Chapter Seventy-Five: State Affairs
Sunrise and sunset, time takes the same pace of eternity, leisurely but with never-ending persistence, quietly passing by when everyone is inadvertent.
Compared with the uprising and rebellion in full swing in the Great Song Dynasty, the situation changes in the north that did not stir up too much gunsmoke seemed extremely calm, Yelu Hongji's funeral was not too extravagant, of course, Li Xuan did not continue to make a fuss about the dead, although if Yelu Hongji's head was taken out, it would become his merit in a short period of time, but that kind of thing, in Li Xuan's opinion, there was not much need.
Although it seems that the effect is amazing, but in fact, it will have an exciting effect in a short period of time, but after all, it can't last, but things have become a fact, and sooner or later people will know that if you look at the overall situation, although the climax will make people have a very visual effect, it is far less than not being angry, and all the benefits that can be obtained in your hands in an orderly manner, and gathering sand into a tower to get more benefits.
Li Xuan didn't know how the Khitans and Jurchens would react, but at least for the Han people who had been oppressed for a long time in the north, this kind of seemingly exciting news was actually not as amazing as imagined...... There is no need at all, the Khitans will definitely fight back later, but it is more of a self-inflicted drama within this race, and the level of morale has little to do with their side.
However, even if Li Xuan didn't deliberately publicize it, he wouldn't have swept away the interest of his subordinates, as the winners, they had the right to show off to the world, but this result. However, it was the uprising in the southern Fanglana, which was originally monstrous and swept the world, but now in the eyes of many people, it has lost its original color.
Shangjing was captured, but it was not just as simple as capturing a national capital, the death of Yelu Hongji. Directly let the Liao State, which had just experienced the rebellion of the King of Chu, completely collapse, and the remaining Khitans were scattered into as many as a dozen forces, some of them were Yelu people with royal blood, and they gathered a lot of people under the banner of revenge, and there were also former generals of the Liao State, who cut the land and called the king, in short, the Khitans are very chaotic today. More than a dozen forces, large and small, are all under the banner of revenge, but there are not many who really come to take revenge, and there are quite a few dramas in the huge northern Xinjiang that are competing for hegemony, but Li Xuan, who is the cause of the incident, after defeating dozens of Khitan people who came to take revenge, seems to have been forgotten by everyone, and the north is in full swing. However, in the territory of the Han Dynasty, it is a scene of singing and dancing.
Compared with this side, Fang La's side is impressive. But in comparison, there is a feeling of a child playing at home, which makes people who were originally concerned about the development of the situation suddenly have a feeling of inadequacy.
Yanjing, the Imperial Palace
"If the improved plough can be fully implemented, the annual revenue of the treasury will not be reduced according to the tax law laid down by His Majesty. On the contrary, it will increase by at least thirty percent, Feng Asan's craftsmanship really didn't say. Gou Yu smiled and reported his estimates, which, though rough, were the ideal numbers that he and seventeen skilled numeracy masters had worked out over three days.
"Don't give this thing out all at once. People will have some resistance to emerging things in their hearts, first find a few counties with high popularity for trial, after the autumn harvest, if the effect is good, and then promote it to the whole country. Nodding, during this time, Li Xuan was mostly busy laughing at the benefits brought by the capture of Shangjing, and at the same time, as the spring ploughing was coming to an end, some problems in people's livelihood must also be formed.
There is a shortage of grain in the north, without the help of modern machinery, coupled with the influence of the weather, the crops in the north are not only few, but also the yield is very low.
"However, why did His Majesty include war horses in the trade with the Song Dynasty, although this can obtain some practical benefits, but it will undoubtedly strengthen the army of the Great Song Dynasty, in the long run, it is not good for our country, in the past, when the Liao State dominated the north, it will also include war horses in the prohibited trading items, we ......" Su Xinghe frowned.
"Don't worry about this, the shortcomings of the Song Dynasty are not in the war horses, but in the problems of its own military system, unless there can be another emperor like Zhao Kuangyin, otherwise, even if there are enough war horses, it will not be able to fundamentally change anything." Li Xuan shook his head and smiled: "And judging from the current situation of the Great Song Dynasty, there is no need to worry too much that the other party will turn around against us with the war horse bought from us, we don't have the extra energy to fight now, and they don't have it either." ”
"Uh~" Such an answer made Su Xinghe a little stunned, looking at Li Xuan's careless, as if he would not put anything on his body, it was difficult to guess what the other party was thinking for a while, after all, from the first day he met the person in front of him, the other party rarely put his feelings on his face.
nodded, since as the master, Li Xuan has his own decision-making, then as a courtier, he only needs to put forward the problem, and the rest, there is no need to worry too much, as a disciple of the Easy School, Su Xinghe's character is actually not suitable for being an official, but at present, most of the imperial courts formed by Li Xuan are mainly based on the Jianghu people of the Great Song Dynasty in the past, although there are also some intrigues, but compared to the officialdom of the Great Song Dynasty, it is too pure.
Instead, began to discuss other issues, there are a lot of things pressing on Li Xuan at the moment, although the people's livelihood is important, but for thousands of years in China, how to govern the people's livelihood, in fact, as early as a long time ago, there was already a set of effective plans, after thousands of years of continuous rest, now it is very perfect, even if some industrial adjustments are made, it is only to make some corrections on the macro level, and the rest can be done step by step.
The really heavy one, in fact, is still after the capture of Shangjing, many things have not been digested, the Han people under the rule need to be properly arranged, some places around the city of Shangjing do not belong to the Han Dynasty, these places must be occupied as much as possible, so as not to let Shangjing become an isolated city, then it is a little dangerous.
In addition, there is intelligence from all over the dark hall, how to deal with the problem of foreign races in the territory, it is definitely not possible to blindly kill, among which there are many ethnic minorities who were oppressed by the Liao State like the Han people during the reign of the Liao State, and the Jurchen people have now escaped from control. In the further north, they were entangled with the Khitans, or attacked or allied, and the courage and methods of the new Jurchen patriarch in it aroused Su Xinghe's vigilance.
In addition, there are some talent problems, and now Li Xuan has no shortage of generals, but the talents who can really manage are captured with the capital. The territory has expanded again, and there have been some management problems, and the methods that Li Xuan used to manage before are already a little ineffective now, Su Xinghe is ready to go to the Song Dynasty to find some capable people, after all, the most important thing in the Song Dynasty is this talent.
Su Xinghe also knows a little about the affairs of Western Xia, although it is not comprehensive, but he generally knows that Li Xuan has a backhand in Western Xia, and his status is not low, and he can influence the preservation of the national policy of Western Xia. There were similar figures even in the territory of the Great Song Dynasty.
While marveling at Li Xuan's ability to infiltrate the two countries, as one of the few strategists around Li Xuan now, although these problems are a bit far away, Su Xinghe must also prepare early.
There are many things, but they always need to be solved, and Li Xuan's current realm, after experiencing the battle of Shaolin Temple, has been completely consolidated. With the energy of the moment, even if it is a few days without sleep. It won't have much impact on him, but he doesn't mean that everyone can, even if Su Xinghe also has a lot of skills, he can't be like him, so when the sky was getting dark, he was sent away by Li Xuan to rest.
With the capture of Shangjing. Li Xuan already possessed the ability to connect this realm with the Three Kingdoms of Chaos, and if needed, he could always find a helper from the Three Kingdoms of Chaos to help him, but he did not do so.
Chaotic Three Kingdoms Plane, at this time he occupied only two cities. There are only a few of them that can be used by his subordinates, although each of them has a good ability, but at this time, it is easy to cause the dilemma of lack of skills, after all, the purpose of plane crossing is only to obtain more human and material resources to make up for his lack of primordial plane heritage, at least before the primordial plane does not have enough foundation, Li Xuan is not ready to use too many manpower over there to help him here.
What's more, once the connection is actually established, the timeline will be synchronized, and you will only be more deficient in terms of manpower.
Bear with me!
Faced with the current embarrassing situation, Li Xuan can only endure it temporarily, only half of the three years have passed at this moment, and the overall situation here is basically stable in his own hands, and what he needs is only the precipitation of time.
At the same time, Shaomuro Mountain, Shaolin Temple.
Xiao Feng's face was still pale, but his majestic body was as tall as in the past, but in this uprightness, with an unspeakable loneliness, he stood outside a dilapidated temple gate, looking in the direction of the north, in a daze.
"Feng'er." A shout mixed with sighs came from behind, recalling Xiao Feng's thoughts.
"Father." Xiao Feng turned his head and looked at Xiao Yuanshan, who was much older than he was back then, and bowed with a somewhat complicated gaze.
"Okay, there is no need for so much red tape between you and my father and son, and there are a lot of life points that have not come." Waving his hand, Xiao Yuanshan sighed and said, "Are you still thinking about Liaoguo?" ”
"Well, Feng'er wants to go back and see, His Majesty used to treat me as a brother, but now he is in trouble, as a brother, I should keep his bloodline." Xiao Feng nodded, but didn't say anything about revenge, so as not to worry his father.
"It's okay to take revenge, but you need to leave a blood for my Xiao family." Xiao Yuanshan looked at Xiao Feng and did not dissuade him, although strictly speaking, the father and son have not really known each other for a long time, but Xiao Feng has grown up secretly by him, he knows too much about his son's temperament, at this time, persuasion is useless.
"Father...... I ......" Xiao Feng's lips moved, but he was interrupted by Xiao Yuanshan.
"Okay, the hatred of the parents, the hatred of the country, how can you not repay it, such a daughter's behavior, if the cub of the Murong family sees it, let him laugh at it plainly, my Khitan man, his head can be broken, blood can be shed, but his will cannot be bent!" A categorical look flashed on Xiao Yuanshan's face.
"So, does my father want to go with me?" Xiao Feng looked at Xiao Yuanshan and asked.
"Nope." Xiao Yuanshan's eyes flashed with a lonely look, and he looked at his half-cut right hand and said: "The master exchanged his life for you and me, my Khitan boy, when the grievances are clear, the Xiao family has a son like you is enough, the people who harmed my family back then, except for Murong Bo's old horseman, have also received due retribution, and there is no regret in this life for the father, the master's kindness will be repaid by me, and the father will stay in Shaolin, and in my lifetime, keep Shaolin." ”
"So...... The child will say goodbye, this is a long way to go to the mountains, and I hope that my father will cherish it! This time, Xiao Feng did not hesitate, fell to his knees and kowtowed three times at Xiao Yuanshan.
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Turn around
Striding towards the foot of Shaomu Mountain, Xiao Yuanshan looked at Xiao Feng's departing back from a distance, and a touch of gloom flashed in his heart, this farewell, I am afraid that it will be difficult for father and son to meet again in this life. (To be continued......)