A major event occurred in November of the seventh year of Shaoxing. Liu Yu was officially dethroned as emperor by the Jin State, moved to Linhuang Mansion in Shangjing, and was renamed King Cao. The Qi State was also immediately deprived of its national title. It was less than ten years after its establishment.
The puppet dynasty disappeared from history.
The original territory of the Qi State was officially merged into the Jin State, and the Xingtai Shangshu Province was established in Bianjing. The original puppet Qi army was also changed to the Jin State's signing army. Wang Bolong, a famous general under Wanyan Wushu, served as the marshal of the signing army. Li Cheng, Zhe Ke
Qiu, Li Qiong, Zhang Zhongxiong and other generals of the puppet Qi army were all granted the title of capital commander.
Wanyan Wushu was named Marshal of Youdu and King of Liang, and actually had jurisdiction over the original territory of Qi. He followed Fan Gong's suggestion and cut Qi's heavy taxes by 30%, and reduced the army of more than 400,000 to 20
Thousands of people greatly reduced the burden on the people of the Central Plains. He also ordered all roads to restore checkpoints and strictly prohibited the people of the Central Plains from escaping to Shaanxi Road.
At the same time, Wan Yanchang was also removed from the position of Prime Minister of the Right State and was renamed Marshal of the Left Capital. He was stationed in Hebei and commanded Hebei's 200,000 troops, 100,000 Jurchen troops and 100,000 Confederate troops.
While the Jin Kingdom implemented drastic reforms in the Central Plains and Hebei, the Western Army's resettlement of millions of refugees was gradually coming to an end.
A total of 1.15 million refugees, including 450,000 Jianghuai refugees and 700,000 Central Plains refugees, were resettled in Guanzhong, Northern Shaanxi, Central Shaanxi, Hedong Road and Sichuan Road, of which 400,000 were resettled in Guanzhong counties alone
Of course, the resettlement of these refugees will take one or two years to complete, but it is no longer a priority of government affairs.
In November, Chen Qing also ordered the establishment of the Shangshu Xingtai Division on Hedong Road, and transferred Zhang Xiao, the magistrate of Lingzhou, to be the supervisor of the Hedong Xingtai Division and concurrently serve as the salt and iron transfer envoy on Hedong Road.
This morning, Chen Qing came to Taixue. Taixue is located in the northwest of Jingzhao City, covering an area of 400 acres and has a large building scale. In the eyes of the Lin'an court, Taixue in Jingzhao is a miscellaneous school, including literature, medicine, and arithmetic.
, agriculture, astronomy, geography, engineering, etc., there are 1,200 students, but the real literature students are only more than 100.
However, today Chen Qing is not here to inspect the Imperial Academy, but to visit Zhang Xiaochun, who has just been sent to Guanzhong by the Jin State. According to the agreement reached between Chen Qing and the Jin State, one of the additional clauses is that after the puppet Qi Dynasty is destroyed, part of the puppet Qi Dynasty will
The official will be handed over to Chen Qing.
Including Zhang Xiaochun, Shangguan Wu, Zhang Jian, Zheng Yinian, Song Ru and others, there were a total of twenty-four people on the list. The Jin State kept its promise in this matter, and indeed they listed these twenty-four people together with their
Together with his family, he was sent to Shaanzhou and then taken to Guanzhong by the Song Army.
At present, these twenty-four people are temporarily arranged to teach and research knowledge in Taixue. Chen Qing has no plans to use them yet, and they need to adapt slowly.
Zhang Xiaochun was the original magistrate of Taiyuan. He was captured after the city of Taiyuan was destroyed, and later became the prime minister of the Puppet Qi State. Historically, after the Puppet Qi Army was abolished, a large number of officials were sent back to the Song Dynasty by the Jin State. The fate of these officials was quite tragic.
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In fact, these officials are also willing to come to Sichuan and Shaanxi. Their psychological pressure is much less. Chen Qing is relatively tolerant of the officials of the pseudo-Qi State. The entire social atmosphere is not hostile to the officials of the pseudo-Qi State. Chen Qing treats them well.
Housing has been arranged, and the settlement money and subsidies are very high. At least they will not fall into poverty.
Zhang Xiaochun is currently organizing the picture scrolls of books in Taixue. Last month, the Jurchens sent more than 100,000 books and paintings. They were all books and pictures taken from the Bianliang Palace. They were not sorted and were piled directly in the warehouse of Yanjing.
In order to exchange for the more than 3,000 Jurchen women and children captured by the Song army, the Jurchens simply used these books and picture albums as redemption items.
Anyway, for the Jin Kingdom, these books and pictures will be destroyed sooner or later, so they might as well put them to use in exchange for the families of more than 3,000 Jurchen soldiers.
These officials of the Puppet Qi Dynasty were all Jinshi scholars. They were well-read in poetry and books, and were rich in knowledge. Let them be responsible for sorting out these books and paintings, and it was also a way to find something to do for them.
Zhang Chunxiao was about fifty years old, with a thin appearance, and he seemed to be a very elegant and shrewd man. He personally went to the gate of the Tibetan Buddhist Institute to welcome Chen Qing. The two exchanged a few words and walked into the official room.
Chen Qing sat down and Zhang Chunxiao asked the tea boy to serve tea. Chen Qing saw a thick scroll on the table and asked with a smile: "What scroll is this?"
Zhang Chunxiao sighed and said: "This is "Along the River During the Qingming Festival" by Zhang Zeduan, the chief painter of the palace. We discovered it yesterday."
Chen Qing was overjoyed and asked quickly: "Is there any damage?"
"It is estimated that there is no damage. Many books, calligraphy and paintings have been damaged by moisture. This painting is wrapped in a cardboard shell and is relatively well preserved. I will officially number it and collect it after the framer has inspected it carefully."
Chen Qing nodded, "Thank you for your hard work."
"The county king's award is our responsibility. In fact, we are all very happy with it."
Chen Qing smiled again and said: "Is Mr. Zhang interested in serving as the deputy superintendent of the Hedong Xingtai Department and also in charge of the Hedong Road Sentencing and Inspection Department?"
Zhang Chunxiao sighed and said: "When it comes to Taiyuan, I only feel deep guilt in my heart. I'm sorry for the soldiers and civilians who were massacred in Taiyuan, and I'm even more sorry for the tens of thousands of soldiers who died defending Taiyuan. I appreciate the kindness of the king, but I don't want to serve in the official position just yet."
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Chen Qing didn't force himself and said with a smile: "Let's give it a few months! How about Mr. Zhang going to Sichuan?"
"Ba Shu can do it!"
Zhang Chunxiao was not pretentious. He knew that Chen Qing wanted these people back not to support them in their old age, but to use them to do things, so he readily agreed to the arrangement of going to Sichuan.
After a pause, Zhang Chunxiao asked: "Why doesn't the prince establish a Shangshu Xingtai Division in Sichuan?"
"This is related to the court's agreement. Government affairs and personnel affairs belong to the court, and I cannot interfere."
Zhang Chunxiao laughed, "The prince has taken Jinghu South Road in disguise, so why is he so timid in Sichuan? Don't he take it directly?"
Chen Qing sighed slightly and said, "To be honest with Mr. Zhang, it's not that I don't want to take Sichuan Road, but the words of the imperial court and I are there in black and white. If I want to take it, I still lack an opportunity."
"What does this opportunity mean? The outbreak of civil war? Or a complete separation from the imperial court?"
"No, I don't want to cause war in Sichuan. I think the best way is to grant the title of King of Shu and control the three rivers."
Zhang Chunxiao smiled slightly and said: "So the county prince brought back Emperor Xiaoci and took over Sichuan justifiably through Emperor Xiaoci's words?"
Chen Qing nodded, "That's right, this can be regarded as a kind of coercing the emperor to order the princes!"
Zhang Chunxiao was really moved. He didn't expect that Chen Qing would trust him so much and tell him such secret things frankly. This is full of sincerity!
He quickly knelt down, bowed and kowtowed: "Thank you to the prince for treating me with all my heart and sincerity. I will never betray my trust and live up to the trust of the prince!"
Chen Qing quickly helped him up and said: "Mr. Zhang, you don't have to be like this. I always trust people when I employ them, and I don't trust people when I doubt them. Since I want Mr. Zhang, I will definitely treat him honestly."
Zhang Chunxiao nodded and said: "The fact that the county king can welcome back the late emperor is indeed a great event that will make the world famous. His reputation in the world will be determined. It is useless no matter who slanders the county king. But I think the county king still lacks one thing."
The sharpest weapon, with it, I can legitimately replace Zhao Song in the future."
"What weapon?"
"Newspaper, a newspaper that spreads all over the world, or several newspapers, so that people in the world get their information either from newspaper A, from newspaper B, or from newspaper C, but they are all controlled by
If it is in the hands of the county king, then the county king will have the truth."
Chen Qing asked in surprise: "Does this dynasty also have newspapers?"
Zhang Chunxiao took out a thick stack of newspapers from the back room, put them on the table and said: "These are the newspapers of this dynasty, the official "Di Bao", and dozens of various fashion and current affairs tabloids. The most famous one is "Beijing"
"The newspaper" specializes in criticizing current affairs and is deeply loved by the people. Even Cai Jing is afraid of it."
Chen Qing flipped through the newspaper and was filled with emotion. He had never thought of such a sharp propaganda weapon.
Chen Qing thought for a moment and said, "How about I ask Mr. Zhang to run a private copy of the Beijing News for me? I will provide all the financial resources needed."
Zhang Chunxiao smiled slightly and said: "My companions and I can submit articles, but we have no experience in running newspapers and don't know where to start. Let me recommend someone to the prince! He founded the "Beijing News" during the Xuanhe period.
very popular."
Chen Qing asked anxiously: "Who is this person?"
"His name is Yang Tianfang, and he opened an engraving agency in Bianliang. The prince of the county invited him here, and the newspaper issue was easily solved."
