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Chapter 295: The Cursed Country

Pan Mei hugged her granddaughter, laughing and crying. She made him feel depressed and unable to put her expression on her face to avoid her daughter seeing it. She handed Fu Niang to her daughter, and when her daughter was not paying attention, she whispered to Song Jiu: "Xiao Jiu, do you think you can?"

"Father-in-law, what do you want me?"

Pan Mei's speech is shy.

"Father-in-law, isn't my daughter good?"

In this era, daughters may not be very good. One is from other people, and the other is from other people with good looks and needs to subsidize a large amount of dowry. Pan Lian'er's third child was born. Before she was born, she directly took a name with a male surname, Song Fu.

It is no exaggeration. There are too many people who pray for peace for Song Jiu's family.

Po Zhang and Po Li come to deliver the baby again.

It turned out to be a girl.

The evil thing is that Pan Lian'er gave birth to three daughters is healthier than the other. But no matter how healthy it is, it is useless. It is a super money-losing guy. The group of yamen who are friends with Song Jiu was so happy that Cao Can ran over and asked for a marriage for his son Cao Yi, but was beaten out by Pan Lian'er.

The girl could no longer call Song Fu, so she had to change it to Fu Niang.

I was about to attack Nan Tang, and Pan Mei was recalled. In the letter, he also knew that his daughter was about to give birth, so he rushed back day and night, but who would have thought that she would still be a granddaughter.

But losing money is the Song family's business. Pan Mei's daughter cannot be considered a loss. Not only did she not lose money, she made too much money. When she came back first and summoned her to the palace later, Zhao Kuangyin pointed at him and said, "You have made contributions in the south, and I want to reward you with some money..."

Pan Mei scratched her head, why are you rewarding money? Is it short of money at home? Or you reward officials, you are the governors, how do you reward officials? Wave your hands and refuse to reward them. The problem is not only that. The emperor said that he has made contributions in the south, and he has made contributions and mistakes. How to think about it? If it is for money and silk, it is not considered a meritorious service. Think about it, Wang Quanbin destroyed Bashu like that, and even transported countless money and silk to the capital. Pan Meipingnan cooperated with deputy generals such as Song Jiu and Wang Ming to form a benevolent political battle that can be recorded in history. But what about money and silk? Yes, Lingnan is getting better day by day, and will pay more taxes every year. If Song Jiu students' sugar technology research was successful, the court would benefit more. But no matter how it is calculated, how many years will it take to make up for it?

If he thought so, Pan Mei would be very sad. You have to know how many years he has been in the south!

It went on in the first year of Qiande, and I stayed there for ten years. There was no credit and hard work.

But he dared not ask.

However, Song Jiu thought Pan Mei was lucky enough. There were not too many generals who could beat South, but they might not be as good as Pan Mei, and would the battle go smoothly.

Song Jiu said that his daughter would not compensate him, that was not a false statement. Pan Lian'er might not be the best married one of his daughters, but that was in the future. Pan Mei might have died at that time. He could not say it. Pan Mei could not answer, so she changed the topic and asked: "Your Majesty gave you the deputy envoy of the Three Divisions, why didn't you agree?"

The following words are not easy to say. There are many officials with equivalent positions to the deputy envoy of the Three Departments, including in the Secretariat, in the Privy Council, and in other functional departments. However, the son-in-law has done so many benevolent policies and good things, and only mentioned them once, and there is no news later.

If Zhao Pu is there, it would be understandable. However, after Zhao Pu goes down for a year, why didn’t he mention his son-in-law?

This is not a good sign.

It's indeed not a good sign.

Let Song Jiu choose, textile, copper smelting, and steel, all of which are important, and it is difficult to distinguish each other. Do not question the role of steel, especially in the era of cold weapons. Textile is the people's livelihood. Once textile machinery advances, it will be difficult to wear clothes. Over the years, cotton seeds have gradually adapted to the weather in the north, and there are also high-yield fields of nearly 70 kilograms of lint. The yield is generally not high. It is because of the lack of intensive cultivation, lack of fertilizer, and it cannot be planted, and it still has some room for growth. This is ready to wait for textile machinery.

With the improvement, cotton cloth will appear among thousands of households. Is it worse than steel? Why is it the first place for food, clothing, housing and transportation? Because fabrics have always been a long-lasting problem in ancient times, especially warm fabrics, so it is listed above food. The same is true for copper smelting. Copper itself may be the same, but it is now currency. Without sufficient currency, the entire country cannot enter the circulation time of commodity, the economy cannot be revitalized, or even sufficient currency. Even if the gold shop starts, maybe something will happen to Jiaozi like Jiaozi of the Song Dynasty.

I can only say that sucrose should be a little bit inferior, it is better to have it, and it is OK without it.

However, several people can see through it.

He promised to get the steel in good condition, not good steel, he couldn't understand the good steel, and the converter seemed to be more complicated. It was not complicated. He had never seen it before, and if he didn't understand it, it was complicated.

However, the iron problem must be basically solved.

The court still had no movement.

This made him unable to understand.

Although it doesn't matter, it's even welcomed. In this way, he will not be involved in the future conspiracy, but he will inevitably feel a little unhappy. If he doesn't get promoted for a long time, it will cause some misunderstandings from others. A gentleman is innocent and a treasure is guilty of possessing a treasure. Fortunately, Song Jiu reacted quickly and put his wealth on the sea. He didn't invest much money this year, and the stocks of the stocks rose a little, and it will rise next year and the year after next. But that doesn't matter, the tax he paid is getting heavier and he promised not only Zhao Kuangyin's land rental tax, but also the commercial tax on Hezhou's huge industry. The actual income is not much every year, and half of the cost of research and development is obtained by ten overseas ships. Otherwise, if he doesn't get promoted for a long time, he will suppress the Yanei stocks and Hezhou may rebel himself.

There is also another sign. Mrs. Huarui came occasionally once or twice without any worries before, but when she saw that she had not been promoted for a long time, she never went back and forth in the past six months. Pan Mei said again: "Is it because Shi Gui is the one who is so mean?"

"No, he has become a mouse crossing the street now, and everyone shouts and beats him. How dare he have such courage?"

"Are you still doing the treasury for those palaces..." Pan Mei murmured.

"Not even if it burned the treasury palace, the money and silk of the fake Southern Han were limited. Although it was huge, one steel and one that developed rapidly in Guangnan could make up for it in five or ten years?"

"Who else?" Pan Mei frowned and thought that although Zhao Kuangyi was the leader of the ranks, he could not handle the affairs of the two governments. The real ministers of the two governments, Xue Juzheng, Shen Yilun, Chu Zhaofu, and Lu Duoxun, these are the two governments with the dimest stars. Although Shen Yilun is honest, his ability to take charge of the two governments is seriously insufficient. Not to mention Zhao Pu, nor as good as Li Chongju, the only thing is that he is honest and not greedy, and has no connection with many forces, which can reassure Zhao Kuangyin. Although Xue Juzheng is the prime minister of the ranks, he is a person from the previous Zhou Dynasty. He has the ability and dare not make big moves. Maybe he is good at writing, talented and knowledgeable, but this experience limits his talent.

Needless to say, Chu Zhaofu, Zhao Kuangyin used Chu Zhaofu obviously to cooperate with Zhao Kuangyi, use some of his resentment with Zhao Pu, and work together to erase Zhao Pu's influence to pave a safe golden road for the future prince.

Moreover, this person has always had a good relationship with Song Jiu.

The rest was Lu Duosun, who was named the Minister of Political Affairs, but in fact he became the deputy prime minister with real power. Many matters were handled. If it weren't for Lu Duosun, the Secretariat would have caused a big trouble. Pan Mei saw it and Song Jiu also saw it. He also didn't understand why Lu Duosun was so ugly in the history of the Song Dynasty. Could it be that he did something that was angry and resentful in the future? Sometimes when he thought about what he saw, and then some pitiful historical knowledge in his mind, he couldn't help but sigh, "What is true, what is false?" What is right, and what is wrong?"

This person has little contact with Song Jiu, but there is definitely no conflict. He has resentment with Zhao Pu, and Song Jiu also has them. The two of them are in the same treacherous situation. In other words, these big guys have no evil thoughts towards Song Jiu, not money or the number one Jinyiwei Shi Gui, so who else can there be? Of course, there are other ministers, such as Liu Wensou of the Censorate, after Liu Wensou died, Bian Guangfan took over, and after Bian Guangfan died, Feng Bing took over, but Feng Bing was not a censor, but a judge of the Censorate as an attendant censor. In the early Song Dynasty, the censor was not active, which was different from Song Jiu's memory. Inactive, of course, there was no power. Liu Bian and the other two did not have much real power, let alone Feng Bing?

Or others, and which new minister was valued by Zhao Kuangyin? It seems that there is no one.

Pan Mei couldn't understand. Not to mention anything else, her son-in-law should be valued as a son-in-law, and her son-in-law became more and more calm in her work. She was no longer a young boy who was ridiculous at the time. Or in other words, she was afraid that Song Jiu was not a general, but she had some good skills in government affairs and financial management. Can she be afraid? On the contrary, not only did she not need to be afraid, but people like this were easy to appoint.

Pan Mei is unfair, but Song Jiu doesn't care too much about it.

When he saw his father-in-law, he suddenly thought of something.

The Song Dynasty was about to attack the Southern Tang Dynasty, Zhao Kuangyin issued an edict, first asking Cao Han to lead his troops to Jingnan, Cao Bin and Li Hanqiong to lead the troops to follow him. Pan Mei, Liu Yu, and Liang Jiong led the troops to Jingnan, and Xu Zhongxuan, the Jinghu Transportation Commander, was also the southern transfer envoy. The first person to leave was Cao Han, and the others had not set off. These three edicts were just an appointment and preparation, and some generals were still outside, such as Pan Mei. But before, Zhao Kuangyin still wanted to surrender Li Yu. When electing the envoy, Zhao Kuangyin valued Lu Duosun's fellow brother Li Mu, and had doubts in his heart and said, "Li Mu's surname is the best, but he did nothing except drafting the edict. I am afraid that he will not be competent."

Lu Duosun said: "Li Mu is virtuous and upright, and does not change his integrity in life and death when facing things. He is kind and brave."

Zhao Kuangyin was silent because he thought of another "benevolent man" who was desperate. After Li Mu arrived in Jiangnan, he almost quickly moved Li Yu. But at this time, Chen Qiao, the minister of the Southern Tang Dynasty, came out to stop him and said, "I and Your Majesty have both been ordered by Yuanzong (the middle master Li Jing). Now, I will stay here. What should I do with your country? Even though I die, I will not be able to see Yuanzong in the nine springs."

Zhang Wei also objected.

When Li Yu saw the two confidants opposing, he immediately changed his words and said to Li Mu: "I am wronged and begged all the people who please the great country to let us live. Now that I have to work hard."

Li Mu had no choice but to persuade him at the end: "It is the king's own decision whether to enter the court or not. However, our court has elite troops and strong material resources. It is not something you can block his attack. I advise you to think clearly and not regret it in the future."

After saying that, Li Mu came back on a horse, and it took less than a month to go back and forth.

Zhao Kuangyin thought Li Mu was doing well, without any force or pressure, just reasoning, but Li Yu did not listen. This time the mission was also the last time the Song Dynasty was on the mission. Li Yu surrendered better, and it would be fine if Li Yu did not surrender. Zhao Kuangyin asked Li Mu to take the mission, one for surrender, and the other for the right to make a name for his troops!

Qian Chu, the two major kings of Jiangnan, surrendered unconditionally, and did not make any mistakes. It was called knowing the current affairs. Although he died later, the Qian family was very expensive in the Song Dynasty and continued the glory of the Qian family. Even to the Southern Song Dynasty, Li Yu did not make any mistakes. Did Sun Quan do something wrong to resist Cao Cao? But Li Yu did something wrong. Since he resisted, he had to be prepared to resist. But what did he do? But from the perspective of Song Jiu, he didn't like it very much, because many people were going to die again.

Song Jiu didn't care much about this matter. At this time, the Southern Tang was not Li Jing's Southern Tang. What did Li Yu's Southern Tang use to resist the elite soldiers and generals of the Song Dynasty? What he saw was that Cao Bin finally walked to the stage. He didn't think much about it at first, and it had nothing to do with him. At most, the few boys of the Cao family had a good relationship with him. If his daughter had not been born and had no idea what to do in the future, he would also welcome the marriage between the two families. It was not until Pan Mei came to the Song family that Song Jiu suddenly thought of a terrible thing.

That is the misfortune of the Northern Song Dynasty.

Not to mention the Khitan and Jurchens, Western Xia became a nightmare for the Northern Song Dynasty. Only the fate of the generals who founded the Song Dynasty. Li Chugeng was demoted to Shandong and died of depression. Wang Quanbin was not very happy. He just passed away. Cao Bin did not talk about military capabilities, but also said that Decao was still above Pan Mei and suffered a great humiliation in Gaoliang River. Pan Mei did not do anything bad. No matter in Hunan or Lingnan, she did not do anything bad, and even implemented many good policies under her own leadership. However, in history, because of Yang Ye's death, another literati made an infinite ugliness of the Yang family general.

This is the end of the heroes who destroyed the country.

Then when the emperor came, Zhao Kuangyin would die inexplicably. Zhao Kuangyi was injured and died. Song Zhenzong was a doctrine of the mean. Although he had a good end, there was also a Chanyuan alliance. Song Renzong was a good emperor, but his son died very early in his life. Until Song Yingzong, the doctrine of the mean, died in a battle of Puyi. Song Shenzong was a heroic figure and did not die well. Song Zhezong was also not bad, but died earlier. If the emperor was excellent, no dynasty could match the six kings of the Northern Song Dynasty. Except for the two Huiqin sects before the destruction of the country, no emperor was considered bad. But what is his fate?

I don’t remember much about the history books Song Jiu. In fact, I can only say that five emperors are good, but Song Yingzong doesn’t count. He has no good policies except the Puyi dispute. On the contrary, he was arguing with his ministers. Han Qi and Ouyang Xiu and two prime ministers made a huge black hole in the finances of the Song Dynasty, which forced Zhao Xu to jump up and down and force reforms with Wang Anshi. However, Zhao Shu was in power for not long, only a few years.

In addition, it is because of the underestimation of Emperor Zhenzong of Song. This person is far from what Song Jiu could imagine. Later, it was because of a truth that many people could not imagine. It changed rapidly! It was still a serious mental illness! Otherwise, even Emperor Taizong of Song in his early years might not have been able to achieve it!

If Song Jiu had a long lifespan, he could see a different Song Zhenzong and a different Kou Zhun!

But Song Jiu thought so.

Looking at the Suxin theory, it was not that the Northern Song Dynasty was not that the emperor did not work hard. Although the ministers were wrong or right, they were considered to have worked hard. However, this country seemed to be cursed by God. No matter how hard the king and his ministers worked, it was full of disasters and difficulties.

But if this is true, the efforts made by Song Jiu may not be a good thing, because Song Jiu thought of another legend. During Li Shimin's time, there was a rumor among the people that the heroine, King Wu, would have the world in the generation. Li Shimin found Li Chunfeng, and Li Chunfeng reported that there was a spirit of the emperor in the harem. Li Shimin wanted to kill all the women in the harem, but Li Chunfeng said, "No, if Your Majesty stayed, even if the imperial destiny was temporarily short, the country would be extended. If Your Majesty killed him, he would become a man, and he would destroy the royal family.
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