Chapter 355: Pride (II)
"When the minister was working in the drain, in addition to taking the lead in labor, he mainly commanded and inspected and inquired, and also talked with some strange people. ``”
"The drain worker has made Wang Qing work hard."
"Your Majesty, the minister said, by Song En, by the grace of three generations of kings, should be reciprocated. Let's talk about this Suizhou. But first, a very distant place. I met a merchant who said that he had been to the West, far away, about the west of the Great Eclipse. ”
"I know, Da Fu, Da Qin."
"That's where it is, but he should go farther."
"The earth is vast and boundless."
"This may not be ......" Wang Ju said hesitantly, because in the elementary mathematics book that will come out, he will also pour some water, for example, this earth is round, if you want to know how long, it is very simple, make a standard hourglass, and then use a gentle carriage to pull from Kaifeng to Chang'an, use this hourglass to calculate the error of the sunrise time of the two places, and then multiply it by the distance, you can get the length of the earth. Why it is round, you can see it when you climb high and look at it. And also drew an annotated picture. At that time, Shengsheng scared Ge Shaohua stupidly.
But fortunately, the Song Dynasty was more lenient in this regard, and there would be no tragedy like Copernicus.
But this can't be talked about anymore, that's too off-topic, he continued: "Your Majesty, how many people do you think a larger city should have, not households, but mouths, including everyone. ”
"About six or seven hundred thousand people," Zhao Zhen replied after a moment's hesitation. He calculated it in terms of 100,000 cities, that is, in the Song Dynasty, there were now more than a dozen, and as for the capital, it is needless to say. The number of people alone has reached more than a million. There are also military households. The Song Dynasty could not count the floating population such as official households, merchants and merchants, otherwise there would be more than two million people.
"But there are very few more than 100,000 people in the city over there, and it usually reaches 50,000 people."
"Huh?"
"Let's take a big and prosperous city called Paris, which is dirty, dirty. There weren't even decent sewers, so the streets were littered with feces. The ladies wear shoes with high heels to prevent them from stepping on these dirty things by mistake. But the city is uneven, some people can still scream when they splash dirt, and some people can't scream, so they splash out, so the ladies put on hats with wide edges. ”
Zhao Ji shuddered when he heard this.
In fact, this is the case, so the people of later generations should not be depressed, they are only temporarily ahead of the past one or two hundred years, and in fact, they are not even as good as the barbarians around China in the past. Now the traffic is lagging behind. Otherwise, those places. may not let the Song people take a look, or let the Song Dynasty people not even have the qualifications to call out the people.
"So as soon as the population of the city exceeded 50,000, all kinds of plagues began to prevail."
"Is there such a place in the world?"
"Yes, Your Majesty, everyone's wisdom is high and low, right?"
"There are, like you."
"Don't count the ministers, Your Majesty, the same is true for the human race. The reason for this is that they are not as wise as the Han people, and the second is that they are not as diligent as the Han people. Chen is another example, although because of the poor soldiers, the Western Xia people are very bitter, but Suizhou is close to the Yellow River, and there are Wuding River, Tuyan River, and Dali River. Why does Suizhou only have this population? Without him, there is a wild man, but he is still diligent and wise. It is some Tibetan people in my dynasty, who live together with the Han people, and slowly begin to learn to put down their bodies, but they are still not as diligent as the Han people. There is no taxation in our dynasty, and if we levie heavy taxes like the Han people in Shaanxi, it will be very miserable. It is the pride of His Majesty to have such a people. ”
"I ......" Zhao Ji did not feel proud, but heavy.
"There may be trouble in the country, but there is no urgency, as long as it is corrected slowly, with the Han race, as long as it is not harsh and tyrannical, the country will recover quickly. When the people become rich together, the country will also be rich. However, we can't really be a group of hard-working rabbits, there are few wolves around, and it is not a big problem to eat a few. However, there are too many wolves around, and no matter how diligent and fast the rabbit is, it will be eaten up. Sima Guang may have thought that as long as there were no troubles in internal affairs, the country would not perish. Wrong, no matter whether the Western Xia and the Liao State have already explored a set of models for the coexistence of Hu and Han, and the Jurchens in the northeast have also learned to plough and pasture, they are no longer the Turkic people who could only nomadic before, the Huns! ”
"Although there are troubles in my internal governance, successive generations of kings have been humble monarchs, so they can be saved. However, the most scarce thing is military weakness, although he did not have Lu Xu's permission, he went to surrender privately, which violated the system, but his intentions were good, and he took back Suizhou out of thin air for our dynasty. Since Taizong's two northern expeditions, our dynasty has been losing territory and land, when has there ever been a time to seize a state? ”
"Of course, the minister is also against the dethronement of the army, after the battle of Dashun City, can't I lead the troops to take the opportunity to take Jintang City, White Leopard City and other important places? can not be taken, but also take into account the country's economy. However, the proper recovery of lost ground is also an exciting move. ”
"Confucianism is respect, that is respect, it is the king and the minister, the father and the son, the minister listens to the king's orders, and the son listens to the father's orders, but is the king the emperor of Sui Yang? Would a father rather eat better for himself than starve his son to death? The combination of respect and benevolence is the true meaning of Confucianism. ”
Sima Guang can be regarded as a respect, but the fart honor!
"In the battle of Dashun City, our army obviously had the upper hand, but the narrow battlefield restrained the Xixia people from being defeated and retreated. However, he still couldn't let the enemy collapse, and in a hurry, the minister saw Li Liangzuo and felt that it was an opportunity. ”
"You thought of the battle of Gaoliang River," Zhao Wei smiled bitterly, the nature of that battle was almost the same, the Song army surrounded Youzhou City, Yelu Xian came with soldiers and horses, and was also defeated, Yelu Xiuge came, he had fewer troops, and he was tired, so he patted his horse and led his men, smashed Huanglong, and killed Zhao Kuangyi, Zhao Kuangyi was instigated, took the lead in escaping, and as soon as he escaped, the entire Song army collapsed.
"This ......"
"It doesn't matter, this is also a lesson from the past, borrow it. Return to the enemy. If Taizong knows. He would be equally pleased. Zhao said.
"Yes, but at that time I had more infantry and could not kill them, so I moved closer to several cavalry and conveyed this order. But the most tragic time was when he encountered the Xixia Iron Harrier, and the kind of heavy armor was almost impossible to start. But the officers and men still rushed forward desperately. In the end, the iron harrier was defeated, but one after another familiar officers and soldiers fell in a pool of blood for a long time. ”
In order to burn the enemy's grain and grass in the rear, Hu Qian took a battalion of Fan cavalry to kill tens of thousands of enemy camps alone, who knew that this battle was two hours, from the third watch to the fourth watch, and finally his war horse was stabbed to death, still fighting bravely to kill the enemy, and he was killed by several knives, but he still stood and looked at the east. Where there is his home, where is the land of the Great Song Dynasty. ”
"When the soldiers are fighting bloody battles in front. They pay for their lives, they pay for their families' lifelong grief, they are the same people, they are the same as your people, and they are more loyal, their hearts are not dirty, they are not inferior to their ministers, they are not inferior to Sima Gong, Your Majesty, don't make them feel cold. ”
"I understand, I will go back immediately, and I will issue an edict to let the seed brother return to Qingjian City." Zhao Ji said with moist eyes.
Although Wang Ju said it a little sensational, this is indeed the fourth benefit.
Renzong fought one game and lost one game, but now he wins one game and wins, and when he wins, his morale rises, and the army is strong. It's a very simple truth, and it doesn't need to be explained.
"Your Majesty, don't worry, the minister said that it was good, and now it will be harmful. Everyone in the world says that Renzong is a monk, but I am the only one, thinking that I have raised a lot of Gu mothers! They are not scholars, they are Gu, and they are very dangerous Gu mothers. Why? The minister only said a passage in the "Chronicles of the Three Kingdoms", and Ma Chao had a passage in the ancestor of the ancestors, and there were more than 200 ministers and sects, which were omitted by Meng De. Cao Cao killed more than 200 members of Ma Chao's family, what a deep hatred. However, when Ma Chao mentioned Cao Cao's name, he only mentioned the words, not the name, not the, the thief, and the reverse. What is upbringing? That's upbringing. However, since the gentlemen came to power, they have opened their mouths to be villains, treacherous and traitors. Yes, before them, there were also ministers who mentioned it, but how many times did they mention it? Now that no matter who is a traitor, a thief, a villain, where are the virtues of Confucianism and the upbringing of scholars? ”
If you are not convinced, look at Ouyang Xiu, Sima Guang, these people, etc.!
Then put aside the articles and calligraphy they wrote, and you can't look at people with articles and calligraphy, so Cai Jing is not a good person, and Qin Hui, who created the famous Song font, is not a very good person. So then analyze these people, compared to the villain they mentioned, which one is a villain? It's not a villain, it's also a madman who bites desperately, and it's a group of high-IQ and high-culture madmen.
"Gentle and courteous, let ......," Zhao Ji shook his head with a wry smile.
"My dynasty is no longer stupid, the Western Xia people will be very unhappy, especially the Liang family, the minister heard that she called the system called the Linchao, not a docile woman, and then look at the border ministers of my court, there are very few cadres like Cai Gong, most of them are greedy and cowardly ministers like Lu Xu, so she will inevitably send troops to retaliate, one is to retaliate, and the other is to establish authority. But even if there is no such thing, she will also send troops to plunder. The time of the first emperor is the best example. However, if that is the case, the current scholars and doctors will lack the gentle upbringing of Confucianism and become more aggressive, and they will inevitably turn black and white upside down. This is the first thing to pay attention to. ”
That is, they are all weak to this point, and they have won a rare battle and made war exploits, not meritorious, but guilty!
"Second, Suizhou can't be calm so quickly, there may be bigger wars in the future, I hope the court is prepared. In particular, there may be a shortage of grain for the winter. This problem is not big, the minister can arrange manpower, it just happens that there is a large number of livestock, Zheng Baiqu is Yan zhòng lack of cattle and large livestock, the minister can use the profits of soju to exchange for money and silk, and then use this money to go to Shizhou and other places to exchange for grain, temporarily support the famous mountain, since it has surrendered to our dynasty, it must first warm its heart. ”
"Yes, Wang Ju, you are very right, I was negligent," Zhao Ji said. This is the aftermath, if you don't take care of it, if you don't take care of it, it will be equivalent to adding nearly 10,000 troops out of thin air.
"However, once there is a big war in the future, the food problem has to be solved by the imperial court, and Zheng Baiqu can't get credit immediately, so the grain must be transported from the Central Plains, or from Hedong to Suizhou, Your Majesty, think about the loss."
This small cart pushes a stone of grain to Suizhou, and it would be good to have one bucket of grain left. This must be coordinated, otherwise the people will not even have food to go back.
"Not this year, there is a slight drought in Shaanxi, a big drought in Hebei, and I am also short of food in the north. So even that shochu. The ministers ordered. Reduce production as appropriate. ”
Sima Guang also said it, but all the benefits of soju were handed over to the imperial court. The country's money was tight, so Sima Guang didn't say much. ”
"Is he embarrassed to say? It's just that the villain of the minister still really thinks about the country. ”
"I know in my heart that he said his."
"Thank you, but if the drought eases next year, we must find a way to transport some grain first. Or up to Shizhou for storage, if up to Qingjian City for storage. Although there is attrition, it is not in a hurry, and it does not hurt the people. Once the big war comes, a large number of soldiers can only be sent to Suizhou, and at that time, the grain and grass will be hastily transported, and the waste will be really strict. But the difficult thing is that in the first two years, slowly as the people of Suizhou return to their hearts, the forts are strictly prepared, plus some tuntian. Xixia can only look at Suizhou and sigh, and Suizhou is really for my dynasty. The situation on the border is gradually favoring our DPRK. ”
"That's the aftermath." Zhao Ji said with emotion.
In fact, strictly speaking, there are many aspects involved in diplomacy, people's livelihood, and subsequent development and calculation, so that can be regarded as a truly complete aftermath.
But Wang Ju didn't say anything more.
I have said enough today, and to talk about it is to add to it.
Therefore, he only added one sentence: "Your Majesty, in fact, these issues are not important, just send one person to Shaanxi." ”
"Who?"
"Han Qi Han Gong."
"He'......"
"He was the first emperor's servant, so when His Majesty wanted to stop him, many ministers were silent. Using him to go to Shaanxi, first, to show His Majesty's magnanimity and generosity, which is the foundation of our dynasty. Second, it is also to make the best use of people. ”
Zhao Ji was silent for a long time, and finally nodded, it is true that Han Qi is the best candidate to go to Shaanxi at this time, regardless of qualifications or experience.
In fact, Wang Ju was scared, as if he remembered that Huaining Village only killed seven or eight hundred people in Western Xia in the first battle.
There was no way, at that time, the subordinates were all infantry, and the Western Xia had a large number of people, and most of them were rabble, so they collapsed in the first battle, but they all came on horseback, and they wanted to kill the enemy, but they couldn't catch up, how to kill? So they got a lot of supplies, but they didn't kill a few.
But because of Wang Ju's promotion, a large number of war horses were obtained in Dashun City, and the worst thing was that at Wang Ju's insistence, although Cai Ting kept some war horses for the Huanqing Road sergeants, the others were all handed over to the surrounding cavalry and cavalry, instead of being placed in the pastoral supervisor as an expensive toy.
Qingjian City was at the forefront and also got hundreds of horses, how could the breeders spoil these horses, and immediately organized two whole battalions of cavalry. In addition, he brought some cavalry, so the number of enemies killed and wounded this time was higher. However, in general, the number of cavalry was still small, so after chasing for more than ten miles, they did not pursue it again.
But like this, Wang Ju will still be afraid, what if Han Qi doesn't go to Shaanxi because of his own push? It has little to do with Suizhou, but there is Zheng Baiqu!
Think about Han Qi sitting in Chang'an, does Sima Guang still dare to chatter?
Zhao Ji stopped talking, and had to go back immediately to issue an edict.
Han Qi had to be summoned, he had to be replaced, Lu Shu was replaced, and Guo Kui left Weizhou, and the imperial court asked Cai Ting to go to Weizhou instead of Guo Kui, and the edict had just been issued, but who would replace Cai Ting to go to Gyeongju had not yet been discussed, and this could not be delayed.
Wang Ju smiled slightly and continued to bury himself in the arithmetic book.
Suddenly, a middle-aged man came over and asked, "Are you the security king Ju Zi'an?" ”
"Exactly, may I ask Your Excellency?"
"I'm Quanzhou Lu Jifu."
"It turned out to be Brother Jifu, and I am fortunate to have it." Wang Ju arched his hand. Lu Huiqing, it's best not to offend if you can.
"How dare you, Zi'an's talent, everyone in the world is praising it."
"I'm young, reckless, and lucky, how dare I say anything."
"Zi'an, just now I saw that you had been talking with the official family for a long time, could it be those new laws?"
"No, it's about Suizhou. New law, where do I dare to say anything new law. ”
"Yes, the country has accumulated a lot of difficulties, and it is very difficult to improve. But a radical cure is possible, but it is not possible. ”
"Radical cure?" Wang Ju was taken aback, even if Wang Anshi came, he didn't dare to say such a big thing.
"Look," Lu Huiqing casually pulled out a map of the Song Dynasty and pointed to one place: "It's a cure, but it's impossible." ”
"Chang'an, the root cause, Chang'an...... ......"Wang Ju was really shocked this time. It's a cure, but that's the one that pierced the sky! (To be continued......) R752