One Piece of Song Dynasty

Lu Yihao asked: "Your Majesty is right to say that, but since the beginning of this dynasty, peasant uprisings have never stopped. For more than a hundred years now, there have been more than a hundred peasant uprisings, large and small."

Li Xin replied: "That's because the commercial development of this dynasty is much stronger than that of other dynasties. The development of commerce allows the people to have money in their hands and prevent them from starving to death. As long as they can survive, the people will not take risks. But after all, we are still a farming country." , the land issue must be resolved, and the land must not be concentrated in the hands of a few people, otherwise there will be big problems in the future."

Zhao Ding said: "So the prince organized this operation."

Li Xin nodded and said: "Yes, and the targets I choose are all landowners and officials who do evil in the local area. They usually team up with the local bandits and bullies to harm the people. In other words, those bandits and bullies were raised by them. .”

Lu Yihao asked: "Does the prince have any evidence for saying this?"

Li Xin said: "Of course there is evidence, please come with me."

Li Xin brought Zhao Ding and Lu Yihao to a room in the government office. There were many large boxes inside. These boxes were sent by Li Xin to Gao Ping. Li Xin pointed to these boxes and said: "This is the To clean up the numerous crimes committed by the opponent in the past few years, and to put it bluntly, these people have colluded with some people in the court, and these boxes were then carried away by the Ministry of Punishment and made public after inspection."

Zhao Ding asked again: "Your Majesty, what's going on with those local officials?"

Li Xin asked back: "You two, don't you think that those local officials have too much power among the ethnic minorities? They dominate the sky with only one hand among the ethnic minorities. This is absolutely not allowed by my king. What I want is that regardless of Whether it is Han people or ethnic minority people, they must be under the absolute control of the imperial court."

Zhao Ding frowned and said: "Your Majesty's idea is good, but there are many barbarians scattered in Guangxi, Hunan and other places. Doing this will only make the situation in various places more complicated."

Li Xin nodded and said: "Yes, so this time the king only used a small number of local officials to deal with them. After dealing with them, he moved their tribes out of the mountains, allocated land to the barbarian people, educated them, and assimilated them first. Let’s talk about some barbarians.”

Lu Yihao said: "Losing so many officials all at once will make the place prone to chaos."

Li Xin waved his hand and said: "You don't have to worry about this. I have specially selected a group of graduates from Xinghan Chongwen Academy and they have been assigned."

Zhao Ding asked again: "Your Majesty, what should we do next?"

Li Xin said: "For those who have been arrested, public trials will be held in various places, and people from all over the country will come out to identify their crimes. Those who should be beheaded will be beheaded, and those who should be confiscated will have their homes confiscated. However, this matter will wait until the three Sichuan and Sichuan roads have completed the raid." It can only start after that, and half of the land collected in this operation was distributed to local tenants and half to the refugees. As for the gold and silver property collected in this operation, except for leaving a small part as rewards for the soldiers who participated in this operation, the rest were all turned over. Treasury.”

Zhao Ding sighed helplessly and said: "Your Majesty, Chuzhou has not yet received a reinforcement, and the people in the city have starved to death. Zhang Jun from the northwest also said that General Qu Duan was plotting rebellion, but according to Yichen, Qu Duan had no The reality of the conspiracy is just to disobey Zhang Jun."

Li Xin asked: "Oh, what did Mr. Zhao say?" Li Xin knew about Qu Duan, but how he got into enmity with Zhang Jun was not clear to Li Xin.

Zhao Ding explained: "Zhang Jun summoned the five generals of Qinchuan and said that he would gather tens of thousands of soldiers and horses in Fuping to wipe out the Jin army in the northwest. Qu Duan asked, I don't know how to sweep this sweep. Is it a broom sweep? , or use a broom to sweep"

Li Xin said: "This song is really ironic. Thousands of troops and horses are thrown into the battle at once. This is an unprecedented battle. Tens of thousands of cavalry and ten thousand infantry. This is all the assets of our government in the northwest. Zhang Jun is really generous."

Lu Yihao analyzed: "Qu Duan is afraid that if the battle is lost, the northwest will not be protected, and he will be too old to worry about things. Zhang Jun wants to settle things once and for all."

Li Xin asked: "Xianggong Zhao, I would like to ask you first, what do the northwest generals think of the battle?"

"Qu Duan asserted that a decisive battle with Jin would take at least ten years; general Liu Qi and governor Wu Jie also opposed the battle and suggested that we should defend based on danger." Zhao Ding answered truthfully.

Li Xin nodded and said: "But Zhang Jun insists on going his own way, how sure is he?"

"The advantage of the Jin army is that they are brave and good at fighting, while the advantage of our army lies in its strong strength." Zhao Ding said hesitantly.

Li Xin smiled and said: "It doesn't matter if we have strong troops. How about the Battle of Guandu in the Three Kingdoms? Not to mention when we have not been strong when facing the Jin army since Jingkang."

"Although Cao Cao can defeat more with less, Zhang Jun is not Yuan Shao after all. Besides, people decide what to do and what to do depends on God." Although Zhao Ding was also worried about the situation in the northwest, he believed in Zhang Jun. Li Xin waved his hand and said: "Whether Zhang Jun is Yuan Shao or not, we have to fight him to find out. Who told the emperor to let Zhang Jun do things easily before? It depends on God's will. In addition, Qu Duan should be transferred back to Xingzai to prevent the two of them from having trouble again." Conflict, and what’s going on in Chuzhou?”

"I also urged Liu Guangshi, but Liu Guangshi said that Wu Shu and Wan Yanchang were good at using troops. Their combined army was more than , and they were unable to defeat them. He only had soldiers and horses, and even if he went forward, he would be like a moth to a flame. . The minister tried to persuade Liu Guangshi that if he did not rescue him, he would lose the hearts of the townspeople. But Liu Guangshi asked the minister, "The foundation of our army is not solid, and our army is weak. Once our army loses, how can we deal with the aftermath?" Zhao Ding said angrily. Conclusion: It is almost an impossible task for Liu Guangshi to rescue Chuzhou.

Li Xin said with a gloomy face: "Aren't there still envoys from various towns? Doesn't Yue Fei's army alone have more than troops and horses? Tell the generals that Chuzhou is adjacent to the Huaihe River. It is not only the frontier of resistance against Jin Dynasty, but also the foundation of ZTE. We must protect all the ministries." Go to rescue Chuzhou immediately and don’t miss the opportunity.”

After Zhao Ding and Lu Yihao left the government office, Lu Yihao shook his head and said with a bitter smile: "Our prince is too strong. The previous emperors were weak and had no independent opinions, but this prince is on the contrary both strong and independent."

Zhao Ding nodded in agreement: "Yes, and the prince has always been weird in doing things, and does not act according to common sense. Take the matter of land as an example. In fact, we also know that land is the root cause, but touching the land is an earth-shattering event, but the prince just Did it quietly."

Lu Yihao stroked his beard and said, "But after this incident, the prince has finally established a firm foothold in the Song Dynasty."

Zhao Ding nodded and said: "Yes, with the support of the people, the prince will no longer be afraid. Not only that, it will also be easier for you, Yuan Zhi, as the Minister of the Ministry of Finance."

Lu Yihao smiled bitterly and said: "No, the property seized this time is definitely not small."

After Zhao Ding and Lu Yihao left, Li Xin called Gao Ping and said: "After the public trial, you have to send people to quietly spread the news among the people to say that we did this. We cannot let others get the credit for our good deeds."

Gao Ping cupped his fists and said, "Yes, Your Majesty, I understand."