"Zi'an, when are you leaving?" Zhang Tun asked.

"When the concubine returns to the capital and handles my little sister's family affairs, I will leave the capital."

There is still a period of time, after all, at this time, the rivers have not melted, and there is a cold winter weather, and the concubine comes back, not like when she goes, with a large group of people, but she always has to bring some servants, so she can't get up fast on the road.

No matter how you rush on the road, it will be the end of the first month.

"I'm afraid I can't wait for you to leave."

"Not necessarily."

The palace banquet on the sixth day of the first month made the monarchs and ministers of the Song Dynasty see Wang Ju's prestige, and it turned out that even the Liao people were afraid of Wang Ju. In fact, I am really a little afraid, what is in Hezhou, for the people of Liao, it is too far away, just like the Liao expedition to obstruct divination, or Wugu enemy martyrdom, how many people in the Song Dynasty will care?

However, the Western Xia were different, and after that battle, the Western Xia begged the Liao to come forward in order to protect their country. When the monarchs and ministers of the Liao State heard this, they were also shocked. Don't look at Western Xia, it's not easy to mess with, otherwise it wouldn't have buried the 100,000 troops of Liao Xingzong in Hequ. So while intervening for him, he sent someone to inquire about the battle.

After learning the truth about the Battle of Gyeongju, Yelu Hongji was also silent for a long time.

300,000 Xia soldiers will be buried alive and dead. And it seems that Wang Ju responded to the battle in a hurry, so at the beginning of this battle, Wang Ju only had tens of thousands of soldiers and horses in his hands.

But Wang Ju stopped there.

After speaking, he slowly retreated.

He was not intimidating the four Liao envoys, but to tempt.

After the banquet, he told Zhao Ji that the Liao State should be unprepared, that is, they were a prepared extortion. I even did some research. But he was not ready to send troops. This drag on is still good for the Song Dynasty.

Received it in the summer. The disaster has not yet passed. Drought is not only continuing in some areas. In some areas, last year's drought dragged on until late autumn, and farming was not possible. But this year's autumn harvest is less of a problem.

And he emphatically explained that this El Niño and La Niña generally last for a few months or about two years, and will not last forever. Unless there is another phenomenon, which is the Xiaoice River.

The two Song dynasties were the period of the Xiaoice River, especially at the end of the Ming Dynasty, when the Xiaoice River was more dangerous.

So the real crisis. It is this period of light before the autumn harvest in August.

Then he made a fair evaluation, that is, the balance of power between the two countries, in terms of economy, the Song Dynasty did not know how many years ahead of the Liao State. But militarily, the Liao State still has the upper hand, and unless there are special circumstances, it will take back Yanyun in these decades...... Just a dream. However, the north was prepared, and the Liao State invaded the territory of the Song Dynasty, and the time and place in the Song Dynasty were favorable, all of which were beneficial to the Song army. The possibility of Liao's defeat is still very high. However, at this time, because of the disaster. If you want to defeat the Liao State, it will be very difficult. The only good news is that the Liao State does not seem to really plan to use troops, so wait for the negotiations to continue to delay, and then wait until they gather a large army, and the autumn will receive it. With the autumn harvest and the stability of the people, it will be difficult for the Liao army to win. Therefore, there was no major crisis in the Song Dynasty this time. But what the Song Dynasty had to do, the negotiations continued to drag on, and the longer it dragged on, the better. Secondly, Zhang Qi, Liu Changzuo and Miao Zhu were immediately transferred to Hebei.

Why did Wang Ju say this?

That is to make Zhao Ji unable to make a misjudgment of the true strength of the Song Dynasty.

Don't look at yourself Gyeongju won, it is in Gyeongju.

Don't look at Wang Shao's development of the Xihe, that is Wang Shao has been operating for many years, and the people of Xihe in Qinzhou were not disgusted with the Song Dynasty, that is, the arrival of the Song army, most of the Fan people did not have the heart to fight hard. Coupled with the fact that the dragons have no leader, this is what Wang Shao obtained.

And then there's the ability to be a manager.

However, we cannot think that the Song Dynasty army is invincible in the world based on these victories, punching the Western Xia, kicking the Khitan, and crushing Jiaozhi, if you have such an idea, you will make a fatal mistake. The real strength of the Song army, except for the armor gradually catching up, the rest is not as strong as the strength of the Song army during the time of Song Taizong, let alone compared with the officers and soldiers who won a hundred battles during the time of Song Taizu.

In addition, the court can make some concessions by tacitly ignoring it, but the concessions cannot be too large, and they do not need to be too large.

That is, Wang Ju's mission is over.

However, Quanzhou is inseparable from Wang Ju, which is why Wang Ju intends to let Zhao Ju look at the account book of Neiku Rongxiang. Otherwise, Zhao Ji may not be able to care about the specific income of Rongxiang.

This is not the small money Zeng Gongliang said.

Not only is there a city in Quanzhou, but also three cities in Hangzhou, Xiuzhou, and Yuezhou on the Qiantang River, as well as two large cities in Guangzhou and Mizhou, as well as indirect commercial taxes, it can be said that as long as Wang Ju is allowed to operate for another year this year, the direct and indirect income to the imperial court will be close to 1,000 yuan. Guan Jian did not collect it, and when it brought income to the imperial court, it also stimulated the income of many people. Isn't this kind of income Zhao Ji's dream?

Maybe future generations will continue to scold Wang Anshi for being greedy for money.

In fact, I was really mistaken, the real greedy lord was not Wang Anshi, but Zhao Ji.

If it weren't for the huge arrears and the tight time, Wang Anshi might not have been so fierce......

But there was one more thing Wang Ju didn't do, just when Zhang Duan came to send a congratulatory gift, he said: "It's just right, Brother Zihou, there is something we can negotiate." ”

"Please."

"In fact, the Liao State can force each other, mainly due to disasters, especially disasters in the border areas."

"Yes, if there is no catastrophe, how can the Liao Kingdom dare to force each other?"

"But knowing this, there is still a way to solve it, please ask Brother Zihou to allocate an additional three million stone of grain to the two border areas to alleviate the famine of the people in the border areas."

"That's not right."

"Don't worry, I won't embarrass Brother Zihou, in this year or so, at most until next summer, I will let the merchants at sea make up for the three million stone grains for the imperial court."

This is the method that Wang Ju came up with.

It was impossible to immediately adjust the grain, so Wang Ju hit the idea to the third division. But why do the three divisions have food and don't give it? According to the standards of the founding of the Song Dynasty, the country had to prepare nine years of strategic grain reserves, which was not the grain of the people of the whole country for nine years, but the grain reserves of the people in the capital and the food of the soldiers of the three armies. In the event of such a disaster. Don't say nine years. I am afraid that there will be no more grain reserves for three years.

However, there should still be a small amount of critical grain reserves in the three divisions. This grain will not dare to be released unless it is starved to the point of a nationwide uprising.

The reason is simple, what if there are more disasters next year?

If there is not a grain of grain left in the treasury, there will be a big leak.

Therefore, Wang Ju changed a method, you first release these strategic grain reserves, although the disasters are continuous, but compared to last year. It's a little better. At least 3 million stone of grain will be released, which can solve more than half of the famine problem of the people in the border areas.

The people on the border are not hungry, and the people's hearts are stable, so the Western Xia will not dare to make up their minds, and the Liao State will not dare to make up their minds.

Zhang Dian also has selfish intentions, and Wang Ju also has selfish intentions, but these two people are the same kind of people, at least it is impossible to mislead the public because of personal interests.

If someone else was the third envoy, Wang Ju would not have said this.

And now the court is also beneficial to Wang Ju, Cai Ting and Wang Qi have always been very good to him. Wu Chong and Chen Shengzhi also did not have a fatal conflict with him, as for Lu Huiqing. As long as he continues to stay in Quanzhou, he will still regard Wang Ju as a friend, although Wang Shao has not met many directly, but the two have been friends for a long time, Han Jiang can't overestimate it, but he won't reject Wang Ju.

As for the fact that there are some minions of Wen Yanbo in Taiji, as long as the two governments are not evil to him, it is not harmful.

In fact, as some of his ideas were gradually propagated, some grassroots officials below also began to pay attention to Wang Ju.

That's why Wang Ju came up with this plan.

It's all for the country, not the individual.

Zhang Dian was surprised and said, "Zi'an, there is so much grain over there?" ”

"That's possible," Wang Juju smiled: "Brother Zihou, just a little people, don't think that there was a disaster in the Song Dynasty, if the earth is really round, this disaster will affect most of the areas, of course, most of the overseas is a terra nullius, and the beginning of the development is not a good place, although there is a disaster, you will get some surplus food, otherwise I will not support the migration of these maritime merchants." However, last year's grain was from overseas, and most of it came from Jiaozhi or was raised in advance in Lingnan. However, Cochin gradually became dissatisfied with our dynasty, and it is estimated that it will be difficult to raise it. ”

"Where do you get the food?"

"In addition to Jiaozhi, there are, Shui Zhenla, Zhancheng, Lingnan thanks to you for presiding over the Kapok Division, which has been developed well in recent years, and should continue to get some surplus grain. Of course, if there are no sea ships, even if there is surplus grain in Lingnan, it will be difficult to transport it to the north, and the cost is too high. ”

"Do the maritime merchants complain?"

"No, they want more wealth, they have to have more immigrants in their hands, so they have to ask the court. As long as the imperial court is not embarrassed, they will still support the imperial court if their financial resources permit. After all, the country is their real foundation. ”

However, the news quickly reached Zhao Ji's ears, and he immediately summoned Wang Ju to the palace to inquire.

After confirming, he said worriedly: "Wang Qing, don't push those maritime merchants too hard. ”

In ancient times, people's understanding of industry and commerce was still very backward, and the industry was not an industry, but a craftsman.

Therefore, Zhao Ji once issued an edict to let Bashu grow grain, and Li Shimin once forbade the people to wear silk and satin, thinking that this kind of extravagant clothing would bring a bad atmosphere to the country, especially the Ming Dynasty, which actually issued a ban on the sea. Zheng He went to the West to send silver and silk, and the people did not send silver to send silk, but the sea was forbidden.

But Wang Ju said repeatedly, and Zhao Ji was ignorant and understood part of the truth.

This maritime trade seemed to have many benefits for the Song Dynasty, and the imperial court just ignored it and did not encourage it, so it could not hinder it.

Last year, it was more than 3 million stone of grain, and if more than 3 million stone of grain are transported again this year and next year, and it is transported from the high-cost sea route, will it make these maritime merchants disgusted?

"No, no, it's mainly immigrants, the number of migrants is large, and they are also afraid. Once the number of immigrants is almost the same, they are not so eager to do so, that is, there are some maritime merchants who accumulate good deeds, but they will not have the high enthusiasm they have now. ”

This is the pit that Wang Juti buried first, don't want to be the governor of Quanzhou in the future, I really think that the maritime merchants are wronged, and then stretch out the greedy hand, then it will be bad.

"That's right...... By the way, did those businessmen in Yanzhou participate? ”

None of them are fools.

"Participated," Wang Ju replied honestly, but he didn't say how much he was involved.

"Actually, they're all good," Zhao Ji said again, he didn't ask deeply, and then said, "Why did you let Zhang Gui and Gao Chuan resign from the same Jinshi background that I cid?" ”

"Your Majesty, the minister knows that His Majesty is kind, Zhang Zai is high-spirited, and Zhang Zai is rewarded, Gao Chuan and Chen's sister are engaged, because they have no background, they can't get married for a long time. However, His Majesty still remembers what the minister said, hereditary ......"

What is hereditary, one is the system of grace and shade, the second is the mutual kinship of the powerful, and the third is the tax exemption of the powerful, the result is that there are more resources from generation to generation, so the wealth and land are concentrated in the hands of a very small number of people, which has a strict hindrance to the country, including so many people who are disgusted by the law.

It is impossible to solve it without fundamentally dealing with hereditary, just trying to tax more.

"Since the minister pointed this out, he will not participate in this hereditary game. If they have the ability to take the Jinshi entrance examination, and if they don't have the ability, let them be a rich man. ”

"Alas, alas," Zhao Ji sighed again and again, but he also had to admit that although Wang Ju was not very good-tempered, he was indeed very loyal to the country, and he was also capable.

Therefore, he said: "Stay in Quanzhou for two more years, and then I will be treated as an official of the two governments." ”

"The minister's age is not enough, don't be in a hurry, sharpen it first, and the minister still hasn't seen through the current affairs, can't see through, and entering the two mansions is just a corpse vegetarian meal, and the minister disdains to be such an official."

But the world is ...... There are not too many officials in the corpse position, Zhao Ji stared at Wang Ju's resolute face, and his heart was even more emotional, but he suddenly appeared with the face of a baby, and this angle happened to see Wang Ju's side, and from the side, it was very similar. Zhao Ji thought in his heart for no reason, these two people will not be so bold. (To be continued......)