Chapter 406 The First Military Advice of the Song Dynasty

In May of the second year of Chongning, Song Huizong made another frivolous move to go against his word, which became the last straw that overwhelmed the camel. He ordered the punishment of those who wrote to him and spoke in different categories.

May 7th, sunny, which is conducive to travel, sacrifices, and marriage.

The mist at the Hangzhou Wharf had just disappeared. The people of Hangzhou who were getting up early were shocked to find that the dissipation of the mist seemed to be a layer of veil being unveiled, revealing a whole group of musketeers in red uniforms. The fog disappeared very slowly, and the soldiers seemed to jump out of the green veil one by one. When the sun jumped out of the ground level, the entire fog completely disappeared. The people of Hangzhou who were getting up early couldn't help but take a deep breath of air conditioning.

Musketeers wearing red tops are also common on the docks in Hangzhou. The musketeers under Zhao Xing's subordinates are completely different from those of the imperial guards of the Song Dynasty and the uniforms of the wing army. Not to mention the red jacket, they look neat and spiritual than the direct cloth gown. The dyeing process of Zhao Xing's military uniform is different from that of the imperial guards. The red looks particularly bright and does not fade after washing for a long time. Therefore, citizens can tell whether the other party is a musketeer based on the color of their clothes.

However, it was the first time that the people of Hangzhou saw so many musketeers.

In the past, there were also musket soldiers who were ready to go on board at the dock in Hangzhou. However, under the jurisdiction of the Song Dynasty, there were only fifteen armed archers in a county. Overseas under Zhao Xing, there were 100 musket soldiers and an artillery group to guard a country. Therefore, the largest organization of those musket soldiers who were boarding the boat was a company, which was equivalent to the two capitals of the Song Dynasty. But this time, five thousand musket soldiers gathered on the dock.

This is an unprecedented huge army. You should know that Zhao Xing used 3,000 musketeers to attack the road, and Shuai Fan swept across Goryeo, which means more than 1,000 people were used. This time, five thousand people gathered on the dock. This was a force that was enough to destroy the country and destroy the clan. After being shocked, the people in Hangzhou only felt full of questions and excitement.

The people who were whispering each other were talking, and some people who were interested asked, "Where is this fighting? Is it Arab?"

Now, with the publication of the Maritime Newspaper, the people of the Song Dynasty have already had a complete concept of the world. They not only know that Arabia is divided into several small countries, but also the African continent, and even the names of many small countries on the European continent.

The speculation of the good guys attracted a burst of excitement, or someone said: "It's great, I'm finally going to attack Arabia. The newspaper said that the Tangluzhi was the most inconspicuous small country in Arabia, or the side branch established by the Turks defeated in the Tang Dynasty. The grandpa could plunder back one billion yuan, and the Arab Kingdom of Abbas was ten times richer than the Tangluzhi. The newspaper said that the pillars in their palace were covered with gold foil...

Last time, the Taiwei Lord returned with great victory. We were exempted from taxes for one year this year. I heard from my nephew who was a yamen runner. My husband calculated that he would be exempt from taxes next year. This time, the Taiwei Lord went to fight, and my Nanyang Affairs Bureau would still be exempted from taxes for ten or eight years."

As the people were talking, Zhao Xing looked down at a quick report sent by the capital. It said that Song Huizong's new move to "find the person who spoke" was written. In addition, there were Cai Jing's new moves in the reform. After Cai Jing sold the salt industry and tea industry licenses according to the trade law formulated by Wang Anshi, he took a bolder step than Wang Anshi and announced the abolition of the old banknotes and the renewal banknotes. In this way, all the old banknotes paid by the salt merchants and tea merchants in the past did not count, and they needed to purchase new banknotes from the court again and purchase the license again.

Zhao Xing looked through the spy and murmured to himself: "I remember when Han Zhongyan persuaded His Majesty to open up the road to speech. His Majesty personally issued an edict to solicit opinions from the ministers, but now he has to deal with these ministers - I seem to see that this is not clearly a joke of "leading snakes out of the hole" after another big roar. How can national affairs be handled by fraud?"

Wan Qiyong was watching the secret spy beside Zhao Xing. He said in a targeted manner that the second point of the secret spy was: "Isn't abolishing old money? I can imagine that. After this, all the money entered by the salt merchants and tea merchants was gone. All the money saved by many families who worked hard for decades was scrapped. In the morning, they were still rich, and they would walk into the group of beggars at night. I believe countless people would hang themselves on the water."

Wang Mingsou was not as scruple as Wan Qi Yong. He could directly stretch his head to watch the spy in Zhao Xing's hand. He stretched his neck and expected Zhao Xing to hand him the spy, but this spy involved Zhao Xing's secret spy personnel arranged by Zhao Xing in the capital, so he had no intention of handing it out.

Wan Qiyong was kind to him, and he explained to Wang Mingsou in a low voice. Wang Mingsou stamped his feet and sighed: "A few days ago, in front of the Zen Master Wukong Tower in Huating (now Shanghai), there was an ancient Tang Dynasty tree. Someone who was accused of making fun of it decided to give it to Emperor Jin. The branches were huge and could not pass through the bridge, so the sea ships of the Nanyang Affairs Bureau were transported by the Nanyang Affairs Bureau through Chuzhou (now Huaian, Jiangsu). Yesterday, someone came to report on the Yangzhou River, saying that the wind was strong that day, the branches and sails were entangled, and the boats and people were gone. All the people were buried in the fish's belly."

Zhang Yi, who was standing aside, shook his head and sighed, Yang Shi stamped his feet: "How can this be done? How can it be like this? Not to mention how much profit a sea boat makes every year, it only costs 100,000 yuan to pay taxes to me. If you install a small cannon, you can at least watch a country, but now you are sank into the river for a big tree. How can this happen?"

Zhao Xing gave the secret spy to Wan Qi Yong with a dark face, and asked gloomyly: "Huating, who is that guy who is that guy who is?"

Wang Mingsou was acting as a representative of Zhao Xing to handle official duties, and he handled some small matters in his hands. The fact just now was too small, so he didn't think of reporting in advance. Hearing Zhao Xing's inquiry, he replied casually: "It's a group of Taoists. Those Taoists are dissatisfied with the vast area of ​​the Buddhist temple, so they think of taking away the big tree and blackmailing the monks in the temple."

Zhao Xing said with a gloomy face: "Look for an accident and deal with those Taoists. Humph, tigers don't show their power. Do they think I have started eating vegetarian food and chanting Buddha's name? I will repeat it again: If the prefectures and counties under my jurisdiction dare to express my clever words to those who offer sacrifices, I have my own way to deal with them and let them wait."

Wang Mingsou sighed and urged, "My husband, hurry up and get on the ship."

Yang Shi also sighed, shook his head and said nothing. Zong Ze, who was beside him, shouted: "This is the state affairs, why are you still hesitating about the Grand Marshal? Get on the boat, get on the boat!"

Zong Ze's shout was quite a bit like the famous shout when he was dying when he resisted the Jin Dynasty: Cross the river!

Zhao Xing looked at his officials in surprise. Zong Ze was a fiery personality and was usually taciturn, but once he made a decision, he would act recklessly. He urged Zhao Xing with a stack of sounds, but why did he even urge the famous upright person Wang Mingsou urge it? Yang Shi learned from Cheng Yi to be a regular person and followed the Zhou rituals as the code of conduct. Although he didn't sound at all, his eyes were full of urging expressions.

Zhao Xing smiled bitterly: "Everyone, I am going to Yangzhou, Yangzhou, Yangzhou!"

Zong Ze shouted: "Come on the boat, please ask the Grandmaster to board the boat!"

Wang Mingsou shook his head in annoyance, and then urged: "Please ask the Grand Marshal to board the boat!"

Yang Shi was implicit, and he slowly said something: "My husband, now the three provinces and six ministries are undermined, and there is no power to restrict treacherous ministers in the court. The people of the Song Dynasty are looking forward to the Grand Marshal. Although we know that we will be criticized for thousands of years, we may be called "benevolence or righteousness" and will not be the same as the present."

Zhao Xing clapped: "It's no longer the same as today. This is a good thing. We were born in this brilliant era. We should always do something for this era. No matter what infamy there is behind us, I have a clear conscience."

Wang Mingsou high-five and exclaimed: "What a clear conscience, a thousand years of infamy, I share it with you."

Zhao Xing sighed and walked towards the boat bridge. Standing on the boat bridge, he looked back and looked back. He said with a heavy tone: "This step will lead to two heavens and two worlds from now on. The Song Dynasty, which advocates the rule of the country by literati and attaches importance to benevolence, righteousness and morality, ushered in its first mutiny."

Wan Qiyong instigated: "Don't be afraid of leaving people. Your children are already here. Looking back, you will stay away from overseas, and I will travel with you."

Wang Mingsou and Yang Shi bowed together. Zhang Yi bowed silently and answered together: "We should travel together. We will not let the people leave lonely."

Zhao Xing stood on the bridge and was silent for a long time, and stopped for a while. He mustered up the courage and ordered: "Start, one foot has already taken out, and the other foot will follow."

With this order, five thousand musketeers boarded the boat in a row. The people of Hangzhou who were getting up early did not hear the conversation between Zhao Xing and his subordinates. They were excited about the Taiwei's rebellion and longing for the Taiwei to plunder the huge amount of wealth for them again. Wanqi Yong and Zhao Xing's fleets were anchored. He ordered: "Closing the dock, all the people present will be invited back to the Jasmine Garden as guests. They said that the government would need a few days to release the news. In order to prevent the news from leaking, they were asked to stay for a few days."

The people in Hangzhou were not panicked at all when they heard the news, because they all knew that the Grand Marshal never let people do it for nothing. They stayed in Jasmine Garden for a few days, and provided delicious food and drinks. They could get subsidies when they saw the scenery every day. Why not do such a day? Those who are interested also quickly asked the yamen runners to notify their family members. Wan Qi Yong had a dark face and agreed: "Let's go back to the fort first. After the yamen runners register, they will notify you one by one to wait for your family members."

Three days later, on May 10th, the capital was just dawn. There was no fog in the capital. The first ray of sunshine in the morning awakened the world's largest city. Huang Tingjian, who had not slept all night, walked out of the house together. They faced the rising sun, took a few deep breaths, then looked at each other and shook their heads gently.

This is Huang Tingjian's house. Zhang Lei came to Huang Tingjian's mansion yesterday to discuss the latest developments. The two discussed overnight and had not yet come up with a countermeasure. They could only stand at the intersection of the street and sighed.

The sound of iron sheets hitting the ground in the nearby alleys. The dawn reporters in the capital beat the iron sheets and chanted tremblingly along the road: "Save all living beings, save suffering, protect the suffering, protect the gods, and be safe and prosperous--"

Originally, this lyrics were "blessed by all Buddhas", but since the Maritime Newspaper published the news that the Buddha was dead, the believers of Buddhism surrendered. In order to adapt to the love of Song Huizong's love for Taoism, the dying person changed this sentence to "blessed by all gods."

The morning caller dragged his long speech, and after singing the words of blessing, he immediately continued to sing: "The hour of Mao has arrived, the morning light is dim. The sky is bright, and it is time to travel. I work hard at a young age, and I will look for early every day. The future is bright and the wealth is abundant..."

Huang Tingjian and Zhang Lei were speechless. While he was wandering, a crisp horse hooves broke the tranquility of the street. Three people were riding fast horses at the end of the street. The three people were wearing green shirts. When Huang Tingjian saw it, his eyes lit up and he kept calling: "Here, here."

The place where he came was Zhao Xing's express messenger. These express messengers were another postal system outside the Dasong Post Road system. It was only responsible for private business. In order to distinguish between postal messengers from the court, Zhao Xing gave them a name called "postman", wearing a green suit. His uniform is quite similar to that of modern postman.

The three postmen turned over and dismounted, bowed to the two of them, and each took out a letter tube from beside them. The letter tube was engraved with three lines of poetry, which was Su Dongpo's poem. Huang Tingjian and Zhang Lei hurriedly opened the bamboo tube, poured out three paper scrolls, and then paired the paper scrolls together according to the order of the poems in Su Shi's poems and spelled out the words and words.

There are only six words on the scroll of paper: "You stop the court and I will advise you."

Huang Tingjian was shocked. He looked at Zhang Lei, wriggled his lips in disbelief, and silently recited these two words again. Zhang Lei thought for a long time, then slapped his loose belly and beat his belly like a drum: "Only this is the case, the three ministries and six provinces have been wiped out. What's the use of the court? He can only stop the court to protest.

The ancestors’ laws did not harm scholars and officials with speech, but now they have to use speech to curb scholars and officials with speech. This move has exceeded the original agreement - we will act separately. You go outside Xuande Tower to encourage ministers, and I will go to the Imperial Academy."

The reporter bowed and added: "There is another verbal message to the two adults: Within three days, 300 students from Guangnan Wubei Preparation School will be moved into the Guangnan Chamber of Commerce, and they will practice intelligence and propaganda wars in actual combat."

Huang Tingjian and Zhang Lei both deliberately ignored the last two words in the secret letter. Now, when he heard the news report, Huang Tingjian's face was pale and still did not come back from his shock. Zhang Lei patted his stomach and said with a smile: "When I was in Guangnan, I heard Li Ren talk about the intelligence war before the war in the martial arts lecture hall. He also talked about propaganda war, incitement, infiltration, spreading rumors... Oh, the time is estimated, it happened to be the day when students started their graduation internships. It was very good, very good."

Huang Tingjian's lips trembled: "It's a big deal, and the big deal, how can this end?"

Zhang Lei explained with a fat body and a broad mind: "It's okay. The sky fell. There is Zhao Liren, and he would not be prepared for a way out. Now, the affairs of the court have reached this point. No matter how bad it is, it cannot be worse than before. Senior brother, please relax and let Zhao Liren go to trouble. If others don't know about Liren's methods, you and I know. Don't worry."

Huang Tingjian looked up at the sky and sighed deeply: "Stop the road of words, speak without trust, abandon old banknotes, build Genyue, and promote flower stone gang... Indeed, what else is worse than now, and let go."

At this time, in the palace, the little emperor looked at an urgent report sent by the eunuch Yang Jian and asked leisurely: "When will this report be delivered?"

Yang Jian bowed and replied: "Official family, this was the one who entered the city last night. At that time, the official family had already settled. The old minister felt that it was not an important matter, so he only sent it this morning."

The little emperor happily flipped through the report and replied: "You are right... Haha, the Taiwei has won a battle on the front line again. There are too many battles, so I don't know how to reward him. Hey, the Taiwei wants to offer prisoners again, but this time the money is poor, and the total is only 300,000 guan. Why does the Taiwei go back more and more when the war is fought? There are only 300,000 guan, and I want to create a prisoner for offering."

Song Huizong forgot that in the past, the court used to fight, and supplemented tens of millions of military expenses and hundreds of millions of military expenses, and the outcome was still between two. However, Zhao Xing did not require the court to spend a copper coin in this battle, and earned 300,000 guan for the court. This was a huge profit between entering and leaving. However, the battle between Zhao Xing's "Dragon" was really brilliant. With the war compensation of 2 billion Persian silver coins (1 billion guan Song coins) in front of him, the 300,000 guan was really inconspicuous.

Yang Jian smiled and made fun of it: "The Taiwei has always wanted to fight the north, to restore Youyan, and to get a prince for his descendants. This time he fought in the extreme north. I heard that the Jin people were fighting against the Liao people. The Taiwei defeated the Jin people, so he naturally wanted to show off. Why not the official family allowed it?"

Since Zhao Xing surrounded the two routes and threatened Bianjing last time, Song Huizong couldn't help but feel scared. So he re-established two naval armies in Zhending Prefecture and Yangzhou to defend the north and south water routes, and stipulated that if the troops were led into the capital and passed the two checkpoints, the military talisman of the Privy Council must be obtained in advance - even Zhao Xing is no exception.

Song Huizong thought about it and asked with his head tilted his head, "What about Tianjin City that the Taiwei and the Liao people last time were asked back?"

Yang Jian replied with a smile: "Tianjin's tax revenue increased by 1.3 million last year, and I and the Liao people each earn half of it. The Liao people are still complaining that the Taiwei Lord was untrustworthy. The firearm trade that he originally agreed to has only opened up the palm of the palm (the Liao people's name of grenades), but the muskets needed by the Liao people are not sold."

Song Huizong relaxed and shirked: "This matter should be asked to negotiate with the Northern Affairs Bureau, or to directly find Zhao Qing, I don't care... Well, Zhao Qing returned from Goryeo. He always supported a vassal state, defeated the enemy that was commensurate with the Liao Kingdom, and allowed him to offer prisoners.

By the way, wasn’t Goryeo willing to surrender in advance? Now Kaijing has also rescued the siege. I wonder if the documents they surrendered have been sealed?"

Yang Jian was about to speak when he walked in outside the door, the eunuch Liang Shicheng. He took the emperor's words and replied flatteringly: "Your Majesty, I have inquired. The local commander Fan under Zhao Liren was in Goryeo, forcing the former King of Goryeo to abdicate and re-establish the youngest son of Goryeo. The reason was that the King of Goryeo was trapped in the hands of the Jin people and was unable to bear his life.

This time, there was a letter to the Goryeo Kingdom, and a pilgrimage envoy sent by the little king of Goryeo. The old minister also heard an anecdote. I wonder if Your Majesty likes to listen to it?"

Song Huizong asked curiously: "What anecdote?"

Liang Shicheng quickly replied: "I heard that the abdicated king of Goryeo planned to let the new king marry Zhao Xianggong's daughter and be willing to establish Zhao Xianggong's daughter and Queen Gaoli. Unexpectedly, Zhao Xianggong refused and directly criticized him for being a tiger girl and being willing to match a pig dog. It is said that the Goryeo people were very dissatisfied with this. I believe that when they arrived in front of the imperial court, they would complain."

After a moment of stopping, Liang Shicheng looked sneaky again and said mysteriously: "I heard that there were several princes sent by Goryeo this time. Goryeo planned to present it to His Majesty to his Majesty in order to stabilize the throne."

When Song Huizong heard this, he was even more puzzled: "I have been busy designing garden drawings these days, but I don't know the twists and turns in the war in Goryeo. Why did the commander and supervisor want to establish the new king? Why didn't I know?"

Liang Shicheng replied: "That's because King Goryeo did not keep the agreement. It is said that King Zhao was mobilizing soldiers, but King Goryeo could not withstand the Jurchens' attack and surrendered the Jurchens. The commander and supervisor soldiers were at the city and were rejected but refused. So the commander and supervisor was furious and bombarded the Goryeo King's capital. Afterwards, the king was abolished and a new lord... This time, the new lord of Goryeo came to ask His Majesty for the fief of his majesty."

Song Huizong nodded: "If so, it should be better for the Grand Marshal to enter the capital to offer prisoners... By the way, is the Goryeo Prince beautiful?"

At this time, Goryeo had not given all its national women to the Mongolians, so Goryeo women were still worth seeing. Liang Shicheng replied mysteriously: "I heard that there will be a fast horse today, and I will send a few portraits of Goryeo women in advance. The old minister asked. It is said that when they paid homage to Zhao, Zhao said: It is worth watching."

A hint of joy appeared on Song Huizong's face, and he replied casually: "Zhao Qing's eyes are very picky. According to Cai Xiang, he doesn't even look down on Liu Jingniang, the leader of the famous prostitute in Yangzhou... Since the Taiwei said this, no matter how bad he is, he will be Liu Jingniang's appearance."

Liu Jingniang once directed the first fashion show of the Song Dynasty on Daughter's Day. Song Huizong was still a child who fell in love at that time. When he saw Liu Jingniang, who was as bright as clouds, sighed as a god, and left a deep impression on his young man.

After a moment of pause, Song Huizong showed a reluctant expression and said, "Gong Kong Gong Zhao scolded the king of the family like a pig dog, so why don't the Goryeo Queen's daughter be like a pig dog? I guess the Goryeo Queen must be very angry, so I will calm down their emotions for Goryeo Queen. If those Goryeo Queen's daughters are really impressive, I will allow them to go to the palace to serve."

Song Huizong said this with a great tone. Liang Shicheng flatteredly agreed: "Daojun, you are so generous."

Song Huizong was so proud that he suddenly thought that Zhao Xing would send a picture of a Korean girl today. He couldn't help it and urged enthusiastically: "Set up, I'll go to Zizheng Hall to take a look."

The Zizheng Hall was empty, and Cai Jing was walking around the hall. When he saw the emperor coming, he said in annoyance: "Your Majesty, all officials are crazy, they are crazy. Huang Tingjian and Huang Lu took the lead in inciting all officials not to enter the court. They gathered outside Xuande Tower and whispered. Now Huang Tingjian is drafting a slogan. He heard that he intends to impeach him as a minister."
Chapter completed!