Back to the Song Dynasty as a tyrant

Those who only know how to kill cannot win the world.

In fact, Zhao Ning has always been very careful about Wanyan Zongwang.

Wanyan Zongwang is not dead, the peace faction in the court of the Kingdom of Jin must be secretly accumulating strength.

Wanyan Zongwang's lordship and dominance are naturally good for Song Dynasty, but Wanyan Zongwang does not really want to maintain friendly relations with Song Dynasty, he is just waiting for an opportunity.

The second relatively benevolent person in the Kingdom of Jin is Wanyan Zongfu, the deputy marshal of the Right Route Army at this time.

Objectively speaking, Wanyan Zongfu is magnanimous, kind-hearted, honest and generous. He is the third son of Wanyan Aguda and the younger brother of Wanyan Zongwang.

Both of these people are peacemakers.

And Wan Yanchang, who was present at the scene, will also become a peacemaker in the near future.

"Liu Pushe, come and go to Yongjing Junzhou to find this key breach figure, can you?"

Liu Yanzong said: "You can give it a try."

September 28, Daming Mansion.

Zong Ze summoned Yue Fei.

"Pengju, there is news from the front that there are many bandits in the Enzhou and Yizhou areas, seriously disrupting our fortifications. The commander will give you 5000 troops, and you will go north to suppress the bandits."

Yue Fei was a little surprised. His qualifications were still relatively low, but Mr. Zong gave him 5000 troops.

Seeming to see what Yue Fei was thinking, Zong Ze patted Yue Fei on the shoulder and said, "It was the officials who asked you to go north by name."

Yue Fei's heart skipped a beat, and he said hastily, "I will never disgrace my mission."

"You go to Yizhou first and it's very close to Hejian Mansion. The commander received information some time ago that the Jin army is making a big move. You must be careful."

"Yes!"

"One more thing."

"Marshal Zong, please give me instructions."

"In case of emergency, don't take risks."

"Don't worry Zong Shuai!"

Yue Fei led 5000 troops and left Daming Mansion.

On the first day of October, the military reports from the front became more and more dense.

A large number of food transport teams of the Golden Army appeared in Hejian Mansion, Zhongshan Mansion and Taiyuan Mansion.

This news made the court, which had been calm for several months, become violent again.

A small group of peacemakers chewed their tongues among the people, and a group of people stepped up to persuade Zhao Guan's family to move the capital to Chang'an.

Another group of people started to go to the household department to make a scene, saying that there were news from many places that this year's salary was not paid, or that the benefits were gone.

For a while, the impeachment of Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, Mei Zhili's memorial, was like a storm.

Early morning on the second day of October.

Zhao Ning sat on it without speaking, and the atmosphere was a bit depressed.

Li Guang, the transshipment envoy on Jingji Road, came out and said, "Your Majesty, I have something to play."

"Say."

"The summer tax transfer notice for Jingdong East Road and Jingdong East Road has not yet arrived at my minister's place. It is now October. According to the progress of previous years, the taxes for these two roads should have begun to enter Beijing in early September."

As soon as Li Guang said this, the atmosphere in the court became more dignified.

He continued: "From this incident, there are problems. Local officials are overstaffed and act slowly. If they act like this, the logistics are critical. How to ensure front-line operations?"

No one answered, and now everyone knows the resurgence of the war on the northern front.

At this time, taxes on Jingdong East Road (eastern Shandong Province) and Jingdong Dongxi Road (western Shandong Province) could not be dispatched.

You must know that these two roads are the rear of the Eastern Front, and a considerable part of the food and grass for the Eastern Front Line of Defense is dispatched from these two roads.

This year's situation is special, and the tax does not need to be directly transferred to the capital, but at least the Jingji Road Transit Department needs to receive a compilation of relevant documents.

Until now, Li Guang has not received a compilation.

This only illustrates one problem, there is a big problem with the tax dispatching of these two routes, and behind this problem is the problem of low administrative efficiency.

So the question is, is it just these two paths?

Are there any other problems like this?

The batch of money and food that arrived in September was collected from last year. Since April when the Jin army retreated, they have been urged to arrive one after another until September.

This administrative efficiency is really fast!

Li Guang continued: "The local officials are lazy, but the official department has no feedback from the assessment. This is the official department's negligence."

Mo Chou came out and said, "Your Majesty, there is a reason for this."

"what reason?"

"Many officials in various places have not received their salaries and benefits this year, and many officials have complained in their hearts. I believe that the key to this matter lies in the Ministry of Households. The matter is related to the country, and must be investigated."

"The matter of salary is related to the foundation of the country?" Zhao Ning snapped back on the spot.

"Yes, the minister's wording was inappropriate, but the Ministry of Household Affairs has never given an explanation on this matter. The officials are small. The court ordered the officials to share the worries of the emperor. It is their duty to share the worries, but the subordinate staff quit and collected taxes. It’s really still the subordinates who go down to collect it.”

The blame was immediately placed on Hu Bu's head, and all eyes were turned to Mei Zhili.

Mei Zhili suddenly felt unprecedented pressure.

He came out and only said two words: "No money."

When Mo Chou heard this, he exploded on the spot and said, "As the secretary of the household department, you can't simply say that you have no money. Last year's tax can still be collected because last year's salary was paid in the first half of the year. Many places The subordinate officials in the prefectures and villages have not received their salaries for several months, or even half a year, and they have stopped working, so who will collect the taxes from the court!"

Mei Zhili, with two dark circles under his eyes, also exploded on the spot: "Now the frontline wars require a huge amount of investment. When I open my eyes every day, I can't breathe. Scheduling the transportation of food and money by the transshipment departments of various state capitals, and calculating the investment in China (the investment in China and France in exchange for salt imports), all these have to be done, and they have to be calculated over and over again! I can only sleep for two hours a day for the past two months !"

Of course Mo Chou wanted to turn back, but Zhao Ding stood up and said, "Quiet."

Mo Chou still wanted to say more, but because of the appearance of the great minister, the court immediately fell silent.

Zhao Ding said: "Officials, the issue of subordinate staff's salaries does have a great impact. What Mo Chou said is not unreasonable. The Ministry of Households accounts for front-line investment, which is also very important. Now is a very good time. I feel that it can First distribute a batch of salt quotations, and distribute them to subordinate officials in equal amounts, so as to get through this hurdle first."

"Then do it."

After finishing speaking, Zhao Ning got up and left the court.

All kinds of messy things in the Song Dynasty would float around in a gentle form on weekdays.

But once the war comes, resources are urgently dispatched to the front line, and the local area is emptied, and those mild and bad things will erupt immediately.

For example, the problem of subordinate staff in front of me.

In fact, Zhao Ning saw the big drawbacks of the subordinate staff system in the small incident in Zhuxian Town last time, and the reform of the subordinate staff system is also in his plan.

The bloated bureaucratic system is a characteristic of the Song Dynasty.

Now that the war is coming, we can't use a knife on these.

Just wait until this war is over.

As long as we can hold on, the road ahead will become wider and wider.

In October, Li Gang's troop deployment order on Jingdongxilu and Jingdongdonglu had an effect. Jingdongxilu and Jingdongdonglu gathered 10 troops and arrived at Yongjing Army and Cangzhou successively, forming a military defense line in this area.

At the same time, the Yongjing Army and the military city of Cangzhou are also in full swing.

At this time, Yue Fei entered the eastern area of ​​Yizhou.

"Report!" Wang Gui led a hundred cavalrymen and turned back quickly, "We found a small-scale golden army ahead!"

Yue Fei came to suppress the bandits, but he didn't expect to meet Jin Jun so soon.

Chapter 114 Yue Fei's Decision

"how many people?"

Wang Gui said: "About 200 people, all cavalry, wearing leather armor."

200 leather cavalry?

Yue Fei guessed that it must be a spy of Jin Jun.

This place is not far from Hejian Mansion. It is heard that the Jin army has gathered in Hejian Mansion recently, and their target is Cangzhou.

Yue Fei asked again: "Where is Hezhou County ahead?"

"Commander Yue, Hengshui County is ahead."

"Where's Yang Jin, is there any news about Yang Jin?"

"We found out. Yang Jin entered Hengshui County half a month ago, occupied Hengshui, established himself as king, and robbed many people. Now he claims to have an army of [-]."

One hundred thousand troops?

You made me laugh at your grandpa Yue. If you, Yang Jin, had an army of [-], the whole Jizhou would be yours.

Wang Gui said: "Commander Yue, do you think those Jin soldiers are going to see Yang Jin?"

"How do you say that?"

Wang Gui analyzed: "Yang Jin was in May of this year. Taking advantage of the gold thieves retreating to the north and the chaos in Jizhou, he developed a group of troops. Now it is different from the past. Jizhou has been the place of the fourth war. It is impossible for Yang Jin to He still occupies Hengshui, and if he wants to survive, it is the best choice for him to join the Jin army."

"Well, you have a point."

Yue Fei thought to himself, but this Yang Jin might seek refuge with the Jinren.

"Commander Yue, why don't we act first, take Hengshui County, and let the gold thieves snatch it up."

"No, Yang Jin is secondary to Jin Jun scouts."

Yue Fei immediately ordered 300 cavalry, and personally led the team. Under Wang Gui's prompt, he rushed all the way to the place where the Jin army was found.

Not long after, Jin Jun also discovered the whereabouts of Yue Fei's men and horses.

"Report! Xiao Mooke, we found a Song army chasing our army in the southwest direction."

"Oh, how many people?"

"About 300 people."

"Are you sure it's Song Jun?"

"There is no doubt that they are all cavalry."

Xiao Buri laughed loudly and said: "I was about to arrest some Song troops for information, but I didn't expect them to come to my door. In this case, my sons, listen to my orders, and beat this Song army hard. Remember, Their officers must live!"

Everyone drew out their knives and shouted: "Kill!"

I saw them turning their horses' heads and galloping towards the southwest at the prompt of the person just now.

Wang Gui looked at the situation in front of him and shouted at Yue Fei: "Commander Yue, the enemy not only didn't escape, but even came to kill us!"

"I see!" Yue Fei yelled, "Boys, the opposing officer wants to catch him alive!"

Everyone shouted: "Yes!"

Soon, both sides can see each other very clearly.

Yue Fei took the lead, holding an iron gun.

This iron gun is not an ordinary iron gun. Zhao Ning specially ordered someone to make it for him when he was in Tokyo.

And Zhao Ning also gave the iron gun a name: Liquan gun.

It is based on the title in later generations' literary works about Yue Fei. Naturally, there is no such thing as "Liquan gun" in orthodox history.

Different from ordinary spears that rely on stabbing and stabbing to kill the enemy, this iron spear weighs fifty catties. Even if the Iron Buddha is coming, a single shot sweeping across it can still break through the armor.

Not only can it be used as a sharp weapon, but also a blunt weapon that breaks armor.

But seeing the Jin Jun roaring towards him, Yue Fei rushed to the front, stabbing the front Jin Jun's chest with a spear, and directly pierced through.

The tip of the gun was stained red with blood, and due to the huge impact, the golden soldier hung on the gun was thrown into the air.

The Jin Jun let out a cry of pain.

A Jin Jun's knife next to him slashed at Yue Fei's head. Yue Fei pressed his body on the horse's back, and while dodging the knife, he swung his gun violently, throwing the Jin Jun away from the gun with great force, hitting On another Jin Jun's body.

The two fell down at the same time.

Yue Fei's speed was extremely fast, and he turned around and swept his spear towards a golden army in front of him.