Northern Song Dynasty Revitalization Strategy

Chapter 599 Unpredictable National Money
Zhao Huan's complaint made Nan Yu chuckle, this official family is really interesting.

Isn't the dream at three o'clock in the afternoon just a daydream?

Looking at the official's appearance, Chen Dong knew that this matter would never happen.

In the Liao Dynasty, the Khitan people still had the ability to negotiate terms with the Song Dynasty.

Now Yelu Dashi, with hundreds of thousands of strong men, ran out of their ancestral land, showing off their power in the Western Regions, and wanted to negotiate terms with Da Song?

"Officials, Yelu Dashi called himself Ju'er Khan, and conquered cities in the Western Regions. The Black Khanate in the west and the Gaochang Kingdom in the east were trembling under his power. Although he had a strong army, the countries in the Western Regions did not dare to move. Yellow-headed Uyghurs avoid their sharp edge."

"But it also formed a shackle for him. If he easily mobilizes troops, he will affect his whole body. He is also cautious and dare not attack Qinghe City wantonly."

"I communicated with Gaochang, the Yellow-headed Uyghur and the Black Khanate in the Western Regions, and stabilized the situation."

Zhao Huan nodded. Chen Dong's place in Qinghe City was very dangerous, but it also represented an opportunity.His diplomatic strategy is indeed well executed.

Chen Dong did exactly this to gain a firm foothold in the complicated area of ​​the Western Regions.

"But officials, there are no gold mines in Jinshan. The Han Dynasty finished digging, and the Tang Dynasty dug, and they were all dug up long ago." Chen Dong said with a smile.

Zhao Huan laughed out loud at his words, and the Hall of Wende was full of joy.

The original theory of Jinshan is indeed the record of the Han Dynasty. The Han people panned for gold there, and the gold rush promoted the development there, but the gold mines had been mined long ago.

"I will hand over the four thousand strong cavalry in Qinghe City to you. You will take the interpreter along the ancient Tianshan Road, bypass Suiye City, and open up the road to the west." Zhao Huan issued an order to Chen Dong.

Restarting the Silk Road, without a front-end envoy, is simply nonsense.

"Ling Tangzuo, what about you, are you going to return to Bianjing to be an official, or go with Chen Dong?" Zhao Huan asked Ling Tangzuo while looking at him.

Ling Tangzuo's trip to the Kelei Department was not in vain. According to his merits, he would win three ranks in a row, go directly to the position of the seventh rank, and obtain a post appointed by the Privy Council.

The rest is boiled every three years.

There was a smile on Ling Tangzuo's face, what's the point of going back to Bianjing to be an official, intrigue every day, it's not that he's not good at it, it's just that he's bored.

"I would like to go to Daqin with Xueshi Chen." Ling Tangzuo bowed his head and said.

Being an ambassador to neighboring countries has always been a good opportunity to make meritorious deeds. The greater the risk, the greater the benefit.

"Good!" Zhao Huan said excitedly.

He just likes such officials of the Song Dynasty, those civil servants soaked in vinegar, who only know sour all day long, and he doesn't like to see them.

"The concubine is going with Ling Xianggong." Nan Yu said hastily.

Zhao Huan took a meaningful look at Nan Yu and Ling Tangzuo.

"Officials." Chen Dong bowed his head and said, "I often travel between Zhenzhou and Qinghe City, and I found a phenomenon, that is, the Khitan people hate people like Yelu Dashi to the bone."

"Oh?" Zhao Huan frowned slightly, but soon understood why.

During the Battle of Liao Dynasty, after Yelu Yanxi was captured alive by Wanyan Loushi and sent to Huanglong Mansion, Yelu Dashi cleverly escaped, ran back to Zhenzhou on Shangjing Road, and established himself as Juerhan.

When he established himself as Ju'er Khan, he didn't tell the Khitan people that he was going west.

His slogan at the beginning was "Save the emperor and father, benefit the people, and secure the world."

But after chanting this slogan, after getting the precise drawings given to him by the Emperor of Song Dynasty, he chose to "raise soldiers and wait for the time to move".

This waiting means the failure of the battle with the Kret.

In a panic, Yelu Dashi fled Zhenzhou with his elite troops, crossed Qinghe City, took the Tianshan Ancient Road, and ran to Suiye City.

This is what Yelu Dashi told the Khitan people.

No wonder the Khitan people didn't hate him.

He took all the elite away, leaving only the old, the weak, the sick and the disabled to suffer on Shangjing Road. Even grazing can't beat the wolves, let alone humans?
"Do the Khitan people resent him for giving up his ancestral land and fleeing with his elite?" Zhao Huan asked Chen Dong.

Chen Dong said with a smile: "Not only that, Yelu Dashi has repeatedly organized Eastern Expeditions in order to appease the homesickness of his subordinates."

"But he always waited for the frost to set off, and before he walked out of the Tianshan Ancient Road, the mountain was blocked by heavy snow. He has done this three times. The whole Western Regions people think his Eastern Expedition is a joke."

"After three or five times like this, those Khitan people who are determined to return home have fled back to Zhenzhou. There are about 2 people who have been taken in by Mr. Zhao. They bring their own dry food and go from spring to autumn. They are the most important thing to defend Qinghe City the power of."

Only then did Zhao Huan understand that it is not as simple as talking about it.

It wasn't that Zhao Huan and Chen Bing had nearly 5 people in Zhenzhou, and nearly 3 people in Jingbian City. How could the Kelie Ministry be inclined to the Song Dynasty?

In the same way, if Qinghe City was defended only by four thousand Song Qiang cavalry, Chen Dong would be in danger even if he could speak.

He still has soldiers in his hands and speaks hard.

Chen Dong looked at the officials and understood what he meant, and continued: "The minister asked Niu Gao to accompany him as a general, and the minister can't command four thousand soldiers. Therefore, the defense of Qinghe City has become a problem."

"Niu Gao recommended Dong Xian, a friend from his hometown."

"Dong Xian?" Zhao Huan was taken aback, he had a little impression of this name, this should be a figure in Yue Fei's Hejian army.

[Reminder of historical events: Dong Xian is a general under Yue Fei, but a friend of Niu Gao, from Luoyang.At the beginning, he joined Zhai Xing's army and fought against the Jin people. He made many brave achievements.He and Wang Gui, another general under Yue Fei, once fought together in Lushi County, Tangzhou, and Caizhou, all of which were victorious. 】

[With courage, Mao Shishi is the leader of the army in every battle, and is the vanguard of the three armies on the battlefield.Officials set up envoys, which is one step away from Jiedu envoys. 】

Zhao Huan looked at Dong Xian's information, and sure enough, he remembered correctly, he was indeed Yue Fei's subordinate.

[Dong Xian had a good relationship with Qin Hui, and Qin Hui admired his talent very much. Ten years after Shaoxing, after the Battle of Yingchang, Qin Hui met with him many times, often boasting of his bravery, implying that Dong Xian was inferior to Yue Fei. 】

[Dong Xian was greedy for money and lustful, and was corrupted by Qin Hui. Zhao Gou, who has always been unable to control the generals and ministers, repeatedly issued orders to reprimand him. 】

[Yue Fei has punished him three times because of his life style, but Dong Xian still refuses to change after repeated admonitions. 】

[In the 11th year of Shaoxing, Yue Fei was framed. After being arrested and taken into Dali Temple, Dong Xian and Wang Jun stood on Qin Hui's side and testified that Yue Fei was indeed disobedient. 】

After Zhao Huan finished reading this paragraph, he was about to order Dong to go first, so he stopped himself in time.

No one is perfect, everyone can have weaknesses.

But Dong Xian's weakness is too easy to take advantage of. The beauty of orchids has been around since the Han Dynasty.This Dong Xian is really placed in such a confidential position.

If Yelu Dashi sends a bunch of beauties, Dong Xian will fall.

Zhao Huan also remembered that the reason why he had an impression of this name was because he robbed the Khitan woman and was punished by Yue Fei.

The army is a place where military orders fall like mountains, and what is required is obedience. Yue Fei strictly ordered not to harass the people. Dong Xian did this, so it would be strange not to be punished.

"Let Wang Gui lead five thousand cavalry from Dongshengwei to defend Qinghe City." Zhao Huan decided to go with someone else.

This person is Yue Fei's sworn elder brother when he was in Tangyin. Before Yue Fei joined the army, he was a martial arts doctor and Changzhou defense envoy.

In the normal historical line, this person also has outstanding military achievements. He is a general in the Yue family army. He is brave and resourceful.

He had studied this person a long time ago, and he was indeed a good general.

Dong Xian, Niu Gao's friend, is much more reliable.

Niu Gao's record of being beaten twenty lashes by Yue Fei for drinking was still under Zhao Huan's hands. When Yue Fei suggested sending him to Qinghe City with Chen Dong, he had the idea of ​​making him reform.

That's what Chen Dong said. Since the official has already been selected, he naturally wouldn't say anything more.

"Tonight, we will set up a banquet in the Shangshan Building to welcome you." Zhao Huan said to several people.

It was Yu Wenxuzhong who presided over the reception. Zhao Huan's attendance at such banquets could only make them cautious, so it was better to send a minister to preside over it.

Zhao Huan was still looking at Zhazi late at night, the military marriage law has become an extraterritorial marriage law.

Envoys on missions abroad, artisans mining in Japan, Koryo, and Kelei, and frontier soldiers who are not in the local area are all protected by extraterritorial marriage laws.

It's not appropriate to work for Da Song outside without any protection in the backyard.

Moreover, it didn't take long for this decree to determine the legislation and then determine the provisions. After three consultations, it finally came to Zhao Huan.

Zhao Huan's reply asked the Ministry of Punishment to follow up more and was ready to add clauses at any time.

"Is there a flood?" Zhao Huan looked at Qin Tianjian's note, and unexpectedly saw Zong Ze's name on the note.

Zong Ze, a minister at the level of strategic nuclear weapons, is the card of Song Dynasty wherever he is placed.

Zhao Huan asked Zong Ze to serve as the economic envoy of Jinghu North Road and Jinghu South Road, and arranged the two roads very properly.

And last summer, the floods in the south of the Yangtze River also caused heavy losses to the people.

Zhao Huan thought about the letter carefully before he understood it.

Just two words, make money!
It costs money to dredge the river and hire peasants.

It costs money to clean up the silt and reclaim wasteland.

It takes money to build embankments and water conservancy projects.

Zhao Huan approved the letter very openly.

Li Gang had already met with the household department in Bianjing, and the household department still had some idle money to support the two roads in Jinghu.

Zhao Huan will naturally approve the use of state funds to benefit the country and the people, and even allocated 100 million silver dollars from internal funds for support.

Zhao Huan looked at the note in his hand and almost laughed out loud.

The attributes of the national treasury are a bit uncertain.

When Zhao Huan observed it, the country's money was empty and there were holes everywhere.

But when it is really needed, like the water in a sponge and the gully of justice, there will always be crowding.

Zhao Huan couldn't help but smile wryly at the unpredictable state money.

After the 26 years of Zhao Ji's reign in the Song Dynasty, there are too many scars that need to be repaired.

The national treasury finally had some money, and I didn't want the emperor to see it, so as to prevent it from being used to build a place like Genyue Palace.

"If you don't spend money on me, I still have internal funds to use." Zhao Huan smiled and put the book down.

Zhao Ying nodded repeatedly and said, "That's right, their little money is hidden every day, just like the money that officials value them!"

"Speaking so brightly, why did you go to get rich?" Zhao Huan asked with a smile.

Zhao Ying chuckled twice, and said: "The culinary skills of serving the official family are not bad, and I have taught a few apprentices. Last month, the minister ordered the Internal Finance and Food Bureau to accept the food outside the Bianjing Xihua Gate. The Shangshan Building has opened stores in various places, and now there are more than 30 branches."

"It started turning around this month."

Zhao Huan looked at Zhao Ying's appearance, and asked curiously: "Hey, you have opened a chain of restaurants, how much did you earn? See if you are happy."

(End of this chapter)