Cui Yanjin wrote a letter to Song Jiu.

Everyone wants to get to power, and Song Jiu scolded Li Fang. In fact, compared to others, Li Fang is still good. When he climbs to this position, who has never been cheated by people or cheated?

Cui Yanjin fell to Bazhou, and he was even more unwilling to accept it.

However, he also knew clearly that the mistake he made was too serious. Not only did he fail, but he was also afraid of death...

Once a general falls into the reputation of being greedy for life and fear of death, his future will be worrying.

Therefore, I racked my brains and believed in this thing.

Song Jiu opened it and saw that the Song Dynasty was deploying defenses in Hebei, and Xiao Yanyan was also deploying defenses in Youzhou. Song Jiu had always admired Xiao Yanyan in the past. The two countries had their own masters when they were fighting. She was the empress dowager of the Liao Kingdom. If she did not protect the Liao Kingdom, would she protect the Song Dynasty? Even if she was using Beijing to shoot ghost arrows, she had a bad impression since Xiao Yanyan attacked the common people. However, this was a very smart woman.

The Song Dynasty made out the shoes.

The Liao people were useless and lost their cavalry advantage. They competed with the Song soldiers to skate. They were looking for death.

In fact, the Liao Kingdom could not manufacture it, including some Fulu crossbows and tiger cannons. Because the technology is becoming more and more developed, the manufacturing process has become more complicated. Even if you get physical objects, it is not easy to imitate it. Is there a casting process? Is there a steelmaking process? It will be more difficult to imitate this small shoe.

Don’t be afraid of big, just small!

This shoe made Xiao Yanyan miserable. She seemed to see its limitations. It must be cold in winter. The colder it is, the more beneficial it is to Song Bing. Second, there must be more rivers and lakes. The actual applicable areas are only in the eastern Hebei and southeastern Youzhou.

But this also gave Liao Kingdom a headache.

If the coastal areas are not serious, they are almost all lakes, reeds, saline-alkali land, sparsely populated, but southern Jima River and slightly higher and cooler areas near Youzhou are the first-class farming areas in the Liao Dynasty.

The Song Dynasty made a fire from the Juma River to Youzhou, and the people left the well and turned to the village. Although measures were taken last year to remedy it, it also seriously delayed the agricultural production in Youzhou. The deadly Song army may still come this year. This is not on the plains, but on rivers and lakes. The cavalry speed will be affected. However, the Song army was very fast, making the Liao Dynasty unable to defend.

So wooden stakes were laid on various rivers in Youzhou to block the Song army.

But this has seriously affected the fishery in Youzhou.

To this end, it is a competition of harm!

With Xiao Yanyan's arrangement, the Song army could not enter the Liao territory in winter. However, when the rivers began to melt gradually this year, Cui Yanjin came up with a bold idea.

After Song Jiu looked at it, he pondered for a while. Cui Yanjin was just a preliminary idea, wanting to realize more detailed plans and weather factors, but this idea made Song Jiu very moved, so he immediately replied to a letter, asking Cui Yanjin not to tell anyone about this idea and send it to Bazhou. Then he took this letter to meet Zhao Kuangyi.

Zhao Kuangyi looked at the letter and suddenly couldn't sit still, as if he had taken ten doses of stimulants and was walking around, saying, "Is it feasible?"

"It's feasible... it's feasible. If you want to implement it, it will take at least three or four years, and it depends on the timing."

"The people of Youzhou will resent me."

"Your Majesty, if you cannot take back Youzhou, they will always be the people of the enemy, farm for the enemy, pay taxes for the enemy, fight for the enemy, and become the vanguard of tearing open the defense line on the battlefield of Qigou Pass."

"Song Jiu, you have changed."

"It's not that I have changed, but I haven't changed yet, and I don't want to die. Even if it's an enemy, I have to die. I would rather die ten enemies than a soldier in the Song Dynasty."

"well."

"Tang Taizong treats Tubo well, and Emperor Xuanzong treats An Lushan well. Your Majesty, you are the king of a country, and you regard the country as your family, not family as your family, and family as your family, and you are your people. Then no matter whose family or race is your children. Youzhou cannot be taken back, and they are the people of the enemy, so you don't need your Majesty's favor. The more you give them, they will fight against your Majesty's army. If you can take them back, it will not be too late to manage like Hedong."

"Okay, that's it."

Song Jiu took back the letter.

Of course, this is just Cui Yanjin's initial idea. Regardless of whether it is cruel or not, it is quite difficult to implement it.

Zhao Kuangyi made sense. After the Qiguang Pass defense battle, the bloody battle in Baigou Road, and looking at the remains of the battlefield in Junzi Pavilion, Song Jiu's mood must have changed.

Song Jiu said again: "Your Majesty, I have two more things to ask Your Majesty for your kindness."

"Tell me."

"There are few talented officials in the Three Divisions, so I want to ask Your Majesty to recall Chen Shu from Hebei Road."

"Can the officials of the three departments be poor?"

"Li Weiqing is still good, and there are some shortcomings in the rest, or it is still impossible to take on the heavy responsibilities."

"How about Zhang Xun?"

"I can only protect myself and not make any big mistakes."

"How about Zhang Qixian?"

"Zhang Qixian is good at military affairs. If he is the prime minister of the East Prefecture, he may not have enough power, but he is a good candidate to be the prime minister of the West Prefecture."

"How about Wang Xian and Zhang Hong?"

"Wang Xian seems to be very proficient in military tactics. If he is a border official, he is the best choice. However, as the prime minister of the Western Prefecture, he is not good at expressing himself and governing the government, which is somewhat unsuitable."

As for Zhang Hong, Song Jiu didn't want to comment.

But if he followed his request, few people could serve as the chief magistrate of the Western Prefecture. In fact, Song Jiu was still talking about the Three Sessions. Financial issues have become the top priority of the country. Song Jiu himself is not a god, so he can only say that he is doing things carefully and will not make serious mistakes. Moreover, Song Jiu also wanted to let go and serve the Three Sessions. It seems glorious, but it is actually very hard, and over time, it is also jealous. Therefore, he wants to recall Chen Shu, so that at least two officials in the Three Sessions can be used, so there will be no mistakes.

If Chen Shuxing had gone, Song Jiu would gradually let go.

Zhao Kuangyi thought for a while and said, "Are you sure."

Chen Shu was also very busy when he went down, but in history, he mainly focused on military farming. However, most of them were urban soldiers at that time. Chen Shu said that soldiers were not good at farming, and when they went down in spring, they would immediately farm. Let them put down their weapons and pick up farm tools. Once the enemy invaded, the consequences would be unimaginable. So Zhao Kuangyi used him to replace Zhang Qixian and went to Daizhou.

But this time, most of them are rural children, and there are no historical problems, so they are very busy with Wei Yu.

After a year, the matter was basically clues and could be recalled, and the rest of Wei Yu could take over.

Song Jiu said again: "Last year, the country's financial difficulties were in trouble, and I only adjusted and did not dare to reduce taxes. The finances this year should be slightly better. However, the people in Hebei, Henan and Jingdong have been traumatized. I hope your Majesty will give you a year after another."

In fact, the failure of the Northern Expedition of Yongxi was not only Shandong, Henan and Hebei, but also the taxes of the people across the country were increasing. People in Huainan, Hedong and other regions were also undertaking corvee labor. However, relatively speaking, the people in these three regions were the most miserable.

Zhao Kuangyi thought about it and wanted the people to be good, but in this way, all three routes will be exempted from tax for one year. The country's income will be much lower, but in the end, he agreed.

"Your Majesty is a benevolent monarch for all ages," Song Jiu slapped a small flattery and said, "Your Majesty has built temples and temples over the years to pray for the people and the people. It costs a lot, but it is commendable for the heart. However, I think the best blessing is the peace of the country and the people live and work in peace. Therefore, in my opinion, it is better to take out these costs for building temples and temples. Among the three routes, the people in Hebei are the most miserable. They allocate funds, purchase farm tools and oxen, allocate them to households below the third grade, or the families of martyrs, and farm them, so that their families can get rid of their suffering as soon as possible."

“This will cost a lot.”

"I'll find a way to solve it, but it needs your Majesty's grace."

"I am worried about the Liao invasion..."

"I will allocate funds as appropriate, which is also a test of the official style and clerks in the Song Dynasty."

Don’t think that a lot of taxes will be exempted. Repayment means tax exemption, but it only refers to two taxes. The proportion of the two taxes in the Song Dynasty's fiscal revenue is getting lower and lower, and it may still look very large, but that is stone, that is bundle, that is, and that is, a piece of silk. If it is silk, it is worth a piece of silk, but what is the value of cotton cloth, a stone of wheat and a bunch of grass? Besides, it is only two taxes for the people of the three routes. The oxen and farm tools mentioned by Song Jiu are not available for every household, and this also depends on the situation of the war. The money is not much. If Zhao Er saves money from several temples, it will be almost possible.

But it doesn't seem to be too many, but in fact, there are many. The officials below want to be greedy and take one. The number of officials greedy is not very large, which may be better than the corruption situation in the officialdom in later generations of Song Jiu. However, there is another group that is the clerks in Kezhou and county. They are the executors of tax collection. In fact, once they are recovered, they are not one state and one prefecture, which is equivalent to blocking the invisible income of countless clerks from three routes, which may cause unnecessary trouble.

However, it was this sentence that made Zhao Kuangyi very curious, so he said, "I'm sure."

Zhao Kuangyi was accurate, but Song Jiu was very careful. Zhao Kuangyi said it makes sense to prevent the Liao Kingdom from invading, or natural disasters and man-made disasters. In this way, the treasury must have money, food and cloth so that it can be at ease.

Chen Shu was transferred to the Sansi.

Then this made some people nervous and the Gang of Four began.

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There was a profession in the Song Dynasty called "Scholars", or "Curse", which was specially copied for others. This was either plagiarism or simply copying books to make a living. For example, when Song Jiu was in the early years, he borrowed many books from Zhao Kuangyin, and asked students to copy them and put them in the academy. Later, Bailudong Academy and Yuelu Academy studied again. Now, in addition to some confidential prophecies, almost all the books in the Royal Three Museums have been prepared for several backups. Even as the number of migrants in the South China Sea increased, many books were brought there.

What students do is to support writers.

But they are not professional readers, and they are not even paid.

However, many wealthy families also need to collect books. If some books are printed, the sales volume is small and the cost is too high, so they ask some scholars with good writing to copy them, bind them, and put them at home. These people are called scholars.

Hu Dan met a bookkeeper named Zhai Ying. People said that his nature was dangerous, but in fact he was quite brave. Hu Dan admired him very much.

After Song Jiu and Zhao Kuangyi had a long talk, Zhao Kuangyi was carefully reflecting on the candidates from the three important departments of the country. Not only the Sansi and Xifu, but also the Dongfu candidates were not very good. Not very good was Li Fang's ability.

Hu Dan was a master of imperial edicts, and there were several masters of imperial edicts, including Lao Wang Hu. They were not happy with Hu Dan, but Hu Dan stood firm, so he could think of Hu Dan's talent.

Zhao Guangyi likes to promote the backwards because of his talent and learning, so he is reused.

So he could be said to be a "close minister" who was very close to Zhao Kuangyi, and he vaguely noticed some of the thoughts in Zhao Kuangyi's mind.

That night, Hu Dan and Zhai Ying talked for a long time.

What Zhai Ying did was extraordinary, Hu Dan repeatedly asked Zhai Ying to think twice, but Zhai Ying still promised it.
Chapter completed!