"Empress, some people say that the court spent 70 million yuan in the Battle of Chanyuan, and spent hundreds of thousands of annual monies to exchange for peace. Therefore, peace is the best, and war is not allowed. But who can calculate how much money the huge army stationed in Hedong, Hebei spent in a year?"

This is a false proposition. A Chanyuan alliance may have been exchanged for peace at that time, but in the end it was the demise of the Liao Kingdom and the Northern Song Dynasty.

However, it was indeed hard to say at that time. The main reason why Wang Chao detained the tens of thousands of impeachment soldiers in Dingzhou. Even if Kou Zhun wanted to fight, he would not dare to fight. Therefore, peace was the most stable choice of the Song Dynasty at that time.

But you must not fight as Ouyang Xiu said.

Then it will definitely be a big defeat.

So Wang Ju said again: "Ouyang Gong's intention is to attack the five kingly troops together. First of all, I talked about how to cooperate. The Tang Dynasty destroyed Tuyuhun and divided the troops, but it was only a few hundred miles apart. It was commanded by many famous generals, with strong troops and strong horses. Our dynasty attacked Shu with water and land, but General Cao Bin only supported the battle of the main force. Later, he took over the Southern Han Dynasty and pacified the Southern Tang Dynasty, but did not divide the troops, but after taking down Guangzhou, Jinling, he divided the troops to eliminate the dissatisfied soldiers. Then Taizong's second Northern Expedition was precisely because of the division of troops, and the Northern Expedition was defeated."

"Our dynasty is mostly infantrymen, slow to move, and penetrates into the enemy's territory. The food route alone becomes a problem. Besides, Ouyang Xiu said that he had trained some soldiers, so who are the generals who can fight? Who are the soldiers? Anyway, I have not seen that soldier at the border that can come in handy. On the contrary, when I heard that the small soldiers in Xixia came, I was frustrated with both legs. How could I expect them to achieve success?"

"Even if the attack is as I said, I cannot start it up all at once. First, who can serve as the head coach, this head coach must be trusted and obedient to the ministers of the five routes, and have a high prestige. Second, this head coach must have considerable military capabilities, at least above General Cao Bin, and above Han Gong and Ouyang Gong."

Han Qi is not good, let alone Sun Mian.

Di Qing is not good either. He is a military general. Can Cheng Kan and Wang Su and others listen to Di Qing?

No one to choose!

If you want someone to choose, it’s the same thing to completely change this lame system.

"The second enemy is the cavalry, with a fast speed. Li Liangzuo's personality is eccentric. Once our dynasty launches a shallow attack, he will retaliate a hundred times, and war will rise again. I don't know if there are any generals available in the court, but the court must prepare a lot of money, grain and weapons. I don't know how little the surplus of the court's treasury?"

The surplus is not the surplus, but the amount of the deficit.

How to launch a war without financial support?

In fact, Wang Ju wanted to say a lot, but Gao Taotao said just now that he gave up. Well, this is also an appeaser, so it's better for me to say less.

"Then just watch the Xixia plunder?" A man's voice suddenly came from behind the curtain.

There was a man, the eunuch, whose voice was sharp, but this voice was very thick, and he was not a eunuch.

Wang Ju couldn't help but tremble.

Zhao Xu was amused and cried, and said, "Wang Ju, it's the father."

"See Your Majesty."

"I'm asking you."

"Of course, this cannot continue. The way to deal with Xixia is actually simple. The first is to strengthen the army and train soldiers to select generals. This is for the future. The second is to give the trade with each other after the end of the year. In addition, the court used the strategy of Xue Gong to ask merchants to buy foreign horses. The court issued salt banknotes. The merchants used salt banknotes to take salt to the edge to sell, and used the money sold to buy horses. Then why not go further and lower the price of salt salt to five cents per catty, which is limited to the sales of the 24 states on the border."

"What does that mean?"

"Although this is the case, the salt administration income of the court will lose, but the amount of salt used in the marginal states is actually limited, and most of them may still come from private salt from Xixia. As long as the court uses this strategy, the loss will not exceed 500,000 guan a year, or even 200,000 guan a year. Cheap salt removal will replace most private salt. Not only will the people benefit, but Xixia will also reduce the income of green salt. No need to do more. As long as more than 100,000 shi of green salt flow into our dynasty a year, and with the cut off the mutual market and the annual gift, the Xixia finance will collapse in a few years. At that time, the imperial court can attack or defend, and defend again. Attack can use fortress defense to reduce the loss of plunder. When the Western Xia economy collapses and all ethnic groups are resentful, they may be able to annihilate the Western Xia, which will at least cause heavy damage to Xixia."

Still not that simple.

However, this answer was considered appropriate, so after Wang Ju left, Zhao Shu asked: "Can this kid get married?"

"I've been engaged, it is said that the little lady in the family is very beautiful and well-behaved."

"That's it," Zhao Shu said lightly. If he hadn't been engaged, he could still get along with his cousin and repay the kindness of Concubine Miao back then. However, after being engaged, the royal family always has the dignity of the royal family. There is no need to learn from those families and catch their husbands back.

Zhao Xu sighed slightly.

Wang Ju walked out of the palace, but wanted to laugh.

Ouyang Xiu said that he wanted to fight, so how to fight, strictly guard against the five routes, train soldiers and select generals, accumulate sharp weapons and supplies, and often have military strategies. Although this statement is cliché, it is a normal rule. But what is fun is that afterwards, as long as he has done these few lines, his rebellion will be reported, and the king's army will be released. The people of Xixia will be shocked and robbed, and then he can win...

Grandma, this is the prime minister of the country.

Fortunately, it seems to be more reliable than Xiao Song's old sow-style horse raising.

However, as he stood there, he thought, "No, Ouyang Xiu would not be so bad. This should be Ouyang Xiu's explanation for himself. Why should he explain it for himself? The country is shamed and the prime minister has made mistakes."

Moreover, Gao Taotao and Zhao Shu showed them to him, and they were obviously dissatisfied with Ouyang Xiu's statement, otherwise why would he be the little tribute?

Why?

right.

Han Qi and Ouyang Xiu shamelessly forced Zhao Shu to the throne, for what was the right thing? However, Zhao Shu was also unhappy. The prime minister had power, but he, the emperor, had no power.

It is precisely because of this that Zhao Shu pushed Han Qi's medicine bowl off to the ground.

Because of this, Han Qi and Ouyang Xiu saw something wrong, so they tried their best to maintain the dispute between Pu Yi, even if they turned the two major slanders into empty bags, and used this to exchange for Zhao Shu's trust.

Thinking of this, Wang Ju feels even more funny...

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"Is it your man who revealed it to his mother?" Zhao Xu called out several guards to ask.

Xue Wanxi stood up and stuttered, "Your Highness, you are a young man. The queen asked, but the young man dared not not say anything."

"Then you should notify me too."

"The little one is wrong, but the little one did not say that Your Highness is not, and the little one said that Wang Xiaolang is a genius. After hearing this, the queen said, let him go, and let him agree that you will interact with Wang Xiaolang."

"You are determined," Zhao Xu then turned angry and said, "Let's go and visit my aunt."

He came to Zhao Niannu's place and said, "It's not good, my mother knows about you."

"It was my mother who told her, just know if you know."

"That Sima Guang..."

"How can the queen tell Sima Guang the truth?" Zhao Niannu said frankly.

This may not be true, but Gao Taotao said it to Sima Guang now, and it doesn’t make much sense. Think about why Zhao Niannu got married for several years, but why did it happen in the fifth year of Jiayou? Think about the case of establishing the imperial heir in the sixth year of Jiayou.

No matter what you do, there is a purpose, why do you have no purpose?

Besides, because of Zhao Shu, everyone was a little dissatisfied with each other, and many people even missed Zhao Zhen even more. Even if they threw it out, would Sima Guang's wisdom take the blame for the world and make trouble again?

“Well.”

"Xu'er, but I'm very surprised. Wang Juzhi's talent is impressive. I'm afraid the emperor's brother and the queen are also a little impressed."

"The father said that this kid is dealing with it properly and has the talent of a minister."

"That's it, but why isn't there a scholar-official support?"

The Song Dynasty was a little repulsive to the examiner, so a palace examination was created. But everyone was having a lot of fun in small occasions, so when the exam was over, some important officials would pull some people with special talents into their homes as sons-in-laws or disciples, such as Xue Kui vs. Fan Zhen, Ouyang Xiu vs. Su Dongpo, Pang Ji vs. Sima Guang, Fu Bi vs. Feng Jing, Du Yan vs. Fan Zhongyan, Xu Yan vs. Ouyang Xiu, Yan Shu vs. Fu Bi vs. Feng Jing...

In Zhao Niannu's eyes, Wang Ju's future is also promising and is very outstanding now. However, it is a bit strange that no scholar and official extend his hand of friendship.
Chapter completed!