Most of the letters sent to Su Zhe were forged, of course, this kind of forgery is more about climbing, I don't care if it's true or not, I don't care if the people in power suspect it?

In particular, Empress Dowager Liang, the actual ruler of Western Xia, was still a very suspicious woman and had vicious methods. In addition, the person who made these evidences was Li Bingqian of the Western Xia royal family, and it no longer matters whether the evidence is true or false.

Empress Dowager Liang is a femme fatale woman who can kill her eldest brother, and once she finds out that the Western Xia royal family is not conducive to her rule, she will not hesitate to raise the butcher knife.

This kind of evidence can also be used as real if it is fake.

Su Zhe's entanglement is here, Li Kui is just a small general judgment that can't be smaller, but the trouble caused by it makes him, a dignified Song Zuoxiang, helpless, which shows how bad his mood is. Before, he was still worried that Li Kui might be dangerous when he went to Western Xia, after all, it was very dangerous to be a spy.

Now Su Zhe is not worried about whether Li Kui will be in danger, but worried about whether the Western Xia royal family will be killed by this goods.

Especially when he was dignified and left-handed, he was treated by Li Kui as a little guy sent by an errand, can he bear it?

But there is no way, Li Kui's trouble is too big, and it is no longer something that Su Zhe can decide. This time he must return to the capital, and there is no time to delay.

asked his son Su Xun to call the Yan'an Mansion to push the official Chong Jianzhong, this one was also nervous, and it was just enough to meet Li Kui, an unreliable boss, but who let Li Kui's heels make him not even angry?

It stands to reason that arranging the government affairs of Yan Yanlu requires at least Lu Huiqing to come forward. But who made Su Zhe's official position great, so big that the six roads in the northwest were under his jurisdiction?

"Uncle Kuan, what is the so-called matter that the prime minister hurriedly summoned the officials?"

Chong Jianzhong also thought that Su Zhe was because Li Kui ran away, and he wanted to take out anger on him as an official. As a disciple of the general, he was originally quite excluded among civil officials, and he has long been accustomed to being attacked with guns and sticks in his words. Who made him not from a Jinshi background? As I have been an official for a longer time, this feeling has become more profound.

But what made him helpless was that as he grew older, the gate of Jinshi became farther and farther away from him.

Originally, he also hoped that he would have outstanding political achievements, gain the attention of the emperor, and then obtain a Jinshi background. Although this kind of Jinshi status granted by the emperor alone is not confident, it is also an identity, and it has helped him a lot. If there is a Jinshi background, if Cai Jing really wants to deal with him, it is really not easy.

At least he has the opportunity to go to the capital to plead his defense, and he doesn't have the status of a jinshi, and it seems that all scholars don't regard him as their own, even if he studied under Zhang Zai, even if he has been a civil official for almost twenty years.

The matter is confidential, Su Zhe will not say to Su Xun, even if he feels good about Chong Jianzhong, he can't help if he wants to, and said with a wry smile: "Uncle Yu, the little brother really doesn't know, when you see your father, you naturally know." ”

Chong Jianzhong also hugged his fists and thanked him, he admitted that Li Kui was a very good boss, better than all his bosses in his life.

But the problem is that Li Kui is too unreliable. was sentenced, and even said that he would leave, and went to Xixia to be a spy. How disgusted this person is for being an official, which makes him puzzled?

In addition, Su Zhe is Li Kui's elder, they wear a pair of pants, and I, an outsider, am afraid that it is really difficult to be caught in the middle.

"Xiaguan, see Xiangye!"

"Uncle Yu, don't be polite, you are Wei Zhong's junior, and naturally you are also my junior. You are called now because there is an important thing for you to do. ”

When Chong Jianzhong heard this, he couldn't help but tighten his back, and the officialdom was afraid that the official would tell his subordinates that there was a very important thing for him to do!

It is very likely that this is to make ashes for Shangguan!

Chong Jianzhong couldn't help but say nervously: "I don't know what Xiang Ye sends, the lower officials must do their best to solve problems for Xiang Ye." ”

If he usually said this, Su Zhe would have laughed a few words when he heard it. After all, there are too many sycophants, and he has to deal with it, and he can't cope with it. But at this moment and that time, how much Su Zhe hopes that someone can help him arrest Li Kui from Western Xia, isn't it safe and stable?

It's a pity that Chong Jianzhong is already a half-old man, and at this age, he is not Li Kui's opponent at all.

Su Zhe sighed: "The old man called you here because there is something that needs to be entrusted to you. ”

"Please also ask the prime minister to command!"

"The Yan'an government sentenced Li Kui to leave his post without permission, and now he is missing. But the government affairs of Yan'an Mansion cannot be abandoned, and now the old man is in a hurry to return to Beijing, and it is difficult to find a suitable candidate between the times. As a last resort, the old man had a reluctant request, and asked Uncle Yu not to shirk. ”

"Xiangye, please?"

"Temporarily acting as the general judge of Yan'an Mansion, when the old man arrives in the capital, he will naturally tell you something. As for Cai Jing's matter, the old man can also settle it for you, I believe that the old man still has some thin faces, and it is unlikely that you will return to Qinfeng Road to reinstate your position. But you still have this bit of face to let you move to the prefect of Yan'an Prefecture. ”

There is only one thought in his mind, Lao Tzu is going to be developed, and Lao Tzu is going to have a backer.

I have to say that Zhang Zai's students are very unlucky. Guanzhong was originally a barren place of culture and education, and there was no one in the same sect who was a high-ranking official. So much so that he could only rely on the shadow of his uncle to be a marginal person in the civil and official group. But the problem is that his uncle is a general, and he has no face at all among civil officials. Hearing that Su Zhe wanted to support him as the prefect of Yan'an Mansion, Chong Jianzhong was also taken aback. Euphoria ensued.

But he is also worried that after all, his heels are not hard, which makes it difficult for him to move in the civil service system.

"Xiangye, but where is Lord Lu?"

"Ji Fu, I'll talk to you about it, after all, his mind is not in the northwest, and whether he is a prefect or not has little impact on him, and he won't stop it. But your duties in Yan'an Mansion need to be remembered, one is that now the walled city of Yan'an Mansion is seriously damaged, and you need to launch Minfu repairs, at least before autumn, to restore to the level before last year's Western Xia attack. ”

"Order."

"There is one more thing you have to remember, where Li Kui has gone now, you should not say anyone. I think Li Kui will soon send someone to deliver the news, and you don't want to disclose this news to anyone, this matter is related to the Northwest Sixth Road and the national fortune. Su Zhe said cautiously.

Chong Jianzhong asked softly: "Xiangye, is there a turnaround for Lord Li?" ”

"Don't say much about this, Renjie trusts you, so you will turn over the letters, but you also have to remember that you should teach people to be trustworthy and loyal, don't let your friends down, don't let your elders down!"

"Remember!" Chong Jianzhong didn't dare to ask, as soon as he asked, Su Zhe put on a stinky face, and he realized that if his identity was not for Li Kui's trust, such a big thing would not have been contacted by him at all, although he didn't know what great thing Li Kui had done. Even if Li Kui did this, it was more likely to give him a cheap credit. According to this favor, Chong Jianzhong felt that he didn't bow to Li Kui, which was a bit unreasonable! None of his own brothers would have helped him like that.

After all, the eunuch Hao Sui and Li Kui are closer than him.

Of course, Hao Sui is not omnipotent.

Hao Sui was a eunuch after all, and he had no problem contacting Emperor Zhao Xu in the palace. But to let him help contact civil officials, especially with Su Zhe, Li Kui felt that Hao Suizhen was not suitable.

Su Zhe is really not alarmist, if Li Kui tosses in Western Xia and tosses Western Xia to a half-dead appearance, it is likely that the Great Song Dynasty will be able to recover Western Xia within a few years. Even if it is not a complete Western Xia, it can at least open up the Hexi Corridor, as long as the Great Song Dynasty opens up the Hexi Corridor, the Great Song Dynasty can obtain a steady stream of war horses.

At the same time, the resumption of business was undoubtedly an opportunity to enhance national strength for the Great Song Dynasty, which was extremely prosperous in commerce.

Especially for the northwest, now the Northwest Sixth Road of the Great Song Dynasty has been fighting with the Western Xia for many years, and the former Chang'an City and now the Jingzhao Mansion have lost their former glory. As a result of all this, Chang'an City has lost its status as the starting place of the Silk Road, without the accumulation of commercial wealth, coupled with the Lian War War, the decline of Jingzhao Mansion is also a helpless move.

But if the Northwest Trade Road is opened, it will be completely different.

Not to mention anything else in Jingzhao Mansion, the benefits of a Great Song Horse Trading City alone can attract a large number of merchants to come.

Prosperity in the Northwest is just around the corner.

At least in the land of Guanzhong, if there is a land Silk Road and six routes in the northwest, there will be no need for the Great Song Dynasty to throw away 30 million yuan of financial revenue in the northwest every year in the future.

I don't want the northwest to pay the taxes of the Great Song Dynasty, but only to be self-sufficient, and I am satisfied with the Great Song Dynasty.

With this income of 30 million yuan, it is really an unimaginable amount of money for Da Song.

Why did Emperor Renzong change the law in the first place?

That's because there was a deficit in the Great Song Dynasty's finances, and the finances began to run short. Because of the war with Western Xia, the original healthy taxation of the Great Song Dynasty was insufficient. The annual deficit figure is more than 2 million. Actually, this amount of money is not much for Da Song. The annual income of the imperial court was more than enough to make up for it.

But this was not the case at all for the Great Song Dynasty, which was originally able to leave five million guan or even more wealth from taxes every year.

All of a sudden, he began to lose two million, and everyone from the emperor to the courtiers panicked.

The idea of changing the law arose between the emperor and the ministers, and at first Fan Zhongyan's change was not a hindrance, but when the courtiers found out that Lao Fan's change was to rob the rich and help the poor, they were immediately angry. Because it is the money of one's own family that is robbed, and the treasury of the country that is relieved. Isn't this a matter of letting the officials not take the money and give the country a filial piety? Isn't it a disguised traitor?

How can this be endured?

The same is true of the subsequent Xining reform presided over by Wang Anshi.

At the same time, the reform of the law from top to bottom will certainly ignore the actual situation of the people, and the people's ability to resist risks is very poor, and more and more people are going bankrupt because of the change, which is also the reason for the expansion of contradictions.

But if the imperial court suddenly has an extra 30 million yuan a year, it will still change the hair law?

There is so much money that it can't be used up, do you still need to toss the people and the court?

Even with this money, the trouble in the northwest was solved, and the Great Song Dynasty could begin to make attempts against the Liao State. Thinking of this, Su Zhe couldn't help but get excited, the people who solved the predicament of the Great Song Dynasty for decades need to see us Sumen!

Longzhou.

Li Kui looked at it with disgust, and it was already summer, and the people in the city were still wearing winter furs. It's quite a bit of a big Song nouveau riche flavor. It's just that when the weather is hot, people can't help sweating, and the stinky sweat of the whole body is wrapped in the smell of cattle and sheep, and the smell of fur, which is really disgusting.

Li Bingqian has lived in the Great Song Dynasty for a long time, and he is not very accustomed to the sloppiness of the party members. But there is no way, the party is not short of fur, but there is a lack of cloth, everyone knows that the weather is hot, and it is comfortable and cool to wear light clothes. The problem is that they can't afford to buy light and cool clothes.

People are honest, and the party members were actually in the early Song Dynasty, and their habits were not much different from those of the Han people. also knows that bare-chested people are shameless and shameless, and they can't try to be cool, and shame themselves and their families.

Li Bingqian frowned when he saw Li Kui, although he wanted Li Kui to die, but it was related to the reputation of his hometown, so he had to explain: "Nowadays, ordinary clothes are expensive, and ordinary people can't afford to buy them at all, so they can only put their winter fur coats on their bodies to cover their shame." There is no way to do it. ”

"Okay, big man, she's still young!"

"If you're too old, you won't be able to take her turn!"

A few strong men with strong martial arts pulled a little girl, and the woman who fell to the ground begged bitterly, but he couldn't make the big men have the slightest mercy, kicked the woman to the ground, and walked away, like no one's land.

"Alas, there is only one woman in her family, how can she pay taxes?"

"I heard that the man died in battle, and the government's pension was also embezzled!" The people on the side whispered.

Li Kui can't understand the party's words, but he has an interpreter! Word by word, he informed Li Kui of the words around him, and when he heard such a result, even Li Kui was surprised: "The strong man just now is a tax collector?" ”

Ren Tayan glanced at the tax collector who was leaving with hatred, and sighed, "There is no hope for this country. ”

When several people were passing by, Ruda inadvertently shoved a handful on the woman's chest. I don't understand, I think Ruda is lustful. Especially after the woman was frightened, she covered her chest instead, and her eyes were full of joy. Ren Duoyan, who was very close to Ruda, saw it clearly, it was a piece of silver. He whispered to Ruda, "Don't do much, you'll kill her." ”

Ruda pouted at Ren Duoyan and said indifferently: "Lord is happy." ”

Li Bingqian was silent, he was the royal family of Western Xia and the master of this country, but the fall of Western Xia could not be changed. If this goes on for a long time, without waiting for the Song army to attack, the people of Western Xia are afraid that they will rebel.

"Young master, this is here!"

Ruan Xiaoer took the key and opened the door of a small courtyard, and found that the courtyard was gloomy, but fortunately, they were not afraid of things. After entering, I found that there was a mourning hall.

Maybe this is Qiu Xuanhuai's old suspicions.

Without looking at the mourning hall, they went directly to the firewood room, emptied the sundries and began to dig up.

Knock –

The sound of iron hitting a hard object was heard, which caused people to be happy.

Then, several large chests were lifted out of the dirt, and when they were opened, the golden cakes appeared in the eyes of everyone. The golden gold, the shining human face is even more strange.

Li Kui made a rough estimate, and had a rough number in his heart: "Almost 20,000 taels." ”

Li Bingqian also breathed a sigh of relief, and said to Li Kui: "Now we finally have the money to buy silk." ”

"Why buy silk when you have gold? If only I had known you wanted silk, I would have left some of it. ”

Li Kuiman was puzzled.

Li Bingqian blurted out: "The Buddha statues in the temple need silk to make Buddha clothes, which is the best property to bribe the temple." ”

Silk?

Dressing the Buddha?

Li Kui hesitated: "Why don't you use gold?" ”

Li Bingqian was stunned, let alone him, no one in this era dared to think about what would happen to the Buddha statue wearing gold clothes?

But Li Kui knows it!

People rely on clothes, Buddha depends on gold, and if there is no Buddha in gold, is it still a Buddha?

After a long time, Li Bingqian said bitterly: "It's too loser, right?" ”

Li Kui said disdainfully: "That's because you are not pious enough!" ”