Chapter 403 Discussion

In fact, the real Bohai Kingdom in history was mostly in the territory of the Khitan. However, the Khitans, who were beaten by the Jin people, were breathless when they heard a knife inserted behind the Jurchens, were immediately overjoyed and admitted the existence of the Bohai Kingdom.

Later, Goryeo, who also felt a breath, immediately supported the restoration of the Bohai Kingdom.

Unlike the enthusiasm of these two countries, in this farce, only the Song Dynasty maintained a strange ambiguous attitude towards this new country, neither supporting nor opposing it.

At the same time, Shuai Fan fought an anti-landing battle with the Jin people on the north bank of the Yalu River. The Song army's gunboats destroyed the Jurchens' simple raft and crushed the Jurchens' intention to cross the river. Subsequently, the Jurchens had to abandon a large amount of spoils and only brought some rations to the upper reaches of the Yalu River, attempting to forcibly cross the river from the front of the tax.

In March, the handsome Fan, who had a small military force, allowed the Jurchen Jin soldiers to cross the river from the upper reaches of the Yalu River, and then he ambushed the Jurchens who crossed the river on a mountain road on the north bank of the river. The Song people with artillery and firearms used the mountainous terrain to attack the Jurchens in the era of cold weapons. This was like an adult boxer beating a child who had just learned to walk, and there was almost no suspense in the outcome.

The war lasted for a day and a half. Shuai Fan freely wiped out half of the Jurchen cavalry, and then sent about 10,000 remaining soldiers home.

After the war, the Jurchens lost all their money. Only 8,000 elite soldiers who fought in their country finally returned to their hometowns. Their intention to plunder in winter was completely bankrupt. The soldiers only brought back trivial spoils. As for the military rations they were most looking forward to and the technical slaves of Korea, they were intercepted by Shuai Fan on the south bank.

After the war, the Song army relaxed its control over the front line a little. The Jurchens, who felt aggrieved, finally found an opportunity and sent someone to touch the Song army to blockade and touch the city of Bianliang in Tokyo. Huang Tingjian, the Minister of Rites, waved his pen and directed them to the Beiyang Affairs Bureau. The Beiyang Affairs Bureau promoted Han Zhongyan to act crazy and insisted that the Bohai Kingdom was the current Bohai Kingdom that had been engaged in long-term trade with the Song Dynasty, so they had no alliance with the Jurchens, so there was no attack on their allies...

Wanyan Aguda, who was silly and in a silence, originally planned to launch a spring offensive and repair the Liao people once, but now, he had to return to his den to lick his wounds with sadness, grievances and bitterness. In the rest of the year, his approach was completely different from normal history. He turned his attention to the north and began to squeeze other northern tribes that were more backward and more ignorant than him.

In March, Zhao Xing returned to Hangzhou, at this time. Chen Buqun had finished his rest and was preparing to return to Nanyang with his new army. At the same time, the original group of war personnel also finished rest and began to report to the military camp. At the same time, another imperial army in the Palace of the Song Dynasty also moved to Hangzhou. He was preparing to receive training from Zhao Xing and change his equipment.

"What is my goal? Are you going to fight Arabia this time?" Chen Buqun asked Zhao Xing confidently.

Chen Buqun seemed eager to try, Zhao Xing smiled slightly. Reminder: "Business awareness, Buqun, you need more certain business awareness. How much should we invest in and what benefits can we get when fighting Arabs?

In other words, we already have a trading road in the road, which can bypass the Abbas Dynasty to communicate with the West. All our wars are around Arabia. The purpose is to shock Arabia with minimal investment and make it abide by the market share agreement reached with us. But if we directly attack the Abbas Dynasty, what kind of benefits do we pursue?

Arabia is a big market. Their monarchs live in luxury and need a lot of silk, porcelain, tea, and frosting every year. Even if they cannot communicate with the West, we don’t care, because we can already achieve the purpose of communicating with the West from Seljuk. So we directly attack Arabia. I think it’s not worth the loss, at least now it’s not worth the loss. With that big investment, it’s better to use one-tenth of the land or one-twentieth of the price, and we open up another trade route - the African trade route.

The market in Africa may be very small compared to Arabia. Africa is poor and cannot afford our fine silk and tea. It seems unrealistic to expect them to transport goods to Europe, because those goods have to cross the entire African continent to transport them to the west coast, and then put on a ship and transport them to Europe. However, we cannot hang ourselves on a tree, and our local road to the West cannot be maintained only on the Seljuk tree, we must have an alternative road.

There is a saying among the people that a single business does not last long. Exclusive business can easily attract jealous people and robbers. In order to share the risks, we must cultivate Seljuk into a competitive advantage. Let two wolves grab a bone, which is better than one wolf to grab a bone. Because two wolves grab a bone, it will please the person who throws the bones, while a wolf may directly threaten the person who throws the bones, making you have to throw a bone at it from time to time.

So, the goal this time is the East China Sea of ​​Africa. We enter the East China Sea of ​​Africa in the name of protecting Song Shang to show off our military power. I ask you to spend the least amount of money to achieve the goal of deterrence. But if something happens, I ask you to destroy the challenger at all costs. My Nanyang Affairs Bureau, my 100 million people in the Song Dynasty are the motivation behind it. Let go and fight, let the Song army's cannons roar on the African land, so that they can know the anger of Thor.

Africa has gems, ivory, precious wood, and a large number of black slaves. I am now developing a small island in Nanyang. The island is harsh and the merchants of the Song Dynasty need a large number of high-quality Kunlun slaves. This is the benefit we pursue. Let it go, I am optimistic about you."

Chen Buqun nodded, he took a few steps, turned around and said leisurely to Zhao Xing: "Teacher, you know Zhu Xie's Suzhou Yingfeng Bureau."

Zhao Xing replied lightly: "What, did he reach his hand to Hangzhou? If he dares to reach Hangzhou, I will cut off his hand."

At the end of February, under the recommendation of the Southern Party, Wang Qinchen, the closed disciple of Ouyang Xiudi, was appointed as a secretary and a deputy chief of the Ministry of Rites, and sent Kaifeng Prefecture to the Kaifeng Prefecture again. This was his position as the Kaifeng Prefecture. The official position of the Red Prefecture Order generally means a member of the Preparatory Pavilion in the Song Dynasty.

Later, the court exempted Wang Wei and Wang Mingsou, and appointed him as the deputy envoy of Liangzhe Road Transportation, the magistrate of Taizhou, the supervisor of the Nanyang Affairs Bureau (the chief of the prefectures and counties under the Nanyang Affairs Bureau) to sign official documents (the power to replace Zhao Xing to review official documents). After the appointment of the above two new officials also meant that Zhao Xing and the Southern Party had completed their personnel adjustments, and the Southern Party officially became a force that cannot be ignored in the court.

At the same time, the imperial court set up an additional construction bureau in Hangzhou. Under the leadership of Tong Guan, thousands of craftsmen were employed every day to manufacture items such as gold, jade, horn, bamboo, rattan, and embroidery for the royal family. All the materials needed were collected by the people. The previously established Suzhou Yingfeng Bureau is working hard to dig stones in Taihu Lake, and the stones on the excavation site are the famous "Taihu Stone" in later generations.

Chen Buqun forced his lips and showed a helpless smile: "Teacher doesn't know yet. Zhu Xie picked a stone in Taihu Lake last month. The huge stone was six feet high and needed a hundred people to hug it. Suzhou Yingfeng Bureau specially built a giant ship to transport the Taihu stone to the capital. It is said that the gate of the capital city is too small and the stone cannot enter the city gate. The official ordered the demolition of the city gate to be considered as entering the city.

At that time, thousands of people could not carry this big guy. Emperor Daozong was overjoyed and wrote a letter to me, "Young Yun Wanxian Qifeng", and added a gold belt to hang it on it. Afterwards, the official rewarded each boatman with a golden bowl. Zhu Xie's four slaves were named officials, Zhu Xie himself was promoted to "The Governor of Weiyuan Army", and the big stone was named Marquis-Pangu Marquis."

"Jingdushi" was once equivalent to the commander of a military region and the chief executive of a province or several provinces today. It is now used to indicate the same level of status, honor and treatment.

After Chen Buqun finished speaking, he chuckled. While walking outside, he laughed in a long and relaxed manner: "We have achieved the destruction of the country and expanded the territory for the Song Dynasty. We are not as good as a stone. The teacher is not a marquis now. The teacher is not a military governor now. Such military achievements are not as good as the servants of Zhu Xiedi, haha!"

"Demolition of the city gate?!" Zhao Xing murmured in shock. His empty voice echoed in the empty hall. He groped for a stack of newly arrived secret spy reports on his desk and pondered. After a long time, there was a sound of footsteps in the corridor. This was Wang Wei, Wang Mingsou and Wan Qi Yong.

Wang Mingsou was a disciple of Ouyang Xiu. He was also from the imperial examination. Zhao Xing intended to support him into the court. So as soon as he entered Zhao Xing's system, he obtained an official position higher than Wan Qi Yong who had followed him for many years. But Wan Qi Yong was calm because he knew that when he asked his confidant, no one could replace his position in Zhao Xing's mind. So this time he met. Although he followed the rules of the officialdom and let Wang Mingsou walk in front of him, he could not find any grievance on his face.

Wang Mingsou was upright. When he saw Zhao Xing, he asked: "Some people say that demolishing the city gate was done by the enemy soldiers, and demolishing the city gate himself was an act of destruction of the country. What do you think?"

In February, after Song Huizong gave himself a new title, the court ministers were rewarded. Zhao Xing received a new official position to the first rank, and he added a "Prosecutor's Taiwei, Kaifu Yi and the Three Sessions, and the Central Sect Pingzhang Military and National Affairs". Once this official position was added, it would mean that it could be called "deputy (prison) prime minister". Therefore, Wang Mingsou, a person who was extremely concerned about official rules, also began to use the word "官网" to call Zhao Xing.

"The wall of human hearts is not a wall", Zhao Xing answered vaguely.

What he said was actually a famous idealist argument. It comes from Confucian classics, meaning that as long as the hearts of people form city walls, the enemy's cannons will not be afraid when they come.

"Barring!" Wang Mingsou scolded without hesitation: "The Nine Gates of the Capital were established when the ancestors established the country. Nine Gates were built, and the Great Song Dynasty was forever. Now that the city gate was destroyed, the Great Song Dynasty was completely extinguished... I have sent a letter to Huang Tingjian, Zhang Shangying, and prepared to join forces with all parties to impeach Cai Jing and impeach the official family... Now that the bulletin has been completed, will you sign the signature?"

The "Nine Gates of the Capital" mentioned here by Wang Mingsou is an imaginary number, which generally refers to the number of city gates.

Zhao Xing looked at Wan Qi Yong with a wry smile, and Wan Qi Yong immediately spoke out to rescue the siege: "There is no need to sign my name, because if Huang Tingjian comes forward, even if the grandfather does not come forward, the world will know the attitude of the grandfather; the Grandfather cannot sign my name. The Grandfather does not sign my name, even if the conflict between the court is fierce, there will be room for ease and room for the court in the range. If the Grandfather signs his name, it will be a battle that will die if you don't win."

Wang Mingsou turned his head and thought for a while, and replied: "Yes, I am with you, and I send a letter to propose. People in the world naturally think that it is your commander behind you. It's better if you don't sign it. I'll send the bullet stamp out now. You two talk about it first, and I'll go and go."

Zhao Xing looked at Wang Mingsou's back as he hurried away, with helplessness on his face. Wan Qi Yong shook his head and sighed: "Now this Majesty is getting more and more troublesome. Now, those who pay tribute to strange stones have been promoted one after another, and even the slaves are favored. The whole country is in agitation. In the future, I am afraid that those who intend to offer favors from all over the country will continue to do so. The country will be in chaos."

Zhao Xing also sighed long: "I was very committed to this official. I thought that the volunteers I have completed now were not allowed by the Song system. Only His Majesty, who did not play according to common sense, could he allow the establishment of the Nanyang Affairs Bureau and allow me to send troops without the Privy Council. Now the rules are broken by me, and I no longer have the power to advocate the restoration of the old rules."

Wan Qiyong also sighed: "Good is the basis of misfortune, and misfortune is the basis of good fortune. We have broken the rules and have the conditions to fulfill our wishes. We have also opened the bridle and released a tiger - my husband doesn't know, Cai Jing has reformed the commercial law."

To be honest, Cai Jing reformed the local trading law, which is close to the modern free trading law. That is, specialized purchases such as tea and salt are no longer uniformly purchased by the government, and then resold them to merchants to make huge profits. In the new trading law, he adopted the market access law implemented by Zhao Xing in Guangzhou, and the official license was granted, allowing merchants who obtained the license to freely purchase specialized products.

This is consistent with normal history.

On the surface, Cai Jingdi Market Access Law is very consistent with modern business rules, but whenever corrupt officials take care of everything, they will immediately turn magic into corruption. Cai Jing introduced the Market Access Law to become the source of corruption in the hands of corrupt officials for renting out power. Corrupt officials waved the market access certificate to maximize the profit. However, merchants spent a lot of bribes. After purchasing the license, they immediately spread the bribery costs to the people. As a result, prices soared, and the people could not even afford to consume tea and salt in daily necessities.

"You just said 'Good is the basis of misfortune, and misfortune is the basis of good fortune'. Fortunately, my Nanyang Affairs Bureau has its own exclusive rights. Our license and tea and salt can bypass the new trading laws of the court. This is not a kind of luck." Zhao Xing smiled bitterly and relieved himself.

Wan Qi Yong stretched out a finger and counted: "At this moment, what the Taiwei can do is to quickly complete what he wants to do, and then enter the court--"

Wanqi Yong paused and listened to the movements around him. There were special echo equipment in the corridor on the Blue Tile Platform, and the footsteps seemed particularly loud. At this moment, the whole building was quiet. When Wanqi Yong heard nothing around, he gritted his teeth and said, "Destroyed Emperor!"

Zhao Xing smiled bitterly: "What did I become? I used force to support the current Majesty ascend the throne. My account is inevitably written in history books. Now I have gained a lot of power according to the current official family, but I am seeking to abolish the emperor and establish a new emperor.

Yayan, the pen of the scholar-official officials is sometimes sharper than a knife. If I deposed the emperor, I will establish a new emperor. In the future, my descendants will die and will never be buried...

Forget it, let’s take a step by step. If you go and inform the officials under your jurisdiction quietly, you will say who dares to contribute "spiritual stones". Don’t blame me for finding fault with them. Let’s tell them clearly that the Nanyang Affairs Bureau received a generous salary, and they should not be greedy for other rewards. If you want to use this to seek credit, I ask them to leave the Nanyang Affairs Bureau and let the court reuse them."

Wan Qiyong touched the beards on his chin and his eyes turned: "It's just that this matter is not worth telling outsiders, and he needs to work hard in private..."

After a moment of pause, Wan Qi Yong checked out the officials one by one: "Fortunately, we are all honest people under our command. I know Zong Ze will not do such things. As for Qin Guan, Chao Buzhi was even more disdainful of it. There was a handsome man there to suppress him. He had a bad temper and was known as a butcher. Officials on Fujian Road probably wouldn't dare to cross him to curry favor with the court.

As for Guangdong, Guangxi, the sky is high and the emperor is far away, Zhan Zhou and Zhou Buzhi are even more unlikely to curry favor with each other. I am worried that Mr. Xie Ying from both lakes cannot suppress his subordinate officials. My husband, should he help Mr. Xie Ying..."

Zhao Xing nodded: "You go and do it, but I probably won't be of great use. Go and notify Huangzhou and tell the new Huangzhou magistrate that Huangzhou is my hometown and the place where my wife lives. I hope Huangzhou will not be in chaos."

Wanqiyong sighed: "The world is going to be in chaos."

Zhao Xing and Wan Qi Yong were speechless. After waiting for a while, Zhao Xing touched the secret spy report several times and wanted to speak, but endured it, but finally gave up. Wan Qi Yong saw that Zhao Xing did not speak. He opened the account book and reported: "It's spring, and the road construction project of the Nanyang Affairs Bureau has begun. The five prefectures in the east and west of Zhejiang will build a total of 31 major roads, with a cost of 13 million yuan. More than 50,000 civilians have been hired from Shaanxi, and 110,000 Kunlun slaves have been imported from Nanyang and more than 30,000 Kunlun slaves have been purchased from Africa. It is expected to be completed by the end of this year.

In addition, all the states under their jurisdiction are studying in Xinjianzhou and female students, but local academic edicts have said that my husband should teach them simple rescue knowledge and emergency risk avoidance knowledge. At present, there is a lack of relevant textbooks. Please organize people to compile textbooks... Each prefecture and county is expected to require 1,100 yuan of expenditure. After the review of my husband, I will approve it here. I have read this in advance, and the number is roughly the same.

In addition, there are thirteen states under the Nanyang Affairs Bureau. The township councils do not have special office spaces. There are no special newspapers to publish their calls. The township councils of the thirteen states have written a letter asking us to allocate funds and build relevant facilities. The total amount is about 810,000 guan. I have approved the small amount."

Zhao Xing nodded: "Compared with the corruption that was reduced for us by the establishment of the old township council and the savings of administrative expenses in various places that have been reduced for us, we can earn back in a year - to give them a batch of glass, so that they can all build the township council into a transparent and bright hall."

"In terms of Nestorianism, they received about one million donations from believers this year, especially after the article about the death of the Buddha, the number of believers increased sharply. They heard that there are many places for construction of Taoist temples in various places. They plan to use this donation to build ten more monasteries, each monastery is affiliated to a public cemetery, a school, and a free clinic... This is also a small matter, I have approved it."

Zhao Xing said in contemplatively: "I will donate another million yuan to them through Kasli using anonymous landforms, telling them that a city has only one free medicine station. It is far from enough. I hope to build at least four churches in a city with four medicine stations. The money is not enough. There are many Nescent believers in our army, and they are now full of pockets, so they can mobilize officers and encourage soldiers to donate."

Wan Qiyong closed the account book and said with a look on his face: "The rest are all small things, I will deal with it myself. Sir, this year, the ups and downs are in full swing, and we need to quickly complete the construction of the Guangnan Affairs Bureau. I hope that Sir, I will not go out to fight again this year, so I will sit in Hangzhou. Let us spend a year to improve the various systems of Nanyang."

Zhao Xing was nodding and agreeing, and angry footsteps sounded in the corridor, and there were also angry mutterings. It was Zong Ze, who was arguing with others while walking, and the people who were arguing with him spoke in a very detailed voice, as if he seemed to be slow.

Zhao Xingdi's office was not in the Blue House, but in the Nanyang Affairs Bureau near West Lake. However, because he had been fighting abroad all year round, the magnificent Nanyang Affairs Bureau office building became Wan Qiyong's office location. Then, naturally, he opened an office in the Blue House to sign important documents.

Jasmine Garden is big enough, so whenever Zhao Xing returns to Hangzhou, some familiar officials come to Jasmine Garden to stroll through under the guise of asking for instructions and reporting. However, those who can enter and exit Jasmine Garden are close people, and most people cannot enter if they want to step in.

Zhao Xing still had the surrender of the magistrate of Hangzhou, and Zong Ze was the magistrate of Quan, that is, the acting magistrate. Later, because he gradually got close to Zhao Xing, Moli Garden became his magistrate's office. He led a group of yamen runners to occupy the West Wall Building of Moli Garden. In winter, he fully enjoyed the warm-up equipment of Moli Garden. In summer, he moved to the magistrate's yamen next to West Lake, opposite the Nanyang Affairs Bureau to handle cumbersome official duties.

Generally speaking, Zong Ze was unwilling to step onto the Blue House building because, in the eyes of an upright person, the Blue House is a place for zither songs and dances. The rooftop platform performs opera performances all year round. Hangzhou officials were proud to be invited by Cheng Azhudi to watch the drama performances. The ground floor lobby is equivalent to an official club. Senior officials of the Nanyang Affairs Bureau like to gather on the ground floor, enjoying the food and wine of the Blue House, enjoying the song and dance in the building, while waiting for Zhao Xing's call.

Therefore, when Zong Ze enters the building, it means that something big happened. Wan Qi Yong and Zhao Xing stopped talking, looked at the door, and waited patiently for Zong Ze to push the door and enter.
Chapter completed!