Wang Ju glanced at the piece and said, "The country has been humiliated by this, and His Majesty has issued an edict to Guo Kuinan to conquer Jiaozhi, and the minister also thinks it is the right thing to do." However, there are two inappropriate things in the minister's thinking. ”

"What are the two things wrong?"

"Please see Pan Mei destroy the Southern Han Dynasty, Taizu left Pan Mei in Tanzhou for two years, Pan Mei then trained the native soldiers on Jinghu South Road, and sent scouts to inquire about the news of the Southern Han Dynasty. From one fell swoop, it didn't take long to win the entire Southern Han Dynasty. However, the minister asked His Majesty, has Guo Gong been to Lingnan and is he familiar with Jiaozhi? ”

Guo Kui served in the military on Jinghu South Road for a period of time, and also made some military exploits.

But Lingnan, I'm sorry, Guo Kui has never been to it once, let alone is familiar with Jiaozhi.

"His Majesty, Pan Meiping Southern Han, sent troops at the end of the year, before the arrival of the spring miasma, the Southern Han Dynasty had been decided. However, when did Guo Gongnai send troops? ”

"Miasma?"

"It's not miasma, it's malaria to be exact. In the past, when Taizu was in the east of the river, under the city of Taiyuan, because of the arrival of summer, he set up troops in the land of water and grass, and the three armies were infected with malaria and had to withdraw their troops back. When Cao Bin leveled the Southern Tang Dynasty, the three armies also began to have malaria, and once almost asked Taizu to withdraw the army, and he could not unify Jiangnan. Moreover, it is the land of Lingnan, where mosquitoes are the most numerous, and falciparum malaria is the most prevalent place, so there are all kinds of strange miasma legends, and the three armies are going south in June. ”

"Kapok Si migrated many people to Lingnan, why is it so safe?" This is exactly what Zhao Ji is most worried about at the moment.

"Your Majesty, not only the Kapok Division, because of the migration of maritime merchants, many destitute households in the north are desperate. So they went south. Although the total number is not as large as that of Kapok Division immigrants. But from last autumn to this summer, the scale of the southward movement has exceeded the scale of any migration of Kapok. ”

"Yes."

"Yes, although the malaria crisis on Fujian Road is not as good as that in Lingnan, there are still cases. But why didn't there happen, because they came in batches, most of them were no more than a thousand, and some were only a few dozen. And most of them are moving, and they are evacuated immediately after arriving at their destination. Even if there are malaria patients, they are mostly isolated, so there is no large-scale malignant infection. It's a pity that Zhang Zihou left the third division and went to Huzhou, otherwise His Majesty could ask him about it. However, the march of the three armies is different, with hundreds of thousands of people crowded together, sometimes marching, sometimes camping still, so mosquitoes suck each other's blood and spread the germ to each other...... Therefore, according to the expectations of the ministers, Guo Gong went south this time. There may be casualties as a result, and it may even be that the number of casualties exceeds the number of casualties of the combat nature. In addition, Cochin has a tropical rainforest climate. The rivers are dense and the jungles are so dense that it is almost impossible to see the light of day. Even if Guo Kui takes the capital of Jiaozhi, as long as the lord of Jiaozhi withdraws with his ministers, he will become the second Li Jiqian. And it's more of a headache than the desert Gobi terrain on Li Jiqian's side. If the eradication continues, the longer the delay, the greater the number of non-combat attrition of the military and civilians, and finally the troops can only be withdrawn. That is, Guo Gong went south this time, and he could defeat Jiaozhi, but he could not destroy Jiaozhi. ”

"Look at this slur." Zhao Ji found another movement, which was written by Zhang Ji.

Zhang Qi was still in Hebei, he heard that the imperial court sent a large army to the south in June, he didn't believe it at first, and then sent someone to inquire about it, and immediately thought that he was in Gyeongju before, and Wang Ju had specially discussed with him how to destroy Jiaozhi.

So he went to the book and talked about all kinds of ills, which were basically similar to what Wang Ju said.

He also said that if he wanted to destroy Jiaozhi, he couldn't fight like this, except for Wang Ju, there was no second choice available, and then said that discussion, Zhang Ji vaguely pointed out that at that time, Wang Juyue had already expected this military disaster to happen.

When his recital arrived in the capital, everyone was a little unconvinced, but they expected it at that time, and this was too godly.

However, there is also Wang Ju's inexplicable recital.

Therefore, Zhao Ji summoned Wang Ju to the capital to inquire.

Wang Ju looked at it, of course, Zhang Ji would never have bad intentions, this is also for the country to recommend talents.

He thought for a moment and said, "Your Majesty, there is such a conversation. ”

"What kind of Chenguang is that?"

"In the fourth year of Xining, the minister was lucky to win, but looking at the movement of the court, he knew that the court did not want to continue to use troops, so he began to govern Gyeongju, so that the people could quickly enter peace from chaos, and also launched the development fund with the surplus money in the hands of the people. However, the minister then understood the various movements of the court, and vaguely felt that the Gou An faction had the upper hand, and the minister did not stand in line, so there would not be many people in the court to speak for the minister. Then this great victory is not only futile, but may also cause the disgust of many scholars. Of course, the time in Gyeongju also did not last long, so the minister's development fund first had ten years and five years, and then all of them were banned and became one year. ”

Wang Juju and generously said the standing team, leaving Zhao Ji speechless.

"However, at that time, the ministers also wanted their own way out, and the courtiers didn't want to stay, and besides, the scholars and doctors wouldn't let me go back to the court. Therefore, the minister secretly thought about a place, which could not only make a slight contribution to the imperial court, but also not let people pay attention, so he thought of Quanzhou. ”

There has to be a way to say it, otherwise it's too weird.

But when I thought of Quanzhou, I suddenly thought of Jiaozhi unintentionally. In the south, the people are getting richer and richer. But there are endless wars on the other side of Cochin, lack of population, lack of wealth. And if the army in the south is empty, will Jiaozhi have a covetous heart? The minister thought of one more thing, when Nong Zhigao rebelled, Li Foma took the initiative to send 20,000 soldiers and horses to the Song Dynasty to help the Song Dynasty, so he took advantage of the situation to invite profits. Luckily, Di Qing resolutely opposed it, and Jiaozhi did not succeed. Then Nong Zhigao asked Jiaozhi for help, and Li Foma immediately sent troops to rescue him. It may be that as soon as Li Chao's troops arrived, Nong Zhigao had been defeated, and Li Foma immediately withdrew his troops and went back. It shows that since then, Cochin has had some thoughts about my dynasty. ”

"Isn't it related to Shen and Liu?"

"What is the relationship with them, the main reasons are three, one is that the Khitan sent people to blackmail our dynasty, and our dynasty focuses on the Liao State, the second is the catastrophe, and the third is that Su Mian abolished his martial arts and resolutely sent out the army."

"Su Xuan, Su Xuan......"

"It's not Su Mian alone, at least he can be generous and righteous, for example, Guo Quan, when Shan met Weiliang, Guo Quan, in turn, sent his family to Li Yuanhao to shoot. However, as the folk proverb goes, people are good and others are deceived. Ma Shan was ridden. The more afraid of trouble. The more things will happen. The more you want to make peace. Instead, peace is drifting away. If righteousness alone will lead to peaceful moralization, then why should the nation need the law? These are the people of China, and besides, they are outsiders, and it may not be useful to talk to them about benevolence and righteousness. ”

"That's when you guessed ......"

"No, Chen Na has that kind of vision, and he just thought of it, and talked to Zhang Zhifu by the way."

"Why didn't you remind you earlier?"

"陛xià. That's really wronged. Just like the minister said when he went to Beijing to report on his work the year before last, he can't despise Jiaozhi, with the minister's idea, the court should be prepared, where did he think of Su Xuan...... "Wang Ju said, this is also a fact, in his thoughts, Jiaozhi will invade, after all, the opportunity is rare, a great drought. Wang Anshi continued to accumulate wealth, leading the people to become more embarrassed. Coupled with the Khitan persecution of the Song Dynasty, how could Jiaozhi let go of this opportunity. However, the border is prepared, and the losses should not be large. But God knows that Su Mian actually did the opposite.

"Su Lulu crusaded against three people, and among them was the name of the minister, how could the minister not avoid suspicion? It wasn't until he heard that the imperial court sent troops that the minister sent someone to investigate, and after the news was confirmed, he thought about it inappropriately, and then he had this book. This is also helpless, in fact, if it is not for the special situation, the minister really does not want to touch the military. If you lose, you will be punished immediately, and if you win, there will be many people who are jealous, and sooner or later you will be punished...... However, the minister's expectation was wrong, and Guo Gong's trip to destroy Jiaozhi in one fell swoop, that was the best. ”

"What if it can't be extinguished?"

"Then His Majesty will preside over the affairs of the two Guangzhous, and have the right to act cheaply. Moreover, the situation of Jiaozhi is special, just like when Li Jiqian was in the Great Desert, and it is even more complicated than the Great Desert. It is not a question of how many soldiers are used, but if they are used well, only the native soldiers of the Liangguang Road Road are enough. If it is not used well, even if Guo Gong leads hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians south, he will not be able to return with all the success. Therefore, I have to give the minister more than three years to learn from Pan Mei, and wait for the minister to find out the situation of Jiaozhi, and train a strong local soldier in the local area, and their immunity to malaria is relatively strong. ”

Zhao Ji thought about the story of Pan Meiping in the Southern Han Dynasty again, Pan Mei did not use many officers and soldiers, most of his subordinates were local soldiers he trained on Jinghu South Road, and the cost of that use of troops was very small, so compared to this, Wang Ju's statement is also feasible, so he asked: "Troop strength is not important?" ”

"It's not that the strength of the army is not important, it depends on the soldiers in the place, if it is a well-trained army in the two Guangzhou, the more the better."

"Immunity?"

"Exactly, to put it bluntly, it is the resistance of each person, just as the northerners are hardy to cold, and the southerners are resistant to heat. When the minister first went to the south, every year when summer came, the heat did not know where to go, but he stayed for a few years, and now he is gradually getting used to it. That's immunity. ”

When it was time to watch the work, I had to watch it, and Zhao Ji's eyes softened.

"Will it take three years?"

"It could be shorter than that, it could be longer, it's a country after all. However, it is still better to hear the good news of Guo Gong. ”

In fact, at this time, Jiaozhi is relatively easy to deal with, but Guo Kui, it's just like that, he can't even grasp the time of sending troops, what else can he say.

However, in the future, the longer the country was founded, the more difficult it became to deal with, which made the Mongolian iron cavalry deflated twice, and later although Emperor Zhu Di destroyed it, it had to retreat because it was difficult to govern.

Therefore, Wang Ju has been thinking about strategies for a long time.

If it weren't for the fact that he had gone to Liangguang for three years, he would definitely be able to destroy Jiaozhi, which was still very difficult.

It wasn't until the impetus of the voyage that he came up with the Gulf of Tonkin pirate plan, a more cruel plan. But you can't blame Wang Ju, it was Jiaozhi who did it first. Moreover, these monkeys in the south, who later slaughtered the Han people, were more powerful than the other, and talked to them about benevolence and righteousness, which was undoubtedly such a fool as Su Xuanguo.

However, Wang Ju didn't talk about the specific thoughts, and he also saved face for Guo Kui.

But why Guo Kui?

The candidate was chosen by Wang Anshi, Zhang Kai did well in the north, the court did not dare to move, and Zhang Kai did not seem to have the experience of leading the army independently. Wang Shao is powerful, but Wang Shao is disgusted with sending troops to fight each other, thinking that it is not cost-effective, and it may not be able to win, and Wang Shao has a conflict with Wang Anshi because of the taxation of Hehuang. As for Wang Ju, Wang Anshi automatically cold-treated. So apart from Guo Kui, who else is qualified to lead these hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians going south?

"Do you have a plan?"

"Some of them will even need the support of those maritime merchants when the time comes."

"Let the maritime merchants support it?"

"Your Majesty, Shu Chen sells a pass, and Guo Gong is on this trip. Not necessarily as the minister thought. ”

Zhao Ji didn't want to ask any more. Besides, Guo Kui may not be as pessimistic as Wang Ju said. Hundreds of thousands of Song troops armed to the teeth, can't they destroy a single Jiaozhi? Now the most worrying thing is to be afraid of how many casualties will be caused by malaria, and Wang Ju is halfway to Beijing, news has come from the south, saying that the army is indeed infected with malaria, and many people and sergeants have died.

But the matter has come to this point, and it cannot be said that the troops should be collected and returned, so they have to continue fighting.

So he changed the subject. He asked, "How many people have migrated this time?" ”

"There are more than 400,000 people," replied Wang Ju, but in fact there were more than 550 ships, all loaded in compartments, and more than 600,000 people were taken with them. However, these people come from all over the world, and many of them are still hidden households in various state capitals, unless Wang Ju's secret big iron cabinet is forcibly opened and the account book is looked through, otherwise Zhao Ji sent people down to check the specific number.

"Do they have malaria?"

"Yes, the minister prompted. The maritime merchants took many precautions with the people, but malaria still occurred. Although dangerous hài is not strict zhòng. One island, in particular, was plagued by mosquitoes, even though there were countless sandalwood trees on that island, which eventually had to be moved elsewhere. For these immigrants, you can rest assured that there is a shortage of people overseas, and those maritime merchants love these people more than officials. ”

Zhao Ji laughed and said, "What happened to those sandalwood trees in the end?" ”

He is still more concerned about this, although the maritime merchants have made money, but it is nearly a thousand maritime merchants, and the other side is all owned by the inner library, and it is really said that the inner library is the one who makes a lot of money.

"Your Majesty, give up, in fact, I also taught them not to cut down indiscriminately, after all, these spices generally grow slowly. Therefore, while cutting down, seedlings should be planted on the other side, so that they can continue to provide financial resources in the future. ”

"Growing spices, mining, growing grain, and herding livestock, it's no wonder that a large number of people are needed."

"Not only these, but also the Thirty-Seven Road Settlement."

"Hey, isn't it the Nineteenth Road Settlement?"

"Your Majesty, the place is too vast, just like the Bosi of Mizhou City, some seafarers sail back from the Wa Kingdom, and they can let the wind blow to the Khitan side. Therefore, in order to sail relatively safely, you need at least 100 settlements, or even more, for the voyage to become safe. ”

"A hundred settlements?"

"Majesty, I know the idea of Majesty, although it is an overseas place, but now it has become a place for Chinese people to live and plant and operate, and theoretically it belongs to the territory of Majesty. However, it is not possible now, at least a hundred settlements will be built, and once the qiē is stable, the imperial court can send officials to manage it. ”

"How many people will it take?"

"At least three or four million people."

"So much?"

"Your Majesty, wrong, is so little, if it weren't for the controversy among the ministers, the ministers would have encouraged these maritime merchants to recruit the destitute people throughout the country, preferably two million households and more than 10 million people within a few years, not only to solve a part of the population crisis, but also to build up overseas. Moreover, these destitute people were also a headache for the imperial court, but their migration overseas immediately brought a large amount of income to the imperial court, directly or indirectly, as well as the scarce resources of the imperial court, such as copper and iron. However, the ministers were also afraid, so they had to let the maritime merchants do it themselves. Wang Ju said lightly.

This year, another investment was made, and it was two large ships of copper ingots, as well as six ships of steel.

In the Song Dynasty, Yan zhòng lacked copper, and also lacked iron.

It is precisely because of this kind that many ministers watched the large number of people relocated in Quanzhou, and they did not know what to do.

"So how is it managed now?"

"Your Majesty, there are thirty settlements, hundreds of thousands of people, and one is less than 20,000 people, which is not as many as the tenants of the Han family, what is it difficult to manage?" Wang Ju said lightly, it is actually very troublesome, not only management, this is the real creation, countless affairs, one after another, but Wang Ju can't say.

Wang Ju said again: "By the way, when it comes to immigration, the minister wants to ask His Majesty, is there any debt now?" ”

"And."

"And ah......" Wang Ju muttered, not to mention the income he brought before, let's just say that this voyage, in the past few years, has directly or indirectly, and on average brought more than eight million yuan of income to the imperial court every year. But it's also relieved to think about it, it's only a few years since the change of law, but in the past few years, first the Battle of Gyeongju, then the opening of the Hee River, the great drought in Xining, and now the troops have to be sent to fight each other, so the income is large and the expenditure is also large. However, looking at Zhao Ji's face, it is obvious that there is still a deficit, and there will not be more.

Therefore, he said: "Your Majesty, although some of the measures to change the law are forced to do so, but they have indeed hurt the extremely poor people, plus last year's catastrophe, the harvest was not as good as in previous years, but the imperial court did not reduce taxes, so the poor benefit the poor, this is the reason why the people have to leave their homes and take the initiative to go overseas, even if the scale of this migration is huge, there are still more than 100,000 extremely poor people in Quanzhou staying, so I have no choice." I also hope that after the arrears are repaid, His Majesty will love the people a little. ”

Why so many people are willing to flee overseas, the court itself has to find out the reason. But Wang Ju didn't say deeply, Zhao Ji still wanted to save money to destroy Western Xia and collect Yanyun.

"I also want to be relieved of ......" Zhao Ji also did not go on, last year for this matter, Han Jiang and Wang Anshi had a big conflict, but the court needed Wang Anshi, so Han Jiang was dismissed. However, many officials below reported that Zhao Ji asked Wang Anshi again, Wang Anshi was sick, and Zhao Ji had to ask again and again, and finally did not mention the matter.

Therefore, he said in his heart, Wang Qing, I can only let you go back to Jiangning to rest again.

Wang Anshi didn't give up, it had nothing to do with Wang Ju, he said: "But Your Majesty, there is another thing that the minister is most worried about at the moment. (To be continued......)