Back to the Song Dynasty as a tyrant

"According to the reports from the northern agents, envoys from the Kingdom of Jin have frequently traveled to Xixia recently, and Sun Fu also sent back news that the envoys of Jin frequently urged Lord Xia to resume war against Song Dynasty in Xixia."

Zhao Ning's eyes fell to the northwest again, and fell to Hengshan: "The Xixia people increased their troops in Hengshan, forged armor, and trained a large number of iron kites and steppers. It seems that there is a tendency to grow stronger."

Zhao Guanjia's tone was as firm as iron: "We don't have much time left, and there is no chance to back down. I have already prepared for the worst."

Zhao Ding's heart froze, and he continued to ask: "May I ask what your majesty's worst plan is?"

The young emperor said succinctly to his prime minister: "During this special period, it is inevitable that a group of people will die."

Lightning reflected on his sharp-edged face, his eyes were deep but pure.

In this cruel world, in the highest position, facing the pressure of powerful foreign enemies and huge internal interest groups, one must remain calm and calm.

Calmness makes Zhao Ning look bottomless.

But you must keep your original intention and your original intention.

Never forget the original intention. Once a person forgets the original intention, he will easily fall into himself, indulge in the comfort in front of him, no longer willing to move forward, and even less willing to break the seemingly peaceful situation.

That's why Su Dongpo also said: Those who set up great events in ancient times not only had talents beyond the world, but also had the will to persevere.

Zhao Ding continued to ask: "What if ordinary people or scholars die in vain?"

"They died for the world, and their death is glorious!" Zhao Ning said calmly, "When necessary, each of us must be mentally prepared to die for Song at any time."

He pressed his hand on the map, and his tone was so calm that it was frightening: "With the financial resources and materials in the north, it is far from reaching the point of destroying Xia. If you can't clear the resistance in the south today, the Xixia people will tear up the contract tomorrow. The golden man will go south, and the Huaihe River will become a border in the future, and the golden man's iron hoof will even step across the Yangtze River, no one can survive alone!"

"Those who have vested interests and those who live in the comfort zone are blinded by the peace in front of them. They think that this war has nothing to do with them. Once the Jinren hit the Yangtze River, it will be too late!"

"Our people, our children, our crops and houses will all be destroyed under the iron hooves and swords of the enemy. Countless people will die tragically, the earth will be stained red with blood, and the corpses will surely pile up like mountains."

"And as a ruler, you must have ordinary people who have no vision and determination. When necessary, dare to risk the disapproval of the world and use simple methods to clear the obstacles in front of you."

Zhao Ding's heart sank when he was told by the Zhao officials. He said, "If Your Majesty wants to use a knife in the south, what reason can you use to convince the northern officials and people in a short time? If you can't convince them, the northern officials and people will only think that your majesty is doing something. tyranny."

He thought for a while and continued: "People's hearts in the world are the most inviolable. We have implemented the New Deal for many years. Countless people have worked day and night, sweated, and even shed blood. The New Deal in the North is currently being expanded and deepened in an orderly manner. If the South affects your Majesty, The holiness and prestige in the hearts of the people will inevitably be questioned by the northerners."

"Once this happens, His Majesty will inevitably face a greater crisis."

Chapter 525 Zhao Guan's family is in charge of the game (third change)

Zhao Ning had to admit that what Zhao Ding said made sense.

It is okay to move the south, but there must be a reason that convinces the people of the world.

Now the slogans chanting in the south are getting better and better.

What tax relief, rest with the people.

What about the truce and peace talks? We can no longer let the people of my Song Dynasty die for no reason, and we can no longer let parents lose their children, and children lose their fathers.

Among these voices, some shouted that in order to maintain peace and express our great Song's sincerity for peace, the court should return Liaodong.

Southern interest groups have now seized the commanding heights of righteousness.

So what can Zhao Ning do?

If Zhao Ning wants to kill them, isn't he telling the northerners: I don't want to reduce or exempt taxes, and I don't want to rest with the people?

Isn't it telling the northerners: I don't want peace, I want to keep fighting, I want to keep sending you to death?

What is righteousness under heaven?

The righteousness of the world is the rule recognized by everyone in the world.

For example, benevolent government, respect for the people, fairness, trustworthiness and so on.

Once the enemy puts on these cloaks for self-interest, if you oppose them again, it is easy to get caught, trap yourself in injustice, and become a public enemy.

The nature of people who eat melons is that they are easily misled and led to rhythm.

Zhao Ning's eyes fell on Zhao Ding, and a smile appeared on his face.

Just the kind of smile where everything is under his control.

"Hurry up and negotiate with the envoy of Jin, and promise to the Kingdom of Jin that Da Song can open a bargaining room. As long as it is not a contraband, it can be bought and sold."

Zhao Ding was stunned for a moment, and seemed to immediately think of what Zhao Guan's family wanted to do.

Zhao Ding said: "The Jin envoy has repeatedly proposed that we withdraw our troops from Liaodong. This is a condition for them to maintain peace. If they cannot reach an agreement on this point, I am afraid it will be very difficult."

"Then you can talk to them about Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures. The Yanyun land that I bought from them at a high price back then, if it is returned to us, we can withdraw our troops from Liaodong. The negotiations between the two countries have been fully rehearsed, and the Kim envoy has a bottom line for the negotiation."

Zhao Ding said: "What if the Jin people don't want to?"

"If you don't want to, then publicize in the newspaper that the imperial court wants to negotiate a peace, but the Jin people don't want to. Then publicize, let Wu Jie send troops from Taiyuan to attack Daizhou, let Li Gang send troops from Cangzhou to attack Hejian, let Li Cui and Zhang Jun sent troops from Hebei to attack Zhending, and at the same time, let Han Shizhong send troops from Fuzhou to attack Liaoyang. Five-way northern expedition!"

Zhao Ding said in shock: "At this time, the south is in chaos, and the northern line is going to go north?"

"No, just write it in the newspaper, and don't issue military orders to the various armies."

Zhao Ding immediately understood that this was written for Jin Ren.

Liaodong has undergone drastic changes, and the Golden Army is redeploying internally.

If the Northern Expedition of the Five Routes of the Song Dynasty is now, the Kingdom of Jin will definitely be very afraid before the redeployment of its military forces is completed.

In particular, Han Shizhong's army, like a sharp sword, posed a terrible threat to the hinterland of the Kingdom of Jin.

"There must be a lot of disagreement within the Kingdom of Jin about Liaodong and Song. Let's take this step and throw out the bait to start a business." Zhao Ning thought quickly, "Either acquiesce that our army is in Liaodong, or Return Yanyun and take Fuzhou away."

Zhao Ding said again: "What if the Jin army chooses to go to war?"

Zhao Ning's eyes became sharper, and his voice became firmer: "Then fight!"

He added: "Once the war starts and the contradictions are transferred to the outside, the northern parties will surely be united, and the whole court will inevitably unite again. The current peace faction will lose its reason and will have to compromise and transform into the main war faction. "

Zhao Ding was shocked by Zhao Guanjia's clear thinking, and he continued to ask: "But the conflict in the south has not been resolved."

"At least half of it is solved!"

Zhao Ding was a little confused for a moment, at least half of the solution?

Can fighting on the northern front solve half of the conflicts in the south?

How to explain this?

But the smart Zhao Ding realized it immediately, he couldn't help clapping his hands and shouted: "Yes!"

There is a very resounding slogan in the south: cease the war and make peace.

And Zhao Guanjia said just now that we are going to negotiate peace with the Jin envoy.

The deduction just now, including the outbreak of the sixth war between Song and Jin, was based on the fact that Song wanted to negotiate peace with the Jin people.

The reason why a full-scale war broke out was because the Jinren refused to agree to the terms of the peace.

This gags the mouths of those in the South who want nothing but peace.

Zhao Ning continued: "There is one more thing to be done by the Zhengshitang."

"Your Majesty please order!"

Zhao Ning said calmly, "I can't bear the government's decree and how difficult people's lives are in the south. I have decided to reduce taxes in the south for ten years, head taxes, chief money, and various miscellaneous taxes for ten years!"

"Your Majesty, this..." Zhao Ding was shocked, "The imperial court's finances are tight now..."

"Didn't I just say that I will implement the New Deal in the South?"

Zhao Ding took a deep breath.

This……

He suddenly came to his senses.

It turns out that Zhao Guan's family has long been prepared to reduce or exempt taxes in the south.

But he has been suppressing it and not speaking, but let someone with a heart jump out and say it himself.

This is simply a top-notch conspiracy!

Zhao Ding's mind also turned rapidly.

It is said that the imperial court is now implementing the new agricultural policy, and the people of the new agricultural policy rent the land of the imperial court. In fact, there is no agricultural tax in the past at all, but the rent paid, and there is no poll tax.

Even after handing in banknotes to go to the countryside, the people pay taxes directly with the banknotes in their hands, and even the consumption and entitlement are exempted.

Now that the new agricultural policy has been popularized, there is no so-called agricultural tax, so what if the new agricultural policy is introduced in the south and the tax in the south is exempted?

In fact, the introduction of the new agricultural policy is to turn taxes into rents, which is tax-free in name.

"Then..." Zhao Ding wanted to say, now that the tax is exempted, the new agricultural policy in the south will not be popularized in a short period of time, and the rent will not be collected, and the imperial court will lose more than half of its income during this period.

But he understood in a blink of an eye.

In the process of implementing the new agricultural policy, families with more than 50 mu of land have to pay five out of ten, which is quite a huge amount of income.

Now in places where the new agricultural policy is being implemented in the north, landlords with more than 50 mu have been forcibly paid to the point where they almost went bankrupt.

Wait, I said earlier that there is no tax in the south, but now I say that the new agricultural policy will be introduced. Isn't this contradictory?

At first Zhao Ding also thought he was contradicting himself, but he immediately realized it.

The new policies can be pushed separately. For example, now Huaidong and Jiangdong are promoting new agricultural policies, and all other places are exempted from taxes. Have other places been appeased?

And in rich places like Huaidong and Jiangdong, if the landlords are searched, are you afraid that there will be no taxes?

In this way, the contradictions are compressed in Huaidong and Jiangdong, so that they will not have to face the entire south.

Wait for the situation in front of you to stabilize before dealing with other ways.

Zhao Ding took a good look at his thoughts: Negotiate with the Jin envoy, shut up those who want to negotiate peace, reduce and exempt southern taxes, and win all the people's hearts to the court at once.

Righteousness was all in the hands of the imperial court in an instant, and if Jiangdong and Huaidong were to be moved here, even if someone with a heart wanted to incite it, they would be powerless.

The most frightening thing is that the local opposition all know the purpose of the court, but they are helpless.

The road that has been exempted from taxes will definitely not be troubled again.

Chapter 526 Unprecedented Benevolent Government (Part [-])

It soon became dark, and Yu Dajun died.

Everyone was silent.

After a heavy rain, the streets of Tokyo City were washed clean.

The sky was still cloudy, and there were only a few people on the streets outside Donghua Gate.

But on the Bian River, fishing boats are like shuttles.

People in Song Dynasty like to drink, and they prefer to play roles and drink, which is not uncommon.

In an inconspicuous boat, there are two people sitting.

The boatman was concentrating on punting, and the two men were sitting in the bow, drinking.

This kind of scene was very common in the Song Dynasty, especially in Tokyo.

People in the Song Dynasty like unique small courtyards, like boating on the lake, and prefer the open sky, clouds and mists, long mountains and long mountains, clear waves and green willow fragrance after rain.

In short, the Song Dynasty was an era full of petty bourgeois sentiment.

At this time, there were two big men sitting on the boat.

Among them was a bearded man, who said: "The news sent back from the south has spread in Yangzhou and Jiangning. As the second prince said, the Song people are unwilling to fight. They want a truce, and they believe that we will fight like Liao treated Song like that."

"Song State's wine is delicious!" Li Shanqing took a sip and said, "Peace? Who doesn't want peace? What is peace? Peace is a compromise of equal strength. Neither Liao State nor Song State can benefit from war. , and our Dajin army has millions, why should we talk about peace with Song State!"

Zhang Mao said: "Then why didn't the imperial army go south for a long time?"

"There are many things in the court that have not been straightened out. The Wushu expedition to the west, the attack on the Mughals, and the pursuit of the Yelu Dashi have consumed the interior of the Dajin. After the court stabilizes the current situation, it will have millions of heavenly soldiers in one fell swoop. Go south and flatten the Song Kingdom!" Li Shanqing said boldly, "The most important thing now is to let the Song people believe that we are the second Liao Kingdom, and that the next 100 years will be peaceful."

Zhang Mao wondered: "Will the Song people really abolish their army?"

Li Shanqing said with a smile: "Didn't you say everything? Now the Song people have asked for peace, and some people have asked Song Ting to discuss peace and then withdraw the army."

Zhang Mao added: "However, after such a long negotiation, Song Guo still did not show an attitude of negotiating peace. Could it be that Emperor Song really thought that he could start a full-scale war with Da Jin?"

Li Shanqing said: "Maybe Emperor Song wanted to start a full-scale war with us two months ago, but he can't now. Now that there are troubles in various places in the south, he has to negotiate a peace."

"So where did the negotiations go?"

"There is no compromise on either side."

"The Song army is unwilling to withdraw from Liaodong?"

"I don't want to."