Northern Song Dynasty Revitalization Strategy

Chapter 458
What Zhao Huan saw made him cry.

There are many wastes in Song Dynasty, but there are also passionate people. At least the students who appear in front of him now are civil servants and students who warm Zhao Huan's heart.

"Meet the official family." Zhao Ding, Chen Dong and Ouyang Che walked into the Wende Hall in Yanjing, saluted quickly, and with the help of Shen Cong, took off their coir raincoats.

Zhao Huan waved his hand, Zhao Ying and other eunuchs quickly moved out three stools, and sat down for Zhao Ding, Chen Dong and Ouyang Che.

This Zhao Ying is really getting more and more discerning.

"It's good to have a rest." Zhao Huan nodded in satisfaction.

These three people organized more than 100 ministers and students in Chaotang and Taiyuan College, and came to Yanjing.

"Very good!" Zhao Huan patted Zhao Ding vigorously and said.

"The ambition of the minister!" Zhao Ding arched his body and said with a smile: "The emperor treats his ministers with courtesy, and the ministers serve the emperor with loyalty. The emperor treats his ministers like dogs and horses, and the ministers treat him like a countryman. The emperor treats his ministers like Brothers and feet, the minister regards the king as his heart."

Zhao Huan laughed loudly, and there was another sentence behind this sentence, the king treats his ministers like dirt, and the ministers treat the emperor like a bandit.

This is why Mencius is not very popular with the emperor. He has a lot of words that make those in power very uncomfortable, but Zhao Huan didn't care about the subtext in Zhao Ding's words.

The Central Plains Dynasty had a very strange fate that could not be escaped.

The more capable the emperor, the greater the imperial power, and the greater the imperial power, the more fearful the courtiers would be, so that no one dared to speak out.

It's a good thing that Li Gang, Yu Wenxuzhong and Zhao Dingken are still talking to him by his side.

Zhao Huan laughed loudly and said, "I will give you Zhao Ding, and there will be 2 troops in the Hejian Army, all of whom will be under the command of Liu Jing."

"Go to Zhenzhou (now the ancient city of Ketun northeast of Hadasang in the upper reaches of the Orhun River in Mongolia), and control Zhaozhou, Weizhou, and Fangzhou."

"North Mu Road recruits people from nine tribes, including the Damili tribe, the Yelu tribe, and the Dadan tribe, at the seat of the Sizhou capital."

"Ouyang Che, you have 3 Yongding Army and [-] Hejian Army reserve troops, and you are all accompanied by Commander Fu Xuan."

"Go to Jingbian City (near Manzhouli City, Inner Mongolia), Hedong City, and the Tatars may go south at any time. You must pay attention, they are very powerful."

"There are about [-] Khitan tribes there, but they are all old and weak. You need to be in charge of persuading herdsmen. The entire Wugu Dilie Commanding Army Division is under your jurisdiction."

After Zhao Huan finished speaking, he took a sip of water and said so much in one breath, it's no wonder he wasn't thirsty.

In fact, on the vast grassland, the Khitan people mainly concentrated in these two places.

And the most important Zhenzhou Zhao Huan sent Zhao Ding.

Because the royal family surnamed Yelu of the Khitan people are all there, there is no other way of thinking unless their land is completely naturalized.

And Ouyang Che had to stay in Jingbian City, which was a transit point.

If he could gain a firm foothold here, then Wang Yan's detour to attack the black soil area behind the enemy would no longer be fighting alone.

"What about the minister? The officials..." Chen Dong asked anxiously when he saw that he had no appointment.

Zhao Huan said with a smile: "How could it not be your business, you are going to Qinghe City. It is close to the Western Regions. The real land is vast and sparsely populated, even the Khitan people are not willing to go."

"However, there is an ancient commercial road from Qinghe City to the Western Regions. To open up this road, buying horses from the Western Regions is a top priority."

"I will give you 5000 people. Remember that if you are attacked by Yelu Dashi, you will evacuate Qinghe City. It is a small earthen castle. Yelu Dashi has elites in his hands. Don't fight him."

"Open up business routes?" Chen Dong's expression was eager to try. Although he didn't know where Qinghe City was, it should be possible to have a Khitan as a guide.

"How much will the official give me?" Chen Dong suddenly thought of something, and asked in a daze.

Zhao Huan said with a smile: "I will give you a mountain of gold!"

Jinshan?

A bad premonition arose in Chen Dong's heart. He had to look up the records of this golden mountain in ancient books.

"You are mainly used as an early warning to prevent Yelu Dashi from returning to the west of Jinshan from the Western Regions led by the Iron Forest Army of the Jin Bing."

"When you are free, hire local Khitan people to mine gold mountains, transport the gold mines back to Zhenzhou for refining, and then go to the Western Regions to exchange for good horses and special products from the Western Regions, and return to Zhenzhou." Zhao Huanhe Chen Dong explained the task in detail.

Zhao Ding was in the middle, leading [-] Hejian troops to help Chen Dong's Qinghe City and control the entire Khitan headquarters at any time.

And Ouyang Che went to the northeast part of Shangjing Road to take care of Wang Yan's Bazi Army and Quan Mu.

And Chen Dong is the vigilance of the entire northwest of Shangjing, gold mining and trade routes are secondary.

"Where is Qinghe City?" Chen Dong asked in a daze.

"It's nine thousand nine hundred miles to the west, not far away." Zhao Huan said with a smile.

The corner of Chen Dong's mouth twitched, and he went west for nine thousand nine hundred miles...

Zhao Ding patted Chen Dong with a smile, the official is not a person who only lets work.

There will definitely be benefits from Chen Dong.

He smiled and said: "The official family, I think the Chen family in Huaibei can do business with them."

"Businessmen seek profit, but they can spread it all over the entire Shangjing Road. And I heard that Chen Jiaxin recently obtained a kind of woolen material called woolen. It is made of wool. I think the Chen family will be happy to accompany it."

"Oh? The Chen family's wool has already been made, can it be used as clothes?" Zhao Huan asked in surprise.

When Chen Chong and Chen Fu came last time, they didn't talk about it.

"It was the steward of the Chen family in Bianjing who approached me, and he talked to me about it, and he was willing to pay 300 million yuan for the permission to buy the wool of the entire Shangjing Road." Zhao Ding explained.

Zhao Huan frowned and asked, "Is it a monopoly?"

Zhao Ding shook his head and said, "No, it's permission. The Chen family's appetite is not so big yet."

"According to the laws of the Great Song Dynasty, it is not allowed to trade with the Khitan people without permission. Naturally, I want to rush to buy a license to do wool business."

"Moreover, the Chen family seems to be very interested in the Khitan's livestock. The sea salt from the Great Song Dynasty is very valuable to the Khitan people."

Zhao Huan thought for a while and said: "Salt and iron monopoly, I will order the Ministry of Commerce to follow up on the salt matter, and let the Chen family join in the middle."

"What about the Chen family's Pumai and Khitan Huiyi?" Zhao Ding asked.

Accompanying merchants was the most suitable way Zhao Ding had thought of. Merchants were chasing profit, and they would also act as scouts and gossip.

If the Chen family makes a profit, the giant merchants in the south of the Yangtze River will follow suit.

Zhao Ding believed that the merchants of Song Dynasty would turn the Khitan people into what Song Dynasty wanted.

Zhao Huan didn't hesitate much, and said: "Let him negotiate with Li Gongzheng of the Ministry of Commerce, and ask the Ministry of Commerce to issue a letter to see what is appropriate."

Zhao Ding gave Zhao Huan an excellent idea.

The businessman will suck the last drop of blood from the Khitan people, and let them sing and dance honestly.

Zhao Ding thought for a while and said: "I still want to hire a batch of documents and auditors of the lower ranks in Yanjing, and I may also need some retired soldiers to help me do things in Zhenzhou."

"I think Shangjing Road is definitely a treasure house, not a place where there is nothing but territory as discussed by the courtiers."

Zhao Huan agrees with Zhao Ding's opinion. Back then, Yingjili played the trick of sheep cannibalism for the sake of wool.

Such a large grassland is a bit empty, but how can Zhao Huan believe that there is no oil and water?

He nodded and said, "This is fine, as it should be."

"When you arrive in Zhenzhou, remember that sentence, win over a large group, and attack a small group."

"The Khitan people who are still on the road to Beijing, old and young, can't make any big troubles. But remember that they are still Khitan people now, don't compare them with the people in the Song Dynasty, they have not yet naturalized, so we should start Don't be soft-hearted, I let the soldiers go with me, do you understand?"

Zhao Ding, Chen Dong, and Ouyang Che bowed their heads and said, "I understand. If Daxing educates, I will still know how to do it."

"When do you plan to leave?" Zhao Huan asked.

Zhao Ding looked around and said, "I plan to leave a few people in charge of the employment. The others will go to Datong Mansion tomorrow and lead the troops to Zhenzhou and other places."

Zhao Huan was silent for a while, and said, "Thank you for your hard work."

(End of this chapter)