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"Where's Zhu Changgui?" Zhao Ning asked, "Didn't Cai Mao say that Zhu Changgui is also one of the leaders?"

"Zhu Changgui was not caught."

Zhao Ning thought for a while and said, "It seems that the Huaixi rebellion may be more serious than imagined."

Zhang Shuye was puzzled, what did he say?The thief capital has been captured.

"How many people participated in this rebellion?"

"Huaixi is still verifying the list."

Zhao Ning suddenly said: "Increase troops, add another 1 people to Huaixi."

Zhang Shuye was puzzled: "Officials, why?"

"The centipede is dead but not stiff, and the rebels are running around among the people, endangering people's livelihood, and they must be eradicated as soon as possible."

Zhang Shuye immediately realized that Zhao Guan's increase of troops might have other intentions.

Sure enough, at the same time that the Military and Political Council was mobilizing troops, the Political Department's decree on Huaixi's implementation of the new agricultural policy was also sent to Huaixi.

Chapter 284 Who sells sheep? (third change)

Even though they have won the battle, they still need to increase their troops. Some people really don't understand this operation.

But on April [-]th, Cai Mao, Li Guang and others who received the decree from the Eastern Government knew why the imperial court wanted to increase troops in Huaixi.

In May, the Zhengshitang suddenly announced to the public that Huaixi would implement the "Huaixi New Agricultural Policy Regulations", which caused a shock in the court for a while.

This storm has only just begun.

The "Gyeonggi Road New Agricultural Policy Regulations" is the beginning of the new policy, and it is a process from zero to one.

During this process, Zhao Ning established the Yamen of the Agricultural Administration Department, promulgated the corresponding plan for land equalization and lease, and revised the agricultural tax.

The University of Tokyo and the new government school were also established, and talents were dispatched from the Guozijian to enter the new school, and a large number of talents were imported for the New Deal.

In order to better implement the New Deal, a town supervisor was added, who was directly appointed by the emperor just like the general judgments of the state governments.

At the same time, the benefits and honors of officials were also improved, and newspaper offices were set up in various state capitals.

All of these are the framework established in the new agricultural policy stage of Gyeonggi-ro.

This means that the process from zero to one has been completed.

Now, the implementation of the new agricultural policy in Huaixi means that the new policy has stepped out of the trial stage and entered the formal rollout stage.

The previous supporting team will also be laid down to escort the new agricultural policy in Huaixi.

If the New Deal on Gyeonggi Road only touches the nerves of the old school and makes the old school jump, then the New Deal in Huaixi will undoubtedly allow everyone to see the true intentions of the Zhao family.

The previous speculation that the New Deal would not come out of Gyeonggi-ro was shattered.

For the old forces, a real big change is coming.

Under such circumstances, the Su Provincial People's Court is still fighting corruption in Huaixi, and the Ministry of Household Affairs is still measuring land in Huaixi.

But the Su Provincial People's Court can only investigate the officials, and they cannot interfere with the local Quartet.

At this moment, Zhou Yan, the newly-appointed Prison Officer, jumped out.

He ran to Haozhou, where he ran a large-scale criminal prison, specializing in the investigation of rich people.

All rich people are suspected to be related to Wang Qing's rebellion.

And ordered the trust officials of the state capitals to strictly interrogate the refugees in the past and arrest the fugitive rebels.

The strict household registration system of the Song Dynasty played a role at this time. Most of the refugees from Haozhou were classified as rebels without distinction.

Under the attack of Zhou Yan's greed and unscrupulous means, the people in Huaixi's prefectures trembled and suffered unspeakably.

But if you look at the Huaixi bureaucracy level, the Huaixi officialdom has been raided on a large scale, and many officials have been sacked or even beheaded.

The chief executive made this new official position in Huaixi, completely separating local taxation from administration. This is definitely an innovation in the official system.

Most importantly, a large number of redundant officials in Huaixi were eliminated, and after new officials were filled in, the entire administrative framework became lighter.

According to the report of the Zhengshitang, even if the chief secretary's yamen was set up separately, the number of officials in Huaixi was still reduced by half.

Next, it depends on whether this situation can improve administrative efficiency.

If possible, Zhao Ning can use Huaixi as a ready-made template to start drastic rectification of the administration of officials and solve the problem of redundant officials.

The annual salary of the imperial court to officials reaches as much as 1600 million guan. If half of the officials can be cut, at least the salary expenditure can be reduced to less than 1000 million guan.

Wouldn't it be nice to use the remaining millions of coins to buy war horses, build roads, and run schools?

On the third day of May, Zhao Ning got up early in the morning. He changed into ordinary clothes, and led the imperial guards out of the palace. Outside the city, the imperial guards were all ready.

Each of them was dressed in strong clothes, with knives, crossbows, and dry food.

Today's topic of discussion in the Zhengshitang is the Huaixi New Deal.

According to the latest impeachment memorabilia from the local supervisory censor, Zhou Yan was doing something wrong in Huaixi.

This incident has now spread widely, and the Ministry of Officials reported many officials' requests to resign early in the morning.

Why did these officials resign?

It's not really to resign, but to threaten Zhao Guan's family.

The Zhengshitang is discussing these matters at this time.

After the discussion, when he ran to Wende Hall to find Zhao Guan's family, he was told that Zhao Guan's family had gone out of the city to hunt.

However, in the afternoon, the reconnaissance scouts of the Imperial Guard camp on the bank of the Yellow River discovered that a group of thousands of people had crossed the Yellow River.

The scouts were told it was top secret.

On the fourth day of May, Zhao Ning had crossed Huazhou.

At this time, the officials of the capital wanted to see the official Zhao's family, but the defendant said that the official's family was busy recently and no one was seen.

As a result, the officials of the capital started a big fight over Huaixi's New Deal.

In Hebei in May, the sky is clear and the sun is scorching the earth.

From a distance, the endless plains stretch to the end of the sky.

Before the Tang Dynasty, Hebei was the granary of the world.

To win the world, Hebei must be taken.

Because Liu Xiu received the support of Hebei Haoqiang, the first time Li Shimin came to power was to stabilize Hebei's forces.

But in the Song Dynasty, the economy was transferred, the Huaihe River was vigorously developed, and Jiangnan also achieved unprecedented development.

After several years of war between Song and Jin, the land of Hebei was devastated.

The originally thriving village is now ruined and lonely, without any human habitation.

Even Zhao Ning saw the unburied dead on the side of the road, turned into skeletons, still maintaining the painful movements of the moment before death.

If you don't come out for a walk, you really don't know that Hebei has reached such a point.

He couldn't help but sigh with emotion.

Interesting thing, the bosses of all the powerful companies will regularly go to the front line for inspections.

A considerable part of the emperors of those very powerful empires would go to the front line regularly, whether it was the front line in the army or the front line in the local area.

Bureaucrats have a natural disadvantage, that is, they report good news but not bad news.

Once something happens, the first instinct of most officials is to try everything possible to suppress the matter first, and absolutely not make a big fuss, let alone report it.

Zhao Ning pointed to the front and said, "Jing Chao, is there a village there?"

Jing Chao looked over and said, "Officer, there is indeed a village, and there are still people living there, and there seem to be crops around here."

"Come on, let's go there and see."

After walking a certain distance, Zhao Ning suddenly met a group of businessmen.

Those merchants drove a large number of sheep, as well as donkey carts and mule carts, and the carts were loaded with large and small packages of goods.

Zhao Ning couldn't help being curious, and he walked over with someone.

The businessmen obviously saw them too. The businessmen thought they had encountered horse thieves, and when they saw so many people, they panicked.

However, the strength of this group of businessmen is obviously not weak, and they brought many bodyguards along the way. There are dozens of them, and they are all strong and strong men.

Jing Chao led the people there first, and he said, "Don't be afraid, we are not horse thieves, we are just passing by."

Those people looked at Jing Chao warily.

A skinny man at the front smiled and said, "Good man, what can I do?"

"Ask some questions."

"It's a good man but it doesn't hurt to say it."

Zhao Ning came forward at this time and asked, "We want to go to Zhaozhou, how far is it?"

"This official, this area is Julu. It is still hundreds of miles away from Zhaozhou, and we have to go northwest."

"Brother, are you coming from Zhaozhou?"

The skinny man smiled and said, "We came from Shenzhou."

Zhao Ning suddenly said: "Can you sell me some sheep?"

"These sheep... yes, how many do you want?"

"Give me fifty."

The skinny man's dark color changed slightly, and he said: "Officer, I'm sorry, those sheep are reserved, and only ten sheep can be sold."

Zhao Ning said with a smile: "There are so many of us, ten are not enough to eat."

"Officer, I'm really sorry, these are all reserved."

"Who ordered it?"

"This... we don't know about this, we are only responsible for transporting the goods." The skinny man had a smile on his face. He was also a person who ran goods at the border all the year round, and he could tell at a glance that people like Zhao Ning were extraordinary.

In fact, Zhao Ning didn't really want to buy sheep.

Chapter 285 Slapped me in the face? (first update)

Zhao Ning took a rough look, there were nearly a hundred sheep, and a sheep on Jingji Road was sold for 90 guan, and even wealthy people could not afford it, unless they were very rich.

These hundred sheep can be sold for more than [-] guan in Tokyo.

A large boat that travels between the Grand Canals is priced at [-] guan, and [-] guan is the entry threshold for a rich man. As long as your family property exceeds [-] guan, you are a rich man.

Think about it, a rich second generation in the 21st century says he owns a private yacht, which is a level above a sports car.

Think again, a certain 21st century boss said that he has 10 ocean-going transport ships for international trade.

The currency in circulation in a county is about five thousand guan.

So let's take a look at the level of the nine thousand guan deal.

This is just the sale of sheep, this caravan also has various other goods.

People who do this kind of business are either rich or expensive.

The skinny man was actually very nervous, his whole body was soaked in sweat, not just because of the hot weather, but because he was worried that Zhao Ning and his gang would cut off their goods.

Zhao Ning said just now that he would pay for it, but it was just a test.

When he learned that it had already been booked, he knew in his heart that this was an industrial chain.

There are special people who buy sheep in the north, and then hire powerful people to escort them south.

Who ordered these sheep?

It may be sold to rich people in various prefectures in Hebei, or it may be sold to Tokyo in the south.

Not far from here is a branch of the Yellow River on Hebei West Road. Many goods on Hebei West Road will go to the ferry there to board the ship.

Zhao Ning smiled and said, "It's nothing, I'm just curious, just ask casually."

Zhao Ning did not continue to force them.

It is even more impossible to intercept their goods.

Just think about it, the emperor blocked the road and robbed the merchants. If the news got out, the popularity that had finally been built up, would you still want it?