Winter turns to spring, and the snow melts.

Zhang Juhou even spent the Spring Festival in the reclamation area, and he wanted to know how the people at the bottom would celebrate the New Year.

But the peasants told him that it was only called the New Year now, and they used to be all about the New Year.

Because yeoman farmers could not afford to pay heavy taxes, or tenants could not afford to pay rent, they had to borrow usury from the landlords. Every year when Chinese New Year's Eve is approaching, the landlord will inevitably send people to collect the debt, even if he knows that the borrower cannot afford to pay it, he must symbolically force it, so as to remind the peasants to remember the kindness of the creditor.

What happened to Yang Bailao and the white-haired girl did not happen often in the real world, because the landlords rarely forced the peasants to death.

Unless, the landlord has his eye on the peasant's land, or the peasant's daughter. In this way, they will go crazy to collect debts and force the peasants to hand over something.

Under normal circumstances, the landlord is still very "kind".

Just when Zhang Juhou was writing the script, Song Huizong also issued a decree: pardon the thieves among the refugees in Lianghe and Jingxi, and the homeless people and thieves who returned to their hometowns to farm the land were exempted from paying taxes for one year.

I have to say that Cai You did a human thing.

The Xicheng Office of the eunuch Li Yan also cooperated with the policy, and the displaced people who had just returned to their hometowns couldn't squeeze out any oil and water. Tax exemption will be given to the homeless people for one year, so that they can live and farm, and they can be exploited again next year.

Then, Cai You once again implemented good governance, abolished Changping Divisions across the country, and no longer allowed Changping Divisions to loot the people.

Then, the old system of the three central provinces was restored, so that the imperial court could function normally.

These two operations are beneficial to the country and the people, and if they had been implemented ten years ago, perhaps Cai You would have been able to achieve some results.

However, if it is implemented now, it is tantamount to self-destruction and can only have the opposite effect.

Changping Division is one of the three major local institutions, and it has been suddenly abolished, how can so many officials be placed?

Moreover, because Chang Pingsi has sufficient oil and water, all the officials have backgrounds. Suddenly abolishing their yamen, these people will inevitably compete for other important posts, and the few officials who can still do things will also be squeezed out.

As for the three provinces that were dysfunctional by Song Huizong, Cai You suddenly wanted to let the three provinces reinstate, so the first reaction of the officials of the three provinces who gained power was not to do the right thing for the imperial court, but how to fight for power within the department, and how to fight for power between departments!

The center has become more chaotic, and officials in the three provinces have patted Cai You's ass, hoping that they can gain more real power.

Cai You made these good governance because of the bad situation, which he obviously couldn't bear and desperately wanted to restore order at the central and local levels.

However, good intentions do bad things, and the same policy, implemented in different situations, achieves the opposite effect.

Song Huizong couldn't bear it, so he agreed to return to the three provinces.

even planned to restore the old law of Yuanfeng and completely declare the failure of his "reform" - the moths that Song Huizong has engaged in over the years have all been under the guise of changing the law, and he held high the banner of Wang Anshi, which made Wang Anshi's reputation stink.

In February, Yelu Yanxi, a grassland tourism expert, went from the grassland to the desert without waiting for the snow to melt, enjoying the beautiful scenery of the great rivers and mountains all the way.

It's a pity that this Tianzuo Emperor didn't go well when he traveled, and there was always a guy named Yan Lou who was chasing him. After walking around the desert and grassland, Emperor Tianzuo ran to Shanxi again, and was finally caught up by Wanyan Lou there.

Emperor Tianzuo was captured, and the Liao Kingdom perished!

……

The Jin Kingdom Shangjing had just been renamed Huining (Harbin), and the imperial city was still under construction.

The imperial city has not yet been repaired, let alone the imperial palace, and a group of nobles of the Jin Kingdom are recuperating in Tokyo (Liaoyang) at the moment.

"Your Majesty, the Lord of Liao has been caught, and he should go all out to attack Song!" Wanyan Zonghan pouted and started this product, which was called sticky by the Song people.

Jin Taizong Wu begged to be noncommittal, and turned his head to look at Prime Minister Wan Yan Xianye: "What do you think?" ”

It didn't matter if he was slanted, he replied: "It's okay to fight, it's okay not to fight." You can play this year, and you can play next year. ”

The older generation of the Jin Kingdom was really not active in attacking the Song Dynasty. They are old, they have destroyed the Liao Kingdom, and they have robbed enough women and goods, all of them are in high positions, and they are also willing to enjoy their old age in peace.

Those who can't wait are all the younger generation!

Wanyan Zongwang said: "If you want to fight, hurry up, the messenger who congratulated Lord Song on his birthday has returned." The envoy reported that many homeless people could also be seen in the suburbs of Tokyo in the Song Kingdom, and there were thieves in Hebei and Shandong. There was also a Zhu thief who occupied the Sichuan Gorge and the Jingxi South Road, and defeated the four-way officers and soldiers sent by the Emperor of the Song State. There is another bell thief, who is the emperor on Jinghu Road. At this time, going south, the Song army must be difficult to resist! ”

"Get the map." Wu Qimai exclaimed.

The waiter immediately brought a map of the Northern Song Dynasty, which was captured from the Liao State, and only roughly delineated the roads and roads of the Northern Song Dynasty.

The waiter immediately brought a map of the Northern Song Dynasty, which was captured from the Liao State, and only roughly delineated the roads and roads of the Northern Song Dynasty.

Wanyan Zongwang stepped forward, pointed to the map and said, "There are a total of twenty-three roads in the Song Kingdom, five of which are occupied by the Zhu thief and two by the Zhong thief. Shandong Hebei Fourth Road, I heard that there are also thieves everywhere. In this way, there are only twelve roads left in the Song Kingdom, and the number of troops is still insufficient compared to the time of the Liao War. ”

Wanyan Zonghan said: "Since the Zhong thief is the emperor, then don't worry about him. Zhu Thief has not yet been proclaimed emperor, or even king, but Zhu Thief can be canonized as the king of Hanzhong County, and he was ordered to send troops from the south to attack the Song Dynasty. When Kaifeng is broken, you can also support Zhu Thief to be the emperor, let him rule the Han land, and pay New Year's coins and taxes every year. ”

The prime minister also said: "If you don't fight, you won't fight, if you want to fight, you will destroy the Song Kingdom, and take Kaifeng as Nanjing, the Jin State, and we will all move over." The Han family system is still excellent, and Jin Guonan can learn to speak Chinese and read Han history books and classics. Accept Han'er as subjects, let them farm for us, and contribute a lot of money to pay taxes every year. It's just that there is one thing that can't be learned, the civil officials of the Song State look down on the military generals, and the military generals can't fight. ”

Wu Qimai, as the emperor of the Jin Kingdom, thought more about things, and only said: "The matter of moving Nanjing to Kaifeng can be discussed slowly." ”

The system of the Jin State was perfected in the hands of Wu Qimai. If the Manchu Qing Dynasty is used as a metaphor, Wu Qimai plays the role of Huang Taiji.

He rarely fights in his own hands anymore, and now he only does two things: one is to take power, and the other is to govern the people.

The power of the prime minister (Bo Jilie) is too great, and Wu Qimai is waiting for Xian to die of illness.

If Xianye dies of illness, the power of the new prime minister will be reduced again by Wu Qimai, which will greatly strengthen the centralization of power by the emperor of the Jin State.

Under the repeated instigation of the young nobles of the "Zong" generation, Wu Qimai finally made a decision and said: "I sent troops in April and went to Handi, just in time for Han'er to harvest wheat. This time I went south, mainly to loot goods, especially to bring back a lot of grain. Although the Song soldiers are weak, the territory is large, and I am afraid that they will not perish suddenly. It's like hunting, when you encounter a tiger or a bear, you have to shoot a few arrows and bleed first. A sick beast is also a beast of prey, and it is only when the blood of the beast is drained that it can be truly hunted home. ”

In fact, Wu Qimai decided to attack the Song Dynasty, in addition to robbing goods and grain, and passing on domestic contradictions, it was also to digest and integrate the remnants of the Liao State.

The Jin Kingdom has expanded too rapidly in recent years, doubling and doubling and doubling the land area, and there is still a problem of indigestion.

The remnants of the Liao State, the local tribes of the Liao State, although nominally subordinated to the Jin State, it was difficult for Wu Qimai to rule effectively.

You can integrate those semi-independent forces in the process of attacking the Song State by fighting a war!

The foundation of the Jin State was too weak, and although it had a strong military force, in terms of internal affairs, it was far inferior to the Manchu Qing before entering the customs.

Let's put it this way, under the reform of Huang Taiji, the Manchu people in the Northeast have pieced together the concept of Manchu, and the status of the Manchus is higher than that of other ethnic groups. And in the Jin State under the rule of Wu Qimai, there are countless Jurchen people, who are making slaves for other nationalities, and they need to be redeemed in order to convert Jurchen slaves into free people.

From the Aguta era, until Wu Qimai died of illness, he has been ransom Jurchen slaves for the people.

Today's Jin State may still have a large number of Jurchen slaves in the homes of the Han people!

Wu Qimai didn't dare to mess with the heroes of all ethnic groups, so he could only look for various opportunities to start. Once he messes up, the Jin Kingdom will inevitably rebel everywhere, and those wealthy clans are all local snakes that have been developed for hundreds of years.

At the beginning of March, the Jin State began its domestic mobilization and ordered the wealthy clans in various places to lead troops south to attack the Song Dynasty.

Jin Bing didn't even have enough food and grass, so he waited to go to the territory of the Song Kingdom to harvest wheat.

At the same time, the envoys of the Song State were completely expelled, and the Song people were not allowed to enter the checkpoints. The reason is that the Song State did not give food in its debts, and also accepted the rebel generals of the Jin State, and since then it has cut off diplomatic relations with the Great Song Dynasty.

Song Huizong was shocked and sent an envoy to the Jin State again to restore diplomatic relations.

This time, the Song envoy couldn't get in and was stopped outside Lu Longsai, unable to detect that the Jin State was transferring troops.

Tong Guan, Cai You and others vaguely guessed that there would be a change in the Jin Kingdom, and ordered the border generals and ministers of the Great Song Dynasty to prepare for defense. Their idea is very simple, that is, to use fortified cities to block the Jin soldiers from moving south. When the Jin soldiers are tired, they will come up with some money to negotiate peace, and at most the annual annual coin will be increased.

Treating the Liao State and Western Xia, the Great Song Dynasty also had such a strategy, could the Jin soldiers still be able to kill Kaifeng?

As long as Jin Bing does not cross the Yellow River, Tong Guan and Cai You will have the confidence to negotiate peace!

……

In February, Zhang Juhou's first script was released, called "Xia Nanyang".

The plot combines a lot of real materials to describe the story of a couple of peasant men and women who were once married, because of the exploitation of the government and the oppression of the inferior gentry, and went to Nanyang to reclaim the wasteland.

In the end, the heroine dies halfway through, and the hero's wife dies as well. Both sides of the family were ruined, and the male protagonist married the heroine's sister and lived a promising new life in Nanyang.

And the younger brother of the actor also joined the Sichuan Gorge Righteous Army and made great contributions in the Battle of Gangneung.

After reading it, Zhu Ming praised Zhang Juhou: "It's very well written, old man, go back and arrange it, and show my personal soldiers in Xiangyang to see the effect first." By the way, the title of the play was changed to "Nanyang Dream". ”

"The old decay must be carefully choreographed!" Zhang Juhou solemnly bowed his hand.

(End of chapter)