"Your Majesty, in the heart of the minister, in terms of military comparison, now the Great Song Dynasty should take Zhang Qianfu as the leader, if he has a gentle personality, educates and educates, is indifferent to fame and fortune, and has the world in mind, he is undoubtedly the minister's mentor. But if you love the people with incorruptibility, no one can surpass Fan Yaofu. However, when it comes to financial management, Xue Shizheng is the first. ”

The four leaders Wang Ju said were very interesting, one was his teacher, one was his friend, one was a passerby, and the other was a political enemy who was slightly repulsive to Wang Ju, so Zhao Ji couldn't help but smile after hearing this, and said: "The military chapter is not as good as you." ”

"No, before Guo Gong's southern expedition, the world thought that Guo Gong was a rare general talent in my Great Song Dynasty, but in fact, Guo Gong may not be able to match Yan Da, Liu Changzuo, Miao Zhu, Gao Yongneng and others, but Guo Gong's luck is better than these generals, so he was able to enter Xifu very early, and this number of generals is just a deployment of soldiers and horses all the way or the deputy head of soldiers and horses, or a military governor of a small state. The same is true for Zhang Zhifu, did His Majesty give him the opportunity to play? Or hide Li Jing in the deep boudoir compound, who can see Li Jing's military talent? ”

In fact, in Wang Ju's heart, even Guo Cheng and other young generals have grown up, and they are also more powerful than Guo Kui.

"Zhang Qianfu ......"

"Your Majesty, you will see right away that he will do better than the minister on the Yunnan Road, and in three or four years, four or five years, if Your Majesty is interested in the West, this person will be Your Majesty's pillar general, the tiger of the country."

"Zhangdun is not bad."

"He is good, but he is not as good as Zhang Qianfu in politics and military."

"Wang Qing, there is a report from the south, saying that there is a person named Hesavarman III in Zhenla...... How can these small southern country names be so strange? "This is the military newspaper. Sent to the east and the west. Wang Ju hasn't heard of it yet.

"Not surprising. These small countries in the south are influenced by the Sanskrit language of Tianzhu, Varman means king and king, and has nothing to do with the name, Hesa is the surname, since it is called Hesa III, it means that he has two generations of ancestors who served as the king of Zhenla. His Majesty Huhesa III will do. ”

"So it was, Hesa III defeated the previous king of Chenla, Udietiye II, and became the new king of Chenla. Then he sent troops to attack the city, and almost destroyed the city again. Champa asked Zhang Dian for help, Zhang Qing personally led 5,000 cavalry, pounced on the capital of the king of Champang, met with the Zhenla army, and defeated the Zhenla army in a battle, Zhang Qing said that this battle killed more than 4,000 Zhenla soldiers, and captured more than 5,000 people. In order to express his gratitude, the king of Champa once again brought his subordinates into Beijing. ”

In fact, it's not that simple, Zhenla invaded the city. Champa asks for help from Zhangdun.

However, after Wang Ju pacified Dali, he successively reduced many Turkish troops. This is also inevitable, there will be no more wars to destroy the country in the future, there is no need to raise so many troops, it is all money. However, there are still many elite troops left, but most of them are in Dali, and they continue to be led by Zhang Kai to suppress rebellions in local areas, and they are also preparing to use troops to rush.

Only a few returned to Quang Nam to continue to guard the mainland, and some of them were placed in the Ziqiluodian area to prevent the "southwest Yi". The rest is in the hands of Zhang Dian.

However, Zhang Dian wanted to run the Changshan area, and there were still some wandering Jiaozhi people who burned and looted everywhere, and they also had to divide their troops to search and suppress, so the troops in his hands were not enough, so he had to write a letter to Zhang Kai to ask for support.

Zhang Qi replied to the letter and asked Zhang Dian to stabilize the city first, and promised to send troops, so that the two countries would suffer damage, and finally the Song Dynasty would easily send troops to settle the situation in one fell swoop, and there would not be too many casualties. Zhang Dian adopted this strategy, and when he heard that the Song Dynasty had promised to send troops, he had the courage to fight a decisive battle, so Zhenla never broke the king of Champong. In the end, Zhang Dancai led the 5,000 cavalry transferred from Yunnan Road, and the battle was decided. In fact, it is not stable, and the cavalry on the Yunnan Road will not be able to arrive at this time.

Therefore, the actual situation is that Zhang Dian also felt embarrassed at the beginning, it was not easy to save, and even if he was saved, he was afraid of bringing a large number of casualties, so he was sad, and the Song Dynasty was the weakest in martial arts, but it was the dynasty that could not afford to lose......

In addition, it is dangerous to occupy the city, and it is almost about to lose the country, which is not as simple as what Zhang Dan wrote, so calmly.

Of course, this Wang Ju didn't know, he said: "Your Majesty, Jiaozhi and other southern countries are easy to conquer? ”

"Seems easier to conquer than Western Xia?"

Wang Ju shook his head: "No, if that's the case, the minister will occupy the city of Zhancheng." However, compared with Western Xia, it is difficult to conquer, but it is easier to defeat. The difficulty in these areas lies in the terrain, the terrain is complex, the people are ignorant, and the nature is relatively fierce, so it is not easy to govern. However, compared with the Western Xia, their overall civilization is backward, their weapons and armor are far inferior to those of our Great Song Dynasty and Western Xia, their physique is relatively small, their combat effectiveness is poor, and they lack cooperation with each other. Therefore, it is very difficult to conquer and occupy, but it is very easy to defeat them if you find the right way. ”

Wang Ju then analyzed the different situations of the Liao, Western Xia, Dali, Zhancheng Zhenla, and the more backward indigenous countries or small tribes on the other side.

Don't think that if you take Jiaozhi and Dali, you can easily destroy Western Xia.

Although Zhang Dian won this battle, it did not mean that he could be the commander of the three armies and defeat Western Xia.

This is the difference between Zhangdun and Zhangqi.

However, if you can't figure out the specific situation and rush to send troops, it will be the invincible army of Yuanmeng, and if you don't get it right, you will suffer a big loss.

Wang Ju will not say the Yuan and Meng Iron Army, but the Tang Dynasty Iron Army.

In fact, Wang Ju said so much, which is very meaningful......

Knowing oneself and knowing one's opponent may not be able to win a hundred battles, maybe the Song Dynasty can win a hundred battles against Zhancheng and Zhenla in the case of knowing oneself and knowing oneself and knowing one's opponent, but it may not be able to win a hundred battles against Western Xia, let alone complete occupation!

That's all Wang Juneng said, and then turned the topic back: "Thousands of troops are easy to get, but one will be hard to find." However, this is true not only of generals, but also of other talents. What is the change is nothing more than to change the situation of poverty and weakness in the Great Song Dynasty. So how important is managing your money? ”

Zhao Ji groaned.

"Your Majesty, what did Xue Gong do? That is, Chen Xiang proposed to let the people of Gyeonggi also implement the horse breeding law, and Xue Gong did not examine it carefully, so he persuaded His Majesty, and His Majesty issued an edict. Later, Xue Gong felt that it was inappropriate, but the edict was passed by him after he persuaded His Majesty, so he couldn't erase it. I came up with a bad solution. Gu persuaded other ministers to advise His Majesty. Then in one fell swoop, this edict was banned again. Although it is a slight loss of the minister's courtesy, it is not a particularly big mistake. That person doesn't make mistakes? Xiao He also deliberately made a mistake in front of Han Gaozu (Liu Bang personally enlisted, let Xiao He and Empress Lu stay in Guanzhong, Xiao He took the opportunity to forcibly occupy the beautiful sister of the good house in Mintian, and after Liu Bang came back, the people complained, Liu Bang was very happy after hearing it, thinking that Xiao He would not rebel. If you don't raise your name, you will rebel)"

"Xiao He's ...... Wang Qing, I am not the ancestor of the Han Dynasty. ”

"The emperors are almost the same, each other," of course, this is what Wang Ju said in his heart.

After persuading him like this, Zhao Xu's anger towards Xue Xiang finally alleviated a lot, so he said: "Wang Qing, do you think Xue Xiang can win any position?" ”

Now the third envoy Li Chengzhi is not as good as Xue Xiang in terms of financial management skills, but he is also a first-class good minister, and it is impossible for Xue Xiang. Get Li Chengzhi down and let Xue Xiang serve as the third envoy again.

"Actually, the other day. The minister was discussing one thing with the Chinese book. Wang Ju told him what he had discussed in the Chinese book.

"Cracking down on the City Law?"

"Your Majesty, wait a few days, and Your Majesty will know when the statistics of the three divisions come out."

"Wang Qing, do you know that the market law is not only about financial management, but also about stabilizing prices."

"How can the minister not know? But it also depends on what kind of prices need to be stabilized. ”

"What?"

"It is related to the basic survival of the people, the small one is firewood, rice, oil and salt, and the big one is clothing, food, shelter and transportation, not asking for meat every day, but being able to eat enough, not seeking to have a beautiful house, but to have a shelter from the wind and rain, not seeking to wear beautiful silk and satin, but in winter there can be enough thick clothes, charcoal to keep warm and cold. If everyone can achieve this, how many people are willing to risk their heads to rebel? The world is peaceful. But will the high-end silks, the extravagant gems and spices, and the minister's soju, no matter how expensive they are, threaten national security? You can't really assume that autumn has arrived just because of a single leaf fall, and there are also a small amount of leaves in spring and summer. ”

"You can't replace noodles with points, can you?"

"Your Majesty has also read the math books written by the ministers?" Wang Ju said with some surprise.

"Yes."

"But on the contrary, it is not possible to use autumn to represent all the leaves, autumn comes, there are still many trees lush, so you can't think that a minister has a specialty in a certain area, he can preside over all the military, political and financial affairs, the minister said to govern the country, make proper decisions, and then put the right people in the right position, the world can be governed. In the same way, there are countless commodities in the world, some need to be controlled and regulated, and some do not need to be controlled and regulated. ”

"This is one of them, the second minister's southward journey is also a success, the western part of Guangnan West Road, Dali and Jiaozhi have been taken one after another, but even now, it does not mean that it can be really governed, so not only does it need Zhang Zihou Zhang's martial arts in the two roads, but also need to integrate them into the entire Great Song Dynasty. In the intention of the minister, the imperial court must reset the shipping division, not the original southern nine roads, but two Zhejiang roads, Fujian roads, Jiangnan two roads, Huainan two roads, Jinghu two roads, Guangnan two roads, plus Yunnan Road and Jiaozhi Road, a total of 12 roads, then not only for the court to save the cost of new territory, but also conducive to their integration with the Great Song Dynasty. But in this way, there is only one competent official, Xue Gong. ”

"Killing two birds with one stone."

"The minister has no contact with Xue Gongsu."

Enough is enough.

If it were someone else, it could still be said that he was selfish, but can he say that he was selfish when he sponsored Xue Xiang?

"Let me think again." Zhao Ji walked a few steps and said, "I'm thinking about Zhang Zai's "One", is human nature evil? ”

"What the teacher said does not mean that human nature is evil, just like a minister, is it a good person? Not a good guy. But can it be said that the minister is a bad person? It cannot be said that the minister is a bad person. There is a good side to human nature and an evil side. But in general, human nature is biased towards strengthening itself, that is, the selfish side. But it cannot be said that it is evil, selfishness can bring many bad backs, but it is also a source of progress. Just like Your Majesty, you want the Great Song Dynasty to become rich and strong, and the society will last forever, which is also a kind of selfishness, but it is a more noble selfishness, and it is with this selfishness that Your Majesty will work hard. ”

"Anyway, it's generally on the evil side."

"If analyzed in this way, it can also be called the evil side, so humanity is to make up for what is lacking, which is the main reason for the merger."

"So as a country, how to regulate it?"

In fact, the laws, taxes, and policies of the state must be aimed at each powerful person, rather than the respect in the original Confucian doctrine.

However, under the persuasion of Wang Jujin, Zhang Zai wrote very vaguely, otherwise it would have caused huge controversy.

Wang Ju thought for a while, and said distressedly: "There is really no good way, the minister tried once in Gyeongju, and carried out a tax exemption policy for good households, filial sons, and martyrs, and deliberately divided good households to reward everyone for doing good deeds." Although it has been somewhat successful in Gyeongju, it has not been able to spread to the whole country. ”

"Why?"

"Your Majesty, Gyeongju is relatively poor. There are very few households above the third class, and the households above the third class take out ten times to do good deeds, and the good households are tax-free, and it is worth it. If it is a family property, it is a hundred yuan, is it considered to be a good deed? ”

Zhao Ji understood.

Because the taxation of the Song Dynasty did not take care of the poor people, on the contrary, it took care of Haoqiang, and even the doctors of Haoqiang did not have to pay commercial taxes. Therefore, this tax exemption does little to stimulate them to do good.

Not all the rich people in the Song Dynasty were unkind to the rich, and there were also many rich gentry who kept doing good deeds, but the number of these people was far less than that of those greedy and powerful.

In fact, even if you use taxes to solve the problem, it can't fully work. As a simple example, in order to stimulate the rich to do good, US imperialism has adopted a tax exemption policy for donations. Of course, it cannot be said that it does not work at all, but resources are still concentrated in a small number of people, and there are still many homeless people who sleep in subway parks in various cities, and even the president has become the spokesman of the chaebol most of the time. Therefore, Wang Jucai once said that the real Qi people may not be Qi people!

However, with these policy controls, it is better than nothing, at least it can more or less prevent the rapid intensification of social contradictions, and the country will be a little more long-term.

However, for the current Song Dynasty, it will be extremely difficult to forcibly regulate and control with policies. Not to mention anything else, it is a Qi business tax, which cannot be done, how to adjust it. Unless the Song Dynasty is completely overthrown and then rebuilt from scratch. Is that possible?

So it seems that this is just a good wish of Zhang Zai.

But what a good wish? (To be continued.) )