Chongzheng Palace, the call continues.

Zhao Ji instructed a few more words before ending the question with Ji Yi.

The edict officially appointing him as the envoy of the Great Food State will soon be issued through the Zhongshu Gate. The letters to the Caliph and the Seljuk Sultan, the Great Food Country, were drafted by the Hanlin scholars, and the writing was brilliant to ensure that neither the Caliph nor the Sultan could understand it.

Gifts have also been prepared, including "Oil Portrait of the Emperor of the Great Song Dynasty" and "Oil Portrait of Confucius" painted by Zhang Zeduan, fine porcelain produced by Ru Yao, exquisite Jiangnan silk, and hardcover editions of books such as "Tianli Shuo", "University", "Zhongyong", "Analects", "Mencius", "Book of Rites", "Tao Te Ching" and so on.

By the way, there is not only one of these valuable national gifts, but the same eight copies are prepared, which are loaded on eight warships. According to Wu Haogu's statement, it was to prevent the ship from sinking in a shipwreck...... In fact, he wanted to give some of it to Tianzhu or the kings of Europe.

Ji Yi is a great diplomat, and he finally went on a long trip, so why do he have to go to some countries, right? If possible, Wu Haogu also hopes that Ji Yi and Li Gang can travel around the countries of Europa. Therefore, you should also prepare several more gifts.

"Your Majesty," Zhang Yuan then reported to Zhao Ji, "The Great Sect has also been prepared, 3,000 soldiers and horses have gathered, more than 500 yuan have been raised with money, and hundreds of monks, Taoist priests, and doctors have also been gathered.

In addition, the Great Education Corps has also prepared a set of principles for the integration of the three religions. ”

"Three religions in one?" Zhao Ji had heard this term more than once—because of the prosperity of Buddhism and Taoism, the dominant Confucian scholars had to fight to defend their faith. However, because Confucianism could not perfectly explain the things that people desperately wanted to know, such as heaven, earth, the universe, and souls, it was unable to resist the erosion of religion on people's hearts.

"How do you explain that?" Zhao Ji asked.

"At the beginning, there was heavenly principle, and at the same time there were Confucianism, Buddhism, and Taoism, Confucianism governed the country, Buddhism transformed people's hearts, and Taoism was natural. The three teachings have the same origin, all of them are based on the principles of heaven......"

"Isn't this putting the Heavenly Principle at the highest level?" Zhao Ji frowned, "Can the monks and Taoist priests agree?" ”

"You can't agree in the Central Plains," Wu Hao Gudao, "but in the Western Regions, I have to agree, otherwise how can the Great Sect make it?" Could it be that the three teach themselves to fight first? If that's the case, why still reason with the Heavenly Sect? ”

"That's what I said, that's all I can say." Zhao Ji thought for a while, and then said, "Zhang Qing, you must keep in mind one thing, the Great Song Dynasty will start a war with the Khitan within ten years, and Hexi and Anxi must at least remain neutral." ”

Zhang Yuan said: "The minister will definitely try to direct the attention of the Xiping Wang brothers to Tianzhu." Tianzhu is tens of thousands of miles away from the Central Plains, but the country is rich and the army is weak. The brothers of the king of Xiping are going to enter Tianzhu, and they may return all the Hexi editions to His Majesty. ”

In the Song Dynasty, the Three Kingdoms were the only rich land in the world that could compete with the Central Plains. Moreover, there is no power in the three kingdoms of Azerbai, the Chalvand dynasty has weakened, and they are also an invader, and there is an endless tug of war with the native Buddhism and Brahmin kingdoms of the Asan, which is not yet completely subdued in India, and there is still a protector of the Polo dynasty with Buddhism as the state religion in Bengal and the middle and lower reaches of the Ganges in later generations. The famous Buddhist shrine of Nalanda Temple also exists, which was protected by the Pala dynasty.

If the Buddhist King of Xiping marched into Tianzhu in the northwest, he could form an alliance with the Polo Dynasty. The decaying Chalvandian dynasty was simply vulnerable.

And once they entered Tianzhu in the northwest, those thieves were rats who got into the rice tank, and they no longer regarded the barren Hexi Corridor as the foundation.

If Gao Yu waved his army into Hexi at this time, it would be a high probability event to win without a fight.

"It's for the best." Zhao Ji nodded with satisfaction.

Unlike the situation in history, because of the efforts of Wu Haogu and Gao Yu, Western Xia has become the Anxi Army of the Great Song Dynasty. This battle also showed Zhao Ji's self-confidence, in his opinion, in another ten or eight years, the Great Song Dynasty will be ready for the Northern Expedition to the Khitan.

At that time, it will be very important to stabilize the Hexi Army and the Anxi Army. In any case, they must not be allowed to stand with the Khitan and provoke a new war in the northwest to contain the power of the Great Song Dynasty. Zhao Ji was so enthusiastic about the affairs of the Great Education Corps and the Hexi Army's westward expedition, which was also due to this consideration.

If the method of diversion of troubled water can be used to settle Hexi, then the Great Song Dynasty will be able to deal with the Khitans with peace of mind.

After seeing Ji Yi and Zhang Yuan, Zhao Ji exhaled and said to Wu Haogu who was still in the palace: "Da Lang, do you say that Zhao Qianshun and Zhao Zhongshun will really be led to Tianzhu?" ”

"Yes." Wu Haogu replied without thinking.

"Why?"

"Because they still owe 2 million to the Great Religious Corps!"

"Is 2 million a lot?"

"Not much," Wu Hao Gu said, "but it can't be paid off, unless the king of Xiping is willing to march into Tianzhu, he will owe more debts." ”

That 2 million is interested! 400,000 a year, although it is not a rolling profit, but 400,000 is also an astronomical amount for the Hexi Army.

As for the Black Khan Uighurs, the first target of the Hexi Army, they were actually poor ghosts, and the four towns of Anxi were not densely populated and the land was fertile. There is simply not much money to scrape, and the real ones who are rich are Persia and Tianzhu. Therefore, the Hexi army must be losing money to fight the four towns of Anxi, and if you want to get it back, you must go to Persia or Tianzhu.

"Really?" Zhao Ji will be skeptical.

Wu Haogu said with a smile: "Please rest assured, Your Majesty, the Great Sect will not let King Xiping have a way to repay his debts." ”

Zhao Ji smiled and asked: "What if my son Zhao Qianshun doesn't pay the debt?" ”

"There is Gao Yu in Lingzhou, how dare the king of Xiping repay the debt?"

"Hahaha......" Zhao Ji laughed, "That's what I said!" So that the Northwest can rest assured. ”

At this moment, a closed door Xuanzan walked in quickly from outside the door and saluted Zhao Ji: "The prisoner Zhong Fu has brought it." ”

"Announce him in."

"Whoa."

After a short time, the Xuanzan of the gate came out of the main hall, smiled and said to Zhong Fu who was waiting outside: "You are blessed, the official family is in a happy mood today, and you can always be exempted from your sins, so quickly follow me into the palace." ”

Zhong Fu hurriedly saluted the Xuanzan, stuffed a silver collar over, and then straightened his clothes and followed the Xuanzan into the temple gate.

This Chongzheng Hall is a newly built house, which is a little different from the one in the old imperial city, and the windows around it are large, and there is a circle of windows between the heavy eaves of the palace-style roof, so the lighting in the hall is very good.

In the depths of the hall, the current official family wearing regular clothes is sitting behind the case, and there is a military attache wearing a purple robe and a sword standing next to the imperial case, which is Wu Haogu. In addition, there is a small yellow door of the imperial medicine courtyard in each of the four corners of the hall, and there is no one else.

This martial artist can actually bring a sword into the temple! Zhong Fu glanced at the long sword that Wu Haogu was carrying again, it should be a real guy - a military attache who usually has the qualification of "bringing imperial equipment" also pretends to bring a feather arrow with a broken arrow. Those who can bring real guys are real henchmen!

No wonder he dared to preside over the military training, and he dared to know the affairs of the Privy Council. But when Yizu was back, wasn't he also a henchman of Later Zhou Shizu?

This martial arts is still too little to read, and he is seeking his own death!

After Zhong Fu cursed Wu Haogu in his heart, he bowed to Zhao Ji and called him a guilty minister.

Zhao Ji said in a deep voice: "Flat." Then he was silent for a while before he said, "Zhong Fu, you are originally a civil servant, why do you want to change to a military attaché?" ”

Because I'm stupid!

Of course, Zhong Fu didn't dare to tell the truth, but said: "Because the minister's heart of merit is too strong, he still wants to lead troops to fight for the imperial court......"

"Oh." Zhao Ji nodded, "Are you willing to lead troops for the imperial court?" ”

"The minister is willing to ......"

Zhong Fu chuckled in his heart, peeked at Wu Haogu, and thought: This guy won't pull me to jump into the fire pit together, right?

"That's good!" Zhao Ji nodded, "I'll give you a chance to atone for your sins, and send a model new army commander with the power of the East Shangmen." ”

Zhong Fu was stunned, and hurriedly excused himself: "Weichen doesn't understand the military system of the new government, how can he take on this position?" ”

He is now frightened by the matter of military training, and with Cai Jing before, he still entered the Yushitai Prison in a daze.

Now that there is no big tree of Cai Jing, can those royal masters still let themselves go? I can't impeach him every day! The so-called three people become tigers, and when the time comes, they will have to be impeached for their crimes!

Besides, how can he not have a little sin after being an official for so many years? When the time comes, it will definitely be dug up for the imperial historians.

After a few cases, Zhao Ji said with a smile: "The military system of the new government soldiers has not yet been formulated, and no one understands it." And didn't Zhong Qing enter the Accelerated Martial Arts Academy under the Rumor Refutation Palace? After Tao Jiefu takes office, the Rapid Martial Arts Academy will be reopened. You go to school for a few months, and when you finish your studies, you can discuss the military system with the military engine room of the Privy Council. ”

How to draw up a military system, Wu Hao has long been counted. However, this credit is hot, and Wu Haogu does not dare to monopolize it. Therefore, the formal procedure was followed, and the draft was drawn up by the military machine room and the martial arts hall together, and then the two governors discussed it collegially, and finally approved by Zhao Ji for implementation.

And he didn't need to personally master the model new army - because he was different from the Yuan Datou in later generations, he was not a simple warlord, but a school leader plus a chaebol plus a warlord. If we can expand the power of the positivist school by forming a model army, we will be able to strengthen ourselves.

Speaking of this, Zhao Ji leaned forward again, looked at Zhong Fu and said, "You were training for Cai Jing before, but this time you are training for me, it's different!" ”

There are words in Zhao Ji's words, where can Zhong Fu not hear it? You promised to train for Cai Jing before, but now if you refuse to train for the officials, then ...... Hehe! A military attache can be killed!

Zhong Fu hurriedly bowed, "The minister is willing to train an elite army for His Majesty!" ”