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

Chapter 288 Meng envoys enter the Song Dynasty
After this meeting, the chief security officer, Gerile, added a new identity, the deputy chief of the Song Army.

Five thousand Tubo households were recruited one man from each household to form an army of 5000 men. The chief generals at all levels in the army were all Song people, and most of the deputy positions were selected from Tubo people.

Then the people of Song Dynasty told them that from now on, they would pay [-]% tax every year on the output of their grain fields, and keep the rest for themselves.

This tax is relatively tolerant compared to Yelu Chucai's tax rate north of the Yellow River.

Historical records "The Han people in Hebei were ordered to produce Fu Tiao on a household basis. Yelu Chu was the master of materials. At first, each household had two stones of millet. Later, due to insufficient food for the soldiers, it was increased to four stones."

After Wokuotai ascended the throne, Mongolia began to impose taxes in Hebei. Each household had to pay two dan of grain. Later, it felt that it was not enough, and it was increased to four dan. Based on the output in Hebei at that time, it was equivalent to the entire output of about three acres. The tax was paid. Without ten acres or so, life would be a problem.

After the destruction of the Jin Dynasty, Shiji Hutuhu advocated enfeoffment of kings and meritorious ministers in the Central Plains according to past customs, and Wokuotai agreed.Yelu Chucai vigorously demonstrated the disadvantages of "splitting the land and dividing the people", so Wo Kuotai agreed that the officials of the fiefdom must be appointed by the court. Except for the regular taxes and services, the kings and ministers were not allowed to levy without authorization, so as to limit the power of the kings and ministers in the fiefdom.

Yelu Chucai also established a new tax. Every two households produced one pound of silk and handed it over to the court for the use of the court. Every five households produced one pound of silk and gave it to the families they were given. It was first collected by the court and then given to the recipients. Nobles, other than nobles, are not allowed to levy without permission.

In addition to grain and silk, Mongolia levies taxes on the total number of horses, cattle and sheep raised, one for every hundred.

This should be because Mongolia has no shortage of cattle, horses and sheep, so the number of levies is relatively small.

But Zhao and Rui Que.

Therefore, in Diezhou, these Tubo people were required to pay taxes on one horse, one cow, and five sheep per household every year.

The remaining horses, cattle and sheep were purchased by Song Ting at market prices, which could be used to replace salt, sugar, tea and other supplies.

After the tax rate came out, Gerile and other Tibetan people were quite satisfied.

Because on the original owner's side, all their property belonged to the owner, and the owners could deprive them of all the cattle, horses, and sheep at any time.

Each household is assigned a large number of pastoral tasks every year. Those who fail to complete the tasks will be fined, and those who complete them will not receive much.

Nowadays, people in the Song Dynasty are more considerate. They only levy [-]% of the grain, and each household only needs to pay one horse, one cow, and five sheep every year.

This may be difficult for people in the Central Plains or Jiangnan, but it is much easier in places like Diezhou that are suitable for pastoral care.

Who doesn’t have a few horses, a few cows, and dozens of sheep at home?

Moreover, the Song people were willing to buy more at market price, which made the Tubo people more motivated and willing to herd as many cattle, horses and sheep as possible.

In addition, the people of the Song Dynasty would also recruit people at any time, that is, they would ask one person from each household to work, but as long as they worked, the people of the Song Dynasty would definitely provide money and food, which was a paid service.

Just like they were digging moats, building granaries, expanding and strengthening cities, etc. in the early stage, the Song people either gave them money or folded salt and sugar, giving them whatever they needed.

Gerile worked for more than half a year, and finally asked for ten guan of money, ten jins of sugar and ten jins of salt, and was very happy.

Because if he wanted to buy the same ten pounds of sugar and ten pounds of salt at the Ruogai Grassland Market, the price would be several times higher.

Many people even thought every day that they could help the Song people work, and then they could get sugar and salt and go to the market in Ruogai Grassland to find other Tubo people in exchange for more supplies.

And such news soon spread throughout Tubo along with their transactions.

The Tubo people who were assigned to the Diezhou City of the Song Dynasty only had to pay [-]% of the grain every year, one cow and horse each, and five sheep. The rest did not receive any taxes. All they raised were their own. The sugar and sugar they got from working for the Song people Salt is much cheaper than the market price.

This news spread everywhere, irritating the hearts of other Tibetan people.

In a few years, many Tubo people will reflect on whether they should continue to follow their masters or defect to the Song people.
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In the fourth year of Baoqing (1228), Zhao Yurui conquered Tubo and at the same time cut off Mongolia's main route into Tubo. They carried out extensive construction work in Tubo, reinforced and built new cities, and gathered supplies and grain.

Of course, Mongolia does not have to go here in the future. Either come directly from Xixia Guazhou and need to pass through the desert, or come from Ganzhou and bypass the long Yellow River, and then bypass Zaling Lake. Both of these roads require more walking. It's four to five hundred miles, or even thousands of miles away, and it's basically no man's land.

With the Song army stationed in Diezhou, it would be impossible for the Mongols to invade Tibet without destroying Diezhou.

There's no point in coming in.

The Tubo people would only say, if you defeat the Song people, we will surrender to you.

You can't even capture Diezhou, how can we surrender to you?

Therefore, after the Song army occupied Diezhou, it basically eliminated Mongolia's intention to invade Tubo.

In the fifth year of Baoqing (1229), Mongolia elected a new Great Khan and confirmed Genghis Khan's last wish, which was to make the elimination of gold a top priority.

But Wokuotai didn't really take Genghis Khan's use of the road to conquer the Jin seriously. He believed that with the current strength of the Mongol Empire, even if it was a head-on confrontation, the Jin Kingdom could be destroyed.

However, Tuo Lei and other nobles kept Genghis Khan's words in mind and urged him many times to send envoys to the Song Dynasty to discuss alliances and borrowing roads. Wo Kuotai decided to go through with it as a formality.

In October of the fifth year of Baoqing (1229), Wo Kuotai, who had just ascended the throne, tried to force the Jin Kingdom's Tongguan Yellow River defense line from the front. He sent Shi Tianze, Shi Tianan, Yan Shi, Aruda and others stationed in Zhending, Xiangzhou, and Daming to lead the attack. The army attacked Wuxian of Weizhou from the east, but Wuxian could not escape.

The Mongolian army could not attack for a long time.

Not long after, Wanyan Heda, the general of the Jin Kingdom who was stationed in Lingbao, led Gao Ying, Fan Ze and other generals to support him. The two armies fought for dozens of days, but the Mongolian army was defeated and retreated.At the same time, after learning that the Mongolian Northwest Route Army was stationed near Qingyang, Wanyan Shouxu sent people to sue for peace in an attempt to delay the Mongolian attack on gold, but the Mongols refused.

In December, the Mongolian army attacked Qingyang again, and Monk Yili Pu'a and Wanyan Chen led reinforcements to support them. The two sides could not rely on each other in Qingyang.

Time soon entered January of the sixth year of Baoqing (1230), and the Mongolian envoys finally came to Lin'an, preparing to discuss an alliance with the Song Dynasty.

This alliance's borrowing of the alliance is still a trivial matter. Wo Kuotai believes that the Great Mongol Empire can destroy the Jin Dynasty without relying on the Song Dynasty. The main purpose is to formally fulfill the last wish of the father Khan. The focus is to test the domestic situation of the Song Dynasty and the intentions of the Song emperor.

The Mongolian envoy was Wang Lao, who also brought ten Han troops, a Mongolian leader (ten Mongolian soldiers are one leader, the task of the leader is to fight when mounted, and to herd when dismounted, equivalent to a ten-man commander) and some Gift.

Wang Lu is from Fengxiang. In history, when the Mongols attacked Fengxiang where the Jin Kingdom was stationed, he said that he was from Fengxiang and could go back to persuade his tribe to surrender. Sure enough, the tribesmen were willing to surrender, and Fengxiang in the Jin Kingdom did not hold on.

In 1232, he sent an envoy to the Song Dynasty again, and it was this person who asked the Song Dynasty to send troops to attack the Jin Dynasty together.

This guy is now on his first mission to the Song Dynasty.

On the fifth day of the first month of the sixth year of Baoqing, Wang Lu arrived in Lin'an.

This is the first time Wang Lao has come to Lin'an City. After all, he was considered a native of the Jin Kingdom and was born in the Jin Kingdom. His envoy ship came from the north. Because he wanted to guard against Peng Yibin from Shandong, he bypassed the Yellow River and the Yangtze River Estuary, and then entered from Hangzhou Bay. Lin'an, and finally from Qiantang River to Jiahuimen.

Before the ship even docked, Wang Lu stood on the pier and saw flags fluttering on the shore and a sea of ​​people.

He couldn't help but look back at the Mongolian deputy envoy Tuochala beside him.

Tochara is the son of Ta Bue'er. After Ta Bue'er's death, he inherited the post of Mongolian Wanhu from his father. It is said that Mongolian Wanhu is of a very high rank compared to Wang Lu, a Han official, but this time as deputy envoy, He wanted to secretly investigate the Song Dynasty and Emperor Zhao Yurui.

"Do the Han people have any festivals recently?" Tuochala also felt strange.

Wang Lao didn't think of any festival even if he thought about it.

"Perhaps the New Year has just passed and everyone is still thinking about it?" Wang Lu could only smile bitterly.

As the boat got closer and closer, I finally saw clearly that there were many civil and military officials from the Song Dynasty standing on the shore, and there were countless civilians on both sides.

Sudden.

Bang, there was a sound of firecrackers, followed by gongs, drums, and string music all around. The entire shore became extremely noisy, which stunned Wang Lu and Tuochala.

After they landed, they found out that officials from the Song Dynasty's Ministry of Rites and bands and the people of the Song Dynasty were welcoming them.

Soon an official from the Ministry of Rites named Zhao Gong came to visit Wang Lu and the others.

Zhao Gong's face was full of flattery, and he bowed his head. When he heard that Wang Zhen was the envoy, his smiling eyes narrowed: "It turns out to be Ambassador Wang. They are all our own people. Come on, come on -"

Wang Le's face changed slightly, and he said quickly: "This official is Wang Le, the envoy of Mongolia. He is sent to the Song Dynasty on the order of He Khan."

Just to remind Zhao Gong, I am not a Han, let alone a Song Dynasty. I am a Mongolian, and I am one of your own people.

Of course Zhao Gong wouldn't say anything and guided them to stay at Dutingyi.

When Zhao and Rui came to Beijing, they also stayed in Dutingyi temporarily.

This place is dedicated to receiving envoys from various countries other than the Kingdom of Jin.

Zhao Gong prepared a spacious and warm carriage for them.

After Wang Lu and Tuochala entered the carriage, they felt that it was luxuriously decorated, fragrant, and had a heater, which made it very comfortable.

"Song people really know how to enjoy themselves." Tuochala chuckled and said, "I'm afraid I'll spend all my money on this."

Wang Lao nodded and said: "I heard that the Song Dynasty court had no money. The emperor valued the world's grain fields and changed taxes to levy grain, specifically to benefit from the rich and officials."

"Isn't this killing the goose that lays the goose to lay eggs?" Tuochala believes that the Mongolian nobility is the foundation of Mongolia's strength. When the Song emperor took advantage of the nobility and officials, wouldn't it be digging his own foundation?
Wang Lao didn't say anything. He probably objected to this. After all, when his family was in Fengxiang, they were also local landowners.

The two of them had just seen Zhao Gong's attitude and felt that the Song people seemed to be more afraid of them. Tuochala already looked down on the Song people in his heart, and Wang Lu thought he was proud of being a Mongolian.

The two of them talked about the unbearable situation of the Song people along the way, and also talked about the Song people's attack on Kaifeng by the Jin people.

Suddenly, there was a sound of horses honking outside, followed by a rumble, and the carriage shook.

The two of them were startled. Tuochala put his hand on the handle of the knife and raised the car curtain.

Wang Lu also poked his head over. A gust of cold wind blew in from outside. Neither of them was moved. They saw that Meng's convoy had stopped, and a dilapidated carriage in front seemed to have hit their carriage.

(End of this chapter)