"Yi'an, if the old man had this intention, he would have thrown it out earlier."

This data may not be accurate, the war did bring harm to the people in the north, many of them died in the war, as well as the people who died in fatigue due to forced labor, and the disguised death of the common people due to the increase in forced labor and taxes, and the embarrassment of the family. Indeed, the people of the north are suffering. However, it may not be as miserable as this data, part of it is that the people have escaped the tax and become hidden households, and they cannot be counted. Another part is the lack of time, which means that most children do not reach adulthood. Without hunger, in this era when there is no planning and childbearing, each family has several children, and even if it is not for the low medical conditions, the population growth rate will be even faster, mainly now the land pressure is not large, and then the population is larger, and the mountains and the sea compete for the land and the rivers and lakes compete for the land, can not meet the needs of the population growth, so it leads to a tragedy of parents drowning their excess children.

This is going to be later, even if Song Jiu promoted, as well as the naturalization of a large number of Fan households, Qiang households, and barbarian households, and even the Dingyan Prefecture began to be included in the account books of the Zhongshu Household Department, the Song Dynasty did not reach 5 million households when it was counted last year. It's close, though. This number of households does not produce land pressure for the time being.

Therefore, now that the number of households is small, once these children grow up and have to be separated, then it will be time for the number of households to proliferate. But at that time, it was mostly unrelated to Zhao Kuangyi, who had a serious leg injury.

"Zhao Gong, do I agree to the Yongxi Northern Expedition? It's just a strong armament, this is what Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty Fan Li has repeatedly said, am I wrong? Or have I set a precedent for moderation? Song Jiu continued to mock.

"Yi'an, you have no intention of going north, but your majesty always has the intention of going north. Once Yi'an's move is successful, His Majesty will inevitably insist on the Northern Expedition again. ”

"So, come on. According to Zhao Gong's intentions, our dynasty will sit and let the Liao State invade and bully from now on. No longer strong army. ”

In the past, Zhao Pu was afraid that he would have come to the fire earlier, Lao Tzu put down his body and communicated with you, you actually have this attitude, Lao Tzu is afraid of you.

But at this time, Zhao Pu actually sighed: "Yi'an, I know that you have always had a prejudice against the old man, but the demon star was born, and the drought was serious. Why can't you and I let go of our prejudices and make Da Song better? ”

"Oh, but Song doesn't understand, how do you make Song believe you."

"I'll tell you the truth, please see, this is the piece that the old man is going to submit." Zhao Pu took out a book from his arms again.

Song Jiu glanced at it, and it wrote:

His Majesty saw the demon star yesterday, and he was deeply blamed. The ministers and their fellow relatives were approved by the emperor and trembled. Each is incompetent, and the old ministers are the most burdened. The length of the three stations is false, and there is no one day long. I know that my political skills are neglected, and I would rather avoid the demon star! Scratching the arms of the Supreme is the work of the subordinates. All are blinded and smart. Hiding the suffering, the abused has no reason to complain. Those who steal security do not dare to point fingers at Chen. Although the public knows it, the emperor is unpredictable. The hidden blame, but the ministers are the most, willing to be severely punished, and the punishment is deep. Today, people's hearts are quite depressed, and the image is still bad. The madman plotted to create chaos, and the strong enemy was to commit the border. The time and personnel are unusual, but this year, it is necessary to protect. When His Majesty first knew the monster, he personally told Deyin, so he wanted to be with Qin En and reward him. The goodness of this statement must increase the auspiciousness of a hundred blessings, all by the heart of benefiting things, and there must be the hope of changing disasters. Hearing the Tiantai of the Division, the words of the evil people were vainly stated, and the Shengming was deeply confused, and the clouds were strange, and the Khitan was destroyed. The minister's suspicions are all flattery, and the truth is not known...... Because please exempt the story of the Three Princes according to the previous book, Ming Jia dethroned the blame, and was fierce and loyal.

The two things I said, the first thing the demon star came out of, it was the fault of the old minister's dictatorship, please punish me with Your Majesty. The second thing is that the demon star is in the world, which is not a good thing, but the officials of Si Tiantai deceived the emperor, saying that it was the appearance of the demon star, which represented a good sign of the destruction of the Khitan.

"Did the official from Si Tiantai say that?" Song Jiu said blankly.

"The old man's health has deteriorated since the beginning of autumn, and he doesn't know much, but hearing about it makes the old man very worried."

Song Jiuhu looked at Zhao Pu suspiciously, could it be that this old boy really had a kind heart today, let go of his selfishness, and said something serious to himself?

"Yi'an, no matter what you and I have done in the past, please believe in the old man's loyalty to the Great Song Dynasty, you and Meng Zheng, Qi Xian and they have grown up successively, the old man went to Huangquan at some point, but when he saw you, the old man was also very pleased, and the old man will not make things difficult for you at this time. Could it be that Yi An shook hands with Shi Jue at Qigou Pass, so he couldn't shake hands with the old man and make peace? ”

Song Jiu still didn't believe it.

Zhao Pu sighed, took out the tongue of fire and burned the booklet, and said: "Yi'an, I won't tell you, the old man's health has deteriorated in the past few days, and he even dreamed that the three kings came to detain the old man......"

"Ahh

"The old man said so, Yi'an should believe it."

Song Jiu scratched his head, Zhao Pu had nightmares about him, dreaming that Zhao Tingmei came to catch him and said it, about this old boy really wanted to shake hands with him?

"Besides, the old man's recital will be presented to His Majesty on the same day, and after taking the blame on one side, he will resign to His Majesty and leave the phase, doesn't Yi An believe it?"

"Okay." Song Jiu said helplessly.

"Then let's talk about the Northern Expedition first."

"Don't worry about this, there is an official in Si Tiantai, who has also studied in my school for a year, and tomorrow I will talk about this demon star."

"The matter of the demon star?"

"Don't ask about this Zhao Gong." Song Jiu was obviously still not at ease with Zhao Pu.

"Is it physicology...... Yi An didn't say that the old man didn't ask, so the Northern Expedition ......"

"Let's get to you the bottom of it, I also want to go on the Northern Expedition, but my Northern Expedition is when the time is ripe, and I don't approve of the Northern Expedition if it's not ripe. Even after this victory, I thought of an idea, that is, to train a naval army in Dengzhou, but it was not really to land in Liaodong, the training was real, and it was also true to wait for an opportunity to land or harass Liaodong, but not now. Now the role is to make the Liao State suspicious, so they will not only set up forts on the Yanyun border, but also on the long coast, and drag the Liao State down step by step. ”

"I can't help it."

"I want it, but not now, the reason why I didn't propose it, the strong army is only internal, and I don't want to show more hostility to the Liao State for the time being, that Xiao Yanyan is a murderer, if you set up a naval army to harass the coastline of the Liao State. Xiao Yanyan invaded the south again. It's better not to invade, and give me two or three years to recuperate. Therefore, I do not propose. In whether the Northern Expedition or not. Or how to attack Liao, I am not a reckless man. Very sober. ”

"Internal governance is still the foundation of the country."

"I said that internal governance is not the foundation of the country? But what Zhao Gong said in the past was first the south and then the north, and the south was recovered, what about the north? ”

"Where did the old man know that the Liao State was so difficult to attack."

"I only say two things," Zhao Pu put down his body and talked about peace, and Song Jiu no longer called himself Song, and said: "The first thing, Zhao Gong rules the world with half of the treatise, and he should know the core of Confucianism, benevolence and righteousness." Etiquette, moderation. What is the mean, not to let people learn mediocrity, lest Mu Xiu in Lin must urge it, I believe that Zhao Gong will not approve of this mediocrity, mediocrity is virtue, and the middle is moderately just, that is, to act virtuously and moderately, how to be moderate. Too soft is not moderate, and too hard is not moderate. If I had been too soft over the years, I believe that under the blow of Zhao Gong, I would have sunk in the Yangtze River long ago. Zhao Gong is not a soft coward. Why should you be soft on the Gentiles? When a person is soft, he will be deceived. The same is true when the country softens! The second thing is that there is a folk proverb that you can't be rich for three generations, so I put my two sons in the south of the sea. Let them sharpen, and know that the Tao is bitter. I know that I stick to my family business. The same is true of the monarchs of all dynasties, generally in the first three monarchs. There are things to do, and they will gradually get worse in the future. Youzhou is controlled by the Rong people, and it cannot be recovered within three generations, once there is a person who is not capable, the Rong people will inevitably go south, do I want to learn from the Eastern Jin Dynasty, and rule the river. But if that's the case, you and my children and grandchildren are all in the capital, what should I do at that time? You are a military official, I believe you understand this truth better than me, and you understand it better than Zhang Yi! But my attack is not Song Qi's impatient and hasty attack, nor is it your conservatism, but the attack that depends on the timing moderately. For example, this year's drought, even if you want to go on a northern expedition, I will stop it, more than loving the people, I am in vain, but I will not be worse than you. Please don't stop Zhao Gong anymore. ”

"Yi An really has this kind of thought, the old man will be relieved, although the old man plans to resign from the phase, but when the old man is in the phase, he will assist Yi An to implement these military systems smoothly."

Song Jiu was stunned.

What kind of medicine is sold in this old boy's gourd?

So much so that when Song Jiu left Changqing Tower, he didn't know how Lu Dao left.

Zhao Pu looked at Song Jiu's confused back, raised his eyebrows, and smiled slightly, compared to scheming, how could this son be the old man's opponent?

When he returned home, he immediately brought his two sons to him.

Zhao Pu is not really releasing goodwill, really.

But the reason Song Jiu never dreamed of it.

This starts with the second time he was a prime minister, when he wasted his scheming, and finally took control of the Zhongshu again, and divided his political enemies one by one. But he didn't succeed in doing it to Song Jiu, after all, Song Jiu came from the Liaodong Absolute Domain, and Zhao Kuangyi had always regarded Song Jiu as his person, if there was no later...... There was no subsequent disaster, and that's it, Song Jiu might not be able to sit firmly in the position of the prime minister of Xifu.

But when the disaster came, he was also sad and had to go down unhappy.

This time he made a comeback, and he promoted and trained several people, such as Kou Zhun and Lu Mengzheng, and he also appreciated Zhang Qixian very much. The first is that these people are indeed talented, and the second reason is that Zhao Kuangyi knows the way, and Song Jiu doesn't know the way, that is, to prevent the rear!

Zhao Pu is finally old, but he has offended many people in his life, he is alive, no one will attack the Zhao family, he is dead, what will these political enemies do to the descendants of the Zhao family?

There was Song Qi and Li Fang in the past, although Li Fang left the phase before he could take the position, but there was some kindness, and then there were quasi-prime ministers such as Lu Zhangkou, they guarded, who touched his descendants?

But Song Jiu is not included.

The two can't resolve their grievances, unless he really lowers his head, is Zhao Pu willing?

Even if it was possible, Zhao Pu would never mind pulling Song Jiu down.

But think about it......

exhausted his scheming, and was the phase again, relying on the previous he made Zhao Kuangyi immortal want to die, but he was able to be the phase twice, who can match this mental skill?

However, it is very sad, just now, the drought has come again, and the demon star has come.

Song Jiu is a rational superstition, believing that there may be gods and ghosts, but it is unlikely to be gods and ghosts respected by the common people.

After all, Zhao Pu is a person of this era.

Once, twice? But the last waterlogging was before and after Zhao Tingmei's death. So he was suspicious in his heart, so much so that he dreamed many times at night that Zhao Tingmei came to take revenge, and often shouted, the servants in his house all knew about it, and they couldn't hide it if they wanted to, so today they expressed their sincerity, and they knew that Song Jiu had some sympathy for Zhao Tingmei, so he said it. But this is his subconscious trust in Song Jiu's integrity, at least Song Jiu will not do despicable things, otherwise he will not say it.

Zhao Puzhi said that his time was short, and it was unlikely that he would be able to solve Song Jiu.

It happened that Song Jiu proposed the reform of the military system, and Zhao Pu saw the opportunity and had this dialogue.

So what will Song Jiu do after he dies?

The gentleman is easy to deal with, deceive him!

Looking at the two sons, Zhao Pu said: "Time is running out for a father, if one day you are unhappy for your father, please send this letter to Song Jiu, and also, the day of the elder salute to him......"

Zhao Chengzong was unhappy: "Father, he is similar in age to a child. ”

"So let you perform the ...... of the elders" (to be continued......)