"Hehe, Your Majesty, can you ask for a little lower?" Song Jiule was happy. There are many names in ancient and modern times, but how many people can reach the height of these three people?

Zhao Kuangyi may be a joke to show closeness.

But it's not a joke either, and when you come up all at once, you have to come up with something.

What can you come up with? Speaking of Wenzhi, don't talk about yourself, it is Zhao Pu, talking about Wenzhi in front of Zhao Kuangyi can only be an axe.

Or your majesty, you are a lame chicken, 100 points in civil governance, only 10 points in martial arts, maybe even a minister is not as good, can you say it?

After thinking about it, he said: "If Your Majesty wants the minister to say a few words, the minister will say a few words." ”

"Tell me about it."

"The first is the way of governance, which is pragmatic and realistic."

Zhao Kuangyi's face was a little ugly, and he said, "What is pragmatic and realistic? ”

"The minister will give you an example first, let's talk about the minister's sea ships."

Zhao Kuangyi knew that Fu Zhaoshou said, but he didn't intervene, Song Jiu handled this matter well, and vaguely guessed what Song Jiu wanted to say, so his face eased and said, "Okay." ”

"Your Majesty wants to hear it, let's go to Zhongshu."

Zhongshu is located in the Imperial City, south of Ouchi, not far away.

They came to the book.

After arriving at the Zhongshu, Zhao Kuangyi sat down, in addition to a few bigwigs, a cadre of scribes, there are some other officials, Zhongshu people, right counselors, living room people, etc., not permanent.

Seeing Song Jiu bring the emperor to Zhongshu, they were all curious.

Song Jiudao: "Your Majesty, when the minister built those sea ships, the research and development cost was huge at first, and the minister's income was not as good as what he produced. I also want to avoid the strife in the capital. ”

Zhao Kuangyi's forehead, Song Jiu's good youth was spent on Hezhou. However, the money earned by Hezhou was used for research and development, and even Hezhou was handed over to the imperial court. This is done very brightly.

"It also has some profound implications. Broaden the horizons of the Chinese people, and will not be blindly arrogant and complacent. Prosper the country's economy and solve part of the money shortage. During the Tang Dynasty, the people were not allowed to go abroad to the sea, and the transactions were all merchants from the Western Regions or the Great South China Sea, so most of the gold and silver produced by the country were circulated abroad. Now the transaction is done by the Chinese people, that is, the spices of the South China Sea, whether its income is private or public, if it is imported from Dashi. Gold and silver are flowing to the big food, and now let the people to complete, it is still in the country, although the state has set up a coinage prison, the money shortage can not be solved, gold and silver are also a quasi-currency. ”

This is also understandable, that is, to let the money flow in, not abroad.

"The way of internal governance has been since the first emperor. And then under His Majesty, no one can match, the ancestors of the Three Kingdoms said that people are people-oriented, and Tang Taizong said that water can carry boats. can also overturn the boat, the first emperor said that the people of Qi, but the Three Kingdoms and the Tang Dynasty did not solve the problem of the gate valve. It can only be said to be a slogan, and the first emperor said that Qi people are slogans. However, there began to be some practical measures, which is what Wechen called pragmatism. Therefore, the population will inevitably increase dramatically in the future. With the islands in the South China Sea, the area is almost three times the size of China, and the area that backward countries can occupy is also more than twice as much, then they will be able to feed more than 50 million households, and there will be no need to worry about population growth. ”

"Fifty million households," Xue Juzheng said in surprise.

"If my dynasty can survive for a long time, it won't take much, it will be reached in two or three hundred years, Xue Gong, don't you want my dynasty to not exist for two or three hundred years, right?"

"Even if it's two or three hundred years, how can it reach 50 million households?" Xue Juzheng is evil.

"Okay, I'll just say that the backward Tang Dynasty, at least the way of the Qi people is not as good as my dynasty, there were only two million households at the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, how many households were there in Tianbao? How many years were there from the founding of the Tang Dynasty to Tianbao? Don't forget, the talents that appear in Hezhou Academy every year will bring more steel, and if there is steel, there will be enough weapons, and even more advanced weapons will appear in the future, and the national strength will become stronger and stronger, and there will be no pain from the merger of the nobles and nobles, and the growth rate of the people will be far better than that of the Tang Dynasty, and the founding time will be longer. How far will the population explode in two or three hundred years? ”

"Song Qing, you go on," Zhao Kuangyi interrupted Song Jiu's words, what is this 50 million households, don't take it seriously.

Therefore, the minister has set up some supply points in the South China Sea as a test. However, there is a risk of turmoil when you go to sea. Besides, the first emperor forbade the people to pick sea pearls. However, the people want to live, and the nobles in the capital also need to buy sea pearls as decorations, so the ban can't help it, but because the people are sneaking into the sea, there are many risks, the officials take the opportunity to be harsh, and the merchants make huge profits from it, and this ban does not benefit the people, but harms the people. Why not issue a ban, prohibit the government from participating, and let the people take it upon themselves? ”

Zhao Kuangyi pondered.

"Some people in the court will think of it, including the ministers, but they don't dare to say, why, human life is at stake! Human life is a matter of heaven, and it is a good thing to pay attention to the safety of people's lives, because it cannot be realistic, and no one dares to further interpret it. It's like paying taxes, how many soldiers died in a year to escort taxes into Beijing? I also dare not say, why, is it because of human life, the state does not want to pay taxes? Therefore, this human life has become a slogan, a magic weapon for attacking political opponents, without extending its true meaning. ”

"There was an accident with the minister's two ships, and although the minister made proper arrangements, he was afraid that others would attack him, so he sent a boatman to capture a few kings of the Nanhai tribe to come to Beijing to pay tribute. In fact, in addition to the strategic needs of Goryeo, what is the significance of the kings of Daeshi or the South China Sea coming to pay tribute? What is the significance of all nations coming to court? The more envoys who come to the court, the more the state gives, and these gifts cost money, and where does the money come from, it is not levied from the people. The quality of the people's life is the foundation of the country. Why do you want to go for the last thing? ”

"Another example is words, the words of the sages and sages are good, and occasional citations are sufficient. In fact, including the master, they have not explored a real way to govern the country in their lives, but they have only left many thoughts for future generations. When ministers talk about things, they talk about water conservancy, and when they talk about people's livelihood, they talk about people's livelihood, so why bother quoting the words of the saints? Your Majesty, take a look. Song Jiu casually took out a few notebooks, and at least one-third of them were talking about the truth.

"Or as the minister did in Jiangzhou, in the final analysis, it is the distribution of interests, giving Jiangbei businessmen a vitality, can bring prosperity to Jiangzhou, give justice to the people of the original Jiangzhou, can alleviate their resentment, and even the entire Jiangnan people will no longer be so hostile to the imperial court. But how many people dare to say. Am I the distribution of benefits? ”

"The distribution of interests is nothing more than the state and the individual. Individuals are divided into nobles and commoners, and nobles are elites. Civilians are the foundation of the country, and if they are distributed, the country will be chaotic, and the state is the center of gravity, and if they are distributed, all kinds of internal and military affairs will not be implemented. But because the gentleman is ashamed of his words, the ministers' twists and turns are often in the clouds. Reversing black and white, it is not clear to say, but it has become a tool for their respective selfishness. ”

"Besides, my politics are relaxed, and I also widely dismiss the ministers, why are the ministers far inferior to the early Tang Dynasty? Not to say what you can't say, not to say what you say, this is what you say. ”

"What does it mean not to speak by what is said, and not to be unable to speak?"

"Ministers should be at fault with national politics. The fault of the monarch and the minister dare to speak up, this is the duty of the minister. However, in the more than ten years since the founding of the country, no one has been able to do this. For example, Wang Jixun cannibalism in Luoyang, who has been impeached so far? ”

"Wang Jixun." It seems that Song Jiu and Wang Jixun are more energetic, Zhao Kuangyi smiled bitterly: "After I returned to the palace, I sent a lieutenant envoy to inquire about him." ”

"Also, the counsellor should not say things according to what he likes or dislikes. Right is right, wrong is wrong. Even if it is your own relatives and friends, you have to admonish if you are wrong. Even if it is his own enemy. By the way, you can't reverse black and white to attack him. This is what the minister said about seeking truth. ”

"The minister said to be pragmatic and realistic."

Zhao Kuangyi opened his mouth and stammered, hearing it, this was a veil, and Song Jiu wanted to pull it open nakedly.

"Then there is the use of people, Tang Taizong said that the husband set up officials and divided duties, so he explained the propaganda style. Therefore, the appointment of the master of the Ming Dynasty, such as the wood of the craftsman, the straight one thinks it is the wheel, and the one who bends it thinks it is the wheel; The elders think it's the pillars, and the short ones think it's the corners. There is no length of the curve, each has its own effect. The appointment of the master is also due to the yes. The wise take their strategy, and the fool takes their strength; The brave take their might, the cowardly take their prudence, the unwise, foolish, brave, cowardly, and use both. Therefore, there is no waste of good craftsmen, and there is no abandonment of the master. Do not forget the good with one evil; Don't cover up your work with small flaws. Cut the political branch and do everything it has. However, the Ding of the Ox shall not be punished for cooking chicken; The raccoon that catches the rat shall not be used to fight the beast; A weapon cannot tolerate the likes of Jiang and Han; The chariot of a hundred stones shall not be filled with the corn of the bucket. What is the amount of big is not small, and it is appropriate to be light and not heavy. ”

"It's not that the country doesn't have talent, but that it can't put talent in the right place. For example, Feng Zan is a first-class good official, His Majesty recalled Dr. Feng, he can enter the middle school as a housekeeper, participate in political affairs, can be a transfer envoy all the way, and can be the prefect of a large state, but His Majesty will recall Feng Zhan, where does he live? Doctor Zuo Zanshan is in charge of the inner library, isn't it a big talent and a little use? ”

Zhao Kuangyi said: "I made a mistake. ”

"The third thing the minister said is the general trend of the country, the first emperor said that Jin Yan has not been down, how can he say it. The north is the foundation of the country, if Jin Yan does not take it down, the door will be wide open, and the country will not be able to survive forever. The national strength of the Northern Han Dynasty declined, and it was not difficult to take it. The difficult thing is Yanyun, and His Majesty can't underestimate the Khitan. The Khitan state is strong, the soldiers are more fierce, and the new Khitan ministers are wise and not easy to attack. There are three strategies in the upper, middle and lower areas, and the lower strategy is a strong attack, and the result with this strategy is a fierce battle at best, and a big defeat at worst. The middle strategy is to protract the polemic, use the national power to consume it, and make it decline. ”

"What about the best policy?"

"The best strategy is that those who are good at fighting have no outstanding achievements......"

"Tell me about it."

"It is to break from the inside, the Khitan is strong, but there are many races, and the real Khitan and Xi people account for less than one-third. There were rebellions in the northeastern and western tribes from time to time, and the special ministers heard one thing, after the Khitan destroyed the Bohai Kingdom, they moved the Qiangzong clan to the area of Zhongjing and Shangjing, and some Bohai people stayed in their hometowns, and the Khitan placed Huanglong Mansion and stationed the Bohai people. The year before last, the Bohai people Yan Po rebelled in the Huanglong Mansion, the Liao State sent Yelu Haoli to conquest, Yan Po was defeated, retreated to the river, Huoli was afraid of Yan Po, did not pursue, but sent his younger brother Yelu Anpu to chase to Qinghe, Yan Po was small, but most of them were retained, with more than 1,000 officers and soldiers to protect the city. To the east is Wu Xuanming, the leader of the Wuja tribe, and Wu Zhaodu, the leader of the Bohai people of the Anbian Province in the northeast, and the strength is strong. An Pu had to retreat, and Huanglong Mansion burned Yan Po, and An Pu could only place Tongzhou City (Siping) on the south side of Huanglong Mansion. Last year, Wu Xuanming, with the support of Yan Po, established the Usher Kingdom in Wuyu City. He once sent an envoy to ask the emperor for a book. ”

Song Jiu got the news from the mouths of the three Khitan merchants, and even Zhao Kuangyi didn't know the truth.

Zhao Kuangyi said: "So that's the case." ”

"The strength of this Ushe country cannot be underestimated, but the local people live backward, the population is sparse, and they lack weapons and armor, so they cannot expand, and sooner or later they will be destroyed by the Khitan."

"......What do you mean?"

"Including the Bohai people in southern Liaoning are not very loyal to the Khitan, so the control of the Yalu River is not strong, the Wushe country sent an envoy, that is, from the Yalu River, the imperial court can make a slight change to the weapons and armor that they will eliminate, so that it is slightly different from the armor and weapons of our dynasty, and send it to the Wushe country, if this strategy is appropriate, the cost of 50,000 sets of armor and knives and arrows is only 2 million yuan, but it should be worth 100,000 elite soldiers. Once there is civil strife in the northeast, the Khitan will have to divide half of its elite troops to suppress it. At the same time, soldiers should be stationed in the northwest to prevent the rebellion of the Ugu enemy, and troops should be stationed in the west to prevent the Bu people from rebelling. At that time, my dynasty will be able to calmly send troops to Yanyun. ”

"This ......"

"Your Majesty, this is the best policy. Otherwise, if the Khitan gasps, they will use this strategy against our dynasty. ”

"Say it again."

"In the northwest, the Tuoba Li family has a strong appeal in the northwest, once the Khitan people are bewitched and the people rebel, our dynasty will be trapped in the northwest, and Yanyun will become an eternal dream. Moreover, the northwest is lost, and our court lacks war horses. When the first emperor, the soldiers of our dynasty fought many battles with the Khitan, although they were victorious, but the ministers could not take a closer look, if there was no strong iron cavalry in hand, those battles could not be won at all. ”

"It's a good way," Xue Juzheng said.

Compared with the Khitan, the Central Plains combat costs are huge, the battle of Lanyuan is only a few months, the cost reaches 70 million, the four-year campaign in the northwest of Song Renzong, the cost of the war of the Southern Han Dynasty is the lowest, the battle of destroying Bashu and the Pingnan Tang Dynasty does not know how much Lu Dao spent, but the first battle of Taiyuan, Song Jiu in the three divisions, knowing the degree of Lu Dao, more than 10 million yuan.

Of course, the battles of Pingbashu and Jinghu and the Southern Tang Dynasty were generally earned, and a large amount of money was obtained from their treasury, which not only made up for the expenses, but also had a large surplus.

However, fighting the Khitan, don't expect anything.

And what's worse is that there is no hope, the soldiers can't get it, and the enthusiasm is not high.

More than two million yuan is really not much, it is only the cost of a small and medium-sized battle, but Xue Juzheng said again: "Yi'an, the name is not right, and the words are not good." (To be continued......)