This wooden target was carefully made according to the specifications of the infantry tag, only missing the process of wrapping the leather; in order to facilitate repeated stabbing and beating during martial arts training, there is also a kidnap wood support at the back. But Guo Ning suddenly struck hard with his Iron Bone Flower, and the entire wooden target flew into pieces, as if they were pieces of paper.
The plasterers and laborers who were working east of the school grounds were secretly watching Guo Ning practice martial arts while they were working. At this time, many people cheered and said: "Marshal Guo is awesome! I'm afraid he doesn't have hundreds of kilograms of strength in him." !”
Guo Ning was stunned for a moment, then smiled and waved to them.
After venting his anger, he still had to plan for business. He turned to the attendant beside him and said, "Bring me some clean clothes. I have to go see Jin Qing."
When the maritime trade between the two parties was operating normally, Guo Ning often visited various ports and chatted with some merchants. Among the people from various places who were recalled for questioning this time, Zhao Bin and others came relatively late. Guo Ning had already met five or six groups of people one after another and asked many questions.
He already understood that the trade route was suddenly blocked this time. On the one hand, some people in the Song Dynasty court who were concerned about the relationship between the two countries learned from various channels that Guo Ning's power had suddenly grown and felt a huge threat; on the other hand, there were also people He used the pressure to establish the navy as a starting point against the powerful ministers of his own court. The two sides hit it off immediately, and actually mobilized considerable power to suppress Song's maritime trade.
To be honest, Guo Ning really didn't expect the Song Dynasty court to have such control before, nor did he expect that they could be so straightforward and suppress so many profit-hungry maritime merchants and the people behind them.
The trade between Dajin and the Southern Song Dynasty can be said to be the largest source of wealth in the world today. Since the founding of the country of Dajin and the division of north and south, Dajin and the Southern Dynasties have been facing each other and wars have continued. But both sides do have urgently needed or large quantities of supplies and must rely on the other.
In the context of uncertain wars between the two sides and official trade being blocked from time to time, the smuggling trade on sea and land has always been in a state of high risk and ultra-high profits, so it has continued to flourish.
In the past few decades, Jin State has been the importer in the smuggling trade between the two countries, so it has benefited greatly.
For example, a large number of copper coins in the Jin Kingdom were imported from the Southern Dynasties through smuggling trade, which greatly alleviated the money shortage problem of the Jin Kingdom and supported the Jin Dynasty to a certain extent. In addition, whenever there was a flood or drought in Daijin, food smuggled from the Southern Dynasties was indispensable.
For this reason, Daikin's crackdown on the smuggling trade has always been close to nothing. The main concern is that copper coins must not be allowed to flow out. Anyone who smuggles copper coins will be imprisoned for five years and may die if the amount exceeds three kilograms. The same crime applies to those who smuggle copper coins. This is because Dajin is really short of copper and money.
However, it is precisely because Dajin is extremely short of copper and money, how many heartless businessmen are there to smuggle copper coins into the Song Dynasty instead? This is really a question worth considering.
When it came to Emperor Sejong, the emperor was only responsible for provincial affairs and suppressed the greed of the clan kings. However, he actually had to protect the interests of the Jurchen nobles and repay the many clans that supported him, so the result was When it comes to smuggling trade, we turn a blind eye. As a result, the Jin Kingdom Navy established by King Hailing fell apart, and the fleet fell into the control of various kings.
And in the end, following the chaos in Central Capital the previous time, the powerful sect kings died one after another. Guo Ning took advantage of the situation to take over these fleets, and thus got the first pot of gold from Ding Haijun.
The Jin State benefited from the smuggling trade, but it did not mean that the Song State suffered a loss from it.
The prosperity of maritime trade in the Song Kingdom far exceeded that of the Jin Kingdom. As a big country with prosperous commerce, trade with the Jin Kingdom was just a part of the Song Dynasty's giant foreign trade.
Guo Ning had heard from maritime merchants before that, in addition to the Jin Kingdom, the countries that had trade relations with the Song Kingdom included the Japanese Kingdom, Goryeo, Dali, Tubo tribes, Dayue, Champa, Bagan, Chenla, Srivijaya, and Dali. There are more than 50 countries such as food, and more than 250 kinds of commodities are exchanged in their ports such as Quanzhou, Guangzhou, Wenzhou, and Mingzhou.
As a hub country for huge amounts of trade, the Song State had a lot of money coming in and out; the horses, furs and other items imported from the Jin State did have unique and irreplaceable advantages.
Especially after the rise of Guo Ning's Dinghai regime, in order to ensure its own financial and food supply, the originally restricted horse trade was completely liberalized and even greatly encouraged. The Song State's direct gains from trade increased dramatically, and many merchants in Mingzhou also gained political benefits as a result.
When Li Yun's group herding station system gradually penetrated into Liaodong, many Song Dynasty maritime merchants even tried their best to flatter Li Yun in order to obtain the quota of horses. They would also have fierce disputes with each other over this, which caused a lot of bloody eucalyptus at sea. .
Over time, this kind of trade, in which both countries benefited and the people who dealt with it became richer, naturally gathered a large number of people with vested interests.
Zhang Kai, who fell into exile on the Song Dynasty Road in his early years, now bought back his family's land, built dozens of acres of gardens, and obtained the official rank of Tongshilang. Zhou Keshan, who was recommended by him, also became the guest of many local gentry and officials.
Guo Ning and the staff around him have always felt that they don't have to worry about it, and those who benefit will naturally safeguard their own interests and oppose any plan that affects their money making.
But this time, the power of these people was actually suppressed?
According to reports, it was a group of uninformed officials who started the trend in the Lin'an court; but it was Shi Mi, the powerful prime minister of the Southern Dynasties, who actually promoted the consensus in the court and then formed a decree in a short period of time and implemented it in one go. Far.
This Shi Miyuan has some reputation in the court of Zhongdu.
During the Taihe period, the Song Dynasty was good at provoking border provocations, but the Jin Dynasty used all its might to retaliate against the Song Dynasty with nine troops and horses. They successively captured Zhenzhou and Yangzhou on the east route, Xiangyang and Jiangling on the middle route, and the important town of Heshangyuan on the west route. , Dashanguan and other places.
However, Dajin was weak after all, and the generals in various departments were far less intelligent and brave than they were at the founding of the country; the lower-level officers mostly used Han'er and Zou troops, and their fighting will was also a problem; and with so many soldiers and horses dispatched, the subsequent food and fodder could not be supported at all. In the past, people everywhere could not bear the oppression and launched riots, causing local officials to complain endlessly.
Therefore, when the Jin army reached the riverside, they had used all their strength. In the process, they were defeated by several powerful troops from the Song Dynasty, and their mouths were full of blood. As long as the Song Dynasty had a little more patience, Dai Jin's offensive would not be sustainable.
At this time, thanks to the weak temperament of the Song people in the Southern Dynasties. A group of peace advocates from the Lin'an court actually joined forces to assassinate Han Kanwei, the prime minister who was leading the battle, and sent Han Kanwei's head to Zhongdu to show their sincerity in seeking peace. According to Yi La Chucai's account, when the court in Zhongdu heard that the Song Dynasty had agreed to peace talks, they were filled with joy.
The person who gathered people to assassinate Han Kanwei at that time was Shi Miyuan, the current right prime minister of the Song Dynasty. Since Shi Miyuan came to power, he has always been very deferential to Dajin.
According to common sense, Guo Ning's ability to seize Zhongdu by force proved that he was militarily stronger than the Jurchens. Shi Miyuan is afraid of Jurchens, why not afraid of Ding Haijun?
Guo Ning really didn't know that he had taken the wrong medicine to agree to such an operation. Isn't this provoking Daikin and the rapidly rising Dinghai navy?
Since Guo Ning gathered the crowd to raise troops, it's not that no one has provoked him, nor has anyone underestimated the force he mustered. Guo Ning is a person who never waits for revenge, and he is used to a rampant style, so he has no scruples in his actions. Those who think they have something to rely on and then provoke or despise him will soon be smashed to pieces by him, paying for their stupidity with their own lives.
But this time, Guo Ning rarely hesitated. The practices of the Southern Dynasties truly affected many arrangements for Ding Haijun's successors and greatly weakened his prerequisites for mobilizing force. But this approach happened to be stuck on Guo Ning's bottom line of revenge.
To say that the Song Dynasty blocked the grain trade, it really did not.
The Song Dynasty only emphasized the policy of combating smuggling normally. These policies were clearly legal documents. No one could say that the Song Dynasty did not have the right to enforce its own laws in this way.
There is no certainty that the navy's channels for obtaining food through smuggling will be interrupted.
Summarizing the information reported from various places, the scheduled food input will be about 60% less. This lack of quota immediately caused a huge gap in Ding Haijun's position scheduling. But there is still the remaining 40%, which makes it even more important and prevents problems from arising.
If there is a conflict with the Southern Dynasty because of the lack of 60%, then the remaining 40% is probably gone. At that time, what should we do? Are they really going to send troops brazenly to plunder the Song Dynasty?
Guo Ning is warlike and good at fighting, but he is not a war madman. He does not think that war can solve all problems.
