A great man of the Northern Song Dynasty

No matter how you look at it, refusing a reward from an official is a bit stupid, or a bit fake.

Someone said: "I'm afraid he doesn't understand."

Li Baojiu half-understood what he heard and started talking when he was excited.

"Who knows what he's talking about?"

"I know."

Zhe Kexing came to the front and said: "He said that he worked hard to practice martial arts and learn the art of war, but he was easily defeated by his master. Later, he fought with his master all the way. He was even more impressed. He just wants to learn these things from his master in this life."

"Isn't it good to be rewarded?"

This question is very real.

Zhe Kexing asked Li Baojiu.

"He said that to be an official, you have to learn to understand people, and you also have to learn to trick people into telling lies. It's too tiring..."

This Li Baojiu was probably a loser in the Xixia officialdom, but because he was strong in force and knew the art of war, he was thrown to Youzhou.

Zhao Shu's body trembled slightly, and he wanted to laugh.

The ministers all lowered their heads slightly, looking like Bodhisattvas in the temple, but Zhao Shu bet that they must be feeling depressed at this moment.

To be an official, you have to learn to think about people, and telling lies is a basic quality for an official.

But it’s enough to know these things. Saying them is a slap in the face.

"He is a simple and honest man." Zhao Shu liked this kind of people, but Li Baojiu was a demoted general, and at best he could only be given a false position.

"Shen An, you have to treat him well."

"yes."

Shen An returned to work with a confused look on his face, and everyone was itching with hatred.

Li Baojiu looks like a murderer at first glance. How good is it to have such a slave at home? Just you, Shen An, look like you don't want to do it.

Next is the reward.

Before Shen An went on the expedition, he received a reward from Zhilong Tuge. This was Zhao Shu's plan for a rainy day.

Cao Yi and others each received a reward.

Cao Yi's rewards are all false. It seems that if the uncle wears his hat, it will be difficult for him to stand up.

But Wang Shao got an unexpected surprise and learned about Lingzhou.

Lingzhou faces Jingzhou and Shunzhou of Xixia, and beyond it is Xingqing Mansion. It has a heavy responsibility and must be trusted by the emperor's ministers.

"How are you preparing for Lingzhou?"

Zhao Shu immediately came to take the exam in front of the palace.

Wang Shao didn't even think about it and said: "I thought that the West Thieves had abandoned half of the good land at this moment, and there would be internal disputes. The Liang siblings were afraid that they would have to kill people with swords to suppress them. But after this, the West Thieves are not strong enough." If it poses a threat to the Song Dynasty, then attacking the city is the priority, and attacking the heart is the top priority. I believe that attacking the heart is the most important thing. If we can surrender without a fight, that would be great."

"Attack the heart first, this is a great strategy!"

Zhao Shu said with a red face: "Once the Song Dynasty was able to recapture the Western bandits without bloodshed, the Liao people would panic."

Wang Shao said: "This policy is what Duke Shen said."

"Oh!" Zhao Shu looked at Shen An, "Are you afraid that I won't be able to accommodate you, so you chose to lie dormant?"

He felt that Shen An didn't take the initiative to speak out because he was worried that he would be jealous of himself as an official because he had made too many meritorious deeds.

The emperor and his ministers believed that this kind of thing was very bad, but Zhao Shu felt that he could not commit such a crime, but Shen An underestimated him.

Shen An left work and said awkwardly: "I'm just worried about the rumors."

"rumor?"

Zhao Shu was puzzled.

Someone said: "Your Majesty, there are rumors outside that Shen An and Liang have something..."

"Ha ha ha ha!"

Zhao Shu couldn't help laughing.

If Shen An proposed surrender and Liang really surrendered, the outside world would inevitably say that they had an affair, and that Liang was giving in to an old love or something.

What a fucking rumor!

Zhao Shu couldn't help laughing.

Bao Zheng couldn't stand it anymore and said: "Your Majesty, the land of Jiuzhou has been recovered in this battle. It's time to reorganize one by one and send officials to serve."

Zhao Shu then stopped smiling, and after some discussion, he decided on the officials who would go to recover the land.

"Your Majesty, in Liupan Mountain, we should immediately send someone to take over the pasture. There are still many farmers."

Han Qi felt that there was something wrong with the focus of these people. "There are horses produced there, and there is also a lot of fertile land. If we deploy more people there, the output there will be enough."

"That's a good place!" Zhao Shu was very excited. "In the past, when I mentioned a horse-raising land, the court immediately became silent and everyone restrained their hands. Now that we have Liupan Mountain and Hengshan Mountain, it is also a good place. In a few years, the Song Dynasty will have no shortage of war horses. I never dreamed that this day would come so early. Hey! Looking back..."

When he turned around, he was going to talk to his ancestors and talk about what he had done this time, which would be considered a show off.

"Your Majesty, there's more than just one benefit." Han Jiang, the third minister, said: "The cultivated land in the Song Dynasty is less now, and many people have lost their land. To be honest, most of the people who rebelled are these people. They have no land to farm. However, no one reached out to help, so in the end we could only..."

Han Jiang said the wrong thing as soon as he said it. It was a bit taboo to mention the rebellion at this time. He coughed awkwardly and continued: "We have captured so much land this time. Prime Minister Han just said that there is a lot of fertile land. I am thinking about collecting the landless people in the country and sending them there to farm." After a few years of herding horses, you will be able to multiply your offspring.”

Lao Han said this so well that even Shen An nodded.

The biggest contradiction within the Song Dynasty was taxation. Taxation made the people at the bottom miserable, and expanding the source of taxation was the best solution.

Zhao Shu said approvingly: "What Han Qing said is very true, so let's publish it in various places and let them publicize it."

"I'm just afraid that people won't want to go."

Nowadays, the government's appeal is not that strong. Once they hear that they are going thousands of miles away, the people estimate that there is a high probability that they will give up.

"The Yellow River is full of dangers, but only one group is profitable." Zhao Xu, who had been holding back on being a transparent person, finally couldn't help but speak.

When everyone saw the prince speaking, they watched with interest.

"Tell me about it." Zhao Shu was in a good mood and thought it would be good to let his son take a chance.

Zhao Xu said: "Your Majesty, the nine bends of the Yellow River have gradually eased up in the Hetao area. I think that if we want to make the people believe that it is a good place, we have to publicize its benefits."

"The Hetao area is just a few words, it is the upper reaches of the Yellow River. I will not go into details about the benefits there, but I will summarize them into two. The first is Jiangnan beyond the Great Wall. Jiangnan is good. This is a common consensus among the people. It is a land of plenty. Second. Just one sentence..."

Zhao Xu glanced at Shen An, looking at him inexplicably, thinking, what are you looking at me for?

"The second one is the husband of Suide, a woman from Mizhi. We need to publicize it vigorously, and we have to say that there are few men in Mizhi, and there are countless women waiting to be married. And the husband of Suide only needs a small dowry."

I go!

Shen An finally knew why he wanted to look at her.

Isn't this what he said casually at the beginning, Mizhi's mother-in-law and Suide's men are both top-notch.

Then it was repurposed by this guy.

Thinking about how those poor people can afford a wife, you must be crazy to hear that there are a lot of beauties in Mizhi waiting for them!

Dowry was the main reason that prevented women from getting married in the Song Dynasty.

Generally speaking, if a family has three or four daughters, it is basically certain that the family will be ruined in the future. This is evident from this.

"In the end, all the expenses along the way were paid by the government, and they just had to go empty-handed."

Zhao Xu's words caused controversy. Someone said: "Your Majesty, if we want to move the people there, it will cost tens of thousands, or even hundreds of thousands, at least. With so much money and food, the court will not be well-off!"

Sansi had just lived a good life for a short time. If this happened again, he was afraid that Han Jiang would commit suicide.

Zhao Xu sighed and looked at Shen An again.

Only then did he realize that when Shen An taught him the knowledge about the economy and people's livelihood, he was almost helpless towards certain officials in the DPRK.

These people don't know anything, the only thing they know is the word "in and out".

Is the Song Dynasty difficult? Then we should be more liberal in entry and strict in exit, and be more economical.

This is their way of governing the country.

Don't laugh, take a closer look, there are quite a few officials like this.

Zhao Shu also wanted to know his son's opinion on this. He had a good time watching his son and Shen An flirting with each other and couldn't help but smile.

"The DPRK and China are not well-off, but the money will be earned."

Zhao Xu is spreading economic knowledge to some officials from another level.

"How much food subsidy will be needed every year for those people who stayed in their hometowns?"

This is a big deal!

"After we go there, even if we provide them with houses and cattle for free, and even if we collect less taxes in the first few years, what will happen in a few years? How much taxes will be collected in that place every year in a few years? How much is ten thousand people? ?How many are 100,000 people?”

That's an astronomical number.

"And with them here, we can practice local bravery at any time to resist possible invasions from the highlands!"

Zhao Shu couldn't help but take a deep breath, "I forgot about those Qiang people in the highlands."

Those Qiang and Xixia people fought together. After Xixia was destroyed, it was the Song Dynasty's turn to fight against them.

"With those immigrants here, there are soldiers, and food and grass can be supplied nearby. Add these together, what is the money and food given by the Third Division? It's just a drop in the ocean!"

Transporting grain and grass from various places to the northwest, the cost on the road can make people despair.

Zhao Xu surrendered and returned to work.

"What the king said is true."

Shen An was the first to go out to cheer for Zhao Xu, and then Zhao Shu himself nodded and said: "It is indeed good to have such knowledge, and you are very thoughtful. It shows that you have worked hard recently, so I If you receive a good inkstone during this trip, I will reward you with it."

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

Zhao Shu said with emotion: "With that piece of land, we have land to raise horses and fertile farmland. It also solves the problem of landless people in the Song Dynasty. It kills multiple people with one stone!"

"Your Majesty, the key is that the Song Dynasty can reduce many garrison troops in the northwest, and then these troops can be arranged in the north!"

Han Qi's eyes were full of fire. After coming out of Haoshuichuan, he fell into a kind of fanaticism that had to make achievements. He has only gotten better recently.

Zhao Shu nodded, "Fu Bi is still on the road. This time he persisted and increased the prestige of the Song Dynasty. I am very satisfied."

After the great victory, Zhao Shu almost cried when he learned that Fu Bi led the soldiers and civilians in desperate situations to shout that the Song Dynasty would not surrender.

With such a minister, what should I be afraid of, Yelu Hongji? Just come!

Han Qi was a little confused.

The old enemy has achieved great success this time, no worse than he did in the northwest.

After this battle, Fu Bi's reputation as a tough guy rose again, and it might become Fu Bi's reputation in the future.

Why!

My bones are pretty strong too!

Zhao Shu asked with great interest: "I heard that Han Qing found a divine horse? There is no need to be taboo about this matter. You just need to ride it."

He looked at Han Qi's figure and became more and more curious about the divine horse.

Han Qi turned away, feeling that he was surrounded by voices laughing at him.

"Your Majesty, that horse..." He could not continue.

Chen Zhongheng coughed dryly and said, "Your Majesty, that horse is crying."

Zhao Shu held his belly, but in the end he couldn't hold it back.

"puff!"

"Hahahaha!" The officials couldn't help laughing.

Later there was a banquet in the palace, and everyone ate freely and returned home with their rewards.

Shen An met Tang Ren who was waiting for him outside the imperial city. UU reading www.uukanshu.net

After congratulating him first, Tang Ren said, "My lord, that Zhang Wulang was tricked."

"who?"

"Zhang Wulang is the secret spy who was originally rescued by his subordinates in Zhongjing City."

"Someone spoke ill of you at home. Zhang Wulang heard this and took down those people. Later, he was beaten half-life by Hu Shenian, the Secretary of the Imperial City."

Shen An let out a wine burp, looked at the crowd in front of him, and said with a smile: "A certain person has just made a great contribution, and the officials are having a headache as to how to reward him..."

His contribution this time was really too great, and Zhao Shu had a headache. He felt that Zhilong Tuge was not enough to pay for his contribution.

The ministers are also very conflicted. Many people do not want him to be promoted quickly, but if he is not promoted, someone will have to break his leg!

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Third update, more.