Wang Ju sent someone to deliver the letter to Yanzhou, and rushed to Liyuan Fort on horseback to have a final discussion with Yao Ji.

He returned to Huachi Town, and the eunuch sent by Zhao Ji to bring the letter also arrived.

"I've seen Ronne." Wang Ju sang.

"Wang Zhixian, don't be polite," Eunuch Luo said. In the early Northern Song Dynasty, this was a good one, although the generals had no power, but whether it was a relative, a clan, or a eunuch, there was almost no right to speak. Of course, petty officials still dare not be presumptuous, but that also depends on the person. At least Eunuch Luo didn't dare to snub Wang Ju.

After a little cold talk with each other, the eunuch surnamed Luo handed the letter to Wang Ju.

Wang Ju laughed dumbly, this is really a temporary cramming, the fight started, everyone was in a hurry, and they would find a way, I am afraid that after the fight, everyone forgot about it again.

However, he was very calm-headed, looked at the eunuch surnamed Luo and said: "Luo Neishi, please bring a message to His Highness for me, although it is the meaning of His Majesty, let him write to the minister, but he is now the king of Ying, it is best not to ask about government affairs, and he is not allowed to interact with ministers outside." ”

This is not a joke, it has not been long, only a few months, although Han Qi and Ouyang Xiu forced Zhao Shu to make Zhao Ji the crown prince early, and later forced Zhao Shu to admit that it was a big joke to be located in Zhao Xu. But the strength of the two of them should not be underestimated, if they oppose Zhao Ji, Zhao Ji's throne is really a bit dangerous.

Wang Ju said again: "In this way, why don't I write a letter and dedicate it to His Majesty and His Royal Highness respectively, and explain the importance of this matter." ”

With that, he began to write with a pen.

In fact, the first question is clear, Xixia is poor, just like a poor people's family, if you have less than ten yuan of income, you will immediately starve to death. Selling sons and daughters, in order to survive, then had to be a robber. Therefore, if you subsidize ten dollars, the family may be quiet and obediently be a good citizen.

The problem, however, is that it also depends on the head.

If it's Song Jiang. If you give an official position, you will be recruited, but what if it is Nong Zhigao?

Even the Liao State, although they also rebelled, such as during the Song-Xia War, from 300,000 to 500,000. When the Song Dynasty conquered the Xihe River, it extorted a small part of the idle land boundary in the east of the river, and the border also continued to have grass valleys slightly, but in general, it was not excessive. Besides, prices will also rise in Liao. The current 500,000 is not as good as the original 300,000.

But did Western Xia buy Ann?

Let's talk about the value first, there are more on the side of Liao, and it is 200,000 silver, 300,000 silk, and the price of silver in the Song Dynasty is getting higher and higher, so it seems to be 500,000, but it is actually 800,000 yuan. But there is one one, and the shipping cost is less over there. It can even be transported to the border by large ships. The shipping cost is higher here in Western Xia.

Secondly How many people does Liao have? What was the population of Western Xia?

The Liao State got this 500,000, and the help was not too big, and the Western Xia got the 250,000. That's a lifesaver.

Or do you compare the people with the people and don't change their ways? I had to use the law.

Originally, Western Xia did not have the strength to invade, because with these 250,000, the difficult days would pass immediately, and there was money to govern the armor and the whole army. Therefore, it was only two or three years for Li Liangzuo to get the gift. The situation in Western Xia immediately improved, and this was the hole card that he could invade.

So the wisest way. It is to make Xixia's breath never breathe.

And then the second question, that cheap salt.

Not bad. If this salt is implemented, it is very likely that the people will not get the salt, but will fall into the pockets of officials and businessmen, which will not have an effect, and the state will lose a lot of revenue. But in fact, it is not, and there is an important issue that everyone ignores, that is, the cost of travel.

Wang Ju used Gyeongju as an example, the cost of salt relief is five wen per catty, but the actual five wen may not be enough, and the cost of transporting it to Gyeongju is not five wen, but 20 wen. The remaining fifteen cents are wasted on the road. It was then sold in Gyeongju.

But someone wanted to transport this salt to Ningzhou for sale, and the cost became 25 wen, because another 5wen freight was generated. But the salt merchant buys money and salt for 20 wen, and the cost to Ningzhou is 30 wen, why, because the road fee is less than 5 wen. Therefore, some salt will flow back to Ningzhou, but it will not be strict.

But it will only go to Ningzhou, and it will no longer circulate inward6, because the toll has increased again. It is to have an impact in Ningzhou, which is also the hardest hit area of Qingyan.

Then compare it with green salt, the general salt chamber of commerce will give the Xixia people a pound of more than 20 wen at a transaction price, but there is also the freight and bribe fees for bribing officials and soldiers, so the cost price of arriving in various parts of Gyeongju will be close to 30 wen. Looking at the original salt solution, the price of 20 wen banknotes, the freight of 15 wen, and the cost of arriving in Gyeongju is 35 wen. Originally, the taste was not as good as green salt, and the cost was high.

Wang Ju made an estimate that ninety percent of the salt eaten by the people in Gyeongju and other borders will be green salt, and the salt solution will hardly be seen at all. Including the salt he bought himself in Huachi County, it is also green salt, that is, he wants to buy the salt, where can he buy it?

Speaking of the choice of the people, dignitaries and nobles will pay attention to a taste, so there are green salts in the capital, and there are also so-called jade salts. However, the people can't eat enough, where can they care about what tastes are not tasted? Maybe the green salt tastes good, but it still has a strip, which is private salt after all, and it can't be seen. Then in order to sell, private merchants can only press the green salt to a price similar to that of the salt, and the cost is reduced to 20 Wen. The price of green salt on the other side of the mountain is only more than ten Wen.

Let's ask more than ten articles, what else can Xixia Qingyan earn? Do you really want the cost of mining, don't want freight? Even if the amount of private salt in Western Xia did not decrease, it would also reduce the amount of money they made from a stone of green salt.

It is unknown how much green salt circulated to the Song Dynasty in the Western Xia in a year, but Wang Ju estimated that it was at least 200,000 stones, and there would be 450,000 stones. The state provided 200,000 or 300,000 litholysis salt as a hedge, but it reduced the income by less than 400,000 yuan, but it was enough for the other party to reduce so much income and benefit the people.

More than 300,000 guan is also a lot of income for the Song Dynasty, but for the other party, it is a terrible income.

Going back to the first one, let's talk about the 250,000 years old gift of the Song Dynasty, which is clearly 250,000, plus the freight is actually nearly 500,000 guan, but this is only the cost of reaching the border, and the price of cloth and tea on the other side is higher, and the actual transportation to Western Xia can be equivalent to 700,000 guan. Another salt hedge, more than a million is gone. The Western Xia economy would collapse entirely. The country will not be a country, and the people will not be a people.

And the imperial court does not have to worry about the loss of salt halfway, this matter is personally responsible for the Shaanxi transfer envoy, and then the four Zhizhou of the front line will receive it, as long as it is guaranteed that the salt is transported to the states of the front line. Then release it to the common people and merchants, then there is no need to worry about the loss. Liuba, such as Gyeongju, at most lost to Ningzhou, which is also the hardest hit area of Qingyan. It will not continue to drain to the rear. Unless the Shaanxi transshipment envoy joins forces with the four Zhizhou on the front line to participate in the greed for ink, is that possible?

"Brilliant idea. But what if Xixia becomes angry? Eunuch Huang asked when he saw this. This is also where Zhao Shu is worried.

"It doesn't matter." Wang Ju continued to write.

Once the imperial court implemented this policy, how would the Western Xia react. The first was a frenzied revenge, trying to oppress the Song Dynasty by force. The second is to be a good grandson like Jiayou in the last years, and send an envoy to open the mutual market to Emperor Renzong. Begging for a gift.

The second one is not to worry, it is also something that everyone can't wait for.

The concern is the first one.

It's still the original problem, spend money to buy An, if you can buy An, buy it, but now you can't buy An, but let the other party grow stronger, why buy this An?

And the impact of this battle, if you win. Western Xia would also have suffered heavy losses.

The eunuch surnamed Huang, when he came, he had already seen the corpse floating in Huachishui, and Wang Ju did not send anyone to salvage it this time. Let them continue to flow downstream, just to let everyone see that I have killed so many Tangut people in the court.

However, if he wins, Western Xia can take a breath, but there is no year that cannot be recovered. Just like the three battles between Li Yuanhao and the Song Dynasty, they were won. But as a result, Western Xia was dethroned because of his poor soldiers. The people went around eating tree bark and digging rats to satisfy their hunger. It was even worse than that of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.

If defeated, the Western Xia will not be able to return to this breath for three years, if the imperial court dares to interrupt the mutual market, the year, and then use the antidote salt to hedge the green salt, the Western Xia will not be able to breathe this breath within five years, and even never breathe. If they were exhausted and dethroned, only the imperial court gritted its teeth and fought again, and they survived, but the Western Xia would go to sea.

Don't forget that the Western Xia was more unstable than the Song Dynasty, and the alliances of various ethnic groups, as well as the Han Chinese, the Tubo, and the Uighurs, might collapse at that time. At that time, the imperial court could send a large army to Helan Mountain in one fell swoop to solve this scourge once and for all.

"Not bad, not bad." The eunuch surnamed Huang said.

In fact, this is a fool.

What I said earlier is the truth, anyway, I can't buy An, and I will continue to fight, so why buy An, and give the other party the capital to strengthen its strength.

However, when it was about to collapse, the Liao State was about to stretch out its hand, just like the later Xiao Liang in history, the Liao State saw that the situation in the Western Xia was not good, and immediately sent an envoy to poison the Liang family, so that Li Bingchang sent people to beg for peace, they persuaded in the middle, and the Song Dynasty had no choice but to agree to the Western Xia begging for peace. Otherwise, that time the Western Xia would be in danger of destroying the country.

Let Zhang Qi, a ruthless man, kill 300,000 soldiers and horses, how many Ding Zhuang can there be in Western Xia?

But there is no need to say this, then it just gives the best excuse to most of the appeasers in the court.

Wang Ju copied another copy and put down the pen.

The eunuch surnamed Huang asked, "Wang Zhixian, is there any certainty that they will be defeated in this battle?" ”

"The three major elements of warfare are time, location, and people. Why did Zhang Qianfu and I repeatedly talk about shallow attacks and oppose deep attacks. It is precisely because of these three elements. It's important. ”

"We don't understand this."

"If you don't understand, you can read it, since Huang Neishou has come to Huachi, you can just take a look."

"Take a look?"

"Western Xia has sent 20,000 troops and horses, and it is close to Liyuan Fort."

"Twenty thousand military horses? How many military horses are there in Huachi? ”

"More than 5,000 people."

The eunuch surnamed Huang had a melancholy face, and the strength of this army was four times worse. Not only that, the enemy can assemble to attack a certain place, Huachi County must divide its troops into various places, and the troops that can be drawn out are even less.

Wang Ju patted him on the shoulder and said, "Huang Neishi, don't worry, this is Hua Chi Ming's troops, and the actual Hua Chi troops are many, many, and many, it will be 10,000, 20,000, and 100,000." ”

"I don't understand, where did the rest of the troops come from?"

"It will be 10,000, that is, the strong men and horses in each village, it will be 20,000, that is the countless sad and indignant people, it will be 50,000, that is the mountains and rivers here, the mountains, forests and grasses." (To be continued)

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