Chapter 1668: The Way to Break the Situation

Pang Qingyun rode on a tall horse, his half-long hair combed neatly to the back of his head, his body swaying and rising with the horse's steps, his sharp eyes scanning the commoners pointing and watching the excitement around him.

People accept new changes very quickly. There is no longer the master of the past, nor are there so many rules as before. At the same time, because of the constraints of the new dynasty's founding philosophy, although they have begun to enjoy wealth, they have not yet begun to accept riding on others' heads and taking pleasure in harming people.

More importantly, Wang Yan attaches great importance to the rectification of the atmosphere, and ideological construction is also what he has been practicing. At the same time, for the so-called meritorious officials, the so-called military merit group, and the so-called nobility group, Wang Yan does not indulge them at all. Once something corrupt is discovered, he takes ruthless action directly.

He doesn't do things without teaching, but for things that have already set rules, if one still harbors fluke and makes trouble, that is seeking death!

People are accustomed to climbing up the nose and face. The commoners who have been shackled for a long time are also like this. Wang Yan opened a gap, and they tore the gap open themselves and became accustomed to it.

It's like setting up a stall on the street. If a stall appears on a street today and the business is good and no one drives it away, the next day there will be two more stalls, and the business is good and no one drives them away, then the whole street will be full...

So now in the capital, the voices of the commoners are very loud.

However, life has indeed become much better. After all, the capital is the place of first goodness, so it should be flowery, and the new dynasty should also have a new atmosphere. Coupled with the fact that great construction itself is centered on the capital and radiates and spreads to develop, the capital is now prosperous in all trades.

Because there are many projects and factories, all of which are hired to do work, the commoners have money in their hands. So all trades in the city are prosperous, and the taxes paid are also many, which can be invested in construction.

The most obvious point is that in the past period of time, there are no muddy roads in the capital when it rains. The drainage facilities have been reconstructed, the water accumulation problem in heavy rain has been basically solved, various dilapidated houses have been repaired, and some densely populated, dirty, messy, and poor areas have ushered in demolition, and houses have begun to be heightened.

Expanding from the plane and developing vertically, using land more efficiently to build the capital into a more brilliant, super-invincible big city.

Also because of the great construction and great development of the capital, the capital, which was originally the concentration place of goods in the world, naturally has a larger throughput for various goods. The most basic thing is that if Wang Yan hadn't imposed restrictions, the price of grain would have been far lower than elsewhere, which is the result of supply exceeding demand.

At the beginning, the commoners frantically hoarded rice, which hard-pushed the grain price up, but after a period of time, the grain price fell again, and no one took out all their money to buy grain.

Originally, the grain price was going to fall further, but at this time the government intervened and set the lowest price, which was even more expensive than grain elsewhere. After all, the commoners in the capital are richer.

With the existing production capacity of agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry, and fishery, it is impossible for the commoners to be full, so they can only control the grain price and the prices of other various necessary materials, and also control the wages.

At the same time, with the gradual increase in the supply of materials, the prices of various materials are constantly adjusted, making the lives of the commoners more relaxed and richer.

But even if it is just like this now, for the vast number of commoners today, it is far better than before.

People have spirit when they live well, and coupled with the new dynasty breaking the old rules, the spiritual outlook of the commoners is quite magnificent...

But Pang Qingyun doesn't think it's good.

He is a person who has lived a poor life and fought his way up from the bottom, all for the sake of getting ahead. Although he was later promoted by Wang Yan because of his defection, he also proved himself countless times before being promoted by Wang Yan.

At the same time, after being promoted, he also proved with one victory after another that he deserved his current position.

However, at this moment, the commoners pointing and gesturing at him, saying whispers he could hear clearly, made him feel that these people did not respect him. Even if some commoners knew his achievements and even popularized them to the people around them, he was of course happy, but he didn't have any particularly special feelings for this.

If he had to say it, it was self-satisfaction.

He was not overly excited by the praise of the commoners because he was not responsible to the commoners, but only to the source of his power.

This is what he learned after defecting to Wang Yan, being sent under Lord Chen, and learning from Lord Chen.

If it were his original fate, if he could understand this truth, then he would not have died. It was Lord Chen and others who lifted him up, and in the end, he became aloof, broke away from their team, and didn't understand things, asking Cixi to exempt the taxes of Liangjiang. The taxes of Liangjiang were what they relied on, and he exempted them.

He didn't please either side, and he naively thought that others wouldn't mess with him, thinking that he should be decent at the position of Governor of Liangjiang. Little did he know that the more high-end the political struggle, the simpler and more straightforward it is...

But now working under Wang Yan, his disregard for the commoners is again not keeping up with the pace, and his path of promotion will also be limited. Of course, if he can always honestly pretend, there will be no problem.

Entering the city in style, he arrived at the rewarded residence, bathed and washed, changed into new clothes, ate some food, and waited patiently for some time until evening.

People from the palace brought him into the palace. Taking advantage of the sunset, the people in the palace led him to tour the palace roughly, just like guiding everyone who arrived at the palace for the first time, telling stories from ancient times to the present, and talking about some stories circulating in the palace.

After such a look at the flowers on horseback, the time was about right, and Pang Qingyun followed the people in the palace to the Hall of Preserving Harmony.

At this time, a table of wine and dishes had been prepared in the hall, and the people who served the dishes had just gone out, and the time was just right.

"Pang Qingyun, kowtow to the Emperor, long live, long live, long live."

As soon as he entered the door, Pang Qingyun performed a great ceremony, loyalty!

Wang Yan walked over from behind the case and sat at the dining table: "Get up and sit down. It's a new dynasty now; there are no great ceremonies except for celebrations."

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

Pang Qingyun sat at the table, his buttocks only touching half, his legs tied in a horse stance, his waist and back straight, sitting quite upright.

Wang Yan took the wine pot and poured wine for him with a smile: "You did very well. That warship was sunk satisfyingly, and you came back after walking for so long. You have worked hard and made great contributions. I toast you."

"The minister dare not claim credit; it is all due to Your Majesty's trust and promotion, and the temple calculation is invincible."

Pang Qingyun humbly raised his wine cup to touch with Wang Yan, looked up and drank it in one gulp.

Just like this, Wang Yan drank three cups in a row with Pang Qingyun.

Wang Yan fully affirmed Pang Qingyun's credit, gave him praise, and said the same euphemistic words he said to Shi Dakai at the time. He said that Pang Qingyun's credit was worth a Duke of the first rank, but due to various reasons, he could only be named a County Marquis in the end.

This gap is indeed a bit large, but Pang Qingyun is actually satisfied.

After all, he was just a small battalion commander who surrendered before. At that time, he was really nothing, and he carried the notoriety of betraying his own people and not caring for his subordinates. It was Wang Yan who did not judge heroes by success or failure, gave him the opportunity to show his talent, and later rewarded him for his merits, allowing him to grow up quickly, which led to today.

But he is not an original shareholder of Huoshan. His credit is indeed good-looking, but it is only because he is in that position, not because he must be there. In this way, although the credit still looks good, it cannot suppress others, so it is very good to be named a Marquis.

Everyone who is proud of military merit should think not about how awesome they are, but about the iron water rolling in the factories with rolling thick smoke behind them, and the production lines of military merit.

After all, looking at the process of Wang Yan winning the world, he never fought a battle with spirituality. He just relied on many guns, many cannons, and fierce firepower, advancing steadily and step by step, beating the Manchu Qing into a rout, to the point that later it was not even fighting, but the places originally belonging to the Manchu Qing were welcoming the Royal Army. Before the large army arrived, they had already cleaned up and waited...

In addition, there is a more important point, which is that the titles of the new dynasty are very expensive. Even for the founding military merit group, naming titles is quite cautious, and the gold content is quite high. Even the loose officials who bought with money in the past are now particularly precious, and not everyone is easy to use.

As the saying goes, things are expensive because they are rare, so even if it is just a County Marquis, Pang Qingyun is already very satisfied. And he is still very young; he knows that Wang Yan's style is tough, and he will have plenty of opportunities to perform in the future.

He was not disappointed, because his opportunity came.

Only heard Wang Yan say: "You walked along the coast, you must have heard about our merchant ships being looted by pirates overseas."

"I heard that there are foreign warships patrolling the ocean; it is them who did it." Pang Qingyun said with gnashing teeth, his emotions already up, "Your Majesty, we must build warships early, organize a navy, fight to their homeland, rob their silver, sleep with their women..."

"No ambition. You only want to sleep with women when you fight out?"

Wang Yan looked displeased, drank a sip of wine and ate vegetables, "Just yesterday, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has signed a new treaty with the foreigners..."

After listening to the content of the treaty introduced by Wang Yan, Pang Qingyun said: "It is still unfavorable to us, just much better than the previous land cession and indemnity..."

The words were full of helplessness, and he could be considered sincere. Because the two battles in which he fought foreigners were both fought by him. One was beating the two thousand foreign allied forces in Hengyang, and the other was sinking a warship in Hong Kong. He had a great psychological advantage over foreigners, but he also knew that the new dynasty currently had many shortcomings.

Wang Yan nodded with a smile: "So we must counter."

"Isn't the treaty already signed..."

Pang Qingyun said words that did not fit his character, but it could be understood. Once a person succeeds, he begins to want face, wants to deny his original heart, beautify his past, and pretend to be a person.

"The existence of a treaty is to be torn up. Pang Qingyun, be ruthless to yourself, and be more ruthless to others, especially foreign devils, and you must not be soft at all. Signing a treaty does not delay us from taking action at the same time."

So Pang Qingyun stood up very smartly, bowed and cupped his hands: "Please give instructions, Your Majesty."

"Sit down. We are all from the grassroots; where are there so many rules?" After he sat down again, Wang Yan said, "You rest for a month, take a good rest in the capital, and then discuss with the staff of the military department how to manage Nanyang."

"Nanyang?"

"We mainly lack grain. I heard that Nanyang is suitable for farming, three harvests a year, and you can harvest just by throwing a handful of seeds. We standardize planting, and then send people to study good seeds suitable for planting there, which can solve part of our grain gap. It is worth fighting for."

"Yes, the minister will definitely do it well, and will definitely take down the whole Nanyang!"

Glancing at him, Wang Yan shook his head: "Nanyang is our vassal state, and the legal system is legitimate. What are you doing taking it down? Look at the foreigners, they only think about scraping money and treasures from us, but they didn't think about taking us down completely. This matter must be learned from them. We must beat Nanyang into fear, and let the commoners of Nanyang make contributions to our commoners. We bring them hope and civilization. If we really take it down and actually govern it, it's so far away, can we manage it? We just want their things."

Pang Qingyun's eyes widened, and Wang Yan's straightforward words gave him a new understanding.

Although he had already fought foreigners, his vision had not risen to this aspect. Relatively speaking, old bureaucrats like Lord Chen would definitely not say anything about taking down Nanyang. Because after taking it down, except for worrying, it has no meaning...

In his shock, Wang Yan continued: "There is another reason. I heard that there is a Strait of Malacca there, which is a necessary passage for coming and going..."

With Wang Yan's will, the empire operated efficiently.

Dispatching logistics materials to the south, selecting a troop suitable for fighting at this time from the many reorganized troops, arranging supplies along the way, and formulating a plan for managing Nanyang according to the map.

At the same time, prepare various professional talents to follow the army, go there to breed, guide local commoners to farm, find mineral veins, and have civil officials go over to manage the spokesperson forces, etc.

After a pile of such things, Pang Qingyun rested in the capital, participated in some clique-forming activities, and left the capital to go south.

And just a few days later, the foreigners who received the news made a fuss again. They strongly condemned Wang Yan for abandoning the agreement, accused the empire of launching an unjust war, and shouted to see Wang Yan.

But in fact, the two sides signed a normal trade treaty, just about ports and tariffs, and there was no problem with Nanyang. The land is connected, I fight over, who can stop it?

Their condemnation was of course heard by no one, and seeing Wang Yan was a dream. They also couldn't stop the start of the war.

A few months later, Pang Qingyun led the vanguard army into Southern Vietnam, but the colonial movement that the foreigners imagined did not come. Instead, they continued to go south without stopping, opened up a safe route in the peninsula, and killed to the Strait of Malacca,

And deployed artillery...

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