The loss of Yanjing City not only caused a stir among the people of the capital, but also shocked the imperial court, which implemented the ostrich policy for nearly a year, and when the war finally came, both the Son of Heaven Zhao Ji and Wang Huang and other important ministers had to pull their heads out of the sand and face the impending crisis of power.

This is an eternal theorem, when the power of the power is misoperated and a huge crisis is triggered, the legitimacy of its power will be widely questioned, and the Zhizheng Hall, who holds the power, is also difficult to avoid.

Early in the morning, in the side hall of the Xuanzheng Palace, Zhao Ji convened an emergency military and political meeting, which was attended by dozens of ministers above the third rank to discuss how to deal with the crisis caused by the invasion of the Jin State.

At this time, the Great Song Dynasty court can be described as internal and external troubles, although from Yanjing City to get a large amount of Liao wealth, but these wealth only took less than half a year to consume, now not only the treasury is seriously empty, even the Son of Heaven inner treasury is also very little, the imperial court financial is extremely embarrassed, even the daily military expenditure is difficult to support, the imperial court can not prepare for war in Hebei on a large scale, nor can it deal with the military provocations of Western Xia, largely because of financial constraints.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the matter has come to this point, and I don't want to hold anyone responsible, let's talk about it! How do we respond to the invasion of the Kingdom of Jin? ”

Zhao Ji's voice was not high, his expression was very tired, the invasion of the Jin Kingdom brought him great pressure, making him restless in sleep, he could no longer deal with the engulfing crisis alone, he could only ask the ministers for advice.

There was silence in the hall, and at this critical moment, everyone remained silent, they did not want their words to affect the final decision, and no one could afford to bear this responsibility.

Zhao Ji didn't speak for a long time, and couldn't help but be a little displeased, so he said to Gao Ji: "Gao Shu's envoy will speak first!" ”

Gao Yu was named, helpless, he had to get up and said: "Your Majesty, to deal with the invasion is actually eight words, 'the soldiers will block, the water will be flooded,' since the Jin soldiers are killed, then we will send troops to deal with it, nothing more than two lines, a Hebei line, a Hedong line, Hebei line deployed 100,000 Xiang troops, but the combat effectiveness of the Xiang army is weak, Weichen suggested to increase the forbidden army to Hebei by 80,000, Weichen recommended Liu Yanqing as the main general, leading the army to the north to defend, in addition, the Hedong line is mainly Taiyuan defense, at present, Taiyuan Mansion has 20,000 elite soldiers, the army is slightly insufficient, Wechen suggested that 20,000 troops be added to Taiyuan Mansion, but Yao Pingzhong was a little weak and his decision was insufficient, so Wechen suggested a replacement. ”

Wang Hao snorted heavily, got up and said, "Liu Yanqing has been defeated repeatedly, can this kind of defeated general be of great use?" Captain Gao, this is a critical juncture for the country, and I hope you don't bring personal emotions with you. ”

Zhao Ji also heard that Gao Yu was selfish, and he was also a little unhappy in his heart, so he waved his hand to signal Gao Yu to sit down, and said, "Let's talk about other ministers!" ”

At this time, the crown prince Zhao Huan, who was sitting in front of the jade steps, said: "Father, can you allow Erchen to come up with a plan!" ”

At this time, Zhao Huan took the initiative to express his position, which made Zhao Ji quite pleased, so he nodded and said, "Emperor, please speak!" ”

Zhao Huan got up and said: "In fact, the two plans of Gao Taiwei just now coincide with Erchen, mainly to strengthen the two-line defense, one is the Hebei line, the other is the Hedong line, Hebei is a three-sided defense, Zhending Mansion, Xiongba two states and Hejian Mansion, 80,000 forbidden troops and 100,000 Xiang troops cooperate, the number is almost enough, and the Hedong line is mainly Taiyuan defensive battle, but Taiyuan is only the second defense, the first defense should be in Daizhou, add 20,000 troops to Taiyuan, and then transfer the 20,000 troops defending Western Xia to the area of Daizhou Yanmen Pass and Mound Pass, this is the opinion of the sons. ”

There was a lot of discussion in the hall, and the prince did not mention the person who led the troops, which was a bit unfinished! Zhao Ji frowned, "Who does the emperor think should lead the troops?" ”

"This ......" Zhao Huan hesitated.

Cai Jing said on the side: "Your Highness, now is a critical moment, although Your Highness is outspoken, put forward a proper plan to solve Your Majesty's worries!" ”

Zhao Ji nodded, "Cai Cai Xianggong is right, although the emperor is outspoken, I listen." ”

Zhao Huan had no choice but to bow down and say: "Erchen thinks that if you want to solve the immediate crisis, you have to go out of the mountain!" ”

The main hall was silent for a moment, and Zhao Ji was really a little bitter in his heart, could it be that there was no one in the Great Song Dynasty except for the Dao of the Seed Master?

After a while, Zhao Ji said slowly: "The seed master is old, I'm afraid I don't have the energy to serve the country anymore, does the emperor have any other plans?" ”

Zhao Ji couldn't accept the Planter Dao to go out of the mountain again, he really couldn't hold his face, of course Zhao Huan understood that his father couldn't accept the Planter Dao to go out of the mountain again, so he said: "Erchen has another plan." ”

"What plan, you say?"

"Father, the son recommended Zhang Shuye as the head of the soldiers and horses of Hejian Mansion, responsible for the defense of the eastern line of Hebei, the commander of Xiongba in the seed division, responsible for the defense of the middle line of Xiongzhou and Bazhou, and recommended Liu Guangshi as the head of Zhending Mansion, responsible for the defense of Zhending Mansion on the west line of Hebei Road, and then recommended King Kang as the governor of Xiangzhou, and King Yun of the Daimyo Mansion was responsible for the second line of defense of Hebei Road, and deployed the 80,000 Xiang Army of Jingxi Road and Kaifeng Mansion on the second line of defense, so that the two lines of defense on Hebei Road can protect the Beijing division unharmed."

Zhao Ji nodded, he could accept this plan, and he asked again: "What about the deployment of Hedong Road?" ”

"Father, Hedong Road is the key, as Gao Taiwei said, Yao Pingzhong is slightly soft, brave and decisive is insufficient, not suitable to defend the city, Erchen suggested appointing Yao Pingzhong as the governor of Daizhou, leading 20,000 troops to deploy on the front line of Yanmen Pass, if Yanmen Pass is broken through by Jin soldiers, then Yao Pingzhong can lead the army to retreat to Jingcheng, and even retreat to Luoyang, but Taiyuan must send a brave future to guard, Erchen recommended Li Yanqing to lead 20,000 Jingzhao troops into Taiyuan."

This plan aroused a lot of discussion, and Wang Hao asked: "May I ask Your Highness, Shaanxi Road is also facing the threat of Western Xia, if Li Yanqing is transferred to Taiyuan, then who will be in charge of Shaanxi Road?" ”

Zhao Huan smiled slightly, "The national strength of Western Xia has not yet recovered, and it may not be possible to attack Shaanxi Road, so let Liu Tao, the transfer envoy of Shaanxi Road, temporarily serve as the defense envoy of Shaanxi Road, and lead the defense of all armies on Shaanxi Road against Western Xia. ”

This is undoubtedly a very delicate plan, at present, the seed master Dao is in Jingzhao Mansion for the elderly, so that the seed master Dao hangs a general's false position, with his prestige, it is more than enough to guard Jingzhao Mansion, and Jingzhao Mansion is not the front line, there is no need for too many troops to garrison, and let the seed master Dao hang a false position, he is actually still in a state of retirement, which does not involve some embarrassing things.

At this time, everyone looked at Zhao Ji, the Son of Heaven, Zhao Ji pondered for a long time, and finally nodded, "Yao Pingzhong doesn't need to guard Yanmen Pass, he is directly transferred to Xijing to stay in Xijing, and leads 20,000 Taiyuan troops to garrison Luoyang, Li Yanqing is reappointed as the commander and defense envoy of Hedong Road, and leads 40,000 Jingzhao troops to guard Taiyuan, and is fully responsible for the defense of Hedong Road, and the prince's other plans can be adopted!" ”

Zhao Ji knew very well that Li Yanqing could not move Yao Pingzhong, and leaving Yao Pingzhong on Hedong Road would only hinder Li Yanqing and not be conducive to the defense of Hedong Road, so he simply let him go to guard Luoyang, Xijing.

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The military and political deliberations only made a decision in the general direction, but the specific army transfer, logistics replenishment and other detailed plans still need to be planned by the Privy Council and the Ministry of War, but saving soldiers is like fighting fire, Zhao Ji ordered Gao Yu to come up with a detailed plan within three days.

But for the imperial court, the deployment of the army is relatively simple, and the real difficulty in solving it is the financial difficulties of the imperial court, which is related to the military spending of hundreds of thousands of troops.

"Cai Xianggong will talk about the plan of the Zhizheng Hall!"

In the imperial study, Zhao Ji still looked very tired, but perhaps because the deployment of the army had a result, Zhao Ji had a little more confidence to speak.

Cai Jing had already prepared a plan, he saluted, and said unhurriedly: "The Zhizheng Hall has held a senior council meeting for three consecutive days, and a long-term plan and a short-term emergency plan have been drafted. ”

"Let's talk about the long-term plan first!"

"The long-term plan is to start from the tax source, including raising the official money of wine, salt, tea, pig iron and other official materials, and at the same time increase the corresponding commercial tax, the household department has estimated, if it is increased by one percent, the annual income of the imperial court will increase from sixty million to seventy million, if the field tax, household tax and exemption money are increased at the same time, then the income and expenditure of the imperial court can basically be balanced, and the increase in copper and silver production is conducive to increasing the issuance of Huizi, and it is also a long-term way to collect money......

"Okay, the long-term plan will be discussed slowly later, and now I am more concerned about the short-term emergency plan." Zhao Ji interrupted Cai Jing's words a little impatiently, he was now more concerned about how to raise the urgently needed more than 10 million yuan of military funds.

"The short-term emergency plan was drafted by Wang Xianggong, so please ask Wang Xianggong to explain!"

Wang Hao bowed and said: "Back to Your Majesty, the short-term emergency plan can start from four aspects, the first is to transfer all the silver deposits from the silver mines in the south to the capital, according to the statistics of the lowly position, there are about 1.5 million taels of silver, according to the current market price of silver money, about 5.8 million guan can be exchanged from the people, or use it as collateral to directly issue 10 million guan.

The second is to sell light goods, although the left treasury is not enough money, but the cloth and silk are very sufficient, you can transfer out some of them to sell to the merchants, Weichen estimates that it can raise about three million.

The third plan is to use gold to exchange for money, now the amount of copper coins in the private sector is very sufficient, but there is a serious shortage of gold, we only need to take out 100,000 taels of gold, we can exchange 4 million yuan.

The fourth plan is to issue 1 million guan of 10 yuan, so that with a four-pronged approach, we can raise 15 million guan of military spending in a short period of time, and solve the military expenditure of 500,000 troops for half a year. ”

Zhao Ji looked at the crown prince Zhao Huan again, "What does the emperor think?" ”

Zhao Huan hurriedly bowed down and said: "Erchen opposes the fourth short-term plan, the issuance of large amounts of money is too harmful, it will lead to a sharp rise in food prices, Erchen thinks that it is more convenient to use silver and gold as collateral to borrow money directly from major money shops, and it is also a good way to sell light goods, but the long-term plan still needs to be discussed, and the tax is too heavy." ”

"The long-term plan will be discussed later, and now the prefect will raise military expenses as soon as possible in accordance with the prince's plan, and all progress will be reported directly to the prince."

"Wechen obeys!"

Cai Jing and Wang Hao hurriedly went, but Zhao Ji left the crown prince Zhao Huan behind, and he was silent for a moment and asked, "How could the emperor think of letting King Kang and King Yun sit in the second defensive line?" ”

"Erchen mainly considers that the royal family will sit in Hebei, which can better motivate the morale of the officers and men of the three armies."

"That's what you think?"

"Erchen really thinks like this, and he doesn't dare to hide it from his father."

Zhao Ji glanced at Zhao Huan deeply, then turned away and asked, "Why is the battle situation on Hedong Road more critical than Hebei Road?" ”

"Emperor Qiqi, it's June, Bianliang still has the Yellow River to rely on, even if the Jin soldiers break through the two lines of defense on Hebei Road, they can't threaten the capital for the time being, and Hedong Road is different, once Hedong Road is lost, the entire west of Tongguan is dangerous, and Jin Guo is based on Hedong Road, in winter, the Yellow River freezes, and the Jin soldiers will drive eastward, and the capital will be dangerous at that time."

Zhao Ji sighed for a while and said: "The situation is so serious, it is my fault, if the situation continues to deteriorate, I can only abdicate after the edict!" ”

Zhao Huan was so frightened that he hurriedly knelt down, kowtowed, and said: "It's the son-in-law who failed to share the worries for his father, and all the responsibilities should be borne by the son-in-law, and it has nothing to do with the father!" ”

Zhao Ji suddenly felt extremely tired, he waved his hand, "Stand down!" I'm tired and want to rest. ”

"Please have a good rest for my father, and my son will retire!"

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