It was true that silver was the currency of the time, but silver itself had value.
It was different from paper money, which relied on reserves to have value. Otherwise, it was just waste paper that was hard to wipe one's ass with. Silver was different, it had the nature of reserves.
The people's trust in paper money had fallen to the bottom, and the policy of paper money could not be restarted in a short period of time. Xiao Ruxun also planned to take it slow. He would first standardize the trading methods throughout the country, control the circulation of silver, and control the price of goods and silver. Then, he would consider the problem of paper money.
Xiao Ruxun was also working on re-opening the sea route. From the time they came over to us, he wanted the merchant ships of Daqin to go around the world to do business, earn money, and send the goods out directly. There was no need to rely on others to buy them.
It was not like Daqin could not make ships.
Of course, it was understandable to occupy a few places along the way and build a few transit stations as Daqin's territory. After all, it was ownerless land, and it was mine if I occupied it.
Once this sea route was opened, the export-oriented economy would become active again, and it would directly boost the manufacturing productivity of Jiangnan. The people's wallets would gradually bulge, and the economy would return to normal. The Maritime Silk Road would truly be stabilized.
However, there were a lot of things to do at this time, and it was not simple. There were a lot of things waiting to be done here, but there were people making trouble over there. If the troublemakers were not solved, no matter how it developed, it would be in vain.
Xiao Ruxun was well aware of this point. That was why he would rather use the army now than wait for the infrastructure to be completed and the trade route to open up and the economy to rise before letting the local rebels destroy his painstaking efforts.
Now that it was a barren land, they could fight at will. Anyway, when the time came, they would have to repair it.
As for the army's desire to fight, Xiao Ruxun did not intend to suppress it for now.
After a few years, there would be a northern expedition to the grasslands to completely solve the worries of the Northern Barbarians. That would be a national war. Now, it was just training the army. He really did not care about some tribal chiefs in the southwest.
Once the central elites went to war, those tribal chiefs would know what was called the gap.
Xiao Ruxun summoned the Liaodong generals in the Palace of Heavenly Purity. He gave them a banquet, rewarded them, and listened to their reports.
"The Jiannu Tribe has been completely exterminated, and the threat no longer exists. We have suffered heavy losses of men and women, and the number of people that Chu Ying can gather now is less than 200,000. In order to prevent a surprise attack from the Haixi Tribe and the Donghai Tribe, I have left a group of people behind to help Chu Ying intimidate the Haixi Tribe and the Donghai Tribe.
Liao Zhong reported to Xiao Ruxun.
Xiao Ruxun nodded.
"Are Xie He's men in position?"
"It's in place. While we were fighting, Xie He had already brought people to Shenyang. They should be making arrangements for Jianzhou now. Chu Ying wants to make the old land of Jianzhou part of Daqin's territory and set up provinces and counties to govern. He is willing to let the people of Jianzhou guard the borders for Daqin forever."
"Guarding the borders for the Daqin?"
Xiao Ruxun said with a smile that was not a smile, "Good, this good son of mine is really good."
"Your Majesty, Chu Ying's wife died first, and then the rest of his family. His mood is very unstable."
Ma Chong said, "I think it's possible to give Chu Ying something to calm him down. Now the 200,000 people in Jianzhou are relying on Chu Ying to keep the peace. If Chu Ying can't settle down, I'm afraid it will be difficult to settle down in Jianzhou. After all, they are not people of Huaxia. "
Xiao Ruxun nodded.
"I have given Xie He full authority to handle this matter. After you go back, Liao Zhong, Ma Chong, you must completely listen to Xie He's arrangements. Don't have any objections, don't care about anything, and don't ask questions. You know what the army should do and what it shouldn't do. Do you understand?"
Xiao Ruxun looked at the generals. The generals looked at each other and hurriedly cupped their hands and said, "Yes, Your Majesty!"
"Good."
Xiao Ruxun asked again, "How is the situation in North Korea? I have already ordered people to send 100,000 taels of silver to the King of North Korea. It should be enough for him to use for a while, right? "
Liao Zhong cupped his hands again and said, "Your Majesty, the situation in North Korea is really bad. When Jiannu went south, he bluffed and used the power of the Japanese pirates to cause the collapse of the three provinces of North Korea. Pyongyang was burned to the ground, and hundreds of thousands of people lost their homes.
They suffered a major accident seven years ago. The land is small, and the people are poor. Now they have suffered such a loss. The situation that they have stabilized with great difficulty has become turbulent again. If it weren't for our army in North Korea to suppress them, I reckon that the King of North Korea would not be so stable. "
Xiao Ruxun nodded.
"I know what you said. That's why I sent 100,000 taels of silver. The army should not leave North Korea for the time being. They have to wait until North Korea is completely pacified before leaving. They can also help North Korea reorganize their army. The southwest is about to be used, and I need a stable North Korea and a stable Liaodong."
The eyes of the Liaodong generals lit up.
Ma Chong asked directly, "Your Majesty, the southwest is about to be used?"
"Yang Yinglong, the Chieftain of Bozhou, is rebellious. He has repeatedly resisted the imperial court's edict and even dared to mobilize troops to confront the imperial court. There are also rumors that the Yang family has screens carved with dragons and phoenixes in their inner residence and that they use eunuchs to serve them."
"Use eunuchs?"
The generals were shocked. This was not an ordinary rebellion. This was a rebellion against the Daqin!
Ma Chong immediately rebuked, "Treacherous traitors! How dare they use eunuchs! This is a rebellion! Your Majesty, I ask for 30,000 troops to help Your Majesty conquer Bozhou! "
The other generals also asked for permission to fight. You take 20,000 and I take 10,000, and you take 10,000 and I take 5,000.
"Enough!"
Xiao Ruxun shouted. He frowned and said, "This is the palace, the front of the imperial court, not a military camp. How can you make a racket here?"
The generals hurriedly knelt down to apologize.
"How can you fight because of your personal feelings when it comes to military affairs? Liu Guangyuan, if I really give you 5,000 troops, are you going to die or rush to reincarnate? 5,000 against 100,000. Even if you think you have a long life, I still feel sorry for my soldiers! "
Xiao Ruxun reprimanded Liu Guangyuan, who was the loudest earlier. This fellow actually said that he wanted to use 5,000 troops to conquer Bozhou and take down the dog head on Yang Yinglong's neck.
Liu Guangyuan hurriedly knelt down to apologize to the Emperor.
The Ming Army had used 200,000 troops to quell the rebellion in Bozhou. Bozhou's terrain was steep, easy to defend and difficult to attack. The Yang family's soldiers were farmers. They cultivated during the farming season and trained when they were free. The scale of their troops could reach 100,000. If they were to fully mobilize 150,000, it was not impossible.
Although they only occupied a prefecture, their income was six times that of the Ming princes. They also did not have much tax burden. Their income was extremely high and their reserves were extremely abundant.
During the reign of Chenghua, the Right Deputy Imperial Censor He Qiaoxin, in his' Reports on the Investigation of Bozhou ', listed the properties under the name of the twenty-fourth chieftain of Bozhou, Yang Hui. There were one hundred and forty-five farmsteads, twenty-six tea gardens, twenty-eight wax cliffs producing yellow pewter, eleven hunting grounds, and thirteen fishing ponds.
In addition, Yang Hui also set up a "Machinery Institute" in Bozhou to weave cloth and make brocade. There were Shanshan and Qishan that produced wood and lacquer. There was a horse management institute that raised horses. There were pig farms and goat farms that operated in animal husbandry. The Yang family's Shanshan produced more than 10,000 sets of flowered cedar boards every year. Half was given to officials and the other half was sold as far away as Suzhou and Hangzhou.
The Yang family's tea plantations produced tens of thousands of tons of tea leaves every year. The hunting grounds captured more than 10,000 wild boars, deer, deer, muntjac, and horse bears. In addition, the Yang family also excavated silver lead mines in the Bozhou area. Each year, they produced more than 10,000 taels of silver and 10,000 tons of black lead. They also set up 24 iron smelters to mine iron and smelt wrought iron.
They could form cavalry units and make iron weapons. They even had the ability to make simple firearms.
Whether it was technology, economy, or military strength, they had the ability to challenge the Ming government. Now, naturally, they also had the ability to challenge the Daqin. Although, the Daqin's military strength was not comparable to the Ming.
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