Although a lot of things happened in the seven years of Jianyan, and the Zhao family even fell ill because of the financial shortage. But those things were more complicated affairs from the perspective of the ruler, and at most they were just letting the officials
The important officials at home and central government felt it was hard, and the top dignitaries felt frightened.
For most people in the Song Dynasty south of the Yellow River, and even for a considerable number of grassroots officials, including the hundreds of thousands of soldiers in the imperial camp, this year was undoubtedly a very relaxed and comfortable year.
Because there were no large-scale wars this year.
Putting aside the harassment on the border, the only place that can be called an organized battle was the battle on the Yellow River between the Yuying Navy, which had absolute water superiority, and the Jin Kingdom Navy, which was tentatively emerging from the north in the middle of the year.
In one battle, only a small victory was achieved; then after the autumn harvest, Li Yanxian, who received the signal, organized his forces to go out of Zhongtiao Mountain and launched a tentative attack on Hezhong Mansion, an important town controlled by the Jurchens. The attack was very powerful, but after the Jurchen Taiyuan reinforcements arrived,
They chose to retreat across the board but returned without success.
But these actions are nothing compared to the large-scale deployment of tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of troops, the deployment of hundreds of thousands or millions of civilians, and the thousands or tens of thousands of casualties in previous years.
In fact, apart from Di Bao, not many people mentioned it.
Even Zhao Jiu himself knew that the purpose of fighting these two battles was more for the war itself, to tell the world that Song and Jin were still at war, and that Song and Jin were not at odds with each other, and sooner or later they would have to fight over it.
Then according to this official’s wishes, the fight must continue next year, and the scale and frequency must be increased.
Han Shizhong, Wu Jie's tribe, including part of the Imperial Army, will all participate in the war in Hezhong Mansion... Shaanzhou is located in the Pinglu City and Zhongtiao Mountain areas north of the Yellow River, and is the only prominent Hebei province preserved by the Song Army.
The Ministry is as important as its status is. Hezhong Prefecture is the natural first place for the Northern Expedition in the future. The more you can understand, the more understanding you have. How skilled can a large-scale army be when traveling on the Yellow River with different river conditions?
It takes more skill.
In the same way, there are many ancient roads in the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River due to specific historical reasons... These ancient roads are definitely not as wide and smooth as the main roads entering the sea in Shandong, but the problem is that during the summer flood season, they are still
The large ships that can pass through it are a natural way for the imperial navy to try to penetrate into the surrounding areas of Daming Mansion. It will also be a direct channel for the imperial army and the right army to advance to Hebei in the future. There is also no reason to give up the fight for this complex water area.
In addition, although the imperial navy is a primitive creation, it is currently only collecting ships and recruiting pirates. It is the same as Li Qi, the Puppet Qi maritime general who was taken away by the Jurchens, and is at the level of a three-legged cat passing its claws... For this reason,
A few young officials who advocated the navy to scratch the tail of the Jurchens were reprimanded by their senior officers.
Of course, because of a certain superstition developed by later generations, Zhao Jiu did not say anything, but he firmly believed in his heart that with his support and shipping policy, the Imperial Navy would grow rapidly and become another breakthrough point to the north.
.
But, again... none of this can change the fact that there was no major war in the entire seven years of Jianyan.
No war.
Then, although Zhao Ding and Zhang Jun kept making small moves with each other, they overall maintained and presented a stage that was probably the clearest political stage in the Song Dynasty in the past forty or fifty years.
Then naturally everything is ready to be revitalized and full of vitality.
Even the Zhao Guan family's aggressive military spending campaign did not prevent the great empire from actually making great strides in reviving it.
The political situation is becoming increasingly stable, production is gradually recovering, the population has begun to grow slightly, and the baby boom has begun to appear... Even the son of Mr. Zhao Ding and Mr. Zhao is said to be looking for a wife.
The speed and scale of this spontaneous healing behavior of the entire society far exceed the predictions and judgments of politicians.
Before Taixue came to the government, when the Ministry of Household Affairs conducted an inspection for the second half of the year based on the generous financial regulations that it had formulated, it was shocked to find that the financial recovery was still faster than expected.
Those collapsed porcelain kilns were rebuilt much faster than imagined; small-scale trading grass markets were spontaneously formed at the transportation hub next to the burned markets; the city that was originally massacred and burned quickly became a
After the peace, it regained its splendor...Luoyang and Nanjing (Shangqiu), which were originally white lands, are the most obvious. In just a few years, they have recovered into metropolises with a population of more than 100,000.
There is no doubt that Luoyang will continue to recover rapidly. The potential of this city is too great.
Moreover, the financial income shows that new things popping up in many places were unexpected when they formulated the financial regulations at the beginning of the year... Officials from the Ministry of Household Affairs expressed cautious optimism about the trade in the Western Regions, and the Lanzhou market
Existence is indeed within their consideration, but at the same time, they have no idea about Yinshan, and just regard it as a pure inflow point for horses.
Think about it, the population is only one or two million... There may not even be so much grassland. No matter how large the area is, what can be said? Can the millions of acres of fertile land in Xingling Plain be useful?
However, it turns out that the commercial tax collected in Keyimen this year alone is a huge and somewhat scary figure... It is not obvious in the first half of the year, but starting from the second half of the year, all kinds of strange things in Guanxi, Bashu, etc.
Strange goods will pass through here and head north.
Several of the men in the household department were beaten to death, and they all didn't believe that a place where a majestic king couldn't even afford to raise dozens of sons could eat so many exquisite porcelains and Shu brocades?
Even the tea leaves and medicinal materials are a bit too much.
Of course, everyone knows very well that it must have flowed to the Jurchen side... The powerful people there have gold and silver that they have nowhere to spend. The so-called Mongolia is basically another Korea.
It is hard to say that Hebul Khan, who had been swayed by the Kingdom of Jin before, finally sent his son, which was also related to the explosion of this business in the second half of the year.
And this unexpected trade route was undoubtedly a double-edged sword - the Zhao family was wary of Hebulkhan because of his surname, the Khitans had their own judgment because of the geographical advantages of the Mongolian Plateau, and the Song Dynasty
From Hebule's movements, the officials keenly sensed the ambition and unruliness of the first Khan in Mongolian history who did not know how to conceal it.
However, for now, everything is for the Northern Expedition, and the first priority of the Northern Expedition is to make money... If everything must obey this overall situation, the court can only turn a blind eye.
Who allowed Ningxia Road to collect commercial taxes of hundreds of thousands of dollars in half a year?
Even in the northwest, it is considered a relatively remote road. Only a year after it was acquired, the commercial tax was actually worth half of Jiangnan West Road! And its location and the water conservancy system of the Xingling Plain made its food destined to be used in the Northern Expedition.
The supply point of high-quality military rations with the lowest cost in the process... The destruction of Xixia and the establishment of Ningxia Road played a much greater role in the Northern Expedition than imagined.
Its help is all-round, not only military and geographical, but also economic, food and even diplomatic.
Eight hundred and seventy-three thousand and one thousand four hundred and twenty-seven passages and seventy-three articles.
This was the seventh year of Jianyan's reign, and the total additional revenue exceeded the original financial plan, including everything from stamp taxes to lottery tickets, to Zhao Guan's family selling flags, calligraphy and paintings, selling palaces, and everything after putting aside their efforts to carry out foreign trade.
Results.
"wrong."
In Chongwen Academy, Zhao Jiu, who was standing in front of the secret pavilion with his hands behind his back, turned around, shook his head and laughed at Lin Jingmo, the Minister of Revenue in front of him. "There is also the one million yuan that I just blackmailed... Lin Qing should not have it yet.
Counted into it.”
Lin Jingmo's expression remained unchanged, but he was startled and immediately nodded: "That's it, is it just that the official's national debt was sold for a million dollars?"
"That's right." Zhao Jiu said frankly to the many important ministers in front of him, directly in Chongwen Academy. "At the beginning, I only prepared a share of three to four hundred thousand yuan, and it was all for five years, but here in the capital, because there are many early
I had already bought a large amount of national debt, so it actually didn’t sell well... But then someone asked if I could buy some for their mutual friend in Yangzhou. I wanted to make it easier for them, so I agreed directly.
How could you expect that person’s friends to be so generous? They actually bought them for tens of thousands of guan, tens of thousands of guan.”
Lin Jingmo and several surrounding ministers were silent... Empress Dowager Yuanyou had moved here, and she was expected to celebrate the New Year on the road. The queen and the chamberlain were dragged directly to the street and beheaded in public by the imperial class. The famous Southeast Taoist scholar
His home was confiscated and he was exiled... In this case, my friends in Yangzhou had never bought large amounts of national debt several times, so of course they were generous.
but……
"But if you calculate it this way." Zhao Jiu sighed and looked at the blue sky in the winter morning. "It's only 9.13 million yuan, still less than 10 million... Besides, everything needs to be done."
Speaking of basic rules, these people who are willing to buy a large amount of national debt today may not be willing to buy it next year, and the same is true for the house in Jingyuan, which is all Bai Wanguan's wealth."
"But things like maritime trade, stamp duties, and lotteries are growing steadily... The officials don't have to worry." Zhang Jun, the prime minister, quickly comforted him.
"That's right." Zhao Jiu immediately put his hands behind his hands and smiled at his most important minister, under the expressionless gazes of many ministers.
However, there are always people who like to stir up trouble. Just when Zhang Jun wanted to speak again, Hu Yin, the minister of the Ministry of Industry, couldn't bear it anymore and stepped forward to confront him seriously:
"Have the officials forgotten that many things this year were only gradually implemented in the middle of the year? Officials said that it is indeed impossible to make such a big progress in the next two years, such as the Jingyuan, Haiqi, and royal auctions.
Even today's huge national debt and other million-dollar windfalls cannot be so smooth, but calculated from the whole year, it can definitely exceed tens of millions... Why should officials pretend to be deaf and dumb?"
Everyone suddenly understood, or in other words, many people pretended to suddenly understand, but under the leadership of Zhao Ding, they all raised their hands in congratulations.
And Zhao Guanjia finally showed the face of a villain who has succeeded. He gave a rare smile to everyone in the audience, and then waved in reply:
"I almost forgot that this is the result of half a year... But no matter what, this is the result of your hard work and your credit. Only in the next two years, I will have to work hard for you to continue to tighten your belt and live with me.
"
As soon as these words came out, countless civil and military officials gathered in the Chongwen Academy, including the provincial minister Zhao Ding and the prime minister Zhang Jun, felt that their hard work for a year had not been in vain, but they did not dare to neglect it. Instead, they all bowed their heads and saluted in response.
"Let's go!"
Zhao Guanjia finally stopped pretending, but walked directly from the officials with his hands behind his back. "Today I will explain the matter to the world in Taixue, and this year will be considered to be uneventful... Everyone has worked hard for the last day, go back and have a good time."
New Year."
Everyone responded with a roar, but followed Zhao Guan's house out of Chongwen Academy, turned to Xuande Gate, then set up a guard of honor, and marched along the Imperial Street to Taixue... It turned out that today was indeed the last day of the year.
The day of a major event is also the day when Taixue inquires about politics.
But after today, this year is indeed as good as the country said, and nothing will happen after all.
PS: Thanks for the cuteness of the boss of Linghu No. 2 Middle School, the cuteness of the boss of Linghu No. 2 Middle School, the tenth brother of Linghu No. 10 Middle School, the cuteness of the boss of Submarine Street, and my bad writing.
I even made an alliance with the big boss’ Shang Meng…