Chapter 404: Northwest Policy
Han Qi was about to speak, but Fu Bi stepped on him.
Fu Bi was very dissatisfied. He even rushed to say that your military issues were reported. This was clearly my Zhongshu business.
Fu Bi continued: "God blesses the Song Dynasty, which is a joy for the officials. The deep-rooted problems entrenched in the northwest border of the Song Dynasty, and now we really see the possibility of solving them. At present, although it is not time to reach a consensus with the consul of Funing County, he has moved forward like this. Those who can truly control those areas of no-cost area are border residents. Now that Funing County government has gained the trust of those people, it is really possible to control that area. Since then, Yinzhou is not only a paper administrative area, but also an actual control area of our Song Dynasty."
Zhao Zhen laughed and scolded: "This little brat lives up to my expectations and has not wasted the opportunity to train in the northwest. In this blink of an eye, he really did achieve results?" He said curiously: "Can he mobilize thousands of people who are not my Song Dynasty to form a militia to counterattack the Three Mountains and Seven Villages?"
Han Qi intervened and said, "He is really OK, so my minister's evaluation is objective. What he is most powerful is not fighting, but promoting and gathering the hearts of the people."
Old Chen knew that the emperor loved to listen to good news repeatedly, and this period was especially needed, so he exaggerated the news again and sang: "Contribute to Your Majesty, congratulate Your Majesty, Yulin Hekou's great victory, the great counterattack began, and the northwest of our Song Dynasty was about to recover. The person with the most vision was you. When Your Majesty released him, he had these considerations."
Fu Bi and Han Qi couldn't help but look at each other, thinking that Dayin people are simply nonsense, so doesn't this mean that they didn't say anything?
However, Zhao Zhen, who is a naughty child mentality, loves to listen, and patted his chair again and laughed: "It's really good. There is almost no good news during this period. Today, the child lives up to everyone's expectations, so I have heard the good news in this extraordinary period. No matter what, winning the war is justice. But our Song army rarely has justice."
Fu Bi and Han Qi were embarrassed. Both of them were led by troops. Although the emperor said this, he felt that the two prime ministers were unjust?
Especially Han Qi was the most embarrassed, and he thought of the eight thousand soldiers who died in Haoshuichuan.
Old Chen continued to sing and said with a sing: "God blesses the Song Dynasty, congratulations to Your Majesty, this is not just a victory in the war, but will soon become an economic and financial victory. The northwest lacks people, and Funing County lacks industry. Now that there are people, our Song Dynasty will not lack food and wealth in the future."
Lao Zhao was in a good mood and immediately announced: "Three days on the Daqing period of Bianjing, we will commemorate the victory of the bandit suppression war achieved by border soldiers and commemorate the efforts made by the Song Dynasty for the interests of the border people."
At the same time, Lao Zhao thought that he had only given Wang Rong a first-level official not long ago. Now he is being chased by others all day long and is bitten by those ridiculous diplomatic matters. It is not convenient to be promoted for the time being. He can only wait for him to return to Beijing and talk about it later.
So the emperor did not mention the reward of Wang Rong and asked carefully: "The letter of Xixia asked me to withdraw troops from sensitive areas immediately. How should I respond to this? If the area is turned into an actual controlled area on the grounds of the interests of border people, will the border dispute be provoked again?"
Fu Bi said: "There is indeed this hidden danger. We need to consider it and slowly negotiate with Xixia to resolve the issue."
Han Qi waved his hand and said, "Don't worry about what they say, it was the result of the bloodshed of the Funing Army soldiers. There is no reason to give it up in diplomatic ways. Wang Rong's selection was very accurate. He seized the gap of the hegemony of the Liao Kingdom. Xixia was harassed by Tubo back clouds. They just talked about it and were unable to interfere in this period. Moreover, our Song Dynasty had already had a public base and military morale there, and the combat strength and experience were gradually taking shape. The size of the Funing County Fortress is also expanding. When you should be brave, you cannot shrink. Since ancient times, the country has been lost when it shrinks, and it also expanded when it is strong."
After a pause, Han Dawang continued: "In the past, the people in the northwest were too burdened, so that the entire northwest region was in a vicious cycle. The Song Dynasty court was unpopular, which was because it was difficult for the northwest to stick to. This was the reason why Fan Zhongyan said that back then. Zhang Fangping always carried out political stability maintenance and activated Li Shen and Fan Xiang to maintain northwest expenditure policy. There was a serious hidden danger, and it was drinking salt tax to quench thirst. Now Wang Yun's method proved feasible, and he had led the Funing Army, which had just shown his strength, to fight for victory. I suggest that we start from civil affairs and economic victory in order to strengthen the credibility and prestige of our court in the entire northwest and to perform benevolent politics."
Although Zhao Zhen was in poor spirits, he heard some feelings and nodded frequently while twisting his beard.
Fu Bi frowned a little. Not to mention how sensitive Han Qi was to talk about next, just from the perspective of governance, Han Da's brain was too wide. This was obviously a business under the Secretary of the Central Committee, not his Han Da's brain.
But there was no way, everyone was very troubled, everyone knew that Han Qi was so virtuous that he could really take care of everything. At the beginning of the northwest, he had to take care of Xia Shun's affairs, Fan Zhongyan's affairs, and when he returned to the court, he was even more involved in everything, so he was beaten out and faced the wall. He went to Hedong with his strong reputation. In addition to economics and agriculture, he also took care of the matter of the Shuaisi and the Criminal Department, and he also inquire about the affairs of the officialdom.
Over time, people couldn't sue him and couldn't defeat him, so Han Da's brain naturally became the "core" of Hedong. Fu Bi's face is really not as thick as him in this regard. So this is why everyone doesn't want this Tietou to return to Beijing easily.
Now, many departments have begun to be harassed by him again. Now, in front of the emperor, the Privy Council can begin to interfere in the affairs of the Secretariat. In the next step, he will also interfere with the Censorate and the Sansi. It is basically certain that there is a conflict with Ouyang Xiu and Wang Gongchen.
But Han Qi was not afraid of others' words. In fact, the emperor knew more about his behavior than anyone else, so Fu Bi didn't want to say it anymore.
Zhao Zhen was not convenient to expel Han Qi's face, so he said, "Director, is he going to submit the "Northwest Strategy" to me?"
Han Qi took out a document from his wide cuffs and said, "I think it should be completely reformed in the northwest at this time. The conscription of the city should be gentle and benign. The conscription of salt and iron should be gradually reduced and equal to the inland. Some taxes no longer occupy a major position in our Song Dynasty economic system, so we should gradually remove them so that the northwest gradually can be enriched by the people, and those with constant property will have perseverance. Only in this way can we maintain the vitality of the northwest for a long time and increase the credibility of our court in the northwest. The conscription of labor should be, but it should also be gradually reduced. We can no longer allow the northwest region to over-country with the reputation of the war zone, which will cause the private labor to be abandoned and shake the main business of workers and peasants. This is the core of the northwest strategy for me."
Fu Bi and the Emperor suddenly had a star-eyed look. Not only did he care about it, but he didn't say anything about the business of Zhongshu, but he also mentioned so much at once?
Fu Bi looked at Han Qi with malicious intentions and said, "Not whether these ways have been rigorously proofreaded. I have mentioned so many times at one time, but I have thought about the sequelae? Li Shenzhi's economic policy in the northwest and Fan Xiang's salt administration policy in the northwest have many criticisms. Wang Anshi also mentioned it before you, but that was what Zhang Fangping used to weigh and argued by the court. Only in this way can we support our northwest national gate expenditures and barely protect our territory. Although I have judged that the full-scale war cannot be fought for the time being, the threat of Xixia always exists. The launch of a policy will ferment until it runs smoothly. However, it is impossible to determine how long it will take for the current Northwest strategic easing period. These things will change. Do you really believe that Wang Yun's diplomatic journey in Xixia can ensure that my northwest national gate will last for ten years?"
Han Qi shook his head and said, "I don't believe that the Northwest will have peace for ten years, nor do I believe that you have no comprehensive war. But I know that Zhang Fangping's policy was a chronic disease, and he had no choice but to do it at that time. But now, Wang Yun has put forward a route different from the past in Funing County. This is the way to enrich the country and strengthen the army."
Fu Bi said with dark eyes: "There are so many ways to enrich the country and strengthen the army. Have you forgotten to mention the so-called "Fangtianjun Tax Law"? This is also the way to enrich the country and strengthen the army, right? At least in theory."
Han Qi waved his hand and said, "You have misunderstood the rich man. The "Fangtianjun Tax Law" is something that Wang Anshi never forgets. He told everyone that the official family has been harassed by him a lot. I was scolding him a few days ago. The official family hid in Shangqing Palace and did not show up, but was annoyed by him. My Northwest Plan and his route are different."
Zhao Zhen felt that Wang Anshi was depressed, but he didn't want to say about Han Qi. In fact, Lao Zhao was really entangled by Wang Anshi a while ago. When the financial situation in the Song Dynasty was the most tense and the situation in the northwest was the most tense, the national grain prices were very unstable, which led to the emperor always obsessed with the Fangtianjun Tax Law mentioned by Wang Anshi at that time.
The emperor's ambiguous attitude could not be hidden. The situation caused many people with land to be restless all day long. Although the reform did not begin, Wang Anshi was demonized since then, which was the reason why many people later hyped up the Wang family's father and son who lost power and humiliated the country.
Zhao Zhen is a person who is more resourceful and less decisive. He thinks of Wang Anshi's method of enriching the country and strengthening the army, but he is also worried about the endless sequelae.
In the end, the one who really made Zhao Zhen give up the Fang Tianjun tax law was Wang Anshi's son. He walked out a different path in the northwest, and the finance provided last year was enough to scare any husband in the court to half open his mouth.
As a result, no one dared to say anything, including Wang Anshi, the initiator of Fang Tianjun Tax Law, no longer jumped. Because Wang Anshi was really not stupid, of course, Old Wang knew that this law was to dig out people's ancestral graves, but he could not use it to save the finances without money. So since the eldest son Wang Yun had taken a financial path that was not so much for landlords to hate in Funing County for two years, although it has not been proven that he would be successful in the whole process, Wang Anshi also objectively felt that he could wait and see carefully.
So the politics a while ago was really chaotic. Han Qi had not yet entered Beijing. Many of the work were obviously from the Secretariat and the Sansi, but it was mentioned by Wang Anshi, the deputy military minister and Han Jiang, the arbitrator of Han Jiang, which led to extreme dissatisfaction between Prime Minister Wen Yanbo and Finance Minister Wang Gongchen.
Now that Han Dawang has entered Beijing, he likes to interfere in other people's business. He may have to look at it for a while, politics will definitely be in chaos. Unfortunately, this happens to be the situation that the emperor needs during this period.
Thinking of these things, it was a headache. Zhao Zhen gave up the ball when he was not energetic. He neither responded to Han Qi's northwest strategy nor supported Fu Bi to scold Han Qi for going beyond his power. He waved his hand and said, "I have received the good news about the great victory of Funing Army Yulin Hekou. Please retreat. Let me be calm. If there is good news, let me be calm."
Fu Bi and Han Qi looked at each other and had to leave.
Chapter completed!