In the winter of the fourth year of the Emperor of the Great Song Dynasty, after four years of hard work, the prosperity of the Great Song Dynasty has been unmatched, with 2.7 million hectares of newly reclaimed land in the country, and the acres of private self-retained land are several times larger; There are millions of new merchants, more than 1,000 cities and towns, and the number of national highways has increased to six, from Shangjing in the north to Guangnan in the south, to the sea in the east, and to the desert in the west.

In terms of fiscal revenue, since the annual income of 30 million yuan in the first year of Huangyou, after four years, it has reached as much as 120 million yuan, a fourfold increase.

The lives of the people have undergone earth-shaking changes, not only the increase in wealth, but also the opening of people's wisdom, the opening of national highways, the increasing development of public transportation, and the increasing convenience of communication newspapers, which have greatly broadened people's horizons.

In the ten-year plan of the Development and Reform Department presided over by Su Jin and Li Chong, the free township school system of the whole Song Dynasty began to be implemented at the end of the third year of Huangyou, and all children under the age of 12 were divided into male and female schools for free admission.

At the same time, in Yingtianfu, Chengdu, Jiangning, Taiyuan, Daming, Linhuang, Liaoyang and other more than 20 state capitals of the Song Dynasty set up a government-run Chinese culture museum, teaching not only Confucian classics, but also divided into astronomy, geography, arithmetic and other disciplines, training various types of specialized talents, Ying Tianfu and Bianliang Guozijian also specially invited the people of the Fan country to teach the translation of the Tibetan language, so as to facilitate the trade and diplomacy of the Great Song Dynasty and other countries.

Under the impact of all kinds of new lifestyles and ideological trends, being an official is no longer the only way for the people to feel that they are glorifying their ancestors, and all walks of life have ways to get ahead.

For Su Jin personally, although the past four years have been more exhaustive than any period, but he has gained a huge reputation, the twenty-eight-year-old Su Jin has become the national idol of the Great Song Dynasty, his dress, every word and deed, have become the object of emulation by the whole people, all kinds of strange things about Su Shumi are also crazy among the people, Su Shumi's mantra has been used as a buzzword.

In the past three years, Su Jin has worked hard, and soon made the belly of the Rou Niang Huanniang sisters and Yeli Duanyun bulge, Rou Niang Huanniang gave birth to a daughter respectively, Yeli Duanyun then gave birth to Su Jin's third son, and Rou Niang Huanniang's father after Su Jin's many searches and finally no news, the biggest possibility is that he was killed by the thief on the Shu Road when he was sent to Sichuan, although it is extremely regrettable, but it is also a helpless thing.

The Su family's industry has also snowballed up, in the past few years, the Yinzhuang branch has spread to more than a dozen central state capitals in the Great Song Dynasty, with a strong exchange capacity to obtain a strong reputation, Yinzhuang has absorbed more and more deposits, with the accumulation of these idle funds, Su Ji invested in more than 10 mines have been mined.

The mothers of the Su family are in charge of their own stalls, Yan Biyun is in charge of Su Ji's property, the chief official is in charge of the Yinzhuang mine, Rou Niang Huanniang is in charge of the dyeing and weaving cloth and garment business, Xia Siling is in charge of the overseas fleet trade, Yeli Duanyun is in charge of the management of Pearl City and the Northwest Racecourse and Xia trade, Ahri is in charge of the Pearl Newspaper and the affairs of the communication, and the affairs of the family are all in charge of special personnel, and Su Jin does not even have to interfere.

How rich Su Ji is, how many ways to get money, I'm afraid no one knows except the eldest lady Yan Biyun, even Su Jin doesn't even know; Once Su Jin just inadvertently asked, Yan Biyun also inadvertently answered, which made everyone dumbfounded, Yan Biyun only said a few words: "It should be comparable to the revenue of the Great Song Dynasty." That means that Su Ji's annual profit can already be equal to the annual fiscal and tax revenue of the Great Song Dynasty, which is really called a rich country.

Of course, there are troubled times, Su Shumi is only twenty-eight years old, and he is a suave person, several women with first-class character and appearance openly show their love, Su Daren was also stupid, cheekily proposed the idea of marrying a few more people, the ladies of the Su family immediately objected, and from then on strictly guarded, every day when he went home, there would be Xiao Sui'er lying on him with a dog's nose to smell and smell, to see if there was a smell of other women, sometimes find a green silk to the whole family to force the question, which made Su Daren depressed; Seeing that many young and beautiful girls are willing to throw themselves into their arms, it seems that they can enjoy their beautiful bodies by hooking their fingers, but they can't help but not get their wish, which is a pity.

In the winter and November of the fourth year of the Great Song Dynasty, it snowed heavily in Bianliang for three days, and it was knee-thick; In previous years, the heavy snow closed the door and the bitter cold was the time when the people of the Great Song Dynasty were panicked, but now there is grain in their hands, there is charcoal in the house, and there are cotton clothes and wool fur on their bodies, and the people do not feel flustered at all.

At the main gate of the palace, the Praetorian Guards on duty had already cleared the snow at the palace gate, and several figures hurriedly entered the palace gate, and walked through the corridor next to the Daqing Hall to the imperial study.

In the imperial study, Zhao Zhen sat cross-legged on the warm kang and watched the recital, a charming concubine was beside him to make tea and incense and sort out the music, and the two were talking without a match.

The voice of Huang Peisheng, the head of the internal chamberlain outside the curtain, sounded: "Your Majesty, Lord Zhang Yaozuo, the deputy privy envoy, and Lord Han Jiang, the waiter of the Imperial Punishment Department, are here. ”

Zhao Zhen raised his head and said, "Please let them in." ”

The curtain was lifted, Zhang Yaozuo nodded his head, followed by Han Jiang, who was in a sturdy body, and the two entered the room with a cold air, bowed their heads and saluted Zhao Zhen and the concubine: "See the emperor, the concubine." ”

Zhao Zhen smiled and put down the chapter in his hand and said, "Here, come here, sit down." ”

The concubine smiled and said, "Uncle, everything is fine at home, how is my aunt's health?" ”

Zhang Yaozuo's buttocks had just been on the brocade stool, and when he heard the words, he hurriedly got up and said: "Thank you for your concern, the inner body is okay, they are all old and sick, and they can't go to the root, when the weather is cold, the asthma will be more serious, and there is no big problem." ”

Zhang Guifei said: "The good ones will be raised, and the Changbai ginseng I ordered someone to send should remember to boil and drink it." ”

Zhang Yaozuo said: "Remember, thank you for your care." ”

Zhao Zhen looked at all this with a smile and said, "I am so envious, the concubine is not so attentive to your wife." ”

Zhang Guifei said angrily: "The emperor doesn't talk about conscience, isn't the concubine good enough for you?" ”

Zhang Yaozuo and Han Jiang didn't dare to speak, and the emperor and the concubine laughed, making them a little embarrassed.

Zhao Zhen also felt a little undignified, coughed, and said gently: "The two Aiqing asked to see me alone, but what important things do you have to say?" ”

Zhang Guifei said: "The concubine retires, you talk about national affairs, and the concubine is not suitable here." ”

Zhao Zhen didn't speak, Zhang Yaozuo waved his hand and said: "Niangniang doesn't have to move, although it is a national event, there is nothing that Niangniang can't let Niangniang know, Niangniang is smart, maybe she can put forward some ideas." ”

Zhang Guifei glanced at Zhao Zhen, and saw that Zhao Zhen didn't say anything special, so she put her butt on the soft couch and didn't move.

"Your Majesty, the minister is in charge of the affairs of the North Room, and I have heard a lot of rumors recently, and I don't vomit or feel unhappy, so I want to talk to the emperor today."

Zhao Zhen smiled and said, "Say, where did you hear the rumors again?" You've heard a lot of wind in the past few years, and my ears are almost full. ”

Zhang Yaozuo couldn't hear the ridicule in the emperor's words, and said embarrassedly: "The emperor told the minister to pay attention to the internal and external atmosphere, how dare the minister not do his best, this time is different from the previous thing, the minister feels very serious." ”

Zhao Zhen smiled: "Oh? ”

"The minister got the news, Xia Guo has recently made some moves, since the spring of the third year of Huangyou, Xia Guo has vigorously expanded the army, trained soldiers, and now the army has expanded to 400,000 people, almost the same as the total number of troops in the Qingli period......"

Zhao Zhen frowned and said, "Didn't you already say this thing?" I remember that you mentioned this matter last year, and I also summoned the envoys of the Xia State to inquire, and the Xia State trained its troops to prevent the disturbance of the Tibetans and the Uighurs, didn't Su Jin also make it very clear? It is a good thing that the Xia State was able to resist the nuisance of the Uighurs and the Tibetans, and also saved troops and financial resources for our Great Song Dynasty in disguise. ”

Zhang Yaozuo said: "But the news that the minister received was not like this, and the minister personally sent people to investigate, and found that there was no dispute between the Xia Kingdom and the Uighur Tibet. What's even more infuriating is that the Xia State sold the iron tools exported by the Great Song Dynasty to the Uighurs and Tibetans at a high price, and also exported high-quality horses to them. ”

Zhao Zhen was shocked: "Is this true? ”

Zhang Yaozuo bowed down and said: "How dare the minister spread rumors, this is all the secret agents sent by the minister to see with their own eyes, Su Shumi wanted to ban the trade of iron minerals to Xia, the minister was extremely opposed at the time, but in the end, there were too many people in the court to support it, and the minister was powerless to stop it, the emperor was also helpless at the time, I knew that it would be bad, and sure enough, now something has gone wrong." ”

Zhao Zhen frowned and said: "My Great Song Dynasty has a favor for Xia Guo, Xia Guo will not dare to have any intentions, is there something hidden in it?" ”

Zhang Yaozuo sighed: "Your Majesty, it's about the safety of the society, you can't be careless, my Song Dynasty has been in the army for a few years, and although the national strength has recovered, if the three northwestern countries have any attempts, it will not be easy to deal with it if millions of people make a rebellion over time; Now my Great Song Dynasty is rich and strong, but the richer it is, the more it will attract others to covet, and there is a precedent for Xia people to rebel, Li Yuanhao didn't say that it was good to be with my Great Song Dynasty forever? What happened? Isn't it a flagrant betrayal? Therefore, the barbarians speak categorically uncountable. ”

Zhao Zhen frowned slightly, thought for a while, and said, "Then in your opinion, how to deal with it?" ”