Doctor of the Great Song Dynasty: In the beginning, Li Qingzhao and Li Qingzhao made a private decis

Chapter 125

Movable type printing is one of the four great inventions, which contributed to the heyday of the literary style of the Song Dynasty. However, its founder, Bi Sheng, did not benefit from it, but continued to suffer bad luck.

Bi Sheng did not gain the reputation of creating movable type printing during his lifetime. Instead, he was convicted of printing the "Book of China" badly.

When Su Shi changed the residence newspaper to movable type printing, the speed was greatly accelerated and a lot of time was saved.

At the same time, Su Shi collected the sufferings of the people and major events in the world, and printed them on the mansion newspaper. Of course, the first thing among them was to reverse the case and rectify the name of Bi Sheng.

When the new type of mansion newspaper came out, it immediately became popular.

In this era, the news is blocked, and the news collected by the Di Bao can be said to be the most complete and fastest information in the world. It covers important affairs of the court, small to the suffering of the people, close to the lives of ordinary people in Kaifeng City, and far to the customs and customs of various places in the Song Dynasty. .

Su Shi is indeed the most talented literati in the world. For him, it was like a fish in water for him to set up a mansion newspaper and write articles. Every time the mansion newspaper was published, the government and the public were in an uproar.

Whenever a revolutionary new thing appears, it will always climb to the top by stepping on a pile of corpses of old things. Once movable type printing came out, the world's most skilled woodcarvers lost their livelihoods. This made many people secretly slander Bi Sheng and create Bi Sheng. The family is miserable.

The same is true for the combination of movable type printing and Dibao.

"Su's big mouth!"

Some people are happy and some are sad. Su Shi's collection of folk sufferings makes others talk about it, and at the same time makes some people miserable.

Many people in this era have not yet seen the power of newspapers, and they are still as unscrupulous as ever. The collusion between officials and businessmen, oppression of the people, and even the robbery of civilian women are not rumors, but real events in various parts of the Song Dynasty.

Su Shi, who is angry and youthful, is naturally not used to them. Almost every time he publishes a residence newspaper, one or several officials will be unlucky.

And Yushitai was even more upset with Su Shi. The appearance of Di Bao not only posed a big threat to themselves, but also directly robbed Yushitai of the mouthpiece position, which made Yushi Zhongcheng Zhao Tingzhi feel like a stick in his throat.

For a while, Su Shi, like Bi Sheng back then, once again provoked public outrage. Many people secretly regarded Su Shi as a thorn in their side.

"Brother, please be careful! Don't make trouble again?" Su Zhe saw it in his eyes and was anxious in his heart. He found Su Shi and persuaded him earnestly.

Su Shi snorted coldly: "To cause trouble, what did you do wrong for my brother? Could it be that they can get away with doing illegal things?"

Su Shi enjoyed the pleasure of speaking out and knowing the world very much. This feeling of being able to show off and uphold justice made him more addicted than writing a famous article through the ages.

Besides, Su Shi thought he was doing the right thing, so how could he listen to Su Zhe's persuasion.

"But…………"

Su Zhe sighed helplessly, and secretly prepared to save his brother again.

Sure enough, as Su Zhe had expected, there were suddenly many excerpts attacking Su Shi in the court, and even Su Shi's many years of dirty stories were turned up.

Su Zhe was exhausted from coping, and he kept fighting the fire for his brother without stopping.

Whenever Su Zhe couldn't handle it, Zhao Xu supported Su Shi, boasting that Su Shi was a direct minister and dedicated to the public.

Su Shi held his talents and was proud, and he was still as stable as Mount Tai after being attacked by the officials, which made him dare to speak out.

"Fan Aiqing's ingenious calculations, Master Su is really anxious for justice, and now he has provoked the anger of everyone in the court. I am here full of papers to impeach him every day."

Zhao Xu said excitedly, the more Su Shi is anxious about justice, the more chance he has to drag Su Zhe into trouble.

Fan Zheng nodded and said: "The more this is the case, the more the government will keep the Su University scholar, and the opportunity for the government to take charge of the government is coming."

"Oh!"

Zhao Xu's spirit was shaken, and he suddenly stared at Fan Zheng.

"Sui coins!" Fan Zheng paused word by word.

"Sui coins!"

Zhao Xu frowned, the New Year's coin is not only the shame of Da Song, but also the heaviest burden of Da Song.

Fan Zhengzheng nodded and said: "That's right, the annual delivery of New Year's coins to Xixia of Liao Kingdom is about to begin, and as the official secretary of the Ministry of Rites, Master Su is officially in charge of negotiating with the two countries."

Sure enough, as Fan Zheng expected, envoys from the Liao Kingdom and Xixia came to the Song Dynasty again to collect the old coins, with an extremely arrogant attitude.

The Liao Kingdom and Xixia jointly put pressure on the Song Dynasty. The Liao Kingdom demanded an annual increase of 5 taels of old coins, and at the same time changed the old coins into tributes.

"It's just too deceiving!"

Zhao Xu couldn't stop being furious, changing the yearly currency into a tribute, wouldn't that mean that the Liao Kingdom was the suzerain of the Song Dynasty, and it was even more difficult for him to accept the ceding of the three border cities.

"You have to agree to these conditions even if you don't agree, or you will wait until the Xia and Liao armies come to Kaifeng!"

The Xixia envoy said with a grim face.

The envoys of the Liao Kingdom on the side cheered him up and threatened the Great Song Dynasty Hall.

The officials of the Manchu Dynasty were also in an uproar and felt humiliated. They naturally knew the conspiracy of the two countries. Perhaps paying tribute or ceding the three cities was a cover, and their purpose was to increase the old currency.

Empress Dowager Gao also looked embarrassed, but the two countries are powerful and colluding, Song is at a disadvantage, but there is nothing he can do.

After going to court, Zhao Xu made an exception and didn't play Cuju, but went to Fan Zheng to ask for advice.

Fan Zheng solemnly analyzed: "According to the agreement of the Tanyuan Alliance, the Great Song Dynasty will give the Liao State 10 taels of silver and 20 bolts of silk every year. It has been 38 years since the Tanyuan Alliance until the Qingli Peace Conference. In addition, the Liao State also pre-loaned 3 taels of silver and 38 bolts of silk have not been returned. In 3803 years, a total of 760 million taels of silver and [-] million bolts of silk were sent to Liao.

"There are so many?" Zhao Xu gasped.

Fan Zheng smiled wryly and said: "That's the case, the Liao Kingdom is still not greedy enough. Taking advantage of the war between the Song Dynasty and Xixia, it seized the opportunity to capture ten cities, extort and extort, and increased the annual coin to 20 taels of silver and 30 pieces of silk, which have been delivered so far. 900 million taels of silver and 350 million bolts of silk."

Zhao Xu's face turned livid. Based on this calculation, Da Song sent at least 2803 million taels and 63 million pieces of silk to the Liao Kingdom, with a total value of more than 3000 million guan.

Fan Zheng continued: "Western Xia is also greedy. Leaving aside the rewards when Xixia did not rebel, according to the Qingli agreement, the Great Song Dynasty bestows 13 bolts of silk, 5 taels of silver, and 2205 catties of tea every year. Up to now, about 90 catties of silk have been given to Xixia. One million and fifty thousand horses, [-] million taels of silver, and [-] catties of tea, even so, Xixia is still not satisfied, stirring up border troubles from time to time and plundering the Song Dynasty."

"Greed is insatiable, desire is hard to satisfy!" Zhao Xu couldn't bear it anymore.

Fan Zheng said solemnly: "The Sui coins are kept on, just like the Song Dynasty who is constantly losing blood, and there is no possibility of revitalization. As long as the scholars of Su University make the harm of the Sui coins public, the people in the world will be excited, and the officials will raise their arms and shout to abolish the Sui coins. There will definitely be a crowd of responses.”

Zhao Xu nodded approvingly, this move can not only drag Master Su into trouble, but also allow him to win the hearts of the people in one fell swoop and forcefully pro-government.

In the afternoon, when Su Shi was teaching Zhao Xu in person, Zhao Xu asked him about the number of old coins of Liao and Xixia with great concern.

Looking at the shocking figures, the angry Su Shi could no longer suppress the anger in his heart and said: "The ministers are incompetent, let the officials suffer this humiliation."

Zhao Xu said in a low voice: "I want to abolish the old currency, and I also ask Su Aiqing to help me."

Su Shi was shocked when he heard the words, and looked at Zhao Xu in disbelief.

Zhao Xu whispered a few words in a low voice, Su Shi's face changed, and finally he nodded firmly.

(End of this chapter)