This requirement was not high, and Zhao Xu immediately issued an edict on the name of the low price of grain that hurt the farmers. The court used 15 million yuan to buy food. Before that, from the previous year to the last year to the summer harvest, the court had prepared a large amount of food, but in the future, not only would the soldiers who were in the fortification be eaten, but in a war, Shaanxi and Hehuang would also hurt the vitality. The agriculture of Xixia was even more comprehensively destroyed. Xixia had to occupy it. If it wanted to occupy it, it had to appease it. Otherwise, the remaining forces of Xixia would come like Li Jiqian, and the enemy would retreat. The enemy would retreat and advance. Xixia would occupy it and change hands after a few years. Food is the most important thing for the people.

At this point, the grain has been prepared. However, the people of Xixia did not alert. Most of them were placed in the capital area and were temporarily unavailable to the northwest.

Zheng Lang said again: "Your Majesty, you can send an envoy to warn the Li Yue Dynasty, especially the Li Daocheng, and let the envoy tell him directly, if he is not honest, our dynasty will not mind the lieutenant of Jiaozhiqing, and then I will let Su Yan come out to govern Guizhou and serve as the placing commander of Guangnan West Road."

Li Rizun died before the Xining drought, and his son Li Gande was succeeded. Li Gande was only a few years old at this time, and the government was controlled by the powerful minister Li Daocheng. However, Li Daocheng was very dishonest and colluded with the troops of Langshan to the south of the three passes to cause serious turmoil. Later, the Hehuang victory spread, and Jiaozhi was afraid and sent envoys to congratulate the Song Dynasty.

Li Gande is still not old now. He is only a 14-year-old boy. The government of Jiaozhi is still controlled by Li Daocheng. However, because the Song Dynasty was trapped in the Khitan and the Western Xia, its focus was still in the West and the North. Not only to the south, but also to many areas in the southwest, the Song Dynasty could only temporarily put it aside. As long as there was no major chaos, the court kept turning a blind eye. Zheng Lang was also helpless in this form. In recent years, not only did Jiaozhi not be stable, but there was also turmoil in the southwest.

However, there are many reasons for the turmoil in the southwest, as well as the mistakes of the ethnic policy of the Song Dynasty, and of course the mistakes of the barbarians. If you want to settle in the southwest, you must first solve these complicated entanglements. However, you must spend a lot of money to build roads, and the transportation is inconvenient. The officials and soldiers of the court cannot easily reach the tribes, so they cannot govern them. Then they become kings and improve the lives of the people, but the mountains in the southwest are high and far away. Even if Zheng Lang has golden fingers, it cannot make the lives of the local people quickly improve.

The southwest is not in mind for the time being, but Jiaozhi must not be allowed to cause trouble in the south during the attack of Xia. In recent years, the imperial court has governed the south, and Su Jian has also been active in the south. He has a lot of prestige, but Su Jian has also become old. Therefore, Zheng Lang said again: "If the Western Xia affairs come, Your Majesty can summon Su Jian back to the stable."

"Well, this is a capable minister."

Zheng Lang walked out of the palace.

Autumn is deep and the leaves are falling.

Suddenly a hammer rode past the street, attracting the people on both sides of the street to stop and watch.

Because of the increase of horses, the cavalry of the Song Dynasty increased one after another. Including infantry, they were also taught that they could ride horses, not to let them fight on horseback, but to use the marching speed of the war horses to increase at a certain time. This is the omnipotent side, but Zheng Lang concentrated the soldiers.

The Song army had the least heavy armored cavalry, but it cannot be said that it would not work. The heavy armored cavalry on the front battlefield still had a large impact, so a heavy armored cavalry was retained. When the regiment was reorganized, Zheng Lang divided the heavy armored cavalry into hammered cavalry and sword cavalry, and all chose strong forces. The hammer was an iron hammer and a big knife, which increased the lethality of the heavy armored cavalry. The hammered cavalry was usually trained to practice hammer skills. Others were supplemented. This was also called having special skills, so that they could have stronger combat power.

There are more types of light cavalry, namely cavalry, that is, cavalry archers who are specialized in surfing on horseback, and Hu Jian cavalry, which are not big swords like heavy armored cavalry, but also scimitars, cavalry throwing cavalry, short axe and short spears promoted by Zheng Lang, as well as cavalry, cavalry, spear cavalry, and cavalry holding spears in their hands. Infantry is divided into shield soldiers, sprites, sword soldiers, axe soldiers, baton soldiers, archers, archers, crossbow soldiers, as well as divine arm archers who have strict requirements on arm strength, as well as hook and sickle spear soldiers, horse-cutting sword soldiers, and axe soldiers who specialize in restraining enemy cavalry.

There were artillery soldiers, that is, stone catapults, but now they have been changed to stone artillery soldiers, as well as several new real artillery types, and even medical types.

It was impossible to restore the combat effectiveness of the Song army during the Han and Tang dynasties. Therefore, Zheng Lang intended to meticulously refine various types of troops and turn them into a strict machine, and improve their combat effectiveness through military discipline and perfect cooperation.

In Zheng Lang's eyes, the role of each military service is equal. For example, the medical soldiers despised by the people. Are their roles worse than cavalry? But the people don't think so, especially the two heavy armored cavalry, which makes them admire the most.

Listening to the people's discussions and the enthusiasm in the eyes of some girls, Zheng Lang looked at the heavy rider again, laughing and crying, and said to the servant: "Prepare the car and take me to the outside of the city."

"Here." The servant prepared the car and pulled Zheng Lang to the suburbs.

First, Zheng Lang is gradually letting go of government affairs and has more time left, and second, he deliberately went to the suburbs to see cotton.

Almost everyone focused on several types of grains together, and they all ignored this new type of cotton.

But its function is no less than any kind of miscellaneous grains. According to the living habits of Chinese people, it will surpass these kinds of miscellaneous grains in the future.

Zheng Lang came to the suburbs, looked at it, and asked again.

Cotton also began to harvest because it was transferred to the Song Dynasty. Although it was carefully cared for, the yield was still not very high, which was not much different from some high-yield coarse cotton. This is also one of the reasons why people despise it.

In fact, its output will be much higher in the future, and the proportion of lint is higher. This is not the most important thing. The most important thing is its cotton fibers, because their fibers are long and can be weaved into exquisite cotton cloth without wrapping silk. It is precisely because of this characteristic that the price of cotton cloth will drop sharply in the future, so more and more people can wear new clothes, and even hemp and kudzu gradually withdraw from the stage of history and move more arable land space. The significance is unimaginable.

Not only this kind of fine lint cotton has moved out 7,000 hectares of arable land in Lanzhou and Qinzhou and Weizhou this year to plant long lint cotton introduced from the Western Regions. Seven thousand hectares of arable land cotton cannot meet the needs of the people in the northwest, but can meet the needs of frontline soldiers.

This alone saves a lot of money for the country. The quilt, cotton coat and fabric required by a soldier are not very heavy, but what about hundreds of thousands of soldiers? In order to meet the needs of hundreds of thousands of soldiers, these supplies must be transported step by step from the Central Plains to the northwest. How much does it cost to use?

Although planting cotton at the same time is tiring, it has higher economic benefits. Planting cotton on a large scale will bring wealth to many people in the northwest.

Not only this cotton, but the harvest in the past two years, the Western Xia economy collapsed. I didn’t dare to invade the border. The northwest this year was very calm, so the Song Dynasty freed up more wealth. Since the spring, Zheng Lang allocated 55 million yuan from the treasury and reserved a large amount of food and weapons. Among them, 30 million yuan was used for weapons and armor. Although Zheng Lang was making trouble, the treasury was empty again, at least more than 90% of the weapons and materials needed to conquer the Western Xia. But like food, in order not to disturb the Western Xia, they were mostly in the stables.

This is war.

Without careful preparations before the war, fighting in a hurry is in danger.

Autumn goes and winter comes, the Song Dynasty is very peaceful, and the Xixia continues to suffer.

It seems that the Song Dynasty did not seem to have any tendency to use troops against the Western Xia, but it does not mind that the Song Dynasty was injuring the Western Xia.

Since the collapse of the Xixia Bank, the Song Dynasty immediately blocked the border. It was strictly prohibited for any merchant to smuggle Song Dynasty goods to the Xixia, which made the people of Xixia even worse.

When this situation occurs, the key is the bank.

For this reason, the ministers of the two factions quarreled endlessly.

The Later Party blamed the royalists for the regents, and now they only study one bank and see what the situation has become.

In fact, the so-called Han rituals and foreign rituals are irrelevant. What is important is the tendency. If the royalists successfully restore Han rituals, it is equivalent to overturning the Liang family's policies. The Liang family is in danger. If even Han rituals cannot be established, let alone regaining the regime from the hands of the Liang family.

Faced with the unreasonable troubles of the Party, the royalists were also unwilling to give up. The so-called bank was the idea of ​​Liang Yongneng and Liang. And why should we set up a bank? If the Liang family had not ignored the overall situation and had to use troops to the Song Dynasty, would Suizhou be lost, would Lanzhou be lost, and whether it was necessary to set up a bank to defraud money from the people.

Originally, the economic difficulties and the two parties were quarreling, which made the people of Xixia live in dire straits.

In this case, Li Qing found Feng Gao again and said, "General Li, now the country is at its peak of life and death. You are the pillar of the late emperor and cannot sit and watch the destruction of Xixia."

The Liang family controlled the military, political and financial power of Xixia, and the later party took the upper hand. Li Qing thought that Li Bingchang really controlled the regime and had to rely on the power of Feng Gao's four generals.

Feng Gao opened his eyes and said weakly: "Li Qing, I am old and I just want to live a peaceful old age."

Li Qing was so clever. This old guy had something to say, so he stepped forward and bowed deeply and said, "General Li, even if you want to live a peaceful old age, you still have to think about your descendants. Moreover, the country is in danger. How can you finish your eggs when the nest is destroyed?"

"Your Majesty is heaven, and the Empress Dowager is also heaven. It is different from the past," Feng Gao still shook his head.

"General Li is not targeting the Empress Dowager, but eliminating evil people like Liang Yimeng. Without these few people, the Empress Dowager will be connected with His Majesty and his son, and our country will be saved."

"Li Qing, the other party is very powerful." Feng Gao still did not agree, but his words gradually relaxed.

After Li Qing persuaded him for a long time, Feng Gao said: "Li Qing, give me two days to consider it."

Feng Gao was not only Feng Gao, but also Lu Yi, Zhao Shanjin and Wei Zhifang. If these three brothers did not agree, Feng Gao would not agree. Li Qing left helplessly, feeling uneasy and was not willing to agree. He was afraid that these four brothers would be slaves from four surnames and go to Liang to report the news.

But he didn't know, and the news was sent to the Song Dynasty stable.

Two days later, Feng Gao sent someone to invite Li Qing and said, "Li Qing, I have discussed with the third, fourth and fifth brothers."

"What do they say?"

"They are also worried that we originally had some military power, but since the Battle of Huluchuan, Liang Daxiang had almost suffered a complete defeat in the entire army, but Kaitai saved the three armies, which was exclusion from Liang Yi."

"That's right, how can the country be safe?"

Feng Gao cursed in his heart, "The uneasiness of the country is a good thing, otherwise we will return to the roots of the fallen leaves that year?" He said, "That's right, we feel heartbroken when we see the country like this, but because of Liang Daxiang's exclusion, we don't have much military power. If we want to support the royal family, our strength is weak."

Feng Gao finished speaking and looked at Li Qing.

If you want us to help you, you have to take out your trump card.

Li Qing understood and said a few names.

These dozen people then began to discuss how to make a decision.

However, this time the shrewd Li Qing was sad.

After discussing, Feng Gao was asked to sell the news to Liang Yi and buried it later.

Liang Yima was shocked after hearing this and hurriedly shouted Feng Gao to the mansion. Feng Gao explained the matter in 150% and Liang Yima said, "General Li, thank you four brothers this time."

On the surface, Feng Gao and his men looked very shameful in their practice, but if Feng Gao and the rest of their lives attacked, they might be able to get the consequences, and then there would be more disasters in the Liang family. Liang Yimai said again: "General Li, please wait."

After saying that, he immediately entered the palace and reported to Liang.

After hearing this, Liang's face was covered with clouds and said a long time later: "This son of the Ai family has been in vain."

"Empress Dowager, what should I do?"

"You ask Li Yan and the other four to lead their troops to kill these thieves."

"Empress Dowager, let me go."

"Don't use it. These four people seem honest, but are actually extremely cunning. They can succeed in speculation every time. They must let them take action themselves, otherwise they can rebel against the Ai family in the future."

Letting Feng Gao and the other four take action on their own is equivalent to announcing to the whole of Xixia that they betrayed Li Bingchang and surrendered to the Liang clan, and since then there is no room for maneuver with the royalists. Moreover, Liang clan has an idea in his mind that he has repeatedly fought with the Song Dynasty over the years, with more defeats and fewer victory, which is why Xixia lacks a capable general. These people have quite a military talent, and can be used by them by tied to their own chariots.

Liang Yi went down with the appointment letter and notified Feng Gao. Feng Gao pretended to show a sense of dismay, and it took a long time to agree.

The purpose of selling Li Qing is to exchange the trust of the Liang family and to regain military power!

The next day, when winter came, a layer of white frost was accumulated in some corners of the city. Suddenly, countless soldiers rushed into Xingqing Prefecture City and broke into the homes of some powerful people. Among them were several emperor uncles and Li Qing.

Li Qing was caught off guard and quickly asked Lu Yi to lead the soldiers to capture the whole family. Li Qing reacted and said, "Li Yan, Li Duanming, Li Kaitai, Li Hui, you four shameless thieves from four surnames will definitely not die well in the future."

Lu Yi slapped his mouth, and his personal soldiers understood and went up and cut Li Qing's head off. Then Liang Yimeng led Feng Gao and Renduo to arrest Li Bingchang. This incident caused a huge uproar in the Western Xia country, and many people secretly cursed Feng Gao.

But Feng Gao has always been a minister of the Song Dynasty. How could he be considered a slave of the four surnames for the Song Dynasty to pacify the Western Xia?

When the October incident in Xixia occurred, the east wind that Zheng Lang was looking forward to came.
Chapter completed!