Song Jiu thought for a while and said, "Actually, the former emperor could take Taiyuan. ”

Zhao Kuangyi's forehead. At that time, if he hadn't been in a hurry to withdraw his troops and go back, and stay for half a month, the Taiyuan city wall would have collapsed by itself.

However, when he communicated with Song Jiu about this matter privately, Song Jiu said that there were two sides, the positive was to get Hedong in advance, and the negative was that it was possible that because of this incident, the Khitan was angry, and the two countries fought endlessly, which was not conducive to the unification of the country in the south.

But in that exchange, Song Jiu made a small report with bad intentions, because Zhao Pu's policy of first the south and then the north was fixed when Zhao Kuangyin sent troops to Hebei, Zhao Pu and others did not approve of it, and the upper and lower levels could not work together, which also caused difficulties in the Northern Expedition.

Zhao Kuangyi thinks he is right.

Song Jiu said again: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that he can cut down Taiyuan, Jin Yan will not be destroyed, and there will always be police in the north, which will not be conducive to the country." Life has its ups and downs, and so does the country. Even if I have a Ming Lord in my dynasty for generations, there will inevitably be natural and man-made disasters. If the country is at a low ebb, and Jin Yan is controlled by Beirong, then the country is in danger. If it is for the country's 10,000 years, it will receive Jin Yan. ”

"Qing Yan is extremely true, Jin Yan is not even, how can I be safe."

"The minister thought that Hedong could be taken, as His Majesty said, the first emperor migrated the people of Hedong to Heluo, the national strength is weak, I am the opposite, the entire south will be recovered, I am strong and weak, why can't I be peaceful?"

There is not only the general trend of the country, but also the credit of Song Jiu.

In terms of weapons development, it has been very slow. The main Song Jiu didn't know anything about weapons, so he had no choice but to do it. However, the impact of Song Jiu cannot be ignored, such as the smelting industry and mining industry, the number of which peaked last year. The amount of iron has reached more than 30 million catties, but it is still a real iron production. Many private blast furnaces began to appear in the private sector, resulting in the flow of most steel to the private sector. According to the estimates of the Third Division, the national iron output may reach 50 or 60 million catties last year.

Song Jiu didn't take it seriously, it was only 30,000 tons of steel, which was not much.

However, compared to the previous ones, this is a staggering yield.

The output of other metals has also increased by more than two to five times, and last year alone, more than 3.7 million yuan was minted.

And because of Song Jiu's promotion, although it could not be avoided, some copper coins flowed out. However, there was a surplus of gold and silver, especially from the Japanese kingdom, which caused the price of silver to fall, but it also solved some of the money shortage.

It was mining, smelting and trade, and the changes that Song Jiu brought to the Song Dynasty.

There are also planting, aquaculture, water conservancy, and polders.

These changes have made the people richer. Grain production was also gradually increasing, and cotton was gradually becoming more and more widespread in the north, because the new textile machine had not yet been developed, so it did not have the influence of cotton cloth. But cotton clothes and quilts appeared in the north.

It is precisely these changes that have increased the income of the people and the country. Because of Song Jiu's regulation, light taxes are thin. The national surplus is not very large, but it has a profound impact on the people. The biggest change. It's a gradual increase in population.

This makes the gap between the national strength of the two countries even greater.

"Guchen thought that the national strength was against the war, China had been divided for a long time, and the people had suffered, so Wu Yue Zhangquan returned, and the people in the capital cheered, and the people's hearts could be fell, and they would also be cut down for the national gateway. However......"

"And yet what?"

"The minister thought that it was easy to cut down the river to the east, but it was difficult to collect the clouds. In terms of military combat effectiveness, our dynasty is still inferior to the Khitan, and if you want to collect the clouds, you must take the idea of the first emperor to carry out a protracted war and use national strength to consume it. Or learn from Sun Tzu to attack Chu, first slowly weaken the Chu State, and then calm it down in one fell swoop. ”

"Song Qing is too worried," Zhao Kuangyi said happily.

Taiyuan hasn't been taken down yet, what do you want to do in the sixteen states of Youyun.

……

"The imperial court is going to use troops to Hedong?" Pan Li'er asked.

Song Jiuwei said, but this is a big event, and he can't hide it if he wants to.

"yes."

"Official, why are you not very happy?"

Song Jiu of Hedong was not worried about the use of troops in the imperial court, what he was worried about was the follow-up.

The main thing is that he doesn't remember much historical knowledge, Zhao Kuangyi remembered the two attacks on Youzhou, and Pan Mei was wronged and also knew the way, but the specific way was not known, and even before the future Song Dynasty, he thought that the combat effectiveness of the Song Dynasty army was very poor, and Yang Ye's military ability far exceeded that of Pan Mei.

So there aren't many golden fingers that can be used by him.

But it was precisely because Zhao Kuangyi attacked the Northern Han Dynasty and then attacked the Khitan that he was worried, because this time it seemed to be a fiasco.

If according to Song Jiu's idea, first do not rush to attack Youzhou, but wait a little longer, first let the Wushe country get a large number of weapons, these weapons will increase the strength of the Wushe country, then they will inevitably develop to the south, the southern region of Liaodong is mostly Jurchen, now it is said that the mature Jurchen, the Bohai people, with the ability of Yan Po, even if you get these weapons, you can't subvert the Khitan, but it will seriously weaken the strength of the Khitan and play a role in restraining it, just like the later Western Xia contained the Northern Song Dynasty.

There is also textile machinery, everyone despises it, but Song Jiu does not despise it. The strength of the divination people can not be underestimated, the main thing is that they are too poor, the improvement of textile machinery, not only can weave cotton cloth, but also can weave wool products, then the fur industry will bring huge wealth to the divination people, once closely linked with the Song Dynasty, one east and one west containment, that is, the Song Dynasty does not use soldiers, and the Khitan will also have a headache.

At that time, it was time to recover the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun.

However, Zhao Kuangyi is very strong, for example, when dealing with government affairs, it is not Lu Duoxun or Song Jiu who handles government affairs the most, but Zhao Kuangyi.

Now Song Jiu can have an impact on Zhao Kuangyi, and Zhao Kuangyi also values Song Jiu, but he can't make Zhao Kuangyi agree with his ideas.

Song Jiu drank tea and sat in contemplation.

"Let's go, go to your house." Song Jiudao.

"I'm going too," Song Yu said from the side.

"Let's go together, then."

The couple brought a group of little ones to the Phan Mei Mansion.

Pan Mei's family also has a group of little guys, Pan Li'er's little brothers and sisters, as well as Pan Weide and Weigu's children, a large group of children are playing. Tian stood on the side and smiled, which was a manifestation of the prosperity of the two families.

Song Jiu was talking seriously with Pan Mei.

"Zhangren, if Your Majesty takes Taiyuan, he will attack Youzhou again. What do you think are the odds? ”

"If that's ......" Pan Mei thought about it seriously and said, "If Your Majesty really has this intention, you must be fast." ”

"Why?"

"Youzhou is mostly Han Chinese. When the army of our court arrives in person, the people will surely welcome it. Moreover, Han Derang, who stayed in Youzhou, was a hairy boy, so he had to be fast, before the Khitan reacted, the army arrived under Youzhou City, then he was eighty percent sure that he would take Youzhou. If it's slow, it's a five-five. ”

If there was no golden finger, Song Jiu must have thought that Pan Mei was reasonable.

But Song Jiuzhi's Dao is not so simple, especially this Han Derang, which is Xiao He of the Han Dynasty. There's also a damn Han Shin!

From the perspective of the national strength of the Song Dynasty, the overall national strength should be stronger, there are more people, more wealth, and they are also national strength. If a country wants to be strong, it must have a certain number of people and areas, especially agricultural countries, without sufficient economy and population, it is difficult to defeat nomadic countries. It's so powerful in the early Tang Dynasty. Li Shimin's military ability was still far above Zhao Kuangyin's, and his fierce generals were even better than the Song Dynasty, and he still endured the Turks for many years until the country stabilized. only to make a move against the Turks, and every time to choose a good time to defeat the Turks. As for the Western Han Dynasty, the forbearance lasted longer, after a long reign of Wenjing. It created the Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.

The Sui Dynasty does not count, it is a parasitic fetus in the Northern Zhou State established by the Xianbei people.

Therefore. Now Song Jiu knows more and admires the later emperor Zhu Yuanzhang even more. Although he is very brutal, he can be regarded as a real emperor, and his martial arts are far superior to Zhao Kuangyin.

This is national strength.

Militarily, the Song Dynasty did not decline, except for the commander-in-chief Zhao Kuangyi, most of the elite soldiers were retained, so the unification of the south, the recovery of these years, the overall military strength was still above the beginning of the founding of the country.

But the Khitan side is stronger.

And it is getting stronger and stronger, there are four people in this strong country, Liaojingzong Yeluxian, Xiao Yanyan who made Song Jiu grit his teeth with hatred, Han Derang, and Yelu Xiuge!

However, his father-in-law said that he was a hairy boy.

Underestimate the enemy.

Song Jiu returned home depressed, thought about it, and came to the academy again.

Now the academy is more prosperous than before, crowded with thousands of students, but Song Jiu sadly discovered one thing, that is, the end of martial arts.

When it was first established, because many famous generals gave lectures, martial arts was the most popular among students. It has also come out of many students, entering the Privy Council or letting the envoys of various sections be summoned, resulting in martial arts has always been vibrant. However, since the imperial court took back all the rights of the Jiedu envoy, most of these students who were scribes became officials in various states and counties, and there were fewer and fewer students who studied martial arts.

This is a very bad sign.

Song Jiu thought about it for a long time, and said silently in his heart: "Let's take a look." ”

Song Jiu was full of sorrow, but the others didn't know.

Soon, the imperial court issued an edict to use Pan Mei as the capital of the north road to solicit envoys. Heyang Jiedu made Cui Yan attack the east of the city, Zhangde Jiedu made Li Hanqiong to the south, Guizhou observed Cao Hancheng to the west, and Zhangxin Jiedu made Liu Yucheng to the north.

It turned out that because Cao Han had the lowest position, he was only an observer, and he was responsible for attacking the northern city, which was the least difficult in Taiyuan City, but he was not convinced, stared at Liu Yu, and said, you can't do it, let me attack Xicheng. The west of Taiyuan City is close to the Northern Han Palace, and the defense is the strongest, so Cao Han has Liu Yu.

Liu Yu was furious, who was afraid of whom, he was also a fierce general, fighting at the mouth of the Anhui River and eating 100,000 soldiers and horses in the Southern Tang Dynasty.

The two quarreled. Song Jiu looked at them arguing, scratching his head a little, if you look at it from the perspective of the general's ability, it is really good, Pan Mei, Cui Yanjin, Li Hanqiong, Cao Han, Liu Yu, Tian Qinzuo, Guo Jin, are all famous generals. Why did you fail miserably?

No one knows Song Jiu's mood, it is a good thing to dare to grab merit, and it is the most difficult Taiyuan Xicheng to fight, which shows that everyone has confidence and courage, but they can't let them quarrel all the time. After the end, Zhao Kuangyi looked at it, compared to Cao Han, the butcher, Liu Yu finally had weak confidence, so he swapped them.

Then Hao Shoujun was appointed as the governor of the western entrenchment, the Ma army was Yu Hou Mixin, the infantry army was Yu Hou Tian Chongjin Chongxing Battalion, and the Ma Bujun was the commander of the army.

Mi Xin is a taunting person and brutal by nature, but he is also a tiger general. Guo Shouwen is not weak, he once followed Pan Meiping to destroy the Southern Han Dynasty and made many military exploits. Tian Chongjin is also not bad, Hao Shoujun is a little worse, but he has also had a brilliant performance, the pontoon bridge in Quarry Rock was built by him, and Liang Kui is the worst, but it is not a big problem as a supervisor.

Then Zhao Guo Jin deployed for Taiyuan Shiling Pass, and Tian Renlang, the envoy of Hemen in the west, and Liu Xu, the official of Hemen, were only waiting for the enshrinement officer Liu Xu to follow the four sides of Taiyuan City, and read the siege ladder for the rush. Tian Renlang and Liu Xu are generals who can take out their hands.

Then Liu Baoxun in the ancestral hall Langzhong was the transit envoy, and the right supplemented Que Gao Jishen as the vice-president.

Song Jiu suddenly said: "Your Majesty, this transfer envoy should be served by the minister." (To be continued......)