"I am walking on the great road. What is the great road?" Zhao Ning looked around and said, "Those who follow the great road will be fair to the world."

The meaning of "the world is public" means that the world belongs to everyone, and the position of emperor is passed down to the virtuous and not to the sons.

This is what is said in the Confucian classic "Book of Rites·Liyun". The original words are: When the great road is carried out, the world is for the common good.

But if the emperor wants to say something like this, as a minister, you must not take it seriously, otherwise the people in the clan will not even dare to eat.

"No matter how the people spread the difference between the north and the south, you should not have it in your mind."

"If the officials of the imperial court have a distinction between the north and the south in their minds, their actions must be based on the distinction between the north and the south. If the north and the south are treated differently, great chaos will occur."

Everyone said: "Your Majesty is wise, I have learned from you."

Everyone didn’t mention Zong Wang’s matter any more, and we’ll talk about the storm later.

Zhao Ning said: "Commander Zong, what do you have to say about the next deployment of defenses in Hebei and Hedong?"

Zongze stood up, walked to the map, pointed at the map and said: "Your Majesty, if you want to expedition to the north of the Jin Kingdom, you must capture Yanyun. If you capture Yanyun, you must take back the three towns. If you take back the three towns, you must stabilize Hebei."

Hedong.”

"At this time, military affairs and people's livelihood in Hebei and Hedong are equally important. If we favor military affairs over people's livelihood, we will be unable to succeed. If we favor people's livelihood over military affairs, the bandits will not be eliminated. When the Jin army recovers, our army will suffer heavy losses."

Zhao Ning nodded repeatedly.

What a general thinks about is how to charge the army into battle, but what a commander thinks about is strategizing and keeping an eye on the overall situation.

Zongze is undoubtedly a handsome man.

"The imperial court has issued many decrees to Hebei and Hedong. If they are all implemented and taxes are lightened and corvees are reduced, people's livelihood will be slowly restored. The biggest obstacle now is banditry."

"Therefore, I believe that we should first eliminate the banditry to calm people's hearts, and then lock down the city."

"How to lock the city?"

"In Taiyuan, Zhending, Zhongshan, and among the various prefectures in Hejian, seize the city and lock it up."

Everyone knows what he said, because the Jin army used "city-locking tactics" to attack Taiyuan City at that time, and later also used "city-locking tactics" to attack Tokyo.

What Zongze meant was not to attack their main city first, but to occupy the surrounding counties and blockade the main city in terms of resources.

"If this is the case, it will be a head-on conflict with the Jin army."

Zongze said: "Use sergeants as local people to carry out rebellion activities."

"Okay!" Zhao Ning couldn't help but admire.

Isn't this the development of armed forces behind enemy lines?

The Song and Jin armies ceased war, and the Jin State secretly supported Liu Yu. The Song Dynasty could also develop manpower in these places and revolt as common people, thereby dealing a blow to the Jin army and the puppet army.

Historically, this was part of Yue Fei's Northern Expedition strategy.

Yue Fei followed Zongze in his early years. Zongze started his career by gathering rebels in Hebei. Yue Fei knew how to develop armed forces behind enemy lines, so he was more or less influenced by Zongze, right?

"What do Mr. Li think?"

Li Gang said: "I agree with what Commander Zong said."

"Where is the Grand Master?"

"I have no objection, it's feasible."

Since Zhao Ding said it, it means that Zhengshitang will fully cooperate in logistics.

Zhao Ning said: "What Commander Zong said is absolutely true. I also have two points to say."

"First, in the past battles between the Song Dynasty and the Jin army, we always focused on defense. Even if we won, we could not take advantage of the victory and pursue the victory. Why?"

"Because there is no war horse!"

"I promise you that I will definitely provide you with a large number of war horses!"

"Second, looking at the current situation, Taiyuan, Zhending, Zhongshan, and Hejian are all in the hands of the enemy. What if the people there are willing to be used by the imperial court?"

Everyone said nothing, waiting for Zhao Guanjia to say.

"Only the people of Taiyuan, Zhending, Zhongshan, and Hejian are willing to care for the Song Dynasty. If the people in Hebei and Hedong are concerned about the people's livelihood, they will regard the people as thieves and bandits, and they will definitely join the Jin army.

Destroy our Song Dynasty."

Class contradictions are always more terrifying than national contradictions.

"Your Majesty is wise, I have learned from you."

"Leave it to Zongze to implement the strategy of locking down the cities in Hebei and Hedong."

Zhao Ning knew that if Zongze was asked to do this, a considerable part of the execution work must be done by Yue Fei.

And Yue Fei is the best person to do this.

Zhao Ning's eyes fell on Zhao Ding: "Where is Xixia?"

Zhao Ding said: "Reporting to your Majesty, the green and white salt of Xixia has appeared in Tokyo City. According to the preliminary inference of the Huizhou Forbidden Bureau, the money we have flowed into Xixia in the past two years has exceeded millions."

As soon as he said this, everyone couldn't help but start talking immediately, and they were all shocked by this data.

One million yuan has flowed into Xixia, which is simply a crazy attempt to capitalize on the enemy!

Every copper coin may be stained with the blood of Song Dynasty soldiers!

"Your Majesty, do you want to suspend trading with Xixia first?" Xu Han said.

"There can be no pause. Once suspended, Xixia will immediately defect to the Jin Kingdom. Once Xixia sends troops to Shaanxi, our western front will be restrained. In Hebei and Hedong, the Jin army stationed in Hebei will inevitably tear up the armistice contract overnight and go south!"

Wanyan Wu begged for money and dreamed of a breakup between Song and Xia.

Once Song and Xia break up, the balance reached by the three parties will immediately tilt.

"Your Majesty, how about tightening the mutual trade?"

"At this point in time, don't tamper with the relationship between Song and Xia easily." Zhao Ning said calmly, "The reason why Xixia Qingbai Salt is so popular in our dynasty is that it tastes good and the price is cheap. As long as we lower the price of salt,

If we come down, Xixia won’t be able to make any money!”

Xu Han insisted: "Your Majesty, the income from salt is the top priority of the national treasury."

Yes, during the Xuanhe period, the annual income from salt was as high as 15 million yuan.

The annual salary of officials in the Song Dynasty was a little over 16 million yuan. The income from salt alone could almost cover the salary of officials across the country.

In the past two years, Salt's annual income has been reduced by almost half.

If the price drops further, the income from salt will be terrible, and the annual income of the Song Dynasty will fall off a cliff.

This is undoubtedly making matters worse for the Song Dynasty, which is already facing financial constraints and needs money everywhere.

"I have ordered people to refine sea salt. If there are no problems, we should have a very good output by now."

Speaking of this, Zhao Ning remembered that beautiful little lady Qian, the girl standing in the snow holding an oil-paper umbrella.

“Is sea salt possible?”

"It's feasible!" Zhao Ning said firmly, "The most important thing now is not to cut off Xixia's trade, but to prepare for war with Xixia."

Everyone was shocked: "War?"

Zhang Jun said: "The Xixia people recruited a large number of people in Hengshan to station troops and mine iron ore."

As soon as he said this, everyone's expressions changed.

Li Gang said in a solemn tone: "Could it be that Party Xiang wants to use troops against our court?"

If Xixia uses troops now, the Jin army will also take the opportunity to go south.

"No, Xixia has not yet maximized its profits." Zhao Ning looked calm, "Qingbai Salt still has a big gap in the northwest. Their income is still growing rapidly. They should have to wait for more than a year. Once

At that time, when they find that the growth of their books is slowing down, they will think about war."

Xixia is just a salt dealer. Don’t salt dealers just want to make money by selling things every day?

"Therefore, it is imperative to increase troops in Shaanxi."
Chapter completed!