In the first half of the fifth year of Qingli, after Yang Cha arrived in the southwest, he immediately began to integrate resources.

The first is to concentrate the local garrison troops on the West Guangnan Road, with few people, only more than 10,000 people, basically all the troops on the entire West Guangnan Road.

Historically, Guangxi was either broken by Vietnam or by the Nong Zhigao rebels, not because they were strong, but because Guangxi was weak.

There were only a few thousand people in the city of Yongzhou, and in the past two years, the imperial court has drastically reduced the old and weak, and the strength of Guangxi has been further reduced.

This amount of troops was definitely not enough, so Yang Cha asked Nong Zhigao to immediately contact the border leaders who were often harassed by the Yue people on the border and invite them to send troops together.

For a time, a large number of troops were assembled on the Guangxi Road, and grain and grass were also transported from neighboring provinces such as Guangdong and Hunan through the Lingqu, and the Yongzhou treasury was piled up.

At the same time, Di Qinghao's mighty army also left Bianliang, and also took the land route through the Nanyang Basin to Xiangyang, and then took a boat all the way south, taking the Han River, the Yangtze River, and the Xiangjiang River to turn into the Ling Canal.

Thanks to Zhao Jun in the early years, he allocated a lot of money to carry out large-scale repair work on the Ling Canal, otherwise, although the 10,000 army is not much, the weapons, grain and grass, firearms, tents and other ordnance materials that can be carried with him are as many as thousands of tons, and they may not be able to arrive smoothly.

Historically, Emperor Nong Zhigao started in April of the fourth year and broke through Yongzhou in May.

The imperial court immediately sent Di Qing to get the news, but Di Qing did not arrive in Yongzhou until the end of the year, which shows that it will take at least half a year from the rebellion of Nong Zhigao, to the time when the imperial court reorganized its troops and horses, and then arrived in Guangxi.

There is no way, the road is long, so it can only be like this.

And the big action in Guangxi also quickly attracted the attention of Jiaozhi, and Jiaozhi has many internal responses in Guangxi, and it is impossible for the imperial court to make such a big move without them noticing.

Second, Nong Zhigao had been fighting with them, and he was suddenly summoned as the governor of Yongzhou, which meant that the Great Song Dynasty court noticed this side of Guangxi.

In the past, the Li Dynasty in Vietnam had many small moves, mainly because they were located in the remote areas of the southwest, and the Great Song Dynasty paid much less attention to them than the Western Xia of the Liao State, and even the importance of Goryeo in Japan was much stronger than theirs.

As long as they didn't make too much trouble, attacked Guangxi, the territory of the Great Song Dynasty, with great fanfare, and plundered the border, considering the cost of using troops against Jiaozhi, the Great Song Dynasty would pinch its nose and endure it.

But now Guangxi is not only hoarding a large number of supplies, but even recruiting local ethnic minorities and gathering soldiers and horses, which seems to have the intention of using troops on the Jiaozhi side.

For a while, Li Chao of Vietnam was also a little panicked.

In recent years, the Great Song Dynasty has become a lot stronger, not only with abundant domestic materials and bumper grain harvests, but also on the international stage, with several defeats of Western Xia and Liao, they have all shined.

So if the Song Dynasty was weak, the Song Dynasty could still endure the small actions in the past, and now it may really be necessary to ask the teacher for guilt.

Thinking that before the establishment of the Li Dynasty, Jiaozhi had been occupied by the Central Plains Dynasty, and even if there were occasional rebellions to set up their own portals, it was not long before they were quickly destroyed by the Central Plains Dynasty, and Li Foma, Taizong of the Li Dynasty, was a little panicked.

In the history of Vietnam, Li Foma is one of the wise monarchs who can handle it, and during his reign, he made great efforts to govern the country, and the strength of the Li Viet period was basically laid by him.

But no matter how Li Yue's volume is here, it is still very different from the Great Song Dynasty.

Therefore, after consulting with Guo Shengyi, the Taibao Tao, Li Fengxiao, the privy envoy, and the rest of the ministers of civil and military affairs, Li Zhengxian, Li Zaiyan, Du Qing, Liang Maocai, Feng Zhizhi, Ban Shi Yonghe, Bandu Xingru and dozens of other people, he decided to send an envoy to the Great Song Dynasty White Elephant.

Li Foma has done this for so many years, and since the Zhao Heng period, the Li Dynasty has sent envoys to make offerings many times. Every time there was a problem at the border, the Song Dynasty sent a letter of reproach, and they immediately sent their ministers to the Song State to settle the knot.

Like these civil and military ministers, there are many people who have repeatedly gone to the Great Song Dynasty as envoys. They are all important ministers in the court, such as the privy deputy envoy, the commander in front of the palace, the three dukes and three divisions, etc.

It's just that the face takes care of the Great Song Dynasty, how should Lizi invade or how to invade.

Within two years of each mission, they began to harass the border again, sometimes moving the border line and encroaching on the territory of the Great Song Dynasty. Sometimes it is to cross the border to kidnap border people, burn, kill and loot.

Seeing that this year's Great Song Dynasty is going to move in earnest, Li Foma naturally wants to repeat his old tricks.

Anyway, in their opinion, the Li Dynasty was located in a remote area, and the Great Song Dynasty's large-scale attack outweighed the losses, as long as the face took care of the Great Song Dynasty, it should be able to make them die down.

Soon in June, when Di Qing arrived in Guilin, Guangxi, and was about to go to Yongzhou, Li Chao's letter of state was also quickly sent to Bianliang.

At the beginning of June, in the twilight of summer, the weather does not mean to be cool at all.

After the Xiaoice period passed, the world began to warm up, and the lack of air conditioning in summer was simply torturous, especially in the Hebei region of Henan, where there was a drought in May this year.

If it weren't for the timely relief of the imperial court, and taking advantage of this opportunity, the imperial court immediately allocated silver taels and hired local young people to repair water conservancy, I am afraid that many people would starve to death.

In the Constitutional Yuan, it was supposed to be a moment to enjoy a leisurely time at noon, but it was in a hurry.

Inside and outside the house, many officials and the rest of the officials of the Constitutional Yuan came in and out, and it seemed that something big had happened.

But in fact, it is not a big deal, but there are too many official documents piled up in recent years.

Taking advantage of the summer, Zhao Jun asked people to clean up and screen, and if it is useful, continue to save it and put it in the yard to dry. Throw the useless ones in the storehouse and keep them in the archives storehouse first.

The blazing sun is shining, the house is stuffy, although the doors and windows are open and ventilated on all sides, but it still makes people upset, there are more than ten prime ministers in the field, only Zhao Jun, Fan Zhongyan, Yan Shu, Jiang Tang, Cai Qi, and Song Shou are there.

They were all under the age of sixty, and they were sturdy and strong, and they were able to hold on despite the heat.

The rest of the prime ministers are all sixty or seventy years old, and they are indeed a little unbearable.

For example, Lu Yijian and Wang Zeng have recovered their health one after another during this time, although they have aged a lot, but they quickly returned to work to continue working, but because the weather was too hot, they went home to rest.

"It's finally sorted out, and we should have a big move this year." Fan Zhongyan wiped the sweat from his forehead, put the official documents in his hand together, and prepared to hand them over to Zhao Zhen for final review in the afternoon.

After half a year of discussion, from the very beginning, he and Zhao Jun discussed the content of this year's reform, and finally deleted and increased several times to make sure that it would not arouse the opposition of many prime ministers in the Constitutional Yuan, and then took it out to discuss with everyone.

But even so, everyone has their own opinions. Some people think that it is only two years after the good days, and if such a big move and a nationwide transfer will cause financial depletion and national turmoil?

Some people also believe that since the future is steam-powered, and cement factories, brick factories and other factories are also expanding on a large scale, the road in the future should be a cement road, no matter how bad it is, it should be a brick and stone road, instead of continuing to build rammed earth roads now.

In the future, after a large-scale rest of the dirt roads, the construction of masonry roads and cement roads will be immediately started, will it lead to financial duplication, continuous investment will be difficult to return to the cost, and eventually lead to waste?

For this reason, Zhao Jun can only explain patiently.

First of all, according to the budget of the Ministry of Finance, about 30 million yuan is allocated every year for the construction of large infrastructure, and these funds are all saved by the original redundant military expenditure, and will not hurt the national treasury at all.

The second is the problem of masonry roads and cement roads, including trains, because rubber takes eight years to grow, Zhao Jun believes that it should take at least ten years to build, and two to thirty years before it can be fully popularized.

After all, the main role of the cement road is to supply cars, and it is still too luxurious for horse-drawn carriages to take the cement road. In the case that the steam engine could not be mass-produced and the steam power could not be built on a large scale, just like the canal, it was the best way to ensure the infrastructure of ancient society.

Therefore, in the future, if it can be used for at least 30 years, it is not too late to build ordinary rammed earth roads first, and then build brick and stone roads and cement roads when steam engines are popularized, and even electricity and internal combustion engines are developed through steam power.

After three or four months, the Constitutional Yuan finally unified its views and made reforms and related measures on major issues such as politics, military, economy, agriculture, education, science and technology, medical care, diplomacy, culture, infrastructure, and even natural resources.

This reform opinion should be the last reform of the Great Song Dynasty from an agricultural country to a primary industrial country of the first industrial revolution, involving all aspects, the entire social order, and will bring about great changes as a result.

"What's the matter, so happy?"

At this time, Zhao Jun came in from outside, and when he saw Fan Zhongyan's happy face, he couldn't help but be curious.

Fan Zhongyan said with a smile: "Isn't it confirmed that the meeting will be held this morning?" I sorted out the content of the meeting and all the things, and finalized it for the official family in the afternoon, covered with the jade seal, and it can be officially released. ”

"Well, then don't worry about it."

Zhao Jun said and came to his place, and was about to leave after packing up a little.

Seeing this, Yan Shu wondered: "Hanlong, where are you going?" ”

"I went to the official's house for dinner just now, and on the way back, the Academy of Sciences reported it, and I was going to inspect it."

Zhao Jun said.

"Oh?"

Fan Zhongyan, Cai Qi, Song Shou, Jiang Tang and others all looked over.

Yan Shu smiled: "There is another surprise in the Academy of Sciences? ”

In recent years, there have been many surprises in the Academy of Sciences, including the development of mathematics, the study of physics, and even chemical experiments.

They even developed the allicin soil refining method, glass refining method and soap refining method under the instructions of Zhao Zhen, and for a time Zhao Zhen's reputation as a great inventor became more and more popular among the people.

The most important thing is that Zhao Zhen also helped them build a relatively scientific system, Zhao Zhen was confused about mathematics, but in chemistry and physics, Zhao Zhen established the periodic table of elements, invented Zhao's mechanics, Zhao's optics, Zhao's first law and so on.

So much so that the scholars of the Academy of Sciences who were dedicated to the study of science were stunned, and they praised Zhao Zhen as a god, and worshiped him as an academic boss, and almost didn't carve a wood carving for him on the spot.

Zhao Jun said: "Didn't the official family study electromagnetic force at the beginning of this year? He made his own Tesla coil, named Zhao's coil, and the Academy of Sciences has already made it, let me take a look. ”

"It's amazing, it's worthy of being an official."

"I have such a wise and martial emperor in the Great Song Dynasty, it is really a great blessing from heaven."

"The old man really wants to see the development of this electricity one day."

Several prime ministers were full of emotion for a while.

Although these things were all made in the computer brought by Zhao Jun, Zhao Jun didn't have time to do it himself.

On the contrary, Zhao Zhen stayed in the palace every day and had nothing to do, and had time to be foolish.

As a result, Zhao Jun was helping him govern the country, but Zhao Zhen, a non-traverser, started inventions and creations, which is also an outrageous thing.

But it can't be helped.

Zhao Jun didn't know how to get a lot of things himself, or even if he knew how to get them, he didn't have that much time.

Rather than inventing and creating, governing the country is certainly a little more important.

If Zhao Jun concentrates on inventions and lets Zhao Zhen, Lu Yi, Jian Wangzeng, and other laymen govern the country, won't the Great Song Dynasty finish the calves?

"Okay, I'll go to the Academy of Sciences first."

Zhao Jun smiled.

Just as he was about to turn around and go out, a person hurriedly came in from outside and reported: "Report, Jiaozhi National Letter." ”

"Oh?"

Zhao Jun stopped, turned his head to Fan Zhongyan and the others: "It seems that the imperial court's big move in Guangxi has aroused the vigilance of the people of the Li Dynasty, and they have begun to pay tribute and sue for peace again." ”

"Take a look."

Fan Zhongyan motioned for the person reporting to bring the national credentials.

It stands to reason that this thing is a national letter, and the equivalent must be shown to Zhao Zhen first.

However, the Constitutional Yuan is now in charge of the country's government affairs, and Zhao Zhen now nominally controls the Constitutional Yuan at the regular meeting every afternoon, so naturally the Constitutional Yuan will check first.

The thing was handed over, Lao Fan took a look, the content inside was actually very simple, Li Fuma first praised the Great Song Dynasty in the past few years, and congratulated the Great Song Dynasty on its successive defeats of the Western Xia Liao State.

Then the conversation changed, saying that Jiaozhi "accidentally" violated the Song Realm a few years ago, and it was all a misunderstanding. Some of them were made by border generals on their own, and some of them accidentally strayed into the clouds when they were arresting criminals.

He hoped that the Great Song Dynasty would not have a dislike for Jiaozhi because of these "misunderstandings", so he was willing to send an envoy to the Great Song Dynasty to pay tribute and present a pair of white elephants to express his deep apology to the Great Song Dynasty.

"What the hell?"

After reading it, Zhao Jun said speechlessly: "It's still the same virtue as before, and I will send Da Song as a flower." ”

"This white elephant is precious, and I was reluctant to give it to Jiaozhi before."

Yan Shu said with a smile: "It seems that this Jiaozhi can be regarded as feeling fear, and intends to present treasures to calm the anger of the imperial court." ”

"White elephants are precious, but they are taking us for fools, and several invasions are all misunderstandings?"

Fan Zhongyan said angrily: "In this battle, the imperial court can fight right or wrong, and the Li Dynasty must also be eliminated." ”

"Hmm."

Zhao Jun nodded slightly.

Strictly speaking, although the tributary system of the Central Plains Dynasty belonged to the vassal states, the Central Plains Dynasty gave it generously.

But often, the gifts of the Central Plains Dynasty were also measured by the value of the tribute paid by the vassal states.

You pay a lot of tribute, and the Central Plains Dynasty also gives a lot.

Therefore, in ancient times, there were often cases where the entire country was offered to the Central Plains Dynasty in order to obtain more lucrative returns.

This is the case with the Ryukyus.

Every time Ryukyu pays tribute, he can get several times the reward of the Central Plains Dynasty.

Therefore, the Ryukyus were most enthusiastic about sending envoys to worship.

Like in the early Ming Dynasty, they had to pay tribute five or six times a year, which made Zhu Di very annoyed, and finally stipulated that Ryukyu was not allowed to pay tribute like this, once every two years.

The Vietnamese pair of white elephants are extremely valuable even in later generations, especially in ancient times.

The Yue Dynasty, Siam, Khmer, Angkor, Cham and other Southeast Asian countries of the same period as the Northern Song Dynasty all treated the white elephant as a national treasure.

Therefore, Vietnam's behavior can be understood as being like a pair of giant pandas given by our country to a friendly country in later generations, and it is still very sincere.

But this is all on the horse, what's the use of you repenting?

The Great Song Dynasty was about to destroy the Li Dynasty in Vietnam and develop the Red River Delta into a planting base for rubber and cinchona trees.

So there's no point in apologizing.

Zhao Jun took the opportunity to say: "It just so happens that the imperial court has not yet invented a notice, and it is called abuse without teaching, and it is said to be violent if it is not punished." Jiaozhi has repeatedly taught and refused, announced their culpability, and informed the Quartet, this is the end of angering the Great Song Dynasty! ”

"Good!"

Fan Zhong drowned loudly, and immediately wrote down the official document, as long as Zhao Zhen sealed, this is the Yue Yue text!

(End of chapter)