If there is no other choice, Zhao Ji can only swallow this bitter fruit silently. But with other choices, with Zhao Ji's strong character, what choice will he make?

He put down his congratulations and said: "The edict is passed on, and the main officials of the two governments, two systems, and three departments of the three departments have come to Yanhe Hall to discuss matters. ”

The eunuch went down to give a message.

In a meeting, more than 100 important Beijing officials came to Yanhe Hall together.

Zhao Ji took out an archive and said to the eunuchs beside him, "Read." ”

That is, the record of the conversation between Zhao Ji and Wang Ju last year, but it was sorted out in classical Chinese (note: in addition to the pronunciation of the Song Dynasty is not Mandarin, the spoken language is already very close to that of later generations).

Now there are two choices, one is to swallow this bitter fruit silently, and the other is to use Wang Ju immediately.

Wang Qi said: "No wonder he left his wife in the capital together. ”

After the conversation between Wang Ju and Zhao Ji last year, Wang Ju did two things, the first thing was to buy a big house, which was not far from Zhao Niannu's house, because of the good location, it cost more than 30,000 yuan, so that the concubine sighed again and again.

Indeed, the rise in housing prices in the capital has made some people complain. However, Wang Ju can see that in such a location, the prices of two time and space are stacked, 30,000 thousands, can you buy a three-bedroom house in the same area of Kyoto?

Therefore, Wang Ju just smiled.

There are two intentions in buying this house, one of the two houses over there was given to the little sister as a dowry, and the other was given to Zhang Zai's son Zhang Gui.

The younger brother is married, he has to have a house, and the capital also needs a place to stay.

Besides, he bought a house, just like Wang Pan desperately bought land before leaving, and others asked him why. In this way, the emperor will hand over 600,000 troops to me, so that he will not be suspicious.

With this house. It's like having roots. And the roots are in the capital, not overseas, in Yanzhou. But unlike other powerful people, Wang Ju has never placed a piece of cultivated land, but this cultivated land is really ...... for him

There is also a commercial house, although Wang Ju has a few houses, Zheng Baiqu's house is regarded as a school. The house in Yanzhou is empty, but none of them are leased.

However, this has also caused some ministers to discuss.

Especially when waiting for the court to go to court, the ministers like to gossip.

Wang Ju bought a house in front of him, and there were ministers behind him who were speculating about Wang Ju's property. First, the income of the cane sugar workshop deed shares, it seems that Wang Ju gave half of it to ten merchants in Yanzhou. However, there is still a lot of income in the remaining year.

As for the two million yuan reward and pension promised by Wang Ju, it has already been repaid, and now it is netted.

The second is how many sea ships Wang Ju and the ten merchants in Yanzhou that he brought over, Wang Ju must have mixed a foot in the middle, so some people speculated that there might be a few seas, why are they several ships, they are all big ships. The cost is expensive, and one will cost 120,000 or 30,000. Several large sea vessels. It is also a significant property. Others speculate that there may be dozens, and the most daring ones speculate that there are nearly a hundred. It is Wang Ju and the ten merchants who occupy the absolute number that plays a leading role in these merchants.

One...... The truth was not guessed either.

But this is at sea overseas, and no one can check it.

Whether Wang Ju did good deeds, or funded the country, or spent it privately, everyone was helpless.

This is also the reason why Wang Ju lost three workshops.

The three workshops are under the nose of the minister, and they can see clearly, and there are many red-eyed people, so it is better to take the initiative to give up.

Wang Ju didn't care what everyone said about his property, and then held two weddings in a row, one was the wedding of the third brother and the other was Zhang Gui's wedding.

Then Wang Ju took his third brother to Quanzhou, and Zhang Gui still stayed in the capital to study, and worked hard to take the exam.

But Wang Ju left his concubine, two sons and two daughters in the capital, and only took Qiongniang south.

Wang Ju said, and everyone who knew it suddenly realized that at that time, Wang Ju had already concluded that Guo Kui could not destroy Jiaozhi when he went south. However, in the smoky land of Lingnan, it was okay to suffer a little by himself, and he couldn't let his wife and children suffer with him, so he stayed in the capital. It's okay, there is actually another intention, and that is hostage!

Zhao Ji's face was full of bitterness again.

At that time, I didn't think about Wang Ju, although Wang Ju Xining said when he came to Beijing for seven years that I didn't want to touch the military.

But if he really issued an edict and forced him to take on the heavy responsibility, can he refuse?

But when discussing with the prime ministers of the two provinces, they all thought that Jiaozhi was easier to extinguish, just such a big country, similar to Fujian Road, 100,000 troops went south, and they were not captured?

However, Wang Ju brought huge income to the Song Dynasty in Quanzhou for a year, and Guan Jian was his set, and other officials did not understand.

Therefore, they discussed and discussed, and finally let Guo Kui be the commander of the south.

Now, what a mistake.

An army of 100,000 and 200,000 people began to collect in April, and when they set out in June, how much grain and grass and materials had to be consumed every day, and the treasury that was finally refilled last year was empty again because of this war.

Then forget it, the accumulation of finances is for expenses, for the sake of strengthening the army and the country.

However, in this battle, so many people died, 50,000 of the 100,000 troops were drawn from the capital, but only 23,000 of the 50,000 forbidden troops from the capital returned, and half of them died!

If according to the various compensation for the martyrs who died in the battle in Gyeongju, a martyr was compensated to his family for a total of more than 200 yuan, then this time the imperial court had to come up with 40 million yuan to distribute the bereavement pension!

Spent so much money and killed so many soldiers and civilians just in exchange for a victory on the banks of the Fura River?

The money Wang Ju has earned for the imperial court in Quanzhou in the past few years is not enough to spend on this war.

Wu Chong said funny: "Prince, don't think of this son as too magical, just like he said that the disaster has passed, and this spring will come, and there will be another drought." ”

Although this drought is far from being comparable to the drought in the seventh year of Xining, it can be regarded as very strict, almost similar to the drought of Zhao Xu's accession to the throne. Moreover, the drought-stricken area is in the southeast, where is the Song Dynasty's money bag and rice warehouse.

Therefore, the impact of this drought is still very heavy, and even many ministers are waiting for the sea fleet to return, and the seafarers still "owe" the three divisions a million stone of rice, which can be used for emergency relief. Don't go to the capital anymore. Let's distribute it in the southeast.

Wang Jue said: "How can Wang Ju be so capable. Wu Gong, you are very demanding. ”

Although he has some ability, he is not a god or a demon.

However, this also reflects the mentality of everyone, although there is a drought, the disaster can be tolerated. Although many soldiers and civilians died, a lot of money was spent. Because the inner treasury was full, Zhao Ji also deliberately allocated 8 million money from the inner treasury for military spending, and the inner treasury allocated money, and the treasury could be slightly relaxed, although it could not achieve the pre-war goal, but it was finally won.

The imperial court now has both options.

You can continue to let Wang Ju go to Guangnan to see if he can do what he said. It can be stopped, at least Jiaozhi will not dare to invade again, the south is stable, and the court can give an explanation to the people in the south.

So Feng Jing said, "Your Majesty." Cochin is a place that transforms into the outside, and it is useless to gain it. It doesn't hurt to go. Moreover, the seven-year catastrophe, the eight-year catastrophe, the people have not yet settled, and there is a drought this year, and the Xihe soldiers have been endless, natural disasters, military disasters, and man-made disasters, one after another, Your Majesty should be merciful to the people, and they will rest and recuperate. ”

Feng Jing originally wanted to say that the Liao State had not yet negotiated it.

However, in that conversation, Wang Ju repeatedly ridiculed the ministers of the DPRK and the central government for being afraid of Liao, and he was afraid that he would go too far, so he endured it and did not say anything.

Yuan Jiang said: "Wu Gong said the same, but the minister is afraid that Jiaozhi may become the second Li Jiqian." ”

Because in that dialogue, Wang Ju repeatedly compared the topography of Jiaozhi with the shape of the Nanhetao at the time of Li Jiqian's uprising, and said that the topography of Jiaozhi was more complex than that of the Nanhetao.

When comparing the terrain, it is inevitable that the two countries will be compared as well.

At the beginning, Li Jiqian's territory was not large, but the Yinxia area from Hengshan to the north of Yanzhou, as well as the Nanhetao. As a result, it has now become a country that has made the Song Dynasty a nightmare.

And what about Cochin?

It's not impossible to think about it this way, if Cochin recovers Champa Chenla, and adds their nightmarish rainforest terrainforest, it will really be a big tail. Moreover, the current south is different from the south in history, because of kapok, more than 210,000 households have migrated in the past eight or nine years. So Zhao Ji sometimes thinks about it, and the people in the southeast seem to be too dense.

So many people have been relocated one after another, and so many destitute people have flocked overseas, so that hundreds of huge ships have not been loaded last year. If there were no Kapok Divisions and overseas evacuations, how far would the number of people in these roads increase?

In fact, it is wrong to think this way, squeeze it, such a large place, but more than 400,000 households, many of which are from the north, so it can be accommodated. Just like Quanzhou now, there are 200,000 households, everyone calls a lot together, the population is too much, too dense, and the land is too tight. But in the Southern Song Dynasty, it became more than 300,000 households!

If it continues to develop viciously, it is a big deal to drown your own children.

Of course, this crowded space is limited, but in Zhao's dynasty, there will be no fatal threat.

So many people migrated to Lingnan, not only did Kapok create profits and there were more people, but also some people planted tea, set up workshops, and planted rice, which also brought income to the imperial court.

Quang Nam is no longer the dispensable Quang Nam of Song Renzong.

So once Jiaozhi grows stronger and becomes the second Western Xia, it is difficult to be like Shaanxi, where heavy troops are stationed and countless forts are built...... If that happens, the cost of the war will immediately skyrocket. And with enemies on three sides, the situation of the Song Dynasty will be even more difficult.

Feng Jing's mouth opened, and he didn't dare to say it if he wanted to.

For the sake of the country and the people, he wants to settle things, but if that situation arises, he will undoubtedly become a historical sinner.

Shen Kuo said: "Your Majesty, it's better to write an edict, ask Wang Ju, and then deliver these battle reports and edicts to Quanzhou with special feet by the way." ”

Zhao Ji is even more bitter, a simple truth, just like a football team, if you rely too much on a certain star, this star will certainly be dazzling, but this team will be very hard. Moreover, this is a country, hundreds of millions of people, tens of thousands of officials, and more than 100 people in front of them, which can be said to be the elite of the entire Song Dynasty.

But they all have no opinions, and they go to Quanzhou again, how can they do it?

However, Wang Ju wants this effect.

Just like Wang Shao, Wang Anshi levied two taxes in Xining, Wang Shao disagreed, and Wang Anshi was unhappy. Later, when discussing the level cross, Wang Shao objected again, the crossover is a miasma of smoke, and if you want to level the cross, it will inevitably produce a lot of sacrifices, waste a lot of manpower and material resources, and it is not worth it. This angered Wang Anshi even more, and under his discussion, Zhao Ji began to feel disgusted with Wang Shao.

Guo Kuizhan sent back, and Wang Shao wrote again: "The construction of Guangyuan, the minister thinks that it is greedy for fame and forgets the disaster, but the ruling government suspects that what the minister said is ridicule. At the beginning of last year's event, the minister said that he would strive for the extreme, saying that he would be lenient and save money, but he didn't listen to the same column, and there was also the Xihe incident that humiliated the minister. The minister's original intention was not to use the imperial court to get Yiwu and Lugan (referring to Hezhou and Taozhou), but he never thought of using the Xihe River as a road and Hemin as a state. Now I have a different opinion with you, and if I don't retreat, I will be rejected by everyone. ”

There are two backgrounds to this passage.

The first background is that Wang Shao opened the Bianxi River, and it costs money to fight, just like Wang Juqingzhou's first battle, such a big victory only cost more than 20 million yuan, which can attract many ministers to discuss. In fact, Wang Ju couldn't figure it out, under his promotion, directly and indirectly, without Wang Anshi's change, he could fill in the black hole, why was there still a little bit. It can only be said that the more you earn and the more you use......

Therefore, Wang Shao opened a market on the border to make money, Tuntian to seek food, and trained archers to be soldiers.

I don't need a soldier, a soldier, a grain or a penny from the imperial court to take down Xihe.

In fact, the cost of Wang Shao's expedition to the Xihe River is not high.

After taking it, Wang Shao's plan was to station officers and soldiers in the imperial court, train archers, and send a small number of officials to manage this area with the main restraint and governance as the auxiliary, so that there would be few contradictions, and at the same time, the goal of strangling the southward movement of Western Xia would be achieved.

The second background is the contradiction with Wang Anshi, Wang Anshi set up a state and a county, and began to levy two taxes, which Wang Shao did not agree with. Because of this, there will undoubtedly be a lot of contradictions. Of course, if there are no two strong enemies of Western Xia and Liao, then govern it. However, the threat of these two powerful enemies cannot allow this region to have serious contradictions. If you want money, Shiyi will make a lot of money. If you want to train troops, some of them are training troops in desert areas and raising horses and tuntian.

Moreover, the imperial court also prevented the Western Xia people from going south, isn't the imperial court still satisfied?

Does someone say that Wang Shao is Wang Anshi's person? Is it his people? Since Wang Shao impeached the great monk, Wang Shao was not Wang Anshi's person.

So Wang Shao is more serious, and Wang Anshi is not allowed to do it.

Then he sent troops to fight, and Wang Shao tried his best to oppose it, which made Wang Anshi even more intolerable.

However, the old party hated Wang Shao even more, and after Jiaozhi did not get full success, Wang Anshi went down, and the old party began to use Wang Shao to open the Bianxi River to discuss the battle of Jiaozhi.

Neither side tolerated, and Wang Shao was angry that he wrote this recital.

Well, the imperial edict said that Wang Shaoben cut the edge and suddenly entered the political land, but returned to the Qu court with the cost of military service, so he was dismissed from Hongzhou. Before he went to Hongzhou, he expressed his grievances with thanks, resigned, and knew Ezhou.

How proud is Wang Shao? Let me go down, I will ask for the book, don't give me a big hat that is nothing. He was depressed in his heart, he was sick, and his injuries gradually flareed up......

At such a small price, taking the Xihe region, Wang Anshi and Zhao Ji treated it like this.

Is Wang Juneng not afraid?

So he used some ingenious means to force this result to appear in the court. After all, it was not only Wang Anshi who agreed to use soldiers at the beginning, but also Wu Chong, Yuan Jiang and others. However, now this result, can it really be explained to the people of the world? You begged me to come, not me...... (To be continued......)