Chapter 484 Bad things keep coming
‘One person is at the throne and dog ascends to heaven’ is an eternal tradition in China. When a family has a high-ranking official, the relatives will naturally be moistened, let alone the emperor, so all relatives enjoy the happiness. According to the provisions of the Song Dynasty: the salary of the royal family, the orphans and the dowry of the clan daughter are the main forms of the royal family’s supply, providing a safe living guarantee for the royal family, but of course these expenses are mainly borne by the local government. Therefore, almost from the beginning, the huge burden brought by the huge royal family made local officials complain.
Because the clans are usually granted official positions after birth, most clan families rely on the official salary of family members to make a living, and those close relatives who do not become officials can rely on can live with the "orphans, money and rice". After the migration to the south, the royal family began to move out, and Quanzhou's fertile land had stable foreign trade income as a financial guarantee, and of course it became a place for relocation. Therefore, more than 300 people came here to eat for free.
The living allowance plan for royal families is for those who live outside Quanzhou City. For those who are ten years old and above, the monthly subsidy is two guan coins and one stone rice; for those who are five years old and below, the monthly subsidy is one guan coins and half a stone rice. For those who live in Quanzhou City, the elderly are thirteen guan coins, one stone rice, nine guan coins per month for those who are over twenty years old, seven dou of rice, five guan coins per month for those who are over ten years old, four dou of rice, and four dou of rice per month. If a daughter gets married, she will also have a generous dowry. Those who are unmarried for life will support him (her) for the rest of their lives. In addition, there is free housing.
At first, there seemed to be few people, but the stable life made the human creation movement in full swing. The population grew exponentially, and the expenses also rose with the water. As a result, the salary and rice price of Quanzhou's royal family were only paid by tens of thousands of chunks of chunks of money per year. In addition, their annual official subsidies and book fees had to be paid by Quanzhou, which made Quanzhou's regular tax revenue barely meet the normal expenses, which was not enough to support the members of the royal family, and could only report to the central government to provide subsidies. No matter the reason, the conclusion was nothing more than that: it would take a lot of money to maintain the lives of the members of the royal family.
In short, the expenditure of the royal family became a huge burden in Quanzhou, and as the number of members of the royal family expanded, the burden would become larger and larger. However, at first, Quanzhou had a rich income, and it was not a problem to maintain the expenditure of the royal family. However, due to the invasion of powerful landlords, the tax sources decreased, and the decline in trade, the expenses became heavier and heavier. The Quanzhou government had no choice but to eat the food for the first and two years of taxes, which caused complaints from the people. The royal family relied on their nobles, acted arrogantly, and was arrogant, and also alienated their relationship with the elite society of Quanzhou.
When the Song and Yuan Dingying Rebellion, the Song Dynasty royal family fled south and moved to Quanzhou. All members of the royal family could receive salary or subsidies from the local government, which further intensified the conflict. Although Pu Shougeng was powerful in Quanzhou, he could not order the army to surrender to the Yuan Dynasty alone, let alone carry out massacres alone. Who would have thought that the fate of the royal family and Quanzhou had experienced 150 years of phases and waxing, but in the end, the royal family became warts. Most local elites unanimously supported Pu Shougeng to get rid of it...
‘Red-down soldiers, redundant officials, redundant expenses’ are a stubborn disease of the Song Dynasty. Redundant expenses refer to the huge expenses of the royal family. Therefore, in a sense, Pu Shougen massacred the royal family of the Song Dynasty, which was indeed an outstanding contribution to solving the problem of the "three redundant" and could even be comparable to the Jurchens of the past. And for the current emperor Zhao Bing, it is not a bad thing, because these people are indeed a huge burden to everyone. But even if he appreciates it, he cannot tolerate his mercy. After all, he does not avenge family enemies. Who would believe that you still have the ambition to restore the country!
Therefore, Pu Shougeng made a merit and asked for help from Zhao Bing to let go. When Sun Shengfu summoned a group of melon-eating soldiers on standby to rush into Yacheng to save people, the third round of rockets arrived as scheduled and once again launched an "air raid" on Yacheng, which was almost ruined. Pu Shougeng, who had suffered, refused to hide in the house. He ran to the street despite his pain, regardless of his pain. He could see it more clearly than "immersive". He saw the rockets flashed in the air like falling meteors and plunged into their respective targets. Then a brilliant fire flashed, a loud noise deafening, and then the house collapsed and the flesh and blood flew everywhere.
"The little emperor is so cruel that he even ignored the lives of the people in the city and used this weapon to attack the city and harm living creatures!" Pu Shougeng certainly would not sing praises for the enemy, and said furiously as he looked at the affected houses. But he felt in his heart... this was really spectacular! He even thought that if this was not for himself, he would be willing to spend a lot of money to invite the little emperor of the Southern Dynasty to conduct a special rocket shooting performance so that he could enjoy it.
"The governor is sympathetic to the suffering of the people, but he still needs to take care of himself. The enemy began to attack the city, so let's withdraw back to the mansion first before discussing!" None of the soldiers who rushed to the Yacheng to save people saw that they ran out, and there was also smoke and dust on the north city. The city tower was actually destroyed by the Song army and fell down. Sun Shengfu secretly broke into a cold sweat. The Song army attack was so sharp that he couldn't help but be terrified. He urgently advised his master to avoid it quickly!
Based on the principle of listening to others' advice and having enough food, Pu Shougeng hurriedly returned to the mansion without much emotion in a sedan chair that he had found from unknown where his subordinates came. After entering the mansion, he urgently ordered the mansion to close the door, and sent someone to inquire about the news while asking for information. Then he was able to untidy the clothes and heal the wounds. After all, it was a long time to experience storm, and at this moment he gradually calmed down from the initial panic. The last time, tens of thousands of Song troops failed to break the city for three months, and this time it was impossible to fight, but he was just a plotted against him.
A moment later, the prefect Tian Zhenzi and the governor Xia Jing also came over in a dilemma. After waiting for a while, Lin Chunzi, Yan Bolu and several other officials also came to the door. While everyone escaped from death, they cursed the Song army, they also sighed secretly. If they had not lived in old houses made of stones, they would have been smashed inside. After waiting for a while, the searcher came to report that You Yongxian and Jin Yong were killed, and the slaves of Baijia were killed, but the Tartars were also fierce. After being injured, they went to the North City to supervise the war.
Chapter completed!