In late April of the seventh year of Xuanhe in the Eastern Song Dynasty, the meeting of the Southeast United Congress was officially held in Jiangning Mansion. Compared with a few months ago, the foundation of the Eastern Song Dynasty has expanded again, and it is no longer the thirteen state capitals, but the eighteen state capitals.

The 18 prefectures are Jiangning, Taipingzhou, Jiangzhou, Changzhou, Runzhou, Suzhou, Xiuzhou, Huzhou, Hangzhou, Yuezhou, Mingzhou, Yangzhou, Chuzhou, Fuzhou, Quanzhou, Guangzhou, Leizhou, and Xingzhou.

There are three main reasons for the increase of the state capital of the Huimeng, one is that the officers and soldiers of Tong Guan and Wang Yu, who returned to the south, were placed in Chuzhou on the south bank of the Huai River in large numbers, becoming military citizens similar to the New Zhou, so that Chuzhou had the conditions to become a United States.

Second, the smelters of Li Guojian finally chose to take root in Taiping Prefecture (Ma'anshan City), which is rich in mineral resources. At the same time, the owners of the porcelain kilns who moved out from the vicinity of Xuzhou chose to establish their commercial market in Jingdezhen, Jiangzhou. As a result, Taiping and Jiangzhou also became United States.

Third, Xingzhou, located in Nanyang, also sent representatives to participate in the United League. Xingzhou has always been a big stronghold of maritime merchants in the south, and it is natural to join the United Society. It's just that because the distance is too far, it didn't catch up with the thirteen states of last year. But this year, their delegation has arrived, and of course it's time to join the United Coalition.

However, the actual control area of the Eastern Song Dynasty was not limited to these eighteen state capitals. In fact, south of the Huai River, east of Jinghu, and the entire Guangnan East Road were basically under the control of military forces loyal to Zhao Kai.

However, there were only 18 state capitals that could have strong industrial and commercial or civic forces to exercise autonomy and be eligible to participate in the Eastern Song Dynasty National Construction League.

The rest of the state armies basically only passively accepted the rule of the Eastern Song Dynasty, and could not participate in the alliance.

In addition, these eighteen United States capitals were also the places where the Eastern Song Dynasty regime was stronger. The first round of Eastern Song Qingtian, which began at the end of the sixth year of Xuanhe, was also concentrated on the territory of 17 of the 18 United States capitals (excluding Xingzhou).

And this round of the Eastern Song Qingtian and the Zhou, Western Song, and Jingchu Qingtian movements are also different.

The first is that the strength cannot be compared with theirs, and the law of white agreement is recognized, as long as there is a white deed and the initial land deed, the land deed of the United Government can be reissued.

Therefore, only the hidden fields are classified as official property. But the fact that the hidden fields that became official property did not necessarily change the actual users – the hidden fields (mostly mulberry fields) in seven or eight silk states allowed the users (mainly capitalists) to rent for long periods of time. As long as a lower rent (according to the standard of rice fields) is paid, it is possible to continue to use these mulberry fields in the form of rent.

The land, which has been registered as official land and can have a stable rental income, will be transferred to the name of the Joint Reserve Board and become the guarantee for the Reserve Bureau to issue banknotes.

Of course, in Chuzhou, which had just been flooded in Huainan, Jiangzhou on the front line of the fight against the Western Song Dynasty, Taiping Prefecture and Runzhou in Gongwei Jiangning Prefecture, and Jiangning Prefecture itself, most of the confiscated hidden fields would be distributed to the soldiers who defended the Eastern Song Dynasty. Including the army of the descendants of the king of the East China Sea and the defeated army brought by Tong Guan and Wang Yu, they can all get the field house.

The standard of granting land is relatively low, and it is awarded according to the standard of 100 mu for infantry troops, 300 mu for cavalry, and 500 mu for officers.

Unlike the situation of the New Zhou, Western Song, and Jingchu, the national defense of the Eastern Song Dynasty was not dominated by the army. The Eastern Song Dynasty founded the country with a navy, and the basis of the navy (navy) was the industrial and commercial people along the coast and the river, and the land military service system was not suitable for them. Moreover, the naval forces (navy) have a high degree of specialization, and they are more dependent on professional soldiers who are completely out of work.

Therefore, the land military service system was only a supplement in the Eastern Song Dynasty, and the conscription system was the mainstream (the opposite was the case in the New Zhou). Therefore, even the generals of the military household who were granted the land could receive half of the military salary.

In addition to these generals who grant land, the eighteen state capitals also have their own "state army", except for the Chuzhou army, which is a field army, the state capital army of the rest of the state capitals are recruits.

In addition, the naval army of the Eastern Song Dynasty was unified in the center. The local naval forces were no longer retained, but a unified United Navy was formed.

The size of the unified navy has also increased substantially, from only 36 sandboat-type gunboats and 10,000 sailors to more than 200 large and medium-sized ships (not counting small boats) and 40,000 sailors.

In terms of the number of personnel and ships, it has surpassed the Zhou navy in the north, but the quality cannot be compared with the latter. The main weakness was the absence of large soft-sail battleships, the design and construction of which, at least for the time being, have not yet begun.

In the future, the main ships of the Eastern Song Dynasty Navy were similar to the so-called old lock ships in later generations, with round-bottomed or pointed-bottom, high-freeboard, low-upper hulls developed on the basis of the "Truth" class hull, and three-masted artillery warships with hard sails.

Moreover, the hull is made of expensive teak, and the keel is also built, which is very strong and durable. The number of loaded guns reached 36 guns, which were fully capable of conducting fleet artillery battles.

This type of warship was developed and designed by the shipyard of the Song Dynasty (located in Jingdong Shang City) before the "Central Plains War".

The first ship, the Jingdong, was built at the Jiangnan Shipyard in Shanghai, and has now been completed and has entered the sea trial stage.

If the sea trials go well, more than 30 "Jingdong" type ships will be built in the future, so that together with the sand boat-type gunboats, they will form the main force of the Eastern Song Dynasty Navy.

In order to demonstrate the strength of the Eastern Song Dynasty Navy to the representatives of the eighteen prefectures who gathered in Jiangning Mansion for a meeting, the brand-new "Jingdong" warship is now moored at the Xiaguan Wharf outside Jiangning Mansion. Majestic for merchants and delegates to visit!

From the north-facing windows of a mostly north-facing three-story building in the Donghai Palace, which was originally Pan Xiao'an's riverside villa, located on the banks of the Yangtze River, you can also see the tall hull and mast of the Jingdong.

Wu Meiniang was sitting in this three-story building at this time, in a study where you could see the "Jingdong", and there was a stack of death sentences that had just been approved red on the desk!

Those who were about to be killed were all landlords who had been arrested for resisting the clearing of land by force on the ground in the seventeen state capitals.

Everywhere in land reform, it is inevitable that people will be killed!

In the Eastern Song Dynasty, it was no exception, even if the Eastern Song Dynasty adopted relatively mild methods, but still had to cut off hundreds of heads.

The one who approved the death penalty should have been Zhao Kai, the king of the prison country and the East China Sea, but Zhao Kai was soft-hearted and never went to pen. Wu Meiniang, the princess, is super fierce, and she simply approved the red for her husband. And every verdict is marked with "Immediate Decision", that is, to kill the head immediately!

After approving hundreds of death sentences in one go, Wu Meiniang was a little hungry and wanted to pass the meal, but an attendant came to report, saying that it was Pan Xiao'an, the minister of the East China Sea, and Wu Haowen, the political envoy, who asked to see her.

By the way, the Eastern Song Dynasty has not actually been formally established yet, but Zhao Kai was elected as a prisoner. The following institutions are still the same as those of the East China Sea State, so the prime minister is called the East China Sea Minister. As for the parliamentary envoy, he is in charge of the council. The parliamentary council is a body similar to the Senate, and now the representatives of the 18 state governments come to Jiangning Mansion to participate in the council.

Therefore, the Eighteen State Council Alliance was also called the Eighteen State Council League in later generations.

But what kind of final result the parliamentary meeting will discuss, Wu Meiniang has no bottom now.

It is certain to establish a country in the southeast, but whether the lord of a country is Zhao Ji or Zhao Kai is still controversial.

From the point of view of righteousness, it seems that Zhao Ji should be reinstated - now the Eastern Song Dynasty still uses the "Xuanhe" era name, which seems to be the same meaning.

But from Wu Meiniang's heart, she is extremely unwilling......

"See the mother."

Wu Meiniang's thoughts were interrupted by the voices of Pan Xiao'an and Wu Haowen.

"Oh, you're here? You may be seated. ”

Both of them are Wu Meiniang's elders, and Wu Meiniang is very polite to them.

"Pan Xiang," Wu Meiniang pointed to the paperwork on the desk, "These are all going to be killed, I have all approved it, let's kill it quickly." ”

Her words were a little light, and the two old men secretly took a cool breath.

The king of the East China Sea hesitated and didn't dare to kill ...... His wife is good, she approved the red for him, and asked to kill him quickly!

That's more than 100 lives!

"The Commander is in charge." Pan Xiao'an arched his hand.

At this time, Wu Haowen took out an envelope and handed it to the attendant in the study with both hands.

"Niangniang, this is a letter sent by my eldest brother."

"Daddy's letter?" Wu Meiniang smiled, reached out and took the envelope, tore it open, took out the letter raft inside, and unfolded it to look at it.

After looking at it for a while, Wu Meiniang's eyebrows frowned.

It turned out that Wu Haogu told his daughter a piece of news in the letter, that is, King Kang Zhao Gou was sent to Zhao Ji's side a few months ago!

Wu Meiniang actually already knew this news.

But Wu Haogu put forward a possibility in the letter that Wu Meiniang never thought of - Zhao Kai may not be able to inherit Zhao Ji's throne!

Because Zhao Ji has Zhao Gou by his side!

And Zhao Ji's body is also surprisingly good, he has never been sick, and he looks much younger than his actual age.

It seems that his old man is very likely to break the record of the Zhao family's longevity, and it is not possible to live a seventy-eighty life...... Zhao Kai is 19 years younger than Zhao Ji!

If you are a son, you must be able to live better than being a father? What if the son dies before his father? Zhao Kai, the crown prince, is dead, will Zhao Ji set up another prince or canonize the grandson?

It's hard to say!

In addition, Zhao Ji is not a puppet without strength. He owns the Jingchu territory, the fortified city of Xiangyang and the 100,000 new army of Jingchu...... If Zhao Ji is reset, will he be willing to be Zhao Kai's puppet?

Impossible!

If Zhao Ji is in charge, who will the foundation of the Eastern Song Dynasty belong to? How does Zhao Kai deal with himself? Go to Zhao Ji to be a good son? In case Zhao Kai is suffocated to death, and the position of the prince belongs to Zhao Gou, what should Wu Meiniang do?

Isn't the bamboo basket empty?

Therefore, the throne still can't be handed over, and Zhao Kai has to be in charge.

Zhao Kai became the emperor, Wu Meiniang could be the queen, and only when he became the queen could he and Zhao Kai be the two saints in the court.

If you become a crown princess...... How can there be a crown princess in politics in ancient and modern times? Si Chen can't take the turn of the crown princess!

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