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The sixth year of Jingkang year, the second day of March.
Jinling Imperial City.
In the Chongzheng Hall, the Xianggong of the Political Affairs Hall and the Privy Councilors sat in a row in front of Zhao Huan, the Emperor of Jinling of the Song Dynasty. They were all in high spirits and beamed with joy, as if the Emperor of Jinling was about to give them promotions and rewards.
But these people really deserve some heavy rewards, because in the past few years when they moved south to Jinling, they worked really hard - it would be impossible if they didn't work hard! Because Dajin not only valued military affairs over literature, but also had three groups of Khitan, Bohai and Liao Han'er who could provide corrupt officials, there was no need for scholar-bureaucrats from the Song Dynasty to serve as officials.
There is no way to betray the country!
The emperor of Luoyang not only focused on the government soldiers, but also "purchased" the land of the scholar-bureaucrats with cloth tickets on Yingtian 4th Road and distributed it to the government soldiers. He also implemented the land equalization tax law on Zhuantian 2nd Road, and also engaged in small-scale income. Mu and officials and gentry paid grain and tax together. It was natural to deprive the scholar-bureaucrats of all their privileges. Zhao Kai's regime was originally based on the government soldiers. The government soldiers had already occupied most of the fertile land on the four roads of Yingtian, and they did not have to pay land taxes. And there is also the priority of being an official. With such a large group of military privileged classes, Zhao Kai certainly could no longer grant privileges to scholar-bureaucrats.
Moreover, the powerful scholar-bureaucrats in the Song Dynasty were trained according to the standard of "others carry swords, but I have a pen like a knife." Facing the swords of the soldiers, is it possible that they can still use the pen to poke?
Therefore, once Zhao Kai unified the world, life for the scholar-bureaucrats in the southeast would definitely not be easy!
Since the road to surrender and treason has been blocked by the enemy, the civil servants in Zhao Huan's court can only work hard to be loyal to the emperor and patriotic.
Moreover, Zhao Huan, who was forced to despair by the Jinren and Zhao Kai, had no choice but to rely wholeheartedly on his civil servants. There was no longer any system of civil and military affairs, large and small ministers, and there was no need for internal servants or supervisors. Complete and single-minded reliance on civilian bureaucracy.
Although the civilian bureaucrats have become domineering and refractory after taking power, fortunately there are people who really take care of things. Therefore, the efficiency of the Jinling court in recent years is something that could not be imagined before the Xuanhe disaster!
The large tube weighing more than two thousand kilograms (tube weight) is now said to be cast!
This matter should be put aside before the declaration of peace, and should not be discussed in the court for several months? That's a big tube made of copper! And it's not just a matter of casting one or two. The Southern Song Dynasty had such a large territory and had a navy army. How many of them would be enough? If too much copper is used to make the tube, and the people are short of copper coins, how can they be bought and sold? There is less business among the people, so where can the government collect taxes? Just these high-sounding reasons would make things confusing.
But the situation is different now... When Zhao Kai's soldiers come with big guns and kill them later, those who lead the troops to resist are the Privy Council's orders! These are all high-ranking civil servants, not comparable to those military generals who are as aggrieved as the little daughter-in-law who was abused by her husband's family. For the sake of their own lives, everyone dares to point their fingers at the Grand Prime Minister of the East Palace and scold him!
When these two cowards Geng Nanzhong and Zhang Bangchang met their group of civil servants leading troops, they would not dare to have any temper at all. Not to mention casting cannons made of copper, they had to find a way to plunder them for cannons made of gold!
The copper problem is easy to solve. The casting process is ready. The next step is to oversee the work.
In the past, the imperial weapons inspection was not under the control of the military commander, nor was it under the control of the Privy Council. And the local offices are also not under the control of the military commander...nor are they under the control of the pacification envoy, or even the transportation envoy who is in charge of logistics, but are in charge of the prison and prison department who are in charge of public security!
Nowadays, the weapons inspection of the Jinling court is directly under the control of the Privy Council. The official responsible for making the tubes may go to the battlefield tomorrow with these tubes!
So the issue of whether or not there is a large tube has now been resolved - the tubular firearm is actually a layer of window paper, which will break with a poke! It is nothing more than casting a large pipe. As long as you are willing to use copper, with the casting technology of the Southern Song Dynasty, whether it is available or not is not a problem at all. The problem is that it is too heavy (the thickness of the pipe wall is difficult to control).
However, for fortress tubes and ship tubes, overweight is not a big problem, so casting large tubes can be considered a success now.
Naturally, everyone of the two prime ministers involved in this matter has merit, and they deserve a generous reward, right?
When everyone was thinking about good things, a chamberlain holding a fly whisk suddenly walked in quickly, came to Zhao Huan's side, and handed him a memorial.
Seeing this scene, all the ministers and ministers present were stunned. What happened? Is it this urgent?
Zhao Huan also felt strange. What happened in such a hurry?
Moreover, the encrypted memorials should be delivered once a day by the Secretary of General Affairs and sent directly to Chongzheng Hall for Zhao Huan to read slowly and carefully. Memorials that are not encrypted are usually no big deal, and are handled directly by the two governments. But we are discussing something now, so why did you send me a memorial?
Could it be that... Zhao Kai called after announcing his announcement?
Zhao Huan's expression changed drastically, and he quickly picked up the memorial and opened it to read. The courtiers below also became nervous, each frowning and looking at the emperor. But what they saw was an inexplicably surprised face.
Zhao Huan was stunned there!
"Guan family, what happened?"
After a while, Zhao Huan didn't "thaw out" and remained silent, so Geng Nanzhong couldn't help but ask questions.
"Tang, Tang Dynasty..." Zhao Huan stammered, "The Tang Dynasty still exists!"
What?
Is the Tang Dynasty still there?
"Guan, what did you say?" Geng Nanzhong looked surprised and felt that there was something wrong with his ears.
"The Tang Dynasty is actually still there!" Zhao Huan said, "This is a report from the Guangzhou Shipping Department. Last month, the Guangzhou Shipping Department received a delegation from a large food country... This mission is huge. , composed of hundreds of people, were not here to pay tribute, but to negotiate with the Emperor of Tang Dynasty about the territorial division of the land in the river in the Western Regions! According to the inspection by officials from the Municipal Shipping Department, that mission does not seem to be fake. "
"With the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty?" Zhao Mingcheng said, "Guan family, did the people from the Shipping Department make a mistake? The person they are looking for is the emperor's younger brother?"
Zhao Huan shook his head, "No, I'm not looking for the emperor's brother, I'm looking for the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty!"
"But the Tang Dynasty has long since perished..."
Zhao Huan shook his head, "No, the Tang Dynasty did not fall, at least not completely. Instead, some of the remnants went abroad to the Western Regions. The remnants of the Tang Dynasty lived there and accumulated strength. Xu Tu recovered, and now it has become a powerful country in the Western Regions. Not long ago, they officially raised the banner of the Tang Dynasty, surrendered Gaochang, destroyed the Black Khan Uighurs, and fought with the Western Turks, a vassal of the Dashi Kingdom! The Western Turks could not resist, so they asked the Dashi Kingdom for help, and the Dashi Kingdom The Shiguo State sent an envoy to travel thousands of miles eastward by sea, and finally found our place..."
This is the power of brain supplementation!
All the officials in the Chongzheng Palace turned their attention to Li Gang, the Right Privy Councilor - Li Gang is a descendant of Ning Wang Li Xian, the eldest son of Ruizong Emperor Li Dan. If the Tang Dynasty was still there, wouldn't Li Gang become a foreign royal family?
"Official family," Li Gang became a member of the royal family inexplicably, but he was not happy at all, "I have never heard of any descendants of Li Tang heading west..."
"Privy Li's ancestors traveled thousands of miles from Shaanxi to settle in Zhejiang, so it's hard to guarantee that the Li and Tang ethnic groups would choose to go to the Western Regions when the world was in chaos, right?" Geng Nanzhong said in a neutral tone.
Now Li Gang had nothing to say. His ancestors could escape from Shaanxi to Zhejiang, but why not allow others to escape to the Western Regions?
Moreover, when the Tang Dynasty collapsed, there were still many forces in the Hexi Corridor and the Western Regions who regarded the Tang Dynasty as Zhengshuo. It seemed safer to flee westward than to go south of the Yangtze River.
"It is also possible that they are descendants of Li Cunxu," Zhao Mingcheng quickly relieved his allies, "The Shatuo people are nomadic, and Li Cunxu was about to take over the world. It was a time when martial virtue was abundant, how could they be wiped out all at once? It is natural for him to have a son or brother to lead his troops and flee westward."
Zhao Huan nodded lightly, "It is more likely that he is from Shatuo, but Li Keyong is included in the Li Tang genealogy, so he can also be considered a member of the Li Tang clan."
Yes, Li Gang's trap has not been solved yet.
"Guan family, what should we do now?" Zhao Mingcheng had no choice but to follow Zhao Huan's words and ask.
Zhao Huan did not answer directly, but just sighed: "If the descendants of Li Tang can really acquire land in the Western Regions and establish a country, they will be true heroes!"
"Officials," Li Gang had no choice but to save himself, said, "I feel that this matter is quite fishy, so I should ask the Guangzhou Shipping Department to escort this large food country envoy to Yingtian Mansion, and then have officials sent by the imperial court to interrogate it in detail. "
He now very much doubts that the Western Region Tang Dynasty is an impostor, and is probably related to Zhao Kai. He must ask clearly, and he cannot be wrongly accused of being a foreign royal family.
Zhao Huan did not think about this, but said with great envy: "We should ask clearly... How big is the Western Region? How far is the Dashi Country from us? How can we travel by sea? To Guangzhou? How many countries will you pass along the way? What are the customs like? What are the special products like? What is the population? How strong is the military? You all need to know!"
Why do you still need to ask about the strength of the army?
The ministers in Chongzheng Palace are becoming more and more confused as they listen!
You ask so clearly what you want to do? Are you going to invade them?
When everyone was suspecting that Zhao Huan was getting worse, Zhao Huan started talking again, "Who should I ask? Why don't you let King Su ask? He did very well in the errands in Korea and Japan last time. Yes... we got three islands, and we also made an alliance with Japan to fight against the gold thieves, and we also made a good relationship with the King of Jinling. Now Japan has sent another envoy to the Song Dynasty to make peace with us. They want to make good friends and ask us to help them mine and trade. I intend to agree to their request, because that is what our country, China, should do! There are hundreds of countries south of the Song Dynasty, and there must be some who admire Chinese culture. , a small country that needs our help. I plan to send King Su to bring the navy’s tube boat to help them."
After hearing this, the ministers finally breathed a sigh of relief.
It turns out that the officials are not going to invade anyone, but to help other countries... He is indeed a wise king!
