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

Chapter 325 You can offend the Song people, but there is no need to anger the Mongolian army

After Song Jun came in, it was obvious that the locals did not welcome them very much.

This will make Mongolia stronger and Jin and Song Dynasties weaker, but this will still form a general consensus among the local people.

Waiting for the day after the Mongolian army left, on the sixth day of the first lunar month, an official from Daming County who claimed to be the local county captain finally came to visit and offered to help the Song army. He also said that the county magistrate was ill and therefore could not come.

This was completely different from when the Mongolian army came in. When the Mongolian army came in, a large number of officials and local gentry surrendered at the same time, almost like welcoming the king's division.

Because the Mongolian army slaughtered and plundered the city at every turn, these people were afraid.

Human nature is like this. Song people are famous for their etiquette, but local people and powerful people are more afraid of the brutal Mongolian army.

Moreover, in the eyes of most powerful people and officials, the Song people may not be able to stay after they come in, and it may not take long for the Mongolian army to fight back.

"What's your name?" Peng Yibin was meeting with the county captain of Daming County.

The county captain said that he was a local, named Yang Chun, and then specifically said that he was Han.

"Han people? Hahaha." Peng Yibin couldn't help laughing: "Are there any people in the North who think they are Han people?"

Yang Chun was taken aback.

Peng Yibin added: "When my army entered the city, the expressions of the people did not look like they were welcoming Master Wang back to the north."

Yang Chun smiled bitterly.

"But I can't blame them."

"They were all born in the Kingdom of Jin. They have always regarded themselves as Jin people and have long forgotten that they are Han people."

It was hundreds of years ago that the Song Dynasty lost Hebei and other places.

The northerners alive today were all born in the Kingdom of Jin. After all, almost no one can live to be a hundred years old.

Yang Chun immediately said: "Although Beidi has been away from the Song Dynasty for hundreds of years, we are still of Han blood in our hearts." His words and expressions were more flattering.

Peng Yibin said: "I want to check the local register and population and property."

He had just led his troops into the city for a few days. As soon as he entered, he went all out to build fortifications and transport artillery to the top of the city, mainly to prepare for the Mongolian army's counterattack. Now that the Mongolian army had retreated, he finally had time to do these things.

"This -" Yang Chun was very surprised. He probably didn't think the Song people could occupy this place for a long time.

"General Peng, after discussions between my subordinates and the local gentry, our Daming County is willing to donate five thousand stones of grain, one hundred pigs, two hundred sheep, and fifty jars of wine to welcome Master Wang."

Yang Chun thought, General Peng, just take some benefits and leave early. Don't wait for the Mongolian army to come back. It will be too late if the entire army is annihilated.

In the past few years, there were fights in Shandong, Hebei and other places. Today the Mongolian army will come, and tomorrow the Jin army will come, and there will be rebels in the middle. Landlords and officials everywhere do this. Some generals are greedy and will ask for some money or even horses. We will try our best to satisfy everyone if they can.

It is a tacit understanding between the two parties that those who serve as soldiers should not harass the local area if they get benefits.

Because Jin Meng was guarding the area, no one could be sure that he would always occupy the area.

Of course, in the past two years, the Mongolian army has basically been occupying it, and the Jin Kingdom's forces have retreated to the south of Weizhou.

Therefore, in the eyes of most officials and landowners in Daming County at this time, the Song Army would definitely not stay long.

Give the generals some benefits and hope they won't disturb the city.

After Yang Chun finished speaking, he also waited for Peng Yibin to bargain.

This is not their bottom line. Whether Peng Yibin adds money or horses, they are all available in the city. Of course, they will not have high-quality war horses, but there will be a lot of transport horses.

But when Peng Yibin smiled and said, "Does Lieutenant Yang County think that our army of the Song Dynasty will not stay here long?"

"Uh" Yang Chun was embarrassed to speak.

Peng Yibin's face suddenly darkened: "Go back and inform the county magistrate. In half an hour, I will go to the county office to check all the county's account books."

"If there is anything missing--" Peng Yibin paused, and his tone became colder. He didn't say the next words, but his expression was quite fierce.

Hiss, Yang Chun took a breath of air with an incredible expression on his face.

Would Song Jun have this attitude?Do you want to share the world with the scholar-bureaucrats?
Peng Yibin is the local military leader, and he is indeed a bandit.

After a while, Yang Chun hurriedly left the place where Peng Yibin lived and went to the county government office. When he approached the county government office, he saw two teams of Song troops standing on the left and right of the county government office. There were some announcements posted on the wall. A large number of people were Watch.

Yang Chun squeezed over and took a look. He was slightly surprised when he saw Song Jun standing beside him.

The Song Army was covered in armor, with some iron armor on the shoulders and chest, and the rest was all cotton armor (but there were iron pieces inside, so they couldn't see it). The key armors were all new and well-made. They were similar to the Jin Army he had seen before. , the rebel army, and even the Mongolian army, the Song army in front of them was more powerful and elite.

The Song army's hats were not very coordinated because they seemed to be made of cotton leather, but Yang Chun knew that they were for keeping warm. When the Mongolian army came to attack the city, many Song soldiers would change into iron helmets. What he didn't know was that inside the iron helmets, There will also be a layer of cotton to keep warm in the winter.

Now is not war time, so many Song soldiers have changed into cotton hats, which are very effective in keeping warm.

Just looking at the current equipment of the Song army, Yang Chun knew that this Song army had invested a lot and spent a lot of silver and food.

Such a Song army cannot handle thousands of stones of food and dozens of pigs and sheep?
You must know that there are many famous names.

Daming was the companion capital in the Northern Song Dynasty. At its peak, Daming Prefecture had more than 100 million people. Now Daming County has more than 10,000 people, which is considered a relatively large county.

I'm afraid there's going to be some blood, Yang Chun thought thoughtfully.

Just as he was staring at Song Jun, the voices of the people were everywhere.

"Really or not, a day's work costs [-] copper coins or [-] copper coins.?"

"Try it and you'll know."

"You can't go wrong if you work hard day by day."

"As long as you are young and strong, as long as you are young and strong, don't even think about it, Lao He."

"Who said that?"

"I know how to read."

There were many illiterate people at the scene. Of course, there were also officials from the county government, some who were literate and were reading, and there were also scholars who had passed by to help explain.

Yang Chun looked intently and saw that the Song Army was recruiting two thousand migrant workers in Daming City. As long as they were young and strong, they would help with the fortifications. They would be paid [-] copper coins or [-] huizi per day. The work would last for a day, including a meal at noon, and a quarter of a hour every day. check in.

Noon this time is around [-] to [-] o'clock, and we eat relatively late. However, in ancient times, many people only ate two meals, so people had to go to work and have to eat breakfast by themselves.

Song Jun's announcement was very detailed. He would start working at [-]:[-] every day, take a break and go home around [-] pm, and only provide one meal.

There were people nearby saying that the Song army was posted everywhere in the city.

Thirty copper coins is a lot, and even Song Jun's Huizi is relatively valuable now. After all, after Zhao Yurui came to power, fewer and fewer Huizi were issued, and they became more and more valuable on the market.

Many people at the scene turned around and signed up after reading this. Yang Chun shook his head. Song Jun was so willing to spend money, so a mere five thousand stone grain would be even less effective.

When he entered the county government office, the county magistrate Li Dun was already waiting for him inside, and there were also a large number of local gentry and powerful people in the room.

Li Dun was not sick at all, but he just didn't want to see Peng Yibin. He was afraid that after he left, the Mongolian army would come back to settle accounts with him.

Yesterday, the Mongolian army of [-] troops besieged the city, which shocked Li Dun. He thought that the Mongolian army would be able to attack that day, but then the Mongolian army left for unknown reasons. Li Dun thought to himself that the Mongolian army would still come, so he should not make any mistakes first. Head bird.

Because the Mongolian army was unreasonable, and the Song people wanted to share the world with the scholar-bureaucrats, they could offend the Song people, but there was no need to anger the Mongolian army.

Yang Chun told Li Dun and others about the meeting.

The scene immediately exploded.

"Peng Yibin has such a big appetite. What does it mean to directly want to read the books?"

"He didn't even bargain?"

"He doesn't offer a price, which is worse than bargaining."

"Apparently a big appetite."

"Song Jun is still recruiting people to do fortifications outside. I think they want us to pay for this money."

The local officials and gentry were scolding Peng Yibin for being greedy.

Indeed, Peng Yibin didn't even counter-offer when faced with their offer, which was much more troublesome than bargaining.

There was a bit of noise all around. Everyone was wondering what Peng Yibin wanted.He is a dignified military commander. Looking at the county records, do you plan to permanently station the daimyo?Have you asked the Mongolians?

The main thing everyone is afraid of is that when the Mongolian army comes back, the Song army will resist fiercely. Once the city is broken, the Mongolian army will go crazy and massacre the city. At that time, everyone will die together with the Song people.

Therefore, everyone generally hopes that the Song people will take their belongings and leave quickly, and must not station the famous people.

"He'll be here in half an hour." Yang Chun said at this time.

"Humph" Li Dun snorted coldly, thinking that I would just lie down on the bed and see what he would do to me.
"Come here, give me some medicine." Li Dun turned around and said loudly.

"Li Zhixian, what kind of medicine should you cook?" The subordinate was puzzled.

"What medicine do you care about? Just fry a few at will." Li Dun said angrily: "When Peng Yibin comes, take it to my bedside."

The subordinate quickly turned around and left.

Yang Chun knew that Li Dun was pretending to be ill, and thought that Peng Yibin would not be able to do anything to Li Dun at that time, and he was afraid that he would make me stand out.

"Li Zhixian, what should I do if Peng Yibin wants to read the books after he comes?" he asked with a wry smile.

"You said no, and you were burned by the Mongolian army."

Someone at the scene suggested moving outside the county government office. There was a landlord's shop not far across the street.

But a county in ancient times had a lot of books, and half an hour might not be enough, and there were Song troops outside.

Li Dun expressed that he was not afraid, saying that what did a rough military commander know? If he really searched every house, he would admit it later.

Anyway, Li Dun planned to deceive Peng Yibin first and force him to withdraw from Daming County. If he could no longer deceive him, he would admit it later. He was certain that Song wanted to share the world with the scholar-bureaucrats and would not touch him as a local official.

After all, when the Northern Song Dynasty and the Jin Dynasty went to war, some county governments came and went. The Jin people would be unreasonable, but the Song people must be reasonable and would not pursue them.

At this time, Yang Chun mentioned the announcement outside and asked, what did the Song army ask the people to do?
Some people say that he deliberately sent his tenants to help dig the soil, then put it in sacks and then sent it to the city.

He also said that Song Jun brought many sacks with him and bought sacks in the city.

"So simple?" Yang Chun was a little surprised. Why did Song Jun need so many sacks?

"It's hard to dig in the winter. It's impossible to dig. It's not easy." Someone shook his head.

At this time, someone suggested giving Peng Yibin some beautiful young ladies and money to try.

Some people also suggested raising the price and adding more grain, pigs and sheep.

More than a dozen people at the scene were discussing countermeasures. Suddenly, a government official rushed in from outside: "Li Zhixian, Li Zhixian - coming, coming, the Song Army is coming -"

The scene was in an uproar, and everyone looked at Yang Chun.

Yang Chun couldn't believe it either. Didn't he say it took half an hour?

It's only two quarters of an hour, right?

It was only about two-quarters of an hour since he left Peng Yibin, and less than five minutes after he entered the county government office.

Before they could react, a large group of armored and armed Song troops rushed in from outside.

Li Dun was blocked in the room, shocked and angry. His medicine hadn't been cooked yet.

Many people from the Song Army came in, and some people went deeper one after another.

Li Dun was anxious. Further north is the private land of the rear house, where the female family members are. Do you Song people still respect etiquette?
"That's unreasonable." Li Dun rushed out angrily.

Everyone followed him to the yard.When they met, they saw Peng Yibin coming in with Zhu Rong, Xu Yan, Quan Li and other generals outside the hospital.

"General Peng is here." Yang Chun rushed to greet him and signaled Li Dun at the same time.

Li Dun knew that this man was Peng Yibin, so he suppressed his anger and met with Peng Yibin first, and then asked him, why did he let Song Jun go to the backyard?

Peng Yibin did not answer, but asked: "Didn't you say that Li Zhixian is seriously ill in bed?"

Li Dun was not afraid and said calmly: "I have just recovered and am preparing to summon all the officials and gentry in the county to see General Peng."

"Where are the county records?" Peng Yibin asked again.

"The Mongols set them on fire when they left." Li Dun said without hesitation.

"Li Zhixian is not joking?" Peng Yibin asked with a smile.

"..." Li Dun was stunned for a moment.

"I hope Li Zhixian is not making a joke on me, otherwise, I will chop off Li Zhixian's head."

Only then did everyone know that Peng Yibin also had a marquis. Isn't this a joke? He was originally a mud-legged man from Shandong, but now he has become a prince of the Song Dynasty?
There is really no one available in the Song Dynasty. Can such a person be a marquis?All the officials and gentry present looked down upon Peng Yibin and Da Song.

Only Yang Chun noticed that Peng Yibin had a smile on his face when he talked about beheading, but this smile was not funny at all and was very cruel.

He turned to look at Li Dun, wanting to remind Li Dun with his eyes, but Li Dun didn't care at all, and he didn't know if he heard what Peng Yibin said clearly, or thought that Peng Yibin was talking nonsense like him.

Next, Peng Yibin seemed to have nothing to do. He stood casually chatting with people in the yard and asked Yang Chun to introduce them one by one.

Everyone can only cheer up and deal with Peng Yibin.

Those present were basically the most powerful and wealthy people in Daming County, and many of them were local tycoons.

What does it mean to be powerful in the Song Dynasty?
In the early days, some were rebels, some were private militiamen of landlords, and most of them came from humble backgrounds. They stood out because they were willing to work hard in troubled times.

For example, there are tens of thousands of Han households in Mongolia, and many of them are local powerful people.

The powerful people all have their own troops. Some of the powerful powerful people either surrendered to Mongolia or followed the Jin Kingdom. Most of them reached tens of thousands of households, such as Liu Heima from Mongolia and the Wuxian from the Jin Kingdom.

There are still some young soldiers who will stay in various counties and hang out with whoever comes, and sometimes they will go out with the army.

Peng Yibin smiled and got to know each one. Anyway, those present basically represented the richest people in Daming County, with the most grain fields and the most shops and properties.

This is also a routine commonly used by powerful landowners from all over the world. Whenever a new force enters the local area, they will get together to consider countermeasures, whether to follow them sincerely or to casually entertain them.

Everyone was chatting casually in the yard. During this period, Li Dun mentioned that it was cold outside and came into the house, but Peng Yibin ignored him and everyone had to continue to blow the cold wind outside.

I don't know how long it took, but suddenly a wave of Song troops came from the east, and everyone was still holding something.

Li Dun turned around and his expression changed.

With a crash, a large pile of books was thrown into the corridor.

Song Jun reported that the warehouse and registers were found.

Then a thin middle-aged man was pulled out from behind.

The man had a wry smile and a horrified expression.

"Hiss" Li Dun was shocked and angry. This was Zhou Zhongyou, the county official.

The left side of Zhou Zhongyou's face was obviously red and swollen, as if he had been slapped several times. He was looking at Li Dun pitifully, as if to say, Master, I was beaten, don't blame me.

"What does the Marquis of Jinan mean?" Li Dun pointed at Zhou Zhongyou and asked, "Why did you beat our pledge?"

"Zhou Dianya understands justice well and led us to find the register. Li Dun, are you playing tricks on me?" Peng Yibin looked at him coldly.

Li Dun said without changing his expression: "Perhaps I made a mistake. When the Mongols left, they said they would burn the books. They may have left in a hurry. I will admit my mistake to the Marquis of Jinan."

"Damn it." Peng Yibin couldn't bear the pretense of being gentle anymore, so he yelled: "You think I'm easy to fool, don't you? Come here, chop up Li Dun's whole family, and drag them outside the county government office."

"Hiss." Everyone present turned pale with horror.

"What?" Li Dun almost thought he heard wrongly.

Before he could react, several sergeants rushed up from all around and dragged him out.

Only then did Li Dun realize that Peng Yibin was not joking and had no intention of sharing the world with the scholar-bureaucrats.

"Marquis of Jinan, Marquis of Jinan, spare your life, spare your life -" Li Dun cried and howled for a moment, but Song Jun didn't care at all and dragged him all the way outside, and soon no sound was heard.

The courtyard, which was noisy just now, suddenly became much quieter.

All the officials and gentry turned pale and looked incredulous.

Peng Yibin turned around and looked at Yang Chun: "From now on, you will be the magistrate of Daming County. When the official documents from the court arrive, you will be given the treatment you deserve."

"Ah" Yang Chun said. He didn't really want to be an official in the Song Dynasty, but he had no choice. He didn't dare to say no now, so he could only force a smile. Thank you Marquis of Jinan.

"Come here, check the property in Li Dun's house, and give half of it to Zhou Dian, no, to Zhou County Lieutenant." Peng Yibin walked up to Zhou Zhongyou, reached out and patted him on the shoulder: "Zhou County Lieutenant, you are now my official official of the Song Dynasty. Official."

"In addition to half of the property of Li Dun's family, the imperial court will also reward heavily. Your Majesty will definitely reward those who support the imperial court and do things for the imperial court."

Zhou Zhongyou didn't know whether to laugh or cry, thinking that I didn't do anything, it was you who forced me. However, he knew that Peng Yibin did this deliberately, so he could only laugh and nod.

Peng Yibin came up and beheaded Li Dun's whole family, which really shocked the officials and gentry present.

Then Peng Yibin asked Quan Li to take Yang Chun and Zhou Zhongyou to check the Daming County register and count the people with the most grain fields and real estate in the county.

Then he turned around and asked Yang Chun: "Are there any of these people here who do good deeds for the common people?"

Yang Chun was stunned for a moment, looking at the scene and not knowing how to answer.

"If not, then check them all."

The powerful landowners from all over the country would kill a hundred of them without fail. It was rare for them to be good people.

Good people cannot get rich.

Moreover, Peng Yibin would either kill them or search all their property and fields. He would leave each household a hundred thousand coins and a small amount of food, and let them go to areas controlled by the Mongolian army, such as to the west, Zhangde, or Shunde in the north. Mongolians are more welcome to you. Army, right? Then go to the territory of the Mongolian army.

After speaking, he turned and left.

The scene immediately exploded. I didn't expect the Song army to be so ruthless and even more unreasonable than the Mongolian army.

Peng Yibin, who had been chatting and laughing with them just now, turned around and controlled all of them in the county government office, and then sent people to inspect them.

Daming County was suddenly in a state of panic, and many landowners' granaries were raided.

The Song army was very insidious. Every time they arrived at a house, they would first search everything they could find.

After all the wealth and grain fields have been found, some landowners will still hide granaries and money. At this time, they will ask their relatives, relatives, housekeepers and servants to report, who is the first? A report can be divided into half of the inspection.

Some of them may only be known to the landlords themselves, and they are unwilling to say that it doesn't matter. Anyway, the landlord's family was expelled from the daimyo and went to the areas controlled by the Mongols.

Song Jun will look for it slowly from behind.

The Song army searched Daming like bandits, and finally drove away hundreds of wealthy and landed officials and gentry in Daming County.

In half a month, more than 20 dan of grain, tens of millions of guan of money, property and real estate were confiscated, and hundreds of thousands of acres of grain fields were confiscated.

This was just after the autumn harvest, and many landowners had a large amount of grain stored in them. Now they were all advantaged by the Song army.

Then the Song army began to distribute these confiscated grain fields to the common people.

This technique is very useful no matter what time it is to divide the land among the rich.

The Song army also had a routine in dividing the land, first allocating it to the tenants who were originally powerful landlords.

Tenants were the source of the army for many powerful landowners. They were originally people with no land or little land. Due to poverty, they rented the land from the powerful landlords at high prices. Now the Song army first divided the fields, starting from ten acres per household, and suddenly won them over. Heart.

Moreover, the land rent for the Song Army was also low, only [-]%, plus [-]% tax, which equals [-]%.

Originally, their land rent was [-]% or more, and they had to pay additional taxes, and the land was not their own.

Now the Song army promised them that after ten years of farming and paying taxes, the land would be privately owned by them. That is, after ten years, they would no longer have to pay land rent, only taxes.

If there is a young man in the family who is willing to serve as a soldier (and still be selected by the Song army), then there is no need to rent the land directly.

If there are young men and women in the family who often participate in the imperial court recruiting civilian husbands to help the imperial court and work for four months every year, the land rent will be exempted.

After these policies came out, the tenants in Daming County who had just lost their masters fell into the arms of the Song army, and no one would miss their former masters anymore.

When Peng Yibin once again recruited civilians to help with fortifications, more and more people signed up in the city.

After allocating the tenants, Peng Yibin still had a lot of land in his hands, which he distributed to the people of Daming County.

For example, if each household has less than two acres of land, and then less than five acres, we will try our best to ensure that every household in Daming County has more than five acres of land.

The newly allocated fields to this group of people will be taxed at [-]%, while the fields originally held by them will be tax-free for three years.

In addition, the people in the city who originally owned land were exempted from taxes for three years.

Zhao Yurui's policies one after another were all designed to win over people's hearts. The Song army had only entered the city less than half a month ago. After a set of policies, they almost immediately won the support and praise of the people in the city.

Zhao Yurui originally had no taxes here, but now he is directly tax-free for three years. The people have benefited, but he has not suffered any losses.

And after he confiscated hundreds of thousands of acres of farmland and distributed it to the people, he still had nearly [-] acres of land left in his hands.

It can be distributed to the stationed officers, soldiers and officials one after another.

When Peng Yibin led his troops into the city, the people in Daming County were very indifferent. Many people looked at them as if they were enemies.

But after Peng Yibin expelled the powerful landlords and those with more grain fields from the daimyo, he implemented a set of policies and immediately won the support of most people in the city.

Of course, there were many businessmen and scholars in the city at this time. Many of them were considered middle class. They might not have a lot of grain fields, but they had shops and property. They were not very satisfied with the policies of the Song Dynasty.

The policies of the Song Dynasty were all aimed at ordinary people, so that ordinary people could benefit, but they benefited relatively little.

Many people did not have to pay taxes before. The three-year tax exemption for Song people is not a good thing, because it means that after three years, they will have to pay taxes.

Fortunately, Zhao and Rui immediately came to power with the second wave of policies.

First, the army and local governments negotiated procurement matters with local shops.

The garrison consumes oil, vegetables, meat, cloth, iron and other materials every year. Later, it will be purchased locally, signing contracts with various merchants, and purchasing at slightly lower than market prices.

From now on, the imperial court will only provide military salaries, military rations and armaments to the local garrison, and try to purchase other supplies locally.

This is a big business and involves many commercial firms. The contract also stipulates that the imperial court will randomly check the purchased materials and prices every year. If the materials are of good quality and the price is normal, the commercial banks may be included in the priority scope of cooperation and have the opportunity to obtain larger purchase orders. .

In this way, the various trading houses in Daming City will compete and at the same time tie their interests to the imperial court.

For scholars, Zhao and Rui planned to build a school in Daming County and recruited scholars to teach.

The court did not pay wages, but gave some scholars from the properties, shops and grain fields that were inspected.

For example, some scholars who have little land can get five acres of land as ten years' salary. If you teach seriously, the five acres of land will be given to you. If you don't teach seriously, the five acres of land can be taken back.

Others have to spend money to build schools, but Zhao Yurui doesn't need to spend money to build a school in the newly occupied area.

The money and food he robbed can support him to continue working. Anyway, each acre of land is discounted for two years' salary. How many years' salary is discounted for a house and how many years' salary is discounted for a shop. In this way, scholars have signed up one after another and strongly requested help. teach.

After several sets of policies were adopted, the entire county of Daming was tied to the interests of the Song army, and the Song court completely consolidated its rule over Daming.

Let alone the Mongolian army fighting back, even if the Song army withdraws and gives it to the Mongols, the 10,000+ people in Daming City will not agree.

(End of this chapter)