"There is another thing to tell Tong Shumi, the thief of Liangshan, it is not difficult to destroy it, the lower official is building a ship on the edge of the water, and when the ship is built, it will be the day of the fall of Liangshan. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info" Zheng Zhi said, already diverting from the previous topic.

Tong Guan sighed lightly, and no longer talked about the previous topic, and replied: "The matter of suppressing thieves is not difficult for you, otherwise how dare I make this military order in front of the officials, and you can handle it as soon as it is done." When I came to Shandong, I passed through many state capitals in Hebei, and even the Daimyo's Mansion also stayed for a day, and the slackness of armaments was really miserable, and I felt uneasy. ”

Tong Guan naturally has great trust in Zheng Zhi about the battle array. This time he went north, suppressing thieves is only one of the things, and the real thing is that Tong Guan wants to go north to inspect the armaments himself, just like when Tong Guan was in the northwest, he personally patrolled the border.

Once Song Liao went to war, Tong Guan was directly responsible, whether he would make a meritorious achievement or leave a notorious and stinking for 10,000 years, and he would also fight here. Tong Guan's heart seems to be calm, everything is in order, but in fact, his heart has reached the most nervous time, and it is also the most uneasy time.

"The head of the former Xianggong came to Heshuo, and met with the lower official, the lower official had told the Xianggong about this, and at that time he wanted to stop the war for the time being, and there was no soldier to fight in Heshuo. I thought that the prime minister also told the privy councillor about this in person, but I didn't think that the court would still fight. Zheng Zhi said such words, but he actually disagreed with Tong Guan's decision in his heart.

"There are some things that, once they start, can't end. It started with me, but I can't help but end it. There were already a lot of things that I could have done halfway, and now I'm just being dragged forward by many people, and things are moving far faster than I expected. is an official family, and they are also bent on fighting, how can there be room to turn back. What's more, this matter is also something that I have tried my best to promote, so I can no longer look ahead and look backwards, and I will inevitably accomplish this matter, and even more so, I must win it in one battle. Tong Guan seemed to be teaching Zheng Zhi again, and he had explained things much more thoroughly.

At this time, Zheng Zhicai suddenly realized, he thought that he was a child, and he wanted to be famous in history and wanted to be crowned king. Now it seems that things are far from being so simple, and such a big thing cannot be done by Tong Guan alone. Then why don't the Zhao official family want to leave their name in history, why don't they want to cast immortal feats, and why don't they want to become the first emperor of the ages admired by future generations.

There are a few people in the court who are the main fighters who know how to fight in battle. It is not to cater to the will of the Divine Will, and to get political benefits from it.

"That being the case, the arrow is already on the bow, and the lower officials should do their best to prepare for the war, and then fight on the battlefield with Enxiang, and make another immortal feat." Zheng Zhi used the word Enxiang again, this word has been flooded in this Great Song Dynasty, but Zheng Zhi rarely speaks.

Tong Guan turned his head to look at Zheng Zhi again, and asked, "The Seed Master Dao said that you can raise 20,000 elite soldiers?" ”

Zheng Zhi nodded and said: "In the land of Cangzhou, it is quite reluctant to raise 20,000 elites, and the lower officials will do their best, and when the war starts, they will definitely bring 20,000 iron armor to see the favor." ”

Love is like this, if Zheng Zhi doesn't support Tong Guan, who else can he support? Zheng Zhi is even more aware of a truth, supporting Tong Guan is also supporting himself.

Tong Guan shook his head again and again, put some of the reins in his hand, and said: "20,000 is not enough, Heshuo Jinggi, only you have capable fighters in your hands, and the rest of the state capitals are unreliable, 20,000 is too little." ”

"20,000 is already the limit of the lower officials, Cangzhou alone, although it is much larger than the average state capital, but it can't afford to raise extra military men, and there are no extra military men to recruit." Zheng Zhi is really a little embarrassed, it's not that Zheng Zhi doesn't want to train more soldiers and horses, Cangzhou and Zheng Zhi really have a limit.

Tong Guan naturally knew Zheng Zhi's embarrassment, so he took a few steps forward quickly, stretched out his hand and waved it in the air, and asked: "Look at this land of Yunzhou, the people are fierce, and there are more bandits, is it a good place to train soldiers?" ”

Zheng Zhi had some premonitions in his heart, and only said: "Heshuo Shandong has been a place to send strong troops since ancient times, and Yan Zhao and Qi have traditions. ”

Tong Guan nodded, he already had an idea in his mind, and said: "From north to south, Cangzhou, Dizhou, Qizhou, Yunzhou, connected in a line. After this victory, Captain Gao will take revenge, and the four states will promise you to train 50,000 capable soldiers in the spring of next year. ”

Tong Guan's words are no longer discussions, but orders. It is also Tong Guan who has no other way, if Zheng Zhi's subordinates have no generals, who can Tong Guan expect to fight with the Khitans, Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures is just a joke.

Now the only way to make Tong Guan feel at ease is Zheng Zhi!

Zheng Zhi is still a little weak-hearted, it is naturally an excellent thing to have a territory, but if he gives the territory, he will immediately ask for 50,000 elite soldiers, and things are not so simple, from recruitment to training, it takes a process in itself, not to mention the urgency of time, and the huge money gap is something that Zheng Zhi can't solve at all.

"Enxiang, this matter is quite difficult, it is 50,000 iron armor, and it is also a huge amount of money, not to mention the time consumption, it is these silver taels, and it is difficult for the lower officials to raise and solve it." Zheng Zhi didn't dare to take care of it after all, just now, Zheng Zhi almost nodded and answered for the sake of the territory, but after calming down, he still had to face the reality.

Hearing this, Tong Guan was silent for a moment, knowing in his heart that the huge cost of money and food was no longer a matter of several millions, that is, the armament was complete, that is, tens of millions, and the food and salary of the personnel, of which the cost was astronomical.

Time is pressing, and there is so much money and food, which is also a big mountain that is pressed on Tong Guan, the Tokyo officials will not think about these things, Zhao Ji naturally only thinks about the rich Song Dynasty, hundreds of thousands of forbidden troops are not a problem, where does Tong Guan dare to report these real things to Zhao Ji.

The emperor naturally has a dream of the emperor for this Great Song Dynasty in his heart, and this dream is also a dream that all the courtiers have created for the emperor for many years, where does Tong Guan dare to break this dream in the emperor's heart? Once this dream is broken, the government and the opposition will be shaken, and Tong Guan will immediately stand on the opposite side of the entire imperial court, and military corruption involves political corruption and the image of the entire country. It's not something that Tong Guan can easily say, even if he does, it's a lie, and those literati in Yushitai are also in the same dream as the emperor.

"In extraordinary times, when you use extraordinary means, money and food, the Privy Council will settle part of it with you, I will solve part of it for you personally, and the rest of the shortfall depends on your own means, whether you take it, rob or plunder, it's all up to you." Tong Guan gritted his teeth and said these few words, so far, Tong Guan only has the battle of Song and Liao, and other things are just trivial things.

In history, Tong Guan is the same, as soon as the army comes out, the state capital along the road in Hebei, like locusts crossing the border, the state government treasury is a rat can not survive, although it is not a real robbery, but it is also an extremely bad means, from the private wealth of officials to the state government treasury, and then to large households, none of them can escape this coercion and temptation. According to historical records, it is said that Tong Guan is insatiable, and it is also said that military spending is insufficient.

Zheng Zhi trembled in his heart when he heard this, and seemed to see the gap between himself and Tong Guan, and the gap between himself and the ancients. In this era, the people are the real tools of the country. It seems that all the money taken by officials and big officials is finally passed on to the people at the bottom through power layer by layer.

However, if you want to turn back, Tong Guan's method and Zheng Zhi's method in Cangzhou are the same in the final analysis, that is, to hollow out the yamen and force the family to give money. It's just that there are some differences in means, and there are also differences in strength. There is only one word in the method of Tongguan, that is, strong, strong and strong, of course, the effect is also very fast.

Zheng Zhi thought about it, nodded and replied: "This matter should be done!" ”

has said this, and Zheng Zhi can't help but do it.

"Okay, that's good, now that midsummer is about to enter autumn, after the spring of next year is the time to raise troops, if you really want to go to war, it should be summer, a year's time, you must do it properly, there must be no mistakes. The Great Song Dynasty fought here. Tong Guan has already been told a thousand times, and this time he went north, Tong Guan seems to have come mainly for this matter. Only Zheng Zhi's words can make Tong Guan feel at ease.

Zheng Zhi listened to the advice, and immediately straightened up, and replied solemnly: "The lower officials must finish this matter, and live up to their trust in Ren and Da En." ”

After Tong Guan finished saying this, the heaviness in his heart lightened a lot, and he asked, "What is the situation with this thief of Liangshan?" ”

Zheng Zhi said Liangshan just now, Tong Guan didn't have a mind at all, at this time Tong Guan solved the matter in his heart, but he remembered this Liangshan again.

"The power of the thieves in Liangshan is not small, there may be 20,000 thieves at this time, even if it is less than 20,000, it is not much, and the capital of Hebei and Shandong Prefecture is not an opponent. This time to break this Liangshan, it was also attacked by cavalry. Liangshan is surrounded by water on three sides and mountains on one side, so the only way to land on the surface of the water is to make the lake beach a flat river, which is convenient for the cavalry to gallop. So before Eun Xiang came, Xia Guan was already building a ship. Zheng Zhi replied simply.

"20,000 bandits, it's not enough, if you can get some leaders to Tokyo to ask for credit, it's the best, you should keep this matter in mind, the official family is comfortable, and everything is easy to do." After all, what Tong Guan thinks about is not the war, the war is what Zheng Zhi thinks. Tong Guan is still thinking about the operation in the court.

"Xia Guan understands." Zheng Zhi naturally understood, but the candidate who was sent to Tokyo to ask for merit had to be considered.

The military camp was not far away, Zheng Zhi wanted to invite Tong Guan to Yunzhou City for dinner, but Tong Guan refused, and directly settled dinner in the camp and drank a few glasses of wine. This meal was really hard, and local officials of Yunzhou kept coming to visit, and it was this meal that Tong Guan would meet twenty or thirty people.

It made Tong Guanxiao make a windfall. At night, Tong Guan did not enter the city, and slept directly in the tent.