Seeing that most people agreed with his opinion, Zhang Dian went on to explain: "The population of 80 million is the same as that of the Great Song Dynasty, but why is it backward? The region of India is full of nations, ethnic groups, confusion of languages, and hostility to each other. In this battle, the Great Song Dynasty sent 400,000 troops to conquer India, up to three years. And the grain and grass can be supplied by the island of Shilan. For this reason, this battle must be fought and won. Sheng, colleagues, the two states of India and Jinzhou and Australia are the two baskets of the Great Song Dynasty, and the Great Song Dynasty is the flat burden that provokes these two baskets, and we are the bearers. After the conquest of India, from India, the Great Song Dynasty could get a steady stream of labor and food, not only the Golden State and Australia could be developed, but the Great Song Dynasty would also have a large number of cheap labor used to build water conservancy. India has grain and labor, and Golden State and Australia have copper, iron and spice war horses, and within ten years, the plan to rule the world will be completed. ”

Hearing Zhang Dian's analysis, the political affairs hall was divided into three factions, one was the moral gentlemen headed by Cheng Hao, the other was the pragmatic money-seeking faction headed by Shen Kuo, and the other was Wang Anshi and Sima Guang, who only wanted to complete the ten-year plan of ruling the world.

Wang Anshi and Sima Guang were silent, Zhang Dian's analysis was reasonable, and the benefits were obvious. The Great Song Dynasty was able to complete the plan of ruling the world in ten years, or even less, which was what they longed for. Their moral values are: self-cultivation, Qi family, ruling the country and leveling the world. Assist the emperor to achieve the great rule of the world and create peace for all generations. This is a strong desire for merit Cheng Hao is a great philosopher, and he has a persistent belief that everything is based on morality. The conquest of India, if not to hang the people and kill the people, but to catch the strong men and the laborers, then this is an immoral war. The obscurity of the division was the best reason for them to oppose the war. They believe that if a moral concept is established, or a peaceful order in the world, then all nations will be able to come to court, and then the world will be subjugated.

This philosophy of his earned him great fame. Wen Yanbo, Lu Gong, and Fan Zhen were very convinced of him. Half of the people in the political hall support Cheng Hao.

Shen Kuo, Zhang Xuan, Guo Kui and others are the kind of people who proceed from reality in everything. What is Actual? It's power, money, fame. An army of 400,000 conquers a vast area of 80 million people, and then they will gain the dominion of these 80 million people.

According to the political affairs hall system, Zhao Ji and Shen Kuo quickly reached an agreement, and Zhang Dian's opinion was passed. Cheng Hao and others can only find a way to make a more moral slogan to conquer the Indian region. Under Zhao's reminder, they studied the social conditions in India, and listed ten major sins, such as the remnants of Hinduism, interfering with free trade and disobeying the king. Therefore, the Great Song Dynasty wanted to hang the people and attack the Indian countries.

"Shengshang, if the grain increases tenfold and the handicraft workshop increases tenfold, then in terms of the current state of the Great Song Dynasty, commerce and trade will be more than a hundred times prosperous. Weichen believes that the monopoly of gold and silver should be tightened a little, and the treasury should have more gold and silver reserves. Zhang Qilai said that there is a large amount of dog-headed gold in Jinzhou, and there are countless gold mines, just like Dengzhou in the Great Song Dynasty. Weichen thought that in addition to opening copper and iron mines in Jinzhou and Australia, gold and silver mines could not be missing. Wen Yanbo, who had advised Zhao Ji to strengthen the treasury's gold and silver reserves, reminded again.

With the further integration and improvement of the plan to conquer India in the south, the plan to develop the Golden State and Australia, and the ten-year plan to rule the world, the Great Song Dynasty finally determined the development plan for the next ten years. In order to mobilize all the generals and officials, after the end of spring ploughing, Zhao Ji convened a great court meeting, and nearly one-third of the officials and generals of the Great Song Dynasty participated in this court meeting, from various workshops, and the rich people of various large trading houses were also allowed to participate in this court meeting. With the propaganda of policies and the unification of ideas, the Great Song Dynasty began his new journey.

After the court meeting, Zhao Ji spent most of the day in the Guanjia Hall with the Queen Mother of the Two Palaces. The empress dowager of the two palaces was also full of worries about the lack of food in the Great Song Dynasty, and often reminded Zhao Ji to learn from Song Zhenzong and attach importance to agricultural production.

Although Zhao Ji doesn't like the somewhat mediocre Song Zhenzong very much, however, many things are two-sided. Song Zhenzong attached great importance to agricultural development, and Song Zhenzong was worried that the grain varieties of the Great Song Dynasty could not resist drought and the yield was too low. He specially ordered the minister to go to the Guangzhou area, and even went as far as Zhancheng, vigorously introduced Champa rice, and planted it himself. Through facts, the ministers were persuaded to promote the cultivation of Champa rice.

Rice is one of the high-yielding crops, and in later generations, the yield of rice far exceeded that of other high-yielding crops such as corn and sweet potatoes. It can be said that it is precisely because of Song Zhenzong that an agricultural revolution broke out in the Great Song Dynasty and there was prosperity in industry and commerce. Seventy percent of the taxes of the Great Song Dynasty came from commercial taxes. It can be seen that the introduction of Champa rice is of great importance to the increase of grain production, the flow of commercial grain into the market, and the promotion of industrial and commercial prosperity.

Later generations often said that the urbanization rate of the Great Song Dynasty was as high as 70 percent, which is a bit exaggerated. However, this is just a testament to the tremendous effect that Champa rice has brought about.

It's time for an expedition again. During the day, he accompanied the queen mother of the two palaces to fulfill his filial piety. At night, he stayed with his five wives and children. Zhao Ji also had a daughter in his later life, and he had five children in this life, and Concubine Sun Shangfang was also pregnant. Six children, which will not be similar in later generations. In later generations, even if family planning allows, it is estimated that it will not be able to support six children.

Zhao Ji felt a little in a trance, thinking that this was a dream, but this dream was too real. He didn't know what the meaning of this dream was. The rise and fall of a country is an inevitable part of historical development, so what is there to be entangled. Zhao Ji began to follow his feelings, and a Chinese dream of later generations drove him. But now, the army is about to go out, and the 800,000 people and 400,000 troops will be far away from their hometowns and will fight everywhere in the name of the Son of Heaven. Or, they will bury their bones elsewhere; Perhaps, they will return to their homeland with honor; Perhaps, they will fight to the end forever until the end of time. It's all so real.

For the next three months, war raged everywhere in the world. The 300,000 frontier guards of the Great Song Dynasty urgently assembled, either by sea, by water, or by dry road, and gathered in Shangjing. There are also 50,000 family members of the Armor Guard, a total of more than 350,000 people, who will also leave the country. For the soldiers, or they can also return to the Great Song Dynasty. And for the armor guards and their families, the Son of Heaven sent them there, and that was their home.

Northern Liao Yelu Hongji took Zhao Ji's luxurious dragon boat and went directly to Liaoyang Mansion by sea, although the nominal capital of the Liao State was in their Shangjing Linhuang Mansion, but the actual Liao court was in the bowl of Liaoyang Mansion.

After Yelu Hongji returned to the court, he conspired with his confidant minister Zhang Xiaojie, the prime minister of Beifu, to kill the queen Xiao Guanyin, set up the crown prince, and at the same time sent his grandson Yelu Yanxi to the Great Song Dynasty, changed his appearance, hid his identity, and placed him in Shangjing Sima Book City to study.

Subsequently, Yelu Hongji got rid of Yelu Yixin. The killing of Empress Xiao Guanyin was to combat the power of the descendants, while the killing of Yelu Yixin was to combat those unruly middle and lower-level officials. With the help of the Han forces, Yelu Hongji integrated the leather room army and became a great dictator. He asked Zhao Ji for advice on how to govern the army, and then used it in the politics of the leather room army. After the rectification of the leather room army, coupled with the fact that the prince was set aside, the Khitan clan power was dealt a heavy blow.

Compared with Zhao Ji, Yelu Hongji is more ruthless, not only to others, but also to himself. In history, in order to consolidate the Great Liao and prevent the Jurchen rebellion, Yelu Hongji took the sick north tour and died on the way. And such an emperor was actually considered a faint monarch, and later generations often attributed the demise of the Liao State to him.

From the sick northern tour, it can be seen that a stubborn emperor. This personality is very similar to Zhao Ji. So Zhao Ji and Yelu Hongji have the same smell.

For an emperor, he must rely on his clan, otherwise he will lose the foundation of ruling the world. And if the clan power is too large, it will seriously threaten the imperial power. Therefore, it is the best choice to keep the clan in full control. After Zhao Ji attacked the clan, he divided 10% of the national tax from the treasury and sent it to the inner treasury. And most of the expenses of the clan, except for the children of the clan who are self-reliant, have to go to Zhao Ji to receive relief. Yelu Hongji attacked the clan and completely shattered the traditional system of the original Khitan people. There are many Han people, Bohai people, enemy martyrs, Meng people, and Wugu people, all of whom have been given the identity of the Khitan tribe by Yelu Hongji. The expansion of the entire Khitan ethnic group completely eliminated the threat of the traditional Khitan system to Yeluhongji's imperial power.

After integrating the forces, Yelu Hongji finally set out on the expedition, with more than 800,000 troops and 100,000 Pishi troops under the leadership of Yelu Hongji to Liaodong. Yelu Hongji was to bring the Jurchens and other tribes of eastern Liaodong into the household Qi people, and to mix with the Han people, the Bohai people, and the Khitans, and vigorously develop the eastern Liaodong region, especially the Songhua River valley. Yelu Hongji listened to Zhao Ji's advice and prepared to carry out resettlement and development in many prefectures and counties in the northeast.

Yelu Hongji and Zhao Ji are in a competition, who will be able to dominate China in the future?

When Zhao Ji gathered almost all the troops of the Great Song Dynasty in Shangjing, the Western Xia also took action, with 100,000 troops in front and 300,000 strong men behind, and a total of 400,000 people began the western expedition. After the Western Xia sent troops, the Great Song Dynasty and the Northern Liao also symbolically sent troops to the west, the Great Song Dynasty sent 30,000 elite fire cavalry, and the Western Liao sent 50,000 iron cavalry, together with the troops, the troops pressed Gaochang Huifu.

The Japanese 30,000 samurai army and the 10,000 Haiwei army of the Great Song Dynasty also launched an attack on the Taira clan in northeastern Japan from both sea routes. Dali is undergoing a purge of the Duan clan returning to power and implementing a dictatorship, and there is a great upheaval. The two countries of Jiaozhi and Champa are exhausting the last bit of national strength and are bound to carve up the kingdom of Chenla.

A.D. 1073, Huang Yuan 3790, Xining 6 years, the eighth day of the sixth month of June, noon. After more than three months of preparation, all 300,000 border guards were loaded onto ships and transported to Sriwijaya. This is the first team to set off. King Zhanbei of Sriwijaya returned to Sriwijaya with the army, and Zhao Ji personally went to see him off. With this 300,000 army, Zhanbei finally put his mind at ease.

The 300,000 army was transported by more than 2,000 large ships, and the first town was escorted by the sea guards. The plan of the government hall was to transport the 300,000 troops to Sriwijaya first, and then hold Sriwijaya first. As for grain and grass, because the volume of transportation is too large, there are not enough ships in the sea that can absolutely guarantee food security. It is not difficult to gather 10,000 sea vessels, but it is a matter of safety. So the grain and grass will be delivered to Sriwijaya in two months' time, when all the big ships have returned.

There are also nearly 400,000 family members of the armor army, who will have to wait for the capture of Shiran Island (Sri Lanka) before being transported directly to Shiran Island to settle down. The entire southern expedition will go to Shiran Island in three batches, and build Shilan Island into a grain base and a large rear for the conquest of the Indian subcontinent.

Looking at the 300,000 border guards in the distance, Zhao Ji was stunned for a while. At this time, Zhao Ji realized that he had really changed the Song Dynasty, where was the Song Dynasty so belligerent in history?

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