Chapter 233 Southern Song Dynasty
The evil deeds of Wang Ni finally stabilized his position in Jiangnan for the great painter...
Originally, he was indeed unpopular in Zhenjiang.
He had a bad reputation in Jiangnan, especially when Tong Guan canceled Hua Shigang last time, but his order to restore the matter caused a lot of curses among the people in Jiangnan. Now he suddenly came here in this way, putting the officials in Jiangnan in an embarrassing situation. No matter what, he finally abdicated. The current emperor is his son, so he should keep the old man behind closed doors, instead of running to establish a new court. This kind of trouble made it difficult for everyone to do.
Which one should I listen to?
Or who are the taxes in Jiangnan given to?
Give it to him?
That would offend the emperor in the north.
To the emperor in the north?
That offended him again.
Give them all?
The gentry are not doing it yet!
Why should we support two imperial courts?
In short, although no one openly expelled him, officials from all over the country were not enthusiastic about him, and they disobeyed his will. The gentry among the people was full of complaints about him, and some people were openly mocking him. It was said that the great painter had no longer the joy of escaping from the ban before, but instead fell into a sense of panic, fearing that one day Jiangnan would cause a civilian change to expel him.
But now it's OK.
Wang Yue's magical operation made the gentry in Jiangnan instantly unite with the enemy.
The bloody slaughter of academies, torture gentry, even burning Confucius Temples, and dancing on graves are all crazy evil deeds!
And soon the gentry who fled in Huaibei arrived one after another.
Then he added a woman to Wang Yue, and Lin Chi, the governor of Suzhou who abandoned his official position and fled, even ran to the Supreme Emperor and cried and blamed himself. He forced Wang Yue's minions to lead the way with a knife, and also accused him of looting the evil deeds of looting at the gentry's house. Now, all the officials and gentry in Jiangsu and Zhejiang were angry. The Song Dynasty had been established for almost two hundred years. When did such a rebellious minister appear?
The country is not a country!
More importantly, he will definitely continue to torture his salary after crossing the Huaihe River!
So while Wang Yue stayed in Bozhou and continued to poison the gentry, a drama of petitions by officials and the people was also staged in Zhenjiang. Headed by Yan Shenggong, Jiangning prefect Lu Xiang, Yangzhou prefect Mao You and other officials from all over the country, together with some representatives of civil gentry, knelt down outside the Zhenjiang Prefecture, which was the palace, and asked the Supreme Emperor to supervise the country in the name of Wang Yue kidnapping the sage to invade the country.
Then the Supreme Emperor hypocritically refused, and then everyone continued to kneel down and refused, the Supreme Emperor refused again, and everyone continued, and in the end the Supreme Emperor had no choice but to accept it...
“Bad acting!”
Wang Yue commented on this with contempt.
At this moment, he had arrived in Sizhou, but the Huaihe River floating bridge had been burned, so there was only a vast river flowing eastward in front of him. The Xuyi City on the other side was vaguely visible, and even the civilians who were repairing the city walls could be seen. At this time, Xuyi was just a town, and Sizhou City was Xuyi County. If you want to defend the Huaihe River, you must guard Xuyi, and you can only repair the originally broken city walls.
This is the core of Yanhuai defense.
From Kaifeng to the south, the Bian River enters the Huai River in Sizhou, so Sizhou is two small towns east and west. The Bian River enters the Huaikou and passes through the city. Not far from the Huaikou, it is also the location where the south of the Sizhou city is almost out. It was originally the Huaihe floating bridge connecting Xuyi on the other side, but now it is gone. Not only is the floating bridge burned, but even the iron chain is cut and falls into the Huai River.
"How is the military deployment on the other side now?"
He asked immediately.
"The Supreme Emperor was appointed as the direct scholar of Longtu Pavilion, and Chen Go, the commander of the seventh routes of Jianghuai, Jingzhe, Fujian, and the commander of the Qili Line of Jianghuai, Jingzhe, and Fujian. He has now reached Tianchang. He used Liu Guangguo as the commander-in-chief to defend Xuyi, and Liu Guangshi as the commander-in-chief to defend Chuzhou. Liu Guangneng followed Chen Go as the commander-in-chief. The three divisions combined 30,000, but in fact they still rely on the 3,000 people of the Liu family. In addition, Nie Shan, the assistant minister of the Ministry of Revenue, was the commander-in-chief to defend Huaixi, and Cao Meng as the commander-in-chief to lead 20,000 people to Haozhou, but the real ones can fight were two thousand Western infantry.
This Western Army was dominated by Chen Di, the general of Yaogu.
He was previously bribed by the Supreme Emperor in Kaifeng and led some Western troops to the south.
As for the other armies, they were originally from the generals in the southeast, and even the few generals who had stayed in Zhejiang to suppress the remnants of Fang La's party had been transferred.
However, although these people are numerous, they are actually useless.
The generals of the southeast were conquered Fang La with Taishi Tong, and they did not return until they wiped out Yu Daoan and other troops. The troops of the southeast were all useless. Not to mention our cavalry, even those farmers who had no armor under Fang La could chase these official troops and fight. They could even be besieged by Yu Daoan and others. If it weren't for the generals leading the army to reinforce, the official army would probably not even be able to defend Wenzhou, and even the gentry organizations were not as good as those brave and brave as those brave and brave as the brave and brave, but defeated Fang La's followers many times and even recovered the city."
Yao Pingzhong said.
He is now Wang Yue's main assistant.
This guy has extremely rich combat experience in Jiangnan. He is different from Tong Guan. Tong Taishi led Yang Weizhong and other main forces of the Western Army. In fact, after capturing Fang La, they retreated to the north. However, Yao Pingzhong, Zhe Yanzhi and other troops were completely eliminated until the end of the year, especially Yu Daoan and Lu Shinang, and then retreated from Jiangnan to the north. It was October when Yu Daoan and others were wiped out. Fang La was dead for two months at that time. Yao Pingzhong's troops were really hard and made great contributions, but because of their bad relationship with Tong Taishi, the rewards were not as good as others, but he was really familiar with Jiangnan.
He led his troops to tangle with Yu Daoan and others in the mountains and ridges in southern Zhejiang for several months.
"Don't take it lightly. These people are in the danger of Changhuai. Our cavalry will never throw whips and break the flow!"
Wang Yue said like he took the wrong script.
"Well?"
Yao Pingzhong looked at him in shock.
"The Grand Marshal is just a group of scumbags. There will be a brigade of cavalry to wipe out!"
Yang Zaixing said.
"Non-no, can you fly across the Huai River? General Yao, let me leave this place to you and Mr. Yang for the time being. I need to return to the capital and discuss advance and retreat!"
Wang Yue said in a strange way.
"Master, why should the enemy troops discuss this?"
Yang Zaixing was obsessed with it.
"I say I will discuss it again. Also, don't think they are just this little man. This is what we can see. I'm afraid there are several times or even ten times that we can't see. The Supreme Emperor has been in a long time. The royal army stranded in Zhenjiang alone has reached 30,000, plus nearly 40,000 people who followed him south, and nearly 10,000 of them in the two Huaihe generals, and only these are 50,000. Hasn't there been another soldier or another in the past two months?
Fifty thousand!
At least 150,000 troops along the Huai River!
With a 150,000 army, our army only has 20,000, not to mention that there is a dangerous situation in the Changhuai River opposite. Moreover, the rivers south of the Huai River are covered with swamps, which is not conducive to cavalry this season. It is best to wait until the winter freezes, and even the Huai River can pass through.
It's just sticking to it now.
You are temporarily staying here, and in addition, we continue to collect military pay in various places in Huaibei. After collecting Bozhou and Suzhou, you can go elsewhere, such as Huaiyang, Yizhou and other places, and even go west. There are several prefectures and prefectures on the northwest road of Jingxi. Don’t stick to one place. We are cavalrymen, how many days can it take to collect military pay in Chenzhou? But remember one thing, don’t harass the common people. The common people have no money, so you can only find those scholars. If you don’t give them, just put on sticks.
The autumn harvest began to begin in various places. If a gentry fled south and betrayed the officials, their land would be temporarily exiled.
Those customers who paid their rent will pay us directly.
But you don’t have to pay it to us at 50% of the original rent based on the rent in previous years, and the rest is theirs!”
Wang Yue said.
"I still don't understand it very much?"
Yao Pingzhong said in a strange tone.
"I still don't understand? Haven't a large number of gentry fled south recently? These people betrayed the officials. Although the decision of how to deal with them still needs to be made by the officials, their land must be temporarily taken over. Those customers who originally rented their land should of course pay the tax they should pay after the autumn harvest, but the rent given to these gentry in addition to the taxes will definitely not be given to their family.
This is for us directly as a military service.
But there is no need to follow the rent in previous years. The government is not the local tyrants and evil gentry, so how could it be that high? Therefore, we only need to share half of the annual rent in the past year. All similar situations in the future will follow this example. You and Mr. Yang don’t need to worry about this matter, just leave it to Zaixing. Allocate 5,000 cavalry from the Changsheng Army to be responsible for this matter. With these rents, it is enough for our military rations to be provided. There is no need to be supplied by the court. If there is any excess, you can also send it to Hebei."
Wang Yue said.
OK, there must be extra.
There were more than 100,000 households in Bozhou alone, and more than 200,000 households in Susi and the two prefectures were all plain agricultural areas. Even if the escaped gentry only controlled one-fifth of the land, it would be more than one million mu. The average household of the Song Dynasty was more than 30 mu of arable land. Moreover, the surrounding prefectures and prefectures began to escape, which could even accelerate their escape. The harvest of the last few million mu was easy, and the original land rented and farmed customers, the tenants, divided them equally, which not only harvested the people's hearts and enough military rations, but even the 20,000 cavalry could not finish it.
Then you can transport it to the north to supplement the gap caused by the temporary cutoff of the canal transportation.
After all, that is six million stones of food per year.
So far, Wang Yue's purpose has actually been achieved. He divided the Song Dynasty into two halves in the north and south. In fact, a Southern Song Dynasty has been born, that is, some places are not yet enough to make a choice because of their distance. However, in fact, the core of the Song Dynasty has been divided into two parts, north and south.
The most important thing for him next is not to take over the Southern Song Dynasty.
The Southern Song Dynasty was there and could not escape. On the contrary, the reform of the Northern Song Dynasty should be completed quickly. As long as the reform of the Northern Song Dynasty is completed and the Southern Song Dynasty is to destroy it. The driving force for the reform of the Northern Song Dynasty is naturally the threat of the Southern Song Dynasty. Therefore, not only can the Southern Song Dynasty be solved, but the strength of the Southern Song Dynasty should be exaggerated and the threat of great painters to Zhao Huan are exaggerated, so as to use this as the driving force for the reform of the Northern Song Dynasty.
This is what is really imminent.
He had to go back to Kaifeng, use his father's knife to force Zhao Huan to be at his mercy, and move forward unceasingly on the path of King Jie and Zhou.
(Three updates)
Chapter completed!