In the Southern Song Dynasty, I competed with Mongolia for the world

Chapter 454 The power of publicity

A young woman first appeared holding a white piece of paper, walking from the left to the right, with the words Daqing Palace of the Imperial City written on it.

There were many illiterate people at the scene, and someone immediately whispered in the crowd: "The Imperial City of the Capital, where the court meeting takes place."

"Oh oh oh." People nodded.

Then several civil and military ministers appeared, mostly civil servants with only one or two armed men. Everyone shouted to the back of the stage in the north: "Long live your Majesty."

This play must have been played many times. First-timers in the crowd may be a little surprised. Others may have seen it before and are not surprised.

Then a voice came from inside, representing the emperor, but no one saw the person playing the emperor.

Then the civil servants began to speak. The general meaning was that after Song and Mongolia negotiated peace, the world would be peaceful and the people would live and work in peace and contentment, so they should continue to negotiate peace with Mongolia.

During this period, one or two generals stood up and said that Mongolia was very cruel, and gave some examples of massacres and killings. Moreover, it was really dangerous for the Mongols to ask the emperor to go to Cangzhou to negotiate peace. What if they wanted to ambush the emperor? They suggested going to war with the Mongolian army. The emperor considered it and the people below also discussed it.

Some people want peace, some people want war.

In the end, the emperor decided to comply with the opinions of most of the courtiers and continue peace negotiations with Mongolia.

Someone immediately yelled at Meng Tatar, calling him shameless, reneging on his word, and acting viciously.

An official standing with Wu Qian couldn't help but twitching his lips slightly when he saw one of the teenagers, but didn't say anything.

Since the all-out war between Song and Mongolia last year, the Song Dynasty has rehearsed similar shows in various places. Zhao Yurui is telling the world that I am willing to negotiate peace with Mongolia. It is Meng who wants to destroy our Song Dynasty and kill us all. Song Dynasty.

Various dramas showed the Mongolian army to be extremely cruel, which aroused the common hatred of the people across the country. Many young people in the Song Dynasty could not wait to join the army and kill the enemy on the battlefield.

There was a lot of cursing all around, and some people threw Mongolian things on the stage.

Wu Qian noticed the official's expression, turned his head, looked at it, and said with a smile, "Is this your Li Piao?"

But obviously there are more talks of peace.

At first, Cao Youliang thought it was the entrustment arranged by Jin Yiwei, but he didn't expect it to be the case.

At first glance, it seems that the Song army captured more than a dozen prefectures and counties. In fact, the territory was not large, and they were all on the edge of Hebei.

This has never happened in the hundreds of years since the founding of the Song Dynasty.

The family was working hard in the fields, and suddenly the Mongolian army arrived. Without a word, they first killed the men, then humiliated the women, and finally even the children were not spared. They also said that they would kill all the Song people and turn the Central Plains into pasture.

It is said that in some places, when a fifty-one person is selected to serve in the military, many people actively ask to serve first.

Shandong used to be in war all year round, but the local people were quite fierce. In the excitement of the crowd, even the actors were beaten.

A group of audience members rushed to the stage, startling the performers and running away, causing chaos in the scene.

Then it was played that the emperor's ship escaped from Cangzhou, and the Mongolian army chased it to Dezhou.

Seeing this, Cao Youliang knew what the show was.

In the past, the countries of Liao, Jin and Mongolia came and left whenever they wanted.

Although the emperor did not show up, these words were quite passionate. The general meaning is that for the people of the Song Dynasty, my personal safety is nothing. I am willing to go to peace talks in person so that the people of the Song Dynasty can continue to live and work in peace and contentment.

There were still people in the crowd cursing, and three of the teenagers, who looked to be about seventeen or eighteen years old, cursed and left the yard.

Cao Youliang thought about it in his mind and felt a little strange: "The fight is a bit slow."

"Kill them."

The second is that while waiting for Wokuotai to slowly mobilize his troops, the Song army plans to fight a decisive battle with the Mongolian army and defeat the main force of the Mongolian army in one fell swoop.

Cao Youliang thought for a while, then turned to ask Wu Qian: "Where are we now?"

Today's Song Dynasty can already keep the enemy away from the country's borders.

Finally, the scene changed and we were near Linqing again.

At this point in the play, someone at the scene couldn't bear it any longer. Someone suddenly stood up and shouted: "Kill these dogs Meng Tatar."

The scene changed later. When the emperor went to Cangzhou, there was a sudden fire on the ship and Mongols attacked the emperor at night.

Cao Youliang was dumbfounded. He finally realized that the people of Song Dynasty were so patriotic?

Li Zengbo's father was once the staff of An Bing, the former Sichuan envoy, and Li Zengbo also started his official career in Sichuan.

The official laughed and said: "Return to Zhizhi, it's just a dog. The child is naughty and the subordinates are not strict in discipline. It makes people laugh."

The scene fell into brief chaos. Fortunately, there were local government officials and even people from the Jin Yiwei behind the stage. After a while, the harassment was calmed down and everyone was pushed back to the front.

Wu Qian and Cao Youliang still like the feeling now. Hundreds of miles away, Song and Meng are fighting, but the war is in the territory occupied by the Mongolian army, and no Mongolian army can reach outside Jinan City.

Cao Youliang followed the gazes of the two men and suddenly realized.

The performance of the Mongolian army was excellent, with a ferocious expression and fierce attacks. His beatings on the children seemed to be real. When he cut the child with a knife at the end, someone in the background threw a fake head, and there were angry curses all around.

The reason why the attack was so slow was that the Song army brought a large amount of baggage with them to attack the city, and the march was inherently slow.

Wu Qian thought for a while and said: "Cangzhou has been captured and the troops are approaching the river."

While negotiating peace with Song Dynasty, the Mongolian army deceived the emperor into going to Cangzhou, and at the same time sent a large army into Linqing.

Just now, that young man was so excited that he first threw something on the stage, and then rushed straight up.

He knew that the official next to Wu Qian was named Li Zengbo.

The war started in the seventh year of Yuanzhen. At present, the Song army has captured Cangzhou and Dezhou in the north, Xingtai, Guangping, and Julu in the west, and Yizhou and other counties in the northwest.

Currently he is the prefect of Jinan Prefecture.

Li Zengbo is known as a "knowledge of soldiers" in history. He has made achievements wherever he went. He can also be regarded as a famous minister and general in the middle and late Southern Song Dynasty. In the second battle of Xiangyang, he regained Xiangyang occupied by the Mongolian army.

However, there should be no chance to lead troops this time, and the Mongolian army has no chance to enter the Song Dynasty.

His son Li Piao was eighteen years old. He was not good at studying and liked military service. Last year, the court selected one person from one hundred households in Jinan to recruit those over eighteen years old to serve in the military.

Li Piao was about to sign up. Li Zengbo was an upright and strict man, so he didn't say anything, but he only had such a son. His wife, Zeng, was scared to death. On the grounds that Li Piao was under eighteen, she cried and screamed at home and even wanted to hang herself. , Li Zengbo had no choice but to prevent his son from signing up.

But he can't stop him this year. Li Piao has officially turned eighteen.

"Attui" Li Piao didn't look like a noble son at all. After leaving the courtyard, he spat on the ground: "Dog Tatar, I'm going to kill the Tatar."

Li Piao was surrounded by two people, one named Gao Da and the other Wang Deng, one was nineteen years old and the other was eighteen years old.

Gundam's father was a military general, a military commander, and served in Xiangyang in his early years. Gundam also guarded Xiangyang, Echeng, etc. in history and became a general. Gundam is similar to his father. He is tall and strong, good at riding arrows and good at fighting.

Gundam is 19 years old. Last year, Jinan did not win Gundam in a lottery draw of 100. His father did not want him to become a soldier, so he has been playing with Li Piao in Jinan.

Another Wang Deng was also recorded in history, describing him as "less educated and fond of the art of war". He later served as Meng Gong's staff and then magistrate of the county.

Wang Deng's father was a teacher at a school in Jinan Prefecture, and he could barely be considered a second-generation official.

These three people, headed by Li Piao, played together all day long and did not study hard. They thought about fighting Mongolia every day.

There was no way, the three of them admired Emperor Zhao Yurui too much, so they believed whatever the court publicized.

These three people are now considered second-generation officials. If they don't become soldiers or officials in the future, it will definitely be no problem to become an official.

But recently they watched several scenes in a row in which the Mongolian Khan framed Zhao Yurui and even killed all the Song people. The three of them couldn't stand it and couldn't wait to join the army to fight the Mongols.

"I'm going to join the army, are you going?" Li Piao was at this age when he was most likely to be deceived.

Originally, the Southern Song Dynasty mainly focused on studying Confucian classics, and poor people who had no education had to start their own families early, so men would mature at a young age. Usually, the thoughts of thirteen or fourteen-year-olds were much more mature than those of later generations who were seventeen or eighteen.

But after Zhao Yurui came to power, they greatly reduced the Confucian classics and focused on practicality. In addition, these three people did not like to study. They all loved military literature and martial arts. They also fought with people in Jinan City. It's really no different from the rebellious teenagers of later generations.

As soon as the scene started, Lee Pyo was about to join the army.

Gao Gao was stunned for a moment after hearing this. He was the oldest among the three and relatively experienced. His father, Gao Zhong, had already found a good job for him. Next month, he would join the Jinan Craftsmanship Bureau as a treasurer and a clerk. Using his father's military exploits.

His father didn't want him to become a soldier. It would be a stable job in the future. If he could learn some skills in the craftsmanship bureau, he would still have the opportunity to become an official in the future.

But Gundam has also been practicing martial arts since he was a child. When the three of them are together, he likes to talk about military affairs the most. He still wants to be a soldier.

While Gundam was hesitating, Wang Deng said beside him, "Isn't the recruitment not until the second half of the year?"

"That's the imperial court's recruitment. You don't need to take the initiative to become a soldier. You can just go to Jinyiwei to sign up."

Li Piao has already inquired about it. In addition to the imperial conscription, you can sign up at any time. However, the yamen who sign up is the local Jinyiwei. It is said that Jinyiwei will review the family background of those who sign up.

Wang Deng didn't reply, and he was probably hesitating.

"You two don't dare?" Li Piao became unhappy, and then asked: "Are you afraid of death?"

"Who is afraid of death?" Gao Gaoshu's face turned red. He was the more experienced among the three, but he was only nineteen years old. When Li Piao provoked him, he immediately shouted: "Just go, I am not afraid of death."

"Let's go." Li Piao pulled him away.

Wang Deng followed a few steps involuntarily, stamped his feet at the end, and stopped thinking about anything.

The three of them quickly arrived at the local Jinyi Guard Qianhu Station.

The person who received them was a corps commander, who was equivalent to a small flag in the Ming Dynasty.

I heard that the three people signed up to serve as soldiers, and the corps leader named Liu also carefully wrote down their names and home addresses.

Liu Wuchang said deliberately: "Have you discussed it with your family? Being a soldier is not a child's play. You may have to go to the battlefield to fight against the Mongols."

"We must attack the Mongols. If we don't attack the Mongolian troops, I won't go." Li Piao shouted.

"Then you don't just go when you want. A sergeant has a duty to obey orders. You have to go wherever you are told. You may even go thousands of miles overseas."

The three of them looked stunned, and this time Li Piao also hesitated.

He joined the army to fight against the Mongols, so how could he go overseas?

Gundam turned around and glanced at him nervously. In fact, Gundam wanted him to think about it and go back to discuss it with the adults at home.

Unexpectedly, Li Piao thought that Gao Dao despised him and hesitated. His face suddenly turned red, and he immediately said: "Why are you fighting against the Mongols and going overseas? No matter where I go, I will be a soldier."

"Are you going?" He looked at Wang Deng and Gundam again.

The two of them had no choice but to nod along.

When they first came out of the theater, the two of them were really a little excited. They were actually calmer now, but Li Piao insisted on signing up, so the two of them had no choice but to sign up.

After signing up, the three of them were not so nervous. When they walked out of the Jin Yiwei, they breathed a sigh of relief at the same time.

Now it is the arrow that has been fired. They think that it can no longer be taken back. Instead of thinking wildly, it is better to let it go and play.

"Let's go to Linghua Tower." Gundam suddenly said loudly.

Li Piao and the two were stunned. Among the three of them, Gao Dao was married, while Li Piao and Wang Deng were not married. They didn't expect that Gao Dao would go to the Red Mansion at this time.

But thinking that I might go to fight against the Mongols or go overseas later, I might not be able to see the little ladies of the Song Dynasty for a long time in the future.

"Let's go." Li Piao also gritted his teeth, and the three of them headed to Linghua Tower in a big way.

The tax revenue from the Red Mansion is now an important source of revenue for the Song Dynasty court. During the Baoqing period, Zhao Yurui restructured the Red Mansion and Dufang throughout the Song Dynasty. Each prefecture, state, and county determined the number of Red Mansions and Dufang according to the population. Later, red building signs and blocking signs will be issued and auctioned, and then a second wave of taxes and fees will be collected.

At that time, the thousands of red buildings in Lin'an Prefecture were reduced to dozens. The merchants complained, but Zhao Yurui made a lot of money.

The Hong Mansion license plate alone fetched more than 20 million yuan.

Jinan Prefecture has become more and more prosperous under the rule of Zhao Yurui. The city currently has a population of more than 300,000. According to the imperial court's standards, one red house can be opened for every 20,000 people, and one blocking card can be issued for every 200,000 people.

But in the third year of Yuanzhen, the court changed it again because it was found that the blocking cards were not enough.

For example, six blocking cards in Lin'an City are not enough. There are more than one million people in Lin'an City, and there are countless people who like blocking. Every day, the six blocking places are overcrowded.

The buildings of the Song Dynasty were not stacked dozens of stories like those of later generations, so every block was very crowded, and there were even stampedes.

In the third year of Yuanzhen's reign, Zhao Yurui changed the policy to issue one blocking card to every 100,000 people. Half of the money they had previously bought at a high price would be refunded for them to use for new blocking cards.

In this way, there are fifteen red houses and three stalls in Jinan Prefecture.

Nowadays, red buildings have to pay taxes, the quantity is limited, and the requirements for red buildings are also high, so the red buildings of the Song Dynasty should be the most high-end in the world.

The building should be grand, the decoration should be luxurious, the place should be large, and the artists should be well-trained.

As a result, when the three of them arrived at Linghua Building, the people inside said that it was full today and they had to sit aside and wait.

Linghua Building is also a relatively large red building in Jinan Mansion, with more than 60 private rooms. Unexpectedly, it was actually full today.

The three of them were too embarrassed to sit at the door and wait. After talking with their heads down, they went home in despair.

(End of this chapter)