"Where are you?" Zhao Kuangyi laughed dryly.

Feeling that his expression was unnatural, Zhao Kuangyi said again: "When the country is in many autumns and difficulties, Qing is back, and he wants to solve my worries and difficulties." ”

The group entered the palace.

Zhao Kuangyi set up a banquet to entertain.

Song Jiu said slowly: "Your Majesty, Taizu weighed the severity, so he knew the disadvantages of Bashu and did not eliminate it, speaking of which the court was ashamed of the people of Bashu, His Majesty is the father of the world, and the people of Bashu are also the people of His Majesty." The palm of the hand is meat, and the back of the palm is also meat. Therefore, the ministers advised not to kill, at least to kill less. ”

Zhao Kuangyi's face turned pale.

His expression was a little unnatural just now, it wasn't that Song Jiu wanted to go down to make him unhappy, he wouldn't believe others, but he definitely believed that Song Jiu wanted the country to be good.

The main thing is that Song Jiu said not to kill.

For the previous dynasty or other countries, they can talk about it. But it's two different things when it's your turn, who to change, or the emperor, the president, the chairman, the prime minister, no matter what you say, you don't want the people under your command to rebel and revolt at every turn.

Song Jiu said that if he didn't kill or punish, could Zhao Kuangyi be happy. But this statement was recognized.

It's not my fault, it's my eldest brother's fault, and I'll bear it.

Song Jiu said: "But don't worry about Your Majesty, fortunately, that area has not been covered by Your Majesty's Renze, and other regions have been shrouded in the light of Your Majesty, so the chaos is in Bashu, and the other regions have little impact, so it will not shake the foundation of the country." The only plan for the present, and in the world. If the world is stable, then Bashu will be peaceful. If the world is unstable, the world will be even more chaotic. The minister came all the way and saw some homeless people one after another. So he stopped and asked why. The actual reason is simple. Over the years, some cotton has been planted in the north, and some are grown on dry land. But some of them are trying to gain and carry seeds in the land of ointment. In addition, the grain production in the north is low, the country has been peaceful for a long time, and the population has increased, so it relies on the grain of the south. However, last year, countless soldiers were mobilized for the border incident, which lasted for a long time, and the consumption of grain and grass was huge, and there was a flood last year. In fact, there is nothing to do, and there is a good harvest in the south. Food is sufficient. However, the treasury was short of grain, and when the spring famine came, it was inevitable that many profiteers would hoard it, causing grain prices to rise. As a result, some people could not afford to buy this expensive grain and began to become fugitives. But fortunately, the summer harvest is coming, and the country does not need to use troops in the north, if the imperial court issued an edict, it is forbidden to make wine in some areas in March and April, in order to show the determination to save the people. Food prices are bound to plummet. ”

Lu Mengzheng said very seriously.

But it's not that serious, some people are homeless. The imperial court also thought of a way, including transferring grain from the south of the Jinghu River in Liangzhejiang, so Song Jiuti didn't mention it.

There is also a place where food is very cheap. In Guangnan, Song Jiu asked Pan Mei to transfer grain, but the situation was different at that time. By the way, everyone brought a belt for the imperial court, and the right to come to Mizhou Port to throw stones and ask for directions. Now the shipping route is open. Businessmen take profit as their own responsibility, and it is impossible to learn from Lei Feng again. Do a good deed.

But the fundamental reason is that disasters have been frequent in recent years, some areas have been drought this year, locust plagues next year, river bursts the year after next, and waterlogging in the year after tomorrow.

As for the border grain is not the main reason, most of the grain reserves are the grain that Song Jiu deliberately stored in Hedong, and the grain provided by the imperial court is very small, but it cannot be said that the reason is not at all, and there are some factors that raise the price of grain.

The imperial court banned winemaking, and there would be heavy losses.

Every year, the profit of the liquor gradually exceeds the income of the salt monopoly, but as soon as this edict is issued, the imperial court will reduce part of the income, then it will be able to squeeze out some of the grain, and some merchants will be forced to take action, and the less the grain is tight, the less nervous it is.

There is no great reason, and there is no saintly righteousness.

But every word is true.

In fact, at the beginning of the founding of the Song Dynasty, Song Jiu was not the only one who attached importance to practicality, but after this group of Jinshi who read poetry and scriptures came to power, they liked to talk about it.

But it was not the point that Song Jiu wanted to say, he said: "The fundamental reason for the rebellion in Bashu is not the injustice of the imperial court, but the fact that the main household is harshly exploiting the side households and merging them on a large scale, making it impossible for the side households to survive. So Wang and Li shouted the slogan of equal wealth and poverty, killed the inferior gentry, divided the land, and responded to every call. With the internal governance of our dynasty, the population has gradually increased, and the present of Bashu, which the minister is worried about, is the tomorrow of the imperial court. Therefore, the minister thought that the imperial court must clarify the further policy of uniting the people, oppose the annexation, encourage the big households to do good deeds, and punish some bad gentry for the evil deeds in the village. This is the plan for a hundred years and a thousand years. ”

"The words are as I mean." Zhao Kuangyi sighed.

At the beginning of his ascension to the throne, first Lu Duoxun, then Zhao Pu, and Song Jiu assisted him, and he was very satisfied.

But the back is not so happy.

There is a metaphor for this, like a divorce between husband and wife, for which the divorce rate of the second marriage is higher, and it is mainly easy to compare with the previous one, and this comparison is worse most of the time......

This is the name, no need to drag my dragon robe, no need to speak amazingly, no need to be noisy, and no more, no elephant talk.

Could it be that this son really became a strange person in the Song Dynasty, and he was not the prime minister!

Several officials below bowed their heads.

Lu Mengzheng and Song Jiu are not evil, but they finally came up, and they are ready to make a big difference, and they are about to hand over their seats, and they must be in a bad mood.

Lu Duan doesn't care, among the few rulers now, he has the lowest desire for power. And in a sense, Lu Duan can also be regarded as Song Jiu's elder, will parents eat the taste of their children?

Su Yijian learns with talent and likes wine, but he has a city government. I'm afraid that Song Jiu will return, and he will be the most unhappy.

There is another person, Zhao Changyan, this is a super big mouth, for his own use, but he is very good at knowing people, he has two sons-in-law, one is Li Xin, the other is Wang Dan, both of whom have become a generation of famous faces in the Song Dynasty.

Last year, Wang Xiaobo and Li Shun rebelled, and the imperial court was trapped in the northern border affairs, and as Song Jiu said, the Bashu side households were really forced to rebel, and many people had sympathy, so everyone thought that they should be appeased and surrendered. Only Zhao Changyan suggested sending troops. So after Wang Jien went down, he transferred Zhao Changyan to supervise the battle, and ordered him to deploy the horse infantry army of the Zhao'an Xingying camp in the 52 prefectures of Sichuan and Shaanxi. Zhao Changyan excused himself, but Zhao Kuangyi did not allow it, and gave him an armored BMW and 5,000 taels of platinum, so that from Wang Jien onwards, they were all subject to Zhao Changyan's temperance. However, this big mouth has offended many people. Therefore, some people slandered Zhao Changyan for having no children and the bridge of his nose was not straight. There is a reversal, and it is not appropriate to make it hold a heavy army into Shu.

For what Song Jiu came back, he obviously had merit. Instead, please sin.

Zhao Changyan is a good proof of this.

But it doesn't matter, such as Zhao Pu, Zhao Kuangyi has never doubted it, and if Song Jiu is like Song Jiu, Zhao Kuangyi has never doubted it. It's hard to say if it's true or not, but Zhao Kuangyi must have said in his heart that I never doubted it.

It's still up to each of them to do it.

Not everyone made Zhao Kuangyi believe it, and after Zhao Kuangyi saw it, he said at Beiyuan Gate. Yesterday ordered Changyan to enter Shu, I thought about it, it was still inconvenient, and the Shu thief was a clown, Zhao Changyan was a minister, there was no need to let Zhao Changyan go, he was temporarily ordered to garrison Fengxiang, and only sent the inner guard Shaoqin to command the military with my handwriting.

When the edict arrived, Zhao Changyan had already arrived in Fengzhou. I had to stay at the inn......

Song Jiu didn't know what to say, so he said that he wanted to go down, and all the ministers felt a little strange on their faces. However, Song Jiu did not insist, otherwise Zhao Kuangyi would be embarrassed.

As for Xifu, it's fun. Chai Yuxi was attached to Zhao Pu at that time and had some conflicts with Song Jiu.

When Zhao Rong was in Xifu, he had a backbone, which once made Song Jiu evil.

Xiang Minzhong is okay. And his wife is Zhang Quhua's daughter, that is, Song Bao's joint relative. However, he had little to do with Song Jiu.

Liu Changyan is more fun.

He was once a capable official under Chen Hongjin. Chen Hongjin deliberately brought him over when he returned to the court, and later passed the Jinshi examination. Zhao Pu attaches great importance to it, Qian Yu strongly recommends it, and he becomes a judge in Xijing, Zhao Pu is seriously ill, and the government is entrusted to Zhao Pu, after Zhao Pu's death, Liu Changyan is grateful to Zhao Pu and takes the initiative to take care of his manager's family affairs and care for the future. Zhao Kuangyi thought that he was loyal, so he was reused. However, he did a very bad thing, his mother and wife were in Quanzhou, Liu Changyan did not greet him after his debut, but married another beautiful wife. Zhao Kuangyi issued an edict to ask Quanzhou to pay for money, continue to eat in the county, and welcome his mother and former wife to the capital. and for its concealment, the edict said that Guanglu Cheng He Liang's family is in Guozhou, and the secretary Chen Jing's family is in Quanzhou, and they do not welcome their relatives, so their parents are in Jiannan, Xialu, Zhangquan, Fujian, Lingnan, all of them are ordered to welcome the servants, and those who dare to violate the rules will be corrected by the Yushitai.

Some people are red-eyed and want to make a fuss about it, but when they see this edict, they are dumbfounded, who dares to say it again!

This doesn't matter.

But he is really Zhao Pu's person!

Zhao Pu showed goodwill with Song Jiu before his death, Song Jiu was also good, when he returned from Hedong, he deliberately went to Gong County, first worshiped Zhao Kuangyin, and then worshiped Zhao Pu. However, the dispute between Song Jiu and Zhao Pu is unknown to anyone.

That is, there is no contradiction in Xifu, Song Jiu is somewhat evasive, and what does not need to be avoided is contradictory to Song Jiu.

But it doesn't matter how many prime ministers there are in Xifu.

Is Song Jiu still staying in Xifu this time? Besides, it's not right in terms of numbers, there are three people in the East Mansion and four people in the West Mansion. Song Jiu went to Dongfu, just as much, to Xifu, there were three people in Dongfu, and Xifu became five people, which is not reasonable.

However, they were taken by surprise.

The palace feast begins.

Zhao Kuangyi asked about the specific situation in the north again, and Song Jiuyi explained it one by one.

After the banquet, Zhao Kuangyi made an order.

The Song Dynasty was not a crisis at this time.

If there is no matter of Bashu, it can be said that even if there are some small problems, in the face of such a super victory, it is nothing.

But now there is a little headache, Bashu is rebelling, the scale is afraid of people, the treasury is empty, there is no money, there is no food, and it is necessary to prevent the whole army of Liao from retaliating, and the north continues to use money...... Therefore, Zhao Kuangyi summoned Song Jiu back despite the fact that the matter on the northern border was not over.

Know your confidant in adversity, and know your loyal ministers.

The country needs a loyal minister to overcome the current small difficulties.

As for Wang Xiaobo's hundreds of thousands of rebel soldiers, hehe, no one really takes it seriously, if you compare the number of people, then Yan Yun would have been taken back a long time ago.

And Song Jiu did not take credit, but pleaded guilty, which made Zhao Kuangyi very satisfied.

So he issued an edict and served as a scholar of the Zhaowenguan University in Song Jiu, who was above the kings of the ministers.

Chai Yuxi breathed a sigh of relief, and said in his heart, sure enough.

But it didn't work out at all, Song Jiu immediately said: "Your Majesty, the rebellion in Bashu, the minister has the crime of serious dereliction of duty, Your Majesty will not punish but reward, why tomorrow?" ”

"The ...... of this sin"

"Your Majesty, if you don't believe it, you can ask Li Jilong, the minister said a word last year."

"What?"

"At that time, Zhang Xi had not yet fought with the two thieves in Jiangyuan, and the minister said a word, it was not the right time."

Zhao Kuangyi understood a little, but it didn't sound like a taste, did he still want it to come.

Song Jiu continued: "In fact, the gentry of the main household of Bashu have formed a chain of interests, so the imperial court knows the drawbacks, but it can't deal with it. Anyway, it has happened, and Your Majesty should see the good side. After this rebellion, there will no longer be a criminal bystander in Bashu, and the vast number of poor people will finally have a life. But it doesn't happen at this time! ”

"This ......"

"Your Majesty, the chaos in Bashu must be pacified, although the northern border is temporarily victorious, but it is necessary to guard against the counterattack of the Liao army, if Your Majesty forgives the sins of the minister, let the minister go to Xifu. Either let the minister go to the third division. ”

Chai Yuxi, Liu Changyan and Zhao Rong were dumbfounded together, and even Wei Yu was dumbfounded, why are you big brother fighting with me for the position of the third envoy.

"I don't allow Qing to make trouble unreasonably, whether it's a sin or a crime, and if it's a merit, it's merit." Zhao Kuangyi was not happy either.

Song Jiu simply made it clear and asked: "Your Majesty, after Zhuge Liang, who can take over the important task of Shu Kingdom?" For no other reason, Zhuge Liang was cautious and cautious, and he would bow down to himself, for fear of missing the legacy of his ancestors, and fix his reputation through the ages, but he was tired to death, and no one under him was tempered. Besides, when the first emperor, Zhao Pu left the phase, if there was no Lu Duoxun to reluctantly maintain, and His Majesty was assisted by Kaifeng, who could take over? Why is Lu Duosun and Zhao Puyi not in phase, and His Majesty's selection of the prime minister is like a marquee. That's the same thing. Under His Majesty, the ministers govern the country, and it is the ministers who assist His Majesty to govern the country, not one or two people, which is only harmful to the country but not beneficial. Lu Meng is making a comeback, once again for the phase, Shibei three days should be impressive, Lu Duan went south to north, familiar with the situation all over the country, and magnanimous. All of them are famous. Why didn't His Majesty reuse it? ”

Song Jiu has a point.

But you can't hear it that way.

Chai Yuxi smiled bitterly.

This is Song Jiu's talent from the two prefectures, and the number of people in the eastern mansion is small, but they can all be useful. There are many people in Xifu, but it is not very useful. Therefore, Song Jiucai took the initiative to ask to continue to stay in Xifu.

However, when Song Jiu came to Xifu, did he still have a good life? (To be continued......)