This is the best strategy.

If we use the distinction between the upper and middle and lower levels, the worst strategy is to forcefully take advantage of the orphans and widows of Liao Kingdom to use troops now. This is the best strategy.

But there are many helplessness in life. It is obviously the best strategy, but Song Jiu cannot use it. Therefore, he can only adopt the middle strategy in his heart. He also said: "But after thinking about it carefully, I think it is inappropriate. Raising soldiers for a thousand days will be used for a while. Raising soldiers is for war, not for protest."

"protest?"

"It's just cowardice. If you let others bully you, you won't dare to fight. Even if you have countless troops in your hands and bully the country is only a small country like Jiaozhi, you won't dare to fight and the people are dissatisfied. So what should you do? You can only send envoys to protest."

"Who did this..." Zhao Kuangyi asked in confusion.

"...It is a metaphor for ministers," Song Jiu was not easy to say. Your descendants did this in the future and finally finished the country. What's strange is that people continued to learn later.

"But the war has been fought too much, the soldiers are exhausted and useless. In recent years, many battles have been fought in the north, and the soldiers are a little tired. After several battles, the Liao Kingdom was traumatized and the troops resisted. Our dynasty may not be much better. Many families in Hedong, Hebei and Hedong, and the country's economy has gradually become more difficult. Although we cannot fear war, we must rest for at least several years. The national treasury and the inner treasury are gradually enriched to launch a larger-scale war. Furthermore, the country is newly determined and the people are not at ease, and it must be governed for several years. Then the determination will not drag down the court, but will become a certain help from the court, and we will have to use troops to gain a greater grasp of the army."

There is another thing that Song Jiu did not say.

This will cost a lot of money. Of course, it is a battle of destruction. However, if you do so, the Liao Kingdom will definitely not be able to bear it first.

But Zhao Pu definitely opposed it and opposed it openly.

With Zhao Pu dragged it down, the hearts of the soldiers on the front line could not be unified, or even could not pass at all. So Song Jiu gave up directly.

"Then this Wu Xuanming..."

"This is my second solution."

“Tell me.”

"The court cannot use troops, nor can Wu Xuanming be annihilated by the Liao Kingdom immediately. So he allocated 500,000 yuan to provide weapons and cotton coats. It must be some real military weapons. Weapons are used to increase their strength, and materials can allow them to win over the hearts of all the people. The second is the northwest... Wang Family!"

The Wang family is amazing.

The Liao Kingdom failed last winter, and Xiao Yanyan was so angry that she was embarrassed. It would be fine if she was defeated by the Song Dynasty, but how could she be defeated by a small chieftain Dangxiang? So she sent more than 10,000 troops to attack Fengzhou, and Wang Chengmei and Zhe Er defeated him. More than 2,000 people were beheaded, 3,000 entries were surrendered, and they chased to Qingzhong.

Qing Tomb is Zhaojun’s tomb, which is near Hohhot later.

It has nothing to do with Wang Zhaojun. If we look at the territory of the Liao Kingdom later, Dongsheng was also under the jurisdiction of the Liao Kingdom. That is, if Dongsheng and others were classified as owned by the Liao Kingdom, Wang Chengmei would go deep into the enemy's territory and chase them for six or seven hundred miles.

Of course, it is a bit complicated now. The Liao Kingdom is only a lie and does not pay much attention to Jiashan (the Yinshan area near Hohhot) and the areas west.

However, Song Jiu keenly discovered its strategic position.

However, Zhao Kuangyi had Zhao Kuangyi's idea, and this victory was won. Zhao Kuangyi also rewarded the merits, and appointed Wang Chengmei, the governor of Fengzhou, as the envoy of the Tuanjian, the leader of the Weidu, Yueyi became the general of Huaihua, Wayao was the general of Guide, and Yebao was the leader of the two tribes, Fushanklangmai, and the leader of the party clan, and the leader of the party clan, was transferred every year and became the general of Guidelang.

But Zhao Kuangyi was not very at ease. Wang Chengmei won two great victories, with more than 70,000 entries in his hands, which means that he had at least more than 90,000 entries in his hands. His influence reached Yinshan in Beihetao, to the west side of Jiashan in the east and to the south to Fuzhou.

Zhao Kuangyi was also worried that Wang's family would be too big.

So Song Jiu wanted to convince Zhao Kuangyi that it was not easy to deal with. After thinking for a while, he said, "Your Majesty, the Wang family seems to be majestic, but its core strength is too weak and its economy is poor. Although the troops surrender, it is difficult to gather. However, your Majesty, look at the map again. How far is Jiashan from the Xijing of Liao? Moreover, there are very few Khitans here, most of them are Dangxiang people, Tatars, Tuyuhun people and the Han families who fled north for the Five Dynasties. If you don't care, they will eventually be won over by the Khitan because of their strength and weakness. Therefore, I think they can also provide assistance. Allocate 100,000 kilograms of tea, 100,000 pieces of cotton cloth, and 50,000 quilts of cotton. , but these materials are not used to reward the Wang family, but to build two lines of defense for them in Jiashan and the Yellow River, and more than a dozen fortresses. With defensive positions, these tribes will not turn to the Liao Kingdom with the capital to protect themselves. If the Liao Kingdom is unwilling to give up and use troops to provide them with money and assistance, it is equivalent to adding an enemy to the Liao Kingdom. If the Liao Kingdom ignores the matter, then they can use trade and materials to control them, and use captivity to tempt them, so that they can cooperate with our dynasty in the future, heading to the west of Liaoning and to the north of Yinshan. "

"this……"

"The core strength of the Wang family is in Fengzhou. It has weak appeal and weak cohesion, which is not enough to harm the imperial court. Besides, they are on the front line. As long as they continue to get in the Khitan and rely on the Central Plains economy, they dare not rebel."

Zhao Kuangyi is still meditating.

Unlike Wu Xuanming, he was in Liaodong, even if he had turned the Liao Kingdom upside down and had no direct border disputes with the Song Dynasty. However, Fengzhou was different, and they had a tacit understanding with the Zhe family of the Prefecture and Prefecture, connecting to Hedong in the east and Dingnan in the south, so Zhao Kuangyi must have some ideas.

"Your Majesty, just a little material will not make the Wang family too big. If the northwest restrains us and our dynasty does not send troops, Wu Xuanming will be destroyed."

The tea that Song Jiu mentioned is just ordinary tea that costs dozens of cents a pound.

Cotton cloth was very expensive and came out early. Before the textile machinery was developed and matured, some textile machines in Hainan were improved, and cheesecloths and fine cotton cloth mixed with silk appeared. It was very expensive when it came out. In recent years, from Lingnan to Hunan to the north, cotton fields increased significantly, resulting in a piece of cheesecloth that costs only three to four hundred cents, almost as much as linen. The mixed fine cotton cloth was barely costing every piece of cheesecloth.

Last year, new styles of fine cotton appeared, and even a variety of blended fine cotton cloths such as wool and silk appeared. This price is very expensive, and some of the high-quality cloths can cost more than two pieces per piece. However, it will also fall in the future.

The cotton cloth that Song Jiu mentioned is cheesecloth.

In fact, if there was no damn war, in recent years, every household would have new clothes to wear, and would not have to worry about food and clothing, and could even achieve the prosperity of the Wenjing administration.

However, Song Jiu did not agree with that. Zhao Kuangyi disagreed, and was he watching Li Jiqian rise? Or did Yan Yun not take it back? It is one thing to take it back. Why not take it back? Song Jiu was not worried about Genghis Khan, nor was he worried about Wanyan Aguda? But if the entire Northwest and Yan Yun were controlled by the court for more than 100 years, for more than 200 years, could Wanyan Aguda take the Central Plains? Can Kublai Khan annihilate the Southern Song Dynasty? At most, these two men will become a Maodun.

Therefore, Song Jiu supported the war, but he had to fight scientifically and not make a rash move.

However, although they are not the valuable tea and cotton cloth, the shipping cost is too tragic in this era. Whether it is shipped to the coast of Liaodong or to Fengzhou, the price is very high.

So in the Secretariat, Zhao Pu was strongly opposed again.

The northwest is building roads and forts. Now we have spent so much money. How can the country's economy be able to survive? What should we do if the people's livelihood is the people?

However, Zhao Kuangyi was ambitious and did not agree with Zhao Pu's statement.

In fact, these two measures are very timely.

Yelu Xizhen easily took Tongzhou to Huanglong Prefecture and Changchun Prefecture. Wu Xuanming was in a dilemma, and his subordinates were somewhat distracted. But at this time, a large number of weapons and materials of the Song Dynasty arrived, and this time more advanced crossbows appeared, and morale rose again. In fact, it was to be able to restrain Yelu Xizhen in Liaodong forever, and it was considered to be worth 100,000 elite soldiers.

As for the small actions and castle construction of various tribes of the Wang family and Xijiashan, Xiao Yanyan was also in poverty. Therefore, he launched another attack. But this will be next year...

At the same time, the wool trade route was opened, and the people of the Bu were given a large number of exchanges of weapons and materials, which further improved their relationship with the Song Dynasty. Some tribes even publicly requested to surrender to the Song Dynasty, which further offset the governance achievements of Xiao Yanyan and Han Derang.

In fact, until now, many people still ignore the importance of wool trade routes.

This made Song Jiu smile bitterly. A wool caused an industrial revolution in Europe and for its profits, sheep had eaten people.

If the adjustment is done properly, it will be stationed in the northwest with 100,000 troops!

It's still the beginning now. At least it will take several years to see the effect.

In the midst of noisy, summer is getting deeper and deeper.

At this time something happened. Sun Chongwang, the magistrate of Ruyin, secretly ran to the capital to beat Dengwengu, and appealed to his superior, Yingzhou Tongzong Cao Han.

Cao Han worked as a butcher in Jiangzhou. Zhao Kuangyin did not deal with it, but Zhao Kuangyi didn't like it very much. However, Cao Han later made contributions to the Northern Han Dynasty, so he asked him to stay in Yingzhou.

He was in war, but could he be successful if he wanted to be a civil servant to manage the local area?

Cao Han specializes in harsh and restrained work in Yingzhou, and does not govern political affairs. His subordinate Sun Chongwang could no longer bear it. He came to the capital to appeal Cao Han to sell bows, crossbows, guns, swords, spears, armor and horses for the robbery. This problem is very serious. Some military weapons are not allowed to be bought or sold. Who did he sell them? And where did he come from? More than that, Cao Han used the set of the front line in Yingzhou, built beacon towers in the territory, and counties.

There were thieves and robbers, and they raised beacons to respond to the city. This seemed to be a good thing, but this was the mainland, and they would light beacon towers at any time, and then the army was dispatched. Can the people in Yingzhou work with peace of mind? They also deployed tooth officials without authorization, withholding the money and silver from the officials' sale of salt, and renting millet, silk and silk. They also added a tax on the name of the people to invade the official land for his own vegetable garden and orchard. They also asked the judge Yuan Yuzhang to pay an additional five million yuan and a hundred pieces of silk.

Zhao Kuangyi sent Teng Zhongzheng to verify the truth. When he was abandoned, he sent officials to escort him to Dengzhou for his merits.

I guess Pan Weizheng will be very miserable.

Even Cao Han is named imprisoned, and he is also an old man. Does Pan Weizheng dare to offend him?

Zhao Kuangyi looked at Song Jiu, which meant that it was not that I did not trust the generals, so look at this.

Song Jiu raised his odor and said, "A military general can command troops, train troops, and lead troops to fight. It is not good at civil governance. You must obtain civil officials when governing local governments, and you must obtain military generals when fighting. This is the art of civil and military affairs."

Not to mention that civil and military officials take their own responsibilities, Cao Han was originally a butcher, and it was okay to put it on the front line, but he was placed in the rear to manage Yingzhou. How can the people of Yingzhou not be miserable?

Li Fang suddenly raised his teeth.

Song Jiu proposed to build roads and build forts in the northwest. If the development trend of the Song Dynasty was used later, Song Jiu's approach was not radical, but too conservative. As long as the Western Xia did not rise again, it would be worth it even if the national finances were invested in the northwest for a year.

But now there must be many people who think that Song Jiu is a big deal. So Song Jiu is very helpless. For example, this spring, Li Jiqian saw that the situation was not good and his defeat in front of Xiazhou City also made him wake up. So he sent an envoy to Linzhou to write a letter to the court, and we surrender and will always be non-aggressive ministers.

Some ministers thought they could agree, but Zhao Kuangyi was very angry and refused directly.

Song Jiu proposed that he would surrender, but people must come to the capital.

Could Li Jiqian go to Beijing?

After accepting the edict, he refused to agree, and then hid in the Gobi Desert in Nanhetao. In fact, if he borrowed the power of the Zhe Wang family and the garrison in Shaanxi, he could immediately annihilate Li Jiqian. But because of everyone's mentality, Song Jiu remained silent. He asked Li Jiqian to stay there for a few more years, and until the harm was caused, Song Jiu planned to speak.

This time, I was trying to win over the Wang family for the sake of the future, but Song Jiu couldn't say anything about it.

The northwest continues to build roads and forts.

The court recruited civilians by using various means such as tax exemption or direct payment of money and grain.

However, Lulu Kekou has brought some pressure to the people of Shaanxi.

This year, Henan Prefecture also said that the water in Yiluo Valley had risen, and there were many civilian houses in the official temples, and the number of people drowned. Shaanxi also said that the floods destroyed more than a thousand military and civilian houses.

Therefore, Li Fang wrote a letter asking to abolish the construction of the northwest and give lenient gifts to the people.

It is difficult to say what he intended, or to attack Song Jiu for Zhao Pu, or to consider the people. However, Song Jiu was very unhappy and said, "Mingyuan, if the Liao Kingdom and our country were learning from our dynasty, could you afford the consequences?"

"Duke Song, I have not seen the possibility of the Bohai Kingdom in the northwest. On the contrary, because the northwest is in trouble, it has made the people dissatisfied and all ethnic groups complained."

"Which clan has complaints, do you refer to the Yeli tribes in the south mountain of Hengshan, or to the Dijinze tribes?"

"Why should Duke Song support Fengzhou because he is worried about the large-scale rebellion in the northwest?"

Song Jiu didn't know how much saliva had sprayed on this matter, so he didn't want to tell him anymore. He looked at Zhao Kuangyi and said, "In this way, can your Majesty relax some rights for me, let me go to the third department to discuss with Ruhui. Maybe there will be a move to open up the source and increase the income for the country."

"Duke Song, the people can no longer restrain themselves."

"Has Kaifeng weaving and reaping people?"

Li Fang was speechless.
Chapter completed!