Chapter 356: Farming and Fighting
In just one year, Jiangnan has undergone earth-shaking changes.
Since this emperor came to Jiangnan and set the capital of Hangzhou, the first thing is to rectify the merchants, reduce the price of grain, stabilize the price, and make the people return to their hearts.
At first, the bank's market was not good, but with the reconstruction of Jiangnan, the prosperity of commercial activities, a large amount of capital flow, especially the withdrawal of money from other places, promoted the development of the bank. Banks have national credibility and can exchange money in a timely manner to meet transaction needs.
Soon the development of the bank entered the fast track, and a lot of money rolled in!
Brought a lot of money to the treasury!
At this time, some businessmen also wanted to set up a bank, but after thinking about it, they still forgot it. The first one eats crabs and makes a huge profit, and the second one eats crabs, and the profits are much smaller. Besides, isn't robbing the emperor's job looking for death? Banks, to some extent with salt iron, belong to the state monopoly.
At this time, under the governance of Zhao Pu, the party struggle in the court was much smaller, and even if it was a struggle, it would not exceed the bottom line.
The establishment of the cabinet has greatly improved the efficiency of the imperial court, and all the things that have not been resolved for a long time in the past have been solved in a very short time.
In order to improve the people's customs, under the auspices of Zhao Ding, a sports association was established to vigorously promote baseball, rugby, running and other sports, and also brought the imperial examination and sports together. These projects have set up important awards, and once they meet the standards, they will be rewarded handsomely. This made the people flock to it.
If a scholar wants to gain fame in the imperial court, he also needs to meet the standards of some sports. The assessment of sports is extremely strict, and there is no room for cheating, and once cheating is detected, it will never be used.
Many readers, because of their failure to pass sports, ended up being brushed off.
This move caused great dissatisfaction among the court scholars. They have written to persuade them to cancel, but on this point, the emperor will not back down at all. The reason is that books can't defeat the Jin Army!
Under the vigorous promotion of the imperial court, baseball, football, running, etc., gradually became popular.
The weak folk customs in Jiangnan have been alleviated.
And the most surprising thing is the Qinglou, the Qinglou in the past is all playing and singing. It's just that after the emperor came to power, he vigorously rectified the Qinglou and forbade the Qinglou to play and sing some songs. It can only be played and sung in the repertoire prescribed by the imperial court. Some people tossed people, and the scholars were very dissatisfied, but they couldn't say anything.
At this time, the repertoire played and sung by Qinglou was mainly "West Wind Spirit", "Iron Man", "Jing Kang Shame" and so on, and the characteristic of these repertoire was hatred of the Jin Kingdom. Tell about the crimes of the Jin army's aggression and eulogize those anti-Jin heroes. Downputting those who capitulated.
As a green building dominated by public opinion. At this time, there was an air of revenge.
As a result, the entire Jiangnan is permeated with hatred............
In terms of army building, the land was re-demarcated and divided into households (because of the southern invasion of the Jin army, especially the massacre, there was too much ownerless land. There was a larger allocation of land), mainly to those soldiers who joined the army. The imperial court stipulates that as long as you pass the examination of the Guards, you will undergo three months of training. Those who pass can be allocated ten acres of land, and only need to serve as a soldier for ten years before they can be discharged.
And after retiring, according to the merits of the war, you will get the corresponding land as a reward.
This policy immediately turned the original disdain for joining the army into a large number of soldiers, especially for those who had no owners. It's just that the assessment of the Guards is really strict, and there is no one in ten who participates in the assessment.
The appraisal puts an end to the back door, and some officials commit fraud, which can be dismissed from military positions at the least, and move their heads at the worst.
After the drastic action, the quality of the Guards was much higher, and in the end only 80,000 people were recruited, but the combat power was so strong that even he sighed.
Then, it was a closed large-scale military training, the barracks went in and out, except for the approval slips, outsiders were not allowed to enter and leave at all, Suyi once sent multiple spies to probe some intelligence, but they all failed.
Establish a bank and accumulate money; Eliminate party strife, internal and external unity; advocate sports, improve people's customs, control Qinglou, and dominate public opinion; training elite soldiers, treating soldiers well, etc., these policies, compared with Fan Zhongyan's reform and Wang Anshi's reform, are much weaker; And the scholars could not find a reason to oppose it, so they could only support it.
As long as the core interests are not touched and the fundamental changes are not made, the scholars and doctors will not disobey the emperor's will at all.
These are small measures that are not significant............
It's just that these small measures are implemented one by one, and nothing can be seen in a short period of time, but they are moisturizing things silently. As long as you are a smart person, you will find that the entire Jiangnan, and even the entire Great Song Dynasty, are undergoing drastic transformation.
This kind of transformation does not seem to hurt the muscles and bones, but it transforms the soul of the Great Song Dynasty.
From those scattered intelligence, Su Yi felt that the Song army was getting stronger, and vaguely, it was developing towards Wei Wushu and Qin Ruishi.
Vaguely, Su Yi felt that a giant was slowly standing up, raising a sledgehammer to smash Jin Guo. And the Jin Kingdom, under this kind of attack, was weak and had no power to fight back.
Retracting his chaotic thoughts, looking at his subordinates, Su Yi's voice was a little low, and said, "After the parade, the Song army will go on a northern expedition!" This is the Song army demonstrating, to kill the chicken and set an example to the monkey, Liu Yu is the chicken, and my Dajin is the monkey! What should I do? ”
"Chief, the Jin Army is going to parade, why don't we sabotage it!" One of his subordinates suggested.
"That is, it is rumored that the emperor is also going to participate in the military parade, why don't we take the opportunity to assassinate him!"
"Actually, it's useless, Song Bing has always been useless, and he wants the Northern Expedition, isn't this looking for death?"
The cadres under your command, you say everything you say, and you keep saying your own opinions.
And Zhao Pusuyi was silent, just listened quietly, and finally shook his head, and said with a somewhat proud expression: "If the Song Dynasty had waited for a few years, at that time in the Northern Expedition, our dynasty would have been really dangerous, but he was too impatient." At this time, I wanted to go on the Northern Expedition, but I was looking for death! The north is mostly plains, which is conducive to cavalry vertical and horizontal, while the Song Dynasty is mostly infantry and is not good at field warfare, isn't this looking for death? As long as my Jurchen Iron Cavalry comes out, the Song army will inevitably collapse! ”
"Don't do anything at this time, the emperor of the Song Dynasty is not so easy to assassinate, assassination will only cost his life in vain; And the emperor of the Song Dynasty also wished that we would sabotage the military parade and catch it all. We only need to observe, and then make an assessment of the combat strength of the Song army, and inform the fourth prince is enough! ”
"I'll save it!"
Su Yi said that he didn't care, saying that the cavalry of the Song Dynasty would not have the upper hand, so they would make a big northern expedition and would inevitably fail, but he was nervous in his heart............
How could the emperor of the Song Dynasty not know these truths, but he still did it, so it can be seen that there must be hole cards.
On the northern plains, cavalry has many advantages, but it does not mean that they are invincible.
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"Your Majesty, our army is mainly infantry, supplemented by cavalry, and there is more than enough to defend the city, and the attack is insufficient, which is not enough for the Northern Expedition. If you wait another three or five years, it will not be too late to go on the Northern Expedition at that time, and the timing of the Northern Expedition will not be right at this time, and once the war is defeated, years of hard work will be reduced to nothing............ Your Majesty, be cautious when sending troops! ”
Wang Shouyi, Yue Fei, Han Shizhong and others were all against the Northern Expedition, and some Wenchen also stood in the sequence of opposition.
These generals understand that the emperor is dictatorial, but not arbitrary.
As long as the reason is reasonable, it will be listened to.
Zhao Pu said: "I also know this truth. It's just that sometimes, it's not that you choose war, it's not that you can fight when you want; But the situation is forced to fight! At this time, the northwest was dangerous, Sichuan and Shaanxi were dangerous, and the Jin State used the strength of the whole country to attack the northwest, and it was impossible to resist it at all by relying on the northwest to resist. We can only attack in four ways to relieve the pressure in the northwest! ”
"Sometimes, knowing that you are going to lose a battle, even if the whole army is annihilated, you have to fight because there is no choice!"
Saying that, Zhao Pu sighed deeply, a little sighing, the situation is out of control.
Originally, he wanted to establish his own base area first, and then engage in the construction of science and technology, economy, military, and political systems in his own territory. During this period, there were basically no wars with external forces. After the farming is completed, he will conquer the world with his strong strength. It's just that it's just a girl, and many times the plan can't catch up with the changes.
The enemy does not leave plenty of time to farm, but will constantly influence, destroy, and finally collapse.
At this moment, blindly avoiding war for the sake of farming will only fall into a catastrophe.
It's like in history, all the emperors of the Southern Song Dynasty were good at farming, but no matter how good the fields were, they blindly felt that their strength was inferior to others, and they blindly avoided wars, and they ended up in vain. And Mao Taizu often fought while farming, won the time to farm, and obtained the capital of the war by farming, and finally came to victory. (To be continued......)
PS: The next update, a little late.