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Chapter 1436 The beacon fires again

Sun Chengzong was reviewing the military reform plan for the year. When he saw Qin Liangyu coming in, he put down his pen and said, "What happened?"

Obviously, Sun Chengzong had heard the movement outside before. Qin Liangyu did not talk nonsense and handed over a secret letter, saying: "There is another slaughter in Shaanxi, and it seems that it is not small."

Sun Chengzong took it, glanced at it, didn't care, paused for a while, and said, "A while ago, the Military Information Department reported that from Jiangnan, there were large-scale gatherings of money and grain to Shaanxi. It seemed reasonable, but it was strange. There were several sources that could not be found."

Qin Liangyu was stunned when he heard Sun Chengzong's words and said, "What does the marshal mean?"

Sun Chengzong put down the secret letter and said: "This matter was caused by the cabinet's 'new policy', and the headquarters should have the ability to deal with it."

The predecessor of the headquarters of the Ministry of War was the governor's office in various places under the Ministry of War. Sun Chuanting reorganized it and changed it to the headquarters of the cabinet, which was divided into four levels, headquarters and local levels, with at least 10,000 troops in each province.

The places in Shaanxi are quite special, and now they are still in the farm system, with slightly different preparations, but it is easy to deal with some bandits.

Qin Liangyu understood that Shaanxi immigrated the most, and the remaining population may be less than three million, with a large land and sparse population, and is concentrated again. If you want to make a big shot, there is no condition at all and it is not considered a civil rebellion. At most, some bandits and bandits can easily suppress the troops with the local Jing Preparatory Office.

Qin Liangyu pondered for a moment and said, "Do you want to forward this letter to the cabinet?"

Sun Chengzong said: "Let's turn it around, and tell Xiong Tingbi again and let him pay attention."

Xiong Tingbi replaced Qin Liangyu and became the governor of the Western War Zone.

Qin Liangyu said: "Okay, I'll go see the chief minister."

Sun Chengzong nodded slightly, patted his shoulder with some fatigue, looked outside, shook his head, and continued to look down.

Qin Liangyu walked around the cabinet. Sun Chuanting looked at the secret letter from Qin Liangyu, his face was as deep as water, and his eyes were filled with anger.

After Qin Liangyu left, he summoned everyone in the cabinet to come.

Fu Changzong, Zhou Yingqiu, Zhao Han and Shen Xun are all there, and their faces are as bad as ever.

Zhou Yingqiu sneered and said, "Some people are still unwilling to give up. It seems that the exile this time is not enough!"

Shen Xun hurriedly stopped him and said, "Jiangnan has already damaged his vitality this time. If you continue, it will be unfavorable for the country."

Jiangnan was cleansed one after another, especially this time, the large-scale exile was really hurt. If you continue, it will affect the foundation of the country.

Naturally, Sun Chuanting did not intend to kill Jiangnan in blood. The consequences were too serious, so he turned his eyes to Fu Changzong.

Fu Changzong looked cold and said, "Since Mr. Sun has turned around, it means that he has not reached the level of civil unrest and needs to suppress the army. He ordered the Shaanxi Preparatory Department to mobilize and eliminate the bandits."

Sun Chuanting also said that, nodding and said, "Just as Mr. Fu wants to do it. By the way, when do you think the farm system can be finished?"

The farm system was established by Li Banghua under the instruction of Zhu Xu. It is mainly to respond to disasters. The purpose of secretly is to prevent large-scale civil unrest. Now Shaanxi has a sparse population and the disaster situation is controllable. In theory, it is possible to divide the land and other work.

Zhou Yingqiu thought for a while and said, "This matter was done by Li Banghua. After the crown prince's enthronement ceremony, Li Banghua will be transferred back to Beijing and serve as the Minister of Revenue. At that time, he will have to finish it."

Zhao Han paused and said, "Is it a bit too early to let go now? The 'New Policy' has led to civil unrest today. If it is relaxed, it will be even bigger."

Sun Chuanting had a expressionless face and said for a moment: "Well, let this be put in advance. I will talk to him again when Li Banghua enters Beijing."

Everyone had no objection, and the matter in Shaanxi was handled. Fu Changzong said: "The Royal Trading Group is moving very quickly. It has bought more than 20 million mu of land all over the country. It has reported to the Ministry of Revenue and requested funds, but they cannot continue to advance funds."

Sun Chuanting frowned when he heard the money. The Ministry of Works allocated nearly 10 million in advance to continue the project that the Ministry of Works had been stagnant for several years, and also planned several major projects.

Others are even more costly, and the treasury can be done in the blink of an eye.

However, the Royal Trading Group made advances out of trust in the cabinet, and it was more afraid of the face of the Qing Palace. Not to mention whether the Royal Trading Group really had no money, Sun Chuanting could not continue to ask for advances in consideration of Zhu Xu behind it.

Sun Chuanting looked up at Fu Changzong and said, "How much money does the Ministry of Revenue have?"

Fu Changzong said: "The deficit is 8 million, which is the result of reducing the budgets of various departments and localities. The salaries of officials in the second half of the year have not yet been settled."

Sun Chuanting looked unmoved, and he felt a little impatient.

Without any necessity, he did not want to get money from Royal Bank because it was a "borrowing" and there was interest and he had to pay it back.

For Sun Chuanting, who wanted to break a penny apart in half, the interest rate was a big digit.

"I'll find a way to prevent Royal Trading Group from stopping and making plans, and the money will be in place soon." Sun Chuanting said.

Fu Changzong speculated that Sun Chuanting might have to borrow money from Royal Bank, but he didn't say much.

Chen Xun said: "The "Jingzheng Reform Outline", "Confucian Words and the Zhengyi Notes" compiled by the Ministry of Rites, and "Twenty-Eight Notes on Jingzheng Reform" have been written. I plan to publicly publish it after the crown prince's enthronement ceremony."

Sun Chuanting showed his appearance this time and said, "Well, take the herbs first, let's take a look first, and then the parliament will review it to ensure there are no missing pieces."

"Okay." Chen Xun said.

Before they could speak, Sun Chuanting said decisively: "There is still time left before the middle of the year. Please find some time to go to the place to walk, stare at them, and urge the progress. The pressure cannot be all in the cabinet."

Everyone nodded one after another. This year, the cabinet promoted the "new policy" unprecedentedly, and local governments finally stopped being turtles. Naturally, the people were in a state of reversal. Almost all the people opposed it, and the pressure was not a little bit.

But the matter in Shaanxi was far from as simple as they expected. Within two days, the emergency carrier pigeon from Shaanxi flew into the coach's mansion again.

It shocked Sun Chengzong, Qin Liangyu and others and had to leave the Grand Marshal's Mansion and come to the cabinet.

Sun Chuanting stared at the secret report with a sharp look and said coldly, "In other words, the Shaanxi Jing Preparation Department dispatched 200 people not only did not wipe out the bandits, but also wiped out the entire army?"

Qin Liangyu looked solemn and said, "From this letter, these bandits did not attack prefectures and counties like before, but instead moved in remote villages, attacked farms, and then gathered more people. Jing Preparation Hall was not familiar with the rural terrain, and was ambushed and wiped out all the troops..."

Sun Chuanting looked at the letter with eight words: "Dividing land and not being an official slave" and looked cold.

These eight words are specifically targeted at farms. For these people who have lost their land and survived on the manor, it is extremely tempting. Coupled with dissatisfaction with the distribution of physical objects, clothes, etc., and restrictions on entry and exit movements, these people are likely to be voluntarily moved, become citizens, become sparks in Shaanxi, and set off a prairie fire again.

Sun Chuanting stared at him for a while, looked up at Sun Chengzong, and Qin Liangyu said, "Have you been carrying thousands of people?"
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