Chapter 463: New Strategy
In fact, in the diplomacy of the two countries, war and peace are both strategic issues, and the so-called "talk about fighting, fighting and talking." Especially in the context of the huge disparity in military strength, negotiating peace is not tantamount to betraying the country. Li Shimin was a hero, and the matter of being subordinate to the Turks was vigorously avoided and downplayed in the official history, in fact, Li Shimin not only claimed to be subordinate to the Turks, but also used the "wolf's head" granted by the Turks. Similarly, in the Battle of Ezhou, Jia Nidao and Kublai Khan were just negotiating peace, and were not "ministers" as stated in the "History of the Song Dynasty". Take the "Yuan History? The Legend of the Ancestors", only Yun Yue and did not say anything about the ministers' losing coins. At that time, Meng Ke Khan had just died, and Jia Rudao already knew that the day of the envoy to make peace was the time when Kublai Khan decided to withdraw his troops, so how could he be called a minister! At this time, it is not a good thing that a reasonable agreement can be reached. In fact, the opening of the Song and Yuan Dynasty was caused by Shi Songzhi's luck and other luck, and by the time Jia Nidao, the Song Dynasty had been declining, which was not Jia Nidao's responsibility, on the contrary, he was burdened. And later, when Jia Yidao's soldiers defeated Ding Jiazhou, Chen Yizhong, who fought to kill Jia and thanked the world, how did the Yuan army behave when he came to the city? It is said in the history books: "The Yuan soldiers are about to come to Lin'an, and the prime minister Chen Yizhong sent an envoy to beg to surrender, begging for a nephew, and if he does not obey, he will be called a nephew, and Boyan is not allowed." "If the nephew can't do it, he has to be a nephew, and even the nephew can't do it, and he will bring humiliation on himself. ”
Compared with Jia Nidao's martial arts strategy, in terms of cultural governance, Jia Nidao has more merits. From the "Duanping into Luo" to the full-scale outbreak of the Song-Mongolian War, the economy of the Southern Song Dynasty had collapsed. So Jia Rudao launched the "Gongtian Law" that made him scolded for thousands of years. Public land is a general term for a large amount of land confiscated by unscrupulous bureaucrats, fields that have fled from households, exhausted households, and no one continues to be repossessed by the government, sand fields that have been silted up by rivers, and barracks cultivated by the army. During the Zhao Dynasty of Emperor Gaozong of the Song Dynasty, except for a part of the temples and schools, all the other public lands were sold out to private businesses. Through the sale of public land, the government quickly raised a considerable amount of money in a short period of time, 70% of this money was handed over to the imperial court, and 30% was reserved for the local government, which in addition to military spending, could also reduce the people's excesses and miscellaneous taxes, and reduce the economic pressure on the government and the people in times of war. It can be seen that under the historical conditions at that time, the sale of public land played a positive role. During the Rijong period, the number of public fields had decreased due to buying and selling, and the people who bought the public fields happened to be wealthy merchants, gentry and officials. On the one hand, the imperial court economy collapsed, and on the other hand, it had to raise military expenses. Jia Rudao had no choice but to launch the "Public Land Law" to raise money for the imperial court again. The specific implementation of the "Public Land Law" is based on the system of restricting the amount of land that exceeds the standard, and first of all, one-third of the land produced by the government will be taken out and the state will buy back the official land and then lease it out. The initial object of buying back public land was the land that exceeded the standard of official households, and the standard set was that the first product was limited to 50 hectares of land, and each of the following products was reduced by 5 hectares, to 5 hectares for the ninth product. The "Gongtian Law" directly involved the interests of the bureaucratic landlords, and Li Zong could not make up his mind, Jia Rudao said that he would throw off his sleeves and resign and return to the fields, and Li Zong agreed to implement it in Pingjiang, Jiaxing, Anji, Changzhou, Zhenjiang, Jiangyin and other prefectures in western Zhejiang, and then push it to all roads. In order to implement the new law, Jia Rudao took the lead in dedicating 10,000 acres of land in western Zhejiang as official land. It is conceivable that the "Public Land Law" has directly harmed the interests of the ruling class, and even if Jia Rudao takes the lead in contributing 10,000 mu of fertile land, it still cannot block the mouth of Youyou, and in practice, the enforcement officials use the new law to forcibly buy and seize the land. The "Gongtian Law" prepared a large amount of property for the Southern Song Dynasty court in a short period of time, and used this property to achieve great results in the anti-Mongolian battlefield. However, the Public Land Law was a compulsory change of the ownership of individual land by the state, and even though its purpose was glorious and lofty, it was to the detriment of the scholarly and literati class. In the first year of Deyou, the battle of Dingjiazhou failed, and Jia Rudao had to come out to carry this black cauldron. In March, the imperial court issued an edict to repeal the "Gongtian Law", and Jia Rudao was also ruined, and was scolded by the scholar and literati class for more than 1,000 years, and he was also killed by Zheng Huchen and his husband in the toilet.
In general, Jia Rudao is a powerful minister, but not a traitor. His purpose was very clear, it was to maintain the Jiangshan Society of the Southern Song Dynasty. He has the ability, but not the ability to turn the tide. Sun Hui always believed that it was Shi Miyuan and Li Zong who caused him to fall into disrepute. If it weren't for the "United Mongolian Anti-Jin" and "Duanping into Luo", the economy of the Southern Song Dynasty would not have collapsed so quickly and so powerfully. Throughout Jia Rudao's life, there has never been a traitor who is willing to personally lead troops to the front line in order to maintain the survival of the imperial court. Even if he is in charge of the imperial court, he will not preside over the reform with infamy through the ages. In the last years of the Southern Song Dynasty, when there was a shortage of talents, a closer look at the contemporaries showed that only Jia Rudao had the ability to be the prime minister. Moreover, although Jia Yidao's private life is very disorderly, at least during the reform period, he can lead by example, and 10,000 acres of fertile land is not something that anyone dares to take out! Although neither the Public Land Law nor the Intention Law have been successful, it is better to try reform than to sit back and wait. If he is a traitor who only knows "lustful dogs and horses" and does not care about the national economy and people's livelihood, why should a traitor worry about the rise and fall of the country?
Sun Hui has always hoped that one day, many historical figures in Chinese history who have been "face-painted" will be able to return to the truth of history. Because, only by understanding the real history can we better face the reality!
Chinese literati have always been fond of leaning at each other, and have always only cared about their own selfish interests, regardless of the general interests of the country. From the Tang Dynasty's "Niu Li Party Struggle" to the death of the Song Dynasty, the struggle of the literati class always discredited the personality of the loser. This can be said to be one of the highlights of Chinese-style literati rule.
Sun Hui himself also has a deep understanding of the shamelessness and bottomlessness of the literati in the Song Dynasty when they wrote history, and his own deeds were not maliciously erased from the history books for the literati of the Song Dynasty, and now they have completely become folklore?
After listening to Sun Hui's brief explanation, Ye Chuchu and Xiao Tiantian both understood.
"According to what you say, Brother Sun, we still have to cooperate with the 'Cricket Prime Minister' this time." Xiao Tiantian said.
"It is definitely necessary to cooperate with Jia Yidao, but judging from what Brother Sun just said, if you want to reverse the situation that the Song Dynasty gave to these shameless literati, I am afraid that it is not enough to cooperate with him." Ye Chuchu said, "Another strength is needed. ”
"What power?" Xiao Tiantian asked curiously.
"If you have an external force, you will be Mongolians." Sun Hui understood what Ye Chuchu meant, and gave her the answer, "Let the unprecedented crisis caused by the Mongols prompt a fundamental change in the Song Dynasty." ”