In the Southern Song Dynasty, I competed with Mongolia for the world

Chapter 269 The First Disastrous Defeat of the Mongolian Army

It had been more than a year since the death of Genghis Khan, but Ogedai had never ascended the throne because Tuo Lei was in charge of the country at that time, and the Mongolian nobles were divided into two factions, one supported Too Lei and the other supported Ogedai. There are always people in Pai who are busy and have no time to come back to attend the meeting. This has prevented the Khuril Tai Conference from being held. (Actually, everyone knows that they are dragging their feet and not wanting to convene the Kuriltai Conference)

It was not until the fiasco in November of the fourth year of Baoqing (1228) that the Mongolian nobles were awakened.

In October of that year, the Mongolian general Duohulu led the Mongolian army to attack Qingyang. Wanyan Shouxu sent Shaanxi Province to reward the Mongolian army with sheep wine and other things to slow down the army. The Rapua and the two led troops and stationed in Binzhou to support the Qingyang army.

Not long after, the Mongolian army attacked Dachangyuan (now southeast of Ningxian County, Gansu Province). Commander-in-chief Pingzhang Zhengshi Wanyan Heda asked who could be the vanguard, and Monk Chen answered the question.

Monk Wanyan Chen said that he had bathed and changed his clothes, vowed to fight to the death, put on his armor and mounted his horse, and went away without looking back.

On that day, Monk Chen led the Zhongxiao Army with [-] cavalry to fight, defeating [-] Mongolian soldiers (it is said that it was [-] or [-], but it is recorded as [-] in historical records), and the Jin Army won the victory in the Battle of Dachangyuan.

It has been more than [-] years since the Jinmeng War. This is the first time that the Jin Dynasty has achieved such a big victory, and it was a field battle.

It was also the first time that Mongolia experienced such a disastrous defeat in the direction of the Jin Dynasty and the Southern Song Dynasty.

The Kingdom of Jin was invigorated, and Wanyan Shouxu personally issued a decree to commend and encourage him. He conferred on Chen Monk Dingyuan General and Pingliang Mansion Judge, hereditary strategy, and became famous all over the world.

After the disastrous defeat in the Battle of Dachangwon, Mongolia found that it must be united. If it is not united, without a suitable leader, it is likely to be overthrown by the Jin Kingdom. Moreover, the Bolu was also defeated in the Shandong Raiders before. The Song and Jin people are rising. The Mongols can no longer coax.

So at the end of the fourth year of Baoqing, Mongolia was preparing to hold a Kuliltai meeting to elect a new Khan. The meeting was scheduled to be held in Dagonger in August of the following year.

When Mongolia was preparing to hold the Khuliltai Conference, in December of the fourth year of Baoqing (1228), Zhao Yurui also convened the ministers to discuss the restructuring next year.

Since his ascension to the throne, he has basically made one step at a time every year, gradually reforming and improving the state machinery of the Song Dynasty.

He wants this huge state machine to operate in an orderly and reasonable manner.

After the grain field measurement and salt tax reform in the third and fourth years of Baoqing, the financial situation of the Song Dynasty was effectively improved. In addition, Zhao Yurui issued less huizi in recent years, so the value of huizi has gradually increased. The current market One copper coin is equivalent to about two huizi, and the huizi in the hands of the people are becoming more and more valuable.

The third day of December.

A large number of officials came to Xuande Hall early.

Tables and stools have been set up here, and there are fruit snacks, pens and paper on the table.

Everyone was accustomed to the emperor's arrangements for them, and sat down one after another according to their respective positions.

Everyone looked relaxed and happy.

Four and a half years after Zhao Yurui ascended the throne, the Song Dynasty's national power was booming and people's lives were getting better and better, and the ministers saw it.

Most of the emperor's important positions are honest and capable ministers, so he agrees with Zhao and Rui very much.

Even though Zhao Yurui had the cruelty of punishing the three clans when measuring the grain fields, all the ministers still insisted on standing with the emperor.

Those who came to the scene today include Privy Councilor Ge Hong, Privy Councilor Li Zongmian who signed the letter, and Tongzhi Privy Councilor and Counselor for Political Affairs and Minister of War Wei Liaoweng.

Deng Ruoshui, Shangshu of the Ministry of Officials, Xu Yuan, Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry, Du Fan, Shangshu of the Ministry of Households, Yang Changru, Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites, Li Huang, Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment, Zhao Rushu, Minister of the Ministry of Justice, Qiao Xingjian, Minister of Zhongshu, Hu Mengyu, Minister of the Ministry, and Qin of Duyuan, Dujin Zhuo, Quan Juan Shangshu saves Liang Chengda.

Among them, Hu Tsui was the one who saved the trouble of the Minister of Quanjue, but Liang Chengda performed well in Lizhengmen. The emperor promoted him to the actual head of the Minister of Shangshu in August this year to show his encouragement.

Of course, the power of Shangshu Province, Zhongshu Province, and Menxia Province has been greatly weakened by the six departments. Liang Chengda is considered to be the last train, but his rank and salary have been improved, and he has officially entered the emperor's decision-making center and has the opportunity to participate Xiaohui, this is where he is more excited and excited.

Since he was promoted in August, Liang Chengda participated in the meeting for the second time. He was the most excited at the scene, chatting with the left and right from time to time, with extremely excited expressions.

He saw a few officials bring a lot of documents over, and he probably had something important to discuss.

These people are considered to be the most important civil servants in the Southern Song Dynasty, but most of them are honest and capable ministers. Only Liang Chengda and Zhao Rushu were born under Shi Miyuan's subordinates. They had bad reputations in the past, and some people ignored Liang Chengda. For example, Hu Mengyu.

He still looked down on such treacherous ministers in his heart, and didn't understand why the emperor wanted to use Liang Chengda and Zhao Rushu again.

Perhaps only Qin Zhuo understood at the scene that there cannot be only one voice in the court, and both loyal and treacherous officials should use it.

After everyone sat down, they drank tea and chatted while waiting. After a while, the emperor didn't come, and a few more people came.

Huang Pu, the number one scholar in the third year of Baoqing, Uncle Xie Fang, a Jinshi in Jiading in the 16th year, Yu Tianxi, and Zheng Qingzhi.

The four of them are all newcomers to the officialdom. After Huang Puzhong was the number one scholar, he was first a secretary and then a housekeeper. Uncle Xie Fang was a Jinshi in 16 years, and he was awarded the supervisory censor for five years. Yu Tianxi and Zheng Qingzhi are both Shi Miyuan's aides. I haven't been an official for a few years.

After the emperor seized power, these two people wrote imperial edicts in the Imperial Academy.

The four of them didn't dare to sit down after they came, because there were no seats for them at the scene.

But soon the chamberlain Huang Shang came in and arranged for people to move the tables and chairs. After a while, another chamberlain took out a name tag with four people's names written on it.

The four of them were surprised and happy, and sat down according to their name plates, on both sides of the crowd.

Li Zongmian and others looked at each other and understood that the emperor might slowly reuse some of them in the future.

But later I found out that the emperor only asked these few people to help the emperor approve the memorials to reduce the emperor's business. These four people are equivalent to the emperor's secretary.

Not long after they sat down, there was Hu Song singing outside, and His Majesty arrived.

Everyone hurriedly got up, and after Zhao Yurui came in, Ge Hong led the team and knelt down at the same time, shouting long live Your Majesty.

"Get up quickly, sit down, sit down." Zhao Yurui laughed and sat on his throne.

After everyone sat down one by one, Zhao and Rui looked at Du Fan, Shangshu of the Household Department.

Du Fan immediately stood up, picked up the document in front of him, and shouted to everyone.

After three and four years of Baoqing, the fields have been measured across the country in the past two years, and now the number of fields nationwide for the fourth year of Baoqing in the Song Dynasty has been released.

All as of the latest in October, the national grain field area is more than 1000 million mu, including more than 30 mu in Dayuan and Jeju.

It was the first time that the officials heard that Da Song still had grain fields in Da Yuan and Jeju.

As soon as the data came out, all the officials were in an uproar.

Before the two Song dynasties, the most recorded statistics in previous dynasties were more than 5 million acres. At that time, the north was still occupied.

Now that the north has been lost (but Shandong has been gained), after re-measurement, it actually reached [-] million acres, which shows how much grain fields were hidden before.

After Du Fan and the others were shocked, they continued, last year's grain tax was still collected according to the previous standard.

The south of the two Zhejiang provinces is three dou, and the others are seven liters to one dou.

"There are about 1 million mu of grain fields in the two Zhejiang and Jiangnan four roads, and the yield per mu is two stones-three stones, and the harvest is three buckets per mu."

Having said that, Du Fan paused, with a look of horror on his face, and said slowly for a moment: "Theoretically, at least 3000 million shi of tax and grain can be collected."

"Ah!" All around screamed again, and many people showed disbelief on their faces.

But this is theoretical data. Although Zhao and Rui attach great importance to water conservancy construction, and invested millions of dollars in water conservancy construction last year, there will still be natural disasters, and the output of each state capital is uncertain.

But considering that there is still half of the rent in the official land, as long as there is no catastrophe, the theoretical output will not be less than 3000 million shi.

Originally, when Zhao and Rui ascended the throne, the whole country collected more than 1000 million shi in taxes.

However, the imperial court collected 300 million shi in taxes on these roads last year. This was the remainder after the local garrison waited for food last year, and it went directly to the national treasury.

In the Southern Song Dynasty, there were few taxes and grains. In addition to concealing land, there were also local corruption and officials and gentry who did not pay or paid less taxes.

In fact, the output here in the Ming Dynasty was also good. During the Hongzhi period of the Ming Dynasty, the output of Songjiang Prefecture alone was 940 million shi. However, the output was due to production, and the court tax revenue was very small. By the end of the Ming Dynasty, the annual grain tax was only 3000 shi. Between [-] million stone and [-] million stone, it is quite miserable.

"In addition, in other roads, the grain fields are about [-] million mu, and the yield per mu is as low as one stone, and the higher one is more than one stone, two stones."

But in the Southern Song Dynasty, no matter how much you produced, it was based on real numbers, seven liters or one bucket.

These fields can theoretically harvest more than 4000 million shi.

However, due to natural disasters in various places, Zhao and Rui were quite tolerant, and the actual amount was 3000 to [-] million shi.

So after two years of measuring the grain fields by Zhao and Rui, there was nowhere to hide in the grain fields across the country. Coupled with the effective implementation of taxation in various places, the tax and grain increased sharply, reaching more than 4000 million shi.

"Your Majesty is wise." As soon as Du Fan reported the data, Liang Chengda immediately flattered him: "Since the founding of the Song Dynasty, only Your Majesty has managed well, and the people can live and work in peace and contentment."

This flattery was a bit shameless, it gave Taizu Taizong Renzong a second, and many people at the scene looked at Liang Chengda with contempt.

Zhao Yurui had an expression of taking it for granted. In terms of dealing with landlords and officials, of course no one in the old Zhao family can compare to me.

In fact, in the past two years, there have been civil turmoil. In some places, landlords and even officials opposed the survey and salt tax reform, but they were suppressed by Zhao and Rui Leiting.

Then Du Fan continued to report last year's data.

Compared with the data in the first year of Baoqing, it is obviously much better now, and everyone can feel the prosperity of the Song Dynasty.

Last year, 15 taels of gold were put into the national treasury. The Song Dynasty did not produce much gold, but Japan produced a lot of it. Both Zhao and Rui obtained a lot from Japan through foreign trade or private business.

In addition, 67 taels of silver were put into storage nationwide last year, which also broke the record of the Song Dynasty.

(End of this chapter)