With Lu Yijian's bowing and softening, since July last year, the offensive and defensive dispute between the two governments has come to an end. But a new question then surfaced: how to keep it? Who to send?

This is a new conundrum.

The governors of the main government and the deputy envoys of the privy government began to wrinkle.

Because, even if it is the main guard, it is divided into Fan Zhongyan's plan, Zhang Fangping's plan, Du Yan's plan and the ten strategies proposed by Xia Zhu in his book that year.

In addition, how much money would it cost to repair the fortress to completely block the western thieves to the west of Hengshan?

Again, this is a big problem.

Lu Yijian naturally thought of these questions immediately.

So, a smile appeared on his face, and immediately, the prime minister bowed his head and said: "The old minister is brave, and the prince of Fu begs for the country to make it clear, if you use the strategy, why are you a thief outside the country?" ”

This is the character and temper of the old prime minister.

Even if you lose, you will never make your opponents and enemies feel good.

Even if the other party is a senior, a boss, or even an official.

Make him uncomfortable too!

Lu Yijian's problem, if someone else, even Fan Zhongyan and Yin Zhu, who are familiar with Western affairs and have a gap in their chests, I am afraid that they will not be able to come up with any good ideas for a while, and they will not even be able to come up with a strategy.

There is no way, the affairs of the military state can never be careless.

Moreover, the area bordering the area controlled by the Yuan Hao rebels in the Great Song Dynasty was quite large.

From Jingyuan Road to Qiyan Road, Huanqing Road, and the three states outside the river, covering a vast area of two or three thousand miles.

The geography and environment are extremely complex, starting from Taizong, the Great Song Dynasty and the opposition have had a headache for this.

Otherwise, where can it be Yuan Hao's turn to be arrogant?

It's a pity that Lu Yijian is facing Zhao Xin.

A reborn who had ruled the country for more than thirty years in his previous life, and was still at the peak of his reign, destroyed the Western Xia.

Naturally, Zhao Xin had already practiced a set of practical plans to starve Xixia to the west of Hengshan.

Therefore, Zhao Xin did not panic at all when he heard this.

He smiled slightly in his father's arms, and then said: "I heard that last year, in order to compensate the orphans of the soldiers who died in the defeat of Sanchuankou, and also to boost morale and encourage the army and civilians to kill thieves, the state hid 1 million yuan to lose to Shaanxi...... Is there such a thing? ”

Lu Yijian nodded and replied, "This is indeed the case!" ”

"I also heard that since the incident of the Western Thieves, the country's cost of losing borders has often been millions of ......dollars a year old" Zhao Xin asked again: "Yuantai, is this matter true?" ”

"It's true!" Lu Yijian nodded again.

But I just don't know, what kind of medicine is sold in this Shouguo Gong gourd?

Zhao Xin listened, but smiled, and saw the poor dagger: "I also heard that since the Western Thieves raised troops, the rich merchants and landlords of Qiyan, Huanqing, and Jingyuan have fled one after another, and their land is wasted...... Is there such a thing? ”

Lu Yijian listened and nodded again.

"Buy their land!" Zhao Xin raised his head, looked at Lu Yijian, and said with a resolute gaze: "Now, there are many wars, and the land prices of the three roads will inevitably fall sharply. It's time to start buying, merging, and recovering land, right? ”

The Great Song Dynasty was different from all previous Chinese dynasties.

The Great Song Dynasty did not suppress annexation or property, but resolutely abolished slavery and strictly restricted landlords from restricting the personal freedom of others.

Since annexation is not suppressed, there must be another way to balance domestic wealth and give the peasants at the bottom a way out.

As a result, the Great Song Dynasty used the Guantian system in an ingenious way.

In his previous life, when Zhao Xin ascended the throne, he had a governor who reported to him the specific situation of the entire country in accordance with the system.

So he learned that at that time, the total number of private fields cultivated by the registered officials of the Great Song Dynasty was more than 8 million hectares.

Among them, the number of official fields is 320,000 hectares, accounting for about 4 percent of the total number of cultivated land.

However, a few years later, when Wang Anshi was the prime minister, he reported that the number of official fields had reached 580,000 hectares, accounting for 7 percent of the total number of cultivated fields, so he requested that 200,000 hectares of them be sold to balance the official and private cultivated fields, so that the subjects of the world would 'enjoy the virtue of His Majesty'.

Did you find anything?

In the Northern Song Dynasty, the state took the will of the state and rebalanced social wealth and land by selling or acquiring land.

When the number of official land is lower than a certain number, the state directs the local government with the three divisions and the main government to purchase and purchase a large amount of land, and when the number of official land is higher than a certain number, the excess land is sold through the government.

Just like the regular closing position, the official land controlled by the state is the equalizer of social prices and wealth.

And private where are the opponents of the state?

In particular, the Great Song Dynasty was a unified and centralized civil society.

Therefore, the Great Song Dynasty always controlled a large amount of land!

Lu Yijian listened, but she didn't quite understand, what did Zhao Xin want to say?

He asked suspiciously: "Guogong, the old minister is ignorant, I don't know what Guogong wants to do when he asks about this?" ”

Zhao Xin smiled, jumped from his father's arms to the bed, and then rummaged through the newspapers, songs, and customs newspapers piled up on the bed, and finally found an old book that had turned yellow.

Then, he opened the book, turned to the middle page, and lifted the book vigorously, and showed it to his father like a treasure: "Aye, Aye, you see, when Emperor Zhenzong was on it, the famous general Cao Gong's request and Emperor Zhenzong's approval ......"

So, Zhao Zhen leaned over and saw the lines of text on the yellowed book.

"Zhizhen Rong's military ministers are dead and dead: the military border is in a difficult situation, which is convenient for cavalry warfare, and it is not China's benefit...... Brave the ministers, please recruit the border people as archers...... Please give the idle land in the territory, forever pay its rent, plough in spring and autumn, and send troops to protect it! ”

And under these words, Emperor Zhenzong's imperial pen instructions are particularly conspicuous: order such as Wei playing, set up archers along the border, recruit people to guard the border, give two hectares of land, one armor soldier, and three hectares of war horses, set up forts, columns, and make up the following commanders!

So, Zhao Zhen remembered, it seems that in the Heavenly Sage, some courtiers asked to disband the archers along the border, on the grounds that these people do not pay taxes and are very domineering, which is not conducive to local security.

When Fan Yong, the transport envoy of Shaanxi at the time, heard this, he immediately wrote to the late Empress Dowager Zhang Xianmingsu, and argued with reason that this order was not carried out.

But after that, there was very little talk about it.

In the official newspapers of the state, it is rare to hear the word archer.

Puzzled in his heart, Zhao Zhen heard the immature but resolute voice of his beloved son: "Since Baoyuan, the country has spent millions of dollars for the western thieves, in addition to pensions, relief for soldiers, generals, and exempt scholars and border people, and it is not costly!" ”

"And the three roads of Qiyan, Jingyuan, and Huanqing, there are many fugitives from the people today, and the land is deserted, and the center has paid millions of yuan, which is enough to get more than 200,000 hectares of land!"

"200,000 hectares of fertile land, enough to raise 10,000 archers!"

"Lonely and smelly, there is a lot of wasteland along the border, so that the people can reclaim it, in order to give archers, and you can raise 10,000!"

"You can also recruit Hengshan to be familiar, such as the system of Chinese archers, so that they can reclaim the land to defend themselves!"

"In this way, the state spends only three or five million yuan, but it can achieve long-term peace and stability along the border, and it can make the western thieves dare not look east!"