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Chapter 755 Mr. An Shi Takes Some Ideas For Granted (Part [-])
Chapter 764

"Wang Wushan and the others are not sure. The movement of Liao's troops is directed at the three states of Yan, You, and Hong. This is the key..." Gao Taotao also had a headache. Now, in such a state, Next, no one dares to stand up and guarantee the truth.

After all, the Song Dynasty and the Liao Kingdom have been in peace for too long, and even if you want to prepare, you must keep a low profile, otherwise, it may be considered a provocation. As a result, the war that should not have happened before ended because of Triggered by Fang's reckless behavior.

As a result, many civil and military officials on Shaanxi Road will inevitably be criticized by court officials in turn.

"How about Sun Er sending a forbidden army to Shaanxi Road for reinforcements?" Zhao Xu thought about it and came up with this idea.

Gao Taotao shook his head and vetoed it without thinking. "No, without sufficient reason, how can the forbidden army move lightly?"

"Then my grandson can't just watch the Liao army getting closer and closer to our territory of the Song Dynasty and remain indifferent, right?" Zhao Xu couldn't help but said with some frustration.

"It's not possible to mobilize soldiers and horses, but the ordnance should not matter..." At this time, Gao Taotao's face showed a more scheming smile. "His king, Wushan, has developed so many new types of armaments for the sake of the country, and the court can't help but show no sign of it."

"You mean..." Zhao Xu raised his head, looked at Gao Taotao with some confusion.

"Take two thousand pieces of Yuanyou Armor, five thousand yuanyou crossbows, and send a batch of gunpowder weapons to Shaanxi Road, so that they can deliver them as quickly as possible." Gao Taotao narrowed his eyes and analyzed calmly .

"Wang Wushan didn't ask for help from the court, nor did he ask for reinforcements from Su Dongpo's troops on Shanxi Road, which shows that Wang Wushan has the ability and confidence to resist the initial attack of the Liao Kingdom."

"He is making a lot of armor and arrows. This is also preparing for defense. Although we can't give him more armor, the Yuanyou Crossbow is an excellent weapon for defending the city. It has an extra five thousand Yuan. Younu also has two thousand sets of Yuanyou Armor, I think he should also understand your difficulties as an official."

"In addition, I would like to ask the officials to tell Xueshi Su personally that the soldiers and horses on Shaanxi Road should be arranged as far as possible to the north. If there are police in the three states, they should come to help in time."

"This arrangement will neither arouse the vigilance of the important officials in the court, but once the police in the three states are in place, at least it can stop the attack of the Liao Kingdom and buy enough time for the Song Dynasty to mobilize troops to reinforce Shaanxi Road."

After hearing this, Zhao Xu nodded in agreement, and looked at the emperor's grandmother with more and more admiration. "Sure enough, Grandmother, you have a solution. In this way, the worries in my grandson's heart are indeed relieved."

"If you care about the official, you will be in chaos. If you can calm down and think carefully, you can definitely think of this way." Gao Taotao smiled helplessly and shook his head.

Zhao Xu chuckled, a little impressively. "With the emperor's grandmother around to teach, my grandson knows that I have many shortcomings. I hope that the emperor's grandmother will not think that my grandson is presumptuous..."

"The future of the Song Dynasty depends only on you. The old lady of the Ai family doesn't know how many years she has to live. It is naturally good to be able to help you. But in the future, I hope the officials will think twice beforehand." .”

Zhao Xu nodded vigorously, and looked at the imperial grandmother who was becoming more and more old-fashioned. Thinking of his various immature performances in the past, Zhao Xu felt very guilty in his heart.

Although the emperor's grandmother is still healthy, she is an old man in her sixties after all. If she hadn't met Wang Wushan last time, it is very likely that the emperor's grandmother would have been separated from her.

And at that time, if the immature and reckless self was in charge of the court, what kind of situation would it be like?Zhao Xu himself understood very well when he thought about it with his toes. At that time, all he could think about was how to beat all the important officials in the court to death, and relegate them all to remote places, so that they could suffer.

And then bring all the courtiers of my father back to the court, and then make innovations with determination, and we will definitely be able to create a prosperous Song Dynasty.

But now that I think about it, that kind of immature thinking is likely to cause turmoil in the government and the opposition in a very short period of time. Civil and military officials will attack each other for power and profit, and new and old hatreds between old and new parties. Wanton vent.

And although the common people are not good, their peaceful lives will be messed up again.Zhao Xu, who has matured since then, has brought various new laws promulgated by his father, Emperor Shenzong, and is studying them carefully.

While studying, I did not forget to exchange letters with Wang Wushan to discuss the pros and cons of the new law.

Sometimes, they disguised themselves and went to the folks to ask the elderly farmers, businessmen, and craftsmen. In short, Zhao Xu's legs have been running around for a long time in the past few months.

Through his own judgment, Zhao Xu understands that not all of these aggressive new laws are good ways to share the worries of the people. A tool of interest in the hands of politicians everywhere.

This made Zhao Xu suddenly realize, Mr. Anshi, there are indeed some things that are taken for granted. Not only are some new laws completely without practical application value, but some new laws require self-discipline from the top to the bottom of the government to ensure smooth implementation. .

Zhao Xu, who is becoming more and more rational, is not satisfied with the irrational or despicable methods of those New Party officials who returned to Bianliang, Tokyo, who want to reform new laws and constantly demand more and more rights. Next, Zhao Xu felt more and more.

The reform method needs to be changed, but it cannot be changed blindly. I am still young, Wang Wushan is still young, and many ministers who are full of vigor are still very young.

The important thing is that Wang Wushan's three states are his own experimental field, or the experimental field of the Great Song Dynasty's reform.But all the new laws that both Zhao Xu and Wang Wushan finally approved will be gradually promoted in these three states.

For example, currently being quietly implemented in the three states, land tax is levied on a per-acre basis and no Ding tax is collected at all.Because in the Song Dynasty, land annexation was more important than in previous dynasties, and the Song Dynasty had almost no control over land annexation.

It can be said that "in a city, there are eleven who have land and nineteen who have no land".Land mergers also caused a large number of population movements. Many people flocked and fled again. There was a shortage of labor quotas, loss of labor taxes, financial corvee labor, and inspection difficulties.

You must know that in the Song Dynasty, there were often people who were often sold as slaves or directly drowned because of the heavy tax, even after giving birth to a baby.

And the frontier fortress of the Great Song Dynasty already lacks population, so if you frankly collect taxes again, won't it make it difficult for the population of the frontier fortress to increase?

Wang Wushan used a large number of detailed examples to illustrate the importance of the abolition of the Ding tax for the increase in the population of the Song Dynasty, especially in the frontier areas.

(End of this chapter)