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

Chapter 368 Leave braids but not hair, leave hair but no braids

Kaifeng.

Nanjing, the former Jin Kingdom, has been changed back to Kaifeng.

When the Song army captured Kaifeng, there were still 60 million people in the city, including a large number of foreigners such as the Jurchens of the Jin Kingdom.

In August, the Song Army issued a notice, forcing all Jurchens and Khitans to change their surnames to Han surnames and Yi Han decorations. They would learn Chinese characters and use Chinese in the future, and they were not allowed to keep Jurchen or Khitan books in their homes.

Many Jurchens in the city refused to change their surnames to Han or change their surnames to Han. The defenders stationed in Kaifeng beheaded more than 500 people in one day, and there was no objection.

Both the Jurchens and the Khitans like to braid their hair in small braids, ranging from two to several.

Starting from September, announcements were made everywhere in the Central Plains and the territory of the former Jin Kingdom: "Keep your braid on, but not your head, and leave your head on, but no braid on your head."

Anyone whose hair ornaments are still Jurchen, bear Jurchen surname, and wear Jurchen clothes will be beheaded.

For a time, all the Jurchen books in the former Jin Kingdom territory were burned, and shops did not dare to sell Jurchen clothes. Khitan clothes and hair accessories were also disappeared.

In early September, the weather was extremely hot.

Early in the morning, Zhang Xiaohong took to the streets alone.

Zhang Xiaohong is only 17 years old this year. He was originally a member of the Jurchen tribe. His father was a small local official in the former Jin Kingdom. After the Song Army broke through Kaifeng, his father was the first to surrender. The Song Army originally planned to make his father the commander of Xiangfu County, Kaifeng Prefecture. Order, as an example of surrender among the Jurchen tribe.

Later, the Song army demanded that people shave their hair, change their attire, and change their surnames to Chinese. However, a large number of Jurchens in the city opposed it.

His father was the first to change his surname to Zhang, with Han hair and Han ornaments.

Unexpectedly, there was an excitement, and more than a dozen Jurchen tribesmen assassinated his father on the street.

Although the Song Army avenged him afterwards, Zhang Xiaohong's father was already dead and was still killed by his own Jurchen tribe.

Zhang Xiaohong didn't know whether to hate Song Jun or the Jurchen people.

He stood blankly on the street, looking down at his clothes from time to time.

He was wearing a Han Chinese robe and the hair ornaments on his head were also Han Chinese. If you didn't look carefully, it would be difficult to tell the difference between him and the Han people.

I am Han, I am Han, he couldn't help but murmured a few words in his heart.

My father said this before he died. If you want the Zhang family to survive for a long time, you must remember that you are Han, unless the Mongols come over.

Zhang Xiaohong doesn't know whether Mongolia will come, but he would rather have no war and peace everywhere.

Kaifeng Mansion was surrounded twice by the Mongolian and Song armies, resulting in countless casualties. Zhang Xiaohong now hopes that there will be peace every day, and it would be best not to have to fight.

He did not grow up on a horse. He grew up in Kaifeng Prefecture. He could neither ride a horse nor fight. Although he was a Jurchen, he was also an ordinary person. Before the Song army made an announcement, he followed the example of the Han people and did not stay. Bianzi was originally heavily Sinicized, and there were many Jurchens in the city who were heavily Sinicized. Most of them were not interested in the Song Army's announcement.

Those tribesmen who strongly opposed and tried to resist Liubin last month, after a massacre by the Song army, became completely honest, and the city of Kaifeng finally became quiet again.

Of course, Zhang Xiaohong knew that under this quiet place, there might be waves and undercurrents, and there were Jurchen warriors thinking about how to resist.

But the Song army would not be polite. The general stationed in Kaifeng was Wang Shixian, the former Jin Dynasty and Han general.

Wang Shixian was successful in breaking the city, and he is currently the guard of Kaifeng. This guy was once a member of the Jin Kingdom, and now he is not merciless in killing Jin people.

"Hey" this damn world.

Zhang Xiaohong muttered all the way and soon came to a teahouse.

This teahouse is newly opened and is considered a government-run restaurant. Zhang Xiaohong has been here several times and basically believes that it is a government-run restaurant.

The weather is hot now, and the teahouse provides a cup of herbal tea for one penny, with refills available, so many people come to the teahouse to listen to books when they have nothing to do.

Yes, there are storytellers in this teahouse every day.

Zhang Xiaohong entered the teahouse as before. The teahouse was already overcrowded. There was nothing to do on a hot day in ancient times. It was good to drink tea to escape the heat and read books.

But when the teahouse is full, the air becomes bad and the temperature rises.

After Zhang Xiaohong came in, he spent a penny and drank two cups of herbal tea. Then he went to the side and washed his face with cold water. Only then did he feel that his body was not so hot.

The teahouse provides well water for washing your face, which is probably one of the reasons why many people are willing to come in.

"Master Zhang, please come upstairs." The boy in the teahouse also knew him. Originally, if nothing happened to his father, he was the county magistrate.

Zhang Xiaohong went upstairs and looked around, and found that there were many Jurchen people in the teahouse.

The voice of the storyteller upstairs became louder and louder.

There were not many tables upstairs, but a lot of empty seats. Most people were standing, because sitting on a stool required extra money. Zhang Xiaohong paid ten cents and found a seat to sit down.

The storyteller was a middle-aged man with a very loud voice.

Usually he talks about the shame of Jingkang in the morning and the Song army's defeat of Kaifeng in the afternoon.

It is repeated every day, but there are quite a lot of people who come to listen, and there are also many people like Zhang Xiaohong who have come several times.

Zhang Xiaohong believes that this was a deliberate comparison by the Song Dynasty people.

Nowadays, many Jurchens in the city are dissatisfied with the Song people, but the Song people used storytellers to tell them that compared with the shame of Jingkang, you are lucky.

Zhang Xiaohong has heard about the Jingkang Disgrace several times. Compared with the fate of the Jurchen people in Kaifeng City now, he also thinks that they are relatively lucky.

After the Song army came in, there was no massacre or humiliation. Except for killing a group of people when they opposed the separation and burning of books, the Song army was relatively friendly to the Jurchen tribe.

Of course, many Jurchen nobles would not think so, because the properties and grain fields of senior Jin officials, royal families and nobles had all been confiscated by the Song army.

For ordinary Jurchen people, the only shame is probably to change their surname to Yi Shi.

Zhang Xiaohong drank herbal tea and slowly the sweat on his head became less and less.

Just as I was feeling cool, there was a sudden noise downstairs, and then two Song soldiers came up.

Everyone upstairs immediately focused their attention on the two Song troops.

The storyteller quickly stopped.

One of the Song soldiers lowered his head and said a few words to the storyteller, and then the storyteller said: "The imperial court has a new policy, and official documents will be posted downstairs. Those who are illiterate can listen here."

Then give up your position.

A Song army came to the storyteller's position, looked around and said loudly: "After listening, you can spread the word everywhere. As people of the Song Dynasty, you should spread the various policies of the imperial court and actively participate in state affairs-"

Song Jun said a few words first, which probably meant that no matter who you are, whether you are a farmer, a scholar, or a businessman, you must care about national affairs, because if the country is good, you will be good, and if Song Dynasty is strong, you will be safe.

It sounded reasonable. Zhang Xiaohong looked around while listening. Many people were slightly excited when they heard that they could participate in state affairs.

Then Song Jun talked about the latest immigration policy.

The imperial court was going to immigrate to Changchun City, where Changchun City is located. Of course, it was announced first, and all the words were good. Zhang Xiaohong felt that it was a bit unreal when he heard it was so good.

Then he said that the entire Kaifeng Prefecture has been allocated a quota of [-] households, and there are only so many households, and there is no chance of even one more household.

Anyone who moves his family will be given the same number of acres of land when they arrive in Changchun City. At the same time, they will be tax-free for five years. In addition, each person in the family (regardless of male, female, old or young) will receive an additional two acres of farmland.

If there are adult men in the family, they are exempted from military service twice.

The Song Dynasty had already implemented a new military service law when it recruited new soldiers last year. Anyone who is over 35 years old and under [-] years old must apply unconditionally. However, the court has quotas in various places, so you may not be recruited.

Starting next year, one person will be recruited from about 6 households every year, and the country will be able to recruit approximately [-] to [-] new soldiers throughout the year.

That is to say, every household with a person above or below the age of 35 has a one-thirtieth chance of being recruited as a new soldier.

The odds don't sound high. If we take turns, it only comes once every 30 years.

But once you immigrate, you can be exempted from military service twice.

That is, if your house is drawn, you can be exempted twice.

According to the one-in-thirty chance, it is approximately equal to 60 years of exemption from military service.

Zhang Xiaohong's heart moved slightly after hearing this.

He is 17 years old this year and will be eligible for military service starting next year.

Of course he didn't want to be a soldier.

There were probably many people at the scene who had the same idea as him. When Song Jun first said it, there was still some noise upstairs, but it gradually became quiet, and everyone listened calmly.

There are many conditions for immigration policies, and they are the same for Jurchens and Hans.

If they are scholars, the first group can participate in the selection of local officials and have the opportunity to become officials.

The earlier a scholar registers, the more likely he is to become an official.

Zhang Xiaohong's eyes lit up when he heard this. Being an official was his dream. If it were still the Kingdom of Jin, his Jurchen clan would have an advantage, and he would have a chance to become an official sooner or later.

Now that we are in the Song Dynasty and his father is dead, Zhang Xiaohong can only count on himself.

Song Jun spoke a lot eloquently, and Zhang Xiaohong listened carefully. After listening, he already wanted to immigrate to Changchun City.

The imperial court has many preferential treatment for immigrants. The only disadvantage is that the weather there is not as good as in the Central Plains, and it is still under construction. Those who go early will probably have to participate in the construction, but there are advantages in going early. You can be assigned a house first, become an official first, and be assigned a field first. .

After the sergeant finished speaking, many people at the scene began to whisper among themselves. Zhang Xiaohong heard some Jurchen people discussing these matters in Jurchen language.

The imperial court strictly prohibits the use of Jurchen language, but everyone will subconsciously use it when communicating among their own clans. As long as no one reports it, nothing will happen.

The Jurchen people are more interested in immigration. Their hometown was originally close to the Black Mountains and White Waters where they emerged. It is said that there are still many wild Jurchens there.

Staying in Kaifeng is nothing but endless pain and memories.

I believe that most people do not want to stay here.

After coming out of the teahouse, Zhang Xiaohong saw government officials and sergeants posting notices everywhere on the street.

The biggest difference in the Song Dynasty now is propaganda.

From Lin'an to all prefectures and counties across the country, various announcements are posted on the streets every two days.

In some important cities such as Lin'an City, stickers can be found all over the streets.

The same goes for Kaifeng Mansion.

After Song Jun came in, he posted notices and changed them every three days.

When Zhang Xiaohong came out of the teahouse, he saw a long wall. This was the home of a nobleman from the Jin Kingdom, but it was now confiscated by the Song Army. The side of the wall facing the street was covered with various announcements.From time to time, passers-by would look at it and some who were illiterate would ask those who were literate to read it.

Zhang Xiaohong paused and looked at it for a while. What Song Jun had just said about immigration had been posted on the wall. After a while, people passing by began to watch.

Most of the people are illiterate, but there are scholars in the crowd who are helping to read.

Zhang Xiaohong watched for a moment, and the people began to talk about it. Some people wanted to immigrate, and some did not.

Most of those who want to immigrate are relatively poor, their families have less land, and their houses are relatively shabby.

According to the court's policy, after immigration, the land will increase, and each additional person will gain two acres of land. They will also be exempted from tax for five years, and they will also be exempted from military service twice.

These conditions are quite friendly to the poor.

In the Jin and Song Dynasties, grain fields were concentrated in the hands of landlords and nobles. In the Southern Song Dynasty, under the attack of Zhao and Rui, a large number of landlord grain fields were confiscated, and then they were basically allocated to their own troops first, and the rest were rented to other common people, and they were the priority population. There are relatively many people with relatively few grain fields.

But the Jin Kingdom had just been recovered, and Zhao and Rui were mainly allocating land to the army. The reason why they did not allocate land to the common people on a large scale was because they expected them to immigrate and fill other places.

Zhao Yurui is now developing Hainan Island and building new cities in the Northeast, which requires a large number of immigrants.

If all the grain fields seized in the Central Plains were distributed to the people, no one would be willing to immigrate.

After listening for a while, Zhang Xiaohong knew that there would be many people from the Central Plains region willing to immigrate in the future, mainly those who had no land.

Most ordinary people do not have their own land and either rent land from former landlords or currently rent land from the Song Dynasty court.

After the Song Dynasty seized the former landowners' fields, they still rented them to the common people, but no one wanted to own their own fields.

There is also a clause in the immigration policy that if the family has no land, or the land per capita is less than one mu, as long as they immigrate, three acres will be made up, and then the land will be added according to the population.

This means that if a family of three does not own an acre of land, as long as they are willing to immigrate, they can get at least nine acres of land in Changchun City.

Of course, it is not just the poor who can immigrate to Changchun City.

The announcement also welcomed businessmen and scholars.

Businessmen who have shops in Kaifeng will also be allocated shops there, and they will only be larger than the original ones, not smaller than the original ones.

Those who don’t have shops and want to be businessmen can buy shops at a low price, which is quite cheap.

After the merchants pass, they are exempted from tax for five years, and those who do large-scale business will also receive subsidies from the court.

For example, if you want to make refined salt or white sugar, as long as you have the ability to sell it far away, the court will support it at a low price.

Some merchants have access to sell further north or to areas controlled by Mongolia in Northeast China, and the court will support them at low prices.

As for scholars, it is estimated that more immigrants will immigrate, because those who go there first can become officials.

Except for the chief officials of prefectures and counties, the other officials in the imperial court said that they would be selected from local immigrants. This is good news for scholars.

The current imperial examination system of the imperial court is a [-]-point system, and there are also government-run schools to learn new things. Many former scholars, especially those from the Jin Kingdom, could not pass the exams in government-run schools. Now the only way to become an official is to immigrate to a new place.

"I have to immigrate." Zhang Xiaohong looked at the announcement and became more determined to immigrate to Changchun.

For no other reason than to be an official, it would be better to build a shop.

The imperial court was very relaxed in this direction, and officials could still open shops.

When Zhang Xiaohong turned around and was about to leave, two more government officials arrived at the scene and squeezed through the crowd: "Borrow it, give it to me, give it to me."

The crowd dispersed and saw what the government officials posted again.

"There's a new announcement." The people around shouted.

"Haha, good thing, good thing." The yamen servant laughed.

The people suddenly became interested and gathered around.

But most of the people squeezed into the front row were illiterate, so someone shouted: "Old Qi, come together, please read for us -"

Zhang Xiaohong also hurriedly squeezed in, but there were people in front of him and he couldn't squeeze to the front. He could only take a few glances from the air, but slowly he could see clearly.

The imperial court had just pacified the Jin Kingdom and was preparing a new tax law.

The new tax law imposes a capitation tax on the common people, which is different from the previous capitation tax.

The population tax of the Song Dynasty was that the more people in the family, the lower the tax, and there was also a prerequisite, that is, the family's land was less than [-] acres.

For example, the original autumn grain tax is [-]%, but if the population exceeds five people, it can be [-]%.

If the population exceeds seven people, it can be [-]%. Limiting grain fields to less than [-] acres is basically a tax cut for ordinary low-class people and is not friendly to the middle class.

Similarly, among this group of people, if there are the following boys and girls in their families, starting from two, for each additional one, the court will subsidize them with two buckets of rice per month.

This subsidy can be deducted from people's autumn taxes.

For example, your autumn grain tax is originally [-]%, and you need to hand over eight dou of rice, but you have four children, and the court needs to subsidize four dou of rice, then you only need to hand in four dou of rice.

Zhang Xiaohong looked at the new tax law and believed that the imperial court was encouraging more children and expanding the population.

And at this time, the yamen officer was also shouting: "You guys have so many children, the new tax law of the imperial court will not last long. It is said that it will only be implemented for five years."

"After passing this village, there will be no such store, and there will be no subsidies in the future."

Zhao Yurui said five years, just to see the effect first, and then adjust based on the effect, whether to continue or try another method.

He now has to consider what will happen after defeating Mongolia. If the Song Dynasty wanted to colonize and immigrate, it would need more people.

Now that the Song Dynasty's defense line has been deployed to the north of the Yellow River, as long as it can be defended, there is no war in the country, and the people can live and work in peace and contentment, they must increase their fertility.

Later, Zhao and Rui would think of various ways to stimulate people to have children and increase the population of the Song Dynasty.

At this time, the yamen officer continued: "The imperial court has opened medical clinics in various places. From now on, the imperial court will be responsible for delivering babies free of charge, and the imperial court will send women to deliver babies."

Zhao Yurui established a medical department a few years ago and then opened medical clinics in various places to prepare for this step.

In ancient times, people looked down on medical treatment. Many poor people could not afford to find a stable woman to have children.

So Zhao Yurui helped everyone save the delivery fee first.

In the next step, families with a large population will get extra points when considering the imperial examination. Zhao Yurui is desperately trying to find ways to stimulate population growth.

The population of the Southern Song Dynasty was originally more than 8000 million. In the eight years since Zhao and Rui ascended the throne, because of the good defense, they were not invaded by the Mongols, and they also annexed Shandong, the population gradually approached 9000 million. After taking over the Central Plains, there is basically a chance that it will exceed [-] million.

Zhao Yurui wants to make the Song Dynasty's population exceed 50 million within [-] years.

With the national power and economy of the Song Dynasty in this era, if it had a size of [-] million, it would be simply invincible in the world.

No dynasty could withstand the Song Dynasty's iron cavalry.
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There was a rumble and thunder in the sky, which shocked Chagatai and turned pale.

On the endless battlefield, the Mongolian army was struggling to move forward. In front of them, the Song army's positions were layered one after another. The Mongolian army's progress was quite difficult. They had never fought such a positional battle before.

The shouts of killing were loud in the front, while Chagatai and Kuoduan behind were both looking up.

This will be mid to late August.

The Mongolian army and Meng Gong's tribe of the Song army fought in the southeast corner of Zhongxing Mansion for nearly half a month, and it was difficult to determine the outcome.

But the Song army's water storage dams are getting higher and higher, which is not a good thing for the Mongolian army.

"It's going to rain." Chagatai looked up at the sky: "There were thunders several times today, and I'm afraid it's going to rain heavily in the next two days."

Kuo Duan had no expression on his face, but looked at the sky unwillingly. From the other side of the Yellow River in the southeast, he could already see the dark clouds in the distance, drifting towards Zhongxing Mansion.

"Ozhahui" Chagatai suddenly shouted.

"The official is here." Ozhaqi stepped forward respectfully.

Ouzhachuan was a Dangxiang native and the former guard general of Xiliang Mansion. When the Mongolian army attacked and destroyed Xixia, Ouzhachuan and Gao Zhiyao discussed surrendering the whole city to avoid being massacred.

Meng Ying was also there at the time, and persuaded Gao Zhiyao to take the entire city's cattle, horses and sheep to flee to Sichuan in the Song Dynasty with him.

Ouzhahui even delayed it for a few days for them, and was almost killed by Genghis Khan afterwards.

After the destruction of Xixia, Ouzhaqi was appointed as the civil official of Zhongxing Mansion because of his outstanding ability as in history.

Equivalent to the magistrate and county magistrate in the Central Plains, the civil affairs chief of a government.

He was the leader in handling civil affairs. Under his management, the Zhongxing Mansion continuously supplied Mongolia with war horses and food, which was well received.

Ouzhaqi has been in Xixia for many years and has a good understanding of the climate and terrain here.

When Kuo Duan was just entrusted to Xixia, Ouzhahuan met him and mentioned to Xiang Kuo Duan that the Zhongxing Mansion was relatively low-lying. Every year during the rainy season, the surrounding area was muddy and swampy for dozens of miles. Should he consider moving the Xiliang Prince's Mansion? To Xiliang (that is, moving the Mongolian ruling center in Xixia to Zhongxing Prefecture.)
Kuo Duan didn't care at the time and only said he would think about it later.

Now, several people were watching the Song army store water outside the city. They were quite helpless and finally thought of what Wozhahui said.

"When does the rainy season start and how long will it last?" Chagatai asked repeatedly.

The weather in Ouzha is not certain, usually in August or September, but it may rain continuously for more than half a month, or even for a month, and then it rains intermittently.

Because Zhongxing Prefecture is located in a low-lying area, once it rains, the surrounding area will become muddy in a day or two. Many roads are difficult to walk on, and the cavalry is reluctant.

After waiting for more than three to five days, it would be difficult even for the cavalry to leave.

When Mongolia was flooded by its own dam, the Xixia soldiers in Zhongxing Prefecture could only stare blankly and were unable to leave the city. If they could leave the city to pursue them, the [-] Mongolian army could be completely annihilated in Xixia, and Genghis Khan would also die.

At that time, there was mud everywhere and it was difficult for the cavalry to move. They could not fight at all. They could only watch the Mongolian army slowly withdraw from Xixia.

Then he added: "The Song Army's 10,000+ people are there, and they have to eat, drink, and defecate."

"They can't stay long. If they want to flood us, they have to think about their own logistics and retreat direction."

At this time, Ozhachuan suggested that five thousand to ten thousand elite troops could be sent to a hundred miles away from Zhongxing Prefecture to wait for the Song army to retreat.

If the Song army cannot flood Zhongxing Mansion or fails to achieve the effect, it will definitely have to withdraw from the muddy area by then.

According to the current direction of the Song Army's garrison, it is very likely to retreat to Shaanxi.

At that time, they can intercept halfway, and this will ensure that the Mongolian army has reserve forces outside the rain zone.

But there must be no ambush within a hundred miles, as it will be muddy everywhere.

(End of this chapter)