Dayue, including Northern Mongolia, Western Regions and Dayuan, were shocked and set up an allied force at the border of Dayue to demonstrate.
The Northern Mongolian royal family sent three consecutive letters to the capital, causing considerable turmoil in the court.
By the time Xifan was conquered and the king of Xifan was escorted to the capital, it was already the spring of the 17th year of Xuanhe.
For two whole years, because of the support of the Qiao and Cheng families behind Miao Wan and Gu Shuyao, and Emperor Xuanhe's determination to end the war with war, there were not many casualties in this battle.
But the letter from Northern Mongolia still caused an uproar in the court.
The sage naturally knew that this was because the regent in the Zhennan Army was still unwilling to give up and intended to publicize him, Emperor Xuanhe, as an autocratic and ruthless emperor among the people.
This will give him a chance to purge the court. The saint sneered many times in his heart.
The Regent was forced to leave the capital, but the military power was still in his hands and his influence in the court had never dissipated.
Some imperial censors felt that the fighting should not continue, and their statement was very straightforward:
Dayue is a country of etiquette. Don't pursue a desperate enemy, nor bully others by taking advantage of your power.
The most important thing is that the court allocated a lot of military pay and supplies to the Gubei Army and the Zhennan Army, and the national treasury was really empty.
The Chancellor of the Secretariat even prostrated himself in the main hall and burst into tears, "Your Majesty! All the people of Dayue are your subjects. National economy and people's livelihoods require money. Now, even the best cook cannot cook without rice. Your Majesty must not make any more mistakes."
"So you think it was my fault to go to war with Xixia?" The sage did not argue with his ministers, but asked with interest while cracking melon seeds.
Prime Minister Yu was choked and turned a blind eye, not saying a word about whether it was right or wrong. He just cried that the treasury was out of rice and the people were going to have a hard time. Taxes might have to be increased, and the princes in various places would definitely not agree.
The sage asked with a smile, "Are you really out of money?"
Yu Xiangguo said firmly, "I really have no money!"
The sage asked again, "Is the baggage also gone?"
Prime Minister Yu paused, gritted his teeth and asked the people from the Ministry of Revenue to come out and cry together. No matter how they asked, there was nothing left, and the court ministers could hardly pay out their grain and grain.
The sage threw away the melon seed shells in his hand and nodded with a half-smile, "It seems that Prime Minister Yu is indeed loyal to the Regent. He emptied the national treasury for him."
Prime Minister Yu was suddenly startled, his heart sank, his face turned pale, and he hurriedly defended himself, "Your Majesty, I am innocent--" He couldn't finish his words.
Originally, the Saint was planning to deal with the Shangshu Ling promoted by the Regent, but Yu Wencheng had been holding on for the past two years and had not asked the Saint to use his private treasury, which made the Saint a little embarrassed.
Finally I've been waiting.
There was no need for the sage to continue speaking. The Prime Minister of Menxia Province, Yang Junhui, was holding the evidence, and the Dali Temple was bringing the witnesses to the Taiji Hall together.
As soon as Yu Wencheng turned around, he collapsed there.
Not only him, the Minister of Revenue, the Minister of Works and the Minister of War could not stand and knelt on the ground.
Oh, it’s not that they are timid and have poor ability to withstand pressure, but among the witnesses, there are also the ministers of these three ministries, so they have nothing to say at all.
This means that Wencheng and others were dragged away, and the quarrels in the court continued.
After all, the people have been dealt with, but the problem of the empty treasury has not been solved.
As a result, before Prime Minister Yang could speak, the sage smiled broadly and waved his hand, "Insufficient military pay and shortage of supplies are not a big deal. Some of the things in my private treasury have long been out of storage. It is a good opportunity for you, Yang Aiqing, to select some capable and virtuous people to come up and meet with Sun Cheng."
Everyone: "..." His Majesty's private treasury is so rich???
The sage glanced at the ministers below, who all had different expressions on their faces, and chuckled, "With the potatoes presented by the northwest, the people have long had enough food. As for the silver, most of it was presented by the clansmen from various fiefdoms, so you don't have to speculate.
If anyone dares to take advantage of my private treasury or the national treasury, I plan to hold an imperial examination next year, and I wouldn't mind leaving some official positions vacant for capable people."
The civil and military officials were so well-behaved by the sage that they quickly put away their little thoughts.
However, the coalition forces of six small countries including Northern Mongolia are also a considerable force, and the situation in southern Xinjiang is also uneasy. Some ministers are still worried that the Gubei Army and the Zhennan Army will suffer a defeat.
The sage smiled meaningfully. "My Great Yue is no longer the same as before. I believe Cheng Shao and Qiao Ruichen will not let me down. As for the Zhennan Army... if they knew what loyalty to the emperor and patriotism meant, they would not have lost the battle."
Emperor Xuanhe's words made the ministers who still had something to hide look at each other in bewilderment. They dared not say anything in the court, and only sent secret letters to southern Xinjiang after returning to their palaces.
As for the northwest, it was just as the saint had predicted. The Gubei Army was unstoppable and hung the heads of the Xifan royal family in front of the battle line, which had frightened the royal families of Northern Mongolia and other countries.
Their army is not small in number, but in terms of combat effectiveness, layout ingenuity, and even weapons and equipment, they are far inferior to the Gubei Army.
Even the most humble infantryman in the Gubei Army wore brand new, upright navy blue uniforms.
They wore short jackets with slanting pockets that covered their buttocks, lantern-shaped narrow-leg pants, neat military boots, and felt hats with butt curtains tied tightly to their chins. Each of them held a big knife with blood grooves on both sides.
All the teams stood straight, obeyed orders, and shouted slogans from time to time. The slogans were as powerful as a tsunami. Every time I think of it, it scares the enemy into being nervous, fearing that a fight would break out at any time.
Even Handuo of Northern Mongolia, who has always been famous for his ferocity and bravery like a prairie wolf, had no confidence in winning, otherwise Northern Mongolia would not have sent three letters.
The two sides had been in a standoff for more than half a month, and Cheng Shao was getting a little impatient.
"Damn it, this is so frustrating. When will this bickering over whether to attack the imperial court finally lead to a conclusion? If it were me, I'd just do it and be done with it. Then, can't we just say they attacked first?"
Qiao Ruichen is much calmer than him. The two of them work together, giving a feeling of a combination of civil and military skills, although both of them are very good in skills.
But Cheng Shao took a bold and aggressive approach, fighting like a tiger descending from the mountains.
Qiao Ruichen was like a fox waiting for an opportunity. Every time, he would first identify the easiest opening to break through, and then directly strike the enemy's weak spot, leaving them no chance to retreat or regret.
So while listening to Cheng Shao complaining, Qiao Ruichen just wrote seriously at the desk.
When he returned home a few days ago, his wife said that Taotao should start learning calligraphy and asked him to prepare some calligraphy copybooks suitable for girls for Taotao.
These days he has nothing to do, so he writes seriously every day, trying to pick short stories so that the impatient Taotao can sit still.
Originally, Qiao Shengwen could do this, as he is a grandfather who loves all three children very much.
But Miao Wan disagreed, and Qiao Ruichen felt relieved and knew why.
He has been away fighting most of the time in the past two years. Awan is afraid that the child will become estranged from him and forget who is his father. This is to give him a chance to interact with the child.
In this case, Qiao Ruichen must do these things even better.
He made wooden swords, wooden shields and wooden horses for Dongdong and Ningning without asking anyone else to do the work, but polished them bit by bit himself.
Seeing that he didn't even raise his head, Cheng Shao kicked him in anger, "Did you hear that? My wife is finally pregnant. If this continues, we won't know when the fight will end. I want to go back and be with her while she gives birth!"
Qiao Ruichen glanced at him calmly and said, "No one is stopping you from going back. Fighting directly is impossible. We have an alliance. Dayue can be tough, but he cannot be an unknown teacher."
Other countries are different from Xifan. There is a deep blood feud between Dayue and Xifan, so they can fight in any way they want.
But when Dayue was in decline, these small countries all had friendly alliances with Dayue. Even if they did not provide any help, they never caused any trouble for Dayue.
This allowed the late emperor to breathe a sigh of relief, and allowed Dayue to settle down, leading to the rudiments of the present peace and prosperity in the country. From a righteous perspective, this was a small favor.
Although the six-nation coalition forces are threatening now, the other side can also say that they are united because of fear to give themselves courage. No matter how much nonsense they say, they dare to talk nonsense.
As long as the other party does not take action, if Dayue takes action, he will not be able to get rid of the reputation of being ungrateful.
Whether a country can gain a foothold in the world depends first on its reputation. If its reputation is damaged, it may not be obvious at first, but it will always lay the hidden danger of national disaster.
Cheng Shao understood this, "Then we can put on their clothes and put on a play. There's no need to be so rigid in our actions."
He just wanted to finish the fight quickly and go home to his wife and children. He didn't believe that Qiao Ruichen didn't want to do that either.
Every part of Qiao Ruichen's body almost hurt from missing her, so every time he returned home, he would pour all his enthusiasm into his wife. Even so, it couldn't stop the longing in his heart.
But he still shook his head, "It's not as simple as you think. Even if they really sent someone to attack us, we can only kill them and destroy the bodies. You underestimate their shamelessness."
As long as it is the behavior of a minority, the other party can turn the tables and say that they sent people to pretend, bribed traitors, framed and slandered them. Anyway, the weak are right.
The greater the deterrence that Dayue brings to other countries now, the more reasonable those small countries will be when the time comes.
If you want to fight, there is only one condition - the other party sends troops.
Cheng Shao scratched his forehead irritably, a hint of sarcasm on his lips, "But isn't this what we're worried about? Look at the Qi Yan family's behavior. They haven't received a reply to their three letters, but they're still acting arrogantly. How could they really dare to attack us?"
Dayue is now taking a tough stance. If he really had courage, the two sides would have fought long ago.
Now, there is not even any friction, and the two sides are just staring at each other from a distance of fifty miles.
Thinking of this, Cheng Shao smacked his lips and said, "I'm a little regretful. We shouldn't have attacked the Fire Gun Camp, nor should we have hung the Xiban people's heads in front of the battle line. Are they scared out of their wits?"
Qiao Ruichen paused and sighed, "There's no point in regretting it. I've already used it back in Dayuan."
After Qiao Ruichen finished writing the calligraphy, the two looked at each other.
Cheng Shao was a little frustrated, "What should I do then?"
Qiao Ruichen pondered for a moment, then stood up and said, "I'm going home. I need to consult someone with talent about this matter."
Cheng Shao kicked him and glared at him, "Bah! Ask Uncle Qiao if I can go too. You were the one who went back last time, this time it's my turn!"
Qiao Ruichen dodged him calmly, imitating his wife's finger-counting and analyzing calmly, "First, I'm talking about my wife. I don't like it if you ask my wife for advice. I'm afraid you'll be pissed to death. I can't bear to waste my wife's saliva."
Cheng Shao: “…”
"Second, it was me last time, it's me this time, and who knows, it might be me next time. As long as there's a good reason, you'd better stay here."
Just when Cheng Shao couldn't help but want to kill his comrades, Qiao Ruichen glared at him and said, "Unless you don't want to stay with your wife when she is about to give birth."
Cheng Shao froze, his head drooping. He cursed softly, turned around and left, to avoid wanting to kill this thing that was about to go home to enjoy a family reunion.
Qiao Ruichen couldn't wait to pack up his calligraphy and asked someone to pack out all his finished works. Without wasting any time, he went to Xining Town.
His wife will definitely be happy when he comes home.
In fact, Miao Wan was wearing a Canaan wood Buddha necklace on her wrist at this moment, leaning on the couch and listening to Zhang Sanzhuang and Ruan Jialin report.
Her other hand rested on the coffee table, supporting her chin. She had a lazy and graceful posture, and even with her eyes closed, it did not affect her aura at all.
While Zhang Sanzhuang and Ruan Jialin were talking, they secretly glanced at each other. The aura of this little sister was becoming more and more powerful. They always felt that facing Miao Wan was like facing the Empress Dowager.
Both of them felt a little strange, and they didn't know when Miao Wan's personality changed.
She spoke more and more calmly, acted more and more slowly, and had a more aloof expression. Those who had been newly hired to do the job in the past two years couldn't help but tremble in their hearts every time they faced Miao Wan.
Now Miao Wan is no longer just the richest person in Northwest China.
Xining Town has the Jufu Inn, Xining Commercial Street and factories. The Ruan family also set up the Ruan Family Trading Company in Xining Town. Currently, Adun is in charge, and Ruan Qin and his son make the decisions.
The three northwestern counties are mainly occupied by the National Challenge, supplemented by the Jufu Supermarket, all of which are the business of the Qiao family, and the logistics center has become the port for cooperation between the three counties and the Qiao family.
This is not a big change. After all, this is the situation that Miao Wan has gradually accumulated since she came to the northwest and worked hard until now.
The biggest changes occurred in the interior of the country.
Excluding Dayue and the capital, there are eleven provinces in total. Miao Wan established eleven logistics centers, and the one in the capital is the Beijing office of the logistics center.
In these eleven regions, the national challenge was not profitable, so Miao Wan gave up and was only responsible for making plans, and all operational matters were handed over to the largest vassal kings in each region.
Miao Wan had never been bothered by this matter. Just like she would never allow anyone in the northwest to have more influence than the Qiao family, the vassal kings who occupied various regions would not allow anyone to have more influence than themselves.
However, since most of the decisions still came from Miao Wan, the princes turned a blind eye to the appearance of Jufu Supermarket and Ruan's Trading Company in various regions.
Miao Wan was very generous with the profits from these two places and always contributed 20% of them.
The most important thing, and the one that makes these royal relatives the most money, is of course the logistics center. After all, it can gather the best parts of all merchants and achieve economic regulation to a great extent.
With all eleven channels, business communication between different places will become more and more convenient.
The people of Dayue may not be aware that the premise of economic prosperity is circulation, but those involved are well aware that after the rise of the logistics center, everyone will soon make money.
Just as Miao Wanru had said to Qiao Ruichen at the beginning, she was willing to spend money and use the advanced plans in her mind to intertwine with the various fiefdoms layer by layer, so that they would no longer be able to do anything without the Qiao family.
So, when the time was right, she invested a large sum of money, and Gu Shuyao was responsible for technical support, building warships, constructing docks and coastal ports, and training seafarers...
Nowadays, sea transportation has become the most convenient means of distribution for various logistics centers, and it is also making a lot of money.
Although Miao Wan didn't make much money from the logistics center, Jufu Supermarket and Ruan's Trading Company made a lot of money.
In terms of foundation, the Qiao family may not be able to compare with some of the aristocratic families that have been passed down for thousands of years, but in terms of real money, Ruan Jialin, who has more dealings with the outside world, knows very well -
Now, in the entire Dayue, there is probably no one richer than Miao Wan.
Therefore, the fact that she has become such a powerful figure that makes people afraid to speak out is probably due to her wealth.
Zhang Sanzhuang and Ruan Jialin didn't think much about it. They were both very busy. After hurriedly reporting, they received a few words of advice and instructions from Miao Wan and left.
After the two of them left, Miao Wan sat up gently after a long time.
As soon as A Chun entered the room, he saw his master, who was becoming more and more imposing in front of outsiders, sticking out his butt and twisting his waist. After trying it and finding no problem, he happily got off the couch.
Ah Chun: “…”
Miao Wan was very relieved. Her husband had been gone for several days, and she finally felt a little better. She didn't have to stay here every day pretending to be a big shot. It was too stuffy.
She saw Ah Chun and was about to tell him to go out and have some fun when she heard Ah Chun say with a smile, "Master, good news, the master of the family is back!"
Miao Wan froze. Why the hell did he come back again?!
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