"The lieutenant cares a lot about the apple grove in Shaanxi, and at the same time he cares about the derogatory Vermilion Bird soldiers, he has a way to get the best of both worlds......" Ma Xi said softly.

The so-called degraded Vermilion Bird Army was the Suzaku Army soldiers who initiated the palace mutiny at the beginning, and after Zhao Xing canceled all their military registrations, they were relegated to Guangdong, and then these Vermilion Bird Army soldiers were hired by the Guangzhou Merchant Marine and became the most important armed force in overseas territories.

Cai Jing asked in surprise: "Shaanxi Apple Forest, what does it have to do with those Vermilion Bird Army?" Didn't I hear that they were all sent overseas? ”

Ma Xi continued: "Captain Tai has made a lot of money on this expedition, and I heard that the soldiers who participated in the war have made a lot of money. Some soldiers who have made meritorious contributions want to return to their roots and return to their hometowns. Lord Taiwei had to find some way out for them. ”

Cai Jing nodded and smiled: "Huanqingzhi has Zhao Liren, it is really the luck of the people of Huanqing, what does he think?" ”

The "he" that Cai Jing refers to refers to Zhao Xing.

Ma Xi continued: "Taiwei said, how profitable can you make by digging food in the soil, and the hard work in a year is not more than 100 yuan, it just so happens that Huanqing has apples, and the veterans have money in their hands, and Lord Taiwei plans to let them each contribute to the establishment of a liquor group, this word is what Lord Taiwei said."

He plans to use the connections of the Suzaku veterans to establish a large group that integrates the employment of Huanqing, and the veterans go back to establish a winery, and buy apples everywhere for brewing wine (liquor tax) is also a big income for the imperial court, after the establishment of this group, help the imperial court reserve apple trees for emergencies, and in addition, the people who grow apples can have some silver to support their families, which is the best of both worlds, what does Cai Xiang think? ”

Since the time of Ouyang Xiu, the financial income of the Song Dynasty court. The field tax has dropped to less than half, and the military expenditure of the Song court has been completely supported by the wine tax, the merchant tax, and the tea tax. If the apple grove in Shaanxi is converted into farmland, the income of the imperial court will be reduced, and if it can be maintained, it will become a large source of revenue for collecting liquor tax, and the income of the imperial court will increase.

In the past, if the peasants did not grow grain and drummed up some commerce, the imperial court would panic and worry that there would be a famine due to insufficient grain production. Thus sparking unrest. But Zhao Xing went south this time and occupied one foot in Sri Lanka. It is known as the "granary of Asia", where rice crops three times a year, and the product is abundant to the extent of perversion. The import of large quantities of grain from overseas caused food prices to plummet, and the commercial atmosphere of the Song Dynasty made people at that time less concerned about the decline in food prices. Anyway, the introduction of rice land in Zhancheng has made the Song Dynasty not worry about food.

All of this made Cai Jing's heart move when he heard this, and he arched his hand and said, "Thank you for giving me the idea of giving me the land, and I will go back to write the recital." ”

Cai Jing means that he is ready to take the credit on himself. After all, the establishment of the liquor group is a move to increase the income of the imperial court, and Cai Jing has just ascended to the throne and needs this political achievement.

Ma Xi saw that Cai Jing was no longer putting on a show, and he also relaxed. He said softly and cordially: "Cai Xiang, if Shaanxi wants to transport fruit wine and grain, it will take great effort to dredge this canal...... I heard that the water level of the Yellow River has risen in recent years? ”

Cai Jing heard what Ma Xi meant, and he asked: "I heard that your family once used a water control expert named Shan Yi,

Ma Xi took the opportunity to say: "Speaking of Shan Gong, Cai Xiang, I have to mention one more thing when my family is about to leave Guangdong. He once set up a Zhangshui Canal Company. The host is this Shan Gong, and he is also the governor of Zhangzhou. Now the Zhangshui Canal has been built. Guangzhou's goods can directly enter the Yangtze River and be transported to the capital. For such an achievement, I don't know how the court should reward it? ”

Cai Jing narrowed his eyes, looked at the performance on the stage absentmindedly, and asked, "What do you mean?" ”

Ma Xi replied with a smile: "Is the Ministry of Industry going to renovate the Yellow River, Shan Gong can be said to be good at learning, I don't know if Shan Gong can be promoted to one."

Cai Jing replied in a deep voice: "Qian...... It is said that the imperial court is not short of money now, but the family has a big business, and it is also difficult, and money is needed everywhere, although your family can make money, but it can't stand such a large court expense. ”

Ma Xi smiled: "What my family means is that instead of the government, it is better for the people to come forward to take care of the Yellow River." The imperial court can adopt the bidding method of tooth merchants, select a few companies with experience in river management, and they will be in charge of dredging the river, and the imperial court will only be responsible for reviewing the cost and the quality of the project

Cai Jing added meaningfully: This measure, Zhangshui Canal Company is probably deservedly the first. Well, Zhangshui is a river, they have made a lot of money and continued to say: "I am afraid that the people are not enough, this group of people have made a lot of money in Zhangshui, and their hearts are still insufficient, thinking of the glue canal that Lord Taiwei joked about, they plan to talk to Cai Xiang and let them prepare to build the glue canal...... Cai Xiang, if this canal is completed, the sea ship canal does not need to bypass the Shandong Peninsula, this back and forth, at least save two days of work, save two days, not only can transport more goods, but also make the price of goods drop greatly, so that the goods in the capital will be more abundant, isn't it beautiful? ”

Cai Jing clapped his hands: "Guangnan has Zhao Liren, how lucky!" ”

Ma Xi added smoothly: "Taiwei's friend (friend, here as a verb) Cai Xiang, how lucky! ”

Cai Jing smiled very happily: "With your words, I am satisfied." ”

Ma Xi is hinting that Zhao Xing has a penny to earn, and Cai Jing is indispensable. And Cai Jing had already heard that the canal company was making money, and with Ma Xi's hint, he was relieved, so he immediately finalized a sentence.

Later, Cai Jing sighed: "I think that back then, I was in Yangzhou with the Taiwei, how happy I was, and the people of Yangzhou still thank me and the Taiwei for their favor." When I think about those days, I can't help but be fascinated.

It's funny that someone in the court and the middle of the court actually said that I shouldn't be officials in the same place as the Taiwei...... Tell your lord, now that I have become the left minister, if he has a heart, it is better to come to the court to help those dead ghosts take a look, why can't we be officials in the same place. ”

Ma Xi is also a Song native, and he is also deeply influenced by Song culture, so he doesn't understand why Zhao Xing is unwilling to serve as an official in the central government, so he complains with Cai Jing's words: "Yes, this capital is prosperous, why is Taiwei unwilling to stay for a long time?" When he left the capital that day. I asked him the same question, but he said: I have no intention of fighting for spring. ”

Cai Jing chewed on this sentence and said slowly: "The imperial court is worried about how to reward, is there a hint in your letter?" ”

"I have no intention of fighting for spring, my family said, please the court feudal South China Sea!" Ma Xi said with a wry smile.

Cai Jing understood this word, his eyes lit up, and he high-fived and exclaimed: "Gao Ming!" ”

Zhao Xing conquered a new frontier overseas, and adopted a completely different method of conquest than in the past, and the imperial court now had little to do with the affairs of the South China Sea, and only had the power to collect taxes. Now Zhao Xing took the initiative to ask the imperial court to be crowned king in the South China Sea, feudal. It is tantamount to showing that he has no ambition with practical actions.

"Wonderful! Wonderful! When the little emperor heard the news in the palace, he also high-fived and admired, and he paced a few circles underground in excitement. I couldn't help but blurt out: "I have Zhao Qing, how lucky!" In the past, Wang Jinggong changed the law, demanded power in everything, and even asked for the three divisions to be overthrown, and Zhao Qing solicited everywhere for me, and truly achieved that the people did not add endowments and the country was full of fortune, however. Zhao Qing doesn't take power at all, Wang Jinggong is not as good as him, far worse! "Use the power of the minister to carry out the change. This is the fixed mode of governance of several generations of small emperors. The little emperor originally wanted to reuse Zhao Xing, but Zhao Xing pulled out gently, which disappointed him. But it was Zhao Xing's withdrawal that made the little emperor trust him even more.

In terms of money, Zhao Xing is far beyond Wang Anshi, and in terms of power, Zhao Xing is far inferior to Wang Anshi, such a person who is bent on staying in the place to make money for the little emperor, the little emperor feels that no matter how much power he gives, it is not too much.

"Edict. Promoted to the title of Zhao Qing. He was given an officer and allowed to freely mobilize the forces of the South Seas." The little emperor made a decision. The political hall is now his protective, and there is no possibility of rejecting the edict, so the little emperor's order is basically ironclad.

"When I succeeded to the throne that day, the four kings owed a lot of debts, so I compensated them, one of them gave them a small island in the South Seas, and allowed them to move to the domain and take up the ...... of the South China Sea," the little emperor finished speaking, and he felt embarrassed again, and added vigorously: "Now, although the outside of the South China Sea Domain is a place of exile, I have no other thoughts about making them the kings of the South Seas. Wasn't the fiefdom of Zhendi also in Lingnan Duanzhou that day? Besides, I made them the princes of Nanyang, not a mismatch, so they shouldn't complain. ”

Cai Jing praised with his hand: "The official family is sage, and the friendship is really benevolent."

As soon as the horses of this ancient Renjun were photographed, and the little emperor had not yet tasted it, the eunuch Tong Guan hurriedly ran into the palace and reported: "Sage, the Goryeo State sent an envoy to report: Nuzhi invaded on a large scale, Anzhou was lost, Xijing, and the Goryeo envoy cried and begged the imperial court to send troops to help the war......"

When Song Huizong heard this, he was in a daze for a moment, turned to Cai Jing, and asked hesitantly: "Didn't the female straight people be co-opted by Zhao Liren, I heard that they were doing horse trading business with us in Mizhou, so that the imperial court equipped the 36th army in the capital, how can it ......?"

Cai Jing raised his hand: "When I left Yangzhou, I said that there is no eternal enemy, there is no eternal friend, and the world shouts for the word fame and fortune...... What a wise saying. ”

After a pause, Cai Jing's eyes rolled and suggested: "The foreign affairs of the imperial court and the South China Sea should be entrusted to the Nanyang Affairs Bureau, this Beiyang Affairs Bureau should supervise the foreign affairs of the north, and Goryeo should go to the Beiyang Affairs Bureau to help in the war, and the Beiyang Affairs Bureau should first apply for it, and the Beiyang Affairs Bureau can't decide it, and then ask the imperial court, why did they come directly?" ”

Cai Jing's words are purely difficult for the Goryeo envoys, the Nanyang Affairs Bureau was presided over by Zhao Xing, under the leadership of his cross-era thoughts, the entire Nanyang Affairs Bureau has done a good job, and in the Great Song Dynasty, it has also given a good impression to the people, even the three-year-old doorman knows that the first general of the Great Song Dynasty, Zhao Xing, led a powerful fleet to destroy countless countries, so that the Nanyang countries prostrate at the feet of the Great Song Dynasty, and by the way, brought countless wealth to the Great Song Dynasty.

However, the Beiyang Affairs Bureau, which originally wanted to check and balance Zhao Xing, was unable to host the election for a heavyweight, which caused its preparations to be delayed for a long time, and many people in the Great Song Dynasty did not even know that such an institution existed.

However, Cai Jing's suggestion was in line with Tong Guan's answer: "Captain Tong, you tell the Goryeo envoy according to this." ”

Tong Guan hesitated, the little emperor paused for a moment, he was embarrassed, he turned to Cai Jing, and said curtly: "Who is the new chief officer of the Beiyang Affairs Bureau?" ”

Tong Guan heard that the little emperor finally asked the topic, and he stopped. Cai Jing didn't blush when he heard this question, and he replied without shame: "Your Majesty, the Beiyang Affairs Bureau has not yet appointed a promotion officer. ”

The little emperor was a little twisted, he circled his fingers, and said in a deep voice: "The promotion of the Nanyang Affairs Bureau is Zhao Qing, how can this Beiyang Affairs Bureau also need an important minister to come forward, who can Cai Qing hold this position?" ”

Cai Jing hesitated to answer, Tong Guanyi's sturdy figure interjected: "It must be public!" ”

Tong Guan is talking about Han Zhongyan and Zeng Bu, who went to work.

Song Huizong is a nostalgic person. This emperor full of artistic temperament is very emotional, so he is in his team. In the past, the companions in the submarine mansion were more valued than Cai Jing, the "art bosom friend", and Tong Guan was the main contributor to Cai Jing's recovery, so Tong Guan's interjection made Cai Jing dare not say more. He ducked to the side and remained silent.

Song Huizong nodded, changed his title kindly, and no longer used his official title to call his henchman eunuch, he asked kindly: "Tong Bandang, in your opinion, which of these two can go to Beiyang?" ”

Tong Guan turned his gaze to Cai Jing. Cai Jing stepped forward and replied: "Han Zhongyan is currently the governor of Chuzhou, Zeng Bu is currently the official of Hedong Road", Zeng Xianggong was a privy envoy, and he also stayed in Yongxinjun Road. He served as the envoy of the Hedong Road, and he happened to be able to join forces with Fan Chun to contain the Western Xia, and the old slave thought that Zeng Xiang could not be moved lightly. ”

Tong Guan had already given the answer, and the little emperor echoed with satisfaction: "Speaking of which, Han Zhongyan is a good candidate to go to Beiyang. Beiyang's current foundation is the Mizhou Naval Division, and Han Zhongyan has a close relationship with Jiangmen......"

The little emperor's words stopped abruptly, and Cai Jing understood what the little emperor didn't say.

The basis of the Nanyang Naval Division was Zhao Xing's development of the Ground Naval Division fleet in Guangdong, and the Mizhou Fleet was also developed by Zhao Xing and Zhang Yong. This army will be handed over to someone else. It is equivalent to being handed over to Zhao Xing, and Jiangmen is the most trusted guardian of the palace of the Song Dynasty. Because of Han Zhongyan's relationship with Jiangmen, he will manage the Beiyang Naval Division, no more, no less, just right.

The little emperor figured it out and praised Tong Guan on the spot: "Tong Companion is worthy of being a disciple of Li Dage (the great eunuch Li Yan), this suggestion is too good, Han Lao stubbornly went to Beiyang, it is too suitable." ”

At the beginning of his tenure, Han Zhongyan had a good relationship with Zhao Xing, but this person likes to go to extremes, excited to eliminate evil, excited to overkill, and as a result, he immediately had a fierce conflict with Zhao after coming to power, although this person's political views are contrary to the emperor, but Zhao Ji believes in his loyalty to the royal family, and places him in the north to guard the mouth of the Yellow River for the Great Song Dynasty, and the emperor is at ease. Zhao Xing just arrived at Srivijaya, and he walked very slowly all the way, almost grinding. In Srivijaya supervised the construction of Palembang City by Song merchants, his student Chen Buqun and he were depressed to find that the entire Nanyang, especially the South China Sea after passing the Lion City, the small countries along the way did not speak well to the Great Song Dynasty.

Zhao Xing used to imagine that it would be difficult to conquer a big country like Srivijaya, but he didn't expect that he just gently cleaned up the Seljuks, and the entire Nanyang countries were silent.

"How can this be", Chen Buqun groaned depressedly: "Teacher, aren't you planning to make a mistake, now all the way, those people are well-behaved, which makes me embarrassed to start, what is the size of these days, are we just going back to China like a gentleman all the way?" ”

Zhao Xing also groaned, and said depressedly: "You and I have underestimated the influence of the Great Song Dynasty culture, thinking that when we haven't used force yet, these small Nanyang countries have already fallen under the Emperor Song civilization, and now, when we show our fists a little, these people used to be just convinced, and now we have to add oral." They bowed down to the emperor and Song in convincing......

Well, think about it, isn't this our goal, to subdue Nanyang, to make the entire Nanyang a cash cow and cornucopia of the Great Song Dynasty, and it is also the goal of our expedition this time, since the goal has been achieved, compared to it, our personal honor and disgrace are nothing.

I figured it out, as soon as the small Nanyang country saw us, it praised us as gentlemen, then we had to be gentlemen, do, politely return to the domestic life, always unpredictable, I originally wanted to use the sea of blood to establish my dignity, but now, I can only use etiquette to achieve my goal. This is used to beating people's hands, and suddenly wants to pick up the book, not used to it

The conquest of Palembang also lies in the creativity of the Song merchants, who imitated Zhao Xing's Admiralty Building and built a magnificent trading hall there. In addition, in the dock area, they imitated the Guangming Tower in Guangzhou, and built a lighthouse of more than 30 meters, and there are several of them. The local natives looked up at the unattainable, sky-high buildings, and suddenly the Song people were invincible, and in this case, they looked up at the lighthouses and edifices erected by the Song people with admiration, and there was only one thought left in their hearts: not to be an enemy of them.

In this case, the Sriwijaya was originally very indignant that Zhao Xing had taken the suzerainty of Sri Lanka from them, but now, they only wanted to anger the Song people. In their minds, once the Song people, who had such a miraculous ability, turned their anger or attention to them, their king's chair would inevitably have to move the tax exemption that people had negotiated, and on this return trip, the king of Srivijaya gave it to Zhao Xing's army when it arrived, and the two sides agreed that the Song merchants' trade lords would be managed by the Song merchants themselves, and they would enjoy the right to garrison, administrative, extraterritorial, and tax. This move was already equivalent to allowing the trading domains of the Song merchants to become a state within a state. However, the Song merchants also had to pay a symbolic part of the land rent to the Sriwijaya king, and when the Sriwijaya merchants stepped out of the Song Mall, they also needed to pay the customs clearance fee to the Sriwijaya king......

Originally, Zhao Xing discussed with Chen Buqun, and the two planned to create a military rebellion and condone the soldiers to plunder everywhere. According to the court's practice of being particularly friendly to foreigners, the court inevitably had to punish the troublemakers heavily, and Zhao Xing, as a general of the unified army, also had to bear the charge of lax management, so that he could keep his merits and crimes in his original position without promotion or demotion.

However, along the way, they couldn't find a place to start.

This phenomenon continued, after the Three Buddhas, Zhao Xing went to Boni again, and then turned to Jiaozhi, and could no longer find a reason to do it, so he had to go north along the way along Guangzhou with a stomach full of desire.

In November, Zhao Xing arrived in Hangzhou. Wan Qiyong, Shuai Fan, and Yuan Yeping rushed to greet them, the expressions on the faces of these three people were not good, Zhao Xing glanced at them, and felt that they had something in their hearts, after the officialdom greeting procedure was completed, he rushed back to the Blue House, and he didn't even see his wife, so he summoned these three people directly.

"What is the situation in the country?" Zhao Xing asked.

"It's not good", Wan Qiyong glanced at Shuai Fan and Yuan Yeping, and said, "You say? (To be continued, if you want to know what happens, please log in.) , more chapters,