When Ji Yi was in the Chongzheng Palace, when he was talking to Zhao Ji in the Chongzheng Palace, in the political affairs hall, the ministers were discussing several important government affairs to be dealt with today.

"The lord of Liao seems to have died in the winter bowl camp, and Yanxi, the king of Yan, has ascended the throne. Wu Haogu's recital, have you all seen it? Han Zhongyan, as in the past, sat high in the middle hall, and took the piece of music that Wu Haogu had just handed over today in his hand, "This Wu Hao ancient man is in Kaifeng Mansion, and the affairs on the other side of the Jiehe River have not been left behind, and he always pays attention to the affairs of the Liao Kingdom, which is very capable!" ”

As soon as he came up, he took out the piece handed by Wu Haogu, and also mentioned that the death of Lord Liao was not without reason. He is also an old bureaucrat, of course he knows that Wu Haogu has been targeted by An Tao and Lu Jiawen.

At this time, it's better to hurry up and slip away from Kaifeng Mansion! Now that the old emperor of the Liao State is dead, then Wu Haogu should immediately set off to Jiehe Shang City to take charge......

Zeng Bu smiled lightly and said casually: "It's very capable, the house in Dutingyi has not been built yet, and the money has already been earned." ”

Before Wu Haogu sold 420 properties in one go, Zeng Bu didn't care too much about the other government-owned properties in Dutingyi and Kaifeng Mansion. But now, he has seen the big benefits.

This is comparable to the benefits of salt, iron and wine! So he immediately brought the conversation back to real estate.

Although Fan Chunli now also agrees with the government-run Kaifeng Mansion Real Estate, after all, he is Han Zhongyan's comrade, so he naturally wants to help speak, "Zixuan, the matter of Dutingyi has already been decided, and we don't need to discuss it anymore." Now it's time for Wu Haogu to return to Jiehe Shang City...... It won't be long before many Khitan nobles are going to flee there.

In addition, the matter of purchasing land for the knights in front of the palace can no longer be delayed, and the Military Academy Department should be canceled by the end of the year at the latest, and at least 500 students will be placed by then. ”

What Yi Suo said is very true, but Kaifeng real estate profits must not be observed, if the business is successful, the annual income of tens of millions is also expected. If this money is allowed to fall into the pockets of private individuals, I am afraid it will not be a good thing for the country and the people. ”

Li Qingchen, who had just paid homage to his servants, seemed to be a peacemaker, and did not object to sending Wu Haogu out of Beijing, but also mentioned the benefits of real estate. The court of the Northern Song Dynasty did not have the idea of not competing with the people for profit, and the internal and external conditions of the Song Dynasty did not allow such thoughts. Unlike the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty who brought their own dry food, the founding of the Song Dynasty was a mercenary, and everyone has long been accustomed to the rule of taking money to be a soldier and having no money to mutiny. If the imperial court doesn't have enough financial resources to pay those mercenaries who can eat but can't fight, then it will cost the big guy's own life.

Moreover, there were still many idealistic elements in Confucianism in the Song Dynasty, and they wanted to seek a route of "bringing peace to peace" to solve the internal and external dilemmas faced by the Song Dynasty.

The more recognized route of "to the peace" is that the government-run industry and commerce plus the Juntian township soldiers plus the township covenant autonomy.

When it comes to politically correct matters, Han Zhongyan has no way to raise objections. He shook his head, and was about to discuss the next topic when a public official from the government hall suddenly entered the door, holding a piece of music in his hand.

"Xianggong, Yushitai just sent a bullet stamp."

"Bullets?" Han Zhongyan was stunned when he heard this, "Why did you send it to the political affairs hall?" ”

The Song Dynasty has always had two kinds of "Tongfeng" and "Shifeng", and the "Tongfeng" is usually a trivial matter, which can be handled by the Zhongshu and the Privy Council, and can be reported after the fact. On the other hand, the "real seal" must be shown to the emperor first, and then a decision or discussion with the ministers can be made after reading.

And of course, the impeachment of the Taiwan admonition is "sealed", otherwise the impeachment of the impeachment of the Taiwan admonition can still be discussed by the deacons themselves?

"Xianggong, it's a bullet copied by the Imperial Historical Observatory." The official in the hall replied.

The Imperial Observatory's copying of the impeachment seal to the Chinese book is a special method of impeachment, the purpose of which is to prevent the official family from leaving the impeachment seal untreated. At the same time, according to the practice of the Song Dynasty, once an official knew that he had been impeached by the Imperial Historical Observatory, he would leave his post and wait for the crime. Therefore, the dismissal of the Taiwan officials by recording deputies and revealing their seals will also cause a lot of trouble to the impeached officials.

"Who was impeached?" Han Zhongyan asked with a frown.

"It's the Gou Dang Jiehe City Bo Division, with imperial equipment, and the deputy envoy of the East Gate, Wu Haogu."

Han Zhongyan took a breath and said in his heart: These guys from the New Party are really working hard to fight for real estate profits! Now it is impossible for the official family to stay in China - the two stalls of Jiehe Commercial City and Beicangzhou Land Purchase have to go to the ancient times!

He glanced at Zeng Bu beside him: "Zixuan, look at it." ”

He and Wu Haogu are relatives, and as usual, they should be avoided. I can't talk about this matter when I ask the right question at the Chongzheng Hall tomorrow, so I don't even bother to look at it.

"Who impeached? Under what name is impeachment? Fan Chunli asked.

Zeng Bu picked up the bullet sent by the official and glanced at it, "It is to supervise Zhang Kegong in the imperial history, impeaching Wu Hao Gu Fan and shaking the country." ”

"Fan the country?" Fan Chunli was stunned, "What the hell is going on?" ”

"It's the sale of a house in the Republic Building two days ago that caused a lot of commotion among the soldiers of the forbidden army." Zeng Bu said with a smile, "The commotion of the soldiers of the forbidden army, isn't it fanning the country's capital? ”

The hat of Fan Shao Guoben is big, but the intention of Zeng Bu, An Tao and others is not really to arrest Wu Haogu, but to take the real estate of Kaifeng Mansion into the hands of the imperial court.

Fan Chunli frowned, "If this matter is to be regarded as shaking the country's capital, wouldn't those forbidden soldiers who do small business on the streets of Kaifeng Mansion even more damage the country's capital?" ”

Yes, the forbidden army that defended the Great Song Dynasty is not good at practicing martial arts now, and they are all doing all kinds of making money by making a living, and being a soldier has become a sideline...... This kind of thing really needs to be studied in detail, that is, there is a problem with the method of spending money to raise troops that has been realized since the founding of the Great Song Dynasty.

Li Qingchen took over the topic, smiled and said: "Let's leave this matter to the Chongzheng Palace tomorrow, let's discuss who to send to Liao to congratulate their new monarch on the throne today." ”

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The next day's Chongzheng Hall was soon over. Zhao Ji sat high on the throne and looked at the number of important ministers in the hall. His brows furrowed, looking very dissatisfied.

This year's era name is the establishment of the Central Yasukuni, which means that it is an impartial middle line, and it does not want the new party's exposition or the change of the old party. But the officials in the court always couldn't understand his painstaking efforts.

And the officials who can understand his painstaking efforts are not standing in this palace of worship now......

Thinking of this, Zhao Ji directly picked up a letter from the imperial case and unfolded it, "I received a suggestion from Cai Jing, the governor of Jiangning Prefecture yesterday, about the forbidden army and real estate. ”

As soon as he said this, the important ministers in the palace were stunned.

What's going on?

What did Cai Jing say? Isn't it time for him to get out of here and go to Jiangning Mansion? Why do you still suggest that there is still a forbidden army in Kaifeng real estate?

Zhao Ji said: "Cai Jing suggested that Kaifeng Mansion is crowded and narrow, the housing prices are expensive, and the elite of the forbidden army are all burdened by the house. With an annual income of more than 50 yuan, it is still not enough to buy a house in Kaifeng Mansion and live in peace, so they all concentrate on their sideline business and leave the training and combat behind. Is there such a thing? ”

Yes!

The whole day knows...... But is there a trick?

The high housing prices in Kaifeng Mansion are an unsolvable dead end! On the one hand, Kaifeng Mansion is the capital of the Great Song Dynasty, and relying on the canal system extending in all directions, it has become the transportation and economic center of the Central Plains, bringing together a large amount of wealth.

On the one hand, because Kaifeng Mansion is located in the plain, there is no danger to defend, and the land of Yanyun in the north is trapped in the Liao State. had to settle 200,000 forbidden troops to ensure safety, and the Song army was a mercenary, not a township soldier who served in Fanshang, but a professional soldier who had to bring his family. Therefore, at the beginning of the founding of the Great Song Dynasty, the population of Kaifeng Mansion was particularly large. By now, the number of residents in the city has long exceeded 1 million, and I am afraid that there are 1.5 million.

A population of 1.5 million is not too much, and there are many metropolises with a population of 15 million in later generations.

But the problem is that the Central Plains region, where Kaifeng Mansion is located, is barren and there are too many big cities (as well as big cities such as Daimyo, Yingtian, Luoyang, etc.), resulting in insufficient food supply, and they have to rely on the supply of grain from the southeast six roads.

However, Caoyun's navigation capacity is limited, and it is already very difficult to supply the existing 1.5 million people in Kaifeng Prefecture.

Therefore, Kaifeng Mansion has only been expanded once in history, and the outer city of Kaifeng Mansion has been built. Now, even if the house is expensive to tens of thousands, there is no way to expand it anymore.

In other words, the housing prices in Kaifeng Mansion will rise so high in the Middle Ages, which is actually caused by the wrong choice of the location of the capital.

The only way to solve this problem once and for all is to move the capital to the east - it is not feasible to move the capital to the west, and although moving the capital to Luoyang and Chang'an, which are dangerous to defend, can reduce the number of defenders, the traffic there is more constant, and the surrounding land is more barren, and it is simply impossible to carry the huge industrial and commercial population. This will lead to the separation of the economic center and the political center, which is very detrimental to the country's finances.

Glancing at the helpless ministers, Zhao Ji said: "Cai Jing came up with an idea for me, which is to build a house from the shop or give it, or sell it to the elite of the forbidden army by paying in installments, and select these elites into the front division of the palace to serve as the warriors of Zhuzhi. ”

"Your Majesty," Han Zhongyan asked, "how should the elite of the forbidden army be selected?" ”

"Tournament!" Zhao Ji said with a smile, "Anyone who can put on 50 catties of heavy armor, hold a spear in his hand, hang a straight knife at his waist, carry a big shield on his back, plus 50 crossbows and a strong crossbow, and at the same time carry three days of military rations, and soldiers who can march 100 miles in half a day can participate in the competition." Those who rank among the top ten martial arts will be given a three-room residence, worth 3,000 yuan, and will be selected into the front of the palace and receive a double salary. Those who rank in the top 11-top 200 can pay 2,000 taels in installments for 20 years, buy a three-room residence worth 3,000 taels in Kaifeng Mansion, and be selected to enter the palace in front of the Zhuzhi and receive double squads. 200 outsiders, as long as they are qualified to participate in the competition, can also be selected in front of the palace and receive double squads.

Ladies and gentlemen, what do you think? ”