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It's not that Zhao Ji doesn't want to give Cai still food, soldiers, and supplies to Cai still so that he can consolidate the victory that Cai still has achieved.

But the problem is that Zhao Ji has no money, he really has no money.

Although the battle of Fangla lasted less than a year, the Zhao and Song dynasties spent countless dollars, and the key was to restore the rule of the southeast.

In addition, in view of the harm of Huashigang, Zhao Ji decided to use money to complete the follow-up construction of Genyue, and Zhao Ji did not want Genyue to involve him too much energy and too much time, so Zhao Ji ordered Zhu Mian and his son to speed up the collection of Huashigang, and strive to complete the construction of Genyue this year, so that the cost will be greater and faster.

Now, Zhao Song's treasury is basically empty, so empty that Cai still led the army north to recover Yundi, and Zhao Ji only gave Cai still 5 million gold, silver, jewelry and silk cloth as a pulling fee, and Cai still had to prepare the grain and grass materials himself.

Now, Cai still wants to go again, where do you let Zhao Ji go for Cai Yingtao?

But if you want to say that you don't give it to Cai Yan, it's too much to say.

Five million people, fifty or sixty thousand horses, you let Cai still recover and govern Yundi, and stand up to the national strength of the Liao State, which is also too unrealistic.

There is no way, Zhao Ji can only find Prime Minister Wang Hao and discuss with Wang Hao what to do?

As soon as Wang Hao arrived, Zhao Ji gave Cai Ying's request letter to Wang Hao.

Wang Hao saw that these were all letters from Cai still asking for soldiers, food, materials, and asking about the next strategic goal, and he couldn't help but feel a little worried, he said: "This grain, the imperial court has it, even if it can't be transported from the southeast, we can also transport it from Shuzhong......"

In fact, the heritage of the Zhao and Song dynasties is still extremely rich.

Although because of the Fangla uprising, the southeast was temporarily unable to supply blood to the Zhao Song Dynasty, but the Zhao Song Dynasty still had Shu land.

During the reign of King Qin Zhao, the Qin State sent Li Bing, who was proficient in water conservancy, to Shu County as a county guard. After Li Bing and his son arrived in Shu County, they began to investigate the water conditions and topography along the Minjiang River, and finally formulated a plan to control the flooding of the Minjiang River. Li Bing served as the county warden of Shu County for 27 years, during which time he designed and presided over the world-famous water conservancy project Dujiangyan. After the completion of Dujiangyan, the flood of the Minjiang River was completely solved, and there were few floods or droughts in the Chengdu Plain, and the farmland was irrigated, and the Chengdu Plain became a rich grain production base.

Nowadays, there is a saying that "Bashu is ripe and the world is full" - in the Ming Dynasty, there was a saying that "the lake is wide and ripe, and the world is full". Lu You has a sentence in "The Story of the Running Bull Gate" "Su Changshu, the world is full". This is a very contemporary story that will change with time.

In this era, Shu was the second granary of the Zhao and Song dynasties.

Therefore, Zhao Song is not without food.

It's just that it's too difficult to transport grain from Shu to Yundi.

Wang Hao continued: "Although it is difficult to transport grain from Shudi, as long as there is money, grain will definitely be transported from Shudi. ”

Hearing Wang Hao say that he wanted to transport grain from Shudi, Zhao Ji felt a pain in his flesh.

Why do you say, it turns out that the cost of sending grain from Shu is too great.

In terms of specific figures, in order to transport one stone of grain, the freight along the way will cost more than a dozen or even twenty stones of grain.

In another way, according to Cai Ying's request to transport 500,000 pieces of grain to Yundi this time, the cost can be 50 million or even 100 million stones, and hundreds of thousands or even millions of people have to be used.

Zhao Ji hesitated a little and said: "Can't you raise these 500,000 grains from Hebei, Hedong and Jingdong, which are close to the clouds?" ”

Wang Hao listened, shook his head and said: "During this period of time to suppress Fangla, they are all Hebei, Hedong and Jingdong and other roads to support the Jingshi, and the grain and grass raised for Tong Xuanfu during this time are also raised from these roads, and now they are scarce, and this year these roads are all making locust plagues, if you raise food from a few places, I am afraid that the people of several places may ...... Go overboard. ”

Zhao Ji, who had been tossed and scared by Fang La, heard the words "go to extremes", and immediately dismissed the plan to raise grain from Hebei, Hedong, and Jingdong, and said: "It is too difficult to transport so much grain from Shu to Yundi, and Cai still wants not only food, but also salt, iron, silk cloth, horns, cowhides, cowhides, tendons, sheepskins, arrows, feathers and other materials. ”

Wang Huang said: "The materials are easy to say, there are in the Feng Chun Library, when we created the Feng Chun Library, it was to recover Yanyun, and now it can finally come in handy, in addition, the Beijing water conservancy is convenient, it can be loaded in a big boat, go north along the river, enter the Fen River, you can go to Taiyuan, and then transport it to Yundi with the people." ”

Zhao Ji asked: "Can't the grain in Shu be transported to Cao?" ”

Wang Hao shook his head and said, "How can the minister not know that it is extremely difficult to transport military rations on the rugged and difficult thousand-mile Shu Road with manpower on his shoulder. Through the water transportation of the Jialing River, the situation is naturally better, but the water transportation is against the current, and it is necessary to rely on the slender man to pull the grain boat step by step along the fiber road dug out of the cliff, so that the grain ship can move forward, and the water transportation must be limited by the high water level in the season, so it is also very difficult. Therefore, if you want to transport the grain of Shu to the outside world, you must use a large number of people and a lot of financial resources, otherwise you can't do it. ”

At this time, Zhao Ji was a little nostalgic for the southeast region, if it wasn't for the Fangla uprising, it would be much easier to transport grain from the southeast, there was no need to waste such labor, just gather some big ships, and the grain could be transported to Hebei and Hedong.

Wang Hao said: "The key is that from Taiyuan to Yundi to transport grain, also need people, the minister heard that the champion Hou Zheng arrived in Taiyuan on the tenth day of the first month, but this has been more than a month, he has not left Taiyuan City, all because the grain and grass materials he wants to transport have not been transported to Yundi, and the minister heard that he will use all the people who can be used in Taiyuan City. ”

After hesitating for a moment, Wang Hao said again: "I'm afraid that the five million treasures given to him by the imperial court were all used for transportation." ”

Zhao Ji also knew that Cai was still able to achieve this big victory because he must have paid a lot.

Wang Hao continued: "Moreover, not only the champion Hou wants food and materials, but Tong Xuanfu also wants it, if the Yandi is successfully recovered, it also needs food and materials to stabilize the situation of the Yandi, so the imperial court is bound to establish a stable export channel." ”

Zhao Ji thought about it, and asked, "Does Aiqing have any ideas?" ”

Wang Hao said: "There is no need to say much about the materials, as long as the sealing warehouse is started, all of them will be available, and the food will ...... We have food in Da Song, but we don't have money, so we can't send food to Yanyun, huh...... There is a way to solve the problem of lack of money. ”

Regarding the will left by Song Shenzong about recovering Yanjing, that is, the king of recovering Yanyun, Wang Hao of course also knew that he also had the dream of becoming a king.

Wang Hao thought to himself: "If I can recover Yanyun, my achievements will definitely surpass that old horseman Cai Jing." ”

And if you want to recover Yanyun, you must have money.

Wang Hao has a clear understanding of this.

Since Wang Hao replaced Cai Jing to come to power, the financial revenue of the Zhao and Song dynasties has indeed been quite large on the surface, but the expenditure is too huge to be overstretched.

Although Wang Huang streamlined some organizations and eliminated a number of redundant personnel, the results were not very significant.

If the war against Liao is officially started, the cost and materials required are indeed immeasurable.

Wang Hao has been racking his brains for a long time to find a solution.

Wang Hao has a staff member named Zhang Shili, who is a fellow countryman from Wang Hao, both of whom are in Kaifeng, and are more than ten years older than Wang Hao.

One day, Zhang Shili saw that Wang Huang was depressed, so he asked, "Xianggong seems to have something on his mind?" ”

Wang Hao told Zhang Shili about the current financial difficulties of the Zhao and Song courts.

After hearing this, Zhang Shili smiled and said, "What's so difficult about this? There is a way for the lower officials, and I don't know if the minister can adopt it. ”

Wang Hao's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly asked, "Say it and listen to it." ”

Zhang Shili said: "The recovery of Yanjing is a major event for the whole country of the Great Song Dynasty, and all the people of the Great Song Dynasty should contribute." If you can't contribute, you should pay for it. Nationwide, according to the capitation of the free husband money, isn't this becoming? ”

Wang Huang suddenly felt enlightened, and praised: "Gao Jian! ”

Today, the method Wang Hao said is actually this free money.

After listening to Wang Hao's suggestion, Zhao Ji hesitated: "Isn't this just fundraising?" Can everyone pay for it? ”

"It's different from fundraising, it's a bit like collecting taxes. In order to ensure that the special funds are earmarked, the minister suggested that a special agency be set up in the three provinces, called Jingfufang, to deal with the issue of military expenses needed to recover Yanjing, without the need for the Privy Council, and the minister himself to control it, so as to ensure that all the expenses required for the Northern Expedition can be paid in time. ”

The so-called three provinces, namely Zhongshu Province, Menxia Province and Shangshu Province. As central government agencies, the three provinces emerged in different historical periods, and their organizational forms and powers also evolved in the process of development—Shangshu Province was born in the Eastern Han Dynasty and was called Shangshutai at that time. Zhongshu Province and Menxia Province were formed during the Three Kingdoms period. It was not until the Sui Dynasty that the three provinces were combined to form a whole, constituting the highest authority of the central government. The three provinces were further improved and developed during the Tang Dynasty.

Zhongshu Province is the decision-making body, and the governor is called Zhongshu Ling. The province is the auditing body, and the chief is called Shizhong. Shangshu Province is the executive body, and the prefects are called Shangshu Ling, left and right servants, left and right Cheng, etc. Shangshu Province consists of six departments: officials, households, rites, soldiers, criminals, and workers, and the six ministers are called Shangshu. The three-province six-ministry system is a tightly organized central bureaucratic system.

However, the political system of the early Northern Song Dynasty was somewhat different from that of the Sui and Tang dynasties - the three provinces existed in name but actually died. Before the reform of Yuanfeng of the Song Dynasty, the Northern Song Dynasty implemented a system of two governments and three divisions. The two governments, namely the Zhongshu Sect and the Privy Council, were in charge of government affairs and military affairs respectively. Zhongshu is also called the political hall and the East Mansion, and the chief is called the same Zhongshu Men Pingzhangshi, that is, the prime minister. The Privy Council is also called Xifu, and the chief is called the Privy Councillor, also known as the Privy Minister. The three divisions are the Department of Households, the Division of the Degree Branch, and the Division of Salt and Iron, and the three divisions are known as the senior officials and officials are called the three envoys, also known as the ministers, and are in charge of the national finance. In this way, the three powers of government, military, and finance were independent, and they were not subordinate to each other but checked and balanced each other, and they were all directly responsible to the emperor.

If it is said that the system of three provinces and six ministries is a procedural weakening of the power of the prime minister, then the system of two governments and three divisions is the weakening of the power of the prime minister from the substance, and the purpose is to strengthen the imperial power.

In the Song Dynasty, Shenzong personally presided over the reform of the official system, abolished the Zhongshu Menxia, restored the three-province system in the early Tang Dynasty, and changed the imperial power system into three provinces and one privy council system. Shangshu's left servant and the door servant is the prime minister, Shangshu's right servant is the second minister, and the door servant, Zhongshu Shilang, Shangshu Zuocheng, and Shangshu right are the deputy prime ministers. The three provinces were in charge of both government and finance, and the Privy Council remained in charge of the military.

During the Zhenghe period, Cai Jing served as the Taishi, and renamed the Shangshu left and right servants as "Dazai" and "Shaozai", and he himself set a precedent for the commander-in-chief of the three provinces.

And now, the one who leads the three provinces is the young master Wang Huang.

It should be said that the establishment of Jingfu Fang is an initiative of Wang Hao.

Zhao Ji is very fond of creative proposals, which may have something to do with the artistic cells that are widely scattered in his thinking.

And in political decision-making, if artistic thinking is mixed in, the results may be very dangerous.

After getting Zhao Ji's consent, Wang Hao immediately went to work.

Wang Hao's work style was also vigorous and resolute, and he quickly issued instructions to all prefectures and prefectures across the country, asking them to complete the collection of free money within a time limit, and sent inspectors to carry out strict evaluations of the progress of the work in various prefectures and prefectures, which was linked to the officials' political achievements and promotions.

Soon, 62 million yuan was transferred to the Jingfu house one after another.

The food and supplies that Cai still wanted finally began to travel north under the escort of hundreds of thousands of people......

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