In the first year of Kangding, the population of Bianliang increased a lot.

As private businesses began to intervene in the former state-run farms, commerce became more prosperous, and the handicraft manufacturing industry flourished, and naturally there was an endless stream of people who went to the city to work.

The key is that the security in Bianliang is really good now, and with the destruction of Sanssouci Cave, Ghost Fan Lou and a large number of gangsters, the business environment has been greatly improved.

Those businessmen with big capital are actually okay, they are mainly afraid of official pressure, and it is often difficult for the underworld forces at the bottom to take advantage of them and shake the status of these capital tycoons.

But for those small businessmen, the underworld forces are the people who deal with them every day, and those who open shops, set up stalls, and do business are often exploited by both black and white.

Coupled with high commercial taxes and market fluctuations, low-level artisans and petty traders are not doing very well.

After Zhao Jun swept away the evil and eliminated the evil, the successive Kaifeng Mansion strictly managed the officials, and the supervision of the Imperial City Division, the exploitation of black and white was reduced a lot. Even if some gray is handed in, it is far less exaggerated and excessive than it was at the beginning.

Therefore, this has led to the vigorous development of the commodity economy, and the proportion of labor-intensive industries such as the textile industry, the garment industry, and the handicraft manufacturing industry has increased year by year in the past two years, increasing economic development.

When the people have some money in their hands, they will naturally drive other industries. For example, the most typical is the tea market, in recent years, the price of grain has risen, and the price of tea has been much lower.

First, the wind and rain in the southern tea mountains have been smooth in the past two years, and secondly, after the reform of the farm, private businessmen pay more attention to quality, reduce apportionment and control, and the production efficiency of tea farmers has also improved a lot, so that the price of tea is now quite close to the people.

This gave birth to a rather peculiar scene in Bianliang today, that is, there are a lot more tea shops in the streets and alleys than before, and the number of Bianliang citizens who come to drink tea and chat has also increased a lot.

After dinner, people prefer to sit at the corner tea stall, read the newspaper, and talk about national affairs or neighborhood trivialities.

At this moment, in the outer city of Bianliang, all the streets and alleys are talking.

Taishan Temple Lane is the closest street from Qiaobeifang, and it is also the earliest street where the newspaper came out.

In fact, this point is not a good time to sell newspapers, because everyone has just gotten up and has to prepare for the day's work, so there is not so much time to read newspapers. Therefore, the time to read the newspaper every day is either when there is a little break at noon, or after the work stops in the afternoon.

Even those who set up the night market last night only had a little free time in the afternoon or early morning.

But after all, there are still some small family properties, and the citizens of Bianliang, who live a leisurely life, sat on the morning tea stall early, enjoyed breakfast, drank a sip of tea, and waited for the earliest edition of the newspaper.

"Sell newspapers, sell newspapers! Fan Xianggong Baozhou won a big victory, and the Liao State was shocked. The Liao State came to ask for peace, but instead of repenting, he blackmailed my Great Song Dynasty. The official family refused domineeringly, and the prefect wanted to fight to the end! ”

"Sell newspapers and sell newspapers, everyone come and take a look, the Manchu Dynasty and the civil and military forces have to make peace with the Liao State, only the official family and the prefect will fight back strongly, showing the prestige of my Great Song Dynasty!"

"The Liao people deceived the Song Dynasty, and after losing the battle, they asked me to increase the Song Dynasty by 200,000 yuan, is it tolerable or unbearable, the prefect responded, they want to fight, continue to accompany them!"

Countless newspaper boys shouted the newspaper selling words they had compiled at the printing house last night, and walked through the streets with the newspapers in their hands.

This technique really attracted people's ears, and all the people around them were alarmed at once, and they wanted to buy it one after another.

"What, there's such a thing, give me a copy so I can take a look."

"What's going on with the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty, how can there be a reason in this world to win a war, but still give the enemy New Year's coins?"

"Yo, what you said, let's not just go to the emperor."

"Shhh

At the tea stall at the entrance of Taishan Temple, a local scholar was greeting his friends from other places.

Because February this year is a new round of imperial examinations.

Historically, since the second year of Baoyuan, due to the intensification of the war with the Western Xia, coupled with the serious redundancy of domestic officials, there has been a three-year period of stopping tribute.

It was not until the second year of Qingli, that is, in 1042 A.D., that the imperial examination was reopened.

But now the problem of redundant officials has been solved.

No more redundant officials.

On the contrary, there is a shortage of officials.

That's a very outrageous thing.

After the restructuring of officialdom in the past two years, several departments have been added to the Dali Bureau, the Criminal Trial Bureau, the Education Bureau, the Industry and Commerce Bureau, and the Statistics Bureau.

The central government has also added more than 10 departments.

The rest of the departments set up below are even more numerous, clarifying their responsibilities at the lower levels, and special counterpart offices, such as the Ministry of Statistics is in charge of data co-ordination, and the Ministry of Natural Resources, which is separated from the three divisions, is in charge of mineral resources, and so on.

In this way, even if you don't count officials, each county must have at least one main official, and the Great Song Dynasty has more than a thousand counties. Then there were various states, roads, and so on, and more than 10,000 officials were all distributed at once.

Even a large number of officials were arrested, which led to a shortage of officials, so the imperial examination system had to be added.

The session that Zhao Jun participated in was actually the fourth year of Jingyou in 1037 AD, and then two years later in the second year of Baoyuan, that is, in 1039 AD, the tribute would be stopped, and it would be held every two years, and under normal circumstances, it would not start until the first year of Qingli, 1041 AD.

This year's edition belongs to Kaienke.

After the exam was completed in February last year, I continued to take the exam in July, and I was able to take the Jinshi exam in February this year, so that those who failed to make the list were beautiful.

Seeing that the spring is about to be coming soon, there are more scholars in Bianliang.

The out-of-town friend of the scholar at the tea stall heard him talk about the first emperor, and hurriedly pressed the other party's mouth and said: "Why do you even dare to talk nonsense about the first emperor, I heard that Bianliang is full of imperial city divisions." ”

"Brother Chengping, don't worry."

Shizi pulled his hand away, pointed to an old man drinking tea at the tea stall next to him, and said with a smile: "That person is the old king of the Imperial City Division who is sitting on this street." ”

The old king turned his head and smiled at the scholar, revealing his old yellow teeth like a bud.

The out-of-town friend was taken aback and said, "This"

The scholar said in a low voice: "The prefect said that if the imperial court does not do well, the people of the Great Song Dynasty can point it out." I've heard of Zou Ji's sarcasm about King Qi's admonition, as long as it's not too much, it's okay to talk a little nonsense, my Da Song doesn't take words as a crime, and I have a good relationship with the old king. ”

"Brother Liu is amazing."

The out-of-town scholars were impressed.

A few people bought a newspaper and immediately checked the situation.

After seeing Fan Zhongyan's battle report, they were overjoyed and said: "It's so relieved, the Liao people have bullied me for too long, and this battle will destroy its prestige." ”

Seeing the Liao people's request for peace talks, they were furious one by one: "The Liao people are really shameless, and they dare to ask for coins even if they lose." They occupy the rivers and mountains of our Han people, and oppress our Han people, and they must pay for their blood debts. ”

Finally, when he saw Zhao Zhen and Zhao Jun's statements, he turned his anger into joy and said: "Our official family and the prefect are really sensible, and they know that the Liao people are jackals who can't be fed, as long as they agree to their requests, there will inevitably be a second and third time." Just like after the alliance of Lanzhou, they came to ask for it again last year. ”

"Yes, it should have been like this a long time ago, I think I am a great Song Dynasty, there are thousands of Dingkou, and there are millions of people with armor, so why are you afraid of him Liaoguo?"

"It's just that I don't understand a little, why does the prefect explain the method of dealing with the Liao State to the Manchu civil and military? In this way, don't the people of Liao know that we have to send people to connect their subject countries and tribes, and how to take precautions in advance. ”

"Then what's the way, how many hard bones can the Manchu Dynasty minister have? If the prefect doesn't inform them of the method, I'm afraid none of these people will agree, so I think the prefect will come up with this decision. ”

At the tea stall, the people sighed one after another, and the Manchu Dynasty only had the Zhiyuan Nai Zhen's husband.

Fortunately, their emperor His Majesty was wise and promoted the prefect, and now the Great Song Dynasty officials and the prefect govern the world, even if the dynasty is full of silverfish, but the people support it, and the people's will is available, so it is possible to build a powerful empire.

And just after the people of Bianliang got up, they found that the newspaper had recorded a big incident overnight, and at this time, in the county government of Xiangfu County, Xiangfu Ling Su Jian was receiving a guest.

This person is his own brother, and his name is Su Xun.

Su Jian served as the general judge of Langzhou for the first two years, and when Zhao Jun passed by Sichuan, he found that he had governed well, and he was also a jinshi in the second year of Tiansheng, and his qualifications were quite old, so at the end of last year, he mentioned Kaifeng as the county magistrate of Xiangfu County.

Don't look at it just as a county order, but Xiangfu County is a county order of Chixian County alongside Kaifeng County.

Although Zhao Jun carried out the Jingyou reform, he did not reduce the grade of the Chixian county order, so the level of the county order of Xiangfu County is higher than that of the general Zhizhou, and further it is often all the way from the four-rank adjutant, and even from the four-rank Kaifeng Mansion Yin is normal.

Therefore, Su Jian was promoted exceptionally, and he was directly promoted by one level from the general judgment of the sixth grade, and he crossed the fifth grade, and now he learned that the hospital appreciated it, and it was the time for the spring breeze to be proud.

Su Xun also came to participate in the imperial examination this year.

He only "knew how to read" seven years ago, that is, when he was twenty-five years old, and in the fourth year of Jing You, that is, the class that Zhao Jun should refer to, Su Xun came to Bianliang to take the Jinshi examination, but was not admitted.

At that time, Zhao Jun didn't know about his existence at all, because at that time, Zhao Jun had already gone out to walk the world, and Zhao Jun should deal with Guo Chengyou in Bozhou during the exam.

Originally, after Su Xun experienced this defeat, he went to Kaomao Talent and Other Subjects in the next year, and failed again, and since then he has either studied at home all year round, or traveled everywhere.

It was not until the second year of Jiayou (1057) that he sent his two sons Su Shi and Su Zhe to Beijing for the examination, and both sons were in high school in one fell swoop, so that he would become famous in Bianliang, and the imperial court invited him to join the office, but he refused, and since then he has been intoxicated with literary scholars.

But at least at this time, Su Xun has not extinguished the mind of the imperial examination, and after learning that the imperial court has opened Enke again this year, he rushed from Sichuan in a hurry to participate in the Spring Festival in February this year.

Since my brother is now the county magistrate of Xiangfu Chi County, he naturally wants to come to defect.

"Mingyun."

In the backyard of the county government, Su Jian looked at Su Xun's article and praised it: "Your article has been learned, and it is very disciplined to study the gains and losses of ancient and modern chaos." ”

Su Xun said with a smile: "The younger brother has not done nothing at home in the past few years, and he has concentrated on researching and learning, and he has indeed grown a lot." ”

"Well, if there is no accident, I'm afraid you're going to be a jinshi this year."

Su Jian said with a smile.

"Ugh."

Su Xun sighed: "It's so easy, if you want to be a junior soldier, you have to be on the same list as the children of the powerful, otherwise there will be no share of me at all." ”

The Song Dynasty entrance examination Jinshi naturally also had shady scenes, for example, Han Qi grabbed Chen Yaozuo, Han Yi, Shi Zhongli and others to engage in shady scenes, greeted the examiners, and helped his own sons and nephews to be admitted to the Jinshi Examination, which brought them down.

There is also a folk legend that when Feng Jing was admitted to the Jinshi, his opponent was Zhang Yaozuo's nephew Shi Butong, if he didn't mistake Feng Jing for Ma Liang, I'm afraid Feng Jing wouldn't be able to win the champion.

That's why Su Xun sighed at the difficulty of being a jinshi.

Unexpectedly, Su Jian pondered for a while, and said: "The Zhiyuan's favorite is the bachelor with outstanding talent, the so-called virtuous do not avoid relatives, if you are not talented, I will not help you, but your knowledge is already in flames, then I will take your article to the Zhiyuan to see if he is willing to call you into the office." ”

Su Xun was overjoyed and said, "Thank you, brother, thank you, brother." ”

At this time, the outside official came in and said, "Mingfu, the new issue of the newspaper is here." ”

"Show it to me."

Su Lian stretched out his hand to take it.

He now subscribes to every issue of the newspaper.

Not only to keep up to date with the latest current affairs, but also because Zhao Jun often writes articles in newspapers.

Therefore, as a person promoted by Zhao Jun, it is natural to look at it from time to time to listen to the teachings of the Zhiyuan in order to be able to better govern the place.

Su Jian glanced at it and patted the case: "Okay, in the eighty years since the founding of the Great Song Dynasty, I have been angry this time. ”

"Oh?"

Su Xun hurriedly came over and said, "Something's wrong, brother." ”

"The Liao people are rampant, and they dare to ask for benefits after losing the battle, which is really unreasonable. The prefect's refusal is inspiring. ”

Su Jian scratched his head, and wondered: "It's just that I don't understand one thing very well, although there are people in the government and the opposition who criticize him and often impeach him on trumped-up charges, but there are many supporters, why does he want to say the way to deal with Liao?" ”

"I'll see."

Su Xun took the hold and glanced at it.

After a while, Su Xun pondered, and then said softly: "The Zhiyuan is really a strange person in the world, this is the way of the other, and the other is the way to give back to the other." ”

"Oh?"

Su Jian wondered: "What's the explanation?" ”

"The prefect probably doesn't want to go to war, after all, the newspaper said that once the war starts, the enemy and us will definitely be miserable and murderous. However, if the Liao peace talks are accepted, it will inevitably lead to servility and humiliation of the country. ”

Su Xun said in a deep voice: "So the prefect will not agree to the peace talks of the Liao, but as a last resort, he does not want to use swords and soldiers, and hopes that the Liaons will retreat in the face of difficulties." ”

"Knowing the difficulty and retreating? The Liao people are now like riding a tiger, and it is difficult to get down, will they still know the difficulties and retreat? ”

Su Jian said.

Su Xun smiled and raised the newspaper in his hand and said: "This is the way for the prefect to let the Liao people retreat in the face of difficulties, and he told the Liao people that I have a plan to deal with you, if you don't want to destroy the country, be honest, otherwise, the Liao country will definitely perish before the Great Song Dynasty!" ”

It's a conspiracy!

Zhao Jun had already written the method in the newspaper, so it was impossible for the spies of the Liao State not to know about it.

So what could the Liao do when they learned that the Song were trying to disintegrate their vassal states and tribes?

Nothing can be done.

If you coerce and lure those subject countries and tribes, it will only cause them to be more disgusted, and thus push them to the side of the Song Kingdom.

You want to appease them, but they listened to your words and went to attack the Great Song Dynasty, and then they didn't get any benefits, and they suffered huge losses, if there is no reward, what do you do to appease?

Is it still a pie?

You have to see if you can eat it.

In the face of the grenades of the Song State, it was impossible for these people to listen to the rhetoric of the Liao people.

It's like in a company, you only tell employees that the future prospects are great, but not only are the wages paid less every month, but the 24-hour overtime is unlimited, and the employees are willing to work with you.

No one is a fool.

Therefore, to appease people's hearts, you rely on carrots and sticks, you only have sticks, and there is no corresponding reward, and the final result is that everyone betrays their relatives.

It was only when the Liao State knew this that it urgently wanted to ask for money from the Song State to appease it.

But now Zhao Jun is a clear card to take the seven inches of Liao.

I will tell you clearly that if you do not agree to negotiate peace with the Song State, then it depends on whether your subject country and tribe are willing to follow you to gather an army of 500,000 to go south, or whether they are willing to follow the Great Song Dynasty, which gives money and equipment, to destroy your Liao State.

This conspiracy is almost incomprehensible!

(End of chapter)