In a manor in Lin'an City, Jiangnan, the owner's family is holding a celebration to celebrate the success of their new manor, which is very large, inviting more than half of the dignitaries and famous people in Lin'an City. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Outside the manor, the gongs and drums were noisy and lively, and outside a bedroom in the depths of the manor, many family members were guarding the surroundings with short sticks, and in this bedroom, six or seven old men in long robes and scarves were sitting precariously with solemn expressions.

"Brother Yubi, Tang Siwei and others' strategy of running Western Xia has been successful, and it has been approved by His Majesty, what should we do?"

"Hmph, Zhu Zhuo, when did you call Zhao Shu'er Your Majesty? Have you forgotten how he killed our children and peers?"

An old man looked at the old man in Tsing Yi and said coldly, holding a piece of jade Ruyi in his hand, his expression was gloomy as water, he was the largest wealthy merchant in the south of the Yangtze River, and also the largest gentry in Lin'an, owning 10,000 acres of land, but after Zhao Shu implemented the reform, the acres of land in his hands were taxed according to the mu, so that he lost too much, and had to sell the acres to the government, and finally distributed the profits to those tenants, and he only got some commercial compensation and merchant ships for overseas trade, which was too unfair to him, since ancient times, land has represented everything.

This made Zhu Zhuo more and more angry, but the other old man said with a smile: " Brother Zhu Zhuo, now His Majesty is eloquent and strategic, defeating the Jurchens, recovering Hetao and Xiliang and other places, and dismembering the great Western Xia, this is the great cause of the Han Ancestor Tang Zong, you don't have to be obsessed, as long as we obey him, we can get a lot of benefits, overseas trade, the prosperity of commerce can bring more profits than land, the most important thing is that no one can defeat the current Taishi Emperor now, if we don't obey them, we will be replaced by others, and the wealth in our hands will gradually be lost, Tang Siwei and Chen Kangbo and others The actions show that they are already seeking change。 ”

"Brother Hong Shi, even if we obey him, our children will have to start from the lowest generals, and our children can only go to the border places. ”

"Haha, Brother Zhu Zhuo, who can resist the army of the Great Song Dynasty now, the Jurchens, the Western Xia people or those bearded men in the Western Regions? If the army of the Great Song Dynasty does not attack them, they are already asking for more blessings, Yue Fei stationed in Shanhaiguan will make trouble with an army of 10,000 people, and the Jurchens dare not move, doesn't it explain everything!

Moreover, these new cities will be important commercial places in the future, and they will be the road to the Western Regions, and the Hetao will be known as the small Jiangnan River, which will be an important production area for grain and horses. ”

As soon as Zeng Zheng finished speaking, Hong Shi got up and said: "Don't forget, it is close to the Western Regions and Western Xia, in addition to the Silk Road, there is also the important land of Western Xia that has been decomposed by His Majesty, that Ren Dejing was named the king of Chu, and he needs to rely on us a lot, and we all know that His Majesty has sent many people into Ren Dejing's Chu State, and now most of the generals and strategists are our Song people, if our children fight, they will now control many places." ”

Zeng Zheng looked at the people sitting around him who were silent, and his tone suddenly rose: "Don't forget, Your Majesty intends to promote the princeization of Western Xia, and the more land you occupy, the more you can be crowned a marquis." ”

"What?" everyone was startled, a little incredulous.

It's just that Zeng Zheng smiled and said: "It's just a nominal title, you can't enjoy it, but you have the benefits you deserve from the title." ”

"Did Li Gang say that?" an old man finally couldn't help but ask.

"Yes, you can always trust Li Boji's words!"

Zeng Zheng said this, and everyone's eyes looked at him with a lot of meaning, some were surprised, some were envious, knowing that Zeng Zheng had surrendered to sincerity, and he must have gained a lot of benefits, even Zhu Zhuo, who had opposed it before, was silent, calculating the benefits.

"You can think about it more! But Tang Sihui's group of people have already been active in the capital, and they have contacted many bigwigs in the army, and now Zong Ze and Zhang Shuye's mansion are in constant contact. ”

Zeng Zheng said this, and smiled silently.

"Brother Zeng, how about the quota for the martial arts hall?" an old man asked lightly, and with this opening of his mouth, he shifted everyone's topic here, at this time it was no longer discussing whether to support it or not, but how much benefit it would get.

Zhu Zhuo's expression on the side also slowly joined the discussion, he understood that if he refused this matter at this time, his family and the forces behind him would be completely abandoned.

Facing this old man's inquiry, Hong Shi smiled slightly bitterly and said: "At the beginning, His Majesty gave us a quota for the martial arts hall, but we didn't want it, and now we are begging for it, I'm afraid there is no good fruit to eat!"

"The people who came from the lecture martial arts hall are all the talents of the generals in the army, they are the protégés of the Son of Heaven, and it is extremely easy to be promoted in the army, while other generals are extremely rejected by these people, if we do not have children to enter the lecture martial arts hall, there will be no influence in the military in the future. So you have to get to the places in it. ”

"It's easy to say, now the DPRK and China are very strict in controlling the quota of the martial arts hall, the children of the generals in the army will enter a group, the ordinary soldiers in the army will select a group, the children of the DPRK and the Chinese government and the businessmen, our quota is divided in this way, if we don't fight for it, I am afraid that it will be customized, and it will be more difficult to obtain it in the future. ”

"Then ask Li Boji!" When everyone was talking about it, Li Gang and several great Confucian statues in the Jiankang Mansion Academy were also extremely happy, and everyone's face was full of surprise.

Li Gang looked at the several great Confucians in front of him, and said with a strong joy on his face: "Brothers, the imperial court now occupies the land of Hetao and Xiliang, this Hetao is the richest place of the Yellow River, with this place, we don't need to transfer grain from the south through the north, occupy Xiliang and Renduoquan City, the land of Qinghuang will be safe, and the war horses will be worry-free in the future!"

Li Gang laughed, Nan Feng took a sip of tea and said with a smile: "Bo Ji is right, Your Majesty has supported Ren Dejing and become a barrier between us and Xixia. ”

After Nan Feng finished speaking, the black long Confucian on the side frowned, knocked lightly on the table and said lightly: "It's just that this Ren Dejing is a tiger and wolf, I'm afraid that he doesn't want to live under the people for a long time, Li Jiqian of Western Xia was like this back then, Zhenzong wanted to support this person to become a barrier between us and the Hu people of the Western Regions, but he didn't think of raising tigers." ”

Li Gang looked at this big Confucian and laughed, waved his hand, didn't care at all, looked at the four of them, and said with burning eyes: "Brothers, don't worry, Your Majesty is a man of great talent, and now he has built clouds in the Hetao, The three major cities of Dingxiang and Shuofang have now begun to take shape, and at the same time, we have controlled Xiliang and Renduoquan City, and locked Ren Dejing in the land of Xixia, unable to move, in addition, during the war, His Majesty sent students from the Wutang and some students of Yanyun to enter Ren Dejing's army in various capacities, and now they are all generals and advisers in the army, and Ren Dejing can't move. ”

Hearing Li Gang's words, the hearts of the four of them were stunned for a moment, and then they all laughed out loud, and then said in awe: "Your Majesty has such wisdom, I am afraid that there is no one to be defeated in this world!" (To be continued.) )