Chapter 186 Xiangyang City

When Li Gang was in power, he wrote ten discussions. These ten discussions seem to be a bit bookish and do not conform to reality, but they are in line with the taste of scholars and public opinion. Don't look at it in the council hall, Zhao Pu will discuss ten times, and the refutation is useless, but it will spread quickly.

Ten discussions: two discussions; "In the situation of the world, Guanzhong is the first-class, followed by Xiangyang and Dengzhou, and Jiankang is second. Today, Chang'an should be the western capital, Xiangyang as the southern capital, and Jiankang as the eastern capital, respectively, appoint vassals, build cities, renovate palaces, and accumulate dry food for the emperor's visit. After the completion of the three capitals, there are three benefits: the first can be used in the name of patrol luck to urge all parties to make the country not too weak; The second item is not to set up a fixed capital, so that the enemy has nothing to watch for me; The third item is that the Quartet hopes that His Majesty will be lucky, and the traitor has nothing to covet. As for Bianliang is the location of the Zongmiao Sheji, which is the foundation of the world, at the beginning of His Majesty's accession to the throne, how could he not see the Zongmiao to calm the hearts of the people in the capital! It is hoped that the edict will be issued first, and in the name of repairing the pilgrimage mausoleum, the date will be selected to visit Bianliang. ”

The second discussion, to put it mildly, is to establish three capitals, which is convenient for organizing the defense line and guarding against the attack of the Jin army; To say that it is ugly, it is convenient to run, Bianliang can't stay still, and runs to Chang'an; Chang'an couldn't stay and ran away to Xiangyang and Dengzhou; Xiangyang Dengzhou couldn't stay, so Wan Jiankang ran away. In short, this is an extremely cunning route.

In the eyes of outsiders, Zhao Pu set out from Yingtianfu in Nanjing, went to Bianliang to reward the three armies, and then came to Xiangyang to "patrol the frontier" and inspect national defense affairs; No one would be stupid enough to say that they can't run away.

At this point, Li Gang has matured politically, and he will cater to the emperor's wishes.

In the era of Song Qinzong, Song Qinzong wanted to run away, but the result was that Li Gang stopped the horse at the head and refused to let him move the capital; Now, it is tactfully proposing a running route, and running is not called running, it is called a patrol.

And Zhao Pu will not patrol for the sake of patrolling. Instead, he walked all the way, inspected all the way, and collected books on local household registration, taxes, and acres of land all the way. In the name of patrolling, he engaged in the investigation work before the law was changed.

Relying on the name of the emperor, you can borrow first-hand information, and let special personnel be responsible for sorting, summarizing, and introducing conclusions step by step............

If you don't look at it, it's shocking.

The gap between urban and rural areas in the Great Song Dynasty is getting bigger and bigger, and the city is becoming more and more prosperous, while the rural farmers are becoming more and more withered. In addition to the regular tax, in the more than 100 years since the founding of the country, there have been many miscellaneous taxes, such as Dingkou tax, cowhide tax, salt tax, qu tax, international tax, agricultural tool tax, Yicang tax, etc., as well as and buying, and buying, and buying, transferring, conversion, head money, etc. have also become miscellaneous taxes in disguise, these miscellaneous taxes are collected chaotically, and vary from place to place, but on the whole, now all these miscellaneous taxes often add up to between three and five times the positive tax; The more complex the tax, the more opportunities there are for local officials and tax collectors to exploit loopholes.

Heavy taxes caused a large number of rural people to flee, and many fled into the city, becoming city vendors, or employed by city trading houses and workshops, which was also a major factor in the extreme prosperity of the Great Song Dynasty market; But the number of people that can be accepted in the city is always limited, and beyond this amount, the rest of the people can only be left in exile, and finally become a chaotic people, and the displaced people join the army, which swells in number and decreases in combat effectiveness.

Zhao Pu felt breathless, as if he was sitting on the crater of a volcano at this time, and the powerful Jin army was attacking, and the internal class contradictions were already very acute, and seemed to be approaching or exceeding the tolerance limit of the people.

Looking at the results of the survey, I felt extremely uncomfortable......

At this time, I understand why Kangxi and Qianlong like to pay private visits to Weifu so much, because they are worried about state affairs, they are depressed, and they need to be released from the outside world, and it is far from what later generations said, for the sake of picking up girls, or for catching corrupt officials.

In a depressed mood, Zhao Pu had a plan for a private visit to Weifu.

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After leaving the camp and entering Xiangyang, Zhao Pu's mood was a little better, observing the situation in Xiangyang along the way, and suddenly felt that everything was taken for granted.

The literati fight, point to there, knock down there, do not look at the terrain at all, do not look at the actual operation, everything is taken for granted.

After careful planning, Zhao Pu planned to establish a base in Xiangyang, because Yue Fei established a base here in later generations, and almost hit Bianliang; In the later period, Xiangyang was the front line against Mongolia, and the battle of Xiangyang besieged Xiangyang for five years before Xiangyang was breached. All this seems to show that the people near Xiangyang are very capable of fighting.

In short, the base area has been established here, and the mass foundation is good. However, after the actual inspection, Zhao Pu fully knew that this place was not suitable as a base area, at least not for now.

Xiangfan area, belonging to the ancient Chu State, Jingzhou in the Han Dynasty, developed earlier, agriculture is more developed, compared with Jiangnan, Chengdu and other places, slightly insufficient, but compared with other regions, it is much richer. This is a wealthy area, and there are few soldiers in the rich areas, and there are few people who want to recruit troops.

Walking into Xiangyang City, I didn't see a trace of the smell of armament warfare, nor did I see a trace of nervousness, let alone the color of martial law in the army. All I saw was people coming and going, the endless flow of people, and the small stalls and vendors on the streets, some shops on both sides, everything was very prosperous, and it seemed to be a prosperous era.

However, in Zhao Pu's eyes, there was some disobedience!!

Now that the Jin army has gone south, the front line is crumbling, and Bianliang doesn't know how long it can hold out.

The lips are dead and the teeth are cold, and the household is in danger!

If it is said, Henan-Shaanxi-Shandong, etc., form the first line of defense against gold;

Then, Hanzhong-Xiangfan-Jianghuai is the second line of defense.

The first line of defense, which at this time is already crumbling; However, Xiangyang, as the second line of defense and an important strategic fulcrum, is still singing and dancing at this time, and it looks very far away from the war. The city walls were not built, the army was not trained, and the market was still prosperous.

Once the Jin army is under the city, can Xiangyang be defended?

Is it strange that you can hold on?

At this moment, Xiangyang seems to be an undefended city, and only 200 cavalry are needed to capture Xiangyang!

"This Xiangyang, not the other Xiangyang!" Zhao Pu looked at Xiangyang and shook his head secretly. At this moment, Xiangyang is far from Xiangyang in the Yue Fei era and Xiangyang in the Meng Wei era.

Elite soldiers are not trained, but fought. And in the land of a hundred battles, it is often the birth of a strong army.

In the Warring States Period, why Zhao gave birth to strong soldiers in the world is because Zhao is in the land of four wars, and there must be a strong army in order to be safe; In Europe, why Germany gave birth to a strong army in the world is because Europe is in the land of four wars, Russia in the east and France in the west, and it must have a strong army to survive.

In later generations, why did the Shaanxi soldiers and the Liaodong Army be the strongest armies in the Ming Dynasty, because these two armies, facing a strong enemy, must fight every day. Continuous war is the best training, as long as you don't die, you are a strong army.

At this time, Xiangyang was still far away from the north and was not affected by the war, so the people were cowardly and lacked martial factors, and only 200 cavalry were needed to conquer it; However, in Yue Fei's era, it was the border line of the Southern Song Dynasty, the border pass, and the frontier of the Northern Expedition. In the Meng Dynasty, the Mongol army invaded the south several times, but it was also in vain, and finally in order to conquer Xiangyang, it took five years to fight.

"No one likes war, but war is the most educational. War is a living textbook, more fascinating than any scripture! ”

In a small shop in Xiangyang, Zhao Pu chose a place to sit down, looked at the scenery outside the window, and suddenly sighed.

Wang Wuyue said to herself: Your Majesty is getting more and more sentimental!

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Restaurants are crowded and the easiest place to get information.

Zhao Pu drank tea while listening carefully to the discussion in the building.

The discussion is very messy, but the focus is on the current political events of the day, the hottest news. And now the hottest news is that His Majesty the Emperor is coming to Xiangyang.

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