In the autumn of the second year of the Great Song Dynasty and Yuan Fu, few people in the city of Qingzhou, on the bank of the Yellow River, knew that they were standing at the crossroads of history!

This small but bustling city will go down in history as the site of a new era as a result of the ongoing peace talks between the Liao and Song dynasties.

In fact, the necessary conditions for opening this new era were basically in place in the last years of the Northern Song Dynasty. At the beginning of the founding of the country, this dynasty had already gotten rid of the old era of the scholar gate lords and the manor economy that matched them. This is probably the reason why Zhao Da can easily implement the policy of "releasing military power with a glass of wine", and at the beginning of the founding of the Northern Song Dynasty, he did not face a huge group of scholars with deep roots, but a group of relatively shallow Shibing groups.

The foundation of the five generations of soldiers is not a rural clan, but a family of martial artists living in a big city, the family is small, the mobilization ability is also insufficient, and it has suffered heavy losses in the five generations of troubled times. For example, the Weibo Town World Soldier Tooth Regiment was jointly annihilated by Zhu Wen and Luo Shaowei (Jiedu Envoy). The soldiers of Chengde Town were lost in the civil strife and the crusade of the Later Jin army. The powerful Youzhou Zhenya Soldier Group was controlled by the Liao State and gradually evolved into Yanyun Haoqiang - the descendants of the Youzhou Yabing under the wing of the Liao State completed the transformation from a world soldier to a family, so some of these families even evolved into the later Han Marquis of Mengyuan!

However, in the main part of the Song Dynasty, especially in the most economically developed Central Plains, the former Shibing group has long ceased to exist, and a considerable part of it has been transformed into the urban industrial and commercial class - in Kaifeng Fucheng, where the forbidden army gathers, the phenomenon of the descendants of the Shibing to transfer to industry and commerce is particularly common, after all, the Shibing family does not have family planning, and there are many children and grandchildren, and it is impossible to get errands in the forbidden army, and it is very natural to turn into industry and commerce to make a living. Moreover, when the Zhao family Taizu founded the country, he encouraged a group of warlords who handed over their military power to make a fortune, and if they wanted to get rich, of course, they could not rely on farming, and it was inevitable to get involved in industry and commerce.

Therefore, in the last years of the Northern Song Dynasty, the industrial and commercial tycoons in Kaifeng Mansion, Daimyo Mansion, Yingtianfu and other places were inextricably linked with the Kaifeng Forbidden Army and Hebei Forbidden Army of the Northern Song Dynasty, and it can even be said that they are one! The industrial and commercial status of the Northern Song Dynasty was relatively high, and in the process of several changes in the Northern Song Dynasty, there were also many fights between merchants and rulers, and this is also the reason why they were all over in the end.

No matter how fast the knives of the Great Song Dynasty commanders were, they couldn't slaughter the generals of the Kaifeng Forbidden Army, because the Great Song Dynasty officials relied on them to control the "fake forbidden army" in Kaifeng Mansion and Hebei. With the protection of these "fake forbidden armies", those civil officials who can "resist the military" will be obedient and obedient slaves of the imperial power.

Otherwise, once the gate of the Kaifeng Forbidden Army is cleaned by the Rulers, the Kaifeng Forbidden Army will become a tool of the Rulers rather than a tool of imperial power. It seems that no one has stipulated that civil officials can't wear yellow robes, right?

Therefore, the fierce Han Qi is also bullying Di Qing and Jiao Yong, who have no foundation, and those ancestors in Kaifeng Mansion are particularly powerful Jiangmen capitalists and Jiangmen artists, they are all good friends and children of old Han Qingtian!

In fact, the authority of the Northern Song Dynasty officials was based on the balance between the imperial examination scholars from the countryside or Jiangnan and the forbidden army generals with Bianliang as the main stage.

In addition, there is also a very interesting rule of the door shade in the Northern Song Dynasty - most of the door shade officials are military assets, which means that the descendants of those awesome civil officials Da Qingtian have a high probability of evolving into generals!

For example, Han Qi's descendants evolved into Jiangmen in the Southern Song Dynasty, and Han Tuoxuan (Han Qi's great-grandson), who was the minister of power and presided over the Kaixi Northern Expedition, was "the head of the letter to the enemy", and he was probably the only person in the history of the two Song Dynasty who was appointed by a military attache as prime minister.

It is precisely because of the existence of this door shade rule that most of the descendants of the famous ministers who were used by the Zhao family in the early years to "imperial martial arts" have now become Jiangmenzi, and they have become members of the "bureaucratic landlords, capitalists, artists" complex. The New Party, which was fostered by Shenzong and Zhezong, and was mainly composed of scholars and doctors in the south, was actually used to fight against these "bureaucrats, landlords, capitalists, artists."

But it's not okay to fight to the death......

Wu Haogu, who had been in the Jiangmen capitalist circle of Kaifeng Mansion in the Northern Song Dynasty for a long time, had naturally figured out the intricate relationship between the Jiangmen of the Northern Song Dynasty, the industrial and commercial and civil officials Qingtian, and the Zhao and Song royal families.

It is precisely because of this that the Jiehe Commercial Market, which is actually controlled by the industrial and commercial magnates of Kaifeng, can receive sufficient support at the level of the Great Song Dynasty.

Because the power of Jiehe Commercial City is actually controlled by Kaifeng Jiangmen...... At least in the early days of the establishment of the Jiehe Merchant City.

And Wu Haogu himself is actually an alternate ancestor of Jiangmen - Jiangmen in the Northern Song Dynasty is not a closed group, and it is constantly possible to have fresh blood to join. The descendants of civil officials are a source, and the military attachés who have made great contributions are naturally also a source.

If Jiehe Shang City and Ma Zhi play a great role in the future "Cutting Liao and Fuyan", it is possible to obtain an official position as a Jiedu envoy by means of drilling camps in Wuhaogu.

When the time comes, a martial artist will be born!

However, Wu Haogu, who understands the historical development of later generations, has another plan at this time......

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The autumn wind and autumn rain for three days have turned the small town of Cheongju into cold and damp......

Merchant ships anchored on the banks of the Yellow River swayed in the wind and rain. The low and dilapidated walls of Cheongju loom in the rain. The flags hung high in the pavilions, guest houses, restaurants, and brothels in Cheongju City were also lowered after being wet by the rain. Even the bustling Cheongju market in the past seems to have been frozen by the cold autumn rain to the bone, and it has lost its former prosperity.

Wu Haogu held an umbrella and walked on the cold and wet street with his female apprentice Du Wenyu. I didn't go far, and I walked into the small fan building on the same street as the Cheongju Pavilion Station.

Xiao Er already recognized Wu Haogu, and sang a fat song and said: "Big official, Xiao Yuanwai has arrived, and he is listening to the golden lady singing in the No. 3 private room in the sky." ”

Wu Haogu took out a copper plate and threw it to the little er, put away the umbrella and handed it to the little er, and then said to Du Wenyu: "Wenyu, let's go and meet Brother Xiao and Jin Niangzi together." ”

"Hmm." Du Wenyu nodded, also put away his umbrella, and handed it to Xiao Er. These days, in addition to learning the skills of human body sketching from Wu Haogu, she acts as Wu Haogu's "female companion" to socialize with Xiao Baoxian and Qiao Jinniang.

After coming and going, he was already familiar with Xiao Baoxian and Qiao Jinniang. At the same time, her admiration for Wu Haogu has also reached a higher level.

Wu Haogu is not only the "first in the painting", but also the ability to engage in diplomatic relations, probably one of the best! actually got into a relationship with the Nanjing left-behind guards of the Liao State, and became a good friend. When the two met, they simply talked about everything, poetry, music, calligraphy and painting, business, and even the ongoing Liao-Song talks, which were also things that the two of them discussed.

To exaggerate a little, the Qingzhou talks are Zhang Shangying and Xiao Baoxian talking in the open, but secretly it is Wu Haogu and Xiao Baoxian and Ma Renwang talking - usually after meeting Xiao Baoxian, Wu Haogu and Du Wenyu will also meet with Ma Renwang or Zhang Jue......

Many of the rules and regulations of the Future Jiehe Business City were basically finalized in this kind of black-box operation.

Needless to say, the actual formulation of these rules and regulations is Wu Haogu himself!

It was in the coaxing of both ends that he led the Jiehe Commercial Market to the road of no return to capitalism......

"Brother Xiao, Zhang Zhongshu has already nodded! In the future, this river business market will be the republican city of our Liao and Song dynasties according to your meaning! ”

"Really? That's great! ”

As soon as Wu Haogu and Xiao Baoxian met today, they told each other a "great news", and the chamber of commerce in Jiehe Commercial City would adopt a "republican system" according to Xiao Baoxian's intentions.

Uh, is that what Xiao Baoxian meant?

In fact, Xiao Baoxian himself couldn't figure it out...... That seems to be what he meant when he was drunk! Anyway, that's what Qiao Jinniang and Du Wenyu said, they shouldn't be wrong.

And the "republic" doesn't seem to be bad - that's what the centaurs said!

In the next 25 years, the commercial market was "republiced" by the shareholders of the Chamber of Commerce, neither the official family of the Great Song Dynasty, nor the edict of the Emperor of the Great Liao, and the large and small affairs were discussed by the shareholders of the Chamber of Commerce to draw up regulations, and the officials in the commercial market were also appointed by the Chamber of Commerce.

The two families of Song Liao are sitting and collecting money...... Of course, it is still necessary to manage, and major matters such as armor protection, police patrols, and embankments in the commercial market must be discussed by the two dynasties.

In addition, if a thief wanted by the two countries enters the commercial market, the two countries must also jointly send personnel to arrest them - that is, the Nanjing Police Patrol Court and the Prison Department of the Hebei East Road Punishment Point will send people to arrest them!

In addition, the Liao and Song dynasties can also set up "permanent embassies" in Jiehe Shang City. This "permanent embassy" is completely different from the current embassies that are actually state guest houses. This kind of embassy is not managed by the other party, but by the party sent by the envoy himself, and the envoy is permanent throughout the year.

In the future, diplomatic exchanges between the two countries will be convenient, and there will be no need to send missions all the way to discuss anything in the Jiehe Commercial Market.

Such a good way to come up with it when you were drunk...... Xiao Baoxian admired himself a little, it looks like he should drink more wine in the future, he can't make a mistake!

Of course, for the Great Song Dynasty, this republic seems to be excellent. Because most of the shareholders of the Jiehe Chamber of Commerce are Kaifeng Jiangmen! The Great Song Dynasty officials entrusted their lives to Kaifeng Jiangmen, and of course they would not have any doubts about their loyalty.

Therefore, the "Chamber of Commerce Republic" in Jiehe Commercial City is actually the final say of the officials of the Great Song Dynasty...... The republic or something, just deceived the Liao people.