Song Gexing

Chapter 114 Are the civil servants of the Song Dynasty also warlike?
By the time of Zhao Zhen, the prejudice against Fujian was gone, but there was still some prejudice against Guangdong. The reason was that there were too many Jinshis in Fujian, including several prime ministers, which increased the importance of Fujian.

During the Song Dynasty, the number of Jinshi in Fujian exceeded that of Jiangsu and Zhejiang. It was a veritable imperial examination province, as famous as Jiangxi.

This was caused by the migration of the nobles to the south during the Five Dynasties. A large number of nobles fled to Fujian with their families, because there were many mountains and dense forests there, and there were no wars.

These people brought the culture of the Central Plains and spread the culture to the local area, which quickly led to the rapid development of scholars in Fujian.

After the stability and prosperity in the early Song Dynasty, this effect came out. In addition, the Song Dynasty could not help but have maritime trade, and Fujian had a good natural port. The rapid prosperity led to more cultural prosperity.

But Guangdong is far behind. This is actually caused by the geographical environment. Guangdong is also mountainous, but the places that can be cultivated are not as good as Fujian.

Except for Guangzhou, a city that has been famous for thousands of years, Guangdong is actually more difficult to survive than Fujian. In addition, the Guangdong and Guangxi areas have always been the place where the Central Plains dynasty exiled officials, and the nobles are not willing to go there.

The real rise of Guangdong was in modern times. It can be said that the modern history of China is the history of Guangdong, leading the history of the anti-imperialist and anti-feudal struggle in China.

When the Eight-Nation Allied Forces entered Beijing, the old and young men in Beijing led them to loot. However, when the British and French Allied Forces entered Guangzhou, the Cantonese people rose up to fight.

This is probably the main reason why the pioneers established a base in Guangzhou. From Lin Zexu’s Humen cigarette ban to the Huanghuagang 72 martyrs, Guangdong people have revolted dozens of times over the past century.

"Who is daddy back? Is there any news?"

As soon as he stepped into Chongzheng Hall, Zhao Fang asked impatiently.

Pang Ji saw him coming in with a smile on his face. Hearing these words, he spoke first: "Your Highness, don't be anxious. I really told Your Highness that he was right. Jiaozhi bullied the Nong people. Nong Zhigao wrote several times to Chen Gong. That man suppressed..."

Zhao Zhen smiled and watched Pang Ji answer the question without getting angry. He had no idea that the minister's approach to the prince would pose a threat to his status.

What he was most worried about was not that the ministers supported his son as emperor, but that his son did not want to be emperor, so the suspicion between father and son no longer existed in his case.

After listening carefully, Zhao Fang looked at Zhao Zhen: "What do you think, dad? Let your son know more about it."

Zhao Zhen then put away his smile and said seriously: "Huang Wei and Huang Shimi, the scholars from Guangnan East Road, deserve to be punished for their crimes. There is already evidence that they deceived Nong Zhigao to become independent."

"Chen Gong, the magistrate of Yongzhou, has neglected his duties and should be demoted to the county magistrate. Let him go to Fujian Road."

"As for Nong Zhigao..."

Speaking of this, Zhao Zhen hesitated. After all, Nong Zhigao did not rebel at this time, and he continued to submit letters requesting to be attached. This is a decision to include Guangyuan Prefecture into the official system of the Song Dynasty.

Guangyuan Prefecture is Jisu Prefecture, and the Song Dynasty only governed it in name. In fact, neither troops nor officials were stationed there. The Nong people are actually the Zhuang people in later generations, which means this is a Zhuang Autonomous Prefecture.

But this autonomous prefecture was completely different from later generations. The Song Dynasty even confiscated their taxes.

Seeing his hesitation, Zhao Fang chuckled and said, "My son has a suggestion. I wonder if dad and the Qing family agree with it."

"Oh! Let's hear it."

Zhao Zhen immediately said with interest, and several ministers in the palace also pricked up their ears and looked at him.

Zhao Fang became solemn and signaled He Chengyong to take out the map. After unfolding it, he pointed at Jiaozhi and said: "The son suggested that Nong Zhigao be included and send troops to Guangyuan Prefecture. After getting familiar with the local area, use Jiaozhi to bully our Song Dynasty subjects. For this reason, we march into Jiaozhi, capture the area north of Rinan County in the Han Dynasty, and restore the rule of our Han family." Seeing everyone's stunned look, Zhao Fang quickly added: "At least we must capture the area north of Majiang, Jiuzhen County in the Han Dynasty. Everyone has misunderstood one thing, and that is that Cochin is a wilderness."

Yan Shu and others were about to criticize him, but they were stunned when they heard this and asked suspiciously: "Your Highness, are you saying that Jiaozhi is not a desolate place?"

This was the understanding of Jiaozhou from top to bottom in the Song Dynasty, and it was this understanding that made the emperor and his ministers unanimously believe that Jiaozhi was useless.

In fact, it was much easier for the Song Dynasty to rule Jiaozhi than it was for the Ming Dynasty. The Ming Dynasty became accustomed to autonomous thinking after the Yuan Dynasty indeed ennobled too many tribal leaders in the southwest.

But this was not the case during the Song Dynasty. The Tang Dynasty once included these places into its territory, and the Southern Han Dynasty still ruled here until the Five Dynasties.

It was also during the Southern Han Dynasty that the indigenous leaders in central Jiaozhi became independent and established the Daquyue Kingdom. It was already the first year of Kaibao in the Northern Song Dynasty, and Zhao Kuangyin had been on the throne for eight years.

In fact, there were many Han people in Jiaozhi during this era, and there were also many ethnic groups who sympathized with the Central Plains Dynasty. It was not as chaotic as the Ming Dynasty.

However, the monarchs and ministers of Zhao and Song looked down upon what they considered a barbaric land, and did not understand the products and resources there at all.

Now Zhao Fang wanted to tell them the importance of that place. He looked at everyone and nodded seriously and said, "Do you know that rice can be grown three times a year in Jiaozhi? Do you also know that there is good wood there that can be used to build ships? It is extremely rich in various minerals. , it’s not a wilderness at all.”

He actually didn't have the confidence to say this last sentence. He did know the basic situation of Vietnam's mineral resources in later generations, but apart from all kinds of coal, there was really not much else in that place.

There are many types, but the output is really not much. In this era, there are indeed some useful things that can be mined, and that is soil, the soil for making pottery.

There is also limestone, but don’t think that any soil can be used to make pottery. It is a kind of clay, which is considered a kind of mineral.

Fortunately, these ministers didn't pay attention at all. Their eyes widened when they heard about planting three-crop rice. For agricultural civilization, nothing is more important than high grain yield.

More than a dozen ministers cheered and gathered around, asking questions. Zhao Fang calmly nodded and answered truthfully, and everyone immediately exploded.

"Send troops, we must send troops. Not to mention Jiuzhen County, even Rinan County is the inherent territory of our Han family!"

"Take it down. What a bastard, the great Quyue Kingdom. Isn't it the kingdom in the world? He actually arrogated the throne and proclaimed himself emperor. He must be destroyed!"

Zhao Zhen was dumbfounded. This was the first time that a civil servant of the Song Dynasty had discovered his warlike mood. All the bullshit about convincing people with virtue was gone at this moment.

"My lords! My lords... What the prince said has not been verified. My lords?"

On the one hand, Zhao Zhen was puzzled, but on the other hand, he was unwilling to fight and wanted to tell everyone to calm down.

Even Zhao Fang, his cowardly father, decided to stoke the fire again and said with a laugh: "Father, you know about Champa rice. My great-grandfather ordered it to be popularized in the past. Champa rice is grown three seasons a year in various places in Jiaozhi. Fujian and Guangdong can After two seasons, don’t you still believe it, Father?”

"Yes, yes! Prince Chitose is absolutely right. Isn't Champa rice from the Champa Kingdom south of Cochin? Cochin is closer to that, so it must be grown there."

Yan Shu immediately spoke, he was very responsible for memory, and this matter did not happen many years ago, it was only during the Taizong era of Song Dynasty.

(End of this chapter)