The number one scholar of the Song Dynasty

Bai Shizhong was told what was on his mind, he paid more attention to it, and said solemnly: "Please also ask the grand master to teach me."

7 Chapter Sixty

"As an official, you must first know what the king wants."

Cai Jing is old, and he speaks in a calm and steady manner, taking no time to rush.

Bai Shizhong didn't dare to drop a word, and listened intently with his ears pricked up.

"In the old Song Dynasty, Zhao You, the King of Play, was in power, and he ordered me to enter Beijing as a chancellor. What Zhao Ji asked for was nothing more than a rich treasury for him to eat, drink and have fun, as well as an appearance of prosperity."

"Therefore, the old man proposed Feng, Heng, Yu, and Da, and reformed salt and tea, and concentrated the world's wealth under Zhao Ji's eyes, for him to play, and let him see an incomparably rich Bianliang city."

Bai Shizhong nodded repeatedly. At that time, Cai Jing's power was overwhelming. No matter how the court changed, Zhao Ji had always firmly appointed Cai Jing. It seemed that he had taken a fancy to his methods of raising money.

For the sake of Cai Jing, Zhao Ji made an exception and tacitly allowed him to serve as prime minister for five years. If he hadn't sent troops to Beijing today, he might have continued to be the prime minister.

You know, the chief prime minister of the Great Song Dynasty has agreed that he will be replaced after three years of service.

Cai Jing took a sip of tea, gently removed the heat with the lid of the cup, and asked with a smile, "Meng Heng, do you know what you want today?"

Bai Shizhong was lost in thought, and after a while he muttered: "Could it be Haiyan Heqing?"

Cai Jing laughed: "Then he has reached it."

As Cai Jing said, the world today is the real Haiyan and Heqing.

Thinking back to the time of the Song Dynasty, there were turmoil from all over the world, internal and external troubles, except for Bianliang, which is a fairyland on earth, there are natural and man-made disasters everywhere.

It's different now, few people are willing to work so that they can't eat.

Even the poor children have the conditions to go to school, to support the old and to support the young.

Bai Shizhong was thinking about it, and he didn't know what else Yang Lin wanted as a monarch and emperor.

Cai Jing looked at him frowning, and stopped making him think, and pointed out: "Food is the most important thing for the people. Since ancient times, the Holy Son of Heaven has always wanted to be rich and prosperous everywhere. Only today is different. He started In the sleeve building, set up a chamber of commerce to support merchants."

"There are limited farmlands and people in the world. Rivers and water sources are limited. When plowing reaches a certain level, it is impossible to continue to develop. The trade route is different. Although the stinky merchants who come and go are despised by my generation of scholars, they can Take this dynasty to a higher level."

"With the power of the four barbarians, the support of the great China depends on the commercial routes. Therefore, before the emperor ascended the throne, he attacked Kara Khan and restarted the Silk Road in the Western Regions blocked by the Muslims; Opened the tea-horse trade road in Montenegro; received Dali Najiaotoe, wiped out Zhanpo pirates, opened up Nanyang maritime merchants; built the city of Tianjin Port, straightened the Grand Canal, and connected the north and the south..."

"It shows that the ambition of the official family is to open the door of the country, take in the wealth of the world, and return it to my Great Xia. He is no longer satisfied with letting the people eat their stomachs... That's why the old man said that in ancient times, there is no one who is more holy than the present. ..”

Bai Shizhong suddenly realized, and felt clear. It turned out that he was depressed and worked hard to do his job well. When will he be able to win the favor of the officials?

He stood up, impatiently preparing to go back and explore a set of plans, and bowed to Cai Jing: "If the grand master hadn't pointed out the maze, Mengheng doesn't know when he will realize the ambition of the official family."

Cai Jing waved his hand and said, "What are you in a hurry for? It's getting late today, so let's have dinner at the house."

Bai Shizhong was a little surprised, but he was honest by nature, so he could only patiently say: "Since the grand master is staying with you, Meng Heng will bother you."

Cai Jing nodded secretly, feeling very satisfied in his heart. After eating, on the wine table, he took out a piece of silk from his sleeve.

"The old man has long expected that you will come to me. In this bright hall, you are the chief, but you have no corresponding achievements. How can you be decent? These are some measures written by the old man in his spare time. You can take a look at them." .”

Bai Shizhong was convinced at this time, and after taking it, he carefully put it into his arms, "The Grand Master is so loving, if there is a drive, Meng Heng dares not to spare no efforts to repay the Grand Master."

The surrounding area of ​​Xiongxian County looked desolate. This place was once the battlefield of the Song and Liao Dynasties for many years, and the traces of gunpowder smoke were very clear.

There are tens of hundreds of miles of tunnels underground, which are the relics of the people of the Song Dynasty who used tunnel warfare to fight against the Khitan invaders.

Chong Guiyi was beside Yang Lin, looking at the busy guards, looking around at the surrounding scenery, and asked excitedly: "Guan, shall we set up camp here!"

"What are you setting up camp for? You think it's a war? We'll stay here temporarily, waiting for the engineering battalion from Shenyang Mansion to come and build a big city here that's not weaker than Bianliang!"

Yang Lin said vigorously, now he understands the mentality of some heroes who want to build a city after they succeed.

On this fertile soil of China, there is a city that is bound to shine brightly, and it was built by me alone.

This sense of accomplishment and pleasure cannot be obtained from such a charming and delicate beauty.

The people of the Long Live Camp set up guards at Gaogang and set up several large tents here.

All the concubines, including Zhong Guiyi, lived with Yang Lin.

The ladies of the palace quickly took small basins and began to clean and sprinkle water, burn incense and insects, and hang bead curtains.

In this era, rich families have the custom of outing in the wild.

People often live in the suburbs, with a family and servants, staying for as short as three or four days, and as long as ten and a half months.

After a little modification, I found this place as Yang Lin's residence, surrounded by verdant trees and exotic flowers, and a clear stream flows from the depths of the flowers and trees under the crevices of the rocks.

At night, several bonfires were lit, and Yang Lin hugged left and right, grilling meat skewers with his own hands.

Skewered with fresh twigs, sprinkled with salt, the roasted oil overflowed and dripped, and the aroma was lingering, and then distributed one by one to the people around.

From time to time there were very cheerful voices in the wilderness, some fencing and singing, some dancing.

On such a day, Zhong Guiyi really liked it to the extreme, he laughed two dimples, very cute.

At this moment, Lu Qian came over, clasped his fists and said, "Officials, the letter from Bianliang is from Prime Minister Bai."

Yang Lin still attaches great importance to Bai Shizhong's letter, because he is the chief prime minister in charge of the world.

After unfolding, with the help of the firelight, I saw densely packed small scripts on it.

Seeing that there were concubines and maids all around, Lu Qian turned around and said goodbye.

The more Yang Lin watched, the more fascinated he became, and the more he watched, the more fascinated he was, and he couldn't help shouting hello.

"Such a policy of rejuvenating the country and stabilizing the country is not Bai Shizhong's handwriting, it must be Cai Jing's idea. Cai Jing's ability, although Guan Zhong and Yao Chong, can't match it!" Yang Lin couldn't help saying.

The letter described in detail the New Deal he was going to implement, encouraging farmers and merchants, especially maritime merchants.

Let merchants buy cotton from Nanyang on a large scale, buy sugar from Dashi, import courgettes from the Western Regions, and exchange gold and silver from Japan...

Then processed into cloth, silk and porcelain, dumped overseas.

The shipyards of the imperial court let go of the restrictions, and worked with the people to enhance their long-distance voyage capabilities.

Every item touched Yang Lin's heart.

Chapter 761 Tianchi Cement

The people in the engineering battalion are already in place, rushing to work during the day and resting at night.

During the rest time, I also go to night school first, and the instructor has not changed.