Shuai Fan came out of the queue and asked, "I said, or did he say it?" ”

Zhao Xingyi waved his hand: "The military intelligence bureau established by Yuan Tui is mainly aimed at overseas, whether it is to deal with foreign enemies, and the situation at home is still up to you." ”

Shuai Fan glanced at Yuan Yeping with satisfaction, and replied: "The imperial court has not said anything about the adults going overseas for a whole year, but the domestic situation is very bad, I heard that Su Sanzhang (Su Zhe) was angry to death, and the adults are making money overseas, but the court is still overstretched, Su Sanzhang is responsible for dredging the Yellow River, and as a result, the funds are always lacking, Su Sanzhang is angry and dies. ”

Hearing the news that Su Zhe had also died, Zhao Xing was saddened, and after a long time, he asked in surprise: "I remember, I handed over about 100 million guan this year, and the financial income of the imperial court has reached a rare 150 million guan, why is there still a shortage of money?" ”

Shuai Fan grinned and said sneeringly: "Bottomless pit, how much can it be filled?" …… Today, Taoism is advocated and superstitious magic is practiced. Since his ascension to the throne, a large number of Taoist priests have become guests, and they have also been awarded immortal titles and official positions, and have become officials of the imperial court. There are twenty-six Taoist officials, and there are palaces to be served, school registration, scriptures, etc., which are equivalent to the waiting system, revision, and direct cabinet in the imperial court. Cai Jing also suggested that the ancient Taoist affairs should be collected as Ji Zhi...... Hmph, now the whole country is being made dark by Taoist priests.

Recently, Jinshang also personally revised the "Dojo Etiquette", so that Taoist priests of different sects each sent ten representatives to the capital to visit and study. Cai Jing took this opportunity to instruct those Taoist priests to play tricks and talk nonsense to please Huizong. Lin Lingsu, who is good at demons, said that His Majesty is the eldest son of the Jade Emperor, Shenxiao Yuqing, who came to the world. said that his favorite concubine was Jiuhua Yuzhen Concubine An. His Majesty does not distinguish between truth and falsehood, and he can't help but be happy......

Your Majesty is so luxurious. Since his accession to the throne, he has repaired the Ouchi. Restore the Jingling Palace and the eleventh hall of Yuanfu and the hall. In Kyoto Bianliang and all over the country large monastery palace view...... My lord, how much money is enough to toss, if you bring all the money from Nanyang, how can it be enough for them to squander! ”

Zhao Xing was furious and stood up. grabbed a jade bottle on the table, threw it on the ground, and scolded: "Adou who can't help it!" ”

As soon as Wan Qiyong heard this, he immediately jumped up, and he rushed to the door and looked around. He quietly returned to the house, looked at everyone in the room, and said with a serious expression: "Everyone." One is prosperous, and one is lost. The words of the captain should not be publicized to outsiders. ”

Several people present replied, "I'll take care of it!" ”

Zhao Xing angrily paced around the house a few times. Turning his face to stare at Wan Qianyong, he said thoughtfully, "I remember." Since last year, we have implemented the budget and final account system, and now that the end of the year is approaching, it is time for next year's budget to come out, right? ”

Wan Qiyong is shrewd. He immediately said: "My lord means that the delivery of the money will be suspended this year. Hand in the budget first. It is then deducted from the deposit - pre-deducted. ”

Zhao Xing nodded. Said viciously: "On spending money and working hard." That kid can compare to me. Since it costs money. Then everyone compares to flowers. Tell the states. The budget for next year will be reported within half a month. Try to be as generous as possible. I'm going to build a road. Then report three ways. I plan to pay the regular wages to the road builders. You can report three times. Notify all localities. As long as they dare to report. I'll dare to criticize. ”

Wan Qianyong asked cautiously, "Taiwei is back this time." How much money did you bring? ”

Zhao Xing shook his head: "Don't ask." I intend to order another hundred Seawolf-class ships. Other than that. War rewards quadrupled. Give the soldiers a three-month vacation...... Besides. I also snatched back a lot of books from overseas. It is intended to establish a state library in each state. Each library has at least 500,000 books – you need to know what you need. Hurry up and dial it down. Strive before the winter solstice. Allocate this money to the states.

Well. The front-line soldiers won. It is time for the people to feel that this victory is relevant to them. Notify the states and counties. This year, all states under its jurisdiction are exempt from land tax. Our Nanyang Affairs Bureau used the proceeds of the war to pay the land tax on their behalf. ”

Wan Qianyong frowned: "The imperial court ......"

Zhao Xing replied without hesitation: "As for the imperial court, we handed over and seized 500 million yuan, and I believe that the imperial court will not talk nonsense." Well, for the sake of safety, tell the states that they are not allowed to make a noise, and if they take advantage, they should not be obedient, just take the money quietly, and whoever dares to talk nonsense will be investigated immediately. ”

"500 million guan!" Wan Qiyong opened his mouth wide and didn't speak for a long time, he was so shocked that he didn't realize that his saliva flowed for a long time.

"There are 500 million yuan!" Wan Qiyong was stunned for a long time, and then he showed his gaffe, he quickly wiped away the saliva he drooled, and said in high spirits: "In this way, I am afraid that it will not be easy to make the accounts allocated to the states clear...... I've got to figure it out! ”

Zhao Xing continued: "After Su Sanzhang passed away, his disciples should be received as soon as possible, as well as Li Chang and Fan Yi. ”

Wan Qianyong immediately answered: "This is a trivial matter, now all the official positions under my Nanyang Affairs Bureau are first-class, and others want to come in, as long as we show the slightest intention of solicitation, we will definitely not be left behind." ”

Shuai Fan interjected maliciously: "There won't be a single one left behind, after this group of people is in our hands, it will be difficult for the rest of the court to understand our accounts." ”

What he said made Wan Qianyong very unhappy, he glared at Shuai Fan dissatisfied, and reprimanded: "Shuai Durate, why do you always speculate about our actions with malice? Accounting in the Great Song Dynasty is a prominent science, and there are no less than 100,000 people who study it, and we have only recruited outstanding people among them.

We recruit these people, do we want to be idle, you look at the map, my Nanyang Affairs Bureau now has more land under its jurisdiction than the Great Song Dynasty itself, these accountants sound a lot, but they can be scattered, and there is not enough for each small island.

Besides, aren't the taxes we pay to the imperial court, and aren't these people working for the imperial court when they come into our hands? ”

Shuai Fan lowered his head and sincerely admitted: "I was wrong!" I shouldn't have said such cool things...... Captain, I have been training soldiers in the back for many years. Batches of soldiers were trained, but they did not have the opportunity to go to the battlefield themselves. Please give me this opportunity. ”

Zhao Xingyi waved his hand: "Yayan (Wan Qiyong), let's do the land affairs first." Immediately send a fast horse to send a letter to the states, asking them to submit their budget for next year as soon as possible, and the deadline is the 10th of the lunar month. ”

Wan immediately added: "We can inform the states that the detailed report can be supplemented afterwards, as long as the system is completed before the year." How is it? ”

Zhao Xing agreed, and Wan Qiyong asked again: "How much does Lord Taiwei plan to let them spend, we must have an approximate number." ”

Zhao Xing asked tentatively: "How about 100 million guan?" ”

Wan Qianyong's eyes were dizzy, Shuai Fan moved his lips, and swallowed the words again, Yuan Yeping glanced at Shuai Fan. whispered: "The Changmen Palace has to spend money compared with the official family, and it will cost 500 million yuan, and it will only cost 100 million yuan." But it's not as good as the official family. ”

Zhao Xing pretended not to hear, and he turned to Shuai Fan. Q: "Most of our current battles are at sea. The 6th Army is rarely used, and you just asked for battle. Is it ......?"

Shuai Fan gave his hand: "The Jurchens recently broke through the Yalu River, and the Goryeo State sent an envoy to ask the imperial court for help in the war, and the imperial court pushed it to the Beiyang Affairs Bureau." But Han Zhongyan, the new director of the Beiyang Affairs Bureau, has just arrived, and he has no soldiers or generals in his hands, and the subordinate wants the lieutenant to tell him that now that the Guangjie Army and the Xuanyi Army have completed their outfits, it is better to transfer them to try. ”

Zhao Xing was silent for a moment, and then asked, "Why did Han Zhongyan degrade the ground?" ”

Wan Qianyong immediately replied: "Han Zhongyan has a straight temperament, he can't rub sand in his eyes, he attacked a few Taoist priests pretending to be ghosts, and was caught by Cai Jing and demoted to the governor of Chuzhou, before he arrived, and was promoted to the Beiyang Affairs Bureau. ”

Zhao Xing then asked, "What about Zeng Bu?" ”

Wan Qian replied: "Cai Jing and Zeng Bu did not agree, so they attacked Zeng Bu and Zhang Tongdang in the past, and the official family was very evil, so he looked for an opportunity to belittle Zeng Bu." However, Zeng Bu is a new party after all, so he served as the envoy of the Sanpinhe East Road, which can be regarded as a good place. ”

Zhao Xing pondered for a moment and said slowly: "Only the only god can be metaphysical. Since the imperial court supports Taoism, we should also curb the Taoist priests a little...... Tell the Nestorian Patriarch Anstar that I have opened the way to the Holy City, and for this reason, they can send people to the Hajj. In the name of subsidizing the Hajj, I personally donated 10,000,000 yuan, which allowed him to build free medicine clinics in various places. ”

Wan Qian Yong stroked his chin with a goatee on the ground, and suggested slowly: "It's better to donate anonymously, Han Zhongyan just said a few words about the Taoist, and he was degraded out of Beijing, we can't anger the Taoist priest now, donate anonymously in the name of a wealthy businessman in Hangzhou, Taiwei still needs to find a few outsiders, and also donate some spare money, saying that this is a donation from the Quartet, and it is not Taiwei's business." ”

After a pause, Wan Qiyong said again: "Speaking of degrading officials, we also have a degraded official here, waiting for Lord Taiwei to come back and then match, Lord Huang Luzhi sent a letter, and recommended this lord very much, can Taiwei have the heart to see it?" ”

"Who is this?" Zhao Xing asked.

"Wang Mao, the word Mingsuo, a native of Rugao, Taizhou (now Rugao, Jiangsu)."

Before Zhao Xing could answer, Shuai Fan had already stood up and asked in surprise: "But Wang Mingsuo, who is on the water and is in the heart of the mirror?" ”

Seeing that Zhao Xing was stunned, Shuai Fan hurriedly explained: "This old man has a stubborn character, and when he was the secretary in the past, he said that his friends were harming the country's righteousness. Later, he was demoted due to party disputes, and successively served in Suzhou, Chengdu Prefecture, Yongxing Army and other places - he came out of the Yongxing Army after the adult, and after Fan Chun succeeded him, this person served as the governor of Kaifeng last year, took office in April, and was dismissed in August. Therefore, it is called the April Jingzhao.

This old man is fair, and he is a more resolute conciliator than Po Xian, and for this reason, he is also disliked by the two parties. ”

Wan Qiyong replied: "It's also because of the criticism of the Taoist priest!" ”

Zhao Xing pondered for a long time, and Fang said slowly: "Let's go back and see you." ”

Seeing this, Wan Qianyong hurriedly got up and said goodbye, saying: "I'll go down and inform the states to make budgets, ah, a lot of things, I have to do it quickly." ”

Shuai Fan wanted to say something, Wan Qiyong pulled his sleeve, suggesting that he would follow and leave, and soon after the two walked out of the Blue House, Chen Buqun chased after him triumphantly and chatted with the two. Shuai Fan turned around and couldn't find Yuan Yeping's figure, he vaguely understood what Wan Qi meant.

In the study of the Blue House, after everyone has left. Zhao Xing opened a curtain on the ground, revealing a huge map. This map occupies the entire wall. Zhao Xing walked a few steps along the wall and walked to the location of the Goryeo Kingdom. He stopped, looked up at the map, and said thoughtfully: "The current land of Goryeo does not seem to include the Yalu River. ”

When Goryeo was in the Song Dynasty, its northern border had not yet advanced to the south bank of the Yalu River. At this time, the Yalu River was still an inland river of the Jurchen. Yuan Yeping stepped forward and pointed to the map of Goryeo and replied: "Actually, the people in the country don't know the specific situation of the Jurchens, they call this place Jurchen, but in fact, next to the land of Goryeo is the Jurchen of the Hosu Pavilion. And the invasion of Goryeo was the Jurchen Wanyan tribe, who lived near Heishui. ”

"Finish Yan and fight bones", Zhao Xing looked at the map. Said slowly: "Wanyan Aguta's army has entered the Goryeo Kingdom, which also means that the Jurchens of the Suguan Pavilion have succumbed to the banner of Wanyan Jurchens. This also means that Wanyan Jurchen has obtained countless skilled craftsmen from the Hosu Pavilion, as well as a trade route to the Great 6. The Michigan Navy is all waste. How can you let Wanyan Nuzhen take it away easily? ”

Yuan Yeping flipped through the file in his hand and replied, "We have already contacted Lord Huang Luzhi. He recommended Wang Qinruo to be our party, and he said that this person is also a subordinate of Ouyang Xiu, who is from the same family as Su Shi, and has also served as the Yin of Kaifeng Mansion, and his qualifications are enough. ”

Zhao Xing suddenly remembered Li Zhiyi's wife Hu Shi, this woman Hu Wenrou is very spy officer, after Su Shi was demoted, someone took Li Zhiyi and Su Shi's singing poems and was ready to find trouble, Hu sneaked into the other party's house and stole the letter, so that her husband survived. Later, Zhao Xing dragged her husband to Guangzhou, and the matter was settled. Otherwise, Li Zhiyi will also suffer a literary prison similar to the Wutai poetry case.

Thinking of this, Zhao Xing teased: "I don't know if the shadow warrior has Li Zhiyi's wife Hu Shi's kung fu and can sneak into people's houses to steal letters." ”

Yuan Yeping replied: "I haven't told the adults yet, Li Zhiyi's son unfortunately died, and his wife Hu was overly sad and passed away one after another. ”

Zhao Xing sighed, and after a while, he replied: "This year, there are too many dead acquaintances. ”

Yuan Yeping then reported: "The death of Su Sanzhang has made our party now lack a leading figure, and Lord Huang Luzhi has repeatedly blamed, saying that Lord Taiwei should not go overseas, and he has not returned for many years, he asked me to tell my lord, from now on, I should not go out lightly." ”

Zhao Xing nodded silently, sighed and said, "That Adou who can't be helped-no matter how much I earn, it doesn't seem to be enough to spend." Yuan Tuiguan, now that Nanyang is also stable, within three or five years, we still need to digest the spoils of this war, and in these three or five years, let us turn our attention to the country.

I can't manage the states and counties under the imperial court, just take care of the Nanyang Affairs Bureau, you discuss with Jin Buji, his Tang Shu Pavilion is all over the two Guangzhou, and he has also begun to enter Fujian, and he will select some people from his Tang Shu Pavilion to show our secret spy system, I hope that every move of the coastal states and counties will not be hidden from my eyes. ”

Yuan Yeping bowed and gestured: "Changmen Palace, with our current manpower, it is enough to control the two Guangzhous and Zhejiang, but Fujian has not been able to catch it, however, this is not a problem, give me some time, I will be able to complete your expectations immediately." But, are we building secret spies only for the coastal provinces? ”

Zhao Xing hesitated for a moment, turned around a few times, and said with a heavy heart: "The current situation seems to be getting worse and worse, and the fastest ending I am worried about seems irreversible, so I must prepare in advance - I need you to monitor all the officials in the coastal provinces and monitor the movements to ensure their loyalty to me." ”

Yuan Yeping's eyes widened, and he was shocked beyond measure.

At this time, the concept of loyalty in Japan was very strong, and in their worldview, it was simply inconceivable to go down to the kage, and it was not until the Warring States period in Japan that the turbulent situation made the following kage the norm. What Zhao Xing said just now clearly showed a kind of determination to be restrained, which made Yuan Yeping very incomprehensible.

"Nagato Hall said that the situation collapsed, how could the situation collapse? The Nagato Hall has now brought back a huge amount of treasure from overseas, which is equivalent to several years of taxes in the Great Song Dynasty, and seeing that the Great Song Dynasty is becoming more and more prosperous, how can the situation collapse? Am I mistaken? ”

Zhao Xing shook his head gently: "Prosperity can be expected, this is something that everyone can see, but what about after prosperity?" If this boom is built on the point where the government's credit goes bankrupt, how long can it last? ”

"How can the government's credit be bankrupt?" Yuan Yeping was unbelievable.

Zhao Xing waved his hand: "Don't worry." I'm going to set my sights on the country for the next few years, and it's November. When the moon arrives, you will walk around with me. See the world for yourself, and then you decide. ”

Yuan Yeping was stunned for a long time, and got up to say goodbye in confusion.

Followed by Zong Ze, he arched his hand, and congratulated him with words like gold: "Congratulations to Lord Taiwei for his victorious return to the dynasty." ”

This sentence is finished. He stood with his hands down, waiting for Zhao Xing to speak. Zhao Xing looked at him curiously for a long time, and asked curiously: "This is the end, there are no other words?" ”

Zong Ze asked rhetorically: "What else do you want to hear?" ”

Zhao Xing nodded and muttered, "I originally thought that you were fond of military affairs, and you might ask me some details of the battle." I was just about to discuss with you the gains and losses of the war, why did you just say that. ”

Zong Ze arched his hand: "There is also a secretary!" ”

What Zong Ze meant by this was that Zhao Xing liked to take a bunch of staff officers with him when he was fighting. Every time you go to war, you have to plan ahead. After the war, these staff officers were required to summarize their gains and losses, and to compile useful military operations into a drill code. Zhao Xing encouraged these clerks to publish their memoirs. The description of that war is due to the publishing industry of the Great Song Dynasty. Every time Zhao Xing finished a battle, there were always more than a dozen editions of local books on the market, so that the people could understand the war from all aspects. Zong Ze wanted to know the truth, he only needed to buy a few books afterwards, and all the details were clear.

Zhao Xing had nothing to say about Zong Ze's sullen temper, he smiled and asked instead, "How is Hangzhou doing?" ”

Speaking of Hangzhou, Zong Ze's words were a little more, he arched his hand and said: "Thanks to Po Xian and the adults, Hangzhou's water conservancy projects are very perfect, in the past few years, I have also renovated the road, now Hangzhou is rich in things, the finance and taxation are rising, and the growth of Dingkou is also satisfactory, I heard that the adults are going to set up some new fields in Hangzhou, I don't know what the plans of the adults are?" ”

Zhao Xing returned to his chair, the maids came over to deliver fragrant tea, Zhao Xing waved his hand and invited Zong Ze to drink, and asked leisurely: "Did you meet Mr. Wan Qi when you came in?" ”

Zong Ze shook his head: "Brother Yayan is busy counting the spoils of war and rewarding the soldiers, so he is too busy to touch the ground, I don't want to disturb him." ”

Zhao Xing cocked Erlang's legs and took a sip of tea gently: "When I come back this time, I plan to vigorously renovate the roads in Hangzhou, and use the method of bidding by tooth merchants to hire multiple companies at the same time to vigorously build interstate highways near Hangzhou." In addition, there are schools and free pesticide bureaus, what is the budget for Hangzhou next year? ”

Zong Ze raised his face to the sky, pondered for a while, and replied: "This is really a virtuous thing." The road in Hangzhou, in the past, Lord Taiwei repaired the land well, and this aspect can be saved. Hangzhou businessmen like to sponsor the state library, and now Hangzhou has a library building, which seems to be able to be saved, but the medical bureau, which is rich and difficult

Zhao Xing smiled: "My Zongzhizhou, don't save money for me, Hangzhou used to build dirt roads, this time the asphalt production of Bo Ni has risen sharply, and we are looking for a market everywhere, we simply replaced all the interstate roads and replaced them with asphalt roads."

As for the doctors, you don't have to worry about this, I have captured thousands of doctors from the Seljuks, these prisoners of war are preparing to be auctioned off, those rich people buy back and only look at one disease, where is enough, I will encourage them to open a medical hall, allow them to operate the medical hall as a business, and the auction proceeds, there will be several state-level free medicine bureaus, all my people in Hangzhou can get free medicine, you estimate, how much should it be? ”

Zong Ze thought for a while, hesitated to stretch out three fingers, and after a while, he carefully withdrew another finger, and then stretched out his finger in front of Zhao Xing. Zhao Xing readily agreed: "Two million yuan, I will approve it for you, and you will submit a detailed catalogue when you go back." ”

Zong Ze opened his mouth for a long time and replied honestly: "I originally wanted to say 200,000 yuan." ”

Zhao Xing clapped his hands and replied: "Let me tell you the bottom, this time we brought back Persian silver coins worth 500 million guan, in addition to gold medals, pearls, gems, and ivory, the total value is about one billion guan, I have handed over 80 million guan to the imperial court in advance, and immediately deposit the outline to transport 200 million guan, and some of the remaining loot will be auctioned in Hangzhou 6, and then gradually handed over to the imperial court." Yayan is in charge of this.

The court is spending money without restraint now, and I am going to withhold some of the loot - anyway, the court is used to me seizing the spoils, so let them get used to it again this time. Two billion dollars, we spent one percent of the southeast coastal states, that is, about 200 million yuan, the imperial court should have nothing to say, how much do you need to budget according to this amount? (To be continued, if you want to know what will happen next, please see more in chapter 6,