"Is it possible that the Jin soldiers are going south?"

In the Yuqing Moral Palace, the Taoist Emperor wearing a Taoist robe trembled when he asked questions.

Jin soldiers!

How terrible!

Last time, Yelu Yanxi went south, he frightened Zhao Ji. Now he has changed to a stronger Jin soldier... Are you going to Xiangyang Prefecture to avoid it for the time being?

"Your Majesty, don't worry." The person who spoke was Tong Guan. Because he had just received the alarm from Shuofang Road, Fulin Road and Bing Dai Road, all the ten priests of the two palaces have arrived at the Yuqing Daode Palace and can hold a meeting in front of the imperial court.

Tong Guan said: "Shuofang, Fulin, and the three routes of BingDai did not say that Jin soldiers went south, but the border was invaded by barbarian tribes from somewhere. Fulin Road suffered little loss. Several villages on BingDai Road were broken, and a horse farm on Shuofang Road was robbed and thousands of horses were lost... In addition, Shuofang Road also reported that a large number of herders from Bu Bu recently moved to the Hetao grassland in the Jin Dynasty. It seemed that there was a conflict with the Wang Gu tribe who was dependent on Liang Kingdom."

What the hell is going on?

Zhao Ji was confused. Before, because the Liao Kingdom encircled the grassland tribes, there was no such incident of grassland tribe robbery on the northern border of the Song Dynasty, so Emperor Daojun felt strange.

"Are these people sent by the Jin Kingdom?" Zhao Ji asked.

"It's hard to say," Tong Guan replied, "The rivers originally belonged to the Liao Kingdom, and the grasslands in the south of the Monan changed their owners after the fall of Liao and Jin Dynasty. The originally gentle tribes were replaced by fierce tribes from Mobei... These tribes fought and killed when they were in Mobei, and had long been used to robbery."

Get used to robbing? Zhao Ji felt sweaty on his forehead and thought to himself, why are there such a barbaric person in the world? Oh, I can't say that, it seems that he just robbed Jiaozhi people... Is this retribution?

"How to deal with it?" Zhao Ji asked.

"Border preparations must be strengthened." Su Chi frowned, "Now, most of the new troops in Shuofang and Shaanxi are deployed in Hebei to prevent Zhou State. They should be allowed to return to Shaanxi and Shuofang to prevent border troubles.

In addition, Fulin and the two routes must not be ignored. Because the imperial court took back Taiyuan Prefecture and other places, the two routes had already complained. Now they have received an attack from the Northern Territory again, and the defense pressure is extremely high and the court needs help from urgently."

Zhao Ji looked at Cai Jing again, and Cai Jing said, "Your Majesty, there are more than 100,000 soldiers from Tianfu in Shaanxi, and now only ten generals are in service, only 44,000. It is possible to recruit ten more generals in Shuofang and Fulin. As for the combination of the route, we still need to make a long-term plan."

The organization of the new army of the Song Dynasty was basically copied from the Great Zhou. Their general was equivalent to the brigades of the Great Zhou, and all the troops were 4,400.

"Your Majesty," Tong Guan raised his objection, "The new Western Army was in the camp for four seasons and served for five consecutive years, not taking turns to go. Moreover, the northwest is hard and barren, and even if there are 200 acres of land, it cannot compare to the income of dozens of acres of land in the Central Plains. If the service is too much, I am afraid that the soldiers will be resentful."

He Zhizhong said: "If you feel difficult, you can just return the land. If you have 200 acres of land, are you still afraid that you will not be able to recruit soldiers?"

Su Chi glanced at Zhang Shuye who was about to be appointed as a foreigner, and Zhang Shuye just frowned and said nothing.

In Shaanxi, Shuofang's system of government troops has actually begun to be corrupted! In Shaanxi, Shuofang's government troops are not civil government troops of Zhou, but the latter belongs to the ruling class of Zhou! Not only are there the treatment of granting land, but there are also the treatment of receiving free education.

All the children of the Mansion Soldiers can enter primary school for free, and can pass the exam and go to primary school and university for free. Of course, the chances of the children of the Mansion Soldiers are not very high. However, all the primary schools and universities in Zhouguo will reserve quotas for them.

This ensures that the class of the government soldiers (mostly alternate citizens and temporary citizens, but the Yuan Cong government soldiers are lifelong citizens) have sufficient political spokespersons and ascendant channels.

However, the Song State's granted the land of the military soldiers did not have such special treatment at all, and the administrative management level of the Song State could not be compared with that of the Zhou State. Shaanxi and Shuofang were even more careless. No one was concerned about the generals' invasion of the military soldiers and the knight's field!

In addition, the military households and knight households in Shaanxi and Shuofang Mansion did not implement the system of inheritance of the eldest son. Their land was nominally a vocational land, but in fact it was private land that could be divided and sold.

Therefore, more than ten years after the land was granted, the land owned by the military and knights in Shaanxi and Shuofang had dropped by nearly 30%. The remaining land was no longer enough to support the military and knights, and the military had served for a long time...

However, no one dared to lift this lid!

The person below covered the cover, and Emperor Daojun naturally knew nothing, so he said, "Let's expand ten more generals so that the officers can have a place to go."

Tong Guan could only sigh and did not dare to raise any objections. In fact, the issue of the generals from Shuofang Road occupying the territory of the military and military personnel is also very prominent! He himself has not reaped a lot...

Cai Jing said: "With the ten new generals reinforcements, the Fulin along the border, it should be safe. In addition, I also suggest sending an envoy to the Jin Kingdom to question the border harassment."

"Okay," Zhao Ji nodded repeatedly, "I should send an envoy to ask questions, but don't anger the Jin people." He thought for a while, "Let Wu Haowen go, he is Wu Haogu's younger brother, and Wanyan Aguda always has to give him some face."

"The Lord is wise."

...

After the ten priests held the face, it was Ji Yi's turn. Zhao Ji was always intimate with this minister who had a wrong position when he ascended the throne, and he was sent away in a few words.

After leaving the Yuqing Moral Palace, Ji Yi saw Su Chi and others outside, frowning, as if she was worried.

Ji Yi knew what he was worried about? When he was heading north of Guangdong, Ji Yi visited Su Che in Quanzhou. The old man was sick and was bedridden, which looked a little dangerous.

So Su Chi and Su have already submitted a memorial and are going to take leave to see his father... I guess it will be four or five years later when I go there!

Because once Su Che died, Su Chi would have to go back to the court for three years.

Ji Yi was sent to Jiaozhixiang for a job, and she was unable to enter the court for several years.

Zhang Shuye was also sent by Cai Jing to be the commander of the coastal road, and he also had to stay away from the court...

"The prosperity of Kaifeng is even better than the past."

Ji Yi and Su Chi walked together, but did not talk about the future of the new party, but were quite moved by the prosperity of Kaifeng Prefecture in front of him.

"Business is prosperity, but unfortunately all things are expensive, and people's livelihood is difficult."

Su Chi paused, "In recent years, the scenery in the southeast has been unique... If Jiaozhi can stabilize, the situation in the southeast may be further improved.

However, there were 400 prefecture troops in the Song Dynasty. Now there are only 15 prefecture troops, including Xuzhou, Haizhou, Jiangning Prefecture, Runzhou, Changzhou, Suzhou, Xiuzhou, Huzhou, Hangzhou, Mingzhou, Yuezhou, Quanzhou, Xinghua Army, Guangzhou and Kaifeng Prefecture, and the Kaifeng Prefecture is only glitzy on the surface, and it has been empty inside. Most of the other 300 prefecture troops are going down. Among them, Hedong, Shaanxi, Hebei, and Jingxi are particularly depressed. Seeing that the war in the northwest begins again, I really don’t know what it will be like in the future.”

The problems that Su Chi saw were not only caused by the prosperity of Southeast Commercial Markets, but also the factors that China's economic center moved eastward, left the Central Plains, and turned to the eastern coast.

Wu Haogu opened the Age of Discovery and the Age of Confucian Revival, which accelerated this process.

"May be moving eastward in the future?" Ji Yi whispered, "Xuzhou, Haizhou, or Jiangning Prefecture..."

"Moving east?" Su Chi frowned, "Brother Yizhi, do you mean that the State of Zhou may go south?"

"Not necessarily," Ji Yi said, "but the Central Plains is getting increasingly exhausted. I feel deeply moved when I go north this time."

Su Chi shook his head, "It is not easy to move the capital and hurt the foundation of the country. Moreover, my father is seriously ill, so I am afraid that there will be no more days. I should be filial to my bedside and go back to Kaifeng Prefecture, which is probably a few years later."

"How about the court?" Ji Yi asked, "Who can take responsibility?"

"No one!" Su Chi sighed, "If Wu Chongdao hadn't reached this point, he could have been in charge of the Privy Council. There would be no problem with Wu Wangdao and Mi Yuanhui entering the East Prefecture. Now there are no people... The new scholars are missing one Jinshi, and it is too difficult to make a big use."

The new school is a school, and now there are people who work, scholars, and soldiers who lead troops to fight, but there is no one who can serve as the magistrate. On the one hand, it is because most new school talents lack one Jinshi. They often work in the army or act as wise officials, or are first introduced to the curtain and then recommended to be officials.

Such a background was always inferior in the Northern Song Dynasty court, and it was almost impossible to become a priest.

Ji Yi thought for a while, "How about Zhao Defu? Although he is not a Jinshi, he is also a recognized great scholar."

"Defu can do academic research, but it is difficult to be competent for the masters." Su Chi said, "Now there are really few people, so I can only use it."

...

"Sir, the ones who have bothered Shuofang and Fulin should be the Buren and Meng Ancients."

Cai Jing had returned to his mansion at this time. His son Cai You was analyzing the attacks of Shuofang, Fulin and Dai Sanlu.

He had been the Minister to Tianjin for a while and had a good understanding of the situation of Zhou and Jin.

"The Buren and the Cute Ancients? Why did they run outside our border?" Cai Jing leaned against a soft couch, enjoying the maids pinched their shoulders and legs while talking to his son.

"Of course it was arranged by the Jin court." Cai You said.

"Why do they do what?"

Cai You snorted and laughed: "You still need to ask, of course you want money."

"I want annual monies?" Cai Jing frowned. "Didn't it mean that the Jin Kingdom was threatened by the Western Liao? Are they not afraid that we will join forces with the Western Liao?"

"In fact, there is more than one Western Liao," Cai You said, "The Liang Kingdom and Xia Kingdom are both opposed to the Jin Kingdom."

"Xia Kingdom?" Cai Jing was stunned, "Aren't they in India? Is there enough for the Jin Kingdom?"

Cai You smiled and said, "There is no one to reach the person, but the money is enough... When my son was in Tianjin, he heard that Zhao Qianshun and Zhao Zhongshun made money in India over the years, and he also joined forces with the Western Liao to deal with the Seljuk Kingdom. The two families are die-hard allies and give Western Liao a lot of money every year!
Chapter completed!