Four years of flying dragon.

When the Song army captured Yunzhou, it basically blocked the Liao Kingdom's path from going to Beijing to support Xixia. In fact, with the current national strength of the Liao Kingdom, they were unable to support Xixia.

Without the aid of the Liao Kingdom, Xixia was basically the meat in the bowl of the Song Dynasty.

Seeing that the situation was over, the Empress Dowager Liang and her brother decisively chose to flee all the way north. The Song army actually captured Xingqing Mansion without a single blow.

In the rear, Suzhou, Ganzhou, and Xiliang Prefecture were also captured by merchants inside and outside.

Basically, the most fertile areas in Xixia were under the control of the Song Dynasty.

As for Li Bingchang, Empress Dowager Liang did not take him away, but after he came out, he knelt down directly.

The reason is very simple. After this war, Xixia was devastated and thousands of people were crying for food. Even if the Song Dynasty allowed Li Bingchang to continue to be the leader of the country, he was unwilling.

Why.

If it was not my fault, why should I be held responsible?

This is of course a wise choice. It is no exaggeration to say that if Li Bingchang dared to continue to be the leader of the country, he would die mysteriously and suddenly the next day.

In fact, this was a huge challenge for the Song Dynasty.

Because this was not a complete attack, the people and merchants of Xixia were deceived by the Song people and wanted to join the Song Dynasty, so they rebelled.

Then the Song Dynasty would be responsible for them.

The key point is that they all have weapons in their hands now. If we can't survive, no one will survive.

This is also a very difficult problem.

Wang Shao immediately reported the situation here to the court.

Zhao Xu was still immersed in joy when he suddenly saw Wang Shao's letter. Everyone was confused and had never thought about this problem. After all, since Taizong, there has never been a war to destroy the country. Xihe expanded and only fought some Tibetans.

Tribe, no experience!

Therefore, Zhao Xu quickly summoned key ministers to discuss the matter, including Fu Bi, Zhang Fei, Zhao Pin and other judicial officials.

Because the public security bureau must be built locally.

"I agree with Wang Shao's suggestion and follow the example of the Xihe area." Xue Xiang nodded.

Wen Yanbo immediately said: "But Xihe was able to succeed because at that time Xihe was the main trade route from the Western Regions to the Central Plains. Xixia did not have this environment, and Xixia's population and land were much larger than Xihe's, and the local situation was also

Xihe is complicated, and if we completely imitate Xihe, there may be problems."

Xue Xiangdao: "But Xixia is also more fertile than the original Xihe. Xixia has large pastures and salt ponds, which we need in the Central Plains. The imperial court can spend money to buy these materials in Xixia, which can not only restore local production,

The court will also gain something.

The key point is that Xixia is also short of currency. We can use tax coins to buy it, and then use the food that Xixia is most short of to guarantee the tax coins. We may lose some money initially, but not much."

Wang Anshi frowned and said, "So, the imperial court doesn't want those pastures and salt ponds?"

Xue Xiang hurriedly said: "Ms. Wang, it's not that I don't want to, but we promised from the beginning that as long as they are willing to take refuge, their property will be considered their private property."

Wang Anshi said: "But there are many pastures and salt ponds in the hands of the Xixia court, including the Liang family and their nobles. Who should these belong to?"

What was surrendered before is certainly considered private property, but what belongs to the Liang family and many other Xixia dignitaries can no longer be counted as theirs. Those are all spoils of war!

"this...."

Xue Xiang frowned slightly and said, "I didn't think about it carefully."

Zhang Fei suddenly said: "In a legal sense, these should be regarded as belonging to the country. However, I suggest that they can be sold to businessmen or landowners in exchange for food, and then follow the ideas of the three ministers to help the local people."

Xue Xiang nodded silently, that's what he thought, so he didn't think about it in detail.

Wang Anshi said: "But salt and pasture are very important goods, especially war horses."

Zhao Xu nodded slightly.

The emperor of the Song Dynasty had an unusual obsession with horses. He finally managed to secure a piece of pasture and sell it directly?

Is this appropriate?

Sima Guang also expressed concern: "Sold to businessmen, the businessmen are only interested in profit. They will not take care of the people, nor do they care about the needs of the court. It is really inappropriate. If the court takes over, they can still hire some people."

Zhang Fei did not base his refutation on this, but took the retreat as the basis for advancement: "I just look at it from a judicial perspective, and there may be some shortcomings. The specific opinions of all the gentlemen should be based on."

Zhao Xu immediately said: "This is related to the rise and fall of the country. Don't pay too much attention to it. Let's discuss it together. President, if you have any ideas, just say so."

Fu Bi also nodded and said: "Actually, what Xixia lacks most at present is stability. If the public security system cannot be established well, it is impossible to do what Wang Xianggong and the Third Division Envoy said. In this situation, even if there are pastures, horses cannot be raised.

ah!"

That seems to be the case too.

Wang Anshi and Sima Guang also looked at Zhang Fei.

Zhang Fei then said: "According to the previously formulated principles of the Basic Law, they only need to abide by the Basic Law, and the rest of the legislation is still based on local legislation.

In being able to occupy Xixia this time, the merchants actually played a great role, and the merchants highly respected the Public Security Law, because compared with the old system, the Public Security Law was able to protect the rights and interests of merchants. In the future, the obstacles faced by the local construction of the Public Security Law are those who had earlier

The old Xixia nobles and officials who surrendered, as well as the Tibetan tribes who helped us capture Ganzhou and Suzhou.

Although they have surrendered, most of them joined us because they did not want their own interests to be exploited by the Empress Dowager Liang and others. If Xixia is to be completely turned into a state capital of our dynasty, these forces must be weakened and checked.

Therefore, there are three benefits to selling those salt ponds and pastures to businessmen.

First, they can immediately strengthen their power in Xixia to balance the old Xixia nobles.

Second, we can use this to negotiate terms with businessmen and let them assist the court in stabilizing the people. For example, setting a minimum wage and allowing them to hire Xixia people and provide livelihoods for the local people.

This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Thirdly, and the most important point is that businessmen support the Public Security Bureau and can quickly establish the Public Security Bureau and Law in the local area, and we use the power of businessmen to strive to establish more

Laws that are conducive to the administration of the imperial court."

Fu Bi nodded and said, "The veteran agrees with what the Chief Justice said. At present, the main focus should be on building the Public Security Bureau and the Procuratorate in Xixia."

After that, he glanced at Wang Anshi again, and then said: "As long as the public security law is established, there will not be fewer war horses, but more. It's just that the court may have to spend more money to buy them, but compared with directly relieving Xixia, the cost will be less."

The money will be much, much less.”

Sima Guang also nodded and said: "If the public security law is well established and minimum wages can be stipulated, businessmen will indeed be a better choice."

Wen Yanbo said: "Constructing the public security system well can also prevent people with evil intentions."

The old man's words made Wang Anshi dare not say anything more and quickly nodded in agreement.

really!

At present, the most important thing is to build the public security system, and other things must be postponed a little later. Otherwise, everything will be impossible to talk about, and there will be many hidden dangers.

In such a chaotic situation, if people's hearts are not stabilized immediately, who can guarantee that it will not encourage other people's ambitions.

The person Wen Yanbo mentioned as having evil intentions may not necessarily refer only to the party nobles, but also to the generals of the Song Dynasty.

Now there are two options. First, adopt Wang Anshi's plan and put it directly under the control of the imperial court, which will take the lead in building the public security law.

Second, use the indirect control of businessmen to build the public security system.

However, according to the principles of the Basic Law, if the imperial court controls the upper class, then the lower class will become a rope, and the old Xixia aristocrats may take the lead. After all, during this expedition to Xia, neither country has declared war, and the Xixia aristocrats and landowners are in the front.

The Song army lacked some prestige in the local area, let alone that the powerful dragon could not overwhelm the local snakes.

If you support businessmen, you will split the lower classes and adopt a balancing act.

Obviously the second method is more suitable for the current situation.

One very crucial point is that businessmen have great faith in the public prosecutor and the law. They are supporters of the public prosecutor and the law, not destroyers.

In the end, Zhao Xu adopted Zhang Fei's suggestion.

It is to stabilize the Xixia region around the construction of public security, security and law as the core.

Subsequently, the imperial court announced that it would spend 5 million yuan to purchase livestock, medicinal materials, and other goods from Xixia.

At the same time, another two million coins were allocated to reward the soldiers of the three armies. This does not include the soldiers of the Western Army in Yunzhou, but only the Song Army in Xixia.

The court spent this money very happily. If it were to conquer an inch of land, it would cost more than this. Of course, these tax coins are actually real gold and silver, and they are all paid from the deposits in the internal treasury.

In the past, when generals performed meritorious services, they would allocate land to them locally, but this time it is not the case, because the court has monetized it, and if you allocate land to generals, you will also face problems in collecting taxes in the future, and these may become unstable factors.

Just give the money directly.

This can also stimulate the development of industry and commerce in Xixia. Soldiers will also consume when they get coins!

What's this?

This is a business opportunity!

After receiving this news, merchants rushed to Xixia to pan for gold.

When Wang Shao got the final plan from the court, Ma Tianhao and the others actually received a letter from Zhang Fei.

They were overjoyed because the entire plan of the imperial court was to focus on businessmen.

By selling resources to businessmen, businessmen can intervene in local legislation, and the laws enacted will definitely be very beneficial to businessmen.

Merchants in Xixia bought grain everywhere at high prices, because they knew that if they wanted to buy those resources, they had to use grain to trade.

Incidentally, this also stimulated the northwest economy, because grain prices in the entire northwest, Xihe and other regions were increased by twenty cents.
To be continued...