Zhao Jun actually didn't stay long in Yan'an Mansion.

In terms of governance, Fan Zhongyan and Pang Ji have done quite well, and he has nothing to find fault with.

Militarily, Li Yuanhao was defeated in World War I, and the other party called Dad.

Economically, although the exchange of markets with Western Xia was cancelled, it had a close relationship with Qingtangjiao and Luo, and trade was more frequent.

And in the confrontation with Western Xia, Jiaoguoluo also made a lot of efforts, leading more than 10,000 troops to threaten Xiliang Mansion in Western Xia and contain part of Li Yuanhao's troops.

This is also a diplomatic success.

Therefore, with Fan Zhongyan, Pang Ji, Wang Yaochen, Wen Yanbo and others, this side of Shaanxi Road still presents a situation of vigorous and vibrant competition.

The advantage is in me.

After that, Zhao Jun went south along the Yellow River and prepared to go to Shanxi for investigation.

It is expected that by the beginning of next year, the whole process will take three years to complete the work of investigating the upper and lower class structures of the Great Song Dynasty.

At the same time, Li Yuanhao's letter requesting surrender was also sent to Bianliang, and the court discussed the situation this morning.

Many officials believe that since Li Yuanhao has decided to surrender and surrender, then the war in the northwest side is even if it is settled, and the military expenditure on that side should be reduced, and all the forbidden troops sent out should be transferred back immediately.

There are two things that worry the officials about the forbidden army, one is that the border army in the northwest is now too consumed, and the current treasury is quite full, and it has not been emptied by the war in the northwest.

But fighting a war is spending money, a Song-Xia war in history was fought for four or five years, the savings of the early Renzong Dynasty were almost wiped out, the financial deficit remained high, and the grain price of Bianliang from the initial Jingyu two or three hundred wen and one stone, once fought to seven or eight hundred in the Qingli period, nearly a thousand wen and one stone.

At present, Zhao Jun has helped Zhao Zhen make a lot of money, secondly, he has accumulated a lot of property through the sale of state-owned assets, and thirdly, there are more and more deposited Jiaozipu to help with the bottom. Even if it is played for another four or five years, the situation will not be as bad as it has been in history.

But no matter what, looking at the treasury that spends money like water every day, the officials are still a little afraid. After all, if you have money and food in your hands, you must not panic in your heart. Now that so much money and food are being squandered, it naturally makes them feel painful.

Second, the number of the Northwest Army is too much at the moment.

In the earliest period, there were about 300,000 people in the border army, and there were at least 200,000 after removing empty salaries. Later, Fan Zhongyan and Wang Deyong brought 20,000 people over, and in the past two years, 80,000 have been transferred one after another, and the border troops registered on the surface have reached 420,000.

With so many troops in the northwest, and all of them under the overall planning and mobilization of Fan Zhongyan, even if he is a civilian official, the fear of concentrating military power in the hands of one person still makes the civilian clique feel uneasy.

In fact, too many things have happened in the past three years that have disturbed the huge clique of civil servants.

The first is the high concentration of official power.

After the establishment of the Constitutional Yuan, the reform of the official system led to the unification of the originally chaotic officialdom, and the power was highly concentrated in the Political Yuan, or in the hands of Zhao Jun and Lu Yijian, the power was much greater than that of the previous prime minister.

The officials are very hostile to the prime minister, not to mention that the current political system is comparable to the prime minister of the past, with the power of governance nationwide and the power of life and death over all officials.

Therefore, many officials have complained about the Constitutional Yuan, and those imperial historians and counselors have nothing to do with the emperor to propose the abolition of the Constitutional Yuan system.

It did not arouse the opposition of the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty, but it was because after the establishment of the Constitutional Yuan, many new departments were formed, and the original idle officials were recruited to serve, and with the support of a group of new interest groups, they were able to gain a firm foothold.

The second is the high concentration of power in the military.

In history, Fan Zhongyan went to the northwest, and the chief official was actually Xia Zhu, and Xia Zhu was not a one-handed man, Fan Zhongyan, Han Qi and others restrained him from the side, taking away his power, making it difficult for Xia Zhu to monopolize power.

And now that Fan Zhong has gone to the northwest, he is really the emperor of the soil, not only has the direct command of all the armies, but also has the power of local governance and the appointment and dismissal of officials, the real military and political leader.

If Fan Zhongyan is allowed to stay in the northwest for two more years, and those higher-level generals are replaced by his own people, I am afraid that it will be appropriate to control the envoys and divide the warlords of one side.

In this case, the officials will naturally think of the pre-Tang Dynasty, those who did not obey the orders of the central government and dominated the local areas.

Therefore, in the face of such a situation, the officials are quite jealous.

During the court discussion, there were even officials who used the Anshi Rebellion as a guide, suggesting that if Zhao Zhen did not exercise restraint and immediately transferred Fan Zhongyan back, I am afraid it would cause unpredictable consequences.

So the voice of accepting Li Yuanhao's surrender quickly overwhelmed other voices, although some people analyzed that Li Yuanhao's wolf ambition could not just give up.

But most officials never considered whether Li Yuanhao was a threat to the Great Song Dynasty, but only whether the excessive concentration of power would lead to a recurrence of the Anshi Rebellion, and whether Fan Zhongyan would become another An Lushan.

So even if no one picks it out, this kind of overt and covert hint is obviously a rumor slander against Fan Zhongyan.

If it weren't for the fact that Lu Yijian, the boss of the Lu Party, stood up and said two fair words for his old enemy Fan Zhongyan, I am afraid that today's early dynasty would have turned into a criticism meeting against Fan Zhongyan.

After the court meeting, Zhao Zhen and others held a small meeting in the Chongzheng Palace.

It is early summer in April, the weather is warm, the doors and windows in the hall are open, in addition to heat dissipation, the main thing is that Zhao Jun said that the palace structure of the Song Dynasty is often made of mercury cinnabar, which is highly toxic and needs to be kept ventilated.

So on weekdays, Zhao Zhen has no way to work, and he lives in a wooden house in the back garden, and even the concubines have now moved to the back garden and rebuilt some wooden palaces.

At this moment, everyone sat separately, Zhao Zhen sat on the chair behind the desk, obviously relieved, and still looked at Lu Yijian in surprise, and took the lead in speaking: "Thanks to this time, Lu Gong can speak out righteously, otherwise the government and the opposition will criticize, and Fan Qing is afraid that he will not be able to stay in the northwest any longer." ”

"It's not out of selfishness that the minister is speaking for Fan Zhongyan, it's just that he really needs to sit in the northwest and stabilize the situation now."

Lu Yijian's face was not red and his heart was not beating, and now the war in the northwest is going well, and Yuan Hao was defeated in the first battle, although Yuan Hao wagged his tail and begged for mercy, but this does not mean that the war in the northwest is over. ”

"Ahem, ahem."

Wang Zeng coughed twice, since he passed the illness last year, he can be regarded as passing the ghost gate once, his body has recovered, and he naturally returned to work in the Constitutional Yuan.

However, he still fell to the root of the disease and aged a lot.

He glanced at Lu Yijian, everyone knew that what Lao Lu Tou said was good, but in fact, he was still winning the favor of the official family and a good reputation for magnanimity.

After all, Fan Zhongyan was so targeted at Lu Yijian before, and Lu Yijian not only recommended Fan Zhongyan to go to the northwest, but also spoke out at such a critical moment to defend Fan Zhongyan.

So before the official praised Lu Yijian, he interrupted first.

Hearing Wang Zeng's cough, Zhao Zhen was really attracted to the past, and before he could praise Old Man Lu, he asked with concern: "How is Wang Xiang's health now?" ”

"Xie Guan's family, it's much better."

Wang Zeng responded.

Lu Yijian glanced at Wang Zeng dissatisfied, and then said nonchalantly: "If you are sick, it is better to go home to recuperate." ”

"Laulu cares, my old bones can stand it."

Wang Zeng replied without yin or yang.

The two old men love to choke each other.

In fact, after Lu Yijian was deposed as prime minister for the first time, it was Wang Zeng who recommended him to serve as prime minister again.

But before Zhao Jun came, the two sides had a conflict because of Lu Yijian's arbitrariness and arbitrariness.

Before Zhao Jun came, although the two sides had reached a certain strategic alliance for a period of time, they soon opposed each other again.

The reason is that the arrival of Zhao Jun has contributed to the growth of the prime minister's power.

Both of them are people with a desire for power, and Zhao Jun can't take care of everything, so most of the governance power naturally falls into their hands.

As a result, the two sides faced off again in order to compete for power and profit.

In fact, this phenomenon is something that Zhao Zhen is happy to see, after all, Zhao Zhen doesn't want all his subordinates to be united. Therefore, there was no mediation in the middle, which deepened the contradictions between the two sides.

Especially in the two years that Zhao Jun has been walking the world, the two have struggled a lot.

But now when it was time to get down to business, Zhao Zhen saw that the two seemed to be fighting again, so he hurriedly interrupted: "Okay, what do you think about what the court said in the morning, transfer Fan Qing back and reduce the food and salary expenses in the northwest?" ”

"Back to Your Majesty, the ministers thought that the officials still hadn't caught the point."

Wang Zeng said immediately.

"Oh?"

Zhao Zhen wondered: "What's the point." ”

Wang Zeng said: "All the officials see is that Yuan Hao is defeated and begging for mercy, and Fan Zhongyan holds great power, but they can't see that Yuan Hao may just be an expedient measure, and it is very likely to make a comeback." ”

"To put it simply, whatever Yuan Hao says, the officials will believe it. And they only care about Fan Zhongyan's weight, but they ignore that if Yuan Hao deceives us, once we transfer Fan Zhongyan away, he will attack again, then something big will happen in the northwest. ”

Lu Yijian also followed up and said: "The western thief is cunning, Yuan Hao is repeated, you must guard against it." ”

"And Liao."

Yan Shu also said: "Thanks to the divine power of the grenade, Yuan Hao was defeated, and he has seen the power of the grenade with his own eyes, so it is impossible not to inform the Liao State of this matter, so that the Liao State will be vigilant and guard against us." Although the Liao State did not fight with us in history, it is difficult to say after this incident. ”

I have to say that these three people are indeed human spirits. In fact, the officials of the Song Dynasty cannot be said to be all naïve fools, but sometimes, they are more wary of their own people than foreigners, after all, the experience of the Tang Dynasty still makes them too frightened.

It can only be said that the officials in the court who chose to believe Li Yuanhao and not Fan Zhongyan are not wrong.

If you believe Li Yuanhao wrongly, at most it will be a defeat in the northwest, but if you believe in Fan Zhongyan wrong, then in the case of hundreds of thousands of troops in the northwest, the country will be destroyed.

However, these people present benefited from Zhao Jun and knew that Fan Zhongyan was loyal, so they could use it boldly and with confidence, so the information gap between the two sides caused the opinions of the prime ministers of the Manchu Dynasty and the Political Yuan.

Naturally, what they see is completely different.

Zhao Zhen felt that what everyone said was very reasonable, and nodded in a deep voice: "Well, indeed, if I am Yuan Hao, I will definitely inform Yelu Zongzhen about the grenade, and Yelu Zongzhen will not be stupid enough to have such a weapon in the Great Song Dynasty without any vigilance." ”

"At that time, it is very likely that the Liao State will raise troops to the south, and the Western Thief Yuan Hao will inevitably raise troops to respond, and then the Great Song Dynasty will face a two-front battle, and the minister thinks that Fan Zhongyan cannot be transferred back at this time, at most he will be transferred to Hebei."

Lu Yijian said.

"Hmm"

After thinking about it, Zhao Zhen agreed: "Now the eldest grandson is still in the northwest, and he was on the sword a few days ago, and he should come back at the end of this year or next year, so ask the eldest grandson's opinion when the time comes." ”

"Yes."

It was no surprise that everyone heard that Zhao Zhen was full of thoughts and only thought about Zhao Jun, after all, no matter how much knowledge the laptop contained, how could it compare to Zhao Jun's brain?

Next, everyone launched a series of strategic arrangements on Li Yuanhao's intention to return to obedience.

First, they didn't believe that Li Yuanhao was sincere and obedient, and they would inevitably unite with the Liao State to make a comeback, so they still had to leave Fan Zhongyan in the northwest first, and wait for the situation on the Liao side to see if they would transfer him to Hebei to guard against the Liao State.

Second, in response to Yuan Hao's letter, there must be a certain response. Even if he knew that the other party might be delaying time and being vain, why wasn't Da Song making adequate preparations?

Third, Hebei must also step up its guards, they themselves have deployed more than 200,000 troops in Hebei, and they may need to transport soldiers and horses to that side next, select suitable generals and government officials, and must not be suddenly attacked by the Liao State to the hinterland of the Great Song Dynasty.

When things were discussed, Zhao Zhen was also very satisfied with the recent situation of the government and the opposition. After the restructuring, many things and work efficiency have been much faster, especially the economic situation of Bianliang is getting better and better.

Due to the state-run reform, private enterprises have flourished, which has made the business atmosphere in Bianliang stronger, and the northwest has also won the battle, and everything is developing in a good direction.

Now wait for the eldest grandson to come back and sort out the predicament in the country, so that the Great Song Revolution can get rid of poverty and weakness and soar to the sky.

At the end of the meeting, the Constitutional Yuan followed his instructions.

Zhao Zhen turned on his laptop and started the day's government affairs.

In the afternoon, when the government affairs were almost handled and everything was recorded on the computer, he suddenly remembered that he had not had entertainment for many days.

Last time, I wanted to play games or watch movies, but I was interrupted by Lu Yijian and them.

Later, due to the busy state affairs, coupled with the rain in Bianliang a few days ago, the electricity in the solar charging panel was not enough, so Zhao Zhen reduced the frequency of using the notebook and did not engage in entertainment anymore.

Something today?

Thinking of this, Zhao Zhen opened the D drive, and hesitated between the game folder and the entertainment folder.

But the hesitation was only for a few seconds.

Never mind.

It takes too long to play a game, and it's easy to keep playing, so let's finish the movie I didn't watch last time.

Zhao Zhen thought.

So he clicked on the entertainment folder.

But this time, Zhao Zhen was stunned for a moment.

Because he found that in the original entertainment folder, there was an additional secondary folder.

In the past, there were only three entertainment folders, movies, and music, but now, there is one more.

"Man and nature?"

Zhao Zhen scratched his head and double-clicked to enter.

Let me be well, what is this?

(End of chapter)