Take the mall to Datang

If it doesn't work, the officers and soldiers are all dispatched, and they are all dismissed.

"Husband, I didn't expect you to be so popular in Fuzhou." Du Qianyu said.

"These businessmen are really persistent." Yuan Shan shook his head.

"My Lord, Wu Qingyuan, please see me." Caiyi opened the door and came in.

When Wu Qingyuan came, Yuan Shan took Xue Rengui with him to the Fuzhou yamen, and today he was talking about business.

"Yuan Pushe heard that your ship encountered pirates at sea." Wu Qingyuan asked with concern.

"Yes, I don't know how much Inspector Wu knows about this group of pirates. I see that they have more than 20 warships. This is not an ordinary pirate." Yuan Shan said.

Wu Qingyuan nodded and said: "It's really not simple. These pirates are remnants of the previous dynasty. There are thousands of pirates and more than 20 ships. They are usually active in the Fuzhou area, which is a serious problem for the imperial court."

"Can't the sailors in Fuzhou be paid off?" Yuan Shan asked.

"These pirates are very ruthless. They usually rob their own merchant ships. They don't know where their lair is. The Fuzhou sailors have organized a few times to clear the money, but they still don't have a clue. Every time they go out to clear the money Pirates need to mobilize ships and soldiers, and they all need to spend money. After many times without results, the imperial court no longer suggested to take the initiative to pay them." Wu Qingyuan said.

"Then we can only let the pirates run amok." Yuan Shan said.

"Business ships in Fuzhou are sailing in the coastal waters, and the pirates will not easily rob them, because they are also afraid of the Fuzhou sailors, which is why they cannot be cleared. The pirates are too cunning and will not approach the shore of Fuzhou. "Wu Qingyuan said.

"Okay, needless to say, this former power can't go on like this if it becomes pirates and plunders merchant ships, or it will become a cancer sooner or later. I hope that Governor Wu will truthfully report this matter to the court. I hope that His Majesty can expand Fuzhou warships and The sailors will keep Datang's coastal defenses from being attacked." Yuan Shan said.

After Wu Qingyuan heard this, he immediately agreed. There was no way for Yuanshan to report to the official university. Besides, Yuanshan and his party won the battle against the pirates and captured six medium-sized ships. This is a great achievement.

As for the matter of Fuzhou coastal defense, could there be any responsibility for negligence? For the Fuzhou pirates, there was a memorial sent to the court. It is not as if he is a governor. It is also hard work.

Besides, this matter involving the remnants of the previous dynasty has been watched by people all the time, what is Wu Qingyuan afraid of.

Now it seems that a right servant will come and shoot them Fuzhou will solve many problems. At that time, it will be all political achievements. He has heard of Yuanshan's reputation. Although he is not so blindly worshiped, he will be able to make Fuzhou businessmen on the first day. They are all crazy and definitely not ordinary people.

As for the establishment of the Yamen Gate by the Ministry of Economic Development, it is natural to report it.

Chapter 759 Good News

In Chang'an Palace, Li Shimin was reviewing the memorial when a guard came in to report.

"Your Majesty's Fuzhou urgent report."

Ma He immediately went over to take the memorial and presented it to Li Shimin.

Fuzhou is far away from Chang'an, and it will take a month or so. Li Shimin opened the memorial and said, "It's really daring for Fuzhou pirates to want to rob Xiaolong."

Li Shimin knew very well what was on the Xiaolong, and what was written in the memorial of the governor of Fuzhou was what Yuan Shan said.

"Capturing six ships is a great achievement." Li Shimin said.

"It is proposed that the Ministry of Households allocate 500 ships to Fuzhou for ship repairs. The six warships belong to the Xiaolong fleet. Tian Yuan is appointed as the guerrilla general, and [-] soldiers are recruited locally to supplement the fleet sailors." Li Shimin said.

This is the report of the bright side. There are two books on the desk, one is the information collected by the secret guards, and the other is the report of Lian Jia. There are many reports of the secret guards. Experience, including the establishment of economic and development departments in Suzhou, Hangzhou, and Yuezhou, and the establishment of chambers of commerce by businessmen, and the above-mentioned matters of whaling and encountering pirates.

Lian Jia's memorial is generally the voyage record of the Xiaolong and the summary of their specific tactics after encountering pirates.

The pirates that appeared in Fuzhou are the remnants of the Sui Dynasty, and the hiding place of the pirates has not been found out for many years. Li Shimin wants to take this opportunity to get rid of them, but the problem is that the treasury is short of money.

The battle in Fandi was not going well, and all the recovered land of Tuyuhun had to be included in the territory of the Tang Dynasty, and money was needed to build it. According to the county and township system of the Tang Dynasty, the system of counties and townships needs to be improved, and the Tuhun people need to be resettled. It takes a long time and all of this requires money.

Being able to transfer [-] guan is the limit. If it weren't for the capture of six ships, it would definitely take a lot of talking and talking to get the money from the Ministry of Households.

Now that I think about it, it seems that only the Ministry of Economics and Development is the most suitable for him, but now the Ministry of Economics and Development has huge expenses, and he is not willing to be a receiver now. When the time comes, who will pay the millions of dollars every month? Although he is the emperor, he is not the treasury. The money cannot be spent by the whole family, otherwise ministers such as the Sixth Ministry will have opinions.

There is no other reason why the establishment of economic and development departments needs his approval, because as long as there is a local economic and development department, the tax revenue will increase year by year. This is the reason why Li Shimin allowed Yuanshan to set up so many institutions, and the more important reason is that Li Shimin Seeing the role of the Ministry of Economics and Development, in the future, the Ministry of Economics and Development will be able to control the economy of the entire Datang after the Ministry of Economics and Development takes back the power into his hands.

Besides, because it is only an independent economic institution, except for things like making money and investing, it has no means to shake the foundation of Datang. Another advantage is that the Ministry of Economic Development is an institution established by the imperial power, and it is only responsible to the emperor. The next emperor's Ministry of Economics and Development will be able to stabilize Datang's business and will not easily disrupt Datang's business, and according to his future vision, the Ministry of Economics and Development may contribute money to the court.

Li Shimin's idea is quite good, but he forgot what Yuanshan told him at the beginning that all investments in the Ministry of Economics and Development have contracts. Only the Ministry of Economy and Development will invest money, and the first consideration of the standard is to benefit the country and the people, and then whether it has investment value, and if you want to enjoy it squanderingly, I am sorry that the Ministry of Economic Development will not pay for the enjoyment of the emperor's family.

If there is war funding, there will be another set of business returns. Disaster donations should be harvested rather than impermanent donations. The button must be grasped, but it is not impossible to use the money of the Ministry of Economics and Development. It is absolutely possible to change the Ministry of Economics and Development Cheng Datang's highest financial institution is responsible for the economic lifeline of the entire Tang Dynasty, that is to say, it is directly integrated with the treasury. At that time, the Ministry of Households will become independent and will no longer have any involvement with the treasury.

Of course, it is still very early to do this. Li Shimin knows some but not all of the operation of this matter. Now the Ministry of Economic Development needs to wait for Yuanshan's next arrangement if it wants to become a real financial institution. The situation is rather embarrassing.

However, with the support of His Majesty, the ministers of the DPRK and China have no love for the Ministry of Economics and Development, but it is an indisputable fact that the Ministry of Economics and Development can increase taxes. effect.

The Ministry of Economics and Development is a prickly prickly prickly ball, besides, all the ministers are thinking about the crown prince. After all, the emperor is getting older and the princes have grown up. It must be wrong not to prepare for this matter. The team If you stand wrong, you will lose your head.

Besides, the ministers of the DPRK and China are not too young now, and they must still think about their sons. It’s been ten years since Zhenguan, and Li Shimin and others have been there for ten years.

Xiaolong won a big victory. Li Shimin was promoted to doctor Jinzi Guanglu because of his meritorious service in recommending generals. Zhang Liang was very happy to have a banquet at home and did not invite others to cheer at home. Zhou Ru and Tian Yuan used to be his generals, and now they are reused He is very happy.

He is capable of both literary and military skills. Although all the awards are idle now, it seems that His Majesty is still very optimistic about him, and the two of his subordinates can now be said to have mastered the two largest warships in Datang.

The Cangzhou was originally a merchant ship, and it was said to be a warship, which is almost the same after all. After all, the soldiers were stationed on it, and in the past few months, I heard that there were many soldiers transported to Fusang by the Cangzhou, and now there may be 500 soldiers.

As a result, Zhou Ru was promoted from a school lieutenant to a captain, and he was followed by three school lieutenants.

Now Chang'an is still building a railway, the purpose is to go from Chang'an to Luoyang, and then all the way to the east. This task is currently handed over to Yan Lide, the minister of the Ministry of Industry, but Yan Lide is too busy to be under construction at the Daming Palace. You are well done, but the official position can go further.

Zhang Liang is very good at administration, and what he likes most is to set up spy among the people to collect intelligence. Based on this information, he can punish the villains and squires, probably because he was born as a commoner and treats the people very well.

He is an official with a good reputation among the people, but no one is perfect. It is not a problem to want to pursue a high-ranking official and a generous salary, but being too persistent is his shortcoming. Now he is optimistic about an opportunity and wants to seize it. Your Majesty's chance to promote him, anyway, he is an idle official who wants to do things on his own initiative, there is no leader who doesn't like such an employee.

The Ministry of Industry and Yan Lide are very busy, and the construction speed of the Daming Palace is not fast, because their colleagues also need to mass-produce carriage carriages to quickly replenish the transportation capacity of the Tang Dynasty.

"Yan Shangshu, why don't you go to the battle to saw wood yourself, don't toss your body." Zhang Liang came over and said.

"The Ministry of Industry is currently short of manpower. If one of them is a minister of the Ministry of Industry, he will naturally help. What's the matter with Zhang Yushi?" Yan Lide asked.

"Oh, so His Majesty has ordered me to be responsible for the construction of the railway, so I just come here and inform Yan Shangshu." Zhang Liang said.

Chapter 760 Mu Qingyuan and Xue Rengui

In Fuzhou City, Yuan Shan was doing what he had to do in every state capital he passed by.

I stayed here for a full month, but the reason was that I was waiting for a reply from the imperial court while building the Ministry of Economy and Development. It took too long to go back and forth.

It is also possible to work in a temporary office. After a team of Qianniuwei arrived in Fuzhou and read out His Majesty's will, Tian Yuan turned around and became a guerrilla general. Although he was a military officer, His Majesty asked him to recruit five hundred sailors. Even with real power.

Lian Jia and Song Kangde have also been promoted. Lian Jia was promoted to be the supervisor of Xiaolong, and Song Kangde was promoted to be the supervisor. In addition, they can choose their own positions such as chief officer and chief bookkeeper. From then on, their military supervisor has become independent. At the same time, Lian Jia also received a secret decree.

Everyone else has been promoted, but Yuan Shan is forced to pay a half-year salary on the grounds that he has been away from Chang'an for too long and cannot fulfill the affairs of the court, and he has to be responsible for all the repairs needed by the Xiaolong, and he has to spend [-] yuan. Repair six ships.

After receiving the imperial decree, Yuan Shan couldn't chew it and immediately threw this crap far away. One of the ten Qianniu Guards was responsible for delivering the letter, and the other ten people would be his personal guards to accompany him all the way.

Can he refuse this kind of thing? If he refuses, Li Er will definitely think that he is planning to do something wrong, and he will definitely send someone to follow him.

Qianniuwei is the emperor's personal bodyguard, all of them are brave and brave. The only thing that is not good is that they are not good at talking. Everyone is cold.