"Zhang Qing, Ge Qing, why hasn't Wang Zi'an come back yet?" Zhao Ji saw the three of them come back, but he didn't see Wang Ju, and he felt irritable for no reason.

"Your Majesty, Taibao is back, but he is in Mizhou."

"In Mizhou," Zhao Ji's face immediately softened.

After the battle of Yongle City, the actual consumption of Western Xia was also very serious, but they were not reconciled, without him, although the Song army was defeated twice, but almost all of the east of the Wuding River fell to the Song Dynasty, and even the Xifutu Village on the north bank of the Dali River was occupied by the Song army and changed to Kerong Village. This is a little better, Ruoda Lanzhou was also occupied by the Song Dynasty.

So from last winter to this summer, Western Xia launched several attacks on these two places.

Both sides have their own winners and losers.

In fact, this is still the reason for the national strength.

Although the Song Dynasty suffered two disastrous defeats, because of the huge national support, especially after the Xining Reform, the treasury and the inner treasury accumulated a large amount of storage, and did not produce a national economic crisis like the Song Dynasty's second invasion of Liao. Although Western Xia won two big victories, it seemed to be the end of a strong crossbow.

But the Song Dynasty didn't know.

Therefore, the monarchs and ministers of the Song Dynasty faced the strong counterattacks of the Western Xia again and again, and they were mostly panicked all day long.

As long as Wang Ju comes, it will be easy to do.

It's really not good, send someone to capture Wang Jushengsheng back!

So he asked, "Then why didn't he enter the capital, is he still not satisfied?" ”

"No, Taibao said, if Your Majesty wants him to come back, please Your Majesty must agree to his three requests."

"Do you want to make a request?"

"These three requests are not excessive," Mr. Zhang said.

"Say."

Taibao said that no matter what, he had an affair with the eldest princess. There is indeed a system of indecency. Therefore, this Zhongshu order cannot be taken over. Therefore, I asked His Majesty Cai Xianggong to serve as a subordinate squire. The prince served as the Zhongshu Order, and he served as the Zhongshu Waiter. ”

That is, the three of them are swapped.

But Wang Ju can't enter the door, that is the deliberative department, and there is no decision-making power.

If this is the case, in the future, the Chinese book will still be Lao Wang and Wang Ju, as well as Zhang Qi, the disciples will be Cai Qu and Zhang Dian, and the Shangshu will be Li Qingchen and Fan Chunren, Pu Zongmeng, and the six Shangshu Shilang. As for the West House. Nope. Feng Jing succeeded Wen Yanbo and was sent to Luoyang.

There are also some political enemies.

For example, An Tao, when everyone impeached Wang Ju together, he had not been silent, and Zhao Ji was not punished.

Zhao Ji thought for a moment and asked, "Doesn't he want power?" ”

What do you say......

Zhang Shangying finally understood Wang Ju's request, no matter what, Wang Ju "took the opportunity to blackmail". The emperor was still unhappy, so he gave up the Zhongshu order to Wang Jue. So he said: "Taibao, he still asked His Majesty for power." ”

"Oh."

This is his second request, and the CPIC said that if the banking department is implemented, it must implement the commercial tax. Then he asked the generals to tell His Majesty carefully what they saw on the other side. ”

"What do you see?"

Zhang Shangying said with some yearning: "Although there are no dragons on the other side......"

Zhao Ji snorted coldly, Zhang Shangying didn't dare to say the first, if the dragons had a head, it would be a bad dish.

However, he saw too much, and this time Wang Ju deliberately arranged people to take him around, and saw too many new systems, but they could not be promoted in the Song Dynasty.

Just like the measure of offsetting taxes with charitable funds, this is the real sub-road cow.

But could it be executed in the Song Dynasty?

People even have to hide the land for two taxes, so why bother?

So he told everything he saw on the other side.

It can't be said that there is no oppression on the other side, where there are people, there is oppression, and there is inequality between the rich and the poor, but compared to the Song Dynasty, it is much better. In other words, compared with the Song Dynasty, the other side is almost close to the Datong world imagined by Confucius.

Moreover, he presided over the Southern 12th Route Shipping Division, and his understanding of finance was deeper than the original.

That's an ideal mode of governance, but it's ridiculous that so many elites in the country are not as good as a group of rude seafarers.

"What was the commercial tax over there last year?"

"Your Majesty, there are more than six million eight hundred and eighty thousand. And the CPIC said that if there is no accident, it will reach about 12 million yuan in five years, and at that time, taxes alone can support the financial needs of the other side, and there is no need for support from seafarers. ”

Twelve million guan was not a big number for the Song Dynasty's finances.

But the consideration is that this income is all commercial taxes, and how many people can there be on the other side?

So the number is scary.

Zhao Ji pondered for a while, and then asked, "Why are there so many expenses over there?" ”

"Not so much now, last year the expenditure was only eight or nine million, but five years later, the population increases further, then the expenditure will also increase."

"But it's a bit of a cost."

"Your Majesty, it's a bit much, but there are still wars over there, and this will last for a long time, not one or two hundred years, there is no way to solve the indigenous problem, and if the indigenous problem is solved, the military expenses will be immediately thrifty. At the same time, when the people arrived on the other side, there were also resettlement costs. In peacetime, in addition to the salaries of officials and soldiers, there are also a large number of expenses for officials and officials, as well as for professors. In addition, it is necessary to lead the people to build roads, water conservancy, ports, etc., which will also incur costs. ”

Relatively speaking, the price of goods over there is still relatively low, otherwise the cost would be even higher.

At the same time, the cost of developing the other side of the river, as well as accepting the people on the side of the Song Dynasty, was not added, otherwise it would have been higher.

As for the natives, maybe in a hundred or two hundred years, the natives on the other side will solve it, but the natives on the other side will not be able to solve it in a hundred or two years, and that time will be longer, maybe when Columbus Magellan's fleet comes, there will still be endless battles over there.

But this Zhang Shangying did not observe.

"What's his second request?"

The Taibao said that if the Qi commercial tax was implemented, the old ministers would hate it. However, after the increase in finance, it does not mean that it will accumulate wealth. It may not cost much money to actually destroy Western Xia. On the contrary, it can't destroy Western Xia, and it costs more money. It can't be extinguished. ”

"That's what he said."

"That's what I said. But I want to destroy the summer. The country must be peaceful, the people are happy, and under the rise of one and the other, the Western Xia can be annihilated in one fell swoop. Therefore. He deliberately arranged for the seafarers to migrate a large number of martyrs' families to the other side, especially the families of the volunteers and people of the Baojie soldiers on the Shaanxi Road. The limited amount of bereavement they receive, coupled with the deduction of generals and officials, makes the bereavement in the hands of these families even very pitiful. In turn, migrated to the other side. Invisibly, it is equivalent to reducing a big burden for the imperial court and being able to move forward lightly. ”

"I see, Sun Gu harms me."

This is indeed the case, otherwise why would the people of Shaanxi be migrated, how much money would it cost, how eye-catching. Moreover, these people have been in the north for a long time, and can only be settled in the central and southern regions of Australia, not on various tropical islands. This makes it more expensive.

Zhang Shangying said in his heart, if it weren't for Sun Gu, how could 600,000 people be sacrificed? Maybe Western Xia would have taken it down at this time.

But he can't say it. continued: "If you want the people to live and work in peace and contentment, you must be light. Therefore, the hands-on method, the seedling method, and the surplus money must all be exempted. At the same time, some money will be used to improve the law on protecting horses and the law on protecting armor, and abolish the harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes in various places. But in this way, it will make the new ministers unhappy. Therefore, I ask Your Majesty to support it strongly. Because he was in Zhongshu, he only promised to stay for three years. These things must be implemented in three years to bring peace to the country. Then he went to Shaanxi, but after arriving in Shaanxi, he asked the imperial court to trust him and give him greater rights than when he was in Liangguang. Then he promised that in the next three years, he would destroy Western Xia for the Great Song Dynasty. However, when it comes to the real destruction of Xia, not only will he be given the right to Xihe, Shaanxi, but also the whole country will support him, and no one can suspect it. Otherwise, it will still not be successful. He also added that knowing oneself and knowing one's opponent can fight the people in the south, but it may not be able to defeat the Western Xia......"

Zhao Ji has a deep understanding.

And Wang Ju used a split car as an analogy.

He pondered for a while and said, "I'm okay with this." ”

In fact, this one is very important.

Many people are Han Qiyin, but in fact, when Zhao Ji took the throne, he almost let Han Qi stand up, which had a profound impact on Zhao Qi's life.

Zhao Ji was the emperor in two periods, one was Xining, and the other was Yuanfeng.

When Xining changed the law, Zhao Ji didn't know that Wang Anshi was important?

knows, however, he retained many old parties in the court, and even used Wen Yanbo to restrain Wang Anshi from beginning to end.

This is the emperor's mental technique, or the Song Dynasty's dissenting theories, or the so-called checks and balances.

But this one, hardly any brick family mentions.

So Wang Jucai also misjudged at the beginning, otherwise he would have done better.

This is Xining, and then to Yuanfeng, this period is also called the iron-fisted tough period, or called the dictatorship period, the most important performance has three, the original department responsible for the new law is Sinong Temple, but Yuanfeng issued an edict, all major matters involving the new law, shall not be casually handed over to the subordinate department for discussion, must be played first, and the rights of Sinong Temple will be taken back at once.

The second is the Wutai poetry case, although Su Dongpo brought it on himself with a big mouth, but if it wasn't for Zhao Ji's conscious nonsense of blocking the scholar, then Li Ding's proposal could be passed?

The third is the restructuring of Yuanfeng.

In fact, what Wang Ju said about being afraid of the rejection of the ministers of the old and new factions is not really afraid of the rejection of the ministers of the old and new factions, but the rejection of Zhao Ji himself.

Zhao Ji didn't think deeply about it, and asked, "Why six years?" ”

"Your Majesty, the minister also asked, and the Taibao said that if His Majesty's trust for six years cannot be realized for His Majesty, then he has the trust of His Majesty, and what kind of face does he have to stay in the court. But if it is realized, then his credit will be the first person below Zhao Pu among my ministers of the Great Song Dynasty. In order to avoid other ministers from having any ideas, they can only learn from Guo Ziyi. If this is the time, why should he be in the court? Wouldn't it be better to retire then? It will also become a good story for monarchs and ministers in the history books. ”

That is to say, when the time comes, it will inevitably be high, and there is no way to stay in the court, only to retreat!

"I'm such a narrow-minded person?"

It's really hard to say, Zhang Shangying thought to himself.

But he dared to say this idea, and said: "Your Majesty, in the opinion of the minister, respond first, after all, there have been two fiascos, and Prince Su will come back to stabilize people's hearts and morale." ”

"Well, what about the third one?"

"The third one is a bit weird."

"What's weird?"

"He said that if he wanted him to come back, His Majesty must follow this recipe according to his daily diet, otherwise he would not come back." Zhang Shangying handed over a recipe.

The recipe contains many names and portions of meat, vegetables and fruits, especially some oranges and oranges, which are deliberately marked and eaten more every day. There is also a commandment, that is, you must not drink alcohol, and you must not drink alcohol at any time. And deliberately said that when Zhao Ju drank, when Wang Ju would leave the court immediately.

"Why did you let me do that?" Zhao Ji said strangely. (To be continued.) )