Traveling through history leaving a name

Chapter 275 Southward Strategies
"What do you think?"

Hearing Zhang Qingfeng's words, Zhao Kuo couldn't help but twitched his lips. He didn't believe that Zhang Qingfeng had any way to deal with Song Dynasty's current situation.

The current situation in the Song Dynasty has been very serious since the Northern Song Dynasty.

In history, many people have tried to change all this, such as Fan Zhongyan, Wang Anshi, Cai Jing and others have tried to change.

Among them, although Cai Jing came to power through reforms, he was also inseparable from the demise of the Northern Song Dynasty. He was considered a traitor, but he also did some reforms.

Except for these three people, many ministers of the Song Dynasty have worked hard in several reforms. So many people can't reverse the plight of the Song Dynasty. Zhao Kuo doesn't believe that Zhang Qingfeng, a mere 17-year-old boy, can do anything good. way.

However, upon hearing Zhao Kuo's question, Zhang Qingfeng said: "Officials, the difficulty facing the Song Dynasty at present is that many people have no land and can only give it to landlords and tenant farmers, so many people do not have enough to eat."

"My idea is very simple. If the court can allow most people to have land to plant, the problem of land annexation can be easily solved." Zhang Qingfeng said.

"Yang Aiqing, do you mean to let the court order the landlords and gentry to distribute the land to the common people of the Song Dynasty?" Zhao Kuo asked Zhang Qingfeng, his face a little unsightly.

"No, if you do this, the world will be in chaos." Zhang Qingfeng shook his head.

He said: "Don't forget the officials, although my Great Song Dynasty does not have much land, but in the south of my Great Song Dynasty, there are countless vast and boundless lands. The land, however, is occupied by some savages, they don’t know how to farm but only hunt, and I, Song Dynasty, can completely occupy these places and distribute the land in these places to the people in Song Dynasty who have no land.”

Hearing Zhang Qingfeng's words, Zhao Kuo thought for a while, shook his head and said, "This matter is not as simple as you think. Miasma is born in the south. If you want to develop the land in the south into fertile land, I don't know how many people will die."

"Moreover, if we want to occupy these places, we need to invest a lot of manpower, material resources, troops and money. It is very difficult for us in the Song Dynasty to maintain the north, let alone go to Nanyang to expand the territory." Zhao Kuo shook his head and said to Zhang Qingfeng.

"Besides, if the imperial court asks the common people to develop new land, then who will grow the so much land that the Song Dynasty originally had? Many people will definitely oppose it."

At this time, the Great Song Dynasty was just barely maintaining the rule of the court in the final analysis.

In the territory of the Song Dynasty, several small-scale peasant uprisings broke out every year. For these uprisings, the imperial court mostly took appeasement measures, that is, spending money to barely maintain them.

There is a saying in the Song Dynasty: If you want to be an official, kill and set fire to be ordered.

This is the true portrayal of the Song Dynasty.

Water Margin is a satire on this strange phenomenon of the Song Dynasty.

But just imagine, what would happen if the court brutally suppressed the uprising common people every time?

It will only make the people's resistance more and more fierce, which leads to Song Dynasty who can only fight fires everywhere, and finally devotes a lot of energy to it.It won't take long for the Song Dynasty to be dragged down, thus completely burying the Guozuo of the Great Song Dynasty.

"Officials, the crisis in the Song Dynasty is land annexation. If the court doesn't solve this problem, it will only intensify the conflict."

Zhang Qingfeng said: "As for the fact that the land has not been cultivated after some people left, this is a good thing. This will allow the landlords to reduce the rent and allow the people to breathe a sigh of relief."

"Because if they don't lower the rent, the tenants will leave, and no matter how much land they annexed, it will become waste land. As long as they lower the rent, the imperial court will temporarily solve the problem of land annexation. "

Zhang Qingfeng said: "As for expanding overseas, many things can be overcome, such as malaria, plague and other diseases. As long as we train more doctors and store medicinal materials to treat these diseases, I believe we can always overcome them."

"Before Qin, most of my Great Song was an uncivilized area. At that time, miasma and plague were rampant, but now it has become a rich place in my Great Song?"

Zhang Qingfeng said: "The land of Nanyang is like spring all year round. If it is developed, it can bring a huge grain reserve to the Song Dynasty under the condition that it can grow three seasons of grain every year."

"With food, the people will be able to eat enough and will not rebel. And my Great Song Dynasty can develop with peace of mind, until one day when the Great Song Dynasty is stronger than the northern countries, I can regain the Han people in one fell swoop."

Finally, Zhang Qingfeng said to Zhao Kuo: "Officials, if the Song Dynasty wants to develop, there is no way to go north, so we can only go south. If the Song Dynasty can expand its territory under your leadership, you will definitely use it The achievements of Emperor Qin, Han, Wu, Tang and Song were recorded in the annals of history, and he became an emperor with outstanding merits."

Hearing Zhang Qingfeng's words, Zhao Kuo's face was a little rosy, and it was obvious that he was a little moved by Zhang Qingfeng's words.

"Aifei, what do you think of Yang Aiqing's thoughts?" Zhao Kuo looked at Yang Guizhi who was on the side.

Yang Guizhi was a few years older than Zhao Zhan. When Zhao Kuo was not an emperor, Yang Guizhi was a court lady who took care of him since he was a child. Therefore, his relationship with Yang Guizhi was not only between husband and wife, but also a kind of mother-like complex.

"Officials and slaves, as a woman, it is not easy to participate in state affairs, but I thought, if Da Song can really do what Yang Sanlang said, it will only be a good thing for me, Da Song." Yang Guizhi said to Zhao Kuo.

Yang Guizhi herself didn't believe that it was bad for women to participate in state affairs, otherwise she wouldn't have controlled the power of the court for decades.

I just heard her continue to say: "From ancient times to the present, it is not easy to expand the territory, but as long as it is done, it will be left in the history books. If it succeeds, it will become a place that future generations will continue to look up to. people."

Hearing Yang Guizhi's words, Zhao Kuo became even more excited.

The Northern Expedition was not so easy. Compared with the Northern Expedition, it was easier to develop to the south. Although there will be many difficulties, as long as it succeeds, the crisis of the Song Dynasty can be resolved, and he Zhao Kuo will even more Become an eminent emperor.

"Officials, in my mind, the development of Nanyang is only one step. At the same time, my Song Dynasty should pay more attention to commerce and industry."

"Commerce and industry? What do you mean?" Zhao Kuo asked Zhang Qingfeng.

"Commerce, as the name suggests, is the business industry, and industry is the industry of workmanship." Zhang Qingfeng explained.

"This... What's the use of commerce and industry you mentioned?" Zhao Kuo asked Zhang Qingfeng.

"Returning to the official family, let me first talk about industry. Industry is an industry that collects raw materials and makes them into commodities, such as collecting iron ore to make iron, collecting tea to make tea cakes, and collecting bamboo to make paper. It’s all industry.”

Zhang Qingfeng said: "If the Song Dynasty's industry is developed, whatever materials the imperial court wants, such as weapons made of steel, can be quickly produced."

"Business can increase the court's tax revenue. As long as the court has money, whether it wants to train the army or manufacture weapons and armor, it will be easy. When the time comes, I, the Song Dynasty, can easily build an army. A fully armed army, even if this army is defeated and annihilated, the Song Dynasty can quickly raise another army without hurting the foundation of the Song Dynasty." Zhang Qingfeng said to Zhao Kuo.

(End of this chapter)