After listening to Zhang Maoze's report, Li Jie suddenly found it interesting.
The Queen Mother actually summoned Kou Zhun back to the capital. Although she only gave Kou Zhun a casual position, she still had the prestige and connections that Kou Zhun had accumulated over the years.
Even if Kou Zhun is not in the court, his deterrence cannot be underestimated.
But one thing needs to be noted. Historically, Kou Zhun would pass away a year later. The specific method of death seemed to be from illness.
Now that Kou Zhun is about to come back and leave remote places like Leizhou, maybe he won't die so quickly.
Although Xijing was not the capital of the Song Dynasty and was not as prosperous as the capital, it was still a rare big city.
When the imperial palace was built in Tokyo, it was modeled after the Luoyang Palace in Xijing.
Not only that, some people in the imperial court suggested moving the capital to Luoyang, Xijing.
The terrain around Bianliang is flat and there is no danger to defend. In terms of geographical environment, it is far inferior to Luoyang, Xijing.
At the beginning of the founding of the People's Republic of China, Taizu of the Song Dynasty considered moving the capital to Xijing.
However, Bianliang City at that time had gone through more than fifty years of construction over five generations and several dynasties, and its various infrastructures were very complete.
If the capital is moved, Xijing will not have the advantages of Bianliang, and a lot of manpower and material resources will definitely be spent.
In addition, Bianliang has a developed water system and convenient transportation.
Although Xijing has the danger of the Yellow River to the north and is surrounded by mountains, it is a good place that is easy to defend but difficult to attack. You can advance and attack, and retreat and defend.
But all things considered, it is still not as good as Bianliang.
After all, moving the capital to Xijing requires a large amount of money in a short period of time, but moving the capital to Bianliang requires much less money in a short period of time.
As for the problem of no danger to defend, it is not impossible to solve it by building more fortresses and raising more forbidden troops.
Moreover, Taizu of the Song Dynasty at that time was full of ambitions and planned to take over the Yanyun land in one go. As long as Yanyun was recaptured, most of the undefendable situation in Bianliang would be eliminated.
It is a pity that Song Taizu did not have time to complete the feat of regaining Yanyun.
What he didn't expect even more was that during the Song Dynasty, the land of Yanyun was not regained.
The descendants are so unsatisfactory, everything is a good thing done by his younger brother.
If Zhao Kuangyin knew this, he would probably jump up from the ground.
The Song Dynasty has become a big coward, and the coffin board will definitely not be able to hold it down.
However, that is already a thing of the past. Now that Li Jie is here, he will definitely be swept into the trash heap with the word "coward".
Xixia and Khitan all had to submit to him.
Not weighing?
Fight until you are convinced!
Of course, that is the long-term goal. Governing a big country is like cooking a small dish, especially in ancient dynasties. When communication is inconvenient, the speed of transmission of a decree from the capital to the countryside must be measured in months.
The accumulation of talents does not happen overnight.
This life is very different from the Southern Song dungeon I experienced before. The Southern Song dungeon has internal strength and martial arts masters.
In the current world, Li Jie has experimented. It cannot be said that there is no such thing as internal strength, but it is no different from none.
In short, the cost-effectiveness of training martial arts masters is too low.
Instead of spending a lot of time and resources cultivating martial arts masters, it is better to cultivate an army and develop new weapons.
Li Jie has no idea about breech-loading guns for the time being, but he can look forward to a matchlock gun.
The matchlock gun is the mid-term target, and the early target must be the famous divine arm crossbow in history.
The maximum range of the God Arm Crossbow is up to 400 meters, and it can penetrate heavy armor. Compared with the bow, the crossbow has greater advantages.
A skilled archer is difficult to develop without years of training, but a crossbowman is completely different and can be developed in one to two years.
The only drawback of the Divine Arm Crossbow is that it is too bulky and is only suitable for infantry combat or city defense combat.
However, it is enough to borrow one for the time being.
Once the production technology of matchlock guns matures, the divine arm crossbow can withdraw from the stage of history.
"Guan family, Lei Abban is here."
In the afternoon, Zhang Mao gently knocked on the door of the inner hall and reported in a low voice.
"Let him in."
Hearing this, Li Jie put down the brush in his hand, and Lei Yungong was here.
He has been waiting for a long time.
"Holy Holy Gong!"
When he walked into the inner hall and saw Li Jie himself, Lei Yungong immediately knelt down and gave a big salute.
Compared with the last time we met, Lei Yungong's attitude was completely different.
The Song Dynasty did not kneel down and worship at every turn.
Kneeling down and worshiping has revealed Lei Yungong's thoughts.
He has changed his family!
From now on, the official family will be his heaven.
"Get up."
Li Jie didn't go directly to help him stand up, but just replied lightly.
Naturally, there are different ways to treat different people.
Don't be too nice to someone like Lei Yungong, otherwise, he will definitely climb up the ladder.
To suppress him, you must have more power than kindness.
"Thank you, Guanjia!"
After getting up, Lei Yungong quickly smiled.
"After many days, I finally get to see Tianyan, I... I..."
Lei Yungong is indeed a great actor. As he spoke, he cried directly, as if he was crying with joy.
"I understand your thoughts."
Li Jie waved his hand and then went straight to the road.
"You came here at the right time today. I happen to have something for you to do."
thump!
"Death for the officials!"
Lei Yungong fell to his knees again.
Zhang Mao, who was not far away, couldn't help but twitching when he saw this scene.
Ray Abban is really...
For a moment, Zhang Maoze couldn't find words to describe it.
He knelt down and worshiped every now and then, and he didn't know who Le Abban learned it from.
Although their servants no longer have that thing, their bones are not that soft. How can they kneel so frequently in daily life?
'Is this why Lei Abban was promoted so quickly?'
Suddenly, Zhang Maoze had an idea in his mind.
Although his position is not high, he is still a close servant of the official family, and he comes into contact with quite a few people.
So far, it is the only one like Leabban.
'Should I study?'
As soon as the thought came up, Zhang Maoze shook his head repeatedly.
He can't learn.
Besides, he doesn't need to learn.
After all, he was the first person to seek refuge with officials. As long as he didn't make big mistakes in the future, promotion was inevitable.
Zhang Douzhi (Jingzong) was able to be where he is today, not only because of his status as an old minister in Qiandi.
Just when Zhang Maoze was stunned, the official's voice reached his ears again.
"I want you to take down the Houyuan Studio and keep it secret. Is there any problem?"
"I accept your order!"
Hearing this, Zhang Mao was secretly puzzled.
What do the officials want Houyuan to do?
The workshop was just a place for manufacturing daily necessities and famous wedding items for the royal family. There were only about 400 craftsmen in the workshop.
Four hundred people may seem like a lot, but the factory has 81 small workshops, so each workshop only has less than five people.
Similarly, Lei Yungong also had doubts in his heart.
The studio is a place with low status and heavy work. What is there that the officials should take action against?
Naturally, Li Jie had no intention of explaining. There were more than eighty workshops in the workshop, but the ones that attracted his attention were woodworking, ironwork, forging, and grinding.