"Let them enter the hall." Zhao Xu said.
"Yes."
Wang Yong walked out of the main hall and ordered the eunuch on duty to send for Zhang Ju Zheng and Hai Rui.
Not long after, Zhang Juzheng and Hai Rui arrived and knelt down in front of the throne room.
Zhang Juzheng had an imposing appearance, a handsome face, and a determined gaze.
Hai Rui was very tanned and skinny, but also very righteous.
"Zhang Juzheng, I heard that the policy theory you wrote during the exam was 'Book of Strengthening the Kingdom'.”
Zhang Juzheng knelt down and said,
"Your Majesty, I believe that our Great Song has been emphasizing commerce over agriculture and literature over martial arts for the past hundred years. This has led to the decline of the country. To completely change, we must focus on both commerce and agriculture, both civil and military, and the unity of the monarch and his subjects.”
After Zhao Xu heard this, he nodded and signaled Zhang Juzheng to continue.
"This humble subject feels that the reform implemented by His Majesty is very timely. The farmland irrigation law of the Qing Miao Law can ensure that the people do not have to worry about food and clothing, the market law can prevent the country's wealth from flowing away for no reason, and the Baojia Law can ensure that the people live and work in peace and contentment.”
Wang Anshi smiled. He didn't expect there to be someone in the world who had the same political views as him. This person was still very young.
"Your Majesty, the reform of the world should prioritize land. We must rectify the despotic landowners and organize the actual land to ensure that the tiller has his own land. The despotic gentry and nobles must pay taxes.”
After Zhang Juzheng finished speaking, he realized that everyone in the hall was looking at him with unfriendly gazes.
One had to know that the people in the hall were all powerful landowners with countless fertile fields. If one were to measure the actual fields…
Zhao Xu was very clear about the reactions of these scholar-bureaucrats.
Now was not the time to measure the land and attack the despots. At least, it had to wait until after Xia and Liao were destroyed.
However, a talent like Zhang Juzheng had to be put in an important position first. His talent was not only in economics, but also in government affairs.
With the help of Wang Anshi and Zhang Juzheng, both the reform and the reform were like gods.
"Zhang Juzheng, I will consider what you said. You go to the Ministry of Revenue first.”
"Thank you, Lord!"
Zhang Juzheng bowed and thanked him, then bowed and walked out of the hall.
Hai Rui."
"This commoner is here."
"Those who enter the main hall are not commoners. I have already read your 'Public Security Policy'. The policy theory is very good.”
Zhao Xu said slowly.
Hai Rui was very thin, and the linen clothes he was wearing seemed to be a lot more spacious, like a bamboo pole hanging clothes.
" Your Majesty, commoners…This subject's strategy is to stabilize the world by eliminating malpractices first. To eliminate malpractices, we must first rectify the officialdom. To rectify the officialdom, we must first enforce the laws so that the officials will be afraid and will not dare to reach out to the commoners. We must compete with the commoners for benefits. The administration of officials will be clarified, and the world will naturally be clean and upright. Only then will the commoners be able to live and work in peace and contentment. The Great Song will definitely be rich and powerful.”
" Well said. Hai Rui, I'll appoint you as the Censor of Supervision. You'll be supervising the officials at the Censor's Office for now.”
"Thank you, Lord!"
Hai Rui bowed.
The emperor had conferred the title of Zhang Juzheng and Hai Rui in the throne room, which was already a great favor from the emperor. This imperial scholar was even more noble than the imperial examination scholars.
After the coronation, the throne room fell silent. With the arrival of these two newcomers, it seemed that the officialdom was about to welcome another earthquake.
……
Three days later, the results were released. Zhang Juzheng was first in the top three, and Hai Rui was second...
Then, Zhao Xu began to make full preparations for the war against Xixia.
Xixia was now surrounded by the Song army on three sides. In addition to the drought in the country, the people were in dire straits. The Xixia royal court was at a loss and civil strife broke out.
This was the best time to destroy Xia. After spending the entire night, Zhao Xu drew up all the battle arrangements based on the attack routes given by the system.
No matter how perfect the system's attack route was, it still needed people to execute it.
Zhao Xu ordered Yue Fei's troops in the north to mobilize 200,000 soldiers led by Zhang Xian to fight from east to west.
Qi Jiguang led 300,000 soldiers from Yongzhou to attack the capital of Xixia, Xingqing Prefecture.
Autumn was a good time for war.
The Xixia diplomatic mission came and went, but Zhao Xu refused to meet them. It was to numb them and not let them know the exact time of the Great Song's invasion.
Begging for peace?
Unless they begged to surrender, there was nothing to talk about.
……
In the Western Xia Palace in Xingqing Prefecture, the seven-year-old King of the Western Xia, Li Bingchang, was crying in the arms of the twenty-five-year-old Empress Dowager Liang.
With the current situation, even the ordinary Xixia people knew that the Great Song was going to destroy the Xixia Empire. This was because there was already a large number of Song troops in Tongzhou, not far from Xingqing Prefecture.
In the past, it was the Xixia Empire that had attacked the Song Empire at this time, robbing the Song Empire of their people, cattle, sheep, and grain.
The tables had turned, and Great Song began to counterattack.
The entire Xixia was in a state of panic. The people had no choice but to choose their own situation. The upper echelons of Xixia were already preparing to escape and find a place to shelter before winter arrived.
Li Xianjian had already led the people who had submitted to him to flee to the Tubo's Dabo tribe because that was his father-in-law's territory.
As for Empress Dowager Liang and her son, Li Bingchang, they hadn't decided where to go.
If they fought, they definitely couldn't win. Li Zeng, the prime minister of Xixia, repeatedly said this to Empress Dowager Liang.
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