Chapter 349: Controversy and Consent

The current Zhao Xin, but it is different from before, before, just in the eyes of people with a heart, he is a prince, with unimaginable significance, for most people, it is just a transparent existence, as long as his identity is not exposed, even if he disappears for a period of time, it will not have any impact.

But now, Zhao Xin is not only the controller of Dinghai Hou and Dinghai, but also affects the political situation of the entire Northern Song Dynasty with his every move, especially after intervening in the iron material.

This beginning is the beginning of the Daimyo's Mansion, from the Daimyo's blacksmith workshop, after stopping the Northern Song Dynasty's plaster order, it began to show its strength, and it has always been the core of the storm in the entire Northern Song Dynasty, setting off many storms.

A change of iron materials directly made the financial situation of the Northern Song Dynasty change from the most dangerous red to the healthiest state, and Ye Qingchen also lived a comfortable life for many days, until later, when the huge investment in farmland and water conservancy construction began, it was forced again.

Next, a series of government and financial restructuring are also related to the Dingjun Navy and Zhao Xin, and many systems will be transferred to the Northern Song Dynasty after the Dinghai Navy is running well.

These systems are quite strict, and they almost occupy the gray area, so that some places that can be used to be used are completely non-existent.

Now, the incident in Western Xia is also related to Zhao Xin, of course, those who know it are all high-level, and in the Privy Council, only the core deputy envoys know that this matter was proposed by Zhao Xin, and then it will be developed under the main recommendation of Han Qi.

Shot again and again, it affected the entire government, and even Xixia fanned it off, in this case, even if the high-level knew it, Zhao Xin's identity had to be taken a high look.

Zhao Xin is also very aware of this, after arriving at the Ding Navy, Zhao Xin did not even go back to the Daimyo's Mansion, but just stayed in the Ding Navy, no matter what development the Ding Navy has, for the overall situation, there is not much change, to a certain extent, this is Zhao Xin's private territory, the impact will not be too big, and it can also reduce a lot of attention.

This time, something is different, Zhao Xin wants to leave the Dinghai Navy and go to Bianliang, in addition to settling down the various matters of the Dinghai Navy, there is also a very important matter, that is, to report in Dongfu and apply.

Local officials, especially the head of a feudal department like Dinghai, will have many restrictions, and they can't say that they can go wherever they want, otherwise, they will be chaotic.

Zhao Xin arrived in Dinghai for a few months, and all the time, he lived in seclusion, this was the first proposal, and he directly sent a 600 li expedited one and sent it out.

This seemingly ordinary letter, after it was delivered to Dongfu, immediately caused an uproar.

This is the best moment of the Northern Song Dynasty, not only the financial situation has been greatly improved, as long as it survives the past few years, when the farmland and water conservancy construction in the north, as well as the 10 million head of livestock obtained from the Liao State have been delivered, the agriculture of the Northern Song Dynasty will be extremely strong.

The destructive power of disastrous weather is waning, manpower is increasing, more farmland is being reclaimed, and more food is being harvested.

The increase in grain by one stone in the north is of practical significance, and if the current barren Guanzhong Plain recovers about half of its former capacity, it will be of great benefit to the development of the entire north.

Not to mention, after the end of Western Xia, the north finally did not need a large-scale garrison, and after the gradual reduction and conversion, coupled with the reduction brought about by the popularization of fortresses, financial expenditures will be greatly reduced.

The combination of longbow and heavy infantry has a huge threat to the heavy cavalry, and perhaps, when the Northern Song Dynasty becomes stronger, or even threatens the Liao State, the possibility of the Northern Song Dynasty recovering the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun will be greatly increased.

A powerful Northern Song Dynasty appeared, and at the same time, because of Zhao Xin's matter, the method of 8 heirs was adopted, and they are now being cultivated, and they are full of confidence in the future, but the only thing they are worried about is Zhao Xin.

But now, Zhao Xin left the Dinghai Navy and went directly to Bianliang, which naturally attracted the attention of many people.

Those who are qualified to compete for the last position are also very frightened, because they are afraid that Zhao Xin will get this position again, although according to legal theory, this is impossible, now how many people's interests are involved in the navy, will there be some changes because of interests, and suddenly, all the heirs and the family behind them began to move.

On the contrary, among the high-level leaders, the views are different, especially the central high-level leaders like Zhang Dexiang and Jia Chaochang, they are not worried.

Zhao Xin has used his performance during this period of time to show that he has no intention, at least, will not accumulate power as usual, and does not develop in the high-level and local areas, even the Dinghai Navy as a border military state only retains a team of about 3,000 people, including 1,000 sailors.

If you don't have enough military strength, how can you give him huge support, and the foundation for the establishment of the navy is based on the model of a border military state, in which you can have an army ranging from about 10,000 to 30,000, and as long as the number of troops does not exceed this number, it is in line with the regulations.

But the Ding Navy did not, he just kept the number of 3,000 people.

Even the Northern Song Dynasty, which didn't attach much importance to military affairs, knew very well that 3,000 people couldn't do it at all, even if these 3,000 people, everyone was a super general like Sun Ji, it was useless, the number was necessary to a certain extent, and if it didn't increase its military strength, it wouldn't help it, so it would be in Dinghai to develop, which must be something else.

But he left Dinghai so suddenly and wanted to come to Bianliang, why is this, and is there any point? Could it be a change of mind?

This request has become the focus of Dongfu's research, what exactly Zhao Xin wants to do, how to deal with it, and whether he should be allowed to leave the Dinghai Navy and come to Bianliang, Tokyo.

It's just a distance of 1,000 miles, and even on land and water, it may not take half a month to travel back and forth, but because of more ideas, it becomes difficult to give birth.

There were no less than 10 discussions at the level of the governor alone, and even 3 discussions including Zhang Dexiang and Jia Chaochang.

The discussion is very simple, that is, what is Zhao Xin's purpose.

It's a pity that they have limited things on hand, and some are only Zhao Xin's application, he wants to go to Bianliang to deal with some things, and visit the corresponding departments.

These departments are all departments that are helpful to the navy, and they do not belong to departments with real power, and this is the point.

In this application, I can't see any tendencies, but they can't restrain what happened after Zhao Xin came to Bianliang, which is the focus of the discussion.

In the end, it was still a narrow majority that agreed to Zhao Xin's request, and the basic fact was that although I don't know why Zhao Xin came to Bianliang, judging from the current situation, he did not change the court's thoughts and abilities, maybe it was just a whim.

But for Zhao Xin's monitoring, it is still necessary to rise a level, after all, he is an unstable factor, and his arrival will affect the stability of the successor, no, the heirs who cannot be affected by the high-level for the time being, and the middle and low-level officials who have started crazy activities have been visited by a large number of people.

If Zhao Xin knew the thoughts of these high-level leaders, he would definitely wake up with a smile, he had never given up, and the throne was bound to fall into his hands.

Of course, he did not choose the simplest and easiest path to take, to take it back with power and force, but chose to take the path of external influence.

That's right, the Dinghai Navy doesn't have any army, that's because there is no need, the traditional army, even if it is an army like the longbowmen, if there are not enough numbers, even if it is a full 30,000 people, it may be a powerful force.

Determine the ability of the navy to support the construction of the entire army, and equip these people with the best equipment, training, and nutrition, and they will definitely become an elite force.

But what's the use, that will only make others vigilant, the elite troops of 30,000 people, or the kind armed to the teeth, the Dinghai Navy has a huge amount of funds, and it also controls many areas in the Northern Song Dynasty, these combine together, it will form a question, what do you want to do.

Power can make people crazy, a prince is assassinated in a grand manner, and if he is not careful, such a thing will continue.

As a last resort, it has begun to gradually stir up the situation of the entire Northern Song Dynasty, whether it is the transaction of iron materials or the change of the system, Zhao Xin has begun to penetrate into various things in the Northern Song Dynasty at a considerable level, and it is necessary to be appropriately low-key.

Zhao Xin will not choose cold weapons in the future, but will directly choose, hot weapons, when the modern model of the establishment of the army, and the popularization of hot weapons, just like the British army in the 19th and 20th centuries, no matter how many cold weapons there are, it is only a number.

A truly modern navy, a modern thermal-armed army, for the rise of the ranks, that is another concept, the modern army, even if it fights bayonets, will have an advantage over the army of the cold weapon era, this is a conceptual problem.

Because of this, Zhao Xin does not have high requirements for the construction of the army, and the army of 3,000 people is enough to ensure the safety and operation of the entire Dinghai Navy.

Under such circumstances, Zhao Xin chose to fight steadily, slowly smoothing out the construction of the existing army, and then actively plunged into the ocean, and after building a large navy, he considered building an army that basically combined hot weapons and cold weapons to hide his ambitions.

According to the previous prediction, at least within 3 years, he would not easily leave the Dinghai Navy, and when he spent 3 years and a huge investment to lay a good foundation for the future, the fall of Western Xia disrupted his plan.