"Yuanyanglu is only 600 miles away from Jiehe Market..."

Zhao Ji's face was gloomy, holding a memorial sent by Su Che from Jiehe Shangshi in his hand, looking at a large number of ministers below.

He was feeling like he was riding a roller coaster, and sometimes he was full of ambition, as if he was the second in the Khan of Heaven; sometimes he was worried and afraid to die, as if he had a hereditary timid disease.

And now it seems that the time for hereditary cholangiopathy is happening! This is a mental illness, but there is no psychologist to treat him. Only a group of ministers with long beards but a little short-lived come up with bad ideas in the Chongzheng Hall.

"Your Majesty, don't worry," the sickly Su Dongpo comforted Zhao Ji. "The city of Jiehe Shang City is strong and dangerous. Jiehe water is also a ship of my Song Dynasty. Even if the Khitans have fast horses, they cannot step by the water."

"Weapons are of great significance. If the Khitans were determined to go south to start a war, they would not have stationed troops, and they would have let the envoys tell us. Besides, Han Zhongyan, the Hebei Strategic Pacification Envoy, has always known the troops, so Your Majesty does not need to worry."

Li Gefei also said things to comfort Zhao Ji with the teacher, but Zhao Ji frowned. Can Han Zhongyan call him Zhibing? He is just an elderly nerd. When the Liao people are about to fight, what can he do?

"How about transfer Gao Qiu to Hebei?" Zhao Ji suddenly had an idea, "Let him be the head of the east and west troops of Hebei, and rectify the government soldiers in Hebei."

During this period, the hottest topics in the court were not only to suppress the Western thieves and resist the Khitan, but also to reform the military system and promote the troops of the Dafu.

Because of Tong Guan, Gao Qiu and Wu Haogudu reported in the memorial that the 5,000 soldiers under the Sanzhi Imperial Army performed outstandingly in the Battle of Tong Wan.

These are just short-term training soldiers. When using spears (steps) with a length of about one and a half meter to attack in a dense and strict formation, it is almost difficult for the enemy to resist.

In the bloody battle at the gap in the Tongwan City Wall, the Western thieves invested 2,000 garrison troops and more than 2,500 iron kites to attack. However, they were unable to break through the defense of the Song army's spearmen, who were less than 5,000 people, and finally suffered a significant loss of more than 2,700 people.

The Song army's spearmen suffered only five or six hundred casualties, of which less than three hundred were seriously injured and killed.

Such a result is not only a mansion who "only know how to carry hoes", even the elite troops of the Western Army are difficult to obtain, right?

So after reading the memorials of Tong Guan, Gao Qiu and Wu Haogu, the public opinion in the court began to praise the government soldiers and belittle the recruitment. Many officials simply submitted memorials to recommend that the recruitment of troops should no longer be effective, and instead to fully restore the government soldiers system. Later, the Song Dynasty used government soldiers to conquer the world.

At the same time, the controversy over the top and the Jinshi list has become much smaller. I just don’t know if the officialdom of the government is the beginning, so is it possible to attract enough talents to apply for the exam?

Maybe, everyone's interest in the Biyong Academy and Yuntai Academy will also be reduced a lot, right?

"Your Majesty," Zhang Kangguo, the official in the Privy Council, was quite calm. He reported, "Although Gao Qiu can fight, he can sweep Hehuang, surrender Renduo, defeat the throne, and defeat Cha Ge. He won even the battle and win. He also had the students of the Military Academy, the houses of Kaifeng Prefecture, and the land on Shuofang Road... Without these three things, I am afraid that even Gao Qiu can cook without rice."

When Zhang Kangguo mentioned the house, Zhao Ji couldn't help but get upset. He was not a stingy official. Even though Wu Haogu gave more than 2,000 houses worth 6 million yuan, Zhao Ji was not worried. But the problem is that the treatment of the imperial warriors was too high, which has caused many civil officials to be dissatisfied with the hierarchy system of civil and noble martial arts, which is being broken!

The military pay and benefits of the imperial warriors are already comparable to those of the Beijing officials. Now they have obtained a large amount of real estate because of the reward method of cutting their heads and changing houses. This has made the civil servants who have lived in Kaifeng Prefecture for many years jealous.

Don’t underestimate the “tube building” of 3,000 yuan. It is certainly not difficult for civil officials to take out the money for the court officials. However, if the Beijing officials choose people, they can’t afford them in their lifetime by relying on legitimate income. The youngest one is from a ninth rank official, and the annual salary is only 144 yuan! 3,000 yuan is something that cannot be saved for 20 years.

Moreover, most of these civil servants have been brainwashed by "there are golden houses in books" since childhood. Now there is not even a tube house in books. Instead, the vulgar martial artist who cuts his head to make contributions has been obtained... Isn't this the "gold houses under the knife"? Is Emperor Zhenzong's "Lixue Pian" to be changed to "Shangwu Pian", such as Qianzhong, Golden House, and Yan Ruyu, all of which are exchanged for the heads of Western thieves and Khitans?

Is this still the Song Dynasty? Isn’t this a violent Qin that uses military merits to seduce people’s hearts? The Song Dynasty must not follow the old path of violent Qin!

Therefore, while adding Wu Haogu's title, Zhao Ji also wrote a handwritten edict, seriously criticizing the real estate development route pursued by Wu Haogu, and ordered him not to use real estate as bait to inspire soldiers to fight to the death.

"The real estate in Kaifeng Prefecture cannot be easily awarded to soldiers!" Zhao Ji gritted his teeth, "The imperial military exercises are no longer held regularly... However, there is nothing wrong with giving fields to soldiers of the Yougong Mansion. The Privy Council and the Ministry of War should discuss a solution as soon as possible."

"I received the order."

Zhang Kangguo, the Minister of the Privy Council, and Liu Kui, the Minister of War, both received the imperial edict. Zhao Ji nodded, with a little relief in his expression.

The reason why he resolutely gave up the motivation method of "for houses" was not only because of the dissatisfaction of the civil servants, but also because of the combat effectiveness of the military soldiers in the Battle of the Ten Thousand.

Since there are cheap and sufficient domestic soldiers, what do you have to do with expensive house soldiers? So Zhao Ji just stopped "changing houses with his head" and did not stop "changing land with his head". Of course, the land cannot be given too much, and it must be given 250 acres as the upper limit, and it can only give wasteland in marginal prefectures and counties, and fertile land in the mainland.

"Your Majesty," the right prime minister Su Dongpo sat on a scepter at this time and spoke, "Now the Khitan is asking for a huge price, and he is in a position of being in a big army, so he should not be taken lightly.

Therefore, the old minister suggested suspending the offensive against Dangxiang in the northwest. The eastern front could be stopped in Yanzhou and Hetao grasslands. The western front could be lifted into the siege of King Chuancheng of Qin and abandoning the Liangzhou strategy. Finally, Qianshun was allowed to cede land and submit to the surrender."

Zhao Ji's expression became very entangled. Su Dongpo meant to stop when he was ready. Let Qianshun live a way out, and then concentrate on dealing with the Khitans, so most of the Khitans would retreat.

After all, the Song Dynasty seems to be very capable now, and famous generals like Gao Qiu have also emerged. Moreover, the internal internal of the Liao Kingdom is unstable, and the people of the Bu Bu are unstable, and the Jurchens are in a tendency to be out of control. If the Liao Kingdom decides to start a war, once it is defeated by Gao Taiwei, the Bu Bu and the Jurchens will take advantage of the situation. The Liao Kingdom will be in a catastrophe!

But now is the best time to perish or force the Western thieves to move westward. As long as Qin Wangchuan gets it, the Hexi Corridor will face the danger of being closed by the Song Dynasty. The Western thieves have to choose between moving westward immediately and surrender completely.

Moreover, Gao Yongnian, who was besieging Qin Wangchuan, seemed to have a method to quickly break through Qin Wangchuan City!

"Your Majesty, the city of Qin Wang Chuan City is about to be destroyed. Wouldn't it be a waste of all the previous efforts?" Cai Jing was observing Zhao Ji's expression. He smiled, "Maybe the city has been broken now. Could it be that we still have to return the territory we have obtained from hard fighting to the Western thieves?"

The war between Qin Wangchuan began in early March. After Gao Yongnian's command of Hexi Road, the main force of Hexi Road, finally advanced to Qin Wangchuan and completed the siege after removing a series of Western thieves' strongholds such as Zhuoluo City, Shuibo City, Gai Zhu City, and Renshou Mountain City.

However, Gao Yongnian's army did not have professional engineers, and his construction capabilities were not the same as those of the Third Direct Imperial Army, so it was impossible to complete the construction of the cave without a month or two.

Moreover, the Xixia army in Qin Wangchuan City already knew how Tongwan City was captured, so they had already prepared. A large number of gate-sticking knives (that is, knife chariots) and reserve troops were prepared in the city. Once the city wall collapsed, it could be blocked in time.

In addition, the two brothers Qianshun and Cha Ge were also desperately mobilizing troops in Xingling Prefectures. Now that the Iron Yaozi and the garrison army have been replenished, they can go to the Qin Wangchuan at any time!

However, Zhao Ji didn't know these situations. He only knew that the Western thief was already standing on the edge of the cliff. With a little push, he might be able to solve the problem once and for all.

Thinking of this, Zhao Ji's expression calmed down a little, "The eastern front ends in Yanzhou, the western front ends in Qin Wangchuan... After capturing Qin Wangchuan, Qianshun and the brothers of Cha made reform. As long as they were willing to go to Kaifeng Prefecture to apologize, I would treat him like a son and no longer pursue his crimes. They would still let them rule the eight states such as Xing, Ling, Wei, Liang, Gan, Su, Gua, and Sha. They could also give Qianshun a great captain in the Western Regions and allow him to take the four towns west.

As for the Khitan, they can divide the Hetao land with them, so that they can make a difference, so they will not meet me."

The emperor finally gave up and destroyed the Western thief in one fell swoop! Su Dongpo was relieved, and it was easy to do now.

Cai Jing then reported again: "Your Majesty, I suggest that Wu Haogu be transferred back from Shuofang Road, and be the commander of Cangzhou and the commander of the military commander, and command Cangzhou troops to enter Jiehe Shang City to prevent the Khitan."

Once the troops in Cangzhou enter Jiehe Commercial City, it means that the end of the era of high autonomy of the Commercial City will become a semi-autonomous commercial city that looks like Haizhou Jingdong Commercial City.

Although Wu Haogu was in charge of the position of the commander of Cangzhou and the commander of the military commander, once his term of office came, others could take over the defense of the Shangcheng City. He could even further move the prefectures of Cangzhou from Qingchi County to Jiehe Shangcheng City...

Su Dongpo of course knew what Cai Jing meant, but he did not object. Because he could not find a reason to object... Now the Liao army is about to approach the enemy. How can Jiehe Market be so rich in such a rich place?
Chapter completed!