The rise of the Great Jin Kingdom coincided with the decline of the Liao and Song Dynasties, and the military might of the Great Jin Dynasty was indeed brought to its extreme in those short years. It can be said that since ancient times, Daikin can be regarded as a model for those who conquered a great country with a small ethnic group.
However, precisely because of its rapid success in conquering the world with few real setbacks, Daikin has very little experience in governance and has extremely lax government control at the grassroots level. This is still the case even a hundred years after the founding of the People's Republic of China.
If you only look at the center, it seems that there is no shortage of official offices, the laws and regulations are strict, and its appearance is bright and beautiful, no different from that of previous dynasties. But in fact, the princes and the people in the court seemed to live in two different worlds. Even when Emperor Sejong was still alive, the superiors compared themselves with Yao and Shun, and many of the people at the bottom, whether Han'er or Jurchen, fell into poverty. To this day, the governance at the top is full of errors, and the bottom level is even more chaotic.
Taking Zhigu Village as an example, since the Jin Dynasty moved its capital to Yanjing in the first year of Zhenyuan and renamed it Zhongdu, Shandong and Hebei roads have used the Sankou area where many rivers converge for water transportation in spring and autumn as a transshipment hub. Although grain is important, goods and travel from various places are also transited here. Every day, boats and boats are linked to each other, as densely packed as scales.
However, the imperial court never formally managed Zhigu Village.
At first glance, the imperial court set up a Water Transport Department in Jingzhou to be responsible for the so-called Liuhe warehouse transshipment in the upper reaches of the river. It also established a Tianjin River Patrol Officer under the Du Water Supervision to manage the Caohe River gate bank. Then it went directly to the area around Guzhai and Qingzhou. The official titles of state officials in Bazhou and Bazhou all carry the words "to control the Caohe incident", while the county officials' titles in Baodi, Wuqing and Jinghai counties all carry the title "to control the Caohe incident".
It seems that there are many officials in charge, but the layers of yamen officials are all facing the Caohe River itself. Therefore, except for the commander-in-chief of the capital in charge of public security, no one directly manages the civil affairs inside and outside the huge Zhigu Village.
In terms of prosperity and prosperity, Zhigu Village has developed over the past few decades and is as good as any other town in Daijin. At least the three cities north of Zhongdu Daxing Prefecture cannot compare to this place. But with such huge benefits happening right under their noses, why couldn't the court see it?
When it comes to plundering and amassing money, Dajin has always been no less impressive than those of previous dynasties. Why is it that he suddenly becomes so arrogant in this area?
Three months ago, in the evening.
The clouds in the sky gradually became thicker, covering up the crescent moon, the stars were dim, and the road under my feet was unclear. The roar of the tide intruding into the river on the right was louder and louder, which was very scary.
Li Yun clasped his hands and walked slowly along the Xin'an Haibao on the north bank of the Tianjin River.
His companion Sun Jiang was holding a lantern to light the way. In fact, there is an open straight road at the top of Haibao. Li Yun has walked there countless times, and he can't go wrong even with his eyes closed.
Li Yun is Li Ting's younger brother. He is two years younger than Li Ting and is only eighteen years old. In the third year of Da'an, the imperial court signed an army in Zhongdu. The Li brothers led young men from four villages to join the expedition. They fought dozens of fierce battles and gradually gathered a force under their command. This is of course due to Li Ting's bravery and ruthless tactics. Although Li Yun is young, he is thoughtful and steady, considerate and meritorious.
At this time, Li Yun walked slowly and thought slowly.
Previously, the Li brothers were just the young leaders of Fulang. They often extorted money on the streets and intervened in private salt sales in Baodi County, but they never dared to reach out to the surrounding areas of Zhigu Village. But now, he spends the whole day in and out of Zhigu Village looking around, and even opened a shop, pretending to do business here... which will inevitably arouse doubts in many quarters.
This is inevitable.
Why doesn't the court care about this prosperous land? Because this place is the confinement of many nobles in the court, every business here is backed by high-ranking nobles in the court, and there are even direct descendants of high-ranking nobles who directly preside over affairs here.
Everything that can be thought of, whether it is salt, wine, tea, vinegar, incense and other goods that are exclusively sold by the imperial court, as well as rare treasures from the world and land and sea department stores, are all transferred and traded here before being sent to Zhongdu. The process of transit transactions is a process for many noble people to make big profits; and the ones used to transport huge amounts of materials are not only inland watercrafts, but also extremely large maritime fleets.
As early as the Zhenglong period of King Hailing, the important shipyards of Daikin were located along the Lushui River. At that time, Su Baoheng, minister of the Ministry of Industry, and Xiemao Ali, a veteran of the navy, supervised the construction of warships here. In just a few years, thousands of third-class warships were built.
After the defeat of King Hailing, these shipyards and shipwrights were divided among many nobles. So the nobles controlled the fleet with one hand and the power of smuggling with the other. They made a lot of money in Zhigu Village, which was under the feet of the emperor outside Zhongdu City, and they were very happy.
From the perspective of ordinary people, Zhigu Village is a place where business is booming. In fact, the more you understand the details, the less you dare to act rashly. Because those who are truly qualified to share the wealth in the bureau are the real dignitaries of the Jin Dynasty. Outsiders are only qualified to patrol around and pick up the leftovers.
Those who do not have enough weight and rashly intervene in the game will surely suffer.
What Li Yun was thinking about, Sun Jiang was also thinking about. He couldn't help but ask: "Is the document brought by Mr. Jinzhi really useful? After all, Prime Minister Xu has been down for seventeen or eighteen years, and now Xu Shenzheng... Hehe, the weight is not enough. Besides, he and Xu Shenzheng have nothing to do with each other. What's the relationship? This document has a lot of twists and turns, and it's not written forcefully. I'm afraid it will make people look down upon us!"
Li Yun smiled and said: "I'm trying to make them look down on me."
"how do I say this?"
"In normal times, we can slowly take root and test things slowly, but the situation in Zhongdu City is dangerous recently. Guo Langjun is not sure when he will make a big move... We must establish a foothold here as soon as possible and control considerable power." Li Yun stopped: "So, we need a chance."
Sun Jiang was puzzled: "What opportunity?"
"Mr. Jinzhi is indeed a has-been figure, and he is still involved in a lawsuit. If we take out the documents, we will be despised by others. Immediately, someone will jump out and intend to get rid of us. And we only need to win. Those who jump out will naturally prove their own strength."
Li Yun looked at the rows of houses on the other side of the Tianjin River: "The nobles seem to be unattainable, but in fact, their methods of doing things are the same as those of us ruffians. The first ones to jump out must be those with higher status in Zhigu Village. A family that is humble and eager to appear in front of the big guys above.”
Sun Jiang understood in his heart: "We will gather our brothers and beat this family hard. We will hit whoever takes the lead and beat them to their wits. As long as we clean up our hands and tail, the big shots above will be able to weigh our weight." , maybe you can give us a few bites of this family’s meat and bones instead.”
Meat and bones, it seems a bit excessive, but the local ruffians are just picking up the leftovers of the nobles, so they don't think there is any problem.
Sun Jiang was also proud when he saw Li Yun nodding. Just as he was about to say a few more words, he suddenly stared at the other side of the Tianjin River and stuttered: "Burn, burn, it's burning!"
Li Yun also changed his expression: "It's our shop! Our warehouse! How dare you set fire to it!"
He could see across the wide river, there were figures running in the fire, some were escaping, and others were chasing them, killing them all with swords and guns!
Those people are all from Baodi Township who Li Yun has reunited with recently. How many people will die this time? These noble people in Zhongdu turned out to be even more unreasonable and less scrupulous than the local gangsters!
He shouted to Sun Jiang: "Let's go back quickly!"
Before he finished speaking, he saw several gray-brown figures jumping out from among the deep grass and trees behind Sun Jiang.
Seeing the sudden change in Li Yun's expression, Sun Jiang felt immediately frightened. He put aside the lantern and turned around with the sword in hand. However, as soon as he turned around, he saw a man covered in grass behind him and a big knife held high in his hand.
Sun Jiang had no time to make any resisting movements, and slashed diagonally with the long knife, instantly cutting off the bones in his shoulders and neck, and cutting open the flesh and major blood vessels. Sun Jiang's head and half of his neck were suddenly thrown aside as his own angry blood surged. The blood continued to spurt into the air, and then turned into blood beads, falling with crackling sounds.
Li Yun was also drawing his sword. As soon as he put his hand on the handle of the knife, a strong gust of wind hit him from behind. He only dodged slightly, and then there was a sharp pain on the back of his neck, and his eyes were blood red. If you are an ordinary person, you will faint immediately after eating this. But after all, Li Yun had been fighting for several years. He endured the pain and staggered forward.
This road is on the northern edge of Haipei. There are deep grass and shrubs beside the road, and there is a large depression behind it.
Li Yun rushed through the bushes and fell to the ground.
He crossed over the rocky slope and rolled down into the depression. For a moment, only the thud of the body hitting the stone was heard, and then the sound of water rushing. No one could be seen in the night, and after a while, the sound of the water was covered up by the roar of the sea water and could not be heard.
"Chase! Catch up and kill this kid!" Someone shouted from the top of the sea.
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The area of Xiaozhigu developed explosively when Zhigu was renamed Haijin Town in the third year of Yanyou in the Yuan Dynasty, and when Zhigu shipping rice warehouses were built in the Yuan Dynasty. There seems to be no record of prosperous commerce in the history books of the Jin Dynasty. However, based on common sense, Zhigu Village in the Jin Dynasty was also the center of inland shipping, so there was no reason for it to be so remote that there was no local government office. In addition, to discuss the commodity economy of the Jin Dynasty, we cannot avoid smuggling led by officials. So, um, that’s it…don’t take it seriously.
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