In the Yanyun area, Yan is in the east and Yun is in the west.

Yundi is sparsely populated, and large areas of land are used as grassland pastures by the Khitans. Yandi is the population and economic and political center. It is home to at least three-fifths of the Liao Han people, who are responsible for cultivating vast fields and providing food for the survival of the Liao State, and is one of the most important grain bases of the Liao State. Nowadays, the Liao people in the north have migrated in large numbers due to the threat of war, and there are also Khitans who account for less than one-third of the entire population of the Liao State.

The pirates are engaged in the three-light policy in Yandi.

Light for people, livestock, money, food and materials. The only things left of the pirate army were empty houses and dead bodies.

The pirates looted like this, and Yeluchun, the king of Yan, really couldn't afford to lose.

Now, the Jin army is rising, and the competition with Da Liao is fierce.

Although the Great Liao still seems to have the upper hand with a large number of people, land, resources, and soldiers, and there seems to be no danger of losing the country, the war in the north is endless, and normal production has been looted and destroyed. The peaceful southern Yanyun region had to bear the heavy cost of war, support money, food, materials, and troops...... There is no real strength at all to start a war with the Great Song Dynasty.

In such a passive situation, Ye Luchun wanted to retaliate against Zhao Gonglian and the Great Song Dynasty, but he could only hold back his anger and watch the arrogance of the Song army, send a letter of state to the Great Song Dynasty to condemn the threat, and compete with the best verbal kung fu of the Great Song officials, trying to hold them accountable.

The question is whether the credentials will reach Tokyo.

The envoys sent by the King of Yan were always looted and slaughtered by horse thieves and robbers on the road, either in Liao or in the Great Song Dynasty.

The Liao side was powerless to exterminate the elusive horse thieves. The Great Song Dynasty was also unable to clear out the bandits. The death of the messenger became a muddled account.

The courtiers of the Great Song Dynasty always protested in writing when they saw that the Liao State did not go their way as before, and they immediately used force if they did not go with his wishes, and they were more or less aware that they were afraid that the Liao State was really too busy to take care of itself by Xiao Jin, and they were unable to conquer the Great Song Dynasty. The mainstream of officials did not hold Zhao Gonglian accountable.

It's not that these traitors don't want to take the opportunity to step on Zhao Gonglian, but they can't.

Zhao Gonglian is capable. is to be able to hold the border, that is, to be able to suppress the Liao army.

Change someone to sit in Qingzhou and face the anger of the Great Liao State. has neither the courage nor the ability, and is even more unwilling to go to the sin of enduring hardships and taking risks to suffer the bitter cold.

That's not the main reason.

The point is the question of money.

It is easy to punish Zhao Gonglian. The emperor's words. The problem is that the Great Liao State sees that the Song Dynasty is honest and bows its head to show weakness as always, and it will inevitably climb the pole, and it will become tougher and more arrogant and unreasonable.

The amount of compensation is certainly not small.

And Cai Jing and other traitors who control the government and politics now have the biggest headache is how to allocate money to meet the emperor's growing needs.

In the past, driven by the leading business of Cangzhao, commerce was unprecedentedly prosperous, and the finances of the Great Song Dynasty were as good as the period when real estate was booming and skyrocketing. In recent years, Cangzhao business has been collapsing day by day. The influence on promoting the economic development of the Great Song Dynasty is getting weaker and weaker, and it is actually insignificant now, coupled with the robbing and destruction of the economy by pirates and thieves in various places, and the main force of merchants is keen on smuggling and tax evasion, the financial revenue of the Great Song Dynasty is becoming increasingly empty and tense, and the follow-up is even weaker.

But the emperor in the deep palace did not understand the root cause of economic decline, nor did he care about how to increase fiscal revenue. That is the business of the ministers who rule for him.

The emperor only cared if he had the money to enjoy as he did in the past.

I'm used to a good life of spending a lot of money, and I can't live a tight life. With the contrast, the emperor couldn't stand the lack of money at all.

It was important to satisfy the Emperor. It was not possible to show weakness to the Liao State and admit the indemnity, which led to a tighter financial situation and an even greater shortage of money for the emperor. Otherwise, the emperor will think that the pillars and important members are incapable of governing the country, and the gang of traitors led by Cai Jing, the old vegetable gang, will not be able to protect the position of the government. At that time, don't overthrow Marquis Zhao, they will fall first.

I can only give up on the opportunity to rectify Zhao Gonglian.

Besides. Marquis Zhao is not so easy to deal with.

Past cases have long proved that if Marquis Zhao dares to do it, he will be sure to bear the consequences.

At that time, Deng Da taught the South Vietnamese Xiaoba. Said to fight it, and hit it straight to its old nest in the capital. The arrogant polar bear condemned so bright muscles. But he didn't dare to set up a situation to contain China single-handedly, and the dog-legged little brother in the south came forward to compete with China.

This shows that a big country must have the demeanor of a big country. It is even more necessary to have the temper of a great power. Otherwise, what kind of big country is it called?

Blind compromise will only make the world look down on it, and hostile will only be more arrogant, slap in the face, and provoke aggression.

The Qingzhou border army was shocked to see the original Cangzhou army wantonly slaughtering and provoking the Liao army, resolutely counterattacking the Liao army, and really repelled the Liao border army.

Living at the bottom of the blockade, they don't understand the reason, let alone the big truth, but seeing the new partner kill the enemy and receive a reward, not punished but the benefit is great, this lesson is too profound and important, it is natural that the Liao army will come to the door to provoke, and also follow the courage to kill the enemy.

As a result, the situation of Cheongju being beaten passively was reversed.

Now the border fortress has a new look, and the soldiers finally have morale and dare to fight, but the Liao border Cypriot army hates and hostilizes and always tries to retaliate, and the environment and situation in which the walled fort is located are more tense and dangerous.

On this border patrol, Zhao Gonglian only brought a hundred guards to dare to go deep into the forefront of the border, and he had to go to the front line one by one, and he must say a few words to every soldier on duty, ask him what difficulties he has, whether he is willing to be a soldier, and what thoughts he has on early warning and guarding the border......

It's not formalism just ask like this, the holy hand scholar Xiao Rang has been serving as Zhao Gonglian's secretary, and he has the names of the soldiers, their home addresses, and what difficulties they have...... All of them are recorded one by one, and a special person is responsible for solving the problem immediately.

The food and materials for the festival were sent by the logistics support department before Zhao Gonglian came.

Since the arrival of Hou Ye, the living conditions of the soldiers in Cheongju have been improving day by day. The soldiers of the border fortress will be changed every year, and they will no longer have to listen to the officials say, 'You have experience in guarding the border and early warning', and most of them will stay in this most dangerous and hard-working place if they do not die, become disabled, and retire. The new leadership team expressed its attention and respect for the personnel who defended the country with practical actions, and slowly warmed the hearts of the soldiers who had been cold for a long time.

But even veterans who have been working for twenty or thirty years and have experienced good officials have never imagined that the things of a lowly person like himself would be so rich and meticulous for the New Year, and the high-ranking Hou Ye would think so considerate and thoughtful for them and their families.

The human heart is made of flesh. Human beings need to be cared for and maintained in life.

When the leader sincerely cares for his subordinates, no matter how insensitive, slippery and messy his subordinates are, they can't help but be moved and excited. (To be continued.) )