I am Da Song

Chapter 148 Xixia, don't say it's unpredictable

The taxation system of the Song Dynasty was very complicated, and the heavy taxation of the Song Dynasty was also famous in later generations.

Officials of the Song Dynasty also commented: "The ancient methods of carving and stripping are all prepared in this dynasty. Song Fu and service are dozens of times that of Han. The money is taken from the people in case there is more than enough."

To reform this cumbersome and complicated tax system, Zhao Huan must re-appoint a planner and sort it out from the beginning.

But it is also very simple to sum up, it is divided into two parts.One is the state tax, namely land tax and Ding Fu.The second is all kinds of chaotic exorbitant taxes.

The country's regular taxes are relatively light, and exorbitant miscellaneous taxes are the mountain that weighs heavily on the people's backs.

Zhao Huan straightened out the country's regular taxes today, the Ding tax was exempted, and the land tax was levied according to the amount of the land.

Excessive taxes and other messy content can be deleted one by one according to the catalog in the future.

So today's internal affairs were declared over, and then a large number of court officials, censors, and generals were summoned.

Seeing this rather solemn scene, Zuo Xiangmei Zhili couldn't help guessing what it was that made the official Longyan furious.Now it is going to be a big fanfare again, obviously to vent the power of thunder.

After all the senior officials were seated, Pingzhang Political Officer Li Gang introduced to everyone: "The western thief Li Qianshun betrayed the Lord and righteousness. When our country was in trouble, he took advantage of the fire to loot and occupied thousands of miles of our territory in Shaanxi."

Everyone was slightly surprised, this shouldn't be a big deal.Since last year, Xixia has taken advantage of the Jin people's invasion and repeatedly invaded Shaanxi, occupying Tiande, Yunnei, Wuzhou and Hedong Baguan, plundering Xi'an Prefecture, Linzhou, and besieging Lanzhou and other places.

Shaanxi is now in a state of corruption, beyond the reach of the imperial court.This is normal, why would it suddenly be brought up for discussion in a serious manner today?
Mei Zhili asked, "But what happened in Shaanxi?"

Li Gang said angrily: "This month, the western thief Li Qianshun and Jin Wushu, the fourth prince of the Kingdom of Jin, have demarcated the frontier. The Kingdom of Jin took Tiande, Yunnei and other places, and allocated about thousands of miles of northern Shaanxi to Xixia. "

As soon as the words fell, the hall was full of hustle and bustle.All of you in the hall are ministers of the war faction, and your temper will explode at the slightest touch.

Filled with righteous indignation, he roared: "Shaanxi is the border of our Great Song Dynasty! What right do gold thieves and western thieves have to demarcate the border in private?"

"Execute! Execute! Xixia was originally a vassal of our dynasty, but now they dare to divide the suzerain's territory with the enemy in private. It is unbearable!"

"This humiliation is not weaker than Sima Guang's sending thousands of miles of territory to the western thieves. He must pay the debt with blood."

Zhao Huan nodded in relief. Under the influence of his own will, the scholar-bureaucrats of the Great Song Dynasty finally had a marked change.At least dare to speak out.

However, this may also be the normal state of the scholar-bureaucrats of the Great Song Dynasty. Once they gain a little advantage, they will go crazy and die like crazy.

In the Battle of Tokyo, the Shenwu Youjun severely injured the Jin army, which made these ministers float again. They felt that Jin Guo and Xixia were also a bunch of jumping clowns, and Wang Shi could easily defeat them.

Especially in Xixia, during the Huizong Dynasty, the Song army almost wiped out the main force of Xixia on the Hengshan battlefield. There was a fear of subjugation and extinction, so they had to kneel down to the Song Dynasty and plead for peace one after another.Even Li Ganshun, the lord of Xixia, was forced to change his surname to Zhao and his name to Zhao Qianshun.

The senior officials of the Song Dynasty stroked their beards, full of ambition.Xixia couldn't even defeat the Forbidden Army of the Great Song Dynasty, and the Shenwu Youjun was completely devastated against the Forbidden Army of the Great Song Dynasty.

So a group of high-ranking officials simply concluded that once the Shenwu Youjun entered the Xixia battlefield, they would definitely be able to smash this "Wanyan Qianshun" evenly, and make this three-surname domestic slave once again kneel down and proclaim his minister.

There is no way, Zhao Huan can only make them sober, and said: "The Shenwu Youjun is suppressing the rebellion in the southeast. Even if the situation goes well, it will take three months. They will start the bloody battle in the first month, and they will have to rest for at least a period of time until the end of the rebellion." Then transfer from the southeast to the northwest, regardless of whether the climate is unacceptable or not, it may take several months just to march."

"After these schedules, if we all rely on the Shenwu Youjun, the imperial court will not be able to govern Shaanxi for at least a year. Is it true that the western thieves and gold thieves are going to be rampant in our Great Song territory for several years?"

Zhao Huan's unemotional words finally made these high-spirited ministers put away their complacency and had to face up to this heavy question.

The Song Dynasty had a powerful army unparalleled in the world, but obviously this strong army alone could not cope with the huge territory of the empire and the intricate situation.

The ministers who calmed down finally began to use their brains to think about how to solve the current situation.

Yushi Zhongcheng Qin Hui can best understand the holy will. The officials once declared that the Song Dynasty would never cede land, so the thousands of miles of territory must be taken back no matter what.

He opened his mouth first and said: "After all, Xixia is still a vassal of our dynasty, and the calendar it uses is still given by our dynasty. It is advisable to send a minister to order him to return the occupied territory to our dynasty immediately."

The Prime Minister on the right, Sun Fu, said disdainfully: "Qin Zhongcheng thinks Li Qianshun is Sima Qianshun? No one is like Sima Guang, who will easily return the land that the soldiers have earned so hard to other countries."

Whatever the Minister of Shangshu objects to, the Political Affairs Hall must support.

Li Gang came out almost without hesitation, and said: "I support Qin Zhongcheng's proposal. As far as I know, Xixia once sent troops to help the Liao Kingdom defend the Jurchens, but the army was completely wiped out by the Jurchens. Xixia is very clear about the Jurchen's combat power. .”

This sentence was unanimously approved by the ministers in the palace.The Great Song had won an unprecedented victory over the Jurchens. According to the tradition of the great Song scholars and bureaucrats, why didn't they send envoys to Xixia to show off?
Zhao Huan was also amused, and Zhao Huan knew what Li Gang said about the war.It is the battle of Yishui between Liao and Jin.However, the main force participating in the war was not the Liao army and the Jin army, but the Xixia people.

In this battle, the Xixia general Li Liangfu led 1000 Xixia troops to defend against [-] Jurchen cavalry.

Don't ask why Xixia has 3 people, thirty times the enemy's army, and they still have to defend on the basis of danger.The Xixia army suffered heavy losses from the Song Dynasty and was very weak. It had lost the bloody nature of active attack. For decades, their customary tactics were to find a dangerous place to defend.

Although the Jurchen has only one thousand cavalry, his general is a war god, that is, Wanyan Loushi.

Needless to mention the course of the battle, the result is that Wanyan Loushi only used [-] cavalry to trek across mountains and rivers and crush the [-] Xixia people into powder.

This battle made the Xixia people no longer dare to interfere in the Liao and Jin wars, and their faces changed when they heard about the Jurchens.

Qin Hui said with a smile: "As far as I know, Wanyan Yinshuke's head has not been abandoned. Take this head to Xixia, and then tell its king, I will behead more than [-] Jurchens to the king's teacher. Proclaiming our dynasty's triumphant victory, and exalting our king's master Tianwei. The Xixia people must be terrified, but they can take advantage of the situation and order them to return our dynasty's thousands of miles of territory."

order!

Zhao Huan appreciates this word very much.

Da Song didn't beg Xixia to return the land in the past.

Instead, he was ordered to return it within a time limit.

Otherwise, don't say it is unpredictable!
(End of this chapter)