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Early in the morning, as usual, the morning came.

The director of the Customs Department took the lead in saying: "Your Majesty, the number of merchant ships coming and going is gradually increasing today, but the pirates are in trouble and are waiting for the opportunity to move, so that many traders have suffered losses and have come to our Customs Department to report the case. Weichen asked the emperor to send troops to suppress the bandits. ”

In ancient times, bandits were rampant, especially in times of war.

Zhao Dongting couldn't help frowning when he heard this, the matter of robbing the treasure ship last time had not been settled, but he didn't expect these pirates to become even worse.

He asked Li Yuanxiu about the information obtained by the two masters who were investigating pirates, and they had always kept the remaining jewels in their lair and never used them.

It is unreasonable that the money in the treasury should not be moved, but it would rather come out and take the risk of plundering the ships.

Zhao Dongting is convinced that there is definitely someone behind the pirate forces. Ge Lijun is dead, and the person behind the scenes is definitely not him.

But who could it be?

Just as he was thinking, Liu Hongyi had already stepped out of the ranks and said, "Your Majesty, the last general is willing to lead the army to exterminate the pirates!" ”

He is a veteran general of the Leizhou Army, along the coast of Leizhou, the soldiers are good at water warfare, and it is more appropriate for him to lead the army. But Zhao Dongting was thinking in his heart, if the pirates were cleared up like this, would the people behind the scenes still be able to surface?

However, if the pirates are not taken action and allowed to continue to act so recklessly, it will always be difficult for Leizhou Prefecture to carry out overseas trade.

After pondering for a long time, Zhao Dongting nodded and said, "Okay, then General Liu, you will lead the army to clear out the pirates!" ”

Although the real culprit behind the scenes is a big matter, in the end it only involves two treasure ships, and compared with people's livelihood, people's livelihood is naturally more important.

Leizhou Mansion was looted by Ge Lijun and the people were miserable, and the Southern Song Dynasty court needed to revitalize the economy of Leizhou Mansion as quickly as possible.

The director of the Customs Department was overjoyed and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty!" ”

He was in charge of the Customs Department, and his subordinates were only petty officials, and there were no soldiers. If Zhao Dongting does not send troops to suppress the bandits, his work will not be carried out, and it will have a great impact on his political achievements. Before the Southern Song Dynasty, there was an official evaluation system, and after Zhao Dongting took power, the evaluation system was improved a lot, and those of them who were officials also began to pay attention to political achievements.

Zhao Dongting nodded and looked around at everyone, "Which Aiqing still has something to play?" ”

No one in the hall spoke. Now that the work of the various ministries and departments is being carried out, there is no longer always a large number of things to be done, as was the case a few days ago.

Zhao Dongting saw that they didn't speak, and said, "Since you Aiqing has nothing to play, then I will talk about something." I plan to implement a system of dividing land into households in the territory of Leizhou Prefecture, and each household, regardless of whether rich or poor, will redistribute land according to the number of people, with an average of two acres per capita. This matter was handed over to the Ministry of Agriculture. ”

During the Southern Song Dynasty, it was not that there was no excessive land distribution system, but it was mostly unsuccessfully implemented. This is a commonplace problem in the imperial court, but it has never been solved.

Compared with education, trade, and other issues, the system of dividing land involves the fundamental interests of the big landlord class and is closely related to the common people, and its implementation is really a hundred times more difficult.

The ministers were all shocked when they heard that Zhao Dongting said that they wanted to implement the system of dividing the fields, and then the state affairs order Lu Xiufu bowed his hand and said: "Your Majesty, we have just arrived in Leizhou, and I am afraid that the division of fields at this time is a little too hasty. During the reign of Shenzong, when the prime minister Wang Anshi changed the law, he encountered the aristocratic gentry and tried his best to oppose it, and in the end it was not done. Our foundation is not stable now, and if we cause the dissatisfaction of the nobles of this Leizhou Mansion, I am afraid that it will be difficult to continue all kinds of work in the future. ”

Immediately after that, several officials from various ministries came out of the ranks, each with their own opinions, but they were all opposed to the current implementation of the system of dividing the fields.

After listening to this, Zhao Dongting only said: "The world of the Great Song Dynasty is not the world of those nobles and gentry, but the world of the people of Limin. I have offended many nobles by rectifying corrupt officials these days, and I don't care about offending their interests again. If they want land, they can, and they can rent it from the peasant households, so that the peasant households will have food to eat, so that their ancestors will not have to work in those aristocratic fields for generations, and they will not even have enough to eat. ”

After a pause, he added: "Of course, I don't mean that I have to suppress the nobles and gentry, my purpose is just to let the people have something to eat. Only when they have food can they work for our Great Song Dynasty, and only in this way can our Great Song Dynasty's taxes be truly collected, instead of exploiting the lives of those people as before. ”

Now the situation is not stable, the strength of the Southern Song Dynasty is weak, and Zhao Dongting does not want to offend those nobles too hard.

"But ......"

Lu Xiufu said: "Most of the land of those aristocratic gentry is rewarded or purchased, how can they be willing to hand it over? ”

Zhao Dongting said indifferently: "I can reward them with the field, and naturally I can take it back." As for the fields that were bought, it was to compensate them with some money. ”

As he spoke, he looked at Chen Jianghan, "Chen Shangshu, the treasures I brought from Lin'an, it should be more than enough to recover the land that has been sold in Leizhou, right?" ”

Chen Jianghan blinked his eyes and wiped the sweat that instantly burst out of his forehead, "Yes, yes." ”

But he really wanted to say that if Zhao Dongting continued to lose like this, no matter how much jewelry he had, he would have to run out sooner or later, but he didn't dare to say it.

At this time, Deputy State Minister Chen Wenlong stood up, "Your Majesty, if there are nobles and gentry making trouble, what should we do?" ”

"Troublemaker?"

Zhao Dongting said: "If they make trouble, then investigate and arrest." Tens of thousands of my soldiers do not eat rice, and those noble gentry who behave unscrupulously can even confiscate their family property to fill the treasury. I don't believe that if I just buy back their land, they can still live with their lives. ”

When the ministers heard this, their hearts were slightly cold. The emperor is afraid that the holy will has been decided.

But they were really excited. The emperor is right, some people make a rebellion, and send officers and soldiers to suppress it, so that tens of thousands of officers and soldiers will not be unable to control the Leizhou Mansion. Of course, because most of them are not from Leizhou, they have nothing to do with this matter, and the division of the field will not be harmed, so there is no resistance in their hearts.

Although Liu Hongyi was the commander of the Flying Army before, he has always had righteousness in his heart and regarded righteousness as more important than his life. The emperor implemented a new policy to take back the land and property of these people, and he didn't feel any distress. He was already thinking about how to persuade the commanders who had a lot of land at home when he returned to the barracks.

In order to win the hearts of the people, Ge Lijun did reward a lot of land to the civil and military generals of all levels in Leizhou Mansion.

Seeing that Chen Wenlong no longer spoke, the ministers all bowed their hands and said, "The ministers must obey the holy order." ”

Zhao Dongting was satisfied, and said: "At the same time as the implementation of the land division system, the people were promised tax exemption for two years, so that they could have surplus money for farming. In addition, the rest of the taxes can be exempted, and if they cannot be exempted, they must be greatly adjusted, and we in the Great Song Dynasty cannot be harsh on miscellaneous taxes. The Ministry of State shall submit to me within five days the draft tax reform regulations. ”

Lu Xiufu gave his hand again, "The minister obeys the order." ”

Chen Jianghan was in a hurry, the sweat on his forehead really came out, and he said: "Your Majesty, if it is a tax cut, then I will ...... finances."

Zhao Dongting gritted his teeth and said: "No matter how difficult it is, we must persist in these two years and make the people's lives better." In the future, the imperial court began to reduce all expenses in the palace by half. ”

The ministers were surprised.

Throughout the ages, there have been many emperors who have been extravagant, but there are definitely only a handful of people like Zhao Dongting who are willing to spend less.

Everyone admired Zhao Dongting in their hearts, and shouted in unison: "The emperor is shengming." ”

Zhao Dongting was young, knew the general idea, understood the people's feelings, acted decisively, and was full of wisdom, which really made these ministers have great hope for the imperial court.

Two days later, Liu Hongyi led the original Feitian soldiers and 100 warships from the Nandu River to the Xiliu Ferry to fight the thieves.

At the same time, Wen Tianxiang also led more than 30,000 soldiers of the Xingguo Army to set off as a whole army and prepare to rush to the aid of Guangxi.

The Yuan general Ali Hague was ordered by Kublai Khan to pacify Hunan and Guangxi earlier, and to this day, the Tanzhou folk righteous Zhou Long, He 12 and others have been beheaded after defeat, and even Zhang Lieliang, the envoy of Hunan, has also died in battle. There are only a small force left in Hunan that is still resisting the Yuan army, and the forward troops of the Ali Navy have been banned from Guangxi, and it will not be long before there will be a big war in Guangxi.

Leizhou is next to Guangxi, and everyone in the court knows that Guangxi must not be lost, otherwise Leizhou will be in danger.

Zhao Dongting personally sent Wen Tianxiang to three miles outside the gate of Haikang County.

The morning breeze is slow, and the monarch and the minister will say goodbye.

Although Zhao Dongting knew that Wen Tianxiang would leave, he was still reluctant at this time. Historically, Wen Tianxiang's results were not good.

He was defeated and captured, preferring to die rather than surrender, and was finally killed at the Caishikou Execution Ground.

When he died, he left a desperate poem on his belt:

Kong said that he became benevolent, and Meng said that he took righteousness. But its righteousness is exhausted, so it is benevolent.

What do you learn when you read the books of the sages? Now and then, you are almost worthy of it!

Zhao Dongting was worried that something would happen to Wen Tianxiang. Wen Tianxiang was called to Leizhou from Jiangxi because according to the history books, Wen Tianxiang would be defeated in Jiangxi. Zhao Dongting asked him to lead the army to help, which meant to prevent Ge Lijun, but at the same time, he also had the intention of saving Wen Tianxiang.

After all, he is still afraid that things will develop according to the wheel of history, such as Zhou Long, He Twelve, Zhang Lieliang and others who died in battle.

However, at this time, only Wen Tianxiang had the highest prestige among the people in the government and the opposition, and no one could organize the civil forces to resist the Yuan army without sending him.