Chapter 188: Dividing the Flying Swallow

Of course Ouyang understands the benefits of this marriage. Since ancient times, two sides have basically never fought. This point has been fully utilized by Zhao Yu. If others do not fight, I, Zhao Yu, did not say that I will not fight. Marriage is marriage, and war is war. Two things. If the marriage with Liao and Jin, the people of Liao will think that the strategy of the Song Dynasty is to watch the fire across the river. In this way, two years later, Song three sides will be united, and the chance of winning is above 80%. Ouyang replied: "When you say your Majesty, I don't want to marry for the time being. Besides, the officials of Wei are small and small. Wei is told that Mrs. Cai Xiangzuo has a new mourning, so it is better to..."

"Bastard" Zhao Yu said dissatisfied: "How can we discuss important officials in the court?"

Ouyang said: "Your Majesty, just froze like this. Anyway, it doesn't matter whether the Liao people marry or not. They only ask the Song Dynasty to not marry with the Jin people. And the Jin people are easy to deal with, so they find an excuse to delay it for a year or two."

"Switch a different approach." Nonsense, if you delay for a year or two, people will be alert for a year or two.

"It's easy to add a solution. Your Majesty can accept the princess Wanyan Lan as her adorable daughter. They are all named Princess of Song. Then they get married from Song to Liao and Jin. This marriage is considered a connection." Ouyang said: "The Jin people must have thought that His Majesty was embarrassed. In this way, two bowls of water will be equal, so that they can do whatever they want."

This method is OK. Song and Liao are brotherly countries, and the emperor calls each other brothers according to their age. It is reasonable to say that Princess Shang is Zhao Yu's daughter. Jin is Song's vassal state, and Wanyan Lan has no problem. She took two people and married them back to China... Why does this idea sound so rogue? But after all, it is a solution to this farce.

After this, Zhao Yu and Ouyang talked about weapons. With the strengthening of the casting process, heavy artillery can now be shot seven or eight hundred steps away. The Hangzhou fleet has already started to replace it first. However, this is still quite troublesome to manufacture, so it can only be replaced with part of the fleet.

Talking about things with Ouyang is much more comfortable than talking to others. Ouyang is not nonsense about things, he will not talk a lot in the clouds and mountains, but instead uses the word "li" as a preface and hit the nail on the head. Moreover, Ouyang has no scruples about things. Moreover, from the perspective of experience, Ouyang has been to Liao, Jin, Western Xia, Persia, and the north and south of the Song Dynasty, and has a clear understanding of current affairs. He complements Zhao Yu, the king of the deep palace.

"Ouyang, do you think that as soon as the battle against Liao begins, how likely are we to win?"

"Go back to Your Majesty." Ouyang knew that Zhao Yu was a little anxious: "Every war that was fought in another country, even if we were defeated, we could afford it. My national strength was reduced by one point, and the enemy defeated the national strength was reduced by five points. Whether to defeat the war was actually irrelevant. The most important thing was that wars could not destroy the domestic production order. The people of Xixia were the soldiers of the people, and there were soldiers but no people, and they were unable to succeed. Liao enlisted and drawn-out system against Jin, which would inevitably seriously interfere with local production, and sacrificed their foundation for the source of troops. Therefore, as long as the front line attacked the front line and the life in the rear was not destroyed, even if they were not defeated this time, they could fight again in three years. After fighting for thirty years, let alone a Liao country, even a hundred Liao countries could not stop this style of fighting."

"It's reasonable" Zhao Yuxi said: "I asked the Military Affairs Office, but the Military Affairs Office told me that such arrangements would inevitably lead to some chance of victory. But I know that there are many accidents in the war. For example, if the Battle of Bu Bu Gangda had not been rebelled in Liao, the Jurchens would have perished long ago. Looking at ancient war examples, the Yellow River broke the dike, the earth dragon turned over, and the fire burned food may all lead to the final failure. There are countless other generals who were stabbed and suddenly had diseases. I am not a general, so I must understand the situation after the failure."

Zhao Yu was concerned about this, even if the Jin people were strong and difficult to chew after the alloy destroyed the Liao Dynasty, what if the Jin people were strong and difficult to chew? Are you sure to expel the Jin people to the northern grasslands? What should I do if there is something wrong with Tubo, Xixia or Dali at this time? However, Ouyang made it right as soon as he maintained a certain garrison force, even if the army entered other countries was defeated, it would not hurt the foundation of the Song Dynasty. 50 million people, the national treasury annually earned 50 million yuan, and the iron must be iron and gunpowder must be used. Re-organize training, and the army can be revitalized within two years.

Zhao Yu also talked about Yuzhou. At present, Yuzhou exhibition is very stable. The country can only replenish supplies twice a year in spring and autumn. In another year or two, it can be replenished once a year. After the Silk Road has Yuzhou as a springboard, it became very prosperous. Although there is still war in Europe and the Middle East, Song merchants are allowed to be released and even protected. When the camel caravan returns to China, he will selflessly bring merchants from various countries. In the caravan, he will live in peace no matter what his belief is. Any dispute will be arbitrated by the leader of the Song caravan.

The trading market was specially opened in Xuanhua Prefecture in Northwest Road. Foreign merchants can also enter the Song Dynasty to visit and worship in Tokyo. After paying a certain amount of money, they can also choose to settle in the Song Dynasty. However, according to Ouyang's above table, no one is allowed to preach in the Song Dynasty, and violators will be killed without mercy. Ouyang does not want extreme religions to enter the Song Dynasty, which is very easy to cause division. The implementation of the policy also shows Ouyang's influence. The caravans took away civilization from the East and brought civilization from the West, the Middle East, and India. Although it has not been digested, it can be predicted that as long as the Song Dynasty does not have a civil war, the Song Dynasty will definitely be a very advanced country in the future.

To put it bluntly, the existence of anti-government armed forces. For example, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom and the Red Army are all non-government-controlled armed forces. This kind of organization is an organization that no country allows to exist in modern times. China's five thousand years of history can almost be said to be five thousand years of civil war. The decline of glorious empires due to civil war is caused by the ambitions of superiors.

Zhao Yu and Ouyang also talked about this during lunch. Since Zhao Yu's rule, the policies were appropriate. Only in the first year there was a peasant uprising, and the rest was calm. Local officials no longer thought about how to blackmail the poor, but instead found ways to introduce the market and then embezzle the county after they became rich. In comparison, the latter is not only good-looking, has a good reputation, but also easy to make money, earn more, and has no worries.

Ouyang said that civil wars should be resolutely eliminated. Civil wars are not one plus one equal to two. One plus one may equal infinite amount of consumption. Zhao Yu seized military power very tightly, and it was a bit inappropriate to say that it could ensure the loyalty of all walks of life. Ouyang believed that Zhao Yu's current reputation was that as long as it was not too much fault, Song would no longer have a civil war.

The originally sharp contradiction was that the number of landlords and workers and farmers was opposed by the commercial development. Due to the emergence of illegal immigration, this problem was basically solved. Zhao Yu told Ouyang directly that she had received reports on human trafficking, but she did not want to move for the time being, but she did not want to know this, but she did not want to be known to everyone. She asked Ouyang to warn the businessmen to restrain themselves a little.

Of course, Zhao Yu was also angry: "Ouyang, the silver notes of Yangping Money House are OK. But can these Song banknotes still work?"

"Your Majesty, now the amount of silver bills is sold every year, and the money shop is reported. You only need to get a little tax, so you can do it? Your Majesty thinks that money is not valuable, and the tax is the key, so the money shop will be more. Your Majesty wants money to be valuable, and if you are exempt from tax, the money shop will be less. This disguised controls the money shop's silver bills, and there is no need for the court to do this trouble."

Zhao Yu said dissatisfiedly: "Why can you easily solve something when you say it?"

"That's what you need to trust in the empress."

Zhao Yu smiled and said, "Now the Song Dynasty has expanded from the sea to the land. I heard that it has occupied Temasek. The Ministry of Justice submitted a statement saying that the Northwest military route has flourished and asked me to change the exile land to Temasek. When I thought it was interesting, I asked the Ministry of Revenue to subordinate Temasek to Song territory."

"Your Majesty is wise."

"I can't say that I learn from you. If I have the advantage, I will take advantage of it." Zhao Yu said: "The Ministry of Revenue statistics, last year, the tax collected by overseas businessmen and the Silk Road accounted for half of the national treasury. You still have vision. If you didn't ask for the establishment of the Hangzhou fleet, where did the maritime merchants come from? However, some ministers repeatedly submitted a statement saying that I had lost the national system. It was said that the Song Dynasty was a country of gentlemen, and how could it be robbed for force? It was really contrary to the teachings of the saints."

Ouyang asked: "How did Your Majesty answer?"

"I called them together and said, I am a woman, not a gentleman."

"Haha" Ouyang Le said: "Your Majesty is so amazing." No one dares to say anything if you are a shemale person.

"I understand. The Song Dynasty has been established for nearly a hundred years. However, it has been tributed to Liao every year, and gifts to the small Western Xia countries every year. We must be careful to coax Tubo and Dali. The bad horses bought will be priced by the court. Why? It is just that there is no one in China." Zhao Yu said: "Now the Song Dynasty is burning with its soldiers and armor, but it is a peaceful place for the whole world. A strong army will make the country strong, a strong country will make the people rich, and a prosperous country."

"Your Majesty is wise." Ouyang sincerely admires. It is not a global village yet, and even a global village is based on fists. Yugoslavia, Afghanistan, Iraq, etc., and the United States is strong, so their army is not called invasion. And strong not only means strong military strength, but also strong national strength. National strength involves science and technology, talents, finance, education, etc. If you don't have a military conversation with other gentlemen, who cares about you? If you have a military, then others can only be with you. As the saying goes: It's not too late for a gentleman to take revenge for ten years, and a gentleman is also lethal.

Zhao Yu turned his mouth and said, "But... I can be self-disciplined. How many kings will I think so in a hundred years?"

"..." Ouyang buried his head in eating vegetables and didn't answer this question. He couldn't answer it. He couldn't tell Zhao Yu that the constitutional monarchy or democratic supervision system should be implemented. If he was not careful, this would be the last meal.

"I know you have a way, let's talk about it." Zhao Yu looked around and said, "Let's retreat."

It won’t work if you don’t say it. Ouyang said: “Don’t Your Majesty have a royal university? Let those who are qualified to take over go to college to study. Then they will be placed in the local government as an official. This way, it can be screened out relatively simply.” Many people like Zhao Yu’s throne. A group of princes, even non-legitimate sons, know that everyone has the opportunity to fight for the throne. Zhao Yu is also determined to train several successors, or trustworthy left and right hands.

After hearing what Ouyang said, Zhao Yu nodded. This is really a solution. And it can also be equal. Who is excellent is clear at a glance. If this assessment system can be continued, it is not impossible for the Song Dynasty to be strong for a thousand years. Zhao Yu said: "The people who have lost their country in the past dynasties were mostly foolish rulers, and this method is good."

The destruction of the country may not be the foolish monarch. Ouyang said in his heart that Emperor Chongzhen of Ming was more diligent than Lao Niu, and he had great ambitions and talent. However, the social contradictions were too fierce and it was no longer possible for the emperor to control it. The system was a life-threatening system.

Zhao Yu nodded: "One more thing is that I have seen the legal system of Yuzhou."

Ouyang hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, this Yuzhou is in special circumstances after all." Yuzhou has a seat, and all ethnic groups have their own shares, similar to the Senate. However, its rights are much smaller, and it is not allowed to interfere in military affairs for the time being, and the vote on government affairs is only for proposals that do not shake the fundamental law. In other words, Li Guang seems to have little power, and his role is to ensure that the Basic Law is not violated. For specific agriculture and commerce, the proposals are submitted by the parliamentarians and then passed. The Basic Law was concluded by Ouyang. In order to maintain the ability to survive and compete among all ethnic groups, whether internal harmony is very important. To say that such a troublesome thing is actually for an important purpose, weakening the influence of religion in the country, the country is greater than religion or law is greater than religion. As long as internal unity is combined with Persia, Yuzhou can stand firm until the nation is assimilated.

Just like in modern China, there are all kinds of religions, but their influence has been greatly reduced. Even believers rarely act violently. Ouyang has always believed that the Chinese government has done a good job in this. Although it gives religious people some privileges, it has been exchanged for the appeal of religion.

To be honest, Ouyang was not sure about how long Yuzhou could last, ten years, a hundred years, and a thousand years. To be honest, Ouyang was not sure. However, as far as Ouyang knew, the Arab countries around Yuzhou were very disunited. From the n Middle East wars, we can see that the Arab countries that united Arab countries did not conquer the small Israel in n times and were defeated again and again.

Ouyang saw that Zhao Yu did not speak out and explained: "For example, an Orthodox Christian and an Islamist fought because they argued about whose faith was the true God. If there was no suitable law, it would likely cause large-scale conflicts of people and eventually lead to the division of the country. But after the law, there was a local statement. The law did not discuss with you who is the true God, because the fundamental law stipulates that there is freedom of faith. The law only held accountable. For example, A insulted B's faith and A was guilty. Ordinary arguments took action,

70% of those who take action first, and 30% of those who take action later. Incite attacks on those who believe in others and sentence them to death. The most important thing is the members of the parliament, and the members of the parliament support the fundamental law, so as leaders of the faith, they will naturally find ways to calm the situation. The most important thing is that the parliamentarians are very clear that the collapse of the country is the least beneficial for the upper class like them. Therefore, they protect the fundamental law, which is to protect their own interests. Without the law, they cannot suppress the hatred caused by religious fanaticism."

Zhao Yu nodded: "Ouyang, you are not the prime minister, you are so embarrassed."

What does "..." mean? Ouyang wondered.

Zhao Yu ignored it and said, "I just received the news from Yuzhou, and many people from Daqin moved to Yuzhou. Now the total population of Yuzhou is about 600,000. But the Han people are less than 100,000. Aren't you worried that the Han people will be assimilated by them?"

Ouyang replied with a smile: "Your Majesty is too worried. Although three languages ​​are set as official languages ​​in the fundamental law. However, a private school run by a 'merchant' only teaches Chinese. Other nations seem to not pay attention to preschool education at all. Language, spirit, and spirit will only assimilate others, not themselves. Furthermore, according to Weichen's estimates, in the past twenty years, Yuzhou will not rekindle the war. Relying on education to take root, it will control the future generation of young people in the hands of Sinology."

Zhao Yu thought about it carefully for a while before nodding, agreeing with Ouyang's statement.

There is something else here for Ouyang: "Your Majesty, do you know the Maritime Silk Road?" The Maritime Silk Road was when Persia took advantage of the civil turmoil in the Tang Dynasty and monopolized silk, and then the Tang Dynasty opened up a Maritime Silk Road.

"Of course, there is an official department in Quanzhou Port." Zhao Yu said: "As far as I know, although the sea carries a large number of ships, there are few ships traveling in the long-distance voyages. It is only one or two ships a year. According to the Ministry of Revenue, it is mainly because of the difficulty of supplying long-distance voyages. When the Emperor was in power, he once made a big deal of ten ships, but he didn't expect to sink three ships and was robbed when he went to a country. In the end, only three ships came back." Although there was a Silk Road at that time, it was basically limited to the East China Sea, the Yellow Sea and Southeast Asia generation. It is no wonder to go to India. It is usually sold to Arabs, and then transported to Mediterranean countries by Arabs.

These Southeast Business Associations have been doing this long ago, but Ouyang said something else, took out a map and walked to Zhao Yu and put it down: "Your Majesty, this is a map that I can finally get in Yuzhou. Your Majesty sees that the port of Temasek has been stable. The Southeast Business Association intends to organize 20 or larger merchant ships, including Temasek as a springboard, pass India to Africa, enter the Mediterranean, Black Sea, and finally Yuzhou. The Southeast Business Association means to find another port in Africa as a springboard. In this way, the Maritime Silk Road can be completely opened without being transferred by the Arabs once again."

"It's not bad for the business association to have this intention." Zhao Yu said happily with the map: "It's possible, and there's a lot to do. But... the business association did it just so, why do you still want me to tell you, do you want me to help me?"

"Your Majesty is wise." Ouyang flattered and said, "The Business Association hopes that the court can send twenty supply ships and escort them with thirty warships, because Temasek was a gathering place for pirates. The standard for verifying the structure of the warship was based on long voyage. But to be honest, I am also half a bucket of water for this. I am really not sure whether it can be redirected back or how many ships will come back."

"This is not worthy of your Ouyang's personality at all. You are just shirking responsibility." Zhao Yu put the map aside and said, "It's correct. Since the business association dares to take risks, don't I dare? But, who do you think it's better to send the main general?"

"This..." Ouyang really never thought about it.

"The situation in Song, Liao and Jin is complicated. Yue Fei must be in charge of the fleet and cannot leave easily..." Zhao Yu asked: "How is Liang Hongyu? After all, she and you and your wife know something."

Ouyang said seriously: "When you say to your Majesty, as far as I have investigated, Africa and the Mediterranean have discriminated against women. If you know that the leader of the Great Song Fleet was actually a woman, I would probably be despised by me, Song."

"Hmph" Zhao Yu snorted coldly, "Are women not as good as men? I have gone out with eighty warships, thirty supply ships, and 10,000 imperial guards. I have appointed Liang Hongyu as the imperial envoy to act cheaply. Whoever dares to be unreasonable to Liang Hongyu is unreasonable to me."

"This..." Ouyang Dahan: "Your Majesty, if you want to take more than 100 ships away, it is probably difficult for Yue Fei to come here. If there is any war, there will be no ship to transport the imperial guards to assault the enemy's rear."

Zhao Yu shook his head: "Don't worry about this. Even you said you would have two more years to debate. In the past two years, even if the fleet cannot come back, can we not create it again? Next year, it happens to be the martial arts encore."

"..." Ouyang was unconscious, and his wife ran to the Mediterranean for no reason. She went to the Mediterranean by herself, and wanted to build a port and patrol Yuzhou. She couldn't come back in a year or two. She actually forgot that Zhao Yu's biggest taboo was how women were. Damn Zhou An actually came up with this bad idea.
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