Chapter 676 Seeking Balance

   When Feng Ziying came home from the Zhongshu Department, she saw her father just getting off the carriage, so she probably just came back from the Ministry of War.

   "Father." Feng Ziying bowed politely.

   "Master." Several maidservants who came out to welcome Feng Tang saw Feng Tang, and hurriedly bowed in fear.

  Feng Tang glanced at the girls in his son's room, but nodded without saying a word.

Of course he knew Yunshang, after not seeing him for many years, it seemed that she had grown up a lot at once; that tall, fair-skinned girl with a bit of a ladylike air was probably sent by the Jia family and called Jin Chuan'er By the way, judging by the physique, it looks like a fertile one, and the appearance is quite handsome.

  The girl in the back who hangs her head and dare not lift it up is of medium build, well, there is a scarlet rouge mole in the center of her forehead, which may be the Xiangling that the Xue family gave to her son, she seems to be an honest person.

  Seeing the old man and the old man walking together, Jin Chuan'er, Yun Shang and Xiang Ling hurried to the side.

   "Dad just came back from the Ministry of War?" Feng Ziying accompanied her father into the atrium of the mansion.

"Well, Zhang Jingqiu and Chai Ke are impatient, and they are urging your father to take office immediately." Feng Tang was no longer restless from the previous two days, and said calmly: "What's the rush, I live in both towns of Jiliao I don’t know the place well, so abruptly assuming the post, if I don’t give my subordinates any benefit, who would know me?”

  Feng Ziying smiled.

This is also a rule, if you don't bring some soldiers, horses, food, grass and money to take up the post, I'm afraid those big soldiers below will try to coax you out of power, especially if you don't have any contact with Ji Liao here. No matter how famous Yulin Datong is, who would recognize you among those soldiers and generals?

   "What did the two adults say?"

"I said 800,000 taels of silver plus enough food and fodder, Zhang Jingqiu kept quiet, and Chai Ke came to discuss with me, saying that the court could not afford it, and you didn't bring that much money back from Jiangnan, unlike the outside world. There is such an uproar in the rumors, saying that you brought back tens of millions of silver, is there such a thing?"

  Feng Tang also became curious.

  He knew that his son had gone to Jiangnan three times, and he traveled between Jiangnan and the capital city day and night, naturally to get money for the court.

He also heard a lot in the past few days, saying that there was only one million taels of income, some said that the Kaihai bonds alone were sold for five million, and some said that Dongfan was packaged and sold to salt merchants, Longyou, and Anfu merchants. Ten million, and it is said that the charter fee is only a few hundred thousand. The court deliberately swollen his face to pretend to be fat, and there are different opinions.

   After all, the Zhongshu Branch is in charge of maritime affairs, and how much money this trip has brought back for the court. It is estimated that except for a few people in the court, everyone else is blind.

"Thousands of silver? My son has that ability. It is estimated that Mr. Zheng, the Minister of the Household Department, can't sit still. How is it possible." Feng Ziying smiled and shook her head, "Three to five million taels can come back one after another, but compared to the imperial court The current hole is just a temporary emergency, how can it last for a long time?"

  Feng Tang's face changed slightly, "So I still paid less for the 800,000 taels of silver? Then I need 1.2 million taels to go to Liaodong."

   "Huh?" Feng Ziying was taken aback, "Father, this is..."

   "Hmph, you said that there can't be so many in the back. If I don't take a big bite at the first bite, I will be stuck in Liaodong in the future. Who will care about me just by filing letters with the Ministry of War?"

  Feng Tang shook his head, seeing his son's depressed face, he even smiled.

"Ziying, you will know in the future, this guarding the border is not a simple martial art, there are many ways inside, who knows what I will see when I go to Liaodong? They say that Li Chengliang is strict in running the army, I don't believe it Just relying on him to raise a large group of Li Jiajun, it is impossible to be rigorous! Rigorousness also needs money to speak. If you raise your own people to be fat and strong, what about the others? Why do you expect others to be the same as you? Rigorous? Everyone below has to eat."

  Feng Ziying was speechless.

In terms of strategy, I can talk endlessly about one, two, three, because I have the help of my previous life memory, but I really don't understand how to lead the army in this era, and I can't get along with my father at the border. The veteran general who has been immersed for decades, even characters like He Renlong who are not a few years older than him are much better than him.

  But isn’t this the case for civil servants in this era, the specific command of the army is not important, the key is that you can know the soldiers and the generals, and be able to control the generals.

  You have to know the details and characteristics of each army under your command, know the abilities of their leading generals, and you have to have enough prestige to frighten the generals to control them. If you do this, you can be regarded as a qualified leading civil servant.

This is also some of the truths that Feng Ziying slowly figured out with Chai Ke when he went to Xijiang. Although Chai Ke was a civil servant, he was able to grasp the scale very well. After working hard, doesn't even the old man obediently obey orders?

Li Chengliang's rigorous military management is probably only limited to his own group of private troops. Of course, this is the foundation of Li Chengliang's survival in Liaodong. He will always only satisfy his own direct line first. As for more Of course, other non-direct descendants can only eat leftovers.

  When you, Li Chengliang, were invincible, these people naturally could only swallow their breath and listen to you, but when your performance is difficult to satisfy the court, what will happen to these people?

  So it is undoubtedly the wisest move for Li Chengliang to leave his post early due to illness, but he left his father a mess.

   "What is Dad going to do?" Feng Ziying couldn't help asking.

"What should I do? Isn't that what I should do? Of course I have to guarantee food and supplies for my own people, because I can trust them, and I know they can fight. As for the others, I don't care if you are Li Jiajun or someone else, if you have the ability to show me, Meet Zhenzhang on the battlefield with the Jianzhou Jurchen! If I can satisfy my surname Feng, of course I will not hesitate to give money, food, supplies, and even make an official wish. But if you are still so cowardly, I won’t Give anyone a second chance!"

  Feng Tang's cold and calm answer made Feng Ziying deeply realize that this is how the world is. If you want to make a living, you have to work as hard as you can, and no one will give you an extra handout.

  Feng Ziying knows very well that her father's approach is the most reliable and realistic measure, and to be honest, her father's attitude is much stronger than that of Li Chengliang, and at least he will give you collateral people a chance.

   It’s a mule or a horse, pull it out for a walk, yes, you should go, no, you should die, as a soldier on the battlefield, incompetence is the original sin.

   "By the way, what are those businessmen looking for you for?" Feng Tang asked as if he suddenly remembered something after planning to go back to his own yard.

"Father, you mean those businessmen from Shanxi Province?" Feng Ziying hesitated for a moment, "They have visited their son a few times, originally hoping to see if there is a chance in Kaihai, but it is not suitable, and they also joined Haitong Yinzhuang. shares, but not many shares,..."

   "That's it?" Feng Tang frowned, "Are these businessmen not so busy?"

"The other thing is that my son talked to them about mining and smelting." Feng Ziying certainly had nothing to hide from her father, "I asked them to recruit a group of craftsmen, and in addition, they will do some research in Beizhi and Shandong. Whether there is a suitable mine, Haitong Yinzhuang is willing to vigorously support our iron and steel smelting industry in the North, and we cannot let Foshan specialize in beauty,..."

  Feng Tang looked at his son, and said after a while: "Ziying, it's so simple to mine and smelt iron? It can be done with a few businessmen? Are they in this business?"

   Seeing her father's disbelief and depression, Feng Ziying knew that no matter what she heard, she felt that what she said was unreliable, and even she felt a little unreliable.

   Mining and iron smelting in Dazhou are nothing new. They can be found in every province and prefecture. It is nothing more than a problem of scale, technology level and even the quality of the wrought iron produced.

But no matter how unreliable it is, you have to try it. Otherwise, such a large Haitong Bank will have a share capital of several million taels. do nothing?

   If you don't even dare to take a risk, then you are too inferior as a time traveler.

  Think about those time travellers, which one is not the era of hanging and beating, calling you king and domineering? How can you be so cautious like yourself?

Not to mention the slightest bit of cheating, purely relying on his own family background and luck, relying on a few big bosses and teachers to play tricks and mix up a sixth grade, even if he wants to sleep with a woman he likes, he has to find a way to get one Fame, not to mention aggrieved, but there must be some sense of gap.

"Father, there are actually a lot of iron mines here in the Northland, but the most important thing is decent craftsmen. In addition, our Northland has not formed a decent-scale industry. Master Qi and Master Qiao are a little worried. It’s good to have a strategy, but the beneficiary is Jiangnan. Even if the waterway is opened up in Liaodong, it will be for the entire court of the Great Zhou Dynasty. For our northern provinces, opening the sea is not of much benefit,..."

  Feng Ziying's words are probably the unanimous view of many northern scholars.

As soon as the sea trade was opened, silk, porcelain, tea, and even medicinal materials and iron materials that were exported overseas in exchange for silver were all produced in the south. Silk, porcelain and tea were mainly from Jiangnan, while medicinal materials and iron materials were from Guangdong Lord, in addition, Jiangnan, Huguang and Guangdong are the main food producing areas. The people don't say how good it is, but as long as it is a good year, they can basically find food and clothing, but what about the north?

  This sense of urgency and anxiety made these northern scholars, including Qi Yongtai and Qiao Yingjia, restless.

Although they may not understand the saying that the economic foundation determines the superstructure, the south is getting richer and more prosperous, and the north is getting more and more desolate. If there is a slight flood or drought, there will be refugees everywhere. The land is so spread, but in places like Nanzhili and Jiangxi Huguang, the momentum is much smaller, which can explain a lot of problems.

  (end of this chapter)