The cold spring disaster has passed for the people of the Song Dynasty. Since Zhao Zhen worshipped the sky and returned to the court in the southern suburbs, the sun began to shine on the earth. When the sun rose and the moon set, frost and snow thawed and the spring flowers bloomed. It was probably because God miscalculated the time. This belated spring is particularly warm.

The snow water melted into a abundant stream of water. After the test of the severe cold, everything was even more revived. After digging out the thick spring mud, the land seemed to be able to make a handful of oil! This was the happiest for farmers.

The government exempted the summer tax and took advantage of the late spring to speed up the planting of a crop of grain. It is impossible to say that one more season of harvest will be achieved! The so-called misfortune is where good fortune depends, and good fortune is where bad fortune lies.

Farmers are happy. Even because of the Spring Disaster, the price of grain has been rising all the way. Even if there is a regular settlement regulation in the court, it only suppresses the price of grain to 500 cigarettes per stone, but there is already a lot of oil and water to make money.

However, under the influence of this spring disaster, the entire Song Dynasty had no extra grain. Even the wealthy households with a large amount of land had no surplus grain at home and could only wait for the imperial court to transfer food from the South China Sea.

Everyone is the same in the face of natural disasters, but it is different after natural disasters. Farmers began to plant grain desperately and hoped to catch up with the last batch before the end of summer. They could not say that they could move the summer tax exempted by the government into their pockets.

Who doesn’t want to recover some losses after this spring disaster?

Like the people, officials in the court also thought so, to recover the losses of the treasury to the greatest extent. Now the treasury in the Song Dynasty has not had much surplus. Since the destruction of the Western Xia country, the Song Dynasty has been paying out money.

First, the people of Ningxia moved inward, and the expense was huge. Then the officials rewarded the three armies with the wealth of the warehouse. This was another large expense. Who knew that disasters happened one after another? I originally thought that I could make money from Xixia to compensate for the loss, but who knew that the posts were more than the money I made. No, I didn’t earn a penny from Ningxia at all!

Now, the Song Dynasty lost more than a little bit inside and outside. It was basically half of the surplus accumulated over decades. It was not unreasonable that when Bao Zheng, who was the Sansi envoy, reported the 60 million chunks of 100 million chunks of 100 million chunks of 100 million chunks of 100 million chunks of 100 million chunks of 100 million chunks of 100 million chunks of 100 million chunks of 100 million chunks of 100 million chunks of 100 million chunks of 100 million chunks of 100 million chunks of 100 million chunks of 100 million chunks of 100 million chunks of 100 million chunks of 100 million chunks of 100 million chunks of 10

Sixty million trump cards are equivalent to the taxes of the Zhenzong Dynasty for nearly a year! And before the reduction of the heavy taxes, it can be seen that the economy of the Song Dynasty is strong. Many court officials did not expect that they believed that the current treasury was just a little better than that of the Zhenzong Dynasty, and they did not expect that it would be so much better.

Bao Zheng was not disturbed by the buzzing discussions in the court, but continued: "Your Majesty, a large number of merchants rushed to Ningxia, trying to enter the Western Regions through Ningxia and reopen the ancient Silk Road. However, a spring disaster caused them to suffer a lot on the road. Many merchants were trapped in Xingqing Prefecture and other places. Can they send troops to escort it?"

As he said, the entire hall became quiet in an instant, quieting a little unreasonable. No one expected that Bao Zheng, the stubborn and conservative envoy, could say such words. Many court officials opposed it, but the reason for the objection was that the court could not surrender his identity and sent soldiers to merchants.

Bao Zheng sneered at these nonsense and said again: "Your Majesty, I have so many taxes in the Song Dynasty, which is the merit of many merchants. Every year, tariffs and commercial taxes, tens of millions of truces, are thousands of talents, how can I miss it?!"

Zhao Zhen sat on the imperial throne and smiled slightly. The tens of millions of guan Bao Zheng said were polite, which should be tens of millions of guan. Bao Zheng obviously reserved something, but even so, the voices of opposition in the court gradually decreased. Who dared to object? Who can't get along with the money?

More importantly, the Song Dynasty also had to obtain taxes from these merchants. Zhao Zhen looked at the court officials in front of him with an awkward expression and said, "In this way, he sent a decree to the soldiers from Ningxia Road to escort the merchants' borders and enter the Western Regions. Take care of them along the way and do not rob.

Zhao Zhen's words meant the court's policy. Pang Ji went out to work and led all court officials to bow and respond: "Respect Your Majesty's will!"

Next, officials from various ministries reported on the situation in various places and how to support the affected people. These were necessary. Zhao Zhen listened in detail to the court officials and spoke out from time to time to correct them.

From their reports, we can see that the biggest blow to the Song Dynasty this spring disaster was not on people, but on the economy. The spring disaster led to a rise in grain prices and also led to a more or less increase in prices.

After the imperial court exempted the summer tax, the disaster situation improved greatly, and the enthusiasm of farmers was greatly improved. The prefectures and governments in various places rushed to grow grain and strive to harvest when summer comes.

Zhao Zhen nodded slightly, it seemed that he was the right choice to exempt the summer tax.

Just as the dynasty meeting was about to end, the Sifang Pavilion, one of the internal officials, sent people. The eunuchs were numb with legs under the gaze of a group of court officials. After entering the hall, they walked slowly and bowed to the center of the hall: "I will report to your Majesty, the Liao Dynasty envoy Yelu Jia, asking for a meeting!"

As expected, Zhao Zhen had long expected that the Liao Dynasty would probably send envoys to come, not necessarily asking for help, but most of them would ask for markets to buy and sell grain. What is the most valuable after the Spring Disaster? Of course, it is grain! Even though Yelujia was still waiting outside, Zhao Zhen knew what he was doing.

Zhao Zhen smiled and said to the civil and military officials of the court, "It's true that they are here. The Liao people are afraid they can't sit still! Xuan came in."

The eunuch was as if he had been pardoned and bowed again: "I obey the order!" For the eunuch, the real terrifying thing was not the emperor, but the court officials stared at them all the time. If there was a slight inappropriateness, they would be impeached by the court officials.

The official will never protect the eunuch in such matters. Everyone says the official’s kindness, but the eunuchs know that this is without making any mistakes...

The name of the Huanghuang Hall, Qianyu, Yelujia stood outside the hall with a silence in his heart. Over the years, he had become increasingly disliked here. If he hadn't been sent by an envoy of the Liao Dynasty on his head, he would never have stepped into the Song Dynasty Palace, nor would he have been close to this brilliant palace!

This feeling is very complicated. Firstly, it is because of fear, fear of the gradually stronger Song Dynasty, and secondly, it is an indescribable sadness. Compared with the weak Liao Dynasty and the power of Song Dynasty, there is also a hint of inferiority and envy in this sadness.

Whenever he reported the situation of the Song Dynasty to the Emperor of the Liao Dynasty, he would always get the simple reply: "Watch the changes in the Song Dynasty and do not let them move."
Chapter completed!