Chapter 661: Wang Anshi's resignation
Zhao Yan stayed in Guangzhou to wait for the news from the Zhancheng side, but he didn't expect that the good news from the Zhancheng side had not yet come, but it was Xu Yuan from the Luzon side who came with the news first, he had contacted several other native kingdoms that had conflicts of interest with the Liuke Kingdom, two of which were most likely to form an alliance with the Great Song Dynasty, for which he sent various envoys into the two kingdoms to persuade the leaders of the various large tribes in the kingdom, and now it has been successful, the two kingdoms have sent envoys to Banana Bay and are negotiating the formation of an alliance, and at first glance it seems that the problem is not big, As long as the alliance is signed, then these two kingdoms will attack the Liuke Kingdom with the support of the Great Song Dynasty, and the merchants of the Great Song Dynasty can also trade with these two kingdoms, which can be said to be counted in one fell swoop.
After receiving this good news from Xu Yuan, Zhao Yan finally put down a big stone in his heart, although he believed in Xu Yuan's ability, but the power of the Great Song Dynasty on the Luzon side was too weak, so he had been worried about what would happen, and now this news came, although it has not really destroyed the Liuke Kingdom, but it is a great thing after all.
As the so-called good things come in pairs, Xu Yuan on the Luzon side has just come to a good news, and the army of Yu Niang who conquered Jiaozhi also came with a great good news, Yu Niang's military plan to crusade against the city is very direct, 50,000 sailors and 30,000 army troops directly rushed to the capital of the city of Zhan, Indra Buluo, but the Song people have always been used to calling this capital as the city of Zhan, and the city of Zhancheng is the name of the capital and the name of the country.
Champa used to be strong for a long time, but unfortunately it had begun to decline as early as a few decades ago, and even was attacked by Jiaozhi to break the national capital, and even the king of Champa was captured alive, and then it took a great price to keep the national foundation alive. planned to fight against the Great Song Dynasty, but was led by Xu Yuan to capture the coastal areas by the Rakshasa army, and even the city was almost broken, which also caused the vitality of the city to be greatly damaged.
It's a pity that King Zhancheng is really a brainless guy, he has suffered so many losses before, and he doesn't have a long memory at all. This time it provoked the Great Song Dynasty again, and as a result, the army led by Yu Niang rushed straight to Zhancheng, because the news was blocked in advance, so Zhancheng had no preparations in advance, and when they received the news, the Great Song Dynasty sailors had already arrived outside the city of Zhancheng, and they were not allowed to prepare at all.
It was also in this situation that the sailors led by Yu Niang wiped out the weak sailors who were rushing to meet the enemy in Champa with the power of thunder, and then occupied the port of Champong. Then Hu Yanping led 30,000 troops to land, and another 20,000 water divisions also landed, launching a fierce attack on the city, although the king of Champa organized a large army to resist as much as possible, but unfortunately the army of the city was too rotten, and it was not vulnerable at all, and it was broken by Hu Yanping in only two days, and the king of Zhancheng was captured again.
However, the capture of the Champa king was not the end of the war. Because although the name of Champa is a country, in fact, the interior has long been divided. Many of the leaders had long been ready to stand on their own feet, and now when they saw that the king of Champa had been captured, they immediately jumped out one by one to draw a line with the king of Champa, and then prepared to establish themselves as kings.
Originally, the Great Song Dynasty's expedition to Zhancheng was mainly for food, but now that he has won the king of Zhancheng, the order he issued will naturally be invalid. The merchants of the Great Song Dynasty could buy grain normally, and those who established themselves as kings also expressed their willingness to sell grain to the Great Song Dynasty in order to curry favor with the Great Song Dynasty.
However, this time, Zhao Yan used 80,000 horses to attack Zhancheng, not just to capture a king of Zhancheng, but to prepare to take the coastal areas of Zhancheng in one fell swoop. So as to advance the sea area controlled by the Great Song Dynasty to the South Sea, so after Yu Niang stabilized the city, she immediately sent troops again, advancing all the way along the coastline of the city, as if destroying the withering and decaying, and once again captured the coastal area of the city.
In addition, with the progress of this war, a steady stream of grain was also transported from Champa to the Great Song Dynasty, all of which were captured in the war, because there was too much grain on the side of Champong, and every time a city was captured, one granary after another would be found, if it were not for some Champa people who burned some grain after the defeat, I am afraid that the captured grain would be more.
Zhao Yan stood on the dock and watched boats and boats of grain transported to Guangzhou, but these ships full of grain will not unload grain here, they just take a break in the port, and after replenishing the water, they will set off north again, and rush to the port on the Shandong side to stop, which is one of the most drought-stricken areas, and many places have been out of harvest, so these grains will greatly alleviate their disaster there, and the Shandong region is also closer to Tokyo, and these grains can be transported to the capital by water or land, It was then transported to the northwest, which was also the hardest hit area.
Zhao Ji, who was far away in the capital, was also quickly breached, and at the same time, boats and boats of grain were also sent to the major disaster areas in the north, and even the capital could eat the rice of the city, speaking of which the rice in the city could even be ripened four times a year, but the taste was not very good, but now the most important thing is to fill the stomach, for the victims to have a bite to eat is already a great gift.
With boatloads of grain being transported to the disaster area, the hearts of the people in the disaster area have finally stabilized, after all, as long as there is a mouthful of food, the ordinary people will not have any radical ideas, and even many people are grateful to Dade, making the rule of the Great Song Dynasty more stable, seeing that a catastrophe is about to disappear.
Zhao Ji was relieved to see that the disaster was suppressed, but this also made his eyes finally shift from the disaster to the matter of changing the law, he had already had some dissatisfaction with the law change faction before, and even wanted to stop changing the law immediately, but then he received a letter from Zhao Yan, plus he himself knew that what the Great Song Dynasty needed most now was stability, so he didn't do it, but his attitude towards the change had changed during this time, and Wang Anshi was also aware of this.
Originally, Zhao Ji planned to wait for a while and wait until the disaster was completely alleviated before abolishing the new law, but at this time, a major incident occurred, and it was this incident that directly detonated his dissatisfaction with the new law.
The cause of this incident is actually not big, but it is not small, it is nothing more than an official in Hebei who took the opportunity of collecting exemption money to wantonly apportionment to the below, and as a result, the people were miserable, and even some gentry could not afford such a heavy service money.
Since the implementation of the new law, such things have happened everywhere, so it is not a big deal, but this time it is different, because when those gentry and ordinary people were petitioning, they actually clashed with the officials of the yamen, and as a result, three people died tragically and dozens were injured.
Although it is said that human lives are at stake, but now the Fa-changers are covering the sky with one hand, and conflicts like this against the new law occur almost every day, and the death of a person is not a big deal, as long as it is operated properly, the above will not know about it at all.
But this time the situation is different, because among the three people who were killed, there was a gentry, his mother actually worked as the nurse of the Empress Dowager Gao, and now she is almost sixty years old, this old mother saw her son killed, and immediately she was heartbroken, because she had only one son in her life, and now her son is dead, leaving only a few young grandchildren, how can their family live?
The loss of a son is one of the biggest tragedies in the world, the old mother after grief, with a family straight into the capital, and then through the Gao family to see the Empress Dowager Gao, crying about her son being killed, and finally regardless of the old body, kneeling down to the Empress Dowager Gao kept kowtowing, and the wrinkled forehead was full of blood.
Empress Dowager Gao was originally a very strong woman, seeing that her former nurse had experienced such a great pain, and their Gao family also suffered a lot of losses due to the change, which made her very dissatisfied with the change, and she had persuaded Zhao Ji before, but unfortunately Zhao Ji didn't listen at all at that time, and now this kind of thing has happened, which makes Queen Mother Gao finally can't help it anymore.
However, the Empress Dowager Gao did not go alone to persuade Zhao Ji, but first went to see the Empress Dowager Cao, and the Empress Dowager Cao also persuaded Zhao Ji not to change the law, so the Empress Dowager Gao easily said that she was moved, so the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law went to see Zhao Ji together, at first they only persuaded Zhao Ji, and finally the more they talked, the more emotional they became, and they began to cry to Zhao Ji about the danger of the new law, as well as the disgust of the people in the world for the new law, and finally even bluntly said that Wang Anshi was messing with the world.
Zhao Ji had already planned to repeal the new law, but now he heard the persuasion of the Empress Dowager Cao and the Empress Dowager Gao, especially when the Empress Dowager Gao talked about the death of her nurse's son, which made Zhao Ji angry, and immediately summoned Wang Anshi to question, Wang Anshi was silent for a long time after hearing this, but only promised that he would severely punish the local officials, which made Zhao Ji very dissatisfied.
A few days later, Zhao Ji's dissatisfaction with Wang Anshi has reached its peak, in this case, the new law can no longer be tolerated, so a holy decree removed Wang Anshi's phase, and at the same time suspended several new laws with great public resentment, which caused the world to boil, and the law changers have written to ask Zhao Ji to change his mind, but no matter how justified by these new parties, the people in the world are cheering because of this, and they have praised Zhao Ji's move, which shows how unpopular the new law is.
However, although Zhao Ji removed Wang Anshi's phase, he was still a little unwilling to change the law in his heart, after all, this was the result of his efforts for several years after he ascended the throne, and now if it is abolished, it will simply make all his hard work in the past few years go to waste, so after he removed Wang Anshi, he only suspended the implementation of some new laws, and some new parties still held important positions in the court and continued the implementation of other new laws.
But at this moment, an extremely unexpected thing suddenly happened, which dealt an extremely fatal blow to the new law! (To be continued......)