The next day, early in the morning, Gao Qiu was waiting outside the Wende Hall.

"What! King Pu committed suicide out of fear of crime!" Zhao Ning was shocked, as if he didn't know about it at all.

Oops, why is King Pu so hard to think about it!

This matter spread quickly.

Li Gongyan, the minister of the main temple, was about to go to the emperor to report about King Pu. When he heard that King Pu had hanged himself, he was a little confused for a while.

Since he committed suicide out of fear of crime, does that mean that King Pu acquiesced to all charges?

This will make things easier to handle. Let’s use King Pu’s case as a model to rectify the clan!

Two days later, King Pu's property was inspected.

A total of 1 million guan, 300,000 guan more than previously counted.

The most important thing is that King Pu has 100,000 acres of fertile land!

This immediately brings the focus of the issue to this point.

Okay, now there is an extra 300,000 yuan, and the money has basically arrived.

Then let's get a salary.

First, all military salaries were distributed.

Then the salaries of officials will be distributed, starting with those in Kaifeng Prefecture.

When Zhao Ning saw the salary reported by the Ministry of Household Affairs, he was shocked. Kaifeng Mansion alone was going to pay 1 million yuan!

Official: Tyrant! You care about human life, you are a tyrant!

Zhao Ning: Come on, get your salary!

Official: Your Majesty is wise! Your Majesty is wise!

The urgent lack of money at hand has finally eased, but the money in hand is basically not much.

These more than 5 million yuan are enough for two months. After two months, the fiscal revenue of various places should be collected!

On May 18th, Zhao Ning rode out of the palace early in the morning, wearing armor and leading the palace officials.

Wait thirty miles outside the city.

Who are you waiting for?

Of course, we are waiting for Zongze.

In the morning, Zongze crossed the Yellow River and arrived in the capital.

From a distance, he saw flags waving in front of him.

"Commander Zong, that is the emperor's chariot. The emperor himself came out of the city to welcome you."

When Zongze heard this, he immediately rode over and galloped over.

After waiting, Zongze got off his horse and stepped forward: "I am here to see your majesty. How dare you bother your majesty to go out of the city to greet you in person? I deserve death for my crime."

Zhao Ning's heart moved, and he got off his horse and came over to help Zong Ze: "Commander Zong, you have finally come to Beijing."

"The officials have been kept waiting for a long time!"

"It doesn't matter! It doesn't matter! Come with me to the palace quickly, and you and I can have a chat!"

Everyone entered the palace.

Just at this time, news came that Li Gang had entered the capital, and he announced his arrival in the palace together.

At this time, inside the Wende Hall.

Zhao Ding, Li Gang, Zhang Jun, Zong Ze, and Zhang Shuye all arrived.

This is the first core team formed by Zhao Ning.

The next important person to change the situation of the war.

Zhao Ning said: "Everyone is here, I will make a long story short. The Jin army will definitely attack again at the end of November or early December this year. Our time is very tight."

"I only have one request for you, repel the Jin army."

He stood up and walked to the map.

"Everyone must have read my article "On the Early Stage of the Song Army's War", right?" Zhao Ning's eyes fell on Li Gang.

Farmers working in the fields.

"Xianggong Li?"

"Go back to the official's house and I'll take a look."

"What objection do you have?"

"I haven't."

"That's good, let's go directly to the overall situation. The next stage of the Song-Jin War is a stalemate between the two sides. Our goal is not the Northern Expedition, but to drag the war into a protracted war."

"So, I want to build such a defense line in Shaanxi to Hebei East Road."

"Zhang Jun is in charge of all roads in Shaanxi and has invested 300,000 troops."

"Hebei West Road and the towns in Hedong were put in charge by Zongze, who invested 150,000 troops, using Damingfu, Huazhou and Weizhou as defense lines to defend Xijing and Tokyo."

"Hebei East Road and Jingdong Road are hundreds of miles deep. They are the eastern front. They build defenses and garrison 150,000 troops. Li Ganglai is in charge."

"Are you guys okay?"

"I know that you are worried about military expenditures. Don't worry about military expenditures. I will give you sufficient support."

It's impossible not to worry. The Song Dynasty's annual military expenditures used to be as high as more than 30 million yuan.

Now the national treasury has a cleaner face than Zhao Ning. How can we fight a war without money?

Let's just say that now, when Li Gang leaves for Hebei East Road, he must go to pay his salary in order to appease the morale of the army.

It can be said that most of the soldiers and civilians north of the Yellow River are now eager to make money.

"Guan family, minister..." Li Gang was about to speak.

Zhao Ning seemed to see what Li Gang was thinking, and he said: "I will allocate 1 million yuan to Mr. Li, and you can first go and appease people's hearts."

Li Gang was stunned for a moment and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty."

"Zong Qing's men and horses in Cizhou Prefecture quickly reported that all military and administrative matters for the central line of defense were assigned to the Military and Political Council, and Zhang Shuye made unified military and administrative arrangements and distributed military rations."

Zongze said quickly: "I thank the official family."

"Do you still have any objections to this arrangement?"

"I have no objection."

The next step, of course, is to calculate the accounts and calculate the total expenses that need to be invested on the front line based on the total troops invested and the total organizational structure.

In the next few days, the general budget report for the West-Eastern Front was released.

30 million yuan!

That's right, 30 million yuan.

The biggest thing is not the salary. The salary paid to the soldiers is only more than 2 million yuan.

But the cost of food and grass, the cost of transporting food and grass, the loss of food and grass, as well as the salaries of soldiers and civilians, as well as the construction of many castles, all require money.

In addition, there are currently many refugees and serious disasters in the north, so disaster relief funds are also included.

For Zhao Ning now, this is simply an astronomical figure.

After excluding Shaanxi, King Qin's army, the garrison in the capital, and the salaries of officials, the money just obtained from the confiscation of the houses was only 1.22 million guan.

In the next three months, Zongze built a walled city north of the Yellow River with 5 million strings.

On May 20th, Zhang Jun got up and rushed to Shaanxi.

A few days later, Zongze and Zhang Shuye accepted Zhao Gou's army of 100,000 Qin Wang at Ligudu and began to reorganize their troops.

On May 25, in order to stabilize the people of Hebei and Hedong as soon as possible, Zhao Ning wrote: Hedong and Hebei will be exempted from taxes for five years.

As soon as the news came out, the Tokyo Daily News immediately made the headlines.

Tax free?

This is benevolent government!

This time, the popularity is not only boosted in Kaifeng Prefecture, but also directly to Hebei and Hedong Road.

These two places have been damaged by the war and cannot collect much tax. It is better to exempt them and keep people there to ensure sufficient human resources for the front line.

Everything is arranged one by one.

At this time, Wanyan Zonghan, who was in Taiyuan Mansion, finished reading the report on Longde Mansion.

He said: "How did Zhang Bangchang react?"

Wanyan Xiyin said: "When the spies came back, Zhang Bangchang acted very scared."
To be continued...