Seasons are passing by, and it’s the fifth year of Baoyou in a blink of an eye.
Zhao Mengqi built a town outside the festival and was responsible for suppressing the rebellion, so he did not return to Lin'an to celebrate the New Year.
As good news came to Lin'an frequently, the people became more and more at ease, and the largest city in the world returned to its peaceful and warm atmosphere.
In the early days of the court, there were still many officials who impeached the King of Yan for acting recklessly, persecuting local gentry, and tampering with local systems under the pretext of suppressing rebellion. However, the officials became more and more lazy in their administration, and occasionally held several small court meetings, but even a regular court meeting was not held. Never opened it.
Only those at the level of the Prime Minister are eligible for the Xiaochaohui. Therefore, most officials have not seen the Holy Face in person for a long time, and they have no chance to publicly impeach in front of the imperial court.
The bullets sent into the palace like snowflakes only ended up in the sea, with no news.
Seeing this situation, all the officials understood that the official was determined to be the shopkeeper and let King Yan do whatever he wanted, no matter how hard he tried, he would not interfere anymore.
The officials of King Yan's line didn't know whether they had foreseen it or were entrusted with it. They had been watching the impeachment with a cold eye, and then immersed themselves in their work, not bothering to argue at all.
Those court officials found that the impeachment was just for self-pleasure, not even a splash, and they gradually felt bored, so they all lost their temper. Instead of wasting their energy, they might as well find a few prostitutes and maids to study the origin of life in depth.
Although Zhao Guanjia was slack in government affairs, the bureaucratic system had developed to a very mature stage. It made no difference whether or not the emperor participated in daily government affairs, so the government was still running normally.
In the past six months, the Mongols have made constant small moves, but no major wars have broken out, and the overall situation has been relatively stable.
The Zhejiang West Road Economic Circle that Jiang Wanli was responsible for was also proceeding in an orderly manner, and no more accidents occurred. After all, most of the gentry on the two Zhejiang Roads are busy making a fortune. Even if someone wants to cause trouble, nothing will happen without the cooperation of the gentry. No trouble.
The Taihu Lake management project is generally going smoothly. Pingjiang Prefecture is becoming more and more prosperous. Last year, the agricultural tax was exempted for a year, but this year it paid 116 shi of tax and grain to the court. This shocked everyone inside and outside the court. This is four times that of the year before.
Not to mention, in the past, the maximum amount of commercial taxes was 500,000 to 600,000 guan, but in the fourth year of Baoyou, 3.67 million guan was escorted to the court, which made the officials of the Ministry of Household Affairs start to feel uncomfortable when they walked.
Wu Qian's achievements were obvious to all, so at the end of the year, the imperial court moved him to be the ambassador of the coastal system, assigned to Qingyuan Mansion, and responsible for the coastal military defense of the two Zhejiang roads.
Then Ye Mengding, who had been in Dingyou for one year and nine months, regained his love and took over Wu Qian's original position. He was the pacification envoy of western Zhejiang, also knew Pingjiang Mansion, and was in charge of the Taihu Comprehensive Management Department.
Ding You was originally supposed to serve for three years, but in fact, senior officials in the Song Dynasty rarely served the full term, so no one could say anything about Ye Mengding's resurrection.
On the first day of the first lunar month, the imperial court announced that Wu Yuan, Wu Qian's third brother, would be promoted to the position of political advisor and envoy to the Privy Council for his efforts in resisting the Mongolian invasion in Baihe, Juhe, and Yuquan.
Historically, Wu Yuanhui died of illness on the eighth day of the first lunar month. Because Zhao Mengqi sent an imperial doctor to nurse him back to health a year ago, he should have been able to live for several more years. He returned to the court in mid-February. Sit in the center for King Yan.
As a result, the structure of the court returned to the three-giant model. Dong Huai was the right prime minister and Privy Council member and was the prime minister. Cheng Yuanfeng was the left prime minister and Privy Council member and was the second prime minister. Wu Yuan was the third prime minister.
Most people in both the government and the opposition are relatively accepting and optimistic about this structure. After all, political struggles are full of uncertainties and are prone to ups and downs. Except for some speculators, most officials still prefer a more stable political environment.
This pattern is considered to be in the middle, but it is more biased towards King Yan, so the Zhang family, Ma Tianji, Chen Dafang and others can only stay dormant on the surface for the time being, and slowly arrange things secretly, forming alliances with their gangs to accumulate strength.
In the eyes of Zhao Guan's family, now is the peaceful day that they have been striving for. The court is harmonious and peaceful, and they will not cause trouble for themselves. Their son is smart and capable enough to support the country, and there is no need for him to worry about it.
After being the emperor for more than thirty years, his ambitions have long since faded. Now his successor is outstanding enough, and he has a healthy and strong son. He can be a good account of his ancestors, both in public and private affairs. How can I wait until I don’t enjoy peace and happiness now?
Most of people's troubles come from pursuit. Once there is no pressure and motivation, and you can settle down with the status quo, this life will not be too nourishing.
During the comfortable and leisure time, Zhao Guan's family became more and more lazy, and his mood became more beautiful and open-minded. Even when Zhao Feng said that he would accompany his brother to celebrate the New Year, he did not object too much. Zhao Feng was just being coquettish and cute, and after asking for help a few times, he agreed. .
As a result, Zhao Feng and Zhao Han happily rushed to Quanzhou a year ago, along with Wanwan, but Wanwan left and returned to Pingjiang Mansion after the Lantern Festival. After all, she is now a person with a career...
In the past few months, navigation between Liuqiu and Quanzhou has become a daily routine, with ships departing and arriving at the ports of the two places almost every day.
Zhao Mengqi also traveled frequently and spent half of his time on the ship, so he simply regarded Shenzhou as a mobile Jiedu mansion, making the two princesses Zhao Feng and Zhao Yu almost become the daughters of the sea.
As long as the Shenzhou docked in the port, officials of all sizes could be seen running to the dock frequently, and even a temporary government office was set up near the dock.
After two months, the Mori tribe was completely eradicated, the adults were killed without mercy, and the young women and children were distributed to those tribes who submitted, probably to become slaves.
In order to seek submission throughout the territory, in addition to Luding County, Lubei, Ludong, and Lunan counties were also established. Excluding the garrison, there were already nearly 200,000 Han people, thousands of whom were various traders who fled voluntarily. .
On the Fujian Road side, the counter-rebellion matter is coming to an end. Tingzhou has been recaptured and Chen Wei is in charge. It has become the headquarters of the general staff of the counter-rebellion army. The remaining more than 30,000 rebels have been driven to Ninghua County, and only a few of them have been destroyed. Every day.
Chen Wei read the letter written by King Yan, carefully put it back in the envelope, and then looked at the map and fell into thinking.
Although Lu Xiufu on the side was very curious about the content of the letter, he abided by the rules and did not ask questions rashly, nor did he disturb Chen Wei's thinking.
After a long while, Chen Wei said, "Jun Shi, your staff team has drawn up a battle plan. Three days later, we will launch a general attack on Ninghua. The purpose is not to annihilate them all, but to force the backbone of the rebels to move west."
Lu Xiufu frowned and said in confusion, "Prime Minister Chen, now that all the ministries are about to be in place and there is no pressure to encircle and annihilate the rebels, why do you want to deliberately indulge the enemy? If the rebels flow into Jiangxi Road, it will be endless poison."
"This is what His Highness means." Chen Wei smiled and continued to explain, "It's not that we want to let all the rebels go. We just need to control them to three to five thousand people. When they arrive in Jiangxi, there will be The Second and Third Guard Brigades are waiting. Well, there is no need to hide it from you. In fact, His Highness wants the Second and Third Brigades to move to Jingjiang Mansion. But simply marching would be a bit boring, so the remnants of the rebels are given to them. They are used as training objects, and they are controlled and driven to Jingjiang like a cat playing with a mouse. This is much more difficult than simply eradicating them."
"Jingjiang Mansion?" Lu Xiufu's eyes lit up, "Your Highness... Your Highness, are you going to attack Dali?"
Chen Wei admired Lu Xiufu's keenness and nodded with admiration, "As long as you know this, don't tell others first. After regaining Ninghua, we must take care of everything before April, and then The entire army will return to Quanzhou and then go to Qiongzhou for adaptive training."
When Lu Xiufu heard this, he was confused again, training in Qiongzhou?
Could it be that His Highness plans to divide his troops into two groups to attack Dali?
It seems that this is not necessary. After all, the two main channels from Guangnan West Road into Dali are in Shicheng County. There is not much difference between dividing or not. However, it is better to obtain supplies by sea from Yongzhou, and the logistical pressure will be less.
Lu Xiufu thought he had thought of a reason to divide his troops, but Zhao Mengqi did not intend to start from Yongzhou at all...
As April approaches, many merchants from all over the world begin to rush to Quanzhou in advance, because around May is when the monsoon turns, which means that most merchant ships return with countless overseas goods.
In previous years, when sea trade was prosperous, only thirty or fifty merchant ships would arrive a year. But last year, driven by Zhao Mengqi, more than a hundred large-scale ships were sent out, and they were able to bring back more than a hundred ships' worth of goods.
At first glance, it seems that things are more valuable when they are scarce, and the supply suddenly increased by two or three times. The supply must not be so tight anymore, and it should not be so attractive to businessmen.
In fact, this is not the case. You must know that since sea trade has been depressed for so long, smuggling alone cannot actually satisfy the huge demand for foreign goods in the market. Even if there are a hundred more ships of foreign goods suddenly, it will not be able to satisfy the appetite of the wealthy people of the Song Dynasty.
In other words, as long as you can get special goods, you don't have to worry about making money. Moreover, King Yan has also relaxed the rule of law and greatly lowered the entry threshold. People who were not qualified before can also come together to get a share of the pie. Those who were qualified before We also need to reset the purchase channels, so how can we miss this first-hand source of goods?
The area near the dock is where businessmen hang out most often, and it is also the central point where news from all directions gathers and exchanges.
"Hey, I used to come to Quanzhou often, but this time I feel that it has changed a lot. The city is still the same city, the houses are still the same, and the shops have not changed much, but there are so many damn people."
"Businessmen from all over the world in the seaport and people from ten continents in the market. There used to be a lot of them, but now there are many times more. Apart from other things, in the inn where I live, it only cost three hundred coins a day to get a room, and dozens of It hasn’t changed in years, but this time I insisted on paying 500 yuan, so I still managed to get a room by relying on my reputation as a regular customer.”
"The streets used to be bustling with people, but now it's even more crowded. Many people feel like their buttocks are on fire, and they feel like they're flying when they walk."
"In the words of His Highness King Yan, time is money. If you want to get rich, don't you run faster?"
"The changes in Quanzhou are not just about the large number of people. There is now a lot of construction work on the south bank of the Jinjiang River, and countless workshops have been built..."
"No, no, no, according to reliable information, three more ships have been robbed."
"Ah!? How is that possible? Didn't it say that King Yan has sent troops to clear out all the pirates?"
"Hey, you don't know something about this. There must be no pirates within a thousand miles of Quanzhou now, but not all of them have been wiped out by King Yan. Many of them have fled to Nanyang. No matter how powerful King Yan is, he will take them. There is nothing they can do. Besides, there are a lot of pirates there, especially near Champa City. There are so many pirates..."
"Isn't Champa also a vassal of ours? If something goes wrong on their territory, won't the imperial court just ignore it?"
"You have to ask. There have been several incidents in the past few days. It is said that King Yan sent several stern ultimatums to Champa, urging them to ensure smooth sea routes."
"Even if you have hair, your hair will be gray. In fact, the backing of those pirates is the Champa government, and some are even the officials and soldiers of Champa. Champa is a pirate nest. Besides, although it is nominally a vassal, our Song Dynasty It’s not the Tang Dynasty, and it has no deterrent effect at all. When I sent the message, they probably just said a few perfunctory words.”
"After all, we are the orthodox people in the world. How did we end up being able to bully even a small country?"
"What's the use of orthodoxy? If martial ethics is not strong, then no one will dare to step on it..."
"Speaking of it, the place where the city was occupied was Xianglin County, Rinan County during the Han Dynasty. It was stolen by a group of thieves. We have a vast land and rich resources, and we don't bother to care about the little corners. As long as they behave well, they will just pinch their noses and recognize it. In the past, they didn't Fortunately, these thieves are quite submissive, but now that our country is declining, they are going to take advantage of us."
"If you ask me, I should take it back as soon as possible. Otherwise, how can I live up to my ancestors? And that Champa is not just a corner, but a strategic point on the sea route. The land is very fertile. It is a treasure land with three crops a year. Now it is a famous granary. Ah, if Han people are allowed to farm, at least the grain production will be doubled several times."
"It's easy to say, contain it? How to contain it?! What should we use to contain it? If we had that ability, how could they dare to be so arrogant?"
"Indeed, Amitabha is the only one who can save half of the current country... It seems that those who have been robbed can only blame themselves for their bad luck..."
"Going to sea is no different from licking blood from the edge of a knife. There will always be a few unlucky ones, whether they are man-made disasters or natural disasters. Things are actually much better now. If you buy insurance, as long as you come back alive, you can still recover a lot of losses. of."
"Hey, shit tastes bad and money is hard to make. By the way, what is this insurance?"
