Chapter 192: A New Beginning

Putian Tongqing, this word has not appeared in the territory of the Great Song Dynasty for a long time, even if the Great Song Dynasty has changed four emperors before and after, but if you want to use Putian Tongqing to describe the enthronement of each emperor, it seems that there is still some deficiency.

It's not that these emperors are not good enough, but in the hearts of the people of the Great Song Dynasty, there has always been a big mountain, and this mountain is Yanyun.

Like the emperor, Yan Yun is also a mountain in the hearts of the people of the Great Song Dynasty. This is a normal thing, after all, the Great Song Kingdom is located in Bianliang, located in the center of the Central Plains, although it extends in all directions, but there is a huge problem, that is, there is no danger to defend.

Some people will say that there is the Yellow River! However, the so-called natural danger of the Yellow River will freeze in winter, and once the Yellow River is frozen, then it will no longer be a natural danger, but just an ice road.

And the mountain closest to Bianliang is Taihang Mountain, which runs north-south, and it is okay to defend the party members, but it is basically useless to defend the Khitans.

And the only natural danger that can play a defensive role in the north is Yanshan, but with the blessing of Tuoshi Jingjiao, the Central Plains has lost the barrier of Yanshan for a hundred years.

Because of this, the Great Song Dynasty has always experienced the tragic situation that as long as the Khitans invaded, they had to defend Kaifeng.

And when the news that Yanyun was basically recovered was transmitted back to the Great Song Dynasty, this big stone that had been pressing on the entire country of the Great Song Dynasty for many years finally landed.

With the landing of this stone, the passion that the people of the Great Song Dynasty had suppressed for many years was finally released, although the imperial court had not yet issued any official instructions for celebration, but the folk celebration had begun. And it's getting bigger and bigger every day.

At the same time, the whole court also entered a state of extreme excitement, after all, Yan Yun, who had been lost for a hundred years, was now recovered, which could be regarded as a great achievement.

Some old ministers who had experienced Taizong's two Northern Expeditions could no longer suppress their feelings at this moment. Tears of joy were left behind.

However, there was an unusual person in the entire court, as if this history-making victory had nothing to do with him, and he still maintained an indifferent attitude when everyone was immersed in joy.

"Yanyun has recovered, why is the emperor not very happy?" Since the news of the victory came back, everyone was very happy, and Chai Yu, who was in the harem, naturally couldn't avoid it.

Plus she saw too many smiles this day. Now her husband doesn't seem to show too much happiness on his face, which makes her a little strange.

Zhao Weiji, who was reading in front of the case, saw that it was Chai Yu who spoke, so he put down the book in his hand. He hugged Chai Yu in his arms and said softly: "Happy, I'm actually very happy to recover Yanyun." It's just that I know that this is just the beginning. There is still a long way to go. So the mood of happiness is just diluted a little. ”

Chai Yu, who was held in her husband's arms, naturally knew what Zhao Weiji's long road slowly fell to the ground meant, and she understood why he didn't show his joy.

However, when Chai Yu snuggled in Zhao Weiji's arms for a while, she suddenly felt that something was pressing against her buttocks under her, and Chai Yu, who had been a wife for many years, naturally knew what it was.

It seems that although this guy is not very happy emotionally, he will stop at that time.

But just as Zhao Weiji was about to take further action, Zhao Ling'er stopped him.

"You want to touch me?"

Zhao Weiji nodded honestly.

"If you want to touch me, but we have to talk about Ling'er first." As soon as Chai Yu's words were finished, Zhao Weiji almost didn't soften.

Talking about Ling'er is basically tonight's sexual blessing. According to what was said in the report, Ling'er won't be able to come back for a while. This makes Zhao Weiji what to say.

However, there is a way that lewdness starts from the heart, and evil is born to the side of the gall, and finally Zhao Weiji turned his heart sideways, directly blocked Chai Yu's mouth with his mouth, and then threw her down on the bed.

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Early the next morning, Zhao Weiji, who had completed the reconciliation of yin and yang the night before, was refreshed. The first thing he did after entering the cabinet was to ask people to find Liu Rang.

Who is this Liu Rang? This person is Brother Liu in Yang Yanzhao's mouth.

He was originally a member of the Northern Han royal family and the son of Liu Jiyuan, the last emperor of the Northern Han Dynasty. When Taizong conquered the Northern Han Dynasty, in order to obtain the assistance of the Khitans, Liu Jiyuan, the emperor of the Northern Han Dynasty at that time, sent his son to the Liao State as a hostage in exchange for reinforcements from the Liao State.

It's just that I didn't expect that the Liao State did send reinforcements, but only sent some rabble, and these reinforcements did not bring substantial help to the Northern Han, and in the end the Northern Han was destroyed by the Song

After the Northern Han Dynasty was destroyed by the Song Dynasty, Liu Jiyuan and his family were moved into the Central Plains, except for one person, who was Liu Rang, who was sent to the Liao State as a hostage.

It's just that when the Northern Han Dynasty was destroyed, Liu Rang's role as a hostage did not exist, he stayed in the territory of Liao, and also entered the officialdom of Liao, and finally got a left-behind position in Datong Mansion in Xijing.

Liu Rang is quite intelligent, much better than his faint father. It's just that fate doesn't favor him too much, and the wars in the early years and the fact that he mixed up in the Liao State later were also average, so that his ability has not been shown.

But opportunities always favor those who are prepared. When Liu Rang stayed in Xijing, his political achievements were average, but he thoroughly studied the mentality, living environment and interests of this group of Han people who have been ruled by the Khitans, regardless of whether they are large clans or small people.

It is precisely because of this that when Yang Yanzhao finds him, he can quickly come up with a way to solve the problem of Yanyun Han's non-return.

It was precisely by virtue of this method that he was hit by Zhao Weiji, and while Yang Yanzhao continued to lead troops to recover Yanyun, he was also recruited to the capital by Zhao Weiji.

When Liu Rang was recruited to the cabinet, Zhao Weiji immediately gathered the entire cabinet together, after all, the first major event in the whole country now is about the reception of Yan Yun.

The war is only a continuation of politics, and defeating Yanyun is only the first step, and how to govern Yanyun well is the top problem that the imperial court will face next. After all, it has been far from the rule of the Central Plains for more than a hundred years.

"Liu Rang is here? Everyone is all together, so it's time for us to talk about Yanyun's problem. When all the people who were going to participate in the discussion of the Yanyun issue came, Zhao Weiji began to preside over the entire discussion.

After Zhao Weiji made a start, Kou Zhun took over the conversation, after all, the previous policy towards the Yanyun Han people was all led by Kou Zhun, so it was reasonable for him to take over the discussion now.

"Lord Liu should also see the folds handed back by General Yang, how should Yan Yun start to govern now, tell me your opinion."

Liu Rang had already prepared for Kou Zhun's questioning, he cleared his throat, and then said, "Our previous policy against Yanyun should basically be considered effective. It should be no problem to continue this policy now. ”

Regarding Liu Rang's statement, the ministers basically nodded in agreement. Seeing that none of the other ministers raised objections, Liu Rang continued: "The crux of the matter now is what to do with the Khitans who have gathered in large numbers in the north of Yanyun when we take back the entire Yanyun? After all, the further north you go, the greater the proportion of the Khitans, and once they reach the new Song-Liao border, the proportion of the Khitans may be larger than that of the Han, and if this part of the people is not dealt with properly, it will be a huge trouble in the future. ”

Liu Rang's words made the entire cabinet fall into Cheng Si, these Khitans on the border are indeed a big problem. First of all, the Great Song Dynasty wants to give up these populations, and to be honest, the cabinet is a little unwilling.

After all, now with the beginning of a certain amount of primary industrialization in the Central Plains, labor is extremely scarce, and it is too much to give up the ready-made labor force.

But if you don't plan to give up these people, how to let these Khitans live in the Great Song Dynasty with peace of mind will be a big problem.

Seeing that the ministers stopped talking, Liu Rang wanted to speak a little and stopped, he actually had an idea about this issue, but he didn't know if it was appropriate to mention it here.

After seeing Liu Rang's desire to speak again, Zhao Weiji ordered him to boldly say his thoughts.

After having Zhao Weiji's life, Liu Rang had the courage to say his thoughts: "Actually, we can imitate the system of the Liao State. ”

When Liu Ranggang said the words of the system of the Liao State, several cabinet ministers frowned, thinking that they were quite resistant to imitating the barbarians of the Liao State.

Liu Rang naturally also saw the reaction of those ministers, which is why he wanted to stop talking before, because he had already expected such a reaction.

However, he did not stop telling his thoughts, because while the ministers frowned, Zhao Weiji also gave Liu Rang a firm look, and it was the encouragement of this look that made Liu Rang firm in his belief.

"We can emulate the system of setting up northern and southern officials in the Liao state, and there are two sets of official systems in the court of the Liao state, which are called southern officials and northern officials.

The southern officials are generally held by Han people, and they only need to govern the Han people's residence, let alone Yanyun. The officials of the entire sixteen states of Yanyun basically belong to the southern officials, and the Xijing left-behind guard I served in the Liao State was also one of the southern officials.

On the other hand, the northern officials are mainly held by the Khitans, and they mainly govern the Khitans' residences. Outside of the prefectures and counties where Han people are the majority, such as Chu Yanyun, the other local officials of the Liao State basically belong to the northern officials.

Under this bureaucratic system, the Khitans of the Liao State were governed separately from the Han Chinese, avoiding a large number of ethnic conflicts.

And I think we can also introduce this kind of system, recruiting Khitans who are willing to work for the Great Song Dynasty to rule those places where the Khitans are mainly gathered, so that the Khitans and the Han people can live in relative harmony and not cause trouble, just like the Liao State. ”

When Liu Rang finished saying this, Zhao Weiji immediately reacted when the ministers were still digesting Liu Rang's words, isn't this thing one country, two systems? (To be continued......)