The number one scholar of the Song Dynasty

The First Champion Chapter 541

"Young master, I think he is not bad. The king of Koryo, Wang, served Daliao for a while."

Wang's Koryo, after Youyan was ceded, became a vassal state of Daliao from a vassal state of the Song Dynasty.In fact, after the founding of Goryeo, it once took the initiative to send troops to attack Khitan.In order to expand the territory, it can be said to be very arrogant.

At that time, Khitan faced Chai Rong's powerful Northern Expedition in the Northern Zhou Dynasty and lost consecutive battles. The whole country was panicked and frightened.So they indulged Goryeo's expansion and blindly appeasement and concession.

It's a pity that God is jealous of talents. When the generation of heroes Chai Rong was fighting in Youzhou, he suddenly fell ill and died soon after. He was only 39 years old.He had only been emperor for six years, and he almost changed his fate for the Han dynasty.

After Chai Rong's death, Zhao Kuangyin bullied the orphans and widows left behind by him, seized the land of Houzhou, established the Great Song Dynasty, decided to go south before going north, and gave up the Northern Expedition to Youyan.

Zhao Kuangyin is also a hero, but compared to his lord Chai Rong, he is still quite different.After several Northern Expeditions, they failed to take advantage of the Khitan people.As a result, the Khitan freed up its hands and attacked Goryeo three times, forcing Goryeo to pay tribute to Khitan and become a vassal.

Yang Lin snorted, took a breath and said, "What do you mean?"

"It's never wrong to change to someone who is more obedient, and he will definitely rely on us when the time comes."

Yang Lin lowered his head, pinched his chin and thought about it.

Outside the square, Li Ziqian walked towards the carriage and tore off the small flag with the word "Li" on the carriage.

The man driving the car was shocked and asked, "Master, why did you tear down our Li family's flag?"

Li Ziqian gave him a slap, slapped him in all manners, and cursed, "From now on, we will be the Yang family, and the master is called Yang Ziqian."

Chapter 6 and Eight

Around the Bianhe River, the manors where the literati, officials, and ministers used to go for outings have all been converted into cultivated land.

When Yang Lin was in charge of this matter, he did a very thorough job, solving the frequent food crisis in Bianliang in one fell swoop.

Now even if the Bianhe River is blocked, the city will not run out of food immediately.

It was late spring, and there were farmers sweating profusely on both sides of the bank, and beside the fields were women and children who came to deliver meals.

The east wind blew gently, and the river surface covered with white waves, bursts of bold and unrestrained songs came from time to time. The fisherman laughed and cast the net into the water. The boatman shook the oar vigorously, and followed Add a few words.

In a big city with more than a million people, there are countless legends and stories worthy of praise even in the market.

Shortly after the renovation of the river course from Chang'an to Bianliang, Yang Lin did not choose to take the waterway.

A few fast horses took the lead, leading the team of tens of thousands of people behind them, and went straight to Jingzhao Mansion.

Passing through counties and counties along the way without entering, they camped on the spot as soon as it got dark, buried pots to cook food, and went straight to Xingyang, the capital of Zhengzhou, just like marching.

Two days later, at sunset, Xingyang officials greeted Yang Lin's guard of honor outside the city gate.

The army was stationed outside, and eight hundred personal guards escorted Yang Lin to the gate of the mansion.

Xingyang is located in Gyeonggi Province, close to Kaifeng and Bianliang, and the officials here are all familiar with Yang Lin.

Even so, the local government still attaches great importance to it. Liu Xinting, the magistrate of Zhengzhou, stands at the front, and behind him are the magistrate of Xingyang, Tongpan, and some Taoist priests of the local Taoist temple.

The inspector of the yamen, the Hebei arrester, led the hundred and ten yamen nervously to maintain order.

As soon as the crimson flag came into view, the welcoming crowd became agitated, and the bureaucrats lifted their robes and walked slowly forward a few steps.The gongs and drums team organized by the local gentry was loud and loud, and the sound of firecrackers was densely connected into one piece, and gunpowder smoke was everywhere for a while.

The personal guards lined up on both sides. Yang Lin was wearing a purple-gold official uniform and an official hat with two wings, and walked over unsteadily.

"Welcome His Royal Highness the King of Yue." "Yang Shaozai worked so hard!" "Infinite Heavenly Venerable, disciples respectfully welcome Patriarch Chiyang!"

After the messy welcome speech, Liu Xinting, who was at the front, smiled and said, "His Royal Highness King Yue has traveled far and hard all the way. The next official Zhengzhou Zhizhou leads the officials and gentry of Zhengzhou Prefecture to welcome the king."

Yang Lin glanced at him. The magistrate of Zhengzhou was very young, with dark skin, and he did not look like an ordinary scholar.

"Liu Zhizhou is young enough to be able to manage such an important place in Zhengzhou, so he can be regarded as young and promising." Yang Lin asked calmly, holding a high position at such a young age, it is very likely that he is a related household.

Liu Xinting thought to himself, how could he compare with you in terms of being young and fast, and replied with a smile, "The lower official is just wrongly valued by the court. Compared with His Highness, it is not worth mentioning. His Highness compared to years ago, There is more dignity."

"Oh? Have you seen me?"

At this time, a middle-aged official behind him leaned forward and said with a smile, "Your Highness, Liu Zhizhou built the city in Yunnei and made four great achievements, so he was promoted by the official department."

It turned out to be his own people, Yang Lin was suspicious, and followed them into the city with a smile.

"We have already set up a banquet in the restaurant in the city to welcome His Highness, please change to a carriage, and then have a chat and drink to your heart's content when we arrive at the place."

When Yang Lin heard this, this was the first stop of his inspection tour. If he set the tone, he would eat, drink and have fun throughout the Song Dynasty.

Not to mention that the meaning of the inspection would be lost in this way, even if time does not allow it, I am afraid that it will not be three or four years later to inspect the entire world like that.

"The banquet will be skipped. I am tired all the way, and now I want to go to Xingyuan to rest. You just bring the official documents that need to be prepared from the Secretary of the General Administration."

When everyone heard it, they looked at each other and had no choice but to say yes.

This is near Bianliang, and the officials are very puzzled, not to say that Yang Shaozai is greedy for money, lustful, romantic, how can he be diligent and honest.

Yang Lin led Lu Qian and other guards, and without changing carriages, rode a horse under the guidance of Mr. Xingyang to the palace of the imperial envoy.

The Xingyuan covers an area of ​​nearly an hectare. It is a local gentry's manor. It is divided into the front yard and the east and west courtyards.

After a while, the official document of Zhengzhou Mansion was brought over, and Yang Lin was flipping through the official document with a small green melon in his hand.

It neatly records the difficulties and solutions encountered after the implementation of the New Deal.

The original labor law of the Song Dynasty was that the common people took turns to serve as servants in prefectures and counties according to households, etc., but the new law changed that the state and county governments paid to hire people to serve as servants.The service fee is extracted from the local tax, and it needs to be clearly written and reported to the imperial court. Official households, monk households, etc. that were originally exempted from service also pay the same money.

In this way, the problem of labor shortage is solved. During the busy farming season, the young and strong who are assigned to the corvee go to the government office to work, and the farmland at home is often left unattended and needs to be rented out. It is very difficult to live this year.

And they go to work, without a penny, what kind of work do they do?It can be said that there are all kinds of things, all the work has to be done, and it is also the biggest reliance for the most leisurely officials of the Song Dynasty.

Ordinary people voluntarily take up "titles" such as Lizheng, household head, and township scribe every year to help them go to the countryside to collect taxes from households; The titles of hand power and casual servants serve the officials of the official brand.

Some are relatively well-known, such as the County Cao Si and Alu in the county-level yamen; the state Cao Si and Kong Mu in the prefecture-level yamen, together with miscellaneous staff at all levels, such as Yu Hou and Cai Po, are too numerous to count. It must be borne by ordinary people, the key is not to give money.

On the contrary, the gentry family does not need corvee. Now the gentry want to continue to be exempted from the service, and they can only pay money.

After paying the money, the local government takes the money and hires people to work as errands.The government servants have changed from temporary workers to regular workers, and they are no longer voluntary, but work with wages. The servants who used to complain to the sky have become popular.

In this way, the rural residents who used to take turns to serve as conscripts returned to their hometowns to work in agriculture, and those households who had enjoyed the privilege of exempting from service had to pay service money. Eat with one bite.

However, the gentry have to pay a part of the service fee. This group of people is not a fuel-efficient lamp, so naturally they don't want to suffer this loss.

In fact, this article is very similar to Wang Anshi's original recruitment law, but it is more thorough, canceling the most harmful service law.

Wang Anshi did not dare to completely cancel it at the beginning, because the financial situation at the time did not allow it, and the court could not afford to support the servants by itself.And you canceled this, so much work in the government office, don't you want the noble officials to do it by themselves.

Wang Anshi did not dare to completely offend all the officials, so although his new law is very advanced, there are compromises everywhere.

Yang Lin is different. First of all, he relied on force to gain power, and he offended the old officials all over the place.you disagree?Yes, either resign and leave, or die.The reason why the gentry in the south of the Yangtze River made troubles repeatedly was that their big cake was touched. The privileges of the heavenly gentry family for a hundred years were smashed by Yang Lin.