Jin Guo categorically refused, and the matter of exchanging Huainan for Shaanxi collapsed, and the Jurchens still insisted on half of Shaanxi. This clay figure still has three points of earthiness, and the Zhao official family in Hangzhou also felt that Da Jin Guote was something, and after thinking about it, they finally hardened it and refused Jin Guo's request.

After receiving a clear statement from the Southern Dynasty, Jin Guo did not react at all. In fact, if it makes a few false calls and threatens a few words, it is fine, and it will not let go of this fart, but it will make the Great Song Dynasty monarchs and ministers worried. Xu Shao believes that it is very likely that the Jin State will make a fuss about this matter, and it has to be guarded against, and the armament of the Song army should continue to be strengthened.

The emperor supported his opinion and ordered him to take full charge of the day-to-day affairs of the government and coordinate the military as an imperial envoy. Xu Shao held great power and began to drastically rectify the military and government. What do we need to rely on in order to increase our national strength? Of course, it's the economy, and you can't do anything without money. Although half of the Great Song Dynasty was lost, fortunately, the money and grain were still there. The economy of the South is very good, and industry and commerce are extremely developed, but it is still somewhat stretched to cope with the huge expenses caused by frequent wars. During this period, it is a dream to reduce expenditure, and it can only be open source. Xu Shao focused his rectification on overseas trade for no other reason, which was a lucrative business.

Moreover, the Great Song Dynasty has a mature overseas trade base. Quanzhou Port was the largest trading port in the world at that time, and there were dozens of countries that maintained trade with the Great Song Dynasty. In addition, the imperial court had an administrative body dedicated to the management of overseas trade, the Municipal Shipping Division. At its peak, Shandong, Zhejiang, Fujian, and Guangdong all had municipal shipping divisions. But later, for some reason, only the Guangzhou City Bosi was retained.

In view of this, Xu Shao decided to re-establish the city department in Zhejiang and Fujian. In addition, the previous system of the municipal shipping department being managed by the local chief executive or the transit envoy was abolished, and the post of municipal shipping department was promoted, and the central government directly dispatched personnel to manage it in a unified manner. Vigorously support and encourage overseas trade.

At the same time, Xu Shao also clearly realized that overseas trade is only open source, and the foundation is still in China. He also joined forces with the department and introduced a series of policies to strengthen domestic industrial and commercial trade. We will strive to strengthen our economic strength and provide support for national defense.

However, all these policies of his were limited to Jinghu, Liangzhejiang, Fujian, and Guangzhou, and did not include Sichuan and Shaanxi. Because Sichuan and Shaanxi are integrated, the state has a policy of Sichuan and Shaanxi taking care of themselves, and the money from the southeast will not be used in the west. In addition, Sichuan and Shaanxi have high mountains and long roads, and because of the war, it is difficult to even communicate.

However, Xu Shao also has a policy related to Shaanxi. In addition to reporting the financial difficulties of Sichuan and Shaanxi, Xu Churen made many appearances, especially mentioning the problem of grain. Sichuan is indeed the land of abundance, the Chengdu Plain is fertile for thousands of miles, rich in products, but it is also a little powerless to raise hundreds of thousands of Western troops.

After discussing with the minister, Xu Shao generally believed that Shaanxi's burden was heavy and the task was tight, and the central government must vigorously support it in terms of policy. His solution was that from now on, the Sichuan-Shaanxi Xuanfu Division would only be in charge of Shaanxi's taxation, and the grain would be left to the discretion of the commanders. That is to say, Shaanxi's four economic and strategic pacification divisions can levy grain in their own defense areas for military use, and if they are insufficient, they will be supplied by Sichuan, so as not to go back and forth, which is quite troublesome.

This alone was not enough to solve the problem of food shortage in the Western Army, and Xu Shao decided that the four marshals in Shaanxi would all add an additional title, the camp envoy. Many people in Shaanxi fled to the countryside, leaving behind a large amount of idle fields, and the western army could also reclaim the fields in addition to training and fighting. Through these policies, the food problem of the Western Army should be solved.

Militarily, Xu Shao adopted a policy of stabilizing Xianghan and vigorously supported Jinghu He Guan and Jiangxi Zhejia. On the one hand, expand the ranks, and on the other hand, appease the localities. Because of the impact of the war, there was turmoil in many areas in the south, and there were not a few thieves who rose up, such as the water bandits in Dongting Lake. Therefore, to exterminate the bandits, on the one hand, to ensure the stability of the south, and on the other hand, to train the troops.

Politically, Xu Shao's actions are not big. It was only the reactivation of Zhao Ding and other old ministers, but they could not return to the central government, and were only stationed in the local government. For Li Gang, the former representative of the main battle faction, Xu Shao also pulled him and asked him to end residential surveillance and start Hongzhou.

At the same time as he used a group of former ministers, Zhao Huan passed the word through Zhao Chen, saying that Geng Nanzhong had accompanied the Emperor Taishang in the East Palace for ten years after all, no matter what mistakes he made in politics, but he was also old and old, and it was pitiful to always be exiled in that barren land, so let's change him to a good place, and finally know Zizhou.

In view of Xu Shao's advanced age and illness, the emperor "couldn't bear to" let him work too hard alone, so he ordered Qin Hui, the governor of the government, to be his deputy. Xu Shao's impression of Qin Hui is very good, this person is in the prime of life, and he is quite talented, and the most important thing is that he and himself have established a new monarch together, and they have contributed a lot, which can be regarded as the same front. As a result, Xu Shao regarded Qin Hui as his right-hand man, and Qin Hui could be seen in his implementation of a series of new policies.

The first year of Song Jianwu, May, Shaanxi.

This month, Xu Wei smiled from ear to ear. It's not because he won the battle, it's not because of the Jianjie, and it's not because the emperor gave him a huge sum of 1.5 million yuan, making him a master.

After defeating the main force of the Kim and Han coalition forces, his troops successively regained Gyeongzhao Yaoju and other places. What the Western Army recovered was not only the land and cities, but also the crops that spread all over the mountains. In order to gain a foothold in Shaanxi, the Jin and Han armies not only let the people in the occupied areas farm, but also planted their own land, especially on the Guanzhong Plain.

As a result, the war was fought together, and the Kim-Korean coalition forces were driven away. Xu Wei's troops guarded the crops, and in May, the wheat was ripe. As soon as Zijin Tiger ordered it to be harvested, he was happy, because just this moment alone had made him accumulate enough military rations for Qin Fengshuai's troops to eat for three years! At this time, the policy of the imperial court came down again, and he concurrently served as a camp envoy and could collect grain by himself. So it was Qin Feng's territory again, Xu Wei wanted money and money, food and grain, and what was lacking was the troops.

This problem is also easy to solve. Although, there are only more than 30,000 people left in the Hu'er army, and some losses have been lost in this war. But first, Li Cheng, Liang Xing and other generals brought 13,000 horse infantry troops to surrender, and in the battle of Fengxiang, they captured nearly 10,000 Jin troops and Han troops. Yang Yan erected the banner in Chang'an, and tens of thousands of people came to vote when he heard the wind.

Xu Wei incorporated Li Cheng Liangxing's troops, and selected five or six thousand strong and relatively well-trained soldiers from the Han army that surrendered to Cheng, so that the size of Qin Fengshuai's troops reached about 50,000. In fact, he could have expanded his army to 80,000 at its peak. However, as a result, the Sichuan and Shaanxi regions are now in general financial difficulties, and the more soldiers there are, the more difficult it is to raise them. Second, he is now the envoy of Shaanxi, if he patronizes his own team, then Qin Feng's troops will be the highest in Shaanxi, and the cost will be the largest, so won't he attract gossip?

In addition, there is an important reason. Due to the surrender of Li Cheng and others, bringing a part of the cavalry, plus the capture of some war horses through battles, Xu Wei's horse army broke through the 10,000 mark in history! Soldiers are precious, but not much, I have the work to raise a large corps, and it is not better than anything else to train this horse army into an elite division?

A victory brought so many benefits that Xu Wei did not expect. However, Qin Feng made a lot of money all the way, and the other roads were not so lucky. The worst thing was Huanqing Shuai Liu Guangshi, and finally Xu Yuan returned the troops to him, so that Huanqing Army had a small scale of 30,000. As a result, as soon as Zhang Jun came, he once hit the city of Qingyang Mansion, and the Huanqing army suffered a lot of losses.

In order to support Liu Guangshi, after Xu Wei reported to the Xuanfu Division, he assigned Ningzhou and Fangzhou, which had just been recovered, to him. He generously took out 300,000 yuan from his 1.5 million yuan reward money, plus 10,000 military rations, and allocated it to Liu Guangshi together, so that he could recuperate. moved Liu Guangshi to tears.

Jingyuan handsome Xu Yuan, this time the credit is not small. It was precisely because he sent troops to Qingyang Mansion that the situation in Huanqing was stabilized. In this battle, the Jingyuan army also suffered a lot of losses, and it did not reap any benefits at all. To recover a security army, it must be handed over to Liu Guangshi's jurisdiction.

I don't know if the imperial court still has opinions and opinions on him, this time the generals of the Western Army were rewarded, and the emperor gave Xu Yuan a commendation edict. This made Xu Da scold his mother behind closed doors after returning to Weizhou, and he was so angry that he couldn't afford to get sick.

Whether it was to maintain the unity of the Western Army or to care about brotherhood, Xu Wei felt that he had to come out to express himself at this time.

On May 18, Xu Wei, who was a little idle, rushed from Qinzhou to Weizhou under the scorching sun.

Weizhou City, Xufu.

In the bedroom, Xu Yuan was lying on the mat shirtless, revealing a tired body of war wounds. The generals of the Western Army, which one is not piled up by a body of trauma?

Xu Qi's complexion was not very good, his face was a little yellow, his lips were very dry, although he was lying on the collapse, he still looked very restless, and kept turning over. Suddenly, he sat up from his seat, gasping for air, his face huddled. Although he was old and had suffered countless injuries after a long time in battle, he had just returned from the battlefield and his old illness had indeed relapsed. But more importantly, it is heart disease.

What does it mean to be in Hangzhou? In the past, I was said to be domineering, I was arrogant, but this time Lao Tzu obediently listened to Lao Jiu's words, personally led the troops to help Huanqing, and repelled Zhang Jun, the credit is not small, right? Hey, why do other generals have to be rewarded, and when they come to Lao Tzu, they just talk in the vernacular? If you don't promote me, why don't you raise my two sons to a level and a half? Fuck it, thankless!

Xu Yuan was very angry.

"Dashuai." Outside the room, someone called.

"What's the matter?" Xu Yuan roared impatiently.

The person outside the room seemed to be frightened, and it took a long time to respond: "The minister has arrived." ”

"Who are you talking about?" Xu Yuan didn't react for a while.

"The Nine Senses have arrived." Again, the servant outside the room spoke more bluntly.

Xu Yuan's face changed! Old Nine? He? He came to Weizhou in person? For what? Many questions flashed through his mind at once, Xu Yuan hurriedly got up, and shouted: "Please ask him to sit in the hall for a while, and I will come later!" "This is public and private, he should show up quickly.

"Big ......" The servant had just said a word, and then he stopped abruptly. Then Xu Wei's voice sounded outside: "Big brother, I'm in." ”

Before Xu Da came to his senses, Xu Jiu had already pushed open the door and crossed the threshold. Xu Da turned his head to look, and saw that his cousin was dressed in civilian clothes, with a hat in his hand, a sweat stain on his chest, and the sweat beads on his head were the size of beans, obviously just getting off the horse.

Xu Da didn't know what to say for a while, and after a moment of silence, a nameless evil fire rose in his heart, gritted his teeth, and actually gave Xu Wei a look, and shouted lukewarmly: "I've seen the Xianggong." ”

"I can see it, it's holding my breath." Xu Wei threw his head on the table and sat down. I pulled the placket of my shirt again, and it was cool and cool.

Xu Yuan sat on the edge of the bed and said angrily: "How dare you?" The Prime Minister led the Western Army to achieve a great victory, and the Holy Lord was overjoyed, and he awarded the town of the Western Army Festival to make an envoy, and congratulate you on one! ”

Xu Jiu didn't sour with him, and said with concern: "Big brother, are you better?" I heard you're sick, no, come and have a look. ”

Hearing him say this, Xu Da was embarrassed to be sarcastic, got up from the bed, sat down at the table, and said coldly: "Anyway, I won't be able to die for a while." ”

Xu Wei suddenly sighed, looked at the scars on Xu Da's body, and said sincerely: "Just with this body of battle, it is enough to make people awe-inspired, big brother, it's not easy." ”

Xu Da was speechless for a long time, and finally softened his tone: "From the conscription to the country, death and injury are inevitable, and the arrow wound in your chest has not healed for long." You and I, brothers, each other. Speaking of this, he paused for a moment, and then said, "Presumably you have been busy with official business recently, why do you want to come here in person?" And those who have this heart, and who are brothers, rejoice. ”

"That's not right, on the public, you and I are comrades; Yu Private, you and I are brothers. Qinzhou and Weizhou are not far away, why shouldn't I come in person? Besides, if I don't come to let my eldest brother have a few words, how can you swallow this breath? Xu Wei said with a smile.

Xu Yuan lifted the teapot on the table and poured a cup for his cousin, waved his hand and said: "I don't blame you for this, I just blame my brother for not being blessed, and he can't get into the eyes of those people in Hangzhou, fuck it!" ”

Xu Wei smiled indifferently and said loudly: "This time, my brother led the army to help Huanqing, and his hard work was high, and the younger brother knew it. ”

When Xu Yuan heard this, he just smiled and didn't say anything else. What is the role of your numbers? Even though you are a system maker, what benefits can you give?

Seeing this, Xu Jiu casually asked, "Where are the two nephews?" ”

"They are all in the camp, and they naturally have to share more of my illness." Xu Yuan replied.

"Oh......" Zijin Tiger tapped lightly on the table, thoughtful. At this moment, footsteps sounded outside, and the two brothers turned their heads to look and saw an old woman in Chinese clothes entering the door, but it was Xu Yuan's wife, Xu Wu.

In a feudal society where a brother is like a father and a sister-in-law is like a mother, you can't be vague about your sister-in-law. Xu Jiu hurriedly got up and respectfully saluted: "Junior brother greets sister-in-law." ”

"I heard that the ninth brother is here, and I thought that my subordinates had seen it wrong! I didn't think about it, but it really is! Rare Guest! Xu Wu said with a smile.

"I just met my brother, and I haven't had time to meet my sister-in-law, so don't blame me." Xu Wei said.

"Oh, what are you talking about, we're family. Since the ninth brother is here, he will spend a few more days, so that his sister-in-law and your brother can ......" Xu Wu was very enthusiastic.

Xu Yuan interrupted: "Okay, I have something to talk about with my ninth brother, the woman knows a lot, you go and arrange the wine and food, and then send someone to the camp to call Xu Yan back to accompany you." ”

Xu Wei's heart moved, and he hurriedly said: "Since it is a family banquet, my nephew Xu Cheng will also call it back." ”