Chapter 172: Perpetual Calendar

Ouyang asked: "Now Your Majesty's prestige is naturally no problem, but with Tong Guan, who will go to the West Road to supervise the army?" ”

"I'm going to merge the west road to the east road." Zhao Yu said: "General Han is on the table, and the ration of the imperial court is weak. East Road and West Road were originally anti-Liao people. The logistical ration of horses was a priority, and the western route was the top priority, hoarding nearly half a million forbidden troops. But in the past few decades, the Song-Liao border has been peaceful and harmonious. On the contrary, it was Qin Fenglu, who had the least ration of troops and materials, and there were many battles. Zhao Yu said: "General Han's idea is to use three points as horns. Qinfeng Road is now renamed the Northwest Military Road for a point. Hebei east and Hebei west are one point. The depth of Tokyo and the Yongxing military road in front of the sudden is a point. The battle line of the Northwest Military Road is long, once the Tangut people turn their faces, the Yongxing Military Road and Tokyo can completely expel the Tangut people together with the Northwest Military Road. Moreover, we can't guard against Tibet, which can enter Western Xia in the north and go to Tibet in the west, which is the most important in the horns. ”

Ouyang shook his head: "This Weichen doesn't understand." However, in this way, Hebei's defense seems to be weaker. ”

"General Han said that if the Liao people don't come, it will be counted. Once it enters Hebei, the Hebei Eastern Army will slowly move closer to the west of the Yongxing Army Road to hold the enemy's westward expansion, and after the Liao people are put into Hebei, the Yongxing Army will be blocked and outflanked by the south and north. At the same time, the northwest military road directly took Datong Mansion. In this way, the three armies can not only surround the attacking enemy, but also take advantage of the situation to take the sixteen states of Yanyun. Zhao Yu said: "But I see that General Han is too careful. Now, Western Xia has no strength to fight again within five years. Liaojin fought hotly, and the feud added to the vengeance, which can be described as endless. It is almost impossible for the Liao people to be interested in the Great Song Dynasty. During the Zhenghe period, the elites of the east, west, Yongxing, and Qinfeng attacked the Western Xia together, and under such a weak internal air defense, no one in the Liao people even attacked the Song Dynasty. What's more, it is now in a time of internal and external troubles. ”

Ouyang said carefully: "Your Majesty, does Weichen know too much?" ”

"Not much. I can see that this war can't be fought without money. The Northwest Military Road, which opened my eyes, the Shagua Prefecture, I thought that there would definitely be an outbreak of ***. But I didn't expect that as soon as the businessmen arrived, everyone in the locals would have a job, everyone would have money to earn, and everyone would have something to eat. The imperial court can't do it, and the imperial court mostly appeases, taking money and food to appease. Merchants, on the other hand, could set up farms for the locals to work, and then work for money and food. The locals naturally resisted the new imperial court, and some still wanted to make trouble and blackmail the imperial court to order money and grain, but they did not resist the merchants. Add to that the lobbying of your captured Iron Harriers and Proton Army, and it's too peaceful. Therefore, I feel that there are some things that it is much better for businessmen to come forward than for the imperial court to come forward. ”

"Your Majesty said yes. Businessmen seek profit. Song is good for them, and they will naturally make some plans for Song. Now the Northwest Military Road is a big market, not only the Silk Road, but also cheap labor, cheap land, low tax profits, goods can be sold in the Great Song Dynasty. And doing business is valued by harmony. If you want the tribesmen to come down to work, you naturally have to have a good relationship with the chiefs of the tribes. When the court people deal with each other, no matter how humble they are, they also have the meaning of coercion. But when businessmen deal with each other, it's all about mutual benefit. ”

Commercial entry is always more acceptable than military entry, and the Central Plains has a very good policy towards ethnic minorities, but people may not be convinced. Merchants are different, if your tribe does not come, there will always be other tribes. They don't care whether the nation is harmonious or not, they only care about whether there is money to be made.

"Well, I heard that you are already the honorary chairman of the Southeast Chamber of Commerce, and as a representative of a businessman, it is naturally necessary for you to know this." Zhao Yu said: "Some courtiers said that they were worried that the businessmen would sit big. But I'm not worried. Because I know that as long as you don't mess around, it's just a matter of words. Li Han wrote to me, saying that you have no ambition at all, and it is not doubtful that you are loyal to the monarch and patriotic. I think it's the same, who has ambitions who doesn't want to climb up, you are affected by the shopping mall, if you enter the temple again, or even the cabinet, this world is the world of the Ou family. ”

Ouyang reluctantly smiled: "Your Majesty, don't make such a joke." ”

"I'm not kidding, I'm telling the truth. It's good that you befriend officials and don't befriend ministers. Zhao Yu said: "Actually, you can't be blamed for violating the order last time." After all, I live in the deep palace, even if the temple minister knows much about Western Xia, Liao, and Jin? By the way, I want to change the name of the country to Xuanwu, what do you think? ”

"Back to Your Majesty, this change is boring. It's better to have a 10,000-year-old country name. ”

"Oh? How so? ”

"The founding of the Song Dynasty is set as zero years, and now the eighty years of the founding of the country are counted as the eighty years of the Great Song Dynasty. And then it will be passed down from generation to generation. ”

Zhao Yupin nodded: "It's a little interesting." These various era names have been used again and again in the past 80 years, but which ones are really remembered? When I was a child, I heard people say that politics and politics were in X years, and I had to break my fingers to calculate a few years ago. And directly talking about the sixty-fourth year of the Great Song Dynasty, I can see it at a glance. This matter is approved, and when I turn around, I will make an order and set the name of the country for ten thousand years. ”

"Your Majesty is wise."

Zhao Yu nodded: "Let's eat in the palace tonight." She is really in a good mood, and Ouyang has solved several problems one by one. And the only thing that Tong Guan didn't say, Zhao Yu believed that Ouyang knew it. Doesn't he just want Ouyang to convey what he meant? Why is it called Ouyang? The courtichi ministers were not very satisfied with Tong Guan. Tong Guan's original friends died or were degraded due to the regeneration. The inner palace and the inner chamberlain were all washed. And it is not appropriate to let the relationship be good, which will make him more suspicious. Seeing that Ouyang's identity is appropriate, the official is not big, but there is a royal newspaper editor-in-chief, and he is not familiar with Tong Guan. Although he is a civil official, he does not despise Tong Guan. plus his own military exploits, Tong Guan will also be polite.

Eating with the emperor is actually not a happy thing. If you are surrounded by Zhao Yu's cronies, forget it, but there is still pomp. And it's a waste of time for this dinner thief. It's been an hour, and I've only eaten half of it. Ouyang couldn't sit still. Zhao Yu looked at it in his eyes and smiled: "You know that not everyone can be the emperor, right?" Especially the female emperor. ”

"yes!" Ouyang agreed, it was really not powerful. Every day in the palace. The male emperor can also play with women, and the female emperor is trying to pass the rest of the time in addition to reading official documents. When I was the magistrate of the county, I was as busy as a dog back then, but everything always has a price. If you want to be an official, you have to have a ten-year cold window. Then rely on chance, hard work, wisdom, and courage to be promoted. And looking at the emperor, the sacrifice is ***, lonely and lonely. A resentful woman in the deep palace? Ouyang shuddered. Looking at Zhao Yu again, there is no taste of resentful women. Now there is only high spirits and ambitions. Ambition is not a pejorative term, especially for modern people. Being ambitious can be understood as having ideals and goals. In ancient times, there were not many people like this, and most of the people Ouyang watched were drifting with the days, and there were few people who fought for fate. The life trajectory left by their ancestors, they follow and repeat. Of course, since they came, many people have a goal, at least a goal and motivation to make money.

Zhao Yu said: "Xiaoqing is about to get married, if you regret it, it's too late." ”

Ouyang hurriedly said: "Back to Your Majesty's words, Weichen already has a wife. This time I came to Tokyo to register with the Ministry of Officials. ”

"Huh?" Zhao Yuyi asked, "Who?" Ouyang suddenly got married without any movement, which really scared Zhao Yu.

"Liang Hongyu! Returning to his hometown. My uncle was full of praise for it, so he made a match. Weichen thought, this uncle is the same as Weichen's father, and he can't help but listen to his words, so he obeyed. ”

"Really?" Zhao Yu shook his head lightly and said, "You! It's not that I'm interfering, it's just that I don't think your wife's temperament is like a person who is an idle helper. ”

"Actually, Weichen couldn't stand the trouble of the matchmaker, so he simply married Liang Hongyu."

"Aren't you afraid that Xiaoqing will be sad if she knows?"

"Back to Your Majesty, the age when Xiaoqing and Weichen were together was not the age to stabilize their relationship at all. Love this one today to die and live, and tomorrow you can hang yourself for that one. It's not sad. When you look at Tokyo, there are many talented people with good manners. How can Weichen climb to the county lord. ”

"Alas...... Say you have no ambition, you really have no ambition. Zhao Yu already thought that Ouyang didn't need anything, whether there was a conspiracy. Recently, I have seen clearly, this person is still relatively indifferent. Money can't be without, but it doesn't need much either. It's better to have a little right, and it's okay if you don't have it. Both she and Ouyang seemed to have forgotten what had happened that night. Ouyang forgets is normal, one-night stands, it's normal to be in a bar, even if you meet in the future, it's as if it didn't happen. And Zhao Yu forgot that the reason was much more complicated.

Ouyang changed the topic and asked, "Your Majesty, who is this little Qingjun lord marrying?" ”

Zhao Yu shook his head: "Since I have no children, Xiaoqing's identity is special. She is not of royal blood, but she is close to me. Both Liao and Jin sent people to propose marriage. I'm a little troubled. ”

Marriage! This is both a good thing and a bad thing. The bad thing is that Xiaoqing has lost the right to pursue love. The good thing is that Xiaoqing will live well. According to the current point of view, the stronger Song is, the higher Xiaoqing's status will be, which is a very real problem. Women, when they are old, they know that it is better to find someone who loves them than to find someone they love. What kind of love is pursued, love is a meteor and what is that......

Ouyang changed the topic again: "Your Majesty should feel bored, you can go out of the palace and walk around." Weichen and Yangping University are all the pillars of the Great Song Dynasty in the future. You can also go to see the Northwest Military Road. By the way, this July is another Great Song Juju Competition. This time, not only the states of the Great Song Dynasty signed up, but also Liaojin Dali will send people to participate. ”

"you? Wouldn't it be too intrusive to the place? Zhao Yu said slowly: "The year before last, some people said that there was nothing to do to cause trouble." ”

"This ...... How did it reach His Majesty's ears? Ouyang glanced at the Ninth Father-in-law, this person was one of the most likely to inform. Ouyang said: "This time is different, there is a Jinzun Hotel in Yangping, and there are four luxury villas in the suburbs, although it is not as good as His Majesty's palace, but it is more comfortable than the county government to renovate." ”

"Let's talk about it again. I'm busy, so I don't necessarily have time to go. ”