Wang Ju sent someone to deliver the letter to Yanzhou, and quickly arrived at Liyuan Fort on his horse and had the last discussion with Yao Yi.

He returned to Huachi Town, and the eunuch sent by Zhao Xu to bring the letter also arrived.

"I've seen Eunuch Ro," Wang Ju sang.

"The magistrate of Wang, there is no need to be too polite," said Eunuch Luo. This was the best in the early Northern Song Dynasty. Although the generals had no power, no matter how relatives, royal families, or eunuchs, they had almost no right to speak. Of course, small officials still dare not be presumptuous, but that also depends on people. At least eunuch Luo did not dare to be lazy Wang Ju.

After a little remark on each other, the eunuch named Luo handed the letter to Wang Ju.

Wang Juran burst into laughter. This was really a temporary cram. Only when the fight started, everyone was anxious and found a way. I am afraid that after the fight, everyone forgot it.

However, he was calm and looked at the eunuch named Luo and said, "Eunuch Luo, please bring me a word to Your Highness. Although it was your Majesty's intention and asked him to write to his ministers, he is now the King of Ying, so it is best not to ask about government affairs or interact with ministers outside."

This is not a joke. It's not long before, only a few months have passed. Although Han Qi, Ouyang Xiu, forced Zhao Shu to make Zhao Xu the crown prince, and later forced Zhao Shu to admit that it was a huge joke to be admitted that it was a huge joke. But the power of the two of them should not be underestimated. If they opposed Zhao Xu, the throne of Zhao Xu would be a bit dangerous.

Wang Ju said again: "In this way, it is better for me to write a memorial to Your Majesty and Your Highness to explain the importance of this matter."

After saying that, he began to write with a pen.

In fact, the first question is clear. Xixia is poor, just like a poor family. If you have a ten-min-money income, you will immediately starve to death. If you sell your children and daughters, you have to become a robber in order to survive. Therefore, if you support ten-min-money, you may be quiet and be a good citizen.

However, the problem is that it depends on the head.

If it was Song Jiang, he would be recruited for an official position, but what if it was Nong Zhigao?

It’s okay if the Liao Kingdom is not bad. Although they have made a comeback, for example, during the Song and Xia War, it changed from 300,000 to 500,000. During the Song Dynasty's conquest of Xihe River, it extorted a small number of idle fields in Hedong, and the border also continued to be slightly damaged. However, in general, it was not too much. Moreover, the prices in the Liao Kingdom would also rise. The current 500,000 is not as good as the 300,000 at the time.

But did Xixia buy An?

Let’s talk about the value first. There are more in the Liao Kingdom, and there are 200,000 silver and 300,000 silk. The price of silver in the Song Dynasty is getting higher and higher, so it seems to be 500,000, but in fact it is 800,000 guan. However, there is one thing, the freight there is less. It can even be transported to the border by a large ship. The freight here in Xixia is higher.

Secondly, how many people does the Liao Kingdom have? How many people does Xixia have?

The Liao Kingdom received this 500,000, but the help was not very great. Xixia received this 250,000. That could save lives.

It’s better to use the people to compare them. What should I do if I don’t change after repeated teachings? I have to use the law.

Originally, Xixia had no power to invade, because she got the 250,000 yuan, and she immediately survived the difficult days and had the money to cure the armor and consolidate the army. Therefore, Li Liangzuo received the annual gift for only two or three years. The situation in Xixia improved immediately, and this was his trump card to invade.

So the wisest way is to make Xixia unable to breathe.

Then let’s talk about the second question, that affordable salt.

Yes. If you promote this salt, it is very likely that the people will not get the salt, but will fall into the pockets of officials and businessmen without any effect, and the country will reduce a lot of income. But in fact, it is not. Everyone has ignored an important issue, that is, travel expenses.

Wang Ju used Qingzhou as an example. The cost of removing salt is five cents per pound, but in fact, it may not be enough. The cost of transporting to Qingzhou is not five cents, but twenty cents. The remaining fifteen cents are wasted travel expenses. Then it was sold in Qingzhou.

But some people want to ship the salt to Ningzhou for sale again, and the cost becomes twenty-five cents, because another five-cent shipping fee is incurred. But the salt merchant buys salt for twenty cents, and the cost to go to Ningzhou is thirty cents. Why? Because the travel fee is less than five cents. Therefore, some of the salt will flow back to Ningzhou, which will not be serious.

But when you only go to Ningzhou, you will no longer be circulated inland because the travel expenses have increased again. Even if you have an impact in Ningzhou, it is also the hardest hit area for Qingyan.

Then compare it with green salt. Generally, the salt chamber will give Xixia people a transaction price of more than 20 yuan, but there are also freight fees and bribery fees for bribing officials and soldiers. Therefore, the cost price for reaching Qingzhou will be close to 30 yuan. Look at the original salt removal price, the price for 20 yuan and freight for fifteen yuan. The cost of reaching Qingzhou is 35 yuan. Originally, the taste is not as good as green salt, and the cost is high. How can the salt removal be sold at the border?

Wang Ju made an estimate that 90% of the salt consumed by the people on the borders of Qingzhou and other countries would be green salt, and the salt removal was almost impossible to see at all. Including the salt he bought himself in Huachi County, it was also green salt, which he wanted to buy salt removal, where would he buy it?

Besides, the choice of the people, the dignitaries and nobles will pay attention to one taste, so there are green salt in the capital, and there are also so-called jade salt. However, the people are not full of food, so how can they care about the taste or not? Maybe the green salt tastes good, but there is another one, which is private salt and cannot be shamed. In order to sell, private businesses can only press green salt to a price similar to salt removal, and the cost is to twenty cents. The price of green salt on the other side of the mountain is only more than ten cents.

For more than ten articles, what else can be earned in Xixia green salt? Do not really need to mine the cost or freight? Even if the amount of private salt in Xixia does not decrease, it will reduce the money they earn by one stone of green salt by more than once.

It is unknown how much green salt was circulated to the Song Dynasty in Xixia in a year, but Wang Ju estimated that it would be at least 200,000 shi, and the majority would be 400,000 shi. The country provided 200,000 shi, 300,000 shi, salt hedging, but it reduced less than 400,000 shi, but it was enough to reduce the other party so much income and benefit the people.

More than 300,000 ounces were also a considerable income for the Song Dynasty, but for the other party, it was a fatal income.

Let’s talk about the 250,000 yuan gift of the Song Dynasty, which was 250,000 yuan in the Ming Dynasty. In addition, the freight was actually nearly 500,000 yuan, but this was just the cost of reaching the border. The other party’s cloth price and tea price were higher, and it could actually be equivalent to 700,000 yuan in actual shipment to Xixia. Another salt hedge will be hedged, and more than one million yuan will be gone. The Western Xia economy will collapse. The country will not be a country, and the people will not be a people.

Moreover, the court does not have to worry about the loss of salt removal in the middle of the process. The Shaanxi Transportation Envoy is personally responsible for this matter, and then the four magistrates on the front line will be accepted. As long as the salt removal is guaranteed to be transported to the front line states and then distributed to the common businessmen, there is no need to worry about the loss. Let’s just flow, such as Qingzhou, at most, it will be lost to Ningzhou, which is also a severely affected area of ​​Qingyan. It will not continue to lose to the rear. Unless the Shaanxi Transport Envoy and the four magistrates on the front line join forces to participate in the greed of me, is that possible?

"Miao Ce. But what if Xixia is angry and embarrassed?" Eunuch Huang asked when he saw this. This is also what Zhao Shu was worried about.

"It's okay." Wang Ju continued to write.

Once the court implemented this policy, what would Xixia react? First, it was crazy revenge, trying to oppress the Song Dynasty with force. Second, it was like Jiayou's late years, and it was a good grandson and sent envoys to ask Emperor Renzong for opening the market and begging for the New Year.

The second one doesn’t have to worry about it, it’s something everyone wants.

The first thing I worry about is the one.

It’s still the original problem. Spend money to buy An. If you can buy An, just buy An. But now you can’t buy An. Instead, you will strengthen the other party’s strength. Why buy An?

Furthermore, if the impact of this battle is won, Xixia will also suffer heavy losses.

The eunuch surnamed Huang was already seeing the corpse floating in the water of Huachi when he came. Wang Ju did not send anyone to salvage it this time. He asked them to continue to flow downstream, just to let everyone see that I have killed so many Xixia people at the soldiers.

However, if you win, Xixia can take a breath, but it will not be able to recover in a year. Just like Li Yuanhao won the three battles with the Song Dynasty. But as a result, Xixia was demoted by his poor soldiers. The people ate tree bark everywhere and dig rats to satisfy their hunger. It was even worse than during the reign of Emperor Wu of Han.

If they were defeated, Xixia would not be able to recover this vitality for less than three years. If the court dared to interrupt the trade, if the year-on-year gift, then he would use salt to hedge against Qingyan, Xixia would not be able to breathe within five years, and would not even be able to breathe forever. If they were more powerful and deposed, the court would grit their teeth and fight again, and survive, but Xixia would go into the sea.

Don’t forget that the Xixia is more unstable than the Song Dynasty. The alliance of various ethnic groups, as well as the Han people, Tubo people, and Uighur people, may collapse. At that time, the court can send troops to Helan Mountain in one fell swoop and solve this disaster once and for all.

"Not bad, not bad." said the eunuch surnamed Huang.

In fact, this is a fool.

What I mentioned earlier is the fact. Anyway, I can’t buy An and will continue to fight. So why do I need to buy An and give the other party the capital to strengthen its strength?

However, when it was about to collapse, the Liao Kingdom was about to reach out, just like Xiaoxiaoliang in history. When the Liao Kingdom saw that the situation in Xixia was not good, it immediately sent an envoy to poison the Liang family and asked Li Bingchang to send someone to beg for peace. They persuaded them in the middle. The Song Dynasty had no choice but to agree to beg for peace in Xixia. Otherwise, Xixia would be in danger of destroying the country that time.

After Zhang Qi, a ruthless man, killed 300,000 soldiers, how many young people could be in Xixia?

But there is no need to say this, it just so happens to give most appeasers in the court the best excuse.

Wang Ju copied another copy and put down his pen.

The eunuch surnamed Huang asked: "Minister Wang, can you be sure to defeat them in this battle?"

"The three major elements of combat are the right time, the right place, and the harmonious people. Why do I and Zhang Zhifu repeatedly talk about shallow attacks and oppose deep attacks? It is precisely because of these three elements. It is very important."

"We don't understand this."

"You can read if you don't understand. Since Eunuch Huang has come to Huachi, you can take a look."

“Look at it?”

"Xixia has sent 20,000 troops and horses to approach Liyuan Fort."

"Twenty thousand troops? How many troops are there in Huachi?"

"More than five thousand people."

The eunuch surnamed Huang looked melancholy, and his troops were four times less. It was not until the end. The enemy could gather together to attack a certain place, and Huachi County had to divide its troops from all over the place, and the troops could be drawn out even less.

Wang Ju patted his shoulder and said, "Eunuch Huang, don't worry, this is the power of Huachi on the surface. In fact, Huachi has a lot of troops, which will be ten thousand, twenty thousand, and one hundred thousand."

"Our family doesn't understand where the remaining troops came from?"

"It will be ten thousand, that is the strong men and horses of each village, that will be twenty thousand, that will be countless sad and angry people, that will be fifty thousand,000, that is the mountains, rivers, mountains, forests, plants and trees here." (To be continued)
Chapter completed!