"Encourt, I ask you, why did your Jin Kingdom invade Shuofang's land while our court was fighting against the thieves?"

Zhang Jun, the Minister of Rites, let out a deep voice and asked the Jin envoy An Banbojiliwanyanxi in the Zichen Hall.

The so-called Zichen Hall is just the general office of the original Shaanxi Road Transportation Office. It is small and broken, and has no atmosphere in the Tianjia family.

But in Wanyan Xie's view, this place is more awe-inspiring than the most brilliant and magnificent hall in the Qionglin Palace in Kaifeng Prefecture.

Because the Song Kingdom, which had lost most of the Central Plains, finally made up its mind to carry out reforms. This was a militarization reform based on Ji Yi’s reform! The foundation of the reform is very solid, and the power to promote the reform is strong enough, so it can achieve initial success in a very short period of time.

The initial success is that nearly 30 million mu of land on the Guanzhong Plain have been redistributed or are being distributed. It is estimated that 100,000 soldiers and officers will be given a manor.

In addition, in the remaining areas of Shaanxi and Shuofang Road, the original Sutian Manor and Knight Manor were also sorted out. Many landlords (including Jiangmen) who embezzled the Knights through various methods were handed over to the land!

Faced with the "Jingkang Staff" who entered a semi-crazy state, even the veteran generals in Shaanxi had to make concessions. Of course, the "Jingkang Staff" would not touch the generals too much, but only asked them to return the embezzled land, while ensuring the rights and interests of other land they occupied were the generals who left the army and served.

After some sorting, the number of soldiers and knights in Shaanxi and Shuofang has reached 220,000.

Although this number cannot be compared with the Zhou Kingdom, which will soon reach more than 600,000 households, it is still much stronger than the Jin Kingdom.

Moreover, there are knights from Liang Kingdom and Lingzhou that can help with the war, and maybe they can mobilize Jingchu's army!

The Western Song Dynasty, which lost most of the Central Plains, was even more powerful in military terms than the previous Song Dynasty!

So Zhang Jun has the confidence to question him sternly.

Zhang Jun had the confidence, but Wanyan Xie was a little weak, sweating profusely, and replied tremblingly: "The people who occupied the Hetao grassland ranch were not the tribes of our Jin Kingdom, but the tribes of the Shubu people. These Shubu people were driven away by the Baozhou and Xi people and could not gain a foothold in the north of the Mo, so they could only move to Hetao in large quantities. If Shangguo could allow them to shed horses in Hetao, they could provide cavalry for Shangguo and help Shangguo counterattack."

Qu Duan, who accompanied Zhao Huan to meet Xie Ye with Zhang Jun, sternly said: "Our dynasty has its own elite soldiers to use. There is no need to use the help of thrust, so they can get out of here, otherwise our dynasty's army will kill people!"

After Qu Duan said this, Wanyan Xie was also a little angry. He replied angrily: "They will stop Bu Xiaoyong and lead the bows to no less than 30,000. If the war starts, it will probably last for a long time."

"That's because you don't want to return all the land on the south bank of Hetao?"

"What?" Xi was also shocked, "Why is it all the land on the south bank of Hetao? It is clearly half the grassland on the south bank of Hetao!"

"How could it be half?" Qu Duan snorted, "It's clearly one! Your Jin Kingdom was originally a member of Tokyo Road, Liao Kingdom, and they were the northern tribe of Mo. Now they have great mountains and rivers on the north bank of Hetao. They are not satisfied with it. They dare to greed for the ranch of our Song Dynasty on the south bank of Hetao. Don't you know that our Song Dynasty has hundreds of thousands of strong soldiers?"

It is impossible to hand over half of the grassland on the south bank of the Hetao!

Now the territory of the Jin Kingdom has been greatly compressed by the Zhou Kingdom and the Xi people. The Hetao grassland has become the main asset of the Jin Kingdom. If it cannot be preserved, I am afraid that the whole country will really move westward...

Moreover, this martial artist named Qu Duan had a bad attitude, and Zhao Huan on the imperial throne said nothing... The atmosphere in the Song Dynasty court was very wrong!

Wanyan Xie already felt something was wrong!

The Song people were clearly looking for trouble... But why did they do this? They were newly defeated, but they didn't even need to rest and recuperate. They directly acted like a provocation to start a war. What are they trying to do?

Are they really so sure that they can destroy the Jurchens and stop the Bu coalition forces in one battle?

One by one, one question lingers in Wanyan Xieye’s mind, causing him to fall into a long silence.

...

At the beginning of the first year of Jingkang, the Western Song Dynasty, which completed the land reform in Guanzhong, had turned its system to the military and national state, and was preparing to bully the Jin Dynasty for false reasons!

In the Eastern Song Dynasty, this united country established by the navy and the bourgeoisie of the thirteen states has finally tore off the disguise of "protecting private property" and used despicable means to plunder the people's land.

Zhao Kai, who returned to Jiangning Prefecture from Haizhou, has become very hard.

Instead of returning empty-handed, they received the "Treaty of Yuntai of Zhou and Song". According to this treaty, all military conflicts between the Eastern Song and Zhou countries will officially end on January 1, 11, the 19th year of the Great Zhou Republic.

The price of peace is: First, the Song State (Eastern Song) abandoned all the land north of the Huai River, including the sovereignty of Yuzhou Island.

2. The Song State (Eastern Song Dynasty) ceded Taiwan Island and Zhou State, but the Penghu Inspection Department could be retained.

3. The Song State (Eastern Song) gave up the sovereignty of West Java Island.

4. The Song State (Eastern Song) bears all the costs of the Huaihe River management.

5. The two countries of Zhou and Song dynasties (Eastern Song dynasties) will implement mutual opening and free trade.

Sixth, the Zhou and Song Dynasties (Eastern Song Dynasties) will implement agreed tariffs.

7. The Song State (Eastern Song) recognized that the Zhou State had special interests in Japan.

8. The State of Zhou recognized the State of Song (Eastern Song) with sovereignty over the State of Jiaozhi.

Nine, Zhou State and Song State (Eastern Song Dynasty) will act in concert west of the Three Buddhas Strait.

Ten, Zhou State and Song State (Eastern Song Dynasty) will cooperate to explore the Eastern Ocean and the Southern Ocean, and openly explore each other's achievements.

After the signing of the "Yuntai Treaty of Zhou and Song", the Great Zhou Republic allowed the more than 20,000 Song troops trapped in Yidu, as well as the more than 30,000 Song troops captured in previous operations to go to the Eastern Song Dynasty through Banqiao Port in Mizhou, of course, they were disarmed and dismantled the organized troops.

After nearly 60,000 Song troops returned one after another (not all of them were in place yet), Zhao Kai and Wu Meiniang's strength increased greatly, and Wu Meiniang convinced the bankers of the Eastern Song Dynasty to support each other. Finally, in January of the first year of Jingkang, the 13-state meeting passed the Land Act and the United Reserve Bureau Act.

According to these two bills, the thirteen states and the United Governments will be able to conduct a comprehensive land inventory in the areas under their jurisdiction (more than thirteen states). Some of the land obtained through the inventory will be distributed to the new army and naval officers and soldiers in Nangui, and the rest will be used as deposits for the Joint Reserve Bureau.

With 100 million mu of or more banknotes reserves, the Joint Reserve Bureau will find banknotes collected from major banks, thus helping the new U.S. government to overcome the financial and financial crises.

However, this bill was announced on the first day of the seventh year of Xuanhe, and immediately caused an uproar in the Dongsong-controlled area of ​​Jiangnan and Huainan.

Oh, by the way, the current reign of the Eastern Song Dynasty is still Xuanhe. Because the Eastern Song Dynasty did not recognize Zhao Huan's throne. Moreover, Zhao Kai has not ascended the throne at present, but has issued orders in the name of the Great Song Dynasty's governor and the prince of Donghai.

...

Jinghu South Road, Yongzhou, Lingling County. Although it is the spring of the first year of Jingkang, the remaining winter here has not disappeared. At this time, the weather in Hunan is very cold, and it is the unique wet and coldness in the south. A little bit of yin and cold can soak into the bones.

In the Chen family's mansion in the Jinshi's Jinshi town in Lingling County, the two brothers Chen Go and Chen Shi were guarding the red mud stove, sitting leisurely with their legs raised, looking at the newspaper at hand while paying attention to a pot of new tea on the stove.

Both brothers are Jinshi, but now they are free at home together, watching the world's storm.

Chen Shi went to his hometown in Lingling first than his brother Chen Go. Because he was a Jinshi and the Chen family was a large family in Lingling, he naturally became the leader of the local scholars. Although he was in the martial arts world, the news was very well-informed. Newspapers published by Jiangning Prefecture and Xiangyang Prefecture will definitely be in his hands within half a month.

At this moment, Chen Shi was looking at a copy of the Hezhong Daily published in Jiangning. After reading it for a long time, he smiled bitterly: "Donghaiguo is shameless!"

"What?" Chen Go asked, carefully lifting the teapot and poured himself and his brother a bowl of brewed tea.

It was popular in the Song Dynasty to make tea, but in closed places like Yongzhou, there were still many customs in the Tang Dynasty, including cooking tea.

"The East China Sea has also attacked the land of the gentry!" Chen Shi said, "It's a pity that the gentry in Jiangnan still had high hopes for him, but in the end he was the same as Bao Zhou! Moreover, he also signed a peace agreement with Bao Zhou and sold the great mountains and rivers north of the Huai River! How could he dare to be a ruling country if he did this?"

Chen Go took the newspaper from his younger brother, looked at it for a while, and sighed: "It seems that there is no need to go to Jiangning Mansion... If you go, you can only see the rolling heads. The world is so big that there is no wise ruler."

Chen Shi picked up the tea bowl and took a sip, "Jiangnan can still go."

"Can you go?" Chen Go was stunned, "Go to the East China Sea?"

Chen Shidao: "It is not necessary to start an official position, run a college, or find a doctorate in the Confucianism in the academy, and then run a newspaper and write articles. It is better than staying in a small place in Yongzhou!"

"Is it better than staying in Yongzhou?" Chen Go looked at his brother, a little puzzled.

Since there is no wise ruler in the world, why are you going out to do?

"What can I do when I stay in Yongzhou?" Chen Shi said, "I have seen clearly these days... The days when the imperial examinations are well-known are gone forever! The Taishang side is a school to collect scholars, and the Donghai side is a rational world. It is said that there are imperial examinations in Guanzhong, but they are also pretending to behave and have no meaning.

You and my brothers have both passed the Jinshi and served as officials. But we still have sons and grandsons in the future. What should they do? We always have a future. You and I can be loyal ministers and have no two masters, but they don’t even have a single master! And if they want to become an official, they have to learn new learning. There is no new learning here in Yongzhou, so they can only go to Jiangning Prefecture and Shanghai. Donghai and I have old friends (Wu and Haowen) and are just right to go to like each other. Brother, go with me too."

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