Song Jiu has been in the back line, and he didn't know how to fight in front. He felt a little regretful after hearing this, but he definitely compared to his father-in-law's military judgment. If he wants to withdraw, then let's retreat.

Pan Mei agreed to the request of the leader of Ding's troops to surrender, but was not polite to these palaces, so she burned Hualu City with a fire. Then she brought the second batch of returning ships, escorting the military, horses and property to Guangzhou. At this time, it was mid-October, and it was just too late to return the ship to the foreign merchants and the seamen in Lingnan.

Then the battle passed by the Yuanyuan to report it to the court.

It should be said that the Southern Expedition was very beautiful this time.

The Beibu Gulf is very similar to the Bohai Sea, and belongs to a semi-inland sea. The wind and waves are usually very small, but there is a typhoon in the Beibu Gulf, and a typhoon really blows on the way. The good thing is that there is a port in the south of Qiongzhou Island. The distance between the two is not far away. Seeing that the weather is wrong, I asked fishermen familiar with the local weather as guides in advance and avoid the land on both sides in time, and the losses are not heavy. The Bohai Sea is wider, but if you avoid the wind season, the waves will be calm most of the time.

The Khitan ships were backward in technology. If they really wanted to conquer the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun, they would not need to be too large. The supply would be too troublesome. Not only did the ship money, but they would consume countless food and fresh water on the ship together. The ship was not too large yet, so they could not bear the army, but they could play the role of division of troops as Song Jiu said. This southern expedition happened to accumulate experience with the weak Ding Chao.

More than 21,000 military and civilians were captured. Strictly speaking, these people now have no national consciousness. If there is a country, half of them are Ding Dynasty and half can be regarded as the Central Plains dynasty. Under the benevolent government of Guangnan, Jiaozhi will soon forget Jiaozhi. Their arrival somewhat alleviated the disadvantages of Guangnan's lack of population and also weakened Jiaozhi's power.

Jiaozhi was built on two deltas. Although it was young, it was relatively wealthy. Ding's family was unified for several years and accumulated some wealth. These wealth included cloth, grain, gold and silver, tortoiseshell, skin, green feathers, armor-flavored, elephant teeth, rhinoceros horns, sunflower, etc., as well as some copper coins flowing through the Central Plains, and glaze flowing through the Hezhou workshop.

It is not easy to count. Song Jiu asked the merchants and students to estimate the price. At least 10 million yuan, the amount was large, but it still did not meet the imagination of Pan Mei and Song Jiu. This is a capital, and the property of several cities was almost plundered. There were only so many. A few people were somewhat disappointed. They intercepted some of them and used them as rewards and pensions. The rest were taken to the capital together.

Although the goals of Pan Mei and Song Jiu have not been achieved, it is not a small number, and many of them can almost be compared with Jingnan. Of course, I dare not do this in Jingnan.

Withdrawal in time, although there are casualties, they can be within the tolerance range.

Pan Mei was responsible for the civilian affairs of Lingnan. Strictly speaking, Jiaozhi also belongs to the Lingnan category. She cannot send all officials to all regions and manage them directly, but she cannot silently observe that an emperor appeared in Lingnan. He has the right to conquer. After this conquest, the budding of Jiaozhi's founding country was slaughtered by most of the time.

The Song army withdrew, and Ding's troops came back. Looking at the imperial capital that had turned into dust, she wanted to cry without tears.

But the Song army can still come back withdrew. Unlike the Southern Han Dynasty, they were defeated. They were taken voluntarily. This time, they were automatically lowered from the imperial rank, changed to the king, called themselves the prince, and sent envoys to apologize to the Song Dynasty. We will never dare to call ourselves emperor again.

This also met Pan Mei's requirements and was within the tolerance of the Song Dynasty.

When he reported to the capital, Zhao Kuangyin was surprised at first.

But at this time, Zhao Pu said: "Your Majesty, the Southern Army has washed away Jiaozhi, and this matter was encouraged by Song Jiu, and he intends to guess the emperor's heart."

Just one sentence!

How many ministers don’t guess the emperor’s preferences? However, the meaning of Zhao Pu’s words is different. Why did the attack on the Southern Han Dynasty create a strange couple of co-magistrates Guangzhou and the transferees? It is precisely because of their merits and demerits. What is the fault? The treasury property is burned out. The question is to return to the origin, is it important for the people or property?

The Song army went on an expedition this time with various intentions, but to put it bluntly, it was for wealth. Otherwise, why would all ships be concentrated in advance? At the peak, all slightly decent fishing boats were requisitioned, and more than 2,000 large and small ships were launched to sail across the Fuliang River in a mighty manner.

That is, in Song Jiu's mind, he believed that Zhao Kuangyin regarded wealth as more important than all the people in Lingnan. He took Lingnan without hesitation and ruled by Lingnan, but he placed several important officials in Lingnan without hesitation. Therefore, he launched this conquest and wanted to wash away Jiaozhi and hand over more wealth to win Zhao Kuangyin's favor.

After Zhao Pu finished speaking, he looked at Zhao Kuangyin carefully.

He faintly felt that the wind direction was different.

The incident was caused by Zhao Chengzong.

He got married very late because he was not inferior, and it had nothing to do with being superior. Zhao Pu was powerful in the court and the country, with beauty and talent, talented people without family background, and family background without family background. If he found someone who could match him, there was really no princess. Being a princess, would he be subject to the princess. Is Zhao Chengzong willing? Therefore, after a long time, Zhao Pu accidentally saw the daughter of Privy Councilor Li Chongju, who looked very good, and then sent someone to inquire. He heard that the woman was very virtuous and well-educated. The Zhao family son was worried about marrying, and the Li family daughter was worried about marrying. Zhao Pu sent someone to propose marriage, and the relationship between the two was not bad, and Li Chongju happily agreed.

After hearing this news, Zhao Kuangyi became even more depressed. Originally, Zhao Pu was almost at the point of covering the sky with one hand, but now Zhao Li has become a relative, which is great. Then the news spread to the palace, and Zhao Kuangyin was also very unhappy about it.

This is a marriage, and he has freedom of marriage, so he cannot forcefully interfere. In anger, he issued an order. It turned out that the prime minister and the Privy Councilor were waiting for the emperor to summon him in Changchun Hall and rest in the same room. Zhao Kuangyin separated the resting places of the two.

It is a signal.

Li Chongju had a disciple named Zheng Shen. Li Chongju saw that he was almost inactive and was getting weaker. Zheng Shen was dissatisfied. He didn't know how to smell this smell, and then beat the drum to sue Li Chongju for being gold from Xi Xisou, a native of Taiyuan. Li Chongju privately asked Hanlin scholar Hu Meng to give Xi Xisou a Jinshi, and led the military weapon treasury to Liu Shenqiong as a testimony.

There is most likely to be such a thing, but it may not be given gold. There is still no system of miscellaneous reputation, and I want to pass the Jinshi exam. First, you must have talent and knowledge, and second, it must be related. If you take the exam like Zhu San, you will not be able to pass the exam for a hundred years.

Xi Xisou was quite talented and was one of the famous poets in the early Song Dynasty. He probably figured out this festival, so he brought some gifts to meet Li Chongju. Li Chongju met him and then met with him, thinking that this son was outstanding in talent. So this year, he found Hu Meng, the chief examiner of this year's spring exam, and said hello. Hu Meng was careful when he was reading the test paper. He did a good job in the test paper. So he chose to be a Jinshi.

Zhao Kuangyin knew that Song Jiu had written about these disadvantages in his article on the name of the name. But is it true or false important? What is important is not the amount of gold, but the excuse comes. Zhao Kuangyin was "furious" and summoned Liu Shenqiong to confront him. It was true. Liu Shenqiong didn't dare to say it was true. Aren't he afraid that he would become the second Yao Shu? Therefore, he said that he was slander.

It doesn’t matter whether it is true or not. Zhao Kuangyin used this to dismiss Li Chongju as the governor of Zhenguo. Brother, you have a rest. In order to prevent Zhao Pu from replacing his confession, he was immediately given the title of Zheng Shen as a Jinshi and was the head of a county magistrate of the county.

Zhao Pu only then realized.

Zhao Kuangyin intends to recall Song Jiu to serve as deputy envoy of the Third Division. He is not happy, and he also takes the opportunity to see if he is still Zhao Pu in Zhao Kuangyin's mind.

After finishing carefully, he said nothing.

It’s not considered unjustly to Song Jiu. Song Jiu does have this meaning, but is it wrong to like money? Just like this disaster this year, if you spend this money, how many victims can you help? But the same meaning, two statements have completely different meanings.

When Song Jiu was finished, Zhao Kuangyi thought to himself, first he felt regretful, then a hint of joy flashed in his eyes.

The edict arrived in Guangzhou.

During the Jiaozhi victory, the men of Yongzhou were frightened and walked out of the mountains to submit. This time, they made a contribution, but they were very disappointed. The edict was only sent to Song Jiu. Since you encouraged Pan Meiyin Chongke to go out of the army, why not take it down? You ignored the people and ignored the resentment after the Jiaozhi. You urgently ordered the soldiers to take it back in a hurry. What is your intention? You can kill your official position and serve the people!

No one is convinced, is there still any mistakes in this way?

Even if it is wrong, let's see what Guangnan has become? In the past two years, there have been more than 300 surrounding fields, and more than 400 fields of various dams and fields. A total of more than 40,000 hectares of new arable land have been added. Reasonable farming methods have been used. 40% of the rice fields have promoted rice cultivation in Chameng. Rice once fell to a bucket of twelve cents, which can almost be compared with the price of northern millet. At the same time, more than 2,000 hectares of sugarcane and more than 3,000 hectares of cotton in the field have been planted, and countless orchards have been opened up.

, spice gardens and tea gardens, and the introduction of winter wheat from Hunan, gradually solving the food problem of dryland people. The fiscal tax reached more than 5 million, and the proportion of this tax was very small, mostly cotton, cloth, gold and silver, and more than 5 million actually reached more than 4 million yuan. Although no taxes could be paid this year, they could be paid gradually next year. And this number is still increasing, and more than 3 million yuan of taxes may be paid in the year after that, and the year after that, the taxes may be paid in the capital.

This premise is achieved under the lenient stake of the people. Taxes increase, people's wealth increases, and people's happiness. It is too late, otherwise, there may be ten or eight years, Guangnan may not be able to be transformed into a wealthy as in the Southern Tang Dynasty.

At least from now on, the eastern part of Guangnan can no longer be called the Southern Wasteland.

Song Jiu made an indelible contribution to all this.

It would be too heavy to remove the citizenship from the people?

Song Jiu was not very happy. Don’t be promoted too high by ten million. It is a good thing to cut it, but it cannot be cut off.

What did Zhao Kuangyin think?

Suddenly he laughed.

Tian asked: "My son, can you still laugh?"

Song Jiu said: "My father-in-law, mother-in-law, I will tell you something."

"Tell me." Pan Meidao, the edict did not mention him, but he was also upset by the edict.

"Before Hezhou was open, I saw that the students were cold in winter and it was difficult to raise fire, so I came up with honeycomb coal. Zhao Chengzong and his friends also set up a coal workshop beside Baiyu Bridge, and Lu Duan brought the yamen runners to stop it. I happened to see it, so I called a boat to go over and guided two strategies, one to change the coal workshop to Wuzhanghe, and the other to not waste these lands. When the Baiyu Bridge was built, there would be many tourists. I even reminded him at that time that if he wanted to make money, he would buy more land in Hebei. I didn't know how much profit would be in Hezhou at that time, but I knew it would be a lot. There were not many yamen who had invested in it, so I wanted more yamen to have a chance to make money so that everyone would be jealous. But I was out of kindness, right?"

Pan Mei nodded.

"Father-in-law, why did I see you using troops against the barbarians without stopping? For no reason, I treat you too favorably, but instead raise a tiger as a disaster. If you want to be safe for a long time, you must use both kindness and power. The kindness at that time really raises a tiger as a disaster. Soon, many things happened in Hebei, but at that time, the situation was that the two kings and Zhao Xianggong were in a balance. In addition, I mentioned it kindly and reminded several times. Zhao Chengzong and others did not listen and could not blame me. Later, the labor crisis broke out. Zhao Chengzong intended to visit you when you came to my house. At that time, I was still kind-hearted.

, I told two ways. The first method was to recruit poor tenants or victims of disaster. But they had not yet reached the point where they could not continue. The difficulties were only temporary. They had to give them similar houses and wait for a cousin. If they wanted to use servants at a lower cost, there was only one way to recruit neighboring households in Bashu, and those neighboring households could not survive. If you can have enough food and clothing, you can be satisfied. My father-in-law, you were also present at the time. I said he didn't listen, but he really didn't listen. So many more things happened in Hebei."

The truth is not like this, Song Jiu set up a big game of chess.

It's almost time to decide the outcome.

But this is the case on the surface. Even when the truth is revealed, it will not cause more associations.

"However, when people are not satisfied, Zhao Pu repeatedly exerted heavy moves on the two kings. The two kings made him unable to fight back, which was no longer the situation before. Therefore, many officials took the initiative to make things difficult for Hezhou, and Yuping had to hand over the acid technology. However, several masters from Liuli Workshop asked Zhao Chengzong to force him to poach them, and the mirror technology was obtained again. But he was not satisfied. The wealth generated by Hezhou in one year was too amazing, so he bewitched Hezhou Yanei and jointly operated the Xinli Workshop with him, and forced the people to hand over the Hezhou shares they held. Once all the Yanei and he held shares, Hezhou would basically fall into his hands."

Pan Mei sighed softly.

No matter what, he still thanks Zhao Pu.

"Father-in-law, don't sigh. You are just a pawn of Mr. Zhao. You and General Cao Bin are used to suppress the older generation of heroes. Not only did Zhao Chengzong want to annex Hezhou, but he also forced him to annex. No, the profits of the industries in Hezhou are high, and the salary is also high. Apart from a river, if Hebei gives such a high salary, the profits will not be high. If it is low, it will continue to be in the resentment of the servants as before. It is precisely because of Hezhou that Zhao Pu has a dilemma. Hebei made Zhao Chengzong win over many yamen, and Zhao Pu attaches great importance to it. However, many disputes in Hebei have somewhat hurt the reputation of his father and son. What if I don't pay so much? Furthermore, Shi Hanqing is close to him, and I have a conflict with Shi Hanqing."

"Shi Hanqing?"

"Well, I used to think he was the second king's person, no, that day I drew Shi Hanqing's subordinates in the military camp, and Zhao Pu caused me trouble and asked the emperor to stop him. But father-in-law, you really have to thank him. If these old people don't go down, how can you get on the throne?"

"Go, be serious," said Tian.

"Also, the two kings beat me up. Zhao Pu should have been very happy at that time, but I did not surrender to him, which disappointed him again. In short, various reasons made Zhao Pu dissatisfied with me. This was why this edict was created. But father-in-law, do you think I was wrong, can you be demoted to nothing?"

Pan Mei shook her head.

"The actual demotion or promotion is not because of a word from Your Majesty that I am demoted to nothing. Your Majesty intends to observe Zhao Pu's thoughts. If Zhao Pu stopped him, Zhao Pu would still be firmly in his position. If he did not stop him, Prime Minister Zhao Pu would be in danger. If Zhao Pu did not go down, sooner or later I would end up like Yao Shu."

"But you are a civilian now." Tian said worriedly.
Chapter completed!