The face of the Great Song Dynasty official Li Zong's face was ugly and terrifying, his hand clenched the corner of the concerto, and he had the urge to grab it and throw it aside. However, after all, Li Zong has been an official for decades, and he finally calmed down and just threw the chapter to the corner of the table.

The waiter waiting next to him carefully took advantage of Song Lizong's next reading of the next piece of music and secretly stepped forward to set up the music. Just when the chamberlain thought that the official family would not take care of him, he heard the official family ask: "Can Dong Songchen be buried?" ”

The chamberlain hurriedly replied, "Song Zhiban has already been buried." ”

"Dong Songchen is in charge of Jing Xian's prince's mansion and has made meritorious contributions, and he is posthumously gifted to the festival envoy!" Song Lizong said almost without a head.

For the official's order, the chamberlain immediately bowed his head and retreated. The chamberlains of the Great Song Dynasty are different from the eunuchs of the Ming Dynasty, they do not have the authority to 'ask for a holy decree, let's write a copy for him'. The drafting of the decree was done by a special officer. The once imposing Dong Songchen passed away last month, and from the perspective of the chamberlain, this time is really good. Now the civil officials in the court are shouting that Dong Songchen should be killed. And the health of the official family is getting worse and worse, if the official family dies, Dong Songchen is still alive. I'm afraid the end will be very miserable. Therefore, the attendants all felt that the cold that made Dong Songchen die was completely the result of Dong Songchen letting himself get sick.

Ignoring the actions of the waiter, Song Lizong continued to criticize the folds, and he stopped his pen halfway through the instructions and asked the waiter to help him up. No matter how calm he pretended to be on the surface, Song Lizong was very dissatisfied with the recent actions of his ministers in his heart. Shi Miyuan abolished the crown prince Zhao Hong, and Song Lizong became the current official. The officials demanded that all the legal status of the former crown prince Zhao Hong be fully restored, which would be tantamount to explicitly accusing Song Lizong of being unjust.

Walking out of the hall slowly with his hands behind his back, Song Lizong felt the cool breeze of autumn. In his memory, the autumn wind was just cool, but now Song Lizong feels even cooler. This can't help but make Song Lizong find that he is already old, so old that he already needs to wear thicker clothes in the fall. Almost a little angry, Song Lizong walked forward.

This time I went out for a walk just to relax, not to think, and I have already figured out what I should have thought. Song Lizong has been an official for 39 years now, and now more than half of the ministers in the court were born before Song Lizong was already an official family, and the so-called injustice of winning the country is not a problem that these people care about at all. The minister's purpose in doing this was only to oppose the Gongtian reform supported by Emperor Song Lizong, and he was very dissatisfied with the current crown prince. Song Lizong had no intention of backing down, and the reason why he posthumously presented it to Dong Songchen, who was hostile to the ministers, was entirely to express his uncompromising attitude. Even if Dong Songchen was cursed by 10,000 people, the official Song Lizong could still protect Dong Songchen's life and death.

After walking casually for a while, Song Lizong felt a little better in his heart. Looking up at the road, he suddenly changed the direction of his walk. Although the view was blocked by other buildings, the direction that Song Lizong walked casually was Neiku. As soon as he thought of the already empty inner library, Song Lizong felt as uncomfortable as a knife in his heart.

After 39 years as an official, Song Lizong certainly knew that the reform of public land was a fierce medicine, and Jia Yidao harmed the interests of the wealthy class to subsidize the country. But the imperial court really ran out of money, and if the Mongols invaded the south again, Song Lizong didn't know where the money would come from. Without the money to feed the army, the Great Song Dynasty would probably be finished.

Song Lizong was not unaware that Jia Yidao's character and ability were very flawed, but in the entire Great Song Dynasty, Jia Yidao was the minister who really tried to reverse this situation. Extraordinary times require extraordinary people, Song Lizong estimated that Jia Yidao should discuss with Zhao Jiaren, a loyal minister and member of the clan, to solve the financial difficulties at this time.

The Great Song Dynasty officials were not mistaken, Jia Rudao was trying to persuade Zhao Jiaren to accept the new plan at this time, and the imperial court allowed Zhao Jiaren to engage in cotton and textiles in Jiaxing Mansion, but he had to pay a million copper coins to the imperial court every year.

As far as Zhao Jiaren knows, the area of Jiaxing Mansion is about more than 10,000 square kilometers, one square kilometer is 1,500 mu, and the land area of the entire Jiaxing Mansion is 15 million mu. However, much of the land is not public land at all, but private land. It must be said that if the land in Jiaxing Mansion can be fully utilized, it may not be impossible to get a million yuan.

But! Jia Rudao opened his mouth and proposed that Zhao Jia proposed to hand over 1 million copper coins to the imperial court every year, which belonged to the scope of the lion's mouth in the Great Song Dynasty. After two years of Mongolian invasion, the imperial court took out 1.6 million taels of silver, 1.6 million pieces of silk, and 70 million pieces of banknotes. These are converted into about 20 million copper coins. After two years of war, the average annual amount was 10 million copper coins.

With such a amount, Jia Rudao's request for Zhao Jiaren to hand over one million copper coins to the imperial court a year was only one-tenth of this expenditure, but this comparison was simply in the wrong direction. The money spent in the war of the Mongol invasion of the south was not the wealth accumulated by the Great Song Dynasty in a year or two, it was the accumulation of more than ten years or even decades in the Great Song Dynasty. So much wealth was spent in a large-scale war.

Facing Jia Rudao's coercive and expectant expression, Zhao Jiaren said lightly: "Copper coins are not good. Paying money can be considered. ”

"No! It has to be copper coins! Jia Rudao objected without hesitation.

The currency circulating in the Great Song Dynasty can be roughly divided into two categories: money and paper money, which are divided into national currency and local currency. Among the coins, copper coins are highly accepted throughout the country, and iron coins are basically the currency that circulates on a certain road. Paper money is a local currency, and if you want to buy and sell goods, you have to get the area where the paper money is issued.

The right to issue banknotes is in the hands of the imperial court, and it is really possible to print as much as you want. The current financial predicament is mainly due to the fact that too much money is paid, and what Jia Rudao needs most at the moment is copper money, a currency that can be paid by the whole country.

Seeing that Jia Rudao was so persistent, Zhao Jiaren smiled, "Jia Gong, you put the burden of the world on me alone, you really look up to me." ”

Seeing Zhao Jiaren's relaxed tone, Jia Yidao also showed a rare expression of old friendship, and he sighed: "Jiaren, you are a loyal minister of the Great Song Dynasty. I still remember when you came to Yangzhou to ask me for an official ten years ago. At that time, everything you did was courageous. Later, he made great contributions in Ezhou. If you can do this this time, I will guarantee that you will become the right prime minister within three years. ”

The first half of the words were true, recalling the previous things, and Jia Yidao's help, Zhao Jiaren was really moved. However, the second half of the sentence sounded very nonsense, obviously the nonsense of a person in a high position after he messed up. Zhao Jiaren is very concerned about the fat of Jiaxing Mansion, even if he is scolding himself for 'interests', Zhao Jiaren still can't help but say: "Jia Gong, if I work hard in Jiaxing Mansion, I will be stumbled and blackmailed in the end." Then I will lose all my money. Do you think it's right for the court after something like that happens? Is it worthy of the Great Song? Do you think you're worthy of me? ”

After listening to Zhao Jiaren's straightforward and naked speech, Jia Rudao suddenly realized, and he even showed a rare expression of shame. This action is a lion's big mouth, and Jia Rudao knows it very well. What he is now asking Zhao Jiaren to re-inject enough water into the depleted central government of the Great Song Dynasty by himself. It seems that he is full of confidence in Zhao Jiaren, but in fact, it is an act of rushing to the doctor in a hurry.

Therefore, what Jia Yidao hopes most now is for Zhao Jiaren to accept this request quickly, as for providing Zhao Jiaren with those helps, they are all more distant existences. Now that Zhao Jiaren said it so clearly, Jia Rudao knew that Zhao Jiaren was actually tempted, and couldn't help but feel ecstatic.

After the ecstasy, Jia Rudao asked: "Who should Jia Renjue use for the officials of Jiaxing Mansion, and can you have a recommendation?" ”

Seeing that Jia Rudao finally went to the road, Zhao Jiaren also felt a little better in his heart. If Zhao Jiaren wants to do whatever he wants in Jiaxing Mansion, he must first have cooperative officials in Jiaxing Mansion, if the officials do not cooperate, it will be difficult to move an inch in the Great Song Dynasty. Of course, Zhao Jiaren would not think that Jia Yidao's words could be believed unconditionally. As the prime minister of Zuo, Jia Rudao's power base lies in personnel rights. If Zhao Jiaren was carried away at this time and wantonly placed his personnel in Jiaxing Mansion, it is estimated that Jia Yidao would be ready to kill Zhao Jiaren.

Zhao Jiaren replied: "Just ask Jia Gong to arrange the candidates." I only need one request for officials, and if I get into an argument with the local officials, Jia Gong has to help me. ”

"This one is relieved." Jia Rudao readily agreed.

Zhao Jiaren continued: "In addition, I really can't get a million guan. I think so, I rented land in Jiaxing Mansion to farm, and gave 300,000 guan in the first year, 500,000 guan in the second year, 700,000 guan in the third year, and 1 million guan in the fourth year. After that, it's a million per year. Jia Gong has so much land at home, you must know that if you want to have output, you have to have input. ”

The Great Song Dynasty couldn't help but merge, and there were many large farms. Compared with the management of small farmers, each large grange was considered an intensive operation in the era of the Great Song Dynasty. Intensive management is characterized by high input, high technology and high output. Jia Rudao donated 20,000 acres of fertile land this time, and he also knew the truth in this.

Hearing this, Jia Yidao's head shook like a rattle, "No, 300,000 is too little." ”

"I won't ask the court for money for the military ships, artillery, and gunpowder sold to the imperial court this year." Zhao Jiaren added some price.

Jia seemed to be a little shaken at this time, but after a while, he continued to shake his head, "Too little! Too little! ”

Zhao Jiaren continued to ask for the price, "Either so, Guangnan East Road produces iron." I want to open an iron mine over there, and the money to buy iron can be given to Jia Gong. This also saves the cost of transporting copper coins to and from the city. ”

Da Song is a monopoly on salt and iron, which makes Zhao Jiaren feel tied to his hands and feet. If he could open up iron smelting, he would be able to send people to Guangdong to set up an iron smelting factory. Although the future is uncertain, there is finally a new direction for development.

Guangnan East Road and Guangnan West Road were miasma for the Great Song Dynasty, and there was no shortage of officials in other places, while officials in Guangnan East Road often had a large shortage. So the jinshi went to the county to be the county commander, which was 'Zhixx County', called Zhixian. In the counties of Guangnan East Road and Guangnan West Road, the imperial court had to directly send people to be county officials, so the selection criteria for officials had to be lowered. That kind of prefectural official is called a 'prefectural order', and it is a prefectural official arranged by order of the state.

For this kind of place, Zhao Jiaren is just going to do iron trading, and Jia Rudao feels that he can accept it. He replied cheerfully: "I agreed to this!" ”

After some bargaining, Zhao Jiaren finally reached an agreement with Jia Yidao. The first is that Zhao Jiaren's errand has added a 'lifting cotton service'. Next year, that is, in the fifth year of Jingding, between October and December, Zhao Jiaren will only have to pay one million copper coins to the imperial court every year. If the imperial court needed cotton cloth, it would buy it from Zhao Jiaren at the price of a horse that was always five.

Before leaving, Zhao Jiaren made a request to Jia Yidao, "Xia Jing, the commander of the Left Wing Army, is really useless if he does evil." ”

"Give me a break. Write it down. Jia Rudao replied.

was finally able to get rid of Xia Jing, the commander of the Left Wing Army, and Zhao Jiaren left satisfied. Sent Zhao Jiaren away, and sat on the chair tiredly. His doorman couldn't help but come forward and ask, "Jia Gong, why do you believe in Zhao Jiaren so much?" ”

These words made Jia Yidao even more silent. He was actually a little puzzled why he believed in Zhao Jiaren so much. After thinking for a while, Jia Rudao replied: "This person is worth believing." ”

Seeing that Jia Nidao didn't mean to speak again, the doorman could only guess Jia Nidao's thoughts with full doubts. And Jia Rudao got up and went to the flower hall, where there was a very comfortable recliner, and ordered someone to spread a cotton cushion on it, and Jia Rudao lay down.

There are some things that you can't say to your subordinates. Ten years ago, Zhao Jiaren's accurate prediction of the future made Jia Yidao feel shocked. Many people think that Zhao Jiaren will drill camp along the way, and he also has a good opportunity. In fact, Jia Yidao knows very well that whether it is himself or the Great Song Dynasty, what is important is Zhao Jiaren's achievements. No one mentions the Beiyang built by Zhao Jiaren in Mulan Pi anymore.

And Jia seems to have this whim, so people can check the situation in Beiyang. The data is amazing, more than 70,000 acres of irrigable fertile land have been added to Beiyang, and the total amount of rice production increased in the past seven or eight years is as much as one million stones. According to the price of 40 yuan of rice per stone in Fuzhou and Quanzhou, the market price of these rice is as much as 40 million yuan. However, the officials in the court who were blind every day never mentioned it.

Not to mention the Battle of Ezhou, when the Great Song Dynasty naval army collapsed, it was Zhao Jiaren who defeated the Mongol army, controlled the Yangtze River waterway, and cut off the Mongol army into two parts, north and south. At that time, the precarious war situation began to develop in the direction of the Great Song Dynasty.

Not to mention these great achievements, Zhao Jiaren actually did a very good job in Quanzhou and Fuzhou. After eliminating the Pu family, Zhao Jiaren not only allowed the income of the city to maintain the situation. In Fujian, where rebellions had often occurred in the past, in the past few years, except for the people of Fujian, who had never been peaceful, there was another rebellion, and there were no new rebellions or riots. For magistrates, Zhao Jiaren's evaluation is excellent, and he really deserves it.

So the doorman's words made Jia Rudao feel strange. I don't believe that Zhao Jiaren, who has not disappointed for ten years, should he believe those officials who actually have no political achievements?

With praise for Zhao Jiaren, Jia Rudao lay on the recliner and rested comfortably. The Great Song Dynasty was a system of ministers, and as a minister of power, he had many privileges, such as being able to go to court once on ten days, and the prime minister could decide how to arrange his time at other times. Jia Yidao only needs to deal with how to use people and how to decide the general direction.

Zuo Prime Minister Jia Nidao didn't know that at this time, the envoy sent by his new Zhao Jiaren was discussing with the minister of Mongolia in the north, and if he knew, Jia Nidao would definitely be so frightened that he couldn't speak.

The ministers of the Mongol court proposed to Zhao Jiaren's envoy Sima Kao that they would be able to purchase artillery with a larger caliber and greater power. Sima Kao enthusiastically recommended a six-pound cannon to them. For this kind of copper cannon, Sima Kao happily offered a price. A six-pound cannon weighs 600 catties, and the price is 2,000 catties of silver.