If there were no other choice, Zhao Xu could only swallow the bitter fruit silently. But with other choices, with Zhao Xu's strong personality, what would he make?

He put down his congratulations and said, "There are edicts that the main officials of the two governments, two governments, three departments, and all came to Yanhe Palace to discuss matters."

The eunuch went down to pass the imperial edict.

After a while, more than one hundred important Beijing officials came to Yanhe Hall together.

Zhao Xu took out a file and said to the eunuch around him: "Remember."

That is, the dialogue records between Zhao Xu and Wang Ju last year, but they were sorted out in classical Chinese (Note: In addition to the pronunciation of Mandarin, the spoken language was very close to later generations).

There are two choices now, one is to swallow the bitter fruit silently, and the other is to immediately use Wang Ju.

Wang Gui said: "No wonder he left his wife in the capital with him."

After Wang Ju and Zhao Xu's conversation last year, Wang Ju did two things. The first thing was to buy a big house, not far from Zhao Niannu's house. Because of the good location, he spent more than 30,000 yuan on his money, so the concubine sighed repeatedly.

Indeed, the rise in housing prices in Beijing made some people complain. However, Wang Ju was open-minded. In such a location, the prices of two time and space were crossed, and it was 30,000 yuan. Can you buy a three-bedroom and one-living house in the same location in Kyoto?

Therefore, Wang Ju just smiled.

There are two intentions to buy this house. One of the two houses was given to the younger sister as a dowry, and the other was given to Zhang Zai's son Zhang Gui.

When I get married, I have to have a house, and the capital also needs a place to settle down.

Besides, when I set up a house, it was like Wang Jian trying hard to buy land before leaving. Others asked him why. In this way, the emperor would not be suspicious if he handed over the 600,000 troops to me.

Having this house means having roots. The roots are in the capital, not overseas or Yanzhou. But unlike other powerful people, Wang Ju never bought a piece of arable land from beginning to end, but for him, this arable land is really...

There is also commercial home use. Although Wang Ju has several houses, Zheng Baiqu’s house was regarded as a school. Yanzhou’s house was empty, but none of them were rented.

However, this also caused some ministers to discuss.

Especially when they waited for court in the misfortune, the ministers liked to tell some gossip.

Wang Ju bought a house in front, and then some ministers speculated on Wang Ju's property. One was the income from the sugar workshop stocks. It seemed that Wang Ju gave up half of it to ten merchants in Yanzhou. However, there was still a lot of income in the rest of the year.

As for the two million yuan rewards that Wang Ju promised, he has already paid back, and now he is pure.

Secondly, there are so many sea boats that Wang Ju and the ten merchants in Yanzhou brought him to manage. Wang Ju must have mixed up in the middle, so some people speculated that there might be several sea boats and why several ships were all big ships. The cost was expensive, so one ship would cost 10,000, 20,000 to 30,000 yuan. Several large sea boats were also a considerable asset. Some people speculated that there might be dozens, and the most bold people speculated that there were nearly a hundred. It was Wang Ju and ten merchants who occupied the absolute number that played a leading role in these merchants.

No one... guessed the truth.

But this is on the overseas sea, and no one can check it.

Whether Wang Ju did good deeds, either funded the country, or spent it privately, everyone could do nothing.

This is also the reason why Wang Ju threw away three workshops.

The three workshops were seen clearly under the eyes of the ministers. There were many people with red eyes, so it was better to give up on their own initiative.

Wang Ju ignored his property and then held two weddings in a row, one for the third brother's wedding and the other for the Zhang Gui's wedding.

Then Wang Ju took his third brother to Quanzhou, and Zhang Gui still stayed in the capital to study. Let's try his best to take the exam.

But Wang Ju left Fei'er and two sons and two daughters in the capital, and only took Qiong Niang to the south.

Wang Gui said that everyone who knew it suddenly realized that Wang Ju had already concluded that Guo Kui could not destroy Jiaozhi when he went south. However, in the smoky land of Lingnan, it would be fine if he suffered a little, and he could not let his wife and children suffer as well, so he stayed in the capital. That's right, there was actually another intention, that is, hostages!

Zhao Xu's face was bitter again.

I didn’t think about Wang Ju at that time, although Wang Ju Xining came to Beijing for seven years and said that I didn’t want to deal with military affairs anymore.

But can he refuse if he issued a decree to force him to take on the heavy responsibility?

However, when discussing with the prime ministers of the two prefectures, they all believed that Jiaozhi was easier to destroy. It was just a country with a sizeable size, similar to Fujian Road. If a hundred thousand troops headed south, they would not be able to capture it?

However, Wang Ju brought huge income to the Song Dynasty for a year in Quanzhou. The key was his trick, and other officials didn't understand it.

Therefore, after discussing, Guo Kui was finally appointed as the commander-in-chief of the south.

Now it seems, what a mistake.

A hundred thousand army and 200 thousand people have been recruited since April and set out in June, how much food and supplies have to be consumed every day? The treasury that finally refilled last year was empty because this battle was empty.

Then forget it, accumulating finances is for spending, to strengthen the army and the country.

However, so many people died in this battle. The 100,000 army was drawn from the capital, but only 23,000 people returned from the capital, and 550,000 were killed!

If a martyr compensated his family for the various compensations of the martyrs who died in the battle of Qingzhou, a martyr would compensate his family for more than 200 guan, then the court would have to pay 40 million guan this time to pay the pension!

Spending so much money and dying so many soldiers and civilians is just to win a victory on the Fuliang River?

The total amount of money Wang Ju earned for the imperial court in Quanzhou in recent years was not enough for the battle.

Wu Chong said funnyly: "Prince, don't take this son too magical, just like he said that the disaster has passed and this spring has come, and another drought has occurred."

Although this drought is far from being compared with the drought in Xining in the seventh year, it is still very serious, almost similar to the drought in which Zhao Xu ascended the throne. Moreover, the severe drought area was in the southeast, where was the money bag and rice warehouse of the Song Dynasty.

Therefore, the impact of this drought is still very serious. Many ministers even waited for the sea fleet to come back, and the seamen still "owed" three departments of one million stones of rice, which could be used for emergency treatment. Don't transfer it to the capital. Just distribute it in the southeast.

Wang Gui said: "How could Wang Ju be so capable? Duke Wu, you have high requirements."

Although he has some ability, humans are not gods or demons.

However, this also reflects everyone's mentality. Although there is a drought, the disaster can be within the scope of tolerance. Although many military and civilians died and spent a lot of money. Because the internal treasury was full, Zhao Xu deliberately allocated eight million yuan from the internal treasury for military expenses in this battle. If the internal treasury allocated money, the national treasury could be slightly relaxed. Although he could not achieve the pre-war goal, he would eventually win.

The court now has both options.

We can continue to let Wang Ju go to Guangnan to see if he can do it as he said. We can stop here, at least Jiaozhi dare not invade again, and the south is stable, and the court can explain to the people in the south.

So Feng Jing said, "Your Majesty, Jiaozhi is transformed into a place outside, and it is useless to get it. It is harmless to get it. Besides, the disasters in seven years and eight years are over. The people have not yet settled. Jiaozhi invaded, and another drought has come this year. The wars of Xihe have been endless. Natural disasters and wars have come one after another. Your Majesty should be kind to the people and stop living and resting."

Feng Jing originally wanted to say that the Liao Kingdom had not yet agreed.

However, during that conversation, Wang Ju repeatedly mocked the ministers in the court for fear of Liao and being too far, so he endured it and didn't say anything.

Yuan Jiang said: "Mr. Wu said this, but I am afraid that Jiaozhi will become the second Li Jiqian."

Because in that conversation, Wang Ju repeatedly compared the terrain of Jiaozhi with the shape of Nanhetao when Li Jiqian was in charge, and said that the terrain of Jiaozhi is more complex than that of Nanhetao.

When comparing the terrain, it is inevitable that the two countries will be compared.

At the beginning, Li Jiqian's territory was not large, but the Yinxia area north of Hengshan in northern Yanzhou and Nanhetao, as a result, has now become a country that made the Song Dynasty a nightmare.

So what about Jiaozhi?

It is not impossible to think about this. If Jiaozhi recovered the Cham City Zhenla and coupled with their nightmarish tropical rainforest terrain, it would be really big. Moreover, the current south is different from the south in history. Because Kapok has migrated more than 210,000 households in the past year. If the Kapok Department had not made too much money, the number of people could migrate would have been more. So Zhao Xu sometimes thought about it. The people in the southeast seemed too dense.

So many people have migrated one after another, and so many extremely poor people have flocked overseas, and hundreds of giant ships have not been installed last year. If there were no Kapok and overseas evacuation, how would the number of people in these routes have increased?

In fact, it is wrong to think like this. If you squeeze in such a large place, there are only more than 400,000 households, many of which are from the north, so they can be accommodated. Just like in Quanzhou now, there are 200,000 households, and everyone calls them together, with too many populations, too dense, and the land is too tight. But by the Southern Song Dynasty, it became more than 300,000 households!

If the viciousness continues, at least one cannot drown one's own children.

Of course, this squeezed space is ultimately limited, but in Zhao Xu's dynasty, there will be no fatal danger.

When so many people migrated to Lingnan, not only did kapok create profits, but there were more people, but some people also planted tea, workshops, and rice, which also brought income to the court.

Guangnan is no longer the optional Guangnan during the reign of Emperor Renzong of Song.

Then once Jiaozhi grows stronger and becomes the second Western Xia, will it be like Shaanxi, where heavy troops are stationed and countless forts are built... If that consequence really occurs, the military expenditure will soon increase. Moreover, enemies are all on all sides, and the situation of the Song Dynasty will be even more difficult.

Feng Jing opened his mouth and dared not say it.

For the sake of the country and the people, I want to calm down the situation, but if that situation occurs, I will undoubtedly become a historical sinner.

Shen Kuo said: "Your Majesty, why not write an edict and ask Wang Ju, and then deliver these war reports and edicts to Quanzhou with special feet."

Zhao Xu is even more bitter. A simple truth is like a football team. If you rely too much on a certain star, this star will certainly be dazzling, but this team will be very miserable. Moreover, this is a country with hundreds of millions of people, tens of thousands of officials, and more than a hundred people in front of you. It can be said that it is the elite of the entire Song Dynasty.

But everyone had no opinion and went to Quanzhou again. What's so?

However, this is what Wang Ju wants.

Just like Wang Shao, Wang Anshi imposed two taxes in Xining, but Wang Shao disagreed, and Wang Anshi was unhappy. Later, when discussing the discussion on the level of Jiaozhi, Wang Shao opposed it again. Jiaozhi was a place of smoke and smog. If he wanted to level Jiaozhi, it would inevitably cause a lot of sacrifices and wasted a lot of manpower and material resources, which was not worth it. This even angered Wang Anshi. Under his discussion, Zhao Xu began to feel disgusted with Wang Shao.

Guo Kui Zhan reported it back, and Wang Shao wrote another letter saying: "I think it was a greedy for the establishment of Guangyuan, but I forgot the disaster in reality, but I suspect that what I said was a ridiculous mockery. At the beginning of the last year, I said that I was striving to argue, saying that the people were lenient and save money, but I didn't listen to the same list, and the Xihe incident humiliated me. My original intention was to not want to spend the court to get Yiwu and Lugan (referring to Hezhou and Taozhou), but I did not think of using Xihe as a road and Hemin as a prefecture. Now I have different opinions from everyone. If I do not retreat, I will be tolerated by everyone."

This passage has two backgrounds.

The first background is that Wang Shao opened the Bianxi River, and he had to spend money when fighting. Just like Wang Ju's battle in Qingzhou, such a big victory cost only more than 20 million yuan, which attracted many ministers to discuss. In fact, Wang Ju couldn't figure it out. Under his push, he could directly and indirectly, without Wang Anshi's reform, and why there was still a little bit. I can only say that I earned more and used more...

Therefore, Wang Shao opened a market on the border and made money, farmed farms and grain, and trained archers to make troops.

I can take down Xihe without having to take down one army, one soldier, one grain and one document in the court.

In fact, Wang Shao's fee for refining Xihe is not very high.

After taking down, Wang Shao's plan was to station officers and soldiers, train archers, and send a small number of officials to manage the area with custody as the main force and governance as the auxiliary method. Then there would be few conflicts and at the same time, the goal of controlling the Western Xia to move south was also achieved.

The second background is the conflict with Wang Anshi. Wang Anshi set up a road and established a county in Jianzhou and began to impose two taxes, which Wang Shao disagreed. Because this will undoubtedly lead to many conflicts. Of course, if there were no two powerful enemies in Xixia and Liao, then let's manage them. However, the threat of these two powerful enemies cannot cause serious conflicts in this area. If you want money, Shiyi will make a lot of money. If you want to train troops, some areas will train troops and raise horses and farms in vast areas.

Moreover, the court also stopped the Xixia people from going south. Is the court still not satisfied?

Does anyone say that Wang Shao is Wang Anshi's person? Is he his person? Since Wang Shao impeached the monk, Wang Shao has not been Wang Anshi's person.

So Wang Shao was serious, but Wang Anshi couldn't tolerate it.

Then he sent troops to Jiaozhi, and Wang Shao tried his best to oppose it, which made Wang Anshi even more inconvenient.

However, the old party hated Wang Shao even more. After Jiaozhi was successful, Wang Anshi went down, and the old party began to use Wang Shao to open the Bian Xihe to discuss the Jiaozhi battle.

Neither side tolerated, and Wang Shao wrote this memorial in anger.

Well, the imperial edict said that Wang Shao had originally opened the border and suddenly entered the political territory, but he returned to the court for his hard work and money. He was then dismissed from Hongzhou. Before he had gone to Hongzhou, he was dismissed from office and was dismissed from office for his resentment and was dismissed from office for his resentment.

Wang Shao is so proud? I can do it. I asked me to write it. Don’t put a bad hat on me. He felt depressed, became sick, and his injuries gradually broke out...

This is how Wang Anshi and Zhao Xu took over the Xihe area at such a small price.

Can Wang Ju not be afraid?

So he used some clever means to force the court to have this result. After all, it was not only Wang Anshi who agreed to the military service, but also Wu Chong, Yuan Jiang and others. However, can this result be really explained to the people of the world? You begged me to come, not me who took the initiative to ask for the fight... (To be continued...)

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