After returning to Wende Hall, Zhao Ning immediately summoned Zhao Ding.

"I have already met Zhang Jiucheng."

Zhao Ding stood there silently, always maintaining a calm posture.

"Have you read this person's answer sheet?" Zhao Ning continued to ask.

"I have all seen it."

"I want to hear your opinion of him."

"This person is decisive in doing things. What he is best at is not strategy, but judgment!"

"Good judgment?"

"Yes."

"Then what kind of official position do you think this kind of person is suitable for?"

"Let him go to Tokyo Post to practice for half a year first."

"Why?"

"This person has mentioned the strategy of "Logistics and Recovering the Northland" to me before, and his strategy is quite unique."

"How unique?"

"It's about the road and the imperial court's strategy to regain Yanyun and even Liaodong." Zhao Ding said, "He has a core theory that the ministers deeply believe in."

"What theory?"

"The imperial court's control over the surrounding area depends on the time it actually takes for people to travel to the surrounding area."

Zhao Ning knew the truth and asked: "How do you explain this sentence?"

"Take the Annan Protectorate as an example. The imperial court had no choice but to establish the Protectorate because it may take two months to get from Tokyo to Jiaozhou." Zhao Ding said, "If it only takes one month, the imperial court will be completely

Annan can be turned into a local road like Guangnan West Road."

Zhao Ding hit the nail on the head.

In distant places, the vassal system can only be maintained, because the court would have to interfere too much, and it would be too slow to make several back and forths. If something happened there, there would be no time to act.

"Moreover, Zhang Jiucheng's policy not only mentioned the imperial court's control over the border areas, but also the control over the countryside. But the control over the countryside may be something far away in the future, and the general direction of the country is so determined.

But there is no problem.”

"But he mentioned paying salaries by handing over banknotes."

Zhao Ding said: "This is no problem, it just requires two prerequisites."

"What premise?"

Zhao Ding said: "Paying banknotes to pay salaries has caused the devaluation of local banknotes. People will go to banks to exchange copper coins. However, the rich and officials, taking advantage of their power, will give priority to exchange, leaving the devaluation of banknotes in the hands of the people. This is the case when Cai Jing is in power.

It happened."

"So what's the solution?"

Zhao Ding said: "On the grounds of national strategic resource reserves, private copper coins should be recovered and the role of copper coins as currency should be abolished step by step."

Zhao Ding must understand dialectics. Although he may not know the word "dialectics", his thinking structure is well versed in it.

This is the best quality of a leader.

Most people would just say that it can't be done and it will definitely cause chaos.

But as an outstanding politician who controls the overall situation, he will look at this issue from a perspective and timeline.

These problems do exist at present, but in the long run these problems can be gradually eliminated.

If you don't start, you will never move forward and there will be no progress.

The core of the so-called dialectics is that the development of affairs is tortuous and forward.

Ordinary people will always fall into the binary choices of feasible and unfeasible situations.

But I don’t know that there is nothing feasible or impossible in this world, only whether the time is right or not.

At different points in time, an originally good approach may have bad consequences, and a policy that originally seemed absolutely unfeasible may achieve its goal.

"What about the second premise?"

"It is necessary to ensure that sea trade enters the Song Dynasty more smoothly, so as to ensure sufficient goods, and together with the commerce in the southeast and Gyeonggi Road, make the flow of goods faster, and achieve the purpose of a continuous flow of goods to the east of the Hedong River."

This is really not a problem. The Song Dynasty centered on Kaifeng, Tokyo, and radiated a network of river transportation to the southeast, resulting in unprecedented development of commerce.

Zhao Ning couldn't help but nodded: "I'll do as you said. You can arrange Zhang Jiucheng's position."

"yes."

"By the way, there's one more thing."

"Your Majesty, please give me your instructions."

"Many people in the court recommended Prince Kang to be the Grand Protector of the Annan Protectorate. What do you think?"

"In the Protectorate system, the prince comes to lead the Protectorate from afar. This is reasonable and reasonable."

Zhao Ning asked tentatively: "Have I given too much authority to King Kang?"

Zhao Ding was stunned for a moment, and quickly realized what Zhao Guanjia meant, but he couldn't guess what Zhao Guanjia really thought, so he just answered truthfully: "King Kang has achieved political achievements, and it is reasonable for His Majesty to reward King Kang."

Zhao Ding thought for a moment and then said: "Besides, King Kang has a lot of experience in agricultural administration and lending. He can assist Annan in restructuring the land. This is a good thing."

"As for the army, the Annan Army is under the jurisdiction of the Military and Political Council. Although King Kang is the Protector, he obviously cannot interfere." Zhao Ding finally added.

"It makes sense, it's accurate."

"What other orders does your Majesty have?"

"No, I will write quietly for a while."

"I excuse myself."

It was definitely not a bad thing to make King Kang the governor of Kaifeng and give Annan the title of Grand Protector.

Many people in this court wanted to use King Kang to cause trouble, but they pretended to have nothing to do with it.

Today they wrote a memorial recommending King Kang to be the Protector of Annan, and tomorrow they will probably write a memorial recommending King Kang to be the crown prince.

In the evening, Zhao Ning met Zhao Gou, and Qin Hui was also present.

"Many people recommend you to be the Protector of Annan, and I deeply agree."

"How virtuous and capable is this minister?"

"Annan's initial decision still requires you to put in a lot of effort."

"I dare not slack off, Your Majesty, please rest assured."

"Xianggong Qin."

"I'm here."

"Recently, some ministers have sent me letters to discuss the matter of the crown prince." Zhao Ning said casually, with a nonchalant tone.

But Qin Hui's heart skipped a beat.

Qin Hui said: "I don't know who dares to discuss the important matter of establishing a reserve without authorization. He should be severely punished without mercy!"

"Don't think about punishment yet, I think what you said makes sense."

Qin Hui lowered his head slightly. Although he couldn't see the expression on Zhao Guanjia's face, he could feel the seriousness in Zhao Guanjia's tone.

"Yes, your majesty is wise."

"It's just that the princes are still young, so I'm a little embarrassed about this."

Zhao Gou stood aside, as if watching the lotus flowers under the sunset in the imperial pond in the back garden, motionless.

Zhao Ning looked at Qin Hui with a smile: "What do Qin Xianggong think?"

Qin Hui hesitated for a moment, as if a century had passed.

He plucked up the courage and said: "The princes are indeed young, and the country has not really settled down, but your Majesty still has King Kang to assist you, so I think there is no need to worry about this matter."

Qin Hui said this very implicitly, but his meaning was already very clear.

This is Qin Hui's art of speaking. He is always testing, never explaining what he is saying, leaving himself room for maneuver.

However, after finishing speaking, Qin Hui's palms and back were still sweating.

When Zhao Gou heard this, he immediately said: "Your Majesty, I am just assisting Your Majesty with peace of mind. I dare not have other ideas."

Zhao Ning said with a smile: "Brother Ninth, don't be excited. What Qin Xianggong said may not be unreasonable."

"Your Majesty has mercy on me, but I have no virtue or ability."

"Come on, have a drink with me."
Chapter completed!