In the new year, Zhao Qi changed his habit of going on tours in recent years. He stayed honestly in Bianjing, and lived a busy life of going to court to listen to politics every day and paying homage to the emperor and his wife sooner or later. This article was first published by... In March, the emperor summoned the navy commander and four naval divisions, ordered them to conduct long-distance training and draw a chart. He also gave them a strange task, which was to erect the sovereignty of the Song Dynasty to the islands that were not manned or occupied by the state where the warships reached, marked them into the chart, and declared sovereignty.

Everyone was very surprised. There were countless islands of all sizes in the vast sea, but they were rarely visited by people, and they were not suitable for human habitation, and they could not send troops to guard them. I wonder what the use of the emperor's desolate islands? But Zhao Xiao understood that due to the limitations of technology and navigation technology in various countries, they did not know that the sea contained rich resources and military value. But when people all knew about it for hundreds of years, they often fought for reefs, fighting to the death.

Zhao Qi knew this from the future. According to the accepted norm in the world in the future, whoever discovered and named the island first is who. He is now the first to take advantage of the opportunity of the lack of maritime power awareness in various countries, and put all the islands around the Song Dynasty and beyond in his arms, leaving ironclad evidence. The "descendants" of the province are still fighting for these things. They have been struggling for several small islands for decades and cannot win the lawsuit. They have to be pickled up by the birds. In the future, he has done a serious business, and it is also considered that he has not worn a red scarf in his previous life...

In April, Ma Kuo reported from Dali that the Dali incident was settled. At the "All Dali Tribe Conference", the Gao family and the Dong family, who were opposed, were removed from the list under the attack of the Song army and the armed forces of various tribes, were sentenced to death. Master Jin He was revenge. However, when he subsequently implemented the policy to implement the rule of Dali, Zhao Qiong and several priests had differences and debates.

According to the past practice of the Song Dynasty, the policy of banishment was often implemented for ethnic minority areas. The essence was that "local officials govern local people" recognized the hereditary chief status of all ethnic groups. Given official positions and titles, the government implemented indirect rule, and the imperial edicts of the court central government were not actually implemented. Zhao Jie insisted on one step in place, and the government sent traffic management to directly implement the rule, and the same as those in mainland prefectures and counties, taxes were collected, cities and schools were established; at the same time, the original tax system of chieftains was abolished, and taxes were collected based on land acres, just like the mainland.

The two views were at once unmatched. After the founding of the Song Dynasty, the policy of banishing the peoples of the northwest and southwest countries were implemented in this way. Under the historical conditions at that time, it did achieve good results, increasing the territory of the Song Dynasty and stabilizing the border defense. Zhao Jie also handled the newly acquired land in the early days of his rule in the northwest. However, there were also some local officials who were hereditary to slaughter the people, slaughtering the border, massacred the Han people, and occupied their land. Some tribes fought, wars, and even surrendered to the enemy country because of their inheritance. In turn, they became enemies with the Song Dynasty.

In fact, the rulers of the Song Dynasty were not all fools, and they also realized the disadvantages. After that, they also wanted to take over the throne to the government, but they often aroused strong opposition and even betrayal. In the end, only Linzhou in the northwest was successfully acquired as state-owned. On the contrary, when Zhao Jie was in charge of the northwest, he asked the tribes of the prefectures and prefectures in Hezhong to give up their "hereditary" and return to the Song Dynasty sincerely. Because of the lesson, everyone was worried that Dali had just surrendered and seized its power would cause rebellion, and it would also cause unrest among the tribes of Guangxi and the north and south of Guangxi, thus causing chaos.

Zhao Qi knew that the Ming and Qing dynasties had encountered similar situations in later generations, but they successfully changed their territory and included the throne under the government's management. Of course, there were some twists and turns, but the reform was finally successful. Now the Song Dynasty is strong and has stable internally, and some minor unrest can be completely suppressed. Now the Dali Kingdom has disintegrated and the biggest opposition force has been eliminated. It is a good time to implement reforms and cannot be given up easily. Moreover, the abolition of the hereditary system of throne can reduce the factors of rebellion, strengthen the government's rule over the border, which is conducive to the social and economic development of ethnic minority areas, and should be promoted.

After several debates, everyone realized that time was not waiting for anyone, and Dali was waiting for the central government's opinions. So the two sides compromised each other and made a concession. First, they tried it in Dali, and the rest were gradually implemented. So Zhao Xiao issued an order, and the Shangshu Province issued a document to issue a policy on Dali:

The retention of the Dali King Duan and Yu King's title, and the one son who was allowed to inherit the title, but the government was not allowed to open a government and retain the army, which was actually equivalent to the remaining honorary title. When the hereditary system of guarding officials was abolished, the patriarch himself was treated differently according to their attitude. Those who were automatically handed over the seals were rewarded, either gave birth to a vocation, or given a current military position. Those who resisted were punished, their property was confiscated, and they were moved to mainland provinces to arrange their living. While establishing prefectures and counties and dispatching officials, they were added to establish military institutions. In the areas where the land was relocated, the land was measured, taxed, and cities were levied, and schools were established. At the same time, the original tax and service system of chieftains was abolished. Like the mainland, taxes were collected based on land acres, but certain discounts were enjoyed.

In order to solve the accumulated problems of the separatist tyrants in other regions that have been in progress in the past, two methods are adopted: one is to go from top to bottom, first change the prefecture, and then change the prefecture. The other is to seize all favorable opportunities. If some local officials die out and no one succeeds, or clans fight to attack, they will send migrant officials to take over; tribes fight to kill each other, and after being pacified, they will send migrant officials to take over; some local officials commit crimes, or if the anti-dynasty is suppressed, they will be dismissed for crimes and become migrant officials. If some people apply to the government for the change of their territory and return to migrant officials, they will remove their leaders from their ancestors and change them to migrant officials. In short, once they have the opportunity, they will immediately change the migrant officials...

In May, good news came again. The new gunpowder developed by Genyuan was successfully piloted and solved many problems of mass production.

Zhao Qi went to watch the test explosion in person. After commending merit, he ordered the workshop to immediately send someone to learn to take over the production. When Zhao Qi "fixed" the formula of black gunpowder, he knew that this thing was not powerful enough for military use, but limited knowledge of other varieties of explosives was limited and it was impossible to manufacture it. At least the nitric acid used to produce nitro gunpowder himself knew how to make it in the laboratory and could not be used for large-scale production.

Zhao Qi knew that Western alchemists could make nitric acid in the eighth century, and during their expedition to Arabia, they invited all these "talents" to the Song Dynasty. At the same time, based on their own knowledge, as long as they produce ammonium nitrate and add diesel and wood chips, they could make "earth gunpowder". Their power is definitely much worse than that produced in modern times, but it is much more powerful than black gunpowder. But this can also be called an epoch-making progress.

Unfortunately, the quality of steel is still unable to withstand the power of new gunpowder, which means it cannot be used as launching drugs, otherwise it will cause guns and cannons to explode, causing a tragedy of gunpowder death. However, new gunpowder is much more powerful than black gunpowder at the same weight. It can be used to load flowering shells or make explosive packs to improve the lethality and destructive power of shells, and become a new weapon for siege and breaking villages.

Zhao Jie was happy about getting another weapon, but he was still a little worried about the issue of confidentiality. Now all countries know that the reason why the Song army was able to win invincible is entirely due to the emperor's head and the sharpness of the firearm. One of them can destroy the Song Dynasty. Therefore, when the firearm was born, confidentiality became the top priority. Zhao Jie also made various arrangements to prevent the secret leakage. But at that time, he was less than a thousand soldiers and only tens of thousands of guns. If he keeps a close eye, he can ensure that the secret will not be leaked.

But as the team grew, the number of weapons and the battles became more and more fierce, and the number of people familiar with weapons increased by hundreds of times. Although Zhao Qi repeatedly emphasized the management of firearms, and used harsh military laws to restrict them, and paid attention to constraining lost weapons and equipment after the war. However, when the forest was big, there were birds, and some people still took the risk of stealing guns for huge profits. Some foreign spies tried their best to collect firearms from battlefields and workshops, bribed craftsmen, hoping to crack the secrets. That method was really hard to guard against and block...

"Your Majesty, those who have studied and exposed to new types of gunpowder have sent people to keep an eye on it. Anyone who has had contact with them has been recorded!" Li Jun told the emperor that since the Arabs entered Genyuan, the emperor handed over these people to him, not only to be responsible for safety, but also to prevent them from contacting people from outside and leaking secrets, although the probability is very small.

"Well, it's okay for others to say that the two alchemists who study "未分机" should be careful. As long as the secrets made by 未分机 will not be leaked, even if they get something, they can't make gunpowder." Zhao Xiao nodded and said. Of course, the fewer people know the secrets related to national security, the better. The materials and methods required to make 未分机 are the only two people and themselves who need to fully master the materials and methods of making 未分机. In fact, killing people to silence the eloquence is the best way, but Zhao Xiao thinks that these two people are useful, so he just takes strict supervision.

"Yes, Your Majesty has a very clever idea. You process the materials you need in different locations, some are true and fake, and they are ground into powder. The color and weight are similar. It is not impossible for professionals to distinguish them at all. The manufacturing steps are also the individuals. If they want to get the truth, they will still not be able to get what they need unless they can reverse the people in the workshop!" Li Jun said with a smile. He admired the emperor's method of dismantling the secrets.

"Last time you reported that two gun makers in the workshop were missing. Have you found out where they are now?" Zhao Qiong asked suddenly.

"Your Majesty, my subordinates have found out that those two guys are now in Shangjing City in the Jin Dynasty. They were bribed by the Jurchens and fled with collected gun parts and samples, and crossed the border with spies from the Jin Dynasty!" Li Jun reported... (To be continued...)
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