Guide to traveling through the Northern Song Dynasty

Hangzhou.

Weng Yanguo bowed and stood in front of the hall: "Your Majesty, the land in Caijing Village has been collected and sold, but the money and food obtained are not much. The production department and the shipping department are short of money and goods. Please buy some in Zhejiang and Jiangnan to supplement the state."

"Accurate!" Song Huizong said.

"I excuse myself." Weng Yanguo slowly retreated.

In the Northern Song Dynasty, there was a very big official position, called the transportation envoy for Jianghuai, Jingzhe and other roads. The word "waiting" includes Fujian and Guangnan.

That is to say, except for the Chuanxia 4th Road, the Gyeonggi 4th Road and the Shaanxi 2nd Road, the entire money and grain taxation south of the Yellow River is under the overall coordination and control of this shipping envoy.

When Song Huizong left Beijing, he had already arranged the candidates.

He first asked Song Dynasty to be the shipping envoy, but Tong Guan had a grudge against Song Dynasty and prevented Song Dynasty from going south to take up his post. Then Gao Wei was asked to fill in, but Gao Wei did not see the Supreme Emperor and only recognized the new emperor in Tokyo.

Just when Song came, he pushed Song on top again.

Tong Guan took action again and took Zhu Meng to cause trouble, so Song was forced to resign and return home.

Finally, Weng Yanguo served as the shipping envoy and the prefect of Hangzhou, responsible for getting money and food for Song Huizong.

This series of operations are all illegal. The Emperor has no right to appoint or remove the shipping envoy and the prefect of Hangzhou!

Song Huizong felt that Zhu Meng had too much influence in the southeast, so he began to play balance again, supporting Weng Yanguo to take away Zhu Meng's power.

Zhu Meng was very depressed about this. He thought that by bringing Song Huizong to the southeast, he could return to the peak of power. As a result, Song Huizong took care of him and even his Zhu family's private soldiers were snatched away.

Weng Yanguo returned to the government office and immediately signed an official document: "Third-class households in Zhejiang, Jiangsu, and Fujian will buy food and money according to the taxes paid..."

When the shogunate received the official document, he was instantly shocked because this temporary tax was too heavy.

Rich people with strong backgrounds must collude with the government to evade taxes.

But the tax amount has already been set, so we can only look for the unlucky ones. I don’t know how many landlords will be made bankrupt!

This was not entirely Song Huizong's fault, because Weng Yanguo was taking advantage of the opportunity to make money.

Who is Weng Yanguo?

Even Zhao Gou felt that Li Gang's brother Li Wei's father-in-law was being exploited excessively.

At that time, Zhao Gou went south and needed to build palaces and repair city walls. Weng Yanguo raised the budget very high. Li Gang directly approved it at four times the budget, and Zhao Gou signed it to show Li Gang's face, and also specifically stated that "it is simple to make things simple, not to be magnificent."

Zhao Gou's meaning is very clear. Just adjust it as you like. There are many places to spend money, so don't spend too much money.

The reason why Li Gang favored Weng Yanguo was because he had gone through ups and downs, and after becoming prime minister again, he needed to cultivate his power, otherwise he would not be able to accomplish anything. As a feudal official and his brother's father-in-law, Weng Yanguo naturally became Li Gang's primary target.

He really didn't expect that Weng Yanguo would be so capable that he would directly lead to a civil uprising in Zhejiang!

All subsequent changes were caused by Weng Yanguo, which led to the disintegration of the main fighting faction of Nandu led by Li Gang.

After a day's work, Weng Yanguo did not stay in the government office, but took a sedan chair to the villa by the West Lake.

That was Cai Jing's house, built when he was first prime minister.

Now, by raising money and food for Song Huizong, Weng Yanguo filled his own pocket and bought it at a low price.

Jiangnan Garden covers an area of ​​hundreds of acres, and it is also located on the edge of the West Lake.

Weng Yanguo was wandering in the beautiful gardens, feeling extremely satisfied. He had been eyeing this house for a long time, and now he could finally take it for his own use.

After inspecting Cai Jing's farm in Hangzhou, Weng Yanguo also bought a lot himself, all of which were first-class!

Weng Yanguo has formed an alliance with Tong Guan, and the next step is to defeat Zhu Meng.

Zhu Meng and his son had hundreds of thousands of acres of fertile land in Zhejiang and Zhejiang. As long as they overran the father and son, the fertile land could be confiscated and returned to the public. Weng Yanguo and Tong Guan could seize the opportunity to seize countless acres.

But Cai You was making a small report: "Your Majesty, my father's mansion in Hangzhou was embezzled by Weng Yanguo, and he bought it for only five thousand guan."

Song Huizong didn't take it seriously and said, "If you want him to work, you have to give him some benefits."

Cai You understood instantly and said nothing more.

Weng Yanguo is dead!

This old guy is just a tool for making money for Song Huizong. When his extortionate expropriation makes people angry, Song Huizong should push him out and take the blame to vent the people's anger.

Zhu Meng and his son also wanted to kill them to vent their anger to the people, and at the same time, they also wanted to inspect their property.

"Your Majesty, something big has happened!"

Eunuch Li Yan rushed in: "Grand Master Liang (Liang Shicheng) has sent an urgent delivery. Your Majesty will join forces with gold to destroy the thieves, and you will also cede Hebei and Hedong to the Jin people!"

This news obviously came from Ju Ming.

Zhao Huan only ceded the two prefectures of Taiyuan and Zhongshan, but Ju Ming said that he would cede Hedong and Hebei. Anyway, the current situation was chaotic and the court could not refute the rumors.

Song Huizong read the letter carefully, believed it all, and angrily said: "This traitor has ruined the inheritance of our ancestors!"

Cai You stood there at a loss. The north was ceded to the Jin people, and the south was occupied by the red thieves. From now on, wouldn't the Song Dynasty only have a few roads in the southeast?

Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty thought carefully and said: "Let the world know that Zhao Huan is unfit to be the king, and I will restore the throne in Hangzhou."

Cai You quickly dissuaded him: "Your Majesty, the situation is extremely critical now. If the two monarchs are restored to the throne, the two monarchs will stand side by side. It will be difficult for the officials in the world to adapt and they may not be able to regain the lost ground."

"When I came to Hangzhou, there were many officials in the southeast who refused to obey orders. How can I make them obey without regaining the throne?" Song Huizong said, "I want to launch an expedition to the north and regain the lost territory in all directions. I asked the officials in the southeastern states and counties to raise food and grass to send to Hangzhou. "

Raising troops for the Northern Expedition is nonsense. This is using the Northern Expedition as an excuse to get money and food to recruit troops and consolidate their dominance in the south.

Mid-autumn season.

Song Huizong announced to the world that he had become emperor again, and announced that he would change the Yuan Dynasty to "Taihe" next year. He also said that Zhao Huan's "Jingkang" was illegal.

The southeast was shaken, and local officials could not believe it.

How long has it been since the fuck, the Supreme Emperor actually became emperor again? Is this because he was afraid that the Song Dynasty would not be chaotic enough?

Moreover, which emperor should we listen to in the future?

In the distant Taipingzhai (Chongzuo, Guangxi), a passenger ship is sailing.

Except for Cai You, Cai Jing's whole family was on the boat.

Cai Jing and several of his sons were first placed in Huaixi. Even before I was fully asleep in bed, I was assigned to Nanchang again. As soon as I arrived in Nanchang, I was assigned to Jianchang again.

Then came Fujian, then Guangdong, and finally Guangxi.

There were officials urging him all the way. Cai Jing was over eighty years old and had become acclimatized when he was in Nanchang. Zhao Huan did not give him a chance to recuperate at all, dragging his sick body all the way around. After arriving in Guangxi, he often fell into coma.

Suddenly waking up, Cai Jing said feebly: "Where are you?"

Cai Tiao replied: "There are still more than ten miles to Taiping Village."

Cai Jing sighed: "Oh, I'm afraid my time is running out, so you should take care of yourself. If... if you can still be reinstated, don't go to Tokyo anymore. Go back to your hometown in Fujian to work and study for two generations."

Cai Tiao said: "The new emperor hates my Cai family to the core, and he will definitely not be able to return to office."

Cai Jing was silent for a while, then suddenly said: "Ju Ming will probably win the world. If you return to Fujian, try to befriend Chen Yuan, which may ensure the safety of your descendants. If you can't return to Fujian, get a few Ju Ming's books in Guangxi and let your descendants revise Ju Ming in the future." knowledge."

"Kid, remember this," Cai Tiao said.

"I'm tired and can't breathe. Let's take a nap first," Cai Jing said.

The old thief closed his eyes to rest, then suddenly started having diarrhea, and his crotch was filled with shit.

Ever since arriving in Guangxi, I have had stomach upsets from time to time.

He didn't have any servants around him, so he could only wait for his concubine, and he even managed to drag him all the way to Taiping Village without dying.

Zhao Huan had already planned a route for them. After only one day of staying in Taiping Village, an official sent a so-called imperial edict. Cai Jing and his family immediately organized and took charge of Tianzhou.

So he set off again, and a few days later, Cai Jing was finally tortured to death.

By the way, two concubines, a son, two daughters-in-law, three grandsons, and two granddaughters were tortured to the point of falling ill.

In comparison, Gao Qiu was much luckier.

Gao Qiu followed Song Huizong southward with three thousand forbidden troops.

Those Imperial Guards were all fake, and even Song Huizong thought it was a waste of food to keep them around. Gao Qiu clashed with Tong Guan again, but Tong Guan stayed in Sizhou, asking him to guard against bandits and protect the safety of the Supreme Emperor.

When Li Bao reached Sizhou, Gao Qiu immediately led his troops to escape.

Gao Qiu first garrisoned in Chuzhou (Huai'an), but troops temporarily recruited by Li Bao came to kill him. Gao Qiu led his troops to flee to Lianshui, and by this time he had withdrawn north to Shandong.

Xuzhou.

"Lieutenant, Zhang Bor has raised troops in Puzhou and has already occupied Shanzhou!" His officers hurriedly came to report.

Gao Qiu paced back and forth in the room, thinking about the most important decision in his life.

A guy named Li Cheng has already raised troops to occupy the northern part of Shandong. Now Zhang Bor has occupied Shanzhou, and Gao Qiu has no room to move in.

After much thought, Gao Qiu led his troops to the state government.

The governor of Xuzhou is named Xiang Zishao, who is the cousin of Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty. Seeing Gao Qiu leading his troops in, he was surprised and asked Zishao, "What's the matter, Lieutenant?"

Gao Qiu said: "The world is boiling because of the ignorance of the ignorant king. I have repented and want to help Marshal Zhu reshape the world. You are a common man who deserves to be killed, so I will sacrifice you to the flag!"

Xiang Zishao was furious: "Kill if you want, don't frame and humiliate me. Although I am not honest as an official, I have not exploited the people very much. If I am corrupt, I should be killed. All officials in the world must be killed! On the contrary, I am a bastard." That’s the real damn thing.”

Xiang Zishao's official reputation was not bad, and Gao Qiu didn't really want to kill him. He just wanted to scare him.

"Xiang Prefect, come with me to join the rebels," Gao Qiu said. "You are a relative of the emperor. If you join the rebels, Marshal Zhu will definitely put you in a good position. It's like buying a horse's bones for a thousand gold."

"Don't even think about it!"

Xiang Zishao stood there, really not afraid of death.

During the Jingkang period, this king was unwilling to escape even if he could. After the city was broken, he was arrested in a street fight with the Jin soldiers. He also refused to surrender to the Jin people and was killed by the Jin people despite his anger. He and his younger brother had a total of three families, but they were killed by the Jin soldiers until only a six-year-old child was left.

Gao Qiu didn't expect Xiang Zishao to be so stubborn, so he had no choice but to give the order: "I'll tie him up and send him to General Zhang Bor, and then say that I'm going to join the rebel army. There are a lot of iron mines here in Xuzhou, which can be used to make armor. General Zhang, please hurry up." Quickly bring someone to receive it.”