my causal simulator

Chapter 338 The Great Cause and Effect
Based on the information currently held by the imperial court, what the ministers say is the truth, even if Zhao Heng intends to defend it, there is no way to argue.

And Li Gang, who had arranged many countermeasures before, also took the route of Fenzhou a few days ago because of Taiyuan's crisis, to build the second line of defense to the north of the Song Dynasty. Without this think tank in the court, Zhao Heng naturally had no idea.

What's more, after all, it is the Tian family, and it is impossible to only consider personal feelings when considering things. Lin Chong is no longer here. It is really not a wise move to fall out with the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty for a dead person, not to mention that Daming Mansion and Taiyuan Mansion are currently trapped All are facts. If both sides fall, he will still count on the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty to resist the Jin people from going south and defend Bianjing.

He sighed secretly, and asked, "What do you think according to the wishes of the ministers?"

But seeing a middle-aged man striding forward in the train, Qi Zou said: "In my humble opinion, only the two ways of civil and military can be expected to resist the Jinren."

This person is the Dazai Zhang Bangchang. When the Cai party fell, the court tabooed the Cai party, not to mention the members of the Cai party, and even those who had been close to the Cai party all behaved with their tails between their tails. Geng Nanzhong, a princeling and member of the Ministry of Rites, is headed by Geng Nanzhong.

And when Geng Nanzhong also fell, in order to fight against Lin Shuhang, who was unique at that time, the original Cai party faintly united again, and it was the Dazai Zhang Bangchang as the leader.

This person used to be a student of Cai Jing, but he was alienated by Cai Jing because of some trivial matters, so he was secretly attracted by Yang Jian, but after that, Cai Jing took the initiative to throw an olive branch to him in order to find out the voices of those forces that opposed him, making him a middle-aged man on the bright side Li faction, secretly the core of the Cai party, it is precisely this identity that makes it a source of wealth in the court, coupled with Cai Jing's secret promotion, all the way from the official to Dazai, and now it has faintly become the new head of the Cai party.

Zhao Heng saw that he was the one who came out, but he didn't dare to ignore it, he just asked, "How can we combine civil and martial arts?"

"Wu, you can prepare your military in Bianjing. While collecting food from the surrounding towns into Beijing, you will recruit troops aggressively. Although Ying Tianjun spent a lot of money before, it still left a good impression of recruiting troops among the people. In addition, the folk granaries were searched. , the people have no rice to eat, so naturally they can only choose to be a soldier! Therefore, there must be a group of people responding to this recruitment. If Bianjing can be expanded to 20 people in a short period of time, even if Taiyuan and Daming fall, With the help of Bianjing's high walls and thick city, it is enough to keep Bianjing worry-free and Tianjia worry-free!"

Zhao Heng was slightly taken aback, frowning in thought.

"Impossible! Impossible, absolutely impossible, Your Highness!" A minister in the court knelt and wept, "This is tantamount to forcing the people to death! The people are the root of the country, how can we do such a desperate thing? If the people who can't survive rise up and the flames of war are ignited, I'm afraid that before the Jin people arrive, our Great Song Dynasty will collapse internally!"

But since Lin Chong was gone, Li Gang went to Fenzhou again, and loyal ministers like Li Ruoshui were also complaining of illness at home, such voices were obviously too few, and it was not a climate at all.

Zhang Bangchang just smiled coldly: "This move is definitely the next best strategy, but now that the Jin people are pressing down on the country, Taiyuan and Daiming can temporarily hold back the number of Jin people for a few days. If we don't take advantage of this time to do this, do we have to wait until the Jin people come to the city?" When is it time to temporarily recruit soldiers and prepare food and grass?"

"In order to protect the safety of His Majesty and the Crown Prince, and to protect the country of the Great Song Dynasty, even if it is a cup of poison, you must swallow it first! Don't you know the reason why you don't have to worry about firewood if you keep the green hills?"

"The damage to the common people only needs to wait until the crisis is resolved and the Jin people retreat, and the land where the soldiers are recruited and the grain collected is exempted for three years, so that the people can be appeased and recuperate!"

Everyone in the Cai party spoke to each other, and within minutes the minister who opposed it was speechless.

Zhao Heng also felt that it was reasonable, after all, there was really no better way right now, his heart was moved, and he asked again: "What about Wen?"

"This article should be related to money. Whether it is gathering food and grass or recruiting soldiers, a lot of money is inseparable. The previous state treasury was quite expensive because of Lin Chong's contribution to build the Yingtian Army. It may not be enough to rely solely on the imperial government's appropriation. , but in the Song Dynasty, wealth has always been hidden in the people, and the people are very rich, so we only need to mobilize the rich households and officials in Bianjing to actively donate, and this matter can be easily resolved.”

"This matter is very appropriate!" Zhao Heng finally heard a heart-warming sentence. Compared with martial arts, this strategy of literary practice can be said to speak to his heart: "It can be done quickly!"

"Your Highness, don't be in a hurry, I haven't finished talking yet." Zhang Bangchang said with a smile: "If you want to get the gentry, rich households, and court officials to donate, someone needs to take the lead. Otherwise, if you just rely on coercion, everyone will call you poor. Even if the house is raided, it will be difficult to get out the money that those misers kept in their chests."

"Master Zhang is willing to take the lead?"

Zhang Bangchang laughed and said: "Of course I am willing, but I have been an official for more than ten years, and my family has always been poor. Although I have sold my property and prepared to donate, the amount is not large, so it is difficult to set an example. This matter still needs to be settled by Cai You , Cai Tao and other old ministers..."

"Cai Jing used to use control as a bureaucracy, and the wealth he has embezzled is countless, including the old party Wang Fu, Liang Shicheng, Zhu Dong and others. Contribution, so I never ransacked the house, and now the two young masters Cai You and Cai Tao have cried in front of me more than once, saying that they want to return to the court and be loyal to His Majesty and His Highness, in order to forgive his father's crimes. Order, order him to donate a large amount of money to save the country, and then his son will be pardoned from the punishment of 'never hired'!"

"In this way, a large amount of wealth can be raised to solve the urgent need, and it can also satisfy the hearts of Cai You, Cai Xuan and others to atone for their father, and it has also set a good start for this fundraising. What about it?"

There was a sudden echo in the hall. Obviously, after a long tug-of-war with the princelings, the Cai party finally took the opportunity to borrow money to give the prince and His Majesty a step down, which can be regarded as an irresistible condition. , This is just an opportunity to come back, this matter was obviously discussed by the Cai party in advance, not to mention that the court needs money now, and this condition is indeed difficult for the prince to refuse.

So what if the Cai party is re-elected to power?Without Lin Chong, he already lost the ability to continue arm wrestling with these people. Now it has only been two or three months, and the initiative has been completely controlled by the other party, but he has nothing to do.

Without Lin Chong, this group of people will always be stronger than me, and this group of people will never want to be broken into the gate of Bianjing by the Jin people, so that they themselves will become subjugated slaves, right?
So instead of continuing to fight with this group of people like this, it is better to lie flat, which can reduce the internal friction of the court, and also use them to fight against the Jin people... Who is in power is not in power?
Zhao Heng was silent for a long time, and finally let out a long sigh, and said: "Everything will be according to the Qing family's words!"

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The so-called new policy of parallel civil and military affairs is happy for the Cai party, officials and emperors, but it is the common people who cry bitterly.

In order to regain favor in front of His Majesty and the Crown Prince, Cai You and Cai Huan didn't just play it off this time, but really had a bloodbath. These brothers alone donated 1000 million yuan of silver, which was the wealth of the Cai family. This amount of cash has almost reached the point of scratching one's stomach, so much so that interesting stories such as the Cai family's selling of valuable nanmu furniture in the downtown area were staged.

With these few people taking the lead, the other comeback Cai Dang will naturally donate less, allowing the court to gather tens of millions of guan in a short period of time, which can almost match the fiscal revenue of the Song Dynasty for a year, and let the country The bank balance doubled, and Zhao Heng and his son were really surprised and delighted, thinking that these corrupt officials are also useful to the country in times of crisis, and they are of great use. They can be regarded as helping the country save money , it can be seen that this corruption is not necessarily all bad.

However, with such a large donation, can these people feel heartbroken?
With such a heartache, can this group of people work hard to earn back after taking the position?
Take the recent collection of grain and grass as an example. The imperial court collected all the grain and grass near Bianjing. Although the imperial court gave the lowest purchase price, the money hardly reached the hands of the common people.

The transfer funds from the imperial court have been allocated, but as Cai Wei, who was in charge of supervising this matter just after taking office, he ate nearly two-thirds of the 500 million grain allocations from the imperial court with a wave of his hand. Less than 200 million was given to the local government to handle affairs.

But the 200 million yuan was not thrown to the common people, but to the officials below to eat it layer by layer. This is called a flowery sedan chair carried by everyone, and the rain and dew are evenly soaked, which is the real way of being an official!
Does the Ministry of Industry not eat a little?Don't prefects around the world eat a little?Even the petty officials who actually go to buy food and do errands don't eat a little?When it finally falls into the hands of ordinary people, it would be nice to have one-tenth of the original price, and some even don't give it directly, grab it!

Not only robbing food, but also robbing people!
It can be regarded as catching strong men, robbing other people's food with their front feet, leaving them without food to eat, and swallowing the recruiting salaries allocated by the imperial court with their back feet, and recruiting those young men who are about to starve to death at home with the promise of a bite of food. In addition, in order to seize the imperial court's recruitment quota and eat more military pay, even the originally restricted age of young and middle-aged people was greatly relaxed, as long as they were men, so that the army was quickly called to Bianjing, but not only There are old men in their fifties and sixties, and there are even children who are only eleven or twelve years old.

The old and the young, the sick and the weak, the military pay has already been taken away, but the recruits are all yellow and thin, not to mention forming combat strength through training, and some may die of illness in the barracks at night. .

The surrounding area of ​​Bianjing City was in a state of chaos and mourning, and the people were in dire straits. However, the city quickly recovered the extravagance of Cai Dang when he was in power, and the situation where Lin Shuhang was wiped out after killing the six thieves was brought back...

Lin Shuhang, who was caught in the gap between dimensions, naturally saw all of this, whether it was the changes in the court or the sufferings of the people.

Frankly speaking, the touch is not small, but it is already difficult to affect his inner state of mind.

In addition to having seen through cause and effect hard to change, more importantly, he really doesn't have time to care about these things now...

About half a month ago, Zheng Yimeng Wei Fulu finally established a complete sense of identity with Lin Shuhang. Not only did he no longer resist him, he approached him proactively, but he also allowed Lin Shuhang to touch it. This also allowed Lin Shuhang to finally see him. real content.

It looks like a small talisman, but it is hidden in the world. There is a record of "Orthodox Taoist Collection", which are "Taishang Zhengyi Mengwei Falu", "Taishang Yiguan Boyzilu", "Taishang Body Protection There are a total of ten such as "General's Book", "Taishang 24 Treating Qi", "Taishang Sanwu Red Official Slaying Evils", "Taishang Phoenix's Miaolu for Resolving Pollution", and "Taishang Sanwu's Relief of Harmful Treasure Talisman" and so on. There are eight scrolls of talismans, each of which is a supreme spell.

This is a more esoteric orthodoxy than the Golden Immortal spells such as Tiangang 36 Transformation and Disha 72 Transformation. It belongs to the art of saints. the existence of laws.

Even with Lin Shuhang's Taoist foundation and comprehension, it is not easy to learn one of the spells according to the scriptures, let alone truly understand any of them, it really feels like going to heaven.

There is no way, the technique of the sage is an advanced technique prepared for the strong Jinxian. Lin Shuhang is not even a celestial being. It is not easy to learn the magic itself. Like Zhang Fengling, he can't even learn the magic. He is just using it 'Zheng Yi Meng Wei Talisman' itself is just a magic weapon to fight against the enemy.

Among the eighteen kinds of talismans, the leading one is "Taishangzhengyimengweifalu", which is the supreme magic method for communicating with the upper world, such as "Taishang Laojun is as anxious as a law" often heard on TV in later generations. ', 'Follow the Northern Emperor's decree in a hurry', 'Xuanwu Zhenjun is as urgent as the law', etc., are the great ways to pray and communicate with these zero-dimensional saints.

Going deeper, researching into the core, it is the law of dimensions, a law that can cross any dimensional space, no matter how thick the dimensional barrier is, it cannot hinder it.

To put it bluntly, if you only learn the surface, it is through the talisman to convey your voice to the zero-dimensional saint.

Lin Shuhang couldn't directly comprehend its inner laws, but he only learned its superficial talismans, and after more than ten days of painstaking research, he was already clear about it.

Asking the sage to save him is the only way he can think of to break the situation. After all, although the Zhengyimengwei talisman no longer rejects him, it is still not ready to be used directly, and he can only rely on himself.

But since he learned it last night, Lin Shuhang has successively sent out distress signals to saints such as 'Taishang Laojun' and 'Xuanwu Great Emperor'. At this point, the spell was considered successful, but unfortunately there was no response.

Saints are not relatives of your family, what's more, now that the orbit is closed and the Taihao Domain is recovering its vitality, the Immortal Realm and the Cambrians have ceased fighting because of this, for fear of causing any additional damage to the recovering Taihao Domain, then the saints will How could he forcefully cross the dimensional barrier to save a little earth fairy at his request?It is obviously normal to ignore it.

So Lin Shuhang turned to ask for help from acquaintances who had a little friendship, Bodhi Patriarch, Emperor Fuxi, and even lower-level golden immortals, such as Monkey King, Fuxi disciple Li Yi who told him all the truth in the Three Kingdoms period, etc., the last time just now The spell even went to the head of the once hostile Empress Nuwa... almost invited all the great powers of the fairy world he knew.

Then there was a long wait, until it was already dead of night in reality, and when Lin Shuhang thought that there would be no more response from the fairy world, the hidden dimensional barriers around him suddenly became real. Under any circumstances of confrontation, he felt a strong sense of squeeze.

Immediately afterwards, he heard a tearing sound, soft and delicate, as if someone had torn a layer of foam from the outside, and forcibly broke the dimensional barrier that trapped him, allowing the surrounding crowd to The sense of pressure suddenly disappeared, and at the same time, a beam of spiritual light was sprinkled on him.

Lin Shuhang was almost blinded by the spiritual light, but he was overjoyed in his heart.

This is? !
(End of this chapter)