Sima Guang was furious and said, "Jun Yi wants to pacify the Western Xia, but after the Western Xia, it will be the Uighurs again, but when is there a time?" ”

Don't underestimate this sentence, it's quite confusing.

"Sima Gong, Jun Xiu's history book can record the terrain of Dafeichuan," Wang Ju didn't wait for Sima Guang to answer, he flipped through it, and sure enough, there was no record, but it didn't matter, there were still old and new Tang books, Wang Ju pointed to one of them, that is, Dafeichuan was still a place with abundant water and grass in the Tang Dynasty, and many areas were full of lakes and swamps, which made it very inconvenient for the Tang army to transport for a while.

"Your Majesty, ladies and gentlemen, Sima Gong, this is the Da Fei Chuan of the Tang Dynasty, but what about the current Da Fei Chuan? Most of the area has become the Gobi Desert, and human beings can no longer survive. The Yellow River deteriorated during our dynasty, and in fact, the entire western water and soil deteriorated, so the Western Xia and the Uighur states in the Western Regions did not have much interconnection, and there were too many desert Gobi deserts in between. The same is true of the Tibetan Plateau, after the end of the Tang Dynasty, the powerful Tubo State fell apart, not only because of religious factors, but also because of the deterioration of water and soil, which led to its inability to unite and form a united country. So I won Dali at that time, and I didn't consider the Tubo factor. It is not only the west that has deteriorated, but also outside the Yin Mountain, where there is a northern blockade, but because of the deterioration of the water and soil and the sparse population, it cannot pose a threat to the Liao State, and it is also impossible to pose a threat to the Western Xia. ”

Soil and water deterioration is not a good thing.

But if the Song Dynasty takes Western Xia, it will be a good thing, and these areas of deterioration will become a natural Great Wall.

Either it is Huangzhou Tubo, Ali bone is not a thing, but Huangzhou Tubo has been since Dong Yu's death. It can no longer be twisted into a strand of rope.

Therefore, what Sima Guang said could not be established at all in the Song Dynasty.

Wang Ju also gave an example: "Sima Gong." Zhang Zhiping defeated the state of Bagan. But why did not the army be used in Bagan? Once the country of Bagan was taken, although the cost of commercial transportation by land was high, it saved a year compared with the sea route, and even directly boosted the economy of Bashu. If you can't govern it, you can't occupy it, that's what I'm trying to do, so after I defeated the city, I didn't occupy it either. Militarily, I am more sober than you. ”

It's not just that Wang Giant is sober.

If you take Western Xia. There are not many strong enemies in the northwest, and there is no room for expansion that Sima Guang is worried about, so there will be many benefits.

Not only will there be a good pasture, but the military expenditure alone can save more than 10 million yuan a year.

But Wang Ju said another sentence, interrupting everyone's thoughts: "Sima Gong, you have said many times that the number of people who pay taxes and revenues in my dynasty is unprecedented. It seems to be ...... But you are mistaken, there are tens of thousands of guan in the Western Han Dynasty that are hugely rich, but in our dynasty. If you don't have a million, you can't be called hugely rich. Even if I don't levy any taxes. Because of the powerful merger, if the imperial court does not take measures to prevent it, the poor people will not be able to survive, and they will still rise up. The Qi people mentioned by the actual ancestors, I also say the Qi people, is just a theoretical Qi people. ”

"I have never denied the right to rule the Jiying Group, and the various benefits it enjoys. But why do the ancestors say Qi people, and I also say Qi people, not to ban all kinds of treatment of the elite group, but to let the elite group be a little more relaxed and greedy, so that the poor people can live and have food and clothing, so that the country can be stable. ”

Sima Guang was even more angry and said: "Wang Ju, you ignore the thoughts of the people and coerce Your Majesty with military merits, if you succeed, you can go to the other side to be an overseas king, but what about the Great Song Dynasty?" ”

This is the most powerful killing.

Wang Ju did not coerce Zhao Ji, it seems that there is really an alas.

And 30 million can see Wang Ju's control over the other side, as well as the strength of the other side.

Zhao Ji himself is a suspicious person, what impact will Sima Guang have on Zhao Ji if he uncovers this issue?

Wang Ju sighed: "Sima Gong, I want to say one thing, official households are exempt from levies, this is the rule set by the previous dynasty. However, how much was the salary of the officials of the previous DPRK, and how much was the remuneration of the officials of the DPRK in our country. How many officials were there in the previous dynasty, and how many officials and elites were there in our dynasty? This exemption refers to the two taxes, not the commercial tax. And the exemption from taxation referred to by the previous dynasty is Shiyi (the official position of the Song Dynasty is often followed by fiefdom and Shiyi, the fiefdom is an honorary position, and the food is the real job field owned by the official), but our dynasty can't help but annex, and even the acres of land other than the non-Shiyi are also not taxed. ”

"You and many scholars and doctors say that the country can't talk about profits, but if you don't talk about profits, what should you do with so many soldiers and so many officials? I don't mention the salaries of soldiers, if they return to the tax level of the Tang Dynasty, and even pay the salaries of officials, what will happen to the country? There is also disaster relief and poverty relief. I remember that at the beginning of Xining, the treasury was empty, and there was a great drought in Hebei, and you said to Your Majesty that letting the people go back to the states for resettlement is actually sending the people back to their hometowns in the states to wait for death. ”

"They all want to light taxes, and I also want to light taxes, but the problem is not only whether the taxes are light or not, but the remaining two factors, the tax is unreasonable, and the merger of the powerful is not serious. If it is really as you said, a few years later, I went to the other side to be an overseas king, and relied on military merits to coerce Your Majesty, and became better, and it has nothing to do with me, then it has almost reached the point where no desire is steel, and no worry is strong. But why did I have so many concerns when I implemented the policy, such as the introduction of purple banknotes, such as letting Li Zheng file the record, instead of the government sending officials to investigate the so-called ownerless mountains, tidal flats, lakes and rivers. In addition, there are more than 5 million acres of land in the country, which seems to exceed the acres of Zhenzong's fields, but in addition to the acres of land obtained by changing the land of Jiaozhi Dali and Guangnan West Road, there are still many acres of land, which also includes a large number of hidden fields found by Jiefu Gong. There are so many hidden fields in the country, if it is found out and the two taxes remain unchanged, how much burden will the people be relaxed, why don't I dare to touch it? ”

"Yes, the purple banknote does damage the interests of some powerful businessmen, but because of the business environment created by the banking department, many people have actually increased their income in the past two years as long as they are not so stubborn. Moreover, I told Your Majesty some time ago that although it seems that the banking department has made more people rich, it has not stopped the gap between the rich and the poor at the root. The people do not suffer from widowhood but suffer from inequality, and this is the biggest hidden danger in the future. But why didn't I stop it, I really couldn't stop it, I was mainly afraid that I would be too radical, which would lead to strong opposition, but it would harm the Great Song Dynasty. ”

"If I really want to be an overseas king, why worry so much. Also, if I want to be an overseas king. Why have you persuaded merchants on the other side to donate so much gold and silver in recent years? The imperial court has sent officials to manage it overseas. I also know the situation overseas. In addition to being vast and sparsely populated, it is not a land full of gold and silver, on the contrary, many areas live in very harsh conditions. ”

Got around......

In fact, Sima Guang's question seems to be killing, but it is not.

Even if Sima Guang didn't ask, Zhao Ji and some ministers who had ideas also thought of a lot. But it's inconvenient for them to ask, and if they don't ask, Wang Ju won't be able to explain.

Sima Guang asked, but Wang Ju took the opportunity to explain.

The size of the population is a mystery on the other side, but the first officials have returned.

And Wang Ju asked Zhao Ji to relieve his doubts, and asked the other side to hand over Mianzhou, Xiangzhou, Lizhou and Zhuzhou to the imperial court.

No matter what the intentions of An Tao and the three of them are to degrade overseas, if they hand it over, then hand it over, and at the same time take a Zhuzhou.

And when the officials of these ten states went to the other side. Wang Ju took them to the Yanhe Palace, in front of Zhao Ji and the prime ministers. In addition, we carefully observed the strengths and weaknesses of the system on the other side, so as to improve the various systems of the imperial court and make the Great Song Dynasty immortal.

That's a lot to hear.

Wang Ju really wanted them to observe, so as to spread some of the advanced management models on the other side to the Song Dynasty.

This spring, more than a dozen officials from the other side also returned.

They brought more news from the other side, and Wang Ju didn't ask, what they saw was only a part, not the real other side.

There are many good places on the other side, but in terms of environment, it is true that most areas are far inferior to the Central Plains.

However, the Central Plains is not really that good, it was slowly improved by the ancestors of all dynasties.

So in terms of environment, it seems that the other side is much worse than the Central Plains.

Therefore, Wang Ju said: "More than 100 million yuan, if you don't donate to our dynasty, but use it to benefit the people on the other side, a family will get a few hundred yuan." I want to go to the other side to be an overseas king, but I donated more than 100 million yuan to my court, am I stupid? ”

This sentence really worked, Zhao Ji immediately turned pale, stepped off the dragon chair, and took Wang Ju's hand, not knowing what to say.

"Sima Gong, I know what you think, you want to be respectful and orderly, and I don't veto respect and be orderly, just like Your Majesty, it is Your Majesty of the Great Song Dynasty, and it is also Your Majesty on the other side. But why did the ancestors say that Qi people, in fact, any system is impossible to achieve real Qi people. But please consider the poor people as human beings, who are also His Majesty's people. If we don't treat them as human beings, they don't treat us as human beings either. Invest in the peach and repay the favor, which also cannot be changed in 10,000 years. ”

"It's just respectful and orderly, Sima Gong, you haven't done it, Your Majesty calls me Wang Qing, others call me Taibao, or Zi'an, why do you call me Wang Ju again and again?"

Sima Guang's face turned pale with anger.

But Wang Ju thought to himself, these old guys really can't be dismantled.

Look, they're well-informed.

The problem, however, is that Sima Guang's dedication to the book, in any case, was a great achievement for the Song Dynasty, although there were far more private goods in this new book than in the history (referring to the large section of the minister's Guang). At this time, it is obviously not an opportunity to break up this group of seniors.

In fact, Sima Guang still underestimated Wang Ju.

It really doesn't matter if he offends Wang Anshi, there are indeed many flaws in Wang Anshi's reforms, but Wang Anshi's own ethics are impeccable, and his work is not dark.

But Wang Ju is different.

It's not that he does things darkly, it's that he does things by unscrupulous means. However, it cannot be denied that Wang Ju is not as good as Wang Anshi compared to his good intentions. In other words, Wang Ju is holding the sword of light with the heart of darkness......

…………

Wang Ju is planning an even darker counterattack.

But what caused a sensation at the end of the year was not his counterattack, which will not be until next spring, nor is it the debate of the court.

Although this debate caused some people to impeach Wang Ju again.

However, these impeachment voices quickly disappeared, without him, it doesn't matter if you impeach, just wait for the demotion immediately. Don't blame Wang Ju for being strong, because Wang Ju did this, and the Song Dynasty was indeed making great strides for the better.

All kinds of policies to benefit the people, 30 million large procurement, 31 million national large infrastructure ......

If this is the case, and the people's lives have not changed for the better, then it can only be said that the local officials in the states and counties are too incompetent. ‘

And besides, there is.

Not only the commercial boom brought by the banking department, but also the miscellaneous grains began to benefit a part of the people, of course. It's still being promoted. I want to spread it to the whole country. It's going to be next year.

On the other hand, it can also be seen, and that is immigration.

With the implementation of these policies, the number of immigrants in the states and counties has decreased dramatically.

Some eat, they won't starve to death, who wants to go to the distant other side, or the scorching heat of Cochin?

Maybe Zhao Ji can't see this kind of change, but many officials with a conscience have written out the changes in various states and counties in the recital.

In fact, they don't need to write cantatas. These policy changes can be seen in the capital, and the eunuchs who procure commercial goods can transmit these changes back to the inner palace.

So under this general trend, Sima Guang is also helpless.

Either Gao Tao will continue to have neuropathy attacks in the future, but it's really hard to say...... And because he was worried about this, Wang Ju continued to express kindness to the Gao family, so that they would not chew their tongues in Gao's ears.

What caused a sensation was a place that everyone didn't think of, and that was the Northwest.

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The situation in the northwest is very good, not only Jingyuan Road, such as Lanzhou. Li Xian runs Nanhuiju, why does he run Nanhuiju. It is equivalent to linking Lanzhou with the Deshun army, and if the big west envoy city suddenly became a big rear.

This is also important, the Song Dynasty failed to conquer Xia, and the Liang clan was forced to re-release Li Bingchang under domestic pressure.

Then he secretly sent people to persuade Yu Zang Hua Ma to return to the Western Xia, and repeatedly secretly surrendered in the Western Xia, and Yu Zang Hua Ma was at both ends of the first rat.

After the forts in Nanhui Prefecture were built, the west made the city a big rear, and Yu Zang Huama was dumbfounded.

It is equivalent to a big hidden danger, which is eliminated at once.

At the same time, Yanzhou is secretly in contact with many Qiang tribes in the mountain boundary, and will not operate Donghengshan to the north for the time being, but with these Qiang tribes and the Song Dynasty, a solid foundation has been laid in the future.

However, the deadly killing has not yet been released, or only one step has been released, that is, the Battle of Pingxia City.

Now it's time to release the second step.

When Sima Guang entered Beijing to present his book, it was the time when the Jingyuan Road army was moving.

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A handful of snow fell.

There is only one place between heaven and earth.

Li Zhongjie rubbed his hands and said, "Mother, it's so cold." ”

Zhang Qi said: "It was because of the cold weather that a certain person planned this surprise attack. ”

"Fengxueping Caizhou?" Foldable can be said.

Zhang Qi finally found out the truth of the mistake of Yanxia, but Qu Zhen performed well in the battle of Pingxia City, and Zhang Qi did not pursue it, but secretly wrote a letter to Wang Ju.

The battle of Pingxia City used dozens of tiger generals, not only to increase the probability of victory, but also a kind of grinding, and the final performance of these generals also determined whether to reuse them in the future war of war.

But it seems that the matter has gone up in smoke.

At most, it can be reused more.

Zhang Qi nodded, the terrain is different, but the reason is about the same.

It was this kind of bad weather that made it difficult for the enemy to think that the Song Dynasty would send troops. He looked at Guo Cheng, Zhi Keshi, Wang En, Li Zhongjie, and Liu Fa and said, "This battle is fast." ”

"Whoa." The five generals replied in unison.

"Go," Zhang Qi said, what should have been said has already been said, and there is no other command.

The five generals left Tongxia with more than 10,000 cavalry, not all of their battalions were cavalry battalions, but some of them were cavalry battalions drawn from other camps several months in advance, so as to keep the officers and men of the five generals all cavalry.

But most of the cavalry on the Jingyuan Road was almost here.

However, why start from Tongxia Village, because Tongxia is relatively speaking, located in the back, the deployment of soldiers and horses is not easy for the enemy to detect, if it is placed in Dangqiang Village, so many cavalry gathered, it is easy to be seen by the Western Xia scouts, and lose the power of surprise attack.

The weather was really cold, and in the howling northwest wind, the banner on the head of the city seemed to be blown up.

But the expressions in the eyes of the more than 10,000 cavalrymen were all shining with excitement.

The first is the confidence brought by the battle of Pingxia City, and the second is the rich reward of the imperial court.

Don't talk about money, can you do it without money?

Or after the great victory, the imperial court has almost no rewards, and see if these warriors will be willing to take great risks to attack Tiandu Mountain in this bitter weather?

In order to conceal themselves, all the horses were wrapped in horse cloth to reduce the sound of horses' hooves, and at the same time, the horses were stuffed with munch. But unlike before, all the horses were wrapped in a layer of woolen cloth, not used as vests, although there were iron harriers in the Western Xia, and the Song Dynasty had a heavy cavalry Jingbian army very early, but Wang Ju and Zhang Qi were not interested in this. Speed is king!

These wool drapes. It is mainly used to keep out the cold. In this kind of weather, once you get to the Wuyan Gorge, think about how cold it will be.

Not only the horses, but all the warriors were given a woolen shirt and pants, that is, woolen sweaters and woolen pants, or warm **.

They were all arranged by Wang Ju in advance, and then transferred to the front line in Weizhou.

Despite these measures, the group entered the canyon. The wind howled like a wolf howling, and all the warriors couldn't help but shrink their heads, and even the war horses gasped uneasily.

Guo Cheng ordered loudly: "The sky is about to get dark, the terrain of the canyon is complicated, follow one by one, don't lose it." ”

The Xixia people couldn't imagine this weather, but it was too bad, almost turning into ice, not an exaggeration, anyway, Guo Cheng spewed out a breath of hot air. Immediately, a faint ice mist appeared in front of him, and a fierce gust wind blew and danced the snow. I can't even see things dozens of steps away.

It is not very far from Tongxia to Dangqiang, but it is this section of the road, and everyone will arrive until dark.

The owner of Dangqiang Village is Jia Yan, he does not participate in this surprise attack, but it is also very important, after the surprise attack, he will have to respond sideways, and just in case, be ready to rescue at any time. Therefore, Zhang Ji put this powerful general in Dangqiang Village.

Jia Yan patted Liu Fa on the shoulder and said, "Boy, you can do it again." ”

Naked jealousy.

It's also a form of confidence...... If it is placed in the battle of Yongle City, not to mention jealousy, I am afraid that not many people are willing to go to Tiandu Mountain.

Liu Fa was happy.

In fact, before the battle of Pingxia City, many people thought that Liu Fa had shit luck, he was not like generals such as Zhi Keshi and Guo Jingxiu, no matter whether it was a big battle or a small battle, he always fought it. And Liu Fa almost never participated in any battles, but he was inexplicably promoted to a general, and inexplicably sent to Pingxia City as a chief general.

However, those who know the truth also have to admire Wang Ju's ability to recognize people, although this son is not very old, but he can really fight.

Jia Yan said a few words, put the group into the grate, and immediately sent soju and ginger soup, those who can eat wine eat one or two glasses of soju, and those who can't eat wine drink a bowl of ginger soup to warm their bodies. At the same time, the soldiers mixed cornmeal with chickens and used it as horse fodder for all the horses.

In addition, Jia Yan sent scouts again, preparing to sneak with the army, and he had to know the battle situation behind him so that he could make arrangements.

The delay was not long, and more than 10,000 troops left Dangqiang Village again and entered the Wuyan Houxia.

The wind and snow were even heavier, and almost all the soldiers who were slightly weaker felt that their bodies were about to freeze.

You must know that these soldiers are all carefully selected, and at the same time they wear woolen clothes inside and leather jackets outside, but there are still people who feel unbearable and cold to this point......

The night is getting darker.

Although they were all cavalry, in this kind of weather and this kind of terrain, the speed of this pedestrian was not very fast, and the speed of marching in an hour was barely thirty or forty miles.

But because the Song Dynasty used Dangqiang Village to hold the Wuyan Houxia, it was not too far from Tiandu Mountain, and it gradually arrived at Tiandu Mountain at the fourth watch.

In fact, this line of work is still very dangerous.

Tiandu Mountain was not only broken by the Song Dynasty once, but also by Cai Ting during the battle of Wang Juqingzhou, and burned the Tiandu Palace to the ground.

However, the location of Tiandu Mountain is extremely important, which is directly related to the safety of the passage from Xingqing Mansion to the Hexi Corridor, and it is also the holy place of Buddhism in Xixia, so soon after, Xixia built Tiandu Village and Tiandu Palace again.

However, Li Xian came again, and after breaking through Tiandu Mountain, he plundered a handful, and then burned down the palace and Dazhai.

Western Xia had no choice but to rebuild it with great difficulty.

And because the Song Dynasty occupied Pingxia City, Renduo Lingding had to mobilize the people to make Tiandu Village taller and thicker again, and at the same time built many small and medium-sized forts in the surrounding areas to guard various roads. The Liang clan was also worried about the safety of Tiandu Mountain, and sent some reinforcements to station.

At this time, the strength of Tiandu Mountain was close to 50,000 soldiers and horses, but unlike Pingxia City, it still had dangerous terrain to take advantage of.

That is, if this line does not go well, maybe more than 10,000 cavalry will suffer an unprecedented defeat.

"Where's the fox protrusion," said Zhe Keshi.

Since Renduo Lingding strengthened his defenses, the Song Dynasty did not send rangers to roam. However, because of the previous wandering, the Song Dynasty was very familiar with the terrain of Tiandu Mountain and Xiaoguan. But before that, Zhi Keshi had served as the main general of all the rides.

"Commander Meng, there is a relatively sheltered canyon over there, you take your subordinates, lead the war horse over, listen to the orders ahead, and the rest of the people will immediately dismount, turn over from that hill, bypass the fox protrusion, and sneak into Tiandu Village." The main commander of this line will be Guo Cheng, and the deputy will be Zhi Keshi, but because Zhi Keshi is more familiar with this area, he issued orders instead of Guo Cheng.

Meng Zhi led his men to lead the war horses to the canyon not far away.

In fact, although the canyon is relatively sheltered, it is still very cold, but because the fox protrudes in the way, it has to be so.

The rest of the soldiers stepped on the snow, one foot deep and one shallow, and climbed up the mountain.

The wind stirred up the snow, and there was ice on the mountain road, and even though we had only climbed this hill, it felt as if we had climbed a dangerous peak.

"Take a sip of wine, warm up, and throw away the sac!" Guo Chengdao.

Everyone took another sip of soju, and as they threw the wine bag on the ground, under the leadership of Guo Cheng and Zhi Keshi, they went to Tiandu Village...... (To be continued.) )