Prime Minister

Chapter 541 Young Officials

Who are the De'an people mentioned by the officials?

That is Xia Song.

It's that Xia Song He Zengsheng, Han Qi is not surprising.

Xia Song and Han Qi also once guarded the west side together and presided over the war against Xixia.

Facing the official's inquiry, Wang Shao said directly: "Reporting to Your Majesty, the minister and Xia Wenzhuang are generally De'an people, and they passed by Xia Wenzhuang's Shinto stele before."

Wang Shao immediately took out the memorial and presented it.

The eunuch took it and offered it to the official family.

But the officials did not see it on the spot.

Just kidding, the emperor's time is very precious, and I can't read all the memorials submitted by the ministers above the two systems, let alone Wang Shao's policy.

Since the war between the Song Dynasty and Xixia, officials along the border and in the court, and even the strategy of flattening the border proposed by wild scholars, the paper is more than enough to fill a hall.

The officials put Wang Shao's memorial strategy aside, Zhang Yue read it with a heart, Wang Shao, give me some strength, if you play in front of the officials, it is not good for you, doesn't it mean that you have recommended a mediocre person to the emperor?

The official said: "Passing by Xia Wenzhuang's tomb... haven't you been on the west side? When will you return to your hometown?"

Wang Shaodao: "Reporting to Your Majesty, there is a tomb of Duke Xia Wenzhuang in De'an, but Duke Xia Wenzhuang was buried in Xuzhou."

The official nodded, and immediately opened Wang Shao's written Ping Rongce and said: "Talk to me..."

Wang Shao immediately said: "Your Majesty, I think that Xixia can be captured, and negotiating peace is not a long-term strategy."

"But if the country wants to pacify the western thieves, why not use prestige to subdue the two prefectures of Hehuang, and if you want to subdue the two prefectures of Hehuang, why not first appease the border tribes with kindness."

"To appease the tribes along the border, that's why we overwhelmed the Ku family. The Tubo people value blood ties, and the Ku family is the successor of Dezan. As long as we can subdue the K family, we will threaten Hexi. Your Majesty, I sincerely ask you to choose a wise and wise man." Scholars, those who know their feelings well, let them come and go..."

While Wang Shao was talking, the officials looked at the other party's policy text.

Looking at the official's face, Zhang Yue didn't relax, but his brows frowned slightly, and he thought to himself, it's bad, Wang Shao didn't commit a taboo.

But at this time, the officials had put down Wang Shao's policies and said, "I have read the ten policies written by Xia Wenzhuang, and Qing's ten policies are exactly the same as Xia Wenzhuang's essays, and they seem to have been stolen..."

Wang Shao couldn't help being stunned when he heard the words.

Seeing Wang Shao's expression, the officials lost patience, and directly threw Wang Shao's policy text to Zhang Yue.

Zhang Yue glared at Wang Shao on the spot and said in his heart, okay, you have hidden this Ping Rong Ten Strategies for me before, for fear that I will steal your credit by peeking at it, if I have seen it earlier, this will happen again ?

It really measures a gentleman with the heart of a villain!

However, Wang Shao had already dared not say a word because of the majesty of the emperor.You must know that when the leader reprimands his subordinates, he must not make excuses on the spot, otherwise what is reasonable will become unreasonable.

Zhang Yue picked up Wang Shao's ten strategies and began to read his mind. If Wang Shao failed, he would be implicated as well, to see if there was a remedy.

People in the Song Dynasty liked to make a cross when they went to Shushan.

For example, Xia Song's Ten Strategies for Pingbian Affairs, Zhang Fangping's Ten Things for Pingrong, and the famous Fan Dashouzhao Tiaochen Ten Things.

Such policies and theories involving national grand strategy often take a number of ten.

Zhang Yue read Wang Shaozhi's article at a glance and thought to himself, luckily I was there.

Zhang Yue calmed down and said: "Your Majesty, Xia Wenzhuang's policy theory, I have also read it. Among them, there are three policies of Herong. They are Tubo and Xixia. The Xixia people fought."

"Secondly, the leaders of the border tribes are given the title of Han officials to control them."

"Again, we will recruit Shufan as soldiers, supplemented by training."

Zhang Yuexin said, fortunately he has a reading system, but he can memorize all the articles he has read, otherwise, when Xia Song's original text is compared with Wang Shao's Ping Rong Ce, Wang Shao would have been completely cold.

Of course, the officials have also seen Xia Song's ten strategies for ordinary affairs, but the officials' views must be different from their own. It is just a general impression, but the details are definitely not as clear as Zhang Yue's memory.

But in all fairness, Wang Shao's Ten Strategies for Pingrong and Xia Song's Ten Strategies for Pingbian Affairs are indeed very close.

But speaking of the two people from De'an, the fellow has copied the fellow a bit too much. To be more precise, Wang Shao did borrow Xia Song's ideas.

The officials listened to Zhang Yue's words, and looked at Wang Shao's Ten Strategies for Ping Rong, which was indeed somewhat different from Xia Song's article, but they couldn't tell what the difference was.

Wang Shao didn't dare to speak at this time, so Zhang Yue could only say: "Your Majesty, those who discuss art are only at the bottom, only those who discuss Tao can grasp the vital points."

The meaning of Zhang Yue's words is the core idea.

Why does Zhang Yue think that Zhang Fangping is not as good as Wang Anshi.Because Zhang Fangping has a way, but he has no way.

However, Wang Anshi’s reforms, several of his measures finally point to the same content, no matter what the results of the measures are, but your core logic makes sense and is consistent.

Therefore, when the king listens to his courtiers, don't look at the method. No matter what the conspiracy is, what everyone thinks is not much different. The most important thing is to summarize the core logic that each method finally refined.

Wang Shao was startled when he heard the words, and Zhang Yue woke him up with a single word.

He prided himself on his eloquence of thousands of words, and the officials would use him to great advantage in no time.

Without Zhang Yue's words, his official career would have almost ended on the spot.

Sure enough, no one in the court should be an official!

Jing Zhangyue reminded Wang Shao to sort out his thoughts and said: "His Majesty, Xia Wenzhuang's ten strategies for peace affairs are to control Xixia with Tubo, mainly to subdue Xixia, and supplemented with Tubo."

"But I think that with the current national strength, it will be far and difficult to defeat Xixia, and it is not easy to do it urgently. It is better to merge Tubo first. The one who is close can break Xixia's arm, and the one who is in the middle can make Xixia dare not invade. Those who can control Xixia, and even destroy the country!"

Zhang Yue saw that the official's brows stretched, obviously Wang Shao had grasped his meaning.

Xia Song ruled before Qingli, when the Song Dynasty was still generally confident in its national power, thinking that the power of the whole country could not handle you as a Xixia.

Therefore, Xia Song's strategy was to unite with Tubo to destroy Xixia, peace with Rong was the means, and peace with Rong was the goal.

But now Xixia's military strength can already shake the Song Dynasty, and it is unrealistic to directly destroy Xixia.

Therefore, the strategic approach must also be adjusted.

The official said: "The difference between Wang Qing's policy and Xia Wenzhuang's is that it is close to Tubo, while it is far away from Xixia."

Wang Shaodao: "I would like to inform your majesty that the strategy I mentioned is not a harmony of harmony, but a harmony of all directions!"

"How to fit?"

Wang Shaodao: "I have been in Guwei for three years, and I have a deep understanding of the border tribes of the Qing and Tang Dynasties. I know that their weak and small tribes are scattered and separated, and they are not unified. Combining their aspirations and interests, encouraging them to live together with the Han people and recruiting them as soldiers, so that sooner or later they will become my border ministers, this is a merger."

"In addition, the imperial court can't force the great Tubo family, but the imperial court can grant them officials and allow them to trade with the dynasty, but it must make them use Chinese law and gradually become similar to Chinese customs. This is legal."

"However, all tribes in Tubo believe in Buddhism. The common people live in wooden houses, but they only use tile houses to worship Buddha. I see that in Tubo city, half of the Buddha's house lives in it. People like to chant scriptures, and they are not easy to fight. If we calm down Tubo, if we want to kill people, it will be Secondly, it is better to let the monks in the capital who are proficient in Buddhism go to Tubo to appease the various tribes, and at the same time build temples in the border areas, this is also customary."

The official's eyes brightened when he heard the words: "Merger, legal, customary, good, good, good!"

Hearing what the officials said, Wang Shaozhang was overjoyed.

Zhang Yue also sweated secretly, the officials are so easy to fool, you don't have two brushes to persuade him, it's not easy.

Wang Shao's three strategies are weak mergers and powerful appointments, but the most important thing is cultural assimilation.

It is said to be Ping Rong, but it is actually He Rong. Among them, the method of He Rong mentioned by Xia Song is of course much more specific, and it is very in line with the Confucian thought of Huairou Yuanren.

The officials looked at Wang Shaojian and said, "Among them, there are three strategies to fight the Rong and seven strategies to harmonize the Rong. If the imperial court does not send troops to station in Guwei, there will be no way to talk about the strategy to harmonize the Rong."

At this moment, Wang Shao has gained the initial trust of the officials, and he boldly said: "The ancient Wei is Weizhou. I have been operating here for several years, and I have served tens of thousands of people. If the imperial court wants to use this as the basis to manage Hexi, It must be cultivated."

"From Weiyuan to Qinzhou, there are tens of thousands of hectares of good land that are not cultivated. I ask your majesty to set up a market and Yisi, so as to capture the profits of merchants and take advantage of them to rule the land."

After hearing this, the official felt that this method was feasible, but asked worriedly, "How much will it cost?"

Officials now feel a little empty when they hear the word money. It is the sequelae of Sima Guang, Duke Lu and other ministers whispering in their ears all day long.

Wang Shao said: "It doesn't cost the court a penny!"

The officials were surprised and delighted and thought, is there such a good thing?
Wang Shaodao: "I have discussed with Zhang Zhengyan before that the Shaanxi Transshipment Department can borrow [-] seats of salt banknotes, and then set up a market exchange department here. I will use the salt banknotes of the market exchange to trade with the barbarians and Han merchants."

With the establishment of the Exchange, mainland merchants will inevitably arrive in Guwei to trade with Fanren.

There is only one currency in the market exchange, that is, salt banknotes, and only Tibetans and merchants who accept this can trade in the market.Xue Xiang used salt money to buy horses from Xixia, but Xixia refused to use salt money on other goods except horses.

But Tubo is far less powerful than Xixia, and must accept the conditions of the Song Dynasty.

Wang Shao did this in history. He merged Yizhou's Jiaozi business into the Exchange, and wanted to open a money printing machine in Guwei, and use Jiaozi as currency to buy goods from the Tubo people in the Exchange.

But why this matter was not recorded later, but after careful consideration, it must have failed. Even the people of the Song Dynasty did not use Jiaozi, but the Tubo people would use it?People are not stupid.

Therefore, only salt money that can stably resist inflation is reliable.

Zhang Yue's ideal is to make every Tubo commoner able to use the salt banknotes of the Song Dynasty.

It's boring to fight and kill. Wouldn't it be nice for everyone to sit down and earn real money?

Wang Shao talked for half a day before he left. The eunuchs outside kept reminding the officials that the time for interview was over and it was time to see the next minister, but the officials told them to push it away.

When Wang Shao left, the official's joy was beyond words and said to Zhang Yue: "This Wang Shao is really a rare edge talent. I can be said to have won a man today. Both Lu Huiqing and Wang Shao were recommended by Qing."

"Qing really knows people!"

Zhang Yue laughed from the bottom of his heart when he heard this, but said on his face: "It's all thanks to His Majesty's blessings. Every one who founds a country and revives it, has good ministers and famous generals who have traveled thousands of miles to assist the prime minister! I dare not take credit for it!"

After all, the official family is young, and after hearing Zhang Yue's flattery, Longyan was immediately delighted!
(End of this chapter)