"Song Qing, can you have a way to increase wealth?" Zhao Kuangyi asked Song Jiu in the Privy Council.

"Your Majesty asked me about the strategy of the river craftsmanship. I also said that the cost is not high. Although it is not a good solution to the root cause, it is also considered to be a minimum cost to treat the symptoms and strive for buffering time. The Han Village, Fangcun, Huazhou, was broken, and the land of thousands of miles was all vast. Countless people were displaced, suffering, and the country was also severely damaged."

"yes."

Zhao Kuangyi thought to himself, that's why I'm anxious. You said there was a way to make money. This thought lasted for several months, but there was no news.

"Your Majesty, this strategy cannot be implemented. Besides, the strategy of making money cannot be implemented. On the contrary, it will become the target of some people's attacks. Why not say it? Do not harm things with people, but now it is because of people that harm things, regardless of the country or the family, and I am disappointed."

"If the river engineer still believes that who should be competent, what should Zhao Fu be?"

"Zhao Fu? If the imperial court intends to do river work, it will reach the river and the sea, with more than a thousand miles of river banks and several thousand miles of long dikes, and the terrain and rivers of each section are different, and the methods of damming are different, Zhao Fu lacks ability. Only one person can do it."

"who?"

"Wang Ming?"

Zhao Kuangyi pondered.

It's true that only Wang Ming can do it.

There are many ministers who know about water conservancy, including Guo Shouwen. He blocked the junction in Han Village, but the result was that there was a blockage in front of the village. The gap in Fang Village was even bigger, so where was there to make trouble and never come back. It’s not his fault, the Yellow River flood season this year is too big and too long.

Zhao Fu was barely able to make do with him, and there were several people, and even Song Jiu could find more than a dozen candidates.

But this scale is too large, and there is another one, that is money.

Such a large project must be completed at the lowest cost, so it is so easy. Therefore, Song Jiu recommended Wang Ming, because Lingnan. In Lingnan, he and Wang Ming served as transshipment commanders, and did many practical things, including water conservancy. At that time, the two had no money and no grain, so they had letters and exchanged every day, and were very careful in their calculations. Lingnan and his party accumulated a lot of experience for Song Jiu and Wang Ming. Wang Ming was also an official in the Third Division and was familiar with the national finance. They were undoubtedly the best candidate.

Zhao Kuangyi thought for a while and said, "Wang Ming is not bad either."

Then he looked at Song Jiu.

Song Jiu didn't say anything.

Zhao Pu is here. I won’t say it.

This is also forcing Zhao Kuangyi to get Zhao Pu down.

Song Jiu didn't want to do this, but at this point, Zhao Pu couldn't continue. Once he rebounded, he would die without a place to bury him.

Zhao Kuangyi left silently.

Chai Yuxi said: "Why is Your Majesty so protective of Zhao Pu?"

"I don't know." Song Jiu groaned.

Maybe everyone stared at themselves and Zhao Pu, but they didn't stare at the other person, the eldest prince Zhao Yuanzuo.

Think about the suspicious character of the brothers Zhao Kuangyin and Zhao Kuangyi and some methods.

However, Zhao Yuanzuo is an alternative weirdo.

Zhao Kuangyi killed Zhao Dezhao's brothers and then punished Zhao Tingmei, saying that Zhao Tingmei was treasonous.

If it was really a treason, it would be fine for Zhao Yuanzuo. But this treason...

Zhao Yuanzuo was dissatisfied, father. You did this too much, do you still need human relationships? So he went crazy.

He would slash when he saw someone raising a knife. When someone passed by his mansion, he would suddenly shoot with an arrow.

Teacher Zhao Yuanzuo, ministers of the royal family and Zhao Kuangyi personally came to persuade him, but it didn't work.

But really crazy?

No, he had an alternative move, but no one was killed or shot to death until now, although the people were so scared that they dared not pass by his door.

This is a silent protest. Aren’t you assisting me? I’m crazy, it depends on how you assist you.

It cannot be said that his idea is wrong. If it were Song Jiu, he would definitely not choose Zhao Kuangyi's approach. At most, he would gradually remove the real power in Zhao Tingmei's hands and then beat him up. Let Zhao Tingmei be the King of Ping. If Zhao Tingmei is not convinced and really wants to rebel, it will not be too late to take action.

But this child was also stupid. Although he was good at it. It would be great to be a good person and want to live in harmony with the whole family. However, if you were born in an imperial family, Is it possible to live in harmony with the whole family like an ordinary person?

And you have a lot of brothers and sisters under you.

Therefore, Song Jiu said to Pan Lian'er, the eldest prince.

Although this kid was disobedient, he was very smart since he was a child. It was probably because of a genetic factor. No one could deny Zhao Kuangyi's IQ. He looked very similar to Zhao Kuangyi. When he was thirteen years old, the envoy of the Liao Kingdom came. Zhao Kuangyi and Zhao Yuanzuo went hunting with him and Zhao Yuanzuo. A rabbit ran in front of the imperial throne. Zhao Kuangyi asked Zhao Yuanzuo to shoot and kill him. Zhao Yuanzuo shot and surprised the envoy of the Liao Kingdom. Later, he conquered Taiyuan and Youzhou from Zhao Kuangyi. Even this time, Zhao Kuangyi felt mixed feelings. Although he hated his son not understanding his good intentions, he still had several sons, and he had himself. He also wanted Zhao Yuanzuo to treat his brothers kindly in the future. So until he was absolutely unlucky, Zhao Kuangyi would not give up Zhao Yuanzuo.

So in order to comfort his son and the future heir of the empire, Zhao Pu had to abandon his son as well.

This is Song Jiu’s idea.

There is also such a big disaster this year, won’t Zhao Pu continue?

However, Zhao Pu still couldn't continue, and Song Jiu couldn't guess Zhao Kuangyi's thoughts. And he was deeply disappointed.

But Song Jiu also did not believe in Chai Yuxi. He was Zhao Kuangyi's real old minister, and he was not very good at it. If Zhao Pu went down, who would be the prime minister? Ninety percent might be himself. He took over the East Mansion and the West Mansion Prime Minister would be vacant.

But if it's free, will it be your turn?

Song Jiu didn't say much and started doing the serious business.

The news from Liaodong has been fed back long ago, which was what Song Jiu expected. He saw some signs before leaving, but he couldn't be angry. Wu Xuanming is still needed now.

But Song Jiu also has a way to deal with it.

But Song Jiu needed more information, so he made a decision until now. Hold on to the base camp and do not have to counterattack. If Yelu Xizhen has few troops, he will be defeated if he counterattacks.

You cannot just defend yourself, so even if you get a large amount of materials in the Song Dynasty, people's hearts will sooner or later dissipate.

Therefore, Song Jiu formulated a series of strategies for them, and we retreat when the enemy advances, and we advance when the enemy retreats.

Buy some small tribes near Huanglong Mansion and Changchun Prefecture, and ask them to cooperate with Wu Xuanming to inquire about information.

Then he harassed the supply of the Liao army and did not attack the city. The Liao army was not good at siegeing the city, and Wu Xuanming's subordinates were even worse than siegeing the city. They used the information in their hands to constantly harass their related logistics supply, which would make Yelu Xizhen a headache. Even if he lost, he would not lose a big defeat. Even if he wins a small victory, he could be widely publicized and boost morale.

Of course, it is simple to say, but it will be difficult to execute, so Song Jiu wrote a lot.

After writing, I will send it to Liaodong immediately.

...

"Official, my little sister is going to get married. What gifts should we give?"

Pan Mei's other daughter married the royal family and married Zhao Kuangyi's third son Zhao Yuanxiu. The name just changed, Zhao Dechong was changed to Zhao Yuanzuo, Deming was changed to Yuanyou, Dechang was changed to Yuanxiu. Deyan was changed to Yuanjun, Dehe was changed to Yuanjie, and I am afraid that the name would be changed in the future.

This is not too strange.

Since Zhao Kuangyin, the royal family has had a tradition of liking to marry military generals.

Moreover, Zhao Yuanxiu has two older brothers. Not to mention that Yuan Zuo is the eldest son, even the second son Zhao Yuanyou is also good, and he is taciturn. But I heard that this son is not simple. Therefore, this third brother will not be the turn of the throne in the future. So this marriage did not cause too many associations.

"Look, pick one expensive one."

"My little sister likes that vermilion coral tree..."

Corals may not be red, blue, white, black, gold, and colorful, but now they are not very picky about colors. They mainly depend on size, shape, and color. If the plant is large, the shape will look good, the color is pure, and there will be no grayish color. No matter what color it is, it will be very expensive.

However, Song Jiu may have been influenced by later generations and collected several red corals with unique shapes and large shapes.

Among them, one of the vermilion corals is more than two feet tall. The color is good, and the whole body is like a gem, and the shape is even better. It is like a five-old pine tree, which Song Jiu likes very much.

Pan Lian'er refers to this plant.

Song Jiu felt his teeth a little sore, and finally gritted his teeth and said, "Just that one."

The Pan family is preparing to marry a daughter.

However, there are still some days for the wedding, which is at the end of the year, so Pan Mei will return to Beijing to work hard and stay for a while before going to Hedong.

But this time, Song Zhenzong would not suffer any loss in marrying Pan Mei’s daughter. Not only did he look good, the Pan family, led by Song Jiu, has made a lot of money in recent years.

The daughter married the prince, so she prepared countless dowry. According to Pan Lian'er's return from the Pan family, Tian's family was about to marry at a shop of nearly 200,000 yuan.

"It's no more..." Song Jiu murmured.

However, only a few days later, a strange guest came to the Song family.

She is a female palace in the palace who proposed to Zhao Yuanjun, the fourth son of Zhao Kuangyi.

"No..." Pan Lian'er said.

His younger sister married the third brother of Zhao Kuangyi's family, and his daughter married the fourth brother again, which was a mess.

Song Jiu also disagreed.

Not only is his generation chaotic, but Wan Niang is still young. Pan Mei’s daughter got married at the age of sixteen, but he doesn’t want her daughter to get married at the age of teenagers. If she wants to get married, she will at least wait until after the age of twenty.

But Song Jiu felt very strange.

Although Zhao Yuanjun is the fourth brother, it is not his turn to become the successor of the future empire, he is the prime minister and is not old. Zhao Kuangyi has no taboo at all? This is not Zhao Kuangyi.

Could it be that Zhao Kuangyi hints about something?

What’s even more strange is that after seeing Pan Lian'er politely declined, the palace palace didn’t say much and went back with a smile.

"The Emperor is doing something random," Pan Lian'er also felt something was wrong.

If you really agree, it will make people laugh.

The girl said on the side: "Wan Niang is talented and beautiful. If she really wants to marry, she must marry the emperor."

"Nonsense." Song Jiu cursed with a smile. Could it be that Zhao Yuanzuo was not married and had been waiting for his daughter?

Besides, he didn't know why, but he knew that it was not the emperor Zhao Yuanzuo who was the last one.

Moreover, it may not be a good thing to marry a princess, even if it is to marry a princess. No matter how you count it, you are at least a relative of the foreign country. Even though you are the fourth prince, not the crown prince, it will have some impact on Song Jiu's career. However, in recent years, Song Jiu still longed to have a certain right in his hands, saying that it is too tall for the country. However, Yuping has not come back yet.
Chapter completed!