() Su Jindao: "What does your Majesty think is the advantage of our Song army compared with the Liao and Xia armies?"
Zhao Zhen said with a smile: "I'm here to take a test. Isn't it obvious? My soldiers of the Song Dynasty are better than them in everything. No matter the armor, weapons or equipment, I am better than them."
Su Jin smiled and said, "Then why do we have so much trouble beating them?"
Zhao Zhen said: "This is also obvious. We don't have good war horses. The horses from the south are not able to withstand the bitter cold and there are not many in number, so we suffered a lot in the field battles."
Su Jindao: "The emperor sees it very clearly. This should be the consensus of the Song Dynasty. The people of Liao and Xia are not willing to do war horse business with me in the Song Dynasty. They also understand this."
Zhao Zhen said: "That is natural, and that is also their capital for daring to provoke. What do you mean by this?"
Su Jin smiled mysteriously and said: "Because I may be able to get good horses for the Song Dynasty..."...
Zhao Zhen was startled, reached out and grabbed Su Jin's wrist and said, "Really? Can you convince the Xia people to sell us war horses?"
Su Jin whispered the agreement with Yeli Dulan. The more Zhao Zhen listened, the more frightened he became. He said with uncertainty on his face: "You mean, the Xia Yeli tribe is actually willing to betray Li Yuanhao?"
Su Jin shook his head and said: "It's not betrayal, they want to protect themselves. Yeli Yuqi and Yeli Wangrong are the two mountains of the Yeli tribe. They have commanded more than 100,000 Yeli tribe soldiers for a long time, and they have become a serious problem for Li Yuanhao. This time on the Weizhou front, Li Yuanhao designed to kill the two Yeli brothers and put the blame on me, the Song Dynasty, but I found out; Queen Yeli is the sister of the two Yeli brothers. Only when the Yeli tribe is strong can she gain a foothold. Now that the Yeli tribe has lost its support, the Wuzang tribe is taking advantage of the situation. Of course, Li Yuanhao will not buy Yeli Dulan's account again. The beloved concubine Wu Zang is about to replace him, so in order to protect himself, Yeli Dulan can only fight with Yeli Dulan. I cooperate."
Zhao Zhen nodded and said: "That's true. I understand Li Yuanhao's mood and also understand the struggle in the harem."
Su Jin did not dare to answer and continued: "I believe that if we exchange grain and other items for the war horses of the Yeli tribe, and Yeli Dulan uses grain, cloth and other items to control the internal supplies, in that case, Li Yuanhao will not be able to compete with the Yeli tribe. The tribe fell out; especially when the Song Dynasty refused to open trade with the Western thieves, Li Yuanhao had to swallow his anger even if he knew that the Yeli tribe was secretly colluding with us; and we successfully created conflicts within the party and were able to obtain what we wanted. Why not get the war horse you want?"
Zhao Zhen's heart was beating wildly. This was a plan to kill two birds with one stone. No wonder Su Jin had just strongly requested in the main hall to block the border and stop the negotiation between the two parties. It turned out that he not only wanted to trap the party members, but also had this matter in mind.
"But if the Western bandits have our food supply, will they start fighting again? You just said that they are raising tigers to create trouble."
Su Jin said: "This is a double-edged sword. The emperor needs to weigh which one is beneficial to our Song Dynasty. Our Song Dynasty has a lot of food, but more food cannot improve the combat effectiveness of our Song Dynasty army. Only when the cavalry becomes large-scale This is the basis to completely put an end to the covetousness of the Western thieves. When the time comes, we can fight or make peace, and the initiative must be in the hands of the Song Dynasty. In addition, if the emperor is too worried, we can control the quantity of grain and war horses. I plan to do it in Longshan. To the south and east of Lanzhou, open up a horse farm and select and breed fine war horses. One day, we can use our own war horses without having to rely on trading with the Xia people."
Zhao Zhen slapped his thigh and said: "What a good idea. War horses can give birth to calves. The climate in the northwest is suitable for raising horses, and the rice of our Song Dynasty can rarely be grown in Dangxiang. This is a clever idea."
Su Jin said: "So, Your Majesty, do you agree?"
Zhao Zhen said: "I'm just worried that some people will object to this matter. After all, this is doing business with Western thieves, and it will definitely cause gossip."
Su Jin smiled and said: "This matter is being done in the name of the minister and will be kept secret. No one will tell it except the emperor and me. The emperor only needs to urge the three ministers to allocate more food, cloth and other materials to me."
Zhao Zhen looked at Su Jin sideways and said, "Do you think Yan Sansi is a fool? He is very smart. How many people there are in the northwest, how much food they need to eat and how much clothing they need to wear are all calculated to the extreme. Do you think Sansi is a fool?"
Is your job as envoy for nothing?"
Su Jin scratched his head and said, "What should we do?"
Zhao Zhen thought for a while and said: "You can only find a way on your own. Maybe you can purchase grain in the south and transport it secretly to the northwest. As long as you don't get caught, it will be fine. If someone reports you for hoarding grain, I will turn a blind eye at most."
It’s just one eye, that’s all I can do.”
Su Jin scratched his head and said: "This is feasible, but I don't have that much money. Your Majesty, you have to give me some, otherwise I will not be able to collect food."
Zhao Zhen spat: "You still dare to ask for money? Do you think I don't know how many millions of dollars you made when we were in Yangzhou and Luzhou? Even in Weizhou, you also plundered hundreds of thousands of Li Zhihe's property.
, just because I don’t say it doesn’t mean I don’t know.”
Su Jin said awkwardly: "Your Majesty, I have spent a lot of this money on court affairs. Not to mention anything else, I spent a lot of money to advance military pay and salary to the northwest this time. I didn't put it all in my pocket."
.You can tell me with your conscience, how much did I pay for the imperial court when I opened Huitong Bank? The imperial court has not paid a penny into my bank now. If this continues, my bank will close down."
Zhao Zhen smiled and gave Su Jin a slap in the face and said, "Come here and complain about your poverty. I don't have any money. The money is in the hands of your uncle. You can just go and get it yourself."
Su Jindao: "I only want to come here to get my military salary from the northwest. At most, I can add some reconstruction funds. How can I have much money? This mess in the northwest requires money everywhere, how can it be enough? If I want a large amount of money for no reason, wouldn't it be wrong?
Make Yan Sansi suspicious?"
Zhao Zhen spread his hands and said: "I can't help you. The best I can do is to save money and squeeze out five or six hundred thousand from the palace fees to give you. This is the most benevolent and righteous thing."
Su Jin cursed in his heart, but there was nothing he could do about it. Since this matter could not be made public and he could not get any money from Zhao Zhen, he had to find a way on his own, but Zhao Zhen could not be so cheap. It was not okay to sit back and enjoy the gains.
You can't go empty-handed if you are busy working on your own.
Su Jin said: "Your Majesty, if not I can figure this out myself, but I would like to ask Your Majesty to promise me something."
Zhao Zhen said: "Say."
Su Jin said: "I can be self-reliant, but I want to do some profitable business in the northwest. You know what I am doing. Don't listen to other people's gossip."
Zhao Zhen said: "As long as it is not harmful to the country and the country, I will not interfere with you. Not only that, I will also reduce your burden. I will immediately draw up a decree that you can collect the three-year labor tax on the Northwest Fourth Road by yourself, and you will be charged as much as you want.
How about allowing you to keep it for your own use so that you can settle the people?"
Su Jin was overjoyed and thanked him repeatedly. Although this move would have no effect this year, after next year, he could collect some taxes, fees and food, which would alleviate the situation.
The monarch and his ministers chatted about other things for a while, and Zhao Zhen yawned. He was so sleepy every morning that he had to take a nap in the morning. Su Jin resigned from the palace knowingly.
As soon as he left the palace gate, a large group of people came up to block Su Jin. Su Jin was shocked when he saw that they were all officials he knew, Ouyang Xiu, Fu Bi, Yang Cha, etc., as well as more than a dozen old officials.
Officials who are good friends with colleagues of ri.
Ouyang Xiu grabbed Su Jin's sleeve and said, "I've caught you. I didn't say anything. Let's go and treat us."
Su Jin asked in confusion: "What kind of guests are you inviting?"
Ouyang Xiu pointed at Su Jin's nose and said: "Hey, are you pretending to be stupid? You have been promoted and made a fortune, but now you are so red and purple, you look down on us people, right? This is really called 'the daughter-in-law marries into the house, and the matchmaker loses it'"
The wall is broken, who asked me to be a matchmaker for nothing in the first place?"
Fu Bi also followed suit and said, "That's right, I can't spare you today. Brother Su, just spend more money. I have already booked the best box in Fan Tower for you today. No matter what, you can't escape this."
That’s it.”
The crowd kept cheering. Su Jin originally wanted to go home to accompany Mrs. Wang, Yan Biyun and others, but couldn't escape. Besides, these are all buddies, and they should have fun together after not seeing each other for a long time. So he smiled and said: "What do I mean?
I plan to invite you all to a dinner party tonight, but since you are so impatient, we will just drive to Fanlou."
Immediately, he ordered Xiao Zhu'er to go back and inform his family, and he was surrounded by everyone and went to Fanlou, the most luxurious building in Bianliang.
In the afternoon of the same day, several good poems came out in the Fanlou in Bianliang City. It is said that Su Jin, the number one scholar in modern science, wrote it for his official career in the northwest. The singing girls in the singing houses and brothels in Bianliang City had already enshrined the poems of the number one scholar.
As a sacred object, the final masterpiece is always several lyrics written by Su Zhuangyuan before. Now that new lyrics have come out, and the styles are very different, naturally they have been copied, composed, and sung, and it has become unparalleled in popularity for a while.
The word says:
When I was drunk, I read the sword by burning the lamp, and I dreamed about the trumpet blowing company camp.
Eight hundred miles away, the fire under his command is burning, and the sound of fifty strings is heard outside the Great Wall.
Autumn on the battlefield.
The horse moves very fast, and the bow is as frightening as a thunderbolt.
Finish the affairs of the king and the world, and win fame during and after life.