Shenkeng system

Chapter 141
Of course Zhao Si knew that Zhang Shuye was a sensible person, so before meeting him, he had already thought up his words, Zhao Si smiled and said: "Then according to Zhang Da's intention, let's continue fighting?"

"..." Zhang Shuye's mouth moved, but no words came out.

"I have to say that Mr. Zhang's worries are justified! Of course, I want to know this, but now the bandits are on the mend, and our imperial army has not been rectified. The newly developed firearms will not be available for a while. Large-scale equipment cannot be carried out, so it is not yet ripe to encircle and suppress them now!"

"However, thieves also have capable people to help them. If we don't fight now, after a year or so, they will grow stronger and stronger. How can we fight them down?"

"Master Zhang, you see that they are developing, but you don't see that we are also developing! In terms of development, they have only one-third of an acre of land in Liangshan, and they are nothing more than a force of tens of thousands of people; the imperial court is different. If we want to support the development of the Forbidden Army, it is supported by tens of millions of people and the power of the whole country, so in terms of the speed of development, we have an absolute advantage... This is one of them."

Zhao Situn said after a pause: "The most important aspect is that we can't fight with them now, even if we mobilize 10,000+ people now, use human lives to consume their advanced weapons, so that their manufacturing speed can't keep up The speed at which we are consuming! In this way, after paying an extremely heavy price in human lives, this force will of course be wiped out, but what about the invasion of the northern enemy? The northern border is the current situation, and we are also struggling to support it! Once this balance is broken, They must be heading south..."

"Shangchai, your analysis makes sense, it's true that the lower officials are short-sighted! I can't bear this moment, it is very likely to cause chaos in the world! No one wants such a thing to happen..."

"That's true! So we have to endure this for a while! After I return to the Military Weapons Supervision, I will start to vigorously manufacture new firearms. Once our frontier troops are equipped with new firearms, the Hulu will no longer be our opponents! At that time, we can concentrate our strength, investigate and quell the civil strife, and restore peace to the world..."

"That's right, what your lord said is absolutely true! Let's do everything according to what your lord wants!"

In this way, Zhao Si persuaded Zhang Shuye, and the envoy sent a piece of paper to Liangshan, and everyone's peaceful days began again.

It took five days for the army to withdraw to the capital.

For this result, Emperor Zhao Ji was a little unhappy.He scolded Gao Qiu fiercely, but considering the heads brought back by Gao Qiu, it was considered a military achievement, so it seems that he was even a tie with the enemy, so it is not very embarrassing!So the emperor did not move Gao Qiu.

In the end, the emperor was very satisfied with the result of the handling of the thief.Zhao Si's job was considered complete. Since Zhao Si was already a fourth-rank official at such a young age, the emperor did not promote him again, and rewarded him with some gold and silk.

Once this is done, the new year begins.It was only then that Zhao Si learned that the most important festivals this year were New Year's Day, Cold Food and Winter Solstice. The Song court stipulated that each of these festivals should have seven days off, of which five days off.New Year's Day is New Year's Day. "The first day of the first lunar month is called New Year's Day, and the common name is New Year's Day. This is the first one. The government releases money from public and private houses for three days, and all scholars and husbands congratulate each other, and ordinary people, men and women, are also fresh. Clothes, come and go to worship festivals." It seems that the New Year's Day should be as grand as the Spring Festival in later generations, and the Song court gave all officials a long holiday, just like the Spring Festival and National Day in later generations, which lasted for seven days.

In addition, there are three days each for Holy Day, Shangyuan, and Zhongyuan, and one day off for work, which means that before the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, there is still a long time for free activities.

Bianliang City is full of strong New Year flavors. After the New Year’s Eve, high-ranking officials and nobles began to pay New Year’s greetings to each other.

Zhao Sihun has been in the circle for less than half a year. Although he is an upstart, he is very popular in the circle, but he is such a busy person. Many people don't even get to know each other well, so he feels that this year is also a big deal. There is nothing to worship, and there is nothing to give as gifts!

What's more, he is not good at this aspect.Usually the housekeepers and children would do things like welcoming people and sending them off for him... because after all, he was the head of the Ordnance Supervision, and he still had a number of officials, large and small, under him.

Of course, Tongren can do things like returning gifts very decently, without leaking any water, so Zhao Si is quite relieved about this.

Everyone is paying New Year's greetings, and Zhao Si is of course not exempt. There are two people he must go to. Of course, these two people are Tong Guan and Gao Lian.

Zhao Si, with his head on his shoulders and his second general Heng Ha, strolled to Tong Guan's house first...

The housekeeper of the Tong's Mansion was a little unhappy when he saw that the three of them wanted to enter the Tong's Mansion empty-handed and empty-handed. If Zhao Si hadn't been familiar with him, he would definitely drive him away.

Zhao Si completely ignored the lack of a smile on the housekeeper's face, and walked into the Tong's mansion swaggeringly. Someone had already reported to Tong Guan.

Of course Tong Guan still cares about Zhao Si very much, so he came out to greet him in person!For such a big person, going to greet a mere Zhao Si is of course giving Zhao Si enough face...

Seeing the rightful lord, of course Zhao Si couldn't be too big, so as not to make the atmosphere embarrassing, he hurriedly saluted and said: "The little Zhao Si pays New Year's greetings to the Prime Minister, congratulations on the new year, and wish you good luck in the new year, and every step of the way. ..."

Zhao Si's New Year's greetings method is novel, and Tong Guan has never seen it before, but to tell the truth, any official is always open to money!
Seeing that Zhao Si didn't take anything, Tong Guan was so rebellious, what's his intention?Even though his body is not short of money, but for the New Year's Eve, if you do this, don't you look down on me...

Unhappily, Tong Guan went to help Zhao Si get up, only to find that Zhao Si took out a piece of paper as if conjuring, and said with a smile, "A small congratulatory gift is not a respect!"

Tong Guan was happy all of a sudden!What is the most valuable thing about Zhao Si?Isn't it just those weird but priceless secret recipes that were born in his mind!

Take any one out, it is something that can make a lot of money every day!Tong Guan didn't even look at it, rolled up his sleeves, laughed and helped Zhao Si up, and ordered the family to hold a big banquet, to have wine with Zhao Si...

Of course Zhao Si got Tong Guan drunk as quickly as possible, then pretended to be drunk and left Tong's house, then went to Gao Qiu's house.

Gao Qiu didn't come out to greet Zhao Si like Tong Guan did, and the butler directly led Zhao Si into Gao Qiu's study.

"Ying Xing, for Chinese New Year, what good gift did you bring for this old man?" Seeing Zhao Si coming in empty-handed, Gao Qiu asked directly.

"The younger one is the younger generation! I came to the adults' house to ask for gifts..." Zhao Si smiled very bachelorly.

(End of this chapter)