On the twentieth day of the lunar month, Zhao Mengqi took a mighty fleet and headed for Lin'an through the canal.

Twenty battalions of Dongwei were accompanying him on the embankment, not that Zhao Mengqi was afraid that he would die and needed so many people to escort him, but that he was arranged in this way due to many factors.

First, after returning to Lin'an, with the power of the lineage in hand, it is safer to do whatever you do.

Second, marching is also a training subject, which is not a new creation of Zhao Mengqi, when Song Taizu formulated the "change of military law", that is, in order to prevent the dictatorship of military generals, but also to strengthen the physical training of soldiers, "so that the road to and fro, to learn to work hard, work and rest."

In the Song Dynasty, there was no special practice subject for the physical strength of soldiers, and strength was generally achieved through bow and crossbow training, while different generals might use different methods for running and jumping abilities, such as Yue Fei's army, "Every division rests, and the class soldiers pay attention to the slope and jump the trench, and they are all heavily armored."

In the absence of horses, Zhao Mengqi could only hope that his troops would have a pair of iron feet to improve their mobility.

Therefore, this kind of fully armed marching training will be normalized, and all battalions of the Dongwei will regularly circulate between Pingjiang and Lin'an.

To accompany this training program, barracks stations were set up at intervals along the route to provide logistical support.

As a result, this section of the canal was also firmly controlled by Zhao Mengqi in disguise.

In addition, there are 5,000 forbidden troops in front of the palace, under the leadership of Shi Huai, who have started two days ahead of schedule and returned to Lin'an.

At the beginning, Lao Zhao sent out 10,000 people, all of whom were relatively elite selected by Old Man Lin, and compared with the current Dongwei, they had more actual combat effectiveness.

It stands to reason that Zhao Mengqi has no choice but to rely on it all in his own hands, but considering the public opinion in the DPRK and China, he will return half of it.

And these 5,000 forbidden troops are basically older, have a small family in Lin'an, and are not so enterprising, and even after they are built, these forbidden troops will probably be biased towards King Yan, and maybe they can expand King Yan's influence in the Lin'an Forbidden Army.

In the past six months, although the forbidden army of the former division of the Ten Thousand Palaces still has the usual military salaries, Zhao Mengqi, who has deep pockets, not only provides them with generous logistics supplies, but also gives them an additional monthly subsidy, which is called the task allowance.

Whether intentionally or not, this is all about buying the hearts of the military.

This kind of thing is still a bit taboo, if Lao Zhao doesn't like him, it will be a big crime to bring it out.

But Zhao Mengqi didn't care, in his mind, even if he was a good baby at that time, he couldn't find any charges, and he would be "unwarranted".

In addition, the 5,000 who remained in Pingjiang, Zhao Meng's name was that he would continue to cooperate with the implementation of the meridian next year.

Now that the meridian boundaries of Pingjiang and Jiaxing have been completed, the results are remarkable, and the redrawn fish scale map and the copy of the newly built anvil base book are being transported back to the household department for archiving.

Before the border, Pingjiang Prefecture included more than 7 million mu of registered farmland.

This time, under the leadership of Zhao Mengqi, the intensity was unprecedented, the implementation was the most thorough, and several measures made the gentry more cooperative, and the final figure was more than 8.3 million mu.

It seems that only about 15% of the hidden fields have been found, but it should be taken into account that during the Shaoxing period more than a hundred years ago, Li Chunnian, with the support of Zhao Jiumei, carried out a relatively successful warp for Pingjiang Mansion, which has greatly reduced the proportion of the hidden field, and then re-warped many times.

This time, compared to the previous one, is definitely the most successful and the one that is closest to the real situation.

Zhao Mengqi vaguely remembered that after Zhang Juzheng in the Ming Dynasty carried out a whip law, the fields in Suzhou seemed to be more than 9 million mu, and the total area of Suzhou in later generations was less than 13 million mu.

In addition to the differences in the units of measurement, there have also been some changes in the scope of the jurisdiction.

Therefore, Zhao Mengqi is quite satisfied with this achievement.

The most important thing is to clarify the ownership of land, eliminate the drawbacks of "no tax for those who have land, and no land for those who have tax", and can maximize the tax according to the property.

This not only allows the poor people to no longer have to bear unjust taxes, but also greatly increases the tax revenue of the government.

This year there was a flood, and the DPRK was

The court exempted the affected areas from the fields, but it is expected that by next year, one million stone will be paid in taxes and grain alone.

This is a lot of figures, because the history of Pingjiang Mansion did not exceed 700,000 stones, and it was usually more than 300,000 stones.

This number is not much, because in the Ming Dynasty, the field endowment set for Suzhou was two million stones.

In addition, the hidden field was converted into official land, and the implementation of grange management could also provide more grain to the imperial court, so that there was no need to supplement the food needs of the imperial court with and buying, so as not to be exploited by the small people again.

In addition to Tian Fu, whether it is the Ming Dynasty or the Song Dynasty, there are other types of taxes, the Ming Dynasty is after the implementation of a whip all the silver, monetized collection.

And Zhao Mengqi also plans to reduce some items when the time is ripe, and then also implement monetized taxes.

The Ming Dynasty had the basis for the implementation of a whip law when there was sufficient silver circulation, but it still forced many people who usually had no silver in their hands to have to sell grain at a low price for silver and pay taxes after the grain harvest.

If Zhao Mengqi wants to avoid similar malpractices, he must first complete the currency reform and the food price protection mechanism.

Political things are like that, they complement each other, step by step, it's complicated to say and it's even more complicated to do.

If Zhao Mengqi is allowed to operate it himself, then he will definitely not have the ability, and the key is that he doesn't have to do it himself.

Wu Qian, Ma Guangzu, Xie Fangshu, Jiang Wanli, Yang Dong, Ye Mengding, etc., which one is not a veteran in governance?

As long as he speaks his ideas, after verifying the feasibility, these people will naturally improve the details, and if there are defects or improprieties, they will also try to make up for them.

When he returned to Lin'an this time, Jiang Wanli brought more than 600 students with him, although most of them were not from Lin'an, but they should be rewarded for their meritorious service.

At the beginning, Zhao Mengqi promised that as long as they passed the assessment, they would be released.

Now the results of the Jingjie are a perfect answer, and when Zhao Mengqi returns to Lin'an, he will start to operate in the court, and at least he has to find a nine-grade official body for them.

Of course, even if they have official status, most of these people will still work in the economic world for three or five years, and then slowly fill in other positions and become Zhao Mengqi's political descendants.

There is another group of people in the fleet, that is, the "bankers" led by Zhao Heyun.

At this time, it is of course a joke to say that they are bankers, but a few years later, it is indeed them who are the bulls of the Song Dynasty.

The next step for them to do is to establish the Lin'an sub-head office of the Great Song Royal Bank, because the economic center in Zhao Mengqi's mind is Pingjiang Mansion, and the head office will definitely not move.

In general, Zhao Mengqi's trip to Pingjiang Mansion has gained a lot, and to put it mildly, it is a double harvest of love and career......

The boat traveled slowly, and finally arrived in Lin'an on the fourth day.

The place of stop is the wharf two miles north of Yanwangfu, which departed from here and returned here today.

It's just that the scene has become very different from the original.

What used to be a small pier that could dock two or three boats has now been dug up in a semicircular bay with a diameter of one mile.

On the shore, there are neatly arranged large warehouses, square masonry and cement structures, and the roofs are still herringbone.

The arc-shaped embankment built with large stones and reinforced with cement stretches out to the water surface every 20 zhang distance, and the permanent trestle bridge with a length of 30 zhang and a width of 3 zhang stretches out to the water surface.

There are berths on both sides of the trestle, which can berth at least six canal boats at the same time, and nine trestle bridges are at least more than 50 boats of the largest specification.

On the trestle, there are some equipment like tower cranes in later generations, which are more than one zhang to two zhang high, which are used for loading and unloading goods.

This earth tower crane was naturally spawned by Zhao Mengqi, and the principle of levers and pulleys was used, and the Song people had this application, and it was not difficult to build.

In the middle of the trestle is paved with hardwood tracks wrapped in iron sheets, and special transport vehicles can save a lot of effort when driving on them, and it is easy to pull three to five thousand catties with a cow.

It is said that this should be the best and most convenient wharf in Da Song at present, but all the berths are empty and seem to be very sluggish

If you don't look at the crowd on the shore.

Seeing this situation, Zhao Mengqi on the ship was very stunned.

Qian Duo was even more surprised, "How can there be so many people, I'm afraid it's not half of Lin'an's people who are here."

Half of Lin'an is too exaggerated, there are definitely twenty or thirty thousand people.

"Are they here to meet us?"

Zhao Yun's eyes flashed wide, his face was just curious, and he was no longer as cramped and uneasy as he was half a year ago.

Zhao Mengqi frowned, "It's definitely going to pick us up, it's just ......."

It's just that something is wrong, to welcome a prince who has been playing outside for half a year, can you use such a big battle?

With doubts, Zhao Mengqi's boat sailed to the center of the bayshore and landed directly on the embankment.

A relatively large open space was separated by the forbidden army, and dozens of official-looking people were waiting.

Chang Geng led the East Fifth Class Janissary to get off the ship first and set up a guard.

Zhao Mengqi saw this posture on the shore, which was obviously an official move, so he asked a few little ladies to wait on the boat first, and he went ashore with Jiang Wanli.

When he walked three feet away from the official train, all the officials waved their hands in unison, and Jiang Wanli, who was two steps behind him, hurriedly dodged to the side.

"Ministers greet His Royal Highness King Yan and invite De'an."

Zhao Mengqi, who was confused, waved his hand in return, "Little Wang An, Zhu Qing is flat."

After the ceremony, Yang Dong, a servant of the official department who was in the front row of the officials, took an edict from the tray held by the scribe on the side.

"There is a decree, announce it to King Yan."

This edict is a bit long, and after looking up, it is Zhao Mengqi's long list of official titles, and he can't even read it in one breath.

The general meaning of the content is that Zhao Mengqi has made a lot of contributions in the past six months, such as destroying the rebels, fighting floods, retreating hurricanes, relieving food shortages, repairing water conservancy, reassuring people's livelihood, traveling through the border, revitalizing industry and commerce, revitalizing the economy, etc., all of which are great contributions to the community, Lao Zhao is very happy and extremely proud of his son.

So after careful consideration, Lao Zhao decided to marry his son as soon as possible, and after getting married, he officially held the ceremony of establishing the prince.

Zhao Mengqi was a little dizzy after hearing this, it turned out that he had made so many great achievements unconsciously?

However, even if there is really no other way to reward yourself, there is no need to yell and announce that you want to make yourself the crown prince as soon as you arrive in Lin'an, right?

What does Lao Zhao want to do?