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

Chapter 381 The ambitious Kublai Khan

The two Chagatai brothers smiled knowingly at this time. They would definitely not learn from the Liao people. How could Zhao and Rui expect a hundred years of harmony?It's like a dream. When the time comes, he will definitely raise his troops to destroy the Song people.

The two brothers met this time and agreed that after Batu returned from the Western Expedition, they must go to war against the Song Dynasty to avenge the loss of Xixia. They must not imitate the Liao Kingdom.

After saying this, Chagatai suddenly asked tentatively: "I heard that Hehan wanted to learn from the Han court about tax collection?"

What he means is, I heard, brother, that you want to imitate the Han Dynasty, cut off the feudal lords and collect taxes?
You must know that Chagatai's own territory did not need to pay taxes to the Great Mongol Empire in the past or even in the future.

At most, he only needs to send troops to cooperate during the war. The tax revenue from his own territory is his own.

Wo Kuotai's face turned red and he said quickly: "Second brother, don't worry, this is what Emperor Zhao of the Song Dynasty said about estrangement from Rui. Wo Kuotai has never had such an idea -"

Wo Kuotai felt guilty and his face turned red when he spoke. Did he?Of course he had such thoughts.

Yelu Chucai had suggested to him more than once that he should learn from the Central Plains Dynasty and centralize power for rice cultivation. Of course he could understand the benefits of centralizing power for rice cultivation.

But Wokuotai still dared not admit it when facing his second brother Chagatai, and under Zhao Yurui's propaganda, there were too many internal objections in Mongolia, which was really difficult for him to handle.

The centralization of power only officially started in the hands of Kublai Khan. Of course, it also caused the disintegration of Mongolia.

If this matter had been in the hands of Genghis Khan, it would have been possible, but if it had been in the hands of Genghis Khan, everyone would have been divided.

Now that the rising dynasty of the Song Dynasty is just around the corner, Wo Kuotai would not dare to do it no matter how courageous he was.

The key point is that he didn't have this idea in history, and he had no intention of doing this at all. Even if he collected taxes, he only did it in the Han area in Shanxi, north of the Yellow River.

Now Zhao and Rui are spreading rumors about him every day, causing a wave of internal opposition, and Wo Kuotai is even more afraid to do it.

But this rumor got into his heart again. An emperor would always have such thoughts after hearing it, which made him feel a little guilty.

Of course Chagatai knew his younger brother, and when he saw his expression, he cursed in his heart.

Wokuotai really wants to cut off Tibet and collect taxes?
So he said earnestly, brother, you have to be careful about this matter. If you do this now, Mongolia may fall apart.

Wokuotai almost swore to the sky that he would be born in heaven. Second brother, don't worry, I will definitely not do this.

Chagatai left after two days of coming. Before leaving, he and Ogedai convened the nobles in Shanxi and arranged a preliminary meeting.

When the Mongolian army returns from the Western Expedition, the conference will be held again.

Their next meeting will determine one thing.

That is to say, in the future, Great Mongolia will never cut off the feudal lords and collect taxes like the Han Dynasty. This will ensure the interests of the clan kings and nobles, and any great khan in the future must abide by this.

Moreover, they want to abolish the title of emperor. They cannot call me, and they will still call me the Great Khan.

This is Mongolia's internal stance that it is determined not to follow the evil path of the Han Dynasty and maintain its far-leading nomadic tradition.

The decisions of Ogedai and Chagatai temporarily stabilized the hearts of the Mongolian nobles and allowed Mongolia to continue to maintain unity.

In October, the news spread to the distant Harah Forest.

The huge tent was opened, and several teenagers filed out, each with different expressions on their faces.

Kublai Khan, Alibu Ge, Bochuo, Mo Ge, Sui Gedu, and Xuebetai came out of the mother's tent laughing.

Just now, their mother instigated Luheteni to summon them and announced the topics for the next meeting to decide the future direction of the Mongol Empire.

History was completely changed by Zhao and Rui, and Mongolia is now fully opposed to learning from the Central Plains dynasty.

Alibu Ge and Bochuo were both discussing their future fiefdoms.

Wokuotai has promised them that they can have their own fiefdom after reaching the age of 14. He instigated Luheteni to wait for Meng Ge to come back and consider dividing the original Tuolei territory among several 14-year-olds. son.

This is the promise made by the Mongol Khan to everyone not to reduce the vassal status.

Several brothers were laughing and chatting. Among the sons of Tuo Lei, Hulagu followed Meng Ge on the Western Expedition. Currently, only Alibu Ge and Kublai Khan are over 14 years old. The rest of the brothers are still young, only the last eight years old. Brother is holding Sui Gedu with his left hand and Xuebietai with his right hand.

These three little kids are still younger and have no idea what enfeoffment means.

But Brother Alibu found that Kublai Khan didn't seem very happy.

Kublai Khan is about to have his own territory, why doesn't he seem happy?
"Fourth brother, why don't you seem very happy?" Brother Alibu asked strangely.

Kublai Khan raised his head and looked into the distance, and said calmly: "The Great Khan will be the emperor, and he will be rich in the world and the earth."

"It's not enough for us to continue enfeoffment like this. The Han people used it in the Shang and Zhou dynasties before. Once the ministers are strong and the master is weak, big things will happen and the dynasty will be easier -"

The younger brother was dumbfounded by Kublai Khan's words. Kublai Khan was different from them. The fourth brother Kublai Khan liked Sinology. He often had Han people around him and learned to read Han Chinese books, history and allusions, and even read Han Chinese military books.

Unexpectedly, he actually supported the Han Dynasty in this regard.

The other brothers were still young and didn't react, but Brother Ali thought for a while and said directly: "Even if the dynasty is easier, aren't we Mongolians still the Khan?"

"..." It was Kublai Khan's turn to be stunned.

Brother Alibu is right. Even if the vassal kings in various places become stronger in the future and take away the throne, the world still belongs to us Mongols.

Kublai Khan was choked by Ali Buge and could not speak. The two brothers looked at each other for a moment, as if they felt a slight estrangement.

They would never have imagined that in the original history, the two men would eventually fight to the death for the position of the Great Khan and split the Mongol Empire.

After the two brothers separated, Kublai Khan went to his residence.

There is now a newly built new house in Harlem Helin. It is very Chinese and different from other buildings on the grassland.

This is Kublai Khan's house.

Kublai Khan has been keen on visiting the achievements and anecdotes of previous emperors since he was a child. He especially likes to listen to Tang Taizong Li Shimin, who was a literary scholar from all over the world during the Qin Dynasty.

Therefore, Kublai Khan regarded Tang Taizong Li Shimin as his idol, which shows that his ambition was not small.

At this time, Kublai Khan returned to the side hall of his home, and soon a man in Hanfu came. This man did not look like a Mongolian, nor did he look like a Han. He was Bu Haiya, a Tibetan.

Bru Hague, a native of Gaochang, Xizhou (now Turpan City, Xinjiang), was a member of the Wuer tribe, a minister of the Great Mongolia, and the father of Lian Xixian, a famous minister in the early Yuan Dynasty.

He was a Gaochang aristocrat who was good at writing national documents and good at riding and shooting. He joined Genghis Khan when he was young and followed the Mongolian army in their western expedition.He became the retainer of Kublai Khan's mother, Luheteni, and was responsible for the military and civilian craftsmen households in Yanjing and Zhongshan Road.

This Bru Hague currently manages the craftsmen's households in Yanjing and Zhongshan Roads in Greater Mongolia, including those in Harlem and Helin.

There are tens of thousands of craftsmen’s households in Harlem Helin, making it the headquarters and concentration of craftsmen in Mongolia.

Blue Hague was proficient in Chinese history. He taught Kublai Khan Chinese and also learned Chinese history from him.

Moreover, before Tuo Lei's death, Bru Hague had been in Yanjing and had a relatively good understanding of the current situation of the Song Dynasty.

Bru Hague came in to meet Kublai Khan, and then asked: "Should we continue to talk about Tang Taizong Li Shimin today?"

I have already picked up an ancient book in my hand.

Kublai Khan was stunned for a moment, then suddenly shook his head: "Teacher, can you tell me about Zhao Yurui?"

"?" Blue Hague was immediately stunned.

Kublai Khan reacted and was afraid that Blue Hague didn't know Zhao Yurui very well either.

"I heard that Long Beard (Yelu Chucai) has studied it, why don't I write a letter to him?" Blue Hague asked.

Kublai Khan thought for a while, nodded and said: "Very good."

Then he quickly replied: "I hope to know more about Zhao Yurui, the better."
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In September of the first year of Yuanzhen, Zhao Yurui reigned for more than nine years. After many wars, he finally forced Mongolia to annex.

As Wokuotai and Chagatai said, although the Song Dynasty had the upper hand, Zhao Yurui also had difficulties that he could not tell.

After he came to the throne, he consolidated the royal power at home, attacked the landlords, trained the army externally, and expanded the territory. It can be said that he was in the midst of internal and external troubles. Just like the Southern Song Dynasty before he ascended the throne, if Li Shimin and Liu Xiu were replaced, Zhu Yuanzhang would not be able to win the government. .

You ask these historical emperors from the time Zhao Yurui ascended the throne, they still can't defeat Mongolia and they all have to kneel down.

First of all, they cannot handle domestic problems well.

Neither Li Shimin, nor Liu Xiu, nor Zhu Yuanzhang, nor Qin Shihuang, could deal with the domestic landlords like Zhao Yurui did, and complete the land distribution among local tyrants.

First of all, their ancient methods of doing things were not as effective as Zhao Yurui. Lao Zhu was cruel enough to kill corrupt officials, but it was useless. Killing alone was not enough.

Zhao Yurui also relies on killing, and often kills the whole family, but more importantly, they need to rely on reasonable systems to manage.

In the days of Li Shimin and Liu Xiu, the land was concentrated in the hands of landlords. Lao Zhu gave some to military households and most to nobles. In the end, what belonged to military households was annexed by superiors and noble officials.

Zhao Yurui gave priority to soldiers, and there was no tax reduction for recruiting new soldiers. Various institutional measures were used to encourage and maintain the morale of the army.

After capturing the army, you can win the battle on the front and solve all domestic problems.

If you were replaced by Lao Li and Lao Zhu, even if you could seize power and gain military power, you might not be able to win the war if you go out to fight Mongolia with the same troops and horses as before the Southern Song Dynasty. Once you lose, various domestic problems will arise. To come out.

Therefore, although Zhao Yurui has the upper hand, the pressure is also quite high. Now they can negotiate a peace quickly to continue to stabilize domestic rule.

If you want to stabilize domestic rule, you need to do a few simple things.

First, it is necessary to ensure grain production and prevent large-scale famine. Zhao Yurui did a good job in this regard. It should be said that the Southern Song Dynasty had a good foundation, and it was also the dynasty that paid most attention to water conservancy infrastructure in the past dynasties.

On the basis of the Southern Song Dynasty, Zhao Yurui increased water conservancy construction, and also learned from the Sui Dynasty to build a large number of warehouses to store grain. In good harvest years, he would stock grain, and in bad harvest years, he would purchase grain from Champa, Japan and other countries to continue stocking, thereby ensuring that he would ascend the throne in the next few years. In [-], the granaries in various parts of the country were full and there were no famines. In this way, more than half of the domestic problems were solved.

The second is to ensure the payment of officials and troops. Lao Zhu’s Ming Dynasty died because of lack of money. No dynasty can survive without money. If you don’t have money, who will work for you?
Zhao Yurui relied on sugar in the early stage and commercial tax in the mid-term. Commercial tax has not yet affected all walks of life. It is only in a few industries such as the most profitable market and red building. Coupled with the large-scale maritime trade, the Song Dynasty court has no shortage. money.

If you replace them with Lao Zhu, Lao Liu, Lao Zhu, and Lao Ying, all four of them can control the sea. With this alone, they may not be able to improve the Southern Song Dynasty's finances.

Now nine years later, Zhao Yurui's Song Dynasty is not short of food or money. The biggest problem now is the lack of people.

Now that the Jin Kingdom has been conquered and occupied Xixia, there are still more fields that need to be cultivated by the people, and there are still more places that need to be garrisoned with soldiers and horses.

Although immigration is possible, the efficiency is slow and it also consumes the court's resources, so Zhao Yurui can only desperately think of ways to get everyone to have more children quickly.

If you want to live and work in peace and contentment, you must have a peaceful environment.

The temporary truce also gave Zhao Yurui time to breathe.

He can also rectify the country, train soldiers and horses, plant grain fields, expand water conservancy, engage in large-scale trade, and steadily improve national power.In October, the imperial court had just negotiated peace with Mongolia, and Zhao Yurui began to check grain taxes and collect grain.

In the fourth year of Baoqing, the imperial court formulated a new tax law.

“Households with an average household size of three acres or less are exempt from taxation.

If the average household per capita is three to ten acres, the summer tax will remain unchanged and the autumn tax will be five liters per mu. (In addition, those who experience poor harvests in disaster years and whose yield is less than eight bushels per mu are exempt from tax.)
For households with an average of more than ten acres per person and up to twenty acres per person, the summer tax is seven feet of silk at the Dingkou, and the autumn tax is one dou per mu.

The per capita household is more than [-] mu and less than [-] mu. (This kind of family has at least one or two hundred acres of land.)
Xia Du Dingkou loses a piece of silk.

Autumn tax per mu is four buckets.

The per capita household is more than [-] mu and less than [-] mu.

In the summer tax Dingkou, five bolts of silk, two bolts of silk, 50 taels of cotton, and ten taels of money were lost.

The autumn tax is five buckets per mu.

Households with an average per capita of more than [-] mu.

The Xia tax collector lost ten pieces of silk, four pieces of silk, 100 taels of cotton, one hundred guans of money, and five pieces of horses and oxen.

Autumn tax per mu is one stone. "

At that time, the conquest started in Fujian, and over the years, other parts of the imperial court followed suit.

Subsequently, many new tax reduction laws were added. For example, if there are independent soldiers in the family, those who have made meritorious service will have corresponding tax reductions.

In addition to part of the taxes collected by various places being turned over to Zhongyang, part will remain in the local area.

In addition to being stored in local granaries, they are also used by local garrisons and officials for their own use.

But how much of the garrison in the granary is true is something that all ancient dynasties have to pay attention to.

In August last year, a fire broke out in a large granary in Yangzhou that was less than a year old. It was later said that grain, silk and other items were burned, which was equivalent to a grain value of about 30 dan, which shocked the government and the public.

But Zhao Yurui didn't say anything. At the beginning of this year, another granary caught fire somewhere in Guangdong, causing losses of [-] dan.

Zhao Yurui was really angry.

However, there was a war in Mongolia at that time, so he couldn't care about these things. Now that he was negotiating peace with Mongolia, he was finally going to take heavy action.

Zhao and Rui also considered burning grain at the beginning, so the granaries in many places were separated.

The largest granary only holds [-] dan, and the smaller one only holds [-] dan. There may be many granaries adjacent to each other in the same place.

How could you burn 30 stone in one go?
What a coincidence that thirty granaries caught fire at the same time?

And not all the granaries in Yangzhou are large granaries worth ten thousand dan.

On the eighth day of October, Imperial City Secretary Tiju Quan Yong personally led the team, with 20 Imperial Guards from the capital and three officials from the Yushitai. When passing through Changzhou, they gathered a garrison in Changzhou with more than 100 people. When they arrived in Zhenjiang, they also left from Zhenjiang. The government drew 20 archers.

On the tenth day of the lunar month, Quan Yong led a large group of people ashore from Guazhou Ferry in the south of Yangzhou.

As soon as they arrived at the shore, local officials from Yangzhou came to the ferry to greet them.

Quan Yong was slightly startled, because they did not say hello or send any official documents all the way, but the local officials in Yangzhou actually knew about it.

There were many officials standing at the ferry, including Chang Wencai, the governor of Yangzhou Prefecture, Jia Hongkang, the general judge, Lu Zhiping, the general of the Yangzhou garrison, two deputy generals, Yan Haiguang, a thousand households of the Yangzhou Jinyi Guards' Thousand Households, two deputy thousand households, and hundreds of local Jinyi Guards of Guangling County. Household Wu Jun.

In addition to these main civil and military officials, there were a large number of people at the scene, including Guangling County Magistrate Qi Bing, various Cao chiefs in the prefecture's Yamen, and heads of various houses in Guangling County. Except for the people from the Huainan Road System and the Secretary, the officials from Yangzhou Prefecture and Basically all the civil and military officials from several counties have arrived.

The shore was crowded with people. When Quan Yong got off the shore, he was stunned. He didn't expect so many people and such a big formation to come.

Opposite were his acquaintances, the garrison general Lu Zhiping, with his two deputy generals, and the Jin Yiwei Qianhu Yan Haiguang, who came forward with their Jin Yiwei: "Greetings to the Marquis."

As the emperor's cousin, Quan Yong had been promoted to a marquis as early as the year before last, with a settlement of [-] households. He was a hereditary marquis for three generations without being demoted.

The other civil servants did not recognize him at all. When they heard that this was Quan Yong or the emperor's cousin, they all came forward to pay their respects.

Magistrate Chang Wencai smiled again and said: "The lower official has already prepared a restaurant for the Marquis and his party to catch the wind and wash away the dust——"

Unexpectedly, just as he opened his mouth, Quan Yong interrupted him with a wave of his hand: "How many years have you been a Jinshi in the Chang Prefecture?"

Chang Wen was stunned for a moment and immediately replied: "Ten years in Jiading."

Quan Yong said "oh" and turned around to look behind him. Someone came forward from behind and said to Quan Yong: "The governor Chang is the same year as me."

"Song Ci." Only then did Chang Wen see the person clearly.

The person who came was exactly like him, Song Ci, who had been a Jinshi in the Yi Department of Jiading for [-] years.

This Song Ci is the famous person in history who wrote "The Collection of Abandoned Wrongs".

He studied under Zhu Xi's disciples Wu Wei and Zhen Dexiu.

Recommended by Zhen Xiude, Song Ci came to Changting as the county magistrate two years ago, and his service experience was basically the same as his original history.

This time Zhao Yurui specially sent Song Ci to partner Quan Yong, and at the same time they wanted to clean up the local area.

Chang Wencai and Song Ci were of the same age, but the one in front of him was promoted faster, because Song Ci was an upright person, strict in enforcing the law and not showing favoritism. This kind of person would have no future in the officialdom. If he hadn't been recommended by others in history, he had gained the reputation of being a true and virtuous person. Wei Liaoweng and other famous ministers valued him, so he couldn't do it for long.

Chang Wencai saw that Song Ci's face blossomed even more, and she was all smiles. She was an old classmate in the same year, and she was even happier.

Quan Yong said: "As the chief official, Chang Zhifu also went to Beijing to meet the saints and even attended classes. Did he forget the imperial decree?"

Chang Wencai's smile suddenly stopped.

Zhao Yurui has a rule that before taking office, all county supervisors must go to the imperial city to meet the emperor, and the emperor will chat with them for a few words.

Chang Wencai served as county magistrate under Ning Zong and as magistrate under Zhao Yurui, so he also went to Beijing to chat with the emperor.

And all the county, prefecture and state officials who had finished chatting with the emperor had to learn a lesson before leaving Beijing.

Quan Yong just reminded him not to forget the content of the class. It was not only a rule, but also equivalent to a law.

According to the imperial decree, local officials are not allowed to receive or entertain anyone from the capital who comes to inspect or do business, even if he or she is passing by.

No matter what the reason is, if a Beijing official returns to his hometown, Yangzhou is his hometown, and he comes back to visit his relatives, you cannot entertain him. Unless he has become an official, you can treat him to a meal in a private capacity. During his tenure, you are not allowed to treat him to a meal for any reason, even if he is in office. You can't even drink tea, let alone visit.

Quan Yong's second sentence made the scene fall silent.

Everyone looked at each other.

Because the scene is like Jinyiwei Qianhu, deputy Qianhu, garrison generals, deputy generals. They all met the emperor before leaving the capital and knew the rules. You know the rules, why are you here?

Then Quan Yong said sternly: "You are all important ministers and generals of the imperial court. Do the decrees of the imperial court seem like child's play to you?"

"Or do you hate Quan Yong and deliberately want to drag Quan Yong into trouble?"

"As an official sent by the imperial court, if I chat with you, drink tea and have dinner, what will your majesty think of you?"

Everyone on the shore was trembling, and no one dared to look directly at him.

"Song Ci."

"The subordinate is here."

"Write down the names and official positions of everyone present today, report them to the Ministry of Civil Affairs, and punish them all."

"promise."

The mood of the whole place changed, and many low-level officials secretly complained.

"I am not convinced." Suddenly someone in the crowd shouted.

Quan Yong looked up and said coldly: "You stand up, what is your official position, what is your name, and why do you refuse to accept it?"

"I'm going to send you to Wang Chun, deputy director of Yangzhou Prefecture's military affairs." Wang Chun looked very young. He took a step forward with a look of dissatisfaction.

Then he said: "The lower official is just a small deputy chief. There are chiefs, general magistrates, and prefects above. The superior officials yesterday asked us to gather at the shore today."

"As a subordinate, how dare you disobey your orders? Disobeying your superior's orders is also a serious crime."

That is, the scene was noisy, low-level officials and generals protested, why should we all be punished?

According to the current laws of the Song Dynasty, officials who have been punished will not only have their salary reduced, but they will not be promoted again for five years.

If he is punished again within five years, he will be demoted or even expelled.

Quan Yong calmly asked again: "When did you join the company?"

"June of the year before last."

"That's no problem." Quan Yong said solemnly: "The imperial court's decree is issued to all prefectures, counties, and military uniforms at the end of December every year before the Spring Festival. It is reissued once a year to officials at all levels. Read the laws carefully and don’t make mistakes.”

"You have been in the job for two years and haven't seen the relevant laws?"

"..." Wang Chun suddenly finished his sentence.

Has he seen it?He really hasn't seen it.

The imperial court issued repeated decrees every year, and when he got them, he would throw them away after just a few glances.

Quan Yong sneered: "If you joined the company in June this year and it was not until December, even if you have not read the relevant laws, but you joined the company the year before last, whether you have read it or not, it is a serious crime. How dare you quibble? It is simply a double crime. First, Song Ci——"

Wang Chun was angry and frightened, and stammered: "The superior officials asked the inferior officials to come, how dare the inferior officials refuse?"

"The superior officer told you to eat shit, so you also eat shit?" Quan Yong roared, his voice getting louder and louder: "The superior officer told you to kill people, but you also kill people?"

"The superior officer told you to rebel, so you will rebel too?"

Boom, the last sentence was simply deafening, and the expressions of everyone present changed drastically.

(End of this chapter)