Outlaws of the Marsh

Chapter 327 Closing the Pile Library (Please Subscribe!)

...

Hearing Tong Guan asking for money, Zhao Ji's face immediately collapsed, and he thought: "Why do you want money again, I don't have the money to build the garden, how can I have this money!"

The emperor was in a dilemma, and someone would share his worries for him.

Who?
Cai You.

Because he successfully persuaded Li Yan to accept the recruitment, Zhao Ji was overjoyed. With Cai You as the third division of the house, Cai You was even more favored than before. Cai You could even have an audience with Zhao Ji at any time, and he could also rest in the palace with Wang Fu .

From time to time, Cai You also told Zhao Ji some nasty jokes he heard from outside the palace, which enriched Zhao Ji's boring spare time life, and often said to Zhao Ji: "The so-called master should take the four seas as his home and peace as his entertainment. Geometry, how can we labor in vain."

Hearing Cai You's words, Zhao Ji intensified his efforts, collecting strange stones and rare birds and animals all over the country to fill Shoushan Genyue.

It can be said that Cai You is definitely a good friend of Zhao Ji.

Since they are good friends, how can they not stand up and support Zhao Ji at this time?
Cai You jumped out and said: "Who doesn't know that this year the people in the west of Beijing are suffering from famine, and the east of Huaihe River is suffering from severe drought. Xixia is at war, and I don’t see that you can’t fight without money, so how can you desperately ask for money to suppress bandits for the government?”

Tong Guan really doesn't want to talk to Cai You, a guy who only knows how to eat, drink, have fun and flirt, but a person like Cai You can be regarded as dead if he is not salty, so even if he is as powerful as Tong Guan, he can only Shi patiently explained to Cai You: "The family members of the Western Xia Army are all in the west. If they don't fight hard with Xixia, if they are attacked by Xixia tigers and wolves, their family members will be killed or taken away by Xixia. Therefore, even if the army The sound is not enough, they also have to fight with Xixia..."

Of course, things are not as simple as Tong Guan said.

As a matter of fact, not all Western troops could not get the full amount of military support. Tong Guan’s direct troops could always get the full amount of military support. When it comes to the military salary, it is highly inclined to his direct line troops, and those non-Tongguan direct line troops, then I'm sorry, it's not that I, Tong Guan, don't send out military calls to you, but that the court didn't send enough military calls, and then In addition to some of the vacancies produced by Tong Guan, in short, Tong Guan's direct troops can still get the full amount of troops, and they can also maintain their peak combat power. This is why Tong Guan has played well in the west in recent years. the most important reason.

The bad thing is that this time Liu Fa's defeat caused Tong Guan's direct line troops to lose more than half, so that Tong Guan's control over the Western Army was greatly reduced.

Moreover, the Western Army knew best whether it was a victory or a defeat in that battle.

Moreover, the Western Army also knew clearly whether the big defeat was caused by Tong Guan or Liu Fa.

All in all, without enough troops, Tong Guan was really not sure to lead the Western Army to quell Tian Hu and Wang Qing.

Therefore, Tong Guanchong bowed to Zhao Ji and said: "I am willing and confident to exterminate the two thieves Tian Hu and Wang Qing for the government, but there is no sound of the army. I really can't explain to the brothers of the Western Army, and I am really afraid." The brothers in the Western Army do not understand the difficulties of the officials!"

As a courtier, Tong Guan could only talk to this extent, he couldn't say that the emperor was not short of hungry soldiers, could he?

Cai You opened his mouth and wanted to say a few more words for Zhao Ji!
But Cai You really couldn't find an excuse to speak up for Zhao Ji!

In the end, I can only close my opened mouth again!

Zhao Ji was silent for a while, then looked at Wang Fu.

Although Wang Fu is now appointed by Zhao Ji as Te Jin and Shao Zai (right prime minister), Zhao Ji, who used Wang Fu to manage the money bag, did not deprive Wang Fu of the responsibility of managing the money, so Wang Fu still helps Zhao Ji manage the money bag.

Seeing Zhao Ji's view, Wang Fu could only go out and say: "Reporting to the official family, in recent years, there have been severe droughts or floods in various places, and the tax revenue is less than [-]% of that in good years, and the disaster-stricken areas have to be rescued. The household department really has no money. , just like Mr. Cai said, now that the people in the west of Beijing are suffering from famine, and the east of Huaihe River is suffering from severe drought, the two places should have allocated money and food for disaster relief long ago, but because the Ministry of Households has no money, it has not been allocated until now. Disaster relief money and food."

Zhao Ji was very clear about what Wang Fu said, because the last time Wang Fu handed over the last 500 million yuan from the Ministry of Internal Affairs to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, he had already explained to Zhao Ji that the Ministry of Households had no money.

Zhao Ji is frowning!

Seeing Cai Jing suddenly, Zhao Ji asked, "Can the Grand Master have a solution?"

Cai Jing was silent for a while, and said: "The only thing to do is to activate the pile storage."

In the early Song Dynasty, the gold and silk hidden by the various separatist forces were confiscated and sent to the capital, and stored in another warehouse, called the sealed pile warehouse, and the annual savings were also deposited in this warehouse.

In the era of Zhao Kuangyin, "the Taizu did not set up a pile of seals, and he tasted the secret and said to his close ministers: "Shi Jin (Shi Jingtang of the later Jin Dynasty) cut off Youyan and bribed Khitan, so that the people of one side are restricted to the outside world. I am very sympathetic. If the savings are full of 50, we will send envoys to make an agreement with Khitan, and if they can be returned to our land and people, then we should use up the gold and silk as a redemption value. If it is not possible, I will disperse the stagnant money and recruit warriors, so as to attack the ears .'"

From Zhao Kuangyin's words, it is not difficult to see Zhao Kuangyin's obsession with Yanyun Sixteen States.

Not only Zhao Kuangyin, but also the emperors of the Northern Song Dynasty all made it their lifelong wish to recover the sixteen prefectures of Yanyun.

Some people may wonder why the emperor of the Northern Song Dynasty was so obsessed with the Sixteen States of Yanyun?
It is really because Yanyun Sixteen States are too important.

The sixteen prefectures of Yanyun are located in a condescending terrain, easy to defend but difficult to attack, and have great geostrategic value. If you get it, and deploy it well, you don't have to worry about the nomads in the north coming to the Northern Song Dynasty like visiting your own back garden.

(In the Ming Dynasty, the Great Wall was simply built here to stop the nomads in the north.)
Hearing Cai Jing say that the sealed pile bank was used, Zhao Ji shook his head like a rattle, and said: "No! The ancestors have taught that this sealed pile bank can only be used to take back the sixteen states of Yanyun. Although I am unbearable, I have never filled the seal The pile treasury, but the money in the sealed pile treasury cannot be used, if this is the case, what will I do to my ancestors in the future!"

Not wanting others to focus on the topic of sealing piles, Zhao Ji changed the subject directly and said, "Grand Master, you seem to have mentioned the Daming Mansion just now, what happened to the Daming Mansion?"

Cai Jing hesitated!

Now that Tian Hu and Wang Qing have turned against each other, if Li Yan leads an army to attack Da Song again, Da Song will be in danger!
Cai Jing is a traitorous official, greedy for his own use, in order to gain power and Zhao Ji's favor, he didn't even want the bottom line of Zaifu. "Da Sheng Le", formulating life treasures, etc., Cai Jing's culpability can be said to be too numerous to list.

However, Cai Jing, who was the prime minister of the current dynasty, actually still had a big picture in mind. The most important thing was that Cai Jing was too smart and knew very well that there would be no eggs left in the nest.

To be honest, if Cai Jing hadn't supported Tong Guan in recovering Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures, which caused Jingkang's shame, and he was the ruler at that time, he could not escape the blame, and he could not have become one of the six thieves.

You know, Cai Jing made contributions to the Northern Song Dynasty, and even to the entire Han people.

During Cai Jing’s reign, the implementation of the social assistance system was extremely strong, which was extremely rare in ancient history. The systems of nursing homes, Anjifang and Louzeyuan implemented by him were undoubtedly the peak of the development of the relief system in the Northern Song Dynasty. It is unprecedented, even above the Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties.

It was Cai Jing who scaled up and institutionalized social relief activities.

During the reign of Chongning, Cai Jing presided over the "Chongning Xingxue", which was the first of the three times in the Northern Song Dynasty.The main measures are: the establishment of local schools throughout the country; the establishment of a three-level academic system linked by county schools, state schools, and imperial schools; the establishment of new Biyong, the development of imperial schools; the restoration of the establishment of medicine, the establishment of specialized schools such as mathematics, calligraphy, and painting ; The imperial examination was discontinued, and the school was changed to select a scholar.It is a concentrated expression of the policy of "prospering culture and education" in the Northern Song Dynasty, and played a major role in the development of education in the Song Dynasty.

In short, Cai Jing is not fake, but he is not incompetent.

Therefore, even though he wished to crush Li Yan, Cai Jing still said: "Today, Zhang Shan, the head of the Daming Mansion, reported that the Erlong Mountain bandits Kou Chao Gai and Song Jiang attacked the Daming Mansion, and Zhongshu Liang Shijie died in battle..."

……

(End of this chapter)