A few days ago, taking advantage of the siege on a stormy night, the Qi army did not suffer much losses except for grain and grass.

There were less than 200 dead and wounded, most of whom were injured by falling in the dark, and few were actually killed or injured in the battle.

On the contrary, the 30,000 Song troops who carried out the siege suffered more than 2,000 casualties.

It stands to reason that this was a big defeat, but the Seven Buddhas were ecstatic.

As long as the Qi army retreats, the strategic goal has been achieved, and this number of casualties is nothing.

He secretly preached in Fujian for two years, and with a large number of followers under his command, and controlled a number of officials with the Bliss Pill, he had Fujian firmly in his hands with almost no effort.

Sun Wang didn't understand why His Majesty was interested in Chinese medicine, but as a courtier, he naturally had to answer His Majesty's questions, so he reminded: "Your Majesty, there are a lot of millet planted in the palace. ”

His Majesty's sudden ban on planting a single flower in the whole country is really a bit absurd.

In the past, some officials secretly colluded with Fang Qifo for the sake of profit, which is understandable, after all, as long as this kind of thing is not put on the surface, everything is in the past.

The worm replied in a loud voice, and then hurried away.

"King Min, Nagong is a minister?"

Xiao Worm continued: "In addition, the spies in Nanjian Prefecture discovered a strange thing, the government confiscated hundreds of hectares of fertile land, changed rice to medicine, and planted a large number of millet. ”

"Out of the way."

Suddenly, Han Zhen frowned.

Han Zhen said loudly: "The cabinet intends to promulgate all state capitals, counties and counties, from today onwards, it is strictly forbidden to plant millet in the territory of Qi State, and those that have been planted will be immediately eradicated and destroyed. ”

Fang Qifo didn't kill the officials, and what is even more strange is that a group of officials large and small in Fujian chose to surrender and take refuge in Fang Qifo.

At present, in this world, the big cannibals are living a little well, and other countries are poor compared to the Central Plains.

He hurriedly defended: "Your Majesty has misunderstood, my king definitely didn't mean that. Fujian and Liangguang are mountainous, the land is barren, it is a wild land, and the soil is forested, and it is only a chicken rib for His Majesty, and the forcible attack outweighs the loss. Isn't it the best of both worlds for our king to pay tribute to his ministers, to respect His Majesty as his uncle, and to pay tribute every year, and to pay tribute no less than taxes. ”

Many people know that Britain peddled opium to the Qing Dynasty, and even did not hesitate to launch the Opium War, but how many people know that in the nineteenth century, countless people in Britain were also addicted to opium, and almost all the people were addicted to drugs, and even newborn babies were forced to take drugs.

"The minister commands."

"The slave doesn't know."

Although the tone was light, the killing implied in the words made Mr. Wu shudder.

Since it is a medicinal herb, then the imperial doctor must recognize it.

Seeing this, a hint of happiness flashed in Han Zhen's eyes.

"The slave takes the command."

"Not bad!"

But now that the seven Buddhas of Fang are holding high the banner and calling themselves the King of Fujian, the Fujian officials have not reacted at all, which is really abnormal.

"Your Majesty is wise and admired."

Sun Wang breathed a long sigh of relief and resigned again and again.

He asked himself to understand His Majesty, this seemingly absurd decree must have a reason, but since His Majesty did not explain, he did not ask.

Fang Qi Buddha!

Fujian officials, Nanjianzhou changed rice to medicine, Manichaeism, opium, these lines are connected together, and the doubts in their hearts before are explained in an instant.

King Min?

Therefore, Mr. Wu uses the Daqi tax method to calculate.

Han Zhen asked, "In addition to the Keju Competition, does Chang Qing have any other proposals?" ”

He didn't care what the reason was, since His Majesty had decreed it, he just had to do it.

"Nope."

This is only a commercial tax, and if you count all kinds of harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes, it is too much.

On the one hand, he stepped up the time to recruit troops, and on the other hand, he sent envoys to Zhejiang to pay tribute to Han Zhen.

Han Zhen commanded.

When he came back to his senses, he persuaded: "The squirrel is just an ordinary flower, and it is not worth such a big deal from Your Majesty. This decree may arouse the criticism of the people and damage the prestige of His Majesty. ”

"Wechen deserves it."

But even so, 400,000 guan is not a small amount, so all the tributes were paid to the Qi State.

Sun Wang swallowed his saliva, and said tremblingly: "Wei Chen is only a shallow learner, I really don't know that this thing has other uses besides ornamental medicine, please forgive your majesty." ”

Xiao Worm reported truthfully: "Fang Qifo called himself the Holy Father, the queen of Fujian, Fujian did not cause riots, the state capitals and counties operated as usual, and the officials performed their duties......"

The secret spy department's office is on the south side of the royal street outside the Xuande Gate, and it takes at least a quarter of an hour to come and go.

This sudden will made Chang Yukun stunned and a little confused.

Sun Wang was taken aback and hurriedly replied, "This ...... Wechen didn't know. ”

Just to get over the addiction of splitting the land as king?

Han Zhen said loudly: "Bring the gold, silver and beauties, go back and tell Fang Qifo that my Qingzhou Iron Cavalry will soon set foot in Fujian and Liangguang!" ”

Han Zhen waved his hand: "The Xuantai Medical Bureau promoted Sun Wang." ”

"Wechen greets Your Majesty."

Han Zhen waved his hand: "Go on." ”

In terms of personal martial arts and combat power alone, even fierce generals such as Liu Qi and Han Shizhong dare not say that they can defeat them.

Chang Yukun only thought about it for a while, and then understood Han Zhen's intentions, and showed admiration on his face.

Han Zhen asked sharply: "In addition to medicine, can this millet be used for other purposes?" ”

Chang Yukun said: "If Your Majesty has no other orders, the minister will retire first. ”

Han Zhen was confused when he heard it, but judging from Sun Wang's description, it seemed to be an ordinary Chinese medicine.

"Oh?"

Liu Chang and the guards in front of the palace shook their heads one after another, their faces blank.

"The minister commands."

Han Zhen stopped him.

Han Zhen was slightly surprised: "How did you come so quickly today?" ”

"This ......"

Don't look at the Daqi business tax is one out of ten, but there is no harsh tax and miscellaneous taxes.

Walking some distance, he rolled up his sleeves and wiped the cold sweat from his forehead.

Han Zhen waved his hand: "Sun Qing doesn't have to be modest, and go back to the Tai Hospital first." ”

Han Zhen patted Sun Wang's shoulder and chuckled: "Sun Qing has done me a great favor today, with a bounty of 100 catties and a pair of white jade." ”

Poppy!

He's busy.

Han Zhen instructed, "Tell me in detail." ”

He thought about many possibilities, but he didn't expect that the one who stirred up the wind and rain in Fujian turned out to be Fang La's remnants and Fang Qifo.

Soon, Sun Wang carried the medicine box and trotted all the way into the vertical arch hall.

Chang Yukun muttered: "Keju originated from the military formation, and since there is martial arts, it is naturally indispensable to write. Your Majesty can hold a great ceremony and invite the great Confucians of various schools in the north and south to enter Beijing to debate the Tao. ”

According to the record of "Song Hui Yao Manuscript - Food and Goods", when Song Shenzong Xining was ten years old, Fujian's commercial tax was 210,000 guan, and Liangguang was only a pitiful 80,000 guan.

No wonder he is so cautious, it is really that opium is too harmful, and once it spreads in a large area, the consequences will be unimaginable.

Sun Wang bowed and turned to leave.

Han Zhen's pupils shrank suddenly.

Mr. Wu rolled up his sleeves, wiped the sweat from his forehead, and said with a respectful face: "My king has great respect for His Majesty and regards him as a brother and father. ”

Han Zhen said lightly: "What a King of Fujian, what a Fang Qi Buddha, do you think the horse lance in my hand is unfavorable?" ”

Han Zhen instructed: "Tell the gardeners in the palace to eradicate all the millet in the palace, and leave no one behind." ”

"The slave is here."

Seeing the other party leave, Han Zhen said in a deep voice: "Xuan Lin Cong." ”

"Tell me about it."

Wrong!

Liu Chang hurriedly responded.

Sun Wang nodded.

So what are the seven Buddha diagrams of the other side?

Han Zhen said, got up and walked down the hall.

Gollum.

Zhao Song is different, there are countless kinds of harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes, and there are twenty or thirty kinds of total zeros.

On weekdays, His Majesty usually does not announce him, but now he suddenly announced that he was in an audience, thinking that His Majesty was unwell, and immediately rushed to him.

When he saw a green fruit on a slender stem, he recognized it.

Han Zhen raised his eyebrows slightly: "Do you know how much tax revenue Lingnan and Fujian have a year?" ”

Chang Yukun immediately paused and waited for Han Zhen's orders.

"Wechen naturally recognizes it."

After Sun Wang left, Han Zhen commanded: "Liu Chang." ”

A companion is like a tiger, and the imperial doctor is not so easy to be.

As far as he is concerned, as long as Han Zhen can stop the army, let alone surrender himself, it is no problem for him to call Han Zhen's father.

Very good, it seems that the current utility of this thing has indeed not been developed, otherwise in the original time and space, it would not have been introduced to the Central Plains in the Sui and Tang dynasties, and opium did not appear until the end of the Qing Dynasty.

Alcohol mixed with opium is more ruthless than direct smoking.

Because the taxes of the two Guangtu were handed over to the local officials, the Zhao and Song dynasties not only did not get a penny, but also had to be rewarded every year to appease these local officials, and only in Guangzhou, Yizhou and a few other state capitals where Han people gathered, some commercial taxes could be collected.

It is precisely because he knows about this incident that Han Zhen will strictly guard against opium.

Hundreds of hectares of fertile land is 10,000 acres of fields, which may not be anything in the North China Plain, but it is particularly precious in Fujian.

Millet?

Han Zhen looked around the hall and wondered, "What is a-sovereign millet ?" ”

"Are you sure?"

Han Zhen's eyes lit up, and he said happily: "This matter will be handled by Chang Qing and the Education Institute." ”

It turned out to be a poppy.

Han Zhen suddenly interrupted the little worm and frowned, "Fang Qifo didn't slaughter Fujian officials? ”

Unlike the smoking of the Qing Dynasty, the British soaked opium in wine and drank it, which was called opium tincture.

But at a glance, he saw that Han Zhen's face was ruddy, his breath was thick, and he didn't look sick at all.

Sun Wang bowed and saluted, looking at Han Zhen's complexion, paving the way for the next diagnosis.

Okay.

As a Chinese, he naturally remembered the Opium War, but he didn't know that the poppy had been introduced to China as early as the Sui and Tang dynasties.

The number of guards in front of the palace was small, only ten, and it was composed of the imperial equipment that was originally loyal to Zhao Song, plus the four elites selected from the Xuanjia army.

"Commandment."

"Wait!"

It's just that this thing is too recognizable.

Capital.

There is no one else sleeping soundly on the side of the couch.

Han Zhen did not wait for Liu Yanqing's persuasion news, but first waited for the envoy of Fang Qifo.

It's kind of interesting.

In the vertical arch hall, Han Zhen sat at the back of the imperial case, looking at the national letter in his hand and smiling.

"Chang Qing and slowly."

These cults are really rat, and they are doing their best to cause trouble.

Han Zhen said curiously: "There are also in the palace?" ”

Sun Wang nodded and said: "The corn flowers are gorgeous and quite festive, and they are planted in many flower beds in the palace. ”

It stands to reason that the two sides are naturally on opposite sides, and there is no possibility of reconciliation.

Han Zhen stared at him with a fixed gaze.

……

Since ancient times, Fujian has the saying that there are eight mountains, one water and one land, and there are very few plains, and most of them are in the coastal areas, and only a small plain in Nanjianzhou is inland.

Han Zhen didn't talk nonsense, and asked directly: "Sun Qing, as a person raised by the Tai Hospital, can you recognize the flavor of the medicine?" ”

Chang Yukun couldn't figure out Han Zhen's mind for a while, and said after consideration: "There is indeed something, called the technical strike club, the minister has been an official in a different place for many years, and he has neglected discipline, so that the young son is stubborn, and the minister will definitely discipline him strictly after he goes back." ”

A quarter of an hour later, Chang Yukun walked into the main hall with grace.

Mr. Wu replied: "Naturally, we know that according to the Daqi tax law, the tax revenue of the two provinces is about 400,000 yuan a year. ”

"Lead me to take a look."

Wine and opium, the mana is boundless.

It is equivalent to saying that he and Xie Ding are the only ones who do things in the entire cabinet, and they are busy all day long.

He is a chicken thief, and he uses the Daqi tax law, not the Zhao and Song tax laws.

The horror of drugs, he, a later generation, knows too well.

When he came back to his senses, Han Zhen found that Sun Wang had been bowing down, trembling.

Mr. Wu still wanted to work hard, but he saw that the guards standing in the main hall were like wolves and tigers, and their bloodthirsty eyes were staring directly at him.

Han Zhen thought for a while, and then ordered: "Xuan Chang Yukun." ”

When needed, take it out and top the pot, usually acting as a mascot.

"Wechen retired."

Qi is so big now, but there are only four people in the cabinet, and Shi Wenhui is a member of the military department, he basically stays in the military department on weekdays, and rarely interferes in civil affairs, not to mention Zhao Ting, who is His Majesty's black cauldron.

Don't think about what to dump opium on other countries, this thing is a double-edged sword, if one is not good, it will eat itself.

Han Zhen waved his hand and chuckled: "It's a good thing to like Keju, let him run the club well, and after a while, I will hold a national Keju competition." ”

Pointing to the green fruit plant in the flower garden, he said: "Your Majesty, please see, this is the millet, at this time the flowering period has passed, and the fruit is about to turn yellow and ripen, and it can be used for medicine after harvesting and drying." ”

The worm shook his head.

Fang Qifo's posture was very low, putting himself in the position of his nephews and nephews, and at the same time sending a large number of gold and silver beauties, just in exchange for Han Zhen's dismissal.

Han Zhen asked with a smile: "I heard that Chang Qing's youngest son formed a Keju Club?" ”

"The minister has seen Your Majesty."

One side is a thief who started as a cult, and the other side is an official of the imperial court.

Chang Yukun hesitated slightly, then nodded in response.

In this case, once the opium is dumped abroad, it will definitely eventually flow back to the Central Plains.

Nagong is a vassal?

"The little people quit."

Han Zhen was too lazy to explain, and it was not easy to explain, so he simply said: "Don't ask, you should be ridiculous once." ”

Mr. Wu sighed in his heart, bowed down, and then walked out of the hall with the little eunuch.

After a while, the little worm hurriedly walked into the main hall.

When things go wrong, there must be demons.

Hearing this, Sun Wang suppressed the doubts in his heart and replied: "The name of the Su is also known as the elephant grain, the rice bag, the royal rice, etc., the name is different in various places, the name of the two Zhejiang generation in the south of Fujian, this thing is native to the Western Regions, as early as the Sui and Tang Dynasties were introduced to the Central Plains, at the beginning of the ornamental flowers, Jiayou six years, when the right servant of the Shangshu and the Chinese book waiter Su Song found that its fruit can be used in medicine, and compiled it into the "Materia Medica". ”

Sun Wang immediately led the way in front, and soon came to a flower garden.

Hiss!

Han Zhen took a deep breath, his heart full of doubts.

After repelling the Qi army, Fang Qifo called the light to come to the world, and called himself the Holy Prince, the King of Fujian.

Xiao Worm said with a solemn face: "Second Brother Han, I happened to have something important to report, and the secret spy department in Fujian came with news. ”

However, most of the land in Fujian and Guangxi is mountainous, and the land is already barren and affected by hurricanes, so the land tax is not much, and it is basically maintained by commercial taxes.

"The smell of millet is fishy, bitter, the main style, expelling evil heat, curing nausea, phlegm in the chest and Danshi starting, can also be combined with bamboo and li to make porridge, great. However, it is cold, good for the large and small intestines, does not eat much, and moves the bladder and ears if it eats too much. ”

It must have been Fang Qifo who discovered the method and utility of opium, and then used opium to control a number of Fujian officials.

Han Zhen put too much pressure on him, just sitting there and exuding momentum made him a little breathless.

Fang Qifo took Fujian with his front foot, and changed his 100 hectares of fertile land into rice with his back foot, which is obviously unreasonable and strange everywhere.

Originally, he had murderous intentions against cult leaders such as the Seven Buddhas, but now it seems that he can't keep them even more.

All the way back to the Vertical Arch Palace, Han Zhen said in a solemn tone: "Send additional spies to Fujian, Lingnan and other places to closely monitor Nanjian Prefecture, especially the areas where millet is grown. In addition, additional checkpoints have been set up at the border between Fujian and Guangzhou, and commercial goods will be strictly inspected, and once black and sticky items with a fishy smell are found, they will be immediately seized. ”

Chang Yukun didn't understand that His Majesty wanted to accelerate the integration of the north and the south.

A Keju competition, a big ceremony, plus the enrollment of the four major colleges, a complete set of combination punches can definitely break the gap between the north and the south.

(End of chapter)