Back to the Song Dynasty as a tyrant

As soon as Lu Yihao said this, Wang Ciweng immediately looked miserable, and he looked at Qin Hui as if asking for help.

Qin Hui came out and said: "Mr. Lu probably means that someone will embezzle the subsidy in the middle, so we need to ask the Su Provincial Court and the local prison department to be prepared. You can't give up such a good one just because there is a loophole of corruption. policy."

Qin Hui said this very cunningly, meaning that if corruption occurs in the future, it is not a problem with my new policy, but a lack of supervision.

Zhao Ding stood up at the right time and said: "Your Majesty, according to my opinion, the two strategies can be tried in different places."

"That's very good." Zhao Ning said immediately, "This matter is settled like this. Now I want to hear about the Dali Kingdom."

The few people who came out just now retreated one after another.

That's it, the two strategies of changing rice to mulberry were openly brought out in the Song Dynasty, and began to be tried in Jiangning and Hangzhou respectively.

Qin Hui was very depressed. He never expected that Zhao Guan's family would have such skill.

If the stall is ruined at that time, and he compares Qian Yuqing again, Qin Hui can leave.

"Your Majesty, the Gao clan of Dali Kingdom disrespects Duan Zhengyan, the King of Dali, and interferes in the state affairs. This is an arrogance to the court." Li Ruoshui, Minister of the Ministry of Rites, came out and said.

"What do you think?"

"Naturally, the army should be listed in the Dali Kingdom, and the Gao family should be questioned."

"No!" Cai Mao came out, "Dali is a country that was not allowed to be conquered by the Emperor Taizu."

As soon as he said this, a group of officials jumped out immediately.

Zhao Kuangyin really set the boundaries with a jade ax back then, and did not levy Dali.

The reason is: the calamity of Taizu Jian Tang was based on Nanzhao.

At the end of the Tang Dynasty, the Tang Dynasty sent a large number of troops to conquer Nanzhao, and they fell into the mire of Nanzhao's war and could not escape, causing Huang Chao to take advantage of the situation.

So Zhao Kuangyin was extra cautious about it.

"Your Majesty, what Cai Xianggong said is true. The Dali Kingdom is located in a remote place. The Kingdom has just ended the war with the Jin people. It is no longer necessary to mobilize troops and waste people's money!"

Zhao Ning didn't expect so many people to oppose him, so he immediately lost his temper: "Why don't you convict! Don't say that Dali is in the southwest, and Jiaozhi and Champa are farther away than it. Don't you just convict when you say so?"

Cai Mao wanted to say something else: "Your Majesty..."

"Uncle Zhang Ye!"

"Chen is here!"

"Immediately arrange your troops to go south from the southwestern roads. I want to let the Gao family of Dali know that the heavenly dynasty has rules. Since Dali kingdom is already a subject of the Song Dynasty, the Gao family must abide by the rules of the heavenly dynasty."

"Yes!"

Is the conquest of Dali settled so soon?

This immediately made people understand that Zhao Guanjia was just asking for a cutscene.

Time flies, and in a blink of an eye, Qian Yuqing and Qin Hui left the capital respectively.

One went to Jiangning in person, and the other went to Hangzhou in person.

In February, the cold winter finally left.

The bright spring light awakens the earth, and everything is full of life.

Farmers also began to come out and enter the city to inquire about the price of seeds this year.

It can be seen that carts are fully loaded from the capital, and it is said that they are also loaded with seeds, which are transported to the three towns in Hebei.

The war is over, the conversations of people after dinner have changed, and it seems that many places have relaxed.

However, after the meeting at the end of February, Kuizhou Road and Zizhou Road in the southwest were different from usual.

Both sides have started conscription.

At the beginning of March, Fan Zongyin, the right servant of the household department, suddenly arrived at Kuizhou Road.

At this time, Kuizhou's recruitment goals began to be released to the public.

Kuizhou recruited [-] troops, Zizhou Road recruited [-] troops, and formed an army of [-].

What?

Go south to conquer Dali.

Fan Zongyin was quite high-profile in Kuizhou, and the wind and water were booming, like thunder rolling.

After getting the news, the businessmen of Dali who were doing business in Kuizhou and Zizhou quickly began to go south and return to China.

In April, the news of the Song Army's conscription and preparations finally reached Yangjubaa City.

For a while, it shocked the ruling and opposition parties of the Dali Kingdom.

Duan Zhengxing blatantly accused Gao Liangcheng in the hall: "Xiangguo, now the emperor of Song Dynasty is furious, and the Song army's [-] troops are about to go south. May I ask who will bear the responsibility?"

Wen Song and others shrank aside and dared not speak.

Gao Liangcheng said: "Your Highness, there is no need to worry. The Song army has come from a long way. The exhausted army is not familiar with the terrain of our Dali country. It is undoubtedly a dream to fight our army."

Of course, he has the confidence to say this.

Let's say that the Nanzhao Kingdom in the Tang Dynasty also used the mountains and rivers to deal with the Tang Dynasty for hundreds of years, and the Tang Dynasty could not destroy Nanzhao.

"Could it be that Xiangguo wants to personally meet the Song army?"

Gao Liangcheng said: "Your Majesty, I will command an army of [-] at once, and go north to meet the Song army. We will not let the Song army cross the Dadu River!"

Duan Zhengyan pretended to be in a state of hesitation, and after thinking for a while, he said: "It would be best if we can discuss with Song Jun."

"Don't worry, Your Majesty, I have my own countermeasures."

After retreating from the court, He Shitang, Minister of the Ministry of War, said: "The Song army is strong. I don't know what the Xiangguo's strategy is to retreat from the enemy?"

Gao Liangcheng said: "Just send envoys to deal with the Song army, say that you want to negotiate peace with Song, accept Song's request, hold them back, and make them tired. They will not last long when they come on an expedition!"

"Xiangguo is wise!" He Shitang exclaimed immediately.

But they didn't know that Wu Lin, who was in Jiaozhou at this time, had already started to act.

Chapter 808 Luo Shi's Ghost Country (Part [-])

"Your Majesty actually asked Fan Zongyin to lead the army in the southwest, I can't figure it out." Cai Mao shook his head.

Fan Zongyin is a proper civil servant with no experience in side affairs. If he goes to the southwest, he may not even be able to sort out the military and political logistics.

Zhao Guanjia is a person who is extremely cautious and strict about important matters. How can he be so hasty in this matter?

"The lower officials also feel that the official's decision this time is too hasty." The speaker was Cheng Zhen, Youshang Shu of the Ministry of Officials.

"The officials have been dazzled by the victories of these years. Dali is located in a remote mountainous area, and the southwestern barbarians are barbaric and arrogant. The tribes of the Luo clan's ghost kingdom are fighting against me. Luo Dianguo has a good relationship with Dali. Southwest, I'm afraid it's..."

Cai Mao sighed.

Because of the geography, mountains and rivers and the cultural customs of various ministries in the Southwest, it is no less difficult to fight the Southwest than to fight Liaodong.

In this era of farming, the barrier of mountains is simply hell for the army.

Not to mention that the interests of various ministries in the Southwest are extremely complicated. People there do not respect Confucianism, their living customs are completely different from those in the Central Plains, and the ideology they recognize is also different.

In this day and age, the Han Chinese are regarded as outsiders.

If you don't pay attention, the army may get lost in the mountains.

"Fan Zongyin has always wanted to promote military and political reform and decentralize power to local governments. The officials sent him to the southwest. I am afraid that fighting is not the main thing. It is to renegotiate the custodial system with the Southwestern barbarians and resolve the bond between the Southwest and the imperial court." Cheng Zhen said.

"Then who will lead the Dali Kingdom?"

"Should be able to use the barbarians from the Wumeng tribe of Luo's ghost country, they are more familiar with the terrain in the southwest." Cheng Zhen said.

"Zhao Ding is the most supportive of this crusade against Dali. He wants to get more tea from Dali. If the war in Dali falls into a stalemate, neither the Jianyuan nor Yushitai will let him go." Cai Mao said, "Zhao Ding I really don't know the seriousness of the problem!"

"The officials trust him now, and we have no choice but to wait for the situation."

"If there is a slight disturbance in the southwest, the admonishers of the capital will rise up and attack it."

Regarding the crusade against Dali, there was a lot of discussion in Tokyo at first, but now it has gradually subsided.

For the Great Song Dynasty, which fought wars every year, the crusade against the Southwest seemed to be less earth-shattering.

But the tea war was promoted by Zhao Ding's faction.

It not only involves the supplement of multi-party strategy, but also affects the competition of political forces within the Great Song Dynasty.

As Cai Mao said, if Dali fails, the admonishers will line up to impeach Zhao Ding, and Fan Zongyin will also be implicated.

In the ninth year of Jingkang, the sixth day of April.

After a summer rain, white clouds floated among the majestic Wumeng Mountains.

Those strange peaks, like ancient giant beasts, are scattered in the vast world.

The green is rolling and rolling, extending to the end of the sky.

The sun shines through layers of water vapor, reflecting the water droplets on the leaves of the trees in the mountains crystal clear.

This is the border between Song and Li, and it is also the place where the Wumeng tribe lives.

Du Zhi, governor of Dongchuan County, Dali Kingdom, got out of the carriage and walked forward.

He looked around, some people were carrying bamboo baskets, some daily necessities were placed in the bamboo baskets, and there were children looking around in the bamboo baskets.

Since the Wumeng tribe in this area accepted the canonization of the Song Dynasty decades ago, they have had a lot of contact with the Central Plains.

"this way please."

"Please."

Du Zhi arrived at the mansion of the leader of the Wumeng tribe.

He suddenly discovered that the mansion of the leader of the Wumeng tribe had the architectural style of the Central Plains integrated into it.

Soon, he met Luo Yun, the Wumeng King of this generation.

"I have seen the king."

"Your Excellency came all the way, what's the matter?" Luo Yun asked.

"Your Majesty, I am here at the order of my Majesty, and I want to enhance our friendship and expand our trade with you."

Luo Yun said: "Your Excellency wants to discuss with this king to deal with the Song army together?"

Du Zhi was stunned for a moment, and said: "Since Your Majesty already knows, then I won't beat around the bush, it's true."

If not, how could the sheriff of a border county come here in person?

It must be a matter of great importance.

"Honorable guest, please go back." Luo Yun directly rejected Du Zhi, "I, Luo Shi, have accepted the imperial conferment as an official of the Song Dynasty, and my father is devoted to the Song Dynasty. How could I unite with outsiders to fight against the Song Dynasty? "

The father he mentioned was Wumeng King Luoxing.

When Wang Anshi reformed the law and various tribes in the southwest rebelled, Luo Xing was Wang Xuan's deputy general. He followed Wang Xuan's southern expedition and Pingdi Wumeng tribe.

This is a serious courtier of the Song Dynasty.

"Your Majesty, the Song army has come from afar, and they must force their troops to enter Dali from your ministry. The mountains and rivers in Dali are steep. If you and I fight, only our people will die. For you, the loss outweighs the gain. use."

Luo Yun said: "Da Song has been kind to my father, you don't need to say more."

At this time, Luo Jing, the son of Luo Yun, said: "Father, what the envoy of Dali said may not be unreasonable. Our family is weak, people live and work in peace and contentment, and finally got rid of the war. Now the Celestial Dynasty is about to start a war again. This will bring us a lot of trouble. disaster."

"Could it be that forming an alliance with Dali and fighting against the Celestial Empire won't bring disaster?" Luo Yun said.

He knows very well how vast the population and wealth of Song Dynasty are.

His father, Luo Xing, was actually of Han blood. When he was young, he fought with the generals of the Han. Naturally, he had seen it since childhood.

The military power of the Celestial Dynasty is continuous, and the food and wealth of the Celestial Dynasty are unimaginable to them.

Now the Son of Heaven intends to go south to fight against the Celestial Dynasty, which is not a wise move.

Luo Jing said: "Father, the terrain of our country is as steep as mountains and rivers. As long as we send troops to guard the important official roads, the Song army will definitely not be able to enter."

"You don't need to say any more." Luo Yun said, "See off the guests!"

Du Zhi left the palace, but he didn't want to die.

In the evening, people sent by Fan Zongyin also arrived, and it was Liu Zhen who joined the Changning Army.

Luo Yun set up a feast and treated Liu Zhen graciously.

"The angel came from afar, Xiao Wang's hospitality is not good, forgive me, forgive me!"