In the small meeting held by Zhao Jiaren's family, Zhao Guan's family was of course the main seat facing the south and facing the north. On the right hand side of the square table is the west side, where sits the chief of the general staff of the military department. The left hand is the east side, and near Zhao Jiaren is Sun Qing, the head of the household department, and the lower hand is the minister of agriculture.

The Great Song Dynasty continued the traditional Chinese rules, and there was no such thing as kneeling. Everyone sat down and started talking. After listening to the brief introduction, Chief of General Staff Zheng Jie didn't say anything. The Minister of Agriculture felt that he had to send troops, and Chief of Staff Zheng Jie felt that this was a small border riot, and there was still a long way to go before the Great Song and Great Yuan went to war.

Sun Qing, the head of the household department, quickly thought about it, if he chose such a fierce means of war, he would talk about it at the morning meeting the next day when he wanted to come to Zhao Guan's house. The reason why we have a small meeting with everyone is that it will definitely not be a war. Diplomatic matters must have been managed by the Ministry of Rites, and there is now clearly no sign of calling the Ministry of Rites to attend the meeting.

After thinking about it, Sun Qing thought of a possibility, and he tried to ask: "Could it be that the official family wants to provide disaster relief north of the Yellow River?" ”

Of course, Zhao Jiaren knew that his subordinates were all human spirits. Now he was even more sure that his subordinates were indeed human spirits. If the mind was a little confused and thought a little more, such a judgment would not be made. Only logical judgment without personal emotions can deduce Zhao Jiaren's thoughts.

"I did think about giving a little bit of relief. However, the purpose is not to provide disaster relief, but to win the hearts and minds of the people. After all, there are many Han people in Hebei, and there are few Mongolians, and it is even more Han people who are affected by the disaster in the local area. But I thought about it for a while, and I thought it might be a bit too much to take for granted. The Han people in Hebei probably don't feel like they are from the same country as us now. Zhao Jiaren replied.

The last few sentences of the topic are a little heavier. For Zhao Jiaren, of course, he feels that Hebei and other places are China, because in the process of forming his worldview, the rooster-shaped pattern is the form of China. When he grew up, although he thought that Mongolia and other places should also be owned by China, those were all later thoughts. The profundity of that basic map of China is completely different.

Zhao Jiaren is like this, and so are the people of the Great Song Dynasty. The impression of the three Song people in front of him that the Great Song did not include the north of the Yellow River. Not even Shandong. It has been more than a hundred years since the Great Song Dynasty lost the north of the Yellow River. Although it is said to restore the homeland, everyone really has no way to treat Hebei as a country.

So everyone fell silent for a while. The reason for the silence is not only my own discomfort, but also the reality. In the process of recapturing Shandong, the Great Song carried out a major purge. At the time, there was some criticism of the brutality of the purge. Only those who were identified as Han Chinese survived, and the Great Song did not see any need for itself to be lenient with non-Han Chinese.

"Official, it's better not to have any trouble in this part of Shandong. If the government thinks so, maybe they can give a little relief. Sun Qing said slowly.

"Why?" The Minister of Agriculture asked in surprise.

"Shandong is chaotic. The official family said that the Han people in Hebei are afraid that they don't feel that they are from the same country as our Great Song Dynasty. In fact, Shandong also has this meaning. If there is no relief, some bandits from Hebei will rush into Shandong to plunder, and perhaps Shandong will be in chaos. Sun Qing explained.

Zheng Jie's face is not so good-looking, and he has credit for recovering Shandong. It has also been criticized for being too vicious. A few years later, however, officials who have worked in Shandong have publicly said that the brutal purge does not seem to be thorough enough. There are still many guys in Shandong who have more feelings for Mongolia than for the Great Song Dynasty and more for the Han people. It's just that under the thorough purge of the Great Song Dynasty, these people were so frightened that they didn't dare to openly confront each other anymore. As for the words, there was a stir, and these people felt that maybe Da Yuan had come back. As long as there is any conflict with the new government of the Great Song Dynasty, there will also be people shouting, 'It's better for Dayuan to fight back'!"

The personnel who can be sent to work in Shandong have a considerable degree of patriotism, and they can not stand this. Many people have already asked the Zhao family to order a new round of purges in Shandong to purge these spiritual Mongols.

After that, the reaction of the Zhao Guanjia made Zheng Jie feel that the Zhao Guanjia was actually a very compassionate person, and since there were only some shouting left, the Zhao Guanjia still decided to focus on education. As long as these people don't really make trouble, don't worry too much about it for the time being.

As for Zheng Jie's personal opinion, he is the same as the radicals, thinking that it is better to kill such a group of people. In this way, the problem can be solved once and for all. So after thinking about it, Zheng Jie couldn't help but say: "Official, why don't you let those people wreak havoc in Shandong." After they have killed the local people and looted the belongings of the local people, we will send troops to bring those bandits to justice. Wouldn't it be better for the local people to know who was better for them? ”

Zhao Jiaren waved his hand vigorously, "I don't think anyone in this world is really stupid." This kind of thing is that no one knows about it now, and it will not leak the news in the future. What will the people think when they find out about this? The so-called justice is in the hearts of the people, we don't put the life and death of the people in our hearts, how can we make the people feel that we are our own people. ”

Whether justice is in the hearts of the people or not, these people feel that it can still be discussed. Officials must take Zhao Guanjia's words to heart, this is a must. When the Zhao official family talked about the problem with such high morals and ethics, everyone could only be silent for a while.

Zhao Jiaren didn't let these guys make such a decision, he continued his original thinking, "Do you think it's better to set up a porridge shed in Hebei, or to set up a porridge shed in the south of the Yellow River." ”

"Do you really want to set up a porridge shed?" The Minister of Food said in surprise, and then he somewhat understood why he was called. If you want to give relief to the north of the Yellow River, it is the Ministry of Food that has taken action.

"Yes. The so-called disaster relief, of course, must set up porridge sheds. Otherwise, how can it be called disaster relief? Zhao Jiaren replied.

That's how disaster relief is in this age. Government or private disaster relief is to set up soup kitchens at those gathering points where people move. Victims can eat here until the disaster is over and they can return to their hometowns.

Sun Qing did not question it. He was now able to string together Zhao Jiaren's thoughts. Zhao Jiaren didn't want the victims north of the Yellow River to go south of the Yellow River to cause trouble, so it was most cost-effective to keep them north of the Yellow River. But Zhao Guanjia is not the kind of person who gives benefits for nothing, for him, giving benefits must be rewarded. If it was just the idea that the gang in Hebei thought that the Great Song Dynasty was easy to bully, the Zhao official family would not be able to accept it at all. This is what Zhao Guanjia said before, 'take it for granted'.

Thinking of this, Sun Qing spoke, "Official, the minister thinks it's better to change Chief of Staff Zheng's idea." We told the people south of the Yellow River that because of the locust plague north of the Yellow River, probably some people north of the Yellow River would want to plunder south of the Yellow River. So if they have any news, let us know as soon as possible. ”

Hearing this workaround, Zheng Jie knew that this was not his intention, but he still nodded his head to support the idea. After all, the Zhao official family is not a fool, if the Zhao official family sees Zheng Jie's original intention, it will be a very bad problem.

"It's still not gracious enough." Zhao Jiaren said. This method only met part of the expectations, Zhao Jiaren still hoped that when the Song army went north, the Hebei fathers and elders would not send food and water to welcome Wang Shi, and they would not get the villages to resist desperately. The Song army was not the invading Japanese army of the 20th century, and there was no reason to get a complete sweep of the whole of Hebei.

There was silence in the room for a while. The human heart is the most difficult object to grasp, because everyone's position is very different, and the same thing can be said to be completely different in everyone's reaction. Moreover, the situation in Hebei and other places is completely different from the characteristics considered before the Great Song Dynasty.

Zhao Guanjia is a person who likes to summarize, and he has analyzed several Northern Expeditions carried out by the Great Song Dynasty. After the Battle of Ezhou, the Northern Expedition presided over by Jia Rudao is the closest to now. The Zhao family also sent troops to participate at that time. From these Northern Expeditions, everyone found that the farther north they went, the more different the local Han people's way of thinking about problems was from that of the Great Song Dynasty.

In the quiet room, Zhao Jiaren suddenly heard some small movements outside. Looking up, outside the door curtain, Zhao Jiaren's son and daughter were eavesdropping on the adults. Zhao Jiaren didn't scold, but pretended not to see it. Although Zhao Jiaren still has the idea of 21st-century republicanism, he also has to compromise with the realities of the 13th century. Closing the door, the heavenly family let the children do housework, and distribute pocket money according to the amount of labor, which is the private matter of the heavenly family. Open the door, and the heavenly home is the heavenly home. If Zhao Jiaren has no son, then it is enough, as long as he has a son, Zhao Jiaren's son will inevitably become the official family of the Great Song Dynasty. Unless Zhao Jiaren can overthrow the imperial system, this is an irresistible reality.

Now that things have come to this point, Zhao Jiaren hopes that his children can receive a better education. Children don't know what the adults are talking about right now, but they have to get used to it. Because that's what they live for the rest of their lives.

I don't know if the other people didn't see it, or if they saw it but had to keep the same as Zhao Guan's family, so the children stood outside, and no one paid attention to them.

Children are children, and when no one cares about them, they are in a hurry. Zhao Jiaren saw his daughter secretly following the curtain and waving to him. I don't know if there's anything I can't hold back.

Zhao Jiaren also ignored Zhao Min, he couldn't indulge her at this time. Even if it is necessary to discuss the government affairs, there is no opportunity for Zhao Min to speak now.

At this time, I heard Sun Qing say: "Official, I don't think Mongolia will provide disaster relief, what do you think?" ”

"It's hard to say. Mongolia has also had disaster relief in the past. Zhao Jiaren replied, "But I'm afraid the scale of this relief will not be too large." If they did provide large-scale relief, it would have been long overdue for them to deliver relief food. ”

"If that's the case, let's take this opportunity to go on a northern expedition, it seems that it won't work." Zheng Jie said.

These words made everyone laugh bitterly. The situation of war is far simpler than imagined, and without food, there is no way to fight. After the disaster in Mongolia, there was no way to get through the starvation-ridden area.

"Why don't we fend off those desperate guys first. Something else depends on the situation. Sun Qing said.

Here's the thing. Zhao Jiaren can only agree. So the meeting broke up.

As soon as the people left, Zhao Min took his younger brother into the living room, and Zhao Min said: "Dad, if you tell the villagers south of the Yellow River, allow them to take the people north of the Yellow River to come over to survive the disaster." What do you think? ”