Fan Zhongyan just stated a fact, he would not run to the capital for anyone, including himself, let alone Wang Ningan!

He came to the capital for only one purpose, and that was to persuade Zhao Zhen to set his sights on Yan Yun's homeland, because the opportunity had really come!

A few years ago, Wang Ningan advocated the use of economic means to soften the Liao State and corrupt the most powerful enemy, but the big guy just listened to it and could carry it out, not because he felt that he was far-sighted, but because he wanted to make a little money to spend. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

But in the past few years, some smart people have seen the clues, especially Fan Zhongyan, the old gentleman has the top mind, and he stares at Pingxian and Rongchang every day, and Lao Fan really finds that it is different.

Every year, the Liao State passes through Pingxian County, and there are millions of sheep and 50,000 cattle.

The farmland in Pingxian County has all realized cattle farming, and the neighboring Hebei, Shandong and other places have also gone to Pingxian County to buy cultivated cattle, and the fresh and tender mutton on the market is cheaper than pork, even if beef is not a prohibited product, there are some quotas every day, which can be sold on the market.

The increase in meat intake is obvious, and the height of the people in Pingxian County has been greatly increased.

Especially the fifteen or sixteen-year-old half-grown children, when they grew up, just in time for the economic take-off of Pingxian County, there was plenty of meat, and they could eat high-quality protein every day.

Behind the physical improvement of the people of Pingxian County is the rapid economic transformation of Liao, from primitive agriculture, animal husbandry, fishing and hunting to the development of commercial animal husbandry.

The nobles of the Liao State occupied a large amount of land, raised cattle and sheep for life, and exported wool, sheepskin, beef, and milk powder...... The huge amount of money earned was replaced by exquisite mahogany furniture, colorful silk embroidery, and precious tea leaves with a price higher than gold, which entered civilization from barbarism, and the favorite thing of the Liao people was white sugar.

Drink tea with sugar, stew with sugar, pastries with sugar, when it's okay, snacks are still sugar!

In the fourth year of Huangyou, 100 ships loaded with sugar came from Lingnan alone, all of which were sold to the Liao...... Fan Zhongyan pays attention to the price of beef and mutton on the market every day, watching the sales of silk and sugar, he can gradually calculate the speed of expansion of pastures in Liao, and even estimate the number of cattle and sheep owned by Liao.

Since the second year of Huangyou, the pasture of Liao has increased threefold in the sixteen states of Yanyun alone, and the number of cattle and sheep exported to the Great Song Dynasty has increased by as much as five times!

The speed of the expansion of the pasture could not keep up with the expansion of the market, so those nobles did not hesitate to reduce the number of war horses, and even sold the horses to the Great Song Dynasty to concentrate on breeding cattle and sheep.

According to the Song-Liao agreement, Liao can export some pack horses, as well as old and decrepit horses, which are used as meat.

Many people took advantage of the loophole and sold horses less than five years old to the Great Song Dynasty as old horses.

According to Fan Zhongyan's statistics, there are tens of thousands of carriages engaged in transportation in the market of Pingxian County! There are more than 30,000 pack horses of all kinds.

How big is the Wild Wolf Valley Horse Farm, which can take out 80,000 horses to the imperial court in one go, and can also support the consumption of Pingxian? It's simply impossible!

Wang Ningan didn't want to admit it, Fan Zhongyan didn't need to break it, he just had it in his heart to take advantage of it, in the past few years, just in the sixteen states of Yanyun, the war horses of the Liao State would be reduced by three percent......

All kinds of signs show that something is really wrong with Liao!

Fifty years of blockade restrictions have not defeated the Liao State, but the trade has been opened, but in just three years, the Liao State has undergone gratifying changes, they are getting weaker every day, as long as this trend is maintained, it is no longer wishful thinking to take back Yanyun!

It is precisely because of these that Fan Zhongyan did not hesitate to drag his old body and re-emerge from the mountain, and he had already told Zhao Zhen what he had observed.

"Erlang, your original plan was right, and the Liao Kingdom fell faster than the old man expected, although it may not be an opportunity to take Yan Yun for the time being, but you have to start preparing for it, you must take Yan Yun! Da Song can't afford to wait! ”

Fan Zhongyan is not alarmist, the Great Song Dynasty is the richest in all dynasties, but it is also the poorest in all dynasties, as much as seventy percent of the financial income is used to raise soldiers, and they are still trembling and not peaceful.

In the final analysis, it is the loss of the Yanyun barrier.

A very simple truth, if Jiayuguan, Gubeikou, Xifengkou, Jiumen, Shanhaiguan ...... These natural dangers are in the hands of the Great Song Dynasty, as long as a few thousand people are arranged in each place, it is difficult for the nomadic cavalry to break through, and it is already very good to go around the pass and go deep for one or two hundred miles, and it has almost no impact on the rich areas of the Central Plains.

But right now, there is no danger, even if there are millions of soldiers, it will keep people awake at night.

Even if Wang Ningan comes up with a good way to disarm, it will not be a long-term solution.

Only by taking back Yanyun and reducing the cost of raising soldiers, as long as it is reduced to less than fifty percent, the money that the Great Song Dynasty can use every year will be doubled, and the whole game of chess will be lived.

If it drags on any longer, sooner or later, the Great Song Dynasty will be like the Yellow River, in a weak place, the embankment will collapse and the flood will be monstrous...... Flood out the exuberance of everything.

Lao Fan has already seen this step, in the past, he wanted to promote the Qingli New Deal failed, since he couldn't do it from the internal reform, then take Yan Yun down, and then change the law......

Fan Zhongyan had no reservations and shared his thoughts and thoughts.

"Erlang, what do you think, the old man listens."

Wang Ningan arched his hand and said: "Fan Xianggong is extremely worried, this idea is also in his later life, especially rare, His Majesty is in his prime, and he has the heart to be strong, and the emperor of Liao is weak and sick, and his life is short." The Liao lord died within a few years, and Yelu Hongji and Yelu Chongyuan must have a fight, as long as they seize this opportunity and take back Yanyun, it is very suitable. ”

"Fan Xianggong said that it is very reasonable to carry out the layout, our military strength may not be able to catch up with the Liao State in a few years, but we have the weapon of trade in our hands, which is enough to make the Liao State a lot of meat and vegetables."

Fan Zhongyan said with a smile: "When it comes to economic means, Erlang's ability is unparalleled in the world, and the old man also wants to ask you for advice, what do you have in mind?" ”

"Trade with Liao still needs to be expanded, prompting them to quickly change their economic model. In addition, we should be prepared with both hands to support the tribes and herdsmen in the Liao State and encourage them to oppose the Liao State. I heard that many Liao herdsmen have gone to the territory of the Great Song Dynasty to beg for a living, and these people are good tools! ”

Fan Zhongyan hesitated, "Erlang, relying on these people alone may not be able to overthrow the Liao State, right?" ”

"Of course not." Wang Ningan said with a smile: "But it can make the people of Liao State tired, it is best to make the Liao State everywhere in the territory, originally the sixteen states of Yanyun are their granary and treasury, we will turn this piece into their powder keg, sadly, it is best to let the taxes levied by the Liao State not enough to suppress the people, so that they will take the initiative to spit out Yanyun." ”

After Wang Ningan finished speaking, he also smiled dumbly.

Obviously, he took it for granted, the Liao State had owned Yanyun for hundreds of years, and had already turned this place into their land through continuous operation.

Decades ago, Zhao Er was still unable to call on Yanyun's Han people to support them, and after decades, it would be even more impossible.

When the idea is in the end, how far he can do it depends on his ability.

In any case, the more than 10,000 people who escaped from the Liao State are not of low value, and they cannot be returned to the Liao State easily.

Fan Zhongyan thought about it and patted his head again, "Erlang, there is something that the old man actually forgot, and sure enough, when he is old, his brain can't keep up." ”

Fan Zhongyan said: "Among the people who escaped from Liao this time, there is a man named Da Xiong, whose background is very unusual. ”

"Big Bear?"

Wang Ningan was puzzled.

Fan Zhongyan patiently introduced, it turned out that this person's surname was Da, his name was Xiong, and he was a member of the Da clan!

"And the last name?"

Fan Zhongyan said with a smile: "Why not, the founding monarch of the Bohai Kingdom is called Da Zuorong." ”

"There seems to be such a person...... What does Big Bear have to do with him? ”

"Da Xiong is the descendant of Da Zuorong, that is, the descendant of the royal family of the Bohai Kingdom!"

Wang Ning'an was stunned for a moment, and then smiled dumbly: "Fan Xianggong, the Bohai Kingdom has been destroyed for more than a hundred years, and there is a descendant of the king, I think most of it is a lie, what a big bear and a bear, he is a liar at all!" ”

Fan Zhongyan shook his head and said: "The old man thinks it may not be, he is now in Pingxian County, Zeng Bu has interrogated, he has the jade seal of the Bohai Kingdom in his hand, and the history of the Bohai Kingdom is like a treasure, he also mentioned that Emperor Taizong once gave them an order to raise troops against the Khitan, and these things are all based on real evidence." ”

Wang Ningan didn't believe it even more, he coded words in his previous life, and he didn't make up the prince's revenge or something, and if there is a jade seal, he is the descendant of the Bohai Kingdom?

Maybe his jade seal was bought in a tattered city, as for some past stories, there is always a place to find them, but if it doesn't work, he will make up some of them, half-truths and half-truths, which are enough to bluff people.

Seeing that Wang Ning'an was very contemptuous, Fan Zhongyan also sighed, "The old man originally wanted to use the name of the Bohai royal family to call on the old ministry to raise troops to rebel against the Liao State, and we just took back Yanyun, but now it seems that it is the old man's wishful thinking." ”

Wang Ningan showed a thoughtful look, "Fan Xianggong, I think it may be available in my later life, but I don't have an idea for a while, let me think about it carefully." ”

"That's fine."

Coming out of Ouyang Xiu's mansion, Wang Ningan returned home directly, he found the map of Liao, and then turned out an old map of the Tang Dynasty.

The so-called Bohai State is about the location of the three eastern provinces in the later generations, extending to the north to the area of the Outer Xing'an Mountains, with a radius of 5,000 miles, with 3 million people, known as the prosperous country of Haidong.

During the Tang Dynasty, the Bohai Sea was established and became one of the vassals of the Tang Dynasty, for hundreds of years, the Tang Dynasty and the Bohai Sea did not have many conflicts, and the overall peace and prosperity were prosperous, and then the Tang Dynasty perished, the Khitan arose, destroyed the Bohai State, and became the most powerful country in the north.

In fact, the Bohai State was not finished all at once, and it was renamed the Dongdan State, which existed for a while, and after that, the remnants of the Bohai Sea also rebelled against the Liao State several times, but they were all brutally suppressed.

Until the time of Yongxi's Northern Expedition, Zhao Er still wanted to unite the remnants of the Bohai State and deal with the Khitan together, but at that time, the Bohai Kingdom was no longer a climate, and it is said that the remnants of the forces fled to Goryeo, and Zhao Er's Northern Expedition did not get the help of the Bohai Kingdom at all, and it ended miserably.

Now that there is a descendant of the Bohai royal family, what use can it be?

Wang Ningan shook his head, turned around and was about to leave, when suddenly he saw the bottom of the map, near the sea! Isn't that their family's Eternal Life Island!

Bohai Kingdom, Changsheng Island...... Wang Ningan's head exploded in an instant, he had an idea!