Chapter 823 Value
The impeachment of these people cannot be said to be useless, it can only be said that there is only one hair......
Because this corpse parade was approved by Zhao Ji.
Wang Ju also deliberately said the reason, first of all, the cost.
It is difficult to destroy Western Xia, and if it is not for the good timing, Wang Ju may choose to win over Ali Gu and give him a lot of benefits in exchange for his peace and self-defense.
But how much will it cost to destroy the two countries in the future?
Just like now, the battle of Huizhou is over one after another, the soldiers of the three armies will be rewarded, and the families of the sacrificed soldiers will be compensated.
In fact, many Song soldiers were very bloody, they would rather die than surrender, and if they were bloody, they would treat the court with their lives, and the court would at least show it. If the imperial court takes it for granted, then it will be like the first battle of Gaoliang River of Song Taizong, take Taiyuan, and see no reward, and the three armies are unwilling to fight, so Gaoliang River is defeated.
However, it is impossible for this reward to be given only two or three times per person, at least thirty or forty times per person on average, and everyone will be moved, but the number of officers and men of the three armies participating in the war this time has reached more than 100,000, and the rewards and pensions will inevitably produce an astronomical amount.
However, if you want to pacify the two countries, you must do this, with rich rewards, plus the spoils of war can also divide some money, only soldiers who did not participate in the war are willing to participate in the war, and only the soldiers who participate in the war are willing to kill the enemy and make meritorious contributions in exchange for rewards.
The morale of the three armed forces will rise, and only with morale can the two countries be pacified, and this is the fundamental point.
But in this way, the future cost will be even greater, even if the tax is not increased to the people, in fact, Wang Ju has no intention of increasing taxes to the people, but these finances are finally allocated from the treasury. Therefore, the more you hit the back, the more people will make a fuss about it.
Don't underestimate this group of people, in fact, the Hu people are kings and hegemons, and it is the internal problems of the Central Plains. Just like the Wuhu Chaohua, in fact, the Eastern Jin Dynasty had several opportunities to recover the Central Plains, such as Huan Wen and Liu Yu, but they ******** wanted to be emperors, so the opportunity was missed. Or like the Anshi Rebellion. An Lushan and Shi Siming fought to the end, and they couldn't use soldiers. However, the various feudal towns began to be divided, and the Tang Dynasty could not flourish...... Not to mention anything else, the employment pile also killed this group of Hu people!
This is still the case, if the internal is not twisted into a rope, coupled with the continuous attack on the two countries, the success rate will still not be too large. But this opportunity was missed, and I am afraid it was missed forever.
So with this parade, the front line reported that 600,000 soldiers and civilians had died. But for ordinary people, or for the ministers of the DPRK and China, it is only a number, and now put these mountains and seas of corpses in front of you for you to watch, then will there be any peace!
Of course, Zhao Ji didn't let this team deliberately go around to the door of Sima Guang's house, and he wouldn't agree to Wang Ju sending a doorman with a warrant. There was a big fuss in front of Sima Guang's house.
But that's all, Sima Guang repeatedly attacked Wang Ju before. Don't take Wang Ju to fight back? Is it true that only the governor is allowed to set fires, and the people are not allowed to light lamps? And compared with the two, Sima Guang is a common man, and Wang Ju is a state official, is it good?
That is, the cause of Sima Guang's planting, and now he is beginning to harvest this bitter fruit.
There is also an invisible intention, and that is public opinion. And public opinion can be manipulated.
Just like Wang Anshi's change, in fact, Wang Anshi did vaguely see something, just like the taxes of the Song Dynasty, which were several times that of the Tang Dynasty. But why was the Song Dynasty richer.
Don't say that the Song Dynasty had heavy taxes!
No matter how heavy it is, it is not **** heavy, and it is not as heavy as the US imperialists!
Or that salt in the Song Dynasty was expensive, **** salt was not expensive, but there were communication fees, diesel and gasoline costs...... Well, I don't care about playing with salt.
And through the Seedlings Law, he has seen some of the effects of loans, and through the Market Law, he has also seen the value of business...... It's just that in this era, there are limitations of the times, and he can't see clearly, so the change of law has brought many new drawbacks.
But some of the changes are really good, such as the exemption law.
Why let a common man call a pig with a cowardly husband?
This is the manipulation of public opinion by some people, and what is even more powerful is Yuan Chonghuan, this person is not as perfect as Jin Dashen wrote, and has many shortcomings, but as for the punishment after the execution, the people in the capital came to eat his corpse? What's even more excessive is that every time the executioner cuts a piece of meat, the common people line up and spend money to buy this piece of meat and eat it raw on the spot.
Therefore, Wang Ju is on the other side, only implementing the electoral system at the grassroots level, and the upper level is still the elite appointment system, and the public opinion is too unreliable.
However, we should not underestimate this public opinion, if some people are allowed to manipulate public opinion, and the people all over the world oppose it, it will shake more ministers, and it will be difficult in the past three years.
The consequences of this big trouble, the whole world will talk about the past again, at least one thing is admitted by many people, if Wang Ju was in the Song Dynasty, he would not have been defeated so badly, why was Wang Ju not in the Song Dynasty? It was Sima Guang Wen Yanbo and these people who used means to force Wang Ju away, but fortunately, the emperor suddenly came to his senses, and sent envoys overseas twice to invite Wang Ju back again, which led to a series of great victories and earth-shaking changes in the entire Song Dynasty.
In the future, no matter who it is, it will not be easy to manipulate this public opinion.
Finally, there is the impact of successive victories.
The current Song Dynasty is similar to the **** of later generations, and finally had the courage to send some ships to the South China Sea to watch the US imperialist aircraft carrier, but it was this small move that made countless **** people excited.
The same is true of the Song Dynasty, which has been weak for a long time, as long as the front line continues to win, no matter what Wang Ju does, it is to demolish Sima Guang's house, and the people will not object.
And here comes the good news again...... So the impeachment of these people is only for one hair, and it is not yet a head hair, but a finer hair.
The Dali River used to be North Suizhou, and the Suizhou area that was not recovered by the Song Dynasty was Hengshan before that.
However, the Hengshan here is different from the Hengshan of Wang Ju's Qingzhou Campaign, after the Gyeongju victory, Wang Ju's handling method was very rude, taking the initiative to join the Song Dynasty's co-optation, and those who remained loyal to the Western Xia forcibly suppressed it. But the problem is that the situation in Hengshan on both sides is not at all the same, and the overall loyalty of Hengshan over there is not high in Western Xia, especially because of the private business exchanges between the two countries, so that many people in Hengshan realize the backwardness of Western Xia and the heavy taxes, so the Song Dynasty is a little stronger, and there will be many tribes who will take the initiative to attach themselves to the Song Dynasty, and Wang Ju used so many counter-plots.
Yokoyama here is not going to work. They are the old nest of Western Xia, and even when Li Jiqian was able to gain power, these people contributed at least one-fifth of the credit.
This kind of hostility is full of hatred, even if there are tribes attached to it, Liu Changzuo does not dare to take it in.
It is okay to take it in, once the Western Xia army arrives. If they can't get it right, they will become Yuzang Huama, but Yuzang Huama stabbed Ali Bone, and these tribes may have stabbed a few times in the Song Dynasty.
Forcibly suppressed is not possible, many officials on the border of the Song Dynasty said that there are many forts in Hengshan, in fact, there are very few real forts built in Western Xia, mainly these villages, relying on the mountain, with stone and wooden fences to build walls.
As long as it is forcibly suppressed. The resistance is bound to be fierce, and there are still tens of thousands of soldiers and horses in the Western Xia in the rear, even if this section of Hengshan is taken, the Song army will suffer heavy casualties, which is not worth it.
So Liu Changzuo's troops approached the foot of Hengshan Mountain, emptied the hundred lives in the south, and did not send troops to the north again.
In a flash, the mystery came out.
First of all, the people who had been driven away had to eat and drink. will burn, kill, and plunder, making the people in the already poor Hengshan area even worse. And in order to protect his own property, his own family did it to his own family......
The front was unblocked, and Yokoyama directly became the front line, and some small tribes were uneasy.
The Western Xia did not show any strength and did not dare to rescue, and some tribes were disappointed.
The Song army did not form hatred because of the suppression. So when the Song army retreated, some tribes took the initiative to secretly send people to show goodwill to the Song Dynasty.
Then the goal of winning over a group of people and suppressing a group of people was achieved in a short period of time.
It just so happened that the imperial court rewards were also distributed, and in general, all five roads on the edge of the border sent sergeants to participate in the battle. However, the soldiers on Yanzhou's side have the least military exploits, and the rewards are undoubtedly the least.
It doesn't matter if the forbidden soldiers who are greedy for life and afraid of death don't care, no matter how much reward they give, they can't expect them to go to the battlefield and fight bravely, but most of the bloody soldiers have some grievances in their hearts...... Morale is available.
So after loosening the pine, Liu Changzuo once again led his troops to cross the Dali River and approached Hengshan.
However, a buffer time was given before, and some tribes had already shown favor to the Song Dynasty, and these tribes would become the best internal response.
As for the blood feud in Yongle City, it can only be let go.
Repression is inevitable, but it is not a repression of all villages, but a selective repression.
Tens of thousands of troops were like bulldozers, advancing step by step, and more tribes successively submitted to the Song army.
If this section of Hengshan is lost again, then ninety percent of Hengshan will be taken by the Song army, and Western Xia has no choice but to transfer 20,000 soldiers and horses from Xiazhou, Yinzhou, and Shizhou to support Hengshan.
If there were only Yanzhou's troops and horses, maybe the two armies would be stalemate in Hengshan, and although Liu Changzuo's troops were a little more, he would not have the advantage of the home field. Although the Western Xia had fewer troops and low morale, they had the advantage of geography and people.
But the problem is that the Song Dynasty still has a lot of troops in other places, the Western Xia army advanced to Hengshan, Hedong Road sent troops, Zihu and Zhe can take the soldiers and horses of Fulin Road, Miao Zhu took the border army he trained for more than two years, a total of nearly 40,000 soldiers and horses, 10,000 people, and killed Yinzhou.
Xixia hurriedly divided troops to rescue, but Liu Changzuo secretly put Zhang Shouyue's soldiers and horses who came to support in Mizhi Village, and when Fulin Road sent troops, Zhang Shouyue took the soldiers and horses of Huanqing Road and killed Hengshan, and blocked the troops of Xixia outside Yinzhou City.
No reinforcements arrived in Yinzhou City, and under the onslaught of several Song troops, the main general defending the city saw that the city could not be defended, and took the initiative to lead the two thousand Xia troops in the city to surrender.
After getting Yinzhou, several Song armies continued to march westward, but the Xia army could not resist, and retreated to the ancient Great Wall, and withdrew outside the ancient Great Wall.
In fact, at this time, some of the people can be gathered, but the problem is that everyone is not very confident about the people here, and they cannot be settled. It is best to be placed in Weiyuan, but it is too far from here to Weiyuan, if tens of thousands of families are migrated to Weiyuan, there may be accidents, and a lot of financial resources will be spent.
There are also many places in Yanzhou that can be resettled, but even if Wang Ju comes, he does not dare to resettle the people of Yinzhou Shizhou to Suizhou, Yanzhou, because it will cause big trouble......
Therefore, further expulsion, isn't it loyal to Western Xia, you are now desperate, see if Western Xia has come up with money and food to help you.
Don't ask if you save it, that will completely drag Western Xia into the quagmire.
If they don't save it, these people will gradually become disillusioned with Western Xia.
This is not a conspiracy, but a conspiracy.
But for the time being, the Song army withdrew back from outside the mountain, and it is here now. The Song Dynasty had no mass base and was located outside the mountains, making it difficult to defend. However, this section of Beihengshan was taken, and after a gallop, the tribes that were loyal to Western Xia were also screened out and all of them were driven away.
Song Jun also did it ruthlessly. Even the green poles of the sorghum were forced to be cut down by the people of Western Xia and transported back as fodder.
In this battle, not many Western Xia soldiers were killed, but the significance was not trivial, the entire Suizhou was finally recovered, not only the entire Suizhou, but also the Hengshan area, all of which were controlled by the Song Dynasty.
That is, the Song Dynasty will not cut down Xia in the future. The offensive and defensive dynamics are also completely reversed.
The news spread back, the whole country celebrated, and a Hengshan made the Song Dynasty miserable.
However, in the face of the Song army's steady attack, the Western Xia was helpless, and the Liang group was even more panicked. However, the Song army's attack on Western Xia was temporarily halted...... Because the center of gravity of the Song army shifted to Huangzhou.
After Li Xian took Lanzhou, he successively built Niche Valley Fort on both sides of Lanzhou. Blowing Dragon Fort, Xiguan Fort. Shengru Fort, Quality Gu Fort, Dongguan Fort, Aqian Fort, Gaolan Fort, but in the Western Xia attack one after another. Shengru Fort, Quality Lonely Fort, Gaolan Fort, and even Xiguan Fort have been abolished one after another.
Pingxia City, Tiandu Mountain, Mingsha City, and Gufengtai won four great victories, and most of the troops of Western Xia were consumed.
So Wang Wenyu and Li Xian rebuilt Xiguanbao again.
Then he took the initiative to cross the Yellow River and built Jincheng Pass at the mouth of the Qilong Valley. From here, you can go directly to the original Liugu Zhufan, and you can also threaten the Zhuo Luo military division of Western Xia.
Ali Gu turned against him, and the Song Dynasty was not polite, and established Jingyu Pass on the west side of Xiguan Fort on the bank of the Jiao Bridge, directly controlling the Liuling (Qilian Mountain) and Huangshui. But it seems that the Song Dynasty still aimed at defense, and it was from this road that Ali Gu withdrew to Qingtang City.
Time flew by, and by the end of June, the forts on both sides of the Yellow River were erected one by one.
In terms of troops, it had no impact on the Song Dynasty, and the rear of Weizhou was vacated, and a large number of troops were also freed up, which was enough to hold these forts.
However, the financial cost will be more serious, after all, the distance of transportation will be further extended, and even if the prisoners of war are used to transport food and grass, there will be more consumption.
But in a military sense, the Song Dynasty completely had the upper hand on the border, that is, from now on, the Song army could attack and defend as far east as Donghengshan in the east and as far as the banks of the Yellow River in Lanzhou in the west.
And you can see the meaning right away.
At the beginning of July, some troops were allocated in Western Xia to rescue Xiazhou, and it must be saved, this is the "Land of Longxing" in Western Xia, and it really made the Song army into ruins again, and Western Xia would be even more miserable. The Song army suddenly sent troops to the Yellow River and launched a fierce attack on the Zhuo Luo Military Division.
The Xia army was defeated and retreated to Xiliangfu.
Because the terrain was not very familiar, the Song army did not dare to pursue it deeply, but forcibly relocated the people on the west bank of the Yellow River to the east of the river.
However, this battle seems to be of little significance, not annihilating many enemies, nor occupying much of the territory of Western Xia, after all, in Hexi, the terrain is not familiar, the people are not very supportive, and lack of mutual support and assistance, except for a few checkpoints outside the ferry, and then move forward, even if the fort is built, it has become an overseas lonely place, which can be built but is not easy to defend, just like Fengzhou in those years.
But the significance of this dispatch was not in Western Xia......
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Jia Hui rode to Hezhou in one breath, and after seeing Wang Ju Shili, he said, "Taibao, it's so far." ”
He's from Michigan, of course, far away.
Wang Zichuan said disdainfully: "If you give the Taibao ten years, you can make the territory of the Great Song Dynasty reach Xiaohai in the north, Leng Ling in the west, and Yalu River in the east." ”
This was basically the territory of the Tang Dynasty at its peak.
However, Wang Zichuan doesn't understand much, although the territory of the Tang Dynasty is large, many areas are fetters and cannot be controlled, unlike the Song Dynasty, although the territory is small, ninety percent can be directly controlled. Zhao Kuangyin used a jade axe to draw on the Dadu River, and he didn't want to go west, so as not to damage the Chinese people.
The west is full of Tibetan and Qiang people, and it is very difficult to govern, at least the imperial court cannot benefit, and it is necessary to send officers and officials, but the money and silk of these officers and soldiers are paid by the people of the Central Plains, and if there is a rebellion, the cost is more, so they get this area, and the imperial court does not make a profit, but will hurt the financial resources and people's power of the people of the Central Plains.
This idea also had a negative effect.
However, Wang Ju's ideas are also a little negative, he focuses too much on practicality, such as the Southwest Yi, which cannot be controlled for the time being, and Wang Ju also allows this country of China to stand strangely in the southwest of the Song Dynasty.
This so-called practicality, that is, has military value. For example, Western Xia, or places that can benefit, such as Jiaozhi Dali, the imperial court will open up. And once it is developed, it is necessary to find a way to make it as controllable as possible by the imperial court.
However, in the Song Dynasty, where most people were afraid of war, Wang Ju's so-called practical thoughts. It is still popular with the mainstream group.
That is, Wang Ju has this condition, and he may not lead the Song Dynasty army to open up to Lake Baikal and Green Mountains.
Moreover, the Song Dynasty believed in Wang Ju and continued to vigorously support Wang Ju, which could not be done in ten years. Unless Wang Ju is given 20 years, then the Yellow River will be well managed, taxes will be further relaxed, and a large number of border troops with strict military discipline will be trained in Hedong, Hebei, and at the same time, it will be necessary to find a way for the Liao State to promote miscellaneous grains in Yanyun, Liaodong, and have farming. In order to effectively manage and control, then within the second ten years, Wang Ju may be able to destroy the Liao State.
But this is impossible...... Is it that Zhao Ji continues to live, so that Wang Juquan can dominate the world for 20 years?
And all kinds of ills in the Song Dynasty have been deep, even if Wang Ju is replaced as the emperor, these ills cannot be corrected one by one, once completely corrected, the world will be in chaos!
That's it. It is better to open up the other shore, where is the territory larger? And Wang Ju can paint as much as he wants.
However, Wang Ju's actions in the past six years, as well as some of the principles of governing the country that he said vaguely, will not only delay the life of the Song Dynasty, but also bring reflection to many people, coupled with the revelation of the future on the other side, perhaps the emergence of a new regime in the future. will follow the example of the other side.
That's where the real rebirth begins.
Wang Ju will not explain these to Wang Zichuan.
He said: "Ziru, why did you come here from Mizhou? ”
Jia Hui said: "Taibao, the other side brings good news. ”
"What's the news?"
"An oversized copper mine has been discovered in Lizhou."
Lizhou is further afield, around Chile. Anyway, there is no way to map out the standard map over there, Wang Ju just estimated it and named the settlement Lizhou.
If it is Lizhou, it is not uncommon to find a large copper mine, Wang Ju listened to Jia Hui with a calm face.
"Taibao, this copper mine is estimated to produce 15 million catties per year."
Wang Ju was finally a little moved.
Fifteen million catties, only about 8,000 tons, in the future generations, it will be the same thing.
But this was in the Song Dynasty.
Jia Hui added: "And according to the craftsmen, it is conservatively estimated that it can be mined for thirty or forty years. ”
"This is good news...... Wang Ju took two steps, copper did not play much role on the other side, part of the casting vessels, part of the copper was transported back to the Song Dynasty, exchanged for copper coins.
The currency on the other side is also divided into two kinds of silk and copper coins, the silk and the Song Dynasty silk style is different, and it is not as exquisite as the Song Dynasty, of course, the situation is different, in the Song Dynasty The workmanship is not exquisite, there will be bold people who wantonly make fake currency. The other side is not needed, and even those who are bold lack the relevant silk materials.
Because the two currencies are different, they do not circulate with each other, and even part of the silk exchange of the Song Dynasty has been circulated to the Liao State and the Western Xia Zhancheng Wa Kingdom, but it has not circulated to the other side. The seafarers got the silk of the Song Dynasty and used it to purchase commercial goods.
Copper coins are different, the other side has been using the copper coins of the Song Dynasty, and they did not mint a copper coin, but constantly used copper to exchange copper coins for the Song Dynasty, which Wang Ju repeatedly stated, because this copper coin is the link between the two sides, so that the people on the other side do not forget their fundamental ......
However, on the other side, copper coins may be equivalent to **** one yuan and five cents coins, so the amount in circulation is not too large.
However, in the Song Dynasty, the more copper coins there were, the more conducive to the stability of silk exchanges.
Wang Ju thought about it, this is good news, and it must be used, so he wrote a memo, reported the situation to the imperial court, and promised that the other side would provide more than 10 million catties of raw copper to the Song Dynasty every year in the future, but all of this copper was used to mint coins, and at the same time pay fifty copper coins to the other side every year.
10 million catties of copper must be more than 50 guan, even according to the purchase price of the imperial court, it is close to 3 million. As for the remainder, it was offset with the future 150,000 taels of gold "annual tribute".
"Taibao, you are loyal to the Great Song Dynasty, but many people don't accept your affection." Jia Hui said.
This is also a relatively elven person, so he was later promoted one after another, and now he is presiding over the other side of the transaction on the Mizhou side.
"Ziru, why do you say this?"
Jia Hui reported some of the news he inquired about to Wang Ju.
Sima Kang went to Beijing to complain, but Sima Guang was really sick, and he heard that he was very sick.
No matter how thick and dark Sima Guang is, he can't bear to be humiliated by this.
In addition, many people thought that Wang Ju had left the court, so the cows, ghosts, snakes, and gods came out together, and there were all kinds of words. Even when Wang Ju came to Hezhou, in order to facilitate ethnic integration, he selected three girls in various ministries as his son's future concubines, and some people said that Wang Ju chose concubines for his son.
"Who said that?" Wang Ju said angrily.
Wang Ju is not afraid of domestic now, he is afraid of foreign countries, and he is afraid that someone will use overseas kings to make a fuss. Just like Liaodong, if you are not afraid of someone making a fuss, then you can select 10,000 officers and soldiers from the Song Dynasty to learn the Goryeo language and sneak into Liaodong, and the entire Liaodong will be even more erosive.
But no, once the Song army sees the other side using ships to load troops to fight in Liaodong, there will definitely be people who think about it.
Until now, Wang Ju didn't know that Liaodong had undergone great changes in advance......
Jia Hui shook his head, he just sent someone to secretly inquire about some passers-by, but he couldn't find out the inside story of the court.
It doesn't matter, Wang Ju writes a letter and asks Zhang Dun to hear the inside story and the truth.
Concubine Er worried: "Will these people be bad for the affairs of the officials......?" ”
"That's not going to happen, as long as the front line continues to win, these few people can't afford to stir up trouble no matter how they use it."
"Official, the concubine is afraid that Sima Guang will really be angry to death."
"Concubine, you're wrong, if you're really angry, no matter how much baggage I carry, it's worth it!"
What you want is this effect, if you don't die Sima Guang, Wang Ju will be disappointed.
Jia Hui returned to the capital with the recital written by Wang Ju, Wang Ju did this, and he also had a lot of intentions, to add points to the other side and himself, what overseas kings, what to choose concubines, that is a non-existent thing, otherwise why would he send gold, silver and copper to the Song Dynasty so desperately? At the same time, it will also make Zhao Ji more at ease.
The financial situation will not be tight this year and next year, but what will be tight is the year after tomorrow, and the year after tomorrow, 10 million catties of copper will only be returned, and only 500,000 copper coins will be returned, but it can mint nearly 4 million copper coins, and after deducting the cost, it can make a profit of 8 million in disguise in three years.
Although the front line spends lavishly, it still needs to be spent, but when it is critical, these eight million will play an immeasurable role.
Silk Bond has been widely circulated, but the currency recognized by the people is still dominated by copper coins, and with more copper coins flowing to the market, it will stabilize Silk Bonds, further prosper the economy, and will also bring a lot of income to the Song Dynasty in disguise.
Wang Ju also has another intention, once it is officially submitted to the imperial court, in the face of so much raw copper, everyone will pay attention to it, even if Gao Taotao comes to power, Gao Taotao will also pay attention to it, so when she makes certain decisions, she will carefully consider it.
Wang Ju has started to do it, and he has to win one victory after another, so it can only be a small group of people who make trouble, and public opinion will never let that small group of people shake...... But what Wang Ju didn't know was that it was this copper that really killed Sima Guangqi!
PS:Two books,One book system crashes,One book is a screen of death,Got it all afternoon,Faint ...... (To be continued.) )