The Song Dynasty has changed.
To be precise, the Song Dynasty has changed since the medical reform.
First of all, the most obvious and direct change is the explosion of medical skills. Intractable diseases have been solved one after another, hospitals have been established one after another, and the number of doctors has expanded rapidly.
In addition to the great leap forward of doctors themselves, the shadow of doctors is also everywhere in the imperial reform.
In Gyeonggi Province, the implementation of the system of working from farm to farm has been extremely successful. The burden on farmers with little land has been greatly reduced, and it has been well received by the people! Kaifeng Prefecture's taxes increased instead of decreasing.
When the court decided on the autumn tax, it expanded the number of acres to ten roads around Kaifeng.
next year!
During the summer and autumn tax periods, the service-sharing system will be extended to the entire Song Dynasty.
At the same time, doctors will work together to promote pesticides in various areas to increase farmland production and alleviate the dissatisfaction of wealthy households and landowners with the new policy.
Despite this, there were still landowners and wealthy households who resisted openly or covertly. However, with the officials' immediate measures to remedy the situation, the work was steadily advanced, and the overall situation was decided.
At the same time, a kind of artifact called glass flowed into the Song Dynasty market quietly. Its texture was crystal clear, like crystal, and extremely exquisite.
Although its price is high, compared with gemstones, it is naturally very different.
Moreover, glass products come in various forms. As soon as they appeared in the world, they immediately aroused the pursuit of wealthy businessmen, who were proud to have a set of glass products.
As soon as it goes on the market, it will be sold out. It is no exaggeration to say that money is made every day.
Someone with scheming intentions coveted the glass products and secretly investigated, but found out that this was a government operation and immediately became silent.
Glass products sold well and provided a steady stream of funds to the court's finances. Only a few court officials understood that the so-called glass was just an accessory for doctors to develop microscopes.
In addition, the doctor underwrote five million treasury bonds and quickly sold more than half of them, allowing the Song Dynasty to temporarily escape from its financial crisis.
In the foreign war, the Battle of Pingxia City completely cheered up the hearts of the people of Song Dynasty. The shocking thunder appeared and sufficient financial funds made the Song Dynasty straighten its back.
The Song Dynasty is getting better, and it has become better than ever before, but all these changes are closely related to doctors.
"Doctor!"
Zhang Fuzhong!
The backbone of the new party has gathered! Zhang Dun's face was solemn.
Once upon a time, when he received Zhao Xu's secret edict and prepared to return to the court, he could not help but worship with passion, determined to implement the new law, revive the Song Dynasty, and completely wash away the shame of the New Party.
Nowadays, the Song Dynasty has indeed reformed, but it has become a new law with four different characteristics.
Others put old wine in new bottles and sell dog meat on sheep's head, but the new party's restart of reforms is new wine in old bottles.
Whether it was the sharing of labor into the land or the national debt, it was all proposed by Fan Zheng. The original draft exemption method and the horse preservation method in the new law were all reduced to stepping stones for doctors. Even the reluctant implementation of the young seedling method was a castrated version.
"With an annual interest rate of one cent and strict control over private loan sharking, the role of the Young Miao Method in amassing wealth has been greatly reduced." Zeng Bu frowned.
The biggest reason why the new law was reused by Song Shenzong was that it could gather wealth and alleviate the financial crisis of the Song Dynasty.
Nowadays, the castrated version of the Young Seedling Method can be profitable, but it takes up to ten years to be effective. Coupled with the interest rate reduction of private loan sharks, the Young Seedling Method with an annual interest rate of one cent does not have much advantage.
The interest rate dropped significantly and the people were satisfied, which was good for the country, but it was extremely disadvantageous for the new party. The new law lost its role in gathering wealth, and the role of the new party was naturally greatly reduced.
In Fan Zheng's evil prescription, whether the Ministry of Revenue issues treasury bonds or glass products, they all make money every day and get immediate results.
Wang Di smiled bitterly and said: "Not only that, the doctors in Yizhuang often make trouble. The poor people are in urgent need of money for young crops. However, Yizhuang always donates a large amount of grain seeds to the poor people during spring and autumn plowing, even if the money for young crops falls. When the interest rate reaches 1 penny, people even go to the hospital to sell their blood and are not willing to borrow money from Qingmiao."
The reason why the Miao method is called the Green Miao method is because its original purpose was to lend grain to poor people who were penniless, so that they could sow grain with peace of mind, and then pay back the grain when the grain was harvested.
After generations of improvements, the green crop method has changed from borrowing good seeds to official loans.
Anyone who needs grain is naturally the extremely poor. One of the biggest sources of money for the Young Crops Law in the new law is the loan of grain by the poor.
The reason why Wang Anshi's reform received mixed reviews is because his intentions seemed to be excellent, but when he acted, he was extremely rough and made good things worse.
The ability of the extremely poor households to repay is not high. In order to ensure that the young people's money can be recovered on time, the new law forces the households in the household to act as guarantees for the extremely poor households. If the extremely poor households cannot repay, they must be the guarantee. The upper and middle households came to return it to ensure the interests of the court.
Nowadays, the interest rate of the Young Crops Act has been reduced to 1 cent, and at the same time, the income of the Young Crops Act is not high. If Yizhuang continues to cause trouble, and the poor households lose a large share of the Young Crops Money, the returns of the Young Crops Act will be even lower.
Zeng Bu on the side nodded and said: "As long as it is a reform, as long as it is beneficial to the Song Dynasty, it doesn't matter how we change it."
"Can today's new method be called a new method? In my opinion, it is better to call it medical method!" Wang Di said angrily.
Wang Di's biggest capital is the reputation of Wang Anzhi's direct grandson. The implementation of the new law will either be replaced by Fan Zheng's evil prescription or castrated. It has long been changed beyond recognition, which naturally makes Wang Di dissatisfied.
"Who made our new law so controversial? Although Fan Zheng's prescription is evil, it has repeatedly produced miraculous results. For example, taking the use of pesticides, the public controversy has been greatly reduced, which is enough to surpass Fangtian. Tax equalization and service exemption laws." Cai Bian sighed.
After the New Party experienced a failure, it would not reflect on its failure. On the one hand, the New Party failed because the new law was not perfect; on the other hand, the New Party was too eager for success, so that the old Party seized the opportunity.
When the new law failed, even though the old party counterattacked and plotted against it, the new party itself was also shouldering the responsibility.
Wang Di frowned and said: "There are many difficulties in implementing the Green Seedling Method this time. Do you know the source of the good seeds donated by the medical family Yi Zhuang?"
Yi Zhuang is just a charity organization, and its source of money mainly relies on donations. However, the sudden emergence of a large number of high-quality seeds in Yi Zhuang, and the donations to the destitute households by name, is extremely suspicious.
"Old Party!"
Everyone in the New Party couldn't help but frown.
Although there are well-meaning people who are willing to donate good seeds to the poor, only the old party has the ability to influence the new party's green seedling laws. The old party is relying on doctors to deliberately embarrass the new party.
Lu Mansion.
"political reform!"
Lu Dafang's eyes were solemn.
Ever since he grew up in an official family, he knew that Zhao Xu, who worshiped Shenzong, would definitely be inclined to reform once he came into power.
At that time, the new party will make a comeback and the old party will be liquidated.
The appearance of Fan Zheng allowed Lu Dafang to see a turning point. Under Fan Zheng's influence, the officials no longer fully believed in the new law, and instead asked old party officials to explain the shortcomings of the new law, and even openly declared that they would neutralize it. Government, absorb the advantages of new and old laws, take their essence and discard their dross.
This gave Lu Dafang hope. When Zhao Xu agreed with him, Lu Dafang took the initiative to give up Empress Dowager Gao and chose to support Zhao Xu's pro-government, just for the future of the old party.
Good thing!
Zhao Xu did not break his promise. After taking office, although he recalled New Party officials and re-implemented the new law, he retained the old party and the centrist faction, and the new law implemented was also greatly changed. The New Party was not the only one.
"Yizhuang once again requests to donate fine seeds, what do you think of it?" Censor Yang Wei asked.
Lu Dafang asked: "Have the improved seeds donated previously been distributed to the poor people in full?"
Yang Wei nodded and said: "The official sent someone to keep an eye on it. Yizhuang has indeed donated many fine seeds to the poor people."
Today's Yizhuang has just been founded, and Fan Zheng informed Li Qingzhao in advance of future methods of preventing corruption in charity organizations. Yizhuang has set rules from the beginning to greatly reduce corruption.
"Arrange people to continue donating fine seeds, at least so that the poor people in the capital will not have to borrow money for young crops!" Lu Dafang sneered.
Yang Wei twitched the corner of his mouth and said: "But in this case, wouldn't the medical family Yizhuang use the contradiction between the new party and the old party as a weapon? It will only benefit the medical family's reputation."
Lu Dafang sneered and said: "We only have one enemy waiting for us, and that is the New Party. As long as the New Party loses its ability to amass wealth, it will cut off its arms. Let's see how it can fight with us!"
Yang Wei warned: "Master, don't be careless. The officials and Fan Zheng are close friends of each other. In time, they will definitely become the second Wang Anshi."
Lu Dafang raised his head and looked at the falling autumn leaves. He grasped his wisdom and said: "Don't worry, Fan Zheng acted too radically, and now there is a spy coming to report! Emperor Yelu Hongji of the Liao Dynasty has patrolled south to the Yanmen Pass area, and Princess Nanyin is The Silk Road plan he carried has not yet received a response from the Liao Emperor. It is obvious that Yelu Hongji is still hesitating. Once the Liao Kingdom attacks the Song Dynasty, the officials will trust Fan Zheng again. The officials in the court are furious and it is impossible. There is room for Fan Zheng."
"But what if Emperor Liao was greedy for profit and agreed to the Silk Road plan?" Yang Wei said anxiously.
Lu Dafang took a deep look at Yang Wei and said: "The Song Dynasty has already lost the benefits of the Silk Road, so as to avoid the worries of annual coins! The Song and Liao Dynasties benefited, and the only loss was Xixia, so why not do it. "
Yang Wei couldn't help but be stunned, nodded slowly and said: "My husband is wise!"
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Outside Yanmen Pass! The autumn wind is bleak, the grass and trees are withered and yellow, and it's a chilling scene!
Yelu Hongji looked at the heavily guarded Yanmen Pass not far away in front of him with serious eyes.
"Your Majesty, the Song Dynasty broke the treaty without any reason and unilaterally abolished the Sui coins. Please order your Majesty to attack the Song Dynasty immediately!" Liao general Yelu Zhangnu said angrily.
"Please also ask your Majesty to send troops to teach the young emperor of the Song Dynasty a lesson."
All the Liao generals were filled with indignation.
"Your Majesty, think twice, the Song Dynasty has firearms that can shake the sky and thunder! Coupled with the bastion and the divine arm crossbow, it can withstand ten times the siege of troops. In the battle of Pingxia City, the Song Dynasty's 20,000 defenders killed 50,000 Xia soldiers, and the Liao Dynasty We haven't found a way to break this formation yet, so don't act rashly." Liao Prime Minister Xiao Wuna objected.
"The Battle of Pingxia City!"
The officials of the Liao Kingdom were suddenly shocked. The Battle of Pingxia City in the Song Dynasty was really amazing. The small Pingxia City was besieged by an army of 500,000 people. Instead of being captured, 50,000 soldiers were left alive. The battle completely shocked the world.
Although the Liao Kingdom was stronger than Xixia, it could not withstand the loss of 50,000 soldiers in one city.
"So what about the sky-shaking thunder? We, the Liao Kingdom, don't need to attack the city. We only need to imitate Sheng Zong and lead an army, march straight to Lin Bianjing City, and we will definitely make the Song Dynasty surrender." Yelv Zhangnu shouted.
"Then what? Our army is on a long-distance attack! The Song Dynasty has thunderbolts guarding the city and cannot attack Bianjing at all. The Song Dynasty has 800,000 forbidden troops. Once the army is encircled! Our army is in danger of being annihilated." Xiao Wuna retorted.
"The Song Dynasty betrayed the alliance and must be severely punished, otherwise it will cause serious trouble in the future." Yelv Zhangnu said unwillingly.
"The Song Dynasty has added new firearms. The Liao Kingdom must not act rashly, otherwise Xixia will learn from the past." Xiao Wuna objected.
For a moment, the ministers of Liao fell into discussion.
Some advocate sending troops to attack the Song Dynasty immediately to punish the Song Dynasty for betraying the Chanyuan Alliance.
Some people advocate suspending the crusade and not act rashly before finding a way to crack the thunder.
"Grandpa Emperor, wait a minute. The Song Dynasty has been transporting Sui coins for a hundred years, and it has already accumulated deep grievances. Although the Song Dynasty betrayed its alliance and abolished the Sui coins, it has already sent the Silk Road project, making profits of more than one million yuan every year, far exceeding Earning annual coins like this is the way to peace between the two countries."
Suddenly Yelu Nanyin came out from the crowd and said loudly.
"In my opinion, the Song Dynasty's betrayal of the alliance is no longer just a matter of yearly coins, but the Song Dynasty has evil intentions and is preparing to counterattack the Liao Kingdom." Yelv Zhangnu sneered.
Xiao Wuna also shook his head and said: "The Silk Road Project was a treacherous plot of the Song Dynasty to alienate Liao and Xia. The princess fell into the Song Dynasty's plan."
A trace of grievance flashed through Yelu Nanyin's eyes. Sure enough, as Fan Zheng said, it was impossible for the Liao State's national policy to change just because of a woman like her.
Yelu Hongji looked at the quarreling ministers, and then at the aggrieved Yelu Nanyin, and said unmoved: "Since we are outside Yanmen Pass, it is better to witness the thunder of the Song Dynasty with our own eyes."
"Thunder that shakes the sky!" All officials in Daliao couldn't help but be shocked.
The reason why the situation in the Song, Xia and Liao Dynasties suddenly changed was because of the existence of this firearm.
At that moment, Yelu Hongji personally led the army to Yanmen Pass, a thousand steps away, and stopped moving forward.
After all, going forward is within the attack range of the Eight Oxen Crossbow of the Song Dynasty. In the Battle of Chanyuan, the commander of the Liao Army was ambushed and killed by the Eight Oxen Crossbow of the Song Army. Yelu Hongji naturally would not make this mistake.
See the Liao army coming!
Immediately, drums beat loudly at Yanmen Pass, and a large number of defenders rushed to the newly built edge, holding divine arm crossbows to guard nervously against the Liao army outside Yanmen Pass.
The Song Dynasty and the Liao Kingdom have been at peace for a hundred years. Now, suddenly, the Liao army has arrived outside Yanmen Pass. How can it not make the defenders extremely nervous?
Suddenly, a group of Liao soldiers rode directly to Yanmen Pass and said loudly: "His Majesty the Liao Kingdom came here on a tour to the south. He heard that there were firearms in the Song Dynasty that shook the sky and thundered with unparalleled power, so he came here to take a look."
"Emperor Liao wants to see the thunder that shakes the sky!"
Naturally, the Yanmen guard already knew that Emperor Liao was here on his southern tour. Hearing that Emperor Liao was not attacking Yanmen Pass, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
With a wave of his hand, divine arm crossbows were fired between the two newly built bastions, and at the same time, the thunderbolts that lit the fuses were invested at the gate of Yanmen City.
"Boom boom boom!"
The violent explosion was accompanied by the divine arm crossbow arrows flying across the sky, and the entire front of the bastion became a Shura field.
All the Liao generals who saw this scene couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief. The special structure of the bastion formed an angle, and with the help of the two powerful weapons of the divine arm crossbow and the thunder, anyone who attacked the city would have a narrow escape.
(End of chapter)
