The riots spread to Langzhou. Although they were hundreds of miles away from Kuizhou, Meng Chang was really panicked.

In his opinion, both the Song army and the rebel soldiers were rebels and deserved to die.

Therefore, he agreed to Pan Chongche's request and handed him over the command of the army to a limited extent, and the command of the Shu army was Gao Yanqi.

In response, Pan Chongche fully agreed, and only asked for food and grass supply, he led 30,000 people (20,000 Shu soldiers and 10,000 Eight Banners) to march westward in a mighty manner.

After passing Kuizhou, although the Yangtze River is still difficult to move, at least there is no outrageous place like the Three Gorges, and it is still smooth to walk.

Kuizhou, Anzhou, Wanzhou, Zhongzhou, and these Ningjiang Army states still recognize Meng Chang's rule, so there is no need to go there.

Although the speed of walking along the Yangtze River was fast, Pan Chongche was unwilling to go because this was the way to Chengdu. At this time, going to Chengdu would not be facing the Song army and the entire Shixiong. The two armies combined had 20,000 people.

Therefore, Pan Chongche planned to go north to Kaizhou, then go to Tongzhou, then go to Zhaowu Town, Bazhou, and then go to Baoning Town, Langzhou.

These states belong to the Dongchuan area, with stable areas. The Song army was young, and half of them were former officials of Shu who surrendered to the Song army. It can be said that they surrendered to the wind.

Meng Chang was actually depressed, so he really couldn't imagine how many surrenders.

If we don’t say much about it, anyway, these prefectures and counties surrendered to him, just like surrendering to the Song army. If they change their flags, the Shu Kingdom will come back.

...

But he said that since sending troops to Kuizhou, Li Jia has not managed much because he is too busy to do it.

His suffocation is no longer enough to show his condition.

A country surrendered.

How to receive it?

First of all, all the troops must be incorporated. Not to mention anything else, both young and old, because if these people are disbanded, it will be a disaster. Li Jia doesn't want to let Jiangxi and Jiangnan be scattered anymore.

The Li family and his son have already caused enough disasters.

Again, it is to accept the treasury.

Is the Southern Tang rich? Yes, yes, the Southern Tang was indeed rich a few years ago, but compared to when the founding of the country, the Southern Tang was already much corrupted at this time.

Not to mention anything else, Li Jing, who sent troops to occupy Hunan, but because of his embezzlement of food and wages, and his military discipline was chaotic, he lost the hearts of the people and ended up having nothing to gain.

Besides, he sent troops south to capture Fujian, but the army was defeated by Wu and Yue, Fuzhou was occupied, and the wealthy Zhang and Quanzhou were occupied by Liu Congxiao, and only a few barren prefectures were obtained, near Wuyi Mountain.

Moreover, he instigated the Five Ghosts, Chen Jue, Feng Yanyi, Feng Yanlu, Cha Wenhui, Wei Cen and other five people who were called the Five Ghosts. Although they were all-round and verse, they were greedy and incompetent in governing the country. They were defeated by them.

There are many vicious corrupt officials in the court, such as Liu Yanzhen.

When he was in Shouzhou, he flooded the land in the name of building water conservancy, and then asked the tax collector to force the people to pay money. The people had no money to pay and could only sell land. Liu Yanzhen made a lot of money.

As the emperor, Li Jing was also using everything he wanted to plunder money and grain. After all, the annual tribute and the amount of money to buy 300,000 stone of salt was a lot.

Li Jing ordered the collection of cattle raised by the people, especially in Jiangxi.

The common people cannot farm without cattle, and they will starve to death. People from all over the country have no way to complain and cry. Xu Xuan couldn't bear to see it anymore and asked Li Jing to leave a way for the people to live.

Li Jing said: "I raise hundreds of thousands of soldiers and don't let the people pay for food. What should I use to let the border troops guard the border?"

Is there anything more than that? There is indeed.

During the Guo Wei period, the people of Huainan were in poverty and had no food to eat. Guo Wei issued an edict to allow the people of Huainan to cross the river to trade food.

This was originally a good opportunity for Li Jing to win the hearts of the people, but Li Jing sent troops to take away all the traded food and act as military rations.

How poor was the Southern Tang Dynasty? In exaggerated words, it was just a little better than the poor Northern Han Dynasty.

Is there anything too much? There is really.

Originally, when the fourteen prefectures in Huainan were in the country, the court followed the rules and the people exchanged silk for salt. It was originally considered a good policy. After all, exchange of money requires exchange, and it is very convenient to trade directly. However, after losing Huainan, the salt was gone, but the silk was still accepted.

This is the same as the Zhuwen period when the cow was repaid in installments for the people, but the cow died. Decades have passed, and the money is still collected.

Some, forcibly doing business.

For example, when "doing business" with Shi, a wealthy merchant in Jinling, Li Yu was so happy that he got 100,000 silk.

The formal operation is to collect taxes from the people under various names. The fastest Chinese ^

Those who trade these items must pay for wine, chickens, ducks, geese, even lotus roots, snails, clams, fish and shrimps that are necessary for ordinary people to live.

What’s even more ridiculous is that the chickens at ordinary people have laid double yolk eggs, and the willow trees planted at home have catkins, so they have to pay for them.

It can be said that you can dig three feet into the ground and use everything you can do.

You said, if the court is there, how can the people still be rich?

Li Jia was completely shocked by the finances of Nan Tang.

In terms of bankruptcy, it is no longer an exaggeration.

Once he earned seven million tins a year, but now he earned three million tins a year. He also contributed one million to the Central Plains every year. The remaining two million tins not only need to support soldiers but also the emperor.

It doesn’t matter to officials, it’s enough to distribute food. The Southern Tang Dynasty did not lack food.

Where can the remaining money come from? I can only exploit the people.

According to Li Xin, after he went to Jinling, the first person who welcomed him was those helpless merchants, who were of course not afraid of those with backgrounds.

Even Li Yu was still deciding whether to cast iron coins.

The fiscal deficit is serious. Li Jia estimated that if the military salary and official salary were added this year, he would have to pay two million chunks of money.

After all, there is no tribute money, and there is no need to buy salt, which saves a lot.

Li Jia has always heard of the wealth of the Southern Tang Dynasty, but she did not expect that she had finally won the battle and even had to pay back.

"Li Jing is really a loser!" Li Jia sighed deeply. Fortunately, she accepted it in time, otherwise in a few years, the entire Jiangnan would be ruined.

No wonder the Southern Tang Dynasty was the last to be destroyed. Not only was it strong, but Zhao Kuangyin was not stupid. He used the wealth of Shu and Southern Han to accumulate more than ten years before he destroyed the Southern Tang Dynasty in one fell swoop.

"Your Majesty, please see--" The Political Affairs Hall is also busy accepting matters, belonging to the territory, appointment of prefectures and counties, and other major issues also need to be planned one by one.

I saw Sun Zhao, who was in charge of the Transportation Office, come over.

Li Jia looked at it and found that this was the military farming system of the Southern Tang Dynasty, and his brows frowned instantly.

The literal meaning of the military farm here is to garrison wasteland and let the army cultivate it. However, the Southern Tang Dynasty was corvee service, which allowed the people to cultivate it for nothing and then let the people cultivate it for nothing.

It is commonly known as Mintun.

This kind of corvee service is the most deadly, because the farming land is only a little time, and if you miss it, it will be gone. If you farm for the court, it will be difficult for your own family. If the minor official makes a difficult situation, the family will be destroyed.

"The harsh government is more powerful than the tiger!" Li Jia sighed.

"Your Majesty, you can start to farm the country first!" Sun Zhao looked at the problem and narrowed his eyes and said with a smile: "Your Majesty will stop all!"
Chapter completed!