As a result, the Emperor Lizong was not satisfied. He felt that his contribution was already comparable to Yao and Shun and was qualified to make more demands to the people. What is this requirement? He also wanted to move residents of many big cities in Jiangnan to those dilapidated cities in the north for construction. This is actually understandable. The Yellow River Basin has been in war for hundreds of years and there have been no one anymore. When the Mongols retreated, they forced many people away. They could not let the emperor go back to be the commander of the bare body. The necessary immigration policy is not excessive.

However, Emperor Lizong's immigration policy was a bit like settled the accounts after the fall. He not only wanted to immigrate, but also called on the name to immigrate from coastal cities such as Guangzhou, Quanzhou, Qiongzhou and Mingzhou. The purpose was to be doubted. At that time, these cities were the most powerful places for autonomy. At that time, the emperor was forced to agree to the merchants' request. Now he has freed up his hands. Should he counterattack and make up for it?

The maritime merchants quit now. The political associations of these cities directly rejected the emperor's edict and spoke out that if the court did not take back such laws that harmed the country and the people, these cities would unite to separate from the Song Dynasty and really implement autonomy in full. Moreover, the political association's actions were also approved by the residents and officials of these cities, and even people in the surrounding areas of the city were supported.

After so many years of development, these port cities have long changed. Not only are the city growing larger and larger, they have annexed the surrounding villages and counties, but the urban functions have also changed. They are no longer dominated by small peasant economy, but have completely become regions that rely on trade, handicrafts and industrial development.

The prosperous maritime trade has also driven the economic development of the surrounding areas, with factories, workshops, warehouses and business names everywhere. It is no longer a new thing to go to the factory to work, and it has become the daily life of these urban residents, and the germination of capitalism is almost growing into seedlings.

Who would give up these things that I finally got and run to the ruins of the Yellow River area to reclaim land and farm again? Not to mention the sea merchants, factory owners, handicraftsmen and workers who rely on the sea to make a living, the officials here are not happy either. Their family and their wealth are all here, and they have so many immigrants to leave, so these cities are not completely empty! How many people's interests have been lost? So all kinds of memorials flew to Lin'an City like snowflakes, basically opposing voices.

If this matter was not won in the Northern Expedition a few years ago, Emperor Lizong and the ministers in the court would not have taken the blame. No matter who they were asking to take the blame, they would have to calm the matter first and not lead to civil unrest.

However, with the victory of the Northern Expedition, there was no substantial threat in the north, and even the emperor and some ministers who were willing to go north were a little fluttering. They felt that the court held the lions of war in their hands, and even the Mongols could defeat them, and were still afraid of a group of unscrupulous merchants? So the court issued an ultimatum, adhering to the original policy and abolishing the autonomy of the three cities.

The Political Participation Association instantly became an illegal organization. The court turned against each other and refused to accept any agreement! And it began to dispatch troops from the north to prepare to go south, and to force these business groups to bow their heads and surrender.

The court's tough expression not only forced the merchant group to compromise and admit defeat, but also stabbed a big hornet's nest. These merchants were no longer the people who thought the emperor was supreme ten years ago. They had been ruined by Hong Tao. These people have walked more places than the emperor. What is the king's land in the world? They now think it's nonsense. On the Arabian Peninsula, these merchants have also participated in civil strife in the local country. Who dares to approve their business path? No matter whether the other party is the emperor or the emir, it doesn't matter what they call it, it all depends on cannons and bullets.

Threat these people by force can only release all the ambitions they had suppressed. The court is not afraid of having soldiers, nor is it afraid of guns and cannons. We have too! The Political Association takes the lead in recruiting soldiers and horses. Joining the army to fight not only provides money, but also compensates after death and injury. It is okay if there is not enough guns and cannons. They buy from various places, and in the name of the coastal autonomous federation, formally requests to buy guns and cannons to the Jinhe Kingdom. The first batch of orders was tens of thousands, and the price was twice as high as the Jinhe Kingdom sold to the Song Dynasty court.

This is not the end. It is amazing that the merchants are crazy. They use their own convenience to set up headquarters in the Port of Malacca and posted recruitment inspirations to various ports, preparing to use the mercenary model they played on the Arabian Peninsula to hire foreign troops to help them fight. As long as you are willing to come, how much money you need to speak, nothing else is that you have money!

"How many people do you think they have hired?" Cixi came here on the fifth day after Hong Tao arrived, with dust on her face. As soon as she met, she told Hong Tao in detail about the changes in the empire over the past two years. Although he was not the Minister of Supervision, what he knew was really detailed. It seemed that the swallows under his command had already flown everywhere.

"About two thousand..." Hong Tao's impression of these maritime merchants and his impressions were still four or five years ago. He gritted his teeth before saying a number he thought was already a lot.

"Hehe, you guessed it wrong this time! In the first two months, they used sea boats to Guangzhou, Quanzhou and Qiongzhou to transport more than 3,000 people! They were not slaves or ordinary people. Most of them were veterans who had fought wars and came with weapons." Cixi still couldn't laugh, and her image was automatically lowered by three points when she smiled.

"Hiss...where did they get so many people!" Hong Tao was surprised by the number. It was not easy to get two thousand slaves in two months, not to mention more than three thousand soldiers, or veterans who fought with weapons.

"The most are the Khwarezmians and Mongols, and the rest are the Arabs and Japanese. There are also many people who go to the small countries nearby to apply for the conquest, but those merchants from the Song Dynasty are quite picky and don't want any of them who can't fight."

"Mongols! Where did the Mongols come from?" Hong Tao's questions raised in the past few days are almost in a lifetime. He used to be omniscient and omnipotent, but now he is ignorant.

"It is said that a Mongolians settled in the north of Khwarezm. In addition to raising horses and sheep, their livelihood was to serve in other countries and fight as much as they pay. They were very trustworthy. Do you think it's strange that the Song Dynasty and Mongolia fought bloody rivers. The merchants of the Song Dynasty spent money to hire Mongolian soldiers to help them fight on the Arabian Peninsula, and they cooperated quite well. Some Mongolian nobles simply ran to the Port of Masca to settle. Whoever wants to hire people to fight, would find them? I dare not say that there are too many, and a thousand eight hundred people will be brought to you in a month." Cixi didn't know the specific origin of the Mongols, but only knew where they were now.

"Oh, the people from the Golden Horde... no wonder!" Hong Tao knew the origin of these Mongols. They were the tribes of Shuchi. They founded the country in the north of the Caspian Sea. The broken place was apart from mountains and grasslands, and the territory of the Russians was nowhere to make money. The Mongols were not good at production, so they were the best at fighting wars. They had learned it since childhood.

In fact, Cixi didn't say anything less. In the spring of 1251, a sea merchant named Luo lived in Qiongzhou. He was not Luo Youde's family, but they must have known each other. More than 5,000 Hindu soldiers and dozens of elephants were transported from the Indian Peninsula. Without saying a word, they directly took down the four military towns on Hainan Island. Most of the Song army surrendered, and a small number of loyal emperors became meat pies at the feet of elephants.

Hainan Island became the first Great Song Dynasty region to declare independence. This time it was completely independent and did not recognize the Song Dynasty court at all. But the Luo Haishang also understood that he did not proclaim himself king and emperor, so the nature changed and he did not receive more support. He simply turned Hainan Island into the logistics base of the three cities' political associations, including shipyards, gunpowder factories, iron ore, coal mines, and small smelting workshops. These industries are private, and are rented or acquired at high prices by the Political Association, and are directly confiscated by the Song Dynasty court. If there are shares in the Jinhe Empire, they will send people to Jinhe City to negotiate, and by the way, they will apply to the Jinhe Empire government to purchase cannons, or more mechanical equipment for steelmaking.

With him like this, the court that had originally been counted on scaring the common people was a difficult situation, and at the same time it also extinguished the possibility of finally resolving the problem through negotiations. The business group, which was a little shaken internally, completely gave up. This is a life-and-death ending. Don’t think too much about it. For the sake of your family business and the future of your descendants, let’s do it to death.

As a result, Guangzhou, Quanzhou, Leizhou, Huizhou and Chaozhou were successively occupied by the army of the Political Association, and basically did not fight much. These cities welcomed the entry of merchant troops. Not only did the local people not hide, they also actively joined the army to register and did not pay. They also wanted to defend their homes and their rights to live, and they refused to open up land in the north.

The imperial army had not crossed the Yangtze River yet. The entire Guangnan West Road, Guangnan East Road, and the southern half of Fujian Road had changed hands. To put it bluntly, it was a rebellion. But the purpose of the rebellion was not to change the dynasty, but to leave the Song Dynasty court. The merchants wanted to imitate the Jinhe Empire and establish the country themselves, and they did not have the position of emperor. In the future, the affairs of the country were all subject to the previous political association, and now they were called the Federation of Industry and Commerce to preside over it after it was expanded.

This is actually a parliamentary system of the Jinhe Empire, or the previous board of directors of the Straits Company. Businessmen think this method is the most fair. Governing the country is like running a joint-stock company. Everyone takes turns to run for chairman. Whoever has a good popularity and strong ability will be elected. Then, under the supervision of the board of directors, they will lead everyone to make money together. They even thought of the name of the country, and they called the Straits Company Country. They must restore and strengthen the previous Straits Company system.
Chapter completed!