Guide to Traveling through the Northern Song Dynasty.

Chapter 350 0345 [Zhao Yu's Fantastic Drifting] (add more for the penguin boss)
Time pulls back to autumn.

Zhao Xun went all the way south by boat and car, and before he reached Xiangyang, he felt a little desperate in his heart.

The abandonment of Jingxi South Road is even more serious, and it has returned to the state before Wang Anshi's political reform.In the past few decades, the Song Dynasty's continuous immigration and land reclamation policy was completely abolished by the two eunuchs Yang Jian and Li Yan.

Of course, it would not have been possible without Wang Fu's support.

A large number of thatched huts in the countryside were left unoccupied, and entire villages and villages of farmers fled.The remaining landlords could not recruit enough tenants, so they could only cultivate the most fertile paddy fields, and the rest of the dry fields were forced to go to waste.

But even if the land is not cultivated, taxes have to be paid to the government. The hidden land rent, husband-free money, and buying money collected repeatedly... have caused the big landlords to make ends meet.

Even many self-cultivating farmers began to abandon the soil and run away!

As long as they don't run, there is wasteland everywhere, which can be cultivated at will.A lot of land has only been abandoned for a year or two, and it can be cultivated as mature. Farmers can plant as many fields as they want.

But I still have to run because I can't pay the taxes.

Zhao Xun saw many refugees in Xiangyang, and dragged his family to the northwest.He was very puzzled by this, and asked the soldiers at the shop: "It's almost late autumn, why don't the refugees return to their hometowns, and don't stay in Xiangyang to beg for food, but instead swarm to the northwest?"

The shop soldiers dare not make a sound.

Zhao Xunping retreated from the crowd and waited, and scolded: "Say it quickly!"

Shoping boldly replied: "There are rumors that the peasants under the Zhu thief's rule live a very good life. These refugees fled with their families to Hanzhong to join the thieves."

Zhao Yu was dumbfounded, and his three views burst in an instant.

The people under the imperial court help the old and the young to follow the thief?

Zhao Kui hurried into the city and went straight to the Criminal Division on Southwest Jingxi Road. On the way, he met Zhou Yin, the criminal envoy who came to meet him.

"There are so many people who follow the thieves, why don't you stop them?" Zhao Xun asked.

Zhou Yin said with a bitter face: "How dare I stop it? Stop it today, and there will be a civil uprising tomorrow. I'm afraid that someone will rebel and take Xiangyang and dedicate it to the Zhu thief."

Zhao Xun said: "You can recruit young and strong men as the Xiang army, so that you can not only have soldiers to suppress bandits, but also prevent refugees from following bandits."

Zhou Yin cried poorly and said: "Where is there any money and food? The hidden fields in the west city are almost coming to Xiangyang. The people on the Southwest Road of Beijing have to pay not only the land tax, but also the hidden land rent and the economic system money." , but also to pay the exempt husband's money. The hidden land rent in the west city is collected before the official tax, and the taxes in the local states and counties are not enough."

"All kinds of taxes, money and food can only be allocated to rich households. After several times, they are unwilling to pay. There is a large household in Suizhou, which owns thousands of acres of fertile land. They were forced so hard by repeated allocations that they even led their tenants to raise troops. Rebellion, claiming to be a Qing emperor sided with a rebellious general. The soldiers I recruited to guard against Hanzhong had to be transferred to Suizhou to quell the chaos. So far, the bandit is still hiding in the mountains and has not been wiped out."

Zhao Xun asked, "How many town soldiers can you recruit?"

Zhou Yin simply opened up and said: "It's not how many soldiers I can recruit, but how much food I have to recruit soldiers. If the imperial court does not stop the Xicheng Station, there will never be peace on the Southwest Road of Beijing. Even if a Zhu thief is wiped out, there will be another horse thief, Thief Yang! Forgot to mention, here is still collecting Huashigang! Genyue has been built, why do you need Huashigang?"

"How many soldiers can you dispatch to suppress the Zhu bandits?" Zhao Xun asked.

Zhou Yin said: "There is only five thousand, no more. This year, rice purchases have been levied several times, and any further levies will force the rich households to rebel. The government can only spend money to buy them. But the local wealthy households do not want to sell grain. Transport the grain to Hanzhong, and absolutely refuse to sell it to the government!"

Zhao Xun asked strangely: "Why don't the rich households sell grain to the government nearby, instead risking their heads to sell grain all the way to the bandits?"

Zhou Yin gritted his teeth and said: "Thanks to the gift of the current Prime Minister, iron coins are issued on Southwest Beijing Road. The local people are used to using copper coins, and they all regard iron coins as scrap iron. A stone of rice has risen to 4000 iron coins. Now I only have Iron money, but the Zhu thief buys grain with real gold and silver, and guess who the rich will sell grain to? Jinzhou and Yangzhou are both rich in gold and silver!"

Zhao Yu said, "The gold mines in Fangzhou are bigger. Where did the gold go?"

"You have to ask Chang Ping envoy." Zhou Yin sneered.

Zhao Yu gritted his teeth and said harshly, "Give me a team of yamen officials!"

Two quarters of an hour later, Zhao Xun took the Yaqian officials and went straight to Tiju Changping Division.

When Chang Ping sent Mu Zhe away, Zhao Yu roared angrily, "No matter where he is, call me immediately!"

Mu Zhe was entertaining guests, and immediately rushed back when he got the news: "Meet Mr. Zhao."

Zhao Yu said: "All the gold mined in Fangzhou is used to buy food and recruit soldiers."

Mu Zhe wondered: "This is not in compliance with the rules, I really can't make a difference to my superiors."

Zhao Yu said: "It was Wang Fu who asked me to lead the Southwest soldiers, horses, money and grain. You can use the money and grain to recruit soldiers and suppress bandits at will, including the gold from Changping Division on Southwest Beijing Road!"

Mu Zhe picked a word and said, "Your Excellency is in charge of money and food in the Southwest of the Song Dynasty, but this is the Southwest of Beijing. Moreover, gold is not money."

"Get it for me, pry open Changping's treasury!" Zhao Yu was furious.

The officials in front of the yamen looked at each other in blank dismay, none of them dared to do anything to Chang Ping.

Clang!
Zhao Yu drew his sword out of its sheath and scolded: "Whoever dares to disobey an order will be punished as a thief!"

The officials in front of the yamen acted at this moment, holding Mu Zhe to the left and right.

Mu Zhe said anxiously: "Mr. Zhao, the gold shipment has already been sent to Beijing in summer, and there is not much gold left in the warehouse. Even if we take it all out, we won't be able to buy a few grains."

"You can buy as much as you can!"

Zhao Xun turned to Zhou Yin and said, "Stop the refugees and the caravans. Don't let a single person go to Hanzhong to serve as a thief, and don't let a grain of grain leave the Southwest Road of Beijing. Then recruit merchant ships to train sailors, and don't block the exit of Jinzhou. You are asking!"

Zhou Yin has already broken the jar: "I really can't afford such a big crime, so I can only go all out. The transfer envoy and deputy envoy were supposed to maintain the situation, but they were all demoted by the prime minister, and there is no news of the new chief. .”

Zhao Yu had no choice but to slow down and bow: "Everything here depends on your Excellency."

"Don't dare." Zhou Yin replied.

Zhao Xun went south by boat to Jiangling, where the Transshipment Department of North Jinghu Road was located, and the magistrate of Jiangling also served as a transshipment judge with full responsibility.

The prefect of Jiangling was named Bi Jian, the number one scholar in the first year of Shaosheng.

The dignified number one scholar, who has been an official for 28 years and is still a magistrate, must have been demoted many times.

Zhao Xun didn't dare to put on airs in front of this man, and said respectfully: "Before leaving the capital, I sent an official document to Jinghu. Has Mr. Zhijin prepared the money and food?"

Bi Jian said: "The money is six thousand guan, and the grain is eight hundred shi. They are already in the warehouse and can be transported to Bashu at any time."

"That's all?" Zhao Yu couldn't believe it.

Bi Jian said: "Jinghu Road is vast and sparsely populated, and there are many barbarians. Heavy taxes have been levied repeatedly, and the barbarians have already made rebellions. Fang La's remnant Fang Qifo has raised troops in Jingnan again, and the transfer envoy is leading an army to suppress the bandits. Jinghu The two roads are too busy to take care of themselves, how can there be money, food and soldiers to send to Sichuan?"

Zhao Xun was already going crazy, so he tried to use a gentle tone and said: "Please be sure to requisition [-] guan, [-] stone grain, and [-] township soldiers, and send them to Shu in the spring of next year."

The champion who had been wasted for 28 years, slammed the table angrily, pointed to the north and said: "Isn't he a human being, Zhao Ji, who is arrogant, extravagant, and ordinary people? Don't ordinary people eat and wear clothes? If you want me to force money, food and soldiers, let the one in Tokyo first." Everyone stopped Hua Shi Gang!"

Not only did he call the emperor by his name, but he also denounced the emperor as an idiot. The champion is indeed mighty.

Zhao Yu said, "Hua Shi Gang stops immediately!"

Bi Jian sneered: "Stop as soon as you say? You have been staying in Jiangling to sit in the town? I am also a Jingbei Road transport judge, and I can't stop the prefectures and counties from offering flowers and stones! Those officials below have gone crazy. No matter, I just want to please the faint emperor and treacherous ministers so that I can get promoted!"

Zhao Yu left in a daze and wrote a memorial, requesting the emperor to cancel the Huashi Gang on Jingxi Road and Jinghu Road.

All he can do is this.

Following the Yangtze River, he came to Kuizhou Road by boat, and Zhao Kui immediately summoned Guo Lun, the transshipment envoy.

Guo Lun also called Zhang Shen, the judge of Yun, who was his cousin-in-law and knew a lot about military affairs.

Zhang Shen said: "Hezhou has been trapped by bandits. There are more than [-] troops on Kuizhou Road. Three thousand are stationed at Jiajiangkou in Dazhou, seven thousand are stationed in Gongzhou (Chongqing), and the remaining two thousand are deployed in Water villages everywhere."

Kuizhou Road is still decent, but Hezhou has been lost, and Zhao Yu is really not happy.

Zhao Yu said: "The terrain of Gongzhou (Chongqing) is difficult, so there is no need to garrison heavy troops. Send [-] troops to Dazhou, and then recruit [-] troops. You lead [-] troops out of Jiajiang Estuary, and pretend to attack Quzhou. If you can regain Quzhou, Fight fiercely, and fight slowly if you can't recover. Be sure to contain the bandits in Hezhou, so that the bandits can't go west. It's best to lure the bandits back to Qujiang for rescue. Remember, if the situation is not good, retreat to Jiajiangkou and keep Kuizhou Road Not lost!"

"Yes!" Zhang Shen bowed his hands and accepted the order.

On the same day, Zhao Yu went up the river by boat and came to Zizhou Road, where he found that it was rotten.

The elite soldiers on Zizhou Road are all guarding against Lunanyi in the south.

Although the barbarians were successfully suppressed in the past few years, they were not completely subdued, and there were often small-scale rebellions.

Hearing that there was a Han rebellion in the north, Lu Nanyi was ready to move again, which frightened the soldiers and horses of Zizhou Road to dare not go north, resulting in Hezhou being easily captured by Li Bao.

Zhao Xun felt that he had prestige among the barbarians, so he went to Luzhou in person and sent people to summon the barbarian chiefs.

But the barbarians were very shameless, and none of them came!

Zhao Xun had no choice but to explain the affairs and rushed to Zitong by boat.

Seeing Huang Gai, Zhao Yu immediately asked, "Why is Jianmen Pass gone?"

Huang Gai shook the pot and said: "The deputy envoy Gao Jingshan has an old relationship with Zhu thief, and he led the guards of Jianmen to follow the thief."

"Gao Jingshan is a thief?" Zhao Wei couldn't believe it.

In fact, Huang Gai didn't know too well, so he said vaguely: "Most likely he has become a thief."

Zhao Yu was very angry: "What is most likely?"

Huang Gai said: "The main force of the Zhu thief has arrived at Zitong for [-] days. If Gao Jingshan hadn't followed the thief, how could the Zhu thief have crossed Jianmen so fast?" He then asked, "How many soldiers and horses did Zongzhi Zhao bring?" Money and food?"

Zhao Yu painted cakes and said: "After the spring, there will be one hundred thousand coins, thirty thousand stone grains, and ten thousand elite soldiers!"

Huang Gai did not suspect him: "Then stick to it until the beginning of spring!"

(End of this chapter)