Guide to Traveling through the Northern Song Dynasty.

Chapter 436 0431 [Cai You who implements benevolent government]

Xiangyang, Generalissimo Mansion meeting.

Ju Ming took out the secret letter he had just sent and said to everyone: "The Kingdom of Jin moved Nanjing to Pingzhou."

This news is extremely important. Pingzhou is the part of Lulongsai, and Song Huizong originally planned to spend money to redeem it.It is self-evident that the Jin people moved their Nanjing from Liaoyang to Pingzhou.

The frontier has become the capital, in order to fight outwards!

Wang Zhen guessed: "Within one or two years, the Jin people will definitely go south."

Zhang Tong also said: "Although I have never been to Pingzhou, I know from historical books that transportation from Lulong to Liaodong has been difficult since ancient times. The Jin people set up Nanjing there, and nobles and officials had to move their families in large numbers. .And Pingzhou has been suffering from famine for many years, and the food has to be transported from Liaodong and Liaoxi. I don’t know how much food and grass will be lost along the way. If it wasn’t for sending troops south, I really can’t think of why the Jinren would do this.”

Wang Yuan said: "The western army has been defeated repeatedly in the past few years. If the Jin people go south, it may be difficult to stop them."

"The Forbidden Army is even more unstoppable." Wang Zhi himself is a high-ranking officer of the Forbidden Army.

Zhang Tong said: "It just depends on whether the Jin people are going south this time, whether they want to occupy the land of Youyun, or whether they want to fight all the way to Kaifeng."

Wang Zhen said: "Youyun is poor and has many famines. The Jin people are not interested in it, otherwise they would not sell Yanjing to the Song Dynasty. Once the Jin people go south, they will definitely head towards Kaifeng. Now it is time to decide what our army will do It’s time to send troops.”

Zhu Ming finally said: "You can't go too early, otherwise the officers and soldiers will be attracted to our side to fight. And you can't go too late, otherwise the Jin soldiers may have already retreated. You must always pay attention to the movements of the Jin people and wait for the Jin soldiers to fight. When the soldiers approached the Yellow River, it was time for us to send troops. The troops were divided into two groups. The east route went north from Nanyang and took the border of Henan. The west route went north from Hanzhong and occupied the state capital along the way. The two armies will finally join forces in Kaifeng!"

"In this way, the world will be settled," Zhang Bor said happily. "The generalissimo has the ability to drive out foreigners, so he can take advantage of the situation to seize Tokyo and force the foolish king to abdicate in favor of someone more worthy."

The shogunate officials under Ju Ming were able to deduce so many things based on the news that the Jin people had changed Nanjing. How could the monarchs and ministers of the Song Dynasty not know about it?

of course I know!

The court of the Song Dynasty frantically exploited the people, and finally got enough grain of 50 shi, which was quickly transported to Yanjing for military training.

These grains should have been allocated by the magistrate, and the magistrate had the final say on how much was used for the people and how much was used for the army.Most of it went into Guo Yaoshi's pocket, and the general withheld the food.

Guo Yaoshi immediately recruited troops, expanded the ever-victorious army to more than 5 people, and began to become arrogant and domineering.

The so-called arrogant and domineering, that is, Wang Anzhong, the magistrate of Yanshan, has completely become a display.Regardless of the military and political orders, it is known that they came from Guo Yaoshi, and the civil officials and prefects have to stand aside instead.

In addition, the predecessor of the Changsheng Army, the Resentment Army, was originally composed of defeated soldiers and refugees.Now after the expansion, it is even more mixed, and the military discipline is not even as good as that of the Song Dynasty officers and soldiers. They harass the people in the city and the countryside all day long, which makes it impossible for the civil officials headed by Wang Anzhong to govern.

Wang Anzhong impeached him every now and then, comparing Guo Yaoshi to An Lushan.

Tong Guan knew that the situation was very difficult, so he called Ma Kuo to ask Ce: "The Ever-Victorious Army is becoming increasingly infested, how can we stabilize the situation?"

Ma Kuo knew the affairs in the north well, and replied: "Since Guo Yaoshi surrendered for the Liao Kingdom, once he gained power, he would definitely suppress civil servants. The ever-victorious army. If the imperial court is too harsh on Guo Yaoshi, this person may surrender to the Kingdom of Jin, and he must be pampered and used. It is not enough to be pampered, and he should be used in combination with coercion."

"How to coax and use?" Tong Guan asked.

Ma Kuo explained: "In Shaanxi, Hedong, and Hebei, select [-] elite horse infantry. Choose wise and brave generals to lead the army, and one will be stationed in Yanshan to supervise and balance Guo Yaoshi. But all the [-] soldiers and horses cannot be transferred, otherwise Guo The pharmacist would immediately rebel. There are two remaining troops, one stationed in the Guangxin Army or Zhongshan Prefecture, and the other stationed in Xiongzhou or Hejian Prefecture. Such a dog-tooth system can not only deter Guo Pharmacist, but also prevent the Jin people from going south. "

"This plan is very good!"

Tong Guan immediately agreed and gave a high evaluation, but he was confused: "But where should our family find [-] elite soldiers? Although the plan is clever, it is not easy to implement. Let me think about it again."

Tong Guan really had no choice. He knew that Guo Yaoshi was arrogant and domineering, and he might betray Song Dynasty and invest in gold at any time, and he also knew that most of the gold people would go south.

But he has no soldiers to use!

Tong Guan had no choice but to report the situation to Song Huizong, and then went to Taiyuan in person to appease the soldiers there, and then went to Yanjing to reward the victorious army.

He set up four general managers in Hebei, Xin Xingzong was the general manager of Zhongshan, Wang Yuan was the general manager of Zhending, Yang Weizhong was the general manager of Hezhong, and Wang Yu was the general manager of Daming.

However, the four had no soldiers and had to recruit locally.

The imperial court only allocates part of the grain and grass, and the remaining grain and grass need to be solved by the four-way manager himself.They also transported some low-quality armor, mainly paper armor that is easily damaged, and recruited a large number of deserters, refugees, and gangsters to serve as soldiers.Relying on such four-way soldiers and horses is used to check and balance Guo Yaoshi, and also to prevent Jin soldiers from going south.

This is tantamount to adopting Ma Kuo's strategy, but due to lack of food and soldiers, it is completely deformed in implementation.

Tong Guan made great achievements in suppressing bandits in Shandong, and now he personally arranges the northern defense line, and finally won Song Huizong's favor again.And fulfilled the promise of regaining Yanyun and becoming the king. When Tong Guan came back from Yanjing, he was immediately canonized as Guangyang County King by Song Huizong.

As for Cai You's official position, he was inferior to Bai Shizhong and Li Bangyan, and Song Huizong also felt sorry.Therefore, based on his achievements in assisting in the recovery of Yanyun, Cai You was added an official Taibao and a British Duke.

Now it was Cai Youquan's turn to dominate the government and the opposition. Although he was not the prime minister, his followers were spread all over the court and inside.

Many officials left behind by Cai Jing and Wang Fu joined Cai You's family one after another.The left prime minister, Bai Shizhong, and the right prime minister, Li Bangyan, were unable to control the state affairs, and became rubber stamps for official documents.

"Cai You, you bullied me too much!"

Bai Shizhong's temper has increased a lot, and he has learned to throw things: "It was agreed to bring down Cai Jing, and let me take charge of the government. But now the government orders I issue cannot leave the inner city of Tokyo, and the people laugh at me Clay Dazai!"

Li Bangyan sighed: "Although you and I are favored by the officials, it is a pity that the foundation is too shallow. Most of the provincial and ministerial officials are former officials of the Cai family. These people must be more willing to take refuge in Cai You."

"It's better to keep Cai Jing!" Bai Shizhong said angrily.

Li Bangyan became more and more resentful, with a ferocious smile on his face.He has always bet on both sides, but now he is more inclined to Zhu Ming.

Although Li Bangyan knew very well that after Ju Ming seized the world, he would not be able to occupy a high position, but he did this to relieve his anger.Moreover, the current situation is precarious, and the broken ship of Da Song will capsize sooner or later. It is time to seriously choose a good ship.

What is Cai You doing?
Doing business!

Now that he is in control of the court, the first thing he does is to reduce or exempt the land tributes of the states, and release the meaning of implementing benevolent government.

Then he appointed talented people to gain prestige.

For example, someone recommended Nie Shan, and Cai You also heard that he was a virtuous man, so he immediately called him back from Jiangxi to investigate in person.

Cai You was very satisfied with this man and appointed Nie Shan as the prefect of Yunzhong.Because once the Jin people go south, they will definitely divide their troops and go to the clouds. Nie Shan's violent actions are a heavy responsibility.

Nie Shan was elected at the age of 14. He graduated from Taixue and was awarded Jinshi status.

In history, he was the one who sent killers to kill Wang Fu who was dismissed from office and returned to his hometown.During the Jingkang period, he advocated fighting against the gold, but was sent by Song Qinzong to negotiate a peace. He couldn't get in touch with the Jin people, so he immediately went to Hebei to mobilize soldiers, King Ma Qin, and was brutally killed by the Jiangzhou guard who gouged out his eyes.

In the eyes of the world, Nie Shan at this time is the same as Zhu Ming before the rebellion, both are upright and fierce officials.

Cai You's reuse of Nie Shan and the implementation of "benevolent governance" immediately won the praise of officials at home and abroad.It seems that as long as he corrects himself in the future and governs the country well, all the stupid things he did before will disappear.

It can be seen that today's people in the world have low requirements for those in power, which means that they put down the butcher knife and become a Buddha immediately.

Yanjing, Yunzhong, Zhongshan, Hebei... All places have made corresponding arrangements. Obviously, the Song court is really scared.They are by no means ignorant of the Jinren going south, but they know it better than everyone else, and they try their best to make a defensive strategy.

In this matter, Tong Guan and Cai You cannot be faulted.

It's just that they never imagined that the Jin soldiers could not attack the cities along the way, and they went around the city and went straight to Tokyo, not afraid of being blocked on the food road and the way home.Just like the German army during World War II, the Golden Soldiers on the East Road also bypassed Jiancheng and rushed to the capital of Song Dynasty with a lightning strike.

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Cai You's "benevolent government" to gain fame can only win the favor of officials all over the world for a while.

Everyone was waiting for the next article, but Cai You didn't have any more, which quickly disappointed the officials and scholars.

On the contrary, it was the Kingdom of Jin. The Emperor of the Kingdom of Jin issued an edict strictly prohibiting nobles and rich households from buying common people as slaves.Those who force the people into slavery shall be fined fifteen times the purchase price; those who trick the people into slavery shall be fined twice the purchase price and shall be punished with a staff of one hundred.At the same time, food and grass were allocated again to relieve the hungry people in Liaodong.

Of course, this kind of edict has little effect, and it is not about showing mercy to the people. It is purely to prevent powerful people from annexing the population.

The people who could not afford to eat were actually willing to be slaves and did not appreciate the policies of the Jin emperor.

This year's second crop of beans is being harvested. Zhu Ming and his hundreds of personal guards ride horses to inspect various places, and at the same time inspect the garrisons of various ministries.

He first went to Dengcheng to summon the Wei family there.

There are no farmers reclaiming wasteland around Xiangyang City, and overall it has been developing.

During Song Zhenzong's period, he lived in Xiangyang for 20 years, and the government received a land tax of 30 shi.Then Tuntian collapsed, because the corruption was too serious, so we had to give up Tuntian to allow the people to cultivate freely. Today's development is similar to that of Hanzhong Fucheng.

Compared with the Tang Dynasty, the population of Xiangzhou in the Northern Song Dynasty had increased by one-sixth.

"I've seen the Generalissimo!" Wei Tai clasped his hands together.

Zhu Ming personally supported him: "The old gentleman has great merits, so there is no need to be so formal."

When Deng Cheng's gentry saw this, they were all envious. This annoying old man was actually loved so much by the Generalissimo.

They still don't know that Wei's house used to be Ju Ming's spy station.

With Zhang Jinping as the matchmaker, the granddaughter of the Wei family is now married to Chen Ziyi, and is more closely bound to the Grand Marshal's Mansion.

Wei Tai smiled and said, "Generalissimo, please."

(End of this chapter)