Chapter 318 Unification of the World 12

China negotiated with Song for more than half a year, and in the end, Song was only nominally incorporated into China, and Han Zhongwei had no actual control over Song. Even because of his relationship, Han Luzhou had to take all the people from the Han Mansion to leave Lin'an and move to Zhongdu. This is also the clause stipulated in the agreement between Song and China.

On the surface, this was a major diplomatic victory for the Song State, because they resolved the crisis in only one name. The combat effectiveness of the guards was terrible. If the agreement was not reached, no one knew whether the Song State could exist again and whether the Zhao Dynasty could exist again.

But only a few people know how much harm the Song State would have to exchange for peace with name. From the moment the contract was signed, the Song State never existed in this world again, and the Zhao family dynasty would have truly perished in history. However, Zhao Kuo and the ministers in the court did not see this. They were celebrating proudly and trying their best to whitewash the peace.

The only thing China has done to do in the Jiangnan Special Administrative Region is to set up an office in Lin'an. Apart from this, it has not interfered with the Jiangnan Special Administrative Region.

The responsibility of this office is not to connect the contact between the Jiangnan Special Administrative Region and the central government of China, because in the agreement, Han Zhongwei agreed not to interfere in the internal affairs of Jiangnan, do not control the Jiangnan army, and do not collect Jiangnan taxes. In addition to the office, Chinese officials entering Jiangnan must first report to the Jiangnan District Government in advance.

The office has only one real role, which is to promote China's influence in the Jiangnan Special Administrative Region, and to promote the fact that the Jiangnan Special Administrative Region is no longer a country, but a region. A fact that the region already belongs to China.

The office's publicity is very modern, including newspapers, singing, dancing, storytelling, singing and other forms. It will also be sent to various cities and rural areas of the Jiangnan Special Administrative Region. People in the Jiangnan court were very panicked about the office's practices, but they were powerless. All the actions of the office were acted according to the agreement and would never do anything beyond the scope of the agreement.

The publicity effect of the office is also slowly playing a role. Although this effect is slow, its power is amazing. For example, when various craftsmen in Jiangnan heard that in China, the status of craftsmen is the same as that of ordinary people. Will they not be moved by people like those who are untouchable in Jiangnan? The agreement also stipulates very clearly that the central government and the Jiangnan government cannot interfere. As long as officials and soldiers from Jiangnan enter China, others will be welcomed by China.

In addition to craftsmen, there are also farmers. Jiangnan has a large population and small land, so every inch of land is valuable. The population density in Jiangnan is very large. In order to use as much land as possible, the people have thought of many ways, such as asking for land from mountains and terraces is the invention of the original Song Dynasty. For example, building fields on the water and letting a piece of land float on the water is definitely a great idea. Although such land cannot be used as fields, there is still no problem to grow vegetables.

But in China, when the Jurchens were deported to the Shangjing area, China showed that there were many lands and few people. Moreover, because officials and gentry paid food together and the policy of collecting taxes on a mu was enforced, the officials and gentry gradually began to sell their land. It turned out that their land did not need to be taxed, so they tried to buy as much land as possible. But now, everyone, even Han Zhongwei, had to pay taxes as long as they had land, so who would buy so much land?

Some officials and gentry at first fantasized whether they could increase the land rent to offset the taxes of the court? But later Han Zhongwei issued another order that all those who rent land in the country could not rent more than 30%. Officials and gentry could only collect 30% of the rent and pay 10% of the tax. Although they could also get 20% of the rent, this profit was already very different from the original one. Therefore, these talents transferred the land under their names, which also led to a large amount of idle land.

China's land prices are now very cheap. Compared with the Jin Dynasty, the land prices fell by more than half. Although the court also had a huge amount of land, Han Zhongwei was very happy to see this. The people's requirements were very low throughout the dynasties. As long as they could have enough food, they would support the court. This principle was feasible until the 21st century. Although the government at that time was incompetent and officials in the officialdom protected each other, as long as the people had a taste of food, no one would come out to rebel.

History has proved that rebellion by officials and gentry is not scary, and as long as the people are in their hearts, they will not be able to make trouble. Therefore, Han Zhongwei's policy has been biased towards most people from the beginning. He firmly believes that as long as the majority benefit most people, that small group of people is not worth worrying.

It is precisely because of this policy that the people in Jiangnan are very interested in the Central Plains. A considerable number of these people in Jiangnan moved south when the Song Dynasty court moved south and the Jurchens moved south. Now the Central Plains have changed their masters, and the Central Plains have become the world of Han people. In addition, there is such a preferential land policy, it is fake to say that they are not moved.

The Jiangnan Special Administrative Region has no dissatisfaction with the relocation of ordinary people. Jiangnan is the world's granary. No matter how many people are missing, it will be beneficial to them.

After the people of Jiangnan arrived in China, almost everyone was able to properly resettle. Among them, those who had no money could rent farmland first. If the land under the names of officials and gentry was not enough, they could apply directly to the government. Now there are a lot of land in various places, which were confiscated from the original Jurchens. The people of Jiangnan brought to China not only allowed the utilization rate of the fields, but also brought advanced agricultural technology. This technology was very difficult to implement by the government, and it took a long time to pass on word of mouth between farmers, and it would take only one or two years to make the agriculture in the entire Central Plains region undergo technological innovation.

Just imagine, people who planted ten acres of land, can harvest five stones per acre, but they can only harvest three and a half stones by themselves. Can this not stimulate them to humbly seek advice? Therefore, Han Zhongwei was very optimistic about the migration of farmers. If there was no agreement and could not interfere with Jiangnan's internal affairs, he even wanted to sign another agreement with Zhao Kuo. Even if he paid some money to Jiangnan, he would invite those skilled farming experts to China.

In addition to farmers, under the publicity of China's office in Jiangnan, some merchants wanted to move to China. If China is engaged in infrastructure construction, how much cement and red bricks are needed for the 50,000-mile official road? And how many workers are needed? These people are paid daily remuneration. Therefore, although the state invests in infrastructure, in fact, it stimulates the entire economy. In China, almost all shops are doing their best, and all workshops are producing with all their strength, but even so, they cannot be fully satisfied. People who already have the remaining money in their hands.

For example, cloth, silk, furniture, ironware, meat, eggs, people used to spend these things, they had to calculate their pockets carefully. But now, these goods that used to be luxury goods are now extremely popular. The entire market has already shown a situation of supply in short supply.

There are many workshops in Jiangnan. In Lin'an alone, there are tens of thousands of different workshops. On the streets of Lin'an, many workshops are produced and sold by themselves. There are workshops upstairs, shops downstairs, workshops downstairs, and shops in front yards.

The business of these people has become much better than before because China's economy has begun to take off. Now their customers are wholesale of goods and shipped to China, and they can exchange them for money. The northward goes, the higher the profit. What if their workshops can be directly run to China?

These intentional merchants secretly went to China's office in Jiangnan to inquire. It doesn't matter if they didn't ask. When they asked, they were shocked. Even in Zhongdu, the price of houses is only half that of Lin'an. If it's renting a house, the price is even about 40% of Lin'an. Lin'an's consumption has always been relatively high, and workers' remuneration is also relatively high. But in China, because of the excessive surplus labor, the workers' remuneration is only about 80% of Lin'an. After calculation, they quickly got a fact: if the workshop is moved to Zhongdu, their profits must be at least doubled. If the production scale in Zhongdu can be increased, it will be several times more profitable.

Merchants are profit-seeking, and wherever they make money, they will flow to, which is due to market demand. Of course, if the government has compulsory measures, they can also sigh. But they learned from the office that it is easy to go to the Central Plains as long as they are not officials or military soldiers. If they can register in the office, even as soon as they arrive in China, someone will receive them immediately, making it easier for them to run workshops or shops.

There are now three types of people who have begun to move to China. Of course, although the first batch of people who have taken the lead are large, they account for not much of the total population of the Jiangnan Special Administrative Region. Therefore, neither the governments of Jiangnan District nor Zhao Kuo protested to China. Of course, even if they proposed protests, Han Zhongwei would not pay attention. These were all stipulated in the agreement.

Finally, there are those scholars. The offices are more cautious about these people, because the identities of these people are not easy to determine. It is okay to say that they are not officials, but if Jiangnan District wants to be serious, they can say that they are officials. Therefore, when these people propose to go to China, or even think of China as officials, the office can only be done in public, and China does not force you to go. The implication is that if you go, China will not object.

But what the office did not expect was that when these scholars or fame-loving people proposed to Jiangnan District to go to China, Jiangnan District, led by Zhao Kuo, did not object. Even Jiangnan District encouraged these people to go to China to become officials. Why is this?

It turned out that this was the remarks of Liu Zheng, the prime minister of Jiangnan District, which caused officials in Jiangnan District, including Zhao Kuo, to change their attitudes. Liu Zheng said: These people may not have the chance to be officials in Jiangnan, but when they arrived in China, I heard that there was a shortage of officials there. Most of them could become officials if they went there. Just imagine, the people in Jiangnan District controlled the Chinese government or influenced the Chinese government. How much benefit will this be for Jiangnan in the future?

Everyone knows that some people in the court are easy to be officials. Now Chinese officials are Han people who were left in the Jin Dynasty. All the Jurchens were expelled to Shangjing. Therefore, there is a serious shortage of officials in various places. In many places, an official even has to hold multiple positions. Now, scholars from Jiangnan go to China to serve as officials. No matter how great these people will achieve in the future, they are people who have gone out of Jiangnan District after all? They will always have a good impression of Jiangnan District, right? Their descendants are also likely to continue to serve as officials in China. At that time, there will be more places in Jiangnan District that need to be used.

Therefore, these scholars were sent to China as "edge balls". Before coming to China, Zhao Kuo met as much as possible, and expressed his sincere hope to each of them, and at the same time rewarded him. Haven't these people seen the emperor? Although Zhao Kuo has been demoted to the mayor of the Jiangnan Special Administrative Region, in the eyes of these people, Zhao Kuo is still their official family and the supreme ruler of the Jiangnan District. How great is this glory? How great is it to be so? Is it so good to be glorious?

But what surprised Zhao Kuo was that when these scholars arrived in China, they were not immediately assigned to official positions, but wanted to be trained to take up their posts. The first lesson they taught was that the Liao Kingdom was destroyed because of the incompetence of the Song Dynasty court. After the Sixteen Prefectures of Yunyan were occupied by the Jurchens, and in the end they were just a little bit unrestrained and hid in Lin'an, living a life of silence. What is the reason? Only those who can answer this question correctly can pass the preliminary review, otherwise, they will continue to be in the training center until they can answer this question.

Those who pass the preliminary review will enter the advanced class and will receive more advanced knowledge. The most important one is to talk about the king Han Zhongwei. At least three hours a day are introduced to Han Zhongwei, so that their minds are filled with Han Zhongwei's figure, allowing Han Zhongwei to walk into every corner of them. How do their lives come about now? Because Han Zhongwei, the reason why they can become officials now? Because Han Zhongwei...

Only after three months of closed brainwashing in the advanced class will special training be conducted based on their strengths. This is the real skill training. According to Han Zhongwei's requirements, Chinese officials must not only have knowledge, but also have skills. You don't know agricultural knowledge. How to manage an agricultural county? You don't know business, how to manage a city? You don't know the law of trial cases, how to judge prisoners?

If the scholars who have been trained like this, if they were asked to see Zhao Kuo again, it would be very good not to spit in person on his face. Why is the Jiangnan Special Administrative Region weak and incompetent? This is often asked a question. If they cannot explain this question, they are not qualified to graduate.

These scholars who met Han Zhongwei's request were divided into two parts. The first part was to become officials, and the specific area was mainly around the Jiangnan District. The other part was secretly returned to the Jiangnan Special Administrative Region. They would become secret officials of China. After returning to the Jiangnan Special Administrative Region, even if they did not do anything, they could secretly receive a salary. This money was enough to support their family.

The scholars who returned to the Jiangnan Special Administrative Region were all the best in the training class. The reason why they did not allow them to hold official positions in China was because Ding Chuan gave Han Zhongwei a suggestion that he wanted these people to work in the Jiangnan Special Administrative Region. Isn’t Jiangnan District trying to penetrate the Chinese officialdom? Then Ding Chuan treated the people with his own way. He brainwashed these people and sent them back to the Jiangnan District, and then sent them to the Jiangnan District officialdom through secret channels.

Although Han Zhongwei and Zhao Kuo had an agreement and could not interfere in internal affairs, Ding Chuan has always been a secret intelligence officer. If he could not do such a thing, he would not deserve to serve as China's Minister of Public Security.

Although Han Luzhou is no longer the Pingzhang official in Jiangnan District, the left prime minister of Jiangnan District is still Liu Zheng. This person should have been driven out of the court by Han Luzhou for a long time, but because of his special relationship with Han Zhongwei, he has been retained. Moreover, in order to give people an illusion, Han Luzhou has always confronted Liu Zheng in the court. This made Han Luzhou naturally become the highest executive officer of Jiangnan District after leaving Lin'an.

Zhao Kuo now trusts Liu Zheng very much, but Liu Zheng is actually Han Zhongwei's person. Therefore, these scholars with excellent training scores will enter the officialdom of Jiangnan District after returning to Lin'an. Although Han Tuozhou left Lin'an, because of his current identity, the officials promoted and his former confidants were not greatly affected when he was in Pingzhang's political affairs. Therefore, Han Tuozhou actually had a certain influence on the court in Jiangnan District. When Ding Chuan went to see Han Tuozhou, he got a list, and the people on the list were all Han Tuozhou's confidants, and they were also people who could be used by Ding Chuan.

With so many officials who can be called Chinese work, and with the fresh blood sent back, Han Zhongwei's sense of touch is reaching into every corner of the Jiangnan District at a very fast speed. Zhao Kuo is now in control of the army in the Jiangnan District, and the process of trying to insert people in is very complicated. Therefore, Han Zhongwei decided to do the opposite to the Southeast Region. Start with the officials and finally solve the army in the Jiangnan District.

Zhao Kuo's control over the army was not because he had a group of trustworthy generals, but because he sent a large number of civil servants into the army. Originally, the State of Song emphasized civil servants over military forces, and after being threatened by China, this trend became even more serious. Zhao Kuo even had the idea of ​​replacing all generals with civil servants. Unfortunately, some people in the court saw the disadvantages of this. Replacing a large number of military officers with civil servants can control the army, but what if a war broke out? Can those civil servants lead the army to fight? Will they be scared to pee their pants?

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