Chapter 176: The Final Chapter
In the first month of the second year of Liang Renhe, Shi Jin once again announced that he would be exempted from taxation for one year.
The reason for Shi Jin's confidence is the huge profits obtained by the money bank, after Lin Chong led the troops to the south, the money bank continued to open, and more and more people borrowed money. The money deposited by the imperial court and the money saved by a small number of people were no longer enough, so Shi Jin asked Qianzhuang to use low interest rates to attract people to save money.
The rapid collapse of the Song Dynasty also made the people full of confidence in Daliang, and the money stored at home was not only idle, but also stolen, so more and more people kept their money in the bank. With enough money to lend, the money bank earns more and more profits.
It is no secret that the model of making money in the money village was originally owned by the powerful people in various places, so no matter how tempted Zhao Ji was, he could not open a money bank in the Song Dynasty.
First, he didn't have that courage, and second, the crumbling Song Dynasty couldn't afford any turmoil.
Qian Zhuang not only obtained a huge amount of income for the Liang court, allowing the people in the territory to recuperate, but also making the people in the Song Dynasty more desirable.
No one dares to guarantee that there are no natural disasters in their own homes**, Daliang Qianzhuang only needs one cent and two cents of interest for a year, while in the Song Dynasty, it costs five or six cents, or even doubles the interest.
Exemption from taxes, division of land, low-interest loans, equality before the law, everything about Daliang attracted the people of the Song Dynasty as much as mythology.
In April of the second year of Renhe, Daliang took all the territory south of the Yangtze River in the Song Dynasty.
The generals of the Song Dynasty only had the Guangdong Road to pacify Li Heng to lead the troops to block the soldiers and horses of the Great Liang for a period of time, Li Heng was the champion of the Song Dynasty, who quelled many rebellions of the southwest tribes and killed the thief Liu Sanhua who fled from the south of the Yangtze River to Guangdong, and it can be said that he is a rare fierce general outside the Western Army of the Song Dynasty.
It's a pity that the soldiers and horses of the Southern Expedition of the Great Liang gathered the vast majority of the elite soldiers and fierce generals in the country, and finally Xu Guanzhong designed and Lu Junyi killed Li Heng.
After recruiting troops in the south, Shi Jin sent Yang Chun, a white snake who had been guarding Tokyo, to lead 50,000 troops to attack Jingxi Road.
Yang Chun often guarded Liangshan during the Yangsan era, and later guarded Jeju and Tokyo, so he can be said to be the old man who went on the least expedition to Liangshan, but he won the trust of Shi Jin.
Jingxi is next to Kaifeng Mansion, and the people are looking forward to the arrival of the beam, and often the city gate is opened by the military and civilians before the beam arrives.
However, in January, except for the Song Dynasty's heavily guarded Xijing Henan Mansion, all the other state capitals in western Beijing were conquered by Yang Chun's troops.
After conquering Jingxi, Daliang stopped using troops.
In the Song Dynasty, there was only the land of Bashu, where the roads were difficult, and the five roads in Guanxi, which were guarded by the Western Army.
Zhao Ji really wanted the Western Army to counterattack Daliang, but the generals of the Western Army were not able to go into battle with new soldiers, and they had to beware of Western Xia and were unwilling to go on the expedition.
The Western Army, which was originally an arrogant general, became even more arrogant after Zhao Jijunchen fled to Jingzhao Mansion.
Fortunately, the most prestigious breeder in the Western Army is very loyal to Zhao Ji, and the breeder is also the biggest general in the Western Army, otherwise the drama of blackmailing the Son of Heaven to order the princes will probably be staged.
Zhao Ji didn't dare to send a seed master to go on the expedition, so he could only favor Guanxi.
In this year, the Jin State also swept away the Liao State, bordering the Daliang River and Hedong Hebei.
Only the emperor of Liao fled to the Mongolian steppe with a small number of soldiers and horses, in a vain attempt to regain the lost territory by relying on the Mongol tribes.
In the first month of the third year of Renhe, Shi Jin once again announced that he would be exempted from taxation for one year.
When the people of Daliang cheered, the Song Dynasty was boiling with resentment.
The five roads in Kansai, except for the fertile Guanzhong Plain, can be said to be barren land, and there are many parts of Kansai, in the past, in order to appease and buy these departments, many salt mines and mountains and forests in Kansai are nearby fans. The western army of the Kansai Fifth Road far exceeded the soldiers and horses of other roads, so the Kansai Fifth Road has always relied on the imperial court to subsidize.
Although Sichuan is richer, the tribes in the west also rebel from time to time, and there are also a lot of forbidden troops stationed, and the financial surplus is not much.
The Song Dynasty was unable to reduce its troops, and the huge military expenditures and various expenditures of the imperial court pressed on the heads of the people of Sichuan and Guanxi Wulu, making the people who yearn for Daliang even more unbearable, and bandits were numerous everywhere.
In March, Daliang sent 250,000 troops, divided into two routes, Guan Sheng led 100,000 troops to attack Sichuan, Lin Chong, Xu Guanzhong, Lu Junyi, Lu Da, Wu Song and others led 150,000 troops to attack the Song Dynasty's Xijing Henan Mansion and coerced Guanxi.
Guan Sheng entered Sichuan without much effort, and people from all over the country responded.
After Lin Chong besieged Henan Mansion with thousands of catapults for more than ten days, he also conquered Henan Mansion, which was guarded by the breeder Min, and approached Jingzhao Mansion where Zhao Ji was hiding.
When Western Xia was gathering troops and horses to prepare to take advantage of the fire to rob, no one expected that Zhao Ji would surrender to Daliang and be replaced by a Taiping king.
In fact, Zhao Ji had begged for peace before, but he also fantasized about being the emperor in the west of Gou An and guarding the western territory for Daliang, but Shi Jin refused.
Seeing that Sichuan was defeated by the Great Liang, Zhao Ji didn't dare to hesitate anymore, because he knew that even if the Western Army could resist the Great Liang, without Sichuan's taxes, the Guanxi Fifth Road would soon collapse, so he used his last power to change himself to a Taiping King.
After Da Liang broke Tokyo that year, he released many princes of Zhao Ji, making Zhao Ji believe that Shi Jin was really benevolent and righteous and could tolerate him.
After Zhao Ji surrendered, Shi Jin did not embarrass him, and gave Zhao Ji a villa built by Zhao Ji in the past for Zhao Ji to live in, so that he could die a good death.
In July of that year, Daliang sent 300,000 troops, divided into six routes, led by Lin Chong, Xu Guanzhong, Lu Junyi, Chongshidao, Yao Gu, and Zhe Keqiu to attack Western Xia.
In September, the entire territory of Western Xia was swept away.
In the same month, the Emperor of the Jin State died of illness and died of illness, and Wanyan Wu begged to buy the throne.
Jin Liang as a whole remained peaceful.
The Great Liang was much freer than the Song Dynasty, and everything could be freely traded, except for gunpowder and some military weapons.
The Daliang coins were more elaborate than those of the Song Dynasty, but the Daliang did not prohibit the outflow of coins like the Song Dynasty, so the Daliang coins were circulated in many countries.
Daliang's exquisite luxury goods are also constantly exported, and Jin Guo is the first to bear the brunt, coupled with the dumping of burning knives and wine, a large amount of wealth in Jin Guo flows to Daliang.
In the fifth year of Renhe, Jin Guo opened a field and restricted the trade of goods in the beams.
After Da Liang's protest was ignored by the Jin State, Da Liang demanded that the Jin State return the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun.
War broke out between the two countries, and Daliang sent 300,000 troops to the Northern Expedition.
All ethnic groups in the Jin State have long been unable to endure the brutal rule of the Jin State, and they have risen up one after another.
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