Outlaws of the Marsh

Chapter 786 Where to go (please subscribe!)
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Seeing Zhang Jun coming in, Zhao Gouqiang cheered himself up and said: "If you still talk about love, you are deceiving the emperor."——Zhao Gou took the lead and sealed Zhang Jun's alarmist mouth.

Zhang Jun couldn't help feeling a little sad, thinking that Zhao Gou was misunderstood by Wang Boyan and Huang Qianshan, and thus lost his ability to analyze the current situation.

Zhang Jun wanted to persuade Zhao Gou again, but he really couldn't bear the crime of deceiving the emperor.

Finally, after taking a deep breath, Zhang Jun said, "I didn't come here to say that the Chinese army is about to go south."

Zhao Gou asked, "What does Ai Qing want to say?"

Zhang Jun bowed to Zhao Gou, and then asked without answering, "Excuse me, officials, do you think Lin'an Prefecture is suitable to be the capital of Song Dynasty?"

"This……"

Zhao Gou really didn't expect that Zhang Jun wanted to talk about this matter, and for a while he didn't know how to answer Zhang Jun's question.

Zhang Jun did not embarrass Zhao Gou, but quickly expounded his own point of view: "Lin'an Mansion as the capital was originally very suitable. The south of the Yangtze River is rich and pleasant, and Lin'an is the center of the south of the Yangtze River. The key is, Lin'an is surrounded by mountains on three sides in the north, west and south, forming a horseshoe-shaped barrier facing southeast, easy to defend and difficult to attack, and it is really a rare capital city. It's just..."

Zhao Gou vaguely guessed what Zhang Jun wanted to say, but he still pretended not to know and asked, "Just what?"

Zhang Jundao: "It's just that Lin'an is too close to the sea, and the large and medium navies are extremely powerful, capable of transporting one hundred thousand troops at a time. If the Chinese army suddenly comes from the sea, what should your majesty do?"

Hearing this, Zhao Gou couldn't help showing a hint of worry in his eyes!
What Zhang Jun said was not unexpected to Zhao Gou.

But the problem is that now there is no more suitable place to be the capital of the Southern Song Dynasty than Lin’an—places like Xianyang, Chang’an, Luoyang, and Kaifeng are all in the north of the Yangtze River, and even Jinling has been occupied by Dazhong. Where can they be the capital of the Southern Song Dynasty?
You know, this capital city is no different than other places. It has strict requirements on transportation, population, defense, surroundings and many other aspects.

To be honest, if it is true, this Lin'an is not suitable to be a capital.

But this has to be said again, the Southern Song Dynasty really has no other better choice with only a corner of the land left.

Zhao Gou pondered for a while, and said, "What exactly does Ai Qing want to say?"

Zhang Jun said: "The officials should leave a way out for themselves and the Song Dynasty, just in case..."

What Zhang Jun wanted to say was: "If the Chinese army comes here, what should you do with the officials?"

But when the words came to his lips, Zhang Jun remembered the agreement he had just made with Zhao Gou, so his words stopped abruptly.

Zhao Gou frowned when he heard this!
Zhao Gou heard that Zhang Jun was still insisting that the Chinese army would come over soon, but Zhang Jun just changed the way of saying it.

Zhao Gou couldn't help being a little displeased, and thought: "This Zhang Jun is too hateful, why can't he say something good, he must curse the Chinese army to come over, he will be punished!"

Seeing Zhao Gou's face change, how could Zhang Jun not know that he had angered Zhao Gou again?

Zhang Jun hastily remedied: "At the beginning, the officials chose Lin'an Mansion as the capital, mainly because of the prosperous economy in the south of the Yangtze River and the collection of wealth in the south of the Yangtze River. If you go in, you can recover the lost land and restore the whole territory of Song Dynasty, and you can develop with peace of mind when you go back. Opportunities throughout the Song Dynasty, but with the large and medium navies cutting off the maritime trade of our Great Song Dynasty, the economy in the south of the Yangtze River has retreated, and it has been unable to meet the expectations of the officials."

Zhang Jun's words reached Zhao Gou's heart.

At the beginning, the reason why Zhao Gou chose Lin'an as the capital was mainly because he took a fancy to the economic strength of the Jiangnan area, and wanted to gather the wealth of Jiangnan to strengthen himself.

But after arriving in Jiangnan, Zhao Gou discovered that the economic situation in the Jiangnan area had seriously declined.

There are actually many reasons for this situation, such as the Fangla Uprising that broke out in the Jiangnan area before, the suppression of the Jiangnan area at the end of the Northern Song Dynasty, the frequent wars that have blocked the North-South trade, etc...

Among them, the biggest reason is that Dazhong completely blocked the foreign trade of the Southern Song Dynasty, especially the international trade at sea.

Since the establishment of the Southern Song Dynasty, the Chinese military has strictly prohibited Song people from conducting international trade at sea. Once it is found that there are people on board who are Song people (people from large and middle schools, all have household registration and ID cards), all goods will be seized immediately without any accommodation.

In order to completely block the economy of the Southern Song Dynasty and to ensure the interests of Dazhong, the customs also set up a large-scale and well-organized maritime police force to crack down on smuggling.

In a word, obediently paying tariffs will ensure that you can enjoy unimpeded travel in Dazhong and enjoy generous policies and benefits. If you don’t pay tariffs, you will lose all your money.

So Song people really have no chance to do international trade at all?

of course not.

As long as you go to Jiangbei to settle down and join the nationality of Dazhong (if you own a real estate in Dazhong and live in Dazhong for more than three months (tentative), you can get a Dazhong household registration from the household registration management office in your area), you can carry out sea international registration. trading.

but--

Once they entered the territory of Dazhong, they were not allowed to return to Jiangnan.

That said, it's a one-way street.

Dazhong strictly prohibited the Song people from doing maritime trade, which caused many people from Jiangnan to go to Jiangbei.

In addition, Jiangnan is now constantly fighting, and the people are being persecuted by all sides, while Dazhong in Jiangbei has completely settled down.

More Jiangnan people ran to Jiangbei, and even people from Lin'an ran to Jiangbei.

This has also led to the fact that Lin'an can't help but have a bad economy, and even the population has problems, so it is not suitable to be a capital city at all.

Zhao Gou remembered what Zhang Jun said just now in case the Chinese army attacked from the sea...

After a while, Zhao Gou asked Zhang Jun, "Zhang Aiqing, if you have any questions, you can tell them together."

Zhang Jun straightened his clothes, and then said: "Since the official came to the throne, it is because of the support of money and food in the middle of Shu that my Great Song Dynasty can continue to live. According to my humble opinion, the official family should move the capital to the middle of Shu. Qin The Han won the land of Shu and ruled the world. The Han Dynasty won the land of Shu and destroyed Xiang Yu. Established a strong Han for 400 years. It is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and it is rich in food. If the government enters the land of Shu and gathers an army of 50 million, understand that no matter how strong the Chinese army is, it will not be able to do anything to our Song Dynasty."

"Move the capital to Shu?"

Zhao Gou couldn't help frowning!

The land of Shu does have the advantages mentioned by Zhang Jun.

But one thing is doomed to the pattern of Shu.

This point is that the road to Shu is more difficult than going to the blue sky.

In other words, the transportation in Shu is really inconvenient.

And this not only restricted the layout of Shu, but also made Shu completely unqualified to be the seat of the capital.

Let's put it this way, if Zhao Gou withdrew into Shu as Zhang Jun said, then as long as the Chinese army desperately locked the gates of Shu, then Zhao Gou and his Southern Song Dynasty would be isolated from the world, and then the rest of the Southern Song Dynasty They will lose their "brains" and be slaughtered by the Chinese army.

More importantly, although there is only a corner of the Southern Song Dynasty left, it is not a desperate place where only by sticking to Shu can it not be exterminated.

Therefore, it is impossible for Zhao Gou to choose to go to Shu to rest on his laurels.

But then again, if the Chinese army really attacked from the sea, Zhao Gou really had nowhere to escape except Shu.

In addition, Zhao Song really needs the support of Shu at present.

Therefore, what Zhang Jun said was not completely nonsense.

By the way, Zhao Gou knew that what Zhang Jun said was actually to prevent the Chinese army from going south suddenly, but the entry point Zhang Jun found this time made Zhao Gou pay attention to what Zhang Jun said.

After a while, Zhao Gou said calmly, "If you move the capital to Shu, then Jianghuai, Jingchu, Sanxiang, Guangdong, Guangxi, and Bamin are all gone?"

"This……"

Zhang Jun will also be the minister in the future, so how can he fail to understand Zhao Gou's concerns?
Moreover, not only Zhao Gou, but also Zhang Jun was unwilling to lose this vast territory, turning the Southern Song Dynasty into a tiny country.

After thinking for a while, Zhang Jun's eyes suddenly lit up, and then he said, "I have a plan to get the best of both worlds."

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(End of this chapter)