Chapter 1013: Before the troops move, the food and fodder must go first
For some time after the court meeting ended, all work in the Central Plains progressed in an orderly manner. After all, the tone had been set, and the rest were just details.
There are indeed some unexpected things, but overall the situation is stable with some progress.
The troubled Yuan Shu was also troubled by a group of aristocratic families.
After all, Yuan Shu really angered the public this time, and the entire Yuan family was affected.
However, after Yuan Shu resisted a wave of sanctions, he said stubbornly that it was nothing like that and that their Yuan family was awesome and could withstand the suppression of all the aristocratic families.
The other noble families were furious, but they had no way to really get rid of Yuan Shu.
Who made the Yuan family so strong? Not to mention the four pillars of Hebei, each of them is the backbone of the family. Even the sons of Yan Liang and Wen Chou are very strong. They can both exert their internal energy at a young age.
If it weren't for the influence of Yuan Shao, and his determination to stick with Yuan Tan, he might have already led an army to the battlefield.
Coupled with the intermittent care of Shen Pei and others, and the support of Yuan family's own students and former officials, the Yuan family was able to withstand the first wave of attacks from the aristocratic families.
As for the follow-up, each family was busy preparing things for going abroad and had no time to continue to entangle with the Yuan family.
The Yuan family also understood that they could not continue to commit suicide at this juncture, so they sent Yuan Shu to the coastal areas to build roads, and temporarily turned a blind eye to the other families.
Chen Xi also breathed a sigh of relief. He had originally wanted to step in to mediate. After all, if the fight got really intense, it could easily turn into a factional dispute, and that would not be something that could be settled by just one or two families.
The aristocratic family cannot fall down at this stage, and they are still counting on them to make a name for themselves outside in the future.
Fortunately, no family was willing to die with this madman Yuan Shu, so everyone tacitly exiled Yuan Shu, preventing him from appearing in Luoyang to cause trouble for the time being.
This was also a helpless compromise made by the Yuan family, but compromise aside, they were actually very satisfied with Yuan Shu's behavior.
The Yuan family wants to be the father of all the aristocratic families and ride on their heads. If you have the guts, come and beat me.
But after the noise died down, what remained was stability.
But everyone knew that this was just the calm before the storm, and the war between Rome and Parthia was about to officially begin.
The strength of the Church Crusaders was good, but it was just a dream to want to crush Parthia. When the Church encountered a tough obstacle and was beaten back.
It was time for the Han Dynasty to enter the scene. After the Han Dynasty entered the scene, if Rome had any strategic vision, it would definitely send troops, and would send troops without reservation on the premise of holding Great Britain hostage.
If Rome does not send troops, it means that Rome is just so-so and the Han Dynasty does not need to take it seriously at all. A country that even its old enemy is unwilling to destroy is just so-so.
At most, it would just make the Han Dynasty bleed a little, but the Parthian Han Dynasty was doomed to be destroyed anyway.
If Rome sends troops, it will divide Parthia into two.
If Rome did not send troops, it would swallow up the entire Parthia, and then harass Rome on behalf of Parthia and provide assistance to Great Britain.
Making friends with distant people and attacking nearby ones is nothing more than this.
However, from Chen Xi's point of view, he still hopes that Rome will send troops. The less pressure on the country, the better. If some bleeding really happens, development will stagnate or even regress.
Now is the golden period of the development of the Han Dynasty. If it falls into stagnation and regression, it will be very damaging to its overall layout.
However, these are things that must be experienced, so Chen Xi didn't say much.
We just made corresponding adjustments in accordance with the two sets of plans, striving to make economic development more stable during the war.
"So, what is going on?" Chen Xi was a little crazy. The plan he had arranged had flaws right at the beginning.
Officials promoted from the grassroots are too easily influenced by corruption. Even someone dared to touch the strategic reserve granary that he had repeatedly ordered.
Although the report said that the Fire Dragon lost its warehouse, isn't this treating him as a fool?
"Who doesn't have anything to do right now?" Chen Xi asked with an extremely grim expression.
"Man Boying and Liu Ziyang should go to check some things. There should be nothing to worry about recently!" Jia Xu said after thinking for a while.
In fact, there are many people who are fine, but looking at Chen Xi's expression, he thinks he is a cruel official.
"Very good, then let's issue an official document now to transfer all strategic granaries from various places to the Western Regions." Chen Xi gave the order straightforwardly.
"Draw all of them?" Jia Xu frowned.
"That's right. All of them will be mobilized. Our country has had good weather and good harvests in the past few years, and the good quality seeds have basically been replaced. The treasuries in various places should have stored enough grain for a year." Chen Xi said coldly.
"If this target is not met, unless there are special circumstances, the strategic reserve grain will definitely be stored for about half a year according to the local population!"
This is a system established by Chen Xi based on his hamster nature, in order to prevent natural disasters and man-made disasters.
"Wait for Man Boning to come back and inform him that when grain and grass are withdrawn this time, if there is a fire in the treasury at any level, all officials at that level will be arrested." Chen Xi knocked on the table twice and gave the order coldly.
"Isn't that a bit too much? After all, if a county-level treasury catches fire, it won't be easy to fill the gap if all the county officials are arrested." Jia Xu frowned and said, "Just arrest the relevant personnel."
Even in his opinion, Chen Xi's punishment was a bit too heavy. There were so many officials involved, it could easily cause the local political and economic collapse.
"This thing is different from others. You dare to touch the strategic reserve grain. Other things may not necessarily cost lives, but if something really happens to this thing, it will be fatal. If it is touched, just do it. Find out if there is a real fire, arrest the people in that department, and if they are corrupt, arrest them all."
Chen Xi is decisive and resolute. If you are greedy for some things, Chen Xi doesn't bother to care. If you dare to touch the strategic reserves, I will kill you directly.
Even if the fire was not caused by greed, it is definitely a matter of dereliction of duty.
Of course, if it really is a meteorite falling from the sky or something, then Chen Xi thinks he can make his own judgment on this. Other than that, anything with a problem should be captured.
"That's no problem, but after we take it down, the local administration..." Before Jia Xu could finish his words, he was interrupted by Chen Xi.
“Directly transfer all the local factory leadership teams horizontally, and then promote members from the factories to take up management positions.”
"Also, we have transferred students from the academy to take up the post. Although their abilities are not outstanding, as long as the team is sound, there will be no problem in maintaining stability."
Chen Xi had been prepared for this kind of thing. After all, governing a place basically requires diligence and conscientiousness.
He also didn't want to ask these people to make any decent political achievements. Maintaining stability was enough. After the court had dealt with the troubles, it would simply transfer the retired veterans to these places to serve as basic officials.
Although there will definitely be some problems, as a temporary measure, we have to act so vigorously.
Compared with capable parasites, mediocre officials who perform their duties conscientiously may not be able to achieve such outstanding political achievements, but for the country, these mediocre officials are the real cornerstone.
If it really doesn't work, just send a few officials from Luoyang.
The Han Dynasty may not have many capable ministers to govern the country, but there should not be too many wise men to govern a county or a state. Although some of them may be wasted their talents, it is much better than being useless.
"Order the Ministry of Justice to prepare several investigation teams to visit various counties in disguise to find out the local conditions and prevent the breeding of corruption." Chen Xi said to the clerk in charge of record keeping.
He was really blinded by the prosperity and almost ignored the greed of human nature. Morality as a criterion is too easy to be broken, and effective and powerful legal provisions are needed to better restrain power.
However, when this was mentioned, Chen Xi was silent for a while and decided to raise the salaries of all officials.
After all, the economy has developed rapidly in recent years, and if the salaries of officials at all levels are not enough to cover their expenses, it is indeed more likely to breed corruption.
These are all factors that need to be considered, but a mistake is a mistake and must be punished.
"Is it necessary to mobilize so much food and fodder?" Jia Xu calculated the output of reserve grain in various places and took a breath.
To be honest, he was a worldly-wise man, but this output still shocked him.
Without considering the age of the food and leaving aside the loss during transportation, the food transported to the Pamirs would probably be enough to feed the troops stationed in the Pamirs for twenty years. This amount is really too exaggerated.
"Not only the war preparedness food, but also the subsequent relocation, appeasing the people, and recruiting refugees . These will all be used, and may not even be enough!" Chen Xi said lightly, which made Jia Xu terrified.
To be honest, Jia Xu himself also understood economics, but he was very clear about the gap between himself and Chen Xi.
Although he was a little confused, it didn't stop him from considering it from other angles.
For example, grain to support Cao Mengde, or grain to trade with Parthia, these are all good ways to deal with this batch of grain.
"Prepare for a rainy day, it's true that you should plan ten steps ahead!" Jia Xu sighed and decided not to continue arguing with Chen Xi about this. The gap between the two was obvious.
"Let's not talk about this anymore. I have already done all the research on the aristocratic families. I think some of the things are very valuable. You can take a look!" Jia Xu said as he took out a stack of research reports.
He was not idle. Since each family in Shanglinyuan showed their talents, he visited them one by one and checked out their research direction and progress.
It was difficult for these noble families to hide anything from him, and after such an investigation, he did find a lot of good things.
According to his speculation, these good projects have great potential, and many of them can be put into production immediately.
So he brought them to Chen Xi, believing that these things would definitely work most effectively in Chen Xi's hands.
"Thunder-inducing platform? Well, this is indeed a good thing. It has high value for agricultural production!" Chen Xi was a little surprised when he just saw the first one.
Jia Xu showed a puzzled expression. If he remembered correctly, this lightning platform should be marked with content related to strategic secrets. How come it fell into Chen Xi's hands and seemed to be related to agricultural development at first glance?
"Let me see, Wang family, right? I've approved this project. I'll give them 100 million yuan first. They can directly conduct joint development with farmers in the test fields near Luoyang. If the follow-up progress is good, let them promote this throughout the country!"
Chen Xi was greatly impressed, then he wrote a check and attached it to it, and asked the staff nearby to go to the Wang family to hand it over.
"Wenhe, you have a unique vision, but are there some problems with the markings above? How does the Lightning Attracting Platform work in strategic secrets?" Chen Xi looked at the markings with some confusion.
"Use heavenly thunder to defeat the army? This idea is not impossible, but it does not seem very realistic..." Chen Xi pondered. If this thing could be made into a drop-type device, wouldn't it become a lightning storm? It does seem to have great prospects.
"Add another 100 million to let them continue their research!" Although it seemed a bit unrealistic, Chen Xi directly added another 100 million yuan. After all, he was rich and powerful, so he invested in such a promising project.
"Do you think this thing has a future?"
Jia Xu raised his eyebrows. It seemed that it was not his judgment that was problematic, but that this lightning-inducing platform contained some knowledge that he did not know. It could actually be used for both military and civilian purposes. The Wang family was really powerful.
"It's hard to say. Let's just throw out a hundred million and see what happens!" Chen Xi said nonchalantly.
"It's two hundred million!" Jia Xu corrected.
"No, it's one hundred million. The other one hundred million will definitely be successful. You will witness with your own eyes the extent to which lightning can revitalize agriculture!" Chen Xi said with a smile.
Jia Xu frowned and didn't say much. He never spoke too much on areas he didn't understand.
However, the conversation with Chen Xi also gave him other ideas. He planned to form a team of experts to evaluate the research directions of these families from multiple aspects.
It's like the lightning-inducing platform, in addition to military use, can also be developed into agricultural uses in Chen Xi's hands.
Many research results and directions may require this broad perspective to correct their direction.
In the past, it would be hard to find such people, but it is different now. All the philosophers are in Luoyang. We can just call them over, form a team and start research.
The judges at that time will definitely be the best in the field, and they will definitely not slack off even for the sake of face.
"I always feel like you are thinking about something sinister!" Chen Xi looked at Jia Xu with a strange expression.
"It's just a little insight!" Jia Xu shared his discovery.
Chen Xi nodded repeatedly. Isn't this a cross-border expert symposium? Although it is a bit abstract, this collision of inspiration is the essence of the contention of a hundred schools of thought.
Everyone uses different schools and different directions to collide with inspiration on a specific thing, and what comes out of the final brainstorming must be much better than what a company produces behind closed doors.
"By the way, when the time comes, you can invite Wen Hou as well. As a top figure in martial arts, he may have different opinions... Why don't you just let the princess handle this matter. She is just the right person in terms of identity and status!" Chen Xi thought about it and gave a suggestion.
Jia Xu was stunned for a moment , then he agreed deeply and almost got himself into trouble. The eldest princess was so free, she should indeed take on this task.
