Chapter 581 The strongest and most shameless roar
The army of prisoners went south and arrived at the territory of Zhengbaiqu, causing a greater sensation.
The number of casualties in the Song army was not low in this battle. The largest casualties were the foreigners around Rouyuan Village. Even one of the three families had Ding Zhuang in this battle. After the war, Li Sangou was deeply saddened.
The second is the foreign army on the front line, including the strong men, and the archers on the edge.
So Wang Ju used ruthless actions against those neutral tribes.
Every time the war comes, these foreigners are on the front line, and there will be casualties. But these tribes are unruly and no one comes out. After the war, they are tax-free, but because there are many people in their village, they can grow rapidly and occupy more resources.
Everyone is not a fool, and in the end, there will be more tribes imitating Jiao. This is the reason why Murong rebelled many times in history.
The Battle of Xiamiao Village was just the beginning, and there were also some behind it. For example, in order to develop the local economy, Wang Ju happened to have a large number of prisoners of war in his hands. While building the fortress, he was also building roads. This road was built not only with Hengshan Road, but also with the roads in the rear, including Huanzhou.
Don’t think about the road, but it is still possible to use gunpowder to open the mountain walls and widen the mountain roads. The large rocks that are knocked down can be laid on the muddy yellow mud road, and gravel is laid on it. Although it cannot be compared with the official roads, it is convenient for cars and horses to walk, so communication with the outside world will become convenient. In the future, the villages on both sides of these roads will naturally become rich.
But when building roads, we will consciously identify them. After all, it is necessary to use prisoners of war to build roads, which also requires costs, including the cost of gunpowder, tools, and daily food and drink.
Use this to further compress the growth space of these villages.
This is what Wang Ju said, if you want to eat breastfeeding, you have to be obedient. If you are disobedient, just crying, it’s easy for you to take a shower and go to bed.
In addition to these two parts, the remaining one with the highest casualty rate is undoubtedly Zheng Baiqu’s Poche Army.
As the army withdrew and the coffin was transported back, the entire Zheng Baiqu was covered with hemp and mourning, just as the end of the world was coming.
But there were still people who had not come back, that was, these seriously injured soldiers, and even some had their bodies not yet been found. Seeing this army arrive, the people in the entire Zhengbaiqu area rushed to both sides of the road, crying so dark.
This matter has become a big deal.
Wang Anshi could not bear it anymore. When Yu Yanhe Palace discussed the matter, he said: "Your Majesty, why are the rewards still undecided when the front line are victorious? I don't know how the ministers of the Western Palace think. They respect Xixia as good guests, but they are like straw dogs. The people in the world are not resentful to the Western Palace, but their Majesty."
He also heard a lot of news in the capital.
The prisoner Wang Ju made was so disgusting. Of course, this was not disgusting the East Mansion, but disgusting the West Mansion.
But the people don’t know that the Song army who offered prisoners left Zheng Baiqu and began to turn east. It became more and more sensational, and more people were watching, so the discussion was even louder. Many people especially mentioned the reward.
Wang Anshi even suspected that this was probably secretly emitted by Wang Ju.
This reward made the people sad and angry. This is a rare victory, but it is not the weak people of Xixia. This is a great victory that the soldiers of the three armies have fought hard to get. Look, these people are so injured, and so many coffins have been transported to all directions. Why don’t the court reward you, so what are the reforms to make money? What is this new emperor thinking? Is it a foolish monarch?
Not only was he talking about Zhao Xu, but he was also scolding Wang Anshi.
Can Wang Anshi be willing to take the blame?
Wen Yanbo, don’t continue to pretend to be stupid and crazy. I will just push it out.
"It's not because someone disagrees, but because Your Majesty's reward is too heavy." Wen Yanbo said gritting his teeth.
Zeng Bu said, "Your Majesty. The war in Qingzhou has ended for nearly two months, but the reward has been delayed for a long time, and the public has been talking about it. Some villain who is ignorant of the matter actually said that Your Majesty is a fool. It is better for Your Majesty to express his instructions to the world and ask people all over the world for advice, saying that Duke Wen thought that rewarding the soldiers would make the soldiers greedy for merit and cause the affairs of the border. Therefore, he could not decide on the court for a long time. Therefore, he asked the wise men of the world to write a letter. Is this what Duke Wen said? In this way, according to Duke Wen's opinion, he would reward him lightly to show his soldiers and stop fighting, so as to make the border stable. If it is not the same, please reward him heavily and encourage the three armies to become stronger from now on."
Don’t say that the reward is too heavy, the problem is that even the emperor is going to take the blame for you now!
"Some villain said I am a fool?"
"If Your Majesty does not believe it, please send the people from the Imperial City Division to visit."
"Your Majesty, this time Wang Ju deliberately used wounded soldiers to offer prisoners, which was contrary to etiquette. Besides, the people were in a state of turmoil. I think someone behind him was bewitching him." Yang Hui said.
This cannot be investigated, the emperor will be angry immediately after investigation.
Feng Jing said: "In the opinion of the minister, it is better to reward the surplus of the Kapok Division to the soldiers of the three armies."
This year, the profit of Kapok has increased, but the increase is limited, and the cotton price has fallen again. Although the quantity is quite large, it is actually not much for the soldiers who have made contributions to more than 100,000 meritorious service, so it is not much. This is just two.
And if you drag on it, it may not be beneficial to Wen Yanbo. This is because the people do not know the truth. Those who know the truth will immediately reverse the direction of the wind, and the soldiers of the three armies will also hate Wen Yanbo for a big knot. Don’t make a mistake, you are the Prime Minister of the Western Prefecture, not the Prime Minister of the Eastern Prefecture.
As for what Yang Hui said, it didn't work at all. Wang Ju forced the court to issue rewards.
Did you do something wrong?
The main reason is that Lu Huiqing is home again and Ding is worried. Zeng Bu has no say. Wang Anshi just wants to finish the matter early. If Wen Yanbo no longer insists, the matter will be resolved automatically.
Zhao Xu thought for a while and said, "That's it. I will allocate another 1.5 million yuan from the treasury to use it as a reward and pension for the three armies."
Wen Yanbo was energetic and said, "Your Majesty, it's inconvenient to get along with me."
Jiaozi is not inconvenient, but very convenient. However, at this time everyone's thoughts are still on the real thing. Even if it is a currency, whether it is gold, silver, copper, iron coins, it is always a real thing, not a piece of paper. Moreover, the current Jiaozi in the Song Dynasty is too large, with two types: five jin and ten jin.
The maximum denomination of the later economic volume was only one hundred yuan, which was only equivalent to two hundred yuan.
Therefore, once this large denomination is widely circulated, it will drive prices to rise rapidly and the price of Jiaozi itself will fall. Even if Wang Anshi later reduced the denomination, it will still be large denomination, which is always 500 yuan.
However, before Wang Anshi had attacked Jiaozi, Zhao Xu said, "It is a helpless move for Jiaozi. If there is always a legal system and enough money, why should this be done?"
Just like before Sichuan executed Jiaozi, it took 20,000 iron coins to buy a cart, weighing 500 kilograms. It had to use a big cart to get the money back before it could be exchanged for a cart.
However, this breakup made me stand on the side of the building again. Feng Jing said: "Your Majesty, the mansion has both silted fields and repaired personnel to be a baojia, which is extremely exhausted."
People can't bear it if they do this.
Zhao Xu asked back: "What's the trouble of silting fields for the people? I asked the internal minister to pluck wheat seedlings and see how they took them from the silting fields and treated them as fine faces. A monk said that there was an old field that could not be planted, and last year he got wheat because of silting fields. I also sent people to visit the neighboring people, and they were all happy to be exempted from silting. Although I ordered money to be paid, I would be remanded and there was no risk of pursuing criminal responsibility, and the people would be willing to do so."
Silting fields is a good idea, and as for exempting from labor, it may not be loved by everyone, otherwise Wang Ju would not have a headache.
But no matter how bad it is, it will definitely be an improvement over the original worker. At least if there is no so-called surplus money, Wang Ju will support it with both hands.
Wen Yanbo also said: "If you use five families as one guarantee, it is okay to use five hundred families as one guarantee, then the trouble can be seen."
Zhao Xu said: "How can the people know the twists and turns of things? They only know that they are harmed by themselves, and they are happy with their own interests. Even if five hundred people are for the great protection, what are the real harms of the people and they think they are troubled?"
In other words, the people's vision is always short-sighted and not long-term.
You can't say this is wrong. Fan Chunren used this trick to turn the ancients around.
Wang Anshi said: "Your Majesty's affairs are as you said. You must do it. However, Your Majesty should think deeply, and those who have insufficient wealth and lack talent, should be quiet and heavy on the border affairs. If you can be quiet and heavy on the border affairs, the barbarians will not be troubled, and then you can concentrate on cultivating internal affairs. If you have achieved internal affairs, you have sufficient talent and strong financial resources, you can do it without any impotence."
This is a very obscure statement.
He Jing focuses on border affairs, not quiet border affairs. He has to make the three armies strong and foreign enemies dare not invade. Then he concentrates on internal affairs. Once he has internal affairs, he will have wealth. Jiaozi wants it or not.
But Wen Yanbo delayed the reward and the three armies were about to mutiny. Where did the border affairs come from?
Wen Yanbo said unhappily: "The law of ancestors is there, so there is no need to change it to lose people's hearts."
Zhao Xu said: "When the rule of law was changed, the scholars and officials were really displeased, but why are there any inconvenience for the people?"
Wen Yanbo said disdainfully: "The country governs the world with scholars and officials, not with the people."
Finally, Wen Yanbo shouted out the strongest and shameless roar.
As long as the world's powerful and powerful scholars are happy, the world will be stable. What's the matter with the people!
But what about the people's livelihood ahead?
If you use it, you will have people's livelihood. If you don't use it, you will have people's livelihood. If you have people's livelihood, the people's livelihood of the scholars and officials, the people's livelihood is just a tool in your hands.
In this way, how did the Eastern Han Dynasty perish? How did the Ming Dynasty perish?
However, the people here are all this elite! Although they were all stunned and said in their hearts, Lao Wen, you are so powerful that you have said such shameless words, but there is something to say.
It is more dangerous to anger the elites in the world than to touch the people in the world. Can the people really compete with the scholars and officials?
Even if Wang Anshi is replaced, Wang Anshi will not think that ordinary people have the same identity as him.
The so-called Qi people of Zhao Kuangyin and Zhao Pu mean that they will give the people more vitality so that they will not freeze to death or starve to death, and then they will not rebel and the world will be peaceful for a long time.
In fact, Wen Yanbo's words have another meaning. This world is not the world of your emperor alone. Of course, it is not the world of the emperor and all the people, but the world of your emperor and scholars.
Therefore, those who are emperors must rely on each other, use each other to share wealth and prosperity. As an emperor, you must consider the interests of the scholars and officials, rather than in turn adding taxes to the scholars and officials. This is the basis for national stability.
This sentence cannot be said that Lao Wen is wrong.
It's the truth.
However, it is finally a veil and cannot be pulled apart, just like Yue Fei shouting to Zhao Gou: "You emperor, our family is hostage in Hangzhou together, what are you worried about!"
What did Zhao Gou think? And this veil was nakedly unveiled and became a conclusion. From then on, ordinary people will be useless, and history will completely retreat, returning to the true era of honor, the ancient slave society!
Zhao Xu didn't think so much. Anyway, he frightened Wen Yanbo's words and was stunned and could not say anything.
Most of the day later, he asked disgustedly: "Wenqing, how will the Western Xia envoy reply?"
You don't agree to reward the soldiers of the three armies, but instead protect the people of Xixia. So many days have passed, I just want the Song envoy to go to Xingqing Prefecture to serve in Xixia in the future, not in Yuzhou. Why did the envoys refuse to reply?
Wen Yanbo replied: "Your Majesty, the Liao Kingdom will send envoys to our court."
Why did the Liao Kingdom send envoys here at this time? There is no doubt that there will be mediation and strife. Master, are you afraid that the Liao Kingdom and Xixia will join forces?
In short, Wang Anshi's reform has many disadvantages, but Wen Yanbo and Sima Guang are really shameless... But why has Wen Yanbo not continued?
If Zhao Xu does this, as long as Wang Ju knows, he will be more and more disappointed. Especially when Wen Yanbo shouts this roar, he can continue to stay in the Western Palace, which will cause a major shake of Wang Ju's ideas, and then Zhao Xu will also suffer a severe blow...
At this time, Zhao Xu would not consider Wang Ju's thanks, and the same is true for others.
The word "Liao Kingdom" hit their hearts like a heavy stone. Zhao Xu murmured: "No wonder..."
Wen Yanbo snorted coldly in his heart, Emperor, you are too young!
Chapter completed!