Guide to Traveling through the Northern Song Dynasty.

Chapter 442 0437 [Wu begs to buy the decision]

Winter turns to spring and the snow melts.

Zhang Juhou even spent the Spring Festival in the reclamation area. He wanted to know how the lower class people celebrated the New Year.

But the farmer told him that now it is called the New Year. In the past, it was just celebrating the New Year.

Because the farmers could not afford the heavy taxes, or the tenants could not afford the rent, they had to borrow usury from the landlords.Every year as New Year's Eve approaches, landlords will inevitably send people to collect debts. Even if they know clearly that the borrower cannot repay, they still have to force them symbolically to remind farmers of the creditor's kindness.

The encounter between Yang Bailao and Baimao Nu does not often happen in the real world, because landlords rarely push farmers to death.

Unless the landlord is eyeing the farmer's land, or the farmer's daughter.Only in this way will they frantically collect debts and force farmers to hand over something.

Under normal circumstances, the landlord is still very "kind".

When Zhang Juhou was writing the script, Emperor Huizong of Song Dynasty also promulgated a decree: pardon the thieves and bandits among the refugees from Lianghe and the west of Beijing, and the refugees and rebels who return to their hometowns to farm the land can all be exempted from taxes for one year.

I have to say that Cai You did something personal.

Eunuch Li Yan's Xicheng Office also cooperated with the policy. Anyway, the refugees who had just returned to their hometown couldn't squeeze out any lucrative water.Give the returnees a tax exemption for one year, so that they can farm the land well, and they can exploit it again next year.

Then, Cai You promoted good governance again, abolished the Changping Division all over the country, and no longer let the Changping Division search for the people.

Then, restore the old system of the three central provinces so that the court can operate normally.

These two operations are beneficial to the country and the people. If they were carried out ten years ago, perhaps Cai You could really achieve some results.

However, implementing it now is tantamount to self-destruction and can only have the opposite effect.

The Changping Division is one of the three major local institutions. If it is suddenly abolished, how will so many officials be placed?
Moreover, because Changping Division has abundant oil and water, all its officials have backgrounds.If their yamen were suddenly abolished, these people would inevitably compete for other important positions, squeezing out the few officials who could still do their jobs.

As for the three provinces that were made dysfunctional by Emperor Huizong of Song Dynasty, Cai You suddenly wanted to let the three provinces retake power. Then the officials of the three provinces who gained power, the first reaction was not to do business for the court, but how to fight for power within the department. There is also a frantic struggle for power with the department!

The central government became more chaotic, and officials from the three provinces began to flatter Cai You, hoping that they could gain more real power.

Cai You made these good policies because of the bad situation, which made him obviously unable to bear it, and he desperately wanted to restore order at the central and local levels.

But to do bad things with good intentions, the same policy, implemented in different situations, has exactly the opposite effect.

Song Huizong couldn't bear it anymore, so he agreed to return power to the three provinces.

He even planned to restore Yuanfeng's old law and completely declared that his "reform" had failed. Song Huizong's moths over the years were all under the guise of reform, and held high the banner of Wang Anshi, ruining Wang Anshi's reputation.

In February, Yelu Yanxi, a grassland tourism expert, went from the grassland to the desert without waiting for the snow to melt, enjoying the beautiful scenery of the great rivers and mountains all the way.

It's a pity that Emperor Tianzuo didn't go well when he was traveling, and there was always a guy named Wanyan Loushi chasing him.After wandering around the desert and grassland, Emperor Tianzuo ran to Shanxi, where he was finally caught up by Wanyan Loushi.

Emperor Tianzuo was captured and the Liao Kingdom was destroyed!

……

Shangjing, Kingdom of Jin, just changed its name to Huining (Harbin), and the imperial city is still under construction.

The imperial city has not yet been repaired, let alone the palace. A group of Jin nobles are currently recuperating in Tokyo (Liaoyang).

"Your Majesty, the Lord of Liao has been captured, and we should attack Song with all our strength!" Wanyan Zonghan slapped his hands on this guy, who was called Nianhan by the people of Song.

Jin Taizong Wu Qimai was noncommittal, turned his head to look at Prime Minister Wanyan Xieye: "What do you think of Bo Jilie?"

Wanyan Xie didn't care, and replied: "It's okay to fight, or not to fight. It's okay to fight this year, and it's okay to fight next year."

The older generation of the Jin Kingdom were really not active in attacking the Song Dynasty.When they got old, they destroyed the Liao Kingdom, grabbed enough women and goods, and all of them were in high positions, so they were willing to enjoy their old age in peace.

Those who can’t wait are all the younger generation!
Wanyan Zongwang said: "If you want to fight, do it quickly. The envoy who celebrated the birthday of the Song Lord has returned. The envoy reported that there are many refugees in the suburbs of Tokyo in the Song State, and there are bandits in Hebei and Shandong. There is also a Zhu thief. Occupy Chuanxia and Jingxian Road, and defeat the four officers and soldiers sent by the emperor of Song Dynasty. There is another bell thief who proclaims himself emperor on Jinghu Road. Going south at this time, the Song army must be hard to resist!"

"Get the map." Wu Qimai called.

The waiter immediately brought a map of the Northern Song Dynasty, which was captured from the Liao Kingdom. It only roughly outlined the various roads and road governance of the Northern Song Dynasty.Wanyan Zongwang stepped forward, pointed to the map and said: "There are 23 roads in the Song Dynasty. Five roads are occupied by red thieves and two are occupied by bell thieves. I heard that the four roads in Shandong and Hebei are also full of thieves and bandits. In this way, in Song Dynasty, There are only twelve lines left in the country, and the troops are even less than when they conquered Liao."

Wanyan Zonghan said: "Since Zhong Thief has become emperor, let him be ignored. Zhu Thief has not yet become emperor, or even king, but Zhu Thief can be canonized as the king of Hanzhong County and ordered to send troops from the south to attack Song Dynasty. Wait until Kaifeng is broken. , You can also support the Zhu thief to be the emperor, let him rule the Han land, and give yearly coins and taxes every year."

Prime Minister Xie Ye said: "If you don't want to fight, you don't fight. If you want to fight, destroy the Song Kingdom and make Kaifeng the Nanjing of the Jin Kingdom. We all move there. The Han family system is still very good. The men of the Jin Kingdom can learn from it." Speak Chinese, read the history books and classics of the Han people. Take the Han children as subjects, let them farm the land for us, and pay taxes and contribute a lot of money every year. But there is one thing that I can’t learn. There will be no more wars."

As the emperor of the Jin Kingdom, Wu Qimai had more things to consider and only said: "The matter of moving Nanjing to Kaifeng can be discussed later."

The system of the Kingdom of Jin was perfected in the hands of Wu Qimai.If we use the metaphor of Man Qing, Wu Qimai played the role of Huang Taiji.

He seldom fights in person anymore, and now he only does two things: one is to collect power, and the other is to govern the people.

The prime minister (Bo Jilie) has too much power, and Wu Qimai is waiting for Xie Ye to die of illness.

If Xie Ye dies of illness, the power of the new prime minister will be reduced again by Wu Qimai, which will greatly strengthen the centralization of the emperor of the Jin Kingdom.

Under the repeated instigation of the young nobles of the "Zong" generation, Wu Qimai finally made the decision: "In April, we sent troops to the Han Dynasty, just in time to catch up with the Han'er harvesting wheat. This time we went south to plunder property. , especially bring back a lot of food. Although the Song soldiers are weak, but the country is large, I am afraid they will not die suddenly. Just like hunting, when encountering tigers and bears, you must first shoot a few arrows to bleed them. Sick beasts are also beasts, etc. Only by draining the beast's blood can we truly hunt it home."

In fact, Wu Qimai decided to attack the Song Dynasty. In addition to robbing goods and food and passing on domestic conflicts, he also digested and integrated the remaining forces of the Liao Kingdom.

The Kingdom of Jin has expanded too fast in the past few years, doubling and doubling its land area, and it still suffers from indigestion problems.

Although the remnants of the Liao Kingdom and the local tribes of the Liao Kingdom nominally submitted to the Jin Kingdom, it was difficult for Wu Qimai to rule effectively.

It is possible to integrate those semi-independent forces in the process of attacking Song through war!

The foundation of the Kingdom of Jin is too weak. Although the military power is strong, in terms of internal affairs, it is far inferior to the Qing Dynasty before entering the customs.

Let's put it this way, under the reforms of Huang Taiji in the Qing Dynasty, all ethnic groups in the Northeast have pieced together the concept of Manchu, and the status of Manchu is higher than other ethnic groups.In the Jin Kingdom under the rule of Wu Qimai, there were countless Jurchen people who were working as slaves for other ethnic groups, and they needed to be redeemed to convert Jurchen slaves into free people.

From the age of Aguda until Wu Qimai died of illness, he has been buying Jurchen slaves for the people.

In today's Jin Kingdom, there may be a large number of Jurchen slaves in the homes of the wealthy Han people!

Wu Qimai didn't dare to mess with the tyrants of various ethnic groups, so he could only look for various opportunities to start.Once he acts recklessly, the Kingdom of Jin will inevitably rebel everywhere, and those wealthy families are local snakes that have developed for hundreds of years.

At the beginning of March, the Kingdom of Jin began to mobilize domestically, ordering the nobles from all over the country to lead troops south to attack Song Dynasty.

Jin Bing didn't even have enough food and grass, so he was waiting to go to the territory of Song State to harvest wheat.

At the same time, the envoys of Song Dynasty were fully expelled, and the checkpoints were guarded to prevent Song people from entering.The reason was that the Song Dynasty defaulted on its debts and refused to provide food, and even accepted the traitorous generals of the Jin Kingdom. From then on, it severed diplomatic relations with the Song Dynasty.

Song Huizong turned pale with fright, and sent envoys again to the Kingdom of Jin to restore diplomatic relations.

This time, the Song envoy was unable to enter and was blocked outside Lulong Fortress. He was unable to notice that the Jin Kingdom was mobilizing troops.

Tong Guan, Cai You and others vaguely guessed that there would be changes in the Kingdom of Jin, and ordered the generals and ministers of the Song Dynasty to prepare for defense.Their idea is very simple, that is to use a fortified city to prevent the Jin soldiers from going south.When the golden soldiers are exhausted, they will spend some money to negotiate a peace. At most, the yearly coins will be raised a little bit each year.

The Song Dynasty also had this strategy when dealing with the Liao Kingdom and Xixia. Could it be that the Jin soldiers could still reach Kaifeng?
As long as the Jin soldiers don't cross the Yellow River, Tong Guan and Cai You have the confidence to negotiate a peace!
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In February, Zhang Juhou's first script was released, called "Xia Nanyang".

The plot combines a lot of real materials, describing the story of a pair of peasant men and women who were engaged to be married, because of the exploitation of the government and the oppression of the evil gentry, they were displaced and went to Nanyang to reclaim wasteland.

In the end, the heroine died on the way, and the hero's wife also died.Both families were ruined, and the hero married the heroine's younger sister, and lived a promising new life in Nanyang.

The hero's younger brother also joined the Sichuan Gorge Rebel Army and made great contributions in the Battle of Gangneung with bravery and fearlessness.

After reading it, Zhu Ming highly praised Zhang Juhou: "It's very well written, old man, let's go back and arrange it, and first act it out for my soldiers in Xiangyang to see the effect. By the way, the title of the play has been changed to "Nanyang Dream."

"This old man must arrange it carefully!" Zhang Juhou solemnly bowed his hands.

(End of this chapter)