Returned to the Song Dynasty and became a faint king

It’s November in the lunar calendar in a blink of an eye, and the weather in Bianjing is already very cold! It snowed heavily that day.

It was extremely cold this morning. I just learned today that there was no cotton in the peat Song Dynasty. However, people in the Yuan Kingdom had already planted cotton on the land they occupied, but the Song Dynasty did not yet know the benefits of cotton.

There is two good news for me in the court today, but it is not so good for the ministers in the south! The first good news is: Wang Anshi and the others have successfully captured Jiangzhou! Moreover, reforms have been implemented and houses have been built for refugees.

The second good news is: Yue Fei secretly joined forces with Han Shizhong to burn and kill [-] soldiers of the Jin and Yuan Kingdoms in one fell swoop, and captured [-] soldiers. Yue Fei has personally escorted him back to Beijing!

This is really great news! Jiangzhou is developing in an orderly manner. The Jin Kingdom and the Yuan Kingdom have been severely weakened after this battle, and they will not launch another large-scale war within a few years! The people of the Song Dynasty can also rest and recuperate! When Yue Fei comes back, my marriage should be put on the agenda. It's really a triple blessing.

Xin Qiji and Wang Anshi are really my lucky generals! They asked Liu Guangshi to lead an army disguised as refugees and build the road in a swaggering manner while walking slowly.

Xin Qiji, Lin Chong, and Lu Zhishen led a real army to surprise Jiangzhou, which Fangla had captured. When Xin Qiji and the others rushed to Jiangzhou City, Fang La and the others were still having a feast to celebrate!

Fang La and others urged to fight, and soon Fang La and others left the corpses of [-] soldiers behind. Xin Qiji's army is well-equipped, but some of Fang La's soldiers don't have decent weapons, and some are still fighting with hoes!

Fang La could not defeat Xin Qiji and the others, so Fang La sent his son Fang Tianxing to lead his troops to stop Xin Qiji and the others, buying time for Fang La and the others to escape.

So Fang Tianxing and his general Si Xingfang tried their best to stop Xin Qiji and the others. After a few rounds, Fang Tianxing and Si Xingfang were seriously injured by Lin Chong and Lu Zhishen.

Fortunately, Fang La and others set a fire in the city when they escaped. So Xin Qiji and the others ran to put out the fire before they had time to deal with Fang Tianxing and Sixingfang!

When Xin Qiji and others came to attack Jiangzhou, Wang Anshi gave them a death order. There must not be any loss of food in the city. If too much food is lost, military law will still be required even if the city is captured.

So when Xin Qiji and others discovered that the city was on fire, they left their remaining soldiers behind and went to put out the fire! Only then did Fang Tianxing and Si Xingfang save their lives. They immediately led their men to chase Fang La and the others!

Fang La fled to Anzhou with his [-] rebels! Xin Qiji and the others were only focused on putting out the fire and did not chase Fang La and the others. Because the direction Fang La and the others fled was exactly where Wang Anshi asked Xin Qiji and the others to drive Fang La and the others away.

Anzhou is the place where Wang Anshi made his next reform. Let Fang La and others first deal with the disasters caused by the officials, landlords and gentry in the city. When Fang La and others harmed Jiangzhou, the officials in Anzhou closed the city gates and did not dare to rescue Jiangzhou. It's time to let them reap the consequences!

Wang Anshi got a clean Jiangzhou. Xin Qiji, Lin Chong, and Lu Junyi led the soldiers to make a surprise attack on Jiangzhou. Fang La didn't have time to take away the food they plundered, but only took away some gold and silver. He left more than [-] corpses and fled to Anzhou. So when Wang Anshi saw that the warehouse was full of grain, he was very satisfied.

When Fang La fled to Anzhou, Xin Qiji and the others did not pursue him. Instead, they guarded Jiangzhou and waited for Wang Anshi and the others to arrive with the craftsmen and refugees. So Fang La and the others searched the landowners on the way again on their way to escape.

Wang Anshi and Shen Kuo came to Jiangzhou in advance with officials from the Ministry of Revenue and [-] craftsmen. After they arrived in Jiangzhou, Wang Anshi and the officials from the Ministry of Revenue measured the land non-stop. Shen Kuo led the craftsmen to build warm houses where Wang Anshi had measured the land, so that the refugees who came behind would have a place to live in Jiangzhou. .

Wang Anshi first promulgated a new law, and everyone in the Song Dynasty could only own three acres. Any land exceeding three acres will be handed over to the state, and the state will redistribute it to landless people and refugees.

People without land can get three acres of fertile land unconditionally as long as they register with an official, and only need to pay [-]% of the land revenue a year as royal grain. If you don't have seeds, you can borrow seeds from officials, and officials won't charge any interest.

All land without an owner, and places where one person owns a lot of land, are Wang Anshi's key targets for land measurement. After measurements, it was found that half of the land in Jiangzhou was in the hands of the landlords and gentry. The remaining half is land without owners, and the owners of those lands have been killed by Fang La and the others!

Only a quarter of the land in Jiangzhou is in the hands of ordinary people, and it is all the worst wasteland. If we don't kill all those landlords and tycoons, we will really be sorry for the millions of people. If we don't kill them, the Song Dynasty will be hopeless!

Land without an owner is best measured. Land with an owner is somewhat troublesome to measure. However, all the landlords and gentry who blocked the measurement of the land were killed by Shang Fang's sword in Wang Anshi's hand! The scene was even worse than Fang La.

Because Wang Anshi received the death order I gave him, he must make proper arrangements for the [-] refugees I sent over to rescue him from the north. No matter what method he uses, he must ensure that they have a warm place to live and something to eat when they arrive in Jiangzhou. That's why he was so anxious.

After Fang La's spies reported the information to Fang La, Fang La was wondering who was rebelling? Fang La even wanted to take his men back to hang out with Wang Anshi! The Fang La Uprising wanted to find a way out for millions of people, and he felt that what Wang Anshi and the others were doing now was exactly what they were looking for.

Wang Anshi and Shen Kuo were surveying the land and building houses. Xin Qiji, Lin Chong, and Lu Junyi recruited soldiers and trained new soldiers.

After Wang Anshi measured the land, he distributed the land to the landless people in Jiangzhou. Wang Anshi didn't want them to pay a penny. He only asked them to leave their identities and names, and distributed land to them. He also promised the people to give them seeds for planting, and the poor people in Jiangzhou immediately set up longevity tablets for Wang Anshi in their homes.

When the [-] rescued people came to Jiangzhou, they told the local people in Jiangzhou what I had done, and the people in Jiangzhou immediately built longevity tablets for me and placed them at home to worship me!

So now there are more than [-] ministers in the court impeaching Xin Qiji, saying that he failed to conquer Fang La, and let Fang La and others go. More than ten ministers also impeached Wang Anshi, saying that he was killing innocent people with Shang Fang's sword.

Without investigating, I knew that the hometowns of these people were Jiangzhou and Anzhou. Unexpectedly, they have been arrogant in Jiangnan for so many years, and now they meet that killer Wang Anshi! These people are panicking now. They did not expect that Wang Anshi and I were so determined to carry out the reform that we would not hesitate to make enemies of the landlords and gentry across the country.

I did not immediately convict Xin Qiji and Wang Anshi on the grounds that the general's life was compromised. What's more, Xin Qiji's recapture of Jiangzhou was also a great achievement. The merits and demerits should be balanced before I can make a decision until they return to the court. It can be regarded as giving some face to the ministers in the court who impeached Wang Anshi and others.

Things in Jiangzhou have been settled perfectly, and there is good news for Yue Fei and the others! Shen Kuo had successfully produced gasoline on the way to Jiangzhou. When I found out, I immediately asked them to produce more and transport it to the Yellow River defense line.

After Yue Fei and the others got the gasoline, Yue Fei secretly tested it and was overjoyed. It's true as I said, this gasoline can catch fire on water. So Yue Fei and Han Shizhong waited for the opportunity and launched the Huoshao Jin and Yuan armies.