At this time, the annual total income of the Song Dynasty's treasury was about 70 million jin.
The emperor breathed a sigh of relief. Since he could hold on, why are you nervous?
The cost of raising soldiers in Liao and Song dynasties was huge.
Except for a very small number of elite troops, the remaining soldiers of the Liao Kingdom had no military pay and had their own horses and weapons. The Song Dynasty wanted to give soldiers food, clothes, military pay, weapons and military supplies.
The Liao Kingdom ignored the disabled soldiers and threw them away and fled them to themselves. The Song Dynasty had disability subsidies, and took care of the families of soldiers who died in battle, and they either gave money and food, tax exemptions, or were also arranged for women to take over the salary they had originally enjoyed for the same-ranked salary.
Take this cost as an example. The military expenditure of Song State is more than five times that of Liao State.
Why did Liu An dare not fight with Youzhou? Because there were 560,000 registered soldiers in Nanjing, Liao Kingdom, that is, Youzhou and surrounding prefectures.
Xijing, that is, Datong Prefecture, has 330,000 troops in the Yunnei Prefecture area.
If it weren't for the Xizhou, Liugu sent elite troops to assist in the war and some Dangxiang people gave their all their strength to send troops, it would be said that Liu An would not have been the case if he wanted to conquer Datong.
It can be said that the heavy troops of the Liao Kingdom were nailed to the side of the Song Dynasty. There were only 50,000 soldiers and horses against the Tokyo Prefecture in Goryeo.
Since he could hold on, the emperor asked: "If you can hold on, then fight."
"I think..." Wang Dan gritted his teeth: "The government needs money, and a new source of income. Otherwise, I would oppose another war. The current accumulation of the treasury is not enough to cope with the new Song and Liao war within five years predicted by Kou Xianggong."
The emperor was angry at the moment: "If I can solve the problem of making money, what should the waste in the court do?"
"I understand!" What else can Wang Dan say?
Kou Zhun was also sweating, and he had a lot of money in his heart. If he could not increase his income by 20 million yuan a year, the next battle between Song and Liao, the Song Dynasty might not be able to make enough money. At that time, once the wartime recruitment was needed, it would hurt people's livelihood.
The emperor said again: "Tell me the second thing."
The second thing Liu An said was that before he returned to Beijing, he wanted to ask the officials to send people to rectify the administration of the three northern routes and the military system reform in the north. Although he had peace talks with the Liao people, he still had to guard against it, so the defense of the north and south of the Sui Dynasty was still very important, and Liu An also wanted to repair the Grand Canal of the North and South Sui Dynasty, which required eight million chunks.
Before Kou Zhun could speak, Wang Dan said directly: "I think that the officials who are redundant in the capital are transferred to the north, and Mr. Li is there. I think that since Mr. Li can rectify the administration of the three northern routes, there is no need to send anyone."
"That's it. I'll go back to Bianliang tomorrow and I'm going to visit Xianping County, this so-called demonstration county."
"I obey the order."
The emperor stood up and said, "Then, write."
"yes!"
When the emperor was about to leave, Kou Zhun stepped forward again: "The official family has something to do."
“Is it important?”
"It's very important, please stay."
The emperor sat down again and signaled Kou Zhun to start the lecture.
Kou Zhun said: "Officials, I have checked the information about the Song and Liao war. I am worried. Our Song Dynasty imperial guards are currently 290,000 troops, and the Liao Dynasty's palace tent army still has about 430,000."
What Kou Zhun said in the current words is to compare the number of regular troops of the Song and Liao countries.
Immediately afterwards, Kou Zhun said: "Officials, after the battle of the Great Song Xiang Army, less than 200,000 were registered, and there were more than one million Jingzhou soldiers in the middle of the Liao Kingdom and Shangjing. I am worried."
The soldiers in this wing and the Jingzhou soldiers are second-line troops, which can also be understood as reserve troops.
Although the Song Dynasty had a huge population advantage, the recruitment of new recruits needed training.
Kou Zhun raised concerns about the potential of war.
The emperor asked: "What advice does Mr. Kou have?"
"The official family is still the same thing before the war. I recommend Liu An to patrol the prefectures on behalf of the emperor to inspect the military preparations and the source of troops of the wing army. I recommend Liu An to join the deputy envoy of the Privy Council."
The emperor thought about it and shook his head: "The previous one is correct, but the next one is not correct. Just do this."
"Official family!" Kou Zhun directly pulled the emperor's sleeve.
The emperor explained helplessly: "Ku Gong, this is not my intention. Duke Li told me before leaving Beijing that if Liu An makes great contributions this time, he can be awarded a title, rewarded a title, or a town, but he cannot be promoted."
"I'm asking for advice." Wang Dan immediately followed.
Kou Zhun was still holding the emperor's sleeve, his hands were not relaxed. After thinking about it, he seemed to be right, and this official could not be promoted. Thinking of this, Kou Zhun let go of the emperor's sleeve: "I will also discuss it."
"Well, let's go to the marquis, add three thousand yuan to the city. You can do the rest." The emperor made the final decision.
There is a difference between the cemetery and the real cemetery. The Song Dynasty was divided into cemetery and the real cemetery. The 3,000 households of the fief were also collected by the court and then distributed to the fief recipients. The recipients did not have the right to actually manage their own cemetery households.
According to Song Dynasty, there were two thousand households, three hundred households, seven hundred households, five hundred sons, and three hundred males.
Liu An had 700 households before, and after the official title, it was a number between 1,000 households and 2,000 households. On this basis, the emperor added 3,000 households. Liu An's fief was at least 4,000 households after the title was granted.
The current husband like Kou Zhun and the retired husband like Li Weng were nearly 10,000 households.
Pan Weixi's current county and real title is only 2,800 households.
The emperor did not give him a promotion, so it was quite real to give him money.
It also conforms to the rules of the court. If you have no reward for your great achievements, even if your political enemies do not receive the reward you deserve, the civil servants in the court will cause trouble. This is a bad behavior that destroys the rules of the game and cannot be tolerated.
Let’s talk about the city of Youzhou.
The negotiations entered a stalemate in the next few days.
It was not a matter of how many miles it would be to cut eastward from Datong, but the Liao people in Youzhou City refused to give in.
Helplessly, Liu An wrote a handwritten letter to Empress Dowager Xiao.
The letter was sent to Youzhou City. After reading it, Empress Dowager Xiao asked the accompanying important officials of the Liao Kingdom to circulate it.
At this moment, there were continuous sounds of sword drawing in the main hall of the Youzhou Prince's Mansion.
Empress Xiao looked calm, Yelu Longqing was very calm, and Han Derang was pondering.
Liu An wrote in his letter: Liu An, the foreign minister, sent a supply fleet to the Empress Dowager of Liao. Our Song army had a supply fleet trekking off the coast of Suzhou, your country. There were 25 ships, fifteen ships of armour, five ships of old armor, and five ships of linen. The foreign minister asked the Empress Dowager to drink tea and asked the Empress Dowager to guide the direction, whether the fleet of this trekking fleet went west or east.
The letter is so short.
This is already a threat to Hongguoguo.
To the west, these materials entered the Bohai Sea and traded with the Liao people. To the east, they entered the Yellow Sea and went north to trade with the Jurchen people.
This is so direct.
"Forget it, prepare great gifts and choose a place." Empress Xiao made a decision.
"Empress Dowager!" Several generals of the Liao Kingdom rushed up.
Empress Dowager Xiao said calmly: "Accepting this batch of supplies, then 70% of the heavy troops in Youzhou were moved to Tokyo Prefecture. When our Great Khitan had no worries, we would compete with the Song people."
Chapter completed!