The next morning, Zhao Jun went to court with panda eyes.
When the Minister of Justice came back, except for the Prime Ministers, Li Di was probably the most excited among all the civil and military officials in the court.
Because Wang Sui fell ill this time and fell into a coma, the imperial physician said that he probably wouldn't survive until the end of the year and was almost on his deathbed.
Therefore, there may be a vacant prime minister position in the Constitutional Council this time, and he will most likely be promoted to the Constitutional Council.
Before Zhao Jun came back, Li Di was a little worried that Zhao Jun was not in Bianliang and that Lu Yijian would interfere.
But now that Zhao Jun is back, he has nothing to worry about.
Even if he was happy to be promoted after the other person died, it seemed a bit inhumane to show such joy on his face.
But firstly, Li Di and Wang Sui had no close relationship, so there was no need to feel sad for him. Secondly, this is what politicians do, and they will fight to the death for power.
After the morning court session ended, Li Di wanted to see Zhao Jun, but Zhao Jun had someone pass a message to him - be patient.
This sentence made Li Di feel at ease, and he was secretly happy that he had made the right move by joining Zhao Jun.
Although it seems a bit self-degrading for the former prime minister to be willing to be someone else's follower.
But Li Di had been up and down in the officialdom for so many years, and he had already started to see things.
What's more, Zhao Jun is too young.
He is so young and yet he sits in such a high position. He is also deeply trusted by the government. Who knows, he may hold on to power for a long time in the future.
If one can stay with a powerful boss for a long time, it will be a great thing for him and his family members.
Therefore, Li Di naturally chose to bet, which shows the keen sense of an old politician.
After Zhao Jun finished the morning court, he went to the Constitutional Council. When the meeting started, apart from Fan Zhongyan who was now transferred to Hebei, only Wang Sui, who was seriously ill in bed, did not attend the meeting.
Everyone sat down in rows. Zhao Jun sat back in his own seat, placed his notebook on it, and began today's topic.
First, let’s talk about the current domestic situation.
In the military, Fan Zhongyan won two great victories in the northwest, one defensive battle and one counterattack, which severely damaged Li Yuanhao. Now he can only hide in his old nest and lick his wounds.
The Liao army in the north marched south and stationed troops on the border. The two sides conducted several probing attempts, and the Liao army sent small-scale teams to harass the border fortresses.
The Song army in the fortress used thunder bombs and catapults to directly throw pottery jars filled with gunpowder into the enemy camp. At the moment of the explosion, the Liao cavalry was frightened and fled in panic, not daring to approach.
Faced with the Song Dynasty's tortoise shell, Yelu Zongzhen was obviously in a difficult situation.
A very clever general suggested that they simply bypass the Song army's front-line fortresses and cities, go south to raid the valleys and plunder the people of the Song Dynasty, and they didn't believe that there was nothing they could do to destroy the Song Dynasty's tortoise shell.
Yelu Zongzhen was so angry that he asked the smart general to lead the troops himself. As a result, the general did take a detour. When he led 5,000 light cavalry south and went more than 200 kilometers to Jizhou, he was dumbfounded.
Because the Song Dynasty's tortoise shell was built directly from Xiongzhou to Damingfu, Beijing of the Song Dynasty, although there were farming people, once they discovered the Liao cavalry, they would immediately drop their hoes, or hide in nearby bunkers, or run into the city.
In fact, during the Song Dynasty, the economy and agriculture had already shifted to the south. Since the Qin and Han Dynasties, Hebei and Henan have always been the traditional farming and economic centers of the Han people because of their relationship with the North China Plain.
During the Eastern Han Dynasty, Hebei's population reached more than six million, becoming the main area for Yuan Shao to dominate the world.
But by the Song Dynasty, the population of Hebei was still six million, of which about 3.3 million were in Hebei East and 2.6 million were in Hebei West. This was obviously unreasonable in the Song Dynasty, when productivity and agricultural technology far exceeded those of the Han Dynasty.
In contrast, the populations of Henan, Jiangsu and Zhejiang regions exceeded 10 million during the same period.
The only reason was that Hebei became the front line of confrontation with the Liao Kingdom. The Song Dynasty court built the Hebei border and nearby counties into military towns, and relocated border residents to the south.
Therefore, there are fewer people in the border areas, and Hebei's main population concentration is basically near Damingfu north of the Yellow River.
The Liao Kingdom wanted to bypass the border fortresses and attack the heartland of the Song Kingdom hundreds of kilometers deep. Unless Yelu Zong really gave up his logistics line and planned to take a gamble, it would be impossible to bypass it.
The end of that clever guy was that he was besieged in Hejian Prefecture by Fan Zhongyan's troops, and his entire army was wiped out.
This battle was actually a test by Yelu Zongzhen.
He was not so stupid as to send people in to die, but the result of the test was obvious. The Song State had built too many defensive fortifications along its border extending all the way to Daming Prefecture, which made it impossible for him to take action.
Therefore, to a certain extent, militarily speaking, the Song Dynasty had already been in an invincible position, having crippled the Western Xia, ensuring the safety of the northwest and preventing the Liao Dynasty from invading from the south.
Zhao Jun was very happy with this result. At least his arrival gave the Song Dynasty military a powerful shot in the arm.
There is no need to worry about the military for now.
Lao Fan can handle it.
In terms of economy, Lu Yijian and his colleagues have not been sitting around doing nothing in the past two years. They have reformed the state-owned trading houses and handed over more than 51% of the operating rights to private enterprises.
The Ministry of Industry and Commerce also registered several state-owned commercial banks.
As mentioned before, there were actually registered companies in the Song Dynasty. Registering with the government and obtaining a "shop book" was considered a successful registration. At that time, it was called a trading company.
These state-owned commercial banks cooperated with private enterprises and handed over the operating rights to private enterprises. As long as they did not violate the law or evade taxes, the Ministry of Industry and Commerce would basically solve the official difficulties for them.
In this way, tea, salt, alum, wine, spices, etc., which were originally state-owned monopolies in Bianliang, officially entered the private market. The official monopoly system was relaxed, allowing business to flourish.
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