choke element

Chapter 767

"A mousetrap?"

Originally all energy was focused on how to win Kaifeng, but suddenly a change occurred, who can be happy?Hearing these words, the generals wanted to refute at first, but when they saw Guo Ning's expression, they suddenly thought of the reason, and felt a little resentful.

Since the rise of the Ding Navy, it has always used force to smash all problems, not to mention the Song people who are known to be weak, even if the king of heaven and Lao Tzu come, they have to eat a piece of iron bone first.At this time, according to the usual thinking of the generals, whoever dares to snatch food in front of Ding Haijun, it is only natural to break it with force.

This is not the first time that the Song people sent troops to steal chickens and dogs in front of their strong neighbors, and it is not the first time that the Dajin Kingdom has smashed the Song people because of this.

Before and after the founding of Dajin, Song and Jin signed a maritime alliance to destroy Khitan together.As a result, the Song army fought back and forth, using [-] troops, but they couldn't help the remaining Liao army. Instead, they fought and failed repeatedly, all relying on the blood and sweat of the Jurchens.After the settlement of Yanjing between the two families was completed, the people of the Song Dynasty repeatedly made troubles by relying on their lips, and finally provoked the arrogance of the Jurchens, and went south in one breath, taking half of the people of the Song Dynasty.

This is the story of the founding of Dajin. Many people know it, and because of this, they have become more and more contemptuous of the Song people, and the same is true for the generals in the Ding Navy.Under this common understanding, when the Song people blocked the maritime grain trade earlier, someone proposed to weigh the weight of the Song army, and let them know the might of the navy.

But whether it is contempt or the eagerness of the generals to try, Guo Zhongyuan is right, the establishment of the naval regime is indeed a slap in the face.

They voted for the poor mouse of the Kaifeng court, and the taboo was not to ruin this delicate but fragile instrument of the Song Dynasty.

In recent years, the trade between the Song Dynasty and the Jin Dynasty has become more and more prosperous, especially the one that is smuggled at sea, and its scale has been ten times that of the legal trade on the surface.Previously, maritime trade was supported in the north, but in the south, it could not escape the suppression of the shipping department and naval forces in various places.

But since the second half of last year, as more and more Song people benefited from maritime trade, many related institutions in Song State began to turn a blind eye, so many maritime merchants and private ports gradually established The trend from dark to bright, even everyone's expectations for the future are very optimistic.

The benefit of this piece, the one that belongs to Song State, was carefully distributed by Li Yunzai to all relevant people on the entire line.From the small officials of the Municipal Shipping Department, the boatmen and sailors of the coastal navy, to the senior officials who enter and leave the prime minister's mansion, everyone has benefits. Shi Miyuan changed course.

However, the impact of commercial exchanges on the Jin State is no less than that on the Song State.

Although Guo Ning's Dinghai regime made profits by exporting horses and special products from the North, the Central Plains and the North also needed food, medicine and other materials produced by Song Dynasty.

The inflow of millions of shi from the Song Dynasty every year has brought local stability. After the war with Mongolia came to an end last year, at least 10 people in the central capital will not starve to death; Into the armament of the navy.

In addition, the high-ranking officials in the regime, as well as the top and middle ranks of the military, will benefit greatly.

When Guo Ning first raised his army, he was surrounded by only a hundred defeated soldiers. What people thought was nothing but struggling to survive in this world.But since its rise, Guo Ning's power has continued to grow, and the minds of his subordinates have long since changed from seeking survival to winning glory and wealth.

This is human nature, inevitable, and absolutely unstoppable.

Although Guo Ning's own family is not extravagant, it cannot prevent his subordinates from seeking wealth or enjoyment.

On the other hand, Guo Ning's military household system has been implemented so far, and many people at the bottom have benefited; more children of the common people are willing to join the army because they are interested in the military households' hundred acres of land and the benefits of the shaded households' output.However, at the beginning of the establishment of this system, it strives to be roughly equal, which limits the benefits that generals and schools can obtain on the land.

No matter how high your status is, you can only rely on military merits to get more fields, at most two or three hundred acres; but the number of shade households will not increase any more, and there is nowhere to exploit them if you want to.

It will be even more troublesome for anyone who is brave enough to attack the fields and shaded households of his subordinates.

Every sergeant is a small landlord with his own arms, so he may not be willing to be bullied; and because of the existence of the military academy, there are various connections between the grassroots soldiers of each department.When Ding Haijun first took control of Deng, Lai, and Ninghai states, there were military officers who worked hard on it, but the matter was revealed, and Guo Ning killed them all.

Since this road is blocked, and people's hearts seek wealth and honor, what should we do?Guo Ning has to open another way for his subordinates, otherwise, sooner or later, his subordinates will be alienated.

Therefore, in the past two years, the benefits that Guo Ning has given to middle-level and high-level generals and schools, in addition to political bonuses and salaries, a key item is the right to buy shares in government-run maritime caravans, that is, the right to travel to Shanghai.

The firm held hundreds of ocean-going ships as its capital stock, and it was able to move freely between the ports of Jin, Korea, and Song, earning extremely lucrative profits.

After Guo Ning proposed to divide this interest, many people immediately rejoiced and praised Zhou Guogong's generosity.

Not to mention others, Guo Zhongyuan, who was born as a homeless peddler, had a more active brain than ordinary people, and invested all the salary he had saved for a long time in the Shanghai trip early in the morning.

In the past two months, the account reported by Shanghai Bank to Guo Zhongyuan is that he can earn money and food equivalent to one hundred Guanwen per month. Considering that this number is still growing continuously, and the ships used for sea trade are also constantly being built, the whole world There are at least two thousand guan in the year, and [-] guan is not beyond expectation.

You know, not everyone is like Jia She and Jia Sidao and his son, holding gold and silver in their hands every day.Guo Zhongyuan became one of the few important generals in the Ding Navy, and the official worship was from the third-rank envoy. According to the rules of Dajin, his annual salary is no more than sixty guanshi for millet, ten shi for each of bent rice and wheat, and each for silk. 25 horses, 120 taels of cotton.

This income is ten times higher than his salary, why not make people overjoyed?
With the money, Guo Zhong did not spend it on his own life, but on a monthly basis to help many old troops who had fought under his command and later retired due to injuries and illnesses. part of the means.

The other one who took all the assets to invest in Shanghai Bank was Monk Luo.After he got the bonus, he built a big monastery in Yidu. The monks in the monastery recited Buddhist scriptures, but they could drink wine and eat meat.

Of course, his vision is not as good as Guo Zhongyuan and others, so there are quite a few officers who cling to their salaries, but generally speaking, almost all high-level generals benefit from the maritime trade, and once they benefit, it is several times the benefits of their salaries.

Half of the middle-level governors and generals invested their shares in the sea, and they also got rich because of it.

This has created a situation, that is, the generals of the Ding Navy can treat the Song State as an enemy in terms of military affairs; but in terms of daily hair growth and actual personal and family benefits, they and many officials of the Song State , are actually deeply bound in one place.

If in the early years of the founding of Dajin, the Jurchen military aristocrats were barbarians who drank blood, and the only way they could think of to gain benefits was to kill and plunder on the battlefield, then naturally they would kill and plunder without any scruples.

But Guo Ning's regime is not the regime of the Jurchens.To some extent, Dinghai was a regime that relied on trade from the beginning.Their military advantages come from economic advantages, and even some military operations are simply to ensure or seize economic advantages.

Therefore, even if the Song Dynasty blocked maritime trade last year, the Ding Navy's response strategy was not force.Because everyone knows that if the two families fight, the maritime trade will be affected, and the interests of countless people inside the two families will be lost.

Under such circumstances, the Song people's attempt to balance the situation in the north by relying on the economy cannot be said to have failed completely.

At this moment, they are coming with their troops. If they take the initiative to turn their backs, it’s okay, the generals will definitely return them with swords and kill them with blood; Be careful, lest the Song army suffer any additional damage, which will affect the diplomatic relations between the two countries.

That being the case, if the Song army plots to open Feng, how can our side stop it?If Kaifeng intends to use the power of Song people to seek self-protection, wouldn't it be a trick for its own side?
"Send an envoy to ask the Song people what their plan is." Someone suggested.

Before the words fell, the sound of horseshoes outside was heard again.

This time it was a messenger who came: "Report to Duke Zhou that Mr. Jin Qing has arrived. Accompanying him is the envoy of the Song Kingdom in the Southern Dynasty, Wai Lang Xuanzang, a merit tester... He brought a letter written by Shi Miyuan, the Right Prime Minister of the Song Kingdom."

(End of this chapter)