The Eye of the Yuan Dynasty

Chapter 49 Jin Chunqiu

Many of the people recruited this time were unemployed or even homeless refugees, because the Baojia system was implemented in the towns and villages of the Kingdom of Jin. Landlords and tenants were managed by Fangzheng and Lizheng, and every household with land had one person to join the regiment training.

It is difficult to recruit people from the outside in the name of Tianshi Mansion, but the tenants are attached to the land, and the limited land cannot bear the infinite expansion of the population, so the hidden population among the tenants is very large.

The cultivated land in the Kingdom of Jin produces an average of 60 kilograms of wheat per mu, and pays 3.6 kilograms to the state. The tax rate is half that of Mencius’ ten-tax one, which is close to twenty-one tax.This is very cost-effective for farmers with land, and there is more room for negotiation between tenants and landlords.

At the same time, it attracted many refugees from the Southern Song Dynasty to open up wasteland and cultivate land for the landlords.

The Southern Song Dynasty implemented a tithe tax, but it was collected in spring and autumn, and the actual annual tax reached 20.00%.Free annexation of land. During Wang Anshi’s political reform in the Northern Song Dynasty, the annual interest rate of government-owned enterprises was more than 20.00%, and that of ordinary people generally exceeded 40.00%. A large number of farmers lost their land because of loans. They can only barely eat, and the tenants are actually no different from slaves.

At this time, the tenants in the Southern Song Dynasty were even more miserable than those in the Northern Song Dynasty.The commodity economy in the Southern Song Dynasty was developed, and with inflation, there were more taxes hidden in the commodities. For example, the market price of salt in the Jin Dynasty was more than 30 Wen per catty, while the market price in the Southern Song Dynasty was as low as 150 Wen per catty, and at the highest it reached 2000 Wen a catty.

In the Song Dynasty, miscellaneous taxes were twice as much as land taxes, and head taxes were three times as much as land taxes.In general, ten times that of the Han Dynasty and five times that of the Tang Dynasty, the people rarely have half a year's grain, the county has no villages, and the villages have no people.

Ruining is a common problem among the rich and powerful, and the agricultural good governance of the Kingdom of Jin was soon ruined in name only by some well-dressed upper-class people.

For example, Jin State salt was smuggled to Song State, oppressing Jin State’s salt price increase; joint monopoly reduced tenant share.In the Southern Song Dynasty, there was also a poll tax, which could be exempted from forced labor after paying the poll tax. The minimum was 600 ren per person per year, and the highest was 30 guan per year. This made childbirth a serious burden for the family.Such a good policy of "benefiting the people", shouldn't Jin Guo officials learn from it?A wave of immunity money.Isn't the gentry of the Kingdom of Jin a black crow?There is no money for war, so it’s not too much for each family to collect some money. All of it will be shared. ), tax transfers, advance loans, etc., when the officials are rich, it is okay. After the Jurchens immigrated to the Central Plains, the population of the three generations has expanded several times, and the expenses are insufficient. How can we not reach out to others?

Occupying the land, naturally there will be countless homeless and landless refugees, begging to sell themselves, rent land and rent houses. The moral high ground.

From the emperor to the aristocrats, the Kingdom of Jin has been learning from Confucianism in the Song Dynasty for decades. Those who are close to Zhu Chi are those who are close to Mo and those who are close to Mo are black. The top-to-bottom comparison is the real situation.

Song Zhenzong's "Encouraging Learning" expresses the emperor's mind, and has become the motivation for all Song Confucians to study: to improve their status, ask for money and beauties.

Who is clean in the poems of high-ranking literati?Hunt for Master Su who "led Huang Qingcang"?I'm afraid there is some misunderstanding of the doorman Gao Lian.It's worth not mentioning Wang Jinggong and other people's thieves.

Don't you see, Zhang Zong's slim body can be compared with Huizong's authentic works. How many people are still training soldiers and not collecting rent to enjoy themselves when Meng'an Mou conquered military households?

Since the end of Yan Liang, the Kingdom of Jin has always followed a peaceful route. Although the four barbarians came to court, they just hid their eating habits.There is no enterprising spirit in terms of culture, system, and technology. The two generations of Sejong and Zhangzong are addicted to wine and beauties, and what they inherit is the family tradition of eating and waiting to die.

With the passage of time, it is inevitable that Wenxiongwutian, armaments will be weakened, black and white will be confused, and the good ability of distinguishing common sense will be lost.

This relatively bad battlefield is most prominent in the rich and prosperous areas at the junction of the Song Dynasty, north of the Huaihe River, and south of Hejianfu.

It doesn't matter if the Southern Song Dynasty is so bad, Jin Guo only needs to be a little weaker than him.You think he is trying to kill you, and he also accuses you of being feudal and traitorous, that you can't learn bad things in seconds, isn't this the ulterior 'conscience' in some people's hearts?

These and other reasons have created a large number of black households for the Kingdom of Jin, and they have also become the main source of soldiers for the Tianshi Mansion. This is an important reason why the Tianshi Mansion was able to form an army in less than ten days.

Naturally, Tianshi Mansion also engages in some speculative business in this chaos. The difference from others lies in its internal distribution and the large number of poor people it absorbs.

The three armies have one man and two horses. Except for bombs, they are all equipped with short shovels. They are both soldiers and engineers.Archers and Raiders are equipped with knives and bows, while stormtroopers are equipped with knives and guns.

The reason why the short shovel is equipped is the experience summed up by the people in Xiakezhai digging holes and building roads.

Only Chen Gong didn't like short shovels, so he brought a long-handled iron hammer instead, which played an irreplaceable role in the march. Once a huge boulder blocked the way on the mountain road, and the horses couldn't pass. Turn into powder.

Each team is equipped with a pair of commanders and knights, and the warlord is responsible for auxiliary work such as culture and logistics, and its powers are similar to political cadres.

The soldiers were first established, and everyone's supplies and equipment were completed, and they set off along the coast to the north on the same day. Three days later, they will meet up with Jindi's army at Zhigu Village and go north to hunt.

Taking advantage of the time of the three armies, the three guards carried out various actual combat exercises.

Everyone in Xiakezhai has actually been on the battlefield. They have a set of drills such as camping, emergency response, marching, obstacles, and night raids. Moment counts.

For example, a river, a fire, and a pile of earth and rocks can cut off the army's way forward. At this time, the importance of the short shovel is revealed.

For example, details such as camping, digging trenches, patrolling, scouting to deliver messages, and marching speed often determine the life and death of an army.

Li Feimeng was very impressed with the scene where the female demon was burned to death. After seeking advice from many sources, he learned that the origin of the fire was probably the fierce kerosene specially used by the army.

For this reason, Li Feimeng specially asked Li Xier to get some fire oil, and conducted several offensive and defensive drills in the army. Similarly, the short shovel played a key role in defense, and only needed to shovel out an oil-free zone on the ground. , the lustful power of the fierce fire oil was blocked.

Chunshuitian went northward through Shanhaiguan, and the guards led by Li Feimeng had to arrive at Zhigu Village one day in advance, waiting for the Jindi's army.

The sea breeze in February in Yangchun was still chilly, and sailboats of all sizes were already coming and going. There was not only the internal trade of Jin, but also the trade with Korea. This was the Bohai Sea trade route.

When the Jin Kingdom was founded, it established a canonized and tribute relationship with Goryeo. The status of Goryeo was more like the hereditary princes of the Jin Kingdom, far less independent than the tribes in the desert.

Although Koryo surrendered to the Kingdom of Jin, the connection with the Northern and Southern Song Dynasty has never been severed. The maritime alliance between Song and Jin to destroy Liao was finally reached by taking a boat from Penglai Ferry to Koryo.After the Northern Song Dynasty lost the north of the Huaihe River, under the background of the peace talks between the Song Dynasty and the Jin Dynasty, the folks of the Southern Song Dynasty openly opened the route from Mingzhou (Ningbo) to Korea.

During this trip to the central capital, Li Feimeng came empty-handed, but returned with four women and a baby: Lin Hongni, Qingwen, Miaowan, Miaoyu, and Zhang Wenhu.

Bai Wushuang, Miaofeng, Miaochun, Miaoqiu, Siqi and other maids all stayed in Zhongdu.

Lin Hongni took care of the female family members, purchasing and other internal affairs in the north, and Qingwen became Lin Hongni's only female assistant. Lin Hongni felt that it was very inconvenient, so he asked Qiu Chuji to help him.

Quanzhen sect and Qinghe Shendan sect are both Chunyang sects. Although they are two sects, they actually have a lot of contacts. This is also the reason why Ma Yu's unique acupuncture technique - Danyang Twelve Needles can become Lin Hongni's collection of books.

Zhang Wenhu was taken care of by Miaowan and Miaoyu. The two women had no children, so they didn't know the truth, so they always loved Zhang Wenhu as their own son.

Miaowan, Miaoyu, Qingwen, and Zhang Wenhu were not allowed to ride horses, so they were divided into two small sedan chairs, and Li Feimeng and Lin Hongni accompanied them on horseback and leopards.

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