Became a feudal lord in the late Northern Song Dynasty

Chapter 294 Years of prosperity
The Yan people mobilized manpower on a large scale at Pingzhou Harbor and sent thousands of soldiers and a large number of civilians onto the ships. The movement was too great, which of course could not be concealed from the Jin people's meticulous work.

After the news came back to the Jin court, Wanyan Wu Qimai immediately realized that the Yan people most likely wanted to open up a situation in Goryeo.

"But... it may not be Goryeo."

Some people immediately objected: "In the previous battle between China and Beijing, we thought that the Yan people were going to storm Songting Pass, but we didn't expect that they landed in Jinzhou; then we thought that they were going to attack China and go straight to His Majesty, but who could have imagined that they just Playing slowly and steadily, I turned around and chewed up Songting Pass.

The Yan people were brave, and Liu Ling was even more heroic. How could he send his soldiers thousands of miles away to help the Koreans? "

The simplest way is to speculate on the meaning of the Yan people's actions from the perspective of interests. Since they are going to sea, their goals are nothing more than those places. In addition to Goryeo, the Yan people may also want to copy the previous Jinzhou landing battle and cooperate with the Jin Dynasty. The rebels in the country opened up the situation.

Everyone debated endlessly, and soon someone asked: "Is it possible, I mean, what if, what if they are suspected soldiers, but actually want to go south to attack the Song Dynasty?"

The scene suddenly became much quieter.

There was civil strife in the Song Dynasty, and the Jin people were drooling while sitting at home listening to the news. If their border was close to the Song Dynasty, the Jin people would have sharpened their swords again and led their troops southward.

What a great opportunity, but it's a pity that the Han Kingdom is adjacent to the northern border of the Song Dynasty, so they can only look at this piece of fat from a distance and drool.

However, all three important places have been lost long ago. Everyone feels that they are obviously following the previous ideas, but in the end, the Yan people win every time, and the Jin Kingdom also loses to this point.

If the Yan people start from Pingzhou seaport and go south along the coast, all the way south to Hebei, it will be within the Yan people's sphere of influence. Maybe they can really catch the Song people by surprise, and then further swallow up all the prefectures in Hebei.

Wanyan Wu Qimai had read many books, and he knew deeply that in the history books, the monarchs who caused the death of the second generation of the country would be nailed to the pillar of shame.

What can we do?
If Jizhou is still in hand, everyone can go directly south to Yanjing at this time.
If the Great Wall is still in hand, everyone can cross the Great Wall and plunder Yandi at this time, looking for opportunities to break the situation.

At the beginning of Wanyan Wu's begging career, there was even an incident where the emperor was dragged off the throne to punish him. At that time, Wanyan Wu secretly took some money from the treasury to buy wine, and the prime minister took the lead and led the crowd. The minister punished the emperor. After the punishment, everyone kowtowed together to apologize.

"The domestic turmoil must be suppressed now. If the chaos continues, we, Daikin, will be in chaos."

What's more, they still divided the fields privately and forced civilians into slavery, openly violating the imperial ban. "

The speaker was a Jurchen nobleman. Compared with the officials and generals of the Liao Kingdom who surrendered, the Jurchens were obviously not as polite as them.

Wanyan Wu Qimai looked at the courtiers below and said in a cold voice: "I have been lamenting all night. Every time I think of the current situation in the country, I always feel sorry for the late emperor. What about you, have you ever thought about it? Don't always ask the court to give you Whatever you have done, think about what you have done for the court and the country.”

The scene suddenly fell silent, and in the dead silence, there was a deep sense of helplessness.

"Allowing people to redeem themselves and cancel their slave status has been something that has been ordered to be done a few years ago, but some people here are doing it knowingly!

The scene was quiet, but soon, someone said dissatisfiedly: "Your Majesty, my father and brother all followed the late emperor to fight all the way. Now that the situation in the country is like this, we have tried our best. But now the court can't even pay salaries. Come out, we all have families to live with."

If the grassland is still in hand, everyone can split into two groups at this time and find a way to open up the situation from the grassland and harass Yunzhong North.

Wanyan Wu Qimai rubbed his brow tiredly, interrupted the conversation of these people, and asked: "Then, what can we, Daikin, do now?"

This kind of thing was unimaginable in all dynasties of the Central Plains.

After the last war, the King of Han led his army to a great victory in the Northern Expedition. The Jin people lost a large number of people and land, and they also lost the qualification to trade with the Yan people. Several large settlements set up by the Yan people at the border were all closed, making the year ahead of schedule. All the merchants from the Kingdom of Jin who were preparing to buy and sell lost their money.

The businessmen of the Kingdom of Jin are almost all Jurchen dignitaries. They were used to the profits from doing business with the Yan people in the early days. Now that the Yan people have cut off their supply, these Jurchen dignitaries will make Wanyan Wu uneasy and uneasy every day. The same is true now. The imperial court has been in arrears with salary for two consecutive months, and the treasury cannot pay out money. Wanyanwu has no choice but to beg for money, but none of these Jurchen dignitaries will tolerate him.

Now someone took the lead, and those people in the court who had been scolded by Wanyan Wu for begging and did not dare to say a word also started shouting. The huge court hall was as chaotic as a vegetable market.

Wanyan Wu was so angry that he couldn't help it and wanted to walk away. Several Jurchen dignitaries standing below had quick eyes and quick hands and reached out to grab his dragon robe.

"Your Majesty, there is no more rice in the pot for everyone. You must have an explanation today!"

"This year will be fruitful, and you can all have a good year."

Liu Ling sat on the dragon chair. He didn't really like the hard, bed-like seat, so he temporarily had someone add a second hand and put some soft cushions on it to make it more comfortable to sit on.

"From now on, the first day of the first lunar month will be designated as the Spring Festival, and all taxes in Yanjing will be exempted for that month. Starting next year, Zhuozhou will never increase taxes. Those who have a household registration in Zhuozhou City will be tax-free for their whole family."

"During the New Year this year, officials of the fourth rank and above will be rewarded with five hundred guan of money and goods; officials of the fourth rank and below will be rewarded with 300 guan; officials of the sixth rank and below will be rewarded with items in descending order, which are called New Year's goods, all from the private treasury. Contribution.”

Prime Minister Han Fang immediately stepped out of the queue and said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty is kind, and I would like to thank you all for my colleagues. But for the New Year's goods, you only need to do your best. Why should we be so extravagant and extravagant?"

The first tax reduction and exemption decree only extended favors to Yanjing and Zhuozhou, but the second new year gift reward involved Yanyun and even all the places now controlled by the Han Dynasty. The officials The number of people is overwhelming, even if it is less, it will take a hundred thousand guan to make a base, right?
And according to Liu Ling, he wants to make this matter a regular practice and issue it every year in the future.

If the problem of redundant officials arises in the future, the consumption of this money will only increase and become a bottomless pit.

"This money comes from Gu's private treasury anyway. It doesn't matter. The Prime Minister shouldn't worry too much."

"My lord, please think twice!"

Han Fang had already felt several dissatisfied looks coming from behind him, but he still said loudly: "It has only been two years since the founding of the Han Dynasty, and money and food are needed everywhere. We might as well suffer the hardships of the ministers and colleagues first. Everyone is doing As an official, I can understand the difficulties of the court.

There are still many barren lands in the Han Dynasty, and there are many hungry people. I believe that if you really want a reward, it can only be given once every five years at most. During the rest of the time, the people in the country should be the most important thing, and no extravagant activities should be carried out in the court. wind. "

After Han Fang finished speaking, he actually turned back to look at the officials and asked, "Tell me, is that right?"

".I second the motion!"

"I second the proposal!"

Even the court officials who had no objections to Han Fang were scolding him in their hearts at this time.

You want to pretend to be clean, but who among you guys would mind having too much money?

Seeing that there was no profit, the officials still bowed to Liu Ling and shouted in agreement.

"Even if I suffer a hardship, I can't suffer everyone." Liu Ling sighed and said: "But since the Prime Minister said so, I have no choice but to obey. Let's do this. The original reward amount will be increased by twice. But from now on, it can only be issued once every five years, and all funds will be paid from Gu’s private treasury, starting this year.”

Immediately, the ministers bowed and saluted again.

“The Lord is gracious, long live long live long live long live!”

(End of this chapter)