In the Imperial Garden, Zhao Pu was taking a walk, accompanied only by Ruixue.

The former maid has also become his woman.

"Your Majesty, what's going on, you're in a bad mood!" Rui Xue keenly sensed that the emperor around her was a little lost.

"After Qin Hui died, he felt a lot lonely!" Zhao Pu said quietly, "Qin Hui has too many shortcomings, he is good at speculation, and his character is poor. However, when he is alive, he can at least solve a lot of troubles, some small things, and I don't need to worry about them. Now that he's gone, he's got a lot of trouble and a big head! ”

Qin Hui's death, ordinary people don't know the details.

However, Rui Xue knows the details very well, Qin Hui has committed the emperor's taboo, and he will definitely die, no one in the sky or on the ground can save him.

Rui Xue couldn't help but say: "Li Gang is upright, Zhao Ding is good at planning, Fan Zongyin is resourceful, and other courtiers also have many virtuous people!" Naturally, it can replace Qin Hui! ”

Zhao Pu shook his head: "If they were ruling the world and the world was peaceful, they would have defended the city more than enough at that time, but now it is a troubled world, and the troubled times have the cruelty of the troubled times, and they are not suitable for the troubled times!" Li Gang is upright, but he lacks perversion, and words speak louder than deeds; Zhao Ding is good at planning, but he has too many eyes and lacks courage; Zhang Jun is more than passionate, but he is a little less calm. Fan Zongyin is shrewd, but he is a little less wise. ”

"And now, it is the time of turmoil, from chaos to great governance, and some of the malpractices that were difficult to do in the past need to be quickly cut through the mess and solved cleanly. Blindly keeping things will only harm others and oneself; Only when you are brave and just enter, there is a way out. You may fall on your heels, but at least you're improving! ”

Ruixue's heart moved. Asked: "Your Majesty, do you want to change people in the cabinet?" ”

Zhao Pu nodded and said, "It's to be replaced." Just for Wenchen. Most of them are not familiar with it, I don't know the details, I don't know which one is suitable? ”

The new ministers in the cabinet will not be old ministers, but the younger generation who are determined to forge ahead.

Rui Xue said: "Yu Yunwen is a virtuous person and does not avoid hardships. can be admitted to the Cabinet; Wan Qian is proficient in government affairs, sleek and can enter the cabinet; Shi Hao's talent is average. But it's all about planning......"

These recommended courtiers, who were over twenty years old and not over thirty years old, belonged to the younger generation. It is the enterprising generation.

Zhao Pu said: "I think about it carefully! ”

"Your Majesty. It seems that a colonial policy is going to be implemented! Ruixue asked.

"Colonization, in the short term, is conducive to the pacification of displaced people and the reduction of rebellions; In the medium term, this favored the Northern Expedition; In the long run, it is conducive to eradicating the three redundancies and three fees! Zhao Pu said, "It's just that those courtiers in the cabinet are too ineffective, and they are gloomy." Lack of enterprising ......"

"The Jin army went south, and a large number of people moved south. exacerbated population pressure, making land, seriously insufficient; A large number of gentry who fled from the north took advantage of their privileges to seize a large amount of land, and the use of land was even more tight; And my northern expedition will increase taxes, which will intensify the contradictions, and the three will be combined into a rebellion of the exiles, wave after wave, even if it is forcibly suppressed, it is meaningless. Soon the rebellion of the displaced people will rise again, this is an unsolvable strategy, and it cannot be cured at all. ”

"When the people move south, they can't be blocked out and let the Jin army bully; And the gentry encroached on the land, too much to be thoroughly cleaned up. And if our dynasty wants to go on a northern expedition, it will inevitably have to pay heavy taxes, and there is no solution. Therefore the rebellion cannot be stopped! ”

"The only colonial strategy is to relocate the population first, reduce the number of displaced people in the hinterland, and alleviate the population pressure; Later, large-scale development was carried out, and then officials were dispatched to govern, and gradually formed a scale. At that time, the contradiction between man and land was reduced, the number of displaced people decreased, and naturally there was no rebellion of displaced people! ”

When an internal crisis breaks out, there are only two ways to solve the problem: one is internal reform and the redistribution of interests of all strata; The second is to invade the outside world and transfer internal contradictions to the outside.

At this time, there was no problem with the internal reform and small reforms of the Song Dynasty, but such drastic reforms as Wang Anshi would surely die. At this time, the cost of outward expansion is much lower than that of internal reform, but the benefits are greater than that of internal reform.

In later generations, in order to compete for several islands in the South China Sea, some countries had disputes every day and almost went to war; However, in this era, most areas of the South China Sea are terra nullius land, all of which are wild lands, with only some indigenous inhabitants and indifferent territorial concepts, as long as they drive over by boat, they only need to pay a small price, or even no price, and can obtain large islands and large areas of fertile land.

And the Song Dynasty had a huge navy, which was unique in this era, and it could be said that the country could be destroyed with a wave of his hand.

If the South China Sea Protectorate is formed, I don't think that any country will have the courage to oppose it.

At this moment, the Song Dynasty played maritime hegemony and had almost no opponents!

Zhao Pu continued: "Even if our dynasty defeated the Jin army and recovered the northern land, the north was mostly a scorched earth at that time, and it would take a lot of money to rebuild, which would increase the pressure on the people in the south. Blindly relying on the south for blood transfusion will lead me to an unstable foundation and drag me into danger. The only way to expand the benefits of overseas is to reduce blood transfusion to the south! ”

"In the long run, the three redundancies and three expenses have exhausted too much of the financial resources of our Great Song Dynasty, resulting in the weak people and fatigue. If this problem is not solved, my Great Song Dynasty will definitely stage the shame of Jingkang again. Only by expanding outwards and transferring contradictions, when the population of the territory expands, all contradictions will be completely alleviated! ”

Zhao Pu spoke in detail about the benefits of colonization.

If it is said that in the face of the death of cabinet ministers before, Zhao Pu recounted the benefits of colonization to promote Confucianism and Taoism; At this time, when we talk about colonization, we are focusing on the expression of interests, short-term interests, medium-term interests, long-term interests, and even interests at all levels.

For different levels and different interests, to say different things, it is like marketing, to sell the goods.

Historically, the success of Western colonization was due to the satisfaction of interests at all levels. The Holy See and missionaries can take the opportunity to preach; feudal landlords, from which money can be obtained; The poor, on the other hand, can have food and clothing and have the opportunity to make a fortune.

And if Zhao Pu wants to promote the colonial policy, he must meet the interests and needs of all levels.

Even if you can't be satisfied, you must learn to make up lies, spend a big pie, and tempt.

When General Zhao Pu finished speaking, Rui Xue began to ask: "Your Majesty, that colonial policy must be related to the sea, and the risk at sea seems to be not small!" ”

"There are dangers everywhere in the world, just big and small!" Zhao Pudao, "The colonial policy is naturally dangerous, but compared with the anti-Jin, compared with the recovery of the north, it is much less difficult!" ”

Rui Xue said: "There are many risks at sea, or hitting the reef, or encountering pirates, or storms at sea, and the big ship sinks. And to build a caravan to go to sea, the ships required are huge, and the cost is too much, and ordinary people simply can't afford it! ”

"This is easy to solve!"

Zhao Pu said: "At that time, a decree will definitely be issued to crack down on pirates. In addition, the establishment of the navy in our Great Song Dynasty was not only for the purpose of destroying gold, but also for escorting ships at sea. With a large army of sea escorts, there is no one who has the guts, and the tiger pulls teeth out of his mouth! ”

"In addition, there are risks at sea, you are worried about hitting the reef, you are worried about the wind and waves at sea, you can set up an insurance company!"

Saying that, Zhao Pu said the concept of insurance again.

Insurance is a derivative of banks, and with the birth of banks, insurance will also be born.

Listening to the concept of insurance, Ruixue's eyes also brightened, "The insurance system, a million profits, and risk sharing, is really wonderful!" ”

"And to build a fleet, the cost is larger, you can take the joint-stock system, and combine money!"

As he spoke, Zhao Pu also talked about the colonial policy, the problems he would face, and the solutions he adopted.

"And the biggest problem in opening up a colony may be conflict with the local natives. This is actually easy to do, you can create the South China Sea Protectorate to manage the affairs of the South China Sea! ”

"Actually, what I value most is the fertile land of the South China Sea, where the climate is hot, close to rivers, easy to irrigate, and rice crops are harvested three times a year. It only takes two years to be self-sufficient; It only takes five or six years to deliver grain to our dynasty on a large scale; And a few decades later, it may be a prosperous new Gangnam again! ”

"And most of the area there is barren and terra nullius. In addition, even some land, with a home, can be redeemed at a low price. Buying 100 acres of land there is more than half cheaper than buying 100 acres of land in Jiangnan, but the harvest is better! (To be continued......)