There are many things that make Lu Yihao and Chen Ji feel stubborn, but all of these things are caused by one reason, that is, they have no money!

Zhao Kai's court is really out of money!

The Northern Song Dynasty court had almost 600,000 military households, and almost all of them were in service now. They were either guarding against the Southern Song Dynasty, the pseudo-Song Dynasty, the Dali, the Western Tang Dynasty, or fighting against the Great Jin Dynasty, or suppressing the newly occupied territory.

Even those who were still in their hometown were all admitted to the service. They were either responsible for training the soldiers of the government (they were reserve soldiers, and if Zhao Kai’s Northern Expedition was not smooth, they would have to make up for it), or assist in the transfer of supplies and supplying the front enemies.

And most of them have passed the "free period" of four months!

Under such circumstances, it is easy to imagine how large the expenditure of the court was. The Southern Song Dynasty "exploded" Zhao Kai, which not only cut off Zhao Kai's annual "salary" of 6 million yuan, but also caused tension in the Hanyang Commercial City area and almost interrupted the trade between the two Song dynasties. This further reduced the fiscal revenue of the Northern Song Dynasty court, and threatened the stability of the lifeline of the Sichuan-Rice North Destiny, "Sichuan-Hanyang-Xiangyang".

As a last resort, Zhao Kai had to appoint Li Bao as the commander-in-chief of the navy, let him go to Jiangling to build warships, and organize defenses in the northern border areas to ensure smooth transportation in Jingjiang... This is another big expense!

In other words, from the beginning of the seventh year of Hongwu to the present, the Northern Song Dynasty court has been in a state of huge expenditures and sharp decline in income.

If Zhao Kai hadn't been reluctant to spend it in the past few years and had saved all the money he had earned from Zhao Huan, the finances of the Northern Song Dynasty would have gone bankrupt long ago.

But even with Zhao Kai's "deposit", the eastern and western governments of the Northern Song Dynasty only took out military expenses for the Northern Expedition. As for the expenses for the aftermath... I won't mention it for now. Anyway, it has not been defeated yet. If it is really defeated, maybe it can levy a large amount of tax on the landlords and wealthy people in Yanjing and Hebei?

So when the Northern Expedition Army was really in a state of unstoppable force, it reached Yanjing City in one breath and Shanhaikou in two breaths, the two great husbands in the East Mansion, who were in charge of finance, were stunned. Because the bills of spending money flew in front of them like snowflakes!

Moreover, Zhao Kai's aftermath this time was particularly big - he wanted to move the capital to Shuntian Prefecture, Beijing, and also moved a large number of military soldiers from the old Yingtian Road to the recovery areas of Beijing Road and Hebei Road.

In addition, Zhao Kai also needs to set up a "money-burning road" that covers a huge area - the Datong Jiedu Road!

So many money-burning projects were launched together, and the Jin-occupied areas on Beijing Road and Hebei Road were in chaos due to the plunder of the Jin people during the retreat and Zhao Kai's suppression of local traitors and literati, so naturally they could not provide taxes.

Although the Northern Song Dynasty court, supported by the land military service system, would not collapse because of lack of money, how could those major events Zhao Kai explained without spending money?

When Lu Yihao and Chen Ji both sighed when they thought of the word "money".

At this moment, He Guan, the two Yuan Shushes who had followed the Privy Council, and Wang Yuan, who had gone to welcome Zhao Kai, rushed back as if he was flying. He looked at Lu Yihao from afar, and shouted here: "The official family has arrived! The official family has been reported to Kai!"

Following Lu Yihao and Chen Ji, the officials of the Northern Song Dynasty court who had been waiting together for a long time, all buzzed and started to tidy up their clothes and clothes. They hadn't seen Zhao Kai for more than a year. I missed this official who knew how to fight without managing the government!

The "righteous people" in Yan who were standing near these officials of the Song Dynasty also started to talk.

"It's great now. The official family reported that Kai will go on duty. Yanjing will always be the land of China. We, the Yan people, will no longer wear their hair and have left-sided lapels..."

"I really didn't expect that our Yan people were bullied by the Khitan and Jurchens for more than 200 years, and today they can become Chinese people!"

"You have heard that the Holy Emperor is going to move the capital to Beijing Shuntian Prefecture, personally guarding the country's gates, and not allowing the thieves to invade in again!"

"Is this true? The emperor really wants to regard our Yanjing as the best in the world?"

"Of course it's true! My relatives in Luoyang have moved here with their families. How can this be fake?"

"Your relative is..."

"I'm a member of Zhao, a member of the Zhao family in Jizhou!"

"Oh... it turns out that it was Zhao, a hero of Jizhou, two countries. He was disrespectful! He was disrespectful! The despicable surname was Gao, the Bohai Gao clan... It was not the Gao clan of the Bohai clan, but the younger generation of the same clan of Yao and Shun, the daughters of the Song Dynasty, and the Queen Shenglie of Xuanren!"

"Disrespect, disrespect..."

When they heard that Zhao Kuangzan (son of the great traitor Zhao Yanshou, a descendant of the Five Dynasties surrendered, a hero of the founding state of the Song Dynasty) and the relatives of the Liao Kingdom (her ancestor was an envoy sent by the Liao Kingdom to the Southern Tang Dynasty, and later surrendered to the Later Zhou Dynasty and became a subordinate of Zhao Kuangyin), they all smiled.

Zhao Kai's previous thunder methods seemed quite useful to add the current capital to Yanjing. Those who do not believe in evil were killed, and those who are willing to surrender came to recognize their relatives. In addition, the soldiers and nobles who moved from Shaanxi, Xijing, Hedong and other places could definitely completely reverse the 200-year Huhua trend of Yanjing.

If this official had the ability to fill in the two big money pits of moving the capital and re-enactment, not only could the country's borders be safe and peaceful, but the unification of the country's borders would be not far away.

......

"Long live! Long live! Long live..."

The sound of the mountain shouting long live, shaking the sky and the earth, resounding throughout the wilderness south of the Shuntian Prefecture City in Beijing.

When Zhao Kai returned to Yanjing City, the Yandi Xiong City, which controlled the national gate, had completely fallen to his feet. The people of Yandi who left the city to welcome him, the officials, merchants, and craftsmen who moved from Luoyang, had no less than 100,000, and had been extending south from the southern gate for nearly ten miles.

Among these people, the Yan people may not support Zhao Kai much, but they will definitely obey Zhao Kai's rule. Therefore, now we should take advantage of the might and the people's hearts to move more military families who can act as confidant people to Beijing.

Then slowly turn Beijing Road, as well as nearby Hebei Road, Datong Road and other places into a place with blood taxes that are as important as Shaanxi.

Only by holding the knife firmly in your hand can you ensure that those areas that act as money bags can pay the money obediently.

And being full of money can also ensure that the knife handle is obedient...the two complement each other!

Now Zhao Kai has a low-cost plan for pacifying the grassland and Liaodong - a battalion plus camel cannon!

Even if it is a "family-use" bastion, if one is built on the grassland, the entire Mongolian Empire cannot be defeated, unless Temujin first comes to Beijing to learn mathematics, physics and chemistry, and then returns to the grassland to be a khan... Why was the Rakshasa Kingdom able to conquer the grasslands, deserts, and Siberia in history? Isn't it because the cost of using the bastion to occupy a land is low enough, making the conquest profitable?

Thinking that he could colonize the whole world with the bastion and camel cannon in the future, Zhao Kai was in such a good mood. He entered the southern gate with an excited look on his face.

There was also a group of people greeting him in the southern gate, all of whom were women, children and eunuchs. The layout of Yanjing City was very strange. The southwest corner of the speechless city of the imperial city instead of the common north or city center, so when you enter the southern gate, you will be directly at the imperial city.

Zhu Fengying, Pan Cailian, Ren Baolian, Wu Meiniang, Cao Yuniang, Yuzang Jinnu and others have been waiting there for a long time with more than a dozen children.

As soon as Zhao Kai entered the door, he saw Zhu Fengying, who had grown into a "small mature woman". She had given birth to two sons and a daughter for Zhao Kai, two of whom were the legitimate son Zhao Qian and the third son Zhao Xu. They were both at the age of elementary school and were now being taught by Wu Meiniang, Yu Yunwen and others.

Pan Cailian has the eldest son of Zhao Lun... Zhao Lun is fifteen years old this year, and she is tall and big, looks very similar to Zhao Kai, and is quite talented.

He started learning new learning four years ago under the guidance of Wu Meiniang. In just four years, mathematics had reached the level of "middle school". Moreover, this kid's attainment in Confucianism was not low. He followed Hu Yin and Hu Hong to learn Confucianism since he was a child. It is said that he had obtained the true teachings of the two sour Confucians, and could also combine the mathematics passed down to him by Wu Meiniang with the Confucianism passed down by Hu Yin and Hu Hong to study... It has the potential to become a great Confucian.

Of course, being able to do literature but not martial arts is not a talent for comprehensive development. Zhao Lun was three years old and four years old. He was already both civil and military at a young age.

However, such a good child with both civil and military skills cannot be loved by Zhao Kai, and he has not even had a title so far.

Although Zhao Qian did not become the crown prince, his mother Zhu Fengying always served as the governor of the country during Zhao Kai's expedition, and would also "assist" from the side when Zhao Kai was in power (actually learning to govern the country). It is obvious that Zhu Fengying was trained as the alternate empress dowager.

My mother is the alternate empress dowager, so you can imagine how Zhao Qian's status is.

"I welcome the official home back to the palace..."

"My son welcomes his father back to the palace!"

Amid the welcome, Zhao Kai tied his horse, turned over, stood steadily on the ground, then strode forward, and came to Zhu Fengying and Pan Cailian, and said to them with a smile: "Fengying, Cailian, I have been out of the war these days. I have worked hard in the country and the palace. I have taken care of you... Everything is fine, right?"

Zhu Fengying pouted her mouth and looked extremely aggrieved. She came to Zhao Kai and whispered: "The official family has been there for more than a year. I am a woman. How can I deal with the court? It's really hard for me... The official family can't do this again in the future."

Well, is it difficult to draw lots? Zhao Kai thought to himself, but asked with a smile: "What difficulties have you encountered in your wife? Let's say it for your husband."

Zhu Fengying sighed: "Isn't the country's use insufficient? Even the cost in the palace is a bit difficult... Fortunately, Mei Niang and Yu Niang have some savings, otherwise the cost of the six palaces moving north this time would not be able to be obtained."

Zhao Kaixin said: The level of the housekeeper Zhu Fengying is really not very good. He actually depends on Wu Meiniang to move a house. Cao Yuniang’s two rich women (Wu Meiniang is very capable and is particularly good at managing finances, while Cao Yuniang is her father, Prime Minister Cao, has money) pays for it... But from this we can also know how financial tension is now!
Chapter completed!