Shao Song

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Zhao Guan's house, who made a deal with Zhang Jun by making an appointment for repayment in installments, did not stop his pace of patrolling the troops. Two days later, when the follow-up personnel arrived at the honor guard, he and Zhang Jun continued eastward together, not only went to Binzhou to inspect After returning to Zhang Zongyan's tribe, and continuing eastward, he arrived at the land of Denglai in the middle of the twelfth lunar month and inspected the imperial navy.

Here, Zhao Guan’s family comforted Li Bao so well. They promised him a position in the same capital on the spot, which is regarded as an improvement in the specifications of the imperial navy and this person. On the other hand, they asked Li Bao to send two ships. Accompanying the fleet organized by Zhang Jun to sea also means being familiar with sea routes.

At the same time, the meeting between Yue Fei and Tian Shizhong between Qingzhou and Zizhou seemed a little quiet.

Of course, during this period, privately the imperial court urged Zhao Guan’s family to return to Luan, and the imperial army from all over the country greeted the loyal Zhezi because of all kinds of wind, including Yue Fei’s opinion on his leadership of the imperial right army... but they never stopped. .

Among them, it is worth mentioning that Yue Fei was not talking about avoiding suspicion when he was in charge of the Yuying Youjun. Instead, he vaguely stated in the Mizha that he, as a native of Hebei, had mastered the former army of the imperial army adapted from the original Tokyo left-behind Si Lao. Including the eight-character army, it can be appropriate, but to control the Yuying Youjun, I am afraid that the Yuying Youjun, which is based on the Western Army, will be dissatisfied.

This is the same as Zhang Jun asking for an explanation for Tian Shizhong that night, it is here to guarantee.

To be honest, this behavior is a bit out of place, and it's probably something that any emperor will have in his heart, but Zhao Jiu knows that Yue Fei's move is for a reason... Specifically, in Yue Pengju's place, everything is helpful. In the plan of the Northern Expedition, he would accept or do it, no matter if this matter will cause trouble for himself.

Directly, this is called not hesitating for the country.

However, even if he understood Yue Fei's thinking, Zhao Jiu was really not good at telling Yue Fei what to say at this time. Because helping to eliminate the existence of Zhang Jun, the soul of the imperial right army, so that Yue Fei can control the imperial right army's power through Tianshi is already a certain limit. If you give an explanation, you can only give it from the name. Once given the status, it is likely to expose the fact that Zhang Jun was dismissed from the military.

This is too much, and it's not good for anyone.

At that time, not only Zhang Jun’s authority will be swept away, Yue Fei will definitely not be able to survive—a handsome official controls a small half of the military power of the imperial camp, especially Yue Fei is also a life-and-death friend with the navy commander Zhang Rong, and he is stationed in Jingdong. This is incredible.

In this situation, the first person who jumped out to oppose it was probably Zhang Jun, Zhang Deyuan, the most convinced and most supportive of Yue Fei. And according to Zhang Deyuan's temper, I'm afraid it will directly give Yue Fei the greatest embarrassment, and then things will become uncontrollable.

After all, this matter has nothing to do with personal relationships, likes and dislikes, right and wrong, but more about the system and just in case considerations. Even further, Zhao Jiu's doing this is indeed dangerous in the eyes of everyone except him.

As for Zhao Jiu himself, although he is 10,000 peace of mind, he is not enough to talk to outsiders.

Putting aside these thoughts, since Zhao Jiu came to Dengzhou, met Li Bao, and watched the fleet go out to sea, it was already the fifteenth of the twelfth lunar month, and this place was a thousand or two hundred miles away from Tokyo. So, turning his head, the official with something in his mind again led a small number of cavalry soldiers, with Zhang Jun, Wang Yan, Liu Yan, Yu Yunwen and other close ministers who were able to run for a long distance, and then turned back to Jishui first, and then drove westward along the river. All the way to Tokyo.

One thousand and two hundred li, it took ten days, not the fastest, but it definitely can be called a thousand li.

An important reason for the rush is that Zhao Guan’s family has been absent from many things this winter... Of course he signed the national debt as soon as he returned to Beijing, but the sale of the national debt was only done by the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Imperial Guard and the Ministry of Household; Cuju The league finals were finally held as usual, but they had to invite the two queen mothers to sit in the box, and then Duke Lu came out to present awards; the rest are similar... and if this continues, there will be no trouble in Beijing.

Therefore, to put it bluntly, this official can be regarded as not delaying the second day, that is, the 26th day of the twelfth lunar month.

After all, the importance of this matter is not comparable to other things.

One more thing must be said here. After several years of inheritance, Taixuewenzheng now has a sense of ritual and a specific process.

Generally speaking, starting from the morning, the important ministers under the governor held the manuscripts by themselves, and under the eyes of the officials, they told the'tai students' about the achievements that their departments had made this year under the leadership of the Zhao officials. The feeling of job reporting. Then there will be a short break at noon, which is convenient for many people to communicate in private. The afternoon is the session where the important ministers are asked questions. Although there are still open questions and answers, generally within half a month, the Di Bao will warm up the relevant core issues and be a rough guide, and Zhao Guan's family will also be at this time. Play the role of threading and let the relevant departments come out to answer related questions.

Going back to the front, this time, maybe everyone knows that the Zhao official’s journey is exhausted, or the fact that the previous official was disappointed and walked for two months has made the political atmosphere in the capital a bit bad, and it is more likely that this official is the official. The family sits upright but keeps frowning and thinking, and if you are in a bad mood... Therefore, not many people want to talk about the government this time and provoke the Zhao official family.

But as everyone knows, no one tortured Zhao Guanjia face to face, Zhao Guanjia has been torturing himself... Or, since that day, after Ma Kuo turned and left, he has been asking himself a serious question these days-how can he recharge his energy? Meet the needs of the Northern Expedition?

Theoretically, the national finance is gradually improving. No way. After seven or eight years, the country will return to the level of 80% of the previous heyday. At that time, it will be enough to raise 300,000 elites while meeting other daily expenses. A large amount of precious metals, grain and grass were accumulated for the northern expedition.

And this is exactly what many conservative ministers expect, and it is also the plan that Zhao Jiu has rejected long ago... Choosing this is not as good as choosing to go to Yangzhou at the beginning, that is more secure!

Why did you stay in Huai Shang that day? It's not that you can't bear to abandon Central Plains!

Why are you so anxious today? It's not that I can't bear to abandon Lianghe!

There are some things, instead of taking out an abacus and making a crackling, you should do whichever is the most reasonable... The national aspiration and the motivation of national integration are all things to consider.

But if we don't wait for so long, how can we save enough grain, horse material, cloth, and precious metals for the northern expedition of 300,000 people while raising soldiers? Relying on him to reduce harem spending?

You must know that at this point, you can no longer save money on civil salaries and other expenses. That will limit the speed of the country's recovery, and it will be unfavorable for long-term plans, which is equivalent to drinking poison to quench your thirst.

And this is another deadlock.

I am afraid it is precisely because of this that Zhao Jiu chose to try to blend in after learning about Zhang Jun's business, regardless of risks and public opinion.

This official is already a little hungry.

Not to mention how the Zhao official family was thinking about the plan for the Northern Expedition, so that they did not return to Beijing for most of the winter. After returning to Beijing, they also exposed their worries in the Taixuezheng. They only said that the official family finally returned to Beijing. The atmosphere eased slightly.

On the second day, the 27th day of the twelfth lunar month, after hurriedly dealing with the past Taixue politics, Taixue inside became lively...Because this day is the beginning of the annual holiday, according to the practice in the past few years, students who are close to home in Taixue generally want It is not until today that they will return home individually, but the students who are far from home generally have to prepare to stay in the capital to celebrate the New Year.

Of course, under the special system of the three-shelves plus the palace exams, one action every year, the value of the students is self-evident. Therefore, in these few days, not only will the palace summon some outstanding students, but also many high-ranking officials, such as the Wu family, the Lu family, and the homes of important ministers, including the current ruler, will specifically ask their children to invite some good students to them. The New Year in Fuzhong is the most inferior one. Staying in the Taixue, there are also wealthy merchants, honorable men, and temples and temples to help the meat, vegetables and rice noodles.

You don't need to learn from Fan Zhongyan to carve porridge.

"That seems to be the son of Zhao Xianggong's family?"

On the box of a restaurant with a window on the north bank of Cai River, Chao Gongwu, who had just used a bowl of **** soup to get rid of the cold, had no time to put down the bowl and blurted out, staring at the opposite bank of the river outside the window.

"should be."

The friend seated at the same seat is also where the name of the banquet is on the surface-Yu Yunwen, the subject of the banquet, looked through the window for a moment, and immediately nodded and said yes. His eyesight and physique have always been recognized as excellent, and it is precisely because of this. In order to return early with the official family.

The elderly Renbaozhong, the weakly written Fan Zongyin and Lu Benzhong are still riding their horses back to Tokyo for the New Year.

"The father and son of the prime minister, do you come to eat mutton in this kind of place?" Chao Gongwu couldn't help feeling.

"what is this?"

Hu Quan, who had been drinking soup with his head down, looked up and faced each other calmly. "Not only the prime minister, but it is said that Zhao Xianggong often comes to Caihe to drink lamb soup, and the officials have specially ordered the takeaway here... Zhao Xianggong is recognized as the number one private morality in North Korea. He does not cultivate private property and does not do it. Personal relationships, coupled with the family's escape from Hedong, did not even have an acre of real estate on the ancestors, and only depended on salary rewards to live on. It is also common to come here for tooth sacrifice under simplicity."

"Why not?" Yu Yunwen also smiled casually. "It's that Daddy Zhao hasn't asked the Hun family so far, and it is said that he was also implicated by his father..."

"How do you say this?" Chao Gongwu asked curiously. "The prime minister's son is worried about marriage?"

"What can I say? It's not because Zhao Xianggong is the prime minister, so it is difficult for Mr. Zhao to test the pen easily to participate in the examination and the hall examination, so as not to be suspected. And since he does not test the pen, it is not easy to get out of Taixue. No. If you go out of Taixue and don't have any fame, you can't get married..." Hu Quan explained casually on the other side.

"This is..." Chao Gongwu was momentarily dumb.

"However, this is the case. People are also the eldest son of the prime minister. If you don’t believe me, ask the following students. Are they willing to come with Zhao Zhao to the south of Cai Henan to drink lamb soup and eat Xuanyang sheepskin, or are they willing to go with Xiao Guojiu Wu? Drinking Lanqiao Fengyue at the head of the country's home?" Hu Quan continued to ask with a smile.

The answer is self-explanatory, but Chao Gongwu still just nodded when he heard the words, and he was still cautious in his words: "Now it is Junming Xiangxian."

These words made everyone present nod their heads, but Hu Bianxiu on the opposite side shook his head in silence.

In other words, Hu Quan shook his head and didn’t have any opinion on Zhao Ding. Although their political opinions were disagreeable, the level of difference between the two was too big to be able to match. Moreover, Zhao Ding’s talents are generally recognized as good. No one is not convinced... The reason why he shook his head was just because everyone had their own ambitions.

Like the seven or eight people present today in the same year, they are no longer the same as the students of three or four years ago.

At that time, everyone was a classmate in the same home and a scholar in the same discipline. They had different positions and different minds, so that everyone was friends. But now they have only been on a three-year mission, and they are completely different from each other in terms of political status and political stand, including various mentalities.

Among them, the most obvious one is Chao Gongwu. This person is capable and has better knowledge. UBM is famous for his strong memory. There is no doubt that he is the more outstanding one in the same class, and his career is also good. Very serious, but has gradually become strangers with the rest of the political stance.

The reason is that the sentence is now and then.

Moreover, three years ago, the family of Chao Gongwu moved all the way from Jeju’s hometown to Shuzhong because of avoiding the war. At that time, the whole army naturally supported the imperial use of troops and regained lost ground in order to stabilize the situation. However, after Yaoshan, the situation was stable, the Chao family also moved back to the ancestral land, but the clan naturally lost support for the court's use of troops. Not only that, the elders of Chao Gongwu's family were also not allowed to redeem them because the abandoned fields in their homes were used as military camps by the imperial army, and they gradually complained about the imperial policies.

These things, directly and indirectly, all affected him, so that after the White Horse's Shaoxing change, the younger Chao Gongwu directly expressed his dissatisfaction in his letters with several friends, and then attracted some criticism... his current caution The posture, on the one hand, is that he himself gradually developed his knowledge, on the other hand, he was aware that the Zhao official's determination was irreversible, the imperial government was irreversible, and the political atmosphere among the surrounding classmates had also formed, and he had no choice but to hide and retreat.

However, in the eyes of Hu Quan, who had noticed the changes in Chao Gongwu early, it was okay.

You know, even the three officials of the Jingkang Taixue, Zhao Ding, Zhang Jun, and Hu Yin who had a fateful friendship on that day had already parted ways, and their political views were different. These Taixue classmates who had been in the three years of Jianyan, and How can it be as close as one family all the time?

Not to mention that Chao Gongwu has fallen behind in violation of the overall situation, but he and Yu Yunwen are so close at the moment, and they will not be able to become opponents.

For this, Hu Quan had been mentally prepared.

"Speaking of Zhao Xianggong and Zhao Gongzi, I remembered a joke." While speaking, the other spoke at the right time in the same year. "As we all know, although the major issues of the East and the West are harmonious, there is a lot of conflict in the minor issues. Although it is not called party dispute, there is also the suspicion of separation. And in private discussion, I have never known how to call the two parties... If you say Zhao Dang and Zhang The party has offended the country’s surname; if it is said that the Eastern Party and the Western Party are in accordance with the overall situation of the officials, some situations are contradictory... But a few days ago, Taixue suddenly had a new saying, I am It feels very appropriate."

"How do you say?" Except for Xiaoyu Tanhua, the son of Zhang Jun's deceased official, everyone was curious.

"It's the Mudang and the Water Party!"

"How did this come from?" Even Hu Quan was surprised for a while.

It was Yu Yunwen who was the first to wake up, but it was not funny.

"Without him, there are several children of Zhao Xianggong, all named from the famous Shuichuan in Hedong, Zhao Gongzi called Zhao Fen, and Zhao Family Lady Zhao Mi." That same year blurted. "And Zhang Xianggong only got a son a few days ago, and he named him Zhang Shi. Only at this time did he know that Zhang Xianggong was born in Shuzhong, and the next generation of his family will go next to the wooden characters..."

After a word, everyone laughed, and even Yu Yunwen couldn't help but lower his head and laugh.

However, amidst the laughter, the last person finally arrived, but he was the real target person of this gathering-Mei Li Mei Maoxiu, a member of Naosha who attended this kind of gathering in the same year in Beijing for the first time.

"You guys in the same year, ashamed and ashamed!" Mei Sheren entered the box, repeatedly arguing that it was not. "I was planning to come here early after I was dismissed, but when I was about to leave, the official suddenly summoned him and asked a lot of questions in front of the harem pavilion. He just came out of the palace and hurried over after changing his clothes."

Since it was an official call, everyone naturally had nothing to say, but quickly let the Mei She people sit down, and then greeted the helpers in the store to serve food and dinner. There were prostitutes who took the initiative to come in, and they were given some money and asked to go out... …They are true political stars, who can enter the inner circle. Why don't you know the official mentality? Why bother to provoke the official dislike for this kind of thing?

As soon as the banquet was opened, everyone was a little polite and talked about gossip about the Taixue Zhong and the Palace Examinations in the past, but after three rounds of drinks, as officials in Beijing, they are all the so-called promising tiger squads, but they can't help but communicate. Political message.

In fact, this is the fundamental reason for such gatherings.

"Taiwei Zhang went to Beijing with the official's house and personally went to the Xifu to meet Zhang Shuxiang. He only talked about Zhang Zongyan. He actually knew it, but he didn't expect that in the end he would be so bold and sent out so many soldiers!" Yu Yunwen said casually. Saying a message that can't be kept from anyone is an appetizer.

Everyone was not hesitant, only Chao Gongwu was taken aback when he heard the words, but in the end he didn't say anything.

"In that case, Zhang Zongyan's life was saved?" Someone asked curiously.

"This is natural!" Xiaoyu replied frankly. "After the Xifu News was posted, the officials directly made the decree and demoted them to the head of the army. The pre-military effect..."

"This must have been agreed by the official and Taiwei Zhang face to face." Hu Quan also came to a conclusion along the way.

"Da Si Kou (another name of Shang Shu of the Criminal Ministry) can be happy?" Everyone nodded, and another curiously interrupted. "On the tenth day when he entered Beijing, he took down the Dali Temple Qing and the imperial concubine's uncle, and quickly sentenced Yang Zheng to a decisive decision. He also sent a letter to the Kansai region, questioning the Kansai generals, and forced dozens of generals below Wu Jiedu to write a letter. He defended himself, and asked the court to deal with it. It was in the limelight for a while, and it was a controversy for the court officials...Is it necessary to let Taiwei Zhang off like this this time?"

"Da Si Kou (Xing Bu Shang Shu Ma Shen)?" Hu Quan toasted and sneered before Yu Yunwen. "The great Sikou these days are superficially beautiful, but how can he live in private? All the people in Beijing regard him as soon as he enters the capital and expelled the official... At that time, when the official is outside, the big Sikou is actually the most difficult in Beijing. All kinds of postures are just forcing him! If the trouble goes on, he is afraid that he will really complain between the upper and lower inside and outside, and then even the Southeast Lu Xianggong and Li Xianggong will bother them. The letter questioned him!"

"Brother Hu is right." Someone said it was right. "At this time, the local economic strategy and Shangshu Shilang exchanged thoughts that Liu Shilang (Liu Hongdao) and Da Sikou were all the same, but Liu Shilang personally dispatched the imperial army to cross the river to attack an army village on the opposite bank in the middle of this month. It's not the same as Dasi... It can be seen that Dasi Kou is invincible, but he is just a vain and brave and unpopular in the DPRK."

"In fact, these are all trivial things, so what if the great Si Kou really continues to be so strong? It is always too much for the officials to grasp the overall situation, and the key to our work is to be anxious to the emperor's urgency and focus on the big political strategy. That's the right way." Hu Quan suddenly retransmitted. "And since the officials received Ma Jiedu in Heyin, the future big political strategy has been revealed. It is just to save money, food, soldiers and horses to cross the northern expedition of Hebei! In the next few years, everything will have to make concessions to these things. of."

"What Brother Hu said is extremely true." Another person responded. "After the Daily Dibao posted the matter of Director Ma's visit to the official family, our household department began to check the accounts and check the storage... But after all, it is always difficult for a clever woman to cook without rice."

"It's true." Yu Yunwen also frowned. No one in the room knew what the official thoughts were better than him. "I remember Lin Shangshu had a word in Taixue yesterday. This year's income, plus the three million yuan of national debt, is only 38 million yuan from the first half of this year's young crop loans and Jiaozi. Yu Yiguan money or one tael of silver, the actual value at this time is about 770 wen)...38 million yuan, if it is used to raise soldiers and raise 300,000 imperial troops, nothing can be done."

Besides, people around naturally knew that Yu Yunwen was traveling with the official family. Therefore, when the 300,000 Yuying soldiers said it, they already believed in their hearts, knowing that this was a certain bottom line set by the official family and Ma Kuo after discussion. , But even so, it is still unavoidable to smell this number.

"The official family is too generous to the imperial camp!" Chao Gongwu didn't hold back after a while of consternation. "According to the letter of the third envoy of the Renzong Dynasty, Cai Gong, at that time, a forbidden army spent less than 50 yuan a year, and now the Yangyi imperial battalion is about 80 or 90 yuan in total, and even nearly 100 yuan... In this case, we are raising 300,000 soldiers, don’t you just don’t do anything?!"

"The imperial army of the Renzong dynasty must not be able to destroy Xixia." Since Hu Quan had long been caressed in his heart, he simply opposed it coldly. "If you want the Northern Expedition to regain the two rivers, it will cost you 300,000 yuan a year!"

"But in this case, you can only wait a few more years for the northern expedition!" Chao Gongwu finally stopped pretending to be cautious because he was stunned in his face, or maybe because he had drunk a little wine. "Brother Hu, the annual income is here. It is necessary to raise 300,000 imperial battalions, but also to prepare money for military supplies and rewards. It is absolutely impossible to have less than 50 million annual income!"

"I will be 50 million years old in a few years?" Someone frowned.

"Naturally there is." Chao Gongwu blurted out. "When the dynasty was in its heyday, the annual income was nearly 100 million (guan, stone, beam, two, horses, not the total of the total), of which, excluding one stone of grain and half of the money, except for the official needs, almost no one bought forage, there are still six. Ten million direct financial income. And in the sixty million wealth, in addition to the copper coins and silver coins, there are also nearly ten million horses of silk... The value of silk and silk has always been fluctuating, but it has always been one horse. The price of silk and silk! Considering that the main producing areas of silk and silk are in the south, before the war, as long as the dynasty has been recuperating and rejuvenating, it would be able to achieve an annual income of more than 30 million yuan, plus eight or nine million silk and silk! That is a total of 50 million dollars in annual revenue!"

Chao Gongwu has learned about it, and now he is studying history, and he has a lot of experience. No one questioned what he said, so everyone was thinking for a while.

But I have to say one more thing here... Da Song is an extremely centralized financial work. Her income is not converted into silver, or about 770 liters of copper, which is a consistent, one-piece copper coin, and finally the total value of how much is the total value, but at the same time. The measurement includes the received grain (stone), hay (bundle), copper coin (cross), Jiaozi (timber), silk (horse), silver (two), and finally more than 100 million stones, bundles, crosses, The bizarre flowers of qi, pi, and two always make an annual income.

As we all know, food is the most basic thing in the feudal era. It was used to directly supply the army, officials, and the capital as well as for disaster relief. It is impossible to really discount. Hay is only munitions. Therefore, we must first set aside these real objects to get the true annual income of the Song Dynasty, which is mainly composed of two kinds of money and silk.

After all, only these two are recognized as hard currencies. A single piece of silk and silk has almost become a general knowledge. From officials to soldiers to ordinary people, they all agree that these silks are the same as copper money and silver. Effective general equivalent.

This is what Chao Gongwu meant-at present, almost most of the silk and silk production areas are actually under the control of the Song Dynasty. The direct losses caused by Lianghe are actually very low. The theoretical financial limit of the Song Dynasty is still very high. , So as long as Da Song is given time to gradually close the bloodshed caused by the war, it can actually be restored to a very outstanding financial position.

but……

"How long will it take to recover to the annual income of 50 million?" Hu Quan frowned.

"I have calculated it, according to the current recovery speed, seven or eight years will be enough." Chao Gongwu blurted out.

Everyone's expressions changed immediately.

Hu Quan even sneered on the spot: "If the people of Lianghe can wait another seven or eight years, why should the officials expel those people in Baima?"

Chao Gongwu wanted to say something again, but after all, he kept his mouth shut, and the rest of the people didn't mean to discuss it... This is a structural question, like whether to make the cake first or divide the cake first. It is doomed to be unsolvable.

Besides, just as Hu Quan said, the Zhao official family has already set the tone for it.

"Actually." Yu Yunwen was embarrassed at the scene, especially since he had a very good personal relationship with Chao Gongwu, and finally couldn't help but make a break. "It may not really be necessary to raise enough 300,000 soldiers, and slightly expand the imperial battalion to 240,000 to 2,500, then contact the Mongols, Khitans, and Goryeos, conquer a group of party members, plus the Hebei Rebels, the amount is still enough."

"But if that's the case." Chao Gongwu finally couldn't hold back when he saw that it was a friend who spoke. "The number of people in the Northern Expedition will be more. By then, how much food and money will be needed for munitions, rewards, and pensions? Have you ever calculated it?"

"Forget it." The previous person who was in the Ministry of Households in the same year chuckled. "Three hundred thousand people, if there are large rivers to facilitate transportation, and the corresponding figures are good, plus friendly forces, it is estimated to be 600,000 to 700,000 people, and 700,000 people, regardless of the autumn harvest of the year. To measure, you have to prepare six million shi of grain. If you use more war horses, it will cost more, and you will also need to prepare two million bundles of hay... The rest of the salt, vinegar, alum, dried meat and other groceries... To count, you must first reserve tens of millions of stones, grains and grass! And the extra money and silk rewards, plus the expenditure of military supplies, is simpler. Compare the normal consumption of the imperial army a year! In other words, a small amount of tens of millions of stones, food and grass, 20-30 million Wealth! The country needs such reserves to ensure that the Northern Expedition is sufficient! Of course, it’s a little bit tighter, with a six-month period, and considering that nine out of ten of them can be harvested in one autumn, it will be reduced to five million stone, grain and grass, 1,500. The wealth of Wanguan's value can always be given a try!"

"That's good." Chao Gongwu said. "If seven or eight years are too long, set it for two or three years. In two or three years, you will raise two hundred and forty-five thousand imperial camps. Those of you who are thinking of the Northern Expedition, tell me how to save another five hundred. Ten thousand stones, grain and grass, and fifteen million yuan of floating wealth? Can it fall out of thin air?"

Everyone in the private room was silent immediately. This is the great concern of the officials, and it is also the place where the important ministers are also embarrassed... If anyone can solve this problem, the Zhao officials will definitely let him give him the title of worship.

"Look at what Brother Chao said." Seeing the bad atmosphere, Mei Li quickly interrupted. "If we, who have only been in office for three years today, can work together to solve this worry for the officials, in the future, everyone will have a secret pavilion position on this table, and the leader will inevitably be the prime minister...We are just taking advantage of it. Before the New Year's Day, Tan Hua Lang came back, let's chat freely!"

"That's good." Hu Quan also felt a bit too much, and got up on the spot to raise his glass and smile. "In any case, it is tens of millions of points better than Jingkang at the moment, so why worry too much? And drink it for the New Year! For the official birthday!"

Everyone got up and held their cups.

And as he drank it, another person laughed: "It's a pity that our Royal Master Yuying is not as savage as the Jurchens. Otherwise, I will be tortured for some time in Xixia and compare it with the food stored by the Xixia people. There are five or six million fortunes!"

Everyone laughed, but immediately remembered the loss in Jingkang, and then turned into a bitter smile. As a result, whether it was Hu Quan, Yu Yunwen, Chao Gongwu, or others, they could only borrow wine and sigh. After all, it was difficult for the atmosphere to return to the casualness that was at the beginning. ...Of course, the Mei She people who came here for the first time did not say that Zhao Guan's family asked him to inquire about sea trade data.

In the afternoon, the sky dimmed again, faintly snowing, Zhao Ding's Young Master Zhang bid farewell to the classmates on the south bank of Cai River, and Hu Quan and others also disappeared on the north bank of Cai River.

After all, everyone is just ordinary people who have to rain and umbrella, return early when it snows, and prepare for the New Year.

At the same time, Zhao Guanjia, who didn't need to prepare for the New Year, sat in the palace thinking for a long time. After all, he got up and left Shiting, but went to Wu Guifei.

When the two met, Wu Guifei was overjoyed and hurriedly hugged her son who was already asleep to greet her, but unexpectedly, Zhao Guan's family took the eldest son and sat down on the couch at ease~www.wuxiaspot.com~ and smiled again:

"Ai Concubine, we haven't updated "Journey to the West, Conquering the Devil's Miscellaneous" for many days, right?"

Concubine Wu's expression stagnated, but she looked at her son in the arms of the official family and immediately greeted her with a smile: "What the official family said is not bad. It hasn't been changed for many days... Do you want to change it today?"

"It's going to be more today." Zhao Jiu still smiled right.

Hearing this, Concubine Wu still forced a smile, but the next official Feng Yifeng immediately turned around and ordered someone to prepare a pen and ink.

After the pen and ink were delivered, Zhao Jiu hugged his son and said with emotion: "But today is not "Journey to the West". This book will not be updated in the future. Anyway, there are folk tales that have long existed and will be compiled by famous artists hundreds of years later. Maybe it's a famous book... I love my concubine so hard. Let's open a new book from today. If I don't write it, no one will write it."

Concubine Wu, who had already unrolled the paper and sat down at the table, was taken aback, and immediately returned to normal. Anyway, she was just a ghostwriter for changing any books. The **** of "Journey to the West" is Wu Chengen's business, and she is shut down by Wu Guifei. What's the matter?

As soon as I thought of this, Concubine Wu put down the paperweight, took the pen and ink from Feng Erguan, and asked with a smile: "Please give me the title of the new book."

"Water Margin!" Zhao Jiu blurted out looking at the eldest son who breathed evenly in his arms. "It means that one hundred and eight magic stars in the sky descended to the earth, and they were forced to go to Liangshan as a thief when the Emperor Taishang Daojun, but they were called by the country's righteousness in Jingkang. After the ten years of Jianyan's establishment of the world, he went to sea for the Song Dynasty to explore, and encountered all kinds of strange geography."

Rao had already experienced and practiced, and Concubine Wu, who had already put up a pen, was still stunned on the spot.

Zhao Jiu laughed at this: "I was also forced to go to Liangshan... I have to try everything... Let's start writing!"