Although Zhao Chen passed through the palace and ended in a big quarrel with the Emperor Taishang, the resignation of 37 central officials was resolved through Zhu Shengfei's mediation. All the officials who begged to go returned to their posts in a very low-key manner, after all, they just wanted to make a fuss, and no one really wanted to go home and pick up their children.

After this incident, Zhu Shengfei very solemnly suggested to the emperor that he should take back his fate. It's okay to restrict the children of officials from being officials, but to reduce redundancy on a large scale and greatly reduce the treatment of officials, this is something that Xu Shao does not dare to do. Zhao Chen also solemnly told his prime minister that if he wants to build extraordinary achievements, he must use extraordinary means!

Soon, in order to take revenge on those lords and ministers who were attached to the emperor, Zhao Chen issued an edict. It has been 17 years since the anti-gold cause was carried out, and in these 17 years, countless people with lofty ideals, loyal ministers and good generals have shed their blood in order to protect their families and defend the country, and the country cannot forget them, and the court cannot live up to them. In order to boost the morale of the anti-Jin people, he decided to vigorously posthumously crown the anti-Jin heroes and hire the descendants of these people.

He ordered Yousi to build a martyr's shrine in Hangzhou, and to be the first to be a veteran-level marshal who enjoyed high prestige in the Western Army. In addition, people such as Xu Shao, Xu Zhang, and seed masters are among the sacrifices. He even planned to posthumously crown the Seed Master Dao King. The ministers fiercely objected, because the heroes of the martyrs' shrine were the majority, and the military ministers accounted for the majority, even the first one.

Zhao Chen finally gave up posthumously posthumously conferring the title of Seed Master Dao Wangjue, changed the order of enshrinement, and added some Wenchen. But even this did not quell the discussion.

It is worth noting that the ministers who opposed the emperor this time not only had a close relationship with the emperor, but even some of the ministers of the main war faction who followed Zhu Shengfei also thought that it was impossible, and the active anti-war faction that united around Xu Han and Xu Liang chose to remain silent. The defeat made Zhao Chen even more annoyed, and he hid his blade at any time to prevent anyone from harming him.

At this time, he felt that although Zhu Shengfei was a minister loyal to him, his ability was too poor to suppress the situation between the DPRK and China. Zhao Chen wanted a powerful prime minister like Xu Shao, and he wanted to recall Qin Hui, but he was afraid of repeating the situation of a strong minister and a weak king. Xu Han also has a distinct personality, but he is a speech official, and his actual governing ability is not good. Thinking about it, he thought of a person, Zhao Ding, the previous prime minister.

Zhao Ding was demoted on the way to Fujian with the Emperor Taishang because the Jin army fought to Jiangbei that year, and was brutally persecuted by Geng Nanzhong and his gang. In the first two years, the situation was better, and now he is in charge of the local government. Zhao Chen issued an edict and summoned Zhao Ding to Hangzhou to travel to the court, first appointed a fictitious title, and then personally summoned him four times in a row to ask about the method of enriching the country and strengthening the army.

Zhao Ding is also a very capable and flamboyant official, who speaks generously in front of the officials. He was optimistic about the current anti-Jin situation, believing that there were 200,000 tigers and wolves in the west of Xu Weiti, and there were Zhe, He, and Zhao Sanxuanfu in the south holding the male soldiers, and the Jin people had lost three battles in a row, and their morale had suffered a big setback.

He even put forward a detailed strategy, once the war started, he ordered Xu Wei to lead the Western Army out of the Tiger Prison Pass and go straight to Zhengzhou; He Guan led the Shenwu rear army out of Xiangyang to Yingchang; Zhe Yan raised the Shenwu front army into the land of Lianghuai and threatened Shandong; In the end, the joint division seized Tokyo and razed the Yellow River to the north! The Great Song Dynasty thus opened the prelude to the strategic counteroffensive!

It is not difficult to imagine that Zhao Ding's inspiring statement made the young son of heaven enthusiastic! Zhao Chen couldn't help but slam the royal case in front of Zhao Ding, shouting across the river!

On the second day, Zhao Chen issued an edict, reverting Zhao Ding to shoot for the right servant of Shangshu, and Pingzhang with the Zhongshu Sect, so that his people went out of the mountain for the second time.

Just when the imperial court was changing and unpredictable, Xu Wei was in full swing in Shaanxi. Shaanxi transfer envoy Liu Gan to the year of Zhishi, the above table begged to go, and the court agreed. Xu Wei thought that Liu Ziyu was the son of Gan and was good at managing money, so he discussed with Wang Shu and appointed Liu Ziyu as the "right to Shaanxi transit envoy" with the right to "dethrone the city" and be in charge of Shaanxi's economy and finance.

At the beginning of the year, Wang Shu transferred 3 million yuan as an advance fund to support the reconstruction of Shaanxi. Xu Wei paid out of his own pocket and invested 700,000 yuan to build farm tools to buy livestock, deliver the first batch of homeless people, and rebuild their homes. When the people of Shaanxi who were in a foreign land heard the news, they packed up and prepared to return to their hometowns. The military and civilians of Shaanxi overcame all obstacles and set off an upsurge of reconstruction in their hometowns that had been damaged by the war.

The people of Sichuan and Shaanxi all thought that they would be able to live and work in peace and contentment from now on, no longer be invaded by war, and there was finally hope for a better life. Xu Wei really thought so, and he always kept in mind what Xu Churen told him when he left. After years of war, Sichuan and Shaanxi did not have the support of the central government, and the people of the two places did pay heavy sacrifices for the victory of the war. Now, it's time for the Sichuan and Shaanxi fathers to recuperate.

In view of this, he issued an order to order all commanders to stop recruiting strong men to expand the ranks from now on. The township soldiers who were originally in a state of war readiness were brave and strong, and all returned to their hometowns for production. This is tantamount to lifting the "martial law" in Shaanxi, and as soon as the news came out, the people called the kindness of Xu Erxuan, the king of lawsuits.

Border trade with Western Xia was also in full swing, and in February, the birthday of Li Renxiao, the Xia lord, although the two countries had not officially resumed contact, Xu Wei still sent envoys to congratulate him with generous gifts. Xixia was not stingy, and then sent an envoy to the south to give 200 good horses to Shaanxi. At this point, there were no more disputes and conflicts on the Song-Xia border, and businessmen from the two countries gathered at the border, only talking about business and trade, not soldiers.

Businessmen with official backgrounds, represented by Hu Maochang, have been given a lot of convenience. The goods they export such as porcelain, textiles, and tea often make huge profits several times to more than ten times. Merchants often make a net profit of tens of thousands to tens of thousands of dollars in a transaction. However, the government's taxes are not in proportion, and Xu Wei naturally knows the tricks in it. It ordered each field to set up special officials to strengthen control, inspect goods, and collect commercial taxes. He also ordered the border commanders to send soldiers to strictly investigate smuggling, and once they were found, all the money and goods were confiscated, and the amount involved in the case was punished with a spine cane.

For many years before, Xu Wei had neglected one thing. That is the "tea and horse market" with Tibet.

In Shaanxi, there are hundreds of thousands of Tibetans, who are collectively known as "Zhuqiang", in fact, the Tibetans of later generations. As early as the founding of the Great Song Dynasty, a descendant of a tribal leader of the former Tubo Empire established political power in the Huangshui Valley of Qinghai centered on Michuan (now Ledu) and Qingtang (now Xining) in the Han region. He paid tribute to the Emperor of the Great Song Dynasty many times and begged for official positions. Emperor Renzong named him "General Ningyuan", and later added the title of "Inspection School Taibao, Hexi Jiedu Envoy", the descendants of the Emperor, loyal to the Great Song Dynasty for generations, even after the disintegration of their regime, all changed to the Great Song Prefecture County, and merged into the Xihe Road, these people still have hereditary military positions, and become the backbone of the Xihe Army, and have made great achievements in the previous wars against the Western Xia! It has achieved the prestige of the Xihe Army!

Through them, Shaanxi and the interior of Tibet launched a tea and horse exchange market that lasted for hundreds of years, exchanging tea for war horses. However, because of the sudden outbreak of the Song-Jin War, Xihe's troops were once edicted to King Qin, and suffered a major defeat. The party's attack caused the trade to be disrupted for a time.

After recovering the whole of Shaanxi, Yao Pingzhong reported to Xu Wei several times, asking the Department of Preparation and Construction to pay attention to this matter, and asked Xu Wei to personally inspect the Hehuang area.

In June of the sixth year of Jianwu, after the wheat harvest, Xu Wei and Zhang Qing made a special trip to Xihe Road to inspect.

Xihe Road, roughly including parts of Qinghai and Gansu in later generations. For example, Lanzhou under the rule of Xihe was Lanzhou, the capital of Gansu Province in later generations, and Xining Prefecture under the rule was Xining, the capital of Qinghai Province in later generations.

Originally, in the eyes of Xu Wei and other officials who went west, the conditions in Shaanxi were relatively difficult. But as soon as he entered the Xihe River, he and Zhang Qing found that compared to here, Qinzhou was a paradise-like place. Xihe Road was established during the Shenzong period, and at the beginning of its establishment, it was far from today's scale. The degree of its construction is naturally not comparable with that of the interior of Shaanxi. Because many of the people living here are Tibetans, although they responded to the call of the government to open up the land and cultivate, they still retained their nomadic habits to a considerable extent.

Therefore, what appeared in front of Xu Wei was quite a bit of the Tibetan scene he had seen in his previous life. Piles of tents, cattle and sheep everywhere, men grazing on horses, and women wearing long-sleeved robes, with dark skins and two simple red faces.

"Taiwei, back then, Wang Shao Tuobian recruited 300,000 Qiang to engage in reclamation, these are their second generation. Although the Qiang people are farming, they have not given up grazing, not only for the government to hand over the imperial grain every year, but also to provide cattle, sheep and horses, in case of war, men in the army, women in production, Xihe all the way to rely on it. Yao Pingzhong was dressed in civilian clothes and carried a delicate scimitar around his waist.

Xu Wei looked down at Ma Shan Gang, and the scorching sun made his scalp hurt. But those Qiang people have long been accustomed to it, and they are busy with their own affairs, and they don't notice this group of uninvited guests.

"You just said, what was the original name of the Qiang people here?" Xu Wei asked suddenly.

"Oh, the Qiang people here were originally the Taibao of the inspection school, and the subjects of the Hexi Jiedu envoy were called Hehuang Tubo to distinguish them from Liangzhou Tubo." Yao Pingzhong replied.

Xu Wei knew that Liangzhou had already been annexed by Western Xia, and now it was Xiliang Mansion in Western Xia, and the rest of the people defected to Hehuang and Tubo. At that time, Li Jiqian, the founder of Western Xia and a traitor of the Great Song Dynasty, and his grandson, Li Yuanhao, the founder of Western Xia, did not give up the attack on Hehuang Tubo. With the support of the Great Song Dynasty, Hehuang and Tubo thwarted the offensive of the party and created today's Xihe Road.

After talking for a while, several people were uncomfortable with the sun, hungry and thirsty, Zhang Qingxiao asked, "Yao Shuai, we won't go back to Xizhou to eat, right?" ”

"What did Zhang Jiyi say? The Qiang people are the most hospitable, besides, when Taiwei Xu came here to inspect, did they have any courtesy? The prefect of this place has been preparing to greet him since yesterday, Captain, please! Yao Pingzhong said and laughed, urging the war horse. One hundred and ten horsemen galloped on the plateau, passing herds of cattle and sheep, attracting the attention of Qiang men and women.

After a while, I turned a valley, and my eyes were cheerful. The terrain ahead is relatively flat, and a small city as large as a grass town in the interior of Shaanxi appears in front of you. The city here is different from the others, there are no towers, no moats, only low earthen walls, because of the age, eroded by wind and rain, the surface is pitted.

The city gate is just a wooden gate. At this time, there was a crowd of people gathered in front of the door, and on the left and right, the Qiang men with guns and knives lined up in formation, which was very grand. There are also many people living in the middle, waiting for them with fruits and wines. Xu Wei and his party just appeared, and the drums and trumpets sounded!

"Captain! This is the Qiang people welcoming you! Yao Pingzhong laughed.

And when they were near, all the officers and the guards reined in their horses. I saw dozens of Qiang girls, with the sound of drums, shaking their long sleeves, singing and dancing. The Qiang girl sang in a high-pitched voice, although Xu Wei couldn't understand it, but when he saw the long sleeves flying, the singing was pleasant, and he suddenly remembered the Tibetan songs he often heard in his previous life.

After a while, those Qiang girls rushed over with rapid steps, dancing around Xu Wei's guards. Xu Wei's guards are all children of Lianghe, how have they ever seen this kind of formation? They were all dazzled and amazed.

Suddenly, the sound of drums stopped abruptly, and the Qiang girls leaned over, their long sleeves dragging on the ground, and slowly retreated. Looking ahead again, I saw a man with a round waist, a full beard, and a Qiang robe, about forty or fifty years old, striding with a white cloth in his hand.

Xu Wei looked at it and was very kind, isn't this Hada?

"Captain, he's just going to offer you a gift, please get off the horse and accept it." Yao Pingzhong reminded.

Xu Wei and all the officials and guards turned over and dismounted, the Qiang Han walked to the front, Yao Pingzhong turned to one side, and said a few words, the other party's face showed a look of surprise, bowed his head, and raised the white scarf in his hand high. How to accept Hada, Xu Wei still knew, and he also bowed his head and waited for the other party to hang him around his neck.

Who knows, he was wrong. As soon as the Qiang man waited for him to bow his head, he wrapped Da Ya around his head. When the guards behind saw it, they were all stunned. Because in the customs of the Han people, only when they lose their examines, they will wrap their heads in white cloth and wear linen and filial piety.

It turns out that in the Tibetan tradition, the first hata is not a scarf, it is a turban wrapped by the Tibetan monarchs and high-ranking officials. The head is the supreme organ of the human body, and the turban wrapped around the head is the noblest of the ornaments of the whole body. When you meet someone you respect, take off your headscarf and offer it to the other person to show your bows.

As soon as Da Xia finished his dedication, Yao Pingzhong explained on the side: "Taiwei, this is the hereditary inspector of the western capital of Kuozhou, Duoga Aligu, he is the nephew of the nephew, and he has guarded this place for generations. This time, the Xihe army marched eastward, he transported 800 elite soldiers, and his son made a meritorious contribution to the Jin army barrier, and was promoted to a level to repair Wulang. ”

Xu Wei nodded, and Na Duoga Ali Gu took two steps back, bowed to the ground, and said something in a loud voice, expecting that he had seen Taiwei, or Xuanfu Xianggong or something.