Chapter Ninety-Eight: The Sorrow of the Scholar

After studying with Ouyang Xiu for so long, Su Shi knew what Meng Kaishan's current behavior meant. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

This means that the Hami Kingdom has developed from the iron heart source alone to the point where people are willing to pay for the construction here.

These are two different realms.

The benefits of the world cannot be eaten by one person, and even the emperor cannot eat all the benefits, so at this time, we must understand what sharing is.

Zhao Song Dynasty and scholars share the world This is a kind of sharing, because if you know how to share, the risk of sitting on the country is much smaller.

In fact, many emperors understand that as long as they are willing to share the benefits of the world, the stronger the sharing group, the more stable the country.

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty did not understand this truth, he was too greedy, and the dividends of the Xiongnu were swallowed by him alone, which created the decline of the national fortunes at the end of the Western Han Dynasty.

Expeditioning to Dawan for the sake of a heavenly horse is something that only a fool can do, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty did it, and he did this kind of thing more than once.

Tang Taizong said very clearly, the king is for the boat and the people for the water, he did it, but unfortunately his unfortunate descendants soon forgot this sentence.

When the interests do not reach the bottom, it is a very dangerous thing for a country.

In Hami, who is the bottom?

People like Meng Kaishan are the bottom and the backbone of Hami State.

As for the Uighurs, they were not yet civilized and were weak, and they needed a lot of government investment.

Tie Xinyuan's purpose was to make the Song and Han Chinese the backbone of his own country, so it was to be expected that wealth would be tilted in their favor.

Every king needed a group of absolute loyalists and supporters, and in Hami, the Song and Han Chinese were the beneficiaries chosen by Tie Xinyuan.

It was very important to keep every ethnic group alive, the Song and Han people's minds were alive, they could play an important role in the commercial and civil bureaucracy, and the only way for those from the Western Regions and the Uighurs to advance was through the military.

When Tie Xinyuan was dividing the Song people, the Han people, and the Uighurs from the Western Regions, he suddenly found that the civilian officials he hated the most to suppress the military generals were about to reappear in Hami.

At this time, Tie Xinyuan suddenly discovered that the reason why he was unlucky in the Great Song Dynasty was not for no reason.

Different positions, different views, when he stood at the same height as Zhao Zhen, he found that there were not many choices left for himself.

The Great Song Dynasty was already at the peak of the feudal dynasty, and he had tried all the possibilities he could to govern the country, and they were still in a groping stage.

The only thing that Tie Xinyuan is more clever than these people is that he already knows the results and consequences of these people's groping.

Therefore, Tie Xinyuan decided to pull more political allies for himself, and he decided to sink the interests of the empire.

That is to say, it is often said in history that the wealth of the people is hidden.

This is a benevolent government, but if you want to carry it out, there are always countless troubles, such as the mercenary system that is now being established in full swing.

Hong Laoqi's brainwashing work is doing well, whether it is the Tanguts, the Qing Tang people, or the Song people, the Han people, and the barbarians, as long as they follow the concept of guest first, the mercenaries will take the initiative to accept them.

This group snowballed over the course of three months with more than 10,000 people.

This led directly to a terrible consequence, and the mercenaries did what the Hami army needed to accomplish.

Whether it is fighting, suppressing bandits, or quelling civil unrest, these mercenaries are very easy to use.

The degree of compliance with the contract made Tie Xinyuan feel ashamed in many cases.

Wang Dayong, who was cleaning up the chaotic military command system of the Hami Kingdom, naturally also saw the group of mercenaries.

This is a powerful military group, and it is very powerful, and King Hami is secretly controlling the mercenaries, and Wang Da knows it well.

When he saw that the number of mercenaries on the register had reached sixteen thousand, he still couldn't say a word shocked by the number.

Winter is coming, Ouyang Xiu's official residence moved from Hami back to Qingxiang City, this is the grace of King Hami, he does not want Ouyang Xiu to continue to stay in the new city of Hami with poor conditions for the winter.

When Wang Da was looking for Ouyang Xiu, Ouyang Xiu was chatting with Su Shi in the conservatory, and the focus of his conversation was that Hami was preparing to sink its focus from the high-rise level.

Hearing that the servant said that Wang Dayong asked to see him, he hurriedly invited Wang Dayong into the warm room to talk.

The green shirt worn by the Hami officials now looks equally good on Wang Dayong's body, he entered the conservatory, and saw Ouyang Xiu wearing a Yanju costume, so he lazily leaned on a **** couch and said: "Xiangguo, can you know that the number of mercenaries in Hami has reached 16,000?" ”

Su Shi, who was cooking tea, offered Wang Dayong a cup of hot tea, and Ouyang Xiu waited for Wang Dayong to finish drinking the tea before saying, "What do you think?" ”

Wang Dayong nodded and said: "Sixteen thousand soldiers, Hami can use it, and my Great Song Dynasty can naturally use it." ”

Ouyang Xiu said with a smile: "Don't worry, don't worry, the mercenaries have just been created now, and they are far from reaching the point where they can be retracted freely."

The environment in the land of Hami is harsh, and at this time, the use of mercenaries is a last resort, and my Great Song is definitely not as urgent as Hami.

Hunger is harmful to my Great Song. ”

Wang Dayong said a little impatiently: "This old man also knows this, but the battle of Qingtang is still in a state of stalemate, and the army of Hami has withdrawn to the country, and the old man is very worried that he will take advantage of the fisherman if he does not hide it." ”

Ouyang Xiu said with a smile: "Do you think that the Yanyan princes in the court have no way to deal with it?" ”

Wang Dayong sighed and said: "Naturally, there is, I am just worried that this Northern Expedition will fail." ”

"I can't lose, this time the hundreds of thousands of troops of the imperial court are slowly advancing westward, although the progress is slow, but Fu Bi's army has advanced two hundred miles west during this time.

After advancing for two hundred miles, the border of my Great Song Dynasty naturally advanced to the west for two hundred miles, and the benefits of these two hundred miles were obvious.

As long as I, Da Song, am not in a hurry and slowly advance westward, I will get Hehuang sooner or later, what are you waiting for if you don't hide Pang and stay in Zhuo Luo City? Aren't you just waiting for me to divide the troops of the Great Song Dynasty and suddenly attack us?

As long as he wasn't given this opportunity, he could only continue to stay in Zhuo Luo City. Seeing us cannibalize Qingtang. ”

Wang Dayong said with a wry smile: "I didn't hide the slander, but I decided that my Great Song Dynasty would change the order every day, so I stayed in Zhuo Luocheng and waited for us to make mistakes."

originally thought that 300,000 people in Hami invaded Western Xia, and he would move his ass no matter what, but he didn't expect that he could see through the Hami army at a glance that it was a show, and assigned more than 20,000 people from the Gansu Military Division to drive Hami, and he himself remained motionless.

The tiger is on the side, which is not a good thing after all. ”

Ouyang Xiu said with a smile: "Duan Zhi can see it very clearly, since he already has the wisdom bead in his hand, why are he still worried?" ”

Wang Dayong said with some embarrassment: "My Great Song Dynasty battles are often won first and then defeated......"

Ouyang Xiu said with a wry smile: "After suffering losses for so many years, you should have a long memory now, right?" ”

Su Shi said with a smile after serving tea to the two elders: "You two are now Hami's subordinate officials, why are you still worrying about your heart thousands of miles away?" “

Wang Dayong sighed and said: "The bright moon of the old country, how can it be isolated by a long road of thousands of miles, Zizhan, bring some wine, it is also a pleasure for me and Uncle Yong to get drunk together in the cold weather." ”

Ouyang Xiu didn't stop it, Su Shi quickly brought two jars of wine, and it could be seen from the red paper skin on the wine jar that these wines turned out to be pear blossom white.

Mr. drinking, there can be no one around to serve, Su Shi remembered the appearance of the elf, sighed secretly, and cheered up to scald the wine for the two gentlemen, and listened to some rebellious nonsense by the way.

It's December, and after Tie Xinyuan looked at the grain stock, he finally breathed a sigh of relief, and the food consumption in the winter did not increase greatly.

It's only half a percent more than in the fall, and if we can continue to maintain this supply, this disaster year will be over.

Closing the paperwork, Tie Xinyuan looked back at Zhao Wan, who had already fallen asleep, after this mother-in-law was pregnant, she was obsessed with herself, even if she reviewed the official documents, she had to do it under her nose.

The heat emitted by the wall of fire was fierce, and the cave was a little stuffy, Zhao Wan kicked off the quilt, and most of her body was exposed.

Tie Xinyuan sighed, stepped forward to cover Zhao Wan with the quilt, and asked the water beads sitting outside the door to close the damper of the fire wall half, so as not to burn too hot, and Zhao Wan kicked the quilt again.

Tie Yi's room opposite was still lit, and there was a low voice of speech, and after listening carefully, he knew that it was Wang Yan, Tie Yi couldn't understand Chinese, Wang Yan couldn't speak Persian, and he didn't know how the two communicated.

Push the door in, but the house is fragrant with wine, a pot of mutton is stewed on the small iron stove, Tie Yi and Wang gradually eat meat and drink at the same time, Wang gradually chicken and duck talk very lively.

The eunuchs in the world are indeed a family.

Tie Xinyuan secretly scolded himself in his heart, found a pair of clean chopsticks, and without speaking, he began to fish for meat to eat.

"The official family doesn't have your stomach, when there was a famine in Chenzhou, the official family got up several times a night, was hungry at night, wanted a bowl of mutton soup, and felt that it was too troublesome and secretly endured it."

Wang Gradual, this guy always compares Zhao Zhen with Tie Xinyuan, if you follow what he said, Tie Xinyuan does not look like an emperor everywhere.

The people under the rule of an emperor like Tie Xinyuan should have starved to death a long time ago, and now being able to eat half full is purely the reason why the stupid son is taking care of it.

After swallowing a piece of meat, Tie Xinyuan said impatiently: "If I treat the emperor as miserable as my father-in-law, I would rather not be."

Before taking care of the people, I must first take care of myself, and when I live a happy life, I will be in a good mood to let everyone live happily with me. (To be continued.) )