The strategy for conquest of the Zhu thief is finalized, and all that remains is to perfect the details.

All the yamen were running rapidly, and Wang Hao once again levied the free money, this time according to the number of acres of land, and the whole country had to levy 40 million yuan.

Don't think it's outrageous, ordinary people can make up the money by squeezing it.

Historically, the Great Song Dynasty redeemed the Yanjing area, not only to provide relief and resettlement to the Liao people, but also to give Guo Yaoshi money, food, and soldiers.

Where does all this food and money come from?

Part of it is transported by Hebei, Shandong, and Hedong, and the rest is all collected from people from all walks of life. If the money is not enough, the money will be levied, and if the money is not enough, the total money will be invented.

When the tax collection document was issued, the news that Zhu Thief had become big could not be hidden.

Naturally, the people of Tokyo were the first to know, and the streets and alleys were talking about it. Especially when burning honeycomb coal, people often think of Zhu Tanhua, and then sigh at the Zhu thief in Hanzhong.

Zhang Taowo drank sullen wine at home, he was also a Tanhualang, and there were many in-laws in the family. Even if his father offended the emperor, Zhang Tao has been promoted several times over the years, and he has been promoted from Bi Yonglu to secretary provincial orthography, school secretary, and book writer.

After two more years, you can either be a scholar in the middle school, or you can go out to Zhizhou, and the starting point of your career can be much higher than that of Qin Hui.

Now it's over, my brother-in-law rebelled, and my father was a thief.

Zhang Tao didn't even have an idle job in the end, so he directly asked him to wait for the vacancy.

"Da Lang, He Yushi is here." Servant report.

Zhang Tao took the wine cup and said, "Please let him in." ”

He Su paced to the house, sat down around the charcoal basin, stretched out his hands to the fire, and when his body warmed up a little, he said, "What are your plans?" ”

Zhang Tao smiled bitterly: "What else can I do?" My brother-in-law rebelled and became a thief, and my father was also falsely accused of being a thief, so it's good that I can stay in the capital and wait for the vacancy. Others can't avoid it, why should Brother Wen Jin wade into troubled waters, you will definitely be impeached when you come to my house. ”

"Someone has already been impeached, and there are many lice that don't itch, and there are many debts." He Su can see it.

Due to the appreciation of Song Huizong, he was promoted quickly, and was appointed by the emperor as the imperial historian within a few years. Some people in the Cai Party were jealous, impeached He Su as Su Shi's township party, and agreed with Su Shi's learning, so He Su was exiled as the prefect of Suining.

Cai Jing stepped down, Wang Hao was the prime minister, and He Su was immediately recalled.

Anyway, as long as there is no personal vendetta, which one is suppressed by the Cai Party, Wang Hao will reuse it.

Nowadays, He Su is already a member of the three products, the head of the official, and the middle of the imperial history. Among Zhu Ming's fellow scholars, this gentleman is the best.

Zhang Tao said: "Brother Wen Jin, you are the middle prince of the imperial history, it is better to resign as soon as possible, and the upright ministers all say that you are a vegetarian meal." ”

"What do they know?" He Su sneered, "Wang Huang Sheng's family is long, how can he be brought down at this time?" We must see the opportunity to make another difficulty, so that Wang Hao and his henchmen will never turn over! ”

He Su can be regarded as having a good time, and he is not as reckless as when he was first admitted to the top prize.

He has been forbearing, and by showing his literary talent, he quickly won the love of Song Huizong. He also turned a blind eye to the criminal acts of the traitorous party, anyway, he promoted the official first, and then stabbed him at the best opportunity.

In history, He Su connected seven letters and finally brought down Wang Hao, and he was demoted to the governor of Taizhou.

Zhang Tao poured wine for He Su, and asked drunkly, "Will my father be a thief?" ”

He Su shook his head: "I don't know." I still haven't figured out why Zhu Chenggong rebelled. He wants to help the community and help the people, but he can endure it like me, and the official family loves him very much, and he can be promoted to the center in a few years. When the time comes, I will join forces with him to do something, and I will surely sweep the traitor out of the court! ”

Zhang Tao smiled bitterly: "How can someone who can write "Song of Righteousness" rub sand in their eyes? ”

"Alas!"

He Su sighed, and his mood was extremely heavy.

After he was admitted to the top prize, he has been an official in the capital, and he doesn't know much about the changes in the current situation. waited until he was slandered and accused of being the Su Shi Township Party, and he was released to be the prefect, and what he saw and heard along the way finally made He Su feel how difficult it was for the people.

At the same time, I also understand that if we continue to expropriate like that, all states and counties will collapse.

The defeat of Liao, the whole country swarmed, and the Zhu family father and son occupied Sichuan, how else could this Great Song Dynasty be saved? I'm afraid that if I can't wait for my impeachment of Wang Huang, the world will be in chaos.

Zhang Tao joked: "My brother-in-law occupies Sichuan, so those people in the Wang family are not in a hurry?" ”

He Su said: "What are they anxious about? It has long been separated and moved out of Sichuan to settle outside for two or three generations. As early as two months ago, Sichuan officials in the central government went up and down every once in a while, asking the imperial court to quickly send troops to suppress the thieves. The imperial court has no soldiers and no food to use, what can it do to recover Sichuan? ”

He Su is also from Sichuan, and his hometown has been occupied by Zhu Ming.

Zhang Tao continued to drink, complaining about his brother-in-law Zhu Ming in his heart, and hating the faint gentleman, who drank unconscious around the charcoal fire.

……

Sha.

Without waiting for Zhu Ming to rebel, Li Gang offended the emperor again, and was thrown to Shaxian County to collect taxes for arguing about the government.

"Mr. Motang, you teach a good student." Li Gang poured wine for Chen Yuan.

Chen Yuan said angrily: "He's not my student!" ”

Li Gang said with a smile: "Your student can not admit it, but my brother-in-law has to admit it." Let's wait, if the Zhu thief can't be exterminated overnight, I, the official of the tax supervisor of Shaxian County, can't do it. The father-in-law is really a good eye, and he chose such a son-in-law. ”

Chen Yuan lamented: "The study of Taoism has many remarks that criticize the king. Zhu Chenggong plotted rebellion, and Taoism was completely reduced to the study of anti-thieves, and the governor and county ordered to come to our academy every three or five times to search for banned books. Now I am teaching students, and I have to arrange for people to stand guard at the entrance of the village, and preaching and teaching is like plotting rebellion. ”

"Then Your Excellency will stop teaching Taoism and learning, and it will be fine to teach Luoxue and Xinxue instead." Li Gang said.

Chen Yuan shook his head: "How can you waste food and things because of choking?" ”

In fact, there are other reasons, Fujian people are many and the land is narrow, and those who rely on the sea can still go to the sea to earn money, and the inland mountainous areas can only farm.

Fujian tea is very popular, but the Royal Tea Farm is here, constantly encroaching on private tea mountains to expand the area, and also buying private tea at a low price as a tribute. Coupled with constant taxation, tea plantation owners have been left struggling to make ends meet.

Moreover, those generals under Fang La's command also wreaked havoc on half of Fujian.

As a Confucian student, watching the villagers become monks in large numbers, their own livelihood is becoming more and more difficult, and they all have grievances against the court in their hearts.

Many of Zhu Ming's writings, as well as various theories of Taoism, were easily accepted by Fujian scholars. Even if Zhu Ming became a thief, the scholars were unwilling to give up the doctrine, and even sympathized with Zhu Ming in private.

Zhu Ming's "University Chapters and Sentences", "The Mean Chapters and Sentences", and "Righteous Songs" are still quietly spreading in Fujian, and more and more readers are coming into contact with these articles.

Chen Yuan looked to the northwest, poured his own wine and drank it, and actually had some expectations in his heart.

Maybe the Zhu family father and son can establish a new dynasty!

……

Deng Cheng.

Qian Chen took a few relatives and quietly came to the Wei family manor.

When he left home, he had a big fight with his wife.

The reason for the quarrel was, of course, that he was going to Hanzhong to become a thief.

Qian Chen's idea was very simple, although he donated food to buy another driver's body, no one in the southeast region was looking at him at all. There are big clans all over there, what is a don't drive?

The family business is managed by a brother, so he doesn't need to worry about it at all. And brothers, friends, brothers, and brothers, have never had conflicts.

With nothing to do all day, Qian Chen was so idle that he was moldy, and he missed the days when he was an official under Zhu Ming.

What's more, if it weren't for Zhu Ming reminding him to flee, the Qian family's property would have been robbed by Fang La.

"Mr. Qian is going to Hanzhong?" Wei Yingshi asked in a low voice.

Qian Chen said: "It's not a secret, I planned to go over and have a look, but the government has blocked the waterway." ”

Wei Yingshi smiled and said, "How can it be blocked?" The Xiang Army, which was responsible for blocking the waterway, was smuggling grain to Golden State. I am afraid that many of the military rations raised by Jingnan Road have been sold to Zhu Xianggong. This matter can only be done by the Xiang army, at least it must be involved. ”

"At such a time, the judgment still dares to sell military rations for corruption?" Qian Chen felt outrageous.

Wei Yingshi said: "At this time, it is convenient to sell military rations, how can there be military rations to sell in Jingxi Road in peacetime?" ”

Qian Chen sneered: "The Great Song Dynasty should perish!" ”

Jingnan Road is vast and sparsely populated, not only does it not have a transfer envoy or deputy envoy, but it also does not have a transfer judge, and it is still sharing a set of transfer system with Jingxi North Road.

In order to raise military rations, Li Shichang was sentenced by Jingxi Road Transport and rushed from Luoyang to Xiangyang to sit in the town.

This guy found that Jingnan Road was as poor as a ghost, there were many officials watching the normal taxes, and the local officials were also responsible for buying grain, and even the military salaries were uniformly stored in the Xiangyang official warehouse. What he can do is those military rations that are constantly being transferred, and he really dares to sell them to Hanzhong in exchange for real money.

Moreover, it is very difficult to find out, and the loss of grain during transit is very normal, not to mention that a lot of grain is pulled out of the mouths of officers and soldiers.

At present, Jingnan Road has relied on the autumn tax to recruit homeless young people to serve as an army, and the garrison is close to 20,000 soldiers. Just wait for the forbidden army to arrive, and they can kill Jinzhou together.

But the 20,000 Xiang army is currently starving, because Yun Ju collaborated with the military generals to deduct military rations and secretly sell them to thieves.

Wei Yingshi came up with an idea and said: "If Your Excellency wants to go to Hanzhong, I can help contact the Xiang Army, and I will go by a grain smuggling ship." ”

Qian Chen asked, "You don't want to vote for Mr. Zhu?" ”

Wei Yingshi said with a smile: "It's more useful for me to stay in Dengcheng, and all the fine works sent out by Hanzhong will come to my house." The information on the entire southern road, as well as the Lianghuai and Jingnan roads, was also collected by me and then sent to Hanzhong. ”

"I see." Qian Chen suddenly realized.

A few days later, Qian Chen boarded a grain ship and swaggered through the checkpoint to Jinzhou.

And in Tokyo, the golden envoy Li Jing also arrived, and packaged and sold the entire land of Youzhou.

Although he was short of money, Song Huizong still wanted to buy: "How much?" ”

Wang Hao replied: "Six million guan." ”

Song Huizong was very satisfied with the price: "But it is also cheap. ”

Wang Hao said: "Six million yuan a year, the Jin people say that this money is tax rent. ”

"Every year? The golden people are poor and crazy! Song Huizong was furious, "Tell the envoy of the Jin State that a maximum of 100,000 guan will be given every year, and the annual coins given to the Liao State can also be transferred to the Jin State." When negotiating, 200,000 yuan a year is fine, but don't expose our foundation. ”

"Yes!"

Wang Hao bowed down and arranged for special personnel to be in charge of the negotiations.

(End of chapter)