Tokyo, Kaifeng Prefecture.

On October 17, Kaifeng Prefecture also ushered in the first snow of this winter. The thin snow in the city indicates that next year may be a good year. This gave the monarch and ministers who were suffering from the food shortages that occurred after the war in the Song and Liao dynasties.

Although Wu Haogu made a guarantee, he could transport 2 million stones of flour to Kaifeng Prefecture this winter and next spring. However, the deterioration of Hebei West Road and the large number of refugees entering Kaifeng Prefecture once again increased the gap in grain supply. Now Henan's urban agglomerations not only cannot obtain Hebei's grain supply, but also have to take out a lot of extra grain to provide refugees and military supplies on Hebei West Road. The rice and grain required far exceeds the amount that Wu Haogu could grab from Liaodong.

So starting from October, the grain prices in Kaifeng Prefecture have risen every day! It has risen from two 300 to four hundred yuan per stone flour in September to nearly five ounces! It has more than doubled in more than a month! Of course, there are reasons for grain merchants hoarding goods and wealthy families hoarding grain in preparation for emergencies (siege). But no one can ignore the role played by the real supply and demand relationship.

If you climb up to any city gate in the outer city of Kaifeng Prefecture and look out, you will know that a large area of ​​refugees' shacks are almost boundless, probably hundreds of thousands or millions!

This is just a refugee who ran to Kaifeng Prefecture and was not allowed to enter the city. Zhengzhou, Henan Prefecture, Huazhou and Kaide Prefecture have reported these days that they have accepted a large number of refugees from Hebei and requested the court to allocate money and grain for assistance.

Ji Yi, the Hebei Road Transfer Service, which is in Daming Prefecture, not only was unable to stop Hebei refugees from moving south, but he also kept asking for military expenses, and he was very stance that he would never give up until he spent all his money!

In addition to spending money on the battlefield in Hebei, and the refugees who fled to Henan needed countless money and grain relief from the court, the official Zhao Ji allocated a large amount of money for the expansion and construction of Xiangyang Prefecture. He spent countless money on the purpose of sealing Mount Tai and renovating Yanfu Palace. In this way, in the few months of the war with the Liao Kingdom, the originally abundant treasury suddenly became empty. Gold, silver and wealth were spent like flowing water, but the investment was reduced by a lot because of the war in Hebei.

When Cai Jing, who was standing in Chongzheng Hall, sighed when he thought of the money and food he spent like flowing water. He originally thought that he could be a prime minister of peace and did not have to worry about the war that would never be won or the money that would never be enough to spend. As long as he served the official family well, everything would be fine.

But no one expected that Wu Haogu, who was the man who had been alone, tied the Song Dynasty to the chariot to fight against the Khitan for his own selfishness! Ji Yi, the Hebei Transport Author, who was clearly the same party as his family, also made accomplice for the tiger, and together with Wu Haogu, proposed "100 million military expenditure to fight against the Liao Dynasty". What's even more hateful is that tens of millions have been allocated, but the Liao soldiers played triumphant songs all the way and fought to Liyang.

If the Yellow River hadn't frozen yet, I'd probably have arrived in Kaifeng Prefecture City!

The Liao army may have added another piece of the two things that happened to Kaifeng Prefecture and Zhao Ji, which was the case with huge sums of money to build Xiangyang Prefecture, which had another unexpected consequence. That is, the housing prices in Kaifeng Prefecture actually fell!

House prices in Kaifeng Mansion will actually fall! How can houses in Kaifeng Mansion fall?

This not only overturned Cai Jing's basic understanding of the eternal increase in real estate in Kaifeng Prefecture, but also completely ruined the plan of selling Kaifeng Prefecture's official property and land to cash out and enrich military expenditure. Because now, the real estate in Kaifeng Prefecture is not only falling, but there are basically no buying orders. Seeing that the Liao army is about to fall to the city, who is still buying a house in Kaifeng Prefecture? If you have money, you can invest in Haizhou or Xiangyang Prefecture.

On the one hand, military expenditures are rising steadily, while land finance is increasingly exhausted. Even the windfall from the Maritime Bureau, the Wudao Inspection Department, which is under the Hailu Maritime Bureau, has reduced by more than half because the military expenditure is needed for Liaodong.

Cai Jing, who originally thought he could spend money big, now suddenly realized that he was a clever woman who wanted to cook without rice.

Cai Jing was helpless for a moment and could only hope that the war with the Great Liao Kingdom would end soon, and he would never become a bottomless pit that would never be filled. Otherwise, the hard days before the Xining reform would appear again.

However, the suggestion of selling the country and seeking peace would not be revealed from Cai Jing anyway. Because he knew the thoughts of his colleagues standing in Chongzheng Hall. Although everyone wanted to ask for peace, no one would take the blame.

Of course, they will not jump out to stop it, they will only try every means to avoid it, just watch others take the blame. Then they will jump out to impeachment after the war!

Oh, it is not only the one who sells the country and seeks honor, but also the one who is abducted by Wu Haogu, Ji Yi, who is the one who is responsible for the war and the country, and the generals of Hebei who have been in trouble for a long time, have to impeach them together.

In short, no one of you who are involved in this battle will run away, and everyone must recite a bullet stamp.

However, Cai Jing is also a figure in the world, and he also knows that the emperor is seeking peace from Yelu Yanxi through Gao Qiu. He has also achieved success!

Thank God, someone finally took the blame for the stolen country.

But what should I do when the emperor proposes this plan to treason later? It is definitely not possible to stop it... If you support it, will it become a public enemy of Shilin?

You must think about this matter carefully!

Zhao Ji's eyes also swept over the faces of the general prime ministers in the hall at this time, and found that everyone was frowning and thinking hard, and there was a little comfort in his heart.

In this way, civil officials are still worried about the country and the people!

"Your Highness," Zhao Ji finally spoke, "Gao Qiu reported yesterday that the Liao army was powerful and it was difficult to win the field. The weather was suddenly cold and the Yellow River was about to freeze. In order to prevent millions of people living in Henan from war, he had contacted the Khitans in the past few days and finally came up with a draft peace treaty to eliminate the disaster of war. He did not mortify the land, but only paid some gold, silver and silk."

He paused, "The annual quota is increased to 1 million yuan, and there is also a 5 million yuan at one time. It is indeed a little more..."

His eyes wandered in the hall, as if he wanted to see who would stand up and say what he would say? If someone openly sang a rebellion or even had a "refutation incident", what should he do? The weather is getting colder and colder, and the Yellow River will soon freeze!

I don’t know how long it took, Su Chi, the Minister of Taifu Temple, was the first to come out to report: “Does Your Majesty want to imitate Emperor Taizong of Tang’s Weishui Alliance?”

The Weishui Alliance was a temporary measure taken by Emperor Taizong of Tang Dynasty, Li Shimin, when he was just ascending to the throne, facing the army of Jie Li Khan who suddenly advanced to the vicinity of Chang'an City. A few years later, Jie Li Khan's Eastern Turks were taken by Li Shimin.

When Cai Jing heard Su Chi's words, he had to praise him in his heart: This son of the Su family is indeed smart!

Zhao Ji laughed when he heard this. He was still worried about how to go down the stairs, but he didn't expect that such a big problem would be solved by Su Chi's words. Needless to say, after Zhang Shangying retired, he had a free seat for him.

Zhao Ji said: "Yes, yes, that's what I mean."

With the steps, then go down quickly!

Cai Jing sighed and said, "Your Majesty is wise! The current situation is exactly the same as when Emperor Taizong of Tang entered the Wei River Alliance. Your Majesty will take a step back today, and there will be a day to restore Yanjing in the future."

As soon as Cai Jing led the leaders, the ministers in the hall did not hesitate and all agreed in unison.

Zhao Ji said: "Since all the ministers mean this, then I will issue an edict to allow Gao Qiu to negotiate peace with Yelu Yanxi. If Yelu Yanxi is willing to withdraw his troops immediately, he can first withdraw five million from the Daming treasury to the Liao people. The specific alliance can be discussed after the Liao people return to their original territory."

"Your Majesty," Zheng Juzhong, the official in charge of the Privy Council, suddenly reported, "What should I do if the siege of Xijin Prefecture? What should I do if the Hejian Camp?"

"Of course we have retreated!" Zhao Ji said, "According to Gao Qiu and Yelu Yanxi's proposal, we should retreat to our own territory and restore our pre-war situation." He thought for a while, "and also issued an edict to Wu Haogu, asking him to stop besieging the city of Xijin, and the troops outside Xijin, retreat to the Hejian camp first, and wait for the Liao troops to return north before retreating to the south of the Jiehe River!"

"Where is the position of the position of the politician of Yanshan Road in Wu Haogu? Will you be relieved immediately?" Zheng Juzhong asked again.

"It should be exempted from it! Even the Yanshan Road Strategy and Pacification Envoy will be removed together." Zhao Ji said, "Tianjin Prefecture was also renamed Jiezhou. The land north of the Jiehe River under its jurisdiction will also be abandoned after the Liao people retreated.

In addition, the headquarters of the Coastal Maritime Control Department should immediately retreat from Chenzhou, Liao Kingdom!”

"Your Majesty, will Wu Haogu still be appointed as the official in charge of the affairs of the Jiezhou?" Zheng Juzhong asked again.

Zhao Ji frowned slightly and ordered Wu Haogu to withdraw his troops from the city of Xijinfu and give up all the land north of the Jiehe River. This incident had a great blow to Wu Haogu. It was not just that all previous efforts were wasted. According to Wang Fu's memorial, the land north of the Jiehe River, which originally belonged to Wuqing County, Liao Kingdom, had been allocated to the powerful Yan land who had joined Wu Haogu and the useful knights who followed Wu Haogu.

In addition, Wu Haogu also promised the soldiers under his jurisdiction that they would allocate the land outside Yanjing City to them, and at least 100 acres of land could be obtained.

Now that all these are gone, Wu Haogu will inevitably suffer great energy. If he is deprived of his power in Jiezhou and Jiehe Market, it is hard to say whether he will take risks. Although the whole world will not support him, his army seems to be quite capable, and it is a troublesome to make a fuss.

So I still have to comfort me and slowly find a way to summon me to the capital...

Zhao Ji said: "Wu Hao has been responsible for the affairs of the magistrates of the world." Then he added, "It is not the time to release military power with a glass of wine."

The Song Dynasty official could not be more ruthless than his son Zhao Gou. What he thought about now was to release military power with the disposal of Wu Haogu.

A wealthy person always has to give him what he has to do. Not only can Wu Haogu enjoy the benefits of releasing military power with a glass of wine, but even Gao Qiu, Zhang Yuan, and Han Xiaozhou can also be rich and last forever.

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