Chapter 1315: The Death of Akuda IV
Su Chi now has a disagreement with Ji Yi.
Although Su Chi is also a reformist, he is a scholar after all!
Although Ji Yi was born as a Jinshi, the thinking of a businessman always existed in his subconscious. Or in his bones, Ji Yi is a profiteer, exactly the same as Wu Haogu.
Therefore, Ji Yi's policies all represent the interests of industry and commerce, and the purpose is to let the industry and commerce of the Song State fight against the industry and commerce of the Zhou State.
In the military, he does not engage in any government soldiers and knights, but all recruits. That is, to use the taxes paid by industry and commerce in more than a dozen states in the southeast to establish mercenaries against the military citizens of the Zhou State.
But now here's the problem. The development of coastal industry and commerce was based on the "economic colonization" of the interior. In other words, the more the coast develops, the more depressed the interior becomes. The scholars and the general public became more and more averse to coastal industry and commerce, although they still needed cheap and good goods......
In addition, there is another problem that cannot be ignored, that is, the population of the Song Dynasty is approaching the upper limit of land bearing!
Today, the population of the Great Song Dynasty is close to or more than 100 million!
This number is much less than the 400 million at the end of the Qing Dynasty and the 200 million at the end of the Ming Dynasty. But the problem was that the Song Dynasty did not have corn, sweet potatoes, potatoes and other American crops to use. Moreover, the area of the Song Dynasty itself was not as large as the land area of the late Ming Dynasty.
Missing the sixteen states of Yanyun, half of Cangzhou, Liaodong, Liaoxi, Lingzhou, Xingzhou and Hexi corridors in the northwest, most of Yunnan and Guizhou are not in the territory.
In addition, the development of Jinghu South Road during the Northern Song Dynasty was insufficient. The population of the southern parts of the country is also relatively small, and the population is still heavily crowded in the increasingly barren Central Plains.
The contradiction between man and land in the Central Plains is becoming more and more prominent!
If you take out a few roads in the Central Plains and compare them with the late Ming and Qing dynasties, the contradiction between population density and people and land is probably not bad at all.
Under these circumstances, the industry and commerce in the southeast and Tianjin were seriously impacting the handicraft industry of the peasant families in the Central Plains.
It is conceivable that social contradictions are becoming more and more intense......
And Su Chi's method of dealing with it is mainly a "free" word. Only at the first chance to give the peasants of the Central Plains tax exemption and exemption from arrears, what drought, big water, falling stones from the sky, where there is auspiciousness, Zhao Ji got the eldest grandson, in short, there is no reason for him to play to ask for tax exemption, exemption, exemption from arrears, so there is a nickname of "three exemptions".
In addition to "free", Su Chi also has a trick of "recruitment", which is not to recruit soldiers, but to recruit military households.
Anyone who has no food, no farming, and no wife can go to recruit as a military household, and move their families to Java (Java County King Zhao Shu), Xingzhou Kingdom (Xingjun Wang Zhao Qi), Rongguo (located in the northern part of the Xingzhou Peninsula, in the area of Songkhla Province in later Thailand, and Zhao Kuangyin's fifth grandson Zhao Lingyu served as the national prince) and other three overseas feudal local lords.
By the way, these three countries, plus the Jiaozhi Kingdom, are a total of four kings of overseas feudal states, only Zhao Ling, the Duke of Rongguo, has taken over the country, and he also leads the Nanyang capital.
The other three monarchs were not in power, so they were all regents sent by the imperial court, which were actually the same as the prefectures and counties. The level of management is also not high, and even a little bad.
However, Han Chinese immigrants can still get land to marry a lady and live a comfortable and close life to heaven (if you are not careful, you will go to heaven).
In addition to these three Nanyang feudal states, the Nanyang Metropolitan Protectorate also governed the two "free cities" of Xingzhou City (that is, Jijiapo, which did not belong to the Kingdom of Xingzhou) and Guangming City of Ceylon (the territory of Mo Niangzi).
In order to maintain the three countries and two cities, but also to compete with the Nanyang Province of Zhou, the Java Concession Chamber, the Golden State Concession Chamber, the Borneo Concession Chamber, the Luzon Concession Chamber, and the Cham Concession Chamber. The Great Song Dynasty also set up the Nanyang Naval Division with Xingzhou City as its base, with dozens of galleys and gunboats!
The current Great Song Dynasty is also a colonial empire!
Although the "exemption" and "fundraising" of Su Chi, the three exemptions, have alleviated the social contradictions in the Central Plains, they have also caused a big financial hole.
And Su Chi's method is to put the financial burden on the southeast industry and commerce, anyway, they have money.
"This ......," Ji Yi thought about it and thought, "If the capital can be moved to Xuzhou, these three taxes can be exempted." The imperial court lived in the fortified city of Xuzhou, controlled the world's financial routes, and could raise taxes to the southeast. Otherwise, I'm afraid of changes in the southeast! ”
Ji Yi, the "spokesperson of capital", has a great plan, and it is not just as simple as reducing taxes for industry and commerce. Instead, he wanted to change the cornerstone of the Great Song Dynasty from scholars to southeast industry and commerce, and moving the capital to Xuzhou was the most critical step.
Su Chi shook his head, how could it be so easy to move the capital?
Uncle Zhang digressed when he saw the two ministers discussing at night, and hurriedly coughed: "It's better to do this, first transfer troops to Hebei East Road, and then order Zhaoyi Town to prepare for war." No matter what, you have to make a gesture and scare Zhou Guo. ”
"What did the officials say?" Su Chi asked.
"Let's just say just in case," Tong Guan said, "In case the Jurchens are defeated quickly, our dynasty can also deploy defenses in Hebei, in case the Zhou State takes advantage of the victory to march south." ”
"Okay," Ji Yi nodded, "Let's just say so!" The Jurchens said that our dynasty would deploy 150 battalions of soldiers in Hebei...... You have to do it! ”
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Eastern Liao, Daning Province.
Seven-year-old Xiao Siser looks younger than he really is. Because she has been exercising for a long time, she has given birth to five children, but she has maintained a very good figure, and her whole person looks radiant.
After the Second Battle of Linhuangfucheng, her reputation in the Eastern Liao and the grassland was completely raised.
That's 20,000 men to defeat 5,000 gold soldiers! And it also played a 1-to-10 exchange ratio. What is even more rare is that this is an achievement in the field!
Such a record has not even been achieved by the powerful Zhou army, but it has allowed her to win it.
So now the situation is very clear, she is the lord of Daliao Zhongxing!
It was only a matter of time before Linhuang Mansion, Datong Mansion, and Kedun City were recovered, and then the grassland hegemony of the Liao State was rebuilt.
At that time, she will be the real heroine of Da Liao and the queen of the grassland......
"The queen mother, the sons see the queen mother." The child's voice sounded in Xiao Sese's ears, and she turned her head to see that it was Yeluyi, the younger brother of the prince and the left army, who had arrived.
At present, the Eastern Liao no longer implements the palace guard system and the tribal system, but breaks up the tribe and the palace guard, and then implements the system of coexistence of the 10,000-household system and the county system. Set up 10,000 military households on the grassland, and divide the land to station. In the agricultural areas around Daning Province, the county system is enforced.
In recent years, because of the revival of the Eastern Liao army, many small tribes on the grassland have been attracted to join them. Xiao Sise, no matter what race they were or what kind of race, they were all divided into hundreds and thousands of households, and merged into 10,000 households. As a result, the number of 10,000 households has also increased, from three to five. It was organized into five armies, ten thousand households, one in the front, one in the rear, one on the left, one on the right, and one in the middle. Among them, Xiao Sese led the right army of ten thousand households, Yelu Yi led the left army of ten thousand households, Xiao Sese and Wu Haogu's other son Xiao Yun led the rear army of ten thousand households, Xiao Sese's brother-in-law Yelu Yu saw the front army of ten thousand households, and the nominal king of Eastern Liao, Yelu Aolu, led the middle army of ten thousand households.
However, three of these 50,000 households are insufficient, only about 8,000 households, and only the 10,000 households of the Right Army led by Xiao Se Se and the 10,000 households of the Left Army led by Ye Luyi have reached about 10,000 households. The strongest troops and the best equipment. The troops that make up the camel city come from these two ten thousand households. It is the main force of Xiao Sise.
And Ye Luyi is only eight years old this year, of course, it is impossible to really command the left army of Wanhu, so he has been following Xiao Sese. The left army of Wanhu was actually directly led by Xiao Sese.
Now Wu Haogu wants Ye Luyi to go to Tianjin to study and receive the best military education. In order to command the Eastern Liao Left Army in the future, 10,000 households crisscross the grassland.
Xiao Sese was a little reluctant, but he also knew that it was time to send Ye Luyi to Tianjin.
"The Queen Mother." Along with Yeluyi came Yu Liyan, who was already married and a mother.
Yu Liyan's husband is Wu Yixin, the second son of Wu Haogu. Wu Yixin graduated from the Knight Academy three years ago and received the rank of lieutenant. Now he is serving in the Great Zhou Military Jiyi Regiment stationed in Eastern Liao as a captain engineer Jiyi - this military Jiyi regiment is very large, with thousands of people, and there are branches in the three armies of Dongliao and each thousand households. It is the actual training and commander of the Eastern Liao army!
Xiao Sise's battle of fame - the second battle of Linhuangfu is the masterpiece of this Jiyi regiment.
The "camel city tactic" that the Eastern Liao Army was proud of was created by the current commander of the machine, Lieutenant General Li Xiaozhong.
At the same time, this Jiyi regiment is also a place where the officers of the Zhou army gain actual combat experience, and almost all the officers of the Zhou army have served in this Jiyi regiment.
"Yu Liyan," Xiao Sese said with a smile when he saw his daughter's belly stand up again, "What's going on with the one in the belly?" ”
"It's always noisy," Yu Liyan, who was pregnant with a child again, looked particularly delicate, she stroked her upright belly, and said with a smile, "It seems to be another boy." ”
She had already given birth to a boy named Wu Anren, who was also Wu Haogu's second grandson.
The eldest grandson of the Wu family is the son of Zhao Yupan and Wu Yiyong, named Wu Ansheng.
Wu Haogu now has a grandson named Zhao Borong, who is the son of the king of the East China Sea.
And in addition to Wu Anren's grandson, Xiao Sese also has a grandson, who is the son of Yelu Ao, the king of Eastern Liao, and named Yelu Fu - the meaning is, of course, the revival of the Yelu family!
Most of the current Daliao is going to be revived, but it is difficult to say whether the surname Wu, the surname Xiao, or the surname Yelu is no longer clear.
Thinking of the hidden dangers in the country, Xiao sighed faintly. Yu Liyan understood her mother's situation, and said in a low voice: "The queen mother should follow the example of the Heavenly Emperor." ”
Emperor Zetian is Wu Zetian! Let Xiao Sese follow Wu Zetian is to ascend the throne and become king, and obtain her son Yelu Aolu. Once she becomes king, Dongliao will become the state of Xi. And the legal system of Xi will start from Xiao Sise, and women can also inherit the throne......