Song Jiu has been in the back line, and it is not clear how to fight in the front, and he is a little sorry after hearing it, but it is definitely relative to his father-in-law's military judgment, he wants to withdraw, so let's withdraw.

Pan Mei agreed to Ding Buling's request to surrender, but was not polite to these palaces, and burned Hualu City to the ground. Only then did he take the second batch of returning ships, escort the military horses and property, and returned to Guangzhou. At this time, it was already the middle of October, and it was just in time to return the sea vessels to Fanshang and Lingnan seamen.

Then the battle was reported to the imperial court.

It should be said that the Southern Expedition was very well done.

Beibu Gulf is very similar to the Bohai Sea, belongs to the semi-inland sea, usually the wind and waves are very small, but there is a typhoon in the Beibu Gulf, there is really a typhoon on the way, fortunately, there is a port in the south of Qiongzhou Island, the distance between the two is not far, seeing that the weather is not right, and in advance invited the fishermen who are familiar with the local weather to be guides, and avoid the land on both sides in time, and the loss is not heavy. The Bohai Sea is wider, but if you avoid the wind season, it is also calm most of the time.

The Khitan ship technology is backward, if you really want to conquer the sixteen states of Youyun, send a fleet from the sea, it doesn't need to be too large-scale, the supply is too troublesome, not only the ship money, eat and drink Lazar together on the ship, it will consume countless grains and fresh water a day, and now the ship is not too big, so it can't bear the army, but it can play the role of Song Jiu's division of troops. This Southern Expedition happened to use the weak Ding Dynasty to accumulate experience.

More than 21,000 families of soldiers and civilians were captured before and after, strictly speaking, these people have no sense of the country now, if there is a country, half of it is the Ding Dynasty, and half of it can be regarded as the Central Plains Dynasty. Under the Ren government of Quang Nam, Jiaozhi will quickly forget about Jiaozhi. Their arrival somewhat alleviated the shortcomings of Quang Nam's lack of population, and at the same time weakened the strength of Cochin.

Cochin was built on two deltas, and although the country was small, it was relatively wealthy, and the Ding clan was unified for several years and also accumulated some wealth. These riches include cloth, grain, gold and silver, tortoiseshell, skin, emerald feathers, incense, ivory, rhino horn, agarwood, etc., as well as some copper coins in the past in the Central Plains, as well as glass in the past in Hezhou workshops.

It's not very good to count. Song Jiu asked the businessman and the student to estimate the price. At least more than 10 million yuan, which is quite a lot, it still does not reach the imagination of Pan Mei and Song Jiu. This is the capital of a country, plus the property of several cities. Almost all of them were plundered. There are only so many. A few people were somewhat disappointed. A part of it was intercepted as a reward and bereavement benefit, and the rest was taken to the capital.

Although it did not achieve the goal of Pan Mei and Song Jiu. It's not a small number, it's a lot, it's almost comparable to Jing Nan. Of course, you don't dare to do that in Jingnan.

Withdraw in time, although there are casualties, but within the tolerable range.

Pan Mei is in charge of the military and civilian affairs in Lingnan, strictly speaking, Jiaozhi also belongs to the Lingnan category, and it cannot be done to all regions to station officials and manage them directly, but also cannot tacitly ignore the emergence of an emperor in Lingnan. He has the right to conquer. In fact, after this expedition, the germ of the establishment of the country was stifled by more than half.

The Song army withdrew, and Ding Bu led it back, looking at the imperial capital that had turned into ashes, and wanted to cry without tears.

But the Song army withdrew and could also come back, unlike the Southern Han Dynasty, they were defeated, which was the initiative of the people to withdraw, this time they automatically lowered the emperor's character, changed their name to the king, called themselves the county king, and sent an envoy to the Song Dynasty to ask for guilt. We don't dare to call ourselves emperors anymore.

This also met Pan Mei's requirements, and it was also within the tolerance range of the Song Dynasty.

reported to the capital, Zhao Kuangyin was pleasantly surprised.

But at this time, Zhao Pu said a word: "Your Majesty, the southern army washed and plundered Jiaozhi, this matter was instigated by Song Jiu, and he wanted to guess the emperor's heart." ”

Just one sentence!

How many ministers don't guess the emperor's preferences? However, in Zhao Pu's sentence, the meaning is different, why did the Southern Han Dynasty make a few strange Tongzhi Guangzhou, the transfer envoy, it is precisely because of the merit and fault, what is the fault, the treasury property was burned. The question is to return to the original point, is it the people or the property that is important?

The Song army went on this expedition with a variety of intentions, but to put it bluntly, it was aimed at wealth. Otherwise, how could he have gathered all the boats together in advance, and at the peak, including all the slightly decent fishing boats, were requisitioned, and more than 2,000 large and small boats were mobilized to sail across the Fuliang River.

That is, in Song Jiu's heart, he thought that Zhao Kuangyin regarded wealth as more important than all the people in Lingnan, and regardless of taking Lingnan easily, regardless of Lingnan governance, he put a few important ministers in Lingnan, and he couldn't go up or down. Therefore, he launched this expedition to wash and plunder Jiaozhi and hand over more wealth to win Zhao Kuangyin's favor.

After Zhao Pu finished speaking, he looked at Zhao Kuangyin carefully.

Faintly, he felt that the wind was going in a different direction.

The matter was caused by Zhao Chengzong.

He got married very late, the reason is that he is not low, and it has nothing to do with high success, Zhao Puquan leans towards the government and the opposition, there is no talent for those who are beautiful, there is no family background for those who are talented, and there is no family background for those who have a family background, if you find someone who can match him, there is really no princess. To be a concubine, that is to succumb to the princess, is Zhao Chengzong willing? Therefore, after a long delay, Zhao Pu inadvertently saw the daughter of the privy envoy Li Chongju, who was very good-looking, and then sent someone to inquire, and heard that this woman was very virtuous and knowledgeable. The son of the Zhao family is worried about marrying, and the daughter of the Li family is worried about marrying. Zhao Pu sent someone to propose marriage, and the relationship between the two was not bad, and Li Chongju happily agreed.

Hearing this news, Zhao Kuangyi was even more depressed, originally Zhao Pu was almost to the point of covering the sky with one hand, but now that Zhao Li has become a family member, it will be repaid. Then the news spread to the palace, and Zhao Kuangyin was also very unhappy.

This is a people's marriage, there is freedom to marry, he can't forcibly interfere, he was angry, he gave an order, it turned out that the prime minister and the privy envoy were waiting for the emperor to summon them in the Changchun Palace, and they rested in the same room, and Zhao Kuangyin separated the two places to rest.

It's just a signal.

Li Chongju had a doorman named Zheng Shen, Li Chongju saw that he was dangerous, and he was getting thinner, and Zheng Shen was dissatisfied. I don't know how Lu Dao smelled this smell, and then beat the drum, accusing Li Chongju of receiving gold from Xi Xisuo, a native of Taiyuan.

Whether there is such a thing or not, most of them are, but it is not necessarily gold. At present, there is still no vague name system, and I want to take the Jinshi examination. First, you must have talent to learn, and second, you must have a relationship, like Zhu San, you will not be able to pass the test for a hundred years.

Xi Xisuo was quite talented, was one of the famous poets of the early Song Dynasty, he probably figured out this verse, so he brought some gifts to meet Li Chongju, Li Chongju received him, and then talked, thinking that this son was talented. So Hu Meng, the chief examiner who found this year's Spring Festival, said hello. Hu Meng paid attention when he read the exam papers. The exam papers are well done. So he chose to be a jinshi.

These Zhao Kuangyin knew that Song Jiu's article on the obfuscation system had written about these drawbacks. But does it matter if it's true or not? The important thing is not how much gold there is, but the excuse that comes. Zhao Kuangyin was "furious" and summoned Liu Xianqiong to confront him. It's true. Liu Xianqiong didn't dare to say that it was true. Aren't you afraid that you will become the second Yao Shu? Therefore, it is slanderous.

It doesn't matter if it's true or not. Zhao Kuangyin dismissed Li Chongju as the envoy of the Zhenguo Festival, brother, hello rest. In order to prevent Zhao Pu from retracting his confession. Li Ci Zheng Shen was born in Jinshi, and the lord of Sour Zao County was thin.

Zhao Pu came to his senses.

Zhao Kuangyin intended to summon Song Jiu back to serve as the deputy envoy of the Third Division, he didn't like it, and he also took the opportunity to see if he was still the original Zhao Pu in Zhao Kuangyin's heart.

Speak carefully, and then remain silent.

It's not that Song Jiu was wronged, Song Jiu does have this meaning, but is it wrong to like money? Just like this year's disaster, if this money is thrown down, how many victims can be relieved? But the same meaning, two expressions, have completely different meanings.

Song Jiu was finished, Zhao Kuangyi said in his heart, first regretful, and then a trace of joy flashed in his eyes.

The edict arrived in Guangzhou.

Jiaozhi was victorious, and the Yongzhou group was terrified, and they walked out of the mountains one by one to worship. This time there is merit, but everyone is very disappointed, the edict was only given to Song Jiu, and since he encouraged Pan Mei and Yin Chongke to go out to the army, why not take it? Ignoring the people, ignoring the grievances after Jiaozhi, he urgently ordered the soldiers to take Jiaozhi captive and return in a hurry.

No one is convinced, so is it still wrong?

Even if it's wrong, look at what has become of Quang Nam? In the past two years, more than 300 enclosed fields have been reclaimed, more than 400 weir fields of various kinds have been cultivated, and more than 40,000 hectares of new cultivated land have been added. At the same time, more than 2,000 hectares of sugarcane and more than 3,000 hectares of cotton were planted, and countless orchards, spice gardens, and tea gardens were developed. The financial tax has reached more than 5 million, and the proportion of this tax on grain and grass is very small, mostly cotton, cloth, gold, and silver, and more than 5 million actually amounted to more than 4 million yuan. Although you can't pay much tax this year, you can pay it gradually next year. And this number continues to increase, and more than 3 million taxes may be handed over in the following year to be shipped to the capital.

This premise is realized under the leniency of the people, the tax increases, the wealth of the people increases, and they are happier. Time is too late, otherwise there will be ten or eight years, and it may not be possible to change Guangnan into a wealthy one like the Southern Tang Dynasty.

At least for now, the eastern part of Quang Nam can no longer be called the Southern Wilderness Zone.

Song Jiu contributed to all this.

Cutting the nationality for the people, the disposal is too heavy, right?

Song Jiu was not very happy, the official must not be promoted too high, it is a good thing to cut it, but it can't be cut away.

What does Zhao Kuangyin think?

Suddenly he laughed.

Tian asked, "My son, can you still laugh?" ”

Song Jiu said: "Mother-in-law, mother-in-law, there are things I want to tell you." ”

"Say it." Pan Meidao, the edict did not mention him, but he was also upset by the edict.

"Before Hezhou was in business, I saw that the students were cold in winter and it was not easy to raise the fire, so I came up with honeycomb coal. Zhao Chengzong also set up a coal workshop by the Baiyu Bridge, and Lu Duan brought officials to stop it. I happened to see it, so I called a boat to go over, and pointed out two strategies, one is to change the coal workshop to the Wuzhang River, and the other is that these lands will not be wasted, and the Baiyu Bridge will be repaired, and there will be a lot of tourists. Even reminded him at that time that if he wanted to make money, he would buy more land in Hebei. At that time, I don't know how much Hezhou will make a profit, but I know that there will be a lot of roads. There are not many people who have invested in the Yanai, so I want to have more opportunities for the Yanai to make a fortune, so as not to make everyone red. But I'm well-intentioned, right? ”

Pan Mei nodded.

"Uncle, why did I see you using troops against the barbarians and didn't stop you? For no other reason, it is too preferential, but it is to raise tigers. If you want to have peace for a long time, you must use both grace and power. The kindness at that time really raised tigers. Soon there were a lot of things in Hebei, but the situation at that time was that the two kings and Zhao Xianggong were balanced, and I was kind enough to mention it and remind it several times. Zhao Chengzong: If they don't listen, they can't blame me. Then there was a labor crisis. Zhao Chengzong intends to visit you when you come to my house. At that time, I was still kind and said two ways, the first way was to recruit floating customers, poor tenant farmers, or disaster victims. But they have not yet reached the point where they cannot go on, the difficulties are only temporary, and they must be given similar houses and similar spouses. If you want to use servants at a lower price, there is only one way, to Bashu to recruit side households, and those side households can't get by. If you can have food and clothing, you can be satisfied. Father-in-law, you were also present at the time, and I said that he didn't listen, but he really didn't listen. As a result, many affairs occurred in Hebei. ”

The truth is not like this, Song Jiubu played a big game of chess.

It's almost time to decide the winner.

But on the surface. Even when the truth is revealed, it doesn't make people think more.

However, when the people's hearts were not satisfied, Zhao Pu repeatedly used heavy hands on the two kings, and the two kings made him unable to fight back, which was no longer the previous situation. Therefore, many officials took the initiative to make things difficult for Hezhou, and Yuping had to hand over the acid technique. However, several masters of the glaze workshop let Zhao Chengzong force him to be both soft and hard, and forcibly poached it, and the mirror technique was obtained again. But he was not satisfied, the wealth generated by Hezhou in a year was too amazing, so he bewitched Hezhou Yanai to partner with him to run a new glaze workshop, forcing the people to hand over their Hezhou deed shares. Once all the Yanai cross-shareholdings with him, Hezhou will basically fall into his hands. ”

Pan Mei sighed lowly.

No matter what, he was still somewhat grateful to Zhao Pu.

"Zhangren, don't sigh, you are just a pawn of Zhao Xianggong, using you and General Cao Bin to suppress the older generation of heroes. Not only did Zhao Chengzong want to annex Hezhou, but he also forced him to annex, without him, the profits of the industries in Hezhou are high, and the salaries are also high, across the river, if Hebei sends such a high salary, the profits will not be thick, if it is low, continue to be like before, under the resentment of the servants, there will be many contradictions. It was precisely because of Hezhou that Zhao Pu was in a dilemma. Hebei let Zhao Chengzong win over many Yanei, and Zhao Pu valued it very much. However, many disputes in Hebei have somewhat damaged the reputation of his father and son. What if I don't pay that much? Moreover, Shi Hanqing is close to him, and I have a conflict with Shi Hanqing. ”

"Shi Hanqing?"

"Well, I used to think that he was the person of the second king, no, that day I smoked Shi Hanqing's subordinates in the military camp, and Zhao Pu made trouble for me and asked the emperor to stop him. But Zhangren, you really have to thank him, these old people don't go down, how do you get on the throne? ”

"Go, get serious," Tian said.

"Also, the second king beat me, Zhao Pu should have been very happy at that time, but I didn't take refuge in him, which disappointed him again. In short, for various reasons, Zhao Pu was dissatisfied with me. Hence this edict. But my husband, do you think I'm at fault, can I be degraded to nothing? ”

Pan Mei shook her head.

"The actual depreciation and promotion is not a sentence in Your Majesty's mouth, which degraded me to nothing, Your Majesty did it intentionally, and looked at Zhao Pu's heart. If Zhao Pu stops it, Zhao Pu, the prime minister, can still sit firmly. If it is not stopped, Prime Minister Zhao Pu is in danger. Zhao Pu can't go down, sooner or later I will end up like Yao Shu. ”

"But you're a civilian now." Tian said worriedly.

"It doesn't matter, there is cane sugar in the south, and when I go back, I will completely renovate the steel prison, and the copper smelting technology and looms will also be on the agenda. With four kinds of research in hand, can the emperor tolerate Zhao Pu doing it to me? It's a happy event, not a sad event. (To be continued......)