Northern Song Dynasty Revitalization Strategy

Chapter 272 The Emperor and Dazai Collaborate

Li Gang is silent, this official doesn't like to hear it, so why don't they listen?Gotta find a way to make him listen.

"The official, what I want to say is that the Yanjing Palace that the official is going to build is too small?" Li Gang pointed to the blueprint and said a little dissatisfied. At best, it is a city with a circumference of fifty miles. point.

Zhao Huan was taken aback when he heard this. He built it according to Yanjing in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, so why is it so small?

"Is the city sixteen miles long and six miles wide still small? Is the city with a circumference of 44 miles still small? This is only six miles less than Bianjing City. It's not small."

Zhao Huan felt that Li Gang was looking for something to say. History is a spiral, and the city should be getting bigger and bigger.

"Do the officials know Suiye City? The important town of Xichui in the former Tang Dynasty, the capital of Anxi Duhufu, is thousands of miles away." Li Gang asked.

He had to explain why he thought Yanjing was built too small.

"I know, wasn't Li Bai born in Suiye City?" Zhao Huan nodded.

He knew that Suiye City was because of Li Bai. The place where he was born was an important town in the west of the Tang Dynasty.

However, Li Bai is a son of a clean family in the Guan, his family is in Suiye City, and he is an envoy of the ten surnames guarding the Western Regions.

"Since the officials know Suiye City, Suiye City has a circumference of 52 miles. Officials. The reason why Bianjing is only surrounded by fifty miles is because of the terrain. It cannot be expanded. An imperial capital with a circumference of 52 miles is too petty. "

"Wait a minute! Let me think about it." Zhao Huan felt a little dizzy. He always thought that the city with a circumference of 52 miles was already very big. What happened?

"The current Jiankang City is surrounded by sixty miles. The officials, do you want to expand it?" Li Gang felt that this city had great potential.

Zhao Huan nodded, thinking of the comparison between Jinyang City and Taiyuan City.

Who said history spirals?

His own mother didn't even know him when he beat him!
Zhao Huan finally figured it out a little bit, he underestimated the degree of incompetence of Mi Qing.

The Song Dynasty was very petty, and it was too small to build an imperial capital of the Qing Dynasty!
"For the building of the city, I will plan it. When the planning is almost done, how about showing it to the officials? Let the people of Cangzhou go to Yanjing first, and then the corresponding workshops for burning bricks, ashes, and tiles, as well as the moat. Digging is troublesome." Li Gang said with a smile.

The official's idea is good, but the actual practice can't let the official personally get along with each other.

"Okay." Zhao Huan thought for a while, let's expand the expansion, anyway, Da Song is poor and only has money left.

Li Gang thought for a while, and said: "There are also envoys from Goryeo, Dali, and Wa who have come to Bianjing and want to pay tribute. According to the past practice, the envoys of these three countries will offer a lot of their country's specialties, and then I, Song Hou Going to and from Bolai, in order to show our celestial monarch's virtue and far-sightedness, and achieve the goal of guarding Siyi."

"Huaiyuan with virtue? Stay in Siyi? This sentence sounds familiar, where did it come from?" Zhao Huan recalled blankly, this seems to be the national policy of Zhao Guangyi...

Cultivate virtue with Huaiyuan.

"It's Emperor Taizong." Li Gang whispered, he suddenly felt that he had said something wrong, and the officials seemed to be particularly disgusted with Emperor Taizong.

"Understood." Sure enough, it was the national policy set by the donkey cart emperor!Pit!
Li Gang continued: "Since Emperor Taizu was alive, Dali Kingdom began to want me, Emperor Song, to be the king of Dali Kingdom. Let Dali be classified as a vassal state of my Great Song Dynasty."

"In the past 160 years, it has come almost every ten years. Emperor Taizong canonized the king of Dali once as the capital of the eight kingdoms of Yunnan, and then the emperor Taizong once canonized the king of Dali, the king of Dali, which was inspected by Jin Ziguanglu and inspected Xikong Yunnan Jiedushi. Is the deputy official's family canonized?"

kindness?Zhao Huan was taken aback, the Dali Kingdom was eager to become a vassal state of the Song Dynasty, why is there no canonization?
And what the hell is Zhao Ji's canonized name?

What's up with the name, it's stinky and long!
"Tell me why? No previous canonization, the Supreme Emperor canonization again?" Zhao Huan asked.

"Dali borders the Great Song Dynasty, also borders the Tubo tribes, also borders the Li Dynasty of Jinghai Jiedushi, and also borders the Angkor Dynasty. Dali can't beat them, so it wants to be a vassal state of our Great Song Dynasty." Li Gang He said cautiously, and looked at the official's face while speaking.

Da Song protects Dali?Is this just kidding?
The army of the Song Dynasty is now fighting the Jin people in full swing in the north, and now there is a Zhao Gou in the south, relying on natural dangers, he wants to steal his taxes for a few years.

I have already delegated power to the warriors, and returned to the imperial conquest, only to barely restore the decline of the Jinren.

Could it be that when Song Huizong Zhao Ji was in power, could he protect Dali?
What a joke, Zhao Huan was very angry when he thought of the more than 26 peasant uprisings in those 100 years.

fooling around.

But Zhao Huan had a little taste of Zhao Ji's words, and then he figured it out.

Both Zhao Guangyi and Zhao Ji have a hobby, that is, saving face.

Canonization of the king, what a face!
The other emperors of the Song Dynasty were not so shameless, knowing that they could not protect them, they simply ignored them.

To put it in a more pleasant way, the political value of canonizing a vassal state is huge.

But Zhao Huan knew how much he had, so he had to figure out his own situation first.

Li Gang went on to say: "In the era of Dali, the Gao family was the prime minister, and the Duan family was the king, but the Duan family did not take power. Even if our Song Dynasty canonize the king of Dali, there will be no substantial progress between the two countries."

"Furthermore, Dali Kingdom wants to become a vassal state and this time, Dali can take advantage of a lot. In the past, he was unwilling to let the vassal state take advantage of it, so he ignored it. The officials this time we pay attention to Dali Kingdom ?"

[Reminder of historical events: Duan Zhengyan, Zi Heyu.After 40 years of hard work and hard work, it is impossible to recover in case, the trend of the cover will fall like water, and the obstacle of returning to madness will never be obtained. 】

[After he was canonized king by Emperor Huizong of Song Dynasty, he slightly changed the situation of Gao's dictatorship. The conscientious and conscientious management of the country, because he improved the relationship with Da Song, he was named the number one Mingjun in Dali. 】

You can't even control a Xiangmen, so you have the nerve to say that yours is a first-class Mingjun?

According to this standard, Zhao Huan felt that he could lie down peacefully.In the future, it will definitely be praised by historians of the Song Dynasty as rare for a thousand years.

Zhao Huan thought about it for a while, and said, "What do you think is appropriate, Dazai?"

Li Gang obviously already had some answers in his mind, and he immediately said: "I think it's better not to be canonized. The current king of Dali is the Shangzhu Kingdom that was canonized by the Supreme Emperor. If the officials rashly canonized him, he will be given a higher rank. There is nothing to add." Plus, just let it dry."

"This time the Dali envoys brought tens of thousands of gold, silver, Luo Qi, precious treasures, and rhinoceros, and cattle and horses everywhere. According to the system, the gift must be returned ten times."

"The minister thought that since he was not canonized, this time the gift should be ignored. If we return ten times the gift, we will have to take half of the gift from the Song Dynasty treasury, which is not worthwhile." Li Gang knew that he had said something wrong before, so he quickly changed his words now.

Zhao Huan thought for a while, and said: "No, no, Li Dazai, you are wrong. How can you not return the gift? If you don't return the gift, will I still be in the sky? It is also a joke to say that I, Da Song, have taken a fancy to him. How much money does he have in Dali? No, no.”

"Reciprocity, you can't lose it."

Li Gang has hesitation on his face, is this the new emperor he knows?He who pays attention to pragmatism, how can he save face now?

Li Gang said puzzledly: "Officials, the policy of not canonizing the king of Dali and ignoring it is the best policy to defend the army. For 160 years, the three frontiers have been feasting, and nothing is moving. The barbarians have shocked (she) the world. Prestige, never commit a crime for a hundred years. Officials, rashly canonizing, rashly returning gifts, will always break this situation."

The best strategy is to fight against the army. As soon as Zhao Huan heard these words, he knew who's idea was, and it lasted for so long.

The emperor of the donkey cart, let alone, he is too fishy.

"No, no, no, Li Dazai misunderstood what I meant. I didn't say that I wanted to be canonized." Zhao Huan made a fool of himself and said, "Duan Zhengyan, doesn't he want to get rid of Gao's control and get rid of the puppet king? ?”

"I gave him a hundred pieces of infantry armor and a hundred pieces of strong bow and crossbow. If he has the heart, he can take my strong bow and crossbow and kill everyone in the Gao clan."

According to the price of the infantry armor of the Song Dynasty and the value of the bow and crossbow, it is definitely not comparable to the tens of thousands of treasures, as well as cattle and sheep.

But the significance of these one hundred pieces of armor and crossbows is not too important to Duan Zhengyan!

Li Gang thought for a while, nodded and said yes: "Does the official want them to fight?"

"Exactly!" Zhao Huan nodded.

It's in their best interest to fight and mess up. Now that I have strong troops in the North, I can't even go to Yangzhou and Lin'an, let alone Dali.

If they mess up, they won't trouble Da Song.

Instigating their internal strife requires a very small price, just like fighting crickets, a blade of grass can turn them into dogs.

Li Gang nodded and said: "So that's the case. I think that the official family can give more help to the king of Dali, Duan Zhengyan. For example, how about sending some relatives over there? Just let the Imperial City Secretary take root in Dali , the province knows nothing about the Dali Kingdom."

"The minister is also helping Duan Zhengyan. Anyway, he doesn't have the manpower to use this step of human armor and strong bow and crossbow. Help others to the end."

Li Gang!So you are such Li Gang!

I thought you were a righteous minister, but I didn't expect you to be full of bad water!
"Okay, let's do it like this." Zhao Huan nodded, and suddenly he thought of the word "wretched and treacherous"...

"What about the envoys from Korea? How do you say it?" A job was arranged, but it was not finished. There are also envoys from Korea, which is rare this year, and they gathered together to join in the fun.

Li Gang flipped the tie and said: "Ever since Su Shi and Su Taishi found out the secrets of the Song Dynasty in the box of the Goryeo envoy, the court of the Song Dynasty knew about Goryeo's wolf ambitions."

"They were a dog in the hands of the Liao people, and now they are a dog in the hands of the Jin people. I think they are willing to give this dog to the Jin people. I wonder if they would like to give it to the Song people?"

"So, I arranged for the Koreans to enter Honglu Temple."

"Oh, what is Dazai's insight, how did he turn Goryeo into a dog of Da Song?" Zhao Huan asked curiously.

Li Gang replied: "Threats and lures. The means are not honorable, but it is the same reason for the Goryeo people to treat the Liao people as dogs and the Jin people as dogs. It is for their own safety and to make money."

"Officials, now that Pingzhou and Yuguan have been captured, they are very close to Koryo."

Zhao Huan nodded, this is what a prime minister should look like!
Zhao Huan was very satisfied with the prime minister he chose, he was very interesting and talented, and he did not stick to etiquette and rules, which was much better than that of Li Bangyan.

"The Koreans didn't come to my Song Dynasty empty-handed, and brought a hundred Korean secret colors to the official family." Li Gang said with a smile, this is a good thing, and now the prince of the official family is Zhao Chen, who is still a waste Prince.

Although the officials were benevolent, he did not abolish his position as the governor of Kaifeng. In theory, Zhao Chen was still the heir apparent of the Song Dynasty.

But everyone knows that after having a new prince, the position of the prefect of Kaifeng may be given up. If Zhao Chen does not perform well.

The throne is far away from Zhao Chen.

"No." Zhao Huan said resolutely, why did he arrange the enemy's spies by his side?
He still remembers how his only son, Zhao Chen, ate pancakes for more than a month.

The person who installed the door in the palace almost bullied the fake orphans and widowed mothers, did he plant mines for himself?
Where are you from, Li Gang?

Li Gang also thought about the matter of the empress before, and sighed. After such an incident, the official family must be careful in choosing a concubine.

"Let's not mention this matter for the time being. The Goryeo people are wolfish and ambitious. I definitely can't do that. What's the situation in Japan?" Zhao Huan quickly changed the topic. Recently, some courtiers have asked him to choose a concubine!
I'm too busy with major affairs in my country, how can I think about these things?Where is the conscience of you ministers?
Li Gang shook his head. Among the three kingdoms, the things belonging to the Wa Kingdom were more chaotic. He said helplessly: "Emperor Chongde of the Wa Kingdom took the reign of Emperor Chongde, who took the word Dazhi from "Yellow Emperor Cultivated Virtue and Established Justice, Great Rule of the World" as his year name, and specially dedicated it to him. report."

"This time the envoys from the Wa kingdom came because the officials approved their year names. There was also a letter of praise from Emperor Toba for his enthronement to the officials, and a letter of greeting from Emperor Shirakawa to the Emperor."

Zhao Huan hurriedly stretched out his hand for a pause, and raised his hand and said, "Let me take a look later. This Emperor Chongtoku is the current Japanese... Japanese Emperor, right?"

"In the Song Dynasty, it will be renamed the King of the Wa Kingdom. He is in charge now, right? That Emperor Toba is the father of King Chongde? Then what is the Emperor Shirakawa?"

"It's a long story."

"Honor Shirakawa is theoretically the great-grandfather of Sotoku, the grandfather of Toba, and the father of Horikawa, who is Toba's father."

"However, there are rumors that the current king of the Wa Kingdom, Chongde, is the son of Emperor Shirakawa and Fujiwara Shoko of Daixianmen."

"Fujiwara Shoko grew up in the palace and was often held in the arms of this great-grandfather Shirakawa. There are rumors that Shirakawa and Fujiwara Shoko gave birth to Chongde."

[Reminder of historical events: After Emperor Shirakawa died in the fourth year of Dazhi, that is, in 1129, Fujiwara Shoko was immediately alienated by Toba, and Sotoku was forced to abdicate by Toba. 】

【And Toba also immediately sarcastically welcomed Shirakawa's concubine, Fujiwara Yasuko, and made him queen. 】

Zhao Huan frowned, listening to Li Gang and the system's information, it took him a long time to figure out the relationship.

Toba is a poor man, it's fine for his grandfather to abdicate and refuse to give up power, and he seems to favor his queen.

That's all, Toba is also ruthless enough, just after his grandfather died, he married his grandfather's concubine and made a queen.

Obediently, as expected of a Japanese, there are certain things that are indeed traditional!
With this intricate relationship, it is enough to make a four-hour action blockbuster. It really deserves to be a Japanese country!

The government of the Wa Kingdom is even more chaotic than that of the Song Dynasty, but it doesn't seem so unusual for this to happen in the Wa Kingdom.

However, Zhao Huan understood some of the context of this complicated relationship between characters.

That is Chongde's father, Toba, who doesn't have a good relationship with his grandfather, and has a lot of power in his hands.

Chongde, on the other hand, is asking for help.His reliance is Emperor Baihe, and Emperor Baihe is dying.

"Li Dazai, the king of the Japanese country, did he ever have sincerity in wanting my help?" Zhao Huan asked.

Li Gang nodded and said: "Of course there are, there are hundreds of beauties, and there are also thousands of taels of silver."

"Beauty? Can this be a bit special? All beauties! Wait, Baiyin?" Zhao Huan keenly grasped a key point.

silver!

　The 2000-word chapter, if you don't like it, just say it, if there are more people.I cut it into [-] words.

　　
　
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