Fu Song

Chapter 432 Split
April is a thrilling month for the Southwest of the Great Song Dynasty. Scene after scene of the big drama, you sing and I go on stage, which makes everyone's attention.During the whole process, some people made a lot of money, some lost their money, some disappeared quietly, and some died violently.

Among them, the most aggrieved one is undoubtedly Luo Piao, the head of the Shimen tribe.

The three-way barbarian alliance in Syria.

Luo Piao of the Wumeng tribe of the Shimen tribe has worked hard for many years, and his strength is the best among all the tribes. He was undoubtedly elected as the leader, and the three tribes of Syria were unified.

In such a situation, Dali is of course happy to see its success. This alliance itself has their own help in it. The three-way barbarians in Syria and the Dongchuan barbarians in Dali are closely related. For many years, Dali has quietly nurtured Wumeng Department, now finally bear fruit.

As for the Song Dynasty, of course they are not happy, whether it is Chengdu Fu Road, Zizhou Road, or the newly established Guizhou Road.But apart from being unhappy, the first two groups just stare blankly. With their strength, they can't pose any threat to the Syrian three-way barbarians who just joined forces. They even have to pray that these barbarians will keep their duties. Don't harass your own territory.

Only Xiao Cheng, the pacifier of Guizhou Road, was furious when he heard the news, and brazenly dispatched a troop of cavalry to gallop five hundred miles in a few days, defeating all the ministries of the alliance, and capturing alive Luo Piao, the leader of the Wumeng tribe who had just become the leader of the alliance.

The above is the publicity of Guizhou Road to the outside world, and it is also the main content of various memorials received by Bianliang.

Of course, the secret situation from the Imperial City Division and some other places revealed another scene.

But no matter what, the three-way barbarian alliance in Syria is definitely not in the interests of Bianliang. The scattered barbarians are good barbarians, and the united barbarians must be resolutely attacked.

This was the most basic governance model of the imperial court for the barbarians in the past, but now, the imperial court is powerless.

It is said that Xiao Cheng defeated the three-way barbarians in Xuzhou, and the whole court should be happy, but no matter whether it is the official family or the Dutang, no one can be happy.

Because this means that Xiao Cheng's hand has reached Syria.

As for Xuzhou itself, it is the Jimizhou of Zizhou Road.

Let Xiao Cheng retract his paws?
I'm afraid Xiao Chengli won't even bother.

I snatched it with my own strength, so why should I return it to you? If you have the ability, you can grab it!
The above are the original words of Xiao Cheng.

Liu Fengkui wrote it on the secret book and went straight to Bianliang.

So, Dutang buried his head in the sand on top of this matter.

They sent an official document to Zizhou Road, to the effect that they want Zizhou Road to strengthen the control of Jilinzhou, etc. As for whether Zizhou Road received the official document, whether it is brave to seek Xiao Cheng's theory or put the official document on the shelf, that is It's not a matter of Dutang.

Anyway, when it comes time to settle accounts in the future, the princes of the capital have already made arrangements, and it is you, Zizhou Road, who did not follow the court's requirements.

Wrong, it's all yours.

As for whether the officials on Zizhou Road would scold their mothers after receiving official documents, Du Tang didn't care.

Who made you incompetent?
Then you deserve to be bullied.

Sheng Lu, the leader of the Nanguang Department, will never forget the scene of that day.

An army of the Song Dynasty unstoppably penetrated the obstruction of thousands of cavalry from the Wumeng tribe, and then a thunderbolt came from the blue sky.

That was God's punishment for betraying the Song Dynasty by the Sanlu Man in Syria.

Thunder, fire, and lightning instantly destroyed the will to resist in the entire Syrian prefecture.

Every time he thought about the situation at that time, Sheng Lu's liver shuddered.

Therefore, facing the arrival of Luo Xin, a Song official, he maintained a respectful attitude.

The more arrogant Luo Xin is, the more cautious he is.

Xiao Cheng originally thought that there would be some risks for Luo Xin to go, but he did not expect that the war led by Wang Zhu and Fan Yifei had completely defeated the leaders of the Nanguang Department and the Mahu Department. There is no will to resist.

Luo Xin was keenly aware of this problem in the Nanguang Department, so he issued an order to the Mahu Department even more arrogantly, asking the leaders of the Mahu Department to pay off their merits and gather tribal warriors to report to him.

In a short period of time, the Nanguang and Mahu departments tried their best to gather another [-] cavalry, but this time they became Luo Xin's minions.

Luo Xin took these [-] cavalry and launched a raid on the Shimen tribe.

In the First World War, he took control of Zhaotong, the key place of the Shimen tribe.

Then follow Zhaotong all the way to sweep in the direction of Zhenxiong.

At this time, Dong Kui and Wu Dabang of the Yiniang tribe who were still confronting Zhenxiong and the Song army were shocked. Dong Kui divided half of the troops and turned back to fight with the two tribes of Nanguang and Mahu. Surround Wang Zhu, Fan Yifei and the others.

On the third day after Dong Kui left, the Song army in Bijie, under the personal command of Xiao Cheng, suddenly launched a fierce attack on Zhenxiong.

At the same time, Wang Zhu and Fan Yifei in the encirclement held Luo Piao hostage and broke out from the inside out.

Attacked from inside and outside, the Shimen Fan tribe was defeated.

Wu Dabang died in Zhenxiong.

The coalition forces of the Shimen Fan tribe in Zhenxiong collapsed.

Xiao Cheng then gave an order that all the ministries were not allowed to chase the scattered Shimen tribe soldiers. After the Song army occupied Zhenxiong, they stopped moving forward.

Dong Kui was shocked when he heard the news, and immediately led his troops to flee to Weining. After gaining a firm foothold there, he began to gather the soldiers of Shimen Fan tribe who had collapsed from Zhenxiong.

As for the rest of Syria, under the command of Luo Xin, they were swallowed up by Nanguang and Mahu.

By May, the entire Syria war had basically come to an end.

The Nanguang and Mahu Departments surrendered their sincerity to Xiao Cheng, the appeasement envoy of Guizhou Road, while Dong Kui in Weining received the support of Gao Yingxiang from Liupanshui, and finally gained a firm foothold.

Gao Yingxiang finally came back to his senses. He knew very well that if Dong Kui was not allowed to gain a firm foothold, then the Song army would probably drive the Xuzhou barbarians to attack him.

They gave money, food, weapons, and even sent reinforcements at the most dangerous time, and finally blocked the mad attack on Dong Kui by Nanguang and Mahu.

So far, Xiao Cheng has finally completed his strategic goal.

Two-thirds of Syria became his pocket.During a series of battles in April, the Nanguang and Mahu tribes forged an inextricable blood feud with the Shimen tribe. Now that Dong Kui has taken over most of the Wumeng cavalry, Nanguang and Mahu can only Take refuge in Xiao Cheng to prevent Dong Kui from counterattacking.

Syria is no longer a threat.

Moreover, Xiao Cheng got the horse raising land he had dreamed of.

At the same time, the war-torn Syrian state has caused a large number of people to flow in towards Bijie.

Luo Piao, who can be regarded as a hero all the way, once thought that with his own strength, he could bargain with anyone, no matter whether he voted for Dali or Song Dynasty, his own glory and wealth were indispensable , Sit firmly on the Diaoyutai by yourself and watch the situation rise.

It's a pity that he met Xiao Cheng.

So, he had no choice but to die before his ambition was fulfilled.

In the middle of May, on a day when the rain was bleak, the head of the Shimen tribe was hanged in Zhenxiong.

Sheng Lu from the Nanguang Department, Ma Xie from the Mahu Department, and other tribal leaders witnessed Luo Piao's execution.

On the same day, Dong Kui, who was in Weining, and the rest of Luo Biao's tribe who fled here made a blood alliance, vowing to kill the two tribes of Nanguang and Mahu.

Dong Kui and others also knew that they were not Song Jun's opponents, but Ma Hu and Nan Guang were not.

Dong Kui believed that if it wasn't for the betrayal of Nanguang and Mahu, who stabbed the Shimen tribe in the back, they would not divide their troops, which led to their defeat when they were counterattacked by the Song army.

Therefore, Dong Kui hated Sheng Lu and Ma Xie even more, while Xiao Cheng would be ranked behind.

In this way, Syria was divided into three parts.

Mahu took Zhaotong, Nanguangbu took Zhenxiong, and Dong Kui took Weining.

In mid-May, the Song Army, which had completed all strategic tasks, withdrew from Syria.

At the end of May, the Tianlang Army entered Yaozhou, the Tianwu Army stationed in Guanling, and the Tiannan Army was ordered to go south and stationed in Liuzhi. The three soldiers sharpened their knives and horses. Gao Yingxiang in Liupanshui could already clearly hear the footsteps of war coming towards him near.

Thinking that he could not defeat the powerful Song army, Gao Yingxiang asked for help from China.

In June, Dali redistributed troops to the border, one of which entered Liupanshui, and the other was stationed in Pu'an, forming a confrontation with the Song army.

Due to the changes in Syria, Dali, who had planned to strike first, could only suspend the offensive and readjust the strategic deployment.

It is precisely because of the changes in the Syrian battle that the domestic situation in Dali has further deteriorated.

The anti-Gao Yingde forces are gaining momentum.

Gao Yingde had no choice but to turn around and clean up the country first, suppressing the rebound of those desperate guys.

In Dali, there was a large prison again, and thousands of people were imprisoned. After a string of heads were hung on the city wall or spread across the country, the whole country was silent, and everything seemed to be back to the original point.

But everyone knows that things have happened and there is no going back to the past.

When Gao Yingde could only rely on brutal and bloody suppression to maintain his status, it already showed that his rule was already crumbling.

Shake Dali from the inside first, and let him pay attention to Guizhou Road. At this moment, Xiao Cheng's only thing to do is to develop the newly established Guizhou Road, just like a newborn baby. At this moment, Guizhou Road is still very delicate. Any sign of trouble could cause him to be severely injured.

Blacksmith need its own hardware.

The spring plowing has passed, and Guizhou Road has begun to expropriate the people on a large scale to build roads and canals.

Corvée is one of the taxes that the common people have to bear.To serve in corvée, not only is there no wages, but you also have to bring your own food. Since ancient times, corvée has the potential to ruin a family.

The corvee workers on Guizhou Road naturally have no wages, but unlike other places, they give a little subsidy.

But all the corvees on the Guizhou road were subsidized with five Wen a day.Compared with the current wages, five cents is indeed not high, but if measured by the current purchasing power of Guizhou Road, five cents is not a lot.

For five Wen, you can buy half a catty of corn and two baked pancakes on Guizhou Road right now.

Basically, the problem of a meal can be solved.

Why not just buy food and give the people a meal instead of sending money?
This is naturally related to another policy on Guizhou Road.

Jiaozi's release.

It has been more than a year since the United Bank issued Jiaozi, but generally it only appears in large-scale commercial transactions and has been applied in the related businesses of the Federation. Only trusting the tinkling yellow copper coins and that flimsy piece of paper, in the eyes of the common people, it is really hard to rest assured.

After all, the imperial court's Jiaozi had already blown everyone's confidence in Jiaozi before.

So the subsidy of five cents a day is not for copper coins, but for Jiaozi from the United Bank.

The corvee workers were eager to use up the subsidy they received, and they were also worried that it would become useless waste paper after keeping it in their hands for a long time.

In order to make the small traders in the surrounding area actively collect this kind of Jiaozi, the government has introduced new regulations, as long as they collect Jiaozi, they can be exempted from tax.If you pay for one day, you will be exempted from tax for one day.

At the same time, the United Bank also launched the business of exchange with time.

Of course, a handling fee of ten fen will be charged for exchange of [-] ren, but when it is up to [-] ren, only a ten wan handling fee will be charged.This policy is specifically aimed at small businessmen.

Ten Wen is not a small amount of money to them!Who can afford to charge a fee of [-] Wen for exchanging [-] Wen sporadically?Naturally, when you have saved consistent money, you will exchange it into copper coins.

In this way, the Jiaozi will stay in the hands of the businessman for a long time.

At the same time, the government is not as friendly to small businessmen as it is to those who sit on land and have shops. They strictly prohibit you from refusing to accept handovers, otherwise you will be punished.Of course, the exchange procedure is the same, but their exchange starting point is higher.

The whole purpose is to keep Jiaozi in the hands of the people for a longer period of time, so that Jiaozi can establish a reputation in the entire Guizhou Road as soon as possible, so that it can be circulated quickly.

Jiaozi is a credit currency, and the most important thing is to establish a reputation in the minds of ordinary people.

The establishment of reputation, using force is the worst means.

Slowly, water dripping through stone, let the common people get used to it, and it will happen naturally.

Hu Cao of the appeasement envoy's yamen has already begun to study whether this year's summer tax and autumn tax can all be paid by Jiaozi.

This is an extremely critical step. As long as the government allows the people to use Jiaozi to pay taxes, the credit of Jiaozi will basically be established.The reason why Guizhou Lu dared to do this was because he didn't have to be responsible to the court, he was actually Xiao Cheng's own little world.In addition, the Chamber of Commerce behind Guizhou Road includes almost all the big businessmen in the south. With these people's endorsements, they are not afraid that Jiaozi will be rejected in the bulk goods transaction.

Because the use of Jiaozi in the business association is more like an internal accounting voucher.

But in the eyes of outsiders, it is these big businessmen who trust Jiaozi, which naturally gives them confidence.

It starts from the top down.

Now it's bottom up.

Xiao Cheng believes that it will take at most one year before Jiaozi can completely replace copper coins and become a common currency in Guizhou Road.

Then, you can expand outward step by step.

(End of this chapter)