Chapter 239 The King of Golden Jade Words

Treating Gu diseases is not something that happens overnight, and it will take several years for it to be effective. However, Zhao Youju wrote down this matter and interrogated it at any time, officials at all levels did not dare to slack off on this issue, and the effect would be shown sooner or later.

"Your Majesty, where did Your Majesty know that the nail snail is the host of the Gu worm?" Cui He is more interested in what is shown behind this matter, the current emperor of the Great Song Dynasty, has a set of marching and governing the country, is proficient in miscellaneous work, and is also a grandmaster-level figure in arithmetic, and now he even understands medicine, if Cui He is not suspicious, it will be surprising.

"I set up the bachelors of Boya Building, it is for this reason, for more than ten years, I have invited famous doctors, and finally taught an autumn shuang." Zhao and Ju were calm and authentic.

Cui He smiled, but he didn't believe it, he remembered the rumored matter that the Son of Heaven was ordered by Lu Zu, and knew that whether this was true or not, it was not something that the courtiers could peep at, so he changed the topic: "Your Majesty, the envoys of the Wa Kingdom and Goryeo have been in my Great Song Dynasty for a long time, how should we deal with them?" ”

Because of bribing shameless people to spy on the secrets of artillery, the envoys of the Wa Kingdom and Goryeo were detained, and Zhao Heju also sent Yu Xuan to the two countries with the function of the Ministry of Rites to blame the two countries. Since the death of Wang Yu, the affairs of Goryeo and the Wa Kingdom have been taken over by Yu Xuan, and he and Qin Dashi have been lurking in Lin'an for many years, and they are all figures who have won the trust of Zhao and Ju.

"Will they sign a covenant?" Zhao and Ju said calmly.

In the alliance between Song and Ju to Goryeo, the monarch of Goryeo could only be called the king, and he had to serve the emperor of the Great Song Dynasty, and the heir of the monarch of Goryeo must be approved by the Ministry of Rites of the Great Song Dynasty. This was something that Choi Myung-bak did not dare to agree with, because it meant that most of the territory of Goryeo was gone—in fact, when he was envoyed by Choi Yu, who was now in charge of Goryeo, Choi even hoped to win the support of the Great Song Dynasty and seize the land of Liaodong.

For the Wa Kingdom, Zhao and Ju were not prepared to negotiate with the Hojo clan at all, or at all not prepared to negotiate only with the Hojo clan.

"The envoy of the Japanese kingdom is willing to sign the covenant and sacrifice the inner quality of the son." Cui He didn't quite understand Zhao Heju's thoughts, and he and most of the courtiers thought that Zhao and Ju were too anxious about these vassal states, so they gently persuaded: "Your Majesty, is the matter of the Wa Kingdom postponed for a while?" ”

"Oh?" Zhao Youju raised his eyebrows.

"Your Majesty's recent administration, although it is all good laws and good policies, but the minister thinks ......" Cui thought for a while, he is an old fox, how to cooperate with the emperor to deal with government affairs is already proficient, but he has not done much to speak up. After a long while, he said again: "Your Majesty, your Majesty's administration seems to have been scattered recently, and it is not as meticulous and meticulous as before. ”

Zhao Heju was slightly unhappy in his heart, he had also done his best in the past six months, and he had never slackened, and the disposal measures of the vassal country were a big move that would benefit him for a hundred years, but Cui He said that he was "not as meticulous and meticulous as before". However, although he was unhappy in his heart, Zhao Heju was not the kind of person who couldn't listen to his advice, so he asked with a smile: "Why did Cui Qing say this?" ”

"Your Majesty was in power in the past, and he was able to grasp the key points, but after the Huating People's Revolution, His Majesty seems to have some headaches, and the overall situation is not as good as before." Now that the words have been spoken, Cui He is not vague: "Now the worries of the Great Song Dynasty are not external but internal, not in the sea but on the land, not in the southeast but in the northwest, and Your Majesty has no measures against this." Your Majesty, the ministers think that the policy of the day is to enrich the country and the people, and the country is rich and the people are healthy. ”

Zhao Heju listened carefully, and gradually understood what Cui He meant, Cui He thought that the Wa State was not a henchman for the time being, and now the trouble of the Great Song Dynasty's henchmen was still on top of his innovation policy. Because of the compromise with the conservatives, many of Zhao and Ju's radical reform measures have not yet been proposed, such as the bureaucratic system, the court system, and the land system and tax system, which in Cui's view are incomplete.

Then there is the disagreement within the Song State, due to the inconvenient transportation, and because it is far away from the administrative center of the Great Song Dynasty, the land of Sichuan and Shu has always been almost semi-independent in the Great Song Dynasty, Jingxiang and Lianghuai have long been on the front line of the war with the Jin State, plus the current Huaibei and Jingdong, which have long formed the problem of excessive power of the local marshal and has not been solved.

Then it was the turn of the external contradictions, how to position the relationship between the Jin State and the Song State, at present, the Song State is only wishful thinking to maintain peace for a few more years, and Menghu is attacking the city and plundering the land in Liaodong, I don't know when it will go south, before these two big enemies are eliminated, it is not appropriate to set their sights on the Wa State.

Zhao Youju was silent for a while, and had to admit that because the domestic innovation was not progressing fast, his attitude was much more passionate when facing overseas. Under the circumstance that neither the population nor the national strength of the country can support it, adopting such a radical attitude towards the Japanese state may not be able to achieve good results.

All we have to do now is to make money from the Japanese people, use their money to build more ships, and when there are enough ships, we can naturally force them to agree to all conditions.

"What Cui Qing said is a good word, I understand." Zhao Heju took a deep breath: "The Japanese country can be put down for the time being, but Goryeo can't, I got the news yesterday that the tow mine has crossed the Yalu River, this time he personally led the 50,000 troops to the east, thinking that he wanted to take Goryeo in one go." Although Goryeo is a small country, it has a lot of raw mouths, and its country has been farming for a long time, and if Menghu takes it, it will have a granary. I summoned Qing today, in addition to asking about Gu worms, I discussed this matter with Qing. ”

"I thought that with the weak soldiers of Goryeo, they would not be able to serve as Menghu, and that the young son of Temujin would be the youngest son of Menghu on the eastern road, and that his people would be more difficult to deal with than Temujin. Temujin is only good at fighting, but this tow mine will not only be able to fight, but also win people's hearts, among the sons of Temujin, I am most afraid of this person, if he gets Goryeo, feed on the grain of Goryeo, take the various ethnic groups in Liaodong as soldiers, and turn his head south, Peng Yibin, the loyal army, is only afraid that he is not an opponent. In this way, Xuzhou is in danger. ”

"The battle of Taizhuang, won by luck, Menghu treacherous, he will never fall for this trick again, he will go south again, it must be for the purpose of plundering, not attacking the city, only destroying the village, not fighting with me head-on, only by horsepower detour. In the long run, Jingdong and Huaibei will be destroyed by fire. ”

Zhao Youju thought as he spoke, they were now in the Boya Building, and he beckoned to Geng Wan and said, "Awan, take the Northeast Map." ”

Geng Wan and Qiu Shuang returned to the Great Song Dynasty at the same time, Qiu Shuang had to return to the palace after Yueyang and his party, and Geng Wan stayed in the palace as the palace commander of Shangshu Inner Province, commanding the harem female officials, which is the fourth grade in the harem female officials, higher than the rank of ordinary talents and nobles, and Xie Daoqing, who was also named the Si Yan Order, is higher, Xie Daoqing's rank is the fifth grade, and the rest of the palace maids who came with her have no rank. After Geng Wan came, in addition to accompanying Yang Miaozhen and Han Yu, she also served as an advisor to Zhao and Ju's secretary, which was equivalent to dividing half of the responsibilities that originally belonged to Xie Daoqing, which made Xie Daoqing quite uneasy, while Jia Yuanchun was half happy and sympathetic.

This is also the meaning of Zhao and Ju to balance the inner palace, Xie Daoqing is indeed very self-disciplined, but her authority is too heavy, even if she does not interfere in government affairs now, it is inevitable that there will be interference in government affairs in the future.

Geng Wan is naturally easy to deal with these things, she was originally the number one talented girl in the first phase of Yixue, and her grades are on par with Chen Zicheng and others, and she has seen Chen Zicheng's junior high school for two years in Liuqiu, and the female master is used to suppressing those naughty children, so she naturally raises a bit of prestige. Although she was silent and silent, not as gentle as Han Yu or as straightforward as Yang Miaozhen, with her own ability and knowledge, she would soon be convinced by the little palace maids who were somewhat unconvinced.

She took the map, Zhao Heju spread out the map, pointed to the Yalu River and the Han River and said: "What I mean is to let Menghu cross the Yalu River, and the Koreans can't support it, so there are only two strategies except to ask for help from my Great Song Dynasty." One is to surrender to Menghu's ministers and pay tribute, with the hearts of Goryeo, which is a certain thing, but the purpose of Menghu's eastern crusade is not only to plunder, but also to return the place where Tuolei ate to Goryeo, which is wishful thinking. The second strategy was to relocate the Goryeo royal family and send them to the island, so as to avoid being taken captive for the Monghu and holding the royal family hostage. ”

Speaking of this, Zhao Youju did not hesitate to point to Ganghwa Island: "This is Ganghwa Island, only a hundred miles away from Hanyang, Nanjing, Goryeo, rich in rice, ginseng, fish and shrimp, enough to raise soldiers, so I think that Cui Yu will definitely move the Goryeo royal family here." ”

Cui He raised his eyebrows, and he understood what Zhao and Ju meant.

"That Cui Yu is a powerful minister and rebellious party, I don't talk to him, I only talk to the king of Goryeo, and now I will send the Goryeo envoy back first, only saying that I heard that Menghu invaded the east, and it is not easy to pity its small country in my heart, and I am willing to send troops to help, but it takes time for the Great Song Dynasty to mobilize troops and horses, so they have to do their best to support it first."

"In order to show my sincerity, I will send 1,500 sets of weapons and armor to the two armies of Shengsheng and Gongri, and send them to Goryeo. In order to understand the movements and warfare of Menghu, our Great Song Dynasty will send a special envoy to Goryeo. ”

Zhao Youju smiled again when he said this: "Cui Liao, this envoy is none other than Hong Shikui." ”

"Hong Shunyu will not dare to insult the mission." Cui and the way.

"In order to slack off his heart, I thought...... Sign a temporary offer with the Goryeo envoy first, only say that Goryeo sent the Song envoy, and I, the Great Song Dynasty and Goryeo, each contribute half of the money, select smart and innocent people from among the children and teenagers of Goryeo, learn Chinese literature and Song dialect, and allow them to participate in the Great Song Imperial Examination. ”

"This policy is very good, and the Korean people will approve of it!" Cui He stroked his palms and smiled: "I'm afraid that I still think that our Great Song Dynasty monarchs and ministers have suddenly become stupid, Goryeo originally recognized the talent and Jinshi of the Tang Dynasty, and the Goryeo scholars were originally proud of being literate and able to speak Song dialect!" ”

"In this way, in ten or eight years, the officials of Goryeo will all be pro-my Great Song Dynasty." Zhao and Ju also smiled.

This is the advantage of the Central Dynasty, almost absolutely strong cultural power, coupled with the national strength and civil power much higher than the surrounding countries, so that the Central Plains Dynasty will naturally be attractive to the surrounding countries. This central dynasty also never closed the door to these surrounding vassals, but opened its arms to allow neighboring countries to send people to study, and allowed them to serve as officials in the central dynasty. When these people came to the Central Dynasty, when there was no modern national concept, they naturally turned from envy of the Central Dynasty to trying their best to integrate into the Central Dynasty.

As long as this exchange is not interrupted by turbulence or the rise of barbarian tribes, the great attraction of the Central Dynasty will attract these surrounding vassal states and irrevocably become an inseparable part of the Central Dynasty since ancient times.

"Qing's advice came at the right time, I have been a little dizzy in recent days, as long as my Great Song Dynasty can be built well, now that I have a steamship, there will be more convenient land transportation in the future, Goryeo, the Wa Kingdom, and the Li Dynasty of Annam, it is impossible for us to travel from our Great Song Dynasty, why should I be so anxious!"

"Since Your Majesty thinks that the minister is reasonable, then you can reward you with something." Cui hit the snake with the stick, and said seriously: "Merit will be rewarded, this is what Mingjun did." ”

"What else can I reward you, what do you not have if I have a share?" Zhao Youju glared at him: "The pocket watch that I begged for a while ago, you ......"

When it came to the pocket watch, Zhao Youju suddenly remembered that he really had something to reward Cui He, and he smiled: "Awan, bring those things you brought from your own begging." ”

This is more than 20 brocade boxes, after Cui opened it, he found that it was all the same thing, but the style was slightly different, he said strangely: "Your Majesty, what is this?" ”

"Boom." Zhao Youju said with a smile.

"What's that?" Choi still doesn't understand.

"I saw that all the important ministers in the court were old, and they could see the big characters, but they couldn't see it, so I ordered the manufacturing bureau to make it, and it was a scientific name, commonly known as glasses." Zhao Youju said: "Qing can wear a pair and try it." ”

Zhao and Ju almost spare no effort to support the innovation of science and technology, under his guidance and a large amount of financial support, the innovation enthusiasm of the craftsmen is incomparable, and now the optical glass made can be used as glasses, and the polishing technology formed in the mechanical manufacturing also makes it possible to grind various lenses. The first to use reading glasses was not Cui He, but Hu Ke and Fei Fei, two old craftsmen, after learning that this thing was successfully developed, Zhao and Ju ordered hundreds of pairs according to various degrees to be sent to Lin'an.

Cui He chose a pair to put on, exclaimed "Huh", looked left and right, then closed his eyes, opened his eyes again after a while, and sighed: "Your Majesty, the Liuqiu craftsman has such a miraculous skill, the minister originally thought that the old eyes were dizzy and there was nothing to help, but now it is much better!" ”

"Try it out and find the one that suits you best." Zhao Youju said with a smile.

For the old ministers of the court, the Son of Heaven gave them glasses, which not only helped them read the official documents and newspapers clearly, but also meant that the Son of Heaven cared for them. After Cui He chose his glasses, he was speechless for a long time, Zhao Youju felt a little strange, so he asked: "Qing always said that I was stingy in the past, and I didn't get much reward, why didn't I speak this time?" ”

"Since ancient times, Renjun has not treated his courtiers as well as His Majesty, and the old ministers are really guilty." Cui bowed to the ground: "The ministers are just thinking carefully, since the official family does not think that there is no virtue, and he is reckless, His Majesty's kindness to the ministers is really thick as a mountain." The minister can't help His Majesty, it's really a shame. ”

Note 1: Hanyang, Nanjing, Goryeo, which is now renamed Seoul of Ran, laughs, with the mentality of a small country, in a vain attempt to influence China, which is really unwise.

Note 2: The glasses are a sting, and the Ming Wanli Tian Yiyun in the second volume of the "Liuqing Journal" "Striking" Tiaoyun: "Every time I read the article, my eyes are dizzy, and I don't distinguish the details, so I cover my eyes, my spirit is not scattered, and my strokes are clear." In the silk silk connection, tied to the back of the head, no one knows, to ask the rest. Yu said: This is also a. ”