Changfeng Thousands of Miles End Han Song

Chapter 537

Yingzhou is the southeasternmost protrusion of Gyeonggi Road. Bozhou is to the north, Shouzhou is to the east, and Guangzhou is to the south, all of which are already under the control of the Liangshan Army.It can be said that we are facing enemies on three sides. Geographically, we can rely on natural dangers, but the land is a dead place.

What's more, there are many regional rivers such as the Ying River passing by, so water transportation is quite convenient.However, this is a local geographical advantage in peacetime. In wartime, this is the old birthday star drinking arsenic, lest he die not fast enough.

To the north of Yingzhou is Chenzhou, where the famous Lao Bao in later Henan operas lived.To the north of Chenzhou is Tokyo.

It can be said that Gyeonggi-do is at stake; Yingzhou is at stake, and life is hanging by a thread.

Cai Jing assigned Zhao Ding here, obviously asking him to die.

It's just that Zhao Ding was not afraid, Yingzhou was not considered a rich and important place, relying on several rivers passing through the border, and the land was flat, the production was not bad, and the population was quite large.Even the days in recent days are better than before. The reason is simple. Yingzhou is surrounded by Liangshan Army on three sides. This is a disadvantage and an advantage.As we all know, under Lu Qian's rule, there are quite a lot of utensils that benefit the people, such as salt and sugar, such as ironware, such as leather goods whose prices have dropped sharply recently.Whether it's smuggling or smuggling, most of them pass through Yingzhou. Relying on the distribution of the salt road and commercial road, the whole prefecture has also become active.

After all, it was only a military state, and most of the top families had already fled. The remaining gentry and tyrants could still be number one in the local area, but they were as small as shrimps in front of the Liangshan army.Most of them are well-behaved people with self-knowledge. An order from the opposite side is more effective than the local government.Especially after they rely on wealth to share their profits, they are even more obedient. How dare they disobey in the slightest?
After that Zhang Kui became the deputy left behind in Xijing, he was actually the person in power, and that King Su Zhao Shu was a clay sculpture with a wooden body.His first order was to print salt money.The so-called salt banknotes are the certificates of permission for salt transportation and sales issued by the Zhao Song government to salt merchants.Merchants use salt banknotes to purchase salt, transport and sell salt, which are divided into long quotations and short quotations.Long leads to the outer route, and short lead to the original route.Strict approval procedures and cancellation deadlines, long quotation for 1 year, short quotation for 1 season.Limit the quantity and price of shipments and sales.

However, with the fall of Hedong, Huainan, and Hebei, the Song Dynasty lost the land of salt production.In Jinghu and Kansai, salt prices soared.

They also know that Qilu salt is cheap, and there are many illegal salt traffickers in the country, but they just turn a blind eye.Otherwise, the lack of salt in the local area will cause even more trouble.

But private salt is private salt, and it cannot be sold blatantly.

Zhang Kui’s triggering of salt bills now is to put the secret private salt on the surface, and the asking price is not very much. It is only one mile from Gyeonggi Road, and the local powerful gentry contributed 20 million yuan to the Xijing Left-behind Department in a very short period of time. .

It can be seen that there is still plenty of oil and water on Gyeonggi Road.

Zhang Que got off to a good start.This means it works beautifully!

But then came the bad news. It was the emperor's order that taxes would be increased by [-]% this summer and autumn, making it difficult to pay for the additional levies.

Yingzhou is naturally also in it, it can be said that Zhao Ding encountered such a problem just after taking office.All the way forward, his face was very gloomy.The imperial court wanted to move south to Jiangling, but also increased the wages for the poor, so cruel, it could be that they did not regard the people of the Central Plains as the subjects of the imperial court.

Just like when the corrupt official was about to take office, he searched hard.

He does not treat the people as human beings.

And it's not that I have forgotten an old saying: The king treats his ministers like grass, and the ministers treat him like a bandit.Turning to research and development, the king regards the people as worthless, and the people regard the king as a bandit.

When the imperial government's decree was passed to Yingzhou, the clerks and servants in various government offices felt agitated.This kind of scolding assignment is nothing more than normal, and it is not uncommon for a few people to die during the summer tax and autumn tax.But now, who dares to force people to take their lives?

Aren't you afraid of being blacklisted by the Liangshan Army?
Not two days later, Liang Shanjun's exact instructions came from the opposite side, and everyone, big and small, breathed a sigh of relief.Xu Shi wanted to suffer from Zhao Guan's family, but he was able to sell it to Liang Shanjun.The former is just now, while the latter is the long-term future.Enduring temporary suffering in exchange for future happiness is a good deal.What's more, to squeeze the local people to the bone and suck the marrow, to offend people as if they were dead, and to kill people is it just the people who suffer?Now that I have received instructions, I feel at ease.

Then, Yingzhou went all out to welcome the arrival of the new magistrate. No one expected the new magistrate to do anything. The situation was irreversible.This Mr. Zhao must be a god to be able to do what he wants.

And long before Zhao Ding arrived in Yingzhou, his background was known by the people of Yingzhou.In the family of farming and studying, the boy lost his father and was raised by his mother. He was famous in the countryside for his intelligence and conduct when he was young.In the fifth year of Chongning, he became a Jinshi at the age of twenty-two.The tired official was appointed as the order of Luoyang, Henan.When the imperial court moved westward, he was promoted to supervisory censor by Ming Sheng and secretly demoted, but soon he was appreciated by Shi Zhong, Quanzhi Academy and attendant lecturer Wu Min, and became friendly with the current Xijing deputy left guard Zhang Kui.

After seeing Zhao Ding's history, the old officials in Yingzhou knew that this kind of person was not easy to deal with.

With rich experience, deep background, and toughness, it is the most troublesome.

Although the situation in Yingzhou was already at stake, as long as the Great Song Dynasty flag was flying above the city, they would not be Zhao Ding's opponent if they were tied together.Not to mention, this man brought an army with him when he went south.Even if there are only three or four hundred people, they are especially called Alexander in the yamen.

Although the officials in the Song Dynasty were stronger than the rotten Confucians in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the affairs in the yamen were always handled by small officials and servants.Wu who saw the hall official doing the general affairs with his own hands?The hall officials will not intervene.Especially for newcomers, who are not familiar with the place of life and the situation, they still need to look at it, and if they talk indiscriminately, they will delay the 'business', and the mistake is not just to spank the ass of the small official. , I also want to eat the first.

As a result, as soon as this Xinzhizhou came, everyone was frightened. This gentleman was not very old, and his face was even younger. He seemed to be under 30 years old.The figure is not burly, but a literati's elegance rushes towards his face, but he never leaves his sword all day long.

It is not a fake thing made by literati and officials, it is a sharp sword that can really cut people, and some people have even seen this gentleman practicing boxing and sword in the inner house.In addition to this one, this gentleman brought two staff members with him, several long-term attendants and servants.The staff member could tell at a glance that he was a veteran, and presumably he was, after all, a person who had served as the Luoyang Order. He had been an official for more than ten years. How could he not know the tricks of the handover between his predecessors?And the servants who follow are all practicing martial arts, with big arms and round waists.There was a comparison in the small school field, and the martial arts were all good.Unrivaled in the class.

"...You probably don't know, our prefect is valued by Zhang Liushou of Xijing, and I don't know how many favors and connections have been accumulated in Luoyang City..."

"As long as our fate is good, life is hard." Although Zhao Ding hasn't explained everything, his stubborn character has already been revealed.Moreover, he is an old official, and he is proficient in the inside and outside, and he checks the accounts as soon as he comes. This method is very good.

"You say, if this Mr. Zhao wants to pay the hard wages, how can he survive? I heard that many people in Chenzhou have made a lot of money."

"It's a joke. Who would dare not listen to what the grandpa in the east has to say? If you can make money, you won't be afraid to lose your life to spend it? You have to think about it."

The servants in front of the door were chatting happily. At this time, a servant dressed as a man was walking towards the inside. He glanced at him casually, and they hurriedly fell silent. But everyone is afraid, and everyone is very careful.

It's not true that Zhe Mogong gives birth to Minglian and prestige.Although Zhao Ding has not done anything yet, but judging by his demeanor and demeanor, people dare not underestimate him.

In the inner hall, Zhao Ding was sitting there, while an aide was flipping through the account books, and on the right stood a pawn from the household and military wards, with a bitter expression on their faces.The reason is simple, this Mr. Zhao is really a shrewd person, not to mention the aide beside him, who is as smart as a monkey when he gets a hair on it, so it is very difficult to fool him.

He is very familiar with this set of joints in the yamen, and he can't hide it at once.

In just a few days, the pawn of the workshop was found out because of greed for wages, money and food. He was beaten in the hall, dismissed from his post, and sent to prison in chains. Now he is still in the prison to recuperate.

"Thanks to my official copybook, otherwise I would suffer a big loss. The stone bucket written in the account, I didn't know that there was a pawn in Yingzhou who dared to change the measuring tools. It is really audacious. The actual number can be more than [-]%! If it is! Those who don't understand the practice are really deceived by thieves." Zhao Ding said indifferently.The two pawns below, as well as the petty officials in the military room and household room, were all laughing in embarrassment, but the smile looked similar to crying.

Big fights come in, small fights come out, landlords and rich people will find ways.How can they not use it?
What's more, with the rise of Liangshan's army and the abolishment of the rules and regulations, the people in the localities are panicked, and the restraint is much worse. There should not be too many opportunities to fight.As long as it is still in the warehouse.

Zhao Ding glanced at it, and said in a calm tone: "You don't have to be afraid. The soldiers in the city can get more than half of the money and rations. You are considered conscientious, and there are also people outside who deduct [-]% or [-]%." He is a veteran of accounting, some methods can't be hidden from the staff, and he can't be hidden from Zhao Ding.

Yingzhou relies on thieves and bandits, so naturally it needs to recruit soldiers bravely to repel the thieves.And there is a large population. If you pay attention, you can't say that there are 5000 people, but there are 2000 people.But there is no equipment, and there is no capable officer to train them. It is said that they have been in the army for more than a year, but they are not as good as those brought by Zhao Ding.The latter is the soldiers and horses that Zhao Ding disposed of from Zhang Kui after Zhang Kui came to power. They were also newly recruited, and they were only in March and May.

Really can't hide anything, everyone was terrified and didn't know what to say.

Don't think that they can just gobble up the military pay, money and food. Most of them are the former husband-in-law who has left.People eat meat, and they just drink some soup.

Perhaps Zhao Ding knew it too, so he easily let them go.

Then he moved away from the subject, chatted a few words, and waved his hands.He looked towards the east, but the officials of the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Households hurriedly retreated.

Without outsiders, the staff can talk a lot more casually.He opened his mouth and said, "Sanggong is going to the east for a walk?"

"If you don't see it with your own eyes, it will be three points distorted."

The staff looked at the resolute look on Zhao Ding's face, and wanted to dissuade him, but they kept their mouths shut after all.He has always known the character of this gentleman, and he has already decided on something that cannot be changed.

My own persuasion can only be done from the perspective of safety, but Zhao Ding doesn't care about it.

Soon, news spread throughout Yingzhou that the governor of the state was leaving for the county.Although in Yingzhou today, the countryside outside the city is dominated by the gentry and powerful, these people mostly respect the orders from the east.But it can't be stopped, can it?After all, this is Zhao Song's world.

As the head of a state, Zhao Ding went out of the city to inspect the people's situation and supervise the farming and mulberry industry, which was a matter of course.

It's just that this 'microservice private visit' is really fucked up.From the magistrates of the counties to the officials and guards, and then to the powerful gentry below, whoever heard it didn't yell at them, it's not good to be an official honestly, you have to learn that inconspicuous business, just to cause trouble for others.

(End of this chapter)