Wang Yinglin and others did not know that the young emperor had so many thoughts just because of the early winter time. They just thought that he was worried about the livelihood of the people and was worried. They all came forward to comfort him and said that although there was a slight failure this year, it would not affect people's livelihood. Moreover, most of the autumn taxes this year have been put into storage, which has increased by 20% compared to last year. As the tax reduction and exemption areas gradually expire, the fiscal revenue will become better and better next year.

Their words were like talking to Zhao Bing, and they were not worried about the same thing at all. But he couldn't explain them. He could not say that he had summarized the laws of the rise and fall of dynasties in history, and they were all caused by God. Otherwise, these people would have advised him and talked about the benevolence of the king. Political clarity is the foundation of the rise and fall of the country.

So Zhao Bing didn't say much. Seeing that the old people were not young, it was at least a sin to freeze again in the cold weather. So he asked the little yellow gate to light a brazier in the cabin. After a while, the fire burned strongly, dispelling the cold and dampness in the cabin, making people feel much more comfortable. Later, someone sent hot tea, and after a few sips, his body became much warmer.

"Your Majesty, I have cleaned up the palace in the city. Please move it to the palace so that I can serve you sooner or later!" Liu Chenweng said with a tribute.

"No need, I will alarm many people as soon as I move. It's too disturbing to the public!" Zhao Bing shook his head and said.

He knew that after the southward transition, Emperor Gaozong Zhao Gou had stationed in Jiankang. He wanted to build the capital here and changed Jiangning Prefecture to Jiankang Prefecture as the capital to build a palace. However, the Jin army crossed the Yangtze River and scared him to flee to the sea. Later, he stayed in Hangzhou, and later changed Jiankang to Liudu and the palace to the palace. If he went ashore, the escorts would follow him and mobilize a large number of guards to enter the city to guard the city. The city would also be remediated, causing chaos.

"Your Majesty, it's rare to reach Jiankang. The elderly in the city, the gentry and the people all looked forward to it, wanting to see the dragon face!" Liu Chenweng advised again.

"Is that true?" Zhao Bing laughed jokingly after hearing this.

"This... the whole family in Jiankang Mansion is indeed sincere!" Such official words are actually less true. This makes Liu Chenweng very embarrassed. Fortunately, he reacts quickly and says with a smirk.

"Master Liu, don't be polite anymore. Your Majesty is worried about harassing the people. He went all the way because he was in danger on the way. He spent a few days in Panheng in Chizhou, and the rest of the prefectures had not landed. It was not because of other intentions." Wang Yinglin was worried that he would have thoughts and explained from the side.

"That's why the fleet passed by Ezhou and stayed for a while because of the reason I was carrying me." Xie Fangde also said to the point.

"I am also anxious when I heard that Your Majesty was in danger. Fortunately, I was shocked and fortunately I was shocked and it was a blessing!" Although Wang Yinglin's statement was obscure, the news in the officialdom was not slow, especially as the chief officer who managed more than ten prefectures in Jiangdong, Liu Chenweng also knew the whole story of the matter and bowed to the emperor.

"The local area is unstable, and people's hearts are not as good as ever. Some people are dissatisfied with Your Majesty's new policy and take risks. It is really a death-seeking act!" Xie Fangde was also a senior official in the court who was in charge of the country. His rank was not inferior to Liu Chenweng, and he spoke bluntly.

"Mr. Dieshan's words are very true. The gentry in Jiangdong and the Mongol Yuan had too much trouble in the past. Some people were worried that Your Majesty would settle old accounts and took the opportunity to make trouble. But most of the gentry still wanted to the court and supported Your Majesty." Liu Chenweng nodded and said.

"Oh, can you say it more thoroughly?" Zhao Bing was very sensitive to this issue. After all, the gentry is the reserve team and backstage of the literati and officials, which is related to the support of the national ruling class and whether his next policy is smooth.

"Your Majesty should know that Jiankang is both a military and economic center in the East Road of Jiangnan. After being defeated by the Mongolian Yuan, in order to strengthen the management of the Jiangnan region, in addition to the establishment of the Xingzhong Secretariat in the 12th year of Zhiyuan, the Jianghuai Xingzhuwei and the Jiankang Xuanfu Department, and in the 14th year of Zhiyuan, the Jiangnan Xingchen Censorate was established, which was supervised by the southeastern provinces and commanded the Southeastern prosecutor's office. The capital was first established in Yangzhou, but later changed to Hangzhou. It also returned to the capital Jiankang, which was in charge of the supervision affairs of the three provinces of Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Jiangxi and Huguang. It also set up the East and West Weaving and Dyeing Bureaus in the city, organized the production of silk fabrics. There were more than 6,000 weaving households, and the prosperity was still there." Liu Chenweng said.

"Yeah, it's not bad!" Zhao Bing nodded in agreement with him.

"Jiankang was the provincial capital of Jiangdong, the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty. The control was very strict. In a nutshell, it was 'inside the northern country and outside China'. He wanted to make things difficult for those with powerful families and rob the people of Jiangnan with his might. He tried his best to suppress the gentry. Many people went bankrupt, either ran away from a foreign land, or were forced to follow the thief. Therefore, they hated the Mongolian Yuan and missed our dynasty!" Liu Chenweng said.

"However, the Mongolian Yuan's control over the countryside was quite slackened. The taxes imposed on the Jiangnan region were even lighter than those of our dynasty, and the government's control over the people was even less vague. The wealthy families could surround land annexation, operate business, and even participate in local governance. The gentry became the lords of the local area."

"At that time, people said, 'The law of the Yuan Dynasty was vast and the tax was very small. The countryside was remote and wild, and it was quite a blessing. A family of heroes occupied a village, and the common people were called the wild emperor.''Inside the bride, the Han people... There were many rich households in the field, and they collected 3.2 million shi of rent every year, accounting for 3.2 million tenants. They did not accept the official duties, but the rent was heavy on the tenants, and the official grain was light. Therefore, the gentry was grateful to the Yuan court and had a lot to do with the powerful."

"After the royal army returned to the court, the court re-determined the land and investigated the rebellion. Many gentry who had been in close contact with the Yuan court were liquidated, their land was collected, and the tenants were dismissed. They were sent to the villages to manage and manage rural affairs, and their power was not as strong as before. Our gentry also implemented taxes in one piece, collecting taxes based on the land, which increased their taxes, and without the right to reduce taxes, it was difficult to rely on concealing the land of the farmers. It was impossible to recruit tenants, cultivate their own land, and even lead to abandonment of the fields, which further weakened their power. Therefore, these gentry were the new policy of the court to liquidate them, and therefore had resentment towards our gentry!" Liu Chenweng said slowly.

"In addition, we are fighting north and are determined to recover our hometown. The gentry in Jiangnan is worried that the court will impose taxes on the gentry and that their burden will be increased. They are also worried that once the old capital is recovered, the court will inevitably move the capital to Jiangbei, so that the prosperity of Jiangnan will be gone. They are also afraid that after the recovery of Jiangbei, the court will immigrate from Jiangnan to Jiangbei in order to make the border, which will cause them to be displaced."

"Oh, so that's it." Zhao Bing nodded, and his heart suddenly became clear.

As the saying goes, there is oppression, there is resistance! In order to maintain the rule, the Mongolian Yuan suppressed the wealthy families of the previous dynasty. These traditional aristocratic families mostly lived in big cities or prosperous places, so they were cruelly exploited and oppressed. The gentry could not play a prominent role in central politics, so they naturally hated the Mongolian Yuan and missed the old dynasty. On the contrary, those gentry living in the countryside and remote places took advantage of their past authority and achieved rapid development and thus became rich. These vested interests naturally did not forget the Mongolian Yuan year by year and were very angry with the dynasty.

However, Zhao Bing thought that this was not the case in the village gentry. For example, Ni Liang's family, Zhuang Duke, brothers, Wu Longqi and many others were from gentry. However, during the national crisis, they destroyed their families and went to the crisis and led the villagers to serve the king. During the period of the reign of the court, many gentry donated money and materials. It can be said that this part of the people made great contributions to the restoration of the country, so they could not treat all the gentry as bad gentry.

However, Liu Chenweng's seemingly unintentional words still gave Zhao Bing a great inspiration, making him realize that the gentry group is not a solid piece, and that they must be divided into the left and the right.

Nowadays, many of the gentry who followed or had followed the court, have become new vested interests with the return of the court, some have been awarded official positions, some have been awarded titles, and some have been shaded. They have become firm supporters of the court.

Another part is the family of officials as Liu Chenweng said. Their ancestors once held important positions in the court and later retired and returned to their hometown to become local gentry. However, most of their children passed the imperial examination or entered the official career. These people had a lot of property in their families and had reputations in the local area. After the invasion of the Mongol Yuan, some people, such as the Jiang brothers, summoned the rebel army to serve the king and protect the country, and fulfilled their loyalty to the country.

Some people lived in seclusion in the countryside when their country was destroyed and did not accept the enlistment of the enemy dynasty. The Mongol Yuan naturally tried his best to suppress and persecute these old and young dynasty who were not aware of the current affairs. Some of these gentry abandoned their own and followed the dynasty to fight north and south; some of them went to Qiong after moving to Qiong, and they also fled to the dynasty through various channels; the other was the country's chastity, hiding everywhere in order to escape the persecution of the Mongol Yuan.

Most of these gentry who joined the dynasty were valued and even became important officials or upstarts of the country. After returning to Jiangnan, the gentry who kept the ritual returned their land and restored their fame and fame, and selected officials from the recruitment. However, in order to ensure the smooth operation of the new dynasty, Zhao Bing also suppressed the family of officials out of the selfishness of the royal family. Therefore, these gentry should still be considered vested interests, but they were still in the waiting period of the emperor and were considered centrists.

The authentic gentry in the countryside were mostly scholars who passed the provincial examination and the provincial examination, or those who had been small bureaucrats who had been young officials who had retired and returned home for their lives. They had the largest number of people, were not well-connected with the court, and even had some resentment. They were able to "get to the people" in the countryside with some fame and privilege, and became the "powerful people" in the countryside. In the era when the imperial power did not go to the countryside, they were a local emperor.

The Mongol Invasion had little impact on them, and even had some good things. The previous dynasty naturally became a dream of meditation. He could not say that he was very loyal to the new master, but he also had a good impression of him. However, scholars were not worth much in the eyes of the Mongols, and few people got the opportunity to enter the government. Most of them took the initiative to assume the responsibility of maintaining rural order.
Chapter completed!