This is the best strategy.

If you use the upper, middle and lower divisions, the next strategy is to forcibly take advantage of the orphans and widows of the Liao State to use soldiers now, and the upper strategy is this strategy.

But there is a lot of helplessness in life, obviously it is the best policy, but Song Jiu can't use it, so he can only adopt the middle policy in his heart. He also said, "But after thinking about it, the minister thinks it's inappropriate. Raise soldiers for a thousand days, and use them for a while. Raising soldiers is for war, not for protest. ”

"Protest?"

"It's cowardice, let others bully the head, don't dare to fight, even if you have countless troops in your hands, the bullying country is only a small country like Jiaozhi, but you don't dare to fight, and the people are not convinced, so what to do, only send envoys to protest."

"Who did that......" Zhao Kuangyi asked in confusion.

“…… It is a metaphor for the minister, "Song Jiu is not very good at saying, your children and grandchildren will do this in the future, and finally finish the country, the strange thing is that there are still people who continue to learn later."

"But there have been too many wars, and the soldiers are tired and useless. In recent years, many battles have been fought in the north, and the soldiers are a little tired. After several battles, the Liao State was traumatized, and various ministries rebelled. Our dynasty may not be much better, many families in Hedong, Hebei Province wear linen and filial piety, and the country's economy has gradually become difficult. Although they could not be afraid of war, they had to rest for at least a few years, and the treasury and inner treasury were gradually replenished again before a larger-scale war could be launched. Moreover, if the country is new and difficult, and the people's hearts are not at peace, it must be governed for several years, so the difficulty will not drag down the imperial court, but will become a certain help for the imperial court, and the use of troops will be greater. ”

There is another one that Song Jiu did not say.

This will cost a lot of money, of course, it is competing for destruction, but if this is done, the Liao State will definitely not be able to bear it first.

But Zhao Pu definitely objected, and he opposed it openly.

There is Zhao Pu dragging down. The hearts of the front-line soldiers cannot be unified, or even cannot pass at all. So Song Jiu gave up directly.

"Then this Wu Xuanming ......"

"This is the second method of the minister."

"Tell me."

"The imperial court can't use troops, and it can't let Wu Xuanming be annihilated by the Liao State immediately. So 500,000 dollars were allocated to provide weapons and cotton clothes, and they had to be real military weapons. Weapons are used to increase their strength, and supplies allow them to win the hearts and minds of the various tribes. The second is the Northwest ...... Wang's family! ”

The Wang family is amazing.

The Liao State failed last winter, Xiao Yanyan was annoyed and angry, if it was defeated by the Song Dynasty, how could it be defeated by a small party chief. So he sent more than 10,000 troops to attack Fengzhou again, and let Wang Chengmei and Fold Er defeat. Beheaded more than 2,000 people, surrendered 3,000 tents, and chased them to Qingzuka.

Qingzun is the tomb of Zhaojun, near Hohhot in the future.

It has nothing to do with Wang Zhaojun, if you look at it from the territory of the later Liao State. Dongsheng is also under the jurisdiction of Liao, that is, if Dongsheng and other places are classified as owned by Liao. Wang Chengmei went deep into the enemy territory and chased six or seven hundred miles.

Of course. It is now a bit complicated, and for Jiashan (the Yinshan area near Hohhot) and the area to the west, the Liao State is only fetters and does not attach much importance to it.

However, Song Jiu was keenly aware of its strategic position.

But Zhao Kuangyi has Zhao Kuangyi's thoughts, and Zhao Kuangyi also appreciates his merits for this great victory. With Wang Chengmei, the head of Fengzhou Thorn History, Yue moved to the general of Huaihua, Wa Yao was the general of Guide, and the leader of the two tribes of Yebao was moved to Fuxiang Kelangmai, and the leader of the beggar clan was moved to the general of Guide.

But Zhao Kuangyi's heart is not very peaceful. Wang Chengmei won two great victories, with more than 70,000 accounts attached, that is, he had at least more than 90,000 people in his hands, and his influence reached Yinshan in Beihetao, east to the west side of Jiashan, and south to Fuzhou.

Zhao Kuangyi was also worried that Wang Jiawei would not be able to fall.

Therefore, Song Jiu wanted to persuade Zhao Kuangyi that it was not easy to do, and after thinking for a while, he said: "Your Majesty, the Wang family seems to be majestic, but the core strength is too weak, and the economy is poor. However, if you look at the map again, how far is Jiashan from Xijing of Liaoguo? Moreover, there are very few Khitan people here, most of them are Dangxiang people, Tatars, Tuyuhun people and Han households who fled north for five generations. If they don't ask, they will eventually be co-opted by the Khitan because of their strength and weakness. Therefore, the minister thought that he could also help. 100,000 catties of tea, 100,000 pieces of cotton cloth, and 50,000 quilts, but these materials were not used to reward the Wang family, but to build two lines of defense and more than a dozen forts in Jiashan and the Yellow River. With a defensive position, these tribes have the capital to protect themselves, and they will not fall to the Liao State. If the Liao State is unwilling to use troops here, our dynasty can send troops to help, and we can use money to help. It is equivalent to adding another enemy to the Liao State. If the Liao State doesn't care about it, then you can control them with commerce and materials, and you can use captives to tempt them, so that they can cooperate with our dynasty in the future, east to Liaoning and Xijing, and north to the tribes in the north of Yinshan. ”

"This ......"

"The core strength of the Wang family is in Fengzhou, the appeal is weak, the cohesion is weak, and it is not enough to harm the court. Moreover, they are on the front line, as long as they continue to fight with the Khitan, and the rear relies on the economy of the Central Plains, they will not dare to rebel. ”

Zhao Kuangyi was still meditating.

Unlike Wu Xuanming, he was in Liaodong, even if he turned the Liao Kingdom upside down, there was no direct border dispute with the Song Dynasty, but Fengzhou was different, and they had a tacit relationship with Fuzhou, connecting Hedong in the east and Dingnan in the south, so Zhao Kuangyi must have some ideas.

"Your Majesty, just a few materials will not make the Wang family too big. If the northwest is contained, and our dynasty does not send troops, Wu Xuanming will be destroyed. ”

The tea that Song Jiu said was just ordinary tea for a pound and dozens of dollars.

Cotton cloth came out very expensive, and it came out early, before the textile machinery was developed and matured, some textile machines in Hainan were improved, and cheese cloth and fine cotton cloth blended with silk appeared, which was very expensive when it came out. In recent years, from Lingnan to Hunan and then to the north, the cotton fields have increased substantially, resulting in cheesecloth being only three or four hundred yuan per horse, which is almost the same as the price of linen. Blended muslin is barely a penny.

Last year, there was a new type of muslin, and even a variety of blended muslin cloths such as wool and silk appeared, which were very expensive, and some of the high-quality cloths could reach more than two dollars a horse. However, it will also fall in the future.

The cotton cloth that Song Jiu mentioned is cheesecloth.

In fact, if there is no damn war, in the past few years, every household will have new clothes to wear, and they will not worry about food and clothing, and they can even reach the glory of the rule of Wenjing.

However, Song Jiu did not approve of that, and Zhao Kuangyi disagreed with one of them. And did he sit back and watch Li Jiqian's rise? Or doesn't Yanyun take it back? It's one thing to not be able to take it back, but what can't you take it back? Song Jiu is not worried about Genghis Khan, is he not worried about Wanyan Aguda? But if the entire Northwest and Yanyun have been controlled by the imperial court for more than 100 years, more than 200 years, can Wanyan Aguta take the Central Plains? Can Kublai Khan annihilate the Southern Song Dynasty? At most, these two people became a mock.

Therefore, Song Jiu supported the war, but he had to fight scientifically and not rush forward.

However, although they are not the kind of tea and cotton cloth that are valuable, the freight is too tragic in this era, whether it is transported to the coast of Liaodong or to Fengzhou. The price is high.

So in the Chinese book, Zhao Pu strongly opposed.

The northwest is building roads and building forts, and now with so much money, how can the country's economy afford it, and what will happen to the people's livelihood?

However, Zhao Kuangyi was ambitious. did not agree with Zhao Pu's statement.

In fact, these two initiatives are timely.

Yelu easily took the line from Tongzhou to Huanglongfu and Changchun Prefecture, and Wu Xuanming was in a dilemma. Some of his subordinates were somewhat distracted. But at this time. A large number of weapons and supplies from the Song Dynasty arrived, and this time with more advanced bows and crossbows, morale was once again high. In fact, if you can contain Yelu Xian in Liaodong forever, you should be worth 100,000 elite soldiers.

As for the small actions and castle building of the Wang family and the various ethnic groups in Xijiashan, it also made Xiao Yanyan poor, so she launched another attack. But that won't be until next year......

At the same time, the wool trade route was opened. The Divination Blockers received a large amount of weapons and supplies exchanged, and their relationship with the Song Dynasty was further enhanced, and some tribes even openly requested to defect to the Song Dynasty, which further offset the governance efforts of Xiao Yanyan and Han Derang.

Actually, until now. Many people still ignore the importance of the wool trade routes.

This made Song Jiu smile bitterly, a wool made the industrial revolution in Europe, and there was a phenomenon of sheep eating people for its profits.

If it is properly adjusted, it should be stationed in the northwest with 100,000 male soldiers!

It's still a beginning, and it will take at least a few years to see the effect.

In the midst of the noise, the summer is getting deeper and deeper.

At this time, an incident happened, Sun Chongwang, the magistrate of Ruyin, ignored the imperial court system and secretly went to the capital to beat the Dengwen drum and appeal to his boss Yingzhou to sentence Cao Han.

Cao Han worked as a butcher in Jiangzhou once, and Zhao Kuangyin did not deal with it, but Zhao Kuangyi didn't like it very much, but later Cao Han made a contribution to the crusade against the Northern Han Dynasty, so he let him continue to stay in Yingzhou.

He fights wars, but can he be expected to be a civil servant to govern the region?

Cao Han was in Yingzhou to be harsh and ruthless, and did not manage political affairs, his subordinate Sun Chongwang could not bear it anymore, and came to the capital to appeal to Cao Han for treachery, and privately sold bows, guns, swords, spears, armored horses, and equipment. The problem is very serious, some of them are military-made weapons, they are not allowed to be bought and sold, who did he sell them to, and where did he get these weapons. Not only that, Cao Han used the set of the front line in Yingzhou, built beacons in the territory, and there were robbers in the counties, raising beacons to respond to the city. This seems to be a good thing, but this is the mainland, light the beacon at every turn, and then the army will be dispatched, can the people of Yingzhou farm with peace of mind. He also deployed tooth officials without authorization, withheld the money and silver obtained by officials from selling salt, and the people lost rent millet, silk, and silk. He also added names without authorization, and gave the people and invaded the official land as his own vegetable garden and orchard. He also asked the judge Yuan Yuzhang to pay the wine tax, and take an extra five million dollars and a hundred silk horses.

Zhao Kuangyi sent Teng Zhongzheng to verify the truth, and when the city was abandoned, because of his merit, he sent officials to escort him to Dengzhou for imprisonment.

It is estimated that Pan Weizheng will be very hard.

It's Cao Han's name that is imprisoned, and he is also an uncle, does Pan Weizheng dare to offend him.

Zhao Kuangyi looked at Song Jiu, which means that I don't trust the generals, look at this one.

Song Jiu raised his teeth and said: "Military generals can be in charge of troops, can train soldiers, can lead troops to fight, not good at civil governance, governing the place must be civilian, marching and fighting must be military generals, this is the art of civil and military." ”

Don't say that the civil and military forces are responsible for their own responsibilities, Cao Han was originally a butcher, it's okay to put it on the front line, and use him to govern Yingzhou in the rear, can the people of Yingzhou not be hard?

Li Fang suddenly raised his tooth wat abruptly.

Song Jiu proposed to build a road in the northwest to open a fort, if you use the development trend of the later Song Dynasty, Song Jiu's approach is not radical, but too conservative. As long as the Western Xia is not allowed to rise again, it is worth spending a year of national finance in the northwest.

But now there must be many people who think that Song Jiu is making a big fuss. So Song Jiu was very helpless. For example, in the spring of this year, Li Jiqian saw that the situation was not good, and the defeat in the battle in front of Xiazhou City also made him sober up, so he sent an envoy to Linzhou to write to the imperial court, and we surrendered and never became inviolable ministers.

Some ministers thought they could agree, but Zhao Kuangyi was very angry and refused directly.

Song Jiu proposed that he be allowed to surrender, but people must enter the capital.

Is it possible for Li Jiqian to enter Beijing?

After accepting the edict, he did not agree, and then hid on the Gobi Desert in the Nanhetao. In fact, at this time, if the strength of the two families of Zhewang was taken advantage of, and the garrison of Shaanxi, Li Jiqian could be annihilated immediately. But because of everyone's mentality, Song Jiu was silent. Let Li Jiqian jump for a few more years, and Song Jiu didn't plan to speak until the time of harm.

This time he wooed the Wang family for the sake of the future, but Song Jiu couldn't say anything about suffering.

The northwest continued to build roads and forts.

The imperial court recruited people on a semi-subsidized basis through various means such as tax exemption and exemption from military service, or direct payment of money and food.

However, Lu Lu Ke buckle has brought some pressure to the people of Shaanxi.

This year, Henan Mansion also said that the water in the Yiluo Valley was rising, and there were many houses in the bad official temple, and the people drowned reached 10,000, and Shaanzhou said that the flood was bad for more than 1,000 military and civilian houses.

Therefore, Li Fang wrote a letter, please stop the construction of the northwest and give it to the people.

It's hard to say what he meant, whether he attacked Song Jiu for Zhao Pu, or really for the sake of the people. However, Song Jiu was very displeased, and said: "Mingyuan, if the Liao State and the Xue Dynasty learn from our dynasty and drum up a Bohai State in the northwest, can you afford the consequences?" ”

"Duke Song, I don't see the possibility of any Bohai Kingdom in the northwest, on the contrary, because the northwest is troublesome, the people are dissatisfied, and all ethnic groups also complain."

"That clan has complaints, do you mean the Yeli tribe of Hengshan Nanshan, or do you refer to the various tribes of Dijinze?"

"Song Gong is worried about a large-scale rebellion in the northwest, why should he support Fengzhou?"

Song Jiu didn't know how much saliva he had squirted about this matter, and he didn't want to argue anymore, so he looked at Zhao Kuangyi and said: "In this way, can Your Majesty let go of some rights to the minister, let the minister go to the third division to have a look, and discuss it with Ru Hui, maybe there is a move to open up the source and increase the income for the country." ”

"Song Gong, the people can't collect it anymore."

"Has Kaifeng woven the people?"

Li Fang was speechless.

Isn't it just money, but people have a way to make money, so what else can they say? (To be continued......)