Chapter 719 Difficult to work with

Chapter 719 Difficult to work with

Hearing what his uncle said, a trace of embarrassment flashed across Director Yuwen's face. After hesitating for a while, he continued: "I have been actively engaged in farming since I entered the country. This autumn, the general manager's government will gather nearly 500,000 dan of food. There are also another 500,000 dan. The arsenal is full of armor and a staff..."

Although the performance of the Qinzhou General Manager's Office in recent years is not as impressive as that of the Jingzhou General Manager's Office, its own strength can be said to be strong. In the past, Duguxin's power in Longyou was not as good as that of Yuwen Dao today, and he was already regarded as a serious problem by Yuwentai.

If Li Tai hadn't seized the opportunity when Hou Jing's rebellion wreaked havoc on Nanliang's politics and expanded massively, then Jingzhou's General Mansion would not be on the same level as Qinzhou's. Now not only the west of Longguan is under the jurisdiction of the Qinzhou General Administration, but even Yuanzhou and other places are also within its jurisdiction.

However, due to the historical problem of Duguxin, and the vast area and sparse population of Longyou itself, Yuwen Dao himself was more than prudent but not innovative enough. The management of Qinzhou still stopped at the basic ideas of farming and encouraging farmers. For the rapid The developing Longyou trade has not yet formed a systematic and effective management, so the political status quo in Qinzhou has a relatively obvious gap compared with Jingzhou.

Putting these aside, Qinzhou's current material reserves alone are enough to launch an encirclement and purge battle against Longnan.

After all, it is impossible to kill everyone in this kind of regional war. It still requires selective absorption and elimination of die-hard elements before establishing a stronger ruling order.

Seeing that his uncle's expression relaxed, Director Yu Wen continued: "The reason why I intend to clean up Longnan is also because of the trade routes mentioned by Duke Taiyuan. Does my uncle know that there are Sifang City in Tianshui? This is because Taiyuan Duke was engaged in the Hanoi government in Longnan in the old years. At the right time, the merchants and cities built by the powerful clans in the state were unified..."

Of course, Director Yu Wen would not ignore an obvious trade and distribution center like Sifang City. However, after he succeeded Dugu Xin and left Longyou, his initial focus was to firmly control the military and political power in his hands and gradually eliminate the personnel traces left by Dugu Xin in all aspects of Longyou.

Under such circumstances, he would naturally not rashly attack such an obvious group of interests. If the method is too extreme and directly pushes the local powerful factions to oppose him, he will be the governor of Qinzhou to the end. Moreover, in his mind, he did not feel that such commercial activities had the energy to overwhelm the military and political trends.

But when he completed the personnel cleanup within the administration and came back to understand and dismantle this business alliance, Li Boshan had already emerged as a new force and his power had greatly increased.

Director Yu Wen also knew that he had an army of thousands of Longyou disciples under his command. Many powerful local families in Longyou not only had close friendship with Li Boshan, but also had great interests in Sifang City. If Director Yuwen uses strong measures to control Sifang City, the shock it will bring may not be limited to his jurisdiction.

Of course, the most important thing is that the managers of Sifang City are also aware. Although the General Manager's Office is not directly involved in the management, Sifang City loses a considerable amount of money and goods to the General Manager's Office every year, and the amount is greater than the amount of commercial taxes collected by the General Manager's Office. More.

This also gave Director Yu Wen no motivation to forcefully interfere in the management of Sifang City. He himself did not know much about business operations. If he messed up again, it would not only arouse public outrage, but the income might not be as good as before.

But as a military and political leader of a party, Yu Wendao felt unhappy after having such a collection of resources within his territory that was beyond his control. This time when he heard Li Taiyan talk about blocking the business routes in Shuzhong, he also realized that this was a good opportunity to exert control over Sifang City and take over its management.

"Businessmen are driven by profit. The former Hanoi fairly settled Liangzhou, Gongji and Guazhou, and the Hexi Passage was suddenly connected. Therefore, the people of Longyou competed for their use, and thus gathered into the Sifang City. Although I have the intention to force, Liangzhou The control in the west of the state is still shallow, so there is no guarantee of taking action rashly. In addition, many of Longyou'erlang admire the Duke of Taiyuan. If he knows that his hometown is being disturbed, his mind may be shaken."

Director Yuwen is called the General Manager of Qinzhou, but many personnel issues within his jurisdiction are still not completely under his control. For example, Shi Ning, the governor of Liangzhou, is on good terms with each other. When it comes to the core issues, Shi Ning still does not lose control. My own opinion.

Not to mention Guazhou, which is further away. When there was chaos in Guazhou, the imperial court and the Bafu did not even have the ability to send a large army there, so they relied on the local wealthy families to bring order to the chaos. Now Linghu Yanbao, who is known as the most important person in Guazhou, has been under Li Boshan for a long time and considers himself a retainer.

Putting aside these miscellaneous thoughts, Director Yu Wen continued his analysis: "Sichuan brocade is important both internally and externally. If we can pacify Longnan and get goods from central Shu, merchants from Longyou will not get the goods unless they worship me, and each will benefit from it." I will definitely fight for it. Then I will have all the characters, and building another city is just a matter of thought!"

After hearing this, Yu Wentai's eyes suddenly lit up, and he nodded repeatedly: "If it is as said, this plan is great! Although the Longnan garrison will consume a lot of troops, the huge profit will be enough to compensate for it. But it is necessary Remember, we must fight quickly and don’t let one corner put the whole situation in jeopardy!”

The simple increase in profits is not enough to make Yu Wentai so moved. What really makes him interested is that if this matter goes smoothly, it can encourage the people in Longyou, Hexi, to no longer be so closely tied to Dugu Xin and Li Tai.

In the past, Dugu Xin recommended many Longyou people to enter Guanzhong, and now they are widely distributed among the Chinese and Foreign Governments and the imperial court, as well as the counties in Guanzhong. Because of the existence of these people, although Dugu Xin now lives in Chang'an, his shadow still exists in many places, which also makes Yu Wentai feel wary.

As for Li Tai, there is no need to mention it. Even if Yu Wentai believes that Li Tai is still loyal to him, it is not normal for a minister to have such great power. At the very least, even if a person is as good as Lin Feng, he will be destroyed. On a larger scale, it directly affects the power distribution pattern of the Bafu.

Therefore, on the premise of ensuring the stability of the internal and external situation, Yu Wentai does not mind using some means to weaken the personnel power controlled by Li Tai and make the entire Bafu power structure healthier.

After pondering for a while, he continued: "I think this Sifang City was left by his predecessor, and Li Boshan just obeyed his orders. Since he bluntly said that it was related to the trade route, it can be seen that his thoughts are still honest. The court flirted with him several times, and Boshan was able to do it. Without losing self-control.

Nowadays, because the situation in the southeast is changing frequently, it is necessary to stay in the other side. Everything he did was to strengthen the country, and everything he did was approved both internally and externally. Because of his great achievements, his peers may be jealous of him, but I can support him! Now that great things have not been accomplished, how can we alienate the general? "

When Yuchijiong heard these words, his eyes became a little resentful. He wanted to ask who it was that he was talking about because of jealousy, but after thinking about it, he still didn't ask.

Director Yu Wen's expression was relatively calm. At the same time, he understood what his uncle meant, so he nodded and said: "Mr. Taiyuan is smart and quick. When this matter is discussed, he will naturally think of changes in the future. I will talk about it before leaving. I hope we can reach a tacit understanding with each other.”

Hearing Director Yuwen's statement, Yuwentai nodded with satisfaction. What he admires the most is Director Yuwen's humble, self-sufficient, generous and tolerant character. When it comes to national strength, the Western Wei Dynasty is not the strongest. When it comes to family background, the Yuwen family is not the strongest either. Only by uniting everything can we unite. Only with strength can we meet greater challenges and create greater undertakings.

This point of his thoughts was most profoundly understood by Yuwen Dao, while the other nephews were more or less arrogant and conceited and were not able to reconcile themselves with the masses.

Fortunately, another nephew, Yu Wenhu, has gradually changed his temperament after being beaten and tempered. He is no longer as aggressive and competitive as before. This time the Sino-foreign government was reorganized, and he recommended many people from Hedong to join the government. Being able to correctly understand and evaluate the merits of others is a big improvement.

Thinking of this, Yuwentai suddenly said with a smile: "What do you think of sending Sabao to Jingzhou to work with Boshan? The two of them had a good friendship in the past, but because of the gap in their achievements and positions, Sabao was too narrow-minded. In fact, it’s a pity to think about it.”

Director Yu Wen and Yu Chijiong in the hall were stunned when they heard this, and immediately looked at each other, feeling that something was wrong with each other. Nowadays, Jingzhou is already powerful. If Sabao makes another mistake one day after he goes there, he might be pushed into the Yangtze River to make a nest.

"Sa Bao is working conscientiously in Hedong now, and he may not be able to adapt to changing his job rashly. My uncle also knows that he has a strong temper, and I am afraid he will not be willing to succumb to the Taiyuan Duke. They are all strong-willed people. If the quarrel and fighting spirit continue to make things difficult, it will be difficult." It’s not good.”

Director Yuwen hurriedly said that he had only one biological brother left, and he had to try his best to keep it.