The huge ship came to a halt on the wharf, and a tax officer from the Jiehe Shang City stood on the pier. Ji Yi and Zhang Yuan were on the "God of Light" warship, and they did not need to pay any taxes according to the regulations. However, the officials of the commercial market still had to go on board to inspect the ship and confirm that the ship was indeed the real "God of Light".

At the same time as boarding the ship for inspection, the personnel of the customs department of Jiehe Shang City reported the news of the arrival of the "God of Light" to Wu Haogu, the head of Jiehe Shang City.

Soon, Wu Haogu took dozens of escorts to the Nancheng Wharf, which was not too far from the municipal office, to personally greet Ji Yi and Zhang Yuan.

After greeting each other on the dock, Wu Haogu walked with Ji Yi and Zhang Yuan, and went to the pavilion located in the north city of Jiehe Shang City, which was where Yelu Nanxian lived when he passed through Jiehe Shang City.

The three of them got on the pontoon bridge that spanned the Jiehe River, and as they walked, they talked about the changes that had happened in the DPRK not long ago.

"Over there in Haizhou, many scholars are complaining about Cai Yuanchang!" Zhang Yuan said lightly, "It's like this in places like Haizhou, let alone other places!" There is probably only no one in Jiehe Commercial City who sympathizes with Cai Yuanchang, right? ”

Historically, Cai Jing was very unpopular. Because he did whatever it took for Zhao Ji, and he made a monument to the Yuanyou party, which hit a large number of political enemies. However, now there are Wu Haogu, Ji Yi, and Pan Xiao'an making money for Zhao Ji. There was no chance for Cai Jing to erect a monument to the Yuanyou Party, so his reputation was not very stinky.

In addition, he opposed the right list of Jinshi, and lost his power because of it, so he became a loyal minister in the eyes of scholars all over the world. He was "sacrificed" for the world's scholars, although he was down, his reputation in Shilin was several times higher than before.

"What did Ling Zun say?" Wu Haogu asked.

Historically, Zhangdun died in 1105, but now Zhangdun is in a much better situation, and his mood is better - he is rich, of course he is in a good mood! So I'm still alive and well.

Zhang Yuan said: "My father said that whether Cai Yuanchang can recover is not the key, the key is your empirical school, Jiehe Commercial Market, our Jingdong Commercial Market, and the giant businessmen who rely on the two major commercial markets, are indeed going to subvert the world." ”

"Subverting the ...... World"

Wu Haogu smiled bitterly.

Zhang Dan is not wrong! Rationalism and positivism are subversive philosophical ideas. And how could the republican system implemented by the two major commercial markets not have an impact on the system of the feudal dynasty? As for the giant businessmen, they have opened a road to heaven outside the feudal order.

Moreover, rationalism, positivism, republican merchant, and giant merchants are still screwed together, and the threat to a feudal dynasty can be imagined.

"Yizhi," Wu Haogu turned his head to look at Ji Yi, "This matter has to be resolved by the two of you." ”

"Me?" Ji Yi was stunned.

Zhang Yuan was also stunned, "We? ”

"yes!" Wu Haogu said with a smile, "The world is so big, I only have a corner; The wealth of sea trade, the huge profits belong to others. The Son of Heaven wants to open up the territory and conquer all over the world. If the two major business markets and the positivist school can expand the land and collect money for the Son of Heaven, the Son of Heaven will naturally support us. ”

Wu Haogu said that Zhao Ji's words were not good words! is almost saying that Zhao Ji is a faint king who is a great joy and a profligate.

And the positivist school, the two major business markets, and a huge businessman, do not have the strength to fight against the world's scholars, so they can only satisfy the desire of the faint monarch in exchange for a certain living space.

Moreover, in Wu Haogu's view, the traditional scholars based on the small-scale peasant economy could not adapt to an era of the sea, nor could they get any benefits from the sea.

If the Great Song Dynasty could grab a large amount of land and wealth from overseas, then it would inevitably be the positivist school, the two major commercial markets, and a large merchant group that would be strengthened.

"That's right." Ji Yi nodded.

Zhang Yuan smiled bitterly: "Of course, it is easy to expand overseas and collect money, now there are 36 warships that have gathered on the five islands, and no less than 10,000 soldiers and sailors have been recruited, and ordinary small overseas countries are afraid that they can be attacked." But so-and-so is going to the west to expand the soil, where there is no oil and water except for stones and sand, right? ”

The "five islands" he refers to are the archipelago centered on Salmon Island, and due to the special location of the islands, they form a natural haven surrounded by islands in the sea. After Wu Haogu obtained jurisdiction over the five islands, he used it as a naval base for construction. A large number of docks, barracks, forts and ship repair yards were built, and a branch of the Harbour Master's School was opened there for the training of naval officers. And there was a Yamen of the Goto Inspection Division, which was actually the headquarters of the fleet.

The fleet, now commanded by Hu Yanqing, Wu Side, Wu Sihai, Hua Mancang, and others, is stationed in the Wudao Islands, practicing day and night, and preparing to follow the division headed by Ji Yi to escort the Great Food Country this autumn.

In addition to 36 warships and 10,000 sailors and soldiers, there will also be hundreds of merchant ships from the Wu family in Haizhou, the Ji family in Pingjiang, the Xie family in Mingzhou, the Bai family in Quanzhou, and the Chen family in Guangzhou to carry out a long-distance armed trafficking.

According to the plan, the fleet led by Ji Yi will stay in the Sriwijaya Strait for a while, and will not split into three until a port and castle are built on one of the islands in the Sriwijaya Strait. Some of them followed Ji Yi into the West - the history is called Ji Yi to go to the West; Some of them were stationed in the Sriwijaya Strait, and the Nanyang Inspection Division was established; Some of them will return to the Central Plains after the south wind blows in the coming year.

"Brother Zhiping's going here is also promising!" Wu Haogu smiled, "If you really can't leave, you will go by yourself." ”

As he spoke, he half-turned around on horseback and waved at Jian Chen, who was following behind Zhang Yuan, "Xingguo." ”

"The students are here." Jian Chen immediately hit his horse forward, and reached the position of half a horse behind Zhang Yuan.

"Did everyone in the family bring it?"

"All of them have been brought," Chen Jian replied, "and I came to the Boundary River on the 'God of Light' warship. ”

Chen Jian, Yu Tongdao, Liu Long, Xue Ding, and other four of the four people are all from the powerful families in the eastern part of Hebei Province, and their relatives all live in Jiehe Commercial City, and their relatives are all powerful and powerful, and they have their own ways to deal with the harassment of the local government. Only Chen Jian is a native of Tanzhou on Jinghu South Road, but a well-known Yimen Chen from the family, and his closest relatives also live in his hometown Tanzhou. Therefore, Lin Chong arranged for people to go to Tanzhou early in the morning to pick up Chen Jian's parents, brothers and other close relatives - they are all official households, so it is naturally not difficult to transfer.

As for the Yimen clan, they can only let them deal with it themselves. However, the righteous gate of the emperor will not collapse because of one or two unscrupulous sons in it. This is a branch of Jiangzhou Yimen Chen!

Moreover, the actions of Chen Jian, Yu Tongdao, Liu Long, and Xue Ding were not condemned as rebellion - they were not rebels in the first place, but they were ordered by Cai Jing to disperse the Tai students and Yuntai School Palace students who entered the Qingcheng School Palace.

Even Cai Jing, the first offender, although he was sprayed as a traitor by the imperial historians, he was not arrested and questioned by the imperial historians, but he resigned from his position and invited other counties, and now he is sentenced to Jiangning Mansion as a scholar of Duanming Palace.

In fact, after Zhao Ji calmed down, he also felt that Cai Jing was quite wronged. Opposition to positivism is the public opinion of scholars all over the world, and there is nothing wrong with Cai Jing's position. And it was Zhao Ji himself who let Cai Jing go to train the army...... Zhao Ji is now letting Cai Jing go gently, it should be on the surface that his determination to train his troops to strengthen the country is still there!

"That's good." Wu Haogu smiled, "Just let them rest assured that they will live in Jiehe North City...... This is the land of Liao, and the official family's holy decree will not be reached, and a certain will take care of them. ”

"Xie Shuaisi." Jian Chen saluted on horseback.

Wu Haogu said again: "He said to the Great Sect of Zhang that after the Great Sect arrived in Anxi, where are you going?" ”

"Back to the Shuai Division, the lower official has already said it."

The pie of Wuhao's ancient paintings is very big! After taking the four towns of Anxi, he planned to have the Great Education Regiment and the Hexi Army join forces to expand to Tianzhu. Attack the weakened kingdom of Chalvand, and try to invade rich and prosperous Afghanistan before the brothers Zhao Qianshun and Zhao Zhongshun are bankrupted by their huge army.

This will be a crazy thing to the ears of later generations. But according to the information gathered by Wu Haogu, Afghanistan is now a rich land. Benefited from the Mahmud, the ruler of the Kingdom of Chalvand. Root. With 17 invasions and sacks of India, Afghanistan gained untold wealth, and it was able to attract scholars and artists from Persia. Celestial mosques, palaces, hospitals, schools, and even a university have sprung up in Afghanistan. A large number of famous economic and cultural cities, including Balkh, Herat and Kandahar, have also prospered one after another.

But like all barbarians in history who made their fortunes by robbery, Mahmud's glory was the beginning of the decline of the Chalvand kingdom. The wealthy barbarians quickly corrupted and fell apart, no longer able to defend what their ancestors had plundered. The territories in Persia and Central Asia (Mahmud had also invaded Persia and occupied large tracts of land) were seized by the Seljuks not long after Mahmud's death, and the rest of the Chalvand kingdom was plunged into endless divisions and civil strife. It was impossible to resist the poor and crazy Hexi army and the Great Education Regiment......

"Brother Zhiping, if everything goes well, maybe next year and the year after tomorrow, you will be able to meet Brother Yi in Tianzhu."

Wu Haogu seems to be looking forward to a better future, "Brother Zhiping marched by land, just like Wang Xuance back then, but Wang Xuance destroyed a country by one person, and he could only succeed for a while, and it was impossible to occupy it for a long time." And Brother Zhiping is leading the indoctrination regiment and the army of the Hexi Army, and if he goes, he will definitely be able to stand on his feet!

And the brother of memory went from the sea, traveled around the western countries, and proclaimed the majesty of the Great Song Dynasty. It will also go down in history and be admired by countless future generations. Hopefully, the two of them will join forces to open up a new situation for China to be carried forward by the sea! ”