Chapter 794: The "Narcissistic" Emperor
The history of human development is actually the history of transforming nature, and it is difficult for people and the world to live in harmony with each other, because there are too many things in people's hearts, and too many interests are driven, such as the current Great Song Dynasty, because of the increase of cement factories and coal mining, many rivers have been polluted.
But Zhao Zhen has no choice, the rapid development of society sometimes has to sacrifice something, he still doesn't understand it very well in later generations, but now he understands, of course, the most destroyed place is still Western Xia.
Zhao Zhen's report from the Imperial City Secret Spy made Zhao Zhen shocked, and it was not for nothing that Li Yuanhao could open his mouth to ask for help from the Great Song Dynasty, the party members already relied on the grassland to live, and under the large-scale breeding of sheep, the destructive power to the grassland was even more amazing.
Coupled with the fact that the originally fertile Ningxia Plain was returned to grazing, the party members did not grasp the connection at all for a while, resulting in a large area of fertile land being rudely transformed into pasture, even Zhao Zhen could feel the horror of the enclosure even through the paper.
Crushed the secret letter and threw it into the carbon basin, the fine silver charcoal ignited the paper in an instant, and a puff of white smoke disappeared completely, for the people of Western Xia, Zhao Zhen was still sympathetic, although Western Xia was already a feudal country, but his slavery system was not completely abolished.
Compared with the Liao Dynasty and the Great Song Dynasty, the hierarchy of the Western Xia was more strict, and the birth of people had already been divided into upper and lower, in the local administration, the Western Xia still retained the characteristics of slavery and military separation, and the local administrative organization was integrated with the military and the government, and the general local governors were mostly tribal leaders and held military positions.
The leaders of the tribes often had a lot of power, and it was easy for them to enclose land, and the better tribes practiced the concentration of wealth, and the leaders took the tribesmen to herd sheep, harvest wool, and sell them to the merchants of the Great Song Dynasty before distributing the profits.
And more of it fell into the pockets of the tribal leaders themselves, and the wealth was eye-catching, so it caused a conflict between the tribes and the chiefs, where there was oppression, there was resistance, obviously the tribal leaders with great power were easy to suppress the resistance, and the more people who died, the more pastures they could get, the more sheep they could get, and thus more wealth.
Some brutal leaders even slaughtered herdsmen who held large amounts of land in their hands, took land from them, or drove them to remote places to fend for themselves, which was a very cruel practice, but Li Yuanhao and the Western Xia court would not restrain them, or even condemn them.
First, because the tribal leader has very great power over his own people, and the affairs of the whole clan are handled by him, and secondly, because Li Yuanhao needs the support of these people, and when he fights, these tribes are also an important military force in Western Xia.
The leaders of these tribes are not stupid, they will naturally pay tribute to Li Yuanhao, and they will hand over a small part of the wool harvest to Li Yuanhao, but it is not the imperial court, so although the Western Xia bought wool, the imperial court did not get much benefit, and most of the money fell into the pockets of nobles or tribal leaders, and the people did not get much.
Under the strict hierarchy, the nobles and chieftains began to expand their enclosures, which was a ruthless and cruel act, Zhao Zhen even felt a little chilled after learning about the situation in Western Xia, there was still barbarism in civilized society, compared to this, the living environment of the people of the Great Song Dynasty was simply much better.
The cold weather, the shortage of food, and the lack of relief from the imperial court, most of the poor people in Western Xia relied on the only remaining rations to satisfy their hunger, and it was then that they remembered to buy food from the Great Song Dynasty, but a sad fact was...... The sale of grain is forbidden in the field!
This is undoubtedly a slap in the face for the Tangut people, no matter how expensive the wool is not eaten and drunk, there is no food to the importance, at this time the Tangut people realized that the most basic need of people is to live, without food they are afraid that they will starve to death, even if there is more wool in their hands, what is the use?
So some ordinary people began to slaughter these goats that could earn money for them helplessly, because if they didn't do this, I was afraid that they wouldn't even be able to survive this winter, even if they had wealth in their hands, the Liao people would not sell them a grain of grain, and neither would the Great Song Dynasty.
No wonder there is this Li Yuanhao's earnest letter of state, of course Zhao Zhen will agree, he wants the world to see clearly what kind of country the Great Song Dynasty is, a benevolent country, a Zhengshuo dynasty, and an emperor with a compassionate heart!
Although Zhao Zhen was doing extremely disgraceful things, making the Tangut people feel that the wool in their hands could be easily exchanged for food and living needs from the Great Song Dynasty, would they still grow grain again? If they think that the wool in their hands can become a currency in circulation, what will happen when the wool becomes worthless one day?
But now Zhao Zhen feels that he is a great person, abandoning his previous suspicions to save the people of Western Xia, Renjun, the Holy Monarch, and the model emperor in Chinese history,...... Well! Zhao Zhen nodded slightly and muttered, "That's it!" ”
Sancai has already installed wooden people on the side, and it is better not to disturb when the official family is complacent, there must be something he doesn't know, how can he guess the state affairs? The door curtain was opened, and a chill quickly penetrated the back of Sancai's neck, and he stood in this position to detect the chill for the first time.
Turning his head and glaring at the little chamberlain hatefully, he made a silent gesture.
The little waiter trembled, Sancai secretly scolded for not making a profit, and rushed out with an arrow step, pressing the thick door curtain with his hand, the house was warm and the outside was cold, and the cold air would be aroused if the air conditioner rushed in vain!
If the official family is sick, how can it be good, and a few heads are not enough for the queen to cut off......
"Something happened, panic! What kind of system does the palace become? Didn't the people of the Inner Chamberlain teach you! ”
The little chamberlain was even more flustered by Sancaiyi, and stammered: "It was Chen Daguan who called the little one to come, saying that he was handing this to the official family, and he had gone to the Imperial Horse Prison to lead His Majesty's snow white." ”
Sancai's eyes widened, the white in the snow is the official family's favorite royal horse, even the official family's own sister Princess Changle, she asked for the official family several times but didn't give it, Chen Tong went to lead the horse to do something, could it be that something terrible happened, the official family would definitely ride a horse to rush there?
Stretched out his hand and snatched the box in the hand of the little chamberlain, opened a gap slightly, and saw a copper waist card, this kind of waist card is very common in the Great Song Dynasty, it is the waist card of the five-rank official, even if it is still in front of him, he is too lazy to bend down to pick it up.
After he saw the handwriting on it with the help of the sun, he stared at the boss, and his body began to tremble slightly......
It's only because the waist card is engraved with the words "Donghai Xuanhua Envoy", but no one knows the weight of these words in the hearts of the officials, even the officials sometimes recite them when they dream......