This is an edict with a certain degree of room for maneuver.
Slowly mobilizing, and leaving it to the Privy Council of the Political Affairs Hall to control the situation, not only to achieve the purpose of being powerful, but also to waste as little money and food as possible.
In fact, Zhao Xi wanted to open up the minds of the husband-in-law, not just limited to war and wasting money and food.
Once this battle is over, Yanmen Pass is no longer a border pass, Daizhou, Xinxian, and Dingxiang are no longer borders. The huge Datong Basin is the land of the four states... All of this, apart from the war, will have great potential.
Zhao Xi remembered that in later generations, the so-called Hedong Road was Shanxi Province, which was known as the land of coal sea.
Now, as Gongfangcheng's new products take root in all states, counties and cities across the country, Zhao Xi hopes to usher in a so-called industrial development.
This will inevitably lead to a significant increase in coal demand, and may even lead to a shortage of coal.
This is Zhao Xi's hope. Regardless of whether it will go as he thinks, he still needs to prepare in advance and try not to let coal production become an obstacle.
So, Zhao Xi ordered Su Song and Shen Kuo to organize an exploration team...~
"Zirong, Cunzhong, the purpose of this trip is exploration. You don't need to get involved in side affairs. All expenses will be temporarily borne by Gongfang City. In fact, the ultimate goal is to move Dingkou north."
"The Yunzhou area is vast and sparsely populated, and all dynasties in the Central Plains have regarded it as a bitter and cold place. Now that the dynasty has regained the land of the four states, if there is no Dingkou to fill it, simply stationing troops there will not be worth the gain."
"To put it bluntly, the land east of the river needs a business, just like a mining city, a business that can support one or even multiple cities."
"Of course, this is not a task that must be completed. We will do our best. The prince and the two thousand new troops from the Jiangwu Hall will break away from the war formation and cooperate with you."
Su Song saw some recent developments in the imperial court from the internal reference... In this matter, I have to say that Cai Que is very resolute and resolute.
Just after the imperial court announced the appointment, Cai Que quickly established a framework for the internal reference report... From the living room, the secretary, the Hanlin bachelor, the imperial edict, and non-decision-making officials related to the important affairs of the imperial court, he linked them all
He got up, took advantage of the imperial edict, pulled the tiger's skin to pull up the banner, and started doing it in a decent manner... It was indeed very careful, and it was indeed done to the extent that Zhao Xi was reassured.
This time the imperial court cleaned up the two ministers, which was the first trial of internal reference, and then the officials and ministers gathered to discuss matters with Bei Liao.
Cai Que would ask his father-in-law and officials every time for instructions on whether it should be published, the scope of disclosure of internal references, how to deliver it to state officials, how to determine the confidentiality level, etc.
Su Song was one of the first officials to formulate plans to inform the court of major affairs, and he understood the purpose of this series of official measures.
He knew that this long trip between himself and Shen Cunzhong would determine the imperial court's true control over the four states around Yunzhou and the outcome of the officials' mobilization of the imperial army to the north.
"Your Majesty, I will definitely live up to the emperor's orders! I have a discussion with Cunzhong and want to spend a year or even longer exploring the area north of Taiyuan Prefecture..."
Listening to Su Song's words, it seems that he is worried about returning without success...
After overthinking, Zhao Xi was familiar with coal as to the resources on Hedong Road, but he vaguely remembered that the iron ore reserves on Hedong Road were also quite rich.
Perhaps by then even the track laying of Hedong Road will not require the court’s investment...
Guochao is indeed rich. Even before Zhao Xi promoted related industries, Guochao was quite wealthy... This time the deployment of troops allowed Zhao Xi to truly understand the horror of Guochao's rail network, which is almost connected to the lower county level city.
, some places are even connected to the manors of certain families...these officials will not pay a penny, but the workshop city earns everything it deserves.
Thinking about the current scale of commercial taxes in the country, we should also be able to think of the current situation of hiding wealth among the people.
It's time for these rich landlords to invest their spare money, lay more tracks, buy more carriages, invest in more industries... This is right.
One day, they will find that the output of those lands is not even a drop in the bucket. Only then can the gentry's greed for land be changed to a certain extent and they can be liberated from the land. Only then,
Only those with perseverance can truly connect the family and the country in flesh and blood.
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For the negotiations between the Song Dynasty and the Northern Liao Dynasty, due to the lack of trust between the two parties, the final location chosen was in the northeast of Fanzhi and in the wilderness southwest of Yuzhou controlled by the Northern Liao Dynasty.
Beiliao's purpose was actually very obvious. The choice of such a negotiation location was more like preventing Zhong'e's army from continuing to advance eastward and ensuring the safe withdrawal of the 100,000 cavalrymen stationed in Hebei Province for demonstrations.
As soon as Xiao Zhuoer's intelligence feedback arrived in Beijing, Beiliao began to withdraw its troops... Even though it was winter, which was not conducive to the recovery of the war horses, it did not change Beiliao's determination to withdraw.
At the same time, the negotiation location between the two parties was chosen on the route of Zhong'e's eastward march to encircle and suppress the Hebei Province cavalry...
"Order Di Qing to stick to Yunzhou, and Guo Kui, in addition to staying on the west defense line, order him to personally lead the army to negotiate armaments. Zhong'e can advance from Yunzhou to the northeast, clear out the rangers in Changqing and Tiancheng, and establish the defense line in Panshan
area."
Now that we’ve done the round, let’s do the whole set.
Since Changqing, Tiancheng, and the army can break through Hongzhou and go south... I won't scare you to death!
Negotiating in the wild? It’s winter! They, the Northern Liao people, don’t care. How can the officials of the imperial court bear this crime?
Bei Liao refused to go to Yunzhou and was quite resolute...~ This is good, at least it actually recognized that Yunzhou belonged to the Song Dynasty.
But let the negotiation team led by Han Qi go to Nanjing in Northern Liao Dynasty... Han Qi also refused very firmly. There was no way, the country still held 100,000 prisoners, and Han Qi believed that his own value was as far as the Song Dynasty was concerned.
Able to reach 100,000 prisoners of Northern Liao.
Zhao Xi deliberately asked Han Qi to go to Beijing in Beiliao, and even hoped that Beiliao would have the courage to detain Han Qi...
The Zhengshitang asked Zhao Xi's opinion, and Zhao Xi's attitude was that it didn't matter. Since there was a negotiation, there was no need to argue over such trivial matters. The Zhengshitang had full authority to handle it.
In order to show that it was not because he was afraid or that he could not bear the suffering, Han Qi finally accepted the negotiation in the wild north of Fanzhi.
Sigh... He said he knew military affairs, so he really looked up to Han Zhigui.
Once the negotiation location was confirmed, it was equivalent to stating that the imperial court had no intention of encircling and suppressing the Liao cavalry in Beidao, Hebei Province.
After determining the negotiation location, Zhao Xi had to mobilize the army again... Since he wanted to create a force of coercion and take the initiative in the negotiations, he could not give up halfway.
"The direction of Bei Liao's withdrawal is not to the north, but to the northwest..."
Bei Liao was accustomed to reneging on promises, and Fu Bi was really worried that Bei Liao would do shameless things through negotiations. In Fu Bi's eyes, Han Zhigui was really worth a hundred thousand cavalry... and he couldn't lose it.
"Fu Xiang, this is a test outside of negotiation, or it can be considered a contest. Beiliao is testing whether the imperial court really intends to advance eastward, and at the same time it is also expressing their determination to resolutely resist the eastward advance of the army."