Chapter 2044: Good drums are also beaten by thousands of people
The imperial court issued the government bonds soon.
Because of the first experience, and now all the relatively developed prefectures and counties have already had gold stores or yuan stores, this issuance faster and faster than the last one.
They use fast horses to deliver vouchers to local gold stores and Yuanhangs. The government announces that the gold store or Yuanhangs are responsible for issuing them, and the two supervise each other.
As soon as the treasury bond was issued, the merchants and farmers in Chang'an immediately purchased large quantities.
They had no extra choice. Anyway, no one wanted to live under the rule of Tubo. Now they do not support the court and prepare it for Tubo in the future. In addition to using vouchers, they also used the excess goods in the warehouse to exchange for national bonds. Anyway, those goods could not be sold anymore, and they would also be garrisoned, so it would be better to buy national bonds.
Not only merchants buy, but even the people buy treasury bonds, but most of the people use vouchers. Because in this war, vouchers are not stable and people dare not keep too many vouchers. Anyway, they are all paper, and treasury bonds are obviously more reliable, and there is also interest, at least the interest is much higher than that of the gold bank.
In this way, transactions in the market are declining sharply and currency is actually declining sharply, so there is no very terrifying inflation.
The Ministry of Revenue is now counting the number of vouchers recycling day and night. Han Yi is quite leisurely and elegant, because the front line is not his focus at present, and logistics is his focus. He must ensure that there is no turmoil in the Central Plains market. It is not enough to have too much money, and it is not enough to collect vouchers. He still has to release some.
But no matter what, the money is collected!
He took the money and even directly took the government bonds to sign orders for leather armor, cotton coats and quilts with Freedom, carriage orders with Yuwen Carriage Store, mule orders with He Ruo family, weapon orders with Zhang family, Yuan family, Xu family, grain processing orders with Xiaopang Group, and transportation orders with Shandong Group, Guanzhong Group, and ship orders with Changyun Group and Wanli Group.
Originally, at this time, the merchants were doing business, either running away or watching who could fight. Basically, most businesses had to be spring, and the man was panicked and what business was doing. These big workshops were originally facing crisis, but after the orders from the court came down, they not only did not lay off people and went bankrupt, but they were still working overtime to produce, which made it seem that the manpower was a bit insufficient.
And it’s not just that their big workshops get orders, because they don’t say that they produce themselves from beginning to end. In that case, they will require a lot of money and many of the raw materials are supplied by small workshops, such as the rubber of Yuwen’s family. Although the imperial court did not sign orders with them, various workshops are signing orders with them. It can be seen that the production chain of the Tang Dynasty was very complete, and everything could be purchased and there was no need to do it yourself.
Of course, not only the workshops in Chang'an, but also the court also signed many orders with the workshops in Muzhou. The largest order was of course grain.
Jiangnan has sufficient food because the second-season rice is already very mature. Basically, Jiangnan has two-season rice. In addition, after the imperial court opened up privatization, the farmers opened up a lot of wasteland. However, they had strong financial resources. In addition, the Battle of Goguryeo and the outbreak of the crisis brought many slaves to Jiangnan. It was very difficult for ordinary people to open up land. The stamp duty actually doesn't matter to farmers. The risks and interests of tax evasion are completely unequal. In addition, the grain from Yuanzhou and Guangzhou also went to Yangzhou and other places first.
Yang Zhanfei and Xiao Shougui told the big farmer that the soldiers from the north are now holding on to the front. If we don’t support them now, if they fail, there will be no end to the collapse of the nest, and we will be the one who will be finished next.
They thought about it, and now they were just handing over the grain storage, and they were not giving, but exchanged, a transaction, a deal, and interest. Although compared with other commodities, the grain prices will definitely rise at this time. As long as they are willing, they can make a fortune, the problem is that the information is too developed now, and the Tang Daily has been spread everywhere, and the publicity is also very good, which scared them. If the barbarians want to settle in the Central Plains, it would be terrible. They have completely finished playing, and they still can't pay the fatal money.
Moreover, they have to bear reputational risks, and the people are watching them.
At the same time, Wu Meiniang released all the large number of palace maids and eunuchs in the palace and asked them to go to the workshop to produce. No matter what you produce, you can't stay in the palace.
Even many imperial guards in the palace have to go to coal mines and iron mines to help, because the palace no longer needs so many people to protect, and you can't protect them now.
Li Hong took his younger brother Li Xian and personally led the royal family to various coal mines, iron ore, and production frontlines to cheer the workers.
This is actually very meaningful in feudal society. Everyone has royal family in their hearts. The prince comes to cheer us up and stand with us. This kind of infectiousness is very strong.
The royal family took the lead, and the nobles joined in, allowing their servants to go to the front line of production, and took out their horses and carriages for use by the army.
Especially many nobles, at this moment, they were really helping the court with all their might.
Because now it is not to say that "every man is responsible for the rise and fall of the world", but "the nobles are responsible for the rise and fall of the world". Although the nobles have been on the decline, they still have a sense of mission. We are fighting in the internal struggle, but outsiders come to fight us, then our nobles must unite and eliminate foreign enemies first. Let's talk about the grudges and grievances between us.
The nobles had a strong sense of national consciousness. They not only released their human and animal power, but also stood up. In the past, some gentry hermits, like Cui Pingzhong, also came out to help.
When the royal family takes the lead, the people become more united. There is no one who escapes in the entire capital. Your royal family and nobles' lives are so valuable, you are not afraid of them, what are we afraid of?
In ancient times, when the people fled, the royal family usually ran away first, and the nobles ran away first.
However, everything that happened in the Central Plains did not scare any enemies. News came from Lelangzhou that Silla suddenly sent troops to Xiongjinzhou.
King Silla has always been walking on thin ice, because he was wrapped in it by the Tang Dynasty and could destroy it in just a few seconds. King Silla was a man with neither ability nor ambition. He dreamed of unifying Baiji. Before he rebelled against the Tang Dynasty, he sent people to communicate with King Silla and told King Silla that Tubo, Tiele, Dashi, and Liuzhao had formed an anti-Tang alliance, and when would he not raise an army at this time?
After Martyr sent troops to attack Lelangzhou, King Silla immediately betrayed and stabbed him in the back.
But this news did not scare the people of the Central Plains. They were already numb. Many people thought that there was a long chaos there, but now they realized that the chaos had just begun. Moreover, the people of the Central Plains really looked down on Silla from the bottom of their hearts. After Tubo sent troops, Tubo was in Chang'an that day, and all the people in Luoyang were arrested. Now they are digging coal in the mine. No matter what the son of a nobleman, they will be enslaved to death.
But Silla was in chaos, and no one said he wanted to arrest Silla maids.
At this point, the entire Asian continent is burning, from the west to the east.
This scale of war is unprecedented. Generally, the Central Plains are fighting fiercely, and the side comes to get some advantage. Without saying that there is no chaos within the Central Plains, a powerful anti-Tang alliance formed on the side. Now there is war everywhere, but there is no war within the Central Plains. The Six Divines are not included in the Central Plains. After Wang Fangyi left, he temporarily prevented them from entering Shu.
In fact, this is not an anti-Tang, but an anti-Shang and an anti-restraint plan. After all, they saw the Western Turks and the Khitan, and their Khan did not have a good ending. In the end, they were all merchants in power, and most of the nobles were killed or injured. They couldn't understand it very well. After all, this kind of gameplay was a little too high-end, but Han Yi himself told them all his de-restraint plan. In addition, the facts were in front of him, and the merchants were constantly infiltrating. They could only resist, either against them or wait for death. They didn't want to be like the Khitan, and wait until the internal division began to break up and then rebel.
This is really a blow to the drum.
But the problem is, the drum has not been broken yet!
Tingzhou.
"Report - Report to the General, the enemy's troops of Li Jinzhong have broken through the right wing defense line of our army and are now advancing towards Yizhou."
"Damn Li Jinzhong, I really shouldn't have let him run away at that time!"
Qi Zihe was so angry that he beat the table hard.
"General, we must never let Li Jinzhong go there, otherwise our main force will be attacked from both sides and the consequences will be unimaginable."
"But our troops are not enough, and if we draw troops to rescue, we are afraid that Tingzhou will be lost."
"General, I think we can send people to Xizhou and let Wukelie and his wealthy merchants organize their troops to Yizhou for rescue. They are nomadic peoples and everyone will go on horseback to fight."
After hearing this, Qi Bi Heli nodded and said, "That's all!"
The Tang army was actually as strong as ever, but there were too many enemies, and the war came too quickly. The Tang army rushed to fight on every battlefield, and the troops could not be concentrated and they were fighting everywhere. They didn't know how many soldiers there were on their side, let alone how many troops the enemy had.
When Qiebing Heli arrived in Beiting, the people in his hometown were already at the city, and they finally managed to resist it, but the enemy was not stupid. We were originally a family, and we all know how capable you, Qiebing Heli, are. Fighting hard with you is not the best way, so Tiele's army kept trying to bypass the Beiting defense line and directly attack Yizhou, Shazhou, and Liangzhou, attacking the main force of the Tang army on both sides, because now all the Tang army was transferred to Tuyuhun to resist the attack of Tubo, and the rear was relying on Qiebing Heli to defend there, and Li Ji told him to defend the rear.
Qibi Heli fought very badly. He didn't have many soldiers in his hands because when he followed Li Ji to send troops, he only wanted to fight Tubo, but he didn't expect that his hometown would raise an army to rebel against the Tang Dynasty. There was no sign.
You should know that he didn't even know the plan to detain the situation. How could he expect this situation to happen? He was fighting while mobilizing troops from the surrounding area. The soldiers came in waves and could not form combat power for a while. Moreover, food was also a problem, because he didn't know how many soldiers he had, and he didn't know how much food he needed, and it seemed that the food would never be enough.
He really relied on his strong military talent to block left and right there. What he is best at is attack, but he dare not attack because he has to take care of the rear.
The key is that the Taiyuan soldiers on the side must defend Tiele's attack on the one hand. Tiele's uprising storm is too threatening to Taiyuan and can directly attack Taiyuan. Taiyuan cannot be lost. If Taiyuan wants to be lost, Central Plains will be dangerous. Gao Kan dare not attack rashly. At the same time, he has to send people to resist the attack of Mai, so it is impossible for him to come here to rescue.
The force of Qibing Heli could only rely on local forces, that is, the wealthy businessmen in the northwest. These wealthy businessmen were originally in Tingzhou, but now they have all retreated to Xizhou first. After all, the merchants are merchants, not professional soldiers, and they cannot form combat power immediately, so someone has to organize them.
In fact, Wu Kelie and the others were confused at the beginning, and the generals were confused, not to mention that they were merchants, they could only retreat. When they saw that Qi Bi Heli had stabilized Tingzhou, they stayed in Xizhou for the time being.
Xizhou.
"Brother, what do you say in the letter?"
The wealthy businessmen in the room were all looking at Wu Kelie anxiously.
Wu Kelie handed the letter to Yi Gu and said, "Brother Han has clearly stated in the letter that the court is determined to fight them to the end, and the enemy will not die, and this battle will continue. However, Brother Han just asked us to defend the defense line, otherwise the enemy will break through to Yumen Pass. As long as we hold on, Brother Han will have his own strategy to defeat the enemy at that time."
One person said in surprise: "Be serious?"
Wu Kelie nodded and said, "Brother Han made it very clear in the letter. As long as we survive this period, he will have his own way to annihilate the enemy after he comes. In addition, Brother Han also promised us that we should not worry about this logistics issue. All the food and weapons are provided by Zhongyuan. Soon, the continuous supply of food and weapons in Zhongyuan will be transported here."
Casmine wondered, "But who are we going to fight?"
In fact, there is no chaos in the northwest. The problem is that the surrounding area is in chaos. When they organize, they don’t know who to fight. If there is only one enemy, it would be easy to say.
Wu Kelie said: "Brother Han means that the north of Anxi Protectorate will support General Qiezi, all the south of Tuyuhun, and all the west of Pei Xingjian."
Speaking of this, he suddenly stood up and said, "Everyone, I don't want any of us to die because of this, but we are also forced to go desperate. You all know who Tubo and Tiele are. They are just a group of barbarians in poor mountains and rivers. They are here to steal our wealth and women. If we don't want to be their slaves, we can only fight with them to the end."
The wealthy businessmen sighed and nodded.
In fact, they really don’t want to fight because they are developing so well now and everything is thriving. This war may have to be repeated again, and the same was true last time, as if they were trapped in a cycle of reincarnation, which is really exhausted.
Yi Gu suddenly said, "Everyone, don't sigh first. Brother Han has already said in his letter that as long as we win this battle, we will be richer than we are now within three years."
Everyone heard this and was excited, which was another matter. Three years is not very long.
At this moment, Qi Bi Heli wrote to ask for their help.
Chapter completed!