But the crowd was silent.

Song Jiu did not mean to pester Han Derang with how much power he obtained, but his mentality after Han Derang obtained such a big right.

With such rights, no matter what kind of relationship he has with Xiao Yanyan, he will also have relatives in his heart, once Xiao Yanyan dies, will the emperor of Liao really recognize him, this inexplicable Han father? However, there is a way, and that is to lead the water to the east.

From time to time, there were wars with the Song Dynasty, so that the two countries were at war and attracted the eyes of the upper and lower levels, so that he and his descendants would not have a crisis.

But this argument is a bit unconvincing.

Song Jiu then continued: "The second reason is the Empress Dowager Xiao of the Liao State. ”

"For what do you want in Youzhou, there are Yanshan outside Youzhou, as well as the ancient Great Wall, slightly repaired, it has become the best fortification. The country is not in danger in Germany, but the Guanzhong with Tongguan and the Guanzhong without Tongguan are always the same. Therefore, during the Tang Dynasty, the Xi people and the Khitan people could not go south, which caused a danger, so whenever the Turks invaded, they did not dare to whip too much south, so as not to cut off the back road. But look at the Khitan side again. There are several major races, most of the people living in the depths of Liaodong are Jurchens, and there are some Murwei people further north, but where the climate is colder and sparsely populated, it will not form a strong force for the time being. To the southeastern part of Liaodong are the Bohai people, the Han people. The northern part of the Liao Kingdom is the Wugu people, the enemy martyrs. In the west, there are the Tatars, in the southwest, the Baidandan people, and in the Jiashan area, there are Han people, Tuyuhun people, Dangxiang people, and a small number of Khitan and Tubo people. The southern Yanyun area is mostly Han Chinese. Only from Yanshan to Shangjing, is the Khitan and Xi people concentrated area. ”

"Compared with combat effectiveness, the Khitan people's combat effectiveness may not be stronger than that of the Jurchens. At least the individual combat effectiveness is not as good as that of the Jurchens living in cold regions, but they are not the strongest race. The strongest race is in the northern Khitan, the Wugu enemy tribes. It's just that the Khitan Ju clan is integrated. The other parts were only controlled by the Khitans. Once the Yanyun region is obtained by my dynasty, then with the internal governance of our dynasty and the history of the Han and Tang dynasties, we can send troops outside the border at any time, and the Khitans and Xi people will bear the brunt. When they reach that step, and if they fail at the slightest moment, the tribes will no longer be under their control, and the tribes of the north will be torn apart. The Liao State collapsed! ”

"Therefore, Xiao Yanyan has repeatedly launched attacks, taking advantage of their advantage that everyone is a soldier, and they will drag our dynasty down, and they can even whip south and attack Kaifeng. Kaifeng fell, and our dynasty will be torn apart. Then the people of the Central Plains will be like the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, divided into a number of forces, and have to worship the Liao State as the emperor again, and the Liao State will sit back and relax. ”

There is another reason in history. That's the party.

Of course, Xiao Yanyan will not put the mother and son in danger for the sake of the party.

Song Jiu knows a little bit about that battle.

At that time, the situation of the Liao army was very dangerous. However, the Song Dynasty sent an envoy to the city to discuss the alliance, and got a large amount of coins and money. Gain face and take advantage of the situation to retreat.

That battle between Xiao Yanyan and Liao was not only because of money. It seems that I was also chilled, plus the New Year's coin. The alliance of the abyss was implemented. However, the Liao State also wanted to have an effect, and the Song Dynasty didn't dare to have any thoughts about Yan Yun for the time being.

With the border peaceful and Yanyun prosperous, more people in the Liao State did not want to invade the Song Dynasty.

Therefore, the so-called peace is actually still fought.

"After a few years of governance, the Liao State gradually became rich, the people's hearts returned to peace, the conquest of Goryeo, and the rebellion of the various tribes were quelled, and the army was always tempered. The Liao State had the ability to launch several large-scale offensives. Since His Majesty ascended the throne, she has been conscientious, Xiao Yanyan is worried that a richer and stronger dynasty will stand in the south, but His Majesty is different from the two emperors Taizu Taizong, who is longer in internal governance and shorter than the military, so she is also eager to nip the development of our dynasty in the bud. ”

"Of course, this is a kind of speculation by the minister, whether this is the case or not, we have to look down."

There was silence in the government hall.

Lu Mengzheng has not worked with Song Jiu, although Kou Zhun has worked together, it is self-respecting, and he will not think deeply at all.

However, Zhang Qixian, Xiang Minzhong, and Wang Xian all worked with Song Jiu in Xifu as subordinates, and even benefited a lot.

Not only them, but also Shi Pu who was affected, although Shi Pu was able to fight in history, but his people were more greedy, greedy for money and merit, but under Song Jiu's training, these defects were not very serious.

Song Jiuyan has few things to do, unlike Tian Xi, who has a big mouth and sprays all day long, and even doesn't like to use a strong tone to attack current affairs, so that Lu Mengzheng and Kou Zhun are a little ashamed.

However, Zhang Qixian and they don't think so, the more they know, the more they feel that Song Jiu is "terrible".

In fact, Zhao Heng was also recalling a scene in his head, when he was still young, his father was angry, this Xiao Jiu, good words may not work, but bad words will definitely happen.

He asked on the side, Song Jiu cursed my dynasty?

Yuan Kan, this is not a curse, but a worry for the country.

Why was the father angry?

It's not anger...... Alas, you'll understand when you grow up anyway.

Now Zhao Heng understands.

He looked at Song Jiu worriedly.

"Your Majesty, don't worry, if that's the case, it's a great opportunity, a good opportunity to recover Yanyun!"

At this moment, Song Jiu's eyes were full of murder.

In any case, the brutal behavior of the Liao State in the north angered him.

……

Song Jiu carefully looked at the accounts of the three divisions.

One of the strangest scenes in Chinese history books is the deliberate negligence of logistics at the time of the war.

The reason is simple, when you write about logistics, you will come across one word, money!

If you really don't even want to mention the word money, that's a good thing, in fact, more than ninety percent of the officials who come and go between ancient and modern times are more greedy than the other!

"A culture of hypocrisy."

Can you do good things without money?

Therefore, Zhao Heng asked him where the plan came from, and Song Jiu said, "I'll go to the third division to take a look first." ”

But his character is destined to not be a fighter in his life, and he can't be a person who is on the same path as Kou Zhun, the advantage is that he will not offend many people, and may make him rich and noble for a lifetime, the disadvantage is that despite having a golden finger, he will not initiate a strong reform, so that there are still many shortcomings in the innovation he presides.

However, his role cannot be overlooked.

It's like these books in his hand.

Last year, the total amount of iron reached more than 39 million catties, which is the amount of iron, that is, the weight of iron handed over by the imperial court, and the actual total output of the whole country may be three or four times that of it. The production of 80,000 tons of steel may not be a big deal in later generations, but it is of great significance in this era. Therefore, in recent years, the price of iron has not only not risen with the price, but has fallen slightly. Of course, Song Jiu was still not very satisfied, it was too expensive, and a better piece of iron would cost twenty yuan a pound. A ton of good wrought iron means more than 34,000 dollars. In fact, this price must fall to at least less than ten cents before it can usher in the age of steel!

However, although the price of iron did not satisfy him, the quality of iron was not comparable to the quality of steel in the past.

Also changing is copper.

Last year's copper class volume was more than 25 million catties, because copper makes money, the proportion of the class is slightly higher, but the actual output will not be less than 60 million catties, of course, more than 30,000 tons of copper output is still very low. However, it is far better than the copper production of the Song Dynasty in another time and space.

This brings the number of coins minted last year to nearly nine million.

From the time he went to Jiangzhou, he proposed to smelt copper and mint money, until now, a total of more than 140 million yuan has been minted, plus because of the development of overseas trade, the stimulation of export policies, and brought back countless gold and silver. The increase in these currencies and quasi-currencies made the imperial court feel at ease and boldly issue more than 70 million jiaozi.

It could not meet the demand for currency in the Song Dynasty, but Song Jiu still repeatedly warned Jiaozi not to be issued in a flooded manner, and it has always issued small denomination Jiaozi.

However, these changes have led to a further prosperity of the market economy.

As well as the reforms when Zhao Heng was in power, and of course, before the rule of Xianping, Zhao Kuangyi stopped the war in his later years, and the whole country was able to rest and recuperate, which also laid the foundation for the rule of Xianping.

As a result, state revenues have increased dramatically.

In recent years, the income has reached more than 100 million, and the gold content is very high, which is equivalent to nearly 100 million yuan, Zhao Kuangyi died the year before last, and Zhao Heng ascended the throne, which will reward the world, but that year, the income of the three divisions still generated a large surplus.

Even though the Liao invaded last year and the country used troops on a large scale, there was still a surplus. This year is very sad, but it seems that at least it can be flattened. In particular, the year before last, the state surplus reached more than 30 million yuan.

No wonder Chen Shu didn't dare to show the account books to Zhao Heng.

And that's not even counting the millions of dollars that the vault could generate in a year.

But this is still thanks to Song Jiu, these surpluses include money, all kinds of materials, there will be loss when kept, there is greed for ink, Chen Shu put the gold, silver and copper coins into the banking department together, and then sold some valuables in exchange for cash, which is still put into the banking department. Not only did it save money on storage and waste, but it also earned a considerable amount of interest every year, and at the same time, the money continued to circulate in the market, further prospering the economy of the Song Dynasty.

In the past seven years, the surplus of the three divisions has almost reached 110 million!

Song Jiu couldn't help but admire: "The real three envoys are also." ”

Chen Shu blushed a little: "Song Gong, don't dare to be, all this is actually thanks to the changes brought by Song Gong." ”

"Zhong Yan, I'm just the proposer, if you don't have your business, then there will be a considerable surplus?"

Song Jiu said in an extremely respectful tone.

The country is actually a big family, five things to open the door of a small family, firewood, rice, oil, salt and vinegar, one is indispensable, and the same is true for the country, the financial shortage, and it will be chaotic immediately. And this is a super surplus completed under the premise of not being harsh to the people.

Yes, he has laid a foundation, and even thanks to Zhao Kuangyi, he has laid a foundation, in fact, since the Bashu rebellion was quelled, the third division began to have a surplus.

But without Chen Shu, it may not be able to keep, let alone expand this surplus.

However, his voice changed: "But Zhong Yan, you have to be mentally prepared, I may spend a lot of money soon." (To be continued......)