This prince is so sinister

Chapter 151 Give Xi Xia a Fire
But at the same time, Liu Mo also received a secret letter from Zhao Zhi, that is, for the time being, he agreed to Xixia to seek peace. Once the Great Song and Xixia peace talks, it will inevitably anger Yelu Longxu of the Liao Kingdom, and may let the Liao Kingdom send troops to attack Xixia.

Then let Yelu Longxu beat Xixia, why not Da Song?It only needs to reap the benefits of the fisherman, and Song Dynasty only needs to pay a negligible price, but it can weaken the strength of the two countries at the same time.

So the envoys from Xixia to seek peace came to Bianjing, just as the Song Dynasty’s order to slaughter the Buddha came to an end for the time being, and the rest was to count the people’s land occupied by Buddhist temples and the equivalent money of the golden and bronze Buddhas.

In just three days, a rough count of 12 billion Buddhist temple incense money is equivalent to the treasury revenue of the Song Dynasty for more than ten years. The only regret is that Zhao Zhi is not in Bianjing, otherwise we can "celebrate" together in the palace .

It is still the Imperial Study Room in front of the Song Palace, but to be precise, it is the place where the Empress Dowager Liu Mo holds a small court meeting every five days. Zhao Yi is simply unwell and does not even need to go to court. up.

The real power shakes the world, the phoenix comes to the world, and holds the entire Song Dynasty in his hands. It is a pity that Zhao Zhi is not in Bianjing, and Liu Mo only feels that something is missing, and he has no interest in thinking about being vigorous.

Inside the imperial study.

A huge golden phoenix spreads its wings, and Liu Mo's dragon robe on the phoenix seat is unparalleled in beauty and radiance.

At any time, there are two maids waiting on the left and right, and in front of him is Guo Huai, the chief eunuch, and Yin Yurou, who is equivalent to Shangguan Wan'er, is on the left and right.

In the middle of the imperial study room below is where Bao Zheng and other courtiers stand, and now even the seats for the prime minister and privy envoy are gone. As before, there are chairs to sit on.

As for the privy envoy, it is temporarily vacant, but the exact position of the privy envoy has been vacated by Zhao Zhi and Liu Mo. They really hold the military power of the Song Dynasty in their hands. Almost all the soldiers and horses of the Song Dynasty are in the hands of Zhao Zhi alone. Zhao Zhi is currently in Xixia.

However, it only needs Zhao Zhi's order, and Liu Mo will spare no effort to invade Xixia with all the soldiers of the Song Dynasty. However, in case of safety considerations in the future, both Zhao Zhi and Liu Mo will simply stand still for the time being.

Of course, at the same time, Zhao Zhi also wanted to take a look at Xixia. Maybe if he added fire at the right time, Xixia would be over. As long as Li Yuanhao died, Xixia would be dead.

Because it was obvious right now that brother Ning Ling should get married soon, and when brother Ning Ling got married, he was robbed of his wife by Li Yuanhao on the spot when he was married by his father, and pushed him away at the wedding banquet.

Then when Li Yuanhao died and Xixia was in turmoil, it was the time to really send troops to Xixia. At that time, Xixia could be included in the territory of Song Dynasty in one fell swoop, which was the reason why Zhao Zhi couldn't help but want to stay longer.

So in the imperial study room, even if Zhao Zhi was not there, Liu Mo couldn't help but be excited by the 12 billion incense sticks, Yin Yurou couldn't help the excitement of Meimei, and Guo Huai was so excited that he couldn't help shaking.

Only Bao Zheng stood in the imperial study respectfully first, knowing the astronomical figure of 12 billion, he couldn't help being stunned and couldn't believe it!How much incense money did the Buddhism of the Western Regions exploit the people in the Song Dynasty?

Liu Mo said directly: "Bao Zheng, 12 billion incense money is not a small number. If it is handed over to the third division to take care of it, there may be places where money is needed everywhere;
Or if any prince wants to repair the palace or something, if the Ai family doesn't know what's going on, the 12 billion yuan will be spent again, as if the national treasury was short of money, but the Ai family didn't know anything;
Mr. Zhao once said a word to the Ai family, take it from the people and use it for the people!Mr. Zhao's goal is to create an unprecedented prosperity in the Song Dynasty, so Aijia decided that you, Bao Zheng, will be in charge of the 12 billion yuan. "

Finally, it was Bao Zheng's composure, he couldn't help trembling his hands slightly when he heard it, and instantly heard the empress dowager's deep meaning, this is that after taking the position of the Great Song Privy Envoy, he was going to hold the 'Three Divisions' in his hands.

That is to say, to grasp the military power of the Great Song Dynasty with one hand and the financial power of the Great Song Dynasty with the other hand, even if the treasury under the control of the Third Division has no money, the Imperial City Guard already has an independent "Three Division", and he is the Minister of the Ministry of Finance in charge of the money with one hand .

But no matter what, Zhao Zhi and Liu Mo are both for the country and the people, but Yu Gongyu and Bao Zheng have no reason to refuse, especially because of the trust of his brother Zhao Zhi, and the obvious relationship with his brother Zhao Zhi The empress dowager trusts her.

So it was just slightly unexpected, and he bowed a little deeper, and said decisively: "Minister, accept the decree!"

The third division, if the treasury income of the money in charge of the third division is [-] million yuan a year, then the imperial city guard only needs to pay a part of the salary, but can earn more than [-] million yuan a year, and there is no need to pay the salaries of the officials of the Song Dynasty .

But not wanting to finish the sentence immediately, Liu Mo went on to say: "One more thing is, you arrange to spread the news of the collection of 12 billion sticks of incense money;
Just let all the officials know, let the common people know, especially let Liao, Xixia, and Dali know, but don't admit it in the open, do you understand the meaning of Aijia? "

With Bao Zheng's intelligence and wisdom, he understood in an instant, one can prove that Mr. Zhao's order to slaughter the Buddha is correct, and can tell the world how much incense money has been collected from the people of the Song Dynasty by Buddhism of the law of the Western Regions;
The second is to have an excuse to reject a certain prince of the Zhao family who wanted to repair the palace, and then asked the court for money. This time, even if he wanted money, he could only ask for it from the Imperial City Guard, but the Imperial City Guard would not admit it.

Raising all the princes for nothing in the future?After staying in the palace for a few days, Zhao Zhi had already discussed with Liu Mo, that is impossible!Of course, he didn't say it directly, but only said that Da Song didn't raise a waste prince who was waiting to die.

Then the potential meaning is already obvious, but Liu Mo doesn't guess what the 'potential meaning' is, because no matter what Zhao Zhi thinks, even if he really becomes the emperor, he will still support it.

So Bao Zheng still didn't think about it, he bowed and said: "I understand."

Liu Mo continued to ask: "Who is the envoy from Xixia this time? Bao Zheng, do you understand?"

Bao Zheng has already replaced Zhao Zhi as the second in command of the Song Dynasty's secret service agency, and he already knew about it, so he said directly: "It is Xixia's uncle Li Yuanhao, who is the military envoy of the left wing in Xixia, because he agrees with Zhang Yuan and Wu Hao. Song Xia negotiated peace, so my relatives came here as peace envoys."

Liu Mo also nodded when he heard this, and said: "Master Zhao has sent a message to let the Ai family agree to this peace negotiation, and at the same time give Li Yuanhao the surname Zhao.

Guo Huai, please hold the handbook of Aijia and let Wang Yanyu be in charge of the peace talks. The Great Song Dynasty can give Xixia 25 silver, silk and tea every year, and allow the resumption of the discussion field, and agree that the Xixia envoys can engage in business in the Song Dynasty Bianjing City Post ;

However, Li Yuanhao had to be a minister to Song Dynasty in the name of the Lord of Xixia, and at the same time, the Ai family gave him the surname Zhao, which was the only condition for peace talks. "

(End of this chapter)