After the meal, the royal family meeting, Shengguo was obviously stopped by the official Zhao Zhen for two million taels, and then turned his head and whispered to Zhao Lei: "Does it cost so much money to form three thousand cavalry!" ”

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"It's not worth it to raise 3,000 cavalry to harass Western Xia with so much money!" After Shengguo was bluffed by two million taels, some wanted to retreat, and hesitated for a while and whispered to Zhao Lei.

"There are some things that can't be measured by money, weakening Western Xia is beneficial to the Great Song Dynasty for a hundred years, how can it be compared with yellow and white things, even if it is measured by money, this business will definitely not lose money, three thousand cavalry is very expensive to build, but you can return things afterwards! In addition to crossbow arrows and grenades are consumables, even if the armor is broken, it can be repaired, and there are many war horses among the Xixia herdsmen, and the cattle and sheep in the hands of the Xixia herdsmen are expensive in the Great Song Dynasty. A ploughing ox is worth more than a horse in the Great Song Dynasty, and sheepskin is a scarce thing, no matter how you calculate it, this time the army is worth it. Zhao Lei persuaded Shengguo from the perspective of value.

Shengguo glanced at Zhao Lei, always felt that his man would not lie to himself, pondered for a while, and made up her mind to say to the official Zhao Zhen: "The official family! Isn't it just two million taels of silver? How about those things that are considered poor loans? ”

"Sister Huang! What do you want 3,000 cavalry for? The official Zhao Zhen looked at Shengguo in distress and asked.

"Assemble cavalry and go to Western Xia Cai!" Shengguo answered cleanly and neatly, and the official Zhao Zhen said.

"No! How can such a thing be done! The imperial sister did this, where did she put the court. The official Zhao Zhen said in refusal.

"This is a private matter of the poor road, even if Yuan Hao comes over, how can he take the poor road! What is the matter with the imperial court! Shengguo was stunned and asked his younger brother Zhao Zhen.

"Three thousand cavalry. Wearing the armor of the Great Song Dynasty and carrying the weapons of the Great Song Dynasty, who doesn't know that it is the Great Song Dynasty faction, which is insulting to the national body! Zhao Zhen said without relenting.

"Xia Liao hasn't sent cavalry to harass me towards the frontier!" Shengguo retorted unconvinced.

"It's different! Xia Liao nomads, herdsmen have war horses, bows and arrows and sabers at home, and they can be cavalry on horses, so the horse thieves on the border of our dynasty, the two countries can be said to be private acts, and have nothing to do with the Xia Liao court.

But what about the people! I said that the people of my court have war horses, armor, grenades, bows and crossbows, and they can be horse thieves when they get on horses. Can you believe it? The official Zhao Zhen looked at Shengguo indignantly and asked.

The people of the Great Song Dynasty were so powerful that they had war horses, armor, grenades, and bows and crossbows at home that day, and it is estimated that that day would be the time for the Great Song Dynasty to fall.

The official Zhao Zhen asked Shengguo nodded again and again, and Zhao Lei on the side rolled his eyes and thought about it.

"Official! Of course, the people of our court have horses, armor, grenades, and bows and crossbows, and they can be horse thieves when they get on their horses. Zhao Lei said to Zhao Zhen in a deep voice.

"There really is!" Zhao Zhen was frightened and asked Zhao Lei.

"=.Grazing, armor and horses are stored in their own homes, as long as they are equipped with grenades and crossbows. Absolutely exactly the same as the new army, no one can tell. If the envoy of the Western Xia asked, the court could answer that it was a private act, don't forget that in the past few years, the Qiang people had many people who harassed the border with us for horse thieves, and Yuan Hao replied that the Qiang people were born to be horse thieves, and they could not be cured! Now that the Qiang people are harassing in Western Xia, see what else he Yuan Hao can say. Zhao Lei sneered and put forward his suggestion.

After Zhao Lei's words stunned the official Zhao Zhen, he sighed for a moment and said happily: "This method is good, when I sent a messenger to question Yuan Hao, Yuan Hao did say that the Qiang people are born horse thieves and cannot be cured. If the Qiang people of the state are willing to come forward, I can take out the equipment of the 3,000 new army. ”

"Those Qiang people must be willing to come forward, and it is in their nature to loot. After all, they are also nomadic herders from the prairie! Zhao Lei said confidently to the official Zhao Zhen.

"Good! Since Aiqing is so confident, this matter will be handed over to Aiqing, and War Horse will go to the Privy Council to ask for it. The State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Institute of Bingjia took it by itself, and when the Qiang people agreed, they were sent to the same willingness to consume the national strength of Western Xia, but they did not want to ruin the reputation of the Great Song Dynasty, and now they have the face of ascending to the country, as well as Zhao Lei's strategy, after a moment of silence, the official Zhao Zhen immediately agreed to Zhao Lei's plan.

The cavalry equipment prepared by the 3,000 new army is not something that can be done in minutes, even if the armament is fully prepared, it will take at least a month, Zhao Lei can't wait for such a long time, Zhao Lei, who is approaching, waved his pen, and the equipment of the forbidden army was postponed for a month for no reason, and the equipment of the 3,000 cavalry was completed in a few days.

After getting the equipment and going to the Privy Council Song Qi to ask for three thousand high-quality war horses, Zhao Lei wrote a letter to ask for eight hundred miles to be sent urgently. Two replied.

"My lord! There's news from the guards. As soon as the sky dawned, Zhao Lei just came to the study and heard Zeng Gongliang's familiar honest voice.

"There's news from the secret guard!" Zhao Lei looked up in surprise and saw a secret letter handed over by Zeng Gongliang.

At the same time as Zhao Lei's secret letter, Zeng Gongliang continued: "The private mining of coal involves seventeen states, and the secretaries of these state capitals investigated one by one, and finally found out seventeen wealthy families who privately mined coal, but these people are not easy to mess with, and they are deeply rooted in the imperial court, and Queen Miao's family is also involved. ”

"Empress Miao's maiden family!" Zhao Lei looked at Zeng Gongliang in shock and asked.

Empress Miao is the queen who was pushed up by Zhao Lei, gave birth to a prince, and now has been named King Shou, previously worshiped Yan Shu as a teacher for enlightenment, Yan Shu worshiped Ouyang Xiu as a teacher after being degraded, and now the prince is just nine years old, the official Zhao Zhen has been interested in the prince as the prince, and the prince will be crowned the prince at the age of twelve, and then Zhao Lei will serve as the prince and the prince, responsible for educating the prince.

As the biological mother of the future prince, Empress Miao now has a lot of influence in the court, although Empress Miao does not have the means and strategies of Empress Dowager Liu. However, none of the concubines in the deep palace are simple, if the matter of the coal land is selfish and happy for Queen Miao's family, if it involves Queen Miao herself, then this matter is a little tricky.

"Except for Empress Miao, are there any members of the imperial court in the background?" Zhao Lei was a little troubled by the appearance of Queen Miao's news, and frowned and asked Zeng Gongliang.

"No, Ye Qingchen has already cleared the relationship, and the other highest official positions are the staff of the Third Division, the one in charge of the coal case." Zeng Gongliang thought about it and replied to Zhao Lei.

"Go and visit them on behalf of the officer. By the way, let them quickly clear up the relationship, the official can not blame the past, if you continue to shelter those people, beware of the ruthlessness of the official's subordinates. Zhao Lei looked at the name on the secret letter and said with a sneer.

"Yes, my lord, but Queen Miao's mother's family." Zeng Gongliang asked Zhao Lei in embarrassment.

"Empress Miao! Queen Miao! Wait a minute, let the official think about it! Zhao Lei said uncertainly.

Offending a queen is definitely not a trivial matter, especially the biological mother of a prince who is about to become a crown prince. Once from the queen to the queen mother, there is an example of the authoritarian power of the Empress Dowager Liu. The ministers of the Great Song Dynasty are also accustomed to the affairs of the Queen Mother, and it is with this habit that Queen Miao has gathered a lot of power in the imperial court, offending Queen Miao, and the consequences are very serious!

"Why do you sigh?" At this time, Su Xun pushed the door in, and asked suspiciously when he heard Zhao Lei's sigh.

Zhao Lei motioned to Zeng Gongliang to tell him about the matter, and when Su Xun heard that Empress Miao was implicated, he was also slightly stunned.

"Empress Miao, how did you provoke such a big Buddha, when I heard that the official family was weak. Empress Miao once handled political affairs for the official family? Su Xun asked Zhao Lei cautiously.

"Brother Ming Yun doesn't need to be so careful, there are no outsiders here, yes, Lu Yijian once handed over the notebook to Queen Miao to deal with. But under the willingness of the officials, is this matter related to the coal case? Zhao Lei said with a casual smile.

"My lord! Could Lu Yijian be cultivating another Empress Dowager Liu? Su Xun asked Zhao Lei guessingly.

"The official family is prosperous in the spring and autumn, and the health has always been very good. How dare Lu Yijian have that kind of thought, Brother Mingyun joked. Zhao Lei looked at Su Xun and said in a deep voice.

"Queen Miao has been in charge of the harem for many years, and now the Weida harem has begun to stretch out her hand to the imperial city, and the coal case is something that Queen Miao did to buy people's hearts, otherwise the Miao family would dare to move what the imperial court clearly stipulates cannot be moved." Su Xun groaned and said to Zhao Lei.

"Possibly! It is not surprising that Queen Miao befriended courtiers for the sake of her own son, and although Queen Miao is the main harem, the right to use the degree in the palace is not in the hands of Queen Miao, and the money must be lacking, so it is reasonable to let the mother's family mine and get some silver by mining coal privately, but Queen Miao is reasonable, it will be troublesome to us, if you don't deal with the Miao family, wouldn't you leave a handle for Lu Yijian to impeach. Zhao Lei complained to Su Xun and said.

"The Miao family's private coal mining is also easy to solve, and I have three strategies for adults to choose." Su Xun pondered for a while and said to Zhao Lei.

"Tell me about it!" Zhao Lei asked with interest.

"Down! The adult can inform the official family of this matter, after all, the investigation of illegal coal is a task sent by the official family, and the adult will inform the official family of this matter, and the official family will solve this matter with Queen Miao, and there is no need for adults to bother. Su Xun immediately gave advice to Zhao Lei and said.

The official Zhao Zhen went to solve it, with the character of the official Zhao Zhen, he would definitely directly reprimand Empress Miao, and when Empress Miao knew that I did it, this feud would be bigger, that was the future emperor's mother, and she couldn't do this! Zhao Lei shook his head and thought to himself.

"Lord Zhongce can find the princess of Shengguo, between my aunt and sister-in-law, what do you have to talk about, after all, if you violate the law with illegal coal, you don't have to worry about Queen Miao not agreeing." Su Xun said again.

Even if you go to talk about the promotion of the country, it is not to let Queen Miao abandon those interests, this is related to the future of the prince, and it will definitely offend Queen Miao, it will not work! Zhao Lei continued to shake his head and look at Su Xun, looking forward to his best strategy.

"Lord Shangce is going to pay the price, the Miao family mines private coal, it is said that Queen Miao is short of money, as long as the adult makes up for the benefits of private coal, it is easy to say anything." Su Xun said to Zhao Lei in a deep voice.

Political donations! When Zhao Lei heard Su Xun's words, a noun suddenly popped up in his mind.

"Good way!" Zhao Lei stood up abruptly and admired Su Xun and said.

Political donations! Not surprisingly, the prince is the future emperor of the Great Song Dynasty, and Empress Miao is the future queen mother, and many people are looking for a way to tie up with Empress Miao! If I can come forward to organize a group of people to circle money for the future Emperor of the Great Song Dynasty, this kind of thing is an important channel to contact the relationship between the prince, Empress Miao and the magnates of the Great Song Dynasty. Or talk to the official Zhao Zhen first, I am the future prince and teacher, helping the prince is not the same as helping yourself, what is there to hesitate. Zhao Lei thought hesitantly back and forth in the study.

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