The sixth day after the capture of the Three Buddhas and the Water King City, which was June 13, 320, the Chief of Staff of the Ministry of War Zheng Jie told the news at the Hangzhou morning meeting.

Zhao Jiaren breathed a sigh of relief. He believed that the war would definitely win, but he could not stop him from worrying about it.

"Our army has broken through the water royal city of Sanfoqi, and the army is attacking the land royal city of Sanfoqi." Zheng Jie continued to introduce.

The royal capital of a country is also divided on land and on water, which is quite surprising. Someone immediately asked why.

"The Three Buddhas occupy the strait and block the passage of ships. In order to monitor the strait, they established the capital of the water. Kings and nobles often live here. We temporarily believe that the large ships of the Three Buddhas were wiped out in one fell swoop in this battle. The royal city on the land of the Three Buddhas that are attacking now is where the infantry of the Three Buddhas. Only by breaking this place can it be considered a great defeat of the Three Buddhas..."

After listening to the Chief of Staff’s account, these people realized that the war was just the beginning, and the joy that arises from victory was instantly diluted.

After this incident, the Minister of Revenue began to talk about the issue of opening up a canal. "We originally thought we could dig the canal along the old river channel. After the recent measurement, the old river channel was silted due to the Yellow River and higher than the ground. If we wanted to dig the canal, we had to conduct comprehensive measurements. Therefore, our Ministry of Revenue has carried out comprehensive learning and deepening on soil and water conservation. As the official said, the southward movement of the Yellow River was an ecological disaster! Now all we can maintain is the original canal from the Huai River to the Yangtze River..."

Sun Qing’s new words were spoken by the words, and the other ministers below had a variety of expressions, such as Zheng Jie, the chief of staff of the Ministry of War, looked very cold. The Ministry of War once believed that it could make it easier to transport troops by restoring the traditional canal. The measurements were basically all technicians sent by the Ministry of War, and the results were obtained that could not use the exact results of the old river channel. This made Zheng Jie feel a little annoyed that he was tying himself.

As for the officials of the Ministry of Agriculture, the expression was very heavy. After the land reform in Jiangnan, the agricultural department accumulated rich experience. Since the era of Emperor Yang of Sui, there was a saying that "Su Changshu is the best in the world". Now, Jiangnan is the core area of ​​the tax burden of the Song Dynasty. After the land reform in Jiangnan, the Song Dynasty spent a lot of effort to improve the soil and water conservation and irrigation system. The hilly areas became forestry areas, and a large number of people retreating to the plains were assigned to the irrigated land.

No one is a fool. Everyone in the Ministry of Agriculture knows that the core of the food in the Song Dynasty is this water conservancy system built with huge manpower. Just now, when officials of the Ministry of Agriculture hope to copy the system on the vast Huanghuai Plain and achieve great political achievements, they have to stop and wait for more comprehensive measurement results. The previous wishful thinking was failed.

In addition to these guys who have very personal interests, Xiong Shang of the Ministry of Rites himself is more concerned about the new terms spoken by Sun Qing, the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue. These new words are becoming more and more common. In the past, Xiong Shang was able to rely on his own ancient texts to make meanings. However, such advantages are constantly shrinking. Many new words, such as the ecological disaster that Sun Qing mentioned just now. Disasters are easy to understand, what is ecology. Xiong Shang can no longer judge it with imaginary methods.

The Song Dynasty has really become more civilized? Isn’t these guys who are flattering? Xiong Shang, who has always regarded himself as a high-profile person, has to be so suspicious because he passed the Jinshi exam.

"Today's morning meeting ends. Sun Qing and Zheng Jie stay." Zhao Jiaren said.

The person who was not named stood up and left. Zuizhi couldn't help but look at the two of them. The notice at this morning meeting was related to both of them, and he didn't know what the Zhao Guanjia would talk to them.

When the others left, Zhao Jiaren said, "I am very confident in the Battle of the Three Buddhas and Qi. The goal we want to achieve in this battle is not to completely destroy the Three Buddhas and Qi. Now we don't have that much money or that need. There are three things at the moment. The first is to cut off the southern end of the Indochina Peninsula of the Three Buddhas and Qi and turn it into our plantation."

Although Sun Qing heard Zhao Guanjia say in management courses that "war is a continuation of politics", he felt something at this time and naturally remembered this sentence. The original Minister of Revenue and the Ministry of War discussed together that the Ministry of War must have to pay for the Ministry of Revenue. Sun Qing never thought that after the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Revenue would receive the bonus of the war.

"The second thing is that we must control the strait. No enemies are allowed to exist in the strait."

"Yes!" Zheng Jie answered very straightforwardly and confidently.

Zhao Jiaren turned to Sun Qing, "For the Ministry of Revenue, all ships on the waterway in the future must be ships issued by our Song Dynasty. This is under the jurisdiction of the Maritime Bureau."

The Maritime Bureau is the management agency of the former Navigation Guild, and now it is temporarily under the Ministry of Revenue. When Sun Qing heard that the Ministry of Revenue had obtained such great power, he quickly confirmed, "Official family, what does this route you mean?"

"We control all routes in the entire Pacific Ocean. We do not issue navigation permits, and no ship can sail inside!"

"Oh!...ah!" Within a few seconds, Sun Qing finally figured out what the Pacific Ocean meant. So the Minister of Revenue in the Song Dynasty made a completely different voice. The Secretary of the Ministry of Revenue immediately asked: "The whole Pacific Ocean?!"

The Song Dynasty has been sending expedition teams in recent years. The equipment of these expedition teams is much better than that of the European expedition teams in the era of great navigation in history. Their understanding of the earth, including longitude, longitude, climate, monsoon, and sea currents, is even more like the European expedition teams in the era of great navigation. In fact, they are more like "to verify the hypothesis of Zhao Guanjia about the world."

Now the shapes of the Pacific Ocean, the Tianzhu Ocean and the South Atlantic are clearly marked on the globe of the Song Dynasty. There is only one rough label for the North Atlantic Ocean and the Arctic Ocean. Thinking of the vastness of the Pacific Ocean, Sun Qing was really scared by the bold words of the Zhao Guan family.

"Of course, we can't manage the things that are not convenient to manage now, or we won't care for the time being. Good steel should be used on the blade." Zhao Jiaren used a new metaphor to relieve the pressure of his frightened subordinates. This is the trick to making a knife by clamping steel.

Shangshu Sun Qing took back his thoughts to the main routes of the Song Dynasty, and felt that the shock subsided a lot. Even so, Shangshu Sun still felt that this scale was really large enough. Now the northernmost end of the Song Dynasty route is the Heiyi Island. The southernmost end of the Song Dynasty route is the strait that the Song Dynasty is attacking, and the westernmost end of the route is Egypt in the Red Sea. The distance of the main route is tens of thousands of miles.

"Officials, if there is a fleet that is not recognized by us on these tens of thousands of miles of routes, what should we do?" asked Sun Shangshu.

Zhao Jiaren pointed to the Chief of Staff of the Ministry of War sitting next to him, "Then we have to rely on our warships to maintain route order."

Shangshu Sun did not continue to speak. At this time, he felt that he fully understood the saying "war is a continuation of politics". Mongolia attacked the Song Dynasty for the sake of interests, and the Three Buddhas blocked the strait for the sake of interests. The Song Dynasty resisted the Mongolian invasion, and even counterattacked Mongolia and attacked the Three Buddhas. They were all for the sake of interests. Politics was something that existed entirely based on interests. Without interests, who would tell you about politics?

After the officials spoke, they could not say anything. Sun Shangshu replied: "The officials' plans are beyond their reach."

Zhao Jiaren said: "These are not something that can take a long time, so now you can make plans based on this. Especially for those who are willing to devote themselves to sailing, we must explain it clearly to everyone."

"Abide by the order."

"Abide by the order!"

Let the two go down and work. Zhao Jiaren thought of his father, the current Supreme Emperor Zhao Zhizhuo. The Supreme Emperor finally followed the concept of "not returning home without returning home, like walking in brocade clothes at night". The Empress Dowager Chen was also the one who went with her. Not all the Queen Mother Chen returned to her husband's hometown, and the old lady also wanted to go back to the Chen family to visit her relatives.

In terms of seniority, Empress Dowager Chen is probably the highest seniority in the family. In terms of identity, the daughter of the Chen family married a Jinshi and the son born to be a Jinshi, which is already very noble. Now that she is the Queen Mother, no one can match her.

Therefore, the Zhao Guan family was very much looking forward to their father making the unscrupulous Zhao clan shock. There was no need to rely on the unscrupulous guys at all. Zhao Jiaren was too lazy to spend precious time on these people. But after seeing Zhao Zhizhou, the Supreme Emperor, some of them still want to rely on their own efforts to exist. If these guys who want to fight were willing to open a plantation in the South China Sea, Zhao Jiaren would be very satisfied.

Just as Zhao Jiaren was considering these things, the guards reported, "The official family, Master Xu asked for a meeting."

In Zhao Jiaren's court, three people were awarded the title of Grand Tutor after retirement. One was Wu Qian, the other was Xu Yuanzhi, and the other was Li Tingzhi, who offended Zhao Jiaren. So without further ado, Zhao Jiaren knew that Xu Yuanzhi was coming.

When I read novels in the past, many people would kneel every time when writing about the Song Dynasty. In fact, the difference between the Song Dynasty and the Tang Dynasty was that the senior officials of the Tang Dynasty sat, while the senior officials of the Song Dynasty stood. As for the tense kneeling, it was the rule of the Yuanchao in the north. As for the senior officials who retired, Xu Yuanzhi was too lazy to even bow and bow.

Zhao Jiaren didn't have this interest either. Those tedious daily etiquettes were replaced by handshakes. The two shook hands, and Zhao Jiaren smiled and said, "Teacher Xu, you haven't seen each other for a few days, you are in a rich state."

"It would be strange if you eat and sleep every day, and if you don't get fat," Xu Yuanzhi said with a smile.

In the past, for ministers who had made meritorious, the officials wanted to give a mansion in the capital. However, this reward was a very uncomfortable choice for both parties. Because the mansion should be big and beautiful, the officials would be unhappy. The official residence was generally not good, and the ministers felt very unhappy. Now the Zhao official family does not give a mansion, but sells it to everyone at a very cheap price.

Zhao Jiaren judged from Xu Yuanzhi's words that this old man, like most officials who retired this round, did not leave Hangzhou, but lived here. He looked like a long-term settlement. This is easy to understand. No matter there are various statements about escaping from Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou, people who have the opportunity to settle in first-tier cities will still choose to settle there.
Chapter completed!