The Jin army besieged the city, and the Song emperor’s daughter died

Chapter 54 Da Song’s trump card

On the third day of the Jin army's northward retreat, Zhao Fu and Jin rewarded the three armies.

Li Bangyan and Bai Shizhong had previously sold off royal belongings, government utensils, and money from brothels. Zhao Fujin used half of the money to reward the city defenders and the Qinwang troops from all over the country, and the other half went to the national treasury.

Seeing that the official family was suddenly so wealthy, Li Bangyan felt a little sick.

After much thought, I decided to persuade the officials: "I think that since the Jin army was defeated and left, can the things that were sold by the Supreme Emperor in order to raise money be redeemed?"

"The Emperor's belongings were sold? Who did it?"

Li Bangyan was a smart man. Seeing the surprised expression on Zhao Fujin's face, his face suddenly turned pale.He knew that he would have to settle the accounts with the Queen, and he was determined to be responsible for selling off the royal property!
But some pots can be carried, and some pots Li Bangyan cannot carry.

Selling off the royal property is, at best, a desperate move to seek peace, but at worst, it can definitely be considered treason!

"Go back to the official house, this is all the intention of Chong Guo Gong!" After much thought, Li Bangyan still felt that it would be safest to throw the blame on the dead man.

Zhao Fujin frowned: "This is really embarrassing for me..."

Embarrassed?

What's the problem?
Li Bangyan now feels more and more that the official in front of him is really unpredictable.

"Dong Chongguo sacrificed his life for the country, and I also rewarded their family with a lot of money. I didn't expect that Duke Chongguo would sell off the royal property privately. This is a serious crime of treason. Li Qing, what do you think I should do?"

Li Bangyan was stunned for a moment, thought for a long time, and finally squeezed out four words from between his teeth: "Search the house according to the law!"

"Searching your home?" Zhao Fujin pinched his eyebrows and looked extremely reluctant: "I just praised him a few days ago. The Jin Army has just left, and you let me go and ransack your home? That's inappropriate!"

Hearing what Zhao Fujin said, Li Bangyan finally breathed a sigh of relief. If Bai Shizhong's house was ransacked, the Yushitai gang would definitely accuse him of conspiring with Bai Shizhong to sell off the royal property, and it would be difficult for him to do so. Run away.

"Let's do this, Li Qing, go and tell Duke Chongguo that I already know about the sale of the royal property. If their government is willing to pay to redeem these items, it will be treated as if it never happened. Bar."

Before Li Bangyan could leave, Zhao Fujin stopped him again: "These royal belongings have all been lost in the market. It is too difficult to redeem them one by one. How much gold and silver did you and Chong Guogong sell?"

Li Bangyan subconsciously replied: "30 gold and 800 million silver."

After saying that, I regretted it, because what the official just asked was "you and Duke Chong"...

Before Li Bangyan could patch himself up again, Zhao Fujin waved his hand: "I'll give you a half discount and hand the money over to the treasury. When the Supreme Emperor comes back, I'll go explain to him!"

The official's words had been made so clear. Li Bangyan could not say more, so he could only leave with a sad face.

As for why Li Bangyan was not killed, Zhao Fujin had his own opinion.

First of all, Li Bangyan's crime does not lead to death. In any dynasty and in any court, there are hawks and doves. We can't kill just because of political differences, but it depends on how to use it. For example, Li Bangyan, a dove, defended Kaifeng this time. He also played an important role in the battle. Without Li Bangyan's humility, Wanyan Zongwang would not be trapped.

Secondly, when the Jin army besieged the city, Li Bangyan wanted to negotiate for money, but his first attack was on the royal family, his second was on the bureaucratic offices, and his third was on the brothels. In the end, he would rather pay for it out of his own pocket. He did not extend his claws to the people at the bottom of Kaifeng City. Looking at the practices of the dead Taoist friends but not the poor Taoists in the following dynasties, Zhao Fujin felt that Li Bangyan was so kind!

On the fourth day of the Jin army's northward retreat, the Great Song Dynasty Hall ushered in the largest personnel adjustment.Li Gang was dismissed from all positions in the Ministry of War and replaced by Zuopushe, Minister of Public Affairs, and Minister-General, ranging from official to prime minister. In addition to military affairs, he was in charge of the government affairs.

Wang Shiyong was dismissed as the governor of Kaifeng Prefecture, and Zongze was appointed as the governor of Kaifeng Prefecture and Minister of War to take charge of the defense of Kaifeng City.

Tong Guan was dismissed as Privy Council Envoy, and Zhong Shidao was appointed as Privy Council Envoy.

Zhang Shu was dismissed from the post of minister of the Ministry of Rites at night and appointed as the commander of the front department of the palace.

On the other side of the Yushitai, a group of censors who only knew how to navigate the situation were eliminated, and Li Ruoshui was in charge of the Yushitai.

The people from the Zhongshu Sheng and the Privy Council are easy to arrange. They only need to replace all the main combatants, and then watch their performance.

The Censor's Office as a supervisory organization is not difficult either. With an upright person like Li Ruoshui at the helm, it is guaranteed that there will be no more flattering Censors who acted according to the prevailing circumstances during the Cai Jing period.

Many people think that as long as the war starts, the Song Dynasty will be saved, but Zhao Fujin doesn't think so. Over the years since time travel, Zhao Fujin has been thinking about a question: What is the Song Dynasty's trump card?
After thinking about it, Da Song only had two trump cards, one was silver and the other was culture.

In the years before he ascended the throne, Zhao Fujin conducted data analysis on all foreign wars since the Song Dynasty.

During the Taizu period, he fought against the Liao Dynasty and won all three games!
During the Taizong period, in the battle with Liao 27, he won twenty, lost five, and tied two!

During the Zhenzong period, 26 games were played, [-] were won, six were lost, and one was tied!
In the hands of Emperor Daojun, there had been peace with the Liao Kingdom for more than 100 years. The main war was against Xixia. The data is unknown, but the results were gratifying and Xixia surrendered.

As long as we study these victors carefully, almost without exception, the Song Dynasty was backed by the city and had sufficient armaments. To put it simply, the arrows were sufficient. As long as the arrows were sufficient, it would be difficult to lose.

The amount of iron used to make these arrows is astronomical.

An arrow weighs 120 grams, and each Song soldier uses four arrows in a battle, which is [-] grams. Like when Zhao Er destroyed Taiyuan, there were hundreds of thousands of people who controlled the arrows, which would have required at least about [-] tons of iron. Calculating the current ratio of iron coins to copper coins, a battle alone would cost two thousand arrows.

Comparing the fiscal revenue of the Song Dynasty at this time with the fiscal revenue of later generations, Zhao Fujin came to a conclusion.

As long as the cavalry charges against the Song Army once, the Song Army will have to spend [-] million!
But as long as the Song army is allowed to set up various types of bed crossbows and display various types of divine arm crossbows, there will be a steady stream of [-] million.

Not to mention the Jin cavalry, even if Genghis Khan comes, he will have to kneel!
When the two countries are at war, as long as there are no cunning manipulations by the emperors of the old Zhao family, everyone can fight safely until the later stage, which is a waste of national power and money!
Therefore, Zhao Fujin encountered difficulties in the arrangement of officials from the Third Division.

Making money... is much harder than fighting a war.

"Where are the six thieves?"

Zhao Fujin's sudden question made all the officials in the Chui Gong Hall startled. If the officials hadn't mentioned it, everyone would have forgotten about the Six Thieves.

"Back to the official house, I was ordered half a month ago to let Zhu Meng, Liang Shicheng, Li Yan, and Wang Fu go to the outer city to defend the enemy..."

Li Gang stepped out and replied.

"Let the Imperial City Secretary go take a look at the outer city wall. If these people are still alive, bring them to Cai Jing's mansion and wait!"

(End of this chapter)