On the morning of the second day, Chizhou City was opened wide, and the Wulin Alliance army entered and successfully took over the entire city!
Afterwards, under the watchful eyes of Wang Jian, Dong Songchen and Zhang Yu, the familiar action of fighting against the local tyrants and dividing the land began!
First, all the gentry and local tyrants were arrested and brought out of their homes, and tried in public... Those who were guilty were sentenced on the spot, and their land and property were confiscated and became the property of the Wulin Alliance; those who were innocent were released in court, their land was measured, and they were purchased at market prices, and corresponding factories were provided for their transformation, so that they would no longer focus on plundering the land.
Afterwards, land was distributed according to demand based on the number of poor people... and land taxes were used as commission for the people to rent land, and no other taxes were collected.
To put it simply, all the people were treated as tenants. Although they had no qualifications to buy or sell land, they could eat and dress warmly through hard work, and even save a lot of money!
Just this one policy made Wang Jian and others feel the vitality of the Wulin Alliance, which was completely different from that of the Song Dynasty!
Especially after seeing the genuine smiles on the faces of the people, Wang Jian, Zhang Yu, and even Dong Songchen seemed to have found the reason why Zhao Yun had taken the initiative to surrender to the Wulin Alliance...
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As soon as Lin'an City and Chizhou fell, the scouts passed the information to Lin'an and delivered it to the Song Dynasty court!
"Report! Urgent military intelligence: Lin'an has fallen. Wang Jian and Zhang Yu have taken the initiative to open the city gates and lead their troops to surrender to the Wulin Alliance!"
The military intelligence was immediately delivered to the court, to the hands of the current emperor Song Duzong Zhao Xie and the treacherous prime minister Jia Sidao!
Jia Sidao flipped open the military intelligence and, after just one glance, was so enraged that he threw it down on the spot, shouting angrily, "I knew those generals were unreliable! They're so heartless and ruthless, they've wasted the Song Dynasty's efforts!"
How could he not be angry? You know, 100,000 imperial guards, but pulled out one-third of the imperial guards in Lin'an City!
You know, apart from the border troops, the Southern Song Dynasty only has these 300,000 troops that are still combat-ready... The troops in other cities are mostly wing troops. To put it bluntly, they are soldiers in wartime and civilians in peacetime. You can imagine their combat effectiveness!
But what happened now? The only army capable of protecting Lin'an City was handed over to Wang Jian and Zhang Yu, and they surrendered?
With these 200,000 troops left, how could they possibly have any fighting power? This was the Great Song Dynasty. If they didn't withhold troops and exploit their blood, would they still be the Great Song Dynasty?
To put it simply, of the Imperial Guards, only the 100,000 troops they took with them were capable of fighting... The rest were either unpaid, old, weak, or sick... Even if Jia Sidao suddenly sensed something was wrong and accelerated the replenishment of troops, how could he replenish them in just ten days? Not to mention training them to the point of being able to fight on the battlefield!
After reading the military situation, Zhao Xie was also panicked... Once Chizhou City was broken, the Wulin Army would only be three days' march away from Lin'an, and there would be no place to resist in front... Could it be that he would also be captured and imprisoned like his predecessors, the two emperors Huizong and Qinzong, and never be able to leave for the rest of his life?
If he had known this would happen, he would have just been his crown prince and not inherited the throne! His father wasn't dead yet, so why was he rushing to take over? Now he's trapped in his own web, isn't he?
"Prime Minister Jia, what should we do now?"
Zhao Chen looked at Jia Si in panic and said, "Should we move the capital?"
"Move the capital..." Zhao Xie's opinion gave Jia Sidao a plan... Yes, back then, Zhao Gou chose to move the capital to Lin'an when he was unable to resist the elite troops of the Jin Dynasty... But now, they can't stop the Wulin Army, and if they don't move the capital, are they going to stay here and wait for death?
If Mongolia attacks, he can still surrender, but the Wulin Alliance... the person he is attacking in the surrender document, his position is higher than that of the Emperor of the Song Dynasty!
"Someone, bring up the map!"
A huge map was immediately placed in the hall... Zhao Chen, Jia Sidao, and even all the ministers gathered in a circle, leaning over to look at it, looking for a location to move the capital!
"My Lords, where should we move our capital?"
Everyone looked at the map carefully... Chengdu, Jiangling, Wuling, and other places were not too far from the border, and seemed unlikely to be able to stop the Wulin Army's advance... As soon as they proposed it, they were rejected...
"How about Quanzhou and Yashan?"
Jia Sidao pointed his finger directly at the two coastal cities!
His intention was obvious. In case the Wulin Army could not be stopped, they could still go out to sea through the two major ports of Yashan and Quanzhou and head to Ryukyu.
Zhao He hesitated a little...
"Prime Minister Jia, aren't these two places a little too far apart?"
"No, these two places are blessed with unique natural conditions. The local residents have been fighting against the Japanese pirates for many years. The people are tough and it is easy to recruit elite troops. We can form a fighting force in a short time and counterattack the Wulin Alliance to take back our Song Dynasty!"
Jia Sidao said seriously, pointing out the advantages of these two places! He also concealed his own plans!
Zhao Xie had just ascended the throne, so he had no idea what Jia Sidao was up to. So, he turned his gaze to other ministers.
But now that the Song Dynasty court was completely controlled by Jia Sidao, how could the other officials dare to refute him? And most importantly, after Wen Tianxiang and Lu Xiufu left, there were no true Confucian scholars left in the court. All the officials were corrupt and selfish, so who would warn Zhao Chen?
"Your Majesty, this place is indeed the most suitable place to move the capital!"
"Yes, Your Majesty. The Wulin Alliance's advance is so rapid that we must create a sufficiently deep and long strategic space to resist the rebels and find an opportunity for a counterattack!"
"Official, as long as the green mountains remain, there will be no shortage of firewood!"
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