Back to the Song Dynasty as a tyrant

Assuming that each mu of land produces 2 shi of grain per year, the total annual grain output is 2.8692 million shi, or about 334.304 billion jin of grain.

According to the most ideal state of the new agricultural policy, assuming that everyone pays 10 catties of grain per mu, a total of 14.346 billion catties of grain will be handed over, which is about 1195.5 million shi of grain.

Counting the loss, the grain in hand is 600 million shi.

Hedong Road and Hebei Road are regarded as the Xiang Army and the Tu Army, with a total strength of 60 and a yearly consumption of 360 shi.

That is to say, under ideal circumstances, after the new agricultural policy reform of these seven roads, the food will be enough to supply the military rations of the Hedong Road and Hebei Road, and there will be 240 million shi left.

Zhao Ning had calculated this account.

Under the new agricultural policy, farmers only need to pay 10 catties of grain a year, which is much less than in the past.

Of course, this is a very ideal situation.

Knowing doesn't mean being able to do it.

If any policy fails, not only will there be great resistance, but it will often be distorted and deformed.

Zhao Ning didn't expect an extra 240 million shi of grain to come out. He only wanted these seven routes of grain to be able to attack the Hedong and Hebei fronts, that's all.

In this way, the military rations are guaranteed, the burden on the people is unprecedentedly reduced, and they can eat their stomachs.

Over time, people's livelihood in Hedong, Hebei, and Jingdong will naturally recover slowly.

This is the most ideal combination of defense, finance and frontline at the moment.

As for other expenses of the imperial court, such as military expenses in Shaanxi, he had calculated with Mei Zhili before, and he could save 600 million guan a year by handing in banknotes.

There are also officials' expenses, such as buying horses, increasing post stations, building roads and opening canals, etc., it depends on the roads in the south.

For example, Jinghu Road and Jiangnan Road are going to be vigorously developed.

It can be said that by the fifth year of Jingkang, the basic framework of the New Deal had been established in the north.

Now that the New Deal has been pushed out, the new official system has also followed.

Qilu has successively added political envoys to take charge of people's livelihood, and the power of transfer envoys was quickly stripped away.

From the perspective of the overall situation, the economic center strategy is almost connected with the closed loop of the new agricultural policy in the north.

Zhao Ning is in a particularly good mood recently, especially when talking with Miss Qian.

The newlyweds are like glue, sticking together when nothing happens.

Miss Qian really felt that Zhao Guan's family really loved her, and her heart was sweeter than eating honey.

In the early morning of July 24, Gao Lian ran into the palace.

"Official, something is wrong."

"Ok?"

"Qin Hui, Qin Shangshu, was assassinated when he returned home last night."

"Assassinated?"

"Assassinated."

"Assassinated by whom?"

"It is said that they are some students of Songyang Academy."

This really surprised Zhao Ning.

Students assassinate Qin Hui?

"Sure?"

"The minister has placed eyeliners in both the Qin family and the Ministry of punishment. There will be no mistakes."

It's been a day since such a big event, and Qin Hui hasn't said anything about it.

Why did the students of Songyang Academy assassinate Qin Hui?

Zhao Ning pondered. According to the brain circuit of these scholars in the Song Dynasty, he must think that Qin Hui was a treacherous minister who harmed the country.

Qin Hui didn't do anything else in the past few years, but sent all the people Zhao Ning wanted to get rid of to see the King of Hades.

Sent to see Hades?

Songyang Academy?

Zhao Ning suddenly realized something, but he still asked Gao Qiu: "The students of Songyang Academy don't study, why come here to assassinate Qin Hui?"

Gao Qiu said casually, "Perhaps Qin Hui killed their teacher?"

What Gao Qiu said casually made him and Zhao Ning think of it together.

Songyang Academy is one of the four great academies in the Song Dynasty. Fan Zhongyan, Sima Guang, Cheng Hao, Cheng Yi, Yang Shi, Fan Chunren and many other famous Confucian scholars in the past have lectured in Songyang Academy.

There are also many officials who graduated from Songyang Academy, participated in the imperial examination, and embarked on official careers.

It is unlikely that the teacher was killed, but it is possible that in the pension case, there were officials from Songyang Academy who had a good reputation in those circles.

This made Zhao Ning keenly aware of a very serious problem: the influence of individuals on the people.

The day before yesterday, someone assassinated a court official for a person he respected. This is only discovered so far. Where there is no discovery, are there more people who are influenced by certain people and have extreme behavior?

If this kind of thing happened to ordinary people, at most there would be a criminal case, and the judicial punishment would have little impact.

But it happened to scholars and court officials, which means that some local celebrities control public opinion and disrupt order.

This is absolutely not allowed by the Zhao family.

This is the struggle between ideologies.

However, this is just the beginning.

Chapter 419 Confrontation in Luoyang (third update)

Zhao Ning asked: "How is the situation of Luo Jing who asked you to monitor?"

"I'm about to talk about this." Gao Qiu submitted all the documents recorded by the Imperial City Secretary, all of which were recorded by himself.

In addition, a summary is given.

After reading it quickly, Zhao Ning asked, "Gao Qiu, is there something wrong with this information?"

"I'm stupid, I don't quite understand what His Majesty means."

"You want to tell me that at least half of the officials in Luojing are fighting for the officials involved in the pension case in Luoyang?"

"It's not just half of them, and it's not just that they have objections to the handling of the court's pension case. They often talk about the New Deal and criticize the new learning."

"Oh, what do you say?"

Gao Qiu hesitated for a moment, then said: "Criticism of the new policy is evil, and the people are living in dire straits. Criticism of the new learning is false and disorderly learning, which reverses the norms."

"Who said it specifically, you have to tell me some names, otherwise how can I trust you?"

"For example, Lang Fudingfang, the former secretary of the provincial school, gave a lecture at Songyang Academy in March this year. He said in front of many students that the Huaixi New Deal had caused countless people to die tragically, and he pointed out that the University of Tokyo mixed in many young people and confused the court. People's hearts are unstable."

"For example, Fan Yu (yu), who is currently a member of the Henan government, has criticized the new policy in Songyang Academy. They have a lot of influence among the scholars in Xijing, and Fudingfang is even more..."

"Okay, I got it." Zhao Ning interrupted Gao Qiu, he didn't have the patience to listen any longer.

In short, as the scope of the New Deal gradually expands, it will eventually touch more interest groups, which is inevitable.

And the larger the range, the more people who oppose it.

Even some places in the remote South began to criticize the New Deal.

Zhao Ning can foresee that in the not-too-distant future, there will be an unprecedented scale of opposition.

After all, the new agricultural policy has now been pushed to seven roads.

Gao Qiu stood aside and didn't dare to say any more.

"Continue to monitor and report at any time."

"Yes, rest assured, Your Majesty, all the ministers are watching."

Zhao Ning changed the subject and said, "Qin Hui was assassinated, why didn't he take the initiative to talk about it?"

"I'm stupid, and I don't know why Qin Shangshu didn't report it."

"Aren't you always very smart, talk about it, say whatever you want."

"This... I dare to guess that Qin Shangshu is waiting for His Majesty to find out."

"Wait for me to find out?"

"If His Majesty finds out that Qin Shangshu has been assassinated, he will be furious. If he asks Qin Shangshu why he didn't say anything, Qin Shangshu will definitely say that it's just a trivial matter that I don't want to trouble Your Majesty."

Gao Qiu deliberately imitated Qin Hui's serious tone, which looked very funny.

He continued to imitate Qin Hui's tone of speech, lowered his voice very low, and said: "I have devoted myself to the country all these years, and I will inevitably offend some villains. They want me to die. This is just a personal grudge. Enmity, and affected His Majesty."

Zhao Ning laughed dryly twice, and said, "Go down."

"My minister retire."

"Xuan Qin Hui."

Not long after, Qin Hui came.

Qin Hui had a bandage on one hand, and when he walked into Wende Hall, his steps were obviously slower than before, and his complexion was also very bad.

He also coughed twice: "I see Your Majesty."

"Qin Qing, what's wrong with you?" Zhao Guanjia was taken aback, walked down quickly, and asked with concern.

"Your Majesty, it's nothing. I just went home the night before yesterday and was assassinated by some assassins at the door."

"How courageous! Anyone who dares to assassinate the minister of the Ministry of Punishment of the court has been arrested!"

"Everyone has been arrested in the prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice."

"What are the identities of these people?"

"To tell you the truth, Your Majesty, they are all students of Songyang Academy."

"Oh, student?" Zhao Guanjia pretended not to know, and continued to ask, "Why did the students from Songyang Academy assassinate you?"

Qin Hui lowered his voice, and said weakly: "I have devoted myself to the country these years, and I will inevitably offend some villains."

"Then why don't you tell me, I will investigate this matter thoroughly for you!"

Qin Hui said again: "This is just a personal grievance. I don't want to affect Your Majesty because of personal grievances."

Zhao Guanjia was greatly moved: "Qin Qing is really a loyal minister of the Song Dynasty!"

"Your Majesty is merciful, I dare not take the credit and be proud."

"Why do those students want to kill you because of their personal grievances?"

"It was all out of revenge for the execution of an official in the pension case."

"Which official?"

"Wang Zhi, the magistrate of the branch of the Yamen Branch of Beijing Northwest Road Transfer, was in charge of the interrogation of the pension at Luoyang Ferry in the pension case. He took [-] bribes privately during the interrogation. The evidence is convincing. He studied in the academy, and after becoming an official, he taught at Songyang Academy, and was loved by many students in the academy."

Hearing what Qin Hui said, the whole story is really similar to what Gao Qiu guessed just now.

"So they assassinated you?" Zhao Guanjia's tone became obviously harsh.

"Your Majesty, I have something to say. I don't know if I should say it or not?"

"You can say it anyway."

"The deepest reason for this assassination is probably not Wang Zhi."

"how do I say this?"

"Students read the books of sages and sages in Songyang Academy. It stands to reason that they should understand the etiquette system and understand the righteousness. How could they do such a presumptuous thing? Unless..."

"Unless what?"

"Unless someone is constantly telling them things they shouldn't be."

Zhao Ning asked, "Did you get something out of their mouths?"

"These people just said something out of anger, and I don't know if it's true or not."

"What did you say?"

Qin Hui was ready, he took out the confession with one hand, and presented it.