Qian Song

Chapter 100 Catching Big Fish (Please subscribe, ask for a monthly pass!)

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"Nine lands should be measured first in battle, and five lands must be defended in a decisive battle."

The so-called nine lands include scattered land, light land, contested land, intersecting land, intersecting land, heavy land, ruined land, encircled land, and dead land.

The so-called five rooms are the five kinds of spies in Sun Tzu's Art of War - "cause room", "nei room", "reverse room", "death room" and "life room". They are also called "five free".

Because of the time, it refers to the use of ordinary people in the enemy country as our spies;

Neijian refers to using enemy officials as our spies;

Anti-interference refers to the use of enemy spies as our spies;

Dead time refers to the spies who sneak into the enemy camp, create and distribute false information, and lure the enemy into being fooled. Because once the truth is revealed, they will surely die, so it is called dead time;
In life, it refers to a spy who can come back alive to report the enemy's situation.

Ma Kuo's group of more than a dozen people basically included all types of spies.

Li Cun glanced at a weak literati without any trace. If he hadn't received an accurate secret report from Wu Desi's secret agent in advance, Li Cun would never have believed that this person was a student who cut shares and collected books.

The so-called stock cutting to collect books is to cut an opening in the thigh, hide the wax pills in it, and then sew it up.

Historically, at the beginning of the establishment of the Southern Song Dynasty, there was a well-known mutiny of the imperial guards—Miao Liu’s change, that is, Miao Fu and Liu Zhengyan. Zen gave way to his three-year-old son.

At that time, Zhao Gou was closely monitored, and Zhao Bufan passed on Zhao Gou's secret decree by cutting shares and collecting books, which is why Zhang Jun, Han Shizhong and others later acted as kings.

This kind of pain is definitely not something ordinary people can bear.

Moreover, this weak literati has no flaws in speaking or walking.

Li Cunxin said: "This is a ruthless person!"

At the same time, Ma Kuo continued to chatter over there, saying that when Zhao Ji bought flowers, stones, bamboos and other things, the imperial court sent money in advance and ordered the state and county officials to buy according to private prices, and strict laws forbid forced buying. The imperial court did not know until recently that corrupt officials often took this opportunity to do illegal and bad things, and even harass the people in the southeast. Zhao Ji had regretted it; All the activities were stopped, the previously established Fengying Bureau, Zaozuo Bureau and other institutions were all abolished, and all the officials of the former Fengying Bureau and Zaozuo Bureau were removed.

After hearing this, Li Cun curled his lips and said in his heart: "It's clean to pick Zhao Ji, but this kind of nonsense is just to deceive the foolish people who don't understand anything and have illusions about Zhao Song."

Yes.

When Cai Jing got Zhao Ji flowers, carnations and other things, he spent money, even bought them at a high price.

But at that time, Cai Jing, who was good at financial management, open-minded and very innovative, made changes in the economic system, especially the reform of the tea law and the salt law, which made Zhao Song a lot of money and filled the treasury of Zhao Song. Xiaoqian bought some toys for Zhao Ji to ensure that Cai Jing's power position is stable.

Not only that, Cai Jing, who was dazzled by the victory and drifted away, also proposed the concept of governing the country of "Feng Heng Yu Da".

Abundance means prosperity. To govern the country, we must first focus on the economy and make the country's finances full and prosperous. This is the economic foundation of governing the country.

Heng means Hengtong. We must ensure the smooth flow of government orders so that reforms can be effective. This is the political foundation.

Yu means peace and happiness, and creating a peaceful and happy social environment and atmosphere is the foundation of society.

To be big means to be grand, and it is necessary to establish the demeanor of a big country and reflect the style of a big country, which is the foundation of the country's image.

Cai Jing's "Prosperity, Prosperity and Yuda" concept of governing the country originated from his understanding of the rich philosophy of "Book of Changes", and also reflected his thinking and longing for ideal politics.

To put it bluntly, this is nothing more than a dream.

But Zhao Ji took it seriously, and his appetite got bigger and bigger, so much so that he wanted to build a Long Live Mountain with the flowers and stones in the southeast.

Moreover, Zhao Ji is very happy, not only sent Tong Guan and Wang Hou to launch the war to recover Qingtang, but also waged wars with Xixia again and again, hoping to recover Xixia as well.

Cai Jing is capable and can make money, but he can't help Zhao Ji's way of spending.

Soon, the family fortune that Cai Jing saved for Zhao Ji was wiped out by Zhao Ji.

But Zhao Ji kept asking for it.

And once Cai Jing can't give Zhao Ji what he wants, Zhao Ji will immediately let Cai Jing go.

In order to keep the power and status in his own hands, and to realize his political ambitions, Cai Jing can only find ways to satisfy Zhao Ji's extravagant desires, and use Zhu Xi and the others to get Zhao Ji the flowers that Zhao Ji wants without money from the court. The "competent officials" of carnations and other things.

It has to be said that Cai Jing also fought, and the result was that Cai Jing was dismissed three times.

If the person who succeeds Cai Jing can also satisfy Zhao Ji's black hole-like desire, it will be impossible for Cai Jing to reunite three times.

After tossing and tossing three times, Cai Jing finally understood that only by satisfying Zhao Ji's desire can he sit firmly in the position under his ass.

And Zhao Ji can also see that others are really bad, and they can't make the money he wants to spend at all.

In this way, Cai Jing was able to sit on the position of prime minister for nearly 20 years.

However, this also made Hua Shigang a disaster in the southeast for nearly 20 years.

It is true that in order to keep his own power and status, Cai Jing not only did not stop Zhao Ji's extravagance and extreme desire, but also helped the tyrant to abuse him. He is talented but has no virtue; .

But in the final analysis, the instigator was Zhao Ji's extravagant heart that seemed never to be satisfied.

Therefore, as long as Zhao Ji is the emperor, even if there is no Cai Jing, there will be Zhao Jing, Qian Jing, and Sun Jing;

To be honest, Zhao Ji is not good at being the emperor, but his life is actually pretty good.

The reform of Wang Anshi to Cai Jing saved Zhao Song a lot of wealth, and also allowed Zhao Song to occupy the Hengshan area, the key place of the Song-Xia dispute because of the management of three generations. Overturning the Liao Kingdom gave Zhao Song the opportunity to recover the sixteen prefectures of Yanyun.

If Zhao Ji hadn't been extravagant and desperate, loved flowers and stones, emptied Zhao Song's treasury, forced the people in the southeast, and finally shaken the foundation of Zhao Song, but used Cai Jing's incomparable talent to ease the pressure and conflicts of the people. If the people recuperate for 20 years, then it is really possible for him to destroy Xixia, recover the sixteen prefectures of Yanyun, leave his name in history, and become an emperor through the ages.

It's a pity that Zhao Jikong had an excellent opportunity, but he was defeated by himself. The problem is that he didn't realize it at all, and in the end he hurt others and himself.

Just like Zhao Ji, even if Ma Kuo was advocating the flowers, it is impossible for Li Cun to have the slightest respect and expectation for him.

When Ma finished his eloquence, Li Cun raised his eyelids and said, "Okay, right and wrong, merits and demerits will be judged by future generations. No matter how clever your words are today, it will not help the matter in front of you."

After a pause, Li Cun went on to say: "I'll just say this once, I don't need Zhao Fujin's extra head, but I am determined to win the land of eight roads to the south of the river. You can tell Tong Guan like that when you turn around."

After speaking, without waiting for Ma Kuo to argue again, Li Cun waved his hand and drove Ma Kuo and others away.

After Ma Kuo and the others left, He Shi, Lu Yi and others wanted to persuade Li Cun to change his mind and accept Zhao Song's offer.

But before He Shi and Lu Yi could open their mouths, Li Cun drove them away too.

After Li Cun and Li Cun's absolute confidants were left in the room, Li Cun changed his previous laziness and said leisurely: "The bait has been put back, let's see if I can attract a big fish for me?"

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(End of this chapter)