Chapter 12: It's finally time for the old man to speak

Hearing Zhao Zhen's comments on state politics, Wen Yanbo's face continued to twitch, and although the emperor did not compare Hami, he still made him extremely embarrassed. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Seeing that Wen Yanbo was about to plead guilty again, Zhao Zhen waved his hand generously and said, "If you want to say that there is a mistake, I will bear the brunt."

Spending a lot of money to buy 300,000 quintals of grain is nothing, if Hami and my Great Song Dynasty are not related by marriage, we will not lose money to buy Hami grain at the price of grain in Jingzhao Mansion.

The reason why I punish you Aiqing is just that I am too ashamed for a while, and I will give it in the future.

The reason why I am not in the palace today to discuss state affairs with you Aiqing is because I find that hiding in the palace will be at a distance from you.

Outside the gate of the palace, there are pan jun out and pan wang wang back, which shows that the ancient sages did not want the king to always stay in the palace or always stay outside the palace when they established the rules. ”

The emperor's words sounded kind, but in fact, every sentence was heart-wrenching, Wen Yanbo's mouth was like a knife, and at this time, there was not a word of refutation in front of Ouyang Xiu's recital.

Han Qi looked at Ouyang Xiu's recital again, sighed, and saluted the emperor: "Your Majesty, although the old minister believes that Ouyang Yongshu will not be untrustworthy, the old minister still can't believe that the land of Hami is so rich. ”

Zhao Zhen looked at Ouyang Xiu, who was standing solemnly on the side, and said, "How does Ouyang Aiqing respond to Han Aiqing's doubts." ”

Ouyang Xiu smiled bitterly and saluted the emperor: "When the old man first arrived in Hami, he met the barbarians who were not satisfied with the Hami Kingdom...... Hami general Meng Yuanzhi with 6,000 troops to encircle and suppress the barbarians, the barbarians were invincible, had to retreat into the swamp, when the sky rained cold, the May day was like a cold winter, the barbarians were in the swamp, a cold rain, a moment of ice and snow, a moment of hail was miserable.

Meng Yuan went straight to the edge of the swamp and did not allow the barbarians to go ashore, so the minister sat in the tent on the shore with Tie Xinyuan, the king of Hami, and watched the barbarians who had no way to enter the sky and no way to go ashore.

King Hami and his ministers left the swamp, and from then on, the ministers never heard of a tribe called the Grass-headed Tatars in the Western Regions......"

Zhao Zhen frowned and said, "This is not a teacher of benevolence and righteousness. ”

Ouyang Xiu shook his head and said: "Your Majesty, this is the norm in the Western Regions, if the Hami Kingdom does not annex the Caotou Tatars, sooner or later there will be other powerful tribes to annex them, and this powerful tribe will become Hami's enemy."

The reason why the minister talked about this matter is to say that the Hami Kingdom annexed the weak tribes little by little, and then gradually grew stronger, and finally became a country. ”

Liang Shi, a scholar of Jixian Palace, arched his hand and said: "Your Majesty, this is a trip of birds and beasts, and I will not take it from the Great Song Dynasty." ”

Ouyang Xiu smiled helplessly and continued: "This is how the Uighurs were founded, the Qarakhanid was founded in this way, and the Seljuks are the same, so it can be said that all the countries in the Western Regions are founded in this way.

Even the Khitan, Western Xia, and the former Qingtang Dynasty were founded in this way, and there are so many lessons from the past, and Tie Xinyuan, the king of Hami, did not cause any public anger in the Western Regions, let alone be attacked by others.

The reason why Hami has become a local hegemon in just six or seven years is not only because of robbery.

After Tie Xinyuan obtained the capital to build a country through plunder, he did not continue to rely on looting to feed the country, but carried out vigorous large-scale production.

In the past five years, Hami has reclaimed 2.14 million hectares of fertile land and built 680 miles of water conservancy......"

"It's impossible!" Tian Feng, the young secretary of Sinong Temple, interjected angrily: "This is absolutely impossible, Ouyang Gong said on the recital that there are only more than 2.81 million Dingkou in Hami, how can Dingkou reclaim more than 2 million hectares of fertile land at this point?"

Not to mention that there are 100,000 soldiers in Hami, these are all strong men, plus the huge number of craftsmen and merchants in Hami, how can they reclaim 100 acres of land per capita in Hami by relying on the remaining old, weak, sick and disabled women and children? It's impossible! ”

Listening to Tian Feng's words, almost all of them stared at Ouyang Xiu with suspicion, these officials can stand above the court, not wine bags and rice bags, most of the officials here are promoted from the position of pro-people officials.

How can you not know the difficulty of reclaiming wasteland?

And after the wasteland has just been reclaimed, there is almost no harvest in at least three years, and the Great Song Dynasty also has a national policy to encourage the reclamation, and it is also three years without tax, but unfortunately many people would rather rent the landlord's ripe land than go to the wasteland, which shows that the landland is a thing that does not have much oil and water.

Ouyang Xiu didn't seem to hear Tian Feng's questioning, and continued to say unhurriedly: "Most of the fields in Hami Country are sandy, and it stands to reason that it is not suitable for farming, but as long as it is winter, there will be one or two very strong winds in that place, and when Tianshan City was not built at the tuyere before, the strong wind would evolve into a black storm every three years.

After having Tianshan City, the wind weakened a lot after the strong wind was blocked by the three tall walls of Tianshan City, at least in the three years that Lao Chen was in charge of Hami, he had not encountered a single black storm.

The fertile soil brought by the strong wind will slowly settle in the high altitude of Hami and finally fall to the ground, so even if the land of Hami is sandy, there is no shortage of fertilizer for growing crops.

Tian Shaoqing said that it was impossible for Hami to reclaim as many acres of land, which was completely a justification for his own corpse.

The old man came to ask you, there are as many as ten sets of horse-drawn hoes brought by the old man from Hami, there are also ten sets of six-eyed cocoons, and there are also ten sets of plunder for wheat cutting (a large-scale wheat cutting artifact in ancient times, which is still used in some remote mountainous areas, which is eight times the efficiency of the traditional sickle for wheat harvesting), has Tian Shaoqing never thought of experimenting with it? ”

Tian Feng was stunned for a moment: "Mara ploughing hoe? ”

Ouyang Xiu saw that Tian Feng was confused, and continued with a long sigh: "Double horse-drawn ploughing and hoeing, one husband can reclaim more than thirty acres of barren land in one day, with a six-eyed cocoon and one husband can sow more than thirty acres of wheat in a day, and with a predator, one husband can harvest more than eight acres of wheat fields in one day...... This is the conclusion that the old man has seen with his own eyes and measured it himself, if you still have a trace of trust in the old man, you should not have any doubts about these three farmers.

As for the previous purchase of grain, in the final analysis, it was the old man's fault, and the old man should not forget the national righteousness because of his angry words.

When Lao Chen left Hami and left office, the two huge grain stocks of Hami, Changping and Taikang were no less than 900,000 quintals of grain, and there were even grain purchased during the Hami famine four years ago...... Not only the official warehouse, but also the Hami Shaofu Supervisor under the command of the eldest princess also has a large amount of grain in the wolf's den, and the old minister does not know how much grain is stored in it, and according to the old minister's private measurement, it should be no less than 500,000 quintals.

This is only the granary of the national capital, and Hami County also has its own granary, and even the farmer's house has enough grain for a year.

The grain policy formulated by King Hami sounded like a joke in my Great Song Dynasty, called - eat for a year, hide for a year, and prepare for a year, to ensure that even if there is no harvest for three years, the people of Hami can still eat their stomachs.

In order to prevent the grain from hurting the peasants, the king of Hami took out his private savings, and the government of Hami also took out a large amount of state funds to buy the grain in the hands of the farmers at a premium.

This grain was stored in the treasury, and the amount of grain sold each year to passing merchants and the surrounding small tribes was very small.

For the sake of Hami's national security, it cannot be sold in large quantities to the Khitan, Western Xia, as well as Qarakhanid, Gurke, Tubo and other countries and tribes.

His Majesty wants to buy grain from Hami, and he is in the arms of King Hami, and King Hami looks around, and only my Great Song Dynasty is his best grain dumping ground.

As long as the grain can be sold, even if it is at a loss, it is much better than rotting and moldy in the granary.

Therefore, the price of grain in Jingzhao Province is used to buy Hami grain...... Hehe, at this moment, King Hami is estimated to have burst his belly with laughter.

Your Majesty didn't know that the last chapter that the old minister gave to the king of Hami when he was in Hami was suggesting that Hami establish a large wine-making workshop and a steaming wine workshop to consume the stored grain. ”

Ouyang Xiu said everything he wanted to say in one breath, ignored Wen Yanbo, Han Qi and the others, retreated to the periphery of the crowd, found a table and drank tea slowly.

At this moment, he had an urge to go back to Hami.

In Hami, there will never be anyone who will ignore their own words, and in Hami, there will never be anyone who thinks about digging a pit for him every day, and no one will put him on the fire to roast him if he has nothing to do......

Zhao Zhen waited for a while, and when he saw that the ministers were silent, he laughed heartily and said, "This is good news, why are you Aiqing silent?" ”

Bao Zheng walked out of the crowd and arched his hand: "Your Majesty, the wealth of Hami is naturally a good thing for my Great Song.

However, the food supply of the land of the river cannot be entrusted to Hami in its entirety. ”

Zhao Zhen smiled dumbly and said, "Why is this? Isn't it good for the soldiers in the border cities to have enough food? ”

Bao Zheng hugged his fists and said: "Your Majesty doesn't know, this iron heart source can be said to have grown up under the nose of the old minister, this person is the most cunning, and he can squeeze oil and water from the stone if there is no advantage."

This person is eloquent and strategic, he may not have much desire for power, however, this person likes to conquer the most, standing on the top of the mountain and looking at a mountain is higher than a mountain, and the mountains have the heart of conquest.

Lao Chen is worried that once this person is invincible in the Western Regions, he will set his eyes on my Great Song Dynasty, so the border city can only buy grain from Hami for storage, but it is not allowed to let Hami control the food lifeline of my border city. ”

Zhao Zhen shook his head and smiled again, Bao Zheng also looked up to Tie Xinyuan too much, not to mention that Hami is now in the Khitan and Western Xia surrounding, even if it is the upcoming Khitan War, it is estimated that it will make him anxious, and he will say that the Western Regions are invincible.

If Tie Xinyuan can destroy Western Xia with the Great Song Dynasty, Zhao Zhen feels that there is nothing wrong with making the emperor's grandson Tie Xi the crown prince.

After all, the emperor's grandson is too young, and God knows what kind of changes will happen in the long years when he grew up.

Everything can be done slowly, without rush.