Chapter 330 There is something wrong with my brain
Ma Linger said enviously that of course, once it was seized, it would be like finding a nest of hidden gold, which of course was not comparable to collecting every penny from the account book.
Yangjin said that Ma Ling didn't understand. The tax officer collected taxes according to the law, while the corrupt officials used knives to scrape them off. The concepts are different, and the effects are certainly different.
Zhao Yulin asked him to get back to business, but he strayed off topic again.
He asked about this year's taxes, and whether such a large amount of money could be spent to keep the door closed at the end of the year.
Ma Linger said that this year is a bit tense, but the door can still be closed.
She unified the business of the Shenwei Army in various places, assigned the commercial shops to the cooperative, and handed over the land and real estate to the local government. After doing things according to the law, the local officials were happy. According to the current taxes collected, it is expected that 100 million strings of silver will be collected this year.
One hundred million is one hundred million, which is not bad.
However, the military expenditure of the Shenwei Army has skyrocketed, and she is worried that the financial income and expenditure cannot be balanced. She has already discussed with Shen Baiyi and others. If she is really in trouble, she will ask their Chamber of Commerce to borrow some money to make ends meet.
Seeing that Ma Ling had thought it through and had a response, Zhao Yulin said no more.
He mentioned that Zhao Yan had argued with him in the past, but today he made a complete turn and supported him. He spoke like a completely different person and asked the girls to help him think about the reason.
Yangjin said with a smile that this was easy. Lord Zhao had a request for my brother. His eldest son used to be an official in Kuizhou Road and wanted to be transferred back to the Ministry of Works to work. He had informed me.
Zhao Yulin said “Oh”, so that’s it.
He said that Zhao Yan had a problem with his brain and was still thinking about the old things and people from the previous dynasty, so don't pay too much attention to him.
Yangjin thought that this matter was not a big deal, and that the other party must have discussed it with Mr. Fan. She would do something that did not require the consultation of all officials, and it would be easier for everyone to get things done if they were in harmony.
Zhao Yulin said that was natural, he was just reminding them that this man had a problem with his brain and might go astray if not handled properly.
The next day, someone from Lao Cao came to invite him to his house for tea.
Zhao Yulin accepted the invitation and felt that Cao Youwen had aged a lot after seeing him. He saw the worried look in Mrs. Cao's eyes and suspected that something was wrong with Cao's health.
Lao Cao, however, smiled and invited him to taste the new tea from Emei, Bamboo Leaf Green.
After the tea was made, the headmistress sent him a big bag of it, which he had already finished.
Zhao Yulin picked up the tea bowl and pretended to taste it freshly. After tasting it, he kept saying "good tea, good tea" and asked Cao Youwen how he was doing. The day before yesterday, he arranged for the imperial physician to come to the mansion to check the general's pulse.
Lao Cao said it was nothing, just a cold.
Mrs. Cao complained that Lao Cao did not tell the truth. He vomited two streams of blood, and the imperial physician asked him to have a good rest.
Zhao Yulin was stunned.
He saw Cao Youwen coughing secretly these days, and he guessed that Cao Youwen's old injury had relapsed due to overwork. Since no one else said anything, he didn't ask any more questions. He said that the winter in Chengdu was too cold, which was not conducive to recuperation. There were hot springs on Zhenwu Mountain in Xinshi, and he had recuperated in the hot spring pool when he was seriously ill. Let's go to Xinshi to stay for a while, and we can go together.
Zhao Yulin began to persuade Lao Cao to take a rest.
Mrs. Cao was delighted and also tried to persuade Lao Cao to go. Cao You was delighted and said that there were so many things to do at the end of the year, how could both of them go?
It’s better for him to go first, and his brother can go after he finishes his work.
Lao Cao told him with some regret: In order to recapture Luoyang, the Second and Third Column suffered heavy losses in attacking the city. After entering the city, there was fierce street fighting, which killed many good men.
It was his carelessness that caused him to fail in commanding the battle.
Zhao Yulin gestured to Lao Cao to have some tea and told him not to worry about it. War is always unpredictable and how could there not be casualties when two sides fight?
He said that since we met in Hanzhong, we have experienced countless battles, big and small. Which one is exactly the same as the preset one?
He felt that after so many years, the Shenwei Army's combat concepts and combat situations had undergone tremendous changes, from the cold weapon combat led by the main general with swords and spears to the current hot weapon combat with the addition of thunder bombs, mortars, and thunder bombs.
Both soldiers and generals are using a combination of weapons and wisdom to practice new tactics to win by intelligence, rather than relying solely on brute force.
Lao Cao nodded and said that he was old and no longer adapted to today's wars.
Zhao Yulin smiled and said that it was not that the general was old, but that the young men had grown up, and it was time for them to plan and fight at the front.
Only then did he realize that Lao Cao was worried.
Lao Cao told him: Miao Gui and his men have already learned the essence of my brother, and they are better than me in planning. These young generals never care about the gains and losses of a city or a place, but aim to annihilate the enemy's main force and eliminate its living forces, and they fight very flexibly.
He said: The capture of Nanyang was Miao Gui's work. When he arrived, the team was already ready and they would attack Nanyang City directly.
It was Lai Chuanfang's own idea to attack Shanzhou, and Chuanfang was very good at identifying and employing people. He knew that Li Dagui was bold and careful, so he let him lead the troops to attack Shanzhou.
Da Kui really led 800 warriors to Shanzhou City alone. After the victory, he did not take credit for it, saying that he learned it from his brother and captured Xiangyang City by strategy.
Zhao Yulin smiled and said: He learned it from the general and went alone to Tianshui City.
Cao was very happy and asked him how he knew that igniting 10,000 kilograms of gunpowder could blow up Luoyang City?
Because, at that time, the military generals were still in the era of swords and axes, and they had no idea that concentrating a large amount of gunpowder could blow up such a wide city wall, and they could not accurately calculate how much gunpowder was needed to blow up Luoyang City.
Zhao Yulin couldn't tell him that he knew the secret of using thousands of kilograms of explosives to blow up the city wall during the third attack on Yuncheng. He smiled and said that he got the inspiration from the explosion of Lizhi Qingshao Distillery that year, thinking that if there was enough gunpowder, the city wall would be blown up.
Lao Cao shook his head without comment. The scene of the Luoyang city wall being blown up and dancing was still in his mind. It was too shocking and terrifying.
At this time, Cao Youwen's youngest daughter Cao E came in. The girl sat down next to Zhao Yulin and told him happily: Sister Ma Ling wants her to be the deputy envoy of the Audit Department.
Mrs. Cao was delighted to hear this.
Old Cao said seriously: How old are you to be a deputy envoy? He wanted Zhao Yulin to go back and talk to Ma Ling to replace Cao E.
This made the family stop talking, the room was quiet and the atmosphere became awkward.
Zhao Yulin immediately smiled and said that he dared not interfere with the work of the departments below. Everyone praised Sister Cao'e for her courage to speak and act, and her integrity. The Audit Department was in need of such a heroine.
Cao'e was delighted to hear this, and went up to rub her father's shoulders and neck, saying happily that Yulin had no objection, but only her father was worried. She did things completely in accordance with the law, without violating any rules.
Old Cao said with a smile that Yulin was a funny boy, and he asked Madam Cao and Cao E to get busy, as he had military affairs to discuss with Yulin.
Cao E stuck out her tongue, made a face, and followed her mother out.
Zhao Yulin said he had something to discuss with the general. He asked Zhou Ping of the navy to go to Leizhou to gather the surrendered ships and establish the first , which was called the South China Sea Fleet.
Lao Cao said okay, he could do whatever he wanted with the Shenwei Army.
Lao Cao feels that the problems on land have not been solved yet, and starting to develop the navy at sea, isn't it too fast?
Zhao Yulin said that it would take a long time for the navy to be established, but it would not be done overnight. The previous dynasty's ocean navy had accumulated rich experience, and it must not be abandoned in Zhao Bing's hands.
Those warships cruising on the sea are like drifting duckweed. Seeing the small court on the verge of collapse, it is inevitable that they will be indecisive. If we don't provide them with a warm home, they might run to the north and become part of the Mongolian navy fleet.
Lao Cao was silent for a long time before he said that all those who came to him would be accepted.
Zhao Yulin nodded and said with certainty that he would build a huge fleet in the future, which would become the invincible fleet with the longest range and the strongest execution ability in the world.
Seeing that he was full of heroic spirit, Lao Cao said that Luoyang was still worried about the epidemic.
After occupying Luoyang, Miao Gui discovered that the plague had a tendency to spread and expand, and immediately urged Lao Cao to leave.
At this time, they are carefully fighting the plague of malaria.
The Mongolian army dug up years of rotten corpses and revived the plague of that year in an attempt to stop the Shenwei Army from attacking Luoyang, but they were still defeated by the Shenwei Army who blew open the city gates and attacked.
Now not only did the Shi Shenwei Army have to endure the diseases brought by the plague, but tens of thousands of captured Mongolian soldiers also failed to escape.
However, the Shenwei Army has experience in successfully resisting plagues.
That is what Zhao Yulin instructed: wash hands frequently, wear masks, use gloves, and isolate patients when they are found. With the two magic weapons of quicklime disinfection and homemade alcohol disinfection, the patients were quickly isolated and fumigated with a large amount of wormwood, which has gradually stabilized the situation in Luoyang.
Not only that, Miao Gui also ordered a notice to be issued: Anyone who found a rotten corpse or a dead body was not allowed to deal with it on their own, and it must be handed over to the government and the army for disposal.
Doing so can effectively avoid infection and identify the cause of death, distinguish between deaths in war and hidden homicides, and eliminate hidden criminals.
Zhao Yulin told him: The Ministry of Revenue is already recruiting returning home groups to open up wasteland in Luoyang. If they really want to stabilize the place, they still have to send back the people from Luoyang who had left their hometowns in the past. Let these people manage the surrendered soldiers and cultivate the land, and restore production and life in Luoyang as soon as possible.
Lao Cao nodded and said slowly that this was an important matter for him in the future and he would keep an eye on it.
On the Mobei grassland, the grassland royal court was also holding a meeting to review the gains and losses of the past year.
The Khan's body was getting weaker and weaker. He coughed while listening to the reports from the kings, princesses and generals: the army that attacked Goryeo began to retreat after the autumn.
The army of nearly 100,000 people could not get food and grass after entering Goryeo, and Goryeo also intercepted and killed many soldiers and generals. The intercepted food and grass did not yield much more than the needs of marching and fighting. There was some gold and silver, but after handing it over to the Khan, the soldiers and generals became paupers.
The next thing was for Hubili to report the military situation. Comrade Hubili's results were much better than those during the eastern expedition to Goryeo, and they are still occupying Shouchun.
