Doctor of the Great Song Dynasty: In the beginning, Li Qingzhao and Li Qingzhao made a private decis

Chapter 479 War resumes
In the Royal Palace Garden!

Fan Zheng's face suddenly turned dark when he looked at Zhao Xu's horrific physical data.

He did not expect that after three years of leaving Kaifeng City, Zhao Xu would be able to talk about sex for three years! Due to his own indulgence and the help of the new imperial physician Wang Zhong, his body was so depleted.

Overweight!

Increased blood pressure!
Significant loss of strength and endurance.

Zhao Xu is a young man, but due to his poor foundation and three years of indulgence, his body has collapsed.

"From now on, officials must practice Wu Qin Xi diligently! And insist on losing weight!"

"At the same time, Fan will personally arrange medicinal and dietary supplements!"

"The most important thing is to practice moderation in sex!"

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Zhao Xu's expression softened slightly. He was worried about having another heir. Besides, Fan Zheng did this for his own good. He could only nod helplessly at the moment.

Now that the Song Dynasty's reform and new laws are at their peak, the new party does not want to repeat the situation where Song Shenzong died and the new laws were abandoned halfway. They can only take advantage of Zhao Xu's still alive to take the opportunity to destroy Xixia, regain the Yanyun Sixteenth Prefecture, and make the new laws completely stable. .

"Fan Taicheng! How is the official's health?"

"The official's body was already weak, and now that it is in short supply again, it may have damaged its vitality. I can only try my best to make up for it. It will be fine in the short term! But many of the plans of the imperial court may have to be carried out in advance!" Fan Zheng solemnly said road.

"Furthermore! Only a strong body can provide good health and good education, and can the official family's bloodline be renewed!" Fan Zheng knew that Zhao Xu had always had a rebellious mentality, and blindly forcing him would not be effective, so he could only force him first. Let’s use temptation again.

However, as usual, Zhao Xu is still young, and they have many things to do slowly. However, in the past three years, Zhao Xu's body has been exhausted again.

Fortunately, there was an evil doctor named Fan Zheng in the court who was both a doctor and a friend to the officials, so he could at least calm down the officials a little.

The three prime ministers nodded solemnly. The Song Dynasty had too many things to do at present, and it was rare for them to meet the Ming Dynasty. It was the time for them to show their ambitions.

The three of them are not ignorant of the officials' indulgence in drinking and debauchery. However, now that Zhao Xu has become the general trend and the monarch is so powerful, they, the prime ministers, can only bow their heads and cannot persuade him at all.

It wasn't until the sun set that he left the palace and saw the three prime ministers still waiting for him.

After Fan Zheng finished all this, he couldn't help but sigh in his heart. Although he was close to Zhao Xu, he was still with the emperor like a tiger. It was enough for him to be able to do this. He was not even sure how much Zhao Xu could listen.

Fan Zheng glanced at the three prime ministers and shook his head with a solemn expression.

Every time Fan Zheng said something, Zhao Xu's face turned darker.

He also learned from the failure of his father Fan Zhongyan's reform, so he naturally knew how rare it was for an emperor to fully support the reform.

Zhao Xu's face froze. If the three people in the harem knew about his body, he might not have much peace!

Fan Chunli also nodded with understanding.

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"In that case, let's start by supporting the Jurchens! Today's Jurchens are still too weak!" Zhang Dun waved his hand.

"It works!" Su Song nodded.

Fan Zheng sneered and said: "Wei Chen has indeed overstepped his bounds, but Wei Chen can suggest this matter to Empress Meng, Concubine Zhu and Empress Dowager Xiang!"

"How can an imperial physician even take care of the emperor's sexual affairs?" Zhao Xu said dissatisfied.

He has always acted prudently, but the current situation did not allow him to wait for the opportunity.

Fan Zheng's face was solemn, and the three prime ministers were unanimous in their opinions. The general trend of the world may be about to change again.

When leaving the palace, Fan Zheng got on his father's carriage. Looking back and watching the tall imperial cities gradually disappearing, Fan Zheng sighed heavily.

"The reforms of the old and new parties in the Song Dynasty can be said to have cured the world's ills. However, from a child's perspective, the biggest drawback of the world is the uncontrollable emperor!" Fan Zheng said with a frustrated expression.

He worked hard and took risks to reform the Song Dynasty, used medical skills to restore Zhao Xu's health, and gave Zhao Xu an heir to inherit the throne. Everything was originally going in a good direction.

What's more, he cleared the last obstacle for the Song Dynasty on the two Zhejiang roads only after Zhao Xu had passed through the calamity of death in his previous life.

However, who would have thought that just three years after he left Kaifeng City, Zhao Xu's health would take a turn for the worse again, casting a shadow over the future of the Song Dynasty again.

We must know that it is very common for people to die and political power to end in all dynasties, not to mention that the prince Zhao Mao is young now. Once the emperor dies and the queen mother oversees politics behind the curtain, the old affairs of Empress Dowager Liu and Empress Dowager Gao will definitely come back, and the Song Dynasty will repeat the humiliation of Jingkang. Chinese civilization cannot escape the fate of interruption.

"Zheng'er, be careful what you say!" Fan Chunli scolded angrily.

Fan Zheng's mind flashed and he was suddenly shocked.

Although he traveled through many years, he still retained the memories of his previous life and did not have much respect for the king. Naturally, he did not have the loyalty to the king like Fan Chunli. Fortunately, he revealed his true feelings in front of his father. If he had done so in front of other people, he might have caused trouble.

"Yes, the child made a mistake!" Fan Zheng lowered his head and said.

Fan Chunli sighed slightly. How could he not know that what Fan Zheng said was the biggest shortcoming of the Song Dynasty. All the emperors of the Song Dynasty had soft personalities. Even with the full support of ministers, they were still repeatedly suppressed by Liao Xia.

Now it is not easy to find a hero, but his willful character appears again, coupled with his physical condition...

"We are ministers, and we only have to live with you and be loyal to you! Don't talk about anything else!" Fan Chunli ended today's topic with a wave of his hand.

The atmosphere in the carriage was very dull along the way. Both father and son had their own concerns, until they returned home and saw the Fan Mansion decorated with lights and colorful decorations, and Ma and Li Qingzhao waiting eagerly at the gate.

The father and son put on smiling faces in unison and got on the carriage. It was the tradition of the Fan family not to take business matters home.

The entire Fan family soon heard bursts of laughter. Feeling the joyful atmosphere, Fan Zheng couldn't help but think of the tragedy of Jingkang's shame in his previous life. He couldn't help but secretly swear in his heart that even if the historical trend continues to have inertia, he will do his best to stop the tragedy. occur.

Early morning on the second day. "Wei Chen Fan Zheng has met the official family!"

Fan Zheng formally returned to Zhao Xu in Chui Gong Hall in front of all the officials of the Manchu Dynasty.

Zhao Xu laughed loudly and said: "Okay, Fan Aiqing did not disappoint me. Not only did the city of Shanghai rise from the ground, Manichaeism was destroyed effortlessly!"

When Fan Zheng passed by, he took away 5 million guan of flying money. Now the land benefit of the entire Shanghai City has reached 50 million guan. This does not include the huge tax brought by Shanghai City every year.

What excites Zhao Xu even more is Manichaeism. Manichaeism is like a cancer entrenched on the Liangzhe Road. It has many believers. Once detonated, it will definitely turn the most prosperous land of the Song Dynasty, the two Zhejiang Provinces, into ruins, giving people who finally got a breather. The financial situation of the Song Dynasty worsened.

Under Fan Zheng's series of operations, Manichaeism was dismembered bit by bit. Even the current Manichaeist Holy Father was captured in Kaifeng City and will be sentenced to death in the near future.

Not only did the Liangzhe Road not suffer any damage, but with the blessing of Shanghai City and Champa Dao, it became the richest place in the world, further enhancing the national power of the Song Dynasty.

"It's all thanks to the strong support of the officials that a humble minister can achieve a small amount of success!" Fan Zheng said modestly.

Zhao Xu couldn't help but feel proud. At that time, the idea of ​​Shanghai City was just on paper. Who would have thought that a piece of tidal flat land could become the world's water transportation center, and even have the potential to become a giant city that is not inferior to Kaifeng City.

Moreover, the reputation of Manichaeism was not obvious. When Fan Zheng arrived at Liangzhe Road and the entire court's eyes were focused on Manichaeism, all the officials in the court were shocked.

Only then did I realize that the cancer of Manichaeism was so deeply hidden. There were already hundreds of thousands of believers, and they were still entrenched in the prosperous two Zhejiang provinces. Once a rebellion broke out, it would have a fatal impact on the economy of the Song Dynasty. hit.

You must know that all industries in the Song Dynasty are prosperous today, but they all rely on strong economic support. Once the economy declines, many problems will be exposed.

There is also Champa Rice. Not to mention that others don’t believe it, even the local people don’t believe it. Now, after three years of promotion, Champa Rice has become the rice species with the largest planting area in the south, making the entire Jiangnan rich. increase.

Fan Zheng's great achievements on the two Zhejiang Roads are certainly related to Fan Zheng's foresight, but of course it is also inseparable from his unconditional support for Fan Zheng.

And without exception, Fan Zheng did not disappoint him again. Every time Fan Zheng's evil method brought huge gains.

"I would like to report to the officials that thanks to Shanghai City's connection to the world's water transport and the promotion of Champa rice, our Song Dynasty taxation has been guaranteed again. It is expected that the Song Dynasty's wealth will reach 20,000,000 yuan this year!" Zhang Dun stepped forward and said solemnly .

"Twenty million guan!"

Suddenly, all the officials couldn't help but breathe. You must know that it took the Song Dynasty a hundred years to slowly increase the tax to tens of thousands of dollars in the fourth year of Shaosheng! Now it is only seven years since Yuan Fu. In just seven years, the wealth of Song Dynasty has increased by tens of millions!

This terrifying speed made all the officials gasp in surprise, and they couldn't help but cast their eyes to Fan Zheng who was standing aside.

Everyone knows that the reason why taxes in the Song Dynasty increased so much is because Shanghai City connected the Maritime Silk Road and the Yangtze River Canal water transportation. In addition, the high-yielding Champa rice was promoted to the entire Jiangnan, which suddenly brought about a sudden increase in output.

"I would like to inform the officials that the deposits of people all over the world in the Royal Bank have reached 100,000,000 guan! We sincerely request you to find another 50 million guan in national debt!" Fan Chunli once again broke the shocking news.

"A deposit of one hundred thousand dollars!"

"Fifty million dollars in national debt!"

All the officials were shocked again. It has always been known all over the world that the people of the Song Dynasty were wealthy. In addition, with the opening of the Maritime Silk Road, a large amount of money flowed in from overseas. No one thought that the wealth of the people could reach as high as one hundred thousand yuan. .

Especially the 50 million guan national debt. When the government issued the treasury bonds for the first time that year, the imperial court only issued the 5 million guan treasury bonds cautiously, and the issuance was successful only on the basis of medical guarantees.

However, with the tax of 20 million guan and the deposit of 100,000 guan, the government debt of 50 million guan did not even have the slightest disturbance in their hearts.

Only a few officials wondered why the imperial court did not take the opportunity to repay the previous national debt when it had clearly seen a sharp increase in taxes, but instead issued another 50 million yuan of national debt.

The leader, Su Song, stepped forward and said proudly: "I would like to inform the officials that now the Song Dynasty is rich and powerful, its people are strong, and its national power exceeds that of previous dynasties. I think it is time to realize the long-cherished wish of destroying Xixia in the west and conquering the Liao Kingdom in the north to regain the sixteen states of Yanyun!" "

"Destroy Xixia and recover the sixteen states of Yanyun!"

The entire Chui Gong Hall was in an uproar.

Only then did they truly understand what the three prime ministers were thinking. The Song Dynasty issued such a large-scale national debt in order to raise funds for unification.

Zhao Xu suddenly stood up, his eyes flashing!
We must know that destroying Xixia and recovering the sixteen states of Yanyun were the long-cherished wish of every emperor in the Song Dynasty. Zhao Xu naturally had this ambition, but he did not expect that this day would come so early.

However, he didn't know that the three prime ministers were not in a hurry at first. It was just the ups and downs of his body that made the three prime ministers make up their minds and take action in advance.

It happened that the promotion of Champa rice and the establishment of Shanghai City provided huge wealth to the Song Dynasty, which was also the greatest confidence for the three prime ministers.

Even if there are twists and turns, there is still land worth 50 million pounds in Shanghai City. Whether it is mortgaged to the Royal Bank or sold directly, the economy of the Song Dynasty will not be dragged down by the war.

"Not for officials!"

Yang Wei and others were shocked. The three prime ministers reported the matter directly without communicating with them, which immediately made a group of conservative people subconsciously block it.

"Why not?" Zhao Xu frowned.

"The imperial court has just been stable for three years. It is a time when the country is peaceful and the people are at peace. If a war suddenly starts at this moment, I am afraid that the great situation of the Song Dynasty will be ruined!" Yang Wei shouted.

Nowadays, being an official in the Song Dynasty has a high amount of money to support integrity, which is extremely comfortable. This makes many officials miss this rare peace and are not willing to start another war at all.

"However, from the following official's perspective, the national power of the Song Dynasty is now booming. As time goes by, the gap with Liao Xia will definitely widen. By then, I am afraid that if the Song Dynasty surrenders its troops without fighting, we will be able to make Xixia surrender and regain Yan. Yun Liuzhou!" Cai Jing also objected.

In Cai Jing's view, the time for the Song Dynasty to go to war is not yet mature. The Song Dynasty is far from its strongest, not to mention that the war targets are Xixia and Liao, far from Qingtang, Tubo, and Dali. As a small border country, although the Song Dynasty's national strength has increased, it is not sure of victory when facing the alliance of Liao and Xia's old enemies.

Once the Song Dynasty was defeated, the consequences would be unimaginable, and the shame of ceding territory and paying compensation would surely reappear.

Fan Zheng snorted coldly: "What is the best time? There is never a best time in this world. No matter how much progress our Song Dynasty makes, Liao Xia will also become stronger through reforms. Once Liao Xia continues to grow bigger, our Song Dynasty will be defeated by others." The backlash, not to mention that the national power of our Song Dynasty has increased, even surpassing the sum of Liao and Xia, this is the greatest confidence of our Song Dynasty,"

"We, the Song Dynasty, can bear the consequences of multiple failures, but if Xixia and Liao fail once, they will surely perish. The time, place, and people are favorable for this battle, and the advantage lies with us, the Song Dynasty."

"Moreover, the Song Dynasty used ginseng to secretly support the rise of the Jurchens in the suffering areas of the Northeast many years ago. Now that the Jurchens have been unified, the Liao Kingdom regards them as a serious problem. As long as the Song Dynasty adds another fire, the Liao Kingdom and the Jurchens will definitely be stirred up. If we turn against each other, the Liao Kingdom will have no time to look westward, and the Xixia Kingdom will soon be destroyed!"

As Fan Zheng made an impassioned speech and recounted the plans of the Song Dynasty for many years, all the officials in the court were in an uproar. No one thought that the longevity of ginseng was actually Fan Zheng's strategy to support the rise of the Jurchens.

(End of this chapter)