The two of them had a relationship with each other, and Du Zhongxiao asked about the current situation in the court.

Han Jiang said: "Since Fan, Han and Fu Gong left the government, now the Secretary Jia and the Second Prince of Song were in charge of the government. The new policies of the previous years were wiped out, and everything was followed, and there was no major problem in the court. However, the officials in the court all made peace with the Dangxiang, and they were determined to be peaceful, and no one dared to speak out for war. Although you won a great victory in Tanglong Town last year, many officials were dissatisfied, thinking that arbitrariness would cause endless disasters."

When Du Zhongxiao heard this, he sighed deeply and said nothing. In his impression, the Song Dynasty was weak to the outside world and was most afraid of war. Even if he won, he would give in everywhere. His contribution to the Volcano Army was not big or small, but he didn't know what the end result would be.

Seeing Du Zhongxiao's expression, Han Jiang smiled and said, "You don't have to guess randomly. Tang Long Zhen won, and it will be a great achievement. The court will definitely have rewards. Now Xia Taiwei returns to the court to be the Privy Council, and someone decides for you."

As the magistrate of Yongcheng, he was taken to Bingzhou as a judge. Everyone knew that Xia Shu had the kindness of Du Zhongxiao's understanding. At this time, if something happened to Xia Shu, Du Zhongxiao would be implicated. Correspondingly, if Du Zhongxiao was in trouble, Xia Shu would also do his best to help. This was the law of the officialdom at this time, which had long exceeded personal feelings. This law of the officialdom was also a hotbed of the prevalence of party struggles later.

The failure of the Qingli New Deal, it was not Lu Yijian or Xia Sheng, but Jia Changchao. He served as a lecturer in the imperial examinations and his official position has been rapidly increasing in recent years, and he has become the prime minister in several years. Among the prime ministers of the Song Dynasty, Jia Changchao was an alternative. He was awarded the same Jinshi for his tribute to the Nanjiao Emperor Zhenzong. He served as a chief clerk and a county magistrate in the local area. Since then, he has served as a lecturer in the imperial examinations, accompanied the crown prince, and the emperor, and has basically never served as a local official again. It is unprecedented that he has not left the capital for decades and has become the prime minister.

In the eyes of people at that time, Jia Changchao was an official who did not understand actual government affairs. He naturally relied on conspiracy to sit firmly on the position of prime minister. Especially after the Qingli party was demoted from the capital, he abolished the new Qingli policy and was the number one villain in the eyes of the Qingli party members. Of course, the statement of party struggles was unreliable. In fact, Jia Changchao followed the requirements of rest and recuperation after the truce in the northwest and did things safely.

Although they were both political enemies in the eyes of Qingli Party members, the conflict between Jia Changchao and Xia Shun was very big, not only not the same party, but also political enemies. Xia Shun always wanted to join the Secretariat, but he failed to become the prime minister several times. This time he entered the capital as the Privy Council, and he himself intended to be the Political Affairs Hall, so Jia Changchao naturally guarded him everywhere. The battle of Tanglong Town was inevitably involved in the conflict between the two palaces and was not so smooth.

After hearing Han Jiang introduce the situation in the capital, Du Zhongxiao sighed: "Flowers are covered with brocade, and fire is cooking oil. Since the peace talks in the northwest, everyone has thought that from then on, the world can be peaceful and prosperous. Jia Xianggong used this peaceful scene as his contribution, but he did not know--"

Han Jiang was shocked: "How can I say this when I wake up?"

Du Zhongxiao said, "I don't know anything else, but I think the good days are afraid of the end of the day. Years of war and chaos, the court should have to rest and recuperate. However, this dynasty is different from the previous dynasty. The country is in the army, first the army and then the people. Fan and Han officials carried out the new policy, so they were tolerated and finally made no contribution to the new policy. In the past few years of rest and recuperation, there is still no army reorganization. How can we persist in peacetime? The chaos in the northwest has started, the world has expanded its army, and the imperial guards have nearly one million, and it is still the same. The cost of raising an army has not been reduced, and the money for rest and recuperation has been spent on them. There is no war in the world, and the imperial guards cannot help but be mean to the imperial guards. The imperial guards and the imperial guards are both disgusted with each other, so how can there not be any trouble?"

Han Jiang was speechless when he heard this. At this time, the officials were mostly bloated in the army and wanted to slowly eliminate them naturally. But he didn't know that the army was in control of the world's military power, so it was so easy to eliminate them?

The Song Dynasty's army was a lifelong employment system, and once it joined the army, it would be regarded as a soldier for life. After Yuan Hao rebelled against the Song Dynasty, the Song Dynasty expanded its army greatly, with nearly one million troops alone, and hundreds of thousands of troops in the wing army. Most of the money and food collected by the court were spent on them. Whether it was the Qingli New Deal or the later rest and recuperation, the most important task was to demobilize the army and restore production. Unfortunately, the special national conditions of the Song Dynasty did not work hard on it. Peace was just to stop fighting, but the cost of raising the army could not be reduced.

This caused two problems. One is that the burden on the people cannot be reduced, and the people and officials are dissatisfied. Another is that the treatment of the army is lower than that during wartime, and in addition, the officials deducted during peacetime, they are also brewing dissatisfaction. Heavy troops were stationed on Hedong Road, and Du Zhongxiao walked all the way, and all this was seen. Even in the Volcanic Army, his relationship with the garrison was not very good. He relied on the soldiers from Linfu Road to fight, let alone other places?

The great demobilization and production after the war was the only way to get rid of the shadow of war as soon as possible, and the rest was just delay. However, the affairs of the Song Dynasty involved in the military were very sensitive, and it required the emperor and ministers to work together to complete the reform with great courage. At this time, the emperor had no such courage, and there was no minister who could accomplish this.

After the Qingli New Policy, Jia Changchao took charge of the government affairs without any major mistakes or great contributions, and just covered up the problem. Unfortunately, it has been a little bit unconcealed now, especially the dissatisfaction in the army is very strong.

Han Jiang has been an official in the capital and rarely comes into contact with the army. He never thought about the questions raised by Du Zhongxiao. After hearing Du Zhongxiao's words, he felt that it was both novel and a little surprised. In the last few years of the War with Dangxiang, military rebellions occurred in Jingdong and Lianghuai many times, which are still vivid in my mind and I cannot refuse to believe it.

Du Zhongxiao was in the border area for two years and was speechless about the military system at this time. When encountering conflicts on the border, he felt that there was not enough troops everywhere. When it was time to send money and grain, he was scared to death by the number of troops. He was really strange. Places like the Volcanic Army, almost one family raises one army, and does not include local rural soldiers. He rebuilt Bitouzhai, occupied Tanglong Town, and built a camp and field business, but had no soldiers to send. After all, he sprinkled pepper in various places, consuming countless money and grain, but had no mobile power. Who would he blame?

This matter cannot be discussed too deeply. After a few conversations, the two of them changed the topic.

Han Jiang said: "Do you still remember the car and ship I made when I left the capital? In the past two years, I have made several ships and made tugs on the Bian River. A few days ago, Zhenzhou reported that he wanted to make a few ships from them, and from there to Liangzhe, saving countless manpower every year."

Du Zhongxiao said happily: "If that ship is done, I don't know how much cargo is transported or how much manpower is saved every year, that is a great merit!"

Han Jiang sighed: "It's a pity that it's not satisfactory. First, the ship is too expensive, and the other is inevitably a little problem, and few people can repair it. Therefore, there are only a few ships running there and can be used in large quantities. I don't know when it will be."

"Everything is difficult at the beginning. As long as it starts, it will get better slowly. If this matter needs to be done well, the Secretary of the Central Committee can teach you how to repair this object in the Beijing Construction Department School, which will be much better."

Han Jiang nodded. His official position was that Kaifeng Prefecture lost his official duties, and his official duties were busy, and his vehicles were just hobbies. Because there were too many shortcomings now, the court was not enthusiastic about that thing and his development was not ideal. The Bian River was not a place where private boats could be taken, and there was no motivation for development. Whether it was a steam engine or a musket or cannon, Du Zhongxiao had just planted a rotten seed, and it had just sprouted. Most people's eyes were just a novel matter, and it was not time to wait until it was widely recognized and the whole society took the initiative to fertilize and water it.
Chapter completed!