Mrs. Lin behind her heard the Queen Mother's 'declaration of abdication', and her heart suddenly trembled.
Immediately afterwards, a feeling of reluctance gradually spread in her heart.
The Queen Mother is about to abdicate!
Looking at the Queen Mother's slightly mottled hair, Mrs. Lin couldn't help but feel a little sad.
Officials are really great.
In just one year, the palace has changed hands, and there has been no bloodshed.
"Your Majesty, your words are wrong."
Li Jie smiled slightly: "It is said that if there is an old man in the family, if there is a treasure, the eldest lady will still need the support from behind."
'behind……'
Liu E recited these two words silently in her heart. These two words were enough to express the official meaning.
However, at this time, she didn't feel much sadness in her heart.
She has accepted the fact of abdication.
Looking at the performance of the Guan family in the past year, perhaps handing the empire into the hands of Sixth Brother is the right path.
"It is only natural for parents to protect their children from wind and rain."
Liu E smiled lightly: "You and I, mother and son, why do you need to be like this?"
"Let's put aside this matter for the time being. Regarding military pay in the border areas, what are Sixth Brother's plans?"
Having said this, Li Jie was not ready to hide any more and directly revealed his plans in his heart.
"Madam, do you still remember Fan Yong, the transfer envoy of Shaanxi?"
"That Fan Yong who is highly appreciated by Kou Zhun?"
Liu E was somewhat impressed by this person. After all, Fan Yong was a junior promoted by Kou Zhun.
Moreover, Fan Yong served as the transfer envoy of Shaanxi Road.
In the Song Dynasty, the local administrative levels were three-level: road, government (state, military, and prison), and county. The road-level chief was the highest local leader.
The transfer envoy is the highest level among the road-level officials. Of course, the occasionally established transfer envoys are not included in this list.
Shaanxi Road is located in a border area, and Fan Yong himself is one of the top leaders of Shaanxi Road. All kinds of buffs are stacked together, and it is difficult for Liu E not to pay attention to it.
"It's this person."
Li Jie nodded and continued: "Not long ago, Fan Yong's letter was just handed over. In it, he suggested that the strategy of entering China can be implemented in the military states along the border of Shaanxi."
"To be specific, using Jieyan (salt produced in Jiechi) as a guide, merchants can directly go to Jiezhou to ask for salt."
The method of entering China is not new, and the imperial court has never stopped entering China.
Fan Yong's suggestion only slightly modified the process of entering China. Previously, merchants had to go to the capital to purchase.
But after the change, this step was omitted, and merchants could directly take the bait to Jiezhou to obtain salt.
Without cumbersome processes, businessmen's enthusiasm will inevitably increase.
However, this method is not without its shortcomings.
In the past, merchants brought cash, grain and grass to the capital for import, and the proceeds were transferred to the central finance. Now, all the materials brought into China have been exchanged for military rations from the border areas.
As a result, the central government's cash and grain revenue naturally decreased.
Of course, the military rations that originally needed to be supplied by the central government were now delivered by merchants. If we calculate the general ledger, the expenditure of the imperial court will definitely be reduced.
Because the loss ratios of official grain transportation and private grain transportation are different, generally speaking, official losses are much greater than private grain transportation.
One is public and the other is private, and their nature determines the loss ratio.
After a moment of silence, Liu E revealed the hidden dangers of "moving along the edge into the middle".
"This move can indeed reduce losses along the way, but with it, Beijing and China also lose control of the Shaanxi border areas."
Liu E's suggestion is not unreasonable. The reason why she asked this question was also influenced by Zhenzong and Taizong.
Taizong's succession to the throne seemed to be legal and compliant on the surface, but the hardest thing for people to deceive is themselves. Zhao Guangyi knew very well whether the country was righteous or not.
Observe his words and observe his actions.
A series of systems created by Zhao Guangyi were all designed to prevent others from usurping power.
Therefore, even if some aspects of entering the Chinese Dharma are relatively complicated, there is no need to hesitate.
Stability is the most important thing.
Anyway, ‘the family is big and the business is big’, so some losses are not worth mentioning.
In the Song Dynasty, the custom of abuse of officials and abuse of rewards also started from Zhao Guangyi.
Zhenzong was Taizong's biological son, and Liu E was Zhenzong's wife, so her ideas were naturally inherited from Taizong.
"Madam, everything that has advantages has disadvantages."
However, Li Jie's ideas were completely different from those of Taizong and Zhenzong.
"There are heavy troops stationed in the border areas all year round, and the military food consumption is huge. If Fan Yong's policy is followed, at least one-third of the military food expenditure can be exempted."
"Of course, what the eldest lady said was also prudent."
"This strategy does have hidden dangers."
"But the hidden dangers are also relative. As long as the imperial court has the power to overwhelm the world, just relying on the power of several states on the border of Shaanxi, no matter how it acts, it cannot hinder the overall situation."
Strengthening the trunk and weakening the branches was the basic national policy of the Song Dynasty.
However, the border areas were a special case. Due to the threat from the nomadic people in the northwest, the Song Dynasty had to deploy heavy troops in the border areas.
The same is true for Shaanxi Road, and the same is true for Hebei Road.
In addition, the frontier army is also famous for its combat effectiveness, and the Forbidden Army, which has not experienced battles for a long time, is more like flowers in a greenhouse.
This is also a consensus.
Therefore, the Song court was particularly wary of generals in the border areas. Cao Wei was transferred out of the northwest because of suspicion.
"Brother Six, the border area is no better than other states. It is related to the supply of grain and grass for the army. We cannot be so rash."
Obviously, Liu E still insists on his opinion.
"This is what it should be."
Li Jie smiled and did not continue to argue with Liu E. He understood Liu E's concerns, but he did not agree with them.
Excessive preparedness will actually affect the combat effectiveness of the army.
And this was one of the reasons why the Song Dynasty was weak.
The imperial court, or rather the monarch, did not dare to delegate power to military ministers at all.
The legacy of the Five Dynasties period is so deep that even after decades, there is still no change.
Next, the two chatted for a while. Not long after, Liu E yawned, looked at the sky outside, and took the initiative to say goodbye.
Here, Li Jie had just finished seeing off Liu E, and over there, Lei Yungong hurriedly came to report.
"Official family, please forgive me!"
Lei Yungong knelt on the ground, holding a small wooden box high in his hands.
"The thing in the box is the land deed given to me by Ding Wei. I accepted this thing without the official's permission. Please ask the official to punish me for my filthy crimes!"
"You should keep it for now."
Looking at Lei Yungong who was doing so many scenes, Li Jie couldn't help but burst out laughing.
This guy really does one thing after another.
In the audience, Lei Yungong was overjoyed at first when he heard this, but soon he woke up. The officials did not ask him to accept it, but 'accept it temporarily'.
Two more words are added, and the meaning is completely different!
"Thank you for your grace!"
However, even if his property was confiscated, Lei Yungong still had to be grateful, and he had to be so grateful that he cried bitterly!
"Thank you for your grace!"
As Lei Yungong spoke, he kowtowed heavily with tears streaming down his face, as if he had received some great reward.