The days before the end of the year always pass very fast, the New Year indicates that Zhao Zhen has been in power for 12 years, and a trace of fluff appeared on his mouth at the age of twenty, which makes him more calm and capable, and the courtiers' New Year's greetings are all praises for the great Song Dynasty that has undergone earth-shaking changes during the Tiansheng years.

Tiansheng's era name is also officially at the end of his life, Zhao Zhen plans to change the era name, and the courtiers continue to express their opinions, and many courtiers' era names are repetitive, or too flashy, making people feel that the atmosphere of local tyrants is too heavy.

Hongshi, Tianyou, Jiaping, etc., in fact, Zhao Zhen intends to use Wuwei as the year name to strengthen the army, and now the commercial development and domestic economy of the Great Song Dynasty have reached a very prosperous point, Zhao Zhen dared to pat his chest and say that the Great Song Dynasty at this time is the most prosperous city on the earth.

The economic foundation determines the superstructure, the economy of the Great Song Dynasty has been able to fully drive the development of the military, the 100,000 troops who have been dismantled have cultivated farmland on the Jinghu Plain, a large amount of fertile land has been developed, and the grain output is amazing.

The problem of three redundancies has been well solved, and at the annual court meeting, Ding Wei and Wang Zeng played the annual report of the last year of Tiansheng, and the courtiers were all happy, because this annual report also had their little credit.

Thunder, rain and dew are all Jun'en, and good things must of course come down to Zhao Zhen's wise leadership in the end.

Ding Wei loudly reported this year's financial revenue and expenditure, and finally the surplus of the treasury was as high as more than 3 million yuan, which is far beyond the thinking of the civil and military officials, in their opinion, even if there is a financial surplus, there will not be much, after all, this year's expenditure in all aspects is also huge, the army is dressed in Yulin Jia, mighty and strong at the same time, the cost is amazing, and the construction of the Chinese Wisdom Palace accounts for the majority of financial expenditure.

Ding Wei smiled and answered the courtiers' questions: "Although the cost of the imperial court is huge, the amount of taxes and fees that can be collected is also amazing, the commercial tax alone is as high as 60 million guan, plus the summer and autumn taxes and the toll transaction tax and the like, a total of 85.32 million guan. ”

Zhao Zhen nodded slightly and said, "What is the reduced expenditure?" I don't believe that you, the three envoys, will cut unnecessary expenses. ”

Ding Wei bowed down and said: "Your Majesty Mingjian, this year's reduction in the financial expenditure of my Great Song Dynasty has the following items, redundant soldiers, redundant expenses, since Your Majesty abolished the Xiang army to reclaim the Jinghu Plain, the imperial court's 100,000 Xiang army salaries have been saved, and the redundant soldiers have been solved, and since the year before last they have begun to pay summer and autumn taxes, so that there is a province and a ......."

Wang Zeng smiled: "It's really worthy of my Great Song Dynasty's plan, I can make money and save money!" This year, you can go further, and the old man should abdicate and make way for Xian. ”

Wang Zeng's words caused the courtiers to laugh, and Xia Zhu said a little sourly: "Yes! is also a courtier on the station, but Ding Xianggong's financial plans and abilities are beyond our reach, and he is worthy of being the auxiliary minister of the official family! ”

Ding Wei glanced at him and smiled: "Zi Qiaomo is in a hurry, the old man hasn't had time to praise you yet!" Your Majesty, this year, because Xia Zhu and Cai Boyu went to the Wa Kingdom, they obtained three silver mines and countless trade routes, so the imperial court has such an amazing income! It's just that the four guards and forbidden troops are all commanding Shi Yuansun to ask for a change of defense ......"

Xia Zhu's mood was just a little better, and he frowned and said, "It's only been half a year to ask for a change of defense, which is really ......."

Cao Wei shouted dissatisfiedly: "Half a year? It took you half a year to go to the Japanese kingdom as an envoy, and it took more than half a year, and the soldiers counted back and forth for two whole years! Your Majesty loves soldiers like sons, how can you let the soldiers suffer outside, you can't come back for the Chinese New Year this year, and it will be considered the emperor's grace to come next year, so how can the soldiers not have to die? ”

Xia Zhu opened his mouth and sighed helplessly: "Even if they want to come back, they have to teach the people who go to change the guard, otherwise the veterans who are familiar with the Japanese country are gone, and the recruits don't understand the customs of the Japanese country, so the danger doesn't need to be said by the old man, right?" ”

Cao Wei snorted and said, "This is nature. ”

Zhao Zhen saw that Xia Zhu was not treated well and smiled and played a round field: "Okay, you are all worried about the country, I can see clearly, I will give a banquet in Qionglin Yuan tonight, all the ministers and princes will come regardless of their grade, and you will be relieved after a year of busy work." ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Zhao Zhen's words can be regarded as the emperor inviting all the courtiers to go to Qionglin Yuan to celebrate the New Year together, which is a great honor for the minister.

After the court meeting dispersed, Zhao Zhen rested alone in the apse to prepare for the Qionglin banquet in the evening, after all, he wanted to keep the New Year with the courtiers, and if he didn't have the spirit, he would seem to be not paying attention to it.

Tonight's Qionglin banquet was an unprecedentedly large banquet, Zhao Zhen not only invited courtiers, but also invited a group of special people, such as the law enforcer of Tokyo City, the scholar of the Armament Division, and the students of the Military Academy.

There were also uninvited guests, such as the envoys of the Liao State and the envoys of the party, as well as the Taliban, the envoys of friendship between the Abbasid dynasty and the Great Song Dynasty.

This is the demeanor of a great country, under the promotion of Confucianism, it is always necessary to appear polite and courteous, even if you don't like it, you have to invite them, everyone eats and drinks and chats, and in a friendly atmosphere you try to attack each other.

This is what Zhao Zhen dislikes the most......

In the capital pavilion of the Liao Dynasty, Xiao Hui, the king of Han, and Zhang Jian, the prime minister of Zuo, looked at the information in front of them silently, the Tokyo City they saw was completely different from what the secret agents saw, the secret agents summarized the changes in Tokyo City and other places of the four capitals, and sent them to them after the systematic sorting, Zhang Jian sat down dejectedly after reading it, Xiao Hui looked at Zhang Jian with a wry smile: "I didn't expect that the Great Song Dynasty had left my Great Liao behind......"

Zhang Jian looked at Xiao Hui weakly, although he seemed relaxed, but the hands that held the secret report tightly betrayed him.

"Since the Great Song Dynasty inherited the Great Unification, he has used ten years of hard work, and it is not an accident to have the weather now, the means of the Great Song Dynasty Son of Heaven should not be underestimated, he easily avoided the old man's design back then, and the title of long live did not make him suspicious of Emperor Zhenzong, a queen like Liu E failed to stop his pro-government, even Zhao Yuanyan died in his hands, not to mention that after suppressing the family to subdue Jiangmen, the second gate of Buddhism and Taoism may be a joke in his eyes."

Xiao Hui picked up the tea bowl and took a sip, Zhenshan Hong, which he regarded as the best on weekdays, had no taste in his mouth at this time, and said with a slightly wry smile: "It seems that I still underestimated this benevolent Emperor of the Great Song Dynasty." ”

Zhang Jian shook his head and said: "It doesn't matter if we underestimate him, we must let His Royal Highness the Crown Prince see his opponent clearly, just like His Majesty saw the weakness of Emperor Zhenzong back then, otherwise it is difficult to say whether the Land of Smoke and Clouds is the land of my Great Liao." ”

"What Zhong Bao said is reasonable, we should tell Your Majesty and the Crown Prince everything we know as soon as possible!"

Xiao Hui is really afraid, today's Da Song still looks the same as before on the surface, but the inside has changed a lot, from the highway factory, from the general of the fast road, everything in front of him seems so familiar but so unfamiliar.

Knowing oneself and knowing one's opponent is invincible in a hundred battles, which can be used not only in war, but also in the game of contests between major powers.