A series of events brought about after the end of a war takes time to digest slowly, and all kinds of things continue to ferment with the end of the war, and Zhao Zhen only knew at this time that the aftermath had just begun.

There is even a proposal in the imperial case to start building two cement roads from Huanzhou and Yanzhou to Hongzhou City and Yanzhou City now, in order to strengthen the supply of logistics, although this proposal is good, but it is too fanciful, the domestic transportation network of the Great Song Dynasty has just begun to start, and the construction of border roads will start without getting benefits, which is simply unrealistic.

Since Yanzhou and Hongzhou have been pocketed by the Great Song Dynasty, the top priority now is the garrison defense, the Great Song Dynasty's Huanzhou Northwest Forbidden Army is fully competent, but the only condition is to pay military salaries, the Northwest Forbidden Army is strong, but the military discipline is loose, it is difficult to manage, only enough military salaries can make them.

Zhao Zhen smiled bitterly and looked at the song presented by the third division, what kind of soldier is this, he is simply a mercenary, if he has no money, he will not be opened.

Zhao Zhen had long planned to put the reform of the military system with the Great Song Dynasty on the agenda, but now he knew what it meant to be the emperor of Tiangao, in this era when transportation was not developed, it was very troublesome to convey government decrees, rotate, and garrison.

Write down the plan on the blue cover of the Privy Council, and the four guards of the Son of Heaven in Tokyo City should regularly rotate with the Northwest March.

Zhao Zhen didn't believe it, and with the means of the pro-health division, he couldn't break those Northwest forbidden troops with loose military discipline.

Arrears of military pay?

No, you can't!

Now the commercial tax of the Great Song Dynasty is on the right track, and Zhao Zhen has raised the commercial tax.

This move was not only not resisted by the merchants, but was supported by them, and Zhao Zhen had decreed that no guild should charge protection fees, and all merchants would be protected by the government as long as they paid the commercial tax.

Now the catch is not like the original to eat the imperial court's Yulu all day long, improve the Yulu and the treatment of them have a very high enthusiasm for their own work, especially every year will hold a commendation meeting, Zhao Zhen will even personally present to commend their contribution to the Great Song Dynasty.

Guilds, something that shouldn't exist in the first place, are slowly disappearing in the city of Tokyo, and now shops are paying taxes directly to the government, and the government will protect their business, who is going to pay money to a yakuza organization like a guild?

In the past, it was because of the fast arrest and the government's money and didn't do anything, but now it's different, even petty theft has begun to decrease, and they can't help it, of course, the life of not working hard is better, but as long as they are caught by the errand catcher, they will be whipped at least ten times on the street, and they will be whipped in front of their neighbors, and they will be whipped in front of their neighbors, how will they behave in the future?

What's more, there are many opportunities to eat in Tokyo now, as long as you have skills, you can live a well-off life, and if you really can't have physical strength, you can go to work in the factory, and there are more and more factories outside Tokyo, although it is a little far, but each factory will hire a big car, which is very fast on the cement road, and it will return to Tokyo in less than two quarters of an hour.

Under the leadership of Cai Ji, the system of the factory is increasingly perfect, the output is amazing, and the method of assembly operation saves manpower and material resources, which existed in the pre-Qin period and was carried forward by the Great Song Dynasty.

Not only the city of Tokyo, but also the slightly more developed state capital, the capital monster of factories will spring up like mushrooms after a rain, supporting the commodity economy of the Great Song Dynasty and contributing to the tax revenue of the Great Song Dynasty.

More goods will naturally change from the seller's market to the buyer's market, smart people always have, so all kinds of novel goods are endless, in the conditions of competition, if you want to sell more and better goods, you must work hard.

And in order to sell, many merchants even began to open up trade routes to the Liao State and the party, but this kind of trade route without the endorsement of the imperial court is regarded as smuggling, so at the imperial meeting, Ding Yu made an astonishing proposal to open more fields.

This proposal was opposed by many civil and military officials, the opposition of the civil ministers was due to the suppression of the barbarians, and the opposition of the military generals was more out of the consideration of war.

Zhao Zhen smiled and looked at the people in the hall, isn't the current quarrel because of the prosperity of the commodity economy? Although overcapacity will make goods unsalable, it will lead to the emergence of a new thing, the maritime trade......

"Don't quarrel with the Qing family, the solution to this matter is very simple, the relationship between the Liao Dynasty and the party and my Great Song Dynasty is competition, and there will be some disadvantages to selling goods to them, but it cannot be denied that the Great Song Dynasty has control over their economy, this is a good thing, it should be promoted and encouraged, but there must be a degree, the businessman must accept the dispatch of the imperial court, otherwise the border will not be released and protected!"

Zhao Zhen's words were echoed by the officials of the three divisions, but there were still some officials who objected, and Cao Wei, as a privy envoy, came out and said: "Your Majesty, businessmen are mercenary, and the best beef tendons, cowhides, and even iron tools are being sold to the party and the Liao Dynasty, which is really a move to harm oneself and others!" ”

Ding Wei immediately stood up and objected: "This is simple, as long as the tariff is charged several times, which makes the profits obtained by the merchants in the party and the Liao Dynasty greatly discounted or even lost, naturally no one will sell this kind of thing anymore. ”

Cao Wei sneered and said: "Ding Xianggong takes it for granted, the matter of private sales has been banned repeatedly, even if he uses heavy punishments, he can't stop the merchant's philistine heart!" ”

Zhao Zhen waved his hand and said: "Ding Xianggong, Cao Xianggong, you are in love, the solution is very simple, the goods of the Great Song Dynasty are excessive, then find another way, this world is not only the party and the Liao two countries, Goryeo, Dongying, Ryukyu, Dali, Nanyue, everywhere are business opportunities, there are more big food, Daqin and other countries, there are many countries on the wide sea, I heard that Siam jade and gems are everywhere, Tianzhu spices are very much, as well as Dongying's silver, Luzon's gold, these riches are not enough to make merchants flock to it? ”

Ding Wei and Cao Wei's eyes lit up at the same time, not to mention them, even the eyes of the civil and military officials in the court also emitted a green light like hungry wolves, since the slow emergence of the commodity economy, the courtiers were greatly amazed by the benefits brought by commerce.

The prosperity of commerce means that the imperial court will be more wealthy, which not only makes their salaries and salaries higher, but also allows them to do things freely, repairing river embankments requires money, infrastructure construction costs money, border guards and soldiers need money, and the operation of the whole country is inseparable from money.

The official family once said that the economic foundation determines the superstructure, and the officials at that time still felt that this was a bit excessive, how could the merchantist way of the merchant be used in the country?

But now it seems that no money is really not good!

The construction of Yanzhou and Hongzhou has been on the desk of Cao Wei, the privy envoy, for a long time, and the appointment of officials in the two states has also been in Wang Zeng's sleeve for half an hour......

The war brought not only death but also new life, Yanzhou and Hongzhou are not two isolated cities, but a vast land.

The land that has been taken by the Song army includes a thousand miles of grassland, Helan Plain.

This is an ideal place for herding horses and guarding the border, countering violence with violence, and raising war with war is the most suitable, however, the main reason for the lack of cavalry in the Great Song Dynasty is that the quality of horses and military horses is not the same, even the cavalry in the four guards of the Son of Heaven is mostly based on horses, after all, the heavy full-armed infantry armor is simply looking for death when marching on the body.

Zhao Zhen is waiting for the return of the Taliban, the envoy of friendship between the Great Song and Abbas, who will bring advanced forging technology and excellent horses.