"I'm going to send troops south to fight Jiaozhi!" Zhao Ji's words calmed down the people in the Chongzheng Hall in Beijing.

Looking at Wang Anli's shocked appearance, Zhao Ji explained: "The Tang Dynasty lost the Western Regions, the land Silk Road was blocked by the Tubo people, and the rise of the Western Xia later, the land Silk Road has been interrupted for more than two hundred years. The Silk Road is a road of wealth and strength, the Han and Tang dynasties opened the Western Regions, and China was strong. Now the land Silk Road has been broken, and the maritime Silk Road can no longer be broken, otherwise China will decline. I can give up a state that does not pay taxes, but the Maritime Silk Road must be unimpeded. ”

"Proposed purpose, let the political hall prepare for the southern expedition, transfer Guo Kui to serve as the commander of the eighth town of the Qinzhou Frontier Army, control the military towns in the southwest, and press the toes. The cabinet transferred Xiao Yiyuan to the commander of the eighth town of the Coast Guard, and controlled the naval divisions of the Coast Guard in each town and sent troops from the sea. Respectively to Dali, Zhenla, Zhancheng to send edicts, so that they sent troops to Jiaozhi, Jiaozhi perished, I wish to divide the toe. Zhao Ji said while looking at the map.

"Holy Lord, now is the time for reform and reform, and what the Great Song Dynasty needs is border tranquility. Now that the treasury is empty, and the imperial court is in debt, if there is still a war, where will the money come from? Wang Anli dissuaded.

"Needless to say, border tranquility is a fight. Cai Shoufu, what do you think? Zhao Ji stopped Wang Anli and asked Cai Jingdao.

According to the system of the political hall and the cabinet, the emperor is in the court for major military affairs, and the decision-making power is in the hands of the emperor and the prime minister. Zhao Ji appointed Cai Jing as the first assistant, in addition to Cai Jing's ability, the main thing is that Cai Jing can perceive Zhao Ji's meaning, and will only check and fill in the gaps, and will not object.

"Holy Lord, Weichen agrees with Wang Cifu's words. The Great Song Dynasty was centered on changing the law to strengthen the country, and it must not make a big move. Cai Jing looked at Wang Anli's nervous face and said to Zhao Ji.

"Huh?" Zhao Ji frowned and glared at Cai Jing. Cai Jing didn't think so, and was not afraid at all.

"I know everything about you. Stand down. This matter will be discussed by the cabinet after discussion in the government affairs hall. You can rest assured, the safety and livelihood of the people are at stake, and I will not give up with Jiaozhi. Zhao Ji was silent for a while, then walked up to the five businessmen and said.

"The grass people bow and thank God for his grace." The five merchants prostrated and withdrew from the temple.

"Stand down, too. I want to be quiet, this matter will be talked about tomorrow, and the development of the flow of things must not be slack, go and get busy! Zhao Ji waved his hand in annoyance.

"The ministers are leaving." Cai Jing, Wang Anli, Li Xiangan and others also withdrew from the palace. "The official family is obviously in a bad mood, and he will talk about it after he figures it out."

"Xie Cai Shoufu said bluntly." After exiting the hall, Wang Anli said to Cai Jing.

"For the country and the people, loyal to the official family. However, Wang Cifu also has to be mentally prepared, the Holy Lord will definitely send troops to fight each other, and this cannot be changed. If you disobey the meaning of the Holy God too much, it will not be a good thing to change the overall situation. Cai Jing replied.

"Are we ignoring the people of the world in order to conform to the wishes of the officials? After measuring the acres of land, although a large number of hidden fields were found, the field tax increased by 30%. After the opening of the monopoly, the commercial tax increased by 60%. However, the landlords, wealthy families, and big businessmen transferred taxes and raised land rents and prices, and the common people were now about to become serfs and slaves. In order to eliminate the grievances of the people, the government affairs hall took out a new increase in taxes and established a national subsistence allowance. In this way, the tax revenue of the state treasury was only 60 million yuan, and after the abolition of redundant officials and soldiers, the expenditure was reduced, but the annual loan interest to the business alliance was as high as 10 million yuan. The imperial court has a debt of 80 million yuan, when will it be paid off? If there is another war, this court will become the court of merchants. Wang Anli said a lot angrily.

Although he knows that Cai Jing also knows this, it seems that he feels a little better when he says it.

Wang Cifu said cautiously, don't say the last sentence. If you are so rebellious, if Fan Cifu knows about it, you will definitely be impeached and investigated. You won't just open up just because you're old friends. When Cai Jing heard the latter sentence, he couldn't help but look around.

The three auxiliary ministers of the cabinet have their own powers, Cai Jing is in charge, Wang Anli is in charge, and Fan Chunren is in charge of supervision. If Wang Anli is investigated, then he will not be able to get out of it.

"So just leave it alone? Hum. Wang Anli originally thought that Cai Jing had changed sex, but he didn't expect it to be this virtue.

"Wang Cifu, the troops must be sent out. As for how to send troops and how many troops to send, then the article is big. Sending troops does not necessarily mean that the country will be in a big war. Without affecting the change of law, it is not impossible to send troops. You say, don't you? Cai Jing said slyly.

"What does Cai Shoufu mean?" Wang Anli was stunned, not knowing what kind of calculation Cai Jing was making.

"It doesn't matter what we mean, the key is what the political hall means. If you want to make the official family soft, you have to talk to Xianggong Wen, Xianggong Sima, and Xianggong Wang. No matter what we say, we will only anger the officials. Let's report to the government hall first, and wait for the decree of the government hall. Cai Jing shook his head and said meaningfully.

When Cai Jing and Wang Anli were figuring out Zhao Ji's thoughts and discussing this matter, Zhao Ji's lonely figure wandered left and right on the Chongzheng Palace, running to the map from time to time to check it, and closing his eyes and thinking about it from time to time.

The Maritime Silk Road is a sea passage for transportation, trade and cultural exchanges between ancient China and foreign countries, the road is mainly centered on the South China Sea, and the starting point is mainly Guangzhou, so it is also called the South China Sea Silk Road. The Maritime Silk Road was formed in the Qin and Han dynasties, developed in the Sui Dynasty of the Three Kingdoms, flourished in the Tang and Song dynasties, and changed in the Ming and Qing dynasties, and is the oldest known sea route.

After the opening of the Maritime Silk Road, before the Sui and Tang dynasties, it was only a supplementary form of the overland Silk Road. However, in the Sui and Tang dynasties, due to the continuous wars in the Western Regions, the land Silk Road was blocked by war, and the maritime Silk Road flourished in its place. By the Tang and Song dynasties, with the development of China's shipbuilding and navigation technology, China's shipping routes to Southeast Asia, the Strait of Malacca, the Indian Ocean, the Red Sea, and the African continent were opened and extended, and the Maritime Silk Road finally replaced the land Silk Road and became the main channel for China's foreign exchanges.

At that time, the commodities exported through the Maritime Silk Road mainly included four major commodities: silk, porcelain, tea and copper and ironware, and the main goods shipped to China were spices, flowers and plants and some rare treasures for the court to enjoy. When Zheng He went to the West in the early Ming Dynasty, the Maritime Silk Road reached its peak. In the Ming and Qing dynasties after Zheng He, China's maritime industry began to decline due to the implementation of the maritime ban policy, and the Maritime Silk Road, which had made great contributions to the exchanges between the East and the West, gradually disappeared.

"Since the Han and Tang dynasties opened up the two major Silk Roads, the Chinese civilization has become stronger, thus becoming the world's first civilization, and covering the known world extensively. From the loss of the overland Silk Road at the end of the Tang Dynasty to the long-term isolation of the Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties, Chinese civilization gradually weakened. Now that the land Silk Road has been broken, if the maritime Silk Road is broken again, what is the difference between it and closing the country? How did the Great Song Dynasty rise rapidly, and how did it move towards the road of unifying China? Hit, hit an unimpeded silk road! Zhao Ji muttered to himself, and after figuring out the joints, his fists clenched tightly and smashed on the map with a fist.

Following. Zhao Ji issued a decree to urgently convene a court meeting.

Shangjing, Daqing Palace.

The ministers are whispering, these days because of the development of the flow of things have been very busy, already busy until late at night, now early in the morning, they have to get up from the bed, rush to the court. The ministers complained, but there was nothing they could do.

"The emperor has arrived." Li Xiang'an shouted.

"Long live my emperor, long live, long live." The ministers fell to their knees.

"Flat." Zhao Ji's voice was a little hoarse, he didn't sleep all night last night, maybe he had a cold.

When the ministers stood up and saw Zhao Ji's tired appearance, they thought that it was estimated that the official family didn't sleep all night last night. What is it that worries the officials so much?

"Sit down." Zhao Ji added another sentence.

Shangjing is different from Bianjing, and according to Zhao Ji's intentions, the court meeting has arranged seats for every minister who comes to the court.

"Today's court meeting will only discuss the matter of going out to fight for Jiaozhi." Zhao Ji didn't wait for the ministers to thank him, and said eagerly.

After Zhao Ji finished speaking, the first assistant Cai Jing gave a detailed explanation of yesterday's events to the civil and military ministers in the palace.

"Initiation of the Holy One. The annual tariff collected by the Dasong City Bosi was 3 million guan, and Xining increased to 6 million guan in three years. The Maritime Silk Road is a major driving force for the development of Huguang and Liuqiu. The smooth flow of the Maritime Silk Road can make the six southeast routes of the Great Song Dynasty develop rapidly. Weichen suggested that Jiaozhi should be severely punished to ensure the smooth flow of the Maritime Silk Road. Second assistant Fan Chunren stood up and handed over the notebook and said.

It turned out that Cai Jing, Fan Chunren, and Wang Anli didn't sleep all night last night, discussing how to maintain the smooth flow of the Silk Road without affecting the change of law and without a major war.

"Let's talk about it." Zhao Ji didn't read Fan Chunren's recital.

Zhao Ji knew that this was the result of Cai Jing's discussion, and Li Xiang'an reported the whereabouts of Cai Jing and the others to Zhao Ji early in the morning.

"The last general believes that at this time, it should not be to discuss how to severely punish Jiaozhi, but how to ensure the smooth flow of the Maritime Silk Road." Xiao Yiyuan, the commander of the eighth town of the Sea Guard, stood up and said.

Xiao Yiyuan is Xiao Laohu, the leader of the water thieves in the chicken coop village of the original king of the Liuqiu country. After he was recruited, he was just a commander from Liupin, and in the court meeting, it was not his turn to speak now. But after Xiao Yiyuan learned about yesterday's incident, he hurriedly teamed up with the old department and others to discuss countermeasures. I hope to take advantage of this incident to increase the weight of the people of the Liuqiu family in the hearts of the officials. If it is good, there can be a four-grade member in the first line of Liuqiu, then the interests of the first line of Liuqiu can be guaranteed.

A cabinet member is ready to stand up and impeach Xiao Yi for the crime of overstepping the bounds.

"Tell me, how should it be?" Zhao Ji hurriedly stood up and stopped the cabinet assistant.

"The Chinese dynasties and dynasties only respected the Han and Tang dynasties, and there was no other reason, the root of which was the development of the Silk Road by the Han and Tang dynasties. The maintenance of the Silk Road by the Han and Tang dynasties was to set up military towns and control the Western Regions. The root cause of the loss of the region at the end of the Tang Dynasty was the corruption of the military town. Nowadays, the Maritime Silk Road is not smooth, so we can learn from the Han and Tang Dynasties and set up military towns on each necessary road of the Maritime Silk Road to fully control the entire Maritime Silk Road. At that time, the Silk Road will be unblocked, overseas countries will surrender, and the Great Song Dynasty will follow the Han and Tang dynasties, illuminating the world and overriding all nations. Xiao Yiyuan continued to state.

Xiao Yiyuan was originally also a scholar and a tribute student. However, he was not good at poetry, but he had to be admitted to the Jinshi, and finally failed the imperial examination, and was forced to become a water thief by life. In fact, he is good at scripture and righteousness, and he can take the scripture examination without having to enter the science department. It's just that he is from Jiangnan, and if he is like a native of Shaanxi, he will definitely be laughed to death by his classmates.

"Ridiculous! There are countless overseas countries, and if there are military towns, the military salary is incalculable. Where does this military spending come from? The Han and Tang dynasties were all because the military towns were too heavy and the country was consumed too much, which finally led to the division of the feudal towns. Wang Anli stood up and sneered.

"Commander Xiao is reasonable. But how can we set up military towns in overseas countries? Zhao Ji interrupted Wang Anli's ridicule and asked.

"Immigrants open up wasteland and build cities, just like development flows." Xiao Yiyuan handed over the notebook and said.

"Hmm. Others also talk about it. Zhao Ji didn't look at the notebook, and then asked.

"Shengshang, Weichen believes that no matter how this matter is decided, the views of the surrounding countries of the Great Song Dynasty must be taken into account. If the Great Song Dynasty caused panic among the countries of the South Seas because of its expansion to the outside world, I was afraid that the Western Xia and Northern Liao would take advantage of the fire to rob it. At that time, I am afraid that there will be beacons everywhere. Cabinet Qunfu, who presided over the development of Tuntian, said.

"Holy Lord, last night, the Jiaozhi envoy fled overnight." A small yellow door told Li Xiang'an the news that the Jiaozhi envoy had left overnight, and Li Xiang'an hurriedly walked to Zhao Ji's side and said softly.

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