Chapter 299: Unexpected promotion

Huizhou Xuezheng grinned and said, "What did Lord Sun say? The main road from Huizhou to Guangzhou is the first road in Guangdong. The first road in Guangdong is us. There are many people who transport things on this road. Lord Zhao's teacher is in Huizhou. Can he let this line have bandits? Since he is Zhao Jingluo's old friend, he should know that Zhao Jingluo is a good at managing civil affairs. Now, along Huizhou to Guangzhou, there are ten miles and one pavilion and thirty miles and one town. There are all farms. There are both people who have cultivated and local gentry in Huizhou. Lord Zhao uses military laws to govern the neighbors and keep them from custody and there will be no ruins coming out to make trouble."

Sun Cong nodded without comment, followed the arrangement of Huizhou academicians and jumped onto the carriage overnight to Guangzhou.

The main road leading to Guangzhou in Huizhou is indeed the first road in Guangzhou. When this road was built, Zhao Xing blew up the mountains and built a bridge when he encountered water. The main road led straight to the nearness of the world. On this straight road, even if he walked at night, he did not worry about a overturn accident. Sun Cong sat in a light car, walked and watched, and arrived in Guangzhou in 1999.

Zhao Xing is worthy of being a local snake. The news of Sun Cong's arrival arrived in Guangzhou earlier than he himself. When Sun Cong handed over a famous post to Zhao Xing's mansion, Zhao Xing seemed to have been waiting there for a long time and welcomed him into the mansion without any delay. After Sun Cong sat down, Zhao Xing asked, "What are the court's plans?"

Sun Cong took out the imperial edict from his arms and smiled bitterly to Zhao Xing: "Your temper, Mr. Zhang knows, are you asking for spoils? The court allows your soldiers to keep their spoils, but all the prohibited items in the palace need to be handed over. In addition, the King of Dali needs to be sent to the capital quickly...

Now, looking at the days, Tianning Festival cannot catch up. The court hopes that you will send the Dali royal family to the capital before the official dynasty, and there are also those prohibited items..."

Zhao Xing nodded: "Just wait for the court's words... In addition to the prohibited items in the Dali royal family and the royal family, I will pay another 30 million yuan to the court, which is enough."

Sun Cong shook his head: "Zhang Xianggong means that a small country in Zhanpo can also plunder ten thousand yuan. Now the war in the Western Xia court is tense and there is a shortage of money everywhere. I hope you can pay more."

Zhao Xing sighed and explained: "The situation in Champo State is different from Dali. Champo State is a foreign country and can be plundered after occupation, but Dali has returned to the old place, so we cannot plunder it too much.

Besides, the court is too greedy. Guangxi and Guangdong did not let the court spend an extra money and easily withdrew the Dali country. They also presented the Dali treasury to the court. The court cannot make excessive demands like this."

Zhao Xing has not received the imperial edict. Sun Cong gently placed the imperial edict on the table next to Zhao Xing, and added: "The war in Shaanxi is tight, and the imperial court has asked all the funds this year. I don't know elsewhere that the quota of Guangnan East Road is 12 million yuan... This is why Mr. Zhang takes care of you extra."

Zhao Xing's face darkened: "I pay 20 million trump taxes in Guangdong, and I have to add another 12 million pounds of funds, so I will let you live."

Sun Congqiang smiled and replied: "In the seventh year of Xining, Guangnan East Road cooperated with 17 million guan, and the regular tax was only 14 million guan. With the means of your Zhao Liren, isn't it better than the transferee during the Xining period?"

Zhao Xing bared his teeth and smiled coldly: "The princess Wang Jing was the one who led the border of Xining. You forgot to say that after that great war, the people across the country destroyed their homes and left their country, and the refugees were sent thousands of miles away, selling their children and children, and you forgot why pigs were called "unan Xianggong" in the two Zhejiang areas. I don't want people in Guangdong to call pigs "Zhao Liren" in the future."

Sun Cong smiled indifferently and said Wang Anshi's famous saying: "People's words are not fearful!"

Zhao Xing immediately continued, "You are not afraid of the common people, I am afraid. So it is useless for you to say this to me. There will never be any payment in Guangdong... By the way, I heard that the court intends to give Wang Jinggong a gift to the Confucius Temple, and Wang Jinggong once said, "The law of the clan is not fearful." Is Confucius's study not "ancestors' study", a person who is not afraid of the king's law, but needs to enjoy the sacrifices of the ancestors to prove himself? Are you mocking Wang Jinggong? Or, Jinggong himself does not actually oppose tradition, but just likes to use the help of "oppose tradition" to attack others?"

Sun Cong still decided to ignore Zhao Xing's words. He smiled and said to himself: "Mr. Zhang knew that you were working hard to restore Guangdong's vitality, and he didn't think that you would spread the money to the people of Guangdong. You, Zhao Liren, all the ministers in the court knew about it. They also knew that there were countless small countries in the Nanyang area."

Zhao Xing slapped his thigh and said with a crazy smile: "I like to hear this. Did you say it earlier? If you say this earlier, why would I argue with you?"

The meaning of Sun Cong's words was that he agreed to Zhao Xing to use the small country in Nanyang to rob their wealth to enrich his warehouse.

This means that Zhao Xing will have the right to use military force against Nanyang in the future - plus the position of "Ping Zhangshi of the Secretariat of the Secretariat of the Central Secretariat" means that Zhao Xing can review the memorials submitted by the land to send troops first - well, that is, his "left hand" reviews his "right hand".

This power was exactly what Zhao Xing needed. He used carrots to seduce the court ministers to gain independent military power. However, he delayed seizing the royal family and spoils in Dali, and wanted the court to give in.

Now it seems that under the pressure of reality, the gentlemen in the court have already shyly and tacitly agreed to Zhao Xing's "foreign robbery".

After getting what he needed, Zhao Xing reached out to touch the imperial edict and said with a smile: "Let me see, what reward the imperial court gave me?"

Sun Cong sighed: "Mr. Zhang also knows that you are not good at not working. I really don't know that you have the salary of the court, but you have to make conditions with the court everywhere. How did Su Laopo cultivate disciples like you?"

While launching the imperial edict, Zhao Xing replied: "You are wrong. I have made the terms with the court because I did the work other than the salary of the court. I took the salary of the court and did better than anyone else in my job. The extra overtime naturally requires a little overtime pay. This is what the court should give me. It is fair transaction and not owed each other.

Let me take a look...Fuwenge direct bachelor (from the third rank), Nanyang escort, champion general (from the third rank), Yinqing Guanglu Dafu (from the third rank), title: Founding son; Honor: Shangqi Duwei; Procurator of the Privy Council Secretary (from the third rank), and Pingzhangshi with the Secretariat of the Secretariat... It's a long title, but fortunately my son did not let him go to the capital city of Bianliang, I am very satisfied with this reward."

The many titles Zhao Xing just read were all the officials who were the officials who were resigned. His official position was not moved. However, the addition of "'Tong's" Zhongshu Menxia Pingzhangshi" means that he can read confidential documents of the official position, and can also be respected as "Enterprise". Although he is slightly lower than the "Punterprise" of the Privy Councilor, he is finally a level one "Mr.

In addition, the court also added him the official position of "South Ocean Survey Envoy". This official position was not before. It was probably specially added to facilitate his attack on the small countries in Southeast Asia.

In the edict, Wan Qi Yong and Shuai Fan also had rewards, and both of them were promoted to the title of Dixu in the Jiedu. After stepping on the threshold of a fifth-rank official, they could win their sons and wife.

After finishing the imperial edict, Zhao Xing threw it onto the table, stared at Sun Cong with a burning gaze for a while, and asked suddenly: "I heard that Xing Shu has been making trouble behind the scenes recently. Is there anything wrong with this?"

Sun Cong picked up the tea cup and used tea to avoid Zhao Xing's gaze. However, Zhao Xing's words made him choke and spurted the tea out suddenly. Before he could answer, Zhao Xing turned his fingers and said to himself: "The new party has now settled down and started normal internal strife. Zhang Xianggong (Zhang Dun) was not in harmony with Li Qingchen, Li Qingchen was impeached. He went out to govern Henan Prefecture; Zhang Shangying was not in harmony with Lai Zhishao, Zhang Shangying was demoted to the official position; Yang Wei was not in harmony with Sun Yan, Yang Wei was demoted; Zeng Bu and Zeng Xianggong attacked Lu Huiqing, but Lu Huiqing could never be in the court; Zeng Bu also attacked Zhang Dun and Cai Bian. It said that these two people were capricious in the reform faction and played a great destructive role.

At that time, Xing Shu was proposed to be appointed as the Chief Censor of the Censor. After that, Xing Shu was like Zhang's proud lackey, and he bites wherever he pointed. I remember Xing Shu impeached Sima Xianggong, clamoring to ban the "Zizhi Tongjian" and also wanted to dig Sima Xianggong's grave. But I heard that Your Majesty summoned Xing Shu and asked: "What is Zhang Dun's discussion outside?" Xing Shu replied: "Director Zhang Dun is courageous, and what he lost is to be independent. His talent can help the danger, and he cannot make his foot stable; he can use it for himself, and he cannot make it use it for many people."

It is said that after Xing Shu said this, he felt that he was too relaxed, and he added: 'As the prime minister, he must be good at coordinating and using the talents of everyone, but Zhang Dun cannot do this...'. Is there such a thing?"

Sun Cong reluctantly replied: "Since you know what Xing Shu said, you should also know how the official answers?"

What Zhao Xing said was that Zhang Dun had been in the prime minister for a long time. What he did was not satisfied with Zhao Xu. Zhao Xu had gradually begun to fear Zhang Dun, so he asked the censor, who was the one who impeached all officials. The little emperor's attitude of inquiry here was actually to impeach Xing Shu. However, Xing Shu was too eager for quick success and instant benefits, so he attacked Zhang Dun hard, but touched the little emperor himself. Because the little emperor had infinite trust in Zhang Dun and personally selected Zhang Dun as prime minister, so Xing Shu said that Zhang Dun was not suitable to be prime minister. In fact, he was also saying that the little emperor was blind and saw the wrong person.

Of course, the little emperor refused to admit his mistake, and his hint could only stop suddenly - the official's answer was: "I can control Zhang Dun."

After the little emperor said this, Xing Shu, Shunfengcao, immediately gave up the idea of ​​impeachment. Soon, when Zhang Dun heard the news, his only way was to find a way to divert the little emperor's attention.

Unfortunately, the financial situation of the Song Dynasty is not good now, and it is in the post-disaster recovery stage everywhere. It was difficult to recover after natural disasters, and coupled with the "man-made disasters" of implementing the new law, Zhang Dun had few choices on the ground. After thinking about it, he had no choice but to choose foreign wars.

There is no need to worry about the south where Zhao Xing is here, so Zhang Dun simply delegates power to Zhao Xing. In addition, the rest is Xixia. With the corrupt official Lu Huiqing in Xixia, no matter how much military expenditure is allocated, it seems like he has been transferred into the bottomless pit. Zhang Dun's only choice is to keep stuffing things into the bottomless pit, hoping that one day he can fill the abyss of Lu Huiqing. Therefore, he urgently needs financial support.

In this case, as long as Zhao Xing is willing to lose money for him, he will agree to any conditions.

The secret was revealed, and Sun Cong didn't want to hide it. He sighed and said, "The situation is difficult now. In July, the place where the Political Affairs Hall discusses affairs is still at the Lord Zhang's mansion. However, after His Majesty asked Xing Shu, the direction of the court had changed. Lord Zhang urgently needed Brother Zhao's support. For the past situation, Brother Zhao, can the spoils be doubled in this Dali conquest?"

Zhao Xing shook his head like a wave drum: "The fake imperial supplies in the Dali Palace are all prohibited items, and the soldiers did not dare to move them at all. The things are worth inestimable. Just a few sets of celadon cups passed down from the Tang Dynasty can also be worth millions of guan. I estimate that these palace supplies are worth hundreds of millions of guan. In addition to these items, I am willing to add tens of millions of guan. I have done my best to do my best. Don't force me?"

Sun Cong shook his head, threw the topic aside, and took out another imperial edict from his arms: "At the beginning of the year, Mr. Zhang Zhang asked to transfer muskets from Guangdong, saying that the power of the court's muskets was too small, but unfortunately the court was inconvenient to transmit information to Guangnan, which delayed the matter.

In May, Jingyuan Road was preparing to underestimate the enemy and be surrounded by the Xixia people and completely wiped out. A musket team was also captured by the Xixia people. Lord Zhang said that Huanqing muskets must be replaced, but he did not trust the production of the military weapons and asked the court to discuss with you and ask you to help train a musket team of 3,000 people. But Zhang Xiang said: You do not give the conditions and do not work. The imperial court has no money now. Apart from money, you have any conditions, just raise it."

"Three permissions", Zhao Xing raised three fingers: "Since the court has opened its doors, my conditions for raising the ground are too low, the court will be very embarrassed, right?"

Sun Cong's face tightened and he urged, "Tell me more details."

"The foreign merchants are allowed to purchase property in Guangzhou; the Song merchants who are stranded overseas and have not returned for the deadline are allowed to settle in freely; the Guangnan Navy is allowed to be freely dispatched - I mean: In the future, our Guangnan Navy will be dispatched without the order to dispatch troops from the Privy Council."

Sun Cong breathed a long sigh, looked at Zhao Xing in surprise, and replied: "First, the foreign merchants are allowed to purchase freely in Guangzhou. In the Song Dynasty, I have never banned foreign merchants from purchasing freely. For example, Quanzhou merchants not only built shops in the city, but also built huge temples. I don't know what you mean. If you are allowed to purchase land, you have filled in hundreds of thousands of wasteland land reclamation land near Guangzhou, and you are not short of them. The court can allow you to relax your hands and feet in Guangdong.

The second one. I heard that you are already working on the issue of Song Shang that has not returned within the deadline. If you want the court to issue a formal permit, it is not impossible. As for the third one, it is a little troublesome, but you are transferring the navy. Guangnan East Road is far away from the capital. It takes many days to go back and forth. We have allowed you to take charge of the attack on the South China Sea. I can promise you for the Privy Council that you can call less than 30 ships at your disposal, and you only need to report it later. The Privy Council will never interfere - the Privy Council is not familiar with naval battles, so if they let them go out to the naval battle, they may not be able to do it either."

Zhao Xing asked in surprise: "So cheerful, can you really make a decision for the Privy Council?"

Sun Cong replied with a smile: "Not long ago, someone suggested that Liu Zhi and others who were exiled to Lingnan 'move to a good place' to "inspire harmony', but Your Majesty said: 'How can Liu Zhi and others move!' - Mr. Zhang told me before coming that as long as your request does not involve demotion, I can agree at my discretion."

After saying that, Sun Cong chuckled and added: "I originally thought you were going to make a request for me, but these three points are all for the court. For the court, there is naturally nothing wrong with Mr. Zhang."

Zhao Xing sneered: "I think if I really make my own request, I'm afraid the court will agree more quickly - you said it's right, everything I do here is really for the court. The first thing is to allow foreign merchants to purchase land or houses, which can increase the land price in Guangzhou, and every tax on land transactions will be attributed to the court. As long as the transaction is strong, our local tax will come up.

You know that I have been vigorously reclaiming wasteland in recent years, and those wastelands have become mature fields and distributed to the reclaimers. Some of these fields come to farm at the beginning of the year, and abandon them at the end of the year, or transfer them to relatives and friends. But no matter what, Guangnan rice is ripe three times a year, and those land is a waste for a month. Such a huge amount of land is idle, resulting in the land price not rising, and the taxes of the court are also lost. The foreign merchants participate and give the foreign merchants the right to purchase land. Even if they do not farm, they can still maintain the value of the land - to preserve the value, do you know? In the eyes of the foreign merchants, the land of the Song Dynasty is the most valuable."

Sun Cong nodded: "I must tell the court what you said."

"As for the issue of overdue Song Shang, it is also convenient for my soldiers in the pool. The vast sea has no signposts. Sometimes, a boat drifts away when it encounters a storm, and it may drift out for a few months. The sea is too big. A navy's battle may have to cross the years because they have to wait for the monsoon and avoid the storm. Therefore, when the navy goes to fight, it cannot calculate the time of the month, but needs to discuss the year.

Every Song merchant limited one round trip a year, which is unfair to those who do business. With the example of Song merchants, our navy did not dare to travel far and could only drive in a bathtub, so we should not limit the date of the people of our Song Dynasty going to sea. Although they did not pay DOD taxes or serve labor when they went overseas, they did not enjoy the welfare of our Song Dynasty people. My Song officials did not put their efforts to manage them. Therefore, this is a matter of not being in debt.

In order to allow our local navy and our local merchants to go further, I demanded the abolition of the licensing system of merchants and ports to attract and go to sea, and let them go to sea freely and trade freely. There is no need to pay fines when they come back, just pay taxes on the ship."

Sun Cong asked in surprise: "In this way, if merchants go out to sea and go ashore to sell maritime goods at will, what should the Maritime Warehouse Department do? How should the Maritime Warehouse Department collect taxes?"

Zhao Xing smiled and shook his head: "The goods in the sea trade are all bulk orders, and they can move thousands of kilograms. These goods cannot be sold in their own kitchens, because people can wait, and the goods may also be waiting, but the ship cannot wait. Once the ship is empty, the sailors have to keep the ships full of sailors and repair the ships. Every day of rest costs one day, so the maritime merchants need to sell goods as soon as possible - and some goods cannot stand the tide and cannot be stored for too long, so they must go to a professional large market to sell.

Don't worry, the Maritime Bureau only needs to build a large market and then build corresponding warehouses and docks. Their goods must always be moved and unloaded from the docks and stored in the warehouses. They must always be sold as soon as possible. The three key points of the docks, warehouses and large trading yards can be completed.

Tell the ministers in the court that sea trade goods are not vegetable gardens, and anyone who has passed by can pull them out and put them in their pockets. Overseas merchants come to us for trade. Sell goods as soon as possible and fill their ships as soon as possible. This is their intention, so sea trade tax evasion is more troublesome and costly than our own merchants... He is not familiar with overseas merchants and does not have the intention."

Zhao Xing was here to mock the court ministers and peasants for being too conscious. Sun Cong ignored his ridicule. He nodded repeatedly: "I will explain in detail to Mr. Zhang when I go back. Of course, if you can write a memorial and state all the reasons clearly, it will be more convenient for me."

Zhao Xing laughed, he stared at Sun Cong playfully, and suddenly asked, "How is Your Majesty's health?"

Sun Cong was stunned and replied slowly: "Your Majesty is often sick. The imperial physician diagnosed His Majesty's symptoms as 'can't help but semen, and often leaks'."

The young emperor was in poor health, which was not a secret in the Song Dynasty. The outside world had known that Zhezong's life would be difficult to protect. Fan Bailu, the Minister of the Secretariat, served as a attendant. He knew Zhezong very well and expressed deep concern about his health. Not long ago, when he came to the Hezhong Prefecture (now Puzhou Town, Yongji County, Shanxi), he wrote a special memorial to Zhezong. The memorial quoted Confucius's words: "When I was young, my blood was not fixed, so I was warned of it." He warned Zhezong to pay attention to the "way of health preservation" and "the art of blessing, longevity and wellness."

The ministers of the Song Dynasty had long been talking about the 18-year-old young emperor who might not live long. The cause of the emperor's illness was caused by extreme sexual indulgence. He started playing with women at the age of nine and still had to find a wet nurse at the age of eleven. There was no saying that "reorganization of vulgarity" in this era, so the emperor's scandal was well known. According to traditional Chinese medicine, when a person was young, his essence was not firm, and the little emperor's excessive indulgence was long overdulged in ordinary families. The reason why he is not dead is that he is the emperor, and he eats too many royal tonic products, and ordinary people can't afford it even if they want to eat it.

The little emperor disagreed with the warnings of the ministers. He firmly believed that he was wise and powerful, and lived forever. Under the trend of enjoyment in the Song Dynasty, he would deal with him if he advised him to be restrained. Recently, it has been said in the palace that the little emperor had "cryed at the wind" and needed to cover himself with heavy fur to fall asleep at night. The duck down quilt given to him by Zhao Xing was even more indispensable...

Sun Cong tried his best to change the topic and asked about Zhao Xing and Dali's situation: "When will the Liren send the Dali royal family to Beijing? Can it be delivered in the first month? Your Majesty thought that the latest should not exceed March 3rd, when the Jinmingchi Lake was open, and it was just right for everyone to celebrate together."

Zhao Xing agreed very readily: "The seized items in Dali have been booked and sealed, and the royal children are also detained. If Brother Sun is anxious, I will ship them tomorrow and arrive in the capital in November."

Sun Cong smiled relaxedly: "Since the people who are living in the family plan to transport Duan's children by sea, then send a message to the court first so that the court can prepare. So, you send a quick letter to the court and make a date - just make an appointment for the dynasty. Arrive in Yangzhou on the 15th day of the 12th lunar month, let them go by land, and arrive at the capital, so that the ministers of the capital can prepare for sacrifice... However, the booklet of the seized goods must be delivered to the capital in advance. I will go back to write a memorial today and send it to the capital with your crane."

The speed of the sailing era could not be accurately measured because there was no GPS at that time, and the data could not be as accurate as it is now. After the invention of the aircraft, ships no longer paid attention to speed and pursue cargo loading, and since then they have embarked on another direction of development. Therefore, the speed of the modern ship cannot be measured by the "number of knots" in the sailing era. The two are not the same concept. Moreover, the speed of the sailing era cannot be measured by the speed of the Chinese ship, because in modern China, overloading is normal. In order to save costs, ferries always use motors with small horsepower as much as possible to drive the largest ship.

Modern, sailing from Guangzhou to Hangzhou is about five to ten days, while in the era of the big sailing ship, it takes seven days for ocean freighters to arrive in Africa. It is said that Australia completely imitates the sailing ships from the big sailing ships, and can sail for 45 knots, which is much faster than the average speed of 5 to 10 knots in China's domestic ferries, with an average speed of eight knots.

With Zhao Xing's efforts, the fastest express to Hangzhou now arrives in Guangzhou is two days. If it is slower, it is four days. Usually, it is loading and unloading time. It takes about nine days for sea ships to sail straight in Yangzhou. If you take the land route, it takes three months to move fast; if it is slower, such as Su Shi's speed, it is eight months.

Judging from the time, Zhao Xing really wanted to launch a ship to get back and forth quickly, and he could complete the letter exchange with the capital in October. In the remaining month, Zhao Xing could prepare for the offer of prisoners. Sun Cong set out at the beginning of the twelfth lunar month and could arrive in the capital in Zhengdan.

After calculating the time this way, I found that it was very time-consuming. Sun Cong relaxed and asked Zhao Xing again: "Li Ren's brother, last month, Xihe reported that a tribe from Xifan came to recognize Karo Valley as his ancestral land, and sent people to graze along the river. The court believed that Tubo might have the intention of operating Uro Luo, and he had the same lip and teeth as the Xia people, intending to harass the Karo Valley and approach the Miaochuan area of ​​our Song Dynasty.

Mr. Zhang Yue means that the troops in Shaanxi are now in short supply and cannot cope with the Qingtang people behind it. Since you have taken Dali, Mr. Zhang means, can you let the Guangxi army push up and press the Tubo border and let Tubo restrain the Qingtang tribe - since Tubo wants to attack us, we can also attack Tubo."
Chapter completed!