Although Teng Zhongzheng is known for his uprightness, he still can't threaten Song Qi.

Zhao Kuangyi walked over.

No minister dares to pat himself on the back.

But the ministers of Qingliu also did not dare to make a sound, it was looking for a draw.

Zhao Kuangyi walked around with a gloomy face, his face covered with thick dark clouds.

There is no doubt that this Zen will be a joke in the annals of history, so he came to Song Jiu and asked in a cold voice, "Didn't Qing say anything?" ”

"Your Majesty, wood is flammable and easy to conduct electricity, if Your Majesty wants this tragedy to be staged again, it is better to change it to a brick and stone building."

If it was in normal times, Song Qi would bite Song Jiu again. This is the Imperial Palace, and it doesn't matter if the side hall is changed to the shape of Shundian, but if the main hall is changed to the appearance of Shundian, is there still a tradition since ancient times? Is it possible to wear a suit and T-shirt to the morning court in the future?

But now no one dares to refute it.

But this is not Zhao Kuangyi's original meaning, and said: "What else? ”

"Your Majesty, governing the country is based on benevolence, this is a natural disaster, after the fire is ignited, the soldiers are desperate to put out the fire, otherwise the scope of the burn will be greater, I hope Your Majesty will not hold the soldiers responsible."

In the second year of Jianlong, the inner wine shop caught fire, and the Song Dynasty was only established at that time, coupled with rebellions in various places, the country was very poor, Zhao Kuangyin was furious, and in the name of the fire, there were winemakers who wanted to invade the three divisions and steal property, and they were ready to cut off all the fifty winemakers in the inner wine shop. After repeated persuasion by the prime minister, Zhao Kuangyin still killed twelve winemakers.

This time the loss was even greater, so Song Jiu took the opportunity to persuade him.

Zhao Kuangyi was a little disappointed.

However, Song Jiu never said a word again.

Zhao Kuangyi waved his hand: "Zhuqing go back." ”

Several main halls were burned down, but Baisi was not burned down, which did not affect the office.

Teng Zhongzheng chased a few steps and asked Song Jiu: "Why doesn't the prince speak." ”

Zhao Kuangyi asked twice, obviously angry, not angry at Song Jiu. Instead, he was angry with Song Qi and others, without their demagogy, there would be no proposal to seal Zen, so even with this fire, it would not make people think about it.

But Song Jiu's two answers were insignificant.

"Words must be realistic and realistic, and they are ...... to be martial"

These disasters are in charge of the affairs of the emperor and the prime minister?

Let's talk about Guangwu Emperor Liu Xiu, who is a Ming monarch who has been a combination of civil and martial arts and ethics for thousands of years, but because he is from Liu's side room, he made a lot of plans after he ascended the throne, why. Use this to prove his orthodoxy. Besides, Zhao Kuangyi.

Song Jiu almost said clearly.

In fact, now Zhao Kuangyi is in a rage, emotionally unstable, and his reason is not clear, what he says may not work, on the contrary, it will leave a bad impression on Zhao Kuangyi.

Song Jiu said again: "The prime minister must be tolerant." ”

"The old man is ashamed."

"Jun is the Imperial Doctor. Known for his uprightness, he wants you to speak. Be bold to speak. What a shame. ”

Song Jiu left Teng Zhongzheng, who was standing there and laughing, and returned to Xifu.

There is still a lot going on in Xifu.

Song Jiu pulled out a stack of newspapers and hesitated.

Wang Chengmei and his wife won two great victories, and with the assistance of the Song Dynasty, they repaired the fort in the northeast of the river, and the Liao people naturally could not ignore it. Therefore, let Han Derang personally go out on the expedition, along the foot of Yin Mountain, and go straight to Jiashan. There are several states in the middle of Shuowu Yingyun, and the Song army must be helpless about this. Otherwise, Song Jiu would not have been wary of letting Hedong Road send troops and cut down the big tree of Liao. Han Derang arrived at Jiashan and quickly extinguished several rebellious tribes and destroyed several forts under construction. Before the Wang family could reflect it, the soldiers returned to the court, and we were successful, victorious, and returned.

Maybe Han Derang did this a little shamelessly, but it is not said that it is useless, this time the troops were sent to deter many tribes in Jiashan and prevent the influence of the Song Dynasty and the Wang family from expanding eastward.

After Song Jiu received the information from the front, he was not very disappointed, the amount of Wang Jia's strength was still a little smaller, and the imperial court had no way to extend the amount of strength to the north, so it might not be able to expand to the east. Such an ending may be a happy ending for all.

While the Liao State used troops to block divination, it also used troops to obstruct divination.

Several rebellious tribes were quickly suppressed, but they may be confined to rebellion in all directions, and the Song and Liao confronted each other, and the Liao forces and financial resources were somewhat inadequate, and did not prevent the Divination from trading with the Song Dynasty. The divination people were very happy, and while offering their loyalty to the Liao Dynasty, they continued to do business with the Song Dynasty to reap the benefits.

But that's such a good thing.

Don't even think about getting rid of it.

After Song Jiu received the news, he asked the scouts to go to the front line to inquire about a lot of news one after another.

Then he wrote two detailed memoirs.

First of all, Fengzhou, this Fengzhou is not the Fengzhou of the Tang Dynasty, the Fengzhou of the Tang Dynasty is at the foot of the Xiyin Mountain by the Yellow River, on the North River. This Fengzhou is on the west side of Fuzhou and the Volcano Army, outside the ancient Great Wall, if you look at the territory of the future Western Xia and Liao, although it is connected to Fuzhou, it can also be said to be lonely overseas.

To the north of Fengzhou is the future Liao State's Heqing Army, Jin Su Army, Dongsheng Prefecture, the upper right corner of the Yellow River, and then the Liao State's Yunnei Prefecture and Jiashan, Jinxi Mountain area, that is, the Liao State's so-called West Mountain.

If it was in the previous life of Song Jiu, this area was from the southwest of Hohhot to Dongsheng.

Most of the people living here are Tatars, but they are slightly different from Tatars such as Zhubu because of ethnic integration or other reasons, so they are also called Bai Dadan. The further north they went, the more they were, and the southerly number of the White Dardans was very small.

The second is the party members, less to the north and more to the south, so the Liao State is known as the southwest party item, not necessarily the Wang family and the Li family, but also this part of the party people.

There are also many Han Chinese, who are a third race. This is followed by the Tuyuhun people, a small number of Tibetan people, or other races.

The geographical location here is extremely important, controlling the future Western Xia, as well as the Fuzhou and Hedong of the Song Dynasty, the Yinshan Mountain in the west, and Xijing in the east.

But before the Liao State and the Song Dynasty and the Western Xia Three Kingdoms were established, everyone ignored this place. Although this is nominally the feudal zone of the Liao State, but now the situation here is very similar to the place where the south of Bashu meets Dali, if Dali expands slightly north, the Song Dynasty will not be wary, and the Song Dynasty will expand slightly south, Dali will not pay attention, unless the other party has the ambition to eat this buffer zone in one go.

Liao didn't take it to heart, but Zhao Kuangyi was also jealous in his heart.

Where is headed by the Wang family. Zhao Kuangyi is worried that a new amount of jurisdiction will be formed.

In history, the Wang family was the most ruthless and let the Western Xia be destroyed.

However, without Western Xia, everything is not easy to say, and Song Jiu is also worried. After all, they are not Fuzhou Folding, they are too far away from the Song Realm.

However, Song Jiu thought about it for a long time.

There are 100 percent benefits to national decision-making, and you have to choose the priority.

Compared with the danger that the Wang family might form, the number one strong enemy of the Song Dynasty was still the Liao State. Once Yanyun is obtained, the Central Plains will not be in danger, and more troops can be released. It can even be adjusted to make the Liao State and the Wang family conflict. The strength of the control of the royal family's strength.

So you can't worry so much at this time.

It doesn't need to cost the imperial court much money, and Song Jiu doesn't want to waste it, it's just that no one knows the future harm of Western Xia.

The first is to expand the wool trade route to the north of Fengzhou, and even through Jiashan, the leather of the Liao State can be trafficked. The production and trafficking of the Song Dynasty went out of the Song Dynasty in a state of stalemate between Song and Liao. forming a smuggling route. Then this bond of interest is formed. It will gradually and completely fall to the Song Dynasty of the tribes. The second is green salt, the salt of the Song Dynasty is expensive, not because of the high cost of salt production, but because of the salt, which makes the price of salt expensive. The eastern part of the Liao country also produces salt, which led to the impact of the entire Hebei region due to the Liao salt. The Trade Act had to be enacted. But the salt can't be transported to Jiashan because of the cost.

Therefore, Song Jiu proposed to open some roads and improve transport vehicles, so that the green salt could radiate to a wider area. Due to the war in the Central Plains. Many people fled here for refuge, and the number of people who surrendered to Wang Chengmei alone reached more than 70,000 accounts, and one account is a family, so you can imagine the number of people here.

Once the Qingyan Road is expanded, the four prefectures of Dingyan will benefit, the Wang family will benefit, and the tribes of Jiashan will benefit, and at the same time, the resentment of the various party and wealthy clans near Yanchi will be reduced, and all the imperial court needs is to play a role in promoting the close connection between this region and the Central Plains.

The Liao State will have a headache, forcibly conquer, the rebellion of the various tribes is even heavier, and if they do not conquer, they will not be able to provide enough benefits to win the hearts of the people.

It's still the same over there.

Xiao Yanyan wanted to be quiet and do nothing, turning a blind eye to the wool trading routes, but if she blocked the trafficking of horses to the Song Dynasty.

The party horse is the Hetao horse, tall and explosive. The horses on the side of the tribe were relatively shorter, they were the later Mongolian horses, but these horses were more able to bear hardships and stand hard work, and Genghis Khan's expedition to Europe was not a Hetao horse, but a Mongolian horse.

As long as the horse moves, Liao will definitely not be able to sit down. But what should they do, if they send troops to suppress it, the resentment of the various departments will become heavier and heavier, and then with a little guidance, a large-scale rebellion can occur. Or ban business, that will not work, the desert is a vast area, sparsely populated, where can it be banned.

And all the Song Dynasty did was send a few hundred merchants.

If it was the original, Song Qi would inevitably have to take eye medicine again. But where can he take care of it now?

……

After a few days of silence, Zhao Kuangyi calmed down.

Two edicts were issued in a row, both to delay the disaster in the main hall, it may be that I did something wrong, if the punishment and reward are guilty, the measures are obedient, or the practice is shielded, to the material situation is congested, the assignment is not uniform, the virtuous and virtuous are discussed, the Chinese and foreign ministers, there is no hidden in each period.

The officials of the world, the state and county officials, or know the interests of the people, the government decree is denied, and it is allowed to be passed on to the state to hear, what is said is admissible, and it will be rewarded, and if there is nothing to take, it will not be guilty.

Let the people of the world speak together.

If I do something wrong, or if the officials do something wrong, or if the government decree is wrong, or if the punishment and reward are inappropriate, or if the taxes are uneven, or if the good ministers are useless, I can report to me.

Song Qi said: "Crazy people, should be stern." ”

Maybe he was a thief with a weak heart, and then added: "But he will not give up, so as to open the way of speech, and the virtue of sainthood." ”

Whether anyone really listened to Zhao Kuangyi's words, Song Jiu was not in Dongfu, I don't know. According to custom, all speeches, except those related to criminal cases, must be sent to Dongfu.

But at the beginning of July, Zhao Kuangyi finally issued an edict, sealing Zen for a long time, now and the year is abundant, the line is solid, but the main hall was disaster, so the big event, or not in line with the will of heaven, and the hot summer is blazing, deeply worried about labor, Xu Tuzhi, it is not too late. He found himself a step down, stopped Zen, and only held the southern suburbs sacrifice on the winter solstice.

It was also changed to the Dengwen Inspection Institute, the East Yan Enkuang was the Chongren Inspection, the South Zhao Kuang was the Si Advice Inspection, the West Shen Xuan was the Shen Ming Inspection, and the North Tong Xuankuang was the Zhaoxian Inspection.

These four institutions are similar to the petition agencies of later generations. However, it is more complicated than the petition agency, including unjust cases, national policies, strategies, people's livelihood, and dissatisfaction with officials, and can be complained to these agencies.

Let's come up with ideas.

All kinds of suggestions were handed to Zhao Kuangyi.

But it didn't take long for Zhao Kuangyi to get irritable, and said to Song Qi: "I sent an edict to visit the people, but many people who are on the throne do not know the order of the imperial court, and what Meng Lang said is not a chance. I wanted to be in love, but I had nothing to do, so although I was crazy, I was also accommodating. Since ancient times, it is a good thing to admonish the king, but it must be justified. The state appoints people who must also be fair. If you sell your name and seek advancement, it is not good. ”

said Song Qi's heart.

But there was Song Jiu sitting on the side, Song Qi couldn't say that His Majesty was down, you said it well, so he said: "Little Minister Zhang Shu, Your Majesty is full of details, good and evil, virtuous and foolish, don't escape from heaven." One or two of the things can be taken, and the benefits of the country are also. ”

Listening to their conversation, Song Jiu was happy.

"What are you laughing at?"

"Your Majesty, what was the minister when he was young, His Majesty knew the way, at that time the minister dealt with the ministers more, and read some poetry books, but His Majesty has always said that the minister is frivolous. If it is not the minister's nature, how to see the rainbow without wind and rain. Without tempering, how to know the country's ranking. Your Majesty wants to open up your voice, why is it so troublesome? ”

"Oh."

"Your Majesty, the country's big and small government affairs were issued in the palace newspaper and delivered to officials in various places, so that officials could understand national affairs. Why don't you encourage the people to set up some publications on their own, as long as they are not within the ten heinous sins, let them write freely, then there is a good strategy in the middle, and there will be ministers who will see it and recommend it to His Majesty. Why bother to look at them one by one? There are so many affairs of the state, that is, the two governments need the assistance of many officials, and your majesty is one person? With sincerity, treat the world, and the world should treat the Son of Heaven with sincerity. ”

Several other ministers lowered their heads together, wanting to laugh, but Zhao Kuangyi's face turned red.

This is Song Jiu's ridicule of him and Song Qi's hypocrisy.

However, Zhao Kuangyi did not adopt it.

As Song Jiu said, if he runs a newspaper-like publication without restraint, there may be bold people who say that his throne is not right.

But soon Tian Xi wrote a book, His Majesty mixed up for a day, there was merit, left and right were sincere and flattering, His Majesty said East, near the minister said East, His Majesty said West, near the minister said West. His Majesty wants to seal Zen, and he says that he can seal Zen. In the midst of the fire ban, His Majesty woke up, and sent an edict to the sea, begging everyone to speak. Kechen even wrote two books before this, but His Majesty ignored them.

In the past few years, the government decree has been cumbersome, and the decree has been changed day by day, such as the previous year, which ordered the state capital to send judges to each other, and this year, it was decreed, so that the state is still poor. Wait a minute. It's a long piece, thousands of words. It was only pointed out after the last time, Shangshu said, the next is simple, and the master is the king.

What is the meaning of simplification, in fact, it is simplification. What is the king of the teacher, that is, to get a good ruler, the national decree can be improved.

Later, I pointed out again, if the minister is virtuous, I hope that His Majesty will believe it and use it, the prime minister is not virtuous, and I hope that His Majesty will choose to be available and let it be, why put it as a minister, and doubt it if everyone is also.

The prime minister is chosen by you, so trust it. But if you don't feel at ease, then you can change the prime minister.

On the surface, Tian Xi criticized Zhao Kuangyi for being undecided.

In fact, it means that the prime minister is not good, cannot take responsibility, cannot manage the government, and can only flatter. Let's change the prime minister!

Another slap in the face. (To be continued......)