Yingjiang always tells Mao Xiong how much money we will invest in armaments and space this year.

The furry bear followed straightforwardly.

But Yingjiang has a huge advantage that Mao Xiong does not have.

What are the advantages of eagle sauce?

While engaging in the arms race, Yingjiang also used the free market to quickly convert military equipment for civilian use.

Conversion to civilian use means commercialization.

Commercialization brings prosperity to the market and improvement of people's living standards.

In one sentence: economic growth.

Only a country with strong military and economic strength at the same time can be a truly powerful country.

When the war did not really start, Mao Xiong was unable to monetize its military equipment, suffered internal conflicts and financial crisis, and finally ended up disbanding.

The same strategic fraud was used by Yingjiang later on with Rising Rabbit.

They said that we should vigorously develop infrastructure and surpass Rabbit, so many melon-eaters in Rabbit became excited.

In fact, when large-scale infrastructure reaches a certain level, it becomes redundant and the cost is difficult to recover, just like a bear building weapons that cannot be monetized.

Rabbits have been treating this kind of feint for thousands of years and will naturally not make the same mistake as the bear.

Whether it is Zhang Jun's strategy in Shaanxi in the official history, or Zhao Ning's attack on Liaodong after crossing over, it is a strategic check and balance.

Both sides know the other's intentions, but they have to be cautious and cautious in the chess game.

Because neither side knows what cards the other side will play next, how many more troops will emerge, and how many troops they need to deploy their defenses.

As a result, the Song and Jin Dynasties now present a situation where both sides are busy at the border and are heavily armed, but neither side is moving.

In the evening of that day, Xilin Helu, the envoy of the Jin Kingdom in Tokyo, had just finished his dinner when the people below brought him a newspaper.

After Xilin Helu read today's newspaper, he was furious: "Song Gou deceives people too much!"

"Shangguan, please keep your voice down. If someone hears you, we will be in trouble."

"I'm so scared! Go to the Ministry of Rites as soon as possible and tell us that we have to meet Emperor Song tomorrow!"

"But we've been waiting for several days, and there's still no sign."

"Go quickly!"

"Yes Yes!"

When Li Ruoshui learned that the envoy Jin had come to ask for a face-to-face meeting again, what was his reaction?

Two words: missing.

The officials didn't say it, I did.

After being rejected, Xilinhelu was so angry that he couldn't sleep in the embassy all night.

Now it is clear that it is just delaying time, and no one knows the real situation in Fuzhou.

Xilin Helu didn't believe the 200,000-strong army written in the newspaper, but he didn't dare not believe it.

I couldn't see the senior officials of the Song Dynasty, and I couldn't even get the slightest inside story.

It's late at night, Fan Lou.

Zhang Sijun nestled in Lin Yifei's arms, her eyes were like autumn water, and she said softly: "Congratulations on your promotion."

"You knew already?"

"Who in the capital now doesn't know that the official is already the youngest doctor in the Ministry of Justice."

Lin Yifei said: "Then you still don't want to pass my door?"

"The slave family thinks so too, but the slave family has a low status and is not qualified to enter the officialdom."

"I really love you, I don't care."

"But that will ruin the official's reputation, as well as the Lin family's reputation and..."

What she didn't say was that it ruined the reputation of Qin Hui, the current ruler.

Lin Yifei was very afraid of this.

His current status was given by his biological father.

The only thing his biological father could not give him was his status in the Qin family, because that woman Wang was so powerful that Qin Hui did not dare to acknowledge him openly.

Lin Yifei sighed and said, "It's hard for you."

Hearing this, Zhang Sijun felt a little disappointed in his eyes.

"Has the officer read today's newspaper?"

"newspaper?"

"The king's army entered Liaodong with 200,000 soldiers."

"Are you still paying attention to these?"

"It's all being spread."

Lin Yifei chuckled and said, "Definitely not 200,000."

"How do officials know?"

"I heard someone say before that Dengzhou doesn't have that many troops."

"How much is that?"

"There should be..." Lin Yifei suddenly realized, "How do I know these, and why are you paying attention to these?"

"I'm just curious." Zhang Sijun snuggled into Lin Yifei's arms and acted coquettishly.

Many times, men always think that they are looking for beauty.

In fact, high-end hunters often appear as prey.

As long as a woman acts coquettishly, most men will surrender, let alone the woman they love?

"At most it will be ten or twenty thousand at the end, not that many."

"I do not believe."

"Don't believe it, when I was drinking with people from the Ministry of Finance, I heard from the gossip about the salary situation there."

"I see, officials are still great."

Early in the morning on the 11th day of March, Zhao Ning went to Wende Hall after breakfast and started his working mode.

After arriving at Wende Hall, Wang Huaiji sent some memorials.

And it’s still a secret song.

The first letter was written by Zhou Jiande, the prefect of Xiangyang Prefecture on Jingnan Road.

Zhou Jiande used a long essay to describe the current hardships faced by the people in Xiangyang Prefecture, and every word was filled with tears, making the readers shed tears.

After reading this, everyone will feel that he is a good official who wholeheartedly serves the people.

The second letter was written by Li Zhaoyan, the transfer envoy of South Beijing Road, and it was also a secret memorial.

The opening chapter written by Li Zhaoyan is similar to Zhou Jiande's, describing the hardships of the people, and even gives examples of common people, saying that many people in Xiangyang Prefecture are about to run out of food.

Zhao Ning couldn't help but nod as he read.

Look! Look!

This is a good official who is dedicated to serving the people!

However, when I read further, it didn't feel right.

Li Zhaoyan's last content was about reducing taxes on Jingnan Road, and then he began to praise the Zhao Guan family as benevolent kings through the ages.

Zhao Ning felt that something was wrong with Li Zhaoyan's secret letter.

Li Zhaoyan discussed the sufferings of the people at length, but the core meaning was actually only one: tax reduction and exemption.

The transfer envoy is the highest official sent by the imperial court to various places to take charge of the wealth. This role is the transfer person between the imperial court and the local area.

If a place suffers a disaster and people's livelihood is difficult, the transfer envoy will go to the private sector to verify the tax every year before collecting taxes, and report to the court based on the actual situation of the people's livelihood.

It was also common in the Song Dynasty for the imperial court to handle taxes along the way as appropriate.

Zhao Ning also remembered that a few days ago, Mei Zhili said that there were problems with taxes in various parts of the south.

Let us not consider whether what Li Zhaoyan said is true or false, nor whether what Mei Zhili said is true or false.

Since there are different voices, it is time to send another person to investigate.

Let’s find out whether this is really the case. If so, tax reductions and exemptions will naturally be inevitable.

Zhao Ning picked up another memorial, written by Jinghu South Road.

It is also a request for tax relief.

Zhao Ning picked up another memorial, written by Huainan East Road, Jiangnan East Road, and Jiangnan West Road.

All are requests for tax relief.
Chapter completed!