Fan Chunren looked at Wang Ju, and Wang Ju smiled.

Me, I, I...

Fan Chunren, who suddenly woke up, was very sad at this moment.

Fan Chunren had no choice but to say: "Taibao, peace is the most important thing."

However, he was also puzzled in his heart. Wang Ju said those things before and said others, it was not that Lu Yijian was weak, even if he was weak, he could not blame Lu Yijian all.

At that time, the northwest was not without generals, but there were generals. After Zhang Kang won several major victories, he dealt with them coldly.

Zhong Shiheng was placed on the border and had no use of his power, and he only used a counter-espionage plan once.

During the Battle of Haoshuichuan, Di Qing was in Jingzhou and felt relieved.

Not to mention the lack of soldiers, let’s look at the performance of the soldiers of the Song Dynasty in Haoshuichuan and Sanchuankou. Especially Haoshuichuan, everyone died in battle, and several soldiers surrendered!

The entire Song Dynasty was shrouded in the army with Fan and Han, in fact...

Under the glory of these gentlemen, it seems that the Song Dynasty has no soldiers or generals and has been defeated repeatedly. How could Lu Yijian be tough in this situation?

After hearing this in-depth analysis, Zhao Xu kept sighing.

But it also shows Wang Ju's rationality. Now Fan Chunren is the second-ranked Prime Minister, and he knows more.

Wang Ju was not afraid of the Liao Kingdom, but his idea was that it was best not to provoke the Liao Kingdom so that he could successfully and easily take over the Western Xia. After taking over the Western Xia, the Song Dynasty would not have to go to war on both sides. Once it recovered, he would no longer have to be afraid of the Liao Kingdom.

However, before this, we should not be weak. The weaker we are, the Liao Kingdom thought that the Song Dynasty was easy to bully, but we should not be too tough. If it was too tough, the Liao Kingdom was also bloody, and there would be accidents. Therefore, although Wang Ju made many arrangements in secret, such as changing many generals who could fight on the front line, and also the strategies of Goryeo and Liaodong, he made many concessions on the surface, such as this miscellaneous grain.

But Wang Ju's performance today was a bit tough and too tough.

But in front of so many ministers and in front of the envoys of the two countries, Fan Chunren was not easy to ask.

"Good is the most important thing, haha, then peace is the most important thing." Wang Ju said, sat down and never spoke again, which made Fan Chunren even more depressed.

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Several prime ministers came to the Yanhe Palace one after another, which was where Zhao Xu often summoned a few ministers to discuss matters.

But the time is a little wrong, this is the eighth day of the Lunar New Year.

When they entered the hall, they saw a person, and that was Wang Ju.

"Sit, all the time," Zhao Xu said.

Everyone sat down one after another, and Zhao Xu signaled Wang Ju with his eyes.

Wang Ju stood up and said, "Your Majesty, I took Your Highness out last year and was discovered by the people, which attracted a lot of impeachment. According to the system, this is wrong, but my starting point is good."

He said the whole story of that day again. Of course, the king of heaven did not want Zhao Zhui to train a "general", but through this living example, he told Zhao Zhui that the greater the dream, the more difficult it would be to realize it. This is just a general. How much effort does it have to be done if he wants to be a good emperor?

But Wang Ju didn't say this. After saying this, Wang Ju said: "In fact, another word with great ambition is to be ambitious, and another word with contentment is to not be enterprising... But the two are different. Just like if I am afraid of trouble and stay on the other side and don't come back, it is not called contentment is to be unwilling, but not be enterprising. Or, like Zhao Kuo, who thinks that his talent is better than Lian Po, that is, he is to be ambitious."

Wang Ju said a little arrogantly, but no one rejected him because of his current actions.

"The difference is that you must recognize your talents and then give yourself a reasonable position. Only those who are low-key can keep their true nature. This is the true contentment and happiness. Those who are talented will meet the wise master, so they must take the initiative to show their talents. This is the true ambition."

"The problem is that it is difficult to recognize others clearly. Even if you have Zhuge Liang's talent, you still use Ma Su incorrectly. But it is more difficult to recognize yourself than to recognize others!"

"This is true for people. If you put it on the country and be in the bureau, it will be even more difficult to recognize the strengths and weaknesses of the country."

"Know yourself and your enemy?" Fan Chunren asked.

"It's almost the same. In fact, the great way is thousands of ways, and the same path is the same. No matter what family or teaching is, it will be basically the same in the end. For example, the true mean in Confucianism, the change of the line in the Book of Changes, and the fish dots in the Taoist Tai Chi diagram are all the same. That is, adjustments must be made in time according to different situations. Otherwise, with the development of the environment and time, no matter how good the laws will deteriorate. However, this adjustment is difficult and difficult. It is better to use Zhuge Liang as a metaphor. His repeated Northern Expeditions failed, and it is also a manifestation of not fully recognizing the strength of Wei and Shu. Since ancient times, there have been few ministers who can truly recognize the situation of the country, and these people have become good ministers throughout the ages."

There are still some, just like Zhang Liang, who suggested that Liu Bang make three rules.

Zhuge Liang is also counted as half of the match.

Zhu Sheng proposed to Zhu Yuanzhang that he would build high walls, accumulate grain, and be king slowly.

But there are too few such ministers.

"This is the first difficulty. There is another even more difficult level below, that is, you can recognize it and correct it!"

"Your Majesty, I have overestimated my ability to think about the strengths and weaknesses of our dynasty. The strengths are wealth and stability, and there are three shortcomings. The biggest weakness is military. Although we have won Dali, Jiaozhi, Hehuang, and Xixia next, we cannot be used as a regular example, because these countries are far from our dynasty and cannot be compared with our dynasty. As long as we use the right strategy, we can win it. But I am not sure about the Liao Kingdom, which is of the same strength. What if it was changed to the Han and Tang Dynasties?"

"Aren't my soldiers brave? Can't I keep up with the logistics? Are my weapons and armors not good? Is my soldiers sparsely populated and lacking military sources? No! Or lack of horses, but this problem will also be solved! The real reason is to be overcorrected."

"The ancestors were very wise and created a system called the separation of military and political systems. From then on, there will be no more warlords who disrupted politics and usurped the country. However, this system refers to letting civil officials take charge of economy and government affairs, rather than letting civil officials take charge of the army and lead the army to fight. Let's see how many civil officials were in charge of Taizu and Taizong. This is the truth that our dynasty did not decline after the disastrous defeat of Qigou Pass, but instead defeated the Liao Kingdom many times!"

"But now, not only that, as long as you make military achievements, you will be repeatedly slandered by the scholars and officials, starting from Di Qing, to Wang Shao, and then to me. Even if the rabbit dies, the fox will be sad, the rabbit is not dead yet!"

"In fact, as long as government affairs and economy are controlled by civil officials, what should military generals use to disrupt government and usurp the country? They have specialized in art and have exchanged between ancient and modern times, how many Confucian generals have produced?"

"Taibao, all the generals of the five attacks against Xia were military generals." Li Qingchen said.

"Mr. Li, who is the chief general!" Wang Ju asked.

The chief general, Gao Zunyu!

The literati and officials mentioned by Wang Ju actually included relatives and powerful people.

There are powerful relatives in the foreign countries, such as Wei Qing and Huo Qubing, but they are indeed powerful, so they were promoted step by step by step by Emperor Wu of Han. What was the amazing performance of Gao Zunyu?

Especially Xu Xi in the Battle of Yongle City, Fan Zhongyan was just a fair fight in the Qingli War.

However, this consistency was established based on the amazing money and money behind.

Li Qingchen was speechless.

"The second is the population crisis. As a unified dynasty, our dynasty has the smallest area. Even now, our dynasty is still not as big as the Western Jin Dynasty. Unless the other shore is included, it has the largest number of people and continues to expand at an astonishing speed. Don't count on the other shore. The other shore has limited capabilities, and what can be transferred is only the eastern region. It is impossible to transfer the people in the western region to the other shore."

"The population crisis brings another crisis, merger!"

"In fact, our ancestors have already targetedly stopped mergers, such as levying heavy taxes on wealthy households and forcing levies. The children of powerful and noble families are not allowed to be enrolled in the imperial examinations, but our ancestors are weak-hearted and knowing the harm of mergers, they want to treat their meritorious officials well, so they are not thorough."

"For example, if you want to build a house, you must lay a solid foundation. This foundation is the grassroots people. But what about now?"

"If a country wants to be stable, it must be one big, one middle and one small. The country must also maintain good finances so that it can be used for military defense, disaster relief, and people's livelihood. However, it is enough to be even and a little more stable, and the people cannot be reaped. Moreover, these finances are not used for the royal family to squander, or for the extravagance of the literati and the powerful. They must be used for the country and the people!"

"The young are powerful and literati and officials. They are only richer than ordinary people. However, it is necessary to ensure that all people have no worries about food and clothing. This is the basis for the stability of a country. Otherwise, the rise of all dynasties will still happen to our dynasty."

"What does it mean to rule the world with scholars and officials? It's wrong. Wen Gong refers to sharing the world with scholars and officials. As for ordinary people, they are just ordinary people. Therefore, Sima Guang was disgusted with the peddlers wearing silk stockings. In fact, if all peddlers and officials have money, silk and new clothes for silk stockings, can have houses that cover the wind and rain, and can eat three meals a day without worrying about it, that's the country's governance."

"However, as a prime minister, I have made so many compromises against these three current problems, which still makes many people angry."

"Your Majesty, especially in terms of finance, I believe that for the time being, no one can have my ingenuity."

Many people still disagree with what Wang Ju said.

For example, what Wang Ju said about one big one middle one and one small one is actually a pyramid.

However, in the hearts of others, it was not the pyramid he mentioned, but the royal family was the largest, followed by the scholars, officials, foreign relatives, and powerful people, and then the gentry and ordinary people in various places, just not let them starve to death on a large scale.

Or to put it another way, that is, the ancient three-level system.

Generally, the imperial court's decrees are issued to the officials of each county, and then they are conveyed by the officials of each county to the gentry, court, local officials, and local gentry, which is the model of officials and gentry rule the world together.

For example, annexation is indeed a problem, but compared with the previous dynasties, the Song Dynasty was considered very good. At least the Tang Dynasty's troops were gone, and even the neighbors in Sichuan disappeared instantly with the Wang Xiaobo and Li Shun uprising.

Or it was some barbarian areas on Kuixia Road, but these areas were not completely managed in the previous dynasties.

However, everyone recognized Wang Ju's economic contribution. Although Wang Ju continued to do so, the economy of the Song Dynasty was still good over the past year, but it was only on the basis of Xiao Gui and Cao's follow-up that the economy continued to develop.

But Wang Ju will leave the Song Dynasty soon. How long can this momentum be guaranteed?

And it is Wang Ju's strategy, and it is also a strategy to treat the symptoms but not the root cause.

Why did Wang Ju repeatedly talk about this merger?

In fact, this is also a personal experience of Wang Ju's two lives. For example, in the 1970s, many ordinary people's lives became more and more difficult, just like Wang Ju himself. In the early 1980s, he began to remember, but at that time his family still could not maintain food and clothing, and there was no time to see food and blood a few times a year. Later, the reform and opening up, and life became better and better. But why are some people not grateful? Why are there so many people? It is not just that money is supreme and morality is degraded. That is just the surface. Look at what the people are manifested when a major disaster in the country comes? Morality still exists in the hearts of the people! Maybe the old man is lying on the road and no one dares to help him, but at least 60% of the people want to help him!

The real reason is the disguised merger, which caused extreme differentiation between the two extremes. Not to mention anything else, a house makes many poor people breathless.

Without a sense of happiness, it is not as good as in the 1970s, at least everyone is as poor as they are!

However, this problem in previous lives is not big. At least the changes brought by technology prevent most people from starving to death. However, if the low productivity of the Song Dynasty became more and more serious, it would starve to death. Or in the 1970s, the two extremes were extremely differentiated, what would the consequences would be?

If the merger trend is not stopped and continues to spread, even if the Jin people do not go south, a serious crisis will break out within the Song Dynasty.

However, Wang Ju couldn't have a good way to solve it, and he said it many times, so he quickly changed the topic.

"So you guys have to work hard, but I'm talking about this, I'm talking about another thing, Mr. Fan, at the banquet the day before yesterday, I was a little inappropriate, right?"

"Uh..." Fan Chunren didn't know how to answer.

The Heavenly King Ju first became unexplained and then remained silent. Wang Ju kept silent. Facing the powerful Liao Kingdom, who would dare to speak, so he successfully formed some oral agreements. Then, the envoys of the two countries returned.

"I did this for a reason. Mr. Fan, my arrangements are mainly to successfully and easily take over Xixia. Even now I have taken over Huangzhou, I don't want the incident of Aligu betrayal, because at that time, many variables have undoubtedly been added, and I have to modify my combat plan."

"The Xixia has suffered a series of defeats, and because of the Helan Stone, the economic and livelihood of Xixia has become even worse. The Liao Kingdom sent envoys to mediate, which is inevitable. So in order to further confuse the Liao Kingdom, I suggest to Your Majesty that I will first agree to a peace agreement. However, under this advantage, our dynasty will proactively promise peace agreement. If you are, will you doubt it?"

"Taibao means..."

"Mr. Fan, I deliberately said that the decisive battle between Yu Yanyun and the Great Wall was taken back. This is too tough. The other side is Liao, so someone will object... But I don't blame you. If you are not prepared, the consequences will be very serious. If you are prepared and go to war with Liao and Xia at the same time, the outcome will be unknown."

"As long as I say it, you have no objections to Mr. Fan, there will be other people who have objections. Then I can remain silent next. Mr. Fan, do you understand what I mean? It is precisely this that it will create an illusion for the envoys of Liao and Xia. Our dynasty suddenly discusses a truce in peace, and it is because there is another serious problem within our dynasty, otherwise we would not have stopped fighting Xia."

With this illusion, the people of Xixia would feel lucky and the Liao Kingdom would also be despised. Then a few months later, when the northwest was officially in spring, the Song Dynasty suddenly used troops to Xixia, and could take down Xixia in a very short time.

After taking over Xixia, even if the Liao Kingdom sends troops, the Song Dynasty will not be afraid.

"So that's how it is..." Fan Chunren murmured, and it turned out that he was ordered by Wang Ju as a gun.
To be continued...