Back to the Song Dynasty as a tyrant

What's even more frantic is the people in Tata's department. For them, people are the most important resource.

On November 25th, the Song Army finally detected the whereabouts of a Jin army and responded quickly.

The two sides met at noon and fought a round, but there was no winner, and even the casualties were not many.

Jin Jun finally restrained a little, but it doesn't mean that Jin Jun stopped.

In the next period of time, they killed Tatars everywhere, and quickly robbed them.

The Jin army used this kind of guerrilla tactics that came and went like the wind, even if Yang Zaixing was stationed in Tataer's department himself, there was nothing he could do about it for a while.

On November 27, the leaders of Tatar's various ministries finally couldn't bear it anymore, and they united to find Cao Dusong, a soldier of Anbei Prefecture in the Chuhe area.

Since the Tatars accepted the order of the Song Dynasty, they began to doubt the order of the Song Dynasty, and put pressure on Juniper together.

What is the core of the new order of the Song Dynasty?

Stablize!

That is to say, to have a fixed place to live!

And having a fixed place has indeed brought a good time to the Tatar people. Farmland has been reclaimed here, workshops have been developed, and some people specialize in the production of hunting tools.

There are also people who treat cattle and sheep specially.

And the streets were developed, allowing businesses to appear in the Chuo River area.

The Tatars also began to build some wooden houses to live in, trying to live the life of the Han people.

But this is risky, and the risk is that the enemy will attack, and the Tatars can no longer ride horses into battle immediately like in the past, and run away if they can't win.

Although there are some Tatars who have already lived in the city, they have not been looted by the Jin people.

But the city built so far can only accommodate 2 people at most.

A total of two cities were built, with a maximum capacity of 4 people.

Coupled with the fact that a large number of Song people came to Chuhe and Julunbo, Song people enjoyed the privilege of living in cities first, resulting in a large number of Tatars still building casual wooden houses near the Chuhe River.

Jun Jun talked from day to night, and finally made the leaders of the ministries temporarily compromise, and promised them that they could move the people to the city first.

Then Juniper sent someone to deliver a letter to the court.

This matter has obviously involved the dispute between Song and Jin.

At present, there is enough food in Chuanhe and Julumbo cities to last until spring, at least they can defend while sending cavalry to entangle the Jin people.

In fact, this is also where the senior management of Jin Guo is more cunning.

They specifically killed the Tatar people, and did not kill the Song people, because they expected the Song people to use diplomatic means to put pressure on the Jin country.

In mid-December, there was a heavy snowfall in Bianjing, and the Bianhe River was like a beautiful picture scroll.

Zhao Chen returned to the capital.

Chapter 1380 The Father-Son Controversy (Third)

Qian Yuqing said: "The grain price in Yanjing has risen to 1500 yuan a stone, and it should rise to two yuan a stone next spring."

"When will Jin Minsheng collapse?" Zhao Ning asked.

This is what he cares about the most. The collapse of Jin people's livelihood does not mean that Jin Wushu is completely incapable of fighting.

The collapse of people's livelihood is a complicated issue. It does not mean that the whole country of Jin is doomed.

The only ones who are finished are the people at the bottom.

However, Jin Wushu can take advantage of this to allow more people to join the army and launch a robbery against the Song Dynasty.

So, wouldn't it be useless for Zhao Ning to collapse Jin Minsheng?

Let's put it this way, it is not a matter of one day to destroy Jin Guo, which has a good people's livelihood.

Because the Kingdom of Jin has entered the imperial era, it not only has perfect taxation, but also uses Confucian scholars and landlords to indoctrinate the people of the country with Confucian ideology, and also carried out land reform.

This is the basis for uniting a country.

To destroy an empire with complete taxation and ideology, land annexation resolved, and a strong army is definitely not something that can be achieved in a few battles.

However, if the people's livelihood is allowed to collapse, then the overall strength of the Jin Kingdom will plummet, leaving only a strong army.

Only an empire with a strong army cannot withstand defeat. As long as there is a big defeat, the interior will collapse very quickly.

Qian Yuqing said: "Reporting to Your Majesty, there are already people from the Kingdom of Jin who have fled south to Hebei, and there are quite a few of them."

"Jin Wushu can use high-pressure and cruel means to contain it. I want to know how much the rise will cause Jin people's livelihood to collapse. This involves when Jin Wushu will send troops and when the war between Song and Jin will break out."

"The price of food in ordinary counties in the Kingdom of Jin has risen to more than two ounces per shi, many people can no longer afford food, and some people can still be self-sufficient, but because of the rise in food prices, there are bound to be some businessmen and bureaucrats in the Kingdom of Jin who will maliciously force them to do so. The purchase of grain from the hands of the common people will probably happen in the autumn of next year."

"What happens after these officials and businessmen forcibly purchase grain?"

"Then sell it at a high price on the market."

"But many people have run out of money."

Qian Yuqing added: "There are still a small number of people who have money, and when more people can't afford to eat, it's time to collapse."

"What do you mean, Jin Guo will continue to support next autumn?"

"However, it is possible that the price of food may even soar to five per stone."

Isn't this the price of food in Tokyo City at the end of Zhao Ji's administration?

This is basically a state of collapse of people's livelihood.

Otherwise, the majestic Song Dynasty would not have been poked lightly by Jin Guo and would have knelt down.

"Food smugglers at the border should pay close attention."

"Don't worry, Your Majesty, a batch has been arrested, and all of them will be detained for trial. The lightest ones will be sent to the frontier."

Zhao Ning suddenly changed the subject and asked, "What do you think about the matter of King Liao, I want to hear your opinion."

Qian Yuqing thought for a while and said, "His Royal Highness King Liao is good at attacking cities."

"Your meaning, should he stay on the battlefield?"

"It's not that simple. King Liao is a man of courage, but he can't do big things within the established rules. In the early years, when the imperial court vigorously promoted reforms, King Liao was very suitable, but now the New Deal Most of the frameworks have been formed, and the court's strategy has shifted to seeking internal stability and making progress while maintaining stability, while the Liao king's way of dealing with problems, although it can solve the immediate problems, obviously undermines stability."

Zhao Ning said with emotion in his heart: As expected of having stayed in the center for so many years, Qian Yuqing has grown from a shrewd businessman to a qualified politician.

He sees things very accurately.

The current situation is changing, which requires talents to deal with problems in different ways.

Different times require different talents.

"Officials, His Highness King Liao seeks an audience." Wang Huaiji's voice came from the door.

"You step back first." Zhao Ning said to Qian Yuqing.

"My minister retire."

When Qian Yuqing went out, he saw Zhao Chen, and both of them nodded their heads. Qian Yuqing didn't say much, and left first.

Zhao Chen arrived at Wende Hall.

"Daddy, I'm back."

Zhao Ning sat at the desk, raised his head, and his eyes fell on Zhao Chen.

"Come, come here."

Zhao Chen walked over and stood in front of the desk.

Zhao Ning picked up a pile of thick memorials, put them in front of Zhao Chen, and said, "It's all about you, take your time to read it, sit down and read it, and sit in front of me."

Zhao Chen looked calm, and after he sat down, he began to look through these memorials.

He looked very carefully and seriously, without frowning.

It took about half an hour to finish reading these memorials.

"Daddy, I'm done."

"How do you feel?"

"I think they are all a group of officials sitting in a luxurious mansion in the capital, ignoring the sufferings of the people, and blindly pointing out the country!"

Zhao Chen's tone became a little more serious.

"Master?"

"Yes! These people have never seen the victims of the disaster without food, the teenagers who froze to death on the street, and the helpless children standing in the snowdrifts. Those businessmen have made a lot of money, and they wear Precious silk, eating big fish and meat, but selling the price of grain at two guan per shi! Such a businessman kills them without complaint, but killing this kind of businessman, so many people in the court object, which shows that officials are also I have been blinded by interests, and in these memorials, few people mentioned the sufferings of the people!"

"The sufferings of the people?" Zhao Ning's face darkened, "Then you can solve the sufferings of the people by killing people?"

"Food prices have come down!"

"What about the follow-up?" Zhao Ning asked back, "The follow-up food supply is not enough, what will the people of Xingzhou eat?"

"I have reported to the Political Affairs Hall that the imperial court should immediately arrange for the Jingzhao Mansion to collect grain. At the time when the food in Tokyo was in short supply and the price of grain was rising, didn't Zhao Xianggong transfer the grain from the southeast? The problem was also solved!"

"Zhao Ding didn't kill a businessman without authorization, but he gave enough benefits to those businessmen, so there are businessmen who are willing to send grain to the capital!" Zhao Ning's tone became cold, "You are good, so much to deal with You chose the most drastic method for the problem, how do you ask the imperial court to order those merchants?"

"The imperial court issued a decree, and the merchants still dare to resist the decree?"

"Have you ever calculated an account here?"

"The minister only knows the order of the imperial court's authority, and the businessman can't resist the order and disrespect it!"

"I'm asking you if you've ever done the calculation!" Zhao Ning slapped the table angrily and shouted at Zhao Chen.

"What account?"

"You killed Li Ji, now the imperial court wants to mobilize excess grain from Jingzhao Mansion to Xingzhou, where will it mobilize the grain?"

"Jingzhao Mansion must have surplus food. Those bureaucrats and businessmen have food at home."

Zhao Ning said coldly: "How do you know that they have food at home? They told you?"

"The imperial court can send people to search their homes!"

"Send people? Who to send? How much? How long will it take to search? Will they hide the food? They will hide it for a few months, finally find it, and then forcefully collect it together and transport it to Xingzhou. How long will it take? These questions, You answer me one by one!"

Chapter 1381 A Helpless Old Father (Part [-])

Zhao Chen didn't know how to answer for a while.

The logic of politics and military affairs is completely different.

What the army emphasizes is that military law is like a mountain, and orders are followed immediately, and those who disobey can be dealt with by military law.

If there are too many twists and turns in the army, then the battle will be impossible to fight, because the command cost is too high, and it takes too much time to deal with subordinates or troubles, and the enemy may have all reached the door.

But politics is different.

Politics tends to put on layer after layer of clothing.

"What?" Zhao Ning looked at him coldly, "Stop talking, talk, I will listen to what you say today."

"The imperial court wants food, and these people hide the food, that is a death penalty!"

"Capital crime?" Zhao Ning sneered twice, "How do you convict them of capital crime, and how do you judge that they hid the food?"

This kind of thing doesn't happen in the army.

For example, if Zhao Chen wants to conquer a city now, and Zhao Chen wants to pick out a group of forwards, it is impossible for the soldiers to find excuses not to go.

But in terms of administrative management, whether it is the bureaucrats or these big businessmen, if they are unwilling, they will come up with various reasons to not implement it, but most of the time the above can't do anything about them.

Weak officials and strong officials have existed since ancient times.

Zhao Chen's face was ugly, and he was obviously even more unconvinced.

"In this way, His Majesty feels that the minister made a mistake again!"

"I don't dare to think that you did something wrong. His Royal Highness the Liao King said he would kill someone, and the price of food in Xingzhou would come down. Even as an emperor, I don't have the ability!"

"I learned it from Your Majesty!" Zhao Chen seemed to have a complete showdown today, and he said loudly, "Didn't Your Majesty just chop anyone you want! How many people died in this execution ground outside Tokyo city! Clearer!"

Zhao Ning fell silent.

"In these years, for the New Deal, how many people have been killed by His Majesty? Doesn't His Majesty know that the execution ground outside Bianjing City is always red?"

"I'm here for the New Deal!"

"The minister is for the people of Xingzhou!"