In the fourth update, please give me a monthly vote - the two eunuchs Zhang Han finally returned to the capital, reported the matter in its entirety, and then handed the question from Ge Shaohua and Wang Ju that was sorted out by Wang Ju to Zhao Shu.

Zhao Shu immediately called the ministers of the two governments.

Dongfu, Han Qi, Zeng Gongliang, Ouyang Xiu, Zhao Guai, Xifu, Wen Yanbo, Hu Su, Chen Xu, and Lu Gongbi.

No matter how good or wrong these people have in their lives, they only look at their military abilities.

First of all, Han Qi, there is a Han in the army. Xixia heard it and felt cold, but Wang Ju kept wondering where this sentence came from. Xixia heard it and would definitely not be cold, or is it said that the heroes of the Song Dynasty in the Shuichuan are the heart of the Western Xia?

Zeng Gongliang's most awesome thing was to govern Zhengzhou. The thieves did not dare to stay and fled to other places, which made the people of Zhengzhou stay closed at night. Once a passerby lost their property. He said that there would be no thief in the territory I governed, and he was afraid that they would hide it. After searching, it was true. But has he experienced any war? Yes, he wrote a book "The General Law of Wu Jing", but this book was not written by him alone, but a book edited by him, which was written by many people, and he organized it to the final polishing text. So does Zeng Gongliang understand military affairs?

Needless to say, Ouyang Xiu almost stunned Wang Ju.

Zhao Jiao is noble in virtue, but what is the relationship between virtue and military affairs?

Wen Yanbo also had a military career. Li Yuanhao invaded Fulin. He served as the deputy envoy of Hedong Transportation and sent food and grass to Fulin Road in time. But is that considered a battle? Later, he was in charge of Qinzhou, but did Qinzhou be fought in the Qingli War? There was also the ability to pacify Wang Ze. What is the ability to pacify a cult organization?

Hu Su is a great Confucian scholar, but he is only a great Confucian scholar. Not to mention military affairs, it is just that in officialdom.

Chen Xu knew about Dingzhou and Taiyuan Prefecture, but had he fought a war?

Lu Gongbi, who knew Yanzhou and Chengdu Prefecture, killed two disobedient veterans in Chengdu Prefecture, but have they ever fought?

Including Zhao Shu, they are all people who don’t understand military affairs or are jealous of them. But even if they understand, they have to be able to speak well. For example, when Di Qing sits here, can he keep his word?

Zhao Shuxian did not say whether the Xixia people would attack Qingzhou and whether Cai Ting could be used, but said: "The two envoys went down to investigate and investigate. What Sima Guang impeached Sun Mian is basically true."

"Your Majesty, the old minister is wrong." Ouyang Xiu said.

In fact, he cursed Sun Mian in his heart.

It's very simple. Wang Ju has fought like that. Why don't he send troops?

Even if the troops are sent to cause crazy revenge from Xixia, it is not your first step. At that time, just push the responsibility on Wang Ju. But if Xixia does not take revenge, wouldn’t it be a great victory?

I have been a minister for a lifetime, why didn’t I think of it? If I don’t dare to send troops, then don’t be greedy for merit. Now it’s OK.

Thinking lightly, everyone is hindsighted, and the key is in the game. Can you think of it?

Ouyang Xiu said again: "But Sun Mian was 70 years old and went abroad to the frontier without any contribution and had worked hard. Since he asked to retire, he would be allowed to retire."

Zhao Shu's forehead.

Since they have retired, there is no need to pursue the matter. Besides, I have also awarded the edicts and commendations to the world. Now that the truth is revealed again, the court has no face.

So he changed the topic: "Your Highness, the Qiang Chief of Hengshan is willing to join our court. Do you know?"

At that time, Wen Yanbo, Lu Gongbi, and Chen Xu were not in the capital, but several others knew about this. Han Qi replied: "It was because of this. After Cheng Kan submitted a letter, the late emperor did not agree to take it in because he was opposed by the slander minister."

"But I heard that someone leaked this news to the people of Xixia. The small king of Xixia immediately recruited Qingniang, which led to the Xixia crisis being calmly resolved by them."

"What happened?"

"I don't want to ask whether this matter has passed or not, but the following thing may not happen, but I don't want anyone to disclose it, otherwise I will definitely hold him responsible."

"Your Majesty, I will definitely keep my mouth shut."

"You can take a look." Zhao Shu handed the question and review written by Wang Ju to Han Qi first.

When asked the question that day, Wang Ju once said that only two people were competent for Qingzhou and used the power of one state to repel the possible invasion of the Xixia people. One was Han Qi, the other was Cai Ting. This was not to pull Han Qi into the water, but to recognize Han Qi's ability. However, when Han Qi saw this sentence, his face did not improve.

After Han Qi looked at it, he handed it to Wen Yanbo, Wen Yanbo handed it to Zeng Gongliang, and Zeng Gongliang handed it to Ouyang Xiu...

But no matter who saw it, his face was a little heavy.

It would be fine if Wang Ju’s words were exaggerated. If he was right, it might turn into a fierce battle like Qingli.

I won’t talk about anything else, just say one thing. Once a fight starts like Qingli, there is no need to increase the troops by 200,000. As long as the troops are increased by 100,000, the troops will be increased by more food.

A soldier plans to eat more than fifty dou of grain a year, but actually wants the soldiers to eat full. A soldier is not fifty dou, but seventy dou of grain a year! A bucket of grain is transported from the rear to the northwest, and even millet is turned into five hundred cents. If the increase in troops is 100,000, the amount of grain alone will increase the expenditure of more than 20 million yuan a year.

It's just a part of the expenses.

People want to eat, horses also want to eat. Tents, soldiers' clothes for winter, armor and weapons, vegetables, meat and fish, and other supplies, and waste, the expenses will not be calculated.

Not to mention the various losses, rewards and pensions caused by soldiers during combat.

In fact, don’t fight anymore. As long as the stalemate lasts for a year, with the current financial foundation of the Song Dynasty, the entire Song Dynasty’s economy will completely collapse.

It may be that it will not be so serious in the future.

But Han Qi and the others are also in the game, referring not to the successive victory or defeat in the Song Dynasty, but to only refer to the wars and results during the Qingli period.

At this time, Ouyang Xiu didn't talk about his three strategies, both upper, middle and lower.

Zhao Shu asked, "You guys, do you think Xixia will invade Qingzhou after the autumn?"

However, no one spoke.

Maybe everyone has a different idea, but how can we say it? If you say no, what if you invade? If you say no, what if you invade? If you don’t invade, the whole country will mobilize all its forces. Can you afford this consequence?

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"Magistrate Wang, why are these Buddhist scriptures so cheap?" Zhu Qing asked.

The Buddhist scriptures in Hangzhou were printed and shipped to Qingzhou, but Wang Ju set the price very low. This made Zhu Qing very puzzled. Although bamboo paper appeared, the cost of books was reduced, but there were considerable shipping fees from Hangzhou to Qingzhou. Fortunately, this is Buddhist scripture, and there are few business taxes along the way, otherwise the cost would be further increased. However, the price ordered by Wang Ju is basically unprofitable.

"Manager Zhu, you don't understand this. My number one enemy at the moment is Xixia. Xixia believes in Buddhism, but the Buddhist teachings are not yet grand enough."

"I understand. Buddhism is flourishing, and it teaches the people to be good. If more people in Xixia believe in Buddhism, there would not have been any people invaded the Song Dynasty."

"That may not be." Wang Ju's eyes flew to the east when he said this. The east was a sea. There were several islands on the other side. The people on the island believed in Buddhism, but the people on the island were the cruelest nation in the world.

"Don't say that people will be good if they believe in Buddhism, even if they really do good, there may not be many great scholars. The intention is not here. Zhu, the manager, how many great scholars have farmed?"

“Yes, very few.”

"That is, the reason why these monks survived was because of the incense money of the people and the tax-free arable land of the state, and then used to collect rent. The more monks, the heavier the burden of the country. In fact, Buddhism has gradually become a ill in our dynasty, and there is such a poor country on the other side of the mountain."

"This makes sense."

"Also, Zhang Yuan and Wu Hao advised Li Yuanhao to establish a country, but in fact, whether to establish a country or not, the other side of the mountain would have been magnificent. However, with the name of the country, the tribes would have cohesion, and Li Yuanhao created the Dangxiang text. Fortunately, Chinese characters are still the mainstream of Xixia. Once that Dangxiang text becomes mainstream, it is equivalent to having a soul. Once there is cohesion and the soul of the nation, it is really difficult to deal with. So I deliberately ordered these Buddhist scriptures to be very low, and many people could afford it. But it is Chinese characters. In order to understand Buddhist scriptures, more people will learn Chinese characters, rather than Xixia text, which will suppress the Xixia text in disguise. If the profit is not big, then you have to make money. If the profit is big enough, it would be fine if the money is not made."

"That's right."

"It's not just that. These low-priced Buddhist scriptures will further promote Buddhism there. The more people believe in Buddhism, the greater the influence of Buddhism. These monks will build more temples and occupy more fertile land. This further drags down the power of Xixia."

"This Buddha..."

"Buddha is good, and the knife is also good. The key is the person who holds the knife."

Zhu Qing was dumbfounded.

"Fai'er, second sister, third brother, you will also go back to Yanzhou with Manager Zhu."

The three of them followed Zhu Qing back to Yanzhou.

Ge Shaohua said: "Zi'an, calculate the time, the two envoys will return to the capital."

"It's almost done."

"I think the prime ministers in the court must have a headache."

"Hahaha," Wang Da laughed.

"But if Mr. Cai doesn't come, wouldn't our court be very dangerous?"

"It's wrong. Even if Mr. Cai doesn't come, our dynasty will not be in danger. At this time, and at that time, although this clumsy fortress tactic is constantly absorbing the wealth of the people of the Song Dynasty, and constantly weakening the financial resources of the Song Dynasty, making the Song Dynasty further impoverished and weakened. But they are not useless. For example, during the Battle of Chanyuan, if Wang Chao had not suppressed more than 100,000 elite troops in Dingzhou, but went south to encircle, Xiao Yanyan would probably not even want to go back. The situation in the northwest is still the same. If Li Liangzuo led a 100,000 army to blindly attack Qingzhou City, but was blocked under the Qingzhou City, the forts and forts on the front line dispatched another army to block his retreat, and the 100,000 army in Xixia would be in danger."

"So he must attack Dashun City first."

"Yes, you can advance or retreat after taking Dashun City. If our dynasty sends a large army, he can just send troops to defend Dashun City. However, once our dynasty retreats, he controls the two major gates of Qingzhou and can launch an attack. If our dynasty does not send a large army, he controls the two major gates and is not afraid of the rear route being cut off, and can calmly attack Qingzhou. After taking Qingzhou, he will put all the four borders and point his sword to Chang'an."

"What a great move."

"Brother Zishen, you are wrong, it's a chess move. Look at Li Yuanhao's four battles, Fulin Road failed, and it is also the only place Li Yuanhao wants to occupy. Why are most people from Dangxiang? Hedong is across the Yellow River. Fulin Road is rich in water and grass, and it is hanging overseas compared to our dynasty. However, the place he most wants to take was severely damaged. Then what about the remaining three routes? Sanchuankou defeated Liu Ping and attacked Yanzhou and retreated due to heavy snow. But he himself was not strong in Yanzhou. The real purpose of that battle was Li Shibin and Jin Ming thirty. Six villages. Good Shuichuan. If Han Gong wants to fight, then accompany Han Gong to fight. Dingchuan Village, Zhang Yuan advised Li Yuanhao to attack Chang'an, but Li Yuanhao did not fully adopt it, and the attack on Chang'an was even less strong. His real intention was Ge Huaimin's main army. In this way, Brother Zishen probably understood. With the land occupation as the supplement, the annihilation of our dynasty's Yousheng army. In fact, Li Yuanhao did not occupy much land in our dynasty, but his goal was achieved. Our dynasty had to admit that he established his country, and our dynasty had to give him more than 200,000 yuan a year!"

"I still don't understand."

"Xixia is a place of four battles, but its national strength is weak. If we really take down our dynasty Yanzhou and Qingzhou, our dynasty will definitely fight him to the death. In the end, even if our dynasty is defeated in a hundred battles and Li Yuanhao will win every battle, but by consumption, the Xixia country can be destroyed."

"Yes, I heard that Xixia seemed to be miserable in the end..."

"It's not just a miserable thing. After Li Yuanhao from Dingchuan Village won a great victory, the people were digging mice everywhere and gnawing the bark to satisfy their hunger. What I'm talking about is one. Secondly, compared with Qingli, there are more troops stationed, and the court has successively established many local troops in Shaanxi. What is brave and brave cannot be taken seriously. Poche and Fanluo have certain combat effectiveness. Li Liangzuo did not move his troops, and he would have to attack Dashun City for many days. When he captured Dashun City, he would not need to send reinforcements from the court, and the surrounding troops gathered at the city of Qingzhou. He mobilized a large army, at most it would be a Dashun City, which would cause headaches in the future, but would not shake the foundation of the entire Song Dynasty."

"Can Mr. Han and others see it?"

Wang Ju didn't answer, but he sneered. However, it cannot be blamed entirely on Han Qi. Everyone is watching the Qingli War, including Li Liangzuo. If he could only win one Dashun City, he might not have sent a 100,000 army. Although in Qingzhou, the favorable situation of Xixia will be achieved in the Qingzhou period, which will lead to many bad consequences. For example, the Song Dynasty once again interrupted the trade and the Year gifts, and the two countries kept fighting and fighting for consumption. Does Li Liangzuo want the result?

The reason why Li Liangzuo sent troops to Dashun City was still the same as Han Qi and the others, referring to the Qingli War and then coveting the entire Qingzhou.

Including Zhang Feng, he was also worried.

The reason why Wang Ju can see further is that he can not only look forward, but also look back...

How many other people can look back and go back without that big finger? That one is not the God of War?

This is the general trend of the two countries, but if Cai Ting doesn't come, Wang Juhui will be very unfavorable. This is also the judgment that Zhang Yu thought. If the new magistrate is incompetent and Wang Ju guesses, Dashun City will not be able to save it.

Xixia is another nation that holds grudges. If you take over Dashun City, you will have no worries. Li Liangzuo will definitely send a large army to Yixue the hatred of last year. The Song Dynasty will not perish, and even Qingzhou will not be lost. However, Wang Ju will be very sad.

Wang Ju's first judgment has arrived... (To be continued...)
Chapter completed!