Chapter 453 Three Things

Wang Yan, who was strolling in Yanfu Palace, listened to the report from the men sent by Liang Wu to help Zhao Ji move. He waved his hand and said, "Okay, I understand. But some calligraphy and painting ancient books and rare treasures, just take them away. You Take someone to Yuxiang Tower and pick up Master Li."

"Yes." The soldier accepted the order, turned around and trotted away.

Zhao Ji has a lot of good things. This time when he moved, he seriously took many of his cherished things, including calligraphy, paintings, antiques and so on. In terms of money, he didn't dare to use his internal funds, so he pulled several carts of rare treasures donated by various places over the years. If he ran out of money, he would be starving if he just threw away any of them.

To be honest, this can be regarded as a test to see how much Wang Yan, a good son-in-law, can tolerate him. To put it bluntly, he is still uneasy, fearing that he will be given a glass of royal wine or a three-foot white silk ribbon to send him away. Moreover, Wang Yan did not say anything before that he could and could not take. Now that he has left a long convoy, if Wang Yan is unhappy, then he will go back in the worst case. This old boy just has a little bit of cleverness...

Of course, Wang Yan was too lazy to pay attention to Zhao Ji. He didn't care about those things. He was sitting on the throne, and as long as he wanted, there would be many good things sent to him. Sima smashing the vat said it well, what is good at the top will be worse at the bottom. Zhao Ji was famous for his calligraphy, paintings, antiques and rare treasures. Many of his items were collected by Cai Jing, Wang Fu and others, or people from the football team, who plundered them everywhere and provided them to the emperor. With the conduct of those people, they must have left a lot of things for them to enjoy and copy. It was just a matter of copying a house, so it was no big deal.

That is to say, the fool Zhao Ji holds the carefully selected things given to him as if they are treasures. Of course, those are indeed treasures, but treasures also have prices. After all, 'priceless treasure' is just an adjective, and it describes extremely expensive things.

Compared with what Zhao Ji took away, the Yanfu Palace where he is now and the Long Live Mountain are Zhao Ji's wealth. Although this wealth is proof of prodigality, if the war does not affect Bianjing, then it will be preserved for thousands of years, firstly, it can be regarded as a material cultural heritage, and secondly, it will leave a ready-made scene for Zhao Ji's extravagance.

Zhao Ji has an aesthetic sense, and today’s craftsmen are also capable of it. Yanfu Palace was a place that Zhao Ji expanded for himself and his concubines to have fun. He spent a lot of time here and slept here every day. There are many halls, terraces, pavilions and pavilions with elegant and poetic names, all of which were built by Zhao Ji. There are so many such as Yiqing, Chengping, Baoqiong, Chunjin, Fanying, Qionghua, etc. When it comes to enjoyment, as an artist, Zhao Ji's aesthetics and style are all there, and he is among the best among emperors. The main reason is that the Song Dynasty is indeed rich and can support it.

Accompanied by the eunuch, we walked around slowly and saw everything new. Yes, this place was the harem, and it was his first time to wander in.

As for the eunuchs and maids, he has not yet dealt with them. Zhao Ji took away a few that were comfortable to use. The rest had been chopped off by Liang Wu because of the commotion in the palace. The remaining eunuchs and maids were all very honest and performed their duties, making the palace run smoothly again.

Finally, after wandering around for a while, Master Li was picked up in a sedan chair.

As soon as the sedan curtain was lifted, Li Shishi stuck her head out and looked at the man not far away who was smiling at her with his hands behind his back, still a little unbelievable.

A man who was so bold and had stolen her love for ten years, from when she was in her twenties until she was now over thirty, that she had been thinking about her day and night, actually rebelled, and actually succeeded.

"What? I don't know you anymore?"

Master Li smiled sweetly, raised his legs and walked along the bar pressed down by the soldiers to walk to his good lover: "What should I call my slave family? Should I call them officials, officials, or emperors?"

"The officialdom is not good, so I decided to abolish it." Wang Yan smiled and raised his arms to embrace the more charming beauty, whispering in her ear.

With a laugh, Wang Yan took Master Li and slowly walked around Yanfu Palace to enjoy the scenery.

Although Li Shishi has been with Zhao Ji for many years, this is her first time coming to this harem. In this most beautiful scenery in the world, everything she sees is new.

In fact, Zhao Ji didn't visit Li Shishi very much since five years ago. Later, when he felt the danger, he stopped going even more. Not to mention looking for a woman, Zhao Ji didn't even go to his favorite activities of traveling around Bianjing in disguise, watching the prosperous city, and being narcissistic about the great country.

However, although Master Li fell out of favor, it had no impact on her status. Although she was a brothel girl, she was raised by the emperor and no one dared to provoke her. On the other hand, she relied on the culture of a talented woman to establish herself. Even though she is older now and cannot compare with the newly-minted courtesans, her status is still there.

As for beauty, although normally you can become a grandmother at the age of thirty, your beauty will not fade with old age. Just like what happened later, with proper maintenance, a woman in her thirties does not look much different from a woman in her twenties. On the contrary, she has a more mature charm.

Master Li doesn't do heavy work, but he also takes the body-building pills given by Wang Yan, and uses the skin care and cosmetics sold by Wang Yan. He takes good care of himself and looks good. Seriously speaking, now this is what Mr. Wang said. I can't say that I have a preference. I just think that the mature charm is more attractive.

"Like it?"

"It's okay. Jiangnan gardens are rare here. It's very pleasing to have such a large area in the palace."

"Will my father-in-law enjoy it?" Wang Yan looked at her with a smile: "You can live here from now on."

Li Shishi suddenly raised her head and opened her mouth to speak, but was interrupted by Wang Yan, who waved his hand: "It's no big deal to be a prostitute. It doesn't matter if she can't have children. I have eight children now, and I will have nine soon. You can have one. I'm not Zhao Ji, and I don't have so many rules, and I'm not afraid of what people say. This is settled."

After saying that, what else can Li Shishi say? Of course, she accepted it with emotion.

The two of them strolled around and had dinner in an elegant hall that was newly cleaned up by eunuchs and palace maids in Yanfu Palace. It's no longer sneaking around in the second half of the night, but acting openly before dark. There is no more suppressed low moaning under the quilt, but singing loudly instead.

Comfortable...

There are no secrets in the palace, and the original eunuchs and palace maids are still in use. Although the guards in the palace have been replaced, there are always channels for sending news. For example, small carrier pigeons, such as stewards who go out to buy, and such as inquiries from officials on duty in the palace.

So when Wang Daguan had just pacified the disturbance in Bianjing and confirmed the throne with the officials, he brought the woman his father-in-law kept outside into the palace, which showed his potential as a tyrant. Perhaps it was the great joy of success that most people thought Wang Yan was arrogant.

Wang Yan didn't care what others thought, he just wanted to make himself comfortable.

After the palace ban and the city gates were released, these officials sent letters out one by one, and people kept running away at the gates in the east, west, south and north. He knew all these things, but he was just too lazy to care. His actions were in the north. After another two months, Wang Mingan led people to sweep Hebei. At that time, he had Shandong and Hebei in his hands, and Liaodong had a well-run plate, so it didn't work no matter how he tried.

Besides, the sovereignty of the country has not been obtained yet, so even if he wants to be diligent in governing, he has nowhere to show it, so naturally being happy is important.

Of course, being happy is happy, but you have to do something. While waiting for feedback from the local government, you can't really be idle.

The next day, he directly ordered to investigate Tong Guan, Liang Shicheng, Li Yan and other eunuchs, as well as a series of corrupt officials under Zhao Ji, such as Wang Fu, and those who were originally from the royal family of Zhao Song. These people were all Zhao Ji's confidants. As the saying goes, a new emperor appoints new ministers, so it is natural to take down such a group of people. Moreover, these people are rich, and the land around Bianjing can add up to more than 100,000 acres. And Zhao Ji's famous calligraphy and paintings, antiques from past dynasties, and gold and silver jewelry can directly make a fortune.

But correspondingly, a large number of people will be implicated, resulting in a large range of vacancies in official positions, and other officials will be panicked. This is a good thing. The panic of other officials can make them work more seriously. As for vacancies in official positions, it is not a problem. There are not many other things in Bianjing, and there are many officials who have nothing to do and are waiting for the assignment of work. They are all happy to take office, work diligently, and try to satisfy the new boss, so as to get promoted and shine in a higher position.

These are all episodes, and the theme is still the attitude of the local government. As time went by and the news spread, Jingji Road, Jingxibei Road, Huainan East Road around Bianjing, and Hebei East Road and Hexi Road, where Wang Mingan had not yet arrived, began to submit their loyalty and praise the new emperor.

They had no choice, they were too close. If they said they would not obey, Bianjing would have 100,000 soldiers. Among them were the most elite, the Fubei Army, which was the strongest in the world and could come and go freely in the rear of Xixia and destroyed Xixia. If they said they would not obey today, the army would come and kill them in less than two days.

They had troops, tens of thousands of local imperial guards, tens of thousands of wing troops, and the local soldiers could also be organized. But not to mention the supplies, even if they had endless supplies, the Fubei Army would be easy to come over and would not be their opponent at all.

In this case, how could they dare not obey.

As for places farther away, it would take time.

It was also at this time that his family arrived. They were escorted by a 1,000-man army. If the logistics personnel were included, the team would be even larger, with more than 2,000 people. In addition, Yupan's physical condition was inconvenient, and the distance she could walk every day was not long. It took more than 20 days to reach Bianjing.

When they arrived in Bianjing and moved all the way to the palace, they found that something was wrong. After asking, they learned that their husband had successfully rebelled. Zhao Yupan was frightened at the time, her mind was blank, and she didn't know anything. She just went to the palace and saw Wang Yan.

She was indeed frightened, but Wang Yan comforted her and she was fine. Yupan's fright was mainly due to the bloody killings of the change of imperial power that everyone knew, and what fate she, a princess of the previous dynasty, would have and how to deal with it. After seeing her biological father who was writing and painting in Yu Taiqing Tower, and returning to Prince Duan's Mansion to see her biological mother and other brothers and sisters, she settled down. As for the relatives of other clans who were wanted and confiscated, and the younger brothers born to other concubines, it was none of her business. They have no feelings at all, so how can they care about other people's lives? As long as their own family is well, it's fine.

As for Jinlian and Sanniang, they didn't have so many thoughts. They were just excited. They didn't expect that their men would suddenly rebel and become emperors. Jinlian didn't talk about Wangjiazhuang anymore. She took Sanniang with her, and let the palace maids and eunuchs lead them to wander around inside and outside the palace, looking at this and touching that, and they were very happy.

The children were easier to talk about. Except for a few sensible children who were already in their teens and had some messy ideas, the others were still ignorant and just wanted to go upstairs and ask their father if he died and they could become emperor. They were beaten up by Sanniang and Jinlian.

Of course, the three women also met Li Shishi. This was the first time they knew that Wang Yan had such a thing. They had nothing to say about Wang Yan's intention to let Li Shishi enter the house. As for the identity of being born in a brothel, Wang Yan, a man, didn't care, so why did they have to talk too much. And on the other hand, even if Wang Yan didn't become emperor, with his status and position, only three women would be enough, not to mention that he is now the emperor. If he wanted to, he could directly issue an order to select concubines, and they had no place to say.

Therefore, the harem was considered stable, and other distant areas finally responded. His idea of ​​peacefully taking over the local areas and then seeking reforms was half unsuccessful.

Because all the northern regions recognized Wang Yan's throne, including the Western Army, although the commander did not return, they all sent people to wait for instructions at a speed of 800 miles. If the Western Army does not rebel, then Shaanxi, Gansu and other places will not rebel. Because the Western Army is outside, these places are inside, and Bianjing is behind them. Once they do not recognize Wang Yan's throne, they will have no way to survive and no soil for rebellion.

The south is different. The mountains are high and the roads are long. They can't hit them for a while, so basically a large area of ​​the south is not convinced. These people include local officials, local imperial guards, local gentry, and of course farmers. They are concentrated in the five regions of Huainan West Road, Jiangnan East Road, Jiangnan West Road, Liangzhe Road, and Fujian Road. According to the map, these five roads belong to the southeast region, which basically represents the entire south.

Because the development of the south was insufficient at this time, it was developed in the 150 years after the Song Dynasty moved south and established its capital in Lin'an. Now the five roads are the fertile areas in the south, and the population is also greater in these places.

Wang Yan had thought about this situation. After all, he studied this matter all day long. He was thoughtful and comprehensive. There was nothing he could not accept, so of course he had a coping strategy.

It was very simple. Since the main areas in the south had already rebelled, he was not afraid of more people rebelling, so his reform started directly.

First, recognize Confucius' historical status and abolish the title of Duke of Yansheng. At the same time, thoroughly investigate the illegal activities of the Kong family and punish them severely. Obviously, the purpose of this was to strike Confucianism.

The Song Dynasty had nurtured scholars for more than a hundred years, and the power of Confucianism was too great. Although now it seems that the style has been robbed by Zhao Ji and those big traitors, the current gentry group is not bad. Otherwise, Zhao Ji would not have been scared back to the palace to be honest when he toured the world before.

And on the other hand, he wanted to reform education, the selection of officials, and to raise the status of the military. No matter which one, it involves the foundation of the current civil servants, and they will not sit idly by. There will be actions in the future, so they just do it together.

Second, nationalize the land, remeasure the land, and redefine the agricultural tax. The previously announced 15% tax rate was retained, but a restriction of less than 20 mu was added. Of course, the tax rate is different for households above 20 mu. It rises in steps according to the number of mu of land, and the highest is half.

20 mu, not many people can reach this number. The Song Dynasty did not suppress land annexation, so whether it was active or passive, it was natural for land resources to be concentrated in the hands of a few people. In fact, for households with more than 20 mu, he set the tax rate to be less than 40 mu, and the part above 20 mu was 10% tax rate. This number is actually very suitable at this time. After all, when he first came, Wangjiazhuang paid him 10% tax, and he was already a well-known good man in the surrounding area.

In fact, even after a thousand years, his tax rate was low, of course, this is simply based on numbers. Because although the national average tax rate was 15.5% later, on the one hand, the land yield was high, and on the other hand, the state vigorously supported agriculture, with policy support of reductions and exemptions and subsidies. There were so many policies on the surface, but the actual payment was 2, 3, 4 or 5%, which is far from comparable.

The one he set was not without loopholes, because it was based on households. Since the landlords support so many people, the simplest way is to transfer the land to the tenants without land in the family, so as to dilute the high-level tax. But he is not without restrictions, that is, the land is only calculated by household, no matter what private agreement is made, only the household head is recognized, and no other private agreement is recognized. If there are really people who take advantage of this loophole and feel that they have great influence and are confident that they can control others, Wang Yan will teach them a lesson and kill a few of them.

Third, redefine the business tax, collect it according to the revenue ladder, and increase the tax rate a lot compared to the original, and collect it quarterly. Under the current conditions, of course, there is no way to check the account books, and there must be tax evasion. That's not a big problem. After all, the scale of those merchants is there, and they are used to collecting it. They always know the general situation, and there are also activities to check the account books from time to time. If you want to deal with them, there are ways. Killing a few people for no reason can still be a good deterrent to other people who are lucky.

Moreover, most of those who evade taxes are large businesses. The tax rate of small workshops is not very high, so there is no need to take that risk. In this way, although there are still many left, they are also limited. There are difficulties, but they are definitely not that great.

After these three things, the whole world will rebel. Other things such as official system reform, military system reform, currency reform, etc., are not worth mentioning in comparison with these three things.

So after these three things were announced to the world, naturally, there were some troubles in various parts of the north, and the south laughed wildly.

In the Liaodong region, Liao and Jin were not blind or deaf, and the internal affairs of the Song Dynasty had been passed on. Moreover, Wudewei and the Northern Army of the Song Dynasty had joined forces before, and later Wang Yan issued an imperial edict to officially recognize the "treasure money" that was originally circulated in the northern region as the designated currency. Even if they were stupid, they knew that Wang Yan was behind it. Now the Song Dynasty and Lu Zhishen's tribe have become one. And now the territory of the Song Dynasty is so messy, this is certainly an opportunity.

Wang Yan has received news that Liao and Jin are about to unite.

To be honest, he doesn't care about the Liao-Jin alliance. There are only two reasons why Liao and Jin still exist now. One is that there are not enough talents to govern, and the other is that the stall is too big and it is easy to indigestion if it is swallowed in one bite. It has never been that the strength is insufficient and can't beat them.

So the Liao-Jin alliance is just that...

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