"There are all things that depend on the prefect, and Zhao dare not take credit for it." Zhao Pu shook his head. Brothers always have a way.

"By the way, our prefect is also active enough. He actually left Kaifeng Prefecture and went south. I don't know what the reason is." A Kaifeng Prefecture Principal actually left the capital and went thousands of miles away.

"Zhao doesn't know the whole story. Maybe only that person knows such a big thing." Zhao Pu nodded to the imperial study room in front of him.

"When Zhao Laoer left, he took away the King of Han from the south." Chen Yilun leaned against Zhao Pu's ear and whispered.

"Take it seriously?" Zhao Pu asked quickly. If this is the case, he would have a direction to think about it.

"The King of Han asked me to drink flower wine before. I didn't wait for anyone that day, so I went to search for it. I didn't find anyone. After inquiring more, I found it. I found out." After Chen Yilun finished speaking, he waved his hand at Zhao Pu. The imperial study room was about to arrive, so I couldn't continue talking about this.

Zhao Pu tidied up his clothes, stood outside the house with Chen Yilun, waiting for the official to go in.

As soon as he entered the door, Zhao Pu smelled the scent of the imperial meal. He looked at Zhao Kuangyin's expression. It was obvious that he had just finished his wine and feasting. Don't worry about eating. Fortunately, he put his stomach on his stomach and glanced at Chen Yilun beside him, not knowing whether he had made enough preparations.

"Two my dear friends, let's sit down." Zhao Kuangyin had a good appetite today. No matter how good the victory was, it would be a great victory after all. As long as he took advantage of the victory and defeated Nanchu, it was just around the corner.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Both of them bowed and sat down separately.

"Do you know the news of my imperial guards in the Song Dynasty and the great victory in Yuezhou?" Zhao Kuangyin got up from his seat. He had just eaten his fill and was so full that he had to stand up and wander.

"Congratulations to Your Majesty, the Imperial Guard for being mighty!"

"Relying on your Majesty's power, our Song Dynasty imperial guards will be invincible!"

The two of them flattered each other, and they were equally good.

"Well, the soldiers always have their lives to pay, but this time, although they have won Yuezhou City, they are still not optimistic." Zhao Kuangyin was still awake. After all, he was fighting from the army. There is no such thing as Tianwei, but it cannot determine the winner or loser of the war.

"Why? Your Majesty, once Yuezhou is taken down, the troops will be directed to Tanzhou..." Chen Yilun was puzzled. He tried harder and brought Tanzhou to the point where Nanchu was almost done.

Tanzhou is the capital of Nanchu. Once Tanzhou is captured, people will inevitably be in panic and it will be difficult to gather a large army to resist.

"The battle between the river and the victory of Yuezhou did not hurt the Southern Chu army. According to Murong Aiqing's report, the marching and fighting in the Southern Chu this time was quite strange. Once he was at a disadvantage, he evacuated very simply, but our army suffered heavy casualties. Moreover, the people along the way were missing and probably moved to a distance. This is to prepare to clear the walls and clear the ground." Zhao Kuangyin was of course familiar with the landslide. He did this at the junction with the Khitan Northern Han. Usually, he could not see a single person except the fortress of the Song army for dozens of miles.

If the Khitans wanted to come over, they had to remove the fortresses one by one, otherwise they would be striking the rear. However, this positional war was not good at. Before a few fortresses were removed, the heavy armored infantry of the Song Dynasty arrived, and they could not get any benefit.

It is not beneficial to just exert efforts several times. Those Khitan nobles must be dissatisfied. Now the Khitan cavalry are not easily moved south.

As Chen Yilun listened, his brows frowned into the shape of Sichuan, and the Yuezhou City was an empty city.

It also has deserted villages.

"Now, there is not even a piece of tiles covering the roof in this city. I asked you to come here to discuss this matter. The Yuezhou City has been taken down and it is just empty. Isn't it too wasteful?" Zhao Kuangyin finished speaking, and looked at Zhao Pu.

In name, Zhao Pu was the Privy Councilor, half a level higher than Chen Yilun, so he should say it first.

"Since it's an empty city, you might as well take out the land and industry to attract my Song people to settle down, which can kill two birds with one stone." Zhao Pu was not really a fool, but his ability to quote the classics was a little worse.

As long as you take out all the land outside the city and the industries inside the city, you can divide it into one of the people who have moved there, so why worry about no one going there? There are people in the Song Dynasty who yearn for land.

If this Yuezhou City was all residents of the Song Dynasty, wouldn’t it be as stable as Mount Tai?

"No, the government has consumed too much this time, and the treasury is empty. These industries and land should still be used to sell money. Otherwise, how can we explain to the soldiers?" Chen Yilun's position is different. The empty treasury also needs to support wars in various places, including the resettlement of these dead and injured soldiers, and those who have made meritorious service should be rewarded, so where do you want money?

A city, plus the surrounding land, can all these industries be sold, and they can even have more than 100,000 taels. This is because people are afraid of it just now, otherwise the price will be much higher.

"Mr. Shen, this is a little more money, but this person may not be seen in the short term." Zhao Pu knew very well that if he was taken out, whether it was the industry or the land, he would have to be bought by those powerful and powerful gentry. Will they go back there to live? Of course not. They bought there, wait for the city to recover slowly, and then sell it at a high price, and make a difference. In less than three or five years, Yuezhou could not recover.

"Is there no way to do both?" Zhao Kuangyin had a headache. The constant wars recently were a great test of the situation of the Song Dynasty.

"It's just a compromise, half sold and half given away." How can the world have a perfect method? How could ordinary people empty their wealth, even bear debts, and take their families to a place where they have just experienced war and are deserted?

Only by giving away industries for free can we make those prefectures and counties with tight land and some poor people who have no place to stand to gain something.

"But I can always survive the current level. When I take over the entire territory of Nanchu, I will get better slowly." Chen Yilun also understands these, but the pressure is huge at the moment. If I give it for free, I will probably have to pay a batch of travel expenses and An's family's money, and the hole is getting bigger and bigger.

"Mr. Shen, are you sure that you can end the war in Nanchu before winter?" In fact, with Zhao Pu's temperament, he was eager to do this. If the war was not going well, Murong Yanzhao had to retreat to Jiangling and continue to attack in the beginning of next spring.

But since the government asked them for advice, if something really happened, they would definitely find someone to take the blame. There were only three people in the imperial study room, and the government would definitely have no responsibility. He and Chen Yilun were probably more likely to take the blame.

Although Zhao Pu wanted to cheat the Zhao brothers, he didn't want to die. He had to see that day alive before he could be proud.

Since that day, Zhao Pu felt that he had a psychological disorder. His wife Wei understood his situation very well and was more gentle. But the more he did this, his hatred for the Zhao brothers increased day by day.

"Since that is the case, anyone who is willing to move to Yuezhou will be distributed to land. However, there is one thing that must be labor-serving and participating in the renovation of the city. All urban industries after the renovation will be auctioned.

"Zhao Kuangyin made up his mind and could only do a compromise. In this way, Yuezhou City is still empty, but there are people who farm outside the city, so the city can slowly flourish, and the industry can also be sold at some price.

"Your Majesty is wise!" Zhao Pu and Chen Yilun both nodded and praised him for his goodness.

The war in Nanchu has just arrived in Yuezhou and is still far from over. Various materials are still being allocated. Zhao Kuangyin discussed it carefully with the two of them, always ensuring that the army has no worries.

"Your Majesty, there are probably no less than 50,000 soldiers in Tanzhou City. And under General Murong, there are about 80,000 soldiers in the army, and there are still people left to station in Yuezhou City..." Chen Yilun said lightly just now, but he was not so optimistic. During this battle, although Nan Chu retreated all the way, he was in order and the main force was not lost.

According to the news from the Privy Council, Yang Shifu has troops stationed in Fengzhou and Langzhou. If Murong Yanzhao does not retain enough troops to station in Yuezhou City, the logistics and food route will inevitably be cut off by the other party.

If another 10,000 people were left to guard Yuezhou City, the number of people attacking Tanzhou was only 70,000. With 70,000 Song imperial guards, against 50,000 Southern Chu soldiers, plus more than 10,000 young and strong men in Tanzhou City, this battle is difficult to fight.

"I plan to transfer 10,000 Hunan troops from the east of Shannan Road to the garrison of Yuezhou City. There should be no problem with leaving two thousand elite imperial guards to guard the imperial guards." The original imperial guards of the Song Dynasty, known as hundreds of thousands of armor, had no momentum for a while, but they could not withstand the war everywhere, and it was difficult to transfer them for a while, so they could only find a way from the Hunan Army.

The Hunan Army belongs to the local garrison troops, but in fact they are village chariots. They are not diligent in training, but at least they often touch weapons. Don’t think about armor. Among the imperial guards, only 30% of those who can truly possess qualified iron armor are called heavy armor infantry.

When the month came up to the treetops, Zhao Pu and Chen Yilun came out of the imperial study room. Although they had cushions before leaving, Zhao Pu was still hungry.

"Mr. Zhao, give it!" Just as Zhao Pu was about to trot out of the palace and go home, Chen Yilun called him, took out two oil paper bags from his cuffs, and handed one to Zhao Pu.

In the oil-paper bag, there were two sesame cakes. Zhao Pu took it and took a bite and put sugar in it. It was very sweet in the mouth.

"Mr. Shen is still thoughtful, thank you!" After the two of them drank, their hunger was much less, and they were not in a hurry to go back.

It took a quarter of an hour to walk from the imperial study room to the palace gate. A little eunuch led the way, and the two of them were eating and walking.

"It's okay to be prepared, sometimes it's not useful." I just drank a lot of tea, and now it's time to have some sesame cakes.

"That's right, no wonder Lord Shen has a good management position, and I am far from being inferior to me." Zhao Pu sighed a little. Chen Yilun was very sensible and it was difficult not to make a fortune.

"Mr. Zhao, you said, why did the prefect, take that King Han away?" Fang left the palace gate, Chen Yilun looked at no one on the left and asked Zhao Pu.

"Mr. Shen, you don't know, how can I know?" Zhao Pu didn't know. He really didn't know why Chen Yilun was concerned about this matter.

"Of course I know that Lord Zhao doesn't know the reason, but you can guess it." Chen Yilun has been thinking about this for a long time and has not figured out what it means. As for why he had to think about it, it was simply because of curiosity. Chen Yilun likes to think about it all, if he thinks thoroughly, he might have a way to make money.
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