Chapter 3226 Everyone plays around together

The other officials were silent, they were not familiar with Zhao Xing, and they couldn't talk about any opinions, and the only one who could say anything was Cai Bian's brother Cai Jing, but Cai Jing didn't want to say it. Because after Zhang cleaned up the court, the new party began to fight among itself without enemies, and it was no longer monolithic internally, and began to compete for power and profit and make contradictions. During this period, Cai Jing was the biggest frustrated, and he had been pushed to the edge of the imperial court. That's why he didn't bother to show others the way.

"Won't?" Xu Jiang replied puzzledly: "In the past, Han Gaozu intended to divide the territory, and as soon as he entered Sichuan, he burned the plank road. Therefore, those who have always been divided want to develop their forces, they all bury their heads behind closed doors, but I heard that Zhao Liren repaired the roads as soon as he arrived in Guangnan, and even repaired the roads to Guangxi. ”

Cai Jing rolled his eyes in the shadows, and despised in his heart: This group of fools, who said that the secession should be closed, and didn't Liu Bang have to build roads when he left Sichuan? But Liu Bang repaired the road, what does it matter to me, I didn't bother to remind me.

Zeng Bu nodded and echoed General Xu: "Yes, Zhao Liren did things, but he did not hide it from the imperial court at all, and this year's tax in Guangnan increased by 20 percent compared with last year, I heard from Guangnan officials that this posture will grow more next year, because many local workshops have just been established, and the craftsmen are not familiar with it, and they will not be able to ......produce until next year."

Cai Bian turned around and glanced at Cai Jing, and said: "Zhao Liren is in Guangnan to train the navy, I heard that when the navy was established, he said that there were Kunlun slaves in Nanyang, and there were countless gold and treasures, and it was too expensive to build roads and hire people, so you should go to Nanyang to grab some Kunlun slaves to save money." ”

Cai Bian's so-called hearing from others is listening to Cai Jing. There Cai Jing sighed at the excellence of Zhao Xing's servants, and told his brother that Zhao Xing planned to go to Nanyang to grab a group of slaves back, and he planned to wait for Zhao Xing to succeed. Ask the other party to send thirty or fifty people. Cai Bian had heard this, so he said it here as information.

Zhang suddenly interjected and asked, "Has the earthquake in Suzhou stopped?" How many homeless people did Zhao Liren accept there? ”

Zeng Bu replied: "The Suzhou earthquake stopped in September. About 70,000 homes were damaged by the earthquake. The local government has trained 50,000 households to go to Quang Nam to reclaim famine and provide disaster relief. Although the Lingnan miasma is serious, I heard that Zhao Liren used a powder called cinchona. With tea to treat miasma, most of the migrants survived.

According to the statistics of Guangnan, Hangzhou, and Yangzhou, in addition to the people we repatriated, Zhao Liren absorbed 110,000 landless and displaced people before and after Zhao Liren, or 740,000 people. These people began to return to their hometowns in late autumn, according to Quang Nam officials' estimates. ^^ first ^^ about 120,000 people intend to stay there. ”

Zhang nodded. He also asked: "How is the implementation of the Guangzhou Seedlings Law, the Exemption Law, and the Municipal Easy Law?" ”

Xu Jiang replied: "I heard that after Zhao Liren renovated the road, there was a pavilion in ten miles, a post station in thirty miles, and a river crossing market was set up next to the post station. Implement the Market Change Law. In addition, he went south this year to study 300 people in Hangzhou, all of whom were distributed in various counties to work as tax collectors and collect taxes. Wen Xun reported that these tax accounts were not falsified at all, and he personally inspected several counties and cities, and found that the accounts were very fine, and the taxes that should be collected were not less. It should be handed over to the imperial court without concealment. I can't fault that. ”

Zhang asked again: "How much was the tax paid by Guangnan East Road last year?" How much will be taxed this year? ”

Lin Xi replied: "Guangnan East Road paid 14 million yuan in taxes last year, and this tax does not include salt tax and tea tax. This year. Their salt tax and tea tax did not increase, but decreased slightly, reaching only 90% of the previous year. However, the total amount of taxes paid in Guangnan still reached 16.4 million guan, and in addition, the amount of money minted by Zhao Liren also increased significantly, and in previous years, the place also minted 600,000 guan, and this year the minted money has reached 3.7 million guan, so the annual tax relief in Guangnan has reached 20 million...... That's a lot of money. ”

Zhang nodded: "Anyway, Guangnan is the farthest away from the imperial court, but at the end of this autumn, Qian Gang arrived first. The annual tax of 20 million is 20 million, even if Zhao Li has maintained this amount since he left the people, and I am also satisfied. If someone else goes, it is difficult to say whether Zhao Liren's means can be achieved, at least Lu Huiqing will not be able to do this......"

Everyone laughed. Huanqing's place is prosperous under Zhao Xing, but Lu Huiqing is also a capable person in the eyes of the new party, this person who has been the prime minister for more than ten years, took over Zhao Liren's work for a year, and Huanqing Road is not the main direction of attack of the Xixia people, but the Huanqing soldiers can't even pay their salaries. This scene made everyone hesitate to remove Zhao Xing.

"20 million a year, equivalent to one-fifth of my Great Song Dynasty taxes, although the wealth of the world comes from the southeast, but this kind of growth is too terrifying", Zhang touched his beard with satisfaction and replied: "I had an agreement with Zhao Liren at the beginning of the year, he absorbed 600,000 displaced people, and the taxes did not decrease but increased, and I sent Huang Lu directly to Guangnan to be taken care of by him."

The staff department has already checked, and I heard that Zhao Liren is still careful to abide by the laws of the imperial court, Su Laopo has only been there once, and Liu Zhi and others have only arranged for the school to watch the door, and this kind of care is still within the scope of my tolerance. Now, since everyone can't be sure of Zhao Liren's intentions, I think let's be lenient---- I guess Zhao Liren has a reputation for loyalty, and he is willing to go to Lingnan to be an official for Su Laopo, I think Su Laopo is not dead, and he can still use it with confidence. ****

Now he plans to eliminate the pirates of the South Seas, which can be regarded as increasing taxes for the imperial court, what can the utility of a group of untrained people be worthy, and the imperial court will arrange one or two supervisors to go, and he will ask for anything else. ”

Zeng Bu clapped his hands and said: "Speaking of raising the army, I just heard Zhang's generals tell me that Zhao Liren complained to Zhang Tian in Guangxi, saying that Guangnan has a small population, and he wants to loot a thousand good sons to serve as soldiers, but he can't get it, but his demon army can't be established for a long time, haha, I see Zhao Liren working hard, that is, to build a thousand people's troops, can this army be divided?" Ladies and gentlemen, you are really all soldiers of the grass and trees, everyone laughed, Lin Xi interjected in wonder: "This situation of all the plants and trees are soldiers, but I saw it with my own eyes in Huanqing, why Huanqing is in the hands of Zhao Liren, seeing that taxes are increasing year after year, in the hands of Lu Xiang, why can't he play it." ”

Lin Xi doesn't know that the "Grass and Trees Plan" that eats kickbacks and the "Grass and Trees Plan" that does not eat kickbacks are not the same thing at all, the latter is "magical". The former is "turning magic into decay......

After talking about business, the blow began to gossip. Zeng Bu said idly: "I heard that Guangnan is developing. They are all sage works edited and published a few years ago, and the sentences and punctuation marks in them are all done by some old party people, but there are also some idleness. I can't tell the author's party, I heard that Cai Yuanchang has published a few books, why did Zhao Liren revise the Thirteen Classics, and even Xie Lin Fan Yu participated, but he didn't come to the old man, did he think that the old man's knowledge was not profound enough? ”

Zhang asked in surprise: "What's going on?" Why didn't the local officials report? ”

Lin Xi also knew this. He interjected and said: "Zhao Liren donated a Ming Hall in every place in Guangnan. It was specially used to invite famous teachers to give lectures in the Fuxue, and as a result, the wealthy merchants of Guangnan followed suit and began to donate Tibetan buildings to the Fuxue in their own names. Some wealthy businesses do not have enough money, so they buy some memberships. Stamp your own seal and donate it to the Tibetan building to show your name for future generations.

This incident caused quite a sensation in Guangnan, and some businessmen who dealt with Guangzhou returned to their hometowns and asked the local scholars if they could donate their own names to build a school building in Guangnan's name. So the news spread everywhere. Quang Nam officials did not report it, probably thinking that it was just a civilian matter. ”

Cai Jing was named just now, and he couldn't help but speak, so he lazily interjected from the shadows: "I've heard about this." \\\\\\ re-revised Four and Five Classics. Regarding the revision of Fan Yu, there is a membership of Luo Dang Cheng Yi. There is also Fan Chun, chapter ...... Of course, the big and small leaders of the Shu Party were not left behind. It is said that Zhao Liren was an official, and whenever he went to a place, he visited local famous artists and hired them to revise the ancients.

I also heard that scholars can get about 1,000 yuan for each proofreading book, and Zhao Liren called it the pen polishing fee, which is an elegant name......

Cai Jing is a slippery head, and when he said this, everyone turned their attention to the income of the proofreader, and forgot about the identity of the proofreader. Zhang unconsciously interjected and said, "One thousand guan, this price is right." Zhao Liren has this habit, I know that when I used to relegate to the place, Zhao Liren also asked my school to book the ancients, and also sent a deposit of 1,000 yuan, and the official was busy with affairs later, so he forgot about it, but Zhao Liren did not urge again...... Haha, speaking of which, the official owes Zhao Liren an account. ”

Zhang finally found out that he owed someone else, but there was no shame in his tone, and his words were not so much admitting that he owed the debt, but showing off.

Just now, Zeng Bu complained that Zhao Liren didn't find himself to revise the ancients, and also complained that Zhao Liren found land, and those people had different positions from those present in terms of party affiliation, but to tell the truth, in terms of learning, those proofreaders were all famous, and Zeng Bu couldn't help but be unconvinced. And Zhang said this, which is equivalent to telling everyone vaguely: I was originally one of those famous families, but I was too busy with things and left this matter behind.

The literati are light, Zhang said this, everyone present, who was not invited to participate in the revision, blushed, Zeng Bu diverted the topic, and said: "Those people broke the sentence right, this sentence is different, the meaning is very different, go back and let someone send a set, we will also review it, in case there is a mistake, we can also help Zhao Liren to revise and point out." ”

Cai Jing knew why these people were so red-eyed, and the literati were famous. Zhao Xing's new edition of those books, each book is printed with the name of the reviser on the cover, such as "Su Shi pro-school", "Liu Zhi pro-school" and so on, so that people can know the name of the scholar as soon as they get it.

The greatest achievement of reading people is "three stands", and "Liyan" is one of them. To be able to personally revise the sages is a recognition of their learning. Everyone here asked themselves "Wen Wu No. 1", and after hearing those new rumors, they were full of unconvinced, and only thought: Why can he be famous for a hundred years with the sages, but I can't. Zhao Liren is clearly blind.

In the scene, the only one snickering was Cai Jing, who had worked with Zhao Xing and learned Zhao Xing's methods. =STARTER== I know that guy always likes to hide his true purpose behind the fog. What Cai Jing didn't say was the speech about the rules that Zhao Xing said when he unveiled the Ming Hall.

At that time, Zhao Xing did not take the lecture script when he said this, and many students only recorded a rough idea based on their impressions afterwards. At that time, there was no radio and television, and Zhao Xing's public speeches could only rely on word of mouth. Cai Jing has heard some rumors. He, a marginal person, knows about it, and some officials in Beijing must have heard of it. But everyone's attention was drawn to the cost of "moistening the pen", and they forgot to pursue the attack on them in Zhao Xing's remarks.

And Zhao Xing's remarks really made people unable to start, he even pulled the three outlines and five constants of the Holy Master, and completely denied Dong Zhongshu's five virtues of reincarnation and the doctrine of heaven and man induction, so that he did. The Confucian school that arose after the Han Dynasty had two of his three legs broken. The only land left is the Confucian canon. Therefore, refuting this remark has become a systematic project, and it is necessary to study the Confucian classics carefully......

But only to the new party of party contention. Although they call themselves Confucians, they are the only ones who do not study the classics of Confucianism.

Everyone's attention is not on the details, which is also what Cai Jing hopes, he directs the topic to "moisten the pen", and also hopes to attract everyone's attention---- because Cai Jing is the beneficiary of this matter, and his "Hundred Flowers Spectrum" is published. The royalty alone is a lot of money.

Really. When it comes to this rich income, the officials are not exempt from vulgarity, Cai Bian said dissatisfiedly out of anger: "Zhao Li can come out." How we can't get out. Let's also go to the Hangzhou Bureau, write down our usual reading experience, and let the Hangzhou Bureau publish the sages I sent to proofread, wouldn't it be better...... Zhao Liren's house, just the pen can be out of a thousand runs, so that the Hangzhou Bureau should not be lower than this number.

Hmph, with the speed at which I wait to see, why can't I break one in a month. ”

The following words of the government hall officials entered garbage time. Everyone exchanged their thoughts on the ancient text. Because the breaking of sentences in ancient texts is not creation. That's reading. Open a book and take a pen to draw dots. After reading it, it is equivalent to breaking the sentence to the ancients, and you can earn a thousand times between turning your hands, and this kind of work is to make money with entertainment.

At the end of the discussion, everyone grabbed Cai Jing, a Hanlin bachelor, and ridiculed: "Yuan Chang, why didn't you revise the ancients, could it be that Zhao Liren doesn't look down on your knowledge?" ”

When Cai Jing was discussing just now, he unconsciously shrank into the shadows again, and at this moment, everyone's target was aimed at him again, Cai Jing smiled and said: "I am collecting Zhongding ancient jade, and I plan to compile a genealogy of ancient artifacts." ^^ first release ^^ The first ten volumes have been sent to Guangzhou, and the last twenty-four volumes still need to be carefully studied. ”

Cai Jing likes to collect antiques, and he is also very accomplished in the study of antiques, and the first official bureau in China to counterfeit antiques was established by Cai Jing. Cai Jing's hobby became more and more out of control after receiving a large amount of financial support from Zhao Xingdi. Most of the time, every time he researched an antique style, he always drew a fine map and sent it to Zhao Xing to ask for the other party's opinion, and Zhao Xing often imitated one back to reply to him.

Because of the connection between Cai Jing and Zhao Xingdi, among the people present, others don't know Zhao Xing's news, and he knows it clearly. It's just that Cai Jing is reluctant to tell others about this connection. Now that others are ridiculing his knowledge, Cai Jingcai couldn't help but reveal a little.

Cai Jing's authority in the study of antiques is affirmed by everyone, and now the fake antiques sold in Shengxuan are all made by Cai Jing and Zhao Xing, he opened his mouth, others had nothing to say, so he had to say in an envious tone: "When Yuanchang's set is published, I must remember to give the old man a ......."

Cai Jing misled the officials of the political hall in the court, and Zhao Xing was busy misleading those feudal merchants in Guangzhou, and he explained to the feudal merchants who came to the door with a sincere look: "Gentlemen, I know that you are very anxious to return to China, but what can you do after returning to China now?" War is not over at the head of the head, and it will take at least three or five years to see the difference.

Yes, I promised you to escort the ship, and I know that you contributed all the sailors to help us train our crews, so much so that you have not yet anchored during this year's trade wind season, for which I am very grateful. However, training a naval army is not a matter of one or two days, and organizing a fleet is not a matter of one or two days...... Yes, I can escort you now, but at the moment my crew can only move around the South Sea, and more training is needed to enter the Indian Ocean. At least I need a couple of supply points to resupply my crew.

Well, as you know, we need permission from the Privy Council to use the army, and if you insist, I promise that the Privy Council will send you out to sea as soon as it arrives. But where do we go? The war has begun, and we are persona non grata throughout the Abbasid land, where do we get supplies from, and where do we anchor and rest?

As you know, it's a long journey, so what if you don't plan well? ”

The chief on the other side didn't speak, and the aristocratic-looking white businessman behind the chief interjected softly, "My lord, can I confirm it?" Are you the Somali businessman Steele who called him the Song official? ”

Zhao Xing neither admitted nor denied it, he pulled over a chart. He said politely: "I'm going to go to you these days, come, let's plan the route." I think it will take at least a month just to plan this route. ”

The businessman ignored Zhao Xing's dodge, and he continued to say in a self-muttering tone: "Steele once revealed to people that you know a straight route that can go directly to Africa. Sir, I know that you are being asked to surrender the charts of this route. It's a bit of a strong man's hand. But we are willing to pay for it, and everyone here who reads the drawings is willing to pay ten thousand Byzantine gold coins for this route. What does the gentleman think of the price? ”

Zhao Xing grinned and said honestly: "Don't tease." Will you bring 10,000 Byzantine gold coins with you to my Great Song? Besides, what can 10,000 Byzantine gold coins do? But I know that 10,000 gold coins in Byzantium is to buy an ocean-going ship and three medium-sized Mediterranean sailing ships, is this the price of buying nautical charts? ”

Zhao Xing's words were tantamount to admitting his identity in disguise, and since he admitted it, the merchants stopped dodging and asked straightforwardly: "My lord." What price are you willing to sell for. Whatever price Steele used to buy, we are willing to pay double. ”

Zhao Xing shook his head. Smiled calmly: "The price of this route is extraordinary now. As you know, the Crusades have begun, and your ships no longer have a place to dock, and the only way is to sail directly to Africa, and then cross the continent to reach that war-torn land---- gentlemen, I speak the only one.

You have no choice but to force your way through the Arabian seas, and even if you survive the layers of interception by the Arab pirates, you may not be able to return to Europe. Because of the proximity to the coast, the journey is so long, you can't get enough fresh water from Canton to Africa, you have to replenish fresh water, but you can't dock. So, the only option was my route.

Gentlemen, think about it, when the trade between East and West is completely cut off, no one else can come here, but those who take this route can do it. Monopoly is money, untold wealth. Ten thousand gold coins, too little. Steele's double price, you can't do it. Because for for every cargo Steele had, thirty percent of it belonged to me. Twice the price is sixty percent of the goods, and you can't afford it. ”

The white man turned around and whispered to the merchants for a moment, and asked tentatively, "My lord, you said that you are studying the route into the Indian Ocean, can we know your other plans?" ”

Zhao Xing's finger moved on the chart and introduced: "I used to establish some supply points on some islands, but now piracy is rampant, making the South Sea route unblocked. I'm going to patrol these supply points one by one. First of all, needless to say, is the Lion City supply point. I hope that in the Lion City, you will also leave some strength to help me defend this city.

Beyond the Lion City is the Indian Ocean, where the wind and waves are high, so the supply point has to be shortened. These are several small islands that belong to India and then Oman. There are a few of my Arab friends there, and I hope they have not been carried away by religious fanaticism, and we can dock in Oman as a final temptation.

Of course, if this person in Oman is no longer reliable, I think the route will have to be abandoned. Because even if we break through the interception of the Arabian pirates and enter the waters near Oman, we will run out of ammunition and fresh water, and we will have to enter the port to resupply. Without Oman's acceptance, we can only drift on the seas and pray that pirates will never come to harass us again. ”

The white man shook his head and replied: "The Arab navy is not as strong as the adults think, Venice and Pisa and other countries have suppressed the Arab navy three years ago, I believe that what a small principality can do, adults can also do." ”

Zhao Xing smiled brightly, and asked casually: "Although Venice defeated the Arab Navy, this does not prove that the Arab Navy is not good, after all, they have suppressed the Byzantine fleet for hundreds of years." Moreover, I heard that the Arab fleet, facing the Mediterranean side, is not strong, and the strong is the detachment facing the Asian side.

Gentlemen, the Navy went to sea on an expedition, tens of thousands of miles away, in a strange country, in a strange language...... If we don't plan ahead, the lack of fresh water alone can make us die of thirst on that sea, so I think we have to be careful. ”

The other party was silent for a moment, and then chimed in: "I admit that we must be careful, but, my lord, don't you realize that not a single cargo ship has entered the port of Canton since September, and this phenomenon is not worth wondering?"

You told us about the war, although we don't have any information about it now. However, not a single cargo ship has arrived at the port, which is a truly gruesome phenomenon. My lord, what exactly is going on in the West, can you tell us a little more detail? ”

Zhao Xing shook his head gently: "Sir, you are very smart---- it seems that we have to act." Please come with me and let's take a look at the army that is being trained. ”

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