The rise of the late Song Dynasty reigns supreme

Chapter 626 Fox Tail
It has been three years since Zhao Gou became emperor, and many things have happened during these three years.The first thing was that the Jin soldiers once again aggressively attacked the Song Dynasty, but were all resisted by generals such as Yue Fei and Han Shizhong, killing and injuring more than [-] people.However, the positions of generals such as Yue Fei and Han Shizhong were also confirmed in that battle.

At the beginning, Yue Fei got a military book, but he didn't understand it well.Now he leads the army alone and becomes a general guarding one side. He uses the military art he has learned, and his skills are amazing, which makes the Jin people repeatedly fail when they attack the Song Dynasty. The name was taken aback.

The Song Army led by Zhao Gou once terrified the Jin people, and now Yue Fei, Han Shizhong, Liu Guangshi and others have done the same.Zhao Gou handles government affairs with peace of mind, and the stability of the Song Dynasty's frontier can make Zhao Gou completely at ease.Moreover, Zhao Gou also decreed that Yue Fei and other generals would be promoted all the way. Those generals who defeated would get their due rewards, and those who were injured and could no longer fight were also given pensions.

In the past three years, Jin Bing sent troops three times, and returned in failure each time.As for the second Emperor Huiqin, there was no news. Zhao Gou secretly sent spies to inquire about the news, but there was no news, which surprised Zhao Gou.

Secondly, the three-year reform has changed the national strength of the Song Dynasty to a certain extent.First of all, the food output of the common people has increased. With Yue Fei, Han Shizhong and others guarding the frontier, they can farm with peace of mind, which makes the common people feel at ease. There was a riot.

People don't talk about living and working in peace and contentment, at least they have recovered a certain amount of vitality.The increase in grain also made the granary of the Song Dynasty more than every year, and the people thanked Zhao Gou one after another.Then, Zhao Gou promoted the land contract system, applying the land system of later generations, changing the landowners who controlled the land, and the farmers who did not have land were also allocated to own the land.

Since the founding of the Song Dynasty, there were no slaves. Even though the Tang Dynasty was very powerful, there were still slaves, and the Song Dynasty has never had slaves.

If there is a famine in one place, food can also be allocated from another place, which makes Song Dynasty much more stable.It is enough for the people to have enough food to eat and drink, and they will not have any rebellious intentions, even if others encourage them.

In three years, the civil and military imperial examinations once again selected outstanding talents, which allowed Da Song to have a steady stream of talent output, and could also make up for vacancies in the officialdom.In addition, Zhao Gou also laid off some of the more officials in some departments of the Song Dynasty. According to their political achievements, if officials who do nothing or pay nothing, they will not only be dismissed from office, but will also be sent to prison.

The salary of officials in the Song Dynasty was the highest in all dynasties, and there were also rich retirement benefits.If the officials above the second rank in the current dynasty retire, the Imperial Hospital will be responsible for any illnesses, and the required silver will be allocated from the treasury.

Zhao Gou set up a retirement system. All veterans over the age of 65, no matter who they are, must retreat to the second line to make room for the people behind.When Zhao Gou implemented this system, all officials supported and opposed it, but Zhao Gou resisted all opinions and forcibly withdrew without fear of any danger at all.

Under Zhao Gou's drastic reforms, the national power of the Song Dynasty became stronger and stronger, and the people were very grateful to Zhao Gou. Those generals who died on the battlefield and those who made meritorious deeds would be compensated by the court, which was also a good way to win the hearts of the soldiers. .

As the national power of the Song Dynasty became stronger and stronger, the treasury became more and more full, and the annual tax revenue ranged from 1000 million taels to 3000 million taels, and even increased.Zhao Gou also encouraged merchants to do business, but the two key goods, salt and iron, were taken into the hands of the imperial court to avoid monopoly.

Salt is a daily necessity for the common people. You must know that salt merchants are the most profitable, and the sale of private salt is also prohibited, and the ban is still repeated, which makes Zhao Gou very painful.After all, the profit of table salt is too high. Zhao Conceived thought about contracting the table salt to merchants and collecting salt tax every year, but also stipulated that the price was higher than the market price to balance the needs of the people.

Iron shops and other shops can be seen everywhere in the Song Dynasty, but a large number of military weapons were manufactured by the imperial court, and the people were not allowed to privately manufacture weapons, in case someone sold swords and other weapons to the Jin Dynasty or other countries.

Because Zhao Gou adopted an open attitude, he also actively ordered shipbuilding, searched for experienced sailors, etc., and let them go abroad, starting from the South China Sea to other countries, and selling porcelain, tea, silk, etc. from the Song Dynasty. The country's merchant ships came to the Song Dynasty to do business.

Zhao Gou's support made many businessmen in the Song Dynasty earn a lot of profits. They did not oppose Zhao Gou's policies and reforms, and those landlords and others also benefited from it. Whoever opposes is very supportive.

The restaurant run by Zhao Gou is well-known far and wide. When foreign guests come to Bianjing, they will come to eat and live here. This also makes the "Sihairenjia" full of customers every day. It really makes a lot of money every day and is more prosperous than before. Only this one store makes an annual profit of tens of millions of taels of gold.

Three years ago, the Great Song Dynasty was waiting to be rejuvenated, and the people were panic-stricken and worried, worrying about three meals a day; three years later, the Great Song Dynasty underwent earth-shaking changes, restoring some of the former style of the Great Song Dynasty, and benefited from the reforms. There are a lot of people, from the original opposition to support, and even support the reform with action, this is the biggest change.

The prosperity of the capital was constantly spread by those outsiders, even the emperor of the Jin Dynasty heard about it, which made him more eager to conquer the Song Dynasty and take all those golden beauties into his pocket.However, a group of generals such as Yue Fei and Han Shizhong were so powerful that they repeatedly blocked their way to invade the south.

Therefore, Emperor Wan Yansheng of the Jin Dynasty sent people to the Song Dynasty to contact the officials of the court and buy people's hearts. This plan had already been implemented. Under their observation, Qin Hui was the first to strike.Because Qin Hui's official career was prosperous in three years, not to mention, he won the emperor's favor, and his status was comparable to Zhao Yougong, the king of Chu, and the six ministers.

"The fox's tail is finally exposed!"

"Your Majesty, do you want to take action?"

Zhao Gou heard that the person monitoring Qin Hui's actions reported that he already knew that Qin Hui had contact with the spies of the Jin people, but Qin Hui did not agree.However, Zhao Gou knew that Qin Hui would be tempted, and he would be tempted too. The conditions offered by the Jinren were too tempting.

Qin Hui has been hiding his inner ambitions, seemingly honest and honest, but in fact he is cunning and cunning.He has always kept a low profile in front of others, but in fact he installed his cronies and made friends with some powerful people secretly, all for his own official career.

Zhao Gou followed his idea and promoted him from being a political adviser to a third-rank official in the right servant and Tongping Zhangshi, but he still participated in decision-making and became an important figure in the court.Zhao Gou just wanted to see if Qin Hui could continue to hide his ambition, but unfortunately he didn't hold back.

When Zhao Gou promoted Qin Hui to be a member of the third rank, and rewarded him with a hundred taels of gold and a mansion, he lost his low-key style in the past, and began to make friends with the powerful, and slowly wooed the ministers of the court and China.All the six ministers communicated with him, but no one wanted to be with him. These things were even written by the six ministers.

Zhao Gou still didn't care about this, which relieved Qin Hui's hanging heart. He acted more high-profile, but he was very low-key in front of him. He was still the impartial and selfless minister, and Qin Hui also began to collect some rare items for sale. Dedicated to Zhao Gou, Zhao Gou will praise it every time he gets a reward.

"No, wait any longer!"

Zhao Gou thought about it, and decided not to scare the snake away. That person went down, and Zhao Gou looked at the powerful people Qin Hui had come into contact with these days. They were either rich merchants, generals at the level of deputy generals, or important positions in the central government. The officer muttered to himself: "It seems that we need to increase the fire, so that he can be completely relieved, act more unscrupulously, and then we will catch them all!"

Qin Hui's fox tail was exposed, and Zhao Gou was not in a hurry to deal with him. He wanted to put a long line to catch big fish and find out all the officials who were hiding in the dark.At first Huizong did not dare to raise the butcher's knife, but Zhao Gou dared to do it.Even if dozens of ministers were beheaded, it would not be a problem right now, there would still be someone to take their place, so there would be no chaos in the court.

This kind of thing also happened during Huizong's period, and it was even more blatant. Huizong didn't dare to act, because he was worried that all these people would be dealt with. Then it would be difficult for the relevant departments of the court to take over immediately. At that time, the court would really be in chaos, so there is no need to worry.

The retirement system implemented by Zhao Gou is for this moment. If it really doesn't work, just enable them again.Even if more than half of the civil and military officials were killed, Zhao Gou didn't have to worry about chaos.Now that the Forbidden Army is in the hands of Gao Chong, it is not the kind of army that eats and drinks enough to wait to die. The [-] Forbidden Army is enough to fight the enemy, not weaker than the army commanded by Yue Fei, Han Shizhong and others.

If there is a riot in the capital, all the things can be resolved without the common people knowing. This is also the effect achieved only under Zhao Gou's strict requirements and hard-working training.In addition, the leaders of the forbidden army were also carefully selected from the army. Even his background was checked clearly. He was very loyal to Zhao Gou and belonged entirely to Zhao Gou's private army.

(End of this chapter)