Back to the Song Dynasty as a tyrant

Another secret order was issued to Qin Hui, all officials escorted from Hebei and Hedong to the capital were to be executed.

The degree of shock caused by this incident has completely overshadowed the Huaixi New Deal.

On June [-], Zongwang of Yanjing was fishing by the lake.

Liu Yanzong hurried over: "Your Highness, something serious has happened."

"Why so panic?"

"According to the news from the front line, Zhao Guan's family is on Hebei West Road at this moment, killing the transfer envoy, the prison envoy, and the promotion envoy to Changping."

Zongwang was taken aback: "Have they all been chopped?"

"It's all cut."

"Why?"

"The Zhao official family issued a decree for ten years of tax exemption in Hebei and Hedong."

"I know this, and then?"

"Many officials in Hebei are still collecting taxes. When the Zhao official family found out, they killed three high officials in a row in a rage."

Zongwang's heart was even shaken.

The emperor of the Song Dynasty... he is really not afraid of offending those literati!

"Moreover, a decree has been promulgated that informants have successfully obtained officials. Now the prefectures in Hebei and Hedong are probably strictly investigating and reporting random tax collectors."

Liu Yanzong said in a very shocked tone.

Zong Wang was taken aback for a moment, then burst out laughing.

"Why are you laughing, Your Highness?"

"Didn't you say that the Great Song Dynasty was orthodox in China? Then why is Zhao Guan's way wilder than ours?"

"If this continues, Hebei and Hedong might really be rectified by the Zhao official family with thunderous means. If so, it will be bad for us." Liu Yanzong looked solemn, "We predicted before that the reform of the Zhao official family would inevitably fail. Now it seems that he is really There are some means!"

"No, no, Liu Pushe, you're worrying too much." Zong Wang didn't take it seriously, "Just killing people is not enough to rectify the government. If the whistleblower is in power, has the whistleblower also committed corruption and tax deductions? To report the power, Can the superior have the talent to govern?"

While speaking, a fish had already been hooked, Zong Wang picked up the fishing rod, it was a very fat fish.

Liu Yanzong praised: "Your Highness, this fish voluntarily took your hook!"

Zongwang collected the fish patiently, and said: "There are a large number of people fleeing south in Hebei and Hedong. Those who escaped will compete with the people in the south, which will cause many conflicts. Moreover, the bandits in Hebei and Hedong are rampant. In this way, it can be handled by changing a group of officials.”

"Besides, the promulgated new policy has already caused panic among people, and now killing people like this in Hebei and Hedong..." Zong Wang hesitated for a while, as if he was thinking, and finally said, "Not advisable, not advisable..."

At this time, the people below came to inform: "Your Highness, Xilingheru is asking to see you."

"Oh, hurry up."

Xilin Helu hurried over: "See Your Highness."

"how?"

"This is an edict from His Majesty." Xilinhelu first took out the things Wanyan Wu begged to buy for Zongwang.

"Your Majesty promised not to collect the old coins of the Song Dynasty, but he would never return them to the Zhending Mansion, Taiyuan Mansion, Zhongshan Mansion and Hejian Mansion."

Zong Wang opened Wanyan Wu's begging edict. After reading it, he thought for a while before saying, "You can go to Song State again according to His Majesty's request. If Song State agrees to negotiate a peace, then negotiate a peace. Come back and discuss."

"Yes!"

Xilinghelu left in a hurry.

Liu Yanzong said: "His Royal Highness, there is great chaos in the Song Dynasty, why don't you take the opportunity to send troops?"

"It's not chaotic, Zongze's department is well-trained, Li Gang's department is at every step, and Zhang Jun's department is not in chaos." Zong Wang seemed to be lost in thought, "This official Zhao's behavior is unpredictable. According to his handling, there will definitely be troubles in the Song Dynasty. Greater conflict."

"It seems that Zong Gan is right. We want to spread rumors in Song State, saying that we are afraid of the Zhao official family's new policy, so that the Zhao official family can carry out the new policy even more recklessly, and completely split the Song state!"

"By the way, how are the sheep, horses, and green and white salt sold?"

"Don't worry, Your Highness, 20 sheep have been sold, [-] horses have been sold, and [-] catties of green and white salt have been sold."

"Currently, nearly [-] coins have been collected. The lower officials have sent people to inspect them. Basically, they are genuine copper coins from the Song Dynasty."

"Where did they sell all that stuff?"

"Some of them may have gone south to Tokyo, and more were directly bought by rich people in Hebei and Hedong."

Only then did Zong Wang nod in satisfaction, and his real goal was to harvest Hebei and Hedong on a fixed-point basis.

Those who are rich and powerful, after spending their money on expensive goods, will find ways to recoup it.

Of course, it is to get money from the people, which will further deepen the internal loss of Hebei and Hedong.

The Kingdom of Jin itself received a sufficient supply of copper coins, and imported green and white salt from Xixia on a large scale at a low price, and sold them widely to Hebei and Hedong, and began to accelerate the absorption of copper coins.

Zong Wang thought for a while and said, "Can you speed up?"

"It's okay. At present, there are many officials in Hebei who secretly want to join us. The harder Zhao's family kills, the more they want to join us."

"Xilin Helu's trip to the Song Dynasty this time will probably be able to negotiate a peace agreement. This will be more beneficial to our border trade and absorb copper coins. We must speed up and take advantage of Zhao Guan's family killing people in Hebei, so that we can get more officials from Hebei to help us. Absorb copper coins."

Liu Yanzong suddenly remembered, and said: "Your Highness, Zhang Juxian, the magistrate of Xinde Prefecture, has been chopped off."

Chapter 297 Wanyan Zongwang's Yang Conspiracy (Part [-])

"Zhang Juxian was chopped off?" Wanyan Zongwang was even more surprised.

"Yes, the official Zhao's family killed people in Xingzhou, and the transfer envoys, prison envoys, and Changping envoys were chopped off, along with Zhang Juxian, the prefect of Sindh Prefecture."

"For what crime was he hacked?"

"To collect taxes indiscriminately."

"Didn't you report your connection with us?"

"It's not in the news from Xizuo."

"That is to say, the Zhao family didn't find out that Zhang Juxian is one of us?"

Liu Yanzong thought for a while and said, "It's hard to say."

"How do you say that?"

"Official Zhao may have found out, but they haven't made it public."

"Why is he not making it public?"

"Maybe it's out of face."

Wanyan Zongwang laughed again, and he shook his head: "Judging from what this official Zhao family has done in the past few years, face is worthless to him."

"If you say that those officials before the Song Dynasty were all people who cherished face, I agree, but this Zhao official." Zong Wang ordered people to set up a fire on the grass, and then started grilling fish by himself, "This Zhao official Act without worrying about the so-called face."

"Your Highness, what do you mean, the Zhao family didn't realize that Zhang Juxian is one of us?"

"It should not be found for the time being."

Liu Yanzong said with emotion: "In this way, the business line we have placed in Hebei is safe for the time being."

The servants on one side prepared the table, pen and ink.

"Come on, come and help me grill the fish."

Liu Yanzong hurried over, rolled up his robe, sat on the small bench, and started grilling fish for Zongwang.

"What do you want to write, Your Highness?"

""Song Xing Lun"."

"Song Xinglun?"

Zong Wang started to write as soon as he picked up his pen, and said as he wrote, "The Zhao officials wrote us an article "On the Early Stage of the Song-Jin War". Until now, my court has been arguing endlessly over this article."

"Now, I am also writing an article "Song Xing Lun" for Zhao Guanjia."

Liu Yanzong's heart was shaken, and he hurriedly said: "How does Your Highness plan to write?"

Zong Wang said: "For those in Hebei, the center of Shenjing, the danger of the government's control of Taihang, and the key point of China, if you look west, Taiyuan will be shaken, and if you go north, you will be intimidated by Yanyun, covering its surface with mountains and rivers, and controlling Xiongyuan. "

Liu Yanzong said: "It is true."

"So, we must let Zhao Guanjia give up Hebei. If Zhao Guanjia gives up Hebei, Hedong must also give up."

"How to make Zhao Guan's family give up Hebei?"

"In the land of Hebei, there are ten rooms and nine empty spaces, thousands of miles of barren land, the people are hungry, the roads are frozen to death, complaints are rife, and bandits are rampant." Zong Wang's eyes became sharper, "Zhao Guan's family will raise tens of thousands this year to support them, and they will enter again tomorrow." With a million stones to help, how many years will it be?"

Liu Yanzong became more and more confused.

Zong Wang said again: "The Zhao official's methods are so powerful that no one in the world knows about it."

However, Liu Yanzong became more and more confused. He even forgot that he was still grilling the fish in his hand. The fish was mushy, so he quickly turned it over.

"What His Highness said, I really don't understand."

"The Zhao official family used the wealth from the south to support the land of Hebei and Hedong. The land is actually empty, but the south is unknown."

Liu Yanzong seemed to have realized it, and quickly said: "Your Highness means that the official Zhao's taxation in the south is to provide for Hebei and Hedong, but in fact, Hebei and Hedong do not have much people's power, so the Zhao official's move is not very practical. "

"Not only is it useless, but it also caused a waste of taxes in the Song Dynasty, and was corrupted by corrupt officials in Hebei."

"Then what does this have to do with the "Song Xing Lun" written by His Highness?"

"I want to tell the people of Song Dynasty that the prosperity of Song Dynasty was based on abandoning Hebei and Hedong, saving taxes and relieving people's sentiments."

Liu Yanzong stood up in shock.

Ganqing's article is to instigate Song to abandon Hebei and Hedong and completely retreat to the south.

Its core purpose is to let the people of the Song Dynasty know that Hebei and Hedong are already short of people's power, and the essence of the new policies that the Zhao family is now implementing in Jingji Road and Huaixi is to pay heavy taxes to support a few empty shells.

In this way, some people in the Song Dynasty will inevitably stand up and propose to abandon the land of Hebei and Hedong.

Conservatives will inevitably have an additional speech position.

And now the scandal of Hebei officials embezzling taxes has just happened, which makes some officials in Tokyo think that the governance of Hebei has become more difficult and cannot make ends meet, so there is no need to continue to invest money to protect Hebei.

The Song Dynasty itself has been in a financial crisis for many years, and it is not uncommon for Sima Guang to abandon the land after making ends meet. At that time, Sima Guang felt that the finances could not provide the new development land in the Northwest, so he suggested giving up.

Liu Yanzong couldn't help but took a deep breath. Zongwang's provocative articles were justified and based on evidence, which was scary.

Zhao Guanjia's article "On the Early Stage of the War between Song and Jin" stirred up turmoil in the Jin Dynasty Hall, and even made the ambitious Wanyan Zongpan enter a state of extreme violence, changing the pattern of the Great Jin Dynasty Hall.

Now Zongwang also wants to come up with a conspiracy.

Liu Yanzong said with emotion that this "Song Xing Lun" is actually a snake hitting seven inches.

Zong Wang continued: "Hebei folk thieves are rampant, you need a lot of support. Once they become popular, they will definitely make Hebei and Hedong even more chaotic, and the south is even more unwilling to pay heavy taxes to support Hebei and Hedong."

"In this way, within a few years, there will be chaos in Hebei and Hedong, and the Song court will abandon them. If Hebei and Hedong are abandoned, our dynasty can be ruled by the Han people, and they will gradually be included in our dynasty."

"After abandoning Hebei, Song State has already lost its military barrier." Liu Yanzong couldn't help but sigh with emotion.

Zongwang said again: "Song Zhixing abandoned Hebei and Hedong as one of them."

"There's another one?"

"The second is the New Deal." Zong Wang continued, "We must encourage Zhao officials to continue to implement the New Deal and intensify the internal conflicts in the Song Kingdom."

Zong Wang picked up his pen like a god, and began to write his "Song Xing Lun" quickly.

June [-]th was Zhao Ning's last day in Xingzhou.

He summoned Zhang Jun.

Zhang Jun has been acting like a dog these days, and he took Xingzhou's garrison guards to practice when he had nothing to do.

If you watch his practice, it looks and sounds like that.

But if a professional military commander is here, for example, if Yue Fei is here, he will see that this guy's military training is only superficial.

Fortunately, Zhang Jun was very obedient, and sent all kinds of game, delicacies, and fine wines to Zhao Guan's house.

I was still looking for beauties everywhere in Xingzhou to send them to Zhao Guan's palace.

"Zhang Qing."

"The minister is here, Your Majesty, the minister is always here, what orders does Your Majesty have?"

"I heard that Liu Guangshi was captured by you?"

Zhang Jun froze for a moment, and quickly said righteously: "When Liu Guangshi was defending Xingzhou, he ran away, causing Xingzhou to fall, and countless soldiers died in battle. As a subject of your majesty, I have never forgotten your majesty's admonishment." , It is the duty of the minister to arrest this thief."