If there is one hot topic in the court these days, there is no doubt that it is the official topic about going to sea in the future.
It seems that the official's "going to sea" does not mean maritime trade, but more like maritime plunder.
Firearms, people with experience in naval warfare...this is not about maritime trade at all.
Of course, the scope of discussion on this topic is still limited to courtiers, and there is no unlimited expansion.
After all, the prerequisite for promoting this matter is to regain Yanyun, which is still in the planning stage in the court...
As for those who have personnel in the Fourth Prince's team, how they deal with the people they have arranged depends on their respective levels.
The imperial court's secrecy law is not a false one, and the supervisory office is always looking for trouble.
After all, the supervisory yamen cannot supervise officials like later generations. The state did not restrict officials from doing business, let alone improper relationships in later generations. Even officials' nostalgia for Goulan wine shops is a good story.
Zhao Xi does not intend to be too forward-thinking. The system should be based on suitability rather than rigid application. Therefore, the current supervisory offices are relatively quiet, which also indicates that the country is politically clean to a certain extent...~
The normal state of society is that there are clearly differentiated classes, especially in today's era.
Reducing taxes to a certain extent without affecting the income of the court and specific classes is the best way to reduce conflicts.
That is to say, in this era, Zhao Xi has gained more than a thousand years of experience and can achieve unlimited open source, which can effectively delay the occurrence of conflicts.
All conflicts can basically be summed up in interests, which Zhao Xi firmly believes.
People at different levels have different needs. If you want stability, you just need to satisfy the needs of each level as much as possible.
The demands of the gentry and officials were rights, influence and more and greater interests. Zhao Xi formulated rules for obtaining rights and guided them in the direction of pursuing interests.
What the people of Li want are to have enough food, clothing, and clean governance, and Zhao Xi has achieved this to a certain extent.
When technology and craftsmanship showed signs of stagnating, Zhao Xi guided the outward expansion and instilled this concept in the court.
To a certain extent, it can avoid excessive oppression of the people and alleviate, or avoid internal conflicts.
Zhao Xi is very fortunate that this era is not bad. To a certain extent, some concepts of later generations can be borrowed, which also allows Zhao Xi to change it relatively easily.
This era has a good economic model foundation, a good political ecology and atmosphere, an enlightened and tolerant public understanding, many responsible and famous ministers and generals, and a strong obsession with change.
Because of this, Zhao Xi gradually led the country to prosperity.
This is a prosperous age, and it is recognized by both the court and the people.
A bit narcissistic...~
In fact, this is indeed the case. When a king has free time and when court affairs do not require much decision-making by the king, it means that the dynasty is developing healthily.
Zhao Xi has a lot of free time now.
"Is the official here?"
Zhao Xi is using his free time to be in a daze. Recently, he has become more and more accustomed to being in a daze. Because the original memories always come out from time to time...
It's very unpleasant to be interrupted when someone is in a daze. This is the case with Wang Anshi. He is not used to speaking softly to the prisoner during an audience.
"What's the matter? Come in."
Such a loud sound can be heard without the internal prison reporting it.
As if the internal supervisor would ignore him once he was notified, this was the way Wang Anshi asked for an audience.
"The officials reported to Hebei Province that the Liao envoy has entered the country..."
All the cabinet members had arrived, but before they could fully enter the palace gate, Wang Anshi's report came in first.
After all, there was still fear in the Northern Liao Dynasty.
Hmm? Liao envoy... No matter how many tricks there are in the relationship between Song and Liao, on the surface it is still a scene of peaceful coexistence.
In the words of later generations, mutual exchanges were basically based on weddings and weddings. The dispatch of envoys from both sides was also based on these etiquettes.
Of course, this only happened after the Battle of Hedong.
The Guo Dynasty did not want to alert the enemy, but the Northern Liao Dynasty seemed to be a little taboo about the Guo Dynasty, and did not want to provoke the Song Dynasty... Mainly because the Northern Liao Dynasty happened to have a king who was particularly accustomed to drunkenness.
At this time, Northern Liao sent envoys...~
"Do you know the specific location of the Fourth Prince's team?"
The first thing that Zhao Xi thought about was whether the Fourth Prince's team had done something to alert Beiliao.
If in the past, the state provoked Northern Liao, I am afraid there would be no procedure for sending envoys, and troops would be sent directly.
Even if they are sending envoys, they are here to seek benefits.
Now, even if the fourth prince did something, he would still come here to complain.
"Going back to the official family, I have sent people to Dengzhou to get the information as quickly as possible. Does the official family need to prepare for war?"
Zhang Dun also considered this.
"It's not necessary. It's not necessary for the time being. Just order the Hebei Province garrison to pay close attention to the border troops."
Without the mobilization of large armies, there would be no possibility of war between the two sides.
On the contrary, the cabinet was a little frightened. Before anything happened, the entire cabinet hurriedly came to discuss the matter.
"The sending of envoys from Northern Liao shows that the situation is not serious, and that there is the possibility of a negotiated solution."
"What the imperial court needs to do now is, first, find out the specific location of the four princes' team and find out whether there is any conflict with Beiliao."
"Second, according to regular procedures, the imperial court sent envoys to pick up the envoys and designated envoys. The alert level of the garrison in Hebei and Hedong roads was also raised."
"Third, before we are sure of the specific location of the Fourth Prince's team, or if we are sure that it has nothing to do with the Fourth Prince's team, we should use all possible means to find out the purpose of sending the envoy to Bei Liao."
"In addition, and the most critical point, the imperial court's accompanying envoys and embassy envoys must receive the Liao envoys in the original way. For example, avoid military fortresses; for example, take more detours to confuse the audience...~"
The previous items are easy to understand. When receiving the report from the Northern Liao envoy, the cabinet also roughly formulated the first three measures.
But for this last point, we continued to receive the Liao envoys in the same way as in the early years...~That was because the imperial court was afraid of the Northern Liao Dynasty, and Hebei Province did not have any natural defenses, so it had to do that kind of deception.
With the current strength of the country, why should it be like this?
"Guan Jia, is this necessary?"
After all, Zhang Dun's temperament was still anxious.
"Nowadays, the Guochao and the Northern Liao are evenly matched. This is also a phenomenon that the imperial court has always wanted to create."
"Only by maintaining the original reception method can Bei Liao be less vigilant. Especially before the purpose of sending envoys to Bei Liao is clear, the court must continue to give Bei Liao an illusion of mutual vigilance."
Is this necessary? Maybe not. And Zhao Xi said this just to tell the cabinet ministers that now the country should not be afraid of the Northern Liao Dynasty, but the Northern Liao should be afraid of the country.
I want to use this method to tell the cabinet that today is different from the past, and we should not be so panicked just because we sent envoys from the Northern Liao Dynasty.