The suggestions put forward by Mi Youren are of course very good, at least in Zhao Ji's opinion, are good...

Zhao Ji sighed: If he hadn't joined Wu Haogu, should he have Xuanma now?

If Ji Yi, Wu Haogu, Mi Youren, and Wu Hao have all entered the Political Affairs Hall, how stable would the world of the Song Dynasty be?

"Brother Yin," Zhao Ji suddenly sighed, "I ask you, does Wu Dalang really have the desire to hold troops to the world?"

As soon as these words came out, the air in the hall almost frozen.

Pan Xiao'an and Wu Hao both held their breath and looked at Mi Youren nervously.

Mi Youren seemed to have expected Zhao Ji to have this question, and then he smiled and said, "Your Majesty, Zhou State is different from the Song Dynasty. The Song Dynasty governs the world with the scholars and officials. The scholars and officials plan for the world, so they naturally want to unify.

The Zhou Kingdom was a knight, with the government soldiers and merchants ruled the world.

The knights, the soldiers of the government are greedy for the land. Although the land of Song State is vast, all the fields have their own masters. If they want to enclose the land, they may cause the world to rebel. With 200,000 knights and 300,000 soldiers, how can they deal with the 100 million farmers in the world? If the method of enclosing the land is not adopted, then what the knights and soldiers are trying to do?

The merchants in Zhou State were aimed at wealth. Now Tianjin cloth, Yanshan iron, Changlu salt, Liaodong, Korean ginseng, Jiehe boat, etc. have been sold all over the world. Tianjin's wealthy merchants are all making a fortune. Is it necessary to use troops to the Song Dynasty? Once the war peaks start, can business still be done?

Therefore, Zhou would rather use troops to plot against Goryeo to Japan and South China than go south to go to war with the Song Dynasty."

Mi Youren's words make some sense. In fact, the Song Dynasty is now an economic colony of the Great Zhou. The merchants in Tianjin did not have the need for the Song Dynasty to use troops, but instead would prevent the use of troops.

The military citizens of Zhou State only want to use force to the places where they can obtain farmland and customers.

However, the Song Dynasty implemented private land ownership, with a large population and a small land area, and the per capita land area was only a few acres. If a farm was to be established in the Song Dynasty, especially the densely populated Central Plains enclosure, it would definitely trigger fierce resistance, and cruel suppression would be inevitable at that time.

However, the target of their suppression was the Tianjin merchants' customers, most of the merchants produced in Tianjin, sold to the landlords of the Song Dynasty.

Customers are God! If you kill all the customers, how can Tianjin merchants agree?

As for the need to use force to liberate the large market and labor force in the Central Plains, there may be such motivation after the Industrial Revolution. After all, productivity will increase ten times or a hundred times with the emergence of the machine industry. Transportation will also develop rapidly with the advent of the railway era. The inland of the Central Plains, even the northwest and southwest, will have the possibility of great development.

But now the productivity of Tianjin's industry and commerce is limited and cannot digest too much labor and market demand.

The inconvenient transportation in the Central Plains, the land consumes territories, and the large population eats, which can only be achieved by meticulous farming and hard work to barely maintain famine. If too many people are transferred to industry and commerce, not only the transportation of raw materials will be a problem, but even the eating of industrial and commercial population will be a problem. There is no reason why the Central Plains dynasty emphasizes agriculture and suppresses commerce.

Therefore, the capitalists in Tianjin are quite satisfied with the market of the Central Plains landlord class and will not think about the purchasing power of poor and lower-middle peasants. Therefore, the demand for occupying the Central Plains is very small.

Even the military citizens of the Zhou State needed the Song Dynasty market. Because they were not self-sufficient feudal manors, but farmers who produced for the market. Most of the production of the Knight Manor and the Fubing Farm were used for money, and the cotton from Yan land and the grain from Liaodong also needed to be digested by the Song Dynasty market.

Mi Youren continued: "The Zhou State not only had a land army, but also a naval army. The Great Zhou naval army was so strong that it could traverse all over the world. There were countless vast overseas places, and most of them were rich and weak, and easy to conquer. Why did the Great Zhou Dynasty leave no land for overseas wealth without occupying the land of wealth, and provoke war in the Central Plains, causing the people to be displaced and all industries were abandoned?

Therefore, expanding the territory outside has always been the best choice for the Zhou Dynasty's industrial and commercial soldiers. However, the Zhou Dynasty's population was finally limited. If you want to develop overseas bans, you need to recruit some refugees who have no food and clothing in the Song Dynasty. I hope Your Majesty can make it convenient."

Zhao Ji nodded and refused to comment. Isn’t it against letting refugees in the country go out to sea to seek life and not let them go, so he kept them up? It’s just that the saint of the Song Dynasty was in court, and the whole country was peaceful, so how could there be refugees with no food and clothing?

Mi Youren also said: "In addition, the big merchants and tycoons in Tianjin feel that it is inconvenient to enter the Song Dynasty to operate. I hope that there will be a particularly convenient place on the land of the Song Dynasty. If it can be granted the title of King Yun with Jingdong and its surrounding areas, it will greatly facilitate the trade between the two countries.

The big merchants and tycoons in Zhou State can participate in politics openly. As long as they refuse to start a war, there will be no fight between Song and Zhou."

After hearing this, Zhao Ji, Pan Xiao'an and Wu Hao both lamented in their hearts.

Why did the Song Dynasty reach the point where it was only possible to rely on the Zhou Dynasty's businessmen to be at peace?

The Song Dynasty shared the world with the scholars and officials! How could a dignified scholar and official cannot compare to the merchants?

...

"Shiyilang, Erlang, what do you think?"

As soon as Mi Youren left, Zhao Ji frowned and asked.

"Your Majesty, I think you must be careful of others, and you must be harmful to others." Pan Xiao'an said, "You must be appeased by the strong soldiers of Zhou, but at the same time you must be strictly guarded."

“How to prevent it?”

"Build a bastion!" Pan Xiao'an said, "Aguda was frustrated by Yanzi Fort, and Hebule was frustrated by Linhuang Fort. These two castles are all so-called bastions. The bastions combined with artillery, and the iron sand bullets have the effect of being solid.

If the court could choose important places on the west and south banks of the Yellow River, building a wide range of bastions and deploying new troops, it should be able to curb and delay the Zhou army and make the war last."

Zhao Ji asked again: "What about changing the title of Prince Yun to Prince of Donghai?"

Wu Hao took over the question: "The Prince of Yun is His Majesty's descendant, and Wu Meiniang is his princess, but his daughter-in-law. What is the difference between Prince Yun governing the East China Sea and Your Majesty's ruler in the East China Sea?"

Pan Xiao'an added: "Pengcheng can also be converted into a bastion to prevent any accidents. There is Pengcheng in the east, Xiangyang in the south, and Liyang city in Hebei can be built. This is a foolproof way."

Zhao Ji nodded: "We must wait until Ji Yizhi returns to Xuanma, and then the two governments will discuss it."

He looked at Wu Hao again: "Erlang, if the two governments have no objection to this matter, you can go and be the Prime Minister of the East China Sea."

When Wu Hao heard this, he immediately bowed and bowed: "I thank Your Majesty for your kindness!"

The Prime Minister of the East China Sea is actually only equivalent to a prefect, which is tantamount to exile for ministers like Wu Hao who are qualified to Xuan Ma. However, Wu Hao's situation is special. When he arrives in Donghai Country, he no longer has to worry about living.

...

Chengde, Summer Resort.

Wu Haogu had been to the Summer Resort several times in his previous life, but he did not expect that he would become the owner of this place now. Although his Summer Resort cannot be compared with the Summer Resort of the Qing emperor, there are no seventy-two views, nor many Lama temples. It is just a castle built in a narrow valley on the west bank of the Wulie River. The interior decoration is very simple and there is not much atmosphere in the sky.

However, the role played by this summer resort is somewhat similar to that of the Qing Dynasty. It is a place for interacting and meeting leaders of the northern grasslands.

Wu Haogu did much better than the Qing emperors like Kangxi and Qianlong in this regard... diplomatic activities were all put on the bed!

I don’t know if it was because I had been riding a horse some time ago. Empress Dowager Xiao’s long legs were much stronger, her waist was a little thinner, and her mind was of course a little smaller, but the feel was still good.

After some in-depth exchanges, Wu Haogu lay on the bed, enjoying the empress dowager's kneading, while discussing with her the future of Yelu Yi, the "post-behind son" of Yelu Yanxi.

Yelu Yi is only three years old this year and is still an ignorant child. He looks pink and tender, very cute. He even calls Wu Haogu a dad.

Although he did not follow Wu Haogu's surname, he always had Wu Haogu's flesh and blood, so Wu Haogu had to worry about his future.

Yelu Yi has a great status in the Dongliao area. He is the dignified prince and the heir to the throne of the Dongliao.

However, the King of Eastern Liao, Yelu Aoluwo, was also a half-year-old child. If he did not die young, he would probably have children. At that time, the prince of Yeluyi's prince would not have the chance to become a regular person.

It would be fine if you don’t have the chance to become a regular person, but maybe you will have a scene of tragic death. Yelu Yi is Wu Haogu’s son, and Zhou Guo will inevitably be involved in it at that time, and that would be a big battle.

Moreover, after Empress Xiao defeated Hebule, the Dongliao revived its momentum. If Aguda was repelled and won the Linhuang Mansion, it would be afraid that it would develop in the direction of the common ruler of the grassland.

Will Dongliao still be willing to rely on the Great Zhou at that time?

This must be prevented in advance!

"Se," Wu Haogu said to Xiao Sesse in a deep tone, "Yi'er's status is a bit awkward after all. After all, he is not a descendant of Yelu Abaoji. He always has Yelu's surname and the title of Prince Wang, which is not very suitable."

Xiao Sesse has been worried about this, "Officials, I also know... I originally asked Yi'er's surname Yelu, but I was afraid that Ao Luwo would have something to do. Now Ao Luwo has grown up and is about to get married and have children."

"If Ao Luwo has children, let Yi'er hand over the title of Prince Prince, and then change the surname Yelu to Xiao." Wu Haogu paused, "At that time, he will grant him the Yanzi Fort on the Bashang Grassland and let him be the head of the Wanhu family on the Bashang Grassland. What do you think?"

"Let Yi'er be the head of the ten thousand households on the dam?" Xiao Sesse frowned, "Official, do you mean to break Dongliao into two?"
Chapter completed!