This is the reverse reasoning of Song Jiu and Yang Ye in Zhenzhou.

However, Song Jiu was disappointed, and Cao Bin said disdainfully: "Our dynasty is not the Later Liang and Later Tang Dynasty, and with Li Kewen's help, who dares to rebel?"

It’s not easy to say, even if the four states of the Continent rebelled, what can the small Continent for the Continent of the Continent?

"The arrogant soldiers will be defeated."

Song Jiu said it was equivalent to not saying it, so he didn't say it.

But after getting along for more than two months, Song Jiu also saw that in terms of military talent, Cao Bin, not to mention that compared with Pan Mei, may not be as good as Li Jilong, Yang Ye, Cui Yanjin and others who performed well on the front line.

Song Jiu had no choice but to find a way.

There is a way to add a fortress in the two prefectures of Fufeng and support a batch of weapons to the Zhe family. It can make important restraints in the future, and then repair the fortress in the dangerous places of Hengshan in the four prefectures of Dingnan to guard the important roads. Once Li Jiqian rebelled, he would be blocked to the north of Hengshan.

This idea can be overturned immediately.

The court's mentality of the Zhe family was also trying to win over and guard against. They were also one of the kings of the Northwest. If they proposed to ask the court to assist the two families in the Zhe family in building a fortress, would Zhao Kuangyi agree?

Don’t even think about building a village in Hengshan. Zhao Kuangyi was afraid of arousing civil unrest, so he used gentle techniques from beginning to end. Now that the imperial court is building a village in Hengshan, will Zhao Kuangyi agree?

Besides, Zhao Pu is also there.

Even if it is passed, maybe once Li Jiqian rebelled, Zhao Pu could say that he stimulated Li Jiqian to rebel.

"Zhao Pu..."

The summer wind is hot, but Song Jiu is rubbing his temples.

After thinking about it, it is best to use the worst.

As Song Jiu issued two orders to the northwest border area.

The first order first asked the scouts to carefully investigate the mountains, rivers and terrain of the four prefectures in Dingnan and all nearby areas so that they could obtain first-hand information before the situation worsened.

The second order is to send more scouts to focus on the movements of the four prefectures and departments. If there is any change, please send them to the capital quickly with urgent delivery to the city so that they can respond in a timely manner.

After sending two orders to the northwest, Song Jiu breathed a sigh of relief.

In this life, we can no longer let a difficult Xixia appear in the northwest.

That would be a disaster for the Song Dynasty.

However, it has little problem. As long as the strategy is right, Li Jiqian should not be afraid. Even if he has the power of Yelu Xiu Ge, the power in his hands is ultimately too weak.

Even the wool trade road was opened, the restraint of the new Bohai Kingdom, and now Song Jiu saw the real combat effectiveness of the Song army. If he was not so impatient, it would not be a dream to take it back by Yan Yun.

However... the Khitan had the New Bohai restraint, while the Song Jiu had Zhao Pu restraint.

Zhao Pu surpassed the new Bohai Kingdom.

It didn't take long.

Last year, the northwest floods were flooded with water, Yanzhou, Ningzhou, Fuzhou and Fuzhou, and many private fields and houses were destroyed by water, including many farms initiated by Song Jiu. But relatively speaking, although they were in Shaanxi, they were mostly out of Guanzhong, and did not cause any major damage to the national economy. However, Henan has more droughts and less rain throughout the year.

In such a large country, some disasters occur in total, and locust plagues will inevitably occur after drought, including the territory of Kaifeng Prefecture, and some people are wandering in foreign lands. The Song Dynasty did not prohibit the people from moving, but spring came. Farming production, especially many mulberry and cotton fields, so an edict was issued to limit the refugees to return to their hometown within 100 days, otherwise all the mulberry and cotton fields would be taken back, allowing others to rent forever, and even turned into others' permanent fields.

It is only used for Kaifeng, and it is fine if other places are deserted, but the capital of the capital cannot make it a deserted place for thousands of miles, but the means are not too bright, so the word "temptation" is used.

This is an inconspicuous progress that is actually an incredible one.

In a sense, it represents the recognition of the people's right to choose and the right to free movement.

However, these people and other people in disaster-stricken areas need relief and tax exemption and tax reduction.

But the problem is not big.

In terms of disaster relief and disaster relief, as well as resettlement of disaster victims, the Song Dynasty did a relatively good job.

But there must be a bottom line.

In April this year, floods began to be issued in Runzhou and other places, and the edict was exempted from tax for one year. Not only did it be exempted from tax, but it also required disaster relief. However, this is a matter between the local government and the Third Department, so there is no need to issue an additional edict.

In May, there were frequent locust plagues in Daming Prefecture and Shanzhou, and Taiping Prefecture reported rain and hail to damage crops. In June, Qizhou reported rivers in Linji County, and in July, Daming Prefecture reported rivers again. Disasters continued, and they either occurred in important tax areas of the country or in core areas. Therefore, it traumatized the country's economy.

This has nothing to do with Song Jiu. He did not allow Zhao Pu to interfere in the affairs of the Western Prefecture, and he himself strictly did not interfere in the affairs of the Eastern Prefecture.

But at this moment, Li Fang presented a memorial.

The country's economy is a bit tight, so it is real and empty. I have talked about many great principles, but the voice is based on some measures against Xifu.

Due to Song Jiu's advice, Zhao Kuangyi built more than 30 forts of all sizes on the Hedong Hebei main road, and then summoned 30,000 village soldiers. In fact, if we follow Song Jiu's suggestion, we should extend northward and occupy all the mountain and mausoleums in the north through the shallow attack tactic of strengthening copyright. Then the number of forts may increase by 40 or 50, and the recruitment of village soldiers will reach 50,000. Of course, more money will be used.

These forts are being built one after another, and even use gunpowder to blow up mountains and rocks, transport cement, and use cement stone castles to replace the original rammed earth fort walls.

In addition, the village soldiers will also pay some compensation and pensions, so they use a lot of money.

Li Fang's memorial hopes that the court will stop these measures, reduce state expenditures, and lenient taxes on the people.

If we do not rationalize these complex relationships of the imperial court, no matter whether he is right or wrong, his intentions will be good.

But if he really agrees with his approach, this is the most important move by Song Jiu to the Western Prefecture. If he overturns it, will Song Jiu still have prestige?

Song Jiu glanced at Li Fang and sighed in his heart.

Song Jiu still doesn't know how capable this person is. He should be okay, at least he is gentle, so Song Jiu has a good attitude towards him, but...

However, Song Jiu did not make a sound and watched Li Fang perform silently.

In fact, this counterattack did not hurt Song Jiu.

The reason is very simple, it is to use a lot of money. However, these newly built forts will be closely connected with the original forts and forts, and then the two countries will go to war. First of all, the Song Dynasty will be invincible.

Of course, it is not as good as Zhao Kuangyi thought.

If you just defend, it will not work to build 200 forts in Hedong, Hebei, and the more you build, the more troops you have to increase.

I can only say it better, if the Khitan army goes deeper, they will be afraid of the rear.

The second is the military. Gao Lianghe has many reasons for the defeat, but everyone knows that it will not be that simple if Yan Yun is recovered. Anyway, a large number of civilians, archers and strong men will be transferred at that time, so it is better to train from now on.

It may be used up to spend millions of money, but the cost of raising the village soldiers is much lower than that of the forbidden soldiers. The forbidden soldiers go to the front line to guard the court. The court also has to pay a reward to compensate the soldiers for leaving home. In fact, this is a considerable amount of money saved and the border strength has been strengthened.

Therefore, it may not be necessary to use much more money, but it is invisible and difficult to see.

Furthermore, the officials of the three departments.

Zhao Pu took down Wang Renshan, but he didn't expect Song Jiu to come back at that time, and he thought he was in Dengzhou.

Wang Renshan was dismissed. His subordinates Song Qi, Lei Dexiang, Xiyu, and Wang Yu were either demoted or left the Sansi. Zhao Kuangyi sentenced Hou Zhi and Wang Ming to the Sansi. Liu Baoxun sentenced the Gouyuan, promoted Shu to the Wailang, and Lianzhen to the Salt and Iron Promotion Officer, and Yuan Guo also served as the Chief Minister of the Yuan Dynasty. In other words, almost one-third of the main officials of the Sansi were replaced.

Wang Ming, like Cao Bin, did not hate Zhao Pu, but Hou Zhi and Zhao Pu were not very cold.

But Zhao Pu is not easy to object. Could it be that all the bosses of the Sansi use his people? Not to mention Zhao Kuangyi, Zhao Pu would not dare to do this in Zhao Kuangyin's hands.

Liu Baoxun and others were not very familiar with Song Jiu, but the two big guys were too familiar with him. Will Hou Zhi help Zhao Pu speak?

Although Wang Ming was not evil with Zhao Pu, he had a very good relationship with Song Jiu, and at most he was neutral.

Without the support of Sansi, how could Li Fang succeed?

Zhao Kuangyi's temporary idol is Emperor Taizong of Tang. Will he agree with Li Fang's actions?

Therefore, after Li Fang submitted the report, several officials waved their flags and shouted. Seeing that Zhao Kuangyi did not respond, they all stopped saying a word.

Then the two big bosses returned to peace one after another. Yes, Song Jiu could be called the big boss of the Song Dynasty at this time. As long as he did not let Zhao Pu fall, it would be a flag of the Song Dynasty. Or he was cowardly and did not dare to resist Zhao Pu, it could not be called a flag.

The two of them have their own affairs, with more disasters and more expenditures, and the country's economy is tight, so Zhao Pu has to focus on the affairs at hand. Song Jiu is paying attention to the northwest and the north.

This is what Zhao Kuangyi wants.

First of all, there seems to be a way to balance.

In fact, although Song Jiu is capable, his personality cannot be called soft. It can only be said that his personality is biased towards the sunny side. However, Zhao Kuangyi now needs a fierce thug to pave the way for his descendants. Obviously, Song Jiu is not suitable. At this time, Zhao Kuangyi still needs Zhao Pu.

Therefore, one in the Western Prefecture and the other in the Eastern Prefecture, each doing his own things, which is the result that Zhao Kuangyi wants the most.

As for how Song Jiu and Zhao Pu feel, don’t forget that you are both my ministers and I have given you the highest rights. What’s this grievance?

But are the two willing to accept it?

While handling government affairs, Zhao Pu carefully thought about Song Jiu's weaknesses.

It seems that we can't do anything in military affairs. The emperor is so happy that Song Jiu likes his love in all kinds of things.

You can't do anything overseas. With the increase in sea ships, you hear news of ships being destroyed almost every year. However, its profit is too high, and there are many powerful children involved, including the new in-laws, Gao family, his son Zhao Chengzong and his nephew. They have one or several ships in their hands, but their own business methods are not very different. If you hit them in this way, it is equivalent to slapping yourself in the face and offending many people.

You can't attack from the academy either.

It seems that Song Jiu’s imprint in the academy is very weak, but Zhao Pu knows that Song Jiu has some slight connection with the academy students. It can be said that more than 90% of the students have a good impression of Song Jiu.

You can't touch it.

By now, the academy students have produced more than 500 officials, including more than 20 prefectures, more than 80 prefectures, as well as other local officials and a few capital officials. However, the highest position is just the prefectures. Zhao Kuangyi also realized this because of this result. Moreover, the previous students were closer to Song Jiu, and Zhao Kuangyi was hesitant to call them. The students who were later could not take office because of their qualifications. But in fact, according to their political achievements, the court had already wronged them.

If you suppress it, it will be too conspicuous and suppress a few people. If you fall a few middle and low-level officials will not work. If you suppress it, you will be too many people and you will not be able to do it at all. And with Zhao Kuangyin as the chief of the academy, Zhao Kuangyi will continue to serve as the chief of the academy. They can also be regarded as the disciples of the emperor. If there are no serious mistakes, Zhao Kuangyi may be unhappy if you suppress it.

Song Jiu returned to the capital and expressed his hostility with him in a high-profile manner. However, he then returned to the Song Jiu who was the deputy minister of the Secretariat. This Song Jiu was terrible and it was not easy for him to find a handle.

However, Zhao Pu thought for a long time and finally let him see an opportunity...

The same goes for Song Jiu.

Seeing all kinds of things is better than he thought. This is a rare opportunity for the rise of the Central Plains dynasty. And as some of his arrangements are implemented, the country will become more and more perfect. And there is also a relative in the north who cares about him very much.

However, Zhao Pu became a serious burden in the court.

For example, in the northwest, the Later Tang failed to attack Xiazhou. One is that transportation is difficult. With the emergence of gunpowder, road construction becomes easier. As long as three or four avenues are built from Yanzhou and Fuzhou, the army and food can easily reach the front line of Xiazhou. If the finance permits, some cement roads can be used instead of the Huangsha Road of Shizi Road. Then even if the logistics army travels in a day, it will be impossible for Li Jiqian to make a fortune.

But this is the matter of the Secretariat, and Song Jiu cannot interfere, just because he proposed that Zhao Pu would agree?

It is better not to say anything about it when he is insulted.

Is this a burden?

He also wanted to defeat Zhao Pu, which seemed even more difficult. Like Zhao Pu, he was also thinking about this issue while dealing with government affairs. Soon he also saw an opportunity...
Chapter completed!