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Chapter 374 Confrontation (1)

There is also a layer of silver on the capital.

Song Jiu quietly looked at a report.

The Northwest measures could not satisfy him, but they basically agreed. Once implemented, a relatively loose chain defense system will be formed in the entire northwest central and northern regions.

If it is a little more tight, then Li Jiqian has lost the space to jump. There is still room for him to jump, but it is very small. Even due to various means of winning and differentiation, his living soil and space for his rise have been severely reduced.

Something may happen, but I believe there will be no major incident.

Song Jiu also focused on military construction and the north.

First, Song Jiu felt sorry for receiving information from Shi Pu, but this was inevitable. If Wu Xuanming had a stronger ability and rose up again, and defeated the Liao Kingdom like Wanyan Aguda, wouldn't they covet the Central Plains?

Will again.

As for kindness, how many people will repay the kindness?

The proud Wu Xuanming was the opponent of Yelu Xiuge, so he wrote a letter to Wu Xuanming, making him humble, especially Yelu Xiuge and Yelu Xizhen. The main task now is not to expand the territory, but to consolidate the rear and gather the tribes. This letter will not be in the hands of Wu Xuanming until next year.

However, Song Jiu did not have much hope, but only hoped that Wu Xuanming could resist for ten or eight years.

Song Jiu received another report that the Khitan wanted to take advantage of Fengzhou's unpreparedness and sent a large army to attack Fengzhou. He was defeated by Wang Chengmei, defeated more than 10,000 people, beheaded more than 2,000 people, captured his Tiande Jiedu Xiao Tai, and captured countless sheep and horse weapons. He took advantage of the power of this battle. The Khitan's Rili, Yueyi, Wuxi, Wuxiao, and more than 70,000 entries of the eleven tribes including Wuyao were included in the account.

This is another great victory.

In this battle, a female hero, Yang Ye's second sister-in-law, She Taijun's second sister, Zhe Er. She and her husband were on the front line in this battle. Under her leadership, the soldiers of Fengzhou instantly defeated the enemy and chased them for hundreds of miles. Because of her bravery in history, Emperor Zhenzong of Song deliberately asked her to come to the capital to meet her, rewarded her with a formal official position, and received a monthly salary of 50,000 yuan...

But Song Jiu was thinking hard.

If it is used well, it will be a good thing. More than 70,000 accounts can increase the Wang family by 30,000 to 40,000 elite troops. The south can help the imperial court to destroy Li Jiqian, and the north can become a powerful force to attack the Khitan.

But that's not the case.

It belongs to the victory of the family armed forces and has little to do with the court. This is like the later period of Emperor Renzong of Song Dynasty, when Sanchuankou and other battles were defeated very badly, but the officers and soldiers from Fulin cooperated with the Zhe family army and also defeated Li Yuanhao to pieces, but historical books rarely recorded it.

The reason is the same.

Moreover, the stronger the Wang family, the more worried the court will be.

Sure enough, Zhao Kuangyi only gave Wang Chengyi a brocade robe, gold belt and silk cloth to offer prisoners to the capital.

Song Jiu brought a map into the palace.

Open the map for Zhao Kuangyi. The northwest began to implement Song Jiu's plan, not only the road forts that were about to be built, but also some forts. This would form a dense network. The policies should also support the local economy, including the driving role of the wool trade route. This network reached Fuzhou, avoiding the desert semi-Gobi area on the west side, including Dijinze, an open rebellious area. However, Fuzhou was within the network and even served as an important transit station in the future. Fuzhou would also benefit.

However, this range also does not include Fengzhou, which is topped on the northwest side and almost becomes an overseas island.

In some aspects, Song Jiu's policies were also extremely unfair to the Wang family.

Zhao Kuangyi said: "Song Qing, what does it mean to show me this map?"

"Your Majesty, the reward is too light. Please give me another 50,000 cotton coats and quilts."

Zhao Kuangyi thought about it and agreed. The scope of cotton planting became wider and the price gradually fell. If the freight was added, it would only cost 50,000 or 60,000 yuan. Wang Family Dezhi would be happy, but it would not be stronger and would harm the northwest.

Song Jiu retreated.

This is all he did.

Song Jiu returned home.

Suddenly I saw someone unexpectedly, Zhang Wangbei’s young wife.

She was the daughter of a wealthy family from Jiangzhou. She accidentally let Zhang Wangbei see him in Jiangzhou and came to ask for marriage. Her family was a little unsatisfied, just like Song Jiu's proposal to the Pan family. However, as Song Jiu returned from Jiangzhou, Zhang Wangbei received the order and transferred to Jishan as the main force. Only then did her parents get anxious and quickly get married in Jiangzhou.

It’s not to mention how much he gained. Zhang Wangbei was relatively honest in office. Now he is just a county magistrate and can only support his family.

Only when they got married, Pan Lianer brought out many betrothal gifts for Song Jiu, and the wedding was held in a grand manner.

Moreover, as far as Song Jiu knows, this young lady is also quite virtuous. The Zhang family mother has a very strange personality and is commendable. She gets along very well with the Zhang family mother and is usually filial and sensible.

Therefore, Song Jiu is strange.

She was not in Yu County, so why did she run to the capital?

Pan Lian'er said with a gloomy face: "Zhao Pu has taken action against Zhang Wangbei."

The story starts with Song Jiu.

Under the leadership of Song Jiu, the academy compiled the large-scale agricultural book, and later revised it several times. It should be said that it played a huge role. It tells the water conservancy situation across the country and what kind of terrain should be what kind of water conservancy.

For example, Yunxian is the most typical Hedong terrain, with many mountainous areas and few arable areas, so it is mainly composed of mulberry, hemp, and dry grains. In addition, there are many flash floods in many areas. Once the flood season comes, the rivers are short and cannot be excreted, so a mountain torrent is formed. Moreover, the turbulent rivers wash away the mud on the surface, further destroying the local water and soil.

However, there are ways.

If the finance permits and the population is dense, then water weirs can be built, which can store water during mountain torrents and irrigate during droughts. However, most of them are unlikely now, so where are there people? It is just that they have money, so why don’t the people build this reservoir?

But there is still a way to let the people organize themselves spontaneously and build some dams in some river valleys. Instead of storing water, they accumulate water. After the rain and flood, they slowly drain the water and the silt in the water will settle down. Then build the earth embankment and dredge the river channel, so that crops can be planted in the earth embankment.

If the soil becomes thinner, water will be stored in a few years. In this way, the mountainous areas in Hedong can produce tens of thousands of hectares of fertile land.

I went north to Yuxian, and the geographical location here is very important. You can have Taihang Trail to Hebei Zhenpu, or you can reach Daizhou. However, it is a typical mountainous area of ​​Hedong, with barren products and sparse people.

Therefore, Zhang Wangbei initiated the use of this mud method by the people, and created more than 900 hectares of fertile land.

This was originally a good political achievement, but something happened after the autumn.

As autumn rain came, a mountain torrent washed down the largest dam, and more than 200 hectares of arable land instantly turned into nothingness and drowned dozens of ordinary people.

Everyone is dead, who will remember Zhang Wang’s kindness in Beijing? So the victim came to the capital to complain. The Secretariat issued an order to remove Zhang Wang Bei as the people and exil to Shamen Island at the same time.

Zhang Wangbei's wife Qi hurried to the capital for help.

"You don't have to worry. As long as you don't abandon the city, there will be a solution. I ask you, did Zhang Wangbei participate in the construction of this dam that happened?"

If you don’t participate, it’s a spontaneous organization among the people. This time the Secretariat and the Censorate are incorrect. If you participate, it’s a bit difficult to explain. Therefore, some officials are ineffective in their duties and have experience in their posts. It’s a bit of a problem. It’s okay if you don’t do things, but you always have a good side and a bad side when doing things. If the political enemy holds the bad side, it will really become a bad thing for them.

"The officials are also worried that something will happen, so they will go to inspect every dam." Qi's answer was not good.

Song Jiu thought about it and shouted Guo, whispering a few words in his ear. Guo Da quickly rode his horse out of the capital and went to Yu County.

"Official, this matter is a bit difficult."

"It's okay, it's a conspiracy and can't stand the sun."

Song Jiu still went to court to handle official duties like he used to do, but a few days later, Qi suddenly came to Wendengyuan to beat drums and complain.

It was not because my husband made a mistake, but because someone wanted to frame her husband. He dug the embankment during the autumn flood season, drowned many people. Later, strangers entered the village, fanned the flames, and instigated the miserable to go to Beijing to file a complaint.

Officials from the Censorate did not dare to neglect them and sent the Censor Sun Rixin to take the trial personally.

When Sun Rixin saw the accusation, he immediately became furious and shouted: "Bold civilian woman, I ask you, you said someone was secretly digging a dike, where is the evidence?"

Qi's evidence was not a human evidence, but a physical evidence. At that time, the height of the autumn flood, the height and thickness of the dam, and now, except for the section that was destroyed, the remaining dams are all there. Compared with the power of the autumn flood, the dams could not be destroyed at all. There are many strange things. When the incident happened, it was late at night, otherwise people would not be able to drown. Moreover, people patrolled during the day, and even if there was a collapse, they could see a little during the day. However, there was no sign during the day. On the contrary, when the mountain torrent was about to end, the dam suddenly collapsed.

It cannot be used as valid evidence, but it can be used as doubtful evidence.

However, Sun Rixin was furious again and shouted: "The bold and slutty woman dares to make nonsense and rumor confuse the public. Come on, you can have a hundred sticks."

"So majestic," suddenly there was a slap outside, and a sharp voice said.

"who?"

"It's the Sa family," a eunuch walked in from outside.

Sun Rixin knew Li Shenfu, the inner ranks knew Li Shenfu, and the eunuchs of the Song Dynasty were not worth much, but this person was quite trusted by Zhao Kuangyi. Zhao Kuangyi was good at taking notes, and Li Shenfu was rewarded and received many other books. Sun Rixin did not dare to be lazy and bowed, saying, "I have met Li Duzhi."

"Do you want to beat this woman to death?"

"She spread rumors and causes trouble, and I will teach him a lesson."

"With a hundred sticks down, can this woman still survive? Can you say you don't want to beat her to death?"

Sun Rixin felt something was wrong, and some sweat broke out on his head. He said with a tough forehead: "Li Du Zhi, this is my official asking about the case, and you have no right to interfere."

"Wrong, the Sa family came to the Censorate to see how you concluded this case by your majesty."

Sun Rixin felt something was wrong, so he said, "Li Duzhi, come and see, based on what she said, why do you say someone digs a dike?"

After reading the complaint, Li Shenfu said lightly: "Even if that is the case, those strangers entered the village and instigated villagers to go to Beijing to file a lawsuit. Don't you think it's suspicious?"

"Maybe it was a passerby who was dissatisfied when he saw it, so he woke the villagers up."

"Civil Secretary Sun, when you heard that when you were transferred to Jinghu, you were incompetent and were abusing the official land to serve as a cafeteria. Why are you so active today?"

...

In the Privy Council, Song Jiu always had a sarcastic smile on his face.

It may not be the result of man-made ditches. There are many reasons. The villagers who patrol during the day are so careless. The breaking ditches are in the rushing point of the river. There may be accidents suddenly, or there are ants holes on the ditches. There are also sloppy places in the north. It is not a polder in the south of the Yangtze River. Like these silted fields, houses cannot be built nearby, but rather, they should guide the people to continue to live on high slopes or at the foot of hills.

But Zhang Wangbei's starting point is good, and he has achieved great political achievements everywhere he goes.

There is another metaphor. If the embankment is built in the south of the Yangtze River, if the embankment is accidentally destroyed, more people will drown. So will the embankment be built and encircled? Or will there be an accident at sea, so you will be in seclusion?

Of course, because of the irregular violation of the law, Zhang Wangbei can make meritorious service, demotion, dismissal, or even exiled to Shaman Island. It depends on how Zhao Kuangyi views this matter.

At this time, Song Jiu suddenly thought of a story in his previous life. When the Nazis killed Jews, a Jew entrusted his two sons to two places, one was the person who gave the favor to the Jews, and the other was the person who received the favor to the Jews. As a result, the person who gave the favor to the benefactors to the Jews betrayed his son, but the person who gave the favor to the Jews protected his other son.

In fact, it is the character of a human being. Everyone has two sides, the good side, and the bad side. The character is a dark side, the strong side, so it is easy to be ungrateful. But the reason why people become the spirit of all things also has a moral side. Occasionally doing good things will make them feel honor and spontaneously maintain this sense of honor.

The Zhang brothers and sisters took them in by themselves, but Zhao Kuangyi gave them the order, otherwise he might not be willing to take them in.

Last time I went to my house and saw Zhang Wangyuan, which made Zhao Kuangyi very proud. Maybe he had read Zhang Wangbei's resume in memorizing it.
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