Returned to the Song Dynasty and became a faint king

In the blink of an eye, Ma Run has been in the Song Dynasty for a long time, and it has been his fourth year. It was the morning of the [-]th day of the twelfth lunar month, and the court hall was filled with joy.

Because the tray that Shao Chengzhang was holding contained more than two million taels of Jiaozi banknotes. The appearance of these Jiaozi banknotes was also thanks to Wang Anshi, who was responsible for the Jiangnan Reform.

It was Wang Anshi who found it troublesome to trade gold, silver and copper plates, so he discussed with Shen Kuo and produced a kind of banknotes and banknotes like silver notes.

After Zhao Gou found out, he strongly supported it, so there are now Jiaozi banknotes! There are two types of Jiaozi banknotes. One is Jiaozi. The largest denomination of Jiaozi is ten thousand and ten thousand taels of silver, followed by five thousand silver, two thousand silver, one thousand silver, five hundred silver, and two hundred silver. , one hundred silvers, fifty silvers, twenty silvers, ten silvers, five silvers, two silvers, one silver.

Paper money is like the paper money of later generations. The maximum denominations are one thousand coppers, five hundred coppers, two hundred coppers, one hundred coppers, fifty coppers, twenty coppers, ten coppers, five coppers, two coppers, and one copper. The face value of these banknotes corresponded to the number of copper coins. Once issued, they were immediately loved by all officials, businessmen, and ordinary people.

In the past three years, every minister was very happy on the last day of the year. Because their emperor will reward them with money according to their official positions, which is a reward in addition to salary.

Moreover, the emperor will also ask all his ministers to select ten diligent and responsible officials, and the selected officials will receive more rewards.

The ten selected best ministers will receive rewards ranging from one thousand taels to one hundred taels from high to low. Don't underestimate this small amount of money. This is a reference for promotion next year.

After Zhao Gou came to the court, all the ministers kowtowed quickly. Zhao Gou said loudly: Everyone, get up. All the ministers thanked them and got up.

Zhao Gou looked at them and said: Dear sirs, Happy New Year! The ministers also hurriedly paid New Year's greetings to Zhao Gou, and the court hall was filled with joy for a moment.

After waiting for a while, Zhao Gou said loudly: Ministers and ministers, don't be polite, I have already prepared it for you. One share for each person, and the minister who did not get it should think about what he did wrong.

All the ministers were shocked after hearing this. Why is this year different from previous years? In previous years, every minister had a reward. According to the emperor's tone, some people will not get the reward this year.

Everyone is silently praying to the gods and Buddhas in the sky, and they must not be without their own rewards. If you don't have your own rewards, then your official career will be dead.

By the end, many ministers had secretly sworn in their hearts that if they had their own rewards this year, they would do their best to serve the country and the people next year. If you don’t steam the steamed buns to fight for your reputation, you must get this year’s reward, otherwise your life will be in danger!

When every minister received Jiaozi's reward, many ministers' backs were already wet. Zhao Gou saw the expressions of all the ministers and he was very satisfied. This was the effect he wanted.

The first-rank minister gets [-] taels of jiaozi, the second-rank minister gets [-] taels of jiaozi, the third-rank minister gets [-] taels of jiaozi, the fourth-rank minister gets [-] taels of jiaozi, the fifth-rank minister gets [-] taels of jiaozi, and the sixth-rank minister gets [-] taels of jiaozi. Jiaozi, the seventh-grade Zhimaguan also has five hundred taels of Jiaozi.

With such arrogance, Zhao Gou's Ministry of Internal Affairs has been making money every day in recent years. Zhao Tianyou could earn [-] million taels of silver for Zhao Gou every year in Xiazhou, which was a little more than the annual tax revenue of the Song Dynasty.

Coupled with the income from snowflake candy, Zhao Gou's personal wealth has reached a level that is as rich as the country! This is because Zhao Gou handed over the snowflake salt business to the court, otherwise Zhao Gou would get more money every year.

That's why Zhao Gou thought of rewarding the officials of the Song Dynasty with [-] taels of silver every year, because the salary of many honest officials was only enough for their families to live in the capital.

Spending this little money yourself will not only cultivate more honest officials, but also gain the gratitude of those officials. Let the hard work of those officials not be in vain, and let them feel proud in front of their old wives.

After all officials received their awards, the summary of the year began. The past three years have gone well, and the war between the Jin Kingdom and the Yuan Kingdom is coming to an end.

The three-year war between their two countries has really resulted in losses for both sides, and no one has gained any advantage. However, the nobles of both countries became richer and richer as they fought, and that was all the result of Zhao Tianyou.

The Mongols of the Yuan Kingdom went from over [-] million to over [-] million now, and the same goes for the Jin Kingdom, where they went from a population of [-] million to over [-] million now. However, the people of the Song Dynasty they captured also suffered heavy casualties, from more than [-] million to less than [-] million now, but half of them were secretly bought back by Zhao Tianyou.

So now there is no large-scale war between the Jin Kingdom and the Yuan Kingdom. They are only fighting some small-scale wars now.

If it weren't for Kong Yuan, Duke Yansheng of the Kong family, leading the soldiers of the Jin Kingdom to fight against the Yuan Kingdom, then the Yuan Kingdom and the Jin Kingdom would have stopped fighting long ago.

This is why Zhao Gou chose to turn a blind eye to the house that Zhao Gou gave to Kong Jie (the Imperial Confucius Mansion) where people from the Kong family secretly sneaked in from the north of the Yellow River.

If there are dozens of people from the Kong family in the (imperially given Confucius Mansion), Zhao Gou will receive a letter of help from Kong Jie. Jiangnan has too many schools and too few teachers.

Then Zhao Gou will let those people go to teach in Jiangnan School, but Zhao Gou will also send people to investigate these people. If anyone insulted the people of the Song Dynasty after joining the Jin Kingdom, Empress Zhao Gou would chop off his head without any explanation.

Over the years, Zhao Gou beheaded a total of thirteen people who had escaped from the Kong family. Because these thirteen people had insulted the people of the Song Dynasty after taking refuge in the Jin Kingdom, Zhao Gou had their heads chopped off after finding out.

The Yuan Kingdom and the Jin Kingdom were having a hard time, but Zhao Gou's Song Dynasty was full of happy events. From Yue Yinping giving birth to Zhao Gou's first son more than two years ago to Liang Hongyu giving birth to Zhao Gou's sixth son, Zhao Gou now has six sons and one daughter.

After Yue Yinping gave birth to Zhao Gou's first son, Zhao Gou named Yue Yinping the queen and his son Zhao Runqian the prince.

Immediately afterwards, Li Shishi gave birth to Zhao Gou's only daughter, Zhao Runye, and Zhao Gou hugged the little princess Zhao Runye and laughed heartily. Then, Li Shishi was canonized as the imperial concubine, and Zhao Runye was named Princess Taiping.

When Master Li saw that Zhao Gou liked the little princess so much, any unhappiness in her heart disappeared. Originally, Master Li wanted to give the little princess to Yue Yinping to raise, but Zhao Gou firmly stopped him after knowing it!

Then he made an iron law that from now on, whoever gives birth to a child in this palace will raise it, and all stupid things like leaving it to others to be raised are prohibited.

Zhao Gou's second son was born to Yue Lingshan. Zhao Gou also named Yue Lingshan the imperial concubine and named his second son Zhao Runsheng.

Zhao Gou's third son was born to Ning Zhongze. Zhao Gou canonized Ning Zhongze as Concubine Ning in Ning Zhongze's mansion and named their child Zhao Runjia.

Ning Zhong raised Zhao Runjia until he was two years old. Ning Zhong handed the child to Yue Lingshan and returned to Huashan. After all, she is still the deputy head of the Huashan Sect, and many things need to be solved by her.

After Zhao Gou found out, he immediately asked Qi Yizhou to lead [-] imperial troops and Ning Zhongze to return to the Huashan faction, because Zhao Gou had already begun preparations to conquer Xining.

After Yue Buqun was canonized by Zhao Gou, he had integrated the Five Mountains Sword Sect with the help of the imperial court, and he finally got the honor of being the leader of the Five Mountains Alliance that he had dreamed of.

So Zhao Gou asked Qi Yizhou to lead [-] imperial guards and Yue Buqun's [-] men to cooperate with Marshal Yue to conquer Xining.

After conquering Xining, Yue Fei can take his [-] troops south to conquer Turpan and Dali to seize our land in the Song Dynasty.

There are Yue Fei's [-] troops in the north, Yue Buqun and Qi Yizhou's [-] troops, and Xin Qiji's [-] troops in the east. They can pacify the south of the Yangtze River and capture it.

In Zhao Gou's mind, Jiangnan includes small countries such as Lhasa in Turpan and India in Tianzhu...

From Xining all the way south to Lhasa in Tubo, then all the way south to India in Tianzhu, and then to the Arabian Sea. Because Gongsun Sheng wanted to go to Tianzhu to spread Taoism, and it was Buddhism in Tianzhu that spread to the Song Dynasty first.