Chapter 91: The Follow-up to the Huaxian Peace Conference (Part II)
ββ¦β¦ It can be judged from the above that the Mongolian side is very nervous about our Great Song Dynasty. I was very worried about our Song Army's Northern Expedition. Xiong Shangshu was the last to speak at the court meeting. He also made a brief report.
"Da Yuan also has a day of fear?" Sun Qing couldn't help but sneer maliciously. Some of his family members were killed during the Mongol invasion of the south, so they had a strong malice towards the Mongols. And although Zhao Guanjia refuted him, he also had a very positive reassurance, which also made Sun Qing not dull.
"It's strange that Mongolia is not afraid. Although they also built a new army, I heard that there were only 10,000 people, and at most 40,000 people. We have built 300,000 new troops, and those Han troops are now less than 300,000. β
"Since Da Yuan's side knows that he is afraid, he may mobilize the Mongolian army."
"Kublai Khan only had many Mongol troops. When the Crusader priest under Γgedei came to thread the needle and thread Γgedei, didn't he also say that Kublai Khan's men were only a quarter of the whole of Mongolia? β
According to the official version, the country north of the Great Song Dynasty was called the Great Yuan. However, the high-ranking officials of the Great Song Dynasty did not speak in a standard manner, and everyone adopted the customary title according to their own habits. Even if he is the most accurate name of the Ministry of Rites, he will only call Dayuan when facing the envoy of Dayuan. In normal times he is accustomed to Mongolian titles.
The same is true for Zhao Jiaren, who is also accustomed to the name Mongolia. On this question, Zhao Jiaren replied: "Our troops are attacking Sriwijaya in the south. Coupled with the major event of the National Day, this will delay for so long. After the settlement of Sriwijaya and the adjustment of the deployment of our army, the Northern Expedition began. β
"Official, the funds for the Northern Expedition have not been prepared yet." Sun Qing couldn't help but say. Generally speaking, wars cost a lot of money. However, the southward attack on Sriwijaya seemed to be beyond this scope, and the transportation of troops relied on the Great Song fleet, which had already controlled the South China Sea. The troops were transferred from Guangzhou, Cochin, Champa and Siam, which were accustomed to the southern climate.
Hearing that the Great Song Dynasty was finally going to make a move on the Three Buddhas, the maritime merchants of the Great Song Dynasty were spontaneously willing to provide a lot of support. He only asked that after the defeat of the Three Buddhas, the Great Song Dynasty maritime merchants would be allowed to open plantations in the local area. Including Sun Qing's family, they all sent the unimportant children of the family to make plans to open up rubber plantations, palm gardens, and sisal gardens in Sriwijaya. The profits of these businesses are too great, and there are large households in Jiangxi in the Great Song Dynasty who buy and rent them, and they have millions of acres of fertile land, which can sell millions of stones of grain a year. One stone of grain is two, in fact, one stone of grain can only earn a few hundred Wen.
Running a plantation in the south, Sima Qing of Sima Kao's family opened up 10,000 acres of sisal fields in Siam, and earned two yuan per acre of land. According to various people who have been to Sriwijaya, Sriwijaya has an almost endless amount of land suitable for the development of various plantations. That's money, untold money.
Sima Kao's family was originally just a medium-sized landlord, and for twelve or thirteen years, they could hollow out his family's foundation by letting them pay 30,000 yuan before the great devaluation. Now Sima Kao's family earns seventy or eighty thousand yuan a year. When other people's homes were still using lamp oil, Sima Kao's house was already all candles.
Sun Qing thought that his family must not be worse than Sima Kao's family, so he cherished his errand very much. As a head of the household, he has a lot of resources in his hands. If you want to do the errand, you have to satisfy the Zhao Guanjia. If the Northern Expedition failed due to lack of money, Sun Qing's errand would probably come to an end.
"Official, if it's the Northern Expedition, you have to prepare funds now." Sun Qing expressed his attitude very clearly.
"It's okay to have money. But don't worry too much. Zhao Jiaren replied.
Looking at the unfathomable and profound appearance of Zhao Guanjia, all the scholars were a little puzzled. But no one dares to talk nonsense, everyone is now heavily dependent on the Zhao official family, and there is nothing wrong with expressing opposition according to tradition, and it is not a good thing to make the official family angry.
"Any other questions?" Zhao Jiaren continued to ask.
"Nope." The scholars replied.
"Adjournment." Zhao Jiaren ordered.
Everyone was busy, so they got up and left. Zhao Jiaren went home directly.
When he got home, he found his father and mother. According to reason, the old couple can not live here with Zhao Jiaren now, but the Empress Dowager Chen said, "What's wrong with living with your son, are you going to let others come to you to coax you", so the Emperor Zhao Zhizhuo honestly continued to live in his son Zhao Jiaren's house.
Ask my parents to sit down first, Zhao Jiaren said: "Dad, I want the Zhao family to open up overseas, do you think they have the backbone?" β
"Going overseas? How do you say it? Zhao Zhizhuo didn't understand.
"San Lang, are you going to give the Zhao family a chance to make a fortune?" Empress Dowager Chen completely ignored the existence of Emperor Zhao Zhizhuo and asked directly.
In the past, because of her husband's identity, Mrs. Zhao was called Mrs. Zhao. Now because of her son's identity, Mrs. Zhao has become the Empress Dowager Chen. For such a change, Empress Dowager Chen was very satisfied. Although the Empress Dowager Chen has not changed, because of the change of her identity, the strength of the Empress Dowager Chen has become a topic in Hangzhou.
Looking at his wife's strength, Emperor Zhao Zhizhuo sighed helplessly. He knew his wife's personality very well before, and this was a character who could take his children to Zhao Zhizhuo's ancestral house for ten years. is tougher than tough, Zhao Zhizhuo feels that he may not be Mrs. Eiji's opponent. After becoming the emperor, Zhao Zhizhuo also tried 'Zhenfu Gang'.
However, the reason why Empress Dowager Chen is the Empress Dowager is entirely because she gave birth to an emperor like Zhao Jiaren. Zhao Jiaren's throne was earned by Zhao Jiaren himself, not inherited from Zhao Zhizhuo. On such a major achievement as Zhao Jiaren, the credit of the Empress Dowager Chen is not at all under the Emperor Zhao Zhizhuo.
When Zhao Zhizhuo first put forward a request to get a 'palace where the Emperor Taishang lived', the Empress Dowager Chen immediately vetoed it strongly. So Zhenfugang's actions were so ruthlessly stillborn. Living in the son's house, the size of the father's and mother's voice depends entirely on who is stronger.
After sighing, Zhao Zhizhuo still opened his mouth and said, "San Lang is planning to let me publicize it to the Zhao clansmen?" β
"I'm just asking. At present, the war in the south has been concluded in about half a year and a year. At that time, a large number of families will have to send people to open up. If the Zhao clan is willing to make a fortune by their own ability, of course I am willing to give them a chance. β
"The Zhao clan is willing to make a fortune by relying on their own ability...... Haha, Saburo really likes to tell jokes. Empress Dowager Chen smiled very sarcastically.
"Just allow your Chen family to make a fortune, don't you allow my Zhao family to work hard!" Since becoming the emperor, Zhao Zhizhuo has still been a lot tougher.
Empress Dowager Chen said unceremoniously: "My Chen family has someone who has been working hard with San Lang more than ten years ago. San Lang went to Quanzhou several times, except for the one who sold illegal salt, and was willing to follow San Lang. β
"Don't just talk about those glamorous, your Chen family has also had a traitor!"
"Lin'an's surrender was done by your Zhao family!"
Listening to his parents' bickering, Zhao Jiaren felt that he could probably judge the conclusion. He interrupted such a non-hierarchical argument and said, "Dad, mother." I am ready to let each Zhao clan member have one person, and each family can contract a piece of land. Even if they don't fight, they can't say that I didn't give me a chance. It's just that you're afraid that you can't travel long distances. β
"It's better for me to come forward for such things." Zhao Zhizhuo replied.
"The Emperor Taishang is rich and noble, and it doesn't seem appropriate for me, the Queen Mother, not to follow." Empress Dowager Chen said.
Zhao Jiaren lowered his head. This cultural person speaks so harshly. The association of wealth returning to his hometown to Zhao Jiaren is to want to be related to the sentence 'Wealth does not return to his hometown, such as brocade clothes walking at night'. This story was taught to Zhao Jiaren by Empress Dowager Chen.