In the early morning, countless cavalry squads rushed out of the gate of Daxing City with placards and rushed to various states and counties.
At the same time, notices were posted in front of the city gates everywhere in Daxing City, "Yongwang Order No. 1, Yanshan Road", and countless people stood in front of the notices to watch.
The news spread throughout the city instantly like an explosion of iron fire and thunder. King Yong ordered that all taxes in Yanshan Prefecture be exempted within three years. Of course, the prices of salt and wine will not be reduced. They are government monopoly and are a relatively hidden tax.
In the territory of the Yong Kingdom, the price of all salt is one hundred and twenty cents per catty. This is a unified price across the country. Even the coarse salt in Changping stores has been cancelled. Its existence affects the salt tax, which is already Yong's price.
The kingdom’s largest financial revenue.
It supports the operation of Jingzhao and local governments, and also supports the monthly military expenditure of 1.8 million guan for the 600,000-strong Western Army.
Cracking down on illicit salt has become the top priority of the Salt and Iron Administration in various places, and the punishments are extremely severe. Almost all salt merchants who boiled salt in private and trafficked illicit salt were executed by their families. Shops selling illicit salt were also executed, and their families were exiled to Hexi.
Going a step further, the announcement of King Yong's order of tax exemption for three years on Yanshan Road was announced in all states and counties. It set off a great craze in the entire land of Yanshan Road. Farmers and businessmen were rejoicing, and the people at the bottom were beating gongs and drums.
Celebrate.
As soon as this Yongwang order was issued, Yanshan Road's resistance to the Western Army was immediately reversed. There were smiles on the faces of the people, and Han people began to express condolences to the patrolling Western Army soldiers.
Tax exemption is the most powerful way to win over people's hearts. The people at the bottom have to pay taxes on half of their income, and farmers have to turn in half of their harvest. Now that there is a sudden tax exemption, it is equivalent to doubling the income. How can the people at the bottom not be happy, except for wealthy families?
, public sentiment began to reverse.
As for the salt tax, salt on Yanshan Road used to cost 300 Wen per catty, but now it has been directly reduced to 120 Wen per catty. There are also Changping stores selling coarse cloth and coarse grains. There is no harm without comparison. The difference between taxes and prices
The overall reduction has allowed countless poor people at the bottom to see hope, and also made the people at the bottom of Yanshan Road deeply feel the difference between the Western Army and the Jurchen Army.
When Chen Qing led his army to leave, hundreds of thousands of people knelt down and worshiped along the way, sincerely grateful for the hope the Western Army had brought to them.
At this time, Yanshan Road had been taken over by a large number of officials brought by Lu Qingshan. Except for the governor and chief governor who were appointed by Chen Qing, other middle-level state and county government officials were appointed by the Department of Civil Affairs. Although Niu Gao was appointed as Yanshan Road Manager
Although he was a brief envoy, he could not interfere in politics. Not only Niugao, but also all regions were separated from military and political affairs, with clear distinctions between Jingwei and Jingwei.
Chen Qingze left Yanshan Mansion and returned to Jingzhao with an army of 100,000 troops.
At noon, the people in Lin'an were eating and drinking tea leisurely. Many people looked at the streets from time to time. At this time, the newspaper sellers should have appeared.
When newspapers began to rise, there were many newspapers. A dozen newspapers appeared in Lin'an City. A few years later, there are only three newspapers left to dominate. The boss is naturally the "Beijing News". In terms of current political news, it has always been the dominant newspaper in the world.
It is at the top of every newspaper list, and other newspapers can only rely on it.
The second one is "Wuyue Business News", a newspaper jointly founded by a group of Jiangnan gentry. It mainly publishes various business information and is very popular among businessmen and people. The third one is "Yiwen News".
It is a tabloid that specializes in publishing all kinds of romantic stories. Although it is very vulgar, it is very popular among the people of Lin'an.
What’s interesting is that many readers buy all three newspapers, and their daily newspaper expenses amount to dozens of articles.
At this time, the newspaper seller's crisp cry came from the street, "Great news, the Western Army has recovered Yanshan Road!"
The drinkers and tea drinkers got up and ran towards the door, quickly surrounding the newspaper seller. In just a moment, the newspapers in the newspaper seller's hands were snatched away.
The headline on the front page was "Wang Shichun entered Yanshan on a spring night". This news really shocked everyone. You must know that more than a month ago, "Fengzhou bloody battle with steppe wolves" was published, telling the story of King Yong leading 200,000 Western troops to fight against the Eighth Route Army.
According to the news about the nomadic cavalry in Wanchai, in just over a month, the Western Army captured Yanshan Road, fulfilling the century-old dream of the Song Dynasty.
This news shocked the people in the city and made countless people ecstatic. This was not only the joy of regaining the lost territory, but also the Han army began to counterattack.
The whole city began to beat gongs and drums to celebrate the victory. This was another national ecstasy after the recovery of Hebei Road last year. The entire Lin'an City was like a festival, and the joy of victory filled everyone's hearts.
But for many people who are well versed in the current situation, what they see is something deeper. The Kingdom of Jin has really declined. Not only can they not be able to defend peripheral territories like Hebei Road and Shandong Road, even Yanshan Road that involves personal
The territory of profit can no longer be defended.
On such a major event as the recovery of Yanshan Mansion, the imperial court unexpectedly remained silent, as if nothing had happened or that the recovery of Yanshan Mansion had nothing to do with them.
Even the emperor Zhao Gou remained silent, and no one dared to mention the matter in front of him, for fear of triggering his overwhelming anger.
At night, in a tavern in Xiwazi, three officials were sitting together drinking. One official was Shen Jiangnan, a member of the Ministry of Justice, the other was Bo Lu Zhenxing, the head of Dali Temple, and the other was Fan, the chief registrar of Taichang Temple.
Jun.
Shen Jiangnan took a sip of wine and said, "I received a letter today, written by Xu Hongzhi. He was just appointed as the governor of Yizhou and took his wife and children to Yizhou to take office."
Lu Zhenxing was surprised and said: "He has done well and actually became the chief official. This was a general judge in the past, but he was from the sixth rank! I remember that he was only an eighth-rank official in Lin'an before!"
Shen Jiangnan said calmly: "Xu Hongzhi has enough qualifications, but he is not good at drilling camps and keeps improving his opportunities. In Jingzhao, we don't care about this. If you are a Jinshi and have enough qualifications, you can hold corresponding official positions. In a new court like Jingzhao,
It has not yet formed a clique, it is basically a meritocracy and there are many opportunities, which is good news for officials who come from poor families."
"Half of the court officials are gone now!"
"It should be true. A few days ago, Zhang Jun wrote to the emperor, asking for an increase in the number of Jinshi candidates. He mentioned the increase and decrease in court officials, saying that the number of court officials now is less than half of what it was three years ago, which has affected the normal operations of the court."
Shen Jiangnan glanced at Fan Jun, who had been drinking heavily and said, "Brother Wu Liang seems to have something on his mind?"
Fan Jun shook his head, "I have nothing to worry about. I was just thinking that this time the Western Army captured Yanshan Road, the Jin Kingdom was defeated so easily. Is this still the powerful Jin Kingdom in our minds?"
Lu Zhenxing smiled and said: "It should be the Western Army that is stronger!"
"The strength of the Western Army should only be one aspect!"
Shen Jiangnan said slowly: "The key is the decline of the Jin Kingdom. Its national strength cannot keep up. The Jurchens only have two million people. How many young people have died in the past twenty years? How many soldiers can they still have? There is also pig iron. It is said that
After the Western Army captured Daming Mansion, there was actually no pig iron in the warehouse. I guess it was the same in Yanshan Mansion. The sources of troops and pig iron related to the strong military were gone. The weakness of the Jin Kingdom as a small country with a small population was exposed. Now it seems that it was
It’s only a matter of time before the country is destroyed.”
"Is it that serious?" Lu Zhenxing said in disbelief.
Fan Jun smiled and said: "Actually, Jiangnan is right. The loss of Yanshan Road is of great significance to the Jin Kingdom. They will no longer have access to the advanced technology of the Han people, and they will not have excellent weapon craftsmen. This is actually an important reason for the strength of the Liao and Jin Kingdoms." The reason is that without the craftsmen of Yanshan Prefecture, they might not even be able to build a trebuchet."
At this time, the shopkeeper came over and said nervously: "The Plum Blossom Guard is here again!"
"Bah! These dogs have really sharp noses."
Several Plum Blossom Guard soldiers walked into the store, and the conversation among the three changed.
"Li Yanyan from Yanyu Pavilion is not good. A Mei from Yanzi Pavilion can be regarded as an oiran. At least her talent is much better than Li Yanyan's."
"Nonsense! Li Yanyan's tea ordering is the best in the world, why can't she compare to A Mei? A Mei just plays the piano better."
"You are talking nonsense. How can Ameqinqi, calligraphy and painting not be good?"
Several Plum Blossom Guard soldiers glanced at them, turned around and left.
Shen Jiangnan sighed, "Everything else is fine. I really can't stand this despicable method of spying on officials. Don't be surprised if I go to Jingzhao tomorrow."
Lu Zhenxing and Fan Jun looked at each other, and they both knew that the Shen family had made a decision.