Luoyang Imperial City, Zhenguan Hall.
Zhao Kai has already settled the three brothers in the "mansion area" on the north bank of Luoshui, east of the imperial city, and arranged a large house for each of them - all good houses left by Luoyang dignitaries who ran away. .
Then Zhao Kai himself and a group of ministers who greeted Zhao Shu, Zhao Qi and Zhao Xu outside Dingding Gate returned to the imperial city and held a temporary court meeting in Zhenguan Hall. Instead of discussing other things, let's discuss how to deal with the "emperor's younger brother" whom Zhao Huan threw over.
I have to say that Zhao Huan really posed a problem for Zhao Kai... After all, we are facing a powerful enemy now. Large areas of Hebei and Jingdong have fallen, and the Yellow River has been dug by the evil gold thieves, drowning countless Li people!
This is a disaster for the Central Plains!
At this time, the Han people should unite and drive out the gold thieves. If possible, the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun should be restored. Where can my brothers fight? Isn’t it true that relatives feel pain and enemies feel pleasure? Originally, it was difficult for one country to accommodate two Zhaos. Zhao Kai and Zhao Huan were both officials, so only one could survive. Now Zhao Huan of the Second Zhao School is about to die, and the children at home are young, so he plans to imitate Zhao Kuangyin and Zhao Guangyi in becoming brothers, and Zhao Kai happens to be Zhao Guangyi's seat. As soon as Zhao Huan dies, he will naturally come to the Second Zhao School. one. The scourge of civil war was eliminated instantly, and the Song Dynasty could unite to attack Huanglong!
Therefore, the fact that Zhao Huan is seriously ill and about to die is simply expected! It is no exaggeration to say that "the people of the entire Song Dynasty" were looking forward to the good news of Zhao Huan's death.
Do you think Zhao Kai can now say that he should not be the emperor's younger brother? Can you say that the land of ten routes and two states held by Zhao Huan is not in vain, and we have to send troops to fight it again?
You can't say that!
If you say this, you will lose the morale of the military and the people...
But Zhao Kai clearly knew that his good brother Zhao Huan had a good life and might live another ten or twenty years! Even if Zhao Kai is willing to wait... By then, Zhao Chen will be in his twenties or thirties, can he still give up the throne to his uncle Zhao Kai? Maybe, like Yelu Hongji, he would use the title of "uncle emperor" to fool himself!
This is really embarrassing!
When Zhao Kai thought of this, his eyes wandered around the Zhenguan Palace. Because the Fourth Road Land Reform is still going on, generals are needed everywhere, so the only brothers left in Luoyang are Yue Fei, Dong Jingang, and a good brother-in-law, Li Fuchen, who are all sitting in Zhenguan Hall today!
In addition to the three of them, there were also two generals, He Guan, the privy envoy, and Liu Yan, Yang Weizhong, the deputy envoys.
The civil servants are Lu Yihao, Cai Mao, Han Xiaozhou, Qian Gai, Lu Zai, Fan Zhixu, Cai Wei, Zhao Kai, Mi Youren, Chen Dong, Zhang Jun, Hu Yin, Deng Su, and Zong Ying ——He was sent to Luoyang by Zongze to report that the floods around Kaifeng Mansion had receded slightly. This time Kaifeng Mansion has been surrounded by floods for more than two months. Now the water in the west and south of the city has receded, and the north and east of the city are still flooded, but the water level is not very deep.
If Zhao Shu, Zhao Qi and Zhao Xu hadn't come to Luoyang, Zhao Kai would have had to inspect the yellow flood area near Kaifeng Mansion. This yellow flood area must be managed as soon as possible!
We must take advantage of the receding water in winter to build a dyke five to six hundred miles long to protect the west side of the yellow flood zone first, otherwise it will be flooded next year!
As for the east side, that is beyond Zhao Kai's control...
To build a dam five to six hundred miles long, at least hundreds of thousands of people would have to be used! Those civil servants were not government soldiers. They had the obligation to perform military service after taking Zhao Kai's land. Zhao Kai did not implement land equalization, so the poor people on the four campsite roads did not receive any benefits and were unable to bear the heavy labor.
Therefore, while Zhao Kai was promoting the four-way land distribution, in order to give some benefits to the poor people in the four Yingtian Roads (they had to appease them to avoid being incited by the landlord class with ulterior motives), he exempted the households in the Four Roads from three years of work. A small amount of money and corvee. If we want to mobilize the people to build the dam again, we will have to give money, and it will cost millions!
Next year, millions of cloth coupons will have to be cashed...and the equipment of the soldiers needs to be gradually upgraded, and Yishui Road and Yiru Road need to be renovated and expanded to improve transportation efficiency!
In addition, the Privy Council also proposed a plan to rebuild Ye City in Linzhang, intending to use this new Ye City as the Song Dynasty's stronghold in Hebei to protect Xiangzhou, Cizhou, Weizhou, Xinde Prefecture and other places... .This will cost a lot of money again!
Zhao Kai's brows knitted tightly at the thought of spending money like water!
"Brother," Yue Fei was the first to speak when he saw Zhao Kai frowning, "I think the gold thieves are the big problem, and everyone in Jinling does not understand military affairs and is simply vulnerable. Therefore, King Wu (referring to Zhao Huan) is willing United, God is helping me!"
Yue Fei obviously looked down on those 403 martial arts scholars... But having said that, Zhao Kai only got dozens of "Wu Hanlin" scholars in places like Shaanxi, Hedong, and Hebei where martial arts were used, and Those people's martial arts and military skills are beyond comparison.
Zhao Huan recruited more than 400 martial arts scholars in places such as the southeast. It was easy to know what level they were, so Yue Fei didn't take Zhao Huan's 100,000 new army troops seriously.
"Officials, I also think this matter is good for us." Lu Yihao saw that Yue Fei was so quick to speak, so he had to express his position quickly. He smiled and said, "The world is said to be divided into three parts, but unification is really possible. The two families that belong to the country are us and the Jin Thief. King Wu is just the king of the family... As long as the officials can defeat the Jin Thieves and regain Jingdong and Hebei, King Wu will abdicate and accept the land, which is just a decree of the officials. That’s all.”
Privy Councilor He Guan also said: "Officials and veterans also feel that King Wu has nothing to worry about...Now the military and the people want to expedition to the north and east as soon as possible to drive away the golden thieves and restore our homeland. We might as well ask more from King Wu." As long as he is willing to pay some military expenses, what's the point of allowing him a few more years?"
How many more years?
Zhao Kai frowned deeply and seemed to be a little soft-hearted.
At this moment, the right minister Cai Mao suddenly said: "It's okay for the official to accommodate King Wu for a few years, but now King Wu gives the gold thief three million years old coins every year... This is to support the enemy!"
Cai Chi, the Minister of Rites, immediately agreed: "Guan, King Wu should transfer these three million to you, so that we can get six million grains of rice, silk or copper coins a year, and the country will have enough money. "
These two people named Cai are actually trying to trip up Zhao Huan - they are the same Cai as Cai Jing and Cai You! Cai Jing is still Cai Chi’s biological father!
The two of them may not want to "fight between two Zhaos", but they certainly don't want to make Zhao Huan's life easier.
However, Zhao Kai felt that what they said was quite reasonable! Zhao Huan was really shameless. He not only pretended to be sick and looked pitiful, but also gave Jin Guo so many coins every year...three million!
Zhao Gou in history didn't give that much, right?
What is this if not capitalizing on the enemy? If he hadn't given so much to the gold thief, Wanyan Zonghan would have gone deep into Dengfeng last time!
"The officials and ministers also agree with this proposal!"
"The officials and ministers also suggest that Wu be severely punished for surrendering to the gold master!"
"Official, I second the proposal!"
Above the court, there was immediately a chorus of agreement!
Zhao Kai nodded, seemed to be angry, and sneered: "Zhao Huan can't ask me to tolerate him while also paying a large sum of money to the enemy! His current illness is mostly fake. If he pretends for ten years, wouldn't it be Want to give 30 million to the gold thief? How can he be worthy of the late emperor? How can he be worthy of the millions of people who died at the hands of the gold thief on both sides of the two rivers? If he wants me to tolerate him, he must immediately cut off the annual coins to the gold thief, and then... .....Give me 6 million more every year! What do you think?"
Zhao Kai asked and pondered at the same time: These brothers also have to settle accounts clearly!
"The official sage," Cai Mao immediately expressed his support, "King Wu should have cut off the annual coins to the gold thief long ago!"
Cai Chi gritted his teeth and said, "I don't know who came up with this coin? If my subordinates came up with it, he should be severely punished!"
Lu Yihao was a little worried and said: "Guan family, if King Wu cuts off the annual coins to the gold thief, the gold thief will probably send troops to attack Lianghuai..."
"Hmph! The golden thief sent troops to the Huaihe River?" Zhao Kai snorted and said with a smile, "I can't ask for more!"
Now there is a balance between the "Northern Song Dynasty" and the "Eastern Jin Dynasty". Zhao Huan's "Southern Song Dynasty" is just trying to survive in the cracks and is not a force similar to the Eastern Wu Dynasty at all. If the Jin soldiers march out of the Huaihe River, it will severely damage the military strength and the morale of the people of the "Southern Song Dynasty". At that time, Zhao Kai can easily take the land in the name of rescue... And the Jin Thief At most, it would be impossible to gain a foothold in Huainan with some looting.
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"One year, six million coins a year...three million of them are rice, and one and a half million each of money and silk!"
"I also want to break off my relationship with the gold thief and stop paying the annual coins..."
"We also need to severely punish the Lord and the ministers... Third brother, are you pushing too hard?"
"Yes, if the golden thief really shows his strength and goes south to the Huaihe River, the few soldiers and horses I have at hand will not be able to withstand it!"
"Third brother, how many years have you spent with Brother Rong? You are completely forcing me to die early!"
"Third brother, why don't you think about it again?"
Zhao Shu, Zhao Qi and Zhao Xu were obviously frightened by Zhao Kai's lion's big mouth. After being called to Zhenguan Hall, he kept talking about Zhao Huan.
But how could Zhao Kai give in? He also asked the three brothers: "Who is the leader of the Zhuhe faction over at Jinling? Is it Qin Hui?"
He guessed it right!
Zhao Shu said: "Qin Hui is indeed the master of peace..."
"I knew it was him!" Zhao Kai said with a cold face, "Then let's add one more...killing Hui is the only way to make peace! You go and tell the eldest brother, if he doesn't agree, then I will kiss him Bring the soldiers to ask him about his crimes of collaborating with the enemy and betraying the country and being unfilial and unjust!"
Zhao Shu just shook his head: "Third brother, aren't you afraid that your eldest brother will be forced to have no choice but to join forces with the gold thief to deal with you?"
Zhao Kai snorted and said with a smile: "If he dares to do this, I won't spare him, and even my father's spirit in heaven will not spare him! The people of the ten and two states in the southeast will not spare him either!"
I'm afraid Zhao Huan isn't that stupid, right? Zhao Huan thought: If you are really that stupid, it will be easy for the two Zhaos to unite! As long as he dares to unite with the gold thieves and send troops together... Haha, there is no need to mobilize the 300,000 to 400,000 government soldiers on Yingtian Fourth Road to attack Jiangnan. With one order, they are guaranteed to be like wolves and tigers!
