On the fifth day of the eighth month of the first year of Wenchang, Yang Yi led 10,000 cavalry, escorted the last batch of 40,000 Xia army prisoners, as well as Li Qianshun, the Empress Dowager Liang and others of the Western Xia Dynasty, and finally returned to the capital.

This time, the imperial court "recruited" more than 200,000 young people from Hexi and Hetao to invest in the huge river control project.

Twenty wen a day is a little lower in the Great Song Dynasty, but don't forget that they are captives, and it is benevolent and righteous enough not to let them do the Great Song Dynasty in vain, and the people of the Western Xia have been poor in recent years, originally they worked for people in the Western Xia, and the salary was not so high!

The recruitment of more than 200,000 young people from Western Xia not only does require labor to control the river, but also for the rapid settlement of these newly expanded lands.

After the young man is removed, even if someone wants to make trouble, he can't make any big waves.

At the same time, the Xiang army and their families who were laid off this year are also continuing to move to Hetao and Hexi, and some landless people are also moving away, but for the sake of safety, this will be completed in two or three years.

200,000 party leaders gathered in the lower reaches of the Yellow River to govern the river, which was equivalent to putting a powder keg near Gyeonggi, and in order to deal with a possible rebellion, the Western Army of 20,000 elite cavalry and 10,000 infantry exchanged garrisons with the Gyeonggi Forbidden Army.

There are tens of thousands of elite Western troops stationed near Gyeonggi, which can reassure the imperial court.

When the army marched to Zhongmu, 40,000 Xia army prisoners were escorted to the Yellow River, and Yang Yi took 10,000 brightly armored Western army iron cavalry, escorting Li Qianshun, Empress Dowager Liang and others into Beijing to offer prisoners.

The little emperor Zhao Jie led the hundred officials in the court, personally greeted twenty miles, he was only two years old, just able to speak, under the guidance of the inner servant, with the immature children's voice to complete the etiquette such as giving wine rewards.

Yang Yi looked at his dragon robe and jade belt, looking like a little adult, he was very pleased, he really wanted to go up and hug this eldest son, but in front of the public, he had to put away his thoughts.

After the concise consolation ceremony, Zhao Jie gave 10,000 western troops to enter the city from Wansheng Gate, showing the heroic style of the victorious army to the people of the capital, and accepting the cheers and applause of the people of the capital.

Under the leadership of Yang Yi, 10,000 iron horsemen lined up in a neat queue with the emperor's dragon chariot, holding their heads high, holding their chests high, and slowly entering the city with the cold northwest majestic wind.

There are countless people on both sides of the road, and as far as the eye can see, there are crowds of people, even the trees and walls are full of people, vying to witness the demeanor of Master Yang and the Western Army, and there are drums and cheers everywhere. The fruits and ribbons thrown by the people to the soldiers of the Western Army were continuous, and the scene was warm and extraordinary.

Yu Niangzi's family was also among the onlookers, and Huzi's father Yu Jiu's leg had already recovered after being diagnosed and treated by Baicaotang, and he was putting Huzi on his shoulder; Huzi was holding a Lin Yi (apple) in his hand, and was looking at it with a tiger's head, Yu Niangzi stood beside her husband, and from time to time told her son: "Huzi, you have to see it clearly, you must vote for the fruit to Master Yang......"

"Mother, I know, mother, don't worry!"

The three members of the Yu family are grateful to Yang Yi from the bottom of their hearts, not only because of Yu Jiu's leg injury that Baicaotang treated for free, but also because of Yang Yi's series of reforms and military developments, which have benefited his family a lot.

In the past, the taxes borne by the common people were very heavy, and the Great Song Dynasty followed the two-tax system since the late Tang Dynasty, which was levied twice in summer and autumn. The amount of the 30 tax itself is not very high, but when paying the agricultural tax, it follows the harsh methods of the previous generation, such as "transfer" and "transformation", which greatly increases the burden on the people.

The so-called transfer means that the government forces the people in the north to send the autumn tax and all goods to the border towns to pay under the pretext of urgent military needs, and all the expenses for people and livestock must be provided by themselves.

The so-called change is also an excuse for the government to order the peasants to change the designated materials or pay cash.

In addition, there are additional taxes: the endowment of the ding mouth and the endowment of miscellaneous changes, the entry tax, and so on.

The endowment of Ding Kou is levied on the body as the main object, and the poll tax of the past dynasties has been used, regardless of whether there is land or not, all need to be paid, and there are many miscellaneous endowments, such as cowhide, salt, and koji (used for drunkenness) and other taxes are within the scope.

In order to avoid annexation, the Wu Yue Qian regime, which previously occupied the two Zhejiang, did everything possible to tie up with the Central Plains regime and created the entry tax, which inflated the tax amount in the name of tribute, and levied taxes on the peasants under its jurisdiction, with an inflated increase of six acres per ten mu of land and an inflated increase of eight mu of ten mu of mulberry land, and this policy was inherited in the Northern Song Dynasty and has been used.

In addition, the government also adopted the policy of "buying and buying" and "making peace" in the silk and grain producing areas, and at first, according to the amount of silk and grain, the imperial court sent personnel to requisition the quantity and pay some price, but later it was "the official did not give money and took it for nothing".

Later, the silk or grain and rice taken for free were converted into cash and ordered to be paid by the households, and "and buying" and "making peace" became a regular burden for tax collectors.

In addition to the two taxes, there is also the head money, where there is a silver money cashier with the government, the head money must be added to the head money, the head money was originally a kind of procedure, for the tax collectors, but also used to make up for the warehouse consumption, and later became an additional tax levied with the field Fu, as well as silkworm salt money, vinegar interest money, market money, etc., and with the imperial court control of the tax land is decreasing day by day, after Yingzong, the tax land only accounts for about three-tenths of the country's cultivated land; Most of the arable land was occupied by bureaucrats, gentry, officials, and temple landlords, but these people did not have to pay taxes, and all taxes were pressed on the common people.

In order to cope with the increasing expenses of redundant officials, redundant expenses, and redundant soldiers, the imperial court also increased taxes, which made the life of the lower class people extremely difficult.

After Yang Yi's unified taxation and collection of mu, except for the retention of the errand money, all other miscellaneous taxes were exempted, and although the regular tax changed from 30 taxes to 20 taxes, the burden on the common people was actually greatly reduced; Moreover, after the taxation of the mu, the family of Xiangyu Niangzi will no longer bear any taxes except for the errand money because they have no land.

And this year, due to the great victory of the summer, the emperor also exempted the errand money, which means that this year, people like the Yu family can happily have a tax-free year; This made them grateful to Yang Yi from the bottom of their hearts, and there were not a few people in the lower-class people's homes who spontaneously gave Yang Yi the immortal card.

Yang Yi rode a horse in front of the army, judging his identity from his clothes and ornaments, and the fresh fruits that were thrown at him had the most ribbons. After Huzi saw him, he said excitedly: "Dad, mother, Master Yang is here, Master Yang is here!" ”

"Huzi, you have to see it before you vote."

"The child knows."

When Yang Yi rode his horse closer, Huzi shouted loudly: "Master Yang! Mr. Yang! Huzi gave you a fruit to eat, you have to pick it up, Huzi is not willing to eat it! ”

This voice caused bursts of laughter from the people next to him, and Yang Yi also noticed the little child riding on the shoulders of adults; I saw him raise his hand and throw a Lin Yi, Yang Yi caught it with his hand, took a bite and said with a smile: "It's very sweet, thank you Huzi!" I hope you will grow up quickly, and in the future, like these soldiers behind me, you will open up territory and make contributions to the imperial court! ”

"Master Yang, don't be like them, Huzi should be like Master Yang."

Childlike words!

The people nearby suddenly burst into laughter again, Yang Bachelor can determine the country, Wu can Anbang, how many people in the Great Song Dynasty can compare to him? Yu Jiu and his wife were both happy and embarrassed.

Yang Yi turned around and laughed: "Huzi, you don't know, there are many places where I am not as good as the soldiers behind me, but it is not difficult for you to learn from me, tomorrow you come to my house, how about I take you as an apprentice?" ”

"Really? Mr. Yang, you are not allowed to lie to the tiger! Liars are ......"

The word dog was still spoken, and Yu Niangzi hurriedly covered her son's mouth and said, "Huzi is not allowed to talk nonsense." ”

The giggle next to him became louder, and Yang Yi laughed again: "Let's talk about it, if you don't come, you are a dog, hahaha!" ”

Yu Jiu and his wife were pleasantly surprised, watching Yang Yi go away with the team, tears flowed down!

The people next to him are extremely envious of this family, this is a blessing that has only been cultivated in several lifetimes! Everyone was secretly annoyed in their hearts, why didn't they bring their son here, in case they could also let Master Yang be accepted as a disciple, it would be terrible!

Li Qianshun and his Western Xia monarchs were taken to Taimiao, and the imperial court held a grand ceremony to sacrifice prisoners.

After that, the soldiers of the three armies and the meritorious ministers were rewarded, and Yang Yi moved to the university of Hanlin Academy in addition to gold and silver wealth.

The Song Dynasty followed the Tang Dynasty system, and set up a academy, also known as the Hanlin Academy, and the Hanlin Academy served as the emperor's advisor; In the early Song Dynasty, the Hanlin bachelor had no rank, and after the Yuanfeng reform, the Hanlin bachelor Chengzhi and the Hanlin bachelor became official positions, and the official residence was the third grade.

He was in charge of drafting the imperial court's edicts, pardons, state letters, and documents used in the court.

The oldest of the bachelors is called the Hanlin Bachelor, and there is the Hanlin Bachelor under it, and the knowledge system is known.

Other officials who are admitted to the hospital without conferring a bachelor's degree are called 'Bachelors of the Academy', and if there is a shortage of scholars, the other officials are temporarily issued in Chinese, which is called 'Bachelor's Yuan Quanzhi' or Hanlin Quan Zhi.

After the restructuring of Yuanfeng, the prime minister was mostly selected from the Hanlin bachelors.

In other words, Yang Yi's appointment as a scholar of the Hanlin Academy is equivalent to a reserve candidate for the prime minister, and if there is a vacancy in the prime minister, it is very likely that he will take over.

In addition to the position of a scholar of Hallym University, Empress Dowager Liu officially decreed that Yang Yi should be Zhao Jie's teacher and teach the emperor to read; Zhao Jie is now two years old, he should be literate, and the Empress Dowager Liu is not surprised, there are rumors that Zhao Jie was not born at the beginning, and the Empress Dowager Liu had begged Zhezong to let Yang Yi be her child's teacher.

Yang Yi is a champion from the background, both civil and military, although he is younger, but steady and sophisticated, military achievements are obvious to all, by his current emperor's enlightenment teacher, everyone can't say anything is not coming.

In addition to Yang Yi, the people in charge of teaching the emperor to read were Zhang Dian and Li Qingchen.

From these candidates, it can be seen that this time the emperor's education, the new party will not allow the old party to interfere, of course, the old hall is not enough in the court now.

Zhang Kai captured Xingqing Mansion, captured Li Qianshun and Empress Dowager Liang, and was awarded the title of Senior Scholar of the Imperial Palace, and the Duke of Yueguo; Originally, with Zhang Kai's military talents and qualifications, it was most suitable for him to serve as a privy envoy.

But although he and Zhang Dian are not close relatives, they are the same clan, Zhang Dian is now the prime minister, if Zhang Kai is appointed as a privy envoy again, I am afraid that the government and the opposition will have doubts, so I can only temporarily entrust Zhang Kai.

(To be continued)