Chapter 436 Seizing Two States

Restoration, although what is proposed now is the restoration of "Wu", on the basis of restoring Wu, it is inevitable to restore Wen. This is inevitable. Because once this person gathers a group of scholars, regains martial arts, and has a certain influence, he will then obtain the right to re-interpret the classics and meanings, and thus build a new Confucian school, establish a Confucian sect, and express his political views. It is a normal process to seek political opportunities, become an official and join the party, and then join the party to fight against differences.

The problem is not that there is no problem. If the person who proposed "returning to old age" was a great scholar of the generation, then Zhao Ji would definitely not tell Wang Yan like a joke. Because the influence of the great Confucians is no joke. They have high-ranking officials, disciples of junior officials, and other like-minded Confucian leaders. They have already mastered the power to interpret the meaning of the classics. Their top-down influence is greater than that of bottom-up influence. The one that came up was much bigger.

But now the person who proposes the concept of "retrospection" is just an undisciplined scholar. Like Wang Yan, he is just a scholar who has passed the government examination, so the problem is huge. Because he did not take the imperial examination to become an official, he did not prove his ability. As for the great Confucians, they were all those who failed to do well as officials and had no choice but to retire and return to their hometowns to seek enlightenment. Now such a useless player has proposed such a concept. It is ridiculous to want to bring about an internal reform of Confucianism, or to want to split a mountain from Confucianism.

On the other hand, Zhao Song abandoned his martial arts. Now some people want to restore the literati and mount their swords to kill the enemy. This is digging into the roots of the Zhao family. The Confucians who cannot be beaten are so ruthless, but what will happen to those who can be beaten? It is said that if a scholar rebels, it will take ten years. Nowadays, scholars practice martial arts, and scholars have to fight. In this way, they can not only join the officialdom, but also join the army. And the scholars of the "retrospective" school join the army, which is obviously not a traitor to the army. military status. Even though they are still suppressed, the situation is obviously different.

If Da Ru took the lead in carrying out the restoration, it would be strange for Zhao Ji to fall asleep.

After taking a sip of tea, the senior official gently put down his teacup: "Officials, I think this person's heart is indeed good, but he is a little naive. As soon as he failed the imperial examination and couldn't even become an official, he thought It is difficult to achieve anything by learning from great Confucian scholars. Secondly, Confucian knowledge has been studied and commented by great Confucian scholars of all ages. The books of sages become thicker and thicker as they read. Scholars have no energy to learn martial arts and strengthen their bodies.

In the past three years, the so-called poor in literature and rich in martial arts has meant that many poor people have failed to study despite their poor families. Now they have to concentrate on practicing martial arts, and martial arts training is the most harmful to the body. If you don’t have money to buy medicinal materials, you can’t eat meat every day. In the long run, there will be harm. It is difficult to improve one's physical strength and martial arts skills.

What's more, the battlefield is dangerous. They are shouting for joy now, but each of them has thin skin and tender flesh. They can't carry it on their shoulders, lift it with their hands, and have no strength to tie a chicken. Once they get to the battlefield, it's a question of how many of them can come back alive. If you can't survive, how can you return to the past? "

Zhao Ji looked Wang Yan up and down and laughed loudly: "I think you are the best leader of this retro style. I have changed my imperial belt twice in the past few years, and you have beaten me all over. Jing Yiyi It has not fallen behind, and its reputation has spread throughout the Song Dynasty. If it were up to you, there is no doubt that this restoration would be possible. "

"The officials are joking. How can a small businessman like me have such great ability?"

"Little businessmen? If there were more small businessmen like you in the Song Dynasty, I would wake up from my dreams laughing." Zhao Ji laughed for a while, then suddenly frowned and said: "Zi Yan, when it comes to this business, I I remember that you made more than 600,000 yuan for me in the first year, and 800,000 yuan for me in the second year. Why is there still more than 800,000 yuan this year, and there is no increase? "

The senior official wanted to stand up in fear, but when he saw Zhao Ji waving his hand, he sat up straight, took up half of the seat and said with his hands: "Guan family, after nearly four years of development, the Song Dynasty can afford those products produced by Xiaochen. Everyone has bought all the goods, which is the limit of my Song Dynasty’s consumption capacity. Although there are still some fresh things to produce, Xiao Chen’s stall is getting bigger and bigger, and the number of people he supports is getting bigger. It’s not easy to maintain a steady flow of millions of strings.”

“What is spending power?”

"That's how much money the people of the Song Dynasty can spend." Wang Yan muttered: "The official family is like this cup of tea. The people of the Song Dynasty work, cultivate land, do business, etc., and the money they earn in a year is this cup of tea . After removing daily necessities such as firewood, rice, oil, and salt, there is only so much money left to buy the things Xiao Chen sells.”

While talking, he took a sip of tea and showed the remaining tea in the cup to Zhao Ji: "These are what the minister can earn for the official family. If you save one cup of this tea every year, so the minister can earn every year." Yes, that’s all.”

This is not a difficult thing to understand. Zhao Ji understood it. He was silent for a while and said: "How can I make more tea in the cup? How can I make the teacup bigger?"

"The official family is a generation of holy masters and wise kings. They have countless capable ministers and generals. However, the minor ministers are incompetent. I hope the official family will forgive me."

"You..." Zhao Ji stretched out his hand to point at Wang Yan, shook his head and smiled: "Then what should you do with those scholars who you said want to restore ancient times?"

"It's hard to be a mob. Don't they want to go to the battlefield to serve the country? They have even organized a group of people. The officials just let them go. I think they will be honest after two battles. But on the battlefield, you still have to be careful. You can't I really want them to die. I, the Song Dynasty, treat the scholars well. If they really become pawns and charge, it will be said to be detrimental to the official name."

"What Ziyan said is true, and I think so too, so let's do this and see what great things these scholars who want to restore ancient times can do."

Zhao Ji laughed, feeling quite interesting.

After playing with Zhao Ji for a while and having a meal with him, the official left the imperial city and wandered around the bustling streets of Bianjing with his two long followers again. In a few days it will be the annual Lantern Festival again, and the bustle on the street has not changed at all, and it is still as worry-free as ever.

Wandering around like this, he randomly found a restaurant to eat snacks in the evening, and then returned to the house where Zhao Ji admired him.

He couldn't give away hundreds of thousands of money every year for nothing, and Zhao Ji didn't want him to be an official, so he gave him the annual reward for free. This house was rewarded years ago, and it gave him a place to stay in Bianjing. It’s a good idea to stay in an inn. In addition, his casual official rank has also been successfully promoted, and he is now a ranger general from the fifth rank. With this promotion, there is a good chance that he will reach the rank of General of the Cavalry, and maybe even get a title or something. After all, the General of the Cavalry is not worthy of the title of High Lord, which is really not good-looking.

Thinking of something interesting, the official shook his head and smiled, sitting at the large desk and writing a letter.

"Mingyuan, we are all aware of the retrospection..."

There is no other time traveler in this world. If there were, it would be impossible for the officials to create things and make money like this without attracting fellow villagers. And on the other hand, he has been around for hundreds of years and has never seen anyone, nor has he heard any news from his living father.

Therefore, this "retrospective" matter naturally comes from the hands of high-ranking officials. The man who was parading the streets shouting with a sword was the one he helped up. His name was Li Tu, whose nickname was Mingyuan, and he was a classmate of the old housekeeper's son. He was born with five elements and three strengths, and was born with great strength. He was determined to take the imperial examination, but there was no hope. So Wang Yan sent someone over to meet him, chat with him, and then teach him martial arts, and that's what happened today.

This is considered a casual move, and the main thing is to recruit a group of enthusiastic soldiers first. I don't know if these people can be of great use. After all, it is almost meaningless to be enthusiastic after being fooled. But if it is for small use, there is still no problem, these people will be very capable of execution.

On the other hand, he will definitely still oppose Confucianism and attack Confucianism. Duke Yansheng's title was given by Renzong, and the Kong family came to do the Southern and Northern sects at this time.

Now he is engaged in retrospection, hoping to set off a cultural movement, thereby achieving all-round progress in culture, art, politics, economy, etc., and reaching a new peak.

Of course, these things cannot be accomplished by just a bunch of stupid boys headed by Li Tu, but it doesn't matter, he will help them. At the same time, if you want to have a cultural movement, you also need a stable social environment and a certain economic base to support it. These are what Wang needs to do.

He just wants to be the one who produces white paper so that people of this era can paint on it as much as they want.

After writing the letter, I handed it over to my subordinates to secretly send it through channels. I read leisurely in the big house until late at night, and snuck out through the wall to steal fragrance.

Speaking of which, the house Zhao Ji gave him made it easier for him to do things. Yuxiang Tower is not far outside Xihua Gate, and his house is also nearby, but closer. From this aspect, Zhao Ji is a good person...

In the darkness, Master Li, who was only wearing a bellyband, opened his big bright eyes and looked at the newly modified glass window to the south. He was silent until the window creaked, and then he saw a tall man. The shadow appeared there, blocking the glimmer of light coming through the darkness.

She sat up happily, regardless of her exposed figure in the air. She no longer clutched the quilt with her hands as before. Her voice had the excitement of a little woman waiting for her lover: "You are here..."

The senior official sighed, closed the window, and then walked to the door very skillfully. He opened the door and went out to make the little maid outside sleep soundly. Then he closed the door and entered the room, took off his clothes and went to bed.

Lu Zhishen spat: "Damn, the officials really dare to think and do it. The Sa family never dreamed that if someone dared to start an uprising in the Liao Kingdom, the Sa family would be the first to charge."

Yang Zhi, who was holding a knife at the side, had a rare smile on his sad face: "High-ranking officials have strategies in their chests, good plans in their belly, and in their hearts they have the ambition to swallow up the world. No matter how it is, Yang Zhi has never dared to do so until now. I want to restore the glory of my ancestors of the Yang family, but I only want to not disgrace the Yang family's style. Now, even if I can't restore the lintel of the Yang family, it can be a great event. It is better than being bullied by the pigs and dogs in the Song Dynasty. ”

"The Sa family doesn't think so much. I only know that high-ranking officials have great ambitions and can achieve great things. Since the Sa family is generous, what's the harm in taking this life?" As he spoke, he saw a faint flicker of fire in the darkness in the distance. Lu Zhishen adjusted his armor, moved his body, picked up his Zen staff, stood up and left without saying a word: "Follow me."

As he finished speaking, the sound of armor leaves shaking sounded. In the darkness behind, soldiers armed with shiny light armor and rifles stood up and followed Lu Zhishen and Yang Zhishen in front without saying a word. The two of them ran away in unison.

Wanyan was causing chaos in the north, so the towns in the south also strengthened their defenses, but it was obvious that these defenses were of no use.

Lu Zhishen and others walked quickly to the bottom of the city, looked at the wide open city gate, glanced at the word "Fuxian" written above the city gate, laughed, and walked straight into the city without stopping. The troops at the rear divided their forces in an orderly manner and quickly occupied important city defense areas according to the predetermined plan. Some manpower also went straight to the homes of various officials.

At the same time, such operations were being carried out simultaneously in Laisu and Huaihua counties in Suzhou, as well as several other counties.

It was already clear what was going on. While the Jin State was pressing down on the Liao State and beating them up, Wang Yan's manpower deployed in Suzhou, the Liao State, also took action. And with one move, Suzhou and Fuzhou were all captured. According to modern maps, this territory is all the administrative areas south of Wafangdian, Dalian.

The Song Dynasty was not able to defeat the Liao Kingdom, but Wang Yan was able to do so. This is the crushing of soldier training, logistical supplies, weapons preparation and even the thinking of soldiers. Although they have not gone through battle formations, good training is enough to ensure that they will not retreat. As long as they do not retreat, they will get stronger as they fight.

Especially now, it is a God-given opportunity. In comparison, Su and Fu states have few people, so it is not important. However, Wanyan Aguda is different. They have occupied a lot of plain areas, both in terms of land resources and population resources. It is not comparable to a peninsula. Therefore, the main target of the Liao Kingdom was still Wanyan Aguda. As for Wang Yan's power, they would most likely send troops to test it and see their strength. As for the Kingdom of Jin, it is obvious that they will not be in trouble with Wang Yan. Firstly, there is business to be done, and secondly, it is really not important that the island is a mountainous area, and it is not a matter of death.

Even if the development does not go according to Wang Yan's expectations, and the Liao Kingdom or the Jin Kingdom targets him, he can still hold on to his current basic base. After all, he has developed for so many years and poured a lot of money and resources into it. It is not in vain. Now he has two thousand Modao troops and eight thousand infantry archers in his hands. They fought against the rabble of the Liao Kingdom and defended the city. Three to fifty thousand soldiers and horses were not afraid. If we attack the Kingdom of Jin, we are not afraid either. After all, the Kingdom of Jin is strong in cavalry. Apart from that, it is lagging behind in terms of the quality of its soldiers and their armament. As long as they do not fight in the field, there will be no problem.

As for defending the city, he has a fleet that sets out directly from Dengzhou, and there is absolutely no shortage of logistical supplies. After all, he can send 800,000 yuan to Zhao Ji a year, so of course there will be more left behind. Zhao Ji used it to build his Long Live Mountain, but he used it to dig out the foot of the mountain.

This does not include the slaughter of the Jin army. The Liao Kingdom's heavy taxes and miscellaneous taxes are not bad, and the people of the Liao Kingdom are also Han Chinese. His power is strong in the Soviet Union and Fuzhou, and his high officials always love the people. That is the Liao Kingdom. The paradise on earth in the hearts of the Chinese people. In this way, we will naturally grow stronger day by day. Just grinding like this, over time and months, can grind them to death.

Of course, his power here is hidden. In name, the leader of this power is Lu Zhishen. Moreover, the transportation channels are also very stable and safe. After a few years, the northern Shandong and Hebei areas that he used to think about have been basically connected up and down. No one will talk at all, and they don't even know about Wang Yan and Suzhou. There are connections there, and calling oneself dead means having business dealings.

But in terms of business dealings, Wang Yan had contacts with Xixia, Liao, Tubo, Dali, Goryeo, Japan, etc. Even during the ongoing Song-Xia war, Wang Yan dared to do business with Xixia, and Zhao Ji also You know, totally fine.

The most important thing is that even if these people knew what happened in Suzhou and knew that Wang Yan was behind it, they would not dare to tell lies at that time. They are all afraid of a strong man who dares to occupy territory abroad, especially the tens of thousands of troops in the Liao Kingdom, which the Song Dynasty has handed over for decades. After all, there can be tens of thousands of people abroad. For such an ambitious man to do such a big business in China, no matter what the arrangement, he is a smart person. The smarter the people, the more they think, and the more they think, the more afraid they become.

Once they find out what Wang Yan did, they should know how deep the water is. They don't know whether the lightning is good or bad. If the Song Dynasty can destroy Wang Yan, then everything will be easy. If it cannot be destroyed, and if the destruction takes a long time, then it will be a problem. After all, some grass bandits have been entrenched in the mountains for several years and cannot be eliminated. Conspirators like Wang Yan are not so easy to deal with. If they die, they must die first, and it must be a very miserable kind.

The operation to seize Su and Fuzhou went very smoothly. After all, the guard force here was not very strong. After operating here for three years, officials, defenders, and wealthy households all had contacts. If it failed, it would be called No justice.

In just one night, without losing a single soldier, the two states of Su and Fu changed hands. Ordinary people in the city didn't even feel it, let alone spread the news. Wang Yan did his best. Those who did not cooperate became ill. Those who cooperated appeared under surveillance and began to implement the new policy according to his previous instructions. Including tax reform, currency, construction, etc., it won't be long before this is a different world.

As for when the news of the change of ownership of the two states spreads, it doesn't matter. Anyway, it can be kept secret for how long.

Lu Zhishen sat on the city wall indifferently, watching the people coming in and out without realizing it. He raised his wine gourd and took a sip of strong wine. He shook his head and said, "The Sa family thought there would be a big battle here. Before I thought about it, they just chopped it." It’s really boring to marry a blind idiot, it’s boring..."

Looking at Yang Zhi who smiled and shook his head, Wang Rongchun smiled and said: "It would be a good thing to fight less battles. Master, if we can do this in the future, it is not too late to be happy. But after all, it is an extravagant hope. Master, don't be impatient. Now we have The Liao Kingdom will definitely raise troops to seize the land of Xia Erzhou. At that time, the master will not be able to fight even if he doesn't want to."

"Don't want to fight? The Sa family has been idle for three years and is almost exhausted. Now that I have the chance to use it, I wish I could kill the Liao Kingdom."

"Don't worry, Master. Sooner or later, there will come a time. What's the point of killing the Liao Kingdom? If you want to kill, kill to the ends of the earth. I heard that there are barbarian countries to the west of the Western Regions. If you can conquer them and spread my teachings, you can It’s not a waste of life.”

"Haha, the Sa family doesn't care about the many. The Sa family will fight wherever the officials tell them to. Now the Sa family just hopes that Liao Gou will be stronger. Don't let the Sa family kill them without success."

The three of them laughed heartily. They used to be depressed and depressed about their plans for great things, but now they burst out all of a sudden. They suddenly felt that there was a vast world for them to do and they were very heroic...

Compared to their excitement, the senior official read the letter, threw it into the small stove for boiling water, and waved his hand to disperse the smell. He walked to the main room and lay comfortably on the recliner in front of the French window, holding his second son in one hand and the eldest daughter in the other. He let his eldest son, who could already run and jump, crawl around on his body, and from time to time he shook the recliner vigorously, basking in the sun leisurely.

For him, money is like dirt, power is like clouds, and there are really few things that can cause big fluctuations in his emotions. If he could not still stand up and love beautiful women, he could really be regarded as a living saint.

It was winter again. The little maid sat on one side and read a book seriously. Sanniang was dozing off while listening to the book in a daze. Jinlian was making endless clothes and shoes. From time to time, she looked at the harmonious scene under the window and felt happy.

The senior official narrowed his eyes, stroked his child, and thought about the current situation.

His suggestion to Zhao Ji to destroy Xixia first and then the Northern Expedition became a good plan that Zhao Ji came up with himself. He discussed it with several ministers and decided to discuss it later. Because the current situation of Liao and Jin is unclear, the war against Xixia is protracted and there are many variables. But at the same time, he also ordered to increase troops to Xixia, and let Tong Guan, Zhong Shidao and others increase their efforts to destroy the country and its clan as the ultimate goal, and fight hard.

The original Song-Xia war lasted for nearly five years. In the end, Xixia was defeated and begged for peace and surrendered. Then the Song Dynasty turned its spearhead and followed the Jin Kingdom to fight the Liao Kingdom, letting the Liao Kingdom beat it up. After destroying the Liao Kingdom, Tong Guan had millions of strings of cash to buy the empty city and become the king.

Now because of him, one is that there are many soldiers, and the other is that Zhao Ji has different thoughts, and it is unknown whether he can change the situation. It takes a long time and there are many variables. What will be the final result depends on how to fight.

However, Dong Ping, who was transferred to the West Army under the command of the Zhong family, did become famous because of the war. When he went there, he was only in charge of 500 soldiers. After this period of fighting, plus his courage to fight and charge, and the help of the senior official behind him, he directly became the commander of the army with 2,500 soldiers, and his power increased greatly. He also wrote a letter to flatter the senior official, and his resentment was seen between the lines. After all, getting rid of him and promoting Wu Song to a higher position is understandable.

And Wu Song, a direct descendant, is naturally more obedient than Dong Ping. Although they are both military commanders, Wu Song leads three armies and 7,500 combat soldiers, which is one-third of the East and West Road Imperial Guards stationed in Beijing. At this point, he can't be promoted anymore. The whole Song Dynasty knows that Wu Song is Wang Yan's top card, and it would be too much to be promoted any higher.

As for the protagonist of this world, Hu Baoyi, the timely rain Song Jiang, the filial and righteous black man, successfully wrote the anti-poem "My heart is in Shandong, my body is in Wu, I drift on the rivers and seas and sigh in vain." If he could fulfill his lofty ambitions, he would laugh at Huang Chao for being a coward. After being rescued by Liangshan’s troops thousands of miles away, he wrote himself on Liangshan.

Now he has become the second in command of Liangshan, raising the banner of "doing justice for the heavens" and recruiting so-called heroes to conspire for great things.

As expected, the official finally had his first encounter with Song Jiang...

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