It has been three years since Zhao Gou ascended the throne as emperor, and a lot has happened in these three years. The first thing was that the Jin soldiers attacked the Great Song Dynasty again, but they were all resisted by Yue Fei, Han Shizhong and other generals, and more than 10,000 people were killed and wounded. However, in that battle, the positions of Yue Fei, Han Shizhong and others were also determined.

At the beginning, Yue Fei got a military book, but he didn't understand it well. Now he led the troops alone and became the general of the town guarding one side, using the art of war he had learned, and his skills were amazing, so that the Jin people attacked the Great Song Dynasty and were repeatedly frustrated.

The Song army led by Zhao Gou once made the Jin people frightened, and now Yue Fei, Han Shizhong, Liu Guangshi and others have also done the same. Zhao Gou handled government affairs with peace of mind, and the stability of the Great Song Dynasty frontier could make Zhao Gou completely reassured. Moreover, Zhao Gou also ordered that the official positions of Yue Fei and other generals be promoted all the way, and those who defeated the generals were duly rewarded, and the soldiers who were injured and could not fight again were also given pensions.

In the past three years, Jin Bing sent troops three times, and each time he failed. As for the second emperor of Huiqin, there has been no news, Zhao Gou secretly sent spies to inquire about the news, but there was no news as if he had sunk into the sea, which made Zhao Gou very surprised.

Secondly, the three-year change has changed the national strength of the Great Song Dynasty to a certain extent. First of all, the people's grain production has increased, and with Yue Fei, Han Shizhong and others guarding the frontier, they can farm with peace of mind, which makes the people feel at ease, and with Zhao Gou's encouragement, the people have not had a large-scale escape from the famine, and there has been no riot.

The people did not say that they lived and worked in peace and contentment, but at least regained a certain amount of vitality. The increase in grain also made the granary of the Great Song Dynasty more than every year, and the people thanked Zhao Gou one after another. Then, Zhao Gou implemented the land contract system, applied the land system in later generations, and changed the landlords who controlled the land, and the landless peasants were also allocated and owned land.

There were no slaves at the beginning of the founding of the Great Song Dynasty, and even though the Tang Dynasty was very strong, there were still slaves, while the Song Dynasty never had slaves.

If there was a famine in one place, grain could also be transferred from another place, which made the Great Song Dynasty much more stable. When the people have food, it is enough to eat and drink, and they will not have any intention of rebellion, even if they are instigated by others.

In three years, the civil and military imperial examinations once again selected outstanding talents, which allowed the Great Song Dynasty to have a steady stream of talent output and make up for the vacancy in the officialdom. In addition, Zhao Gou also laid off some of the officials in some departments of the Great Song Dynasty, and according to their political achievements, if they did nothing or ate empty salaries, they would not only be dismissed, but also sent to prison.

The officials of the Great Song Dynasty were the highest among the previous dynasties, and there were also rich retirement benefits. If the officials above the second rank are retired, the hospital will be responsible for any illness, and the silver taels required will also be allocated by the state treasury.

Zhao Gou set up a retirement system, and all ministers over the age of sixty-five, no matter who they were, had to take a back seat and vacate their positions for those who came behind. Zhao Gou implemented this system, and hundreds of officials supported and opposed it, and Zhao Gou tried his best to disagree with the public and forcibly withdraw, not afraid of any danger at all.

Under Zhao Gou's drastic changes, the national strength of the Great Song Dynasty became stronger and stronger, and the people were very grateful to Zhao Gou.

With the strength of the Great Song Dynasty, the treasury became increasingly full, and the annual fiscal revenue increased from 10 million taels to 30 million taels, and even increased. Zhao Gou also encouraged merchants to do business, but the two key goods of salt and iron were taken into the hands of the imperial court to avoid monopoly.

Salt is a daily necessity for the people, you must know that salt merchants are the most profitable, and it is also forbidden to sell illegal salt, which is still repeatedly banned, which makes Zhao Gou very painful. After all, the profit of salt is too high, and Zhao thought about it, or let the salt be contracted by merchants, and collect salt tax every year, but also stipulate that the price is higher than the market price, so as to balance the needs of the people.

Ironsmithing shops and other shops could be found everywhere in the Great Song Dynasty, but a large number of military weapons were manufactured by the imperial court, and the people were not allowed to make weapons privately, so as to prevent anyone from selling swords and other weapons to the Jin Dynasty or other countries.

Due to Zhao Gou's open-minded attitude, he also actively ordered shipbuilders, searched for experienced sailors, etc., and let them go abroad and set off from the South China Sea to other countries to sell porcelain, tea, silk and other goods of the Great Song Dynasty, which also allowed merchant ships from other countries to come to the Great Song Dynasty to do business.

Zhao Gou's support made many businessmen in the Great Song Dynasty earn a lot of profits, and they did not oppose Zhao Gou's policies and changes, and those landlords and others also benefited from it.

Zhao Gou's own restaurant has become famous, those foreign guests come to Bianjing City, will come here to eat, live, which also makes the 'Four Seas Family' full of guests every day, it is really a day to make money, more prosperous than in the past, only this one store creates a profit of 10 million taels of gold every year.

Three years ago, the Great Song Dynasty was in ruins, and the people were panicked, worried, and worried about three meals a day; Three years later, the Great Song Dynasty has undergone earth-shaking changes, restoring some of the style of the Great Song Dynasty in the past, and there are really many people who have benefited from the change, from the original opposition attitude to support, and even to support the change with action, this is the biggest change.

The prosperity of the capital made those outsiders continue to spread the word, and even the emperor of the Jin Dynasty heard about it, which made him even more eager to capture the Great Song Dynasty and take those golden beauties into his pocket. However, a group of generals such as Yue Fei and Han Shizhong were too powerful and repeatedly blocked their way to the south.

Therefore, the emperor of the Jin Dynasty, Wanyan Sheng, sent people to the Great Song Dynasty to contact the officials of the court and the central government, and bought the hearts of the people, this plan had already been implemented, and under their observation, Qin Hui was the first to attack. Because Qin Hui has been prosperous in three years, he has won the favor of the emperor, and his status is comparable to that of Zhao Yougong, the king of Chu, and the six Shangshu.

"The fox's tail is finally revealed!"

"Your Majesty, do you want to start acting?"

Zhao Gou heard that the person who monitored Qin Hui's actions replied, and he already knew that Qin Hui had been in contact with the Jin people's spies, but Qin Hui did not agree. However, Zhao Gou knew that Qin Hui must be moved, and if he did, he would also be moved, and the conditions offered by Jin Ren were too tempting.

Qin Hui has always hidden his inner ambitions, seemingly loyal and honest, but in fact he is cunning. has always kept a low profile in front of people, in fact, he installed his cronies and secretly befriended some powerful people, in fact, all for his official fortune.

Zhao Gou followed his idea and promoted him from the governor to the right servant and the official of the Pingzhang Bureau, and he still participated in decision-making and became a prominent figure in the court. Zhao Gou just wanted to see if Qin Hui could continue to hide his ambitions, but unfortunately he didn't hold back.

When Zhao Gou promoted Qin Hui to a third-grade member, and rewarded him with a hundred taels of gold and a mansion, he lost his previous low-key style, began to make friends with the powerful, and slowly won over the ministers of the court. The six Shangshu all corresponded with him, but no one was willing to be with him, and these things were even secretly written by the Six Shangshu.

Zhao Gou still didn't care about this, which made Qin Hui's hanging heart let go, and he acted more high-profile, but in front of him, he was very low-key, still the fair and selfless minister, and Qin Hui also began to collect some rare items to give to Zhao Gou, and Zhao Gou would praise him every time he was rewarded.

"No, wait!"

Zhao thought about it, but decided not to startle the snake, the man went down, Zhao Gou looked at the powerful people that Qin Hui had contacted these days, either businessmen on the rich side, or generals at the level of deputy generals, or important officials in the central departments of the DPRK and the Central People's Republic of China, and muttered to himself: "It seems that we have to add more fire, so that he can be completely reassured, act more unscrupulously, and when the time comes, he will be caught in one net!" ”

Qin Hui's fox tail was exposed, Zhao Gou was not in a hurry to deal with him, he wanted to put a long line to catch a big fish, and find out all the officials who were hiding in the shadows. At the beginning, Huizong didn't dare to raise the butcher's knife, but Zhao Gou dared to do it. Even if dozens of ministers are killed, it will not be a problem at the moment, there are still people taking over the position, and there will be no chaos in the court.

Such a thing also happened during the Huizong period, and it was even more blatant, Huizong did not dare to act, because he was worried that all these people would be disposed of, and it would be difficult for the personnel of the relevant departments of the imperial court to take over immediately, and the imperial court would be really chaotic at that time, without worry.

The retirement system implemented by Zhao Gou is for this moment, if it really doesn't work, they can be activated again. Even if more than half of the civil and military officials were killed, Zhao Gou didn't have to worry about chaos. Now that the forbidden army is in the hands of Gao Zhong, it is not the kind of army that is full of food and drink and waiting for death, these 100,000 forbidden troops can go into battle to kill the enemy, and they are not weaker than the army commanded by Yue Fei, Han Shizhong and others.

If there is a riot in the capital, all the things can be solved without the people knowing, which is also the effect that can only be achieved under Zhao Gou's strict requirements, and the training of life. In addition, the leaders of the forbidden army were also carefully selected from the army, and even his background was clear, he was very loyal to Zhao Gou, and completely belonged to Zhao Gou's private army.

(End of chapter)