Northern Song Dynasty Revitalization Strategy

Chapter 841 Zhao Emmanuel Huan

In the early morning of the next day, the sun was still shining brightly, shining warmly on the walls of Bianjing City. The water transport instrument platform in Bianjing City reported the time as always, and the twin iron towers drew long shadows, and the glazed tiles of Wende Hall were illuminated. It turned orange, shining brightly.

Today is the first day of the resumption of the dynasty. All the yamen have started to go to work, and the folks are full of all kinds of bustle again. The Royal Street has become busy with traffic, and there are even traffic jams. It is prosperous and prosperous.

The anti-locust letters from all over the country were like snowflakes, falling on the court, and there were endless discussions.

Yao Shunfu of Qin Tianjian was impeached by the officials today. The reason for the impeachment was that it was not good for Qin Tianjian to ask for rain, and there had been no rain for many days.Yao Shunfu had no strength to resist at all, he was impeached in a few words and was dizzy, begging his old man to return home.

Zhao Huan rudely interrupted the discussion among the ministers, and the impeachment grounds of begging for rain are not valid at all for him!

What kind of deceptive human behavior is this? !
But Zhao Huan quickly figured out something was wrong. After he supported Yao Shunfu, he didn't see the relieved expression on Yao Shunfu's face, but worried.

In an instant, Zhao Huan understood that Yao Shunfu would be the first to take the blame if the locust plague flooded this year.

It was he who brought up the prevalence of locust plagues. If the locust plagues really disturbed the rhythm of the officials' cutting gold, then he could only take the blame and resign and had no choice but to resign.

Therefore, Yao Shunfu's rhetoric about the locust plague at the beginning was a bet on his future political future and the conclusion of the coffin.

"Retire!" Zhao Ying's yin and yang voice sounded in the court hall, and all the officials faded away like a tide.

Zhao Huan rubbed his temples, eating locusts raw, he might not be able to get around it.Because of the handicap in Bianjing of the Song Dynasty, the odds of the emperor eating locusts are getting lower and lower.And what makes him anxious is once a locust plague occurs, where will the relief food be?
Is it possible to stop the Northern Expedition and just sit back and watch the Jin people attack Mobei and eat all the tribes in Mobei to recover their blood?

"Guanjia, today is the official's birthday, this is a compliment from the officials." Zhao Ying said with a smile as he helped the official back to Wende Hall.

"Birthday?" Zhao Huan looked at the father in front of him dumbfoundingly. He didn't even remember it was his birthday, so he wanted Zhao Ying to remind him. Once they were bitten by snakes for ten years, they were afraid of well ropes.

He asked suspiciously: "Why didn't anyone send a praise form before? Is this year special?"

"Before the officials were busy, they praised the watch during the New Year's celebration, but the officials said it was superficial, and they didn't read it. This time, Li Dazai specifically asked the officials to read it." Zhao Ying said cheerfully.

Oh?
When Zhao Huan opened the first like form, he knew what Li Gang was thinking, because the first like form was Anna's like form.

"It's my family's business to accept a concubine. Li Dazai's hand is a little too long." Zhao Huan closed the praise form, his face a little unhappy, he had already crossed off the list of three foreign princesses including Anna.

Originally, the locust plague and food pressure made him feel bad, but Li Gang was still playing this game.

"Officials, the emperor has no family affairs, and family affairs are state affairs." Zhao Ying defended Li Gang.

"Go and call Li Gang." Zhao Huan put down the praise form in his hand and said.

Zhao Ying said with a light smile, "Li Dazai is waiting outside the hall."

Zhao Huan was silent, was this all a trick for himself?Waiting to drill in by yourself?
"Officials, locust plagues are inevitable. It's just the difference in how many people are affected. The state government has raised many ducks, but these ducks are actually helpless against large-scale locust plagues. It’s like the bamboo forest.” Li Gang bowed his head and said.

Of course Zhao Huan understood, this is to say that there are too many bamboos in the Sichuan and Shu Mountains.

"Does it have something to do with this praise form? I am very curious about how Princess Anna persuaded Dazai Dazai of Song Dynasty." Zhao Huan said holding up the letter in his hand.

Li Gang did not answer this question directly, but continued to talk about the locust plague. He bowed his head and said, "Officials, we should find a way to raise food. The Northern Expedition needs food, and Jinghu spring plowing needs food. After the floods in the south of the Yangtze River, this year's There is very little food for the spring tax."

"The most important thing is locust disaster relief, and we also need food and grass. What we lack now is food for locust disaster relief. The current situation is that the Song Dynasty has a lot of money, and the food reserves can no longer meet the needs of the whole year. We must prevent Before it happens."

This is all talking in circles, the court has already said it once this morning, and the courtiers proposed to buy grain, but the Song Dynasty is the largest grain producer in the world, where to find grain?
Li Gang looked at the officials and said seriously: "The merchants on Shangjing Road have already started collecting grain, and the merchants in Datong Prefecture are also looking for grain from the Western Regions and the farther west. The shipping department of Tangkou City is also actively contacting maritime merchants. Buy grain from Champa and other places. We need to give some confidence to merchants in the Western Regions and grain merchants in Champa to stimulate them to sell grain, and this stimulus is the openness and tolerance of our Great Song Dynasty."

Zhao Huan looked at Li Gang and said seriously: "We can use more economic means to raise funds instead of making a fuss about my family affairs."

Li Gang took a deep breath and said, "But accepting a foreign concubine is the most economical, and there is no future trouble."

Zhao Huan looked at Li Gang with hesitation in his eyes. There are many ways to stimulate merchants in the Western Regions or grain merchants in Champa to sell grain, such as opening the Dasong Market to foreign businessmen, or opening mansion stores for foreign businessmen to settle in, or launching cooperative operations to expand foreign businessmen. Investable assets.

These policies can stimulate the business of merchants in the Western Regions, grain merchants in Champa and Song Dynasty.

In response to the locust plague, that is to sell more grain to the Song Dynasty, the Ministry of Commerce also submitted relevant policies, and Zhao Huan has not yet approved the red, which has many future troubles.

In the eyes of the common people, this is the practice of preferring foreigners to domestic slaves.

For example, salt and iron is a franchise of the Song Dynasty. Now that the Song Dynasty has the Ministry of Commerce, the salt and iron franchise is tightened, and salt, as a weapon of the Song Dynasty, has been used in wars.

However, in the letter of the Ministry of Commerce, there was an item of opening up salt and iron to foreign businessmen, which made Zhao Huan completely unacceptable.This is the livelihood of the people!It's leading the wolf into the house!

Especially with the emergence of this epidemic, this kind of people's livelihood must be placed outside the market rules to prevent the recurrence of the tragedy of Zhao Chengyou driving up food and salt prices. It is a matter of entrusting food, protection, medical care and living environment to others. What a fool!
Yes, what Li Gang said is correct, accepting a concubine from a foreign royal family is indeed the easiest way to stimulate trade, and there is no future trouble.

"Okay." Zhao Huan took a deep breath and leaned back on the chair with a sigh.

　Macron: We must learn lessons, reflect on decades of development models and the flaws it has exposed, we must place certain properties and services outside the laws of the market, and place our food, security system, protection, medical care and living environment Entrusting the power of others is foolishness, and we must take it back into our own hands.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)