Chapter 372 The "Southeast King" appears

"The Hujie Army will arrive in three days, and in another thirty days, Xuanyi Army will arrive. Your mission is to eliminate the old and weak, leave the strong, and then change them in full!" Zhao Xing was drunk, but he clearly answered Shuai Fan's question.

Shuai Fan was shocked and sought confirmation: "What the lord is talking about is Hu Jie Army and Xuan Yi Army. How many people are they coming?"

The Hujie Army belongs to the Infantry Army of the Palace and is the largest army woven among the guards' personal army, with 56 commands and 28,000 soldiers. The Xuanyi Army is quite special. It is the only army stationed in various prefectures and counties among the imperial guards, and its organization is even larger, with a total of 174 commanders and a total of 87,000 soldiers.

According to the agreement between Zhao Xing and the young emperor, the 36th army in the capital gradually rotated to various prefectures and counties under Zhao Xing - this was also a unique military system in the Song Dynasty. The Central Army was rotated to various places every year. When they were stationed in the local area, the food and grass salaries were supplied by the local area, which was called "transferring Rong to get the grain". According to the agreement, Zhao Xing added an additional expense: changing the clothes of the migrant Rong's army and turning them into a firearm unit.

This kind of movement and dressing up is a means of control by the young emperor over Zhao Xing. As long as Zhao Xing does not want to rebel, he must accept this condition. However, the young emperor also gave Zhao Xing compensation and allowed him to deduct 10% of the fees from the detention group as the expenses for raising the army.

According to the order of the young emperor, the coastal cities should open the Maritime Warehouse Department if they have the conditions, and if they don’t create conditions, they should open the Maritime Warehouse Department even if they don’t have the conditions, so the 10% fee is not small. Zhao Xing predicted that he could deduct millions of chunks of income every year. In addition to the escort and armed smuggling and trafficking activities of the Shanghai Army, it is estimated that the annual income of the Nanyang Affairs Bureau will exceed 12 million chunks.

Such income is close to the annual fiscal and tax revenue of Xixia, which is equivalent to one-third of the Liao Kingdom's income. Both of them support more than 200,000 troops, so Zhao Xing intends to expand the army in other places to the upper limit of 100,000.

Hu Jie and Xuan Yi are not afraid of the number of troops. Zhao Xing gave Shuai Fan: "After the opening of the Nanyang Affairs Bureau (Southernia Government), I am going to set up four offshore fleets, plus three offshore fleets. Four offshore fleets are stationed in Xiuzhou, Hangzhou, Mingzhou, and Quanzhou, and three offshore fleets are stationed in Guangzhou and Guangxi.

The offshore fleet needs one hundred ships, of which Hangzhou is the headquarters, with the largest number of ships. I require 700 to 1,000 ships. After the Guangjie and Xuanyi armies arrive, you first pick out the useful ones, and then cut some of the strength to return them to the official family. The Guangjie army has 3,000 to 5,000 remaining, and the Xuanyi army has a maximum of 10,000 left, and when I come back, you need to form three offshore fleets to perfect..."

Zong Ze stood up, bowed his hand, and asked quietly: "Taiwei, what should I do?"

Zhao Xing pointed at Zong Ze quietly and replied: "So many maritime departments have been opened along the coast. It is enough to satisfy everyone's management of maritime trade. I implemented the tax order of officials and gentry in Guangzhou. This order has been approved by the emperor, and the new party thought that this reform can indeed increase the treasury income and promote fairness. After I left, the states implemented the tax order of officials and gentry as usual. Specifically, it means that officials and gentry are engaged in farming, so there is no need to pay taxes according to the laws of the court. If you want to do business, you will pay taxes together with the common people and you will not be liable."

Zhao Xing pretended to be drunk when he spoke, but Zong Ze's expression was very serious. He bowed his hand and replied briefly: "Abide by the order!"

Chao Buzhi and Qin Guan nodded one after another: "When we were in Guangzhou, we saw you implementing the tax order of officials and gentry, don't worry, we know how to implement it."

Zhao Xing shook his head, as if he wanted to shake the drunkenness out of his mind. At this moment, the servant informed: "Tong Dage, Cai Yuanchang and Cai Jing are visiting. Also here are Zhu Xie, the young man from the Zhu family."

The Zhu family is one of the four major merchants operating in Japan. In the time and space without Zhao Xing, the Zhu and Zhou families were the largest merchants operating in Japan. But with Zhao Xing, the situation was completely different. Zhao Xing started with the logistics route. He was a feudal lord in Japan and owned Nagato, the largest trading port in Japan. In the Song Dynasty, he even operated multiple logistics routes, which forced maritime merchants to rely on other logistics systems to quickly ship goods to all parts of the country. As a result, the original four major maritime merchants in Japan became minions born to him.

Zhao Xing did not know Zhu Xie, but Zhu Xie's father Zhu Chong had a relationship with him. While waved his hand and asked the servants to invite guests in, he muttered: "Finally... Cai Jing finally got Tong Guan, the "Southeast King" in history, the host of Huashigangdi, and Zhu Xie, one of the six thieves, should also appear."

Zhu Xie smiled charmingly, and when he came in, nodded and bowed to Zhao Xing. He had a dragon claw embroidered on his shoulder, which was very abrupt. Zhao Xing and Tong Guan and Cai Jing had greeted each other, and stared at the dragon claws on Zhu Xie's shoulder with good eyes and shook his head slightly.

According to the imperial system, the embroidery patterns of officials with several ranks of ranks are of grade. Officials with second or above can embroider dragons on their robes. Zhu Xie was a businessman, not even a tribute student, and dared to embroider dragons on their robes... Zhao Xing looked at the other party's neck and thought about where to cut the knife.

When Zhu Xie saw Zhao Xing paying attention to the dragon claws on his shoulders, he shrugged proudly and explained: "The Grand Marshal also fell in love with the dragon claws of Xiaguan. Haha, Xiaguan gave the official family a tribute to the strange stones and flowers. Mengguan family appointed the shoulders and stroked the shoulders with his hands. Look, this dragon claw is the part of the official family's hands in the past. How about it?"

Zhao Xing slapped the table and turned his back: "Your father has no knowledge, I will teach you a lesson for him - are you allowed to embroider dragons on the robe of the Song Dynasty? What are you? You dare to embroider dragons on the robe, betrayal, and kill the nine clans!"

With Zhao Xing's shouts, several Gurkha guards rushed into the hall, pressed Zhu Xie down, and Tong Guan sacrificed his life to stop him, shouting: "Taiwei, brother Li Ren, don't be reckless. Lord Zhu is currently being promoted by the Southeast Envoy Bureau. The fourth-rank official happened to be stationed in Hangzhou, so I came to visit him. Taiwei, don't panic, don't be anxious, and wait for me to explain."

Zhao Xing turned his back: "The ancestors' laws and regulations are not allowed to be beautiful officials! Who is Zhu Xie? He is not even a tribute scholar, how dare he be appointed as the fourth rank?!"

Tong Guan's face turned dark and he quickly explained: "Taiwei, he is a tribute scholar, indeed a tribute scholar, and he has an official position?"

"Oh?!" Zhao Xing supported himself and refuted with the intention of drinking: "Nonsense, I don't know much about this guy. How did he participate in the tribute ceremony? In which year he will pay tribute, I'll check it out."

Tong Guan stepped forward and whispered in Zhao Xing's ear: "My good brother, don't make things difficult for me. I will go back and explain it to you in detail..."

Cai Jing jumped out to smooth things out: "Li Ren, what poems have you written recently? As you have been in Guangnan for several years, you have been influenced by the great sages every day. You must have written a lot of good poems, take them out and take them out and take them out to see them."

Zhao Xing's eyes rolled, and he pointed his hand slightly at Cai Jing, and then asked Tong Guan whispered: "Have you sold your official position?"

Tong Guan nodded slightly awkwardly.

In the Song Dynasty, there was a custom of selling official positions. Merchants could get a small official such as Chengyilang, Chengxuanlang, Chengfenglang, etc., who could get them out of taxes, but they did not have a salary for the court. However, in the society with a strong business atmosphere in the Song Dynasty, merchants were the main force of tax payment landlords, and letting merchants become officials was a foolish act of fishing out of the waters, so the court had always been tightly controlled and had no special relationship. This behavior was not allowed.

This time, Tong Guan sold 300 officials, and the land sale was a quota for tribute scholars. He wholesales the title of 300 tribute scholars at one time - in this case, the former Hangzhou magistrate Lu Huiqing played a great role.

What did Zhao Xing say about this?

He is now on the edge of the abyss. He offended Tong Guan, a favorite minister, and Cai Jing, a treacherous minister, can he save his life?

Zhao Xing sighed and waved his hand powerlessly: "You are here just right. I will marry a concubine today. What gifts do you have?"

Tong Guan calmed down his expression and grinned and said, "What gift can I give me if I have such a wealth? Let's bring a mouth to eat the Taiwei and drink the Taiwei!"

Cai Jing smiled and bowed: "I have nothing to do, just singing the wind and playing with the moon. I happened to bring a few pairs of calligraphy and paintings, thinking it was a gift."

It was Zhu Xieqiang's turn to smile and said, "The business of my father is all due to the care of the Taiwei family. If there is any Taiwei in the Zhu family who is interested in it, just take it away."

Zhao Xing and Zhu Xie had a dispute. After the party ban, everyone present was unwilling to speak. Only Zong Ze still looked as if he couldn't stand it. He had a gloomy face. The timing was right: "Although Hangzhou is rich, he has come to Guangjie and Xuanyi, and the Taiwei will also open the Nanyang Affairs Bureau here. Our Hangzhou support Taiwei has no rush. The Southeast Envoy Bureau is similar to the Taiwei Yamen. It is not good to be located in Hangzhou. Please move."

Zhao Xing used his drunkenness to knock on the table. At this moment, he had a little impulse of Khrushchev, just wanted to take off his shoes and knock on the table to express his happiness. Zong Ze was so eye-catching that he was worthy of being Yue Feidi's teacher. He could see at a glance that Zhu Jie was full of bad water.

"That's right, the judge is right. I don't ask Boy Zhu to give me any gifts. Get out of Hangzhou and you will give me the biggest gift."

Cai Yuanchang coughed, and Zhao Xing suddenly bared his teeth at Cai Jing and smiled honestly. Cai Jing shivered and quickly swallowed the words of persuasion. Based on his experience of working with Zhao Xing, he knew that every time Zhao Xing smiled like this, his heart was already full of murderous intent.

Tong Guan smiled and persuaded: "Taiwei, keep some decent!"

Zhao Xing smiled silly and replied: "No need to discuss it!"

Zhu Jie's face changed a little, and his charming smile rose. He was about to say something. Cai Jing stretched out his foot and stepped on his toes. Zhu Jie woke up and replied readily: "As the command of the Grand Marshal!"

The wedding banquet had three flies, which made Zhao Xing lose the interest of pretending to be a ghost. Moreover, in terms of cunning, Cai Jing was not inferior to him. It was too tiring to pretend to be in front of Cai Jing. Zhao Xing simply had a gloomy face and maintained the complete wedding expressionlessly. Cai Jing noticed Zhao Xing's unhappiness, so he said goodbye first, and then made an appointment to visit him. He forced the other two to leave.

Looking at the backs of the three people, Zhao Xing shook his head and sighed: "Destruction, this is still destruction. The officialdom of the Song Dynasty originally had its own administrative system, and only by studying hard can he be a Jinshi. Now Tong Guan has broken all this. Even businessmen who cannot read big words can serve as fourth-rank officials. From now on, will the people still respect officials?"

Shuai Fan sighed softly and whispered in a low voice: "The building is about to collapse..."

After a moment of pause, Shuai Fan cheered up and replied: "This is all the disaster of Wang Anshi's land, which has led to officials being proud of not abiding by any rules and order... Sir, we are still optimistic about our own acre of three-point land, so how can we care about the others?"

Zhao Xing suddenly asked, "Yuan Yeping!"

Shuai Fan smiled and said, "That guy is drunk... sir, do you want to use the last resort?"

Yuan Yeping once suggested that Zhao Xing assassinate political enemies, and said that they, the Japanese warriors, came forward and kept the gods without knowing it. Zhao Xing said that it was the last resort. Shuai Fan mentioned the old words again at this moment. However, he had a serious expression on his face.

Zhao Xing shook his head: "The Zhao family is the world!"

Zhao Xing's words have two meanings. One meaning is that this country belongs to the Zhao family. He is willing to make trouble, and even Jiuniu can't help. What can others do if they are anxious?

Another meaning is that you cannot protect yourself at this moment. Now Zhao Xing has delicious food and drinks, so why bother to make yourself feel uncomfortable?

Shuai Fan sighed. A voice behind her said in a stern voice: "The world is going to be in chaos... But Hangzhou will not be in chaos. The officials promised that minor officials who worship local officials in the southeast should not step into Hangzhou."

It was Zong Ze who spoke, and Zhao Xing believed that he had the courage and courage to fulfill his promise.

But what did Zong Ze see through the essence of Zhu Xie?

Zhao Xing has the advantage of traveling through time. Knowing that Zhu Xie is full of disasters, how could Zong Ze be alert to this person when he first met?

Forget it. The demise of the country is not caused by one reason. It is irresponsible to blame a person for the demise. The demise of the country is a combination of benefits, and at least more than 200 reasons are required to work together to achieve the goal. Therefore, although Zhu Jie's appearance made Zhao Xing worry, after a while, he left this matter behind.

"Tomorrow morning, Shuaizhao will prepare a reorganization plan. After I review it, I will leave around noon tomorrow. I will leave the future to you. I will pay attention to the six coastal states for me and don't let anyone take advantage of it."

Shuai Fan reminded: "Cai Yuanchang has made an appointment to visit tomorrow. Is the Grand Marshal not waiting for him?"

In the officialdom, it was extremely rude to make an appointment to visit and the master went out early. Zhao Xing thought for a while and wrote a letter to Cai Jing, expressing his difficulties in his heart that he had to go south. He also talked about some ideas about Cai Jing's future official position, and left several recommendation letters, saying that if Cai Jing wants to enter the North Korea again, he can take these recommendation letters to the capital.

However, Zhao Xing also said that Cai Jing would not be able to recover smoothly without these recommendation letters... Zhao Xing stated in the letter that his current situation was being grilled on charcoal. For this reason, he had to seek great achievements in industry to block the world's long and easy mouth. The preparation for sending troops was already completed, and he could not delay, so he had to set off on schedule...

In fact, Zhao Xing's dispatch of troops was not so nervous. After leaving Hangzhou Port, he walked slowly and trained the team's cooperation level while walking. It was already a month later when he arrived in Guangzhou.

Finally, the opportunity for the Song Dynasty navy to go south was ushered in. The merchants in Guangzhou ran around and told each other that Zhao Xing added water to Guangzhou and replenished the troops. In just a few days, the merchants gathered together a larger fleet and decided to follow the Song Dynasty warships to go south. Among them were foreign merchants in Guangzhou, merchants from the Song Dynasty, and Arab merchants from Quanzhou.

When Zhao Xing arrived in Guangzhou, he had already brought Zhan Fan back from Bo Ni. In this way, Wan Qi Yong could get out. He took his subordinates to see Zhao Xing farewell. After Zhao Xing left, he would set off north and return to Hangzhou to form the Nanyang Affairs Bureau.

In the distance, Zhao Xingdi's fleet disappeared from the horizon, and a subordinate of Wanqi Yong muttered in a low voice: "This lord is really relieved. He slapped his butt and left without any assistance in the yamen."

The subordinates' words were actually flattering Wanqi Yong, highlighting that Wanqi Yong is deeply trusted by Zhao Xing, but Wanqi Yong was not grateful. He chased his beard under his jaw and squinted his eyes and refuted: "Don't talk nonsense. The lord has left, but his team is there. This team is established from Yangzhou - you know the things in Yangzhou. Adults will reward you for your merits, punish you for your faults, and do not blame your faults, and do not hide your merits. I asked you, this is called "institutionalization". We rely on institutionalized management. With that set of systems, whether you are here or not, what are the differences?"

Wanqiyong is talking about the incident when Zhao Xing wiped out the lake bandits in Yangzhou. The Yangzhou navy underestimated the enemy and made a rash progress, losing several ships. Then in order to make meritorious service, he rushed to death and made great contributions. However, there was no word "making meritorious service" in the dictionary of Zhao Xing. He rewarded the officer with courageous battles, and then attacked by underestimating the enemy and executed the officer when the enemy was missed.

Since then, Zhao Xing began to plan a complete set of rules and regulations to "quantitatively manage" his subordinates. Everyone's responsibilities and rights are stipulated very carefully. In this way, the entire team is like a big machine, and everyone is a component of this machine.

This mature technology of modern enterprise management was used in the Song Dynasty. Although it was difficult for the Song people to understand from the concept, the administrative system later played a very high efficiency in Huanqing and Guangzhou. Now the older generation of the team was transferred and left, and the new young people were all Zhao Xing's students. Wan Qiyong stopped the subordinates from talking nonsense because at this sensitive moment, he did not want to make a suspicion of being too successful and shocked the master.

At this time, on the sea, Chen Buqun reported to Zhao Xing with a large number of staff: "Taiwei, we currently have more than 300 warships, including 112 Class A gunboats and 60 Supply ships. The rest are some small firepower support ships, Class B ships, and Class C ships.

According to the adults' wishes, we do not prohibit merchant ships from following them in order to obtain supplies from merchant ships. Today, there are about 700 merchant ships following behind the fleet, and the supplies they carry are enough to fill one hundred warships.
Chapter completed!