Chapter 807 The Battle of Song and Li
After Wang Ciweng finished speaking, Wang Boyan came out immediately.
"Shang Shu Qian, I have the guts to say it bluntly, why should we contract it to businessmen instead of letting the people change it themselves and make money for themselves?"
Qian Yuqing said: "Because the people will not change it themselves."
"People can make money, why not change it themselves?"
Qian Yuqing said: "The sapling stage of mulberry trees lasts for three years. If there is no income within three years, what will the people eat?"
Wang Boyan said: "The imperial court can provide subsidies to the people to help them tide over this difficulty."
Qian Yuqing said: "This is also a good idea."
Qian Yuqing did not directly say: What if the subsidy is embezzled?
Talking openly about a corruption case that has not yet occurred in court is undoubtedly asking for trouble.
Because the other party will say: You are slandering your colleagues.
You won't be able to answer at this point.
Smart people will basically stop arguing at this point to avoid getting into unnecessary wrangling.
"Since it is a good idea, why did Qian Shangshu come up with such a trick?" Wang Cweng said again.
At this time, Lu Yihao came out and said: "Your Majesty, I think that we can follow Qian Shangshu's policy and try it out in Hangzhou. It won't hurt anything."
No one expected that Lu Yihao would stand up and speak for Qian Yuqing at this time.
The newly-appointed left prime minister is the prime minister of the new official's tenure, and no one dares to openly contradict him.
Wang Ciweng hesitated for a moment, but then he said bravely: "Mr. Lu, you can clearly make money for the common people, so why should you give it to those businessmen?"
Lu Yihao glanced at him and said coldly: "Can money really get into the hands of the people?"
At this time, Lu Yihao's temper suddenly became apparent.
This person is domineering and forceful, and basically doesn't know how to do Tai Chi.
Wang Cienweng said: "The lower official doesn't quite understand what Lu Xianggong means."
"You don't even understand this, how did you get the position of Minister of Justice?"
As soon as Lu Yihao said these words, Wang Cweng immediately looked miserable and looked at Qin Hui as if asking for help.
Qin Hui came out and said: "Xiangong Lu probably means that there will be corruption subsidies among them, so we need to ask the Su Provincial Yuan and the local prison department to make preparations. We cannot give up such a good thing just because of corruption loopholes."
policy."
Qin Hui's words were quite cunning, meaning that if corruption occurs in the future, it will not be a problem with my new policies, but with poor supervision.
Zhao Ding stood up at the right time and said: "Your Majesty, I think the two strategies can be tried out in different places."
"That's very good." Zhao Ning said immediately, "This matter is settled like this. Now I want to hear about the Dali Kingdom."
Several people who had just stepped out of the queue retreated one after another.
In this way, the two strategies of converting rice into mulberry were openly brought out in the Song Dynasty court and began to be tried out in Jiangning Prefecture and Hangzhou Prefecture respectively.
Qin Hui was very depressed. He never expected that Zhao Guanjia could be so skilled.
If the stall is ruined by then and Qian Yuqing is compared, Qin Hui can get out.
"Your Majesty, the Gao family of Dali does not respect the king of Dali, Duan Zhengyan, and interferes in state affairs. This is an act of overstepping the rites of heaven." Li Ruoshui, the Minister of Rites, came out and said.
"What do you think you should do?"
"Of course we should raise troops in Dali Kingdom and hold Gao family to account."
"No!" Cai Mao stepped out, "Dali is a country that Taizu has decreed not to conquer."
As soon as he said this, a group of officials jumped out.
Zhao Kuangyin actually used jade axes to demarcate boundaries back then, without conquering Dali.
The reason is: Taizu Jian Tang’s disaster was based on Nanzhao.
At the end of the Tang Dynasty, the Tang Dynasty sent a large number of troops to conquer Nanzhao. They were trapped in the quagmire of war in Nanzhao and could not get out, so Huang Chao took advantage of the opportunity and entered.
So Zhao Kuangyin was extremely cautious about that place.
"Your Majesty, Xianggong Cai is right. This country of Dali is located in a remote area. The country has just ended its war with the Jin people. It is no longer possible to mobilize troops and mobilize people to waste people and money!"
Zhao Ning didn't expect so many people to oppose him, and he immediately lost his temper: "Why can't we conquer it? Don't say that Dali is in the southwest, it is even more remote than it is Jiaozhi and Champa. Didn't I just conquer it just as I said?"
Cai Mao wanted to say something more: "Your Majesty..."
"Zhang Shuye!"
"I'm here!"
"Immediately arrange your troops and go south from all directions in the southwest. I want to let the Gao family of Dali know that the Celestial Dynasty has rules. Since Dali has already submitted to the Song Dynasty, the Gao family must abide by the rules of the Celestial Dynasty."
"yes!"
Is the conquest of Dali decided so quickly?
This immediately made it clear that Zhao Guanjia was just asking for a formality.
Time flies, and Qian Yuqing and Qin Hui left the capital in a blink of an eye.
One went to Jiangning in person, and the other went to Hangzhou in person.
In February, the cold winter finally left.
The bright spring light awakens the earth, and everything is full of life.
Farmers also began to come out and enter the city to inquire about the price of this year's seeds.
You can see large trucks loaded with goods leaving the capital, and it is said that they are also loaded with seeds, destined for three towns in Hebei.
The war is over, and people's conversations after dinner have changed. It seems that many places have become more relaxed.
However, at the end of February, Kuizhou Road and Zizhou Road in the southwest were different from usual.
Both sides began to recruit troops.
In early March, Fan Zongyin, the right minister of the Ministry of Revenue, suddenly arrived at Kuizhou Road.
At this time, Kuizhou's recruitment targets began to be announced to the outside world.
Kuizhou recruited 50,000 soldiers, and Zizhou Road raised 50,000 soldiers, forming an army of 100,000.
What to do?
Go south to conquer the Dali Kingdom.
Fan Zongyin was quite high-profile in Kuizhou, and he made waves like thunder.
After receiving the news, Dali merchants who were doing business in Kuizhou and Zizhou quickly began to return south.
In April, news of the Song army's conscription and preparation for war finally reached Yangjume City.
For a time, it caused shock to both the government and the public in Dali.
Duan Zhengxing openly accused Gao Liangcheng in the court: "Xiang Guo, now the Emperor of the Song Dynasty is angry, and the Song Army's 100,000 troops are about to go south. Who will bear this responsibility?"
Wensong and others shrank aside and did not dare to speak.
Gao Liangcheng said: "Your Highness, there is no need to worry. The Song army came from afar and is exhausted. It is not familiar with the terrain of our country, Dali. It is undoubtedly a fool's dream to want to fight with our army."
Naturally, he had the confidence to say this.
It can be said that the Nanzhao Kingdom during the Tang Dynasty also relied on the mountains and terrain to deal with the Tang Dynasty for hundreds of years. The Tang Dynasty has never been able to destroy Nanzhao.
"Could it be that the Prime Minister wants to personally attack the Song army?"
Gao Liangcheng said: "Your Majesty, I will immediately command an army of 50,000 people and march north to meet the Song army. I will not let the Song army cross the Dadu River!"
Duan Zhengyan pretended to be hesitant and thought for a moment before saying, "It would be best if we could negotiate with Song Jun."
"Your Majesty, don't worry, I have my own countermeasures."
After retreating from the court, He Shitang, the Minister of War, said: "The Song army is strong. I wonder what the prime minister has to do to retreat from the enemy?"
Gao Liangcheng said: "As long as we send envoys to deal with the Song army, they say they want to negotiate peace with Song, accept Song's request, hold them back, make them tired, and their expedition will not last long!"
"The prime minister is wise!" He Shitang immediately praised.
Chapter completed!