Chapter 441: Searching for a New World
Li Gang is dead!
Zhao Pu felt a little sad in his heart!
In this era, medical conditions were poor, life expectancy was low, and most people died in their forties and fifties. Some long-lived people can live to the point where they lose a lot, that is, they live a long life. And more often, when he suffers from a minor illness, he dies in the army.
This year, Li Gang died at the age of 52, which is not considered an early death.
Li Gang is a courtier, more like a father.
Song Huizong is a prodigal child, not only has no interest in state affairs, but also has no interest in his children, either immersed in picking up girls or immersed in the palace of art, and has little concern for Zhao Pu.
When he was very young, Zhao Pu began to mess around in Bianliang, and he never enjoyed his father's love since he was a child.
When he ascended the throne as emperor, Zhao Pu was only seventeen years old, and at that time he had no experience as an emperor, trembling, and extremely unconfident in himself.
At that time, thanks to Li Gang's assistance, he was able to get through the most difficult days.
During that time, Li Gang was responsible for taking care of the government, so that he had no worries about the future, and he could easily train his troops and fight against the Jin army.
Later, because of political discord and because Li Gang made a series of mistakes, the two began to distance themselves and their relationship began to deteriorate. Later, Qin Hui became the prime minister, and he even cut some of Li Gang's power, and the relationship became even more estranged.
And this time, for the sake of colonial strategy, he completely fell out with Li Gang.
Although Li Gang was not demoted, Li Gang was put in a semi-retired state.
Actually, in this matter, Li Gang is not to blame. Li Gang is a literati, a literati from Confucianism, who has paid attention to loyalty, filial piety, courtesy, righteousness and shame since childhood. He is a staunch lover of pacifism and allows him to support wars of aggression. Supporting colonial invasions is difficult for some strongmen.
But he is a king, as a king, the interests of the country must come first, and for the interests of the country, when it is necessary to do bad things, he still has to do it; We should do things that have been stinking for thousands of years, and we still have to do them.
Thinking back to everything about Li Gang. Zhao Pu couldn't help but feel empty in his heart, feeling very lonely.
Now, he is twenty-seven years old. But he still had no children, and one day he died, and he knew who to make the emperor.
In the harem, there are countless beauties. There are countless beauties. But there are only a few people who are really caring, such as Wang Wuyue and Ruixue.
Among the Manchu courtiers, most of them are extremely strangers, and there are few confidants to talk about; There is no one who talks about heart-to-heart.
"Over the years, too many people have died, too many people have left...... Life is really lonely like snow! Zhao Pu sighed faintly, too many courtiers. Too many enemies left, I don't know how many years later. There are still a few people alive and a few people can see.
Zong Wang died, died of heat stroke, and more often died in the power struggle. At the moment when Zong Wang died, Zhao Pu felt extremely happy at that time, and he had died a great enemy, but now he has some regrets. After Zong Wang's death, there were no more mature politicians in the Jin Kingdom, they were all a group of crooked melons and cracked dates, and they made repeated mistakes in politics.
Lou Mu also died, dying of disease, dragged to death by the war. When Lou Mu died, Zhao Pu felt lucky, the flower of the famous generals of the Jin Army, fell. But now that I think about it, it's a little regrettable, the most capable general in the Jin country is dead, and there is no more famous general in the Jin country!
Not long ago, Zong Han also died.
Died in anger, died in a failed power struggle. He is just a famous general, and he is okay to fight, but politically, he is very mentally retarded. The power was elevated step by step, and the younger brother under his command was purged step by step, and died a tragic death.
Not long ago, Wu Qimai, the emperor of the Jin Kingdom, also died!
The elder brother is too capable, and the younger brother is often incompetent. Song Taizu is too capable, and his younger brother Song Taizong is too wasteful, and he was defeated during the Northern Expedition to Liao, which also laid a big hidden danger for future generations; Jin Taizu was too capable of fighting with his bones, and his younger brother Wu begged to buy some waste, which set off the internal fighting of Jin, which consumed too much strength of the Jin State, and adopted the wrong strategy, losing the best opportunity to destroy the Song Dynasty again and again, and watching the Song army recover its combat strength step by step.
Zhao Pu's goal was achieved, he was too young, when he became the emperor, he was only seventeen years old, and now he is only twenty-seven years old, but he has consumed the older generation of elites of the Jin Army, and there is only a wine bag and rice bag left. At this moment, the new generation of Jinguo has not yet been cultivated.
At this moment, some of the older generation of the Song Dynasty also died one after another, Wang Boyan died, Huang Qianshan died, Qin Hui died, and Li Gang also died......
Too many people died, and a new generation began to come to power.
"Li Gang goes all the way!"
Zhao Pu said silently.
Soon, Li Gang began to mourn, and the holy decree came, first with official positions and titles, and then with the title of loyalty, as a memory, and for Li Gang's descendants, he was given official positions, given preferential treatment, and given priority to appointment.
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September wind, autumn is cool!
The colonization strategy of the Great Song Dynasty also began completely.
In the past, in the past dynasties, there were also Tuntian as the name, or the development of the frontier as the name, and the migration of people to the frontier, mostly based on the government. In the process of migration, more than one official was corrupt, lacked food, suffered from hunger and cold, and worked incessantly, resulting in the death of many immigrants on the way.
And this time, Zhao Pu abandoned the imperial court and gave up the imperial court to organize immigrants, but mainly focused on business.
Merchants are contracted to carry immigrants to their designated destinations, and coins are given according to the number of heads.
The rebellion, the displaced people who were flattened, and the displaced people from all over the country, about 300,000 people, were relocated to the island of Taiwan.
At this time, the insurance business is also launched, as long as a certain amount of insurance money is paid. If you have an accident overseas, if the incident is true, you can get a certain amount of insurance according to the ratio.
The South China Sea Fleet began to be established, and the navy numbered a huge number, with hundreds of ships, most of which were huge ships suitable for ocean-going voyages, and would carry out escort missions. At the same time, on some islands in the sea, small fortresses were built, which could be regarded as rudimentary sea posts.
A naval fleet, the Song Army, of about 2,000 men, began to advance into the Ryukyu Islands, establishing a naval base, and becoming a bridgehead to Japan in the north and the South Seas in the south.
In the Quanzhou Shipyard, about 20,000 giant sea ships were launched.
Some government-run shipyards began to raise funds and raise shares, and the nature of some government offices gradually changed to that of commercial offices. The imperial court only controlled the five layers of equity, and was only responsible for supervising the financial situation, only specific dividends, and the specific management was handed over to a series of merchants.
Soon, the imperial court issued an order to encourage going to sea and encouraging the purchase of ocean-going vessels, which only need to pay a three-tier deposit, and then pay in installments, and pay off the principal with interest within five years, you can buy some ocean-going vessels.
The imperial court sent envoys to Japan.
A fleet began to move south, all the way south, in search of the "New World", drawing charts along the way, bringing back some of the local wild plants and animals. those wild plants, which may be a new source of food; Those wild animals, may be new domestic animals.
The Age of Discovery has begun! (To be continued......)