After Zhao Tai discussed with Zhao Kui and Qiu Yue, the Southern Song Dynasty court expressed its willingness to bear the food needed to resettle the people, but Zhao Tai needed to provide resettlement information.
This means that the Southern Song Dynasty required household registration and land information, and with this information, when the Southern Song Dynasty recovered the Central Plains, they could directly collect taxes based on the household registration and land information provided by Zhao Tai.
For an ancient country, the most important people were the farmers who could provide taxes.
Zheng Qingzhi and others obviously have a certain vision in governing the country and are indeed prepared to regain the Central Plains, otherwise they would not make such a request.
Zhao Tai still admires the Southern Song Dynasty for having such considerations.
Handing over resettlement information was a hidden danger for Zhao Tai, but Zhao Tai still agreed.
After reaching an agreement, Zhao Tai immediately returned to Sizhou. Soon after, Qiu Yue was exempted from the assignment of the Lianghuai envoy and was transferred to Jinghu as the Xuanfu envoy.
After Zhao Kui was appointed by the Southern Song Dynasty court as the envoy of the Huaihe system, he symbolically incorporated some refugees who fled to the Southern Song Dynasty. On the surface, he promoted that the Southern Song Dynasty welcomed refugees from the Central Plains, but in fact, he secretly transported grain to Zhao Tai, causing Zhao Tai to prevent the refugees from continuing. Enter the Song Dynasty.
In the Lin'an Grand Theater, Song Dynasty officials Zhao Yun and Jia Guifei, dressed in white dragon fish costumes, sat in a private room and watched the drama performed on the stage.
The first half of this drama is really heart-breaking, leaving many viewers feeling a little overwhelmed after watching it, hoping for a good ending.
More than half a month later, the second half of the plot unfolded. The heroine Hui Niang came to Lin'an and soon met the prime minister. After the prime minister heard about her experience, he immediately reported it to the officials.
The officials were moved by the story of Hui Niang and the scholar, and issued an order to severely punish the traitor who sank the fishing boat, and sent new officials to the front line to take over the traitor's duties.
When the new official took office, he immediately changed his policy. He not only provided relief to the refugees who had escaped, but also provided material support to the hero who fought against the Mongolian army on the north bank.
In the end, the hero repelled the Mongolian army and came to the south bank to receive a reward. He reunited with Hui Niang and settled in the mansion rewarded by the officials. He stopped leading troops in battle and chose to live a happy life with Hui Niang without shame or shame. .
At this time, the play was finished, thunderous applause erupted in the theater, and the guests cheered loudly, obviously very satisfied with the ending.
In the private room, the official Zhao Yun felt very comfortable after watching it and said to Concubine Jia: "Well, this play is good."
Zhao Tai's play not only promoted Zhao Yun as a wise king, but the final choice of the male protagonist in the play was also in line with the appetite of Zhao Yun and the civil servants.
After the male protagonist defeated the Mongols and achieved great success, he did not continue to lead the army, but gave up his military power, enjoyed the glory and wealth, and played with his beloved wife every night.
He didn't need a glass of wine to release his military power, and he entered the gentle countryside, which was undoubtedly in line with the Southern Song Dynasty's expectations for leading generals.
Concubine Jia held a handkerchief and wiped her tears, feeling happy that the hero and heroine were finally reunited.
After Zheng Qingzhi, who was sitting in the lobby, read it, he said to Zhao Fan beside him: "Xiao Zhao is quite kind. He praised us all."
Regarding this incident, Zheng Qingzhi was very unhappy at first. After all, Qiu Yue was his.
Now that I have watched this drama, I realize that he played a big role in it and his image is quite positive, which makes him feel more comfortable.
Zhao Fan benefited a lot from this incident. After he won the Huainan Campaign, he suffered suspicion from the civil service group and was transferred to Lin'an, losing control of the two Huaihe Rivers.
Qiu Yue was impeached by the imperial censor for ramming a fishing boat and was forced to leave Lianghuai.
As a result, Zhao Fan's brother Zhao Kui was able to ascend to the throne and take over as the envoy of the Lianghuai system. This meant that his brothers regained control of the military and political power in the Lianghuai area, and he was naturally happy.
"This is mainly because Prime Minister Zheng handled it beautifully." Zhao Fan said with a smile.
Zheng Qingzhi laughed, "This time the people of the Jin Kingdom fled south, we took this opportunity to win over the people. I think the time for us to seize the Central Plains is almost ripe."
The second half of the drama written by Zhao Tai praised everyone except Qiu Yue, making everyone very satisfied.
On the Yangtze River, Qiu Yue, dressed in white, stood on the bow of the boat, looking at the rolling river water with a resentful look in his eyes, "Zhao Tai, you are confusing people. One day, I will expose you!"
After Zhao Kui took office, he quickly arranged ships to deliver food to Zhao Tai. Zhao Tai, who received the food, immediately ordered to strengthen inspections and strictly prohibited refugees from crossing the river on the grounds that it was not safe to cross the river.
At this time, under Zhao Tai's secret instigation, nearly ten thousand refugees had come to Sizhou from Lingbi County, hoping to find an opportunity to go to the Southern Song Dynasty.
Now if Zhao Tai wants to fulfill his promise to the Southern Song Dynasty, he must move these refugees to Shandong first.
Early that morning, Zhao Tai set up a high platform in the refugee camp outside the city, gathered many refugees, and announced his resettlement plan.
"Dear fellow villagers, I am Zhao Tai!" Zhao Tai stood on the high platform, holding an iron trumpet and shouted, "It is not safe to cross the river now. If you continue to wait, you will miss the time for farming. In order to allow everyone to recover as soon as possible Give birth and start a new life, I decided to save people until the end."
Tens of thousands of victims in the audience heard the rumors spread by Zhao Tai and went south with great interest, wanting to go to the Southern Song Dynasty.
Unexpectedly, when they arrived at the north bank of the Huaihe River, they encountered a Song Army warship ramming a refugee.
This made the refugees dare not cross the river, and no boats were willing to cross the river. They were all unable to advance or retreat.
Just when the refugees didn't know what to do, Zhao Tai showed up without losing the opportunity and put forward his resettlement plan.
Zhao Tailang said: "You will soon be evacuated to various counties in Pizhou. I will ask the officers and soldiers of the Zhongyi Army and local military households to build temporary residences for everyone. At the beginning, the conditions will be a little rough, but it will never be Let everyone sleep in the fields. In addition, the government will allocate land to everyone and provide everyone with food rations to ensure that everyone has food to eat before the autumn harvest!"
There were nearly 10,000 refugees in the audience. After hearing Zhao Tai's words, they began to talk in various directions.
"It's too late to plant wheat now, but millet and vegetables can still be grown. The government is willing to provide us with food rations before the autumn harvest. Then we can survive until the autumn harvest and start our lives again."
Zhao Tai waited for the people below to discuss for a while, then waved his hands to signal everyone to be quiet, and then said: "The government's relief can only allow everyone to have something to eat and not starve to death. If everyone wants to eat well, except for themselves In addition to growing things and doing handicrafts, you can also work in workshops run by the government. After you receive wages, you can buy food and cotton to keep yourself and your family fed and clothed."
"Commander, how much money can you make by working in a workshop?" someone couldn't help but ask.
Zhao Tai was about to answer when a man came to him and whispered a few words in his ear. Zhao Tai then smiled and said, "How much money can you make? You can ask Mr. Wang. He is in charge of political affairs and knows better than me. Now Mr. Wang will give you the answer." Please explain, I have something to do, so I will take the first step."
(Updated tomorrow.)
