Guide to traveling through the Northern Song Dynasty

"Behead, behead, the second husband of the Pan family wants to behead..."

The execution ground in Kaifeng is in the southeast suburbs of the city. There are already many graves there. The bodies of unclaimed prisoners can be dragged to the nearest cemetery and buried.

Unemployed or idle people flocked out of the city.

There were also people waiting on the street to watch the excitement as the condemned prisoners passed by.

That was the husband of the first family of the cloth shop. Although he was not as good as the dignitaries of the previous dynasty, he still deserved to be given a good gift by everyone.

Qi Da is traveling with the Second Young Master Pan, and he can be regarded as Lian Lizhi.

It's a pity that his hair is disheveled and his handsome appearance cannot be seen clearly. There are rumors in the whole city that he is a handsome man. I don't know how true the rumors are.

People followed the execution team to the execution ground. Nowadays, many entertainment venues are closed, and watching executions has become a regular event.

"Hair up, check your identity!"

"It is undoubtedly Pan Benzhong and Qi Da."

"Wait for the time."

"..."

The Pan family felt that this was too embarrassing, so they only sent their trusted servants over.

The executioners and others have already taken care of it, and now they are sending money to other auxiliary personnel to avoid making poor arrangements and causing the son to suffer more.

Pan Yi stood in the crowd and watched. Before the time came, he turned around and left silently.

He is the great-grandson of Pan Mei. He became the consort twenty-two years ago and married Princess Xu, the youngest daughter of Song Shenzong. Eleven years ago, the princess died of illness, and Xu Xian married a daughter of the Zhao Song clan.

The highest position held by Pan Yi was only a fifth-grade military attaché, without any real power, and he had never led a single soldier.

The Cao family, the Han family, and the Xiang family have all separated their clans and moved away, and the next one will inevitably be the Pan family.

The Pan family, a big businessman in the cloth industry, has nothing to do with the Pan Mei family, but in recent years, they have become distant relatives.

If something like this happens now, it might become a reason to clean up the Pan family.

When I returned home, the servant hurriedly came to greet me: "Master, Zhu Jinglue has summoned me!"

Pan Yi was startled when he heard this, and then muttered: "It's okay, it's okay..."

Summoning first and then dealing with it shows that there is still a slight leeway, just like the stories of the other three families.

If the government takes action directly, the Pan family will really be doomed.

Pan Yi hurriedly entered the palace and was ordered to wait in the side hall. Entering the side hall, he found that Pan Gongjian was also there, and Pan Yi suddenly felt a little flustered.

Pan Gongjian was also flustered. What did he mean by calling Pan Mei's descendants here?

The two families really have nothing to do with each other!

In order to avoid suspicion, Pan Yi sat in the far corner of the side hall, and Pan Gongjian also quickly moved his seat.

Then they were received at the same time.

Zhu Guoxiang still took the main seat, and Zhu Ming moved a chair next to him.

The two came forward to pay homage and were given seats respectively.

"I heard that your two families are related?" Zhu Ming spoke first.

"That's absolutely not the case!"

Pan Yi and Pan Gongjian denied it at the same time.

Ju Ming smiled and said, "We have a good understanding. We look like a family."

The two of them cried sadly and didn't know how to explain it, because the two families had indeed talked about being related.

In the past twenty years, the Pan family has lost its glory and is far inferior to the Cao and Xiang families.

Moreover, the family became more and more bloated, with direct and collateral lines growing to two to three thousand people. This was after one branch of the family branched off to Chang'an (the Pan family in Chang'an is the descendant of the legendary Chai Rong).

There are only dandies, not talents, and no matter how big the industry is, it cannot withstand squandering. Big businessmen came to recognize their relatives, and the Pan family actually accepted the gifts they received.

Pan Gongjian knelt down with a loud cry: "The common people are willing to buy Pufan Tower at the original price for three years!"

Zhu Guoxiang nodded and smiled, very satisfied with this person's performance.

Fan Lou's brewing business has been dismantled, and now there is a lack of raw materials for operation, and the original contract price is 100% at a loss. Even after the summer grain harvest, Fan Lou's business is booming, but there is still no profit because the exclusive brewing license is gone.

Pan Gongjian added: "The common people will donate another 300,000 yuan to help with wages!"

Zhu Guoxiang praised: "At first glance, Mr. Pan is a loyal person to the country. Please get up and sit down first."

When Pan Gongjian climbed up on the chair, he was already paralyzed. He was fined two million guan, paid 300,000 guan in aid, and had to contract the Fan Building for three years at the original price. Even the Tokyo Cloth Bank could not bear it.

How can there be so much cash?

The fine of two million yuan must be paid in installments, and interest will also be calculated. In the next twenty or thirty years, the Pan family's business profits were all equivalent to working in vain for the court.

Pan saw that Pan Gongjian had to escape, so he could only imitate his example. He knelt down and said, "Pan's clan has too many people in Kaifeng. Please break up the clan and move to other places!"

"Pan Zhongxun's descendants really understand justice." Zhu Guoxiang praised him without hesitation.

Pan Yi gritted his teeth and said, "It's just that the Pan family has many dandies and has been unable to make ends meet in recent years, so there really isn't much extravagance left. The entire Pan family can only scrape together 50,000 guan as salary, so I ask the manager and marshal to bear with me." "

Ju Ming said: "As long as you are sincere."

Regarding the major families, the father and son had already investigated and found out that the Pan family really didn't have much wealth left, otherwise they would definitely be listed as the first batch to be split up.

Zhu Guoxiang said: "I heard that you are quite talented and famous, and you can temporarily enter the Hanlin Academy to compile literature and history."

"Thank you so much, Mr. Jinglue, for your great kindness!"

Pan Yi suddenly became happy again. In the old Song Dynasty, he could only work as an idle military attache, but now he has got a position in the Hanlin Academy. If you think about it seriously, he has made a lot of money.

As for splitting up clans and dividing families, then it’s just a matter of aggrieving the clan members.

The father and son sang with red faces and encouraged and frightened them. The two men named Pan bowed and left.

When they came out of Donghua Gate, the two looked at each other.

"Pan Hanlin, take care." Pan Gongjian said with cupped hands.

Pan Yi replied: "To each other."

The Zhu family's knives are too sharp and they have been killing people these days. Even the gang members who were lucky enough not to be investigated have been hiding at home all day long and dare not come out to cause trouble.

In the palace, father and son were chatting.

Ju Ming said: "There are too many old officials under investigation, and they must be reluctant to let the imperial students temporarily serve as officials. Taking advantage of the enthronement ceremony, it is just right to select a few effective imperial students and give them the title of Jinshi. Next, Half a year later, the promoted officials were gradually replaced, and those who knew how to do things were sent to serve as officials, and all those who were able to do so were dismissed!"

"It's a solution." Zhu Guoxiang nodded.

While they were talking, a fast horse came across the ice on the river.

Before the urgent document was sent to the city, another system in Shi Yuangong's hands had already sent relevant important military information in advance.

Shi Yuangong hurriedly went to the East Palace to see him: "The faint king Zhao Ji has made peace with the false emperor Zhong."

"Are they making peace?" Ju Ming felt funny and took it for granted.

Shi Yuangong said: "Zhao Ji adopted a southeastern clan daughter as his adopted daughter, named her the emperor's concubine, and granted her marriage to Zhong Ziyi, the second son of Prime Minister Zhong. Since Zhong Ziyi is still young, it is estimated that the marriage will not be completed until two years. This marriage is in There has been a commotion in Jinghu, and many generals of Puppet Chu are opposed to it, believing that they should not marry Hunjun. Fang La's old tribe, Fang Qifu, originally took refuge with Prime Minister Zhong, but when he heard the news, he immediately raised his flag of rebellion and joined forces with the Yao tribe and other tribes in Jingnan. United. Prime Minister Zhong was furious and led his troops to personally conquer the rebellion of the Square Seven Buddhas."

Zhu Ming thought: "After taking Kaifeng, Shuzhong should be stabilized. Let Bai Qi move to Jingmen. After the spring begins, Tokyo will mobilize 10,000 troops to go south to be prepared for Prime Minister Zhong to suddenly send troops northward."

…

The fight in the south was lively.

First, Fang Mengqing, the general manager of the Huaihe River and Huaihe River appointed by Ju Ming and the former deputy envoy to Huainan, brought a bunch of troops temporarily recruited by Li Bao and swept through various prefectures and counties in the Huaihe River.

Then "rebels" continued to appear in the Huaihe River. Some people sincerely supported Marshal Zhu, while others used the "Zhu" flag to plunder.

The civil servants transferred from Sichuan to Lianghuai were overwhelmed by this chaos and could only ask Fang Mengqing to mobilize troops to maintain public order.

After Fang Mengqing suppressed several bandits, he encountered the Huaidongnan rebellion again, so he could only concentrate his forces to quell the rebellion. There was another riot in the rear counties and counties, and there were bandits everywhere, all under the banner of the Zhu family and his son.

The Lianghuai region was out of control, but the cities were still under Zhu's rule.

Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty was not much better off. Due to Weng Yanguo's violent expropriation, civil unrest arose in Hangzhou Prefecture.

Tong Guan led the Shengjie Army to successfully quell the rebellion, and Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty killed Weng Yanguo. This not only gave an explanation to the people, but also confiscated Weng Yanguo's property to obtain his property.

Then, there were rebels in Jiangxi.

But it was Quan Bangyan who trained the army to fight Zhong Xiang for half a year. The fight was going well, but Song Huizong suddenly went south, restored the throne, arranged officials, and levied additional taxes in Jiangxi.

Jiangxi's support for the war had reached its limit. Song Huizong's operation broke a tight thread.

Rebels rose up in central and southern Jiangxi, and Quan Bangyan had to send troops south to conquer.

Fortunately, news came that Ju Ming had captured Kaifeng. Prime Minister Zhong, who had been attacking Jiangzhou (Jiujiang) for a long time, took the initiative to withdraw his troops and sent an envoy to negotiate.

Zhong Xiang planned to send troops in winter, taking advantage of Jingxiang's lack of defense, and stabbed Ju Ming hard in the back.

Unexpectedly, when news of the peace talks and marriage came out, Fang Qifu rebelled again on Jinghu South Road, completely disrupting Zhong Xiang's overall plan.

Nowadays, Lianghuai is suppressing the rebellion, Jiangxi is suppressing the rebellion, and Jinghu is suppressing the rebellion. No one of the three parties cares about the other, and they are all cleaning up the rebels within themselves.

Moreover, some troops must be stationed in border cities to protect each other.

Hangzhou is here.

A large number of famous scholars from the southeast were recruited by Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty to serve as officials, and dozens of them stayed with him to recite poems and compose poems.

A poem written by Dasheng made Song Huizong very happy. The eunuch Li Yan waited for a long time until the poets dispersed, then walked up to him and whispered in his ear: "Guan family, there are scoundrels in Fujian who are causing trouble, and the governor of Tingzhou has abandoned He fled from the city, but the magistrate of Shanghang County defended the city and died for his country."

Song Huizong's good mood disappeared in an instant, and he said irritably: "The bandits in Jiangxi have not been eliminated, so why is there another trouble in Fujian? I am recruiting talents and working hard to govern. Next year, I will go to the Northern Expedition to regain the lost territory. Can't the people of the world be at peace?"

Li Yan quickly said: "How can the ignorant people know the aspirations of the Holy Emperor?"

Song Huizong called Cai You and Tong Guan: "Do you know what happened in Tingzhou?"

Tong Guan said: "Two of the five counties in Tingzhou have been lost, and they are connected with the bandits in Jiangxi. If they are not wiped out as soon as possible, they may become bigger quickly."

"Then you will lead the troops to suppress them!" Song Huizong said.

Tong Guan wondered: "The food and salary are not enough."

Cai You said: "There is not much tax collected this year, and palaces are being built in Hangzhou... By stopping the palaces, we can save some money and food. Or we can seize Weng Yanguo's property, and we can send thousands of troops." If it doesn’t work, we can only add more taxes and exemptions.”

Song Huizong said: "If you don't build a palace in Hangzhou, how can you show the majesty of the emperor? If you don't have majesty, how can you convince all the officials? Liangjiang, Zhejiang, Guangxi, and Fujian will collect 10 million yuan in free money next year to use for conquest. The thieves in Tingzhou, Fujian. After destroying the Ting thieves, head to Jiangxi and join forces with Quan Bangyan to attack the Gan thieves from both sides!"

Tong Guan and Cai You looked at each other and saw the helplessness on each other's faces.

I'm afraid that if I don't have to pay for the expedition, and the army to quell the rebellion has not yet set off, new bandits will rebel.