In fact, most of the real Bohai State in history was in the territory of the Khitan. But the Khitans, who were being beaten by the Jin, heard that the Jurchens had a knife stuck in their backs, and they were immediately overjoyed and admitted the existence of the Bohai Kingdom.

Later, Goryeo, who also felt a breather, immediately supported the restoration of the Balhae Kingdom.

In contrast to the eagerness of these two countries, in this farce, only the Great Song maintained a strangely ambiguous attitude towards the new country, neither supporting nor opposing it.

At the same time, Shuai Fan fought a 6-battle against the Jin people on the north bank of the Yalu River. The gunboats of the Song army destroyed the rudimentary rafts of the Jurchens and shattered the Jurchens' intention to cross the river. Subsequently, the Jurchens had to abandon a large amount of booty and march to the upper reaches of the Yalu River with only part of their rations, in an attempt to force their way across the river from the pre-tax point.

In March, Shuai Fan, who had an excuse to have few troops, allowed the Jurchen Jin soldiers to cross the Yalu River from the upper reaches of the river, and then he ambushed the Jurchens crossing the river on a mountain road on the north bank of the river. The Song people, armed with artillery and muskets, took advantage of the mountainous terrain to fight the ambush of the Jurchens in the Cold Weapon Era, which was like an adult boxer beating a child who had just learned to walk, and there was almost no suspense about the outcome of the outcome.

The battle lasted for a day and a half, and Shuai Fan freely annihilated half of the Jurchen cavalry, and then sent about 10,000 remnants home.

After the end of this battle, the Jurchens can be said to have lost all their money. Of the 30,000 elites in their country, only 8,000 returned home, and their winter raiding intentions were completely ruined, and the soldiers brought back only a negligible amount of loot. As for the military rations and Goryeo technical slaves they were most looking forward to, they were all intercepted by Shuai Fan on the south bank.

Postwar. The Song army's control over the battle line was slightly relaxed, and the Jurchens, who felt aggrieved, finally found an opportunity to send someone to touch the Song army's blockade, and touched the crying of Bianliang City in Tokyo, and Huang Tingjian, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, waved his pen. They were instructed to the Beiyang Affairs Bureau, and Han Zhongyan, who was promoted by the Beiyang Affairs Bureau, pretended to be crazy and stupid, insisting that it was the current Bohai State that had been engaged in long-term trade with the Great Song Dynasty, so they had never had an alliance with the Jurchens, so there was no accusation of attacking their allies......

After eating a belly of dumb and dumb land, he originally planned to continue the spring offensive and repair the Liao people once. But now, he had no choice but to return to his den to lick his wounds with a stomach full of sadness, grievances, and bitterness. For the rest of the year, his approach was completely different from normal history, and he turned his gaze further north, and began to squeeze other northern tribes that were more backward and ignorant than he was.

March. Zhao Xing returned to Hangzhou, and at this time, Chen Buqun had finished his rest and was ready to return to Nanyang with the Xindi army. Meanwhile. The original group of fighters also finished their rest and began to report to the barracks. At the same time. Another imperial army in the Great Song Imperial Palace also moved to Hangzhou, preparing to be trained by Zhao Xing. and change gear.

"What is my goal, do you want to fight Arabia this time?" Chen Buqun asked Zhao Xing confidently.

Chen Buqun seemed eager to try. Zhao Xing smiled slightly. Reminder: "Business sense. Not a group. You have to do more things, business sense. Hit the Arabs. How much should we invest? What kind of benefits can be obtained?

In other words. We currently have a branch business road. It is possible to bypass the Abbasids to communicate with the West. All our wars are raging around Arabia. The aim is to deter the Arabs with minimal input. Let it abide by the co-market agreement with us. But if we attack the Abbasids directly. What kind of benefits are we pursuing?

Arabia is a big market. Their monarchs lived in luxury. A large amount of silk, porcelain, tea, and icing sugar are needed every year. Even if they can't communicate with the West. We don't care. Because we can already complete communication with the West from the Seljuks. So a direct attack on Arabia. I don't think the gains outweigh the losses. At least for now, the gains outweigh the losses. There's that big investment. It is better to pay a tenth of the price. Or one-twentieth of the price. Let's go and open up another trade route – the African trade route.

African markets compared to Arabia. Probably small. Africa is all about the poor. We can't afford to spend our fine silk and tea. Count on them to transship goods to Europe. It seems unrealistic. Because those goods have to cross the whole of Africa Big 6 to get to the west coast. Then change to a boat. Transshipment to Europe. But. We can't hang ourselves from a tree. Our road to the West cannot be tied to the Seljuk tree. We must have an alternative path.

Not a group. There is a folk saying. It's just that the independent business doesn't last long. Exclusive business. It is easy to provoke jealous people. Easy to provoke looters. In order to share the risk. We have to train the Seljuks to be a competitive. Let the two wolves grab a bone. It's better than a wolf coming and grabbing a bone. Because two wolves went to grab the bones. It will curry favor with the bone-throwing man. And a wolf. It has the potential to directly threaten the bone thrower. You have to throw it a bone every now and then.

So. This time, the target is the East China Sea. We entered the east coast of Africa in the name of protecting the Song merchant land and flexed our force. I ask you to achieve a deterrent goal with minimal effort. But in case something happens. I ask you to do whatever it takes. Destroy that challenger. I Nanyang Affairs Bureau. My 100 million people in the Song Dynasty are the driving force behind it. Let's go and fight. It is necessary to let the Song army's artillery roar on the land of Africa. Let them know that Thor is angry.

Africa has precious stones, ivory, precious wood, and a large number of black slaves, I am now opening a small island in the South Seas, the island environment is harsh, the Great Song Dynasty merchants need a large number of high-quality Kunlun slaves, this is the benefit we pursue, let it go, I am optimistic about you. ”

Chen Buqun nodded, he walked a few steps, and reflexively said to Zhao Xing: "Teacher, you know that Zhu's Suzhou should be in the bureau." ”

Zhao Xing replied lightly: "What, did he stretch out his hand to Hangzhou, he dared to reach to Hangzhou, I will cut off his son Wang Qinchen Under the recommendation of the Southern Party, he was sent to Kaifeng Mansion with the right of secretary and young eunuch and waiter of the Ministry of Rites, which is his second appointment in Kaifeng Mansion." And the official position of the Chifu Order. In the Great Song Dynasty, it generally means a reserve cabinet member.

Later, the court exonerated Wang Mingsuo from the charge. According to Zhao Xingdi's suggestion, he was appointed as the deputy envoy of the Liangzhejiang Road Transfer, the governor of Taizhou, and the superintendent of the Nanyang Affairs Bureau (the chief of the prefectures and counties under the Nanyang Affairs Bureau) to sign official affairs (with the power to approve official documents on behalf of Zhao Xing). After the appointment of the above two new officials, it also means that Zhao Xing and the Southern Party have completed their own personnel adjustments, and the Southern Party has officially become a force to be reckoned with in the court.

At the same time, the imperial court set up a bureau in Hangzhou, which was presided over by Tong Guan. Thousands of craftsmen are sent every day to make gold, jade, tooth horn, bamboo and rattan weaving and embroidery for the royal family. All the materials required are collected by the private sector. The Suzhou Yingfeng Bureau, which was established earlier, is trying its best to excavate stones in Taihu Lake, and the excavated stones are the famous "Taihu Lake Stone" in later generations.

Chen Buqun reluctantly pulled his lips and showed a helpless smile: "The teacher doesn't know yet, Zhu picked a stone in Taihu Lake last month." The boulder is six feet high and needs to be hugged by hundreds of people. Suzhou Yingfeng Bureau specially built a huge ship to transport this Taihu stone to the capital. It is said that the gate of the capital is too small for stones to enter the gate, and the official family ordered the city gate to be demolished before it can be considered to enter the city.

At that time, thousands of people couldn't lift this big guy. Emperor Daozong was overjoyed, and wrote the imperial book himself: Qingyun Wanzhi Qifeng. and a gold band hung on it. Afterwards, the official family rewarded each porter with a golden bowl, Zhu's four slaves were made officials, and Zhu himself was promoted to "Weiyuan Army Festival Envoy". The big stone was given the title of Marquis, Marquis of Pangu. ”

The "Jiedu Envoy" used to be equivalent to today's commander of a large military region and the chief executive of a province or several provinces, but now it is used to indicate the same level of status, honor, and treatment

Chen Buqun said. With a chuckle, he walked outside. While laughing happily, he said: "We will wait for the merit of destroying the country and opening up the territory for the Great Song Dynasty." It's not as good as a stone - the teacher is not a marquis now, and the teacher is not a festival envoy now, this kind of military exploits is not as good as a few of Zhu's slaves, haha! ”

"Tear down the city gates?!" Zhao Xing muttered to himself in shock, his empty voice echoing in the empty hall, and he groped for a stack of newly arrived spy reports on his desk in thought. After a long time, there was a sound of footsteps in the corridor, which was Wang Mingsuo and Wan Qiyong.

Wang Mingsu is a close disciple of Ouyang Xiu, and he was born on the right path of the imperial examination, Zhao Xing intended to support him to enter the court, so as soon as he entered Zhao Xing's system, he obtained an official position higher than that of Wan Qianyong, who had followed him for many years. But Wan Qianyong was not shocked, because he knew that when he asked his confidants, no one could replace the status of him and Shuai Fan in Zhao Xing's mind, so in this meeting, although he let Wang Mingsuo walk in front of him according to the rules of officialdom, there was no look of grievance on his face.

Wang Mingsuo was upright, and when he saw Zhao Xing, he asked: "Some people say that demolishing the city gate is done by enemy soldiers, and demolishing the city gate by himself is an act of destroying the country, what does the minister think?" ”

In February, after Song Huizong added a new title to himself, the ministers of the court each had a reward, and Zhao Xing obtained a new official position to rise to a grade, adding a "inspection of the Taiwei, Kaifu Yi with the three divisions, with the central door under the Pingzhang military and state affairs", once this official position is added, it means that it can be called "deputy (prime minister) minister", therefore, Wang Mingsuo, a person who pays attention to the rules of officialdom, also began to use the word "Xianggong" to call Zhao Xing.

"The wall of people's hearts, not the wall", Zhao Xing replied vaguely.

He said that the dialect is actually a well-known idealist argument, which comes from the Confucian classics, which means that as long as the hearts of the people form a wall, the enemy's cannons will not be afraid to come.

"!" Wang Mingsu scolded unceremoniously: "The nine gates of the capital were set up by the ancestors when they established the country, the nine gates were consolidated, and the Great Song Dynasty was eternal...... I have already written to Huang Tingjian and Zhang Shangying, preparing to unite all parties to impeach Cai Jing and impeach the officials...... Now that the bullet seal is over, do you sign it? ”

The "Nine Gates of the Beijing Division" mentioned by Wang Mingsuo here is an imaginary number, which generally refers to the number of city gates.

Zhao Xing looked at Wan Qianyong with a wry smile, and Wan Qianyong immediately spoke out to relieve the siege: "Xianggong does not need to sign, because if Huang Tingjian comes forward, even if Xianggong does not come forward, the world will know Xianggong's attitude; Nor can the Captain be signed. Lord Taiwei does not sign, even if the conflict in the court is fierce, there is room for relaxation, and there is room for the imperial court, if Lord Taiwei signs his name, it will be a battle of victory or death. ”

Wang Mingsuo tilted his head and thought for a while, and replied, "Yes, I am here with you." I believe in the initiative, and the world naturally thinks that you are behind it. If you don't sign it, I'll go and send the bullet out. You two talk about things first, and I'll come when I go. ”

Zhao Xing looked at Wang Mingsuo's back in a hurry, with a helpless face. Wan Qianyong shook his head and said with a sigh: "Now this Your Majesty." It's getting more and more able to toss, and now, those who pay tribute to strange stones have been promoted to knighthood, and even the slaves are favored. The trend of profit is down, and the whole country is in turmoil. In the future, I am afraid that all parts of the country will intend to invite pets. Endless teaching. The country is going to be in chaos. ”

Zhao Xing also let out a long sigh: "I was trying my best to welcome this official, I thought about the volunteer I am doing now, which is not allowed by the Great Song Dynasty system, only this unreasonable His Majesty can allow the establishment of the Nanyang Affairs Bureau, and allow me to send troops without going through the Privy Council, and now the rules are broken by me, and I have no right to advocate the restoration of the old rules." ”

Wan Qiyong also sighed: "Blessings and misfortunes depend." Woe to blessings. We broke the rules, had the conditions to fulfill our wishes, and also opened the halter and released a tiger - Xianggong doesn't know. Cai Jing reformed the trade law

To be honest, Cai Jing's reform of the trade law. It is close to the modern law of free trade, that is, the exclusive purchase of goods such as tea and salt. It is no longer purchased by the government, and then resold to merchants for profit. In his new trade law, he adopted Zhao Xing's market access law in Guangzhou, in which the government granted licenses and allowed licensed merchants to freely purchase specialized goods.

This is in line with normal history.

On the surface, Cai Jing's market access law is very much in line with modern business rules, but as soon as everything is handled by corrupt officials, magic immediately turns into corruption. Cai Jing launched the local market access law has become the first source of power for leasing in the hands of corrupt officials, corrupt officials brandished market access certificates, seeking to maximize benefits, and businessmen spent a lot of bribes, after buying licenses, immediately spread the cost of bribes to the people, so prices soared, the people can not even afford to consume daily necessities tea and salt, disaster and blessing, fortunately my Nanyang Affairs Bureau has its own exclusive rights, our license and tea and salt, can bypass the new trade law of the imperial court, this is not a kind of luck" , Zhao Xing smiled bitterly and relieved himself.

Wan Qiyong stretched out a finger and took stock: "At this moment, what Lord Taiwei can do is to quickly complete what he wants to do, and then enter the court——"

Wan Qiyong paused, listening intently to the movements around him. The corridors of Cheong Wa Dae are equipped with special echo equipment, and the sound of footsteps is particularly loud. At this moment, the whole building was quiet, Wan Qiyong heard that there was no movement around, he gritted his teeth and said, "Abolish the emperor!" ”

Zhao Xing smiled bitterly: "Then what have I become, I used force to support the current majesty to ascend the throne, and I will inevitably be written in the history books, and now I have gained monstrous power according to the current official family, but I seek to abolish the emperor and set up a new emperor."

If I abolish the emperor and set up a new emperor, in the future, my children and grandchildren will die without a place to be buried......

Let's take a step at a time, you go and quietly inform the hundred officials, just say who dares to dedicate the "spirit stone", don't blame me for finding fault and not getting along with them. I told them that the Nanyang Affairs Bureau has received a lot of money, and they should not covet other rewards, and if there are those who want to take advantage of this to invite merit, I ask them to leave the Nanyang Affairs Bureau and let the court reuse them. ”

Wan Qiyong touched a few mustaches on his chin, and his eyes rolled wildly: "It's just that this matter is not for outsiders, and it needs to be operated well in private......"

After a pause, Wan Qiyong took stock of the officials one by one: "Fortunately, our leaders are all upright people, I know that Zong Ze will not do such a thing, and as for Qin Guan and Chao Buzhi, they are even more disdainful." Fujian Road, there is Shuai Fan there to press, he is short-tempered, known as a butcher, Fujian Road officials are afraid that they will not dare to cross him to the court.

As for Liangguang, Emperor Tiangao is far away, Zhan Zhou and Zhou Buzhi are even more unlikely to be in agreement, what I am worried about is that Xie Yinglao of Lianghu will not be able to suppress his subordinate officials. Xianggong, do you want to help Xie Yinglao......"

Zhao Xing nodded: "You go and do it, but I don't think it's very useful, you go and inform Huangzhou, tell the new Huangzhou governor, just say that Huangzhou is my hometown, where my wife lives, I hope Huangzhou can't be messed up." ”

Wan Qian sighed: "The world is going to be chaotic." ”

Zhao Xing and Wan Qiyong were relatively speechless, and after waiting for a while, Zhao Xing touched the spy report several times and wanted to speak. endured and endured, and finally gave up. Wan Qianyong didn't open his mouth when he saw Zhao Xing. He opened the account book and reported: "Spring has begun, the Nanyang Affairs Bureau has begun to build a total of 31 major roads, costing 13 million yuan, and has hired more than 50,000 people from Shaanxi. In addition, 110,000 Kunlun slaves were imported from Nanyang and more than 30,000 Kunlun slaves were purchased from Africa, which is expected to be completed by the end of this year

In addition, each state under its jurisdiction is building new state schools and women's schools, but the local schools have said it. Xianggong wants to teach them simple rescue knowledge and emergency avoidance knowledge, and there is a lack of relevant textbooks, so please organize people to compile textbooks...... The states and counties are expected to need 1,100 yuan in expenditure, and after the public review has been completed, I will approve it here. I've seen this beforehand, and it's about the same.

And also. There are also thirteen states under the Nanyang Affairs Bureau, and there is no special office space for the village councils, and there is no special newspaper to publish their voices. We were asked to pay for the construction of the facilities. The total amount needs about 810,000 yuan, a small amount of money. I have approved the establishment of the Council to reduce corruption for us, as well as for the savings we have saved on administrative expenses in various places. We can earn back these 800,000 yuan in a year - give them a batch of glass, and let them all build the township hall into a transparent and bright hall. ”

"In terms of Nestorianism, they have received donations of about 1 million yuan from believers this year, especially after the article about the death of the Buddha, the number of believers has increased dramatically, and they have come to say that there are many Taoist temples in various places at present, and they plan to use this donation to build ten more monasteries, each of which is attached to a public cemetery, a school, and a free clinic...... It's also a trifle, and I've approved it. ”

Zhao Xing said contemplatively: "I will donate another million yuan to them through Kasli anonymously, telling them that it is not enough to have only one free medicine clinic in a city, and I hope to build at least four churches in a city, with four medicine clinics." There is not enough money, and there are many Nestorian believers in our army, and they are now full of money, so they can encourage the officers and encourage the sergeants to donate. ”

Wan Qiyong snapped the account book, raised his face and said: "The rest are all small things, I will deal with them myself, my lord, this year has been stormy, and we need to quickly complete the construction of the Guangnan Affairs Bureau." I hope that you will not go out to fight again this year, so you will sit in Hangzhou, and let us use a year to improve the system of all roads in Nanyang. ”

Zhao Xingzheng nodded in agreement, and angry footsteps sounded in the corridor, and there was also an angry muttering, it was Zong Ze, he was arguing with people as he walked, and the people arguing with him spoke softly, and seemed to be unhurried.

Zhao Xing's office was not located in the Blue House, but in the Nanyang Affairs Bureau near the West Lake, but because he was traveling abroad for many years, the magnificent Nanyang Affairs Bureau office building became Wan Qiyong's office, and it was logical that he opened an office in the Blue House to sign important documents.

The Jasmine Garden is big enough, so whenever Zhao Xing returns to Hangzhou, there are always some familiar officials who come to the Jasmine Garden to hang out under the guise of asking for instructions and reporting to the place. However, the people who can enter and leave the jasmine garden are people who are close to each other, and ordinary people can't enter the door if they want to set foot in it.

Zhao Xing's head is still hanging on the surrender of Hangzhou Zhizhou, Zong Ze is the right to Zhizhou, that is, the acting Zhizhou, later, because of the gradual intimacy with Zhao Xing, so Jasmine Garden became his office location in this Zhizhou, he led a group of officials, occupied the west wall of Jasmine Garden, in winter, fully enjoyed the Jasmine Garden's warm ground dragon equipment. In the summer, he moved to the Zhizhou Yamen, next to the West Lake, opposite the Nanyang Affairs Bureau, to handle tedious official business.

Generally speaking, Zong Ze is reluctant to set foot on the Blue House, because in the eyes of an upright person, the Blue House is a place where Zheng sings and dances, and opera performances are staged on the rooftop platform all year round. The lobby on the ground floor is equivalent to an officials' club, and the senior officials of the Nanyang Affairs Bureau like to gather on the ground floor to enjoy the food and wine of the Blue House, enjoy the singing and dancing in the building, and wait for Zhao Xing's call.

Therefore, Zong Ze's entry into the building means that there is a big event. Wan Qiyong and Zhao Xing stopped talking, looked at the door, and waited patiently for Zong Ze to push the door in. (To be continued, if you want to know what will happen next, please post 6 chapters for more, support the author, support positive.)