"Alas! That kid is really weird, he is not Dayu, the three countries do not enter, in Linchuan and Jiangning, such a good opportunity but did not meet Wang Xianggong, it is really a little unkind! In the end, Dean couldn't help but spit out on Cai Dao's behavior.

"Yes! That kid wasn't a good guy. Due to Cai Dao's unfriendliness, one of his henchmen eunuchs was also sent into the Huanyi place, so as soon as he heard Dean say bad things about Cai Dao, Xiao Zhao's maid immediately echoed it.

In the past, the work of pouring night incense in the palace was the most unpopular, but since Cai Dao took charge of Gen Yue's land, the Huanyi place has fallen to the bottom of all the errands in the palace. Xiao Zhao has now forgotten what the so-called confidant eunuch is called, but his attitude towards Cai Dao has not completely changed.

Song Shenzong was noncommittal to Di An's complaint and Xiao Zhao's attitude, but asked Di Yong, who had never spoken: "Di Aiqing, what do you think of what these two children say?" Author's recommendation: Stand-in maid charm gentleman's heart: abandoned the concubine overnight

"Your Majesty, this ......" If it was just his nephew, it didn't matter if Di Yong told the truth, but this is the crown prince! If you tell the truth, Xiao Zhao will definitely feel that she has lost face.

However, Di Yong saw that Song Shenzong's face slowly changed a little, and hurriedly continued: "Your Majesty, Wei Chen thinks that this son is not inappropriate. First of all, this son has already become a monk, and as a monk, he can't say anything if he can't see us outsiders. What's more, the two grandparents have never met since childhood, Wang Xianggong has lost his beloved son, and he may feel like seeing this son again? ”

"It's like not seeing each other!" When Dean heard this, he understood Cai Dao's true feelings when he passed through Jiangning City, and couldn't help but say what Cai Dao said at that time.

"It's like not seeing each other! Well said! As soon as Song Shenzong heard it, he knew that this was not Di'an's handiwork, it must be Cai Dao again, so he asked, "Oh! Is that the kid saying it again? ”

Dean nodded and replied, "Yes." Your Majesty, this is the emotion that Cai Lu expressed when he passed through Jiangning City. ”

Song Shenzong closed his eyes for about a quarter of an hour, this was to remember this touching sentence, and then asked: "Hmm! Tell me about the sudden entry into Beijing. The scene on the road, you must have seen it with your own eyes, here I and a few of you, you might as well speak out. ”

"No!" If it was something else, Dean would not be so active at all, after all, the Di family is a generation of military ministers, and it is not suitable to participate in specific government affairs, but what he saw and heard on the road made him deeply feel the heaviest helplessness in the hearts of ordinary farmers who have worked hard for more than half a year.

"Your Majesty, as Cai Dao said in his letter, all the prefectures and counties along the way have basically reaped a bumper harvest this time, but, correspondingly, the grain and peasants have reached the point where they have to let people take a sideways step. Along the way, Cai Dao has always asked people to ask about the local food price when they pass through the state and county. The price of grain has been falling all the way, starting from 15 wen and 1 bucket, and in some places it has actually dropped to 7 or 8 wen and 1 bucket. Today, Weichen has already asked the shopkeeper at the inn, and now Bianliang City has also dropped to eight and nine Wen. ”

The price at which grain merchants sell grain in bulk has dropped to 8|9 or 78 wen, and it is conceivable that when those grain merchants buy grain from the people, they will definitely buy it at a lower price.

Song Shenzong's father and son, and Di Yong had not yet digested Di An's words, and he left behind an amazing, but not secret, secret, "Your Majesty, it's not just that. Cai Dao also said that the Central Plains area is still down. If this is the case in the Hebei garrison, it is necessary to be careful that some unscrupulous merchants will smuggle grain into Liao. ”

There were people on the border who engaged in smuggling, smuggling copper coins, grain, and even iron tools from the Great Song Dynasty to the Great Liao Kingdom, and Song Shenzong may really not know about this kind of thing. However, as a family of military generals and a current commander of the forbidden army, Di Yong knows everything about smuggling. Cai Dao's guess is indeed the truth, and smuggling is not only the Song-Liao border, but also the Song-Xia border.

Otherwise, the green salt of Western Xia would not flow into the northwest region of the Great Song Dynasty so easily.

Of course, since the Renzong Dynasty, the Di family has been included in the Wuxun family, and the Cao family and the Pan family, who founded the country, will naturally not participate in this kind of headless business.

But the problem is that last year, there was a large-scale locust plague in the Youzhou area of Liao. As the main grain-producing area of Liao, it suffered such a big loss. Presumably, the Liao country now needs more food up and down to alleviate it. And in addition to horses, cattle, sheep and fur in the Liao Kingdom, what is worth trading in the Great Song Kingdom? Therefore, in addition to the usual grass valley, smuggling has become the easiest method.

Since the alliance of the Yuanyuan, the Song-Liao border has been quiet for almost more than a hundred years, and although it is inevitable to fight the grass valley, its scale and frequency are also constantly shrinking and decreasing.

"That's how it really is!" When Song Shenzong heard this, he suddenly stood up and asked Di Yong angrily.

"Yes. Your Majesty, smuggling cannot be completely avoided at the border, but this is also an important channel for our Great Song Kingdom to obtain horses from the Liao State, so in the past, the generals at the border pass also turned a blind eye. Di Yong was frightened by Song Shenzong's scorching gaze, but he still couldn't help but tell the truth.

If this matter was put aside in the past, Song Shenzong would not have taken it to heart, but last year, the locust plague in Nanjing, Liao State, also affected the entire Hebei region of Song State. Since Liao is short of grain this year, it is even more impossible to make up for Liao's lack of grain through smuggling. Because, the court of the Great Song Dynasty may not be able to get many Liao horses in the end, but it will allow the Liao State to escape this catastrophe unscathed.

In fact, the jade unicorn Lu Junyi in the Water Margin written by Shi Nai'an in later generations is the chief scoop of the Hebei underworld and the boss of the Hebei smuggling group in the Great Song Kingdom, otherwise he is an unofficial and unemployed martial artist, why did he have such a great reputation in the Daimyo Mansion. In terms of martial arts, Luan Tingyu and Shi Wengong are not much worse than Lu Junyi, but their reputation is much worse.

After listening to Di Yong's explanation, Song Shenzong was even more furious, but this majesty stood there for a long time and transported qi, but there was no way at all. He thought about the ministers of the court for a long time, but he couldn't find a minister who was suitable to solve this matter.

Cai Dao is not wrong in what he said, these conservative ministers, if they send these ministers, it is tantamount to putting rats in the granary, and the possibility of self-theft is very high.

Since reading Cai Dao's letter, Song Shenzong has a deep concern for the conservative ministers in his heart.

Dean looked at Song Shenzong standing there and couldn't help but say. "Your Majesty, if you are thinking about the candidates to be sent to Hebei to picket smuggling, Cai Dao recommended two people to you." However, without Song Shenzong's permission, he didn't dare to say the specific name.

"Dean, is this something you can interject indiscriminately?" Di Yong didn't expect Di An to dare to say this, he couldn't bear it, he got up and took a step forward, wanting to give his bold nephew a big mouth.

"Presumptuous!" Song Shenzong shouted, seeing Di Yong's behavior at the moment, his anger was even worse. What does Di Yong think of him, the emperor, is he a king who can't listen to his advice?

"Tell me about it!" Cai Dao is young, but he has an old grandfather behind him to guide him, and there have been good examples before, such as Zong Ze and Zhang Shuye, Song Shenzong is looking forward to Cai Dao's recommendation this time.

Since Song Shenzong had already allowed it, and Di An didn't care about his uncle, he immediately said the candidate given by Cai Dao: "First, naturally it is the current deputy minister Zhang Dun, and the second is Zhang Fangping." Your Majesty, Cai Dao also said that considering that the relationship between Zhang Dun and those ministers who have changed the law has always been very tense, he is not the most suitable candidate. And Zhang Fangping is very suitable. ”

"Zhang Fangping!" When Di Yong heard this name, he couldn't help but admire in his heart, he really didn't expect that Cai Dao, a child, would recommend him. Even if Sun Jue didn't go to Chang'an Mansion to serve and stayed in Bianliang City, he couldn't compare to this Zhang Fangping, the key is that this candidate is too suitable.