Xiangyang, meeting at the Generalissimo's Mansion.
Zhu Ming took out the secret letter he had just sent and said to everyone: "The Kingdom of Jin moved Nanjing to Pingzhou."
This news is extremely important. Pingzhou is the area of Lulongsai, which Song Huizong originally planned to spend money to redeem. The Jin people moved their Nanjing all the way from Liaoyang to Pingzhou. It is self-evident what that means.
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The frontier was turned into a capital city in order to fight the outside world!
Wang Zhen guessed: "Within one or two years, the Jin people will definitely go south."
Zhang Bor also said: "Although I have never been to Pingzhou, I know from historical books that transportation from Lulong to Liaodong has been difficult since ancient times. The Jin people set up Nanjing there, so a large number of nobles and officials had to move their families.
.And Pingzhou has suffered from famine for many years. Food must be transported from Liaodong and West Liaoning, and how much food and grass will be lost along the way. If it were not for the purpose of sending troops south, I really can't think of why the Jin people did this."
Wang Yuan said: "The Western Army has been severely defeated in recent years. If the Jin people go south, it will be difficult to stop them."
"The Forbidden Army can't stop it." Wang Zhen himself is a senior official of the Forbidden Army.
Zhang Boring said: "It just depends on whether the Jin people go south this time to occupy the land of Youyun, or whether they want to fight all the way to Kaifeng."
Wang Chen said: "Youyun is poor and full of famines. The Jin people are not interested in it, otherwise they would not sell Yanjing to the Song Dynasty. Once the Jin people go south, they will definitely head towards Kaifeng. Now it is time to decide what our army will do
It’s time to send troops.”
Zhu Ming finally spoke: "You can't go too early, otherwise the officers and soldiers will be attracted to our side to fight. You can't go too late, otherwise the Jin soldiers will most likely have retreated. You must always pay attention to the movements of the Jin people, and wait for the Jin soldiers to fight."
The troops are approaching the Yellow River, which is when we send out troops. The troops are divided into two routes. The east route goes north from Nanyang and goes straight to the border of Henan. The west route goes north from Hanzhong, occupying the state capital along the way. The two armies will finally meet in Kaifeng!"
"In this way, the world will be settled," Zhang Bor said happily. "The generalissimo has the ability to expel foreigners, so he can take advantage of the situation to seize Tokyo and force the foolish king to abdicate and make way for someone more worthy."
The shogunate officials under Ju Ming were able to deduce so many things based on the news that the Jin people had changed Nanjing. How could the monarchs and ministers of the Song Dynasty not know about it?
of course I know!
The Song Dynasty court frantically exploited the people, and finally scraped together 500,000 shi of grain, which they quickly shipped to Yanjing for military training.
These grains were originally allocated by the prefect, and it was up to the prefect to decide how much to use for the people and how much to use for the army. Most of it went into the pocket of Medicine Master Guo, and the surrendered general withheld the grain.
Pharmacist Guo immediately recruited troops and expanded the victorious army to more than 50,000 people, and began to become arrogant and domineering.
The so-called arrogant and domineering Wang Anzhong, the prefect of Yanshan, has become a complete decoration. Regardless of the military and political orders, they all came from the hands of Guo Yaoshi, so the civil officials and prefects had to step aside.
In addition, the Resentment Army, the predecessor of the Ever Victorious Army, was originally composed of defeated soldiers and refugees. Now after its expansion, it has become even more mixed, and its military discipline is even inferior to that of the Song Dynasty officers and soldiers. They harass the people in the city and the countryside all day long. This makes the civil servants headed by Wang Anzhong
It is impossible to govern at all.
Wang Anzhong came to impeachment from time to time, comparing Guo Pharmacist to An Lushan.
Tong Guan knew that the situation was very difficult, so he called Ma Kuo to ask for advice: "The ever-victorious army is becoming increasingly troubled. How to stabilize the situation?"
Ma Kuo was well aware of things in the north and replied: "Since Guo Pharmacist surrendered to the Liao Kingdom, once he gained power, he would definitely suppress the civil servants. This was common in the Liao Kingdom. However, the Jin people did not dare to go south immediately because they were afraid of Guo Pharmacist.
The ever-victorious army. If the imperial court is too harsh on Medicine Master Guo, he may defect to the Kingdom of Jin, and he must be appeased and used. Just appeasement is not enough, and he should be used in combination with intimidation."
"How to intimidate and use it at the same time?" Tong Guan asked.
Ma Kuo explained: "In Shaanxi, Hedong, and Hebei, select 100,000 elite horse and infantry troops. Choose wise and courageous generals to lead the troops. Some of them will be stationed in Yanshan to supervise and balance Guo Pharmacist. But you cannot transfer all 100,000 soldiers and horses, otherwise Guo
The pharmacist will rebel immediately. There are two remaining troops, one stationed in Guangxin Army or Zhongshan Prefecture, and the other stationed in Xiongzhou or Hejian Prefecture. This kind of dog-to-eye control can not only deter Guo Pharmacist, but also prevent the Jin people from going south.
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"This plan is great!"
Tong Guan immediately agreed and spoke highly of it, but he was confused: "But where should our family find 100,000 elite troops? Although the strategy is clever, it is not easy to implement. Let me think about it again."
Tong Guan really had no choice. He knew that Medicine Master Guo was arrogant and domineering and might betray the Song Dynasty and join the Jin Dynasty at any time. He also knew that most of the Jin people would go south.
But he has no usable weapons!
Tong Guan had no choice but to report the situation to Song Huizong, and then went to Taiyuan in person to appease the soldiers there, and then went to Yanjing to reward the victorious army.
He set up four general managers in Hebei, with Xin Xingzong as the general manager of Zhongshan, Wang Yuan as the general manager of Zhending, Yang Weizhong as the general manager of Hezhong, and Wang Yu as the general manager of Daming.
However, these four men had no soldiers and had to recruit them locally.
The imperial court only allocated part of the food and grass, and the remaining food and grass had to be dealt with by the four-way general manager. Some inferior soldiers and armors were also delivered, mainly easily damaged paper armor, and a large number of deserters, refugees, and gangsters were recruited into the army. It was relying on such four-way soldiers.
The soldiers and horses on the road were used to check and balance Guo Yaoshi, and also to prevent the Jin soldiers from going south.
This is tantamount to adopting the strategy of horse expansion, but due to the lack of food and soldiers, the implementation was completely distorted.
Tong Guan made great achievements in suppressing bandits in Shandong, and now he personally deployed the northern defense line, finally gaining the favor of Song Huizong again. He also fulfilled his promise to regain the throne of Yanyun and be crowned king. When Tong Guan came back from Yanjing, he was immediately canonized by Song Huizong.
Prince of Guangyang County.
As for Cai You's official position, he was inferior to Bai Shizhong and Li Bangyan. Song Huizong also felt sorry for it. So he helped to recover Yanyun's achievements, appointed Cai You as a Taibao, and made him a British Duke.
Now it is Cai Youquan's turn to dominate the government and the opposition. Although he is not the prime minister, his followers are spread all over the court and inside.
Many officials left by Cai Jing and Wang Fu defected to Cai You. Prime Minister Bai Shizhong on the left and Prime Minister Li Bangyan on the right were unable to influence the government affairs and became rubber stamps for official documents.
"Child Cai You, you bullied me too much!"
Bai Shizhong's temper has increased a lot, and he has learned how to throw things: "We agreed to overthrow Cai Jing and let me take charge. But now the decrees I have issued cannot leave the inner city of Tokyo, and the people are laughing at me for
Clay sculpture Dazai!"
Li Bangyan sighed: "Although you and I are favored by the officials, it is a pity that our foundation is too shallow. Most of the provincial ministers are descendants of the Cai family. These people are definitely more willing to join Cai You."
"It's better to keep Cai Jing!" Bai Shizhong said angrily.
Li Bangyan's heart grew more and more resentful, and a ferocious smile appeared on his face. He had always been betting on both sides, but now he was leaning more towards Ju Ming.
Although Li Bangyan knew very well that after Ju Ming conquered the world, he would not be able to hold a high position, but he did this to relieve his anger. Moreover, the current situation was precarious, and the broken ship of the Song Dynasty would capsize sooner or later. It was time to seriously choose a good ship.
What is Cai You doing?
Doing business!
Now that he is in control of the court, the first thing he does is to reduce or reduce the local tribute from various states and release his intention to implement benevolent government.
Then he appointed talented people to gain prestige.
For example, someone recommended Nie Shan. Cai You also heard that this man was a wise man, so he immediately called him back from Jiangxi to investigate for himself.
Cai You was very satisfied with this person and appointed Nie Shan as the governor of Yunzhong. Because once the Jin people went south, they would definitely divide their troops and go to Yunzhong, so Nie Shan was fierce and worthy of the heavy responsibility.
Nie Shan passed the imperial examination at the age of fourteen and was awarded Jinshi status after graduating from Taixue University. He was known for his fierceness both as a person and as an official.
Historically, he was the one who sent assassins to kill Wang Fu, who had resigned from office and returned home. During the Jingkang period, he advocated resistance to the Jin Dynasty, but was sent by Song Qinzong to negotiate peace. He failed to make contact with the Jin people, so he immediately went to Hebei to mobilize troops and troops. King Qin was demoted to the state guard general. Goug out his eyes and kill him brutally.
In the eyes of the world, Nie Shan at this time is the same as Ju Ming before the rebellion, and they are both upright and fierce officials.
Cai You's re-employment of Nie Shan and his implementation of "benevolent government" immediately won praise from officials at home and abroad. It seems that as long as he corrects himself in the future and governs the country well, all the bad things he did in the past will disappear.
It can be seen that people in the world today have very low requirements for those in power. It seems that they have put down the butcher's knife and become a Buddha immediately.
Yanjing, Yunzhong, Zhongshan, Hebei... all places have made corresponding arrangements. It is obvious that the Song Dynasty court is really afraid. It is not that they know nothing about the Jin people going south, but they know it better than everyone else. And try your best to develop a defensive strategy.
In this matter, I can't fault Tong Guan and Cai You.
It’s just that they never expected that the Jin soldiers could not attack the cities along the way, so they went around the city and headed straight to Tokyo, without fear of being blocked on the food route and the return route. Just like the German army during World War II, the Jin soldiers on the east route also bypassed the strong cities. Lightning rushed to the capital of the Song Dynasty.
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Cai You's "benevolent government" to gain fame could only win the temporary favor of officials all over the world.
Everyone was waiting for the next step, but Cai You didn't get the next step, which quickly disappointed the officials and scholars.
On the other hand, in the Kingdom of Jin, the Emperor of the Kingdom of Jin issued an edict strictly prohibiting nobles and wealthy households from purchasing common people as slaves. Those who force people into slavery will be fined fifteen times the purchase price; those who trick people into slavery will be fined twice the purchase price. He also ordered a hundred people to be punished with a staff. At the same time, he once again allocated grain and grass to help the hungry people in Liaodong.
Of course, this kind of edict has little effect, and it is not showing mercy to the people. It is purely to prevent powerful people from annexing the population.
The people who could not afford to eat were actually willing to be slaves and did not appreciate the policies of the Jin emperor.
The beans of the second season of land reclamation this year are being harvested. Ju Ming led more than a hundred guards on horseback to inspect various places, and he also went to inspect various garrison troops.
He first went to Dengcheng to summon the Wei family there.
There are no farmers reclaiming wasteland around Xiangyang City, and overall it has been developing.
During the reign of Emperor Zhenzong of the Song Dynasty, he had been farming in Xiangyang for a full twenty years, and the government received a land tax of 300,000 shi. Then the farming collapsed. Because corruption was too serious, the farming had to be abandoned and the people could freely cultivate it. Today's development is similar to that around Hanzhong Fucheng.
Compared with the Tang Dynasty, the population of Xiangzhou in the Northern Song Dynasty had increased by one-sixth.
"I've seen the Generalissimo!" Wei Tai bowed his hands.
Zhu Ming personally supported him: "The old gentleman has great merits, so there is no need to be so formal."
When the gentry in Dengcheng saw this, they were filled with envy. This annoying old man was actually so loved by the generalissimo.
They still don't know that the Wei family was once Ju Ming's spy station.
With Zhang Jinping acting as matchmaker, the granddaughter of the Wei family is now married to Chen Ziyi, and is even more closely bound to the Generalissimo's Mansion.
Wei Tai smiled and said: "Generalissimo please."
This chapter has been completed!