Meishan Su family, Su Yun is the most virtuous

Chapter 362 The six disciples of the Su family are all outstanding talents!

So scholars are scholars, and Zheng Chaozong elevated the entire strategy right from the start.

Not only has the strategic height been elevated, but its historical depth and practicality are also perfectly integrated, making it a classic example of "learning from history and assessing the situation at hand"!

These remarks accurately judged the contradictions among the Song, Xia and Liao dynasties, pointed out the Song dynasty's emphasis on culture over military power, the rift between the Han people in the Western Xia and the Dangxiang, and the internal strife in the Liao dynasty, and transformed the Jingsai army's own disadvantages into a fulcrum for "moving a great result with a little effort"!

Anyone who can say this must be someone who is familiar with classics such as "The Art of War" and "Records of the Grand Historian", has a deep understanding of the current situation in the world, and has in-depth contact with the military. It is impossible for him to say this!
When Zheng Chaozong said this, Wang Baopu, Han Youan, Bi Taihua and Ruan Chuanqiao were shocked, and then they felt that "time is running out".

After such a short period of time, Zheng Chaozong has grown to such a level. Doesn’t that mean he has left me far behind?
All four of them felt a sense of crisis.

At this time, Su Yun was very satisfied with Zheng Chaozong's vision and nodded, "Well said. With this strategic suggestion, you are not only a general, but also a commander!"

Zheng Chaozong blushed slightly and said, "I just thought too much about it. Today, you asked me a question, so I just expressed my feelings."

Su Yun smiled and said, "What about the others? Tell us too."

Bi Taihua immediately stood up and said, "Sir, I also have a few ideas."

"Oh?" Su Yun was a little surprised. You, Bi Taihua, have just arrived. Do you have any good ideas?

However, Su Yun also knew that his six disciples each had their own strengths and might have some real insights.

Of course, since we are gathering ideas from all sides, there is no reason not to let people speak.

So he nodded and said, "Sheng Zhang must have a good idea, tell me."

Bi Taihua chuckled and said: "I don't know military affairs, but I understand economics. Since we want to use the northwest as the place where the dragon rises, we must rely on the northwest to support the army and herdsmen.

Disciples studied the teacher's general economic principles, one of which was to use business to support the military and to expand colonies through war.

To summarize its core concept, it is nothing more than making money from salt and iron, making profits from merchants, cultivating land on the border, and using gold and silver as weapons.

Economic leaders in all dynasties have followed Guan Zhong's "official mountain and sea" strategy to monopolize strategic resources;
Learn from Sang Hongyang's "equal distribution and price stabilization" to regulate prices;
Follow the example of Jiangnan’s “maritime trade and treasure gathering” to open up financial resources and build an independent economic system that is not dependent on enemy countries.

Therefore, I have five economic strategies that can lay the foundation for our Su Society for the next few decades.

One is the salt and iron monopoly and resource monopoly.

After our Su Xuehui seized Yanzhou, we established the "Salt and Iron Commissioner's Office" and imitated the "Salt Monopoly Law" of Liu Yan in the Tang Dynasty, implementing a three-level monopoly of "private production - government collection - commercial sales".

"Salt permits" were issued, and merchants purchased them and sold salt to Song and Liao to generate income.

Secondly, there was control over ironware. An "Iron Smelting Bureau" was set up in Mizhi to recruit exiled craftsmen from Western Xia. Fine iron was used to supply military equipment, while crude iron was used to cast farm tools and sold at high prices to Liao and Xia.

The second is the control of trade routes and the tariff system.

At that time, a customs office could be set up at the Yellow River ferry crossing, and a "Quechangsi" could be set up in the Jialuchuan water fort to collect a toll of "one in thirty" from Qin and Jin merchant ships.

The Uighurs jointly opened the "South of the Desert Trade Route", which was the northern route of the Silk Road. It could avoid the Hexi Corridor of Western Xia and levy a "camel caravan tax" on Hu merchants in the Western Regions.

There is also a "Hu Shang Post" to provide guards and fodder, and charges can be made.

The third is to carry out military farming and agricultural reform in Mizhi. We must improve the military farming system and implement Zhuge Liang's "Weinan Military Farming" method. Each military household will be granted 20 mu of land, and % of it will be paid to the government.

The implementation of Zhao Guozhi's "Daitian Method" in the Western Han Dynasty increased the yield per mu by 50%, and within five years the area of ​​​​cultivated land in Mizhi reached mu.

In addition, alfalfa can be planted to feed war horses to replace food and grass consumption, and sesame can be planted to extract oil for military needs;

They planted mulberry trees and raised silkworms in the mountains, and set up a "weaving workshop" to produce silk to cover the cost of winter clothing for the Jingsai army.

The fourth is the monetary and financial manipulation that you mentioned. First, we can issue military certificates to replace copper coins to increase the available money. Once it is actually mature, we can issue "gold standard military certificates."

The "Jingsai Silver Bank" was established to allow merchants to pay taxes with coupons. The annual circulation amount reached 500 million strings of coins, and a coinage tax of 5% (25 strings of coins) was levied.

In order to control prices, we can imitate Sang Hongyang's "Price Stabilization Order", collect grain at low prices in wartime and store it in secret warehouses, and sell it at high prices in times of famine;

Implement "wartime price limits" on salt, iron, and horses to prevent profiteers from making money during national disasters..."

At this point, Bi Taihua paused, then said: "...There is another fifth strategy, which is to plunder the economy and distribute the spoils of war.

If our Soviet Union's Jingsai Army wants to grow stronger, it must win territory and civilians through one victory after another.

Therefore, we must fight to support our fighting, and in every battle we must not only win a great victory, but also gain something!

Therefore, every time a city was conquered, the "532 distribution" was followed: % was returned to the army to cover military expenses, % was rewarded to the soldiers to boost morale, and % was used to provide relief to the poor to win the hearts of the people.

Only by using this method can you become stronger and stronger in battles.

Hehe, we can also form a group of a thousand "caravan hunters" and disguise them as horse bandits to rob wealthy merchants from Song and Liao. Of course, if they come to do business with Mizhi, we will naturally give them a break.

Also, I heard that Tangut nobles often hide their wealth in Xixia Buddhist temples. Perhaps we can rob the golden instruments and melt them into military pay."

When Su Yun heard the first four strategies, he nodded repeatedly and agreed with them deeply. With these four strategies to develop the economy of the Su Society, it would indeed be able to support tens of thousands of Jingsai soldiers.

But when he heard the fifth strategy, Su Yun couldn't help but laugh.

The others also laughed out loud, and Ruan Chuanqiao even said, "Sheng Zhang, you are really mean."

Everyone burst into laughter.

Although Bi Taihua had just arrived, he was able to put forward such insightful opinions. Su Yun immediately became interested in the other six disciples of the Su School who had not spoken.

Su Yun looked at Han Youan and said, "Ningjing has served in local government positions before. Does she have any ideas about domestic affairs?"

When Han Youan saw Su Yun asking questions, he immediately stood up and bowed to Su Yun, saying, "Sir, I do have some ideas that I would like to ask for your guidance."

Su Yun clapped his hands and smiled, "Okay, tell me now."

Han Youan's expression became solemn, and he said, "Since we are determined to overthrow tyranny and destroy the Western Xia and Khitan tribes, we must establish a more superior regime.

Therefore, although we now have only five or six hundred soldiers, no more than a handful of officers, and no civilians, we still have to consider the long-term.

Therefore, I will elaborate in detail on the administration, law, people's livelihood, culture, technology, local governance, emergency management and other aspects taught by the teacher.

Each section provides specific measures, historical basis and expected results to ensure the comprehensiveness and operability of the domestic policy strategy.

Su Yun and others' eyes suddenly lit up. Han Youan's words showed that he had thought deeply about this.

Han Youan is good at internal affairs. It seems that he has combined practice in the local area and thought through the things that Su Yun had taught in the Imperial College before!

As expected, Han Youan said, "The situation in the northwest is very complicated, with Han and Hu people living together and fierce folk customs. We are starting from too low a level, so no one will be convinced at the beginning.

Therefore, our administrative system must adapt to the current situation.

Therefore, I suggest that our philosophy should follow the strictness of the Qin system, inherit the tenacity of the Han culture, and integrate the fierceness of the Hu customs.

Specifically, it is to build an efficient military-political system with Qin law as the backbone, Han system as the veins, and grassland tribal system as the supplement!

From the very beginning, we must establish an efficient military and political system to guide the military and civilians to advance together. In this regard, we can inherit the Three Dukes and Nine Ministers system of the Qin and Han dynasties and the Fubing system of the Northern Zhou dynasty, plus the Baojia system of our dynasty. I will sort out the details later.

The second is the selection of officials. Since our main focus in the future will be on expanding our territory, our imperial examinations must be practical-oriented, with additional tests on "The Book of Lord Shang" and "The Art of War", as well as tests on riding and archery. Candidates from poor families need to gain grassroots experience and must farm or guard the border for one year before they can be appointed as officials.

In the areas we rule, we implement the policy of granting titles based on military merit in all aspects. There are twenty ranks of titles. Those who behead others can be granted the rank of public officer, and those who are at the fifth rank can have their son admitted to the official school!

Of course, we cannot ignore the civil servants with outstanding governance achievements. If the annual tax increase exceeds 10%, they will be promoted to a higher rank.

As for the security of people's livelihood, we implement the military farming and baojia system and the military household management system.

Each household was granted 50 mu of land and had to pay % of the tax, which was much lower than the % tax in the Song Dynasty.

For every ten households, one Jia will select two men to join the military farming camp, so that they can farm during the farming season and serve as soldiers during the war.

In order to maintain stability, a "Changping dark warehouse" can be set up to store grain underground, and grain can be loaned out in case of disasters;

The Northwest is not as good as the Central Plains and the South in all kinds of crafts, so we must encourage technological innovation. I suggest reforming the register of craftsmen.

First, firearms craftsmen were exempted from taxes, and their descendants could take the imperial examinations;

If anyone can improve the thunder bomb so that its range exceeds 30 steps, he will be rewarded with taels of silver. The range of the Song army's firearms is only steps. If we can exceed steps, it will definitely be an advancement that transcends the times.

A "Hundred Craftsmen's Academy" was set up to recruit apprentices in order to train more craftsmen.

We must not neglect education either. We need to guide the people to be loyal to our Su Xuehui and Jingsai Army starting from elementary school.

For example, in the Three Character Classic, Jingsai Chapter, it says: "Ziwei rises, Jingsai is the king; eliminate the three troubles, and bring peace to the four directions";
Men over the age of fifteen were required to recite the "Instructions on Loyalty and Righteousness". Those who violated the rules were punished by repairing the city wall for ten days.

In addition, a "Purple Star Academy" could be set up to recruit children of the gentry, granting them official positions in exchange for their family's loyalty, etc. ..."

Han Youan expressed his thoughts one by one. Because it was written on the spur of the moment, some ideas just flashed through his mind, but it was enough to see how deeply he thought!
Finally, Han Youan said: "In the past, Guan Zhong made Qi rich with salt and iron, and Shang Yang made Qin strong with laws and regulations.

"Now, with the seven strategies for internal affairs, which combine the rigor of the Legalists, the cunning of the military strategists, and the skills of the Mohists, an ironclad empire can be built in ten years!"

As soon as these words were spoken, there was thunderous applause in the conference room.

Several generals of the Jingsai Army looked at each other in bewilderment.

They naturally knew that the Six Masters of Sumen were famous, and had also come into contact with Zheng Chaozong and Ping Zicheng. They were impressed by their talents, so they obeyed their commands.

They originally thought that Zheng Chaozong and Ping Zicheng should be the two most powerful among the Six Masters of Su.

But after listening to the plan of Bi Taihua and Han Youan today, they realized that although these two people are different from Zheng Chaozong and Ping Zicheng in terms of strengths.

But they are also the best in the fields they are good at!

Tsk.

They secretly sighed in their hearts and looked at the young man sitting upstairs. This man was the real leader, because all the six disciples of the Su family were trained by him personally!
Oh, yes, Jingsai Army was also trained by Jinglüe himself. In terms of talent, he is truly unparalleled in the world!
In fact, not only the generals of Jingsai Army were surprised, but also the other six disciples of Sumen were also very surprised after hearing Han Youan's speech.

They also didn't expect that Han Youan had thought so deeply about this!

Zheng Chaozong was surprised and said: "Jingning, it seems that you have really put a lot of thought into the local situation, and you can actually summarize so many strategies.

The entire domestic policy system you proposed can be connected with the existing military and economic strategies to form a complete strategy for governing the country."

Han Youan smiled modestly and said, "Sir, you have actually talked about this before, but the six of us are focusing on different areas.

Haifu, you focus on military affairs, so you have a deep understanding of military affairs;
Sheng Zhang focuses on economics, so he has unique insights into economics.

I don't have any other talents, I just like to think about these domestic affairs, so it's normal for me to think more deeply about them.

In addition, after I arrived at the local area, I put into practice what the teacher taught me, and also went to the areas under my jurisdiction to conduct research in the same way as the teacher did.

Therefore, I have a basic understanding of the internal affairs that the teacher taught me. Otherwise, if the teacher asked me this question, I might be stumped. "

Ruan Chuanqiao laughed when he heard this and said, "Jingning, you seem to be modest, but in fact you are bragging. Hey, it really fits your sultry personality."

Everyone started laughing.

Su Yun felt very happy. He had persisted in teaching at the Imperial College for several years, and now, the results were finally evident.

Zheng Chaozong planned military strategies, Bi Taihua planned economic strategies, and Han Youan planned domestic affairs. In fact, by this time, a complete development strategy was basically complete.

This strategy has seen the Soviet Union learn various administrative strategies after the Jingsai Army took control of the Northwest, and can even be used to establish a new country.

However, although these plans are ambitious and complete enough, they are of no help to the current predicament in the village.

The village is now facing a shortage of food, clothing, war horses and weapons.

"Tuk Tuk Tuk!"

Ping Zicheng suddenly knocked on the table with his knuckles, the sound like cold spring hitting stone.

"You all plan for the distant future, while I, the disciple, ask about the near future."

He took out a roll of secret reports from his sleeve and said, "Three days ago, we learned that the Xixia Zuoxiang Shenyong Army has a grain team escorting 3,000 stones of rice to Yinzhou, with only 200 light cavalry as escort."

His fingertips traced the Wuding River Valley on the map and he said with a smile, "This place is sixty miles away from the village. If we rob it tonight, we can solve the food shortage in three months."

Su Yun's eyes suddenly lit up: "When did Zicheng put up the spy?"

"A Tangut shepherd bought at the beginning of winter."

Ping Zicheng took a brush and dipped it in ink to draw a picture of the march: "The snow covers the horses' hooves, and we will set out at midnight.

At that time, we will intercept their front troops, send out the smart team to burn the grain carts to create chaos, and then attack them from the front and back to annihilate their guards. This way, we can not only obtain thousands of stones of grain and fodder, but also hundreds of war horses and weapons, etc...."

He suddenly laughed and said, "... and then throw some Song army equipment."

Everyone couldn't help laughing. Ping Zicheng was really applying Bi Taihua's looting theory in practice!
(End of this chapter)