Tian Xi's memorial came a bit late.

Maybe Song Qi was also tampered with it. Tian Xi was not an ordinary person. He was the governor of Muzhou as the right person. He had the right to speak and do things. Song Qi did not dare to withhold this memorial. But he was also easy to deal with. As long as he was detained for a while, the limelight passed, and then presented it, it would not pose a danger to Song Qi.

Song Qi carefully calculated.

Why should he do this in fact?

Even if he voluntarily withdraws from the prime minister now, Song Jiu does not want to enter the East Mansion.

The game of chess in the northwest has not been put away yet. Will Song Jiu leave the Western Prefecture?

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After Li Jiqian fled back to Dijinze from Xiazhou, he saw that the Song Dynasty ignored him again, so he brought his troops out from Dijinze from time to time to visit Yinxia.

Zhao Kuangyi could not bear it anymore and sent Tian Qinzuo and Yuan Jizhong to lead troops to patrol Xiazhou and Yinzhou. Li Jiqian suffered two consecutive defeats at Jialuchuan and Sanchakou, and then fled back to Dijinze in shame.

But it is not unhelpful, which proves the statement of Song Qi and others that Li Jiqian is not a problem and is just an annoying bandit.

However, Li Jiqian developed rapidly in the midst of Song Qi's dispute.

Song Jiu's approach made the loyal ones more loyal and the rebellious ones more rebellious. As the roads and forts gradually entered the completion period, some unscrupulous tribes finally made a choice. This prompted Li Jiqian to quickly gather more than 10,000 troops.

Coupled with the Song Dynasty's pacification policy, Li Jiqian was very anxious and told his adviser Zhang Pu that our land has been deserted for a long time, and even the people who followed us could hardly uncover the pot. Who would have no food to eat? Now the Zhao family is tempting our power with money, what should we do?

In fact, there is no need to do it. If the Song Dynasty is given two more years and all the fortifications are completed, Li Jiqian will have a headache. If he doesn't do it well, he will have to wander around the Nanhetao Desert forever.

Zhang Pu believed that it was not the time to send troops, and his power was still too weak. However, he believed that Yinxia and the two prefectures were difficult to attack, but Youzhou was a good place with abundant resources. He also had the danger of Hengshan and guarding them. In addition, the Yeli tribe. The Yeli tribe was distributed in the Hengshan area south of Youzhou, and was connected to the security army in Yanzhou in the south.

However, Nori's troops were also hesitant and ultimately failed to cooperate, which led to Li Jiqian's defeat in attacking Youzhou.

However, Li Jiqian made the soldiers on the front line feel a headache.

There is no other reason, but the earth is full of pounds and luster.

It is not convenient to use troops here. Some people use troops here. Later, Liao Xingzong lost in the battle against Liao Xingzong?

This gave Li Jiqian the opportunity to recover and grow again.

After defeating Youzhou, Li Jiqian continued to argue with the Song Dynasty. I surrendered, but he didn't let him go to Beijing. On the other hand, he asked his younger brother Li Jizhong to recruit people from all directions. When the palace of the Song Dynasty caught fire, Li Jizhong caught a big fish. The leader of the Mewei tribe of the northwest tribe, Mi Yasu, led his tribe to surrender to Li Jiqian.

With this force, Li Jiqian's power was greatly boosted.

So tens of thousands of cavalry rushed towards Wangting Town in the northwest of Xiazhou in lightning.

Before Cao Guangshi and Yin Xian reacted in Xiazhou, Wangting Town was lost, hundreds of Song Dynasty defenders and nearly ten thousand people around were all captured by Li Jiqian.

Zhao Kuangyi was furious when he learned about it.

Just as Song Jiu spent countless efforts, he drew a map of Nanhetao and sent it to Cao Guangshi.

Cao Guangshi and Yin Xian formulated a detailed plan based on this map and various intelligence feedback from the intelligence network that was previously distributed under Song Jiu's instruction.

Unconsciously, Li Jiqian still led his army with Li Jizhong and Zhang Pu to harass the Song army everywhere, and the forts from Youzhou to Xiazhou, Yinzhou and northwest of Fuzhou could not be built.

One late night in October, Yin Xian and Cao Guangshi rushed towards Dijinze with thousands of cavalry. Perhaps it was not far from the map, only a few hundred kilometers. If you drive, you can drive in three or four hours. In fact, it was very difficult to implement this strategy at that time. To the north of Xiazhou is Wangting Town, then Anqingze and Huangyangping, and then more than 100 miles is Dijinze. There are Chongshan ridges in the middle, Gobi Desert, and some oasis, but most of the tribes on these oasis are turned to Li Jiqian.

But it was this harsh environment that allowed Cao Guangshi and Yin Xian to miraculously arrive at Dijinze quietly.

This battle killed countless subordinates of Li Jiqian, and many camps were burned. All of them were captured, including Li Jiqian's wife, Wang and another wife, Ye Li.

Li Jiqian had to escape from Di Jinze in shame and began his wandering career again.

But even so, Li Jiqian still fled from the Song army to block the enemy.

This is also the result of various reasons. First, Cao Yin and his two men have few troops to operate, and the vast desert has become Li Jiqian's best cover. Second, Li Jiqian's cunning.

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"Your Majesty, I think Li Jiqian is not a harm." Song Qi said.

Li Jiqian lost several battles, and Song Jiu couldn't find an excuse to refute him. Finally, he had to say: "But why can he still live in Nanhetao?"

"It is the cover of the desert. Your Majesty, in the opinion of the minister, it is better to let Li Ji take back to Xiazhou and let Li Ji Peng comfort him. All ethnic groups return to his heart. Li Jiqian loses the support of the people, and the court will be able to take action at that time."

Just get it?

Song Jiu sneered in his heart.

If this is true, there would not be the later Western Xia Kingdom.

However, Li Jiqian's previous performance was indeed too unsatisfactory. Song Jiu, including him, was disappointed.

He thought about it in his mind.

Because Li Kewen was unable to do so, the court summoned Li Kewen back.

Now all the rights of Xiazhou are handed over to Cao Yin and the others, and there is no Qiang people to rule together. Although they have mentioned the representative system, these Dangxiang people will not be convinced.

Moreover, Li Jipang is cowardly and not harmful.

Song Jiu also thought of a few things, and he didn't know how the Song army was in another time and space, but the Song army in this time and space should become stronger. Including a large number of weapons and armor, under his own leadership, the armor began to become lighter. The defense power may be weakened, but the marching speed will be faster.

And the generous reward and pension system should have a higher morale. At least under this system, soldiers dare to fight more.

The northwest roads and fortresses were completed 80% and the difficult Hengshan area was completed 60%, which means that the imperial court could control half of the Hengshan area. The difference is the section of Youxia Yin. Under the harassment of Li Jiqian, the workers have completed only one quarter of it so far. But it is much better than not.

Therefore, in the end, Song Jiu did not make a sound.

In fact, Song Jiu had a very bad idea in his mind. Song Qi made himself jealous of him five times and then let Li Jiqian slap Song Qi in the face for him.

Song Jiu returned to the Privy Council.

His failure to object does not mean that he is truly inaction.

I wrote two letters first. I asked the Zhe family and the Wang family to cooperate and detect the terrain of Nanhetao.

The area of ​​Nanhetao is too large. If calculated from the ancient Great Wall to the north, the area to the Yellow River will be larger than that of later Zhejiang Province.

Fortunately, there were the Zhe family and the Wang family, otherwise Li Jiqian would have received support from various departments of Quyehe, and the consequences would be even more serious.

It's okay. His lack of strength did not even attract Xiao Yanyan's attention.

However, from the moment, Song Jiu was a little confused. Apart from the spirit of losing and fighting, Li Jiqian did not show any military cultivation. Could this be a Li Ji-style growth figure?

Then he issued another order, asking Cao Guangshi to return Li Jiqian's wife, Yeli, to the Yeli clan. He also implied that he would remarry the woman again.

This is a kind of temptation.

The monarch and ministers of the Song Dynasty may not know that in the future, the Yeli tribe released another Western Xia empress, becoming Li Deming and Li Yuanhao's loyal thug.

Moreover, they live in Hengshan. Once they join forces with Li Jiqian, they may have an anti-episode, the impact will be as profound.

This is an opportunity. The Waruo Yeshi obeyed his own words and remarried his daughter, and from then on he had a one-size-fits-all approach with Li Jiqian. Song Jiu was not willing to give them a chance. If he didn't want to have a one-size-fits-all approach, then they were also Song Jiu's goal.

Song Jiu called another clerk and asked him to send a post to Sansi.

After a while, the clerk brought a thick document, and Song Jiu opened it and read it.

This is the financial statements of Sansi.

The year has not ended yet, but the roughly intensive and tax revenue and expenditure can be seen.

The weather was good this year. The country was so big, there were always some disasters, but the scale was not large, so the local area digested it. In addition, there was no war on the front line, and there was no support for Liaodong. The national fiscal situation was very good.

After reading it, Song Jiu said to Shi Xian: "Let's go out and see the soldiers."

As the number of imprisonments increased, not all imprisoners were in Kaifeng City. There were in Luoyang, Daming Mansion, and there were also in Songzhou, but they were mainly concentrated near Kaifeng. The purpose of Song Jiu did not change. What changed was to transfer soldiers from the city to the countryside.

Whether it has improved its combat effectiveness is not a good comparison.

But there are two changes that can be seen. The first is that the cost of raising soldiers in the country has dropped a lot, and the second is that the cost of living for soldiers has dropped and the family situation is improving. As before, many soldiers are forced to live, and their wives are less likely to be used as military prostitutes.

The two of them first inspected the military camp west of the palace.

Then he rode his horse to the suburbs.

In the suburbs is Song Jiu's system of troops stationed.

One is divided into two, and the other is grain fields. According to the quality of arable land, two to five dou of grain are paid per mu every year. The rest belong to the soldiers themselves, and they work harder and get more. They work harder and train soldiers in their spare time.

The second is cloth fields, and carry mulberry trees to plant hemp and cotton. This is done by the family management and income, and there is no need to submit it.

It is similar to light renting land, but not, because there is a system of garrison and there are new recruits who are rescinded after the soldiers are discharged from the army and sacrificed. Therefore, once a year, it is calculated and redistributed to each commander according to the situation every year, and then the commander is divided into about ten generals, and the ten generals are divided into soldiers.

Because the delivery was small, many soldiers were not used to farm work at the beginning and rented it to the people.

However, later I saw some soldiers willing to let go of their bodies, and their family situation improved. Some women were even diligent and raised pigs and chickens, and their family's life improved quickly. There was also a round of system a year, which made the tenant's management very troublesome, and gradually this situation was less.

Especially the recruits who were added later, most of them came from the countryside and did not have the problem of habits or disagreements. Gradually, it became a stable system.

In the past, soldiers gave money, grain, cloth, and carbon.

The main thing is money and grain distribution, but under this system, soldiers no longer need to give grain distribution, so the cost of raising soldiers is gradually decreasing.

As for invisible things, it is the decline of labor, which is not easy to calculate.

Song Jiu was not looking at this. After looking at two barracks, Song Jiu asked: "Mr. Shi, do you think this army is available?"

"It is available, the morale is high, and the family has no worries about food and clothing, which is comparable to the palace soldiers in the early Tang Dynasty."
Chapter completed!