[Comprehensive] The days when I pretended to be a meow in the Forbidden City

In May of the fourth year of Tiansheng, Emperor Song issued an order saying: In recent days, the country has been peaceful and united with its neighbors, and there has been no need for large-scale military use for a long time, so the Ordnance Manufacturing Bureau has been reduced to half of its original size.

This move immediately ushered in the approval of both hands and feet of the surrounding countries of the Song Dynasty. Everyone expressed their support for the decision of the Song Emperor, Long live the Song Emperor!

For a while, the surrounding environment of the Song Kingdom was unprecedentedly harmonious. In this atmosphere, the Emperor of the Liao Kingdom said that although he wanted to follow the Song Kingdom to reduce the armaments to half, but there were still a few unsatisfactory children in their land. That's right, it's you, and you!It's all because of your fault that we can't reduce our armaments like the Song Dynasty.

However, in order to express the peace-loving attitude of the Liao people, Emperor Liao had to reduce the Armament Bureau to [-]% of its original size. At the same time, the very well-behaved Dangxiang has also followed the pace of the big bosses. They also found someone to defend against Tubo. And the reasons of the dishonest foreigners in the West also reduced the weapons to [-]% of the original.

The heads of state and the advisory group were running wildly in their minds, wondering what was wrong with the state of song?On the surface, they still made a gesture of hello, me, everyone, and working together for peace.

This kind of reduction is a reduction on the bright side, and since it is said, it is of course not easy to renege on it.

But for the Liao people, their differences are not big.

Because at this moment, many of their private ordnance manufacturing smelting furnaces have been transformed into glass smelting plants.

It is also under these statistics that some bureaucrats who have been dazzled by the trade volume and income of Liao recently realized the looming problems, but then they felt: since all countries are reducing their armaments, then These ordnance bureaus transformed into glass smelters are also reduced in the same amount as they said, which is not exactly right.

That means they don't have to do anything!Isn't it flattering?

Compared with the direct reduction of [-]% of the arms manufacturing, their Liao Kingdom undoubtedly still has the advantage.

Maybe the little emperor of the Song Kingdom was dazzled by the recent successive victories?

By the way, speaking of which, the little emperor has always been taught by the Confucian education of the Han people, so it is no wonder that such a situation occurs. After all, is he a fool?Hahaha!

The two older leaders around laughed at Song Guo in their hearts. Naturally, they didn't know that although Song Guo famously reduced its armaments, after technological innovation, they were able to double or even triple the original production volume.

Announcing the reduction of armaments is Zhao Zhen's intention to do so, because the iron ore used as raw material is no longer enough to cope with the current continuous rotation situation. In this state, there have been some empty swings that can be called waste. readjust.

On the other hand, it was also to reduce their vigilance. After all, there was a lot of movement in the Song Kingdom during this period...

As for the surrounding countries that have been cited to reduce their armaments, this is a surprise.

Probably this is, when luck comes, it can’t be stopped. People later commented, of course, this is the opinion of Han Chinese scholars, and those descendants of nomads would cry and accuse Song Dynasty: The Song people are treacherous!He lured our ancestors to reduce their armaments, and strengthened them secretly, so cunning!

Cough, Chinese scholars said that you think too much!How is it possible!People in the Song Dynasty could not have imagined that in the next few years, the Liao Shengzong and the party leader who were at their peak in the Spring and Autumn Period would pass away one after another.

It's true that ordinary people would never expect it, but Xia Xiaomiao, who probably only remembers major historical events and is keen to make troubles, has been mixed into the history of the Northern Song Dynasty.

In the summer of the fourth year of Tiansheng, floods occurred frequently in various parts of the Song Dynasty.

In particular, the seawall that was built since last year has been washed away on a large scale, causing more than [-] civilian casualties.

Is this a natural disaster or a man-made disaster?Or is it a warning to God?

All of a sudden, there were many people talking about it.

Even above the court, large-scale debates have been triggered.

Zhao Zhen has made frequent moves in recent years. Although it seems that there is no major mistake, some people want to use this to beat the officials.

Generally speaking, after a catastrophe, the emperor has to conduct self-reflection and self-reflection. Of course, it is not to the extent of sinning himself, but there are always people who want to take the disaster for the emperor, and the best candidate for this is Prime Minister Wang Dan.

Wang Dan went through three dynasties. Although he was a civil servant during his reign, he did not stop the emperor's various actions in favor of generals.It has already caused dissatisfaction among some people.

Immediately after the disaster relief team was sent out, some people in the DPRK wanted to stop the construction of the seawall. The current facts have proved that the built dams are not only useless in terms of tide protection, but also guilty.According to the comparison of the data between this year and the previous two years, the disaster situation this year is more serious, both property loss and casualties are much higher than in the past, so it is better not to repair it, and save this money for post-disaster reconstruction Wouldn't that be great?

As soon as he said this, he immediately attracted rebuttals from the supporters, and then the two quarreled.

Zhao Zhen looked at the boiling situation in the court, but his heart was extremely calm.

He knew very well that halfway through the construction of the embankment, it was actually the time when he was the most vulnerable. The new embankment material was barely dry, and the gap between the old and the new was the most fragile.In addition, the dam breaks in previous years were caused by large-scale erosion. When the area is large, the impact force is not large, and the water is large but slow. extremely fast.

That's why it happened that migrant workers were washed down the coast.Such a simple truth, even he knows it, it is impossible for everyone in the court not to know it.

But they still held on to this point. After all, they were not targeting Fan Zhongyan at all, but Zhao Zhen.

Fan Zhongyan is the latest civil servant promoted by Zhao Zhen.

Although he is a civil servant, but this person has an upright personality and has been cultivated in the Northwest Military Region for many years. His temperament has become more bold in the north, not smooth enough, full of passion, and he does not have the hobby of being in the same place. In the eyes of the emperor, these seem to be The advantage is that in the eyes of some people, it is naturally a disadvantage.

Moreover, Fan Zhongyan himself is also on the pro-military side. It is better to say that the younger generation promoted by Zhao Zhen are more or less pro-military.

A censor stood in the hall and talked freely.

From the frequent weather in the past two years to the rebellion of the Qiang people, he talked about all the bad things that happened in the Song Dynasty in recent years. Even if Zhao Zhen's self-cultivation skills are good, it is inevitable that he will be angry at this time.

According to this person, the reason for these things to happen is naturally that the policies in recent years have been wrong.Especially the "Military Daily" currently run by the DPRK and China is a sensationalist and should be abolished.Not only that, but the various moves announced recently are also extremely inappropriate.

For example, the Ministry of Industry repeatedly applied for funding, but failed to produce practical things. The Minister of the Ministry of Industry should take the blame and resign.

Naturally, he didn't notice that the people who had supported him were getting a few steps away.

It's like Lengtouqing - all the experienced bigwigs in the court thought to themselves.

They exchanged several glances with each other, roughly meaning: Why did you pull out this idiot?

【I don't know, she looks very smart on weekdays】

[Hey, it’s useless.The basic elements of impeachment are whether people are wrong or not. The impact is too broad, and the effect is bound to be ineffective. 】

[Not necessarily, maybe it can have other effects? 】

Things didn't go his way, and when this person was pulling in the matter of the official family's lack of heirs, suddenly a person took two steps quickly and raised his jade wat to strike the person's face.

This scene happened so suddenly that no one could have expected it, even the guards in the hall couldn't react, only heard a scream, and the person who was beaten cried out in pain, but he was concerned about the etiquette in front of the hall. Unable to choke on the subsequent voice, he immediately supported his face and kowtowed, and said vaguely, "I... I want to sue the Deputy Privy Envoy Yan Shu for his disrespect in front of the palace."

The one who hit the person took back his jade wat slowly, stepped back to his original position, and bowed down to Zhao Zhen unhurriedly, without saying a word. This person was Yan Shu, deputy envoy of the Privy Council.

It turned out to be Yan Shu! !

Everyone in the court hall was stunned.

The incident of beating people when they disagreed with each other happened in the Taizu and Taizong dynasties, because neither Taizu nor Taizong had a very good temper.

However, courtiers beat each other very rarely, not to mention unilateral acts of violence. There was a moment of silence in the hall, and no one knew how to react.Zhao Zhen, who was still angry just now, only felt that he couldn't laugh or cry at this moment, and he hurriedly asked the servant to look down at the censor.

Yu Shi was helped up, covered his mouth, his facial features were twisted into a ball, and he looked extremely painful.

Because the field of vision is particularly good, Xia Anran, who can see clearly, feels the same feeling when looking at the two and a half teeth that fell from the ground.Even the front teeth have fallen out, which is a big trouble in this era without fillings.After all, being an official these days also depends on one's appearance, and losing one's front teeth can be regarded as a disfigurement!

Xia Anran is not as restless as these people in the hall regarding the matter of fighting with weapons in the court hall. In the era he lived in, what was this? .

Have you ever seen the operation of specially asking the emperor to be the referee?

Heh, in the Eastern Han Dynasty there was no such clear difference between civil and martial arts. Except for a few scholars, most of the civil servants in the Eastern Han Dynasty could also mount a horse and bend a bow.

Because of his experience, he is one of the few who can remain calm at this moment.Therefore, it is easy to see the performance of everyone in the court.

There are few people who are calm and expressionless. Most of them are big men from the court, and there are many people who are amazed on their faces, especially the expressions on the faces of generals, don't be too obvious. There are also a few people who show regret.I just don't know if it's regret that I didn't do it, or it's because of regret, so today's chasing force is going to be weak.

Yan Shu's blow abruptly ruined such a god-given opportunity.

Taking another look at Yan Shu, he saw a calm expression on his face, and his gesture of kneeling down to plead guilty was even more graceful.

He already had the posture of a dragon and a phoenix, but his current appearance can be regarded as a model of strength, no matter from the sideburns to the cuffs, he is not messed up.Obviously, the act of beating someone was not on his whim, and he should have already thought about the ending before doing it.

This time the incident can be big or small.

One can't escape the disrespect in front of the palace, but how to judge others depends on the emperor's mood, but I also know that this censor finally stretched his hand into the emperor's harem that he is not qualified to manage, which is really beyond his duty.

And it's not wrong for Yan Shu, the deputy envoy of the Privy Council, to stop it, it's just that the way of stopping it is a bit more violent... Cough cough.

The censor can impeach all officials, but he cannot admonish the emperor. Only the admonisher can express his opinion on the emperor's trip. Contrary to the censor, the admonisher can only deal with things, not people.

That is to say, even if the censor is an admonisher, he can’t say that it’s wrong for the emperor’s wife not to have a son, he can only point to a certain matter, such as the relationship between the emperor and the empress is not harmonious, or the emperor didn’t take it seriously to have a baby Giving advice on this matter, telling the emperor clearly that you can't have a baby is even more wrong.

Strictly speaking, it was true that he had lost his sense of proportion. If he was allowed to continue speaking, there is no doubt that the final result of the censor official would not be good. It is estimated that someone will impeach him the moment he stands back.

All eyes were on the emperor, they wanted to see what the emperor said.

Seeing the concerned expression on the emperor's face, he actually walked down the steps, straightened the censor's face with his own hands, and then called the imperial doctor to take this person away for treatment with a concerned expression. As for Yan Shu himself, he just A light sentence was mentioned, "Go home first and reflect, and wait for the punishment."

Then he found an excuse and left in a hurry.

Yes, Emperor Renzong chose to drag the word at this moment, Xia Anran silently watched the background of the emperor leaving in a hurry, as if he could see the emperor's big tail happily wagging from the billowing red dust.

He looked back at Yan Shu, who stood up calmly facing the empty front of Xie En, silently looked at the "weapon" in his hand, and suddenly felt that he had learned something.

Unexpectedly, just as he thought this way, he felt the stern gaze cast in front of him, and looked intently at his father holding the wat card in his hand, with a warning flashing in his eyes, to the effect of "You kid, don't learn!"

Xia Anran gave a dry cough, and pressed down the little thought that was about to move.

As soon as this incident happened, the focus of the next debate in the court immediately changed from natural and man-made disasters to how to deal with Yan Shu.

Although many courtiers tried their best to bring the topic back to the right path, but there were too many people stirring up shit, overtly or secretly, but after a few back and forth, the previous good situation was ruined, and finally these people had to retreat in embarrassment, and It was justifiable to vent his anger on Yan Shu.

In the summer of Tiansheng's fourth year, except for Yan Shu's resignation, the policies of the court did not change much.

Fan Zhongyan, who thought he would get a punishment document and was even ordered to stop the construction of the dam, looked at the clothes sent with relief supplies and moved his mouth.There are thousands of words in my heart that I can't express for a while, so I can only kneel before the mayor of Bianjing.

Yan Shu used himself to stabilize the hatred of the court and the court, and gave Renzong and all the courtiers he pulled up room to breathe.In the end, he was relegated to Xuanzhou Zhizhou, which belongs to the Yangtze River Delta development area in modern times, but before the Northern Song Dynasty had not yet traveled south on a large scale, the south at this time was still a wasteland.

On the day of leaving Beijing, only Xia Anran was there to see her farewell in the city.

His move was too appalling, almost a clear statement that he was separated from the class of civil officials and scholar-bureaucrats, but at the same time he was not accepted by military commanders. Zhao Zhen accepted his favor, but as an emperor in this punishment, he also It can only do so.

Now the relationship between the emperor and the scholar-officials has almost entered a stage of daggers drawn. When it is not known who will win and who will lose, the courtiers naturally dare not express their opinions easily.

Yan Shu's popularity is good, but his close friends are scattered all over the world at this time, and his friends are the best at judging the situation. The meaning of his move is relatively obscure, and not many people know the meaning of it, and even if they know it, most of them don't. Too big a reaction.

After all, this matter has nothing to do with them.

On the contrary, many Yingying and Yanyan came here, Yan Shu is also a person who loves and cherishes flowers, but the difference between him and Liu Yong is that he seldom goes to romantic places, only occasionally.

But even if he does it occasionally, with his talent, his reputation is excellent.

Now that Yan Shu was demoted to the south, some ladies came to see him off.And these ladies stopped when they were sent to the place near the city gate. After all, they were just casual acquaintances, and they did their best to send them one.

Yan Shu knew this well, and he didn't care about it.

In the final analysis, he is still the jinshi of the [-]th high school, the proud student who said to the emperor "please change another set of questions, I have done this" before the palace examination.

Since it was just for a farewell party, Xia Anran naturally wouldn't waste his time giving some expensive gifts, he just asked someone to wrap some paper.

For a literati, sending him gold, stone and jade is not as good as giving him paper, only the four treasures of the study are the treasures of his heart.When he heard that it was paper, Uncle Yan Tong, who was the representative of the literati, couldn't help it. He opened it on the spot after Xia Anran signaled that he could.

The paper is white and as smooth as jade, with long fibers and silky fastenings. The surface feels smooth when touched by fingertips, but it is different from the paper sold by the three companies for dip pens. Although the paper is smooth, its purpose The purpose itself is to prevent the ink from bleeding, but this is to introduce the ink in a gentle gesture.

Almost without actually doing it, Yan Shu was sure that it must be good paper.

Suddenly he felt that something was wrong, and after thinking for a while, he lifted the paper up to his face. With his fingers, he twisted the paper from different angles to see it. After a while, he said pleasantly, "My lord, this is a deer?"

"Brother Yan has a good eye." Xia Anran nodded, "It is indeed a deer."

"The name of this paper is White Deer Paper, which refers to the posture of a deer leaping on the paper."

"White deer paper..." Yan Shu played with the paper for a moment, then suddenly raised his head and smiled at Xia Anran, "My lord, this is not as simple as practicing etiquette, is it?"

Xia Anran just smiled, and he gently handed the box containing the papers to Yan Shu's hand, "Brother Yan, don't think too much, just use it at ease."

"Only... Brother Yan, if you can write a few letters with a certain newspaper with this paper, that would be great."

Yan Shu was silent for a while, his expression was a bit weird, "May I ask the name of the newspaper of Wangye's house..."

"Hey, let's be honest, brother Yan, that's the "Da Song Junbao""

In the end, Yan Shu got into the carriage with a complicated expression on his face and waved to Xia Anran to confess his love.Both of these two have refreshed their new understanding of each other.

In Xia Anran's heart, Uncle Yan Tong is naturally a good person, but in Yan Shu's heart, he may not be!

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Fan Zhongyan, who was repairing the dam far to the east, had no time to appreciate the vicissitudes of the court. He was busy repairing the dam as soon as possible.

After the breach of the embankment, it is difficult to guarantee whether the officials will continue to trust him, and even if the officials believe him, the scholar-officials in the court will not.If there are too many protesters, it will be difficult for the officials to keep him.

Fan Zhongyan is very clear about the kindness of the officials.

So now he is living every day as his last, and he wants to do more and build more while he is still here.

Xu Shi was moved by his gesture, the local gentry donated generously, and before the court rescue arrived, they blocked the funding gap first, and when half a decade later, when the relief supplies from the court and China arrived, they found that the local people Things are well organized, and the mood and atmosphere among the people are extremely harmonious.

It is precisely because of this that Zhao Zhen finally decided to continue building the dam.

In order to speed up the repair of the dam before the arrival of the autumn hurricane season, so as to avoid this incident from happening again, Zhao Zhen specially dispatched local soldiers to serve as servants. With this vital force and the collective wisdom and efforts of the local people , the dam here lasted a year and a half, and was finally completed before the arrival of the hurricane season in the fifth year of Tiansheng.

After the completion of the dam, Fan Zhongyan did not return to the court immediately. He had written a book before, requesting that he stay in place for the hurricane season after the completion of the dam. He wanted to confirm the dam that he had exhausted his efforts to build. Whether it can withstand this round of the hurricane's offensive is not polite, but Zhao Zhen agreed.

Finally, this first seawall, which took nearly two years to build after Zhao Zhen ascended the throne, perfectly withstood a wave of sea tide in the summer of Tiansheng's fifth year.

After the hurricane passed, the villagers who suffered from the waves came to the coast one after another and knelt down looking at the solid and undamaged dykes and the farmlands that were not flooded.

They didn't know who they were kneeling on, was it the sea god who finally showed mercy this time?Whether it was Fan Gong who worked hard to build the dam, or Renzong who issued the imperial edict, they couldn't tell which person was the most important in their hearts for a while, and thousands of feelings could only be turned into this great gift.

Fan Zhongyan, who was inspecting the damage situation, saw the villagers like this, and hurriedly avoided it. He couldn't bear such a big gift. The local Lizheng villagers helped them, persuaded them, and finally pulled these people up.

Those who have not lived here must not understand their feelings.

This is an important place for the salt industry, and there are several salt drying farms, but these salt drying farms will be washed away every summer and autumn, but there is no way to reduce the salt harvest. If there is a "turning trend" this year, then the reconstruction will be in vain, so whether it is civilian service or salt officials, it will be miserable.

In addition, the seawater flooding into the fields has soaked the local fields into saline-alkali land, which directly caused local farmers to abandon their fields because they could not keep up with the taxes.Even if it is not near the sea, most of the rice that is about to be harvested will wilt after being soaked in seawater once. Every summer, farmers are displaced because of this.

Although relying on the disaster relief facilities and welfare measures of the Great Song Dynasty, they are far from being unable to survive natural disasters like the previous dynasties, but they are just alive. Tian, ​​who wants to rely on other people's charity, and he is not a bum.

At present, the meaning of the above is to take care of the saline-alkali land by the sea. Since the dam can protect the sea water, don’t plant anything for the time being. First, flush with water to dilute the salt in the soil. The main reason for the salinization of the soil here is external factors. It is also more convenient to take care of.

Next, plant grass.

It has been almost a year since the pastures were planted on both sides of the Bian River. Not to mention, the people who rented this land have transferred a lot of money. In the early days, the land had to be taken care of, but after more than half a year , as the land renters built a small dam with mud on the river bank to prevent the water and fertilizer from the field from leaking out, the situation in the field is getting better every month.

There was a good harvest in the autumn of that year. The old farmer felt that the situation in the soil had improved, and he just waited for a few more years to see the situation.

The officials who came to inspect the work this time brought a lot of forage seeds, and promised that the imperial court would send people to collect hay, and the price was very good.

The key is that these lands are tax-free and rent-free for three years, which can be regarded as a kind gesture from above.

It's a pity that most of the original owners of these lands have already joined the military.

It is true that among the soldiers sent to help this time, there are many refugees who have been hit by disasters here many times, so they abandoned their citizenship and fixed assets and fled.

After these refugees were incorporated by the state, they entered the army.

Once the military registration in the Song Dynasty is for life, he himself is no longer an ordinary citizen. Even though it was once his own property now, he can only watch these lands be returned to the country, and the country will re-measure them before selling them rent.

For this reason, many Xiang soldiers who were once peasants turned their backs to wipe their tears.

All of this was seen by Fan Zhongyan. After returning to Beijing, he handed over a book.

The book does not write much about the situation of the embankment, but writes the information he has obtained after talking with the people and soldiers during his two years abroad.

Xiang Bing is a local standing army. It has no drill tasks. Its main tasks are building cities, building roads and bridges, transporting grain, reclaiming wasteland, and guarding officials. Not as good as civilian service.

After all, for them, getting the same money for doing more and less is far less motivated than the recruited civilian service, and the efficiency is very poor.

All of this was written down by Fan Zhongyan. At the same time, he also said that due to repeated floods in Xixi, there are many people who have fled, and those who stay basically have their own fields. For ordinary nationality?The resettlement of those people who were forced to become soldiers due to disasters can increase the number of local farmers, and at the same time ensure that no one can farm the fields and prevent them from becoming wasteland, which is beneficial to the local area and national taxation. It is great good.

At the same time, it can meet the needs of officials to reduce the army.

As soon as his performance was published, there was an uproar in the court.

Turning refugees into Xiang soldiers was the policy Taizu was most proud of. During Song Zhao's long reign, he indeed benefited from this policy, so there were almost no large-scale civil disturbances caused by natural disasters.

But it may be that Song Taizu did not expect that under the rule of his Zhao family, the Song Dynasty would be plagued by constant disasters, so that this strategy of winning the hearts of the people became a heavy burden for the country.

But no matter what, if Zhao Zhen wants to do this, it will be a bit taboo, but this time, the generals are silent - because Xiang Bing has nothing to do with them.The civil servants have no objection-it can't be better to cut the army or something!

In the autumn of the fifth year of Tiansheng, a decree bombed the entire Song Dynasty military register.

At present, it is tentatively planned to change the lifelong system of Xiangbing to the system of allowing veterans, and the other arms will not be changed for the time being.

The number of veterans is determined according to the number of local households that can carry it, and it can be flexibly adjusted, but a state is limited to no more than 200 people a year.

And before being discharged from the army, these Xiang soldiers need to receive simple judicial education, and those who have to pass the exam can be admitted to the refugees, and the government will provide money and food to send them back to their original places.Military registration is different from civilian registration. A long-term military life is likely to bring hostility to a big soldier, and it is more likely to bring about the habit of fighting at the first sight of a disagreement. We must let them know that if they return to civilian registration, these habits will affect the soldiers. What kind of results do they bring.

At the same time, it is also necessary to prevent the imperial army and the frontier army from thinking of retiring in this way. There are more than 200 states in the Song Dynasty.This is not a small number for Song's huge army.

But considering that not all Xiangbing soldiers are willing to return to citizenship, especially for those who entered the Xiangbing soldiers as bandits.So there is no need to worry about what to do when the Xiang soldiers are gone, and according to Xia Anran's memory, there are not many disasters in the Song Dynasty every year, and there are many people who re-enroll in the army.

There are such measures only to allow those soldiers who have been forced to join the army due to the famine to return to their status as farmers.

When this decree was posted on the bulletin board of a government, many of the local yamen servants thought to themselves: It's so glorious to be a box soldier, and those who have fallen into bandits just want to do it. As for the soldiers, there are people who are willing to go back, but to their surprise, on the day the notice was just posted, many soldiers came to consult.

And by the autumn of this year, [-]% of the Xiang soldiers across the country expressed their willingness to return to their citizenship, and most of these were farmers who had been recruited due to various disasters and accidents.

Such a large number of personnel far exceeded everyone's expectations. The states and counties in various places could not accept such a large number of military households, but people's hearts have been moved. If they stop most of them, it will easily cause dissatisfaction among the military men.

The imperial court immediately sent many officials to the place to understand the situation, and finally only came up with a non-solution method, giving priority to releasing the soldiers with clans.

Those who have a family return to the family, and those who have no family can rent a piece of land with their brothers. The rest of them can either choose to wait another year, and those who perform well on weekdays will leave first, or they can go the other way - to support the west.

Those who are willing to go to the western part of the Song Dynasty to live and reclaim land can rent-free. If they are willing to go to the concession area of ​​our Song Dynasty to reclaim land, not only can they be rent-free and tax-free for five years, the government will also give each person a cow and rent a private room .

Safety?There is no need to worry about safety, that place is the territory we gave to ourselves, and the party is our vassal state, isn’t it our base there, that is, our Song State is benevolent, and we even negotiated leases with the vassal state.

war?Hey, General Cao is stationed there, what are you afraid of?General Cao, the invincible General Cao who has never been defeated!

Northwest without water?Think out of date!

There are several rivers in the place we rented. How can there be no water in all the rivers?It's just that the original writers in the northwest are too lazy to cultivate. Do you know about alfalfa?Yes, it grows all over there, oh, you also know the alfalfa field, right?By the way, just think about how fertile the land must be.

A single soldier who was a bit excited asked quietly, "Since this place is so good, why is there no one there?"

"Oh, you made a mistake. It's not that there are no people there, but there are no smart people." The little official beat his chest and feet, with a sad face on his face, "The local people there don't know how to cultivate the land, they live by animal husbandry, and the good land is there. So, if you insist on not plowing, you say you are in a hurry, so the government thought of a way to ask us to find some old ways of plowing the land to help them."

"Really?"

"Really! Look at my sincere eyes"

...that's great.

The soldier exchanged glances with the buddy next to him, and the two filled out an application form hesitantly, the form was immediately stuffed into a small box by the clerk, and then the clerk held back the application form enthusiastically. The hands of the two said, "You just wait for the notice, I have to tell you, the official said before that they may personally farewell for you!"

Oh oh oh! ! !When the two soldiers heard this, they immediately became excited.

Yes, you can meet the officials!For soldiers, this is an official family that can only be seen from a distance only after a shocking victory!

The author has something to say: Song did reduce its armaments this year, but the number after the reduction is still very scary.

Yan Shu was demoted because he hit someone's face with a jade wat (but there is also a saying that he hit himself). This shows that this master is still very good after all.

There are actually some differences between the disrespect in front of the palace and the disrespect in front of the imperial court, but it still depends on the emperor's mood. Generally speaking, the emperor is in a good mood, so he will be released if he is in a good mood.

The principle of white deer paper is the same as watermark paper, heck, it is actually an additional product after the experiment, please don't tell Yan Shu.

The household registration system of the Song Dynasty was as follows:

The most common nationality with the most guaranteed benefits, and if farmers give up their fields and flee, they are refugees. Generally, refugees will be repatriated to their hometowns and resettled, but they can also take root. (After all, everyone wants to grab people.) Of course, In times of catastrophe, the government will directly recruit you as Xiangbing, and Xiangbing is military membership.

Although military members do not have to pay taxes and bear many responsibilities of ordinary people, they also have to pay the price of becoming second-class citizens.

If you want to give an example, it is somewhat similar to the merchants in the Ming and Qing Dynasties.He is very rich, but his status is very low. Although he looks like five people and six people, but looking down on him means looking down on this feeling.

And military membership is for life.Generally speaking, it cannot be converted to citizenship.

Xiangbing is generally similar to engineering soldiers, and there are places to accept veterans. Simply put, they are pensioners and have no combat effectiveness.

In fact, in the early Song Dynasty, there were township soldiers, which were the local armed forces. Men with abdominal muscles who could run horses were selected, but later because this was a forced recruitment system, it was gradually abolished.Until the later period, it completely became a situation of strong stems and weak branches, and the whole country relied on the protection of local military regions.

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Well, you can imagine it as our country’s system, where only the urban management provides protection in each area, there is no armed police or criminal police, and the next level is directly the army, that’s the concept.

But everyone knows that it is difficult to mobilize the army, and it is not allowed to use it without authorization. Therefore, in the late Song Dynasty, the sharp decline in local protection capabilities directly led to rampant banditry.

Of course, the Xiang Army can enter the Forbidden Army or the Frontier Army because of its personal strength, and the veterans of the Forbidden Army and the Frontier Army will also become the Xiang Army. "===The article is afraid that someone will take this path and find a way to retire.

After all, I have earned enough money after being a soldier for a few years, so hurry up and take a walk while there is no war. This idea is sure to make money.