Along the way, Han Qi and Zheng Lang discussed the market.

Since Yuan Hao's rebellion, the imperial court has deployed more than 300,000 soldiers in Shaanxi. Not conscripts, but mercenaries. Just like Zheng Lang's war, more than 100,000 catties of explosives alone were used, and some raw materials were transported from Liuqiu, and then transported from the capital to Shaanxi, how much would the cost increase?

The degree of use is gradually insufficient. Although there were officials who once impeached Zheng Lang's Shiyi, Yang Kai's instigation increased the number of ministers involved in the impeachment, but in fact, the Song Dynasty also issued some bad edicts in order to fund military spending. For example, the storage of grain or other things, the goods use the pool of salt as a coupon as gold and silver, give it to the border ministers, and use it to exchange it for the grain or other things needed by the merchants. Finally, it developed into feathers, tendons, glue paint, iron charcoal, tile wood, etc., all of which were exchanged for salt.

Used for emergency relief.

The disadvantages are heavier than the city, and some deceitful businessmen and officials are annihilated on the outside, and they are incalculable in vain pool salt. Salt coupons are cheap, but the dealers cannot, except for a few big businessmen and powerful people, both public and private are damaged.

However, this is the ancestral family law of the Song Dynasty.

The city change implemented by Zheng Lang evolved from the average loss of Sang Hongyang, with different "origins" and different treatments.

A great victory, coupled with Zheng Lang's detailed explanation, is a temporary law, a regional law, and the controversy disappears. Han Qi's eyes were also red, not only was Jingyuan Road short of money and low fees, but the other three roads were the same, and the cost was seriously insufficient. Otherwise, Han Qi and Fan Zhongyan would not have fought for some property. No matter how selfish Han Qi is, he will not be a corrupt official and put it in his pocket, this is fighting for his own finances along the way.

Zheng Lang gave a patient explanation.

Shaanxi in the Song Dynasty changed very much, first named Yongxing Military Road, after the Yuan Hao rebellion, in order to clearly divide the area of responsibility for each other, divided into a vague five roads, Chang'an as the center of the Yongxing Military Road, plus Qinfeng, Jingyuan, Huanqing and Yanyan Road, but still obey the Yongxing Military Road command transfer. This year, the four roads on the edge are more readable, and the Yongxing military road still has some command rights. If you use it in an emergency, you can't take it seriously.

Qinfeng Road has changed the most obviously, at this time Qinfeng Road refers to Qinzhou, Fengxiangfu, Fengzhou, Chengzhou, Jiezhou and Minzhou. When it arrived in Xining, it was expanded into one prefecture, twelve states and three armies, the prefecture was Fengxiang, the state was Qin, Jing, Xi, Long, Cheng, Feng, Min, Wei, Yuan, Jie, He, Lan, and the army was Zhenrong, Deshun, and Tongyuan. Later, the three armies of Zengjishi, Zhenwu and Huaide were added, and the six prefectures of Xining, Le, Kuo, Xi'an, Tao and Hui were added. In terms of Tuobian alone, the territory of Qinghai is larger than that of the Tang Dynasty.

The main trade routes were trade with the Tibetans and the tortuous trade routes from the Western Regions along the Southern Silk Road.

This trade route must not be used in the market, otherwise it will cause serious consequences.

The trade route between Fengzhou and Lizhou is a domestic trade route, which is very mature, and the consequences of using the market are even more troublesome. The marginal area of Qinzhou overlaps with the Jingyuan Road City, the implementation is of little significance, only the Minzhou area can implement the City, and the Minshan Zhuqiang to the west, the traffic is blocked, and the trade route has not been prosperous since the founding of the Song Dynasty. But once it is implemented, will officials in other regions follow suit?

The stakes are said again.

How shrewd Han Qi is, Zheng Lang knows better than anyone else, and Zheng Lang didn't say anything about what to do.

I heard that Yuan Hao led 40,000 cavalry south.

Zheng Lang smiled, he didn't take it seriously at all, now Jingyuan Road is afraid that Yuan Hao will go crazy and the whole country will commit it, and 40,000 people will want to toss in Jingyuan Road? I also underestimate myself.

But this kid will be stabbed by the good baby in the north next year.

Hearing that the Khitan's brother-in-law sent troops to the Song Dynasty, Yuan Hao was very happy, and stretched his neck in Xingqing Mansion to watch, ready to watch a big show, but the Khitan did not send an army, but sent a messenger, and he was furious.

Zheng Lang is also waiting, and will even push it, so that the relationship between Western Xia and Khitan is bad, as long as the battle of Hequ occurs, the opportunity of the Song Dynasty will come.

The Khitan and the Western Xia did not fight, and the Song Dynasty was not very good.

It was not taken as a thing, leaving the main army at the front, the other armies were disbanded one after another, and the people and prisoners of war continued to move to the rear.

and Han Qi also gradually arrived in Weizhou City.

When he was about to arrive at Weizhou City, Han Qi suddenly said, "You have to beware of one person." ”

"Who?"

Han Qi stopped talking.

Zheng Lang smiled and said, "Strictly speaking, he and I have some relatives, and he is still my elder. ”

Han Qi scoffed.

Ge Huaimin is what kind of elder you are!

But I can't understand it very much, how smart Zheng Lang is, he has made such a great contribution, and he is not greedy at all, can he do it for others?

But that's where the cleverness comes in.

Why do you want to leave this Ge Huaimin on Jingyuan Road, you can stay, you can carry the sedan chair, this battle uses countless manpower and material resources, and you can stuff it wherever you want, and you can also let Ge Huaimin get some light. Zheng Lang didn't, and pressed Ge Huaimin in Weizhou, not only Ge Huaimin, but also a few generals transferred from the capital.

Zheng Lang did not answer.

Han Qi asked, "Why?" ”

Zheng Lang thought for a while and said, "I left a gap in Dingchuan Village. ”

"What's missing?"

"I don't know if I need it, but if it's time to use it, I'll explain it to you, and I hope you will support you again when the time comes."

Support means that everyone makes some contributions to each other, and Han Qi didn't ask again.

Before arriving in Weizhou City, many people went out of the city to welcome them.

This battle also sacrificed many soldiers, before and after the total of more than 7,000, Jingyuan Road soldiers sacrificed the most, close to 6,000 people, 700 dozens of Jurchens fierce, the most used, after several battles, only 420 people remained, almost half of the attrition. There were also some local households, but in the end they were victorious. The victory of the Song army will not cause the people in the rear to be harmed by Yuan Hao.

Cui Xian, Jiang Xing'er, Si'er, and Huan'er trotted up to meet them.

Zheng Lang hugged his little daughter and held Zheng Ping, and the four wives and concubines lay beside him and wept silently.

After leaving for a long time, he set out from late September, went to Zhenrongzhai to personally command, and led the army back in the middle of the month.

Two of them fought fiercely with Zheng Langding at the forefront, and the second time he personally commanded in the lonely city, and several wives and concubines spent the year in Weizhou City.

Zheng Lang said in a low voice: "I came back safely, you can't cry, think about the families of those soldiers who sacrificed." ”

As soon as the war starts, he can't be soft-hearted, and Ci is not in charge of the troops, but thinking of those sacrificed soldiers, Zheng Lang still feels a little sad in his heart. Perhaps it was at this time that he regained his identity as an ordinary person.

The crowd also poured up, and Zheng Lang unexpectedly saw a person, blind, lying on the ground, and said attentively: "Congratulations to Zheng Xianggong on his return from a great victory." ”

In this battle, the Song army killed hard enough, and almost beat Yeli Yuqi to the point that he had no temper, and the Niche Valley City, where the blind felt was located, was not too far from the battlefield, and the Song army was once captive, which spread to the Huizhou area, and the blind felt was very concerned about this battle.

He survives in the flat seam, and if he wants to take refuge, he must find a strong man.

After seeing the results of the two wars, the blind felt felt in his heart, fortunately, he took the initiative to take refuge in the Song Dynasty, otherwise with the combat effectiveness of the Song army in these two wars, he would resist and be wiped out.

"Thank you," Zheng Lang helped him up, and said, "Didn't I tell you not to come?" ”

"Gong Zheng has won a big victory, how dare his subordinates not come to welcome him?"

You have a powerful Lao Tzu, you have to read, and after reading power, you will be a junior, Zheng Lang was speechless, and said: "Since you are here, it just so happens that I also have one thing to discuss with you." ”

"Please command."

"Let's go into the city in a moment."

Later generations are not very clear, saying how the Song Dynasty was sorry for Tibet.

Again, that's not right.

The relationship between Tibet and the Song Dynasty is equivalent to the relationship between Western Xia and Khitan, and it cannot be true.

Both countries were at enmity with the Tanguts, but they fought their own battles. When the Western Xia conquered Tibet, the Song Dynasty stood by and watched the show. When the Song Dynasty fought against the Western Xia, the same was true of the Tibetans, including this time, the Tibetans did not say anything.

The honeymoon period in the relationship between the two countries is only the period of the reign of the two countries. Later, his descendants had no obvious evidence of collusion with Western Xia, but unlike their fathers, they also began to learn from the grass, and the wind blew on both sides.

But Zheng Lang had to make a move.

Wealth and population are the most lacking in Western Xia.

Zheng Ping asked angrily, "Daddy, you killed a lot of people?" ”

Cui Xian covered her mouth with her hand and said sharply, "Who said that?" ”

To be a lady, to be educated from an early age.

"Little kid, don't be so strict." Zheng Lang said.

"You think it's all like you," Cui Xian said angrily.

entered the city, but never saw Ge Huaimin.

……

New Year's Day is here.

The imperial court issued a holy decree to reward all meritorious soldiers.

When Zheng Lang's last report, including the Fulin Road record brought by Wang Yuan, was presented to the capital, Zhao Zhen was overjoyed. In fact, one east and one west, the number of dead soldiers far exceeded the battle of Haoshuichuan.

It depends on the results.

First of all, from the comparison of the people, Yuan Hao captured and killed many people in Fulin Road, but not as much as Zheng Lang. Zheng Lang's actions were very vicious, regardless of whether he surrendered or was captured by force, and the total number of households before and after reached more than 15,000. Although the population of each household is incomplete, and there are not enough people of four people in each household, it also exceeds the number of people taken by Yuan Hao on Fulin Road.

and emptied the people north of Sanchuan Village.

After the defeat of the First World War of Kosuigawa, the imperial court was also analyzing the reasons.

The Qiang people who fell to the Western Xia in the middle played a key role, but the bigwigs in the court and China were all worried, these Qiang people lived together, it was difficult to distinguish between the enemy and me, it was not easy to conquer and suppress, and some were in the mountains, and it was not easy to conquer and suppress, and the conquest and suppression would also make other Qiang people have some bad emotions in their hearts.

All transferred to the rear, which is equivalent to snatching a large number of people from Yuan Hao's hands.

But the imperial court was forced to open the Sanbai Canal, otherwise the living space would become crowded in the future successive Antun. The ministers of the court also thought that what Zheng Lang said was reasonable, and if they wanted to be used by the Song Dynasty, they had to be reformed, and it was not enough to just give them money, but they should be taught to read and write, and they should be taught to cultivate the land and cultivate the fields, and assimilate them.

Comparison of casualties. The Song army of the two routes, including the Qiang soldiers, sacrificed more than 20,000 soldiers, half of whom were Qiang, especially after the fall of Fengzhou, and most of the sacrifices were party members. The Han soldiers in the Central Plains also sacrificed more than 10,000 soldiers, and some soldiers were disabled and had to leave the barracks.

The casualties of the Tangut people were even heavier, and the Fulin Road was controlled by the Tangut due to the wilderness, and it was inconvenient to count the enemies killed, but the approximate ones could be calculated, and at least more than 30,000 Tangut soldiers were killed. Jingyuan Road was even more ruthless, killing more than 40,000 Western Xia soldiers, plus 25,000 prisoners. Three thousand prisoners were returned, but these prisoners were returned, and when the Manchu monarchs and ministers thought of them, sweat broke out on their heads. How can he be more shameless than Yuan Hao?

That is, the Western Xia lost more than 90,000 troops.

The casualty comparison is four to one!

Is there anyone who is not satisfied? It's so satisfying.

What pleased the monarch and his ministers the most was the war horses, and the horses captured and captured from various tribes amounted to nearly 40,000.

How many war horses were there in total in the Song Dynasty? From Lingnan, Bashu, Northwest Hedong, Hebei to the Central Plains, there are only more than 100,000 horses in total, and less than a quarter of the war horses can really go to the battlefield. But at least 25,000 horses were added to the war, which could be used as real war horses.

The first battle increased Shaanxi with countless cavalry.

The monarch and ministers are still very sober-minded, there are horses but no pasture, Zheng Lang also explained, so Zhao Zhen issued an edict to return the horses forcibly collected from the people to the people as civilians. Some of the wounded, old and weak horses were brought out and sold to the people.

Forced, short of money, these horses are not as valuable as good horses, but a horse can be sold for ten dollars.

With such a great victory, Zhao Zhen's hand was loosened, and all the meritorious soldiers were rewarded one after another.

He also made some personnel transfers, and at the request of Fan Zhongyan, he transferred the seed master Heng to Huanzhou as the governor.

Zheng Lang listened to the eunuch reciting the holy decree, and was stunned when he heard this, why didn't he hear any wind at all.

Suddenly understood, Yuan Hao came back, he had soldiers and generals under him, and he still had some relatives in his heart, afraid that Yuan Hao would have a neurotic attack, and Fan Zhongyan would also be worried. Seeing the wisdom of the old species, after the separation of Weizhou City, he wrote a recital asking the old seed to go to Huanzhou to relieve Fan Zhongyan's worries.

Zheng Lang was a little unwilling, sooner or later Zheng Lang would let him go to Huanzhou, but the two counter-plots didn't work. But not now, there are still two battles next year, at least the battle of the Agan River is imminent. I also need to plan the old species.

The beads of his eyes rolled, no, I have to find a way to let the old seed drag it out, and when the Agan River is finished, then let the old seed go.

The inner chamberlain did not know what was in his mind, and continued to read it down. Because of Zheng Lang's recommendation again, the imperial court was finally cautious about the meritorious soldiers of the generals of Fulin Road, agreed to Zheng Lang's request, and transferred Zhang Qi and Wang Ji to Jingyuan Road. and promoted Zhang Yu to the Zhijun of the Deshun Army to replace the vacancy of the old species.

It is difficult to calculate whether the value of Zhang Qi and Wang Ji is high or not. The two of them are brave generals who charge into battle, the old breed is a general, the big meat is there, but the fish is gone, Zheng Lang laughs and laughs.

Finally, Zheng Lang's reward.

Zheng Lang is very good at being a man this time, and he pushed the big guys to be red-faced and ashamed, but he is also a little complacent. It's really not easy, not to talk about the materials, weapons, and pensions lost in the war, just talk about military spending, Zheng Lang and Zhang Fangping have said something about this. Zhang Fangping deliberately gave an example in the fold, an ordinary soldier, the material money is 500, the monthly grain is two stones and five buckets, the spring and winter clothes are six horses, the cotton is 12 taels, and the clothes are 3,000 yuan, if it is a horseman, the cost is higher. The average calculation is more than 50 times.

There is no calculation of how much it will cost to transport these supplies from the capital to Shaanxi.

Therefore, Fan Zhongyan and Cheng Lin have different statements, Cheng Lin said that a cavalry costs 100 yuan a year, and an infantry fee of 64 yuan a year, and Fan Zhongyan said no less than 100,000 yuan, that is, 100 yuan. This does not include the cost of the generals, the military generals of the Song Dynasty are divided into twelve grades, the lowest ten generals, the small squad leader has twelve monthly salaries, and the monthly salaries of the squad leader are as many as fifty and one hundred percent, and other benefits are the same. At Zheng Lang's level, the annual salary plus various benefits is close to 30,000! If it is apportioned, it is even more amazing.

The regular garrison troops in Shaanxi, plus the Tibetan soldiers who enjoy the treatment of regular garrisons, total 300,000 people.

How much did it cost?

How difficult it is to turn around!

The sedan chair was carried together, and it was recommended to reward Zheng Lang for meritorious service.

The official position is not easy to confer, it is a privy deputy envoy, and when he was in the court in the spring, he already made everyone feel very weird, there was a large row of old men in front of him, and there was a young man standing, Zheng Lang himself was uncomfortable, and the others were also crying and laughing.

So he was knighted and crowned the Duke of Qin.

Zheng Lang immediately refused.

As a privy deputy, he felt uncomfortable and comfortable, and Qin Guogong was also uncomfortable.

The title did not have any real power in the Song Dynasty, but only an honorary position. The Cabinet is also an honorary position, but this honorary position is the key to future advancement, and if you don't join the Cabinet, it will be difficult to enter the two governments.

It has no practical effect, but the Duke of Qin has reached the top of the title, and if he makes meritorious service in the future, what will the court award?

When he has no merit to be rewarded, even if he is a Wenchen, he must obediently learn from Li Jing, Cao Bin, and Han Shizhong and be a good grandson.

wrote a letter and euphemistically stated the reason.

Today's Zhao Zhen is not the Zhao Zhen of ten years ago, his political skills are very good, and when he sees this twist and turn, he can understand his extraneous voice.

The song is sent away, the sound of firecrackers sounds, and the new year is coming.

……

Jingyuan Road was full of joy, and Yuan Hao was not having a good time this New Year.

finally paid for the taste of being invaded.

Yuan Hao has always coveted Fulin Road, has a feud, has excellent arable land and pastures, and has a strategic position.

In this invasion, they wantonly killed and poked, captured Ningyuan Village in Fengzhou, killed the main prisoner of the village and the soldiers and civilians in the village, and besieged Fuzhou and killed the Han residents outside the city of Fuzhou. In particular, the kid Kant did not let the people into the city, resulting in the largest number of people who were killed.

The population of the three states decreased sharply, and long after the war, the people did not dare to resume business, and the land was barren, so the imperial court had to spend a lot of money to buy grain from the Central Plains in order to hold this strategic place, which led to countless labor battles for the people of Hedong.

It was also Yuan Hao who deliberately tried his best to make Fulin Road a few lonely cities, even if he couldn't take it, he could finally force the Song Dynasty to give up.

But retribution came, the counter-invasion of the Song Dynasty, starting from Qinggang Gorge, west to Mingsha City, south to Tiandu Mountain, this large triangle area, was also captured by the Song army. Many of the people who fled to the north did not dare to return to farming and grazing.

The question is that the Song Dynasty has a lot of land, but what about the Western Xia?

Western Xia seems to be not small, but there are not many really useful territories, such as the Hetao area, the Yinchuan Plain, and the Hexi Corridor. The rest of the region is all desert and the Gobi Desert. What to use to fight the Song Dynasty?

In anger, he sent scouts to quietly come over to investigate, but when the New Year came, the most solemn festival of the Song Dynasty, the front line of the Song army still did not relax its vigilance.

Yuan Hao had no choice but to lead the chief to look at his brother-in-law.

Hurry up and send troops, let's attack from both sides, and the Song Dynasty will not be able to support it.

At this time, he regretted it very much, he knew that he would keep that girl as a pig, and as long as she lived, he would have an authoritative surname when he spoke.

Not only am I your ally, but I'm also your brother-in-law!

At this time, regret is useless, people can't be resurrected after death, Princess Xingping estimates that there is only a pile of dry bones left, and the gods can't blow it alive when they come. I can only hope that the Khitans have a long-term vision. Hearing some good news, the Khitan began to move troops towards Youzhou.

Wait a minute, this is a little light in his darkest period.

But the light was quickly extinguished.

Liao Xingzong wanted to attack the Song Dynasty, but the Khitan was very sad at this time, and like the Song Dynasty, he lost his enterprising spirit.

Some ministers shouted that at least the Song Dynasty should return part of the territory of the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun in Guannan to the Khitan. But some people do not agree to fight, Your Majesty, may not be able to win, take a look at the alliance of the Yuanyuan, the two countries are reconciled, there is no war on the border, the country is peaceful, the people live and work in peace and contentment, and they also enjoy the Song Dynasty's 100,000 taels of silver, 200,000 horses of silk tribute.

At that time, it was called 300,000 years of tribute, His Majesty is now raising the price, silver in the Song Dynasty one or two should be worth two money, although the silk did not give a good silk, it is also worth half a consistent, or full slam (real and real, one thousand copper coins, seven hundred and five in the void). In addition to the annual tribute, there are three fields, the Song Dynasty monarchs and ministers think that doing business is stronger than our Khitans, in fact, our Khitan lacks copper money, although the Song people will do business, we are poor, so we have to post upside down, which is no less beneficial than the tribute.

If you win, you will win, but if you lose, you will have nothing.

Liao Xingzong was noisy and had a headache, he originally wanted to fight, but there were many people who couldn't stand the persuasion of peace, and finally hesitated, so he ran to the old prime minister Zhang Jian's house, did not talk about business, first ate at Zhang's house, the emperor ate at the minister's house is not called taking advantage, it is called luck, after eating, he began to ask about the strategy of the Southern Expedition.

Zhang Jian is a rare good minister of the Khitan.

He has no military ability, but he has a strong talent for government and good learning, and he was once the champion of the Khitan. Not only that, De Ying is also noble and frugal in life, Liao Xingzong saw that his robe was shabby, and quietly ordered someone to burn a hole with a fire clip to make a mark, but he never saw him change it. Liao Xingzong asked the reason and replied that the minister had been wearing this dress for more than 30 years. There is no other garment to wear, only this one. It's not that he doesn't have money, all his money is used to give to relatives and old friends. Liao Xingzong was very moved and ordered him to take things in the inner mansion casually, and Zhang Jian only took three pieces of cloth with an edict. The left prime minister who was once in the Khitan, King Han, is like this, and Liao Xingzong has always treated him like a teacher.

With Zhang Jian's status in the Khitan, it is not impossible for Liao Xingzong to ask about the national policy.

However, this time it is a little wrong to ask Zhang Jian, Zhang Jian is a Han from Youzhou, you ask him whether he should fight the Song Dynasty, how does Zhang Jian answer? Could it be that all the Han people in the world are Zhang Yuan and Wu Hao?

Zhang Jian is not very easy to answer, Your Majesty can't fight, he is Han, such an answer will make people gossip.

So he said lightly: "What's the difficulty, just send a messenger to ask, why do you need to work far away to congratulate you?" ”

"Okay, that's good," Liao Xingzong Long Yan Dayue, then held Zhang Jian's hand and said, "It's still Zhang Xiangming." ”

Fighting, the consequences are unpredictable, don't fight, let go of this opportunity, it's a pity, only Zhang Jian's strategy is the real kill two birds with one stone.

When he returned to the palace, he looked at the ministers under him, and the more he thought about it, the more he felt that the old prime minister was good, so he went to Zhang Jian's house again, ate and talked with Zhang Jian, rewarded countless people, and returned drunk with all his heart.

Then he ordered Xuanhui of the Southern Yuan to envoy Xiao Temo and Hanlin scholar Liu Liufu to the Song Dynasty.

Yuan Hao was still stupidly waiting for the good news that the Khitan would send troops......

As you wait, you keep your eyes on the south.

The surrender of the blind felt to the Song Dynasty made him dissatisfied, and now let Zheng Lang, Fan Zhongyan, Han Qi and the three of them toss, the population has decreased sharply, and many Qiang people under the blind felt make him excited, and the blind felt has a wealth in his hands, plus the income of the city, this wealth makes him even more excited.

Western Xia was poor, lacking everything, lacking land, lacking people, lacking cloth, lacking wealth. Sheep, horses, felt, blankets, green salt, inexhaustible, used to trade with the Song Dynasty, in exchange for the necessary materials for the Western Xia, but the Song Dynasty closed the field, relying on smuggling, the Song Dynasty border inventory was tight, and even after the capture would behead the merchants, resulting in a sharp decline in the number of smuggling, making the Western Xia more impoverished.

So he hit the idea on the blind felt.

Looking at the map, I thought about it for a long time, even if I attacked the blind felt, I had to think about a good strategy. Finally, focus on one point, Aganzhai!