Northern Song Dynasty Revitalization Strategy

Chapter 282 The Three Small Appeals of the Squires
"Wan Qixie, what is the meaning of Bianjing? Why don't you want to make someone the king of Wu! Someone has been so servile! He even paid the taxes on time! He refuses?" Zhao Gou asked with a lonely expression road.

In addition to Zhao Huan's elder brother, he also had an older brother named Zhao Kai, who died at the hands of Zhao Huan.

At that time in the Jinren barracks, when Wanyan Zongwang, who was not going well in the war, made an alliance with him, he just wanted to survive.

I didn't think about it, but now I have come to today step by step.

This is all forced by Zhao Huan!

Zhao Gou was very angry, but he is a person who expresses his emotions and anger, so there is only a little loneliness on his face.

This loneliness can really bluff people.

"Bai Shizhong, Wang Boyan and others, didn't they all take refuge in the Ninth Young Master? As long as we manage Jiangnan well, relying on the danger of the Yangtze River, how could his prince be able to cross the river? So the Ninth Young Master don't have to worry." Wan Qixi said with a smile.

The Ninth Young Master was still a little impatient. If the joint efforts were successful and the established facts were accomplished, what else could Zhao Huan do?

Now the wealth of the whole world is in the south of the Yangtze River, the land in Zhao Huan's hands is barren, and he doesn't have much food, how can he fight with his nine sons?

As long as the confrontation lasts for two years, the money and food in the hands of the prince will run out, and it will naturally be time to counterattack.

This is also the basis for Zhao Gou to act in this way.

"Liangchuan and Huainan are already under control. The Ninth Prince can establish himself as the king of Wu and spread it to the world. According to the natural danger of the Yangtze River, he can rest easy."

"Invigorate the army and support the people's livelihood. Time is on our side." Wan Tuxi comforted.

Standing on your own as the king of Wu is nothing to worry about the crown prince.

This is Wan Qixie's idea, and also Zhao Gou's idea.

"That's it. Pass this letter to Wanyan Zongwang in Pingzhou, saying that a certain person will regularly support his food and grass. Let him continue to test the pressure on the prince." Zhao Gou took out a letter, and he sent a total of it to Pingzhou sent three letters.

As long as one of these three times succeeds, the affairs of Pingzhou will be stable enough.

But Wanyan Zongwang was really disappointing.

One hundred thousand troops ambushed before Yuguan, but they didn't find it, so Wanyan Zong didn't complain about the loss.

"The chiefs selected by the squires are already waiting in the Chui Gong Hall of the legal person, Ninth Young Master, do you think you have seen them?" Wan Qixie said.

Zhao Gou has already moved to the Lin'an Palace, so he wants to meet the group of landlords, gentry, officials and merchants who support him.

Inside the Chuigong Palace, there was a lot of discussion. This was the first time for these country gentry and outsiders to enter the palace.

They didn't have this qualification before, and they won't have it in the future, unless one day they can be named outside the Donghua Gate.

No, Donghua Gate is gone now.

Since Cai Jing abolished the imperial examination and adopted the official examination system, there has been no such strategy.

Therefore, it was not Zhao Gou himself who organized the alliance of the landlords in the south of the Yangtze River.

Instead, it was launched by the landlords themselves, and it has a long history.

Since Xuanhe three years ago, ten draws and one killing of Zhongren's House, it has already started.

Zhao Gou just used the inspectors of the Imperial City Division to integrate them together, and then used the name of the Ninth Prince to win them over to his side.

"Greetings to His Royal Highness King Kang." Seeing Zhao Gou who was already wearing a mian suit and a crown facing the sky.

Many squires breathed a sigh of relief. This Ninth Young Master is really seeking to be self-reliant, not to catch them all.

"Let's get up and talk." Zhao Gou sat on the dragon chair in the palace, twisted his body a little uncomfortable, and then sat upright and said, "Everyone can come to the Chuigong Palace today, it is really popular."

People's hearts are available.

Those mud-legged people are not worthy of being called people at all. This people are the many gentry and officials in the Chui Gong Temple. They are the people.

That's why Zhao Gou has a popular saying.

"Caomin saw the holy face of the ninth son today, and he was terrified. If the ninth son is useful, just ask, and I will do my best." Zheng Min said with a smile.

He is from the Zheng family, a wealthy businessman in Yuezhou. He made a lot of money from the silk business in his days, and he suffered from tax inspections every year.

Li Qian from Xiangtan came out to Lie Daoxi. He is a tea merchant in Xiangtan, specializing in tea bricks. He can pay millions of dollars in taxes every year.

Zhao Gou looked around, and they were all the mainstays of the Song Dynasty!

Why does my elder brother not pretend to speak to them, and even feel a little hostile to them?
He didn't understand.

"Young Master Ninth, I'm waiting for the face-to-face today, and I only have a few small remonstrances." Two wealthy businessmen headed by Deng Min and Li Qian first put forward their request.

Their request has been discussed long ago, and it can be summed up as: the politicians should protect me.

"But one thing, you don't have to think about it. Salt, iron, and alum are monopoly. Don't try to reach into the monopoly." Zhao Gou first set the rules, and the monopoly cannot be compromised.

It's just that a few wealthy businessmen smiled, and they didn't say anything. These are indeed exclusive items in Dasong, but it's a pity that they still have to be used for exclusive sales in the end.

This has always been the case, and the policy of rushing to buy determines that they will inevitably get a share of it.

Li Qian bowed his head and said: "Ninth Young Master, you are serious. I am not a gluttonous generation, so naturally I will not reach out where I should not."

And Zheng Min said: "What we want to say is the first to restore the imperial examination."

"Since Cai Jing became prime minister, the officials of the Song Dynasty all came from Enyin and Guankao, and the officials in the officialdom protect each other. The relationship is intricate. The people of the world have suffered from Cai Jing for a long time."

"Now that His Royal Highness King Kang is working for the benefit of the people of the world, we naturally hope to reopen the imperial examination."

"It makes sense." Zhao Gou did not agree, but agreed with Zheng Min's point of view.

This is inevitable, and it is justified to reopen the imperial examination to give the people something to look forward to.

What Cai Jing did was really a way to shake the foundation of the country.

"The second one opened a Didian, which was also abolished by Cai Jing. Now that there is no Didian, those of us who do business don't even have a place to put our goods." Li Qian said in agreement.

Zhao Gou asked softly, "What's that in the Didian?"

Wan Qixie said with a smile: "The Didian is opened by merchants. It is also a place for warehouses, shops, and guest houses. The goods are gathered together, and the common people can also find places to sell them. For example, this tea mansion, yarn mansion, and so on. Yousi Mansion and so on, Ninth Young Master."

"Good thing! This Cai Jing is really misleading the country and the people." Zhao Gou shook his head. Why should such a good place be abolished?
Seeing that Zhao Gou agreed, with a smile on his face, Li Qian looked around and said, "The third thing is called change, also known as tax in kind."

"Using real objects as mortgages and taxes has always been the rule since ancient times. Later, Cai Jing exchanged all of them for money in order to facilitate corruption. It really hurts the country and the people."

Zhao Gou understood this time, he had heard of Cai Jing's notoriety for a long time.

It is said that when Cai Jing died of illness in Tanzhou, the common people lit firecrackers for three days to celebrate.

"It's all trivial. Is there anything else?" Zhao Gou looked at the group of gentry officials below, and felt that his brother was extremely stupid.

I even did things like support, but in the end this appeal is just a few.

"No more, Mr. Ninth, God sees You Lian, we only have these three ideas, and please agree with Mr. Ninth." Li Qian and other gentry other than the officials knelt down and kowtowed to Shengde.

"Cai Jing did everything he could to get money, it's really hard for you." Zhao Gou shook his head and sighed.

These are the good people of the Great Song Dynasty. If those people can't eat enough, they will know that the troublemakers are troublemakers!

Zhao Gou was really more and more satisfied the more he looked at it.

　Who thinks these three requirements are too much?
　　
　
(End of this chapter)