The national policy of the Southern Song Dynasty changed, and the things to be done in the future must also be completely different.
They were no longer passively defensive and had illusions about the Ming Dynasty. They decided to take their fate into their own hands and would never surrender to Su Yonglin and wait to be purged by him.
At the same time, in order to find out when and how the Ming Dynasty planned to invade the Southern Song Dynasty, whether it was ready for a full-scale attack, etc., Zhao Min decided to send envoys to the Ming Dynasty again on the advice of his ministers. Visits are secretly meant to spy on information.
As for the reason, it’s easy to find.
Anyway, he definitely didn't ask Ming Guo "are you planning to hit me" stupidly? There must be other reasons.
For example, because the national fortunes of the Southern Song Dynasty were difficult and there were huge internal difficulties, we came to ask the Ming Dynasty to see if they could slightly reduce the number of annual coins or postpone the payment.
Anyway, there shouldn’t be too many reasons for wanting to go to Ming Dynasty.
This time, because the matter was more important, the envoy sent was of a higher level. .
Chen Kangbo, who once again served as the counselor for political affairs, decided to take action personally and went to Zhongdu to meet Su Yonglin and explore Su Yonglin's tone.
Lu You and Yu Yunwen, who had been envoys to the Ming Dynasty, were appointed as deputy envoys to the left and right, and accompanied Chen Kangbo on the mission to the Ming Dynasty.
In name, this is a high-level mission, but in reality it is a high-level observation mission.
They need to observe the internal situation of the Ming Dynasty to judge whether the Ming Dynasty has any plans to attack the Southern Song Dynasty in the near future. If so, they need to know immediately and make preparations.
Because this plan has certain risks, Chen Kangbo, Lu You and Yu Yunwen all have to bear certain risks and be prepared to not come back at any time.
All three of them said that they would not hesitate to die for the sake of the Song Dynasty.
This round of mission is of great significance. The mission is not equipped with many civilian officials, but it is equipped with a lot of expert guards. The purpose is that in case something is not violated, under the protection of these experts, they still have the possibility of returning successfully. No. As for being left in the Ming Dynasty like that.
Zhao Xin thought a lot about these three people.
So in mid-August in the fourth year of Hongwu and the third year of Longxing, the three-man envoys received permission from the Ming Dynasty and officially set off north to Zhongdu.
After the three people set off, Zhao Hao recruited and trained troops while personally supervising the material embargo and economic blockade of the occupied areas of Jiangnan West Road. He was always observing the situation on Jiangnan West Road and prepared to send troops to attack immediately if there was civil strife. .
Previously, he was forced to the edge and was about to open the box of destruction by allowing local governments to recruit their own troops to defeat the bandits. As a result, when Su Yonglin's book came out, the ruling class of the Southern Song Dynasty united like never before.
They all determined the major political policy of supporting the Song Dynasty and resisting the Ming Dynasty, and closely united around the Southern Song Dynasty court with Zhao Yu as the core.
If nothing else, even the donations received from this wave of recruitment fully reflect this.
The corrupt are no longer greedy, the lazy are no longer lazy, and the timid are no longer timid.
They all used all their abilities to fight for the growth of the Zhao and Song dynasties. The scene of vigorous vitality and all things competing was a scene that Zhao Min could only see in his dreams.
But now it has become a fact.
Zhao Yan even wanted to thank Su Yonglin, because his stupidity and recklessness allowed his Southern Song Dynasty to survive a wave of life and be sucked hard.
However, Zhao Min is obviously too idealistic. He feels that a book by Su Yonglin can instantly transform the entire ruling class into a person who cares about the country and the people, giving up corruption and becoming a virtuous person.
of course not.
What they did was for themselves, not for the Southern Song Dynasty. The fundamental starting point of what they did was to protect their own interests and privileged status, and by the way, make the Southern Song Dynasty stronger. The essence will not change.
They are still the worms of the country, and they are still vampires. They just tolerate their greedy desires now, suck less blood, give more to the lower classes, and give away a little profit.
But you still have to take what should be taken, and you still have to pluck out what should be plucking. It’s just that in the past, I took eight pennies out of ten pennies. Now, with a little patience, I take away seven or six cents.
They knew that if all the money was really used to do things, the army of the Southern Song Dynasty would definitely be very powerful and would not be as miserable as it is now. As long as they could have enough food, they would still have enough. combative.
But this is impossible.
It is impossible for them to look at the money and not take it. It is impossible for them to really watch the lowly big-head soldiers eat with their mouths full of oil and their hearts calm. They just say that when facing a real crisis, they should take less and take it anyway.
Just taking a little less, they can still be patient for the sake of their future fate. This will allow the Southern Song Dynasty to relax and build a stronger army that can compete with Su Yonglin's Ming army.
And the nature of this group of people will not change in any way.
Once there is a way for them to obtain more benefits, and they cannot see any obvious changes in the Southern Song Dynasty, they will swarm in and devour them all without hesitation.
For example, about "Hongwu Political Treatise".
As the ruling class of the Southern Song Dynasty completed its ideological closed loop and response strategies, many people felt that Su Yonglin's threat ended here. Although this book was terrifying, it could no longer threaten the solid rule of the Southern Song Dynasty regime.
And as the imperial ban and book-burning orders continued, they keenly discovered huge business opportunities.
The ruling class really no longer cares about the threat posed by "Hongwu Political Treatise". They have decided to engage in all-out confrontation.
But because this book itself has the blessing of [written by the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty] and the banning order of the Southern Song Dynasty court, it has great appeal to the low-level literate people among the people.
In addition to the high-level literate people in the ruling class, there are also low-level literate people among the people, such as accountants, poor teachers, fortune tellers, etc. They are also literate, but they cannot pass the exams for high-level intellectuals, and they have no choice but to become losers in life.
Senior intellectuals look down on them and don't treat them as people, but since they pursue "Hongwu Political Treatise", this is a huge business opportunity.
On the one hand, it was written by the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, and on the other hand, it was banned and burned in the Southern Song Dynasty. As a result, an authentic copy of "Hongwu Political Treatise" was sold at a sky-high price on the private black market, and complete fakes were also sold at a high price.
Basically, in some places, the price of an authentic "Hongwu Political Treatise" is more than a hundred times more expensive than a normal book.
In slightly cheaper places, the authentic "Hongwu Political Treatise" can be sold for thirty to fifty times the price of a normal book.
Although fakes do not have such high prices, they still have huge profits. The price of a fake can be more than ten times the price of a normal book, and the profit margin is extremely high.
Such huge profits are enough to drive many people crazy.
Many Southern Song businessmen saw the business opportunities and decided to go to the Ming Dynasty to buy genuine products despite the imperial ban and the risk of beheading.
The price of genuine Ming products was too cheap, and Emperor Su was too gentle towards his people. He would buy them as long as they could get them, and then bring them back and resell them for a profit of more than a hundred times. They were very motivated to work hard for this.
The scalpers are so desperate, and the pirate dogs will not be stingy with their "ingenuity". On the one hand, they publish pirated versions, and on the other hand, they also try to imitate the genuine "Hongwu Political Treatise".
However, the authentic Hongwu Political Commentary has a so-called version number that they are not familiar with, and some pages use high-end paper such as water-textured paper, which makes the cost of imitation quite high and the process difficult. Therefore, the imitation of genuine products is easy to be exposed and cannot be sold. Authentic price.
Therefore, under the current circumstances, the source of authentic products mainly relies on the Southern Song Dynasty merchants to search and bring them back across the border. They often hide the authentic "Hongwu Political Treatise" among the accompanying merchandise under the guise of doing business. Several copies are hidden in a wooden box. Ben, it’s really not easy to find out.
Of course, if you insist on inspection, you will obviously not be able to avoid it. As long as the Southern Song Dynasty border inspectors do their duty, the merchants will have nothing to do. As for whether those border officials are seriously enforcing the ban order...
It’s hard to say.
Anyway, they had a close relationship with those merchants. The merchants gave them a little money to feed them, so they turned a blind eye and let the caravan go.
As for how many authentic copies of "Hongwu Political Treatise" the merchants took away, and what kind of threats these books could bring to them and what consequences they would cause...
They don't care.
