As the New Year approaches, the festive atmosphere in Hangzhou has eased the panic and anxiety of the rebels in the preceding period.
The newly arrived imperial army remained obediently stationed outside the city.
The day before yesterday, a soldier was buying something on the street. Because he didn't want to pay three coins, he acted like a rogue in the street. Someone reported him to Han Shizhong. Han Shizhong personally dragged the soldier to the shop owner's stall on the street, whipped the soldier hard twenty times, and then he obediently paid the money.
In just a few days, many people in Hangzhou had an extremely positive impression of the new army, especially since the official gazette of the Song Dynasty had begun to promote the new army and the emperor extensively.
The people of Hangzhou were surprised to find that the imperial court seemed to be acting differently than before.
On this day, Qian An, the patriarch of the Qian family, wrote a letter of guilt and handed it to the Hangzhou branch of the Song Dynasty Gazette, which had just opened that morning. He stated that the Qian family was guilty, and that they were willing to hand over all their land to the imperial court and pay a fine of two million strings of cash.
At the same time, all commercial properties were handed over, and the Qian family's noble titles were revoked, reducing them to commoners.
Qian Jin and his cronies were escorted to Tokyo by the Imperial City Guard.
Just a few days ago, Qian Jin was still dreaming of the future, but now he has become a prisoner, waiting for a knife to his neck.
Once the news spread, many people in Hangzhou who had previously received help from the Qian family flocked to the Qian family mansion to visit them, and then went to the Hangzhou government office to request an audience with the newly appointed prefect.
In short, the hope is that the imperial court will rescind its decision.
Qian Mu was greatly troubled, as the emperor had now shown extraordinary leniency and spared the entire Qian family.
If the people's commotion reaches the emperor, it will surely cause another round of debate in the court.
Wouldn't that put the Qian family in a dangerous situation?
This matter was immediately sent to the capital, Tokyo, by someone with ulterior motives. After seeing the report, Zhao Huan didn't say anything, but simply told Xu Churen to handle the matter as soon as possible and not let it escalate.
This time, 130 wealthy merchants were involved with Qian Jin. They came from Liangzhe Road and Jiangnan East Road, and all of them were brought back to Tokyo.
The Inspectorate filed cases based on the number of people involved, and all of them were sentenced to death.
From this perspective, the fact that Old Master Qian only wrote a letter of punishment shows that the emperor was giving the Qian family a lot of face.
Zhao Huan didn't want to concern himself with these more detailed matters; he didn't have that much energy, and he had already achieved the result he wanted.
With the New Year approaching, the entire city of Tokyo is filled with the joy of welcoming the new year.
According to New Year's etiquette, at the end of the year, the emperor would bestow gold and silver banners upon his ministers, who would then wear them to wish the emperor a happy new year.
The palace was also decorated in a festive manner. Many of China's later New Year traditions originated in the Song Dynasty, so many things were not unfamiliar to Zhao Huan.
Even during the Song Dynasty, the Spring Festival was a national holiday, lasting seven days.
Furthermore, people in the Song Dynasty drank Tusu wine during the New Year, and everyone, regardless of age, drank a cup.
The Song people's list of New Year's goods was also very rich: medicinal herbs, brocade decorations, new calendars, all kinds of door gods, peach charms, Zhong Kui, spring couplets, celestial couplets, gold decorations, thread flowers, banners, New Year's gift plates and boxes, wine eaves, sheep skewers, fruits, five-colored paper money, rice porridge, auspicious food for all things, and sticky candy.
Moreover, the Jin Dynasty, the Tangut people, and Goryeo would all send envoys to offer their congratulations.
Zhao Huan suddenly remembered his previous life, when he loved the Spring Festival the most as a child. Every year he would get new clothes and shoes, and there would be lots of delicious food.
I wonder how his parents are doing. They must be very sad and heartbroken after learning that their son had passed away.
For Zhao Huan, the Spring Festival in the Song Dynasty did not bring much joy.
Not only that, there are also a lot of boring things to do.
The worst part is that from New Year's Eve onwards, Zhao Huan couldn't stay idle, putting aside all the formalities and important state affairs.
Fortunately, during the Spring Festival, Zhao Huan could legitimately lead a group of people out of the palace for a hunt. The ceremonial guard was quite impressive, fully satisfying Zhao Huan's vanity and desire to show off.
After half a month of turmoil, the Spring Festival is finally over.
Zhao Huan then received the battle report sent back by Yue Fei from the southwest.
The Jiaozhi people have started jumping again!
During the reign of Emperor Shenzong, the people of Jiaozhi invaded the Song Dynasty, shouting the slogan "Declaration of the conquest of Song".
A small, remote country in the southwest shamelessly declared that it would bring happiness to the Chinese people and launched a war with "righteous indignation."
During the war, hundreds of thousands of Chinese civilians were killed, countless families were shattered, infants were thrown to their deaths, and even pregnant women were beaten to death.
The road was littered with human heads and incomplete corpses.
Zhao Huan had a deep and unforgettable memory of this history. Who gave them the audacity to jump again?
The New Year had just passed, and everyone in the Council of State was still in pain, cursing the emperor for being such a despicable scoundrel.
I can kill whoever I want.
After killing them, they just left them alone.
The rest will be handled by the Council of State Affairs.
And the killings were so damn brutal.
In the ensuing chaos in the Central Plains, the emperor purged almost all the state and prefectural officials with criminal records in one fell swoop.
In response to the riots in the south, the emperor purged almost all state officials with criminal records in one fell swoop.
After sweeping, he used a knife to force the people in the government office to quickly arrange for a new official to take office.
I don't care, I'm only responsible for chopping. If the local security situation doesn't keep up after the chopping, it's all the Council of State's fault!
Fortunately, the emperor made several demands of the new officials: first, to fully implement the new policies; and second, not to engage in any behavior that oppresses the people.
In fact, many savvy people know that after the new policy is introduced, officials' income will only increase.
For example, after the abolition of corvée labor, local administrative expenses were uniformly allocated by the imperial court, which added many more steps to the flow of money.
If I skim off a little bit of profit at every step, how can I justify the official position I hold?
The arrangement of officials in the Political Affairs Hall went smoothly, but the work desks were too complicated.
Xu Churen, Tang Ke, and Qin Hui were reviewing documents in the Hall of State Affairs when Wang Kuian ran over and said that the emperor had urgent business to attend to and summoned the two chief ministers.
Normally, it wouldn't be a big deal for the emperor to summon them, but when they heard that all the ministers from the two prefectures were going, Liu Yanzong and his group from the judicial office would certainly be there as well.
What major event has occurred again?
The group quickly packed up and, before leaving, instructed their subordinates not to stop and to process all the documents for the day, otherwise they would all have to work through the night.
Once everyone had arrived, Wang Kui'an began serving tea to each person.
The emperor stood in front of a very large map, which was a map of the southwest of the Song Dynasty.
The ministers looked at the emperor expectantly, as if to say, "Your Majesty, please speak quickly. We need to go back to work after you finish. It's so cold. After we finish our work, we'll go back and sleep with our wives. We don't want to work overtime."
Zhao Huan glanced at his ministers and said, "I want to destroy Jiaozhi and the Zhou Dynasty. How much money would it take to do that?"
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