"Congratulations," Zhang Feng bowed.

In recent years, Wang Ju used the main military power of the country - the imperial guards, and he did not use much money, but it was also considered "continuous chaos". It was time to rest and rest.

As for what the vast south has to do, let’s look at this sentence: If there is a wider country, there will be a lot of grain, if there is a big country, there will be a lot of people, and if there is a strong army, the soldiers will be brave. Therefore, Mount Tai will not allow the soil, so it can become larger; if the rivers and seas do not choose the fine streams, so it can be deeper.

The combination of Jiaozhi and sea route expansion undoubtedly gave the Song Dynasty another super granary in the future. Then, the year of disaster will bring good logistical support.

Due to road reasons, the prospects for Dali are not easy to say, but now there is a large copper mine in the Wumeng area, and this one is enough.

Although the profits are not much now, even Jinghu South Road is not as good as the cost, but it is low. Needless to say, the early battles have been fought. With Wang Ju's transformation of land and returning to the current situation, there will be no big harm in the future governance.

Therefore, Wang Ju's actions in the south did not hinder the overall situation of the Song Dynasty.

What is the overall situation of the Song Dynasty? Xixia and Liao Kingdom!

The Liao Kingdom really dared not think about it, but even Xixia was not that easy to win.

Therefore, the country should be considered peaceful in recent years. In this case, Wang Ju's role in going to the East Prefecture is far greater than that in the West Prefecture.

I used to say that I had little experience and lacked age, but now there is no problem with these two items. I am just a deputy minister of the East Government, not the prime minister.

So he didn't think much about it.

"Brother Husband, do you still remember Wang Ming?"

This Wang Ming was not the Wang Ming who later opposed Taizu, but the Wang Ming, the second-in-command official of Pan Meiping's Southern Han Dynasty.

Zhao Kuangyin and Zhao Kuangyi used Zhao Pu's strategy, first south and then north. In the south, Wu and Yue were the most worry-free countries, followed by the Southern Tang Dynasty and the Northern Han Dynasty. But were there any people in the Northern Han Dynasty at that time (only more than 30,000 households)? The rest of Shu Kingdom and Jinghu Road were once a mess, even if the Fujian Kingdom took the initiative to surrender, it even made a big fuss.

Guangnan Road is the farthest from the Central Plains. It was not a big mess, but it was not very peaceful. There were some rebellions and wars one after another. Therefore, Pan Mei stayed for a while and fought against Taiyuan with Zhao Kuangyin. However, Zhao Kuangyin kept Wang Ming in Guangnan for a long time, and he recalled Wang Ming until the Southern Tang regained him.

Wang Ju deliberately asked Wang Ming to make an example, which actually meant that Zhang Feng would immediately suppress the Yunnan road in the future if there was a major rebellion. If there was no major rebellion, he would also have to use small troops in normal times.

There are too many reasons, so we can further change the land and return to the current, or further explore the southern and southwest regions.

In this way, the court will not blame Zhang Shi, and Zhang Shi can also stay on Yunnan Road for a long time.

After all, the quality of the officials in the court is mixed. Even if there are good officials, they don’t understand military affairs. Is it okay if you don’t understand military affairs in Yunnan Road now?

After Wang Ju said this, he left Chanshan City.

One of them was divided into two groups, and one of them returned from Guangnan West Road, and then followed the Li River, Lingqu, and Xiangshui. From the water road, he returned to the capital. Wang Ju took Qiongniang and more than a dozen guards, as well as three disciples taken in from Dali, and directly seized Weichu Mansion, Nongdong Mansion, Dali Mansion, and Mingtong Mansion to Shanju County. This was a promise to Qiongniang, or he also wanted to see Shangri-La of this era...

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"Drink a bowl of tea and let the donkey take a break," said Old Man Li.

The old couple stopped the donkey cart and carried their grandson into the teahouse at the roadside market.

This teahouse is located on the main road south of Yizheng County, and its business has always been good. Although the weather is getting colder, it is still very hot at noon and is full of people.

Old Man Li ordered two bowls of tea and a plate of fruit. The fruit was eaten by his grandson. He also asked the guy to add some forage to his black donkey, and then listened to the gentleman who was in the right direction.

It tells the story of Wang Ju using military service.

After a while, a large group of guests came outside, looking as if they were from the south.

This is also normal. The trade between Dali and the Song Dynasty was not only Guangnan West Road and Rongzhou, but also Luzhou, but also in the Northern Song Dynasty, crossing the Dadu River, Lizhou, Yazhou, and directly to Qiongzhou and to Chengdu Prefecture. This business road is not only a horse road, but also other trades.

Dali was taken down by the Song Dynasty and was all in the Song Dynasty. During this period, this business road became more and more prosperous.

However, although these guests were all riding horses, there was only one carriage, and it seemed that they were still riding a human carriage, not a truck, but also a few pony. However, Old Man Li and the villagers in the teahouse did not pay much attention. As for pony, there were not too many ponyes.

The group also walked to the teahouse, and a thin middle-aged man in the leadership shouted and asked the guys to bring tea.

Everyone turned their heads and took a look, and quickly listened to the gentleman's storytelling, but the group of people happened to be sitting next to Old Man Li.

The gentleman also glanced at the group of people and continued to say that the content of the story is not far from the truth, but the words used are quite unfavorable to Wang Ju.

Indeed, Dali is a little better, but in the matter of Jiaozhi, we have to see what we think. If we put aside the country, what Wang Ju did is a bit cruel.

One of the group stood up, but was pulled down by another.

Old Man Li applauded with high fives.

The middle-aged man who stood up asked strangely: "Old Weng, why are you applauding?"

Although it comes from the south, it has an authentic northern accent.

It is not a northern accent, but an authentic Song Dynasty official language, but how can Old Man Li know?

Old Man Li said: "Mr., let me ask you, isn't that Wang Shaobao's approach cruel? Besides, did Dali attract our Song Dynasty or provoke our Song Dynasty?"

The man obviously came to the Bashu area for the first time. Although Old Man Li also spoke in "Mandarin", he still had difficulty listening. Therefore, he was stunned and asked again: "Isn't it exciting for Wang Shaobao to expand territory for the court?"

"Dalang, look at my grandson."

"Um……"

"His father was taken to Dali by the butcher and his wife was young. When my son died, she remarried. My family only has the old ones..."

The man seemed unable to refute. The battle to pacify Dali was mainly the army led by Wang Ju. However, Kumamoto led the foreign soldiers and the Shu soldiers to participate in some battles one after another, and indeed some soldiers were sacrificed.

If the government provides improper pensions and the son dies, as a relative, he will definitely only be silent in sorrow.

So the man was silent and murmured for a long time: "Butcher..."

After eating tea for a while, Old Man Li left the teahouse again, but for a while, the pedestrian chased after him again.

The big man who had just talked to Old Man Li asked: "Weng Weng, your surname is."

"I dare not say it's expensive, the youngest one is named Li." Old Man Li replied modestly. Although he didn't know what this group of people did, it still looked not simple.

"What kind of goods are transported in this donkey cart?"

"silk."

“Pay tax?”

"The youngest family only has about ten acres of land, so where can they pay so much tax? This is not because the court asked the villagers to pay taxes with silk cotton, so when autumn comes, the price of silk rises quickly. The youngest people use a few spare money to buy silk in the spring, and sell it when autumn taxes are on. Make a few different money to make a living."

"That's right...how many children do Weng Weng have?"

"Just one son and one woman."

"Why did the government recruit a son?"

"My son was born tall and the government forced him to take him away. The young man knew that it was not a good thing, but when he saw the peace of Bashu, he did not object, but he was worried that something happened."

In ancient times, forcing troops to be recruited was also the thing that the people feared the most. The Song Dynasty was a little better, especially after the Chanyuan Alliance, but by the time of Emperor Yingzong of Song, the situation was getting worse. First, the three Dings in Shaanxi were assassinated, and then the whole country was more powerful. Then, Wang Anshi's Baojia method was now available.

But relatively speaking, Bashu is indeed a little better. Except for the Yangtze River area, due to the southwest Yi, fighting broke out from time to time. However, in the surrounding areas of Chengdu, there have been very few troops since Emperor Zhenzong of Song.

Putting it to Old Man Li, Wang Ju used his troops to Dali this time. For him, it was a strange disaster from heaven.

Another person said: "Don't Bashu produce silk?"

"Shituo, this is a strange thing in Bashu. Because the journey is long and the cost of transporting grain is too high, the court asked the people of Bashu to use silk to pay taxes on grain. Therefore, Bashu produces silk. However, local silk has not been enough. So when it comes to paying taxes, many merchants will flow silk from Jinghu Road and transport it to Bashu to get the price difference."

"Sister... Why didn't the court make adjustments?"

“How to adjust?”

"Will the court use this money to buy silk from Jinghu Road to buy silk, wouldn't it save a lot of money?"

"The reason is this, but the imperial court has not been enough copper coins. The people of Bashu often use iron coins. Or merchants use Jiaozi. Before the reputation is fully established, what are iron coins and Jiaozi? Iron! Paper! The court is also afraid that if the adjustment between several channels is that simple? Let's talk about Qiongzhou. A strange thing happened before. During the reign of Emperor Renzong, he wanted to save the people of Qiongzhou from the hardships of salt administration and issued an edict to exempt more than 1,000 guan of salt management in Qiong. As a result, Qiongzhou added an additional expenditure of more than 1,000 guan in the second year."

"How is this possible?"

"What's impossible? In name, the court only gets more than 1,000 guan of salt profit, but the people below paid more than 1,000 guan. The harsh inks in front of the clerks and the squeezing of merchants and powerful men, aren't it more than 1,000 guan? If this more than 1,000 guan is exempted from the salt affairs, the invisible harsh taxes will emerge."

"Renzong doesn't care?"

"How to manage it? The water is clear and there is no fish. The world is the same. As long as the people have a bite of food, they will be very happy. It can only be said that the people are suffering, and the country must think of a way, but when the people can survive and will not be rioted, the superiors have to turn a blind eye. Just like this salt business, don't magnify it too much..." At this point, the man sighed slightly and said: "Shi Tuo, how do you look at Qiongzhou again? Compared with Dali?"

Although Qiongzhou is not big, it is located next to Chengdu Prefecture, so it is still very prosperous. This is a small state with more than 60,000 households in the household registration alone, which is of course much more prosperous than most areas of Dali.

The man continued: "In short, compared with Dali, one is direct and the other is indirect. Or to put it this way, one is a hypocrite and the other is a real villain. Both of them are similar in nature. However, the difference is the above."

"above?"

"There are three points: one is that compared with Dali, the civilization of the Song Dynasty is more developed. Second, the power of the Song Dynasty is more concentrated, unlike Dali. First, the Duan family was civil strife, and then the Gao family controlled the government affairs. The state government orders were divided and the government orders were not understood. Third, compared with the Duan family, several generations of officials in the Song Dynasty attached more importance to people's livelihood. Although the officials below were of varying quality, they were the most important core of the Song Dynasty. Most officials dare not do too much. With this premise, although there are all kinds of problems, the people will not be too miserable. So what you see is that although some strange things happened between Bashu and Qiongzhou, they are more prosperous than Dali. This is the Qiongzhou area. If you go further to the Chengdu Prefecture area, the situation will be better."

The man named Shi Tuo scratched his head and said, "That's what it means, it seems to be two worlds..."

The previous big man said: "No, they are two different worlds."

What he talks about is a very profound meaning.

Old Man Li was finally a small businessman and had some insight. When he heard this, he asked: "How many men, what are you doing?"

The two speakers, one is the northern accent and the other is the Dali accent. I don’t know how they were tweaked together. Maybe these words are not simple, not simple! (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!