As a result, the Emperor Lizong was not satisfied, he felt that his merits were already comparable to that of Yao Shun, and he was qualified to make more demands on the people. What is this requirement for pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info? He also wanted to relocate the residents of many big cities in the south of the Yangtze River to the dilapidated cities in the north for construction. This is actually understandable, the Yellow River Valley has been in turmoil for hundreds of years, there are no people for a long time, and when the Mongols retreated, they forcibly took away a lot of people, and the emperor must not be allowed to go back to be the commander of the light pole, and the necessary immigration policy is not excessive.

However, Emperor Lizong's immigration policy was a bit of a reckoning after the autumn, and he not only wanted to emigrate, but also named immigrants from Guangzhou, Quanzhou, Qiongzhou, Mingzhou, and other large coastal cities, and his purpose had to be doubted. At that time, the emperor was forced to agree to the demands of the merchants, and now that he has free his hands, it is better to counterattack.

Now the maritime merchants are gone, and the political participation of these cities will directly reject the emperor's edict, and let out the words, if the imperial court does not withdraw this kind of decree that has brought disaster to the country and the people, these cities will unite to break away from the Great Song Dynasty and really implement autonomy in an all-round way. Moreover, the move of the council was approved by the residents and officials of these cities, and even by people in the surrounding areas of the cities.

After so many years of development, these port cities have long since changed, not only the city has become larger and larger, annexing the surrounding villages and counties, but also the urban function has also changed, no longer based on the small peasant economy, but completely dependent on trade, handicrafts, and industrial development.

The thriving maritime trade also led to the economic development of the surrounding area, which was full of factories, workshops, warehouses and merchants. Going to work in the factories is nothing new, it has become the daily life of these city dwellers, and the budding capitalism is about to grow into a seedling.

Who wants to give up these hard-won things and go to the ruined Yellow River area to start cultivating land again? Not to mention the maritime merchants, factory owners, craftsmen and workers who eat by the sea, not only are the officials here. Their family, their net worth and investment are all here, and with so many immigrants leaving, aren't these cities all empty cities! How many people do you have to lose? So all kinds of twists and turns flew to Lin'an City like snowflakes, and they were basically voices of opposition.

If this matter had been placed a few years ago when the Northern Expedition had not yet been victorious, Emperor Lizong and the ministers in the court would definitely not have been hard topped, no matter who they were looking for to bear this black cauldron, they had to calm down the matter first, so as not to cause a civil uprising.

However, with the arrival of the victory of the Northern Expedition, there was no substantial threat to the north, and even the emperor and some of the ministers who were willing to go north were a little flustered. Do they feel that the imperial court has a hundred battle lions in their hands, and even the Mongols can defeat them, and they are still afraid of a group of profiteers! So the imperial court issued an ultimatum, insisting on the original policy and also canceling the autonomy of the three cities.

The political participation meeting instantly became an illegal organization, and the imperial court directly turned its face and denied people, and did not recognize any agreements! Moreover, they began to send troops from the north to prepare for the south, and to force these merchant groups to bow their heads and give in by force.

Such a strong statement by the imperial court not only forced the merchant group to compromise and admit cowardice, but also stabbed a hornet's nest. These merchants are no longer the people who thought the emperor was supreme ten years ago, they have been corrupted by the flood. These people have walked more places than the emperor, and what is not the king's land in the whole world, they now think it is all nonsense. On the Arabian Peninsula, these merchants also participated in the civil strife of the local country, and whoever dared to block their trade routes, regardless of whether the other party was an emperor or an emir, did not care what they were called, they all relied on cannons and bullets to speak.

Threatening these people with force can only unleash all the ambitions they still suppressed. If there are soldiers in the court, we are not afraid of guns, and we have them! The political participation will take the lead in recruiting troops, and joining the army to fight not only gives money, but also compensates for the dead and wounded. It didn't matter if there were not enough guns, they bought them from all over the country, and in the name of the Coastal Autonomous Federation, they officially submitted a request to the Jinhe State to buy guns and cannons. The first batch of orders was tens of thousands, and the price was twice as high as that of Jinheguo to the Great Song Dynasty.

And that's not all, the merchants went crazy, they took advantage of their own convenience, set up headquarters in the port of Malacca, and posted recruitment notices to various ports, preparing to use the mercenary model they played on the Arabian Peninsula to hire foreign troops to help them fight in the Great Song Dynasty. As long as you are willing to come, how much money does it cost, and nothing else, you have money!

"Guess how many people they hire?" Cixi came running with a body of dust on the fifth day after Hong Tao's arrival, and as soon as they met, she talked to Hong Tao in detail about the changes in the empire in the past two years. Although he is no longer the Minister of Supervision, he knows a lot of things, and it seems that the swallows under him have flown everywhere.

"About two thousand...... Hong Tao's impression of these maritime merchants was still four or five years ago, and he gritted his teeth before he said a number that he thought was already a lot.

"Hey, hey, you guessed wrong this time! In the first two months, they transported more than 3,000 people to Guangzhou, Quanzhou and Qiongzhou by sea! Not slaves, not ordinary people, most of them are veterans of war, and they all come with weapons. Cixi still can't laugh, and when she smiles, her image will automatically be three points shorter.

"Shhh...... Where did they get so many people! Hong Tao was very surprised by this number, it was not easy to get 2,000 slaves in two months, not to mention more than 3,000 soldiers, still veterans who had fought with weapons.

"The most numerous are the Khorezm people and the Mongols, and the rest are the Arabs and the Japanese. There were also a lot of people in the nearby small countries who went to apply, but those Great Song merchants were quite picky, and they didn't want anything that didn't know how to fight. ”

"Mongols! Where did the Mongols come from? "The questions raised by Hong Tao in the past few days are almost catching up with a lifetime, he used to be omniscient and omnipotent, but now he has become omniscient.

"It is said that there was a group of Mongols who settled in the north of Khorezm, and in addition to raising horses and sheep, their means of livelihood were to serve as soldiers in other countries, and they were very trustworthy in how much money they were given to fight. Do you say it's strange, the Great Song Dynasty and Mongolia are still fighting bloody, and the merchants of the Great Song Dynasty spend money to hire Mongolian soldiers to help them fight on the Arabian Peninsula, and the cooperation is quite good. Some Mongol nobles simply went to Maska Harbor to settle down, and whoever wants to hire people to fight will be able to find them, and if there are more, I dare not say that 1,800 people will be brought to you in a month. Cixi also did not know the specific origin of the Mongols, only where they were now.

"Oh, the people of the Golden Horde...... No wonder! "Hong Tao knows the origin of these Mongols, isn't this the tribe of Jochi. They founded a country north of the Caspian Sea, and the broken place was the grassland except for the mountains, and the territory of Lao Maozi to the north, and there was nowhere to earn money if they wanted to. The Mongols are not good at production, and fighting is the best for them, and they will be able to do it since childhood.

In fact, Cixi didn't say much, in the spring of 1251, a maritime merchant surnamed Luo who lived in Qiongzhou was not Luo Youde's family, but they must have known each other. More than 5,000 Hindu soldiers and dozens of elephants were transported directly from the Indian peninsula, and without saying a word, they directly took the four military towns on Hainan Island. Most of the Song army surrendered, and a small number of loyal monarchs became meatloaf at the feet of elephants.

Hainan Island became the first Great Song region to declare independence, but this time it was completely independent and did not recognize the Great Song Dynasty at all. But this maritime merchant surnamed Luo also understands that he did not call himself the king and emperor, so his nature has changed, and he cannot get more people's support. He simply turned Hainan Island into a logistics base for the political councils of the three cities, with shipyards, gunpowder factories, iron and coal mines, and small smelting workshops. These properties belonged to private individuals, and they would be rented or purchased at a high price, and they belonged to the direct confiscation of the Great Song Dynasty, and if there were shares of the Jinhe Empire, they would send people to Jinhe City to negotiate, and by the way, they also applied to the Jinhe Empire government to purchase cannons, or more machinery and equipment for smelting steel.

With him like this, the imperial court, which originally hoped to scare and scare the common people, was difficult to ride, and at the same time, the possibility of finally resolving the problem through negotiation was extinguished. The merchant group, which was still a little shaken internally, is completely dead, this is a life-and-death ending, don't think about it, for the sake of your own family business and the future of your descendants, let's just die.

As a result, Guangzhou, Quanzhou, Leizhou, Huizhou, and Chaozhou were successively occupied by the troops of the Senchui, and there was little fighting, and these cities welcomed the presence of merchant troops. The local people not only did not hide, but also enthusiastically joined the army to sign up, and they did everything without money, they also had to defend their homes, defend their right to live, and resolutely not go to the north to open up wasteland.

Before the imperial army crossed the Yangtze River, the southern half of the entire Guangnan West Road, Guangnan East Road, and Fujian Road had all changed hands, and to put it bluntly, it was a rebellion. But the purpose of the rebellion is not to change the dynasty, but to break away from the Great Song Dynasty, the merchants want to imitate the Jinhe Empire, their own country, and there is no emperor this position, and the future affairs of the country are all by the previous political participation council, now expanded to be called the Federation of Industry and Commerce to preside.

This is actually a model of the parliamentary system of the Golden River Empire, or the former board of directors of the Straits Company. Businessmen feel that this method is the fairest, governing the country is the same as running a joint-stock company, everyone takes turns to run for the chairman, who is popular, capable, and who gets more support will be elected, and then under the supervision of the board of directors with everyone to make money. They even thought of the name of the country, and called it the Straits Company State, and they wanted to restore the previous Straits Company system and grow stronger.

(To be continued.) )