Chapter 357 No War Ever After

Because it is the south of the Yangtze River, the earth is warm, so it is only early spring, the cold plum has not yet fallen, and there are already early flowers blooming in the mountains and fields.

"The so-called 'riding a donkey across a small bridge, sighing plum blossom thinness', this thin plum also has the flavor of thin plum, and early flowering also has the benefits of early flowering."

In the Nomura Courtyard outside Lin'an City, make a pot of tea, warm a jar of wine, and invite some like-minded friends to gather in one place to chant poetry and talk about the ancients. Three or five scholars gathered in one place, and after poetry and wine, they had to talk about some national affairs, and the recent Ming Dingguo is edict became the core of everyone's discussion.

"Brother Song, this time I came to Beijing, it is said that it is going to be of great use, I don't know what Brother Song thinks of this Ming Dingguo is edict?"

The named Brother Song is a man in his fifties, dressed in green clothes, dressed in ordinary clothes, and his appearance is not very unusual, but his deep eyes occasionally show a hint of coldness. His surname is Song, his name is Ci, and his name is Hui's father, he was originally born on Jiangnan West Road, and he has been up and down in the promotion of criminal prison officers, and his career is not smooth, until four years ago, he became the chief official of the Jiangnan West Road Criminal Prison Division. When he entered Beijing this time, a friend close to the Son of Heaven had already told him that his new position might be a member of the Cabinet Criminal Department—no matter how bad he was, he was also a bachelor. Before the promulgation of the edict of the Ming Dingguo, this was an insignificant function of the adviser to the Son of Heaven, and after the Ming Dingguo was the edict, the power of this position was very heavy.

"The constitution, the law." Song Ci said calmly.

"Brother Song is the one who mentions the prison, and when he thinks about it, he thinks of the law, but the foolish brother wants to ask the rest of the ......" It was Li Shimin who spoke to him, and now he is high-spirited and has regained the cheer of his youth. He is Zhen Dexiu's private lady, although now the master and apprentice have taken different paths, but the master-apprentice relationship is still there, and Song Ci was also deeply appreciated by Zhen Dexiu when he was studying in Beijing Taixue, so the two strictly have the same friendship.

"The government is right, this official system change is the same as the establishment of the Xiangguo with the tyrannical Qin and the establishment of the three provinces and six departments of the Sui and Tang dynasties, which is enough to be immortal." Another humane.

"I'm afraid that there are too many redundant officials." And humane.

"Otherwise, otherwise, now my Great Song Dynasty region is more than three times better than before Nandu, and the population is more than twice as large as before Nandu, so the herdsmen's officials naturally have to be more important than before Nandu!" The man from earlier retorted.

"The disaster of redundant officials and redundant troops before Nandu was the cause of Wang Jinggong's change of law, and as a result, you all know that although you appreciate Jing Gong's courage to take responsibility, you are quite unimpressed with his policy of changing the law. Now that the official system has changed, it is easy to say that the original six ministries have been expanded to twelve, but it is purely superfluous to have a cabinet. Twelve ministries can be disposed of, and there are twelve more scholars in the cabinet, which will not make the government more than one? ”

"Otherwise, the Ming Dingguo is edict clearly stated that the relationship between the twelve ministries and the twelve scholars, the twelve ministries formulate policies based on the holy will, and the twelve scholars are responsible for the specific implementation, and now my Great Song Dynasty treasury is abundant, and the Son of Heaven has more official positions, which is also for my generation to have a background."

"It's clearly for the scholar of wisdom, my brother has read the book of sages for 30 years, and the way of poetry is said to be a side door, this wisdom, my brother has ever learned? If you can't pass the basic subjects in Zhixue, you can't pass the imperial examination, my brother ......"

"Who said that I don't know how to learn wisdom, I now bought a bunch of books of wisdom at home, and the so-called basic subjects are just arithmetic and economics, regardless of economics, it was originally the ambition of my generation to help the people in the world, and the subject of arithmetic was originally clearly calculated in the imperial examination." The man said unconvincedly: "It is difficult to learn wisdom, and there are many subjects, but there are only these two subjects, why is it difficult?" ”

Hearing that they were blushing, Song Ci smiled and said nothing, and Li Shimin did the same.

Song Ci was most concerned about the most neglected "Imperial Constitution" in the edict of the new Ming Dynasty, while Li Shimin was more interested in the article of colonization and industry.

But listening to the rest of the people arguing, the two of them will not be stupid enough to sweep away the interest of others.

"I heard that the naturalized cannibal Jekenskai brought the news of the Western Expedition Fleet, does that human government know it?" Another person asked Li Shimin.

Among these people, Li Shimin is considered to be well-connected, especially his relationship with Zhao Jingyun and Xie Yue, which makes him acquainted with many people who are in the same vein, so if people want to inquire about the news, they will first ask him. Li Shimin raised his eyebrows, but this was what he was interested in, Zhao Jingyun was sent to Xinyang, and at the same time, the country began to explicitly encourage the people to go overseas to breed and start businesses, which is mysterious, others can't feel it, but he is clear.

"Jeken Skye? The guy had a meeting with him the day before yesterday and asked him about the situation of the fleet of the Western Expedition, but he only said that it was very good, so he didn't spit out a word, and then asked me to ask Huo Chongcheng of the secret spy department of the Ministry of Secret Espionage - Huo Guangliang's mouth was tighter than he was afraid, and now I don't like to see him very much, I just think he has a strange look when he looks at people......" Li Shimin said loudly.

Huo Chongcheng's name made everyone silent for a while, and then laughed and said something else, no matter how extensive Huo Chongcheng's friends were, it always made people feel taboo when it came to secret spies.

"Jekenskai is peddling his plans for an African merchant bank, and he's looking for someone to pay for five decommissioned naval warships, and then recruit a bunch of sailors and outlaws to go deep into Africa in search of gold and ivory." Someone whispered.

"This guy is a foreigner, and it was not long before he naturalized my Great Song Dynasty, so he was so barbaric...... "The other person said enviously and jealously: "It has attracted a lot of businessmen to him, and it is the nature of businessmen to pursue profits, Brother Hui, when you mentioned some prisons, you solved a lot of such cases, right?" ”

"That's nature." Song Ci nodded.

"It is human nature to seek profit." Li Shimin has a different opinion on this: "Now that the people are talking about it, isn't it just to pursue profits by going overseas to breed and start a business? ”

In order to encourage people to emigrate overseas, Zhao Youju introduced extremely preferential measures, those who go to Nanyang, in terms of population, each family will be divided into 100 acres of land and exempted from taxes for five years. Those who go to Xinzhou will be given 15 acres of land per family and will be exempted from taxes for seven years. Those who go to Dongshengzhou will be divided into 200 acres of land per mouth and exempted from taxes for ten years. This makes some people who have lost their land and can't find a job in the factory because of clumsiness are excited, not to mention that whether they go to Nanyang, Xinzhou, or Dongshengzhou, they are all paid by the imperial court, and the people only need to scrape together enough money to Huating Mansion, Quanzhou Mansion or Guangzhou Mansion. Because Huating Mansion has already been connected to trains, people generally use this place as a port, which also makes this emerging port city more prosperous.

They talked a lot, but Song Ci kept silent, he was still thinking about the "Imperial Constitution". If it were just an ordinary law, the Son of Heaven would not have put it forward so cautiously in the edict of the Ming Dynasty, then this "imperial constitution" must be a law that cannot be mastered.

He has been engaged in the function of raising prison sentences for many years, and in the process, he often feels that the Song law, which is inherited from the Tang Dynasty, has many inconveniences, one of the most important points is that the regulations are cumbersome and complicated but the language is not clear, and if the same case is tried by different officials, there will be different results. If all cases have legal provisions, then the possibility of officials artificially interfering with the outcome of the trial is much smaller.

According to the Son of Heaven, now we should use virtue to convince people, rule the country by law, educate people's hearts with virtue, and admonish and punish must be lawful. If you govern the country with virtue and convince people with the law, it will be a headache, and if you govern the country with virtue, you will make private virtue higher than the law of the country, and the law is used to restrain people, and the law does not need the people to obey, but only needs the people to abide by it - even if you do not respect the law in your heart, you will not dare to do illegal things, and the kind of things that are often used in the name of "gentleman Shangren" to make specific groups not governed by the law must be resolutely eliminated.

"Brother Song, Brother Song!"

When he was in a daze, Li Shimin saw that everyone was talking and laughing, but he was silent, thinking that he had some troubles, so he called him twice. After he woke up, he raised his wine glass, signaled to Li Shimin, and then drank it all.

At this time, there was a sound outside, and the sound of firecrackers was everywhere.

"This is strange, at this time, what good news will there be?" The scholars asked in surprise.

"The Northwest is decided." Song Ci said four words slowly.

Li Shimin was by his side, so he could hear it clearly, and his mind turned, is it really a matter of the Northwest?

Indeed, as Song Ci guessed, firecrackers were set off by the imperial court, and I don't know when they started, the Great Song Dynasty had such a habit that when a major happy event was announced, firecrackers would be firecracked.

The sound of firecrackers naturally reached the palace, and Zhao Heju carried his youngest son Meng Jun on his back, and then took Meng Jun and others to watch the snowman they built. When it snowed heavily, he mobilized his children and built such a big snowman together, this is to let the children suffer from the cold, and the other is to cultivate the family relationship between them in the group game. Meng Jun is naturally the main force, and little Meng Jun is only five years old, and he can't forget about building a snowman, and when he sees that the snow has melted in other places, he asks his father to take him to see if the snowman he built at the beginning has also melted.

The snowman has already melted most of it, leaving only a pile of bulges, which still shows the scene at that time.

"Father, Emperor, Father, you are the emperor, you make a decree, don't let the snowman turn into a snowman!" Xiao Meng Cho hugged Zhao Youju's neck and said.

"Stupid, my father only cares about getting people, but he can't manage the snow." At Meng Jun's age, it is the time to express himself, and he said to his younger brother.

"My brother is stupid, my father can manage everything, my sisters all say, my father can even manage the stars in the sky, of course he can manage the snow!" Xiao Meng Cho was not convinced.

"You're stupid! That's why I believe this kind of stupidity! Meng Jun's face flushed.

Seeing that the two brothers were going to quarrel, Zhao and Ju sighed, Meng Jun understood something, lowered his head and spoke, but little Meng Quan still didn't give up: "Father, do you say that my brother is stupid?" ”

"Brother is not stupid, your brother is smart, the paper kite that was given to you last time was made by your brother himself." Zhao Heju touched Meng Jun's head, Meng Jun felt warm in his heart, and little Meng Jun heard the paper kite, and forgot the quarrel with his brother: "Father, when will we release the paper kite?" ”

"When the spring breeze rises and the grass is full of greenery, you can put it." Zhao and Ju are gentle and authentic.

Handing over Meng Cho to the palace maid who accompanied him, Zhao Heju moved his muscles and bones, although he still insisted on exercising, but he still felt a little tired after carrying this kid for a long time. His migraine had not been committed for some years, and Zhao and Ju thought that he should live longer than the Emperor Lizong when he crossed over.

The sound of firecrackers came at this time, and of course Zhao and Ju knew that the good news of this was a matter in the northwest border that reached the various offices of the imperial court, and then they began to celebrate.

This military report was not easy to come by, it was six soldiers of the Guards who ran in the cold for more than half a month before they arrived at the place where there was a telegram, and then played it in the capital. Although there were some discrepancies with Zhao and Ju's assumptions, but the result was quite satisfactory, the Mongols were forced by the pressure of the Great Song Dynasty and the tricks of the Vultures who were eager to take refuge in the new master, and finally there was an internal strife, and Ogedai and Chagatai were all defeated and died, and the remnants were led by Temujin's daughter Arahai Beji, who surrendered to the Song army, at this time, the once famous Temujin family still commanded the army, only less than 2,000 troops. The Kuduhe who started the rebellion claimed to be the son of Zamuhe, and with the help of Sudun Nayan, the son of Chilao Wen, one of the four heroes of Temujin, he cooked and killed all the Temujin relics in seventy iron pots.

Kuduhe then also declared himself a minister to the Great Song Dynasty, and Li Ye and Wang Qinian built a surrendered city in Qiuci to accept Kuduhe's subjugation. Kuduhe was only forced by the current situation and had to be called a minister, in fact, he wanted to delay time to integrate the Mongolian tribes that were divided again, Li Ye and Wang Qinian also knew this, but the weather was cold, many soldiers were sick, and the Song army could not advance, so both sides could only slow down like this. In the process, the Wuer people wanted to persuade Li Ye and Wang Qinian to become a teacher, and provoked a rebellion among the Qiuzi people who believed in Buddhism, hoping to use the power of the guards to preach for them, but Li Ye saw through it, and under this pretext, Li Ye and Wang Qinian ordered the slaughter of the village, and slaughtered more than ten villages in a row that hid the traitors of the Wu'er, forcing the Wu'er people to give up their faith and convert to Buddhism.

For the Great Song Dynasty, using a relatively mild religion to suffice the ambitions of this two-faced nation was really the best way to exterminate it.

After settling the Western Regions, Kuduhe also agreed to the order of the Great Song Dynasty that the Mongol tribes under his command would march westward.

"Father, the sound of firecrackers outside is celebrating the end of the Western Regions?" Zhao Mengjun saw that his father was pondering, so he asked.

"Exactly...... Meng Jun, my father has finished all the battles, and your brothers will not fight in the future, do you blame your father? Zhao Youju said with a smile.

"How can you blame my father, the world is so big, I looked at the globe, the territory of our Great Song Dynasty is still only some, how can there be no war!" Meng Jun said proudly.

Zhao Youju smiled and did not make a sound. He knew in his heart that there would be no more major wars on the frontier during his lifetime, and that from then on all his energies would be focused on internal political reform and nation-building.

Note 1: Although Kuduhe was a fictional person, Zamuhe once used 70 pots to cook prisoners after defeating Temujin's "Thirteen Wings".