[Comprehensive martial arts] Protect our little prince

Gu Xichao looked at Zhao Mingyu's stupefied look, and even though he knew it was just a coincidence, he still couldn't help being a little surprised. The news of Emperor Liao's death came just after he finished speaking.

Zhao Mingyu sat back, and looked into Gu Xichao's gentle eyes and asked solemnly, "Brother Xichao, now I start to wish the Liao Kingdom a new emperor who is obsessed with pleasure and neglects government affairs, is there still time?"

Gu Xichao: ...

"Why don't you read more books?" Gu Xichao took out a few ancient books from the side. He had read them all just now. They were not as difficult to understand as military books, nor as obscure as classics and history. They were most suitable for passing the time.

The son does not talk about strange powers and chaotic gods, but respects ghosts and gods and stays away.

The theory of ghosts and gods is not credible, and you have to pay a price for everything you want. There is no god in the world who can easily fulfill other people's wishes. If there were, he would not have spent so many years in Fireworks Lane.

Zhao Mingyu silently put the book back, and couldn't believe that he was taught not to believe in ghosts and gods. He was supposed to be superstitious. How could he believe in science more than him?

In the study of Shenhou Mansion, Zhao Mingning was in a good mood after hearing the news of Emperor Liao's death. If the scheming Yelu Hongji had already died, then things would be much easier.

In March and April, it is time to send old coins to Liao.

A hundred years ago, the Song and Liao ceased war, and signed a covenant, agreeing to be courteous and courteous. The Liao Kingdom gave up Yingzhou and Mozhou.

The Song Dynasty sent 10 taels of silver and 20 bolts of silk to the Liao State every year as "expenses for helping the army", which is the so-called old coins.

Compared with the cost of tens of millions of taels for military use, the 30 taels of the old coin is nothing at all. The heavy military garrison makes the people bear excessive corvees and taxes. Although the covenant has a bad reputation, it is indeed at a very small price. In exchange for the benefits that can not be obtained in war.

Then it brought another problem. There was no big war in the imperial court, and the fighting power of the forbidden army was so useless that it could not be seen by others. In the whole Song Dynasty, there was only one Shaanxi army that could be used. Ten thousand taels of silver is not enough to spend, relying on the fact that Song Dynasty will not go to war anyway, and directly changed the silver of the old coin into 10 taels.

Anyway, there is not much silver, and it is extremely humiliating. Facing the aggressiveness of Liao, they can only hold their noses and send the silver to them.

Once a war starts, it’s fine if you win, but if you lose, you will lose money. Liao’s army is indeed stronger than Song’s. This is known to others, and it’s no wonder they don’t take advantage of the fire to loot.

Zhuge Zheng and I looked at the young emperor with a lot of money in his chest, and unconsciously there was a touch of admiration in his eyes, "What does the emperor want to do?"

"This year's New Year's coins will not be delivered, let's see what the attitude of the Liao Kingdom is." Zhao Mingning smiled, Yelu Hongji can suppress the ministers under his command, the newly enthroned Yelu Yanxi may not be sure, if the new emperor of the Liao Kingdom Being manipulated by treacherous ministers, he can find a way to cancel the old coins.

Although 20 taels is not much, no matter how small the mosquito legs are, they are still meat, and they are still a big pile in the inner warehouse. The Song Dynasty spends a lot of money, and it is a little bit to save a little. I just used soldiers against Xixia this year. There are also reasons to hold back.

The army of the Song Dynasty was indeed a bit weak when facing the Liao army, but sometimes it was not only by brute force, he also wanted to take back the sixteen prefectures of Yanyun that his ancestors failed to take back.

If the old coins were not delivered on time, the Liao Kingdom would definitely send someone to remind them. As long as the Liao people came to Bianjing, they would be able to know the current situation of the Liao Kingdom's court.

He didn't say not to give the old coins, but there are so many places to spend money this year, and the old coins can't be raised for a while, and they will arrive early and late, so can't you wait a few more days?

No one dared to do anything to the emperor when he was playing tricks, Zhuge Zheng and I twitched the corners of my eyes slightly, thinking that I seemed to see the hope of retreating to the mountains and forests.

He was still in the court for a long time not for fame and wealth, but for protecting the emperor and the country of the Song Dynasty. Unfortunately, the first emperor didn't know people, so he only brought him by his side as a escort, and he gave those advices to him Don't ask.

He believes that he is worthy of the heaven and the earth, and all he does is for the people of the Song Dynasty, but he can't influence the emperor's thoughts. If he wants the country and the people to be safe, it depends on the emperor himself.

"Teacher, the six doors have been watching Cai Jing a lot lately. I think he is not only colluding with the Liao people, but may also rebel." Zhao Mingning's tone was flat, as if he was not talking about a crime that would punish the nine clans, but talking about family matters.

The Liao people hid the news of Yelu Hongji's death, and there must be someone on their side who hid the news. There are spies from the Liao people in Bianjing City, and the capital of the Liao Kingdom also has their spies. The emperor's replacement is such a major event, even if they don't hide it. It may be hidden for so long, unless someone in the court cooperates with them.

Cai Xiang is already an extremely human minister, and there is only one reason for him to collude with the Liao people. He doesn't want to be a human minister anymore, he wants to be a human ruler.

It has been a hundred years since the Song and Liao signed the covenant. Not only the people of the Song Dynasty are comfortable, but also the Liao Kingdom. Yelu Yanxi has no ability like Yelu Hongji. At this time, it is urgent to secure the throne. It happens that Cai Xiang also wants to rebel. At this time, he contacts the Liao Kingdom Not surprising.

Zhuge Zhengwo's face changed slightly. He and Cai Jing have been facing each other for so many years, and they are very familiar with each other's methods. If Cai Jing deliberately leads him to other places to cover up his true intentions, he may not be able to find out the difference in a short time. .

Zhao Mingning stayed in the study for a while, and after he had arranged things almost, he went out. He looked up and saw the little ancestor sitting on the rockery with his face basking in the sun. He stopped and told him to come down quickly.

What is the system of climbing up and down all day long?

Zhao Mingyu curled his lips, jumped down from the rockery and muttered, "Don't underestimate my lightness kung fu, I learned it from Zhui Ming, and running away is very useful."

"You run for your life, what's your future?" Zhao Mingning knocked on the little ancestor's head, bid farewell to Zhuge Zhengwo and brought him back to the palace.

Zhuge Shenhou sent people to the door, patted Tieshou on the shoulder, pondered for a moment and then returned to the study.

Tieshou didn't understand what their family uncle meant, so he stood at the door for a while, shook his head and continued to patrol the streets.

Recently, there has been a sudden increase in people from the Jianghu in the capital. They haven't found out the reason, so they can only send more people to patrol outside, so as not to find someone to make decisions in time when the people are oppressed.

The bustling city of Bianjing is rare in the world. Normally, there is a sub-district department to manage the vendors in the city. Now that there are too many people in the Jianghu, the sub-district department is obviously overwhelmed, so they can only be caught by six doors.

Those who can do more work, the colleagues of the street department are generally not very good at martial arts, they can manage the vendors, but if they meet someone who knows martial arts, it is estimated that the whole street department will not be enough to fight.

Most of the Jianghu people rely on their martial arts and don't pay attention to the laws of the court. People often think that they are unlucky when encountering things. If they are not diligent in arresting them, the Jianghu people in the capital will only become more arrogant. Let's catch a few more today The troublesome six-door cell was almost overwhelmed.

At the beginning of the creek and cloud, the sun sinks into the pavilion, and the mountain rain is about to come, and the wind fills the building. 【1】

Zhao Mingyu had been stable in the palace for several days, and his restless heart began to stir again. After wandering around the south of the Yangtze River, he couldn't bear the lonely life in this deep palace compound.

Cough cough, to put it another way, how to make it look like a resentful woman does not match his style.

The results of the Chunwei Palace Examination have come out, Li Xunhuan was selected as the No. [-] Scholar without accident, and poor Tan Hua Lang is also a personable talent, but under the background of the No. [-] Scholar, he suddenly became a passerby.

Lu Xiaofeng and Li Xunhuan are friends, and he probably hasn't left the capital yet, can he make a report with his brother before going out to learn more?

Zhao Mingyu couldn't suppress the thought as soon as it came out, he immediately went out of the palace to look for Lu Xiaofeng, he knew where Lu Xiaofeng often appeared, it didn't matter if he didn't know the way, as long as he remembered the gold ingot and silver ticket.

Lu Xiaofeng is indeed in the capital now, but it's not that he hasn't left all the time, but he just came back from somewhere else. He is a restless prodigal son. The fact that Huo Xiu was the owner of Tsing Yi Building gave him a big blow, so he went out again I made a lot of new friends, and by the way, I went to the old friends I met before, until I felt that my remaining friends were very reliable, so I came to the capital with satisfaction.

In fact, he originally wanted to go to Jiangnan to find Huamanlou, but he heard some news when he left Guangdong, so he changed direction and came to Bianjing.

Holding the teacup in his hand, Zhao Mingyu looked at Lu Xiaofeng in shock, almost unable to speak clearly, "A merchant ship at sea?"

"Yes, it's at sea." Lu Xiaofeng was drinking wine boldly. He had just arrived in Bianjing not long ago. Just as he was about to go to Six Gates to find the ruthless arrester, he was found by this little ancestor, just to save him another trip, " I have a friend in Guangdong who is quite powerful, and he said that there are more and more merchant ships on the sea recently, and people on the shore are also trying to find ways to do business without violating the imperial ban."

Zhao Mingyu's eyes were shining brightly, like a child seeing his favorite toy, and his tone was a little erratic, "Brother Lu, I have a hunch that it will soon be time to make money."

Because of the tense relationship between the imperial court and Xixia, many commercial routes leading to the Western Regions have been blocked, but merchants always have to live, so the policy of sea ban has been gradually relaxed in recent years, but after all, it has been banned for so many years before, and the sea ban has to be opened step by step. take your time.

Nowadays, there are not many contacts between Song Dynasty and overseas, but once the opening is opened, the money that the court can make is no less than that of the Western Regions trade route, and it may even be more.

What floats on the sea is not a ship, it is all silver.

It’s just that doing business with overseas is not a trivial matter. The threat to merchant ships is not only the storm at sea, but also the elusive pirates. At present, the troops of the Song Dynasty are able to deal with the Liao Kingdom first, and the navy is really unable to devote energy.

If the imperial court can't spare any energy, it can only rely on the people. The benefits of maritime trade are so great that merchants will risk their lives. As long as there is no mistake in taxation, the deficit in the national treasury can be made up in three to five years.

Back then, there was a three-treasure eunuch who led a treasure ship to the west... Oh, that was hundreds of years later.

Guangdong is too far away from the capital, and the imperial court has its own source of news, but when the news reaches his ears, the daylilies are cold, so Lu Xiaofeng is more reliable at this time, after all, this phoenix flies around, and the news is better than him many.

Zhao Mingyu brought back the idea of ​​flying around, put down the teacup and picked up the flagon to pour wine for the well-informed brother Lu, scared Lu Xiaofeng hurriedly checked the surroundings, and found that the real ancestor who was in charge of life and death in the little ancestor's family did not follow, and finally He breathed a sigh of relief, "How about it, is the news interesting enough this time?"

"It's definitely interesting." Zhao Mingyu nodded heavily, blinked and continued sincerely, "Brother Lu, where are you going next time, can you take me with you?"

Lu Xiaofeng didn't swallow the wine and spit it out, "Little ancestor, you hurt me!"