I can't figure out why Zhilugu concealed Zhang Renxian's true condition, Zhao Yan simply stopped thinking about it in the end, anyway, this matter is beneficial and harmless to him, as for the future, I will talk about it later, if you worry about this every day, then what is the strength to live?

At that moment, Zhao Yan followed Huang Wude into Zhao Shu's dormitory, and now the same as last time, the other people in the dormitory were all kicked out, and there were only Zhao Shu and Zhao Wei father and son in the room.

"Third brother, you also know the news from Liaoguo, Zhang Renxian, the real murderer behind the scenes, is paralyzed in bed and has become crazy, which can be described as very happy!" As soon as Zhao Yan came in, Zhao Yan shouted excitedly, he was also involved in this matter, and he did "bad things", which made him feel an unprecedented excitement, and he even wanted to join forces with Zhao Yan to do a few more such things.

"Hehe, yes, Yan'er, you did a good job, although the other party didn't die, but it was more uncomfortable than death, and finally relieved the hatred in my father's heart!" Zhao Shu also praised loudly at this time, in fact, he, like Huang Wude, had some doubts about Zhao Yan's method of killing people thousands of miles away before, but now that the facts are in front of him, he finally breathed a sigh of relief, as for Zhang Ren's first life saved by Zhilugu, he could only secretly sigh that the other party was lucky, but he met a great doctor like Zhilugu.

"Thank you dad and eldest brother for the compliment, but I still didn't think it through, I didn't expect that there was a person like Zhilugu in this world, who let Zhang Ren escape first!" Zhao Yan also regretted it at this time, the reason why he let the rabies virus hit Zhang Renxian's thigh in the first place. This is because later studies have shown that when a person's lower limbs are bitten by a mad dog, the disease is slower, and the closer to the head, the faster the disease, he was worried that Zhang Ren would get sick in the Great Song Dynasty, so he hit the other party's leg, in order to delay the time of illness, but he didn't expect to delay until a miracle doctor like Zhilugu came out.

"Haha, don't blame yourself for this matter, this can only be said to be the will of God. Although Zhang Renxian saved a small life. But his current situation is more uncomfortable than death, so I think this punishment is more relieving than killing the other party! Zhao Ji laughed at this time and said.

Zhao Yan's words were also recognized by Zhao Shu, and Zhao Yan was also relieved at the moment. Next, he changed his words and asked, "Yan'er." I've heard that your corn and sweet potatoes are growing fast. Now that the weather is slowly getting cooler, I don't know when the harvest will be? ”

Zhao Yan knew that Zhao Shu would definitely ask this question, so he immediately bowed down and replied, "Daddy Qi." The ears of corn grow very well, corn seeds have grown in it, it is estimated that when the weather becomes colder in half a month, the leaves of corn will turn yellow, and then it can be harvested, as for sweet potatoes can be a little later, in addition, the seeds of sweet potatoes are more special, and it is better for Daddy to send a confidant, I will teach him to save sweet potato seedlings in this way. ”

Hearing that there was only half a month left, Zhao Shu couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, the Liao State only had a dark line in his palace, and he didn't care about Zhao Yan, the prince, so he didn't know that those corn and sweet potatoes came from Zhao Yan's mansion, and he didn't know that there were still a small amount of corn and sweet potatoes in Zhao Yan's courtyard, otherwise these two crops would be really dangerous.

When it came to corn and sweet potatoes, Zhao Yan suddenly thought of the unsolvable question he thought of when he was discussing chili peppers with Li Gonglin today, and immediately asked: "Daddy, after two years of breeding at most, corn and sweet potatoes will accumulate enough seeds and seedlings, I don't know if you plan to promote them like this?" ”

Hearing Zhao Yan ask about this matter, Zhao Shu was also stunned, but then he also smiled and said: "I didn't expect Yan'er that you also care about state affairs, for this matter, I have been discussing it with your eldest brother for a long time before, and now I finally have some eyebrows, if you want to hear it, let your eldest brother tell you about it!" ”

"Then there is Brother Lao!" Zhao Yan really wanted to know how Zhao Shu promoted the cultivation of corn and sweet potatoes under the premise of keeping it as secret as possible, so he immediately saluted Zhao Shu.

Zhao Ji seemed to be very proud of this matter, but he was not polite, but took out a map from Zhao Shu's desk next to him and opened it, and then pointed to a large area south of the Yangtze River in the Great Song Dynasty and said: "Third brother, please see, the land south of the Yangtze River accounts for nearly half of the land of my Great Song Dynasty, and the population accounts for nearly half of the population of the Great Song Dynasty, but most of these populations are concentrated in Jiangning, Suzhou and Hangzhou, so that the prosperity there is not inferior to the Central Plains, but in addition to here and several other densely populated areas, Most of the areas south of the Yangtze River are sparsely populated, especially in places such as Guangnan East Road and Guangnan West Road. ”

Zhao Yan also nodded when he heard this, although the Han nationality originated in the Yellow River Valley, and the Central Plains region in the north from the Xia and Shang periods was the political and economic center of the country, but after years of changes, especially the impact of years of war in the north, a large number of people immigrated to the south, and by the time of the Northern Song Dynasty, the economy and population of the south were no worse than those in the north, and even stronger than the north.

It's just that most of the population in the south is concentrated in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River in Jiangning, Suzhou and Hangzhou, in addition, the population density of Fujian, Hunan, Hubei and other regions in later generations is not high, and it is not even as good as the north, especially the land of Lingnan, which was used as a sinister place for exiled officials by the Tang and Song dynasties, and the most famous is that Su Shi was also exiled to Hainan Island.

Until the Jingkang Change, the Song Dynasty lost the vast land in the north, and the people in the north had no choice but to move their families to the south, which was also the largest population migration in Chinese history, and finally made the population of the southern regions sufficient, and began to reclaim the land in the south, it can be said that after experiencing the rule of the Southern Song Dynasty, the northern region was ravaged by the Jin and Yuan aliens, and the economy and population of the south finally completely left the north far behind, becoming the economic center of gravity of the Central Plains Dynasty.

At this time, after Zhao Ji explained the situation south of the Yangtze River, he then spoke: "The climate in the south is hot, and the land is relatively fertile, but because of the lack of population density, a lot of land in the south has not been reclaimed, which can be said to be very wasteful, and the south is far away from Liao and Western Xia, and has never been very valued by these two countries, so after consulting with my father, I decided to set aside a few fertile and sparsely populated areas in the south, which are specially used to grow corn and sweet potatoes, and send troops to block these areas. Although it is impossible to completely eliminate the risk of corn and sweet potatoes circulating, it is better to be able to blockade for one more year, and my Great Song Dynasty will be able to have an extra year's advantage, and when my Great Song Dynasty is no longer worried about food, maybe I can destroy the strong enemy of Western Xia in one fell swoop, and it will be much easier to do it when only Liao is left. ”

Hearing Zhao Yan say that he wanted to plant corn and sweet potatoes in the south first, Zhao Yan also nodded in understanding, he had also thought about this possibility before, but it was not as detailed as Zhao Yan said. But then he asked a little puzzled: "Big brother, since the area you set aside to grow corn and sweet potatoes is sparsely populated, where do you find people to grow these two crops?" ”

Regarding Zhao Yan's question, Zhao Ji and Zhao Shu looked at each other and smiled, and then Zhao Ji spoke: "This question is good, but before answering this question, third brother, you first hear one thing, last year, the financial income of my Great Song Dynasty was more than 60 million guan, but nearly 50 million guan of them were spent on raising soldiers, of which there were 700,000 people in the forbidden army and no less than 500,000 in the Xiang army. ”

When Zhao Ji said this, he couldn't help sighing, and Zhao Shu next to him also had a sad face, although the Great Song Dynasty was rich, especially the annual financial income of the imperial court was considerable, but there were also many places to spend money, especially the huge number of officials and troops, just feeding these two groups of people every year had exhausted the treasury income, and they were unable to do anything else, which was also one of the reasons why the Song Dynasty rarely took the initiative to provoke wars, not that they didn't want to fight, but once the war started, the number of military spending would definitely soar, At that time, the finances of the Great Song Dynasty could not afford it at all.

"It turns out that Daddy and Big Brother want to use the army to reclaim the land, and then carry out tuntian in the south!" Zhao Yan finally understood at this time, Tuntian was not new to the army, and Cao Cao relied on Tuntian to manage Wei to become the overlord of the Three Kingdoms.

The Great Song Dynasty is the most redundant dynasty in the history of the Central Plains, and the army of more than one million does not seem to be much, but you must know that the Song Dynasty implemented the recruitment system, not the previous government military system, and each soldier had to be supported by the imperial court's military salary, and the economic strength of the Song Dynasty to feed more than one million troops, which is absolutely rare in the world, no wonder it is necessary to spend eighty percent of the financial revenue on this.

"It's not just Tuntian!" As soon as Zhao Yan's words fell, Zhao Shu suddenly said with some excitement at this time, "Back then, Taizu decided to recruit the young and strong soldiers among the victims in the famine years, which was originally good, but it increased the financial burden of the imperial court, especially in these years, it has made the imperial court miserable, so it is urgent to reduce the number of soldiers. When the income from farming can also support the whole family, I will change their military registration to civilian registration, so as to achieve the goal of reducing the army. ”

Zhao Yan was also very surprised when he heard this, and at the same time admired the political wisdom of Zhao Shu and Zhao Xuan, mobilized the old and weak soldiers who had no combat effectiveness to go to Tuntian, and then used Tuntian to reduce redundant troops, so he would never think of a way to kill two birds with one stone, but although he was not good at politics, Zhao Yan also had his own strengths, such as the next thing Zhao Shu wanted to talk about was none other than Zhao Yan, and he also saw two people who surprised him very much. (To be continued......)

ps: Alas, it's not easy to be a parent, especially now that it's cold, and children are more likely to get sick.

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