Jurisdiction over a region includes the following four aspects: military, culture, economy, and finance.
Once these four points are thoroughly penetrated, that place will have no way to escape.
Two days after Anbahai's head was hung on the archway of Ambassador Street, the leaders of Longza and the various Tibetan tribes were escorted to the capital.
Today's Song Dynasty official gazette has the following headline on its front page: "All the Tibetan bandit chiefs have surrendered, and Longyou has ushered in a period of peace."
The Tokyo Express, however, was a bit more outspoken, stating directly: "The bandit chieftain of Longyou has surrendered, new business opportunities have arrived, and retaliation may be just around the corner."
All the newspapers were sold out today, and the children selling them were grinning from ear to ear.
Tokyo is like a hungry young man.
Countless people come here every day, looking for opportunities to make money.
In the Tokyo Gazette, a writer using the pen name Tang Zhe wrote: "This is the best of times, and the worst of times. Ordinary people can seize opportunities and become rich overnight, while the wealthy can lose everything due to one wrong step. But in any case, it is an era full of hope."
As the saying goes, countless people come here with hope.
They were eager to seize every opportunity.
Every new policy of the imperial court and every foreign war has given rise to countless business opportunities. If you seize them, wealth will pour in, and fame, fortune, beautiful women, and money will follow one after another.
For example, the official gazette of that day reported that the chieftain of the Tibetan rebels in Longyou had surrendered, and the court had successfully dealt with the rebellion in Longyou. It was expected that the court would soon take further measures to appease the rebels.
There has been no word from the government regarding specific policies yet, but many people are already speculating.
Some speculated that the imperial court would inevitably build highways, then dump the industries that Tibet had a strong demand for on a large scale, deepening Tibet's economic ties with the Song Dynasty, and thus promoting the use of paper money.
Some argue that there are too few scholars in Qingtang and Huangzhou. The "Economic Treatise" states that talent is the foundation of development. Qingtang and Huangzhou lack a strong foundation, and the imperial court will make great efforts to replenish it. If someone is willing to go to Qingtang and Huangzhou now, they will surely be able to find a good job.
The newly established "Great Song Economic Research Society" offered an even more incisive comment: Tea, food, music, polo, opera, and education are all short of people. Don't ask, just go there and you'll make a fortune. If you have the guts, you'll make a fortune.
A few days later, people began to depart from Tokyo and head to Longyou.
At this time, the barbarian tribes in Hexi were in complete disarray because they had lost their leader.
The cleanup work was nearing its end. Some of the tribal leaders who had come with Anbahai starved to death on the road, while others were killed by the Song army.
The prefectures of Xingqing, Liangzhou, Xuanhua, and Suzhou began to ease the scorched-earth policy, allowing people to leave the city and return to their hometowns.
This news immediately excited some people in Tokyo like they were on steroids.
Although the barbarians did not conquer the prefecture city, the damage they caused to Hexi was not to be underestimated.
The starving barbarians, like locusts, harvested and threshed the crops in the fields before they were ripe.
Because of the lack of agricultural technology from the Han people, many crops were wasted.
This resulted in a food vacuum in Hexi.
The urgent need for food is like the urgent need for water for many travelers in the desert who do not drink water.
Merchants had already anticipated this situation when the barbarians moved south.
Everyone is just waiting for the right moment. Once the barbarians are driven out, the grain merchants will begin their operation.
For example, Zhu Qing, a very wealthy and famous merchant in Tokyo, had long ago stockpiled a large amount of grain in Chang'an.
For example, Xue Donglai of Chang'an City had already begun hoarding.
Because they knew that the imperial court would definitely allocate funds for disaster relief and purchase food for the victims.
This proved to be true, and Tang Ke had to start buying grain in Chang'an and Tokyo at prices higher than the market price.
He also proposed to Yu Yunwen that the imperial court allocate strategic reserve grain, but Yu Yunwen and Zhang Xiaochun refused.
Strategic grain reserves are for use by the imperial court during special periods, such as large-scale wars or major natural disasters.
The damage inflicted by the barbarians on the Hexi Corridor was not yet sufficient to warrant the use of strategic grain reserves.
Over the years, Hetao Road has made a lot of money by selling resources. Moreover, as a strategic military location, many merchants from Chang'an and Tokyo want to do business here, and they pay a considerable amount of taxes to the local government of Hetao Road.
In addition, Hetao Road was the place in the Song Dynasty that raised the most horses, and the Privy Council purchased an astonishing number of warhorses from Hetao Road every year.
Although they were all government offices, their financial records were kept perfectly separate.
The government in Hetao Road is wealthy.
The Hetao Road and the Longyou Protectorate have been making headlines in the Song Dynasty recently.
One was the front line for attacking Gaochang, and the other was the front line for clearing the way for Tibet.
Whichever it is, once the war is over, it will inevitably bring huge business opportunities, just like the imperial court's expansion into Jiaozhou, the South China Sea, and Liaodong.
The next batch will inevitably create another group of wealthy people.
From Tanzhou, Jiangling, and Chengdu Prefecture to Chang'an and even Youzhou, people were closely watching.
This also reflects a phenomenon: the people's confidence in the imperial court is growing stronger.
As a result, banks in various regions are doing better and better, and more people are willing to store their gold in banks.
During this period, according to information collected from local governments, a batch of paper money was gradually distributed to the people in various places, and the reserves of gold and silver suddenly increased by hundreds of thousands of shi (a unit of dry measure).
Seeing that the war was going quite smoothly, Zhao Ding was finally able to fall asleep.
On this day, Shi Xun said to Zhao Huan: "Your Majesty, in the past five years, 50,000 university graduates have entered the Hetao region, 30,000 university graduates have entered Liaodong, and 5,000 university graduates have sailed to the South China Sea. Not long ago, Prime Minister Qin sent a memorial from the South China Sea, hoping that the court would extradite another 10,000 university graduates over there."
"Approved! Now you can handle it."
Zhao Huan was clearly very satisfied with Shi Xun's work.
Education is something that cannot be rushed. From the second year of the Jingkang era, when Zhao Huan raised his butcher's knife and went on a killing spree within the territory of the Song Dynasty, to the twelfth year of the Jingkang era, a full ten years passed.
The Song Dynasty's education reforms have been underway for a full ten years.
In the past decade, the traditional system was almost brutally torn down, and a new education system was forcibly implemented.
Shi Xun was Zhao Huan's vanguard. He hardly participated in the power struggles in the imperial court and focused on addressing school and education issues in various regions.
Now, the Song Dynasty can truly be considered to have a wealth of talented people.
Once the education system is established, the number of talented individuals will only increase.
Unlike the Tibetans, the Han Chinese have understood the benefits of reading since ancient times.
Many poor families are willing to bear the heavy burden of sending their children to school.
Therefore, the foundation left to Zhao Huan was very reliable.
"Shi Qing, your contributions are indispensable. I hereby bestow upon you the title of Duke Wen of Wei."
"Thank you, Your Majesty. It is my duty to share Your Majesty's burdens!"
"Shi Qing, make preparations. Both Longyou and Gaochang need talented people."
"Your subject understands!"
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