The Song Dynasty has been deliberate for 16 years, only to know that it is the Water Margin

Chapter 350 Design
Zhao Tun sat on the chair, looking indifferently at the gentry leaders in front of him.

It is the families of these people who control most of the land and wealth in the south of the Yangtze River, and also control many interests and powers of the Song court.

In the south of the Yangtze River, these people are the real masters. They are as domineering and vicious as Zhu Xie, and they dare not offend them. Zhu Ying's so-called small southeast court is just a floating duckweed, scattered as it goes, without roots and foundations.

And the intertwining of these human exchanges, family ties, and handing down from generation to generation is another imperial court in the south of the Yangtze River that is truly independent of the foreign dynasty.

Several reforms in the Song Dynasty, including the reform of salt and tea, were difficult to implement in the south of the Yangtze River, and taxes were difficult to obtain, making progress difficult.

These gentry, with Jiangnan as the center, the world as a burden, the imperial court as a vassal, arrogance as the highest, and they care about all surnames.

These gentry, using poetry and books as weapons, and fish and rice as shields, took advantage of their geographical advantages to support far more scholars than other places, entered the court as officials, and stole the power of the dynasty.

In the upper and lower courts, there are officials from the gentry in the south of the Yangtze River, even in the south of the Yangtze River and even in the southeast. Laws and taxes are difficult to implement.

The land of these gentry clans was tax-free or tax-reduced, but they were still stubborn and joined hands to fight against the imperial court, and even taxes on city ships, bridges, customs, tea, wine, salt, etc. were all difficult to pass.

Throughout the Great Song Dynasty, the annexation of land in Jiangnan was the most serious, and the land tax in the Song Dynasty was mainly collected from self-cultivated land and semi-self-cultivated land. When all these lands fell into the hands of the gentry, Jiangnan did not even have this tax.

The people were displaced and all became tenant farmers and servants. It would be a good time to have enough food all year round.

The imperial court could not collect taxes, but it had to go back and buy rice and grain from the gentry in the south of the Yangtze River to deal with the plight of the northwest border. After coming and going, a large amount of gold and silver re-entered the hands of these gentry.

But these gentry said that we can support the people with our strength, and they can see the face of the world and the court as a burden at a glance.

Even the later Yuan, Ming, and Qing were all stuck here, and all kinds of reforms that must be passed in the middle of the dynasty were all stuck in the south of the Yangtze River, and finally nothing happened.

Even the emperor fell into the water, died of drugs, and died strangely, the reform was interrupted, the counterattack was reversed, and the government died.

Zhao Tang knew that these people could not be changed, the greed and bloodthirsty in their bones had long been fixed, and there was nothing they dared not do.

It was stupid for the Guanlong Group back then to come up with new spokespersons one after another to reshape the world.

These Jiangnan gentry dared to change the post, Li Daitao froze, and directly replaced the emperor.

This stubborn disease cannot be cured, and there is no way to do it. It is an incurable disease, a maggot attached to the bone, and a confidant's disease.

Can only kill!Kill a corpse everywhere, kill a bloodshed!
Even if the killing is not clean or complete, it will come back again after killing, but there is no good way, only to kill, kill first and then talk!
Zhao Tong looked at the leaders of the gentry in front, and smiled slightly: "This king has long wanted to meet you when I came to Jiangning, but I was busy with military affairs, so I didn't make it for a long time. Today, I just finished building the city defense, and I heard Yan Zhao said that you have something to ask for advice. Once you see it, as long as the military aircraft is not damaged, you can speak freely."

The people in front looked at each other after hearing the words, except for those who used to be court officials in Tokyo, the others were not familiar with Zhao Tun, but seeing his kind words at the moment, they all breathed a sigh of relief.

They just wanted to leave Jiangning, not to mention sabotage of military aircraft, it was just a matter of opening and closing the city gate, and they felt that as long as they said it, Zhao Tuo would definitely agree.

The crowd was dominated by Wang Congying. At this moment, he squeezed out a smile and was about to speak, but Zhao Tun suddenly picked up the post on the table and said: "When I was in Tokyo, I heard about your reputation. You are in Jiangnan. Taking care of rural affairs, maintaining the peace of the place, and nurturing the talents of the Great Song Dynasty, I always think about the court. This king has long wanted to make friends, but it is a pity that I have never had the opportunity. Although the names are complete in this post, this king only knows them. There are only two or three people, you should see for yourself, so that this king can also compare."

Originally, according to the etiquette, they all had to see for themselves when they came in, but unfortunately there were too many people, just now Zhao Tuo waved for everyone to sit down first, so they didn't have time to introduce themselves.

But at this moment Zhao Tun pointed out that they naturally had to do it, so they stood up and introduced themselves one by one. Probably report on the rank.

The representatives of the gentry below, you got up and narrated one sentence after another, and it took about half an hour to finish the self-reporting. Zhao Tang nodded, knowing it well, and then his eyes fell on an old man.

The old man was born with a pampered and wealthy appearance, but at the moment he was rather sad and depressed.

Just now the old man saw that he was Zhu Que for Shezhou, his ancestors had official status for generations, and even his grandfather was a minister, but after he took charge of the family, he became weaker, and only one nephew was the magistrate in Fujian.

Although the situation in Zhu's family seems to be worse than others, Zhao Tun's eyes lit up and he looked at him and said, "But Zhu Banzhou face to face?"

Hearing the words, Zhu stood up again, smiled wryly and said: "My lord knows this name, I am really flattered, but now that Fang La's thieves are attacking, burning, killing and looting, this old man can no longer bear this name."

A smile appeared on the corner of Zhao Tong's mouth, this Zhu is indeed not an ordinary person, although this person does not have as many lands as the others present, but all kinds of side businesses spread all over the two Zhejiang provinces, and even extended to the two Huaihe Rivers, with countless gold and silver money, even if It is some families who have been born in Zaifu, and none of them have as much money as him, so they have the title of Zhu Banzhou.

Of course, for the gentry like them, even if they have commercial properties, they are not registered as merchants, but registered as households with noble registrations.

In the early days of the Great Song Dynasty, imperial examinations for business registration were not allowed, and even ordinary common landlords could not refer to them. However, this regulation was abolished after the capture of the South.

This Zhu suffered heavy losses during the Fangla Rebellion. He had less land and more shops, and the land could not be moved away, but those shops were all emptied by the bandits and then set on fire, so the loss was greater than other families. It is said to be property It is not an exaggeration to remove [-]% or [-]%.

However, there is only one servant in his family who is the county magistrate in Luzhenghe County, Fujian Province, and there are no more officials, so the family is in a state of decline.

Zhao Tang is staring at Zhu Que at this moment, not only because he has the title of Zhu Banzhou, but also because he has a daughter named Wu Niang.

This Zhu Wuniang is a well-known talented woman. Although she is not known for her poems, she is accustomed to four or six parallel prose.

Zhu Wuniang later married a man who is currently serving as the county magistrate of Fujian Zhenghe, and he is Zhu Wuniang's elder brother who is the magistrate of the county.

This man was born in Taixue Tong Shangshe, a Jinshi in the first year of Chonghe, and later served as a servant of the Ministry of Officials, gifted Tongyi Doctor, and was granted the title of Duke of Guangdong.

Influenced by the Ercheng theory in his early years, he was considered a relatively well-known Confucianist in the late Northern Song Dynasty, and he made good contacts with Hu Xian, Liu Mianzhi, Liu Ziyu and others.

This person later went to Quanzhou as an official to give lectures on the "Study of Liyi" to scholars. Someone built him a "Aotou Jingshe" as a place for him to give lectures. The title of "Founder of Fujian Studies".

This person's name is Zhu Song.

Zhao Tong praised Zhu Song's character very much. In the Southern Song Dynasty, when Qin Hui negotiated peace with Jin, Zhu Song strongly opposed it.

But it is a pity that Zhu Song died early, in his 40s. He and Zhu Wuniang had three sons and a daughter.

Zhu Song, the youngest son, has inherited his parents' talents, and he has a great talent in academics, which is to carry forward Neo Confucianism to the extreme.

But unfortunately, because of Zhu Song's early death, this youngest son did not receive his instruction on morality, and he was full of loyalty, filial piety and righteousness, but he did many things that violated etiquette, morality and shame.

Seducing a nun to be a concubine, picking up ashes with her daughter-in-law and even getting pregnant. I don’t know the so-called preservation of the principles of nature and the elimination of human desires in this little son’s theory. Whose natural principles are preserved and whose human desires are destroyed!

This matter is recorded in "History of Song Dynasty" and supported by "History of Jin Dynasty", because at that time Jin Guo sent an envoy Wanyan Chongdao to congratulate Zhengdan. He was impeached for the ten crimes of insulting the court", "harming Fengjiao", and "privately owning wealth". After Wanyan Chongdao returned to the Kingdom of Jin, he recorded it and kept it in the Ministry of Rites.

At that time, the youngest son admitted that the nun was a concubine, and that he was released as an official with the nun and concubine to show off. He also admitted to taking bribes, so he cried bitterly, wrote articles, and confessed. He also said that he had a reason for his feelings, back and forth, repeatedly upside down.

Although he is a great talent, but his own character is really difficult to test.

Later, there was the case of Yan Rui. In order to attack political opponents, this youngest son used extremely despicable methods, and his behavior was unbearable.

Zhao Tun himself didn't like Ercheng, and didn't like Neo-Confucianism. When he saw Zhu Que present, he thought that this person was Zhu Banzhou who claimed to have a half-state family, that is, the grandfather of the youngest son.

He pondered, according to Zhu Song's morality, if he lived a few more years and taught the young son morally, it might not be so unbearable in the end. Then Zhu Wuniang is a woman after all, and she takes care of her own son, some things cannot be taught so much Comprehensive, even if she is a talented woman, how many Meng mothers are there in the world?
Zhao Tong looked at Zhu Que, tapped his fingers on the table, and said, "I have heard that Zhu Banzhou has a daughter, Wu Niang, who is known as the most talented woman in Shezhou. Did she ever bring her to Jiangning?"

Zhu Que didn't know what he meant when he heard the words. He had two sons and only one daughter.

"My lord praises it absurdly. The little girl has only studied for a few days. Where can she be called a talented girl? It's all praised by the state, so she can't be taken seriously."

Zhao Tun nodded, it's good to be here, it's good to be here!
He smiled and said nothing, turned to look at Wang Congying: "Let's talk about business."

Wang Congying was impatient for a long time, and hurriedly said: "My lord, in fact, it is not a big deal for me to wait, but I heard that Fang La's bandit army is going north, lest they attack Jiangning, so I want to avoid it temporarily, but seeing that my lord has closed the city gate, I want to wait." Just an order, please allow me to wait out."

Zhao Tang was not annoyed when he heard the words, he looked at the crowd and said: "Don't you all believe that this king can keep Jiangning?"

"Don't dare, don't dare."

"My lord, I don't mean that."

"I'm just waiting to live somewhere else for a while."

"With the prince here, what's the point of a mere bandit army?"

Hearing what Zhao Tun said, naturally no one dared to say that he couldn't hold on, and everyone smiled and agreed to reply.

Zhao Tong laughed and said, "Actually, it's not difficult to open the city to let everyone go..."

Everyone felt relieved when they heard the words, thinking to themselves that it was the case, and the bandit army didn't come, so why did you close the gates of the city?Could it be that you are more timid and afraid than me?Then don't pretend to be a loyal king, just go together!
"However, just as I was going down to the city, I received an urgent report from the front!" Zhao Tang reached out and took out a battle report from his bosom, shook it and continued: "Not all the bandits attacked Xuanzhou, but A small group of troops surrounded that side, and 10,000+ troops went straight to Jiangning. When the king received the battle report, he was already less than a hundred miles away from Jiangning!"

As soon as he said this, the expressions of the people in front of them changed drastically, and many of them were stunned on the spot. They didn't expect that the bandit army was so urgent to attack Jiangning, and Xuanzhou didn't fall, so they directly sent the main force here.

"According to the time, I'm afraid it's only [-] to [-] miles away from Jiangning, or we've already arrived, and we're spying on the military situation in all directions in Jiangning, preparing to encircle the city!" Zhao Tuo said lightly, "Jiangning is guarding the natural danger of the Yangtze River, and the bandits are so anxious to fall. That's normal too."

"But, my lord..." Not everyone believed what Zhao Tong said. After all, Jiangning was closed at the moment, and they couldn't receive any letters from outside.

The man asked Ai: "According to what the prince said, it is also possible that the bandit army has not arrived?"

Zhao Tang looked at this person, he was a member of the Xu family, a wealthy family in Hangzhou, and nodded: "It may be dozens of miles away, and it may have arrived, and it is spying in all directions, and this king is not sure, after all, the spies sent out cannot always Come back and report."

The man said: "If it hasn't arrived yet, wouldn't we just take the opportunity to leave?"

Zhao Tong was noncommittal: "Maybe it is possible...or maybe you will meet bandits not far from the city."

As soon as he said this, the rest fell silent. It was really hard to talk about this kind of thing, and no one could guarantee that the bandit army really didn't arrive.

Zhao Tong raised the battle report in his hand: "It is reasonable to say that if you want to leave, it is not easy to stop this king, but you are all gentry from the south of the Yangtze River, and if anything happens, the court will suffer huge losses, so I still have to persuade you .”

Everyone lowered their heads and discussed, and after a while someone said: "My lord, what if I insist on leaving?"

Zhao Tong smiled and said: "How can I stop this king if you insist on leaving? But I think you should think carefully, even if you go, don't go together, otherwise the bandit army really arrived, and if you go out at the same time, wouldn't it make the bandit army all come together?" Take it away?"

Another person said: "Tonight, it is difficult for the bandit army to travel at night. If they don't arrive, then at least tonight is safe."

Zhao Tong said: "So this king is thinking, if you really want to leave, you might as well go out to a few tentative families first, if there is no problem, then leave together, if..."

When he said this, he kept silent, and everyone understood what he meant. If something happened to the one who left first, then those in the city would not go out again, and going out again would be to deliver food to the bandit army.

They knew well that it was impossible for Zhao Tama to send someone to explore the way for them. It was already a great honor to be able to open the city gate. If the bandit army really arrived, opening the city gate would be very dangerous. Sneak into the city in the dark.

However, it is a question of who will go out of the city first to test. After all, this matter is still risky. Thinking of this, these gentry leaders couldn't help but look at each other.

(End of this chapter)