Song Beiyun

"They have Song Beiyun."

"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!"

"You go over there, Liu Xuande is still visiting the thatched cottage." Miao Yan leaned to one side and said with a smile: "Be more sincere."

"No." Fo Baonu shook his head firmly and said: "That guy is not a good person, it's better to stay away."

"Then it will be difficult for you to solve the problems here. Don't look at me, I can help you with details. I'm really not good at this kind of macro-control issues. That's his field."

"Go and beg him..."

"Why?" Miao Yan tilted his head and looked at Fo Baonu: "Why should I beg him, and why should he agree to me?"

"It's so annoying!" Fo Baonu's face was full of displeasure: "Let's go, I want [-] Chen soldiers to stay outside Xiangyang City, if you don't come, I will bombard Xiangyang!"

"Go and try, and see who bombards whom." Miao Yan sighed, "He is soft and not hard, let me see, the softest thing in the Liao Kingdom is your body, Your Majesty."

"Go, go, go...not a good word."

Fo Baonu is full of bullshit now. After reminding her like this, she knows that if she really imitates the Song Dynasty, Liao Kingdom may really have civil strife. Losing one hundred thousand catties of coal is not as much as using charcoal.It is meaningless to open mines. In the end, the excess production capacity was circulated to the Song State, and finally suffered the people of the Liao State and enriched the pockets of corrupt officials.

This can't be done... But now the worrying place is here. There is no one in the Liao Kingdom who can connect these things, and they are pieced together. They are not as good as the Song Dynasty in all aspects.

The idea of ​​total Songhua is feasible, but... who will implement it is a big problem.

"Yes!" Fo Baonu frowned: "If that's the case, then I will exchange it with him at equal value."

"In exchange for what? Using children for tricks?"

"That's not in a hurry." After Fo Baonu finished speaking, she immediately realized that she had said something wrong. She looked at Miao Yan in surprise, her eyes full of doubts: "Did you come here just to tease me?"

"No, no, Your Majesty is wise." Miao Yan covered her mouth and said with a smile: "I don't know what His Majesty thinks yet?"

"When we Khitan people are in the world of ice and snow, we will trade things for other people's things. A good hunter can sleep with four or five wives from other families in one winter. In our opinion, there is no problem." Fo Baonu pondered: "That's because it's useful If your Han people’s ideas don’t work, then use the Khitan people’s method.”

"Your Majesty means... are you going to sleep with me?"

"Pooh!"

"Bah or accompany?"

"Don't talk any more!" Fo Baonu was furious: "What I mean is that I send troops to press down Chang'an and give it to Song State, and exchange Chang'an for that dog man! The capital of the old country is exchanged for a dog for six months, okay? Does Emperor Song agree?"

"You..." Miao Yan was stunned after hearing this: "You're not kidding, are you?"

"Are you kidding? What we Khitan people want is the hottest food. Although the wife can exchange for a month's worth of meat, it's a month's worth of serving it to others. Anyway, it can still be used after washing."

Miao Yan with her arms akimbo has a dignified expression... She didn't take cultural differences into account. These Khitan dogs are really unreasonable, absolute pragmatists, and they really came from poor mountains and rivers. very dog.

"I don't think it's too much to change for another year, but your Majesty, think about it, really change it for another year..." Miao Yan sneered: "You should think twice about your Liao Kingdom's future name."

"As long as it can be strong, does the last name matter?" Fo Baonu held the pen tightly in both hands: "Go all out, send troops to Xixia!"

"If you do this, I'm afraid you want to make the whole Northwest into a mess."

"What are you afraid of?" Fo Baonu looked at Miaoyan, and said jokingly: "Isn't there still a dog man watching, if you lose, it's a big deal.

"Then do you know the price of being soft?"

"I know I know..." Fo Baonu scratched his face: "Forget it, just treat it as bad luck and be oppressed by ghosts."

Miao Yan coughed and the sour plum soup entered his lungs and then spit it out: "Do you know who I saw just now?"

Chapter 511: Three years on May 5th, joys and sorrows are not connected

In the past few days, some strange things have happened in Xiangyang City, that is, two groups of people have started to collect taxes, no matter which one pays, it will cause trouble.

So when this situation intensified, those who lined up at the gate of the yamen to beat drums and complained of grievances had already started calling their names, and those idlers who ran errands had already set up small stalls to help the people who complained of grievances spend money to line up and beat them. drum.

But even so, the counties under the prefecture still went their own way, and the county magistrates gathered in Xiangyang, crying and complaining.

Xiao Song had just finished his lunch, wiped his mouth with a handkerchief and put down the bowls and chopsticks, then smiled and said to Sun Zewei in front of him: "Master Sun summoned the officials in such a hurry, must it be because of the taxation?"

Sun Zewei frowned, he couldn't eat after only two mouthfuls of rice just now, and now that the Chai family did such a thing, it was clear that he was trying to undermine the stage, which made him feel unconfident, so in the After thinking hard all day and night, he finally decided to invite Song Beiyun over to discuss what to do.

After all, regardless of whether it is overt or in secret, this person represents the royal family, and it would be best for him to come forward to coordinate some matters.

"Master Song should know that Xiangyang City is full of resentment these days, and businessmen from all walks of life would rather not do business than pay the two taxes. A clever way."

Because he didn't want to intensify the conflict, the old fox, Sun Zewei, still had a little illusion in his heart, imagining that Song Beiyun could help him for the sake of giving him so much real money before.

But this time he was obviously going to be disappointed. Song Beiyun smiled and took a sip of the wine made from glutinous rice, and sighed with a frown: "Master Sun, this matter is not easy."

"Please also ask Mr. Song to make it clear."

Xiao Song unhurriedly took out a booklet from his arms, opened it and handed it to Sun Zewei: "Look, Master Sun, I have read all the laws of the Song Dynasty for you, and it clearly states that all affairs of this fief It should be under the jurisdiction of the lord of the fiefdom, except for Jiedu Prefecture. But our Jingzhou is a third-rank military state. Don’t you think it’s fatal. If your lord is a Jiedu envoy, this time I will definitely go to the officials to participate in the firewood The Chai family is the largest on the one-third-acre land in Xiangyang, and I am a mere official, so I can't do much."

Sun Zewei narrowed his eyes, and he could see that this bastard had said so much, and to put it bluntly, he was acting in a business-like manner.

But the current situation is really here. Without the participation of this third party, the matter is really difficult to handle, so Sun Zewei said in his heart: "Master Song, if this matter can be handled properly, Jingzhou will pay taxes this year. , I will pay an extra [-]%."

Xiao Song raised his brows, and his eyes suddenly brightened. Sun Zewei noticed this keenly, and said while the iron was hot: "When the time comes, I will ask Mr. Song to speak kindly in front of the officials."

"Oh...it's not easy..."

"Extra [-]%!"

一个刺史州每年的赋税上缴额度应该是40.00%五左右，而40.00%五的40.00%是多少来着？18.00%对吧？按照去年整个荆州上缴农商税合计470二万贯来计算，这18.00%就是近85万贯。

Xiao Song smiled lightly: "Master Sun, please be safe and don't be impatient, this matter should not be rushed."

"Forty and a half!"

"Then I'll go back and read Song Lv again, and I'll give you an answer within two days." Xiao Song got up: "Don't send me, Mr. Sun, I'll go back right away."

"Then please trouble Master Song."

When Song Beiyun left the Governor's Mansion, Sun Zewei sat there with a gloomy face, and the man he called Mr. slowly came out and sat opposite him: "My lord, I have already said that this man Not easy to deal with."

"It's okay. Things that can be solved with money are not considered things. But the fact that Bai Wanguan went out makes me feel a little bit pained."

"Alas..." The scribe sighed, "But if it's not like this, I'm afraid the Chai family will really cut their flesh."

And Xiao Song didn't go home directly after going out, turned around and came to the Hou Mansion, and found Chai Tong.

Chai Tong was eating at the moment, when he saw Song Beiyun coming, he greeted happily: "Come, come, come and eat with us."

"Master Hou, you're being polite. This official is not here for dinner." Xiao Song walked forward with a gloomy face, and took out a piece of manuscript paper from his pocket: "Master Hou, please take a look."

Chai Tong took it over and glanced at it, then threw the manuscript aside impatiently: "You can just say it, Benhou doesn't have the temper to go word for word."

"Master Hou, the matter is like this. According to the laws of the Great Song Dynasty, the taxes in Xiangyang City and even the surrounding five counties should be collected by the Lord Marquis, but the latest regulations of the Great Song Dynasty have been changed this year. If there are troops stationed in the city, the feudal princes A part of the tax revenue needs to be set aside for military support. And this part is not fixed, it fluctuates according to the number of troops stationed.”

"What do you mean?" Chai Tong narrowed his eyes: "The tax will not be collected?"

"You can still collect it, but... judging by the size of the garrison in Xiangyang, Monkey King can only collect less than [-]% of the tax."

"Bastard!" Chai Tong immediately smashed the bowls and chopsticks in his hand on the ground: "Is there such a reason?"

"Laws of the Great Song Dynasty."

"Damn it, this bunch of scholars deserve to die." Chai Tong stood up and cursed: "I spend all day making fuss on this paper, so what can you do?"

Xiao Song shook his head lightly: "There is no other way."

"Damn!" Chai Tong walked back and forth anxiously: "I'll go ask Uncle Chai and the others, don't move around while you're here."

Xiao Song frowned, feeling very unhappy, feeling that he was being taken advantage of.

When Chai Tong went out to find the Chai family's staff group, Xiao Song sat there and waited quietly.He is blocking at both ends now, because there are loopholes at both ends for him to take advantage of.

First of all, is there any problem with Da Song Law?In fact, there is no problem. After all, after Zhao Kuangyin released his military power after drinking wine, there was almost no real power in the Song Dynasty. Now Zhao Xing's actions are actually against the ancestors, but they are not illegal.Because family law and national law are calculated separately and are not confused.

Under the reasonable and national law, there are loopholes here. One is that there are still loopholes in the jurisdiction of the enfeoffed nobles, and the other is that the local administrative decrees do not take these nobles into consideration.

For Chai Tong, the more troops garrisoned in Xiangyang City, the less water he would pump, but the bill did not mention the status of these garrisons. However, there are more than 10 people in the military.

In fact, Sun Zewei was making a pit for the rebellion, because with these quotas for building cities, repairing, and farming, expanding the army will only be a matter of a moment. After all, rebellion is something that only big families can do. Isn't this what smart people think of to use money to complete their careers?

But from Sun Zewei's point of view, as a prefect state, or a military state, it was listed as the last of the sixth-class states. Indeed, in the ancient laws, there were instructions on the small-level coverage of enfeoffing lords.Just like King Fu can collect taxes in Fuzhou, Quanzhou and other places, wherever the fief is, then the people who enfeoffed it have this qualification.

This law still exists and has not been abolished. Although the law school is jointly reviewing and formulating a new law with Dali Temple, it will not happen overnight to abolish the existing law.

So Song Beiyun took advantage of the loophole here. Although there is no clear logical conflict between the two laws, there is indeed a huge blank area for operation.

After all, there are only so many taxes, and if such levies continue, the common people will rebel, and neither the Chai family nor the local governor will be willing to do such a thing.

"Master Song, you should go back first, those uncles said they need to discuss it."

Chai Tong came out to say hello: "Come early tomorrow, let's have something to eat together."

"Thank you, Lord Hou, for your kindness, then I will go."

After Xiao Song bid farewell, he walked home with his hands behind his back and a smile on his face, but just halfway there, a man suddenly overtook him from behind, and after paralleling him, the man said in a low voice: "My lord, the [-] soldiers of the Liao Kingdom gathered at On the border of Yongzhou, there seems to be a crusade to attack Xixia."

Xiao Song was taken aback: "What?"

The man repeated: "[-] soldiers from the Liao Kingdom gathered at the border of Yongzhou."

"why?"

"I don't know..."

"I don't know, why don't I check it out!" Xiao Song frowned, "What is the Liao Kingdom going to do? If we start fighting now, it will completely disrupt my plan."

If the newly established advantageous layout on this side really started to fight on the Xixia side, wouldn't this completely cancel Song Beiyun's previous morale boosting plan and Jingzhou purge plan?It took so much effort for nothing.

Should it be said that Xiao Huya saw through his intentions, or did he sell himself by his witty words?

It doesn't seem to be the case. At first glance, it sounds like Xiao Huya's hot-blooded head who doesn't want to do anything during menstruation.

But it's too much of a coincidence that this blood is on the top, right?Whether it is morning or evening, at this juncture, the Liao Kingdom will fight Xixia?

Why?Why are they fighting?Xiao Song's mind suddenly started to froze, and he couldn't understand the motive of Liao's actions at all, and he didn't even know where to analyze the clues of this assembly.

"Go and investigate for me, and the truth must come to light." Song Beiyun wiped his mouth: "There is really nothing in the world that this guy dare not do. Do you have to mess up the Northwest?"

And when the Central Plains was in turmoil, before the palace gate of Jinling City, a group of envoys quietly entered the palace.

They were wearing special clothes, with veils wrapped around their heads, and they looked a bit like Huakbar.

When these people came before Zhao Xing, they first paid the highest respect to the young emperor by bowing down, then gave this gift and that gift, and finally even called Zhao Xing the Emperor of Heaven.

Zhao Xing's eyes were wet when he heard this address, and he ordered people to give seats and pour tea, and then said with a dignified face: "You envoys have traveled thousands of miles to come here, what are you doing?"

Chapter 512: On May 5th, Three Years, the Sunny Day Turns to the Country Dream From the Beginning

The left and right ministers hurriedly entered the court. Although Prime Minister Wen was only a acting prime minister, he did bear the responsibility of prime minister.

But now the Daishang Shuling and the privy envoy gather together in the study room, and those with a little discernment know that something is up, and it's not a small matter.

"The joint name of the two Uyghur ministries is willing to respect our Great Song Dynasty as the supreme country." Zhao Xing said with a full face, "I never thought that my Great Song Dynasty would be able to have what it is today!"

"Officials wait a minute." Yan Shu lowered his head slightly: "I have a word."

As for the prime minister, if it’s all following the emperor’s will, then it’s meaningless for the prime minister to come. One of the prime minister’s biggest responsibilities is to sing against the emperor and pour cold water on it. This is his duty. After all, he represents the cabinet. It is the government, if it often vents its anger with the emperor, according to Song Beiyun's warning, it will either become militarism or capitulationism.

Hearing that Yan Shu wanted to pour cold water on him again, Zhao Xing felt somewhat displeased, but he still said softly, "Please speak."

"The Uyghur and Heijue tribes have been convenient for us in the Central Plains since ancient times, but now they take the initiative to claim subjection, and there must be demons among them. Please think twice, the officials must not be arbitrary. If you talk about national power, Liao is very strong. If you talk about martial arts, The golden account is very strong. The only thing we have in the Song Dynasty is money. There is an old saying that if you use gold, you will forget it. I also ask the officials to weigh the pros and cons so that they can see and hear."

Zhao Xing was a little aggrieved. He never expected such great news to be in front of him. No matter what, Yan Shu was one of his own, but he was directly pouring himself from top to bottom with this basin of cold water.

The Song Dynasty has been poor and weak for too long, and it needs a recognition from the outside world. Now the Uighur tribes take the initiative to find the Song Dynasty to invite ministers, and this will immediately uproot the Song Dynasty, regardless of whether they want money Or what, at least someone can finally see Da Song's strength.

In the heyday of the Tang Dynasty, the grand occasion of the coming of all nations to the dynasty, who can be sure that it will not be staged again in the Song Dynasty?

"Left Privy Envoy, do you have any insight?"

"My minister agrees."

Zhao Xing let out a sigh, sat down on the chair and stopped talking, the left and right sides actually had the same point of view, which made him very uncomfortable.

"Are you going to pour cold water on me?" Zhao Xing finally couldn't help it: "This kind of thing can be said to be a rare opportunity. Could it be that I just missed it for nothing?"

And at this moment, there was a sudden announcement from outside, Zhao Xingyun said, and Xiaoyu walked in with a letter: "Report to the official's house, a secret letter has been sent from ahead."

Secret letter ahead?Zhao Xing stretched out his hand for Xiaoyu to hand over the letter. He took a look at the secret letter's logo, opened it decisively, and said with a happy brow, "Here comes the letter."

He opened the letter and began to read it, but his brows became more and more frowned. It took about two days for the eight-hundred-mile urgent letter from the front to here, which means that the things in the letter were two days or more ago. If what was said in the letter was true, he probably knew why the Uighur tribes came to seek refuge in the Song Dynasty in an emergency.

"You bastard! This Uighur really has something to do with Zhong Wuyan, and nothing to do with Xia Yingchun." Zhao Xing slapped the table fiercely: "You bastard, how dare you play with me, Da Song?"

After finishing speaking, he handed the letter to the secret envoy Zuo Shu. Duke Zuo frowned after reading it, and then handed the letter to Yan Shu.