Chapter 246 Prelude to the Great Counterattack
The next day Yang Feng entered Lin'an, the cavalry of the Red Turban Army arrived in Lin'an. In the afternoon, the main force led by Xiao Lin, the commander of the fifth town, also arrived. On the same day, the imperial guards led by Jie Qian forced the surrender of the defenders in Pingjiang, and then the defenders from all over the eastern Zhejiang surrendered one after another.
Yang Feng's battle to fight against rebellion ended.
As for other battlefields, there was no suspense. After understanding the situation in Jiangnan, Wu Lin's uncle and nephew and Yang Zheng immediately accepted Yang Feng's appointment. Then Wu Lin personally led his subordinates to attack Chengdu, and the only war in this war broke out here.
Zheng Gangzhong fought against the Wu family army under the city of Chengdu with the 20,000 Song troops he controlled.
He dared not hide in the city and defend, because he knew very well that in Sichuan, Wu Lin was more effective than him. If the city gate was closed, it might be opened in the middle of the night, so he could only hope for a decisive battle after the great reward. Then his army, which was inspired by a lot of money, was killed by the elite Jin army's corpses in the battle of the Immortal Pass under Wu Lin. A simple charge was destroyed. Zheng Gangzhong was defeated and committed suicide. Wu Lin was in charge of the east and west rivers alone, and the entire Sichuan basin became the territory of the Wu family.
His nephew Wu Gong and Yang Zheng divided Hanzhong and the surrounding mountainous areas between Sichuan and Shaanxi.
But the three companies are still the same group.
Yang Feng alone added a Sichuan-Shaanxi Xuanfu Envoy to Wu Lin. In short, Wu Lin was headed by Wu Lin, supplemented by Yang Zheng and Wu Gong. Wu Lin had the right to decide to fight abroad. As for whether they were willing to fight the north or bully Dali in the south or play with Tubo in the west, it depends on their own hobbies. Anyway, Yang Feng would not give them a penny, nor would he send them any army to help. The court's power over these places was limited to appointing and removing the governor, and also supervising taxes. Of course, when Yang Feng needed it, or when his goods entered Sichuan, the three places had to pay a certain amount of taxes to the court every year. In addition, the vassal states had no right to sea and land control. The officials appointed by the court to collect tariffs and also dispatched some troops as anti-smuggling teams.
In short, it is to imitate the examples of the Tang Dynasty's vassal states to the greatest extent. These governors were the governors of the Tang Dynasty. They could chop whoever they wanted in their own jurisdiction.
Including military supervisors, there are also.
There are so many eunuchs in the palace, and they are also raising them. Send a group of people to help these vassal states to support them and reduce the burden on the court.
The other governors also successfully seized their respective territories.
At this time, the Southern Song Dynasty had two or three hundred thousand troops in these systems, and the two hundred thousand troops were able to fight. There were large rear areas south of the Yangtze River. There were no decent troops, that is, some people who maintained public order. Not to mention whether these people would listen to those civil officials, but even those civil officials resisted the governors, it was just the same as Zheng Gangzhong. The governors brought real elite troops with hundreds of battles. Later, they had already begun to compete with the Jin army. It was not like playing with these miscellaneous cards.
In short, the power change of the Song Dynasty was completed easily and simply. When the new year came, even Emperor Xiangxing arrived at his own palace and accepted worship from all officials in the Daqing Hall.
Uh, sitting side by side with Yang Feng.
Then the Regent, on behalf of His Majesty, read out the handling of the rebel party. Qin Hui beheaded and his family was exiled to Hainan Island. Zhao Ding and Zhang Jun were sentenced to death. The family was exiled to Guangxi. Qin Hui's party members who participated in the Yue Fei case were all beheaded and encircled to Hainan Island. In addition, the young emperor also specially designed to build a temple for Yue Fei on the shore of West Lake and cast Zhao Gou, Qin Hui and other five people kneeling in front of the temple. As for Yue Fei's remains, the Regent said that loyal bones were buried everywhere in the green mountains. Since his father had been buried in peace, let him stay on the shore of West Lake to continue to protect the people of Lin'an!
Of course, this is just the main character.
In fact, Zhao Buqi, the good dog of the Regent, also formulated a large list of people, including those who beheaded the head and the house who beheaded the head and the house who were exiled. In short, justice and law are upheld, and it is better to kill them by mistake than let them go. Then Yang Feng has money, and the redundant staff of the court have to be streamlined.
This is his main purpose in jail.
The Song Dynasty court supported too many idle people. After all, the bloated bureaucracy of the Song Dynasty was also in the forefront in history. After the territory was enfeoffed, the fiscal revenue would definitely drop sharply. Although the expenditure of those troops and local officials was also sharply reduced, for Yang Feng, who was about to build a large-scale ship, every copper coin was precious. He would not support those idle people, and he would just kick them out by mercy. Anyway, he said that all the officials in the Southern Song Dynasty had mercy, and there was no reason for others to say. Not only officials, but also some official positions that he did not want to retain were revoked.
The six ministers must have. Could it be that Wanshou Temple will continue to retain such strange things? The ministers of Dali Temple must be indispensable. Do you also have the Grand Secretary of each hall?
This makes no sense at all!
Get out of here, go home and do whatever you like. Anyway, the Regent doesn’t support idle people. If you dare to be dissatisfied, be careful to calculate that you are traitors.
In short, the Song Dynasty court quickly shrank into a very short period of time, the same as the minister of the Central Secretariat, the six ministers, the censors and the ministers of Dali Temple, and of course their respective subordinate officials. Even the three dukes and other empty titles were gone, and the weight was thinner and quite thoroughly. There were a lot of people in the yamen, and even the regent auctioned and rented for subsidies for finance. The command organization of the army belonged to the Privy Council, and the personnel and logistics were all messy and returned to the Ministry of War, including the original Ministry of Works.
The military weapon station and subordinate workshops were also belonged to the Ministry of War, and other messy institutions established to restrict the military's power were abolished. Six towns of imperial guards were reorganized, and the Yangtze River Navy and the Navy were added. In particular, the navy was not only stationed directly under the imperial court, but also set up bases in several major coastal ports controlled by the vassal states. In fact, it was to serve customs and act as anti-smuggling teams to ensure Yang Feng's customs taxes. This was particularly important. The customs taxes in the Song Dynasty were always fat.
In short, the Song Dynasty entered the era of the regent.
A dreamy era.
An era where countless people cheer for it.
First of all, the farmers were happy. Their taxes were reduced, and the tycoons and miscellaneous taxes were almost wiped out. The farmers only had land taxes and no other money had to be paid. Customers without land also had their own land. The Regent even brought immortal species that had not been popularized in their territory. Although there was only one of them, it solved the problem that the people in the mountainous areas could not eat enough. This magical crop called sweet potato was quickly promoted in Liangzhe and Jiangnan East Road.
The businessmen also cheered for the time of the Regent.
Very simple.
The Regent brought new looms, new sucrose technology, new printing and dyeing technology, new tea processing technology...
All kinds of new technologies.
These things make the already developed Jiangnan industry and commerce a lot more powerful. With the new navigation technology, all industry and businessmen understand that their future is shining brightly, and countless overseas markets are waiting for them to explore, and then the wealth of countless small foreign countries will continue to flow.
What's more, the Regent also abolished the official monopoly on many industries, such as the salt industry, iron smelting, and even copper mining and smelting, which generously allowed merchants to participate. The only restriction is that the taxes in these important industries are heavier. In addition, the Regent also invested in new technologies in these industries, but this is not worth mentioning to those private industry and businessmen. After all, everyone understands the huge profits of the salt industry, and they understand better what the new salt-drying technology means.
The army was also cheering for the Regent.
Because they have obtained dignity and future guarantees, all kinds of military merit rewards, especially medals, as well as casualties and disability pensions and retirement subsidies, will be improved, and there will be no more deductible military pay. They are no longer lowly thieves, but the defenders of this country, the heroes of this country, and even the Regent have built a special temple for the heroes in Lin'an. In the future, all the names of soldiers who sacrificed their lives for the country will be engraved in the temple of the Heroes and Martyrs, enjoying the worship of generations, and the temple of the Heroes and Martyrs is built next to his father's temple.
Even the clerks in the yamen cheered the regent.
Because the Regent established a new system of imperial examinations and promotion of officials, officials and officials are no longer in two classes. As long as the clerks have sufficient work achievements, they can be promoted to positions that were originally only imperial examination officials could obtain. The Regent even publicly stated that it is not impossible for clerks to have truly capable clerks in the future, even if they are husbands, it would be strange if those clerks don't cheer. Even the efficiency of the yamen has greatly increased, and the greed problem has been greatly improved.
After all, clerks are greedy because they have no other hope.
But now that you have a future and have to consider which one is important, whether it is a few coins or promotion.
Of course, there are also people who are cursing this shameless Bao army.
Those officials who were laid off.
The super landlords whose land was confiscated.
In their opinion, this era was simply dark. The living Cao Cao's various rebellious actions were simply angered by the gods. Those foolish people knew nothing and were fooled by his methods of favor. They could not see his sins at all. They forced their daughters to rob the people in the street and proclaimed the princess all night. It is said that they also involved in the concubines of the queen. Although there is no definite evidence for this matter, he lives in the Great Nei. It would be strange if he could control the things below! Look at the often rippling feelings on the faces of the concubines left by Emperor Shaoxing, you can tell how comfortable these women are now.
The ancestors of the Song Dynasty, send him a lightning strike to death!
Uh, he seems to be Thunder!
Those former pillars of the country hid in the dark corners, watching the changing days around with great depression, and at the same time fantasized about the day when this monster was repatriated, such as the Jin army heading south in large numbers. After all, he abolished the Shaoxing peace agreement and destroyed the Jin envoys.
However, these people waited around but didn't wait for this happy news. Instead, in the second year of Xiangxing, that is, at the end of the second year of Lin'an falling in their hearts, they waited for a news that shocked them.
Chapter completed!