"Never! The scourge of the East Thief originated from the autonomy of the Boundary River! ”

"If the autonomy of the eight southeastern states is allowed, there will be eight eastern thieves in the future......"

"The country will not be a country!"

In the Qionglin Palace, the governors of the two prefectures were loudly discussing the "additional conditions for issuing bonds" brought back by Su Chi from Xuzhou, of course, they were all opposed.

Eight states of autonomy!

Isn't this the eight Tianjin cities? One Tianjin city developed a violent week, and eight Tianjin rebelled together, and the Great Song Dynasty was not dismembered?

So it's absolutely not going to work!

Zhao Ji sat on the throne, his face was full of anxiety, looking at a group of ministers who were screaming and couldn't come up with any solutions, he really had the idea of leaving.

Da Song's family, he can't be a family anymore!

"Enough!"

Zhao Ji, who was a little impatient by the ministers, suddenly roared, full of anger! The courtiers in the palace were all trembling, and no one said anything for a while.

"The sailor of the East Thief has landed on Zhifu Mountain in Dengzhou!" Zhao Ji patted the royal case, "And we are still building a fortress and building a wharf." It seems that there will be a large army coming from Liaodong across the sea! Jingdong East Road is in danger!

Once Jingdong East Road is lost, can Xuzhou, Haizhou, and Donghai still be saved? If it can't be saved, will the eight southeastern states fall into the hands of the enemy?"

Faced with Zhao Ji's question, the important ministers all pretended to be dumb. Inside the main hall, there was a dead silence.

Now Da Song is facing a dangerous situation of burning his eyebrows! Even if the eight states will develop a new separatist force, that will be in the future.

If they are not allowed to govern now, it will be difficult to borrow enough military spending, and without military spending, the eight southeastern states will soon fall into the hands of the Great Zhou......

I don't know how long it took, but I only heard a sigh, and then someone spoke, it turned out to be Ji Yi, a treacherous minister who had lost a lot of weight and had a sickly face.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that the imperial court must borrow money from the profiteers in the southeast."

"No!"

"No way!"

"How can the imperial court be coerced by profiteers......"

As soon as Ji Yi's words came out, they immediately attracted a wave of opposition.

"Your Majesty!" He Li, a scholar and waiter, said loudly, "Since ancient times, they have been farmers and merchants!"

The so-called agricultural capital is not only because of the grain, but also because of the source of soldiers. Only when soldiers come out of the countryside can the country be stable. Soldiers are out of business, and the world is bound to be in chaos!

The East Thief is known as a weighing businessman, but he is still agriculture-oriented in military affairs! And how can I only borrow money from merchants to recruit soldiers? ”

Zhao Ji sighed again when he heard this.

Although He Li hates it, what he says makes sense!

The Great Song Dynasty weighed the peasants, but it did not suppress the merger; Second, it is not possible to reach the field. And the scholars and doctors are just collecting rent, studying and becoming officials, what does it have to do with heavy farming?

However, the military affairs of the Great Song Dynasty were completely decoupled from agriculture, and they did not get troops from the land, but only the bureaucrats collected taxes and then used the taxes to recruit troops. The soldiers recruited were all fighting for money, and they had to talk about money before they went into battle, and they were no different from the vendors in the market.

But now the court has no money, so it has to borrow money from merchants, and it is also blackmailed by profiteers......

"Why don't you raise taxes?" Shaozai Su Chi said, "Don't increase the agricultural tax, increase the business tax!" ”

Ji Yi on the side opened his mouth and asked, "I don't know how much Shaozai wants to add?" ”

"The commercial taxes of the eight southeastern states and the East China Sea have been doubled!"

"I didn't get enough of 100 million that year!" Ji Yi shook his head again and again, "And if you want to raise taxes, you have to include taxes, and if you want taxes, you have to allow them to be autonomous...... If it is allowed to be autonomous, it will not be a problem to double the tax and borrow another 100 million yuan. ”

"As long as the officials are competent, raising taxes is not a problem." Su Chi said, "As for the loan of 100 million yuan, it can also be apportioned to businessmen." ”

Ji recalled: "I forced the southeast maritime merchants, how should it end?" Now the reason why the eastern thieves did not invade the southeast by sea was because the southeast maritime merchants were still loyal to the imperial court. If the imperial court pushes too quickly, the ships of the southeast maritime merchants will be used by the enemy......"

Ji Yi's words were only half-said, and there were some things that he didn't tell Zhao Ji. That is, so far, the war between the Great Song and the Zhou State has not spread to the sea!

The land has been a mess, but at sea except for the Bohai Bay, which was blocked by the Zhou navy, the rest of the place is still as usual.

The navy of the Zhou Dynasty did not plunder the merchant fleet of the Song Dynasty, and the navy of the Song Dynasty also did not have the merchant fleet of the Zhou Dynasty.

As for the blockade of ports and the cutting off of trade routes, it also did not happen.

This is an unusual situation!

In addition to the fact that Zhou's fleet was busy transporting the Lu Division to Jingdong Road, the more likely reason was to win over the southeast maritime merchants to take refuge......

If the Great Song Dynasty used the Southeast Sea Merchants as pigs to slaughter at this time, then their sea ships would have to help the Great Zhou transport troops!

Ji Yi said: "Your Majesty, at this time, it is actually very beneficial for us to borrow a little more money. If the imperial court borrowed 100 million from the Southeast Sea merchants, they would not be able to be thieves......"

What is this called? The dignified Song Dynasty court actually reached the point where it wanted to coerce the loyalty of the southeast maritime merchants with debts!

Zhao Ji listened to Ji Yi's words, except for a sigh, he didn't know what to say?

"Your Majesty," He Li shook his head and said, "The imperial court uses its governing power to borrow money from maritime merchants, which is by no means a long-term plan, but a lure to quench thirst!" Even if you borrow 100 million yuan, how long can you last it?

And now the officials and soldiers are trapped not only in money, but also in terms of troops, which are less than those of the thieves! My Great Song Dynasty is a country with a population of hundreds of millions, and its military strength is actually less than that of the Eastern Thieves, who only have more than 10 million people...... Does anyone think that the official army can still use one against two and one against three thieves? ”

It is certain that the combat effectiveness of the new army of the Great Song Dynasty is not as good as that of the republican army of the Zhou State! Firearms are inferior, cavalry is inferior, morale is inferior. Now the number is still small...... How is it possible to win?

However, the population of the Great Song Dynasty, which had few soldiers, was seven or eight times that of the Zhou State, which had many soldiers!

That's a bit of a slap in the face. The military mobilization ability of the Great Song Dynasty, which ruled the world with scholars, was only one-tenth of that of the Zhou State, which ruled the world by warriors and industrialists!

That is to say, the ability of Lazhuang Ding is only one-tenth of that of others...... You can't pull a strong man, do you still want to compare command and training with others?

He Li shouted: "Now that the Eastern Thieves are fighting at the same time on the Hebei Road and the Jingdong East Road, the troops of our dynasty are no longer enough. If the army is sent to the east of the river in the future, it will attack the southeast coast again. How many recruits does the imperial court have to recruit? And how much money do you have to spend to support these recruits? The Eastern Thief recruited millions of strong men, and only needed to divide 100 million acres of land after the victory. And I will recruit millions of soldiers, and the settlement fee alone will be hundreds of millions! How much money did the imperial court have to borrow, and how much tax did it have to levie?

In this way, the thieves don't have to really fight, and they can boil me dry by spending military salaries! ”

As he spoke, He Li bowed and said loudly: "For the great Song Dynasty, the ministers weep blood, beg Your Majesty to descend quickly, suppress the annexation, all the fields, the soldiers, with the land of the world, raise the soldiers of the world!" ”

Zhao Ji couldn't cry or laugh, but turned his gaze to Ji Yi.

Ji Yi said: "Your Majesty, He Li is planning for all generations, but he can't ignore the present. I have been merging for more than 100 years, will a sudden change cause chaos in the world? And all the land in the world belongs to the scholars...... Will they hand it over? I rule the world with the scholars, what is the law, is it to force the world's corporal doctors to do the opposite? ”

Zhao Ji sighed, noncommittal. Although there is nothing wrong with Gu in front of him, the autonomy of the eight states is still too out of line!

Ji Yi saw that Zhao Ji was still hesitating, gritted his teeth and said: "Your Majesty, the world is in danger, and you may not be able to joke about it......"

This is...... Zhao Ji looked at Ji Yi, and his eyes suddenly lit up.

"Your Majesty can pretend to allow eight states, no, eight cities to be autonomous, in exchange for a loan of ten thousand. As soon as the money arrives, try to delay the transfer. Ji Yi paused, "As long as you can defeat the Eastern Thief, are you still afraid that the Eight Cities will not be appeased?" ”

That's right! Emperors can also deceive people...... As long as you cheat the money, arm enough mercenaries, and then defeat the East Thief, what conditions can't be relied upon?

If you can't defeat the thief, uh...... The officials are going to be replaced, and now all the conditions are empty!

So this money, you can borrow, and you have to borrow!

……

The whip was loud, and the chariots and horses were rattled.

The grassland outside the mouth is the season of recovery, and even the spring breeze blowing from the south is full of vitality. The grassland has been covered with a layer of tender green, dotted with small quadrangular fortresses here and there. A flock of sheep like white clouds flows around these bastions. The whole world is full of revival of spring.

On the road leading to Datong Province, which is controlled by the Jin State. There was a rather large team of horses and carts. Horse-drawn carts, with bundles of goods on them. There is a red triangular flag with the word "Xiao" on the flag. This flag belongs to Tianjin Xiao Kee Commercial Bank, which often walks outside the mouth, and the background of Xiao Kee Commercial Company is very complicated. Obviously, there are shares of the Xiao royal family of the Xi people, and there are also shareholders on the side of the Great Song Dynasty, which seems to be the Xiao Gan who was forced to take refuge in the Song Dynasty.

Because the background is very deep, so at the current time when the war between Zhou and Jin is still not over, the convoy of Xiao Ji Commercial Bank can still go back and forth between Zhou, Jin and Song!

In the middle of this large convoy there were dozens of carriages, and the horses pulling the carts were fat and strong, and the oil and water were smooth. The driver sitting on the wheel looked also fierce and brave, and he was very good at first sight.

And the riders who escorted the convoy were even more murderous that could not be concealed! Carrying spears, bows and arrows, and chain mail, they spread out in an oval formation around them.

Among these guards, the most striking was a middle-aged man as tall as an iron tower, with a bearded face and eyes that shot semen, riding on a horse not like a caravan guard, but like a general commanding thousands of troops.

And beside this imposing guard, walking side by side was a woman in chain mail, thirty-seven or eighteen years old, but her appearance and figure were not out of shape at all. The momentum cultivated on a long-time residence is even more amazing, and at first glance she is not an ordinary woman.

She is Xiao Sese, the heavenly daughter of the Great Xi Kingdom! And the guard who followed her was Xiao Yan, the tiger general under the command of the Heavenly Maiden Khan, and he was also Xiao Gan's cousin.

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