Chapter 259: A Desperate Attack

The same newspaper was also presented in front of the case of Emperor Wanyan Shouxu of the Jin State.

I don't know when Wanyan Shouxu developed the habit of reading newspapers, and Jin Guo also ran a newspaper himself, but the dry articles on it praised merit and virtue, and after the freshness was over, Wanyan Shouxu himself was also bored.

At first, Wanyan Shouxu learned from the reform strategy of the Song State, opened the ban on newspapers, and allowed Bianliang and other places to set up newspapers, but soon he found that something was wrong, and the newspapers were full of articles advocating how good the Song State was, especially comparing the national policies of the Jin State and the Song State, and even more radicals even ridiculed the Emperor of the Jin State with "Yidi's monarch is not as good as China's nothing". For this reason, Wanyan Shouxu imitated the press and publication department of the Song State and set up a department for the management of newspapers and periodicals in the Ministry of Rites of the Jin State.

These green-robed officials said that those who praised the Great Song Dynasty were those who received the Great Song Dynasty Jinyuan coupons, and they ridiculed them as the Jinyuan Party in their private conversations, while the people of Bianliang lost the liveliness of the newspaper, and the remaining few were the masters who opened their eyes and said nonsense, so they called these junior officials in charge of the green eight officials by the color of their official robes, that is, the meaning of the green king, and some people said that they were green bullies - green bullies.

In short, they have a way to make the newspaper industry, which was so vibrant in the Great Song Dynasty, become sticky and sticky, and in the past two months, even Wan Yan Shouxu has not bothered to read Jin Guo's own newspapers, and the Song State newspapers delivered on time through the steamship China Merchants will inevitably send a copy to him as long as they arrive.

For example, the newspaper on his desk has been delivered for a month, and because he has repeatedly rubbed and spread it out and read it again, this newspaper is no longer the same. Fortunately, the quality of the paper of the Song newspaper is very good, and it has not been torn under such repeated ravages.

"15 Million ...... to Promote Compulsory Education"

Looking at this title, Wanyan Shouxu felt depressed in his heart, and his blood couldn't stop rolling, as if he would break out of his body at any time.

Jin is not lost half of the country, the annual income is far less than the Song country in the south of the Yangtze River, now it has lost half of the country, although a slight recovery, the essence of Guanzhong, Henan is still there, but last year's financial revenue, is only a pitiful 15 million guan, this is still thanks to the blessing of the Song country, the Song country needs a lot of coal, and the Jin country happens to have coal, so after August last year, Meng Xisheng went through the joint, directly from the Jin country to transport coal down the Yellow River, selling coal to the Song State has become a major part of the financial revenue of the Jin State.

After those Jurchen magnates found that selling coal could make huge profits and meet their needs for a large number of luxury goods in the Great Song Dynasty, they unceremoniously stretched their claws to this piece of fat, and the noisy shouting made Wanyan Shouxu uneasy, and the household department of the Jin State also immediately reported to him that this kind of indiscriminate mining had greatly affected the financial revenue of the household department.

Fifteen million ......

Wanyan Shouxu stared at the string of numbers again, and then cried bitterly.

He thinks that he is a generation of heroes, not to mention diligent in government affairs, but the luxury is much worse than that of the previous emperor. Since his accession to the throne, he has devoted himself to bringing this dying country on the right path, and for this reason, he has even ignored the ridicule of his subjects to learn from the innovations of the Song Kingdom. But what did he get, disappointed or disappointed, the back of Song Guo in front of him was getting farther and farther away, and Wanyan Shouxu knew in his heart that it was impossible for him to catch up with Zhao and Ju again.

The Jin State is now far more dependent on the Song State than at any time before, and without relying on trade with the Song State, he would not even be able to issue the food and salary of the hundred officers and soldiers.

There was only the cry of Wanyan Shouxu in the main hall, and long before he cried bitterly, those palace maids were driven away by him. He couldn't tolerate showing his weakness in front of outsiders, especially these villains in the palace, if they spread it, he didn't know how the outside would laugh at him.

After a long time, his emotions calmed down, he wiped away his tears, paced back and forth with his hands behind his back, and then ordered out of His Royal Highness: "Come on, summon Yan Heda Pingzhang to come." ”

Wanyan Heda is the most important minister in his hands, and other courtiers are either greedy or stupid, and Wanyan Shouxu can't trust them at all.

In the process of waiting for Wanyan Heda, Wanyan Shouxu looked extremely restless, he sometimes returned to the throne, sometimes paced back and forth with his hands behind his back, it was only half an hour, but he felt as if he had waited for five or six hours.

"Heda Pingzhang, I summoned you here to ask about Dayuan." Seeing that Yan Heda was finished, he didn't wait for him to salute, and Yan Shouxu said with his head covered.

Wanyan Heda is a smart man, knowing that his emperor has always hated Menghu, calling them either Hulu or Mengtar, and calling them "Dayuan" as the country, it is clear that His Majesty the Emperor has other thoughts. He took a breath and said after a long while: "Your Majesty, this matter must be considered in the long run!" ”

"I know, I know, but I can't wait." Wanyan Shouxu sighed, and pointed out the newspaper on the case to Wanyan Heda: "This issue of the newspaper was a month ago, does Qing know about it?" ”

Wanyan Heda glanced at the newspaper, and then nodded: "Your Majesty, the minister knows about this." ”

"You see, fifteen million guan, that imperial brother of mine in the Song Kingdom, has spent so much money carelessly! Aiqing, last year, our big Song year was earned, and it was only this 15 million! ”

"I have worked hard all these years, and I am not ashamed to ask questions, and I even put down my body and learn his innovative strategies from the milky emperor of the Southern Dynasty. I just want my Daikin to have a day of revival, but ...... I found that if this continues, the gap between my Dajin and the Song Kingdom will only get bigger and bigger. Wanyan Shouxu said excitedly, and couldn't help but slap the case with his hand: "How can I be the king of the dead country?" Since ancient times, among the kings of the dead country, who is as diligent as me? What about those who are thrifty? What about those who are eager to learn? Who is like me? I am by no means the king of the fallen country, and Aiqing is not the minister of the fallen country, but my Dajin is in such a predicament, what can I do except hate the first emperor? ”

After listening to Yan Shouxu's series of questions, Wan Yan Heda could only smile bitterly.

Wanyan Shouxu is fat, if you don't know him, I'm afraid that I really think that he is the son of heaven who is hedonistic and lascivious, but Wanyan Heda knows that among the four sons of heaven in the Jin Kingdom, I am afraid that this one is the most diligent. He was born at the wrong time, first to close the mess that was broken by Menghu, and then to face the genius of the Song Kingdom, who had never tasted it for eternity, and it was not his fault.

"I don't want to be the king of the dead country, but now the general trend - Pingzhang doesn't have to comfort me with false words, I can see clearly, at most in another two or three years, the Song Kingdom will be recuperating, at that time his army is heading north, I am afraid that I will not even be able to support a day's food. Now those who are the most fierce in the court will be the most diligent in sending me to the Southern Dynasty at that time! ”

"I don't want to sit still, so I can only take risks!"

When Wanyan Shouxu announced his upcoming policy to the important ministers impassionedly in Bianliang, Li Ye was walking on the street of Lin'an, with Meng Hui on his left and Hu Shida on his right, Hu Shida's expression was a little dazed, but Li Ye and Meng Heng were ambiguous.

"Counselor Li, are you happy today?" Meng Heng said to Li Ye with a smile.

"Naturally, naturally, it broke your bill today." Li Ye patted Meng Heng on the shoulder and said with a smile.

In terms of age, Meng Heng is one round older than him, but when it comes to military exploits and his current prestige in the government and the opposition, Meng Heng can't catch up with Li Ye. When Meng and Hu first arrived in Lin'an last year, in order to get along with the Son of Heaven, they ran to Li Ye and Li Yilao, and gave a lot of various gifts. However, Li Ye's attitude towards the two of them did not refuse, but Li Yilao did not accept anything, especially the lady in Li Yilao's family was very tightly controlled, and Li Yilao did not dare to do things such as drinking flowers and wine outside and shopping in the goulan.

Li Ye is different, Li Ye has his own calculations in his heart, he knows that he has made some small mistakes, not only will the Son of Heaven not blame, but will never tire of beating him with these small mistakes from time to time. In the minds of civil officials, he is not a good person, and the more he is like this, the safer he is. But he doesn't want to spend his life indulging in wine from now on, he also wants to make greater contributions, especially to expand the territory and promote the prestige of the distant country, in this way, he must be with Meng Heng, Hu Shida, the children of generals.

"It is said that the orchids in today's orchid shop were all collected by the big food merchant from various countries, and Li Shenling showed his might, and he really showed his prestige in a foreign country." Meng Heng laughed again.

"You are also the spirit of Ryoma, I watched you bring three inside." Of course, Li Ye didn't forget to praise Meng Hui back, and then the two of them looked at Hu Shida together, Hu Shida's face was slightly red, a man can retreat elsewhere, in this case, he stretched out a hand, and stretched out three fingers on his hand, but he didn't say a word.

After talking about the color of the wind and the moon, Meng Hui said with a smile: "Counselor Li, I have been here with Shida for almost a year, and I heard that we are going to be arranged to join the army to lead the troops recently, I don't know if it's true or not?" ”

"This matter is not confidential, so there is no need to hide it from you, it is true, in the past year, the two of you have done very well in your studies, and your performance in infantry and artillery coordination and tactical drills is also excellent, and Li Dabang and I thought you could lead the troops." Li Ye glanced at him: "But don't want to go my way, it's okay to accept your gifts at ordinary times, if you accept them at this time, the Son of Heaven won't kick my ass, and Li Yunrui's guy will come to me for trouble first." ”

Speaking of Li Yunrui, Meng Hui and Hu Shida both felt a chill on their backs, and couldn't help but look around, Li Ye laughed and said: "Look at the bear-like appearance of the two of you, let's enter the city in casual clothes today, Li Jingwen can't take care of it!" ”

"Who says I can't take care of it?"

Before his words fell, Li Yunrui's lazy voice rang out, which made Li Ye tremble, and then scolded: "How can you be like a ghost, saying that Cao Cao Cao is really his grandmother's!" ”

"Don't do bad things for people, don't be afraid of ghosts knocking on the door in the middle of the night, if you Li Hanfan didn't do something unseemly, why would you say that I am like a ghost." Li Yunrui sneered.

"You bastard...... Hey! ”

Li Ye was about to scold him again, when he suddenly saw two guards soldiers behind Li Yunrui who were smiling at him, he was stunned, and then said with great joy: "Shi Da colander, Song little girls!" ”

"Greetings!"

Shi Dasco and Song Siyi both took a step forward and gave a guard salute, and both of them looked like they were smiling. Li Ye was separated from them after the Battle of Taizhuang, in which both of them were seriously injured and almost lost their lives, so they did not participate in the triumphal sacrifice ceremony at that time. This has always been the biggest regret of the two, they are at least haunted, but they are very happy to see the commander at that time.

"Li Jingwen, you hurt me!"

Li Ye returned the salute and yelled at Li Yunrui indignantly, Li Yunrui is in charge of the army's intelligence investigation system, and Huo Chongcheng's secret spy system is not subordinate to each other, and Li Yunrui has the right to execute, so of course Li Ye's whereabouts are clear.

"Shi Dasco and Song Siyi came to Lin'an, and the first thing they wanted to do was to meet you, the old chief, so I brought them and let them see your majesty." Li Yunrui shrugged his shoulders and said casually: "Now that Li Hanfan has nothing to fight, he fights with others in bed, but he has also achieved a lot of results. ”

In front of Li Yunrui, Meng Hui and Hu Shida didn't dare to be so casual, after all, Li Yunrui also had a job at the same time, that is, the deputy marshal of the former division of the Son of Heaven Guard Palace, and was ordered by Zhao and Ju Qin to take charge of the military law around Lin'an.

Seeing that Li Ye was entangled, Meng Hui glanced at Hu Shida, ready to take advantage of this opportunity to slip away, but only then did he take a step, and Li Yunrui's slow voice came again: "Isn't this Meng Puyu and Hu Dayi, why are you two wearing this people's costume, don't you think my Great Song Dynasty military uniform is not majestic enough, and I can't wear it in front of the Qinglou woman?" ”

"Don't dare, don't dare." Meng Heng and Hu Shida had to turn around with a wry smile, and the two saluted, Li Ye was righteous enough to take care of everything: "It was this staff leader who took the two of him to experience the people's feelings, and according to His Majesty's words, he went deep into the people of the Great Song Dynasty and cultivated his love for the people of the Great Song Dynasty." ”

"Li Hanfan, I'm phew!" Li Yunrui took a sip of him: "You went deep between the legs of the Qinglou woman, right, cultivating your love for the people?" You go back and cultivate your love for your wives and concubines at home first! ”

Song Siyi and Shi Dasco are both happy, Song Siyi is shy, just smiling and not speaking, Shi Dascoo is eyes are shining: "Li Shenling, I first came to Lin'an, I don't know where to have fun in Lin'an City, you are an old horse, when will you take your subordinates to go around?" ”

Li Yunrui wasn't really angry, he cooperated with Li Ye very happily, just beat him for the Son of Heaven, don't let him go too far. After chatting for a while, everyone called a carriage to go to the Heroes Meeting, which was regarded as picking up the wind and washing dust for Song Siyi and Shi Dascoop.

After getting into the car, Li Ye asked with some curiosity: "Shi Da Spoon, didn't you two go back to Liuqiu, why do you have time to come to Lin'an at this time?" ”

"The Son of Heaven transferred me and waited, there are a total of 3,000 people, all of whom are veterans who returned to seek rest and retraining." Knowing that there was no need to hide this, Shi Dasco replied directly.

Whether it was Li Ye, Meng Hui, or Hu Shida, they all felt tight, and a bloody breath faintly came, they looked at each other, nodded, and then diverted the topic and stopped discussing the matter.

The Son of Heaven begged for the transfer of troops, obviously preparing for war, but it was just ...... There was no rumor beforehand, so where are the troops going to be used?

No matter where they want to use their troops, it means that they have a place to use them, it means military exploits, and it means expanding the territory. Unlike the previous Song Kingdom, which was afraid of going to war with the outside world, the current Great Song warriors are not only not afraid of war, but even a little eager to try, after all, this is the best place for them to show their talents.

Note 1: Is Meng Heng such a lustful figure in history?